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Well.. it’s all over now! I can *finally* relax and get back to being a bit more social!!

The exam yesterday… yes.. I was underprepared for. But I gave it a fair crack. Can’t really expect more than that. I just want to pass it.. fuck all of that credit bullshit.. I just don’t want to have wasted all that money and have to do it again. Well anyway, no use stressing about it now… it ain’t gunna do me any good. I’ve either passed or failed… and won’t find out for a few weeks.

So now I can get going with the rest of my life! Just been in a brawl with the Australian Government about my passport.. it was due to be posted out to me on monday, in my hands via registered post yesterday, so I would have it by the time I flew up to Brisbane tomorrow. Of course, the passport is still in Canberra. So I got up early this morning, and steeled myself preparing to more than likely have to drive down to Canberra and get the bloody thing. So I tried to make arrangements for that… “oh… hang on Mr. Stewart… the passport is actually in Sydney… you’ll have to go there”. So that’s a bit of relief.

Sarah signed the lease for the house yesterday… I’m just about to go to Five Dock and sign it myself…. how exciting! My own place… it’s almost surreal. I can’t wait to get out of here though!!!!!!

And last night.. well, I was absolutely buggered after getting up at 2am the previous morning in order to cram for study. That, and the fact that I was so stressed during the day I was hyperventilating. Not even half a pack of ciggies could calm me down! Anyway, Simon ( ) asked if I wanted to come out.. so a quick nap, and then off to see the boys! And beware… I’m now armed with a camera, and being as small as it is, I can see no reason whatsoever not to carry it with me when I’m out So if you’re just out enjoying a nice drink and you see a blinding flash that makes you see stars… you’ve been shot!

Here are some photos from last night…

Pic 1 Nate and Me! What a suprise to see him out there! *cough*	Pic 2 Simon and Paul, our favourite little Canadian!
Pic 3 Wade and Simon What is it with Simon and cute Canadians? *drool*	Pic 4 Wade and I My god that boy is gorgeous!
Pic 5 Simon and Yours Truly What is it about me and posing for a camera?

It’s wierd.. I actually felt completely outclassed last night! All those cute boys… completely out of my league! Anyway, I’ll come back from Vanuatu, armed with a tan and a bit more confidence, and see how we go!

And finally… took this photo yesterday… I thought it was pretty funkadelic… I love all the reflections I can get….

Hmmm. Well yesterday I got an ass-raping, and before all you boys widen your eyes, bear in mind that I did sit an exam yesterday and it probably relates to that.

Well, I thought I did pretty well. Powered through the short-answer questions, and had a damn good crack at the extended answer, only leaving out a little bit here and there. I thought I did pretty well, until I overheard the post-mortem from other students as I left. Ouch. And yes, these are people who study a hell of a lot more, are smarter and had a much better chance of getting it right. *sigh*
Anyway, I JUST WANT TO PASS IT!!!!! I don’t give a shit any more what grade it comes out as.. as long as it means I don’t have to do the fucker again.
So now I sit at 4am once more, Red Bull at my side, Ministry of Sound on my headphones playing some good techno / dance tunes to keep me buzzing, with Sarah and Ben asleep in the room next to me.

I’m a stressed out little biscuit (or should that be a twinky?) atm… I just want this exam to be over. I will probably undergo some wierd chemical imbalance once the stress has left me after the exam… I think adrenalin and stress toxins have been the only thing that have been keeping me going… the rest of my life is in absolute disarray but for some reason that doesn’t matter because all my mind can think about is how many hours there are left until I can walk out of the exam room. So I’m expecting a large chemical withdrawl after the exams, maybe a quick session of being crumpled in a heap as a blubbering mess that evening, shortly to recover and get out on the piss with my mates. I think I’m due for some Stonewall therapy.. so if any of you boys are going, let me know!

Changing down to 2nd, pedal to the metal, drop the clutch… and let’s go!

Well… it’s 4am… STUDY TIME!!!!!!Exam is at 1:50pm
This is gunna be a close one!You wonder how I get myself into these situations, year after year.
I think it takes a certain kind of knack….

Ok. This has fueled a bitter rant.

I love the way an MP can make judgements about the safety of aircraft. His quote “That’s the point at which you’re open to wind shears and to continue that danger period by another four or five or 10 seconds (and that) is a very bad decision to make” and “If you make a decision to go around again when you’re at 1,000 feet or something that’s alright”.

These wonderful remarks came from the infamous Bob Katter, MP for Kennedy in QLD. This man has a view on everything, and is ready to speak openly and to everyone about what he believes to be true. Needless to say he has no grounding for his basis… he flaps his lips and it is plastered all over the media. And do the public listen? Well, they’ll listen to anything that plays on their fears. Paranoia is a wonderful bargaining tool.

This follows on from the recent media “enlightening” of the new airspace system. They tried to pick out every fault possible, and convince the public that it was “not safe” (hence playing on their paranoia of the unknown). The media would take one loudmouth’s opinion, broadcast it to everyone, and ignore the experts. Of course, the unions had a direct part in it too… they were against the new airspace system from the start, and used every tool to turn the public against it.

Being a pilot, I can obviously see that what the pilot did was the safest, and even if he was not in danger, it’s better to be safe than sorry (golden rule in aviation). I think the media to be regulated so that they must provide the credentials of anyone making such broad sweeping statements. The fact that a clapped out right-wing National Party MP with no aviation experience at all can make judgements on a highly-trained pilot and get plastered over the media proves there is something wrong.

*EDIT*
God help me.. i’m becoming political!
Now I just need to learn how to write a good political essay.. the art of which i’ve lost in engineering….

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!

That’s right! The agent just called… our application was successful, we now have a new place to move into as soon as we get back from Vanuatu! Soooo… that means I have 4 more nights living at home with my folks, then I’m gone for good!!!!!!! Gussy is a big bad independent now! hahahah very cool stuff :p

So I’m sitting in Fischer Library atm.. still stressed about tomorrow and moreso wednesday. I can’t afford to fail. OMG.. the consequences are tooooo great…Back to work for Gus! What a way to spend my birthday… *sigh*

Ok.. this is only for those with broadband…I took this about 10 minutes ago with my new Sony DSCF828.Whip it up to full res, and check it out… the detail from it!All I could say was… OMG!!!

http://members.optushome.com.au/midnight_cowboy/LJ_pics/study1.JPG

Oh, and btw… it’s my 21st b’day today.. I hope someone remembers…