Boxy

I passed my licence test today , im fully certified and just need some damn insurance now incase i break a car.

I'll edit in the story later, heading out tonight.

I was totally wrong about vicroads...

Its not a cashcow. ITS A GOD FORSAKEN CASHFARM.

$23 to book and take your hazard perception test.
$43 to book your P's test.
$50 for a warmup lesson.
$140 for the actual damn test.
$42 for your licence IF you pass.

I feel my back account getting smaller already. I so better not get screwed over in this test and i pray to whatever gods i must that i pass. At least my driving instructor said im pretty much driving perfect.

On a sidenote i need more internet bandwidth. Why oh why is this seasons anime pretty much all fucking awesome and gnawing at me if i dont download it. My 20gb used to do me fine with plently to spare, now its like pissing into the wind. 800mb to last me 10 days...

Well i've neglected this long enough and now that i have some significant news i guess i can revive it!

I've been looking for decent work since late last year when my contract ran out an melton shire council. I did pretty well on most of the jobs i applied too, got through alot of the rounds of endless interviews only to be snuffed before i crossed the finish line. My latest adventure at Bok Choi Hill (Box Hill) deserves an artice of its own if i ever get around to it, but anyway today i wound up with a (hopefully) interesting job.

Last week Cherrypopper hooked me up with the detials for a job at Microhire in Port Melbourne, and after a few phone chats i was booked for an interview at 11am today. After all the walking i did today getting my licence in a couple of months is looking fucking sweet as i think i did about 12k's all up. Anyway i missed the street sign for Ingles St that the light rail crosses because it runs inbetween wall of its own fucking little forest. People just pop out of the tram stops from this forest thing like a swarm of hippies or something. I missed my stop and ended up at the sea (good thing i planned this with alot of time to spare) and ended up trying to get directions from a tram driver that doesnt speak english (Quick question: Has anyone ever encounterd one that does speak the native language?). Anyway i manage to get the rough location of Ingles St on the line out of him and i hop back aboard.

Anyway to cut out some of the boring shit, i arrived at Microhire, was taken on a little explination/tour thing and then sat down and interviewed for 15 mins. Basically i was offerd the job on the spot which is a whole lot better than waiting a week for someone to call. I get another call on monday telling me when i start, props again to Mark and Johno for recomending me to them and pushing my name forward. If i learnt anything from my last few months of un-employment its that job interviews are a crock of shit, its all about who you know i guess. My role there will be mainly at the store until i get my licence, they desperately need someone to help with the preperation of orders and stock.

Microhire is for anyone who wants to know, basically a Computer and AV rental store but alot more complicated. To put it another way its like a video store where the staff rewind the tapes for you, deliver them, put them into your machine and press the play button. Most of the Computer work seems fairly straight forward, I'm looking forward to getting to use some of the equipment in there and learning about all their AV stuff.

MonsterLAN 12 was a fairly resounding success, as the forum responses attest. We seem to have pretty much the right combo settled in, with only a few kinks to be beaten out. Rogue pulled a massive effort on the comps, so much so he didnt get in much gaming at all . I totally enjoyed playing with friends in the COD and UT comps, and sitting out some of the late hours listening to some music and reading up on a little Manga (The graveyard shift is good for this). Anyway, big shout out to my fellow admins who pulled an awesome job in running a spectacular LAN.

I picked up some more Anime at the start of the month again. The second DVD of Stellvia followed much like the first, sweet ass animation and the story is picking up a bit. The second DVD of Scrapped Princess (A DVD i would never have considerd were it not for the funsubs being so awesome) is also coming along nicely. I also apprehended the start of the Burst Angel boxset (Gonzo animation again <3), the plots pretty blase but it delivers in mecha/chick action. A good one for when you just want to watch instead of think about whats going on.

I'm looking forward to Dawn of War: Winter Assult coming this weekend. I hope to pick it up at TAFE on saturday, I'll let you know when i get my hands on it.

- Boxy

Well the month and the season changed this week (or was it last week i'm not quite sure) which means 1 important thing! New month of anime... hell yes!

Rolled into JB on Saturday after TAFE to see if they had the stellvia collector’s box set lying around, to my dismay but not surprise they didn’t. Not to worry I had a backup plan, Electronic Boutique. Trust the gaming guys to actually have the goods instead of the DVD store, but anyway more on that in a minute.

Before I left I spied something every avid anime fan should have in their collection, The Castle of Cagliostro. You cannot call yourself a fan unless you have seen this, own it (preferably both) or have no eye sockets. Despairing as it were that I did not infact own my own copy I whisked it off its shelf spot and into my cradling arms. $27 AUS dollars well spent, I'll write a review for it later that does it justice.

Happy in my purchase I trundled off towards EB. Sure enough as I have already stated they had the coveted box in their possession. Now Stellvia for those who don’t know is a futuristic space based story about an earth that is recovering and defending itself against the supernova blast of a nearby star. The anime itself is well done for a dub. The voices while different for each of the characters (some more than others) do still fit the persona's they’re attributed to. They haven’t bastardized the names of any of the characters either, which in my books is a huge bonus.

Its animated by Gonzo who you should know do a godly job (The main reason I purchase 99% of their anime), Its not apple seed quality but this is a TV series not a full motion movie. Anyhow $40 AUS that I don’t regret spending, if your interested in SI FI and school based anime's this one is for you, although I should warn you its a little sugar coated at times and the main character gets whiney periodically. Though truthfully this is an anime where the supporting characters steal the show and take it from possibly mediocre, to an enjoyable and entertaining watch.

Now with that said, its time to go study more ~_~.