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It's officially summer. Well, I say it is. It's nice and warm. The sun is shining. Woo hoo!!!!. Looking forward to Monday's trip to the coast (gold) - bodyboarding and possibly windsurfing. Should be good. Next weekend, I'll probably go for a swim at the sunny coast. Most excellent indeed.

This morning I went into the Valley and went into a couple of art galleries (small, private ones selling their works). Was very interesting. Unsurprisingly, my favourites were the naturey ones by William Robinson. Nice stuff - as was some of the jewellery there too. Afterwards, I went cruising around shopping for tshirts. I need some more. Found three possibles, bought one. Maybe go back in tomorrow to get one of the others. Not sure. Probably another pair of shorts would be handy.

I think that I’m a bit happier this afternoon than for most of the decided yuckyness of the past week. So this is a good thing. But not fully resolved everything. Still (at least) two stresses to sort out over the next few weeks (the lease - flatmate - household stuff, etc; and women). But I can deal with these ok; I've sorted out the other stuff, I think.

I've just woken up - lying on my belly on the floor with my glasses still on and with Live In Skin (FF's) in my ears.

I'm tired - gym in the afternoon. I'm pretty happy with my progress. I've started keeping of track of the weights I'm lifting, etc. Slow but steady.

Hmmmm....

I think that if I get around to it tomorrow, I'll post up the draft of another post that I was writing earlier. I didn't complete it, and probably should reword it. It was the - "it's late, I'm tired, this is a pessimistic post" feel to it. Well, it's pessimistic regardless of the time. The time of day = how I phrase it / the tone, etc of it. hmmm.

Something about Loss. Of all sorts. Crazy. But I'm falling asleep now, so shower and bed time for me.

I've just realised. The trick with pushups is to breathe out regularly (and often), eg: every other one. Ding!

Well, I woke up at 2.45 am or something, and haven't been able to get any sleep. So at 5am, I decided to do something productive... and I've ended up blogging.... yeah that's right... productive. Irony eh... Actually, I'll do some emails soon (after this).

I'm not too surprised. Went to bed a bit on the early side. There's only so much water I can drink to get myself feeling better... ahh alcohol.

I hope to finish my second (final) assignment today (Saturday). Send them in on Monday. But then again if I'm half asleep when I'm trying to work, things may take a bit longer.

I was vaguely unimpressed with myself on Thursday afternoon... the grand total of pushups I was able to do was a big fat 0. Although considering the situation this was entirely unexpected. On Tuesday for the first time in ages (several weeks due to my awayness from Brisbane for work), I went to the gym. Then (and again on Thursday), did not use the rowing machine - except for a very light warmup. I think this was partially why it was easier to push more weight. (Not that I do much anyway...). But still - after Tuesday and Thursday I was pretty much buggered. My gymness will hopefully get me a bit more time and strength in the water come summer. (Or next weekend, possibly).

Music wise, good old (abliet overplayed to death) Pachebel's canon has made it's way into a piece we're playing - Flight. It will be for our end of year gig - 'coming home for christmas' or something like that (a travel theme). Considering the recent reshuffle of some of the brass sections - with the (strong) first trumpet blasting into my left ear - I'm half considering getting ear plugs like several of the other clarinetists. For some strange reason I want to keep my hearing for as long as possible! Hmmmm.... I should consult a friendly audiologist.

Probably will drop into the library in the morning (not open in afternoon) to pick up a book.

I wonder what strange things will be in the conservation on Sunday night? Who knows.

Apparently taking on responsibility is important in a happy adult life. Well: I'm single, I rent, and probably not as career minded as I should be (but am a bit). Hmmmmm.

I got the windscreen of my car replaced this afternoon. Coming back from the last of my trips in the bush (well, second last trip, last trip with my car), I got a stone in the top right corner, and a crack that kept on spreading into the centre of the screen. I thought that it had stabilised (at about 30 or 40 cm long), but I gave it a bit of a push (but not very hard at all) from the inside, and it grew by another 5 cm or so: dodge - needs replacing.

After waiting a bit more than the hour needed for the glue / resin to cure, I drove around for a bit… and it is amazingly clear. It’s like there’s nothing there at all. (Probably what it should have been all along…)

So, how long until I get my first chip?

Here's some places (crash sites) to avoid / pay more attention to.

Well, the branches of the tree just outside my bedroom window have been cut back, giving me a better view of the adjacent block.

Not at work - doing assignment work... Needs lots of work...

I'm back in town, and shouldn't have any more trips out to the country for a while. The trips have been very interesting and good for me professionally; but I like to be back in Brisbane. Anyhow, I was a bit surprised that I was on the disappointed side of things when we couldn't get back yesterday afternoon. :( Not quite sure what this means... hmmm. Well I do know...

And now (well soon anyway), I'm off to the shops (groceries & stuff for a friend coming over tomorrow), and I should work on my assignments! (and stop procrastinating).