Turn that FROWN upside down jnr, or not. Why the upside down smile?

[leecie]

You Melbourne bastards. I left sunny Sydney to come down for the tennis and it was miserable, raining and FREEZING. Then I get home today, switch on the tennis, and it's hot and sunny!

 

[Klue]

I have a rat. A native one, but it's still a rat.

It chewed on some lovely Roma tomatoes that I had out ripening

 

[CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT]

You Melbourne bastards. I left sunny Sydney to come down for the tennis and it was miserable, raining and FREEZING. Then I get home today, switch on the tennis, and it's hot and sunny!

One thing I don't miss about Melbourne. 4 seasons in one day (hour?!).

 

[katmeow]

Leec... it's payback for rain in Sydney whilst I was visiting over christmas.


= finewhip's useless customer service.

 

[Klue]

I have a rat. A native one, but it's still a rat.

It chewed on some lovely Roma tomatoes that I had out ripening

The fucking rat came back! In broad daylight!


I was out this afternoon at a staff meeting, I was only gone for three hours. It rolled one of these beautiful tomatoes out into the middle of the bench so it had room and devoured and entire half of the tomato! FUCK!

I wish I had a trap that wouldn't kill them, just trap them. My neighbour killed one the other day. It's sad, I'm not going to use a conventional trap because they are native.


I leave bananas and stone fruit out all the time, but he must particularly like tomatoes. Oh, and he likes Special K too it seems. He knocked over my compost to get at some special K that I couldn't eat.

 

[katmeow]

^^

http://www.humanemousetrap.com.au/

You could probably find instructions on making your own non-killing trap if you have a search around.

 

[ch0psy]

even though im looking at moving out at the end of Feb with my GF, my flatmate dropped the bomb that he is moving back home as he cant afford to live in the place he owns...

which means now i need to find a place to live... soon...

fuck.....

 

[lil angel15]

Oh, and he likes Special K too it seems. He knocked over my compost to get at some special K that I couldn't eat.

Who doesn't!!!

 

[Klue]

^ Hahahahahaha you know what? I posted something about my cereal at the moment in The Lounge the other day and thought of you. lol Special K :D

 

[vanth]

Look away if you aren't interested in a long, rambling post full of self pity and whining.

NSFW:

I found out today that I haven't been accepted back to Vic Uni to finish my Bio Med degree... I'm just... gutted basically. It was hard not to burst into tears on the tram after I had read the news. Near the start of the year, I was told by at least 2 different people who work at Vic Uni that I would get in for sure, which completely changed my hope, and life, and what I thought was going to be my future. I thought I could finally achieve something that I really wanted. Finally feel like I was something more than a useless loser I had been feeling like.

So now that's gone. It's not like any other uni is going to take me if Vic Uni won't. Vic Uni is the piece of shit uni out in the western suburbs! There are car bombings out there!! My campuses were St Albans and Footscray!

When I did my HSc I actually had the clearly-in ENTER/UAI to get into a Bachelor of Science at The University of Melbourne. But like an idiot, I chose La Trobe university, because I wanted to do Biological Sciences straight away and for some stupid reason the fact that the first year was in Wodonga and thus closer to the place I grew up in. which I considered a bonus for some stupid reason.

But I fucked up and I fucked up and I fucked up, first with binge drinking and the (and always) with anxiety, and terrible depression, meth, and blah blah blah terrible, and now it's come to this, getting rejected by Vic Uni for a course I have completed 2/3rds of anyway. Before this year I assumed this was the position that I was in until that guy from the uni was all "You should definitely come back, I'll even ring major lecturers and stuff to make sure blah blah"

 

[up all night]

^ That really sucks, vanth. Are you able to get through in later rounds? Or mid-year? I don't know how it works, but it seems really ridiculous of them to refuse you entry back into a course you've nearly finished. I hope it works out for you.

If not, I hope you find another life changing path you can focus on and work towards.

 

[lostNfound]

Look away if you aren't interested in a long, rambling post full of self pity and whining.

NSFW:

I found out today that I haven't been accepted back to Vic Uni to finish my Bio Med degree... I'm just... gutted basically. It was hard not to burst into tears on the tram after I had read the news. Near the start of the year, I was told by at least 2 different people who work at Vic Uni that I would get in for sure, which completely changed my hope, and life, and what I thought was going to be my future. I thought I could finally achieve something that I really wanted. Finally feel like I was something more than a useless loser I had been feeling like.

So now that's gone. It's not like any other uni is going to take me if Vic Uni won't. Vic Uni is the piece of shit uni out in the western suburbs! There are car bombings out there!! My campuses were St Albans and Footscray!

When I did my HSc I actually had the clearly-in ENTER/UAI to get into a Bachelor of Science at The University of Melbourne. But like an idiot, I chose La Trobe university, because I wanted to do Biological Sciences straight away and for some stupid reason the fact that the first year was in Wodonga and thus closer to the place I grew up in. which I considered a bonus for some stupid reason.

But I fucked up and I fucked up and I fucked up, first with binge drinking and the (and always) with anxiety, and terrible depression, meth, and blah blah blah terrible, and now it's come to this, getting rejected by Vic Uni for a course I have completed 2/3rds of anyway. Before this year I assumed this was the position that I was in until that guy from the uni was all "You should definitely come back, I'll even ring major lecturers and stuff to make sure blah blah"

Can you not go and speak to your old course conveners and find away in some how???

I can understand how gut wrenching that would be.

 

[Breecamb]

Vanth,

Sorry to hear that, I feel for you. Wish I had answers. My tear shedding day around my phd predicament pales into comparison.

*hugs*

 

[eggman]

Vanth, I recommend making some noise at the actual campus and in the departments. Admissions is a just a cold mindless bog, they don't look beyond the number score on a computer screen.

Go back and talk to those two people you mentioned in your post - ask why they knew you could get in and then take it from there. Start harassing the deans, heads of dept and senior lecturers to network your way to someone who can actually make decision.... but don't give up either, annoy them annoy them some more. Build your evidence and prove to them that they have to approve your admission.

Let us know how you get on, keep us in the loop... just don't give up.


On selfish personal note -

It's going to be 43 degrees at the Big Day Out tomorrow... yikes!!!

 

[lostpunk5545]

It was pretty damn hot last year. I was tripping and convinced I had 3 separate headaches on top of each other. Not sure how that works.

Enjoy the worst lineup ever

 

[belarki]

Bah. This weekend Busty and I had a serious conversation regarding activities and outings over the next month or so. We concluded that we could only either do Earth Freq or Orbital and not both - purely based on the fact that I haven't been earning anything over the school holidays.

Poobumshitcunt. So disappointed.

I know how you feel CotB; I think I've left it too late to convince any friends to go to Earth Freq and to try and arrange a lift, camping gear etc. My chances of getting any friends to go to the Family with me on a weeknight is pretty slim and I'm poor at the moment so I'll probably miss Orbital too. That said I just found out Massive Attack are playing in March at the riverstage

Look away if you aren't interested in a long, rambling post full of self pity and whining....

Really sorry to hear that vanth. As lostpunk and eggman suggested is there any way you can go and talk to some of the senoir lecturers, deans, etc and see if they can pull some strings? Are there any other courses you can enrol in, do overlapping subjects, and then transfer back to your chosen field after 6 months?

 

[hoptis]

Sorry to hear vanth.

 

[vanth]

Thanks everyone. I'm planning on contacting the people I spoke to originally.. I really hope there is a way I can get in. I'll let you guys know.

 

[ch0psy]

the amount of short shorts that shouldnt be on people on short shorts...

someone getting some really hardcore shit done to them by St Johns' after Muse finished

not being allowed into "the wormhole" because an assault had happened earlier, and it was a crime scene

 

[eggman]

^ dude, I watched a woman piss into a cup at the main stages.

She took an empty cup, shoved it up her dress, went into a trance like state and then produced the same cup instead, this time, full of urine.

Yikes, the toilets weren't even that busy