How about that.

So I got a TV card for my compy the other day, it's fantastic; although I need to get an extension for the aerial. I've been able to hook my PS2 up to it, and have been enjoying that immensely; I haven't been able to play it since I moved to Melbourne, so it has been well recieved. I've cracked open Killer7 again, with it's incredibly deep and moving concepts and political story; I haven't played it for a year, and am already amazed by it again. It is rated MA15+ for a reason though.

My car has been playing up a bit recently, I was driving home from work a few nights back and it decided to chug a bit then not go. Thankfully, I had RACV roadside assistance, and an hour after they said they'd be there (I must point out that I had broken down outside their headquarters in Noble Park North); they were able to get me back on the road with a quick blow out of my carburetter (sp?) with an air compressor. The problem returned a day later, though. Dad seems to think it's my fuel filter; but I'm almost convinced it's dodgy fuel from United; I'm gonna fill up my tank again (go cheap tuesday!) with decent fuel, and see if it doesn't clear up my engines gurglyness. Here's hoping. Dad said that a fuel filter isn't much from *insert random auto-store here* so I guess it wouldn't be a big deal anyway.

I picked up Smallville seasons 2 and 3 at JB a few days back, will pick up 4 and 5 after I've finished those. So far (i'm up to S2Ep17) it's been pretty good. There have been a couple of episodes that they seemed to let it go a bit, I won't stipulate what they are here though because Smallville actually has an arching storyline; don't want to spoil it. Needless to say, I'm glad I've waited this long to get into it; plenty of time to catch up to where they're up to atm. Hope to pick up Superman Returns after I'm finished with Season 5. All good.

Gonna see what it's like if I don't shave for a bit. Might see what I look like with a beard(ish) construction on my face. Interesting personal project to say the least, not something I've ever experimented with before; simply because I'm not "man" enough to get past the itchy stubble stage. Have minded over mattered past it though, I hope; it's weird, but I guess you never never know if you never never grow! (it).

Really loving the music I bought the other weekend. Anberlin are amazing, and so are Skillet (so are the rest, but those are the two that I was hoping were great).

(wzerozerot! for Ninty's upcoming E3 presentation! Let's see how I survive on 5 hours sleep at work, eh? Awesome! Can't wait, see you at 2am Jamie!)

Losing weight

Had a thought before, as I was doing up my belt. When I moved to Bendigo last year in November; I was the largest I ever was in my life. I had to get new pants, etc, for a new job; simply because my waist was rather large.

My body seems to have just clicked earlier this year, and I've been losing weight ever since. I started off on the first hole in a big belt; and before long was almost last hole in it; kept going on until I had to get a new belt, and now I'm on the last hole in it (and it's starting to feel loose).

I have no idea what I weigh at the moment, but needless to say; I feel healthier, and I'm not depressed about being big. Not to say that being big is a bad thing, but it wasn't somewhere where I personally wanted to be.

Just a quick thought.

I need new pants.

Remembering

I'm sitting at the train station at Terang, looking out away from under the platform. Waiting for a train to Melbourne, to get back to Benalla. There seemed to be some construction work there at some point, a mound of gravel just past the train tracks off to the left; and a front-end loader were testament to that. It was very green, the field across from us was writing with life; cows and birds. A car whizzed past right-to-left, I believe it was reddy orange; obviously on it's way to someplace it's owner needed to be.

I had alot on my mind, on my way home from Hamilton after visiting a now close friend. We hadn't known each other for very long, but our friendship grew explosively. We fell for each other, and had started to become very close; acts of affection were commonplace during the three days we had just spent together. They would be for at least the next few months. But for now, I had to return to Benalla; and leave the woman I had grown close to behind. I couldn't stop thinking about how beautiful the surrounding landscape is, or how wonderful it felt to have found someone.

I was a new Christian, having given my life to God only a short few weeks ago; and she was very excited for me. I had believed in God for a few years, but I wasn't exposed to any Christian friends until earler; and gave my life to God at a "gushMEET" at the Melbourne Zoo. Since then, we had gotten quite close online, and that didn't change when we finally met in person. But now it was time to return home.

I turned to my friend, Sally, who had made the journey with me and with whom I was now making the return; we had been conversing while awaiting our inevitable transportation from Terang, but throughout the visit Sally had been quite suspicious of the romantic interaction that I had been sharing with the woman we had just visited.

Sally looked into my eyes, and asked me "Did you and Melissa kiss while we were there?". I replied "No".

We had.

He has a corm.