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40th Birthday Present update

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Well you all saw my huge swipe at Eonon and the quality of their service and equipment.  I think I remember in an earlier post saying I was 100% happy with the sound in the car and the way it balanced. Well F**k me dead, I installed a single din JVC unit that we purchased a little while ago.  It blew my socks off the sound was awesome to a point I took a quick video for you all.  Ohh and no picking on the music it was to adjust the sound with :) Sorry about the sound quality was only taken using the phone, im rather excited its all in and working well.  I have to take it a little easy on the speakers, although the amps wont push them to breaking point this will be the first real run in with clear signal.  I did push it till nearly max earlier and it was breath taking the kick of those rears in the seat is an experience for sure.  Next.... Lets que up some Metallica :) Horse

Yay

Been to the doctors this morning for my 5th lot of anti biotics this year, have bad Laryngitis this time been warned not to use my voice to much.. Ohh well just proves if I was born early last century I wouldnt be here lol Stay safe Horse

Its Time

I like most people have been watching the going on in Syria with great unease.  For me its not so much the civil war but the way the Syrian people are being played like pieces on a chess board by the rest of the world. Russia has blood on its hands.  It kept making noises about brokering peace but in reality all they did was sell the Syrian army more complex and expensive weapons.  China is in exactly the same boat, all noise no work.  To be honest both country's should hang their heads in shame.  But they won't they will continue these stupid little games so they can sell more military Tech. We in the west have been hamstrung, we don't want yet another war where our boys are put in the front lines.  NATO has been deployed continuously for over a decade.  In the UN Russia and China use their veto's to override any attempts to help the situation inside Syria.  Turkey has jets on standby and artillery along the border.  Syria have shelled Israel trying to flame and ol

Why pissing me off is a bad bad thing

Well where to damn well start. For my 40th you all know that I installed a fairly decent stereo upgrade for my car.  In all the install went well till we found that I had a dead RCA out on the back of the unit.  Now not much I could have done to cause the issue, it was a DOA.   Now Eonon the manufacturer offered to repair the unit if I paid $20.00 to return the unit.  I initially agreed. However later that same week Eonon released the M1 head unit.  I was interested in it and since my head unit was DOA I asked if for a fee I could upgrade. That was 8 weeks ago, and until today I have had nothing back.  They was $87.00 in postage, they are taking 25% depreciation off my head unit which they will keep.  So in all I am out of pocket $534.00 including the loss of my original head unit.  A brand new M1 including shipping is only $414.00. So if I took the original offer and paid $20.00 to return the original head unit for repair then spent the $414.00 on a new M1 I would still be bet

The blind poet

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Have spent the day in the city with my partner so below is a link to the photos from today and a pic of me.. The link below is to my web ablum from the trip: https://plus.google.com/photos/117823579947142345327/albums/5911157160172727745?authkey=CPj7mKvxjNbVPA I see the world in pieces, sometimes those pieces are something amazing.  I will post  a couple below so you dont have to troll the picasa directory Neon Gothic Church ANN St city I call this the sekeleton of Man.  The Ribbed cage of the Story Bridge Its me people, I dont like photos of me to much to remind people of what I look like so enjoy Brisbane has been good to me this time, im mentally in a lot of different spots right now but you know I know one thing for sure and that is I am more inlove now than I have ever been

Away again

Yeah well im down in Brisbane again for school, and after a very frustrating 10 weeks all in our class finally got clarification on what we were supposed to be learning.  In all again a worthwhile trip but the financial cost is becoming significant thank god im not back her for another 2 months. I have been very introspective this evening, about me and my place in the world.  But more importantly how by doing this study that I become something far more than just me.  The power of counselling and of any psychological science is to enable the individual concerned.  Whether that be by helping them through blockages in their own psychological makeup or helping them by providing services like emergency housing.  In short you get to make a difference. So why should I be introspective?  That is complicated, but in short because I now realize that everyone who has been part of my treatment over the past 8 years has had a passion about service delivery.  Each of them in their own way trying

Rinse and Repeat

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Today's title was a comment made about how we live our lives on an online forum.  The thread was about what keep people going when they are at the bottom, not the meds not the treatment, but the little things that keep you safe. I hadn't commented till yesterday even though the thread has been active since Feb.  But it reminded me of the little things that keep me going.  My life for the past month has not been easy, I have been studying and getting ready for full time work.  On Tuesday I head south to Brisbane for the 3rd time this year, and to be honest I am anxious about any trip. I can feel myself cycling and believe it or not I am on my way down.  I have been sad a lot in the last couple months, even the me time I have been taking is not enough.  I have lots to be thankful for, I have a great partner, and an ability to help support myself.   But I feel as though I am coming up short.  No matter what I do it will never give me back what I have lost. They say you sho

Another Mint problem down

Hi all; As you know I have written about Linux Mint a couple of times now, I have found it amazing and so windows like without all the windows issues. There have however been a couple of issues that have had me dual booting.  The not least of which is the fact that I need MS office for school.  Now the free word processor that comes with mint is great for basic stuff, but if you want the whole hog you really cant get away from MS office. I have several times over the last year tried without success to install MS office into mint both using wine and VirtualBox without much success.  Well that changed tonight. I needed Office for a major assignment I have due and I am sick of booting and rebooting to get stuff, I tried again with VirtualBox with no joy.  Then I found this link http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=79912&f=42 Now I know its not all done in a gui and needs some commands at terminal but it works.  If your unsure on using terminal simply highlight the c