This is my friend Noranna. I am in awe of my friend Noranna.
jinxie jinx anna: I feel like static right now
jinxie jinx anna: like life is very blah with my unfortunate recent visa news
jinxie jinx anna: and trying to find a job
jinxie jinx anna: and I dunno, just life in general
Flummothekitty: i know, i feel the same way about my life. just really totally stale. what's this visa news?
jinxie jinx anna: I've lived in australia since '98
jinxie jinx anna: but I wasn't born ehre
jinxie jinx anna: here
jinxie jinx anna: so I've been living on visas the whole time I was here
jinxie jinx anna: have I told you this?
Flummothekitty: no, i was under the impression you were australian. where were you born?
jinxie jinx anna: borneo
jinxie jinx anna: i've moved here when I was 14
jinxie jinx anna: by myself, which sucked
jinxie jinx anna: because I couldn't get PR for awhile
jinxie jinx anna: 2 weeks ago, they cancelled my visa
jinxie jinx anna: and they say I can't apply for a new visa for at least 3 years
jinxie jinx anna: cos of blah blah regulations shit
Flummothekitty: that's bizzare. so what does that mean for you?
jinxie jinx anna: well, I applied for tribunal to look over the issue
jinxie jinx anna: and it usually takes forever so I'm cool to stay
jinxie jinx anna: but they withheld my passport
jinxie jinx anna: and if I leave the country now, I can't go back for 3 years
jinxie jinx anna: but right now, I can stay probably for another 7-12 months
jinxie jinx anna: gives me time to look for employment
jinxie jinx anna: if I can get a full-time job that contracts me for at least 2 years... I get my PR right away
jinxie jinx anna: and don't have to worry about visas forever
jinxie jinx anna: PR = permanent residency
jinxie jinx anna: I've applied for a few jobs already that are at least 2 years
jinxie jinx anna: most of them contract until like mid-2008 so that's good
jinxie jinx anna: and I'm qualified plus they're really good pay of at least $50,000 p/a with 17% super + beenefits
jinxie jinx anna: but I dunno, it's making me think about life and stuff
jinxie jinx anna: and I dunt want to go back because I just can't
Flummothekitty: why did you move so young alone?
jinxie jinx anna: I'll get a culture shock and living with the parents will kill me (I love them heaps but I haven't lived with them since I was 14)
jinxie jinx anna: meh, experience
jinxie jinx anna: I just wanted to get away from the slow, boring life
jinxie jinx anna: plus, if I stayed I would have probably ended up in some arranged, fucked up marriage at 16 and have 4 kids by now
jinxie jinx anna: and probably couldn't have got into college, etc
jinxie jinx anna: or even finish high school
jinxie jinx anna: so I knew I didn't want that
jinxie jinx anna: and I applied for a school scholarship in australia and got in
jinxie jinx anna: and been staying / living here since
Flummothekitty: wow, i like that. people like you make me feel like i've done very little with my life. and also make me realize there's a lot of exciting stuff can be done
jinxie jinx anna: sure
jinxie jinx anna: I like adventures
jinxie jinx anna: :D
jinxie jinx anna: and it was weird because I used to be very, very shy (still shy but not too shy anymore), and quiet and rather lonely
jinxie jinx anna: I didn't have many friends at all (not that there was many people to know of)
jinxie jinx anna: I lived in like a rural village and stuff
Flummothekitty: in borneo?
jinxie jinx anna: it's all rather national geographic ish
jinxie jinx anna: yeah
jinxie jinx anna: actually we've had like discovery travel ppl visit with their backpacking gear
jinxie jinx anna: twas funny
jinxie jinx anna: and I didn't know english before I came and now I'm more fluent in it than my first language
Flummothekitty: what is the language of borneo?
jinxie jinx anna: malay
jinxie jinx anna: but there's different dialects for different tribes etc
jinxie jinx anna: but I understand all of them so it's ok
Flummothekitty: wow, i had no idea. so accent wise, what do you have? australian, since that's what you learned?
jinxie jinx anna: yeah
jinxie jinx anna: but some ppl say I have a bit of an american twang
jinxie jinx anna: lol
jinxie jinx anna: cos I learned english quickly from watching tv
jinxie jinx anna: and everything on tv is usually american
jinxie jinx anna: so yeah..
jinxie jinx anna: like I say "Four" really american-y
jinxie jinx anna: like Four Your Torn Mourn
jinxie jinx anna: I emphasise the R
jinxie jinx anna: most people can't tell I wasn't born here
jinxie jinx anna: and it sucks because like, I know some ppl who get PR instantly cos they have family here and they can't even speak english
jinxie jinx anna: and I dunno, it's all fucked and crazy
jinxie jinx anna: but I am going to stay optimistic about it tho
Anyway, that makes me want to travel and travel and travel and experience and experience and experience and just live and live and live. One of these days, before I get too old...
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Monday, October 10, 2005
Last night we drove home from the Against Me! concert on a layer of water an inch thick, hydroplaning the whole way, no traction, no visibility because of fog and rain, and it was so much fun. Terrifying, but I find that those drives when one jerk of the steering wheel or one bad spot on the road will send you careening into traffic or off the road are some of the most fun drives. I like things that put me close to death, but I still have a measure of control. Being close to death really makes you feel alive.
Against Me! was amazing as always, in case you were wondering. The Soviettes were decent, their songs all kind of sounded the same, but they did have four singers, which I like. Smoke or Fire was their usual entertaining selves. The Epoxies did nothing but annoy me. I saw my brother there with this girl named Rachel. Everyone I know is Rachel these days. I think it would be prudent at this juncture to remind everyone of how much I hate Denver. The amount: a lot.
I put my right contact in this morning and went and ate breakfast and my eye was itchy, so I went back into the bathroom before work and my eye was completely and totally bloodshot red. I thought I had pink eye. I wore glasses to work today and the redness went away. So have no fear, people, you can touch my eye and then touch yours without fear of infection. Except you can't touch my eye because that'd be weird. Sicko.
I love mushrooms. Mmmmm...
I got like five guacamole recipes at the same time and somehow combined them in my head and made disgusting guacamole twice. This next time it's just going to be avocados, a little sour cream, and either salsa or tomatoes. Keep it simple to begin with. I need to learn how to cook. Also, it appears to be important to know the difference between a clove and a bulb of garlic, because if you put two bulbs of garlic in something thinking it's a clove, it's physically painful to eat, and you smell like garlic for a week, even if you brush your teeth every fifteen minutes. So just, you know, keep that in mind.
I finally met Kate's friend Rachel (or, I could say at this point, my friend Rachel) on Saturday. She seemed cool. We didn't get to talk all that much except for on the walk back to our cars because there were lots of people there, but hopefully we'll have the opportunity in the future. She was very cute though, that's for sure. I'm going to her Halloween party on the 21st, if someone (Kate! Rachel! Sarai!) will make me a costume. Sarai says I can buy a really gay bee costume at Spencers but Kate wants to dress me in a leotard and make a costume out of that, which would also be very gay. So we'll see. Last resort, I'll just go buy that one from Spencers. I just don't want to be the idiot who shows up to a Halloween party wearing a work uniform and being like "Look, I'm an Officemax employee!" Lame. Anyway, Rachel and I were supposed to be getting coffee (hot chocolate) together tonight or Wednesday, and since I haven't heard from her today, I don't know if that's still on. Hopefully. It's cold and I like hot chocolate.
In other news, I forgot how to spell Halloween. I thought Haloween for some reason, but then decided against it in favor of the correct spelling.
Underworld is much better than Libra. Even though it's some 900 pages. Which is 600 pages too long. Kate still hasn't finished Libra. I think she should give up.
I just made brownies and I'm going to eat some in a little bit while they're still warm and dump ice cream on top of them and have an orgasm and all that good stuff. For all my faults, I can make some delicious brownies (from a box). I found out my early class is cancelled tomorrow because Bob's stuck in Portland. The Yankees are losing. Everything seems to be alright with the world except that the Braves lost in the first round of the playoffs AGAIN, and I lost a bet with Erin about the Patriots Falcons game yesterday. I can't complain too much.
Sarai fucked me over good, and I learned that even I, the world's greatest and most moral person, can succumb to the basest of human instincts. Sucks. I was really upset with myself, and really really really angry with her. More angry than I think I've been with anyone in years. But it passed. I don't hold grudges. I think she's scared to hang out with me now. She's leaving Colorado for good in December. I don't know how to feel about that. I hate not being able to save people.
My car smells like someone comes in and farts in it when I'm not there. Cam was saying the same thing about his car recently. What the hell is that. We must have some guy who goes around, unlocks cars, farts in them, and locks them again, who lives in this apartment complex. That's just weird. I need to get an oil change and probably rotate my tires. My car gets like 32 miles to the gallon.
Wow. This has been long.
Against Me! was amazing as always, in case you were wondering. The Soviettes were decent, their songs all kind of sounded the same, but they did have four singers, which I like. Smoke or Fire was their usual entertaining selves. The Epoxies did nothing but annoy me. I saw my brother there with this girl named Rachel. Everyone I know is Rachel these days. I think it would be prudent at this juncture to remind everyone of how much I hate Denver. The amount: a lot.
I put my right contact in this morning and went and ate breakfast and my eye was itchy, so I went back into the bathroom before work and my eye was completely and totally bloodshot red. I thought I had pink eye. I wore glasses to work today and the redness went away. So have no fear, people, you can touch my eye and then touch yours without fear of infection. Except you can't touch my eye because that'd be weird. Sicko.
I love mushrooms. Mmmmm...
I got like five guacamole recipes at the same time and somehow combined them in my head and made disgusting guacamole twice. This next time it's just going to be avocados, a little sour cream, and either salsa or tomatoes. Keep it simple to begin with. I need to learn how to cook. Also, it appears to be important to know the difference between a clove and a bulb of garlic, because if you put two bulbs of garlic in something thinking it's a clove, it's physically painful to eat, and you smell like garlic for a week, even if you brush your teeth every fifteen minutes. So just, you know, keep that in mind.
I finally met Kate's friend Rachel (or, I could say at this point, my friend Rachel) on Saturday. She seemed cool. We didn't get to talk all that much except for on the walk back to our cars because there were lots of people there, but hopefully we'll have the opportunity in the future. She was very cute though, that's for sure. I'm going to her Halloween party on the 21st, if someone (Kate! Rachel! Sarai!) will make me a costume. Sarai says I can buy a really gay bee costume at Spencers but Kate wants to dress me in a leotard and make a costume out of that, which would also be very gay. So we'll see. Last resort, I'll just go buy that one from Spencers. I just don't want to be the idiot who shows up to a Halloween party wearing a work uniform and being like "Look, I'm an Officemax employee!" Lame. Anyway, Rachel and I were supposed to be getting coffee (hot chocolate) together tonight or Wednesday, and since I haven't heard from her today, I don't know if that's still on. Hopefully. It's cold and I like hot chocolate.
In other news, I forgot how to spell Halloween. I thought Haloween for some reason, but then decided against it in favor of the correct spelling.
Underworld is much better than Libra. Even though it's some 900 pages. Which is 600 pages too long. Kate still hasn't finished Libra. I think she should give up.
I just made brownies and I'm going to eat some in a little bit while they're still warm and dump ice cream on top of them and have an orgasm and all that good stuff. For all my faults, I can make some delicious brownies (from a box). I found out my early class is cancelled tomorrow because Bob's stuck in Portland. The Yankees are losing. Everything seems to be alright with the world except that the Braves lost in the first round of the playoffs AGAIN, and I lost a bet with Erin about the Patriots Falcons game yesterday. I can't complain too much.
Sarai fucked me over good, and I learned that even I, the world's greatest and most moral person, can succumb to the basest of human instincts. Sucks. I was really upset with myself, and really really really angry with her. More angry than I think I've been with anyone in years. But it passed. I don't hold grudges. I think she's scared to hang out with me now. She's leaving Colorado for good in December. I don't know how to feel about that. I hate not being able to save people.
My car smells like someone comes in and farts in it when I'm not there. Cam was saying the same thing about his car recently. What the hell is that. We must have some guy who goes around, unlocks cars, farts in them, and locks them again, who lives in this apartment complex. That's just weird. I need to get an oil change and probably rotate my tires. My car gets like 32 miles to the gallon.
Wow. This has been long.
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