A big fat stinky hypocrite

Saturday, March 31, 2007

This post is brought to you by the letter K:

I might not be the most aware person of social issues, but today I found some statistics that rate a 10 on the hypocrisy meter. I realise that usually statistics shouldn't be trusted, but I think it was worth posting. I've been reviewing statistics and apparently Environmental Activist Al Gore uses more electricity in one of his three mansions in a month than most households use in a year. There are many websites that feature statistics, but I'm unsure if fox news or the Washington posts journalistic practice.

At any rate today is the first day of the holidays, I should be doing homework right now, but I figure that this blog does count as work so everything is okay, mkay?

The initial vacuum of year 12 has worn off as it has become more routine. I'm moving back to mums place tomorrow, now I can go back to my old timetable. In the meantime I'm going back to Haighs for some chocolaty labour. I got my mid-semester report on Thursday, all Aces. Being as great as I am can get a tad repetitive, and I do hope to improve further; However such steps and leaps are not represented by the standard low, medium and high system.

Erin is going to England, yay for her! Forget about mailing in coupons from the back of the Special K boxes, the real prizes (and nerd glory) belong in the blood sport of competitive essay writing. On the note of Special K, I think I am addicted, I want more. It is a versatile meal that can be eaten at any time of day. Its a shame because we are fresh out of it at the Chapman house.

I have a lot of work to do but I should be able to manage it nicely if not... I'm in trouble. Some people might say it'll be hard to manage the equivalent to a full time job while undertaking the chores of a full time student, to those people I cover my ears while sing I "99 red balloons" at the top of my voice.

I'm considering going a degree in Arts and Social work at Melbourne Uni or La Trobe. I would like a position that I could relate to people on a personal level but also write about my experiences and findings, or share it through the community somehow, perhaps through the medium of community radio. I may seem pretty naive to some people for having this type of ambition, but at least its something worth looking into, what possible harm could it mean?

All wound up with no place to go.

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Year 12 is well underway and I have taken the plunge. The education system is established to give people the skills to complete VCE (or equivalent), but in reality year 12 is something that you have to adjust too, there are some elements that you cant pre-empt.

Overall my experience with year 12 has been overall positive, the work is challenging but not overwhelming and the workload has been taking on different patterns. For example for the last week I had SACs in most of my classes, where most of the work is very revision based compared to regular classes where it is new facts based.

Its amazing how many people change and develop over a short period of time. If you read back over my early post you may recall the fact that it was my ambition to become a reverend of gods church. Looking back, i feel as though it was a shade silly, but i cant help but wonder what it would be like if i continued in that direction. I have been looking into my options about post-high school study and I have been thinking about undergoing an Arts degree and a social work degree. I would prefer going to Melbourne University, but failing that a degree at Latrobe would also be acceptable. They both ultimately lead to the same outcome anyway.
In retrospect, the motive between being a Reverend or a social worker are both the same. I have a desire to assist people with their problems and help people to explore their options. As a Reverend I would be assisting people on a spiritual level, as a social worker I hope to focus educate and council people about sex and sexuality and the issues and legalities therein.

Moral has been on a shifting scale recently. Bad moods are contagious, if one person seems low everyone seems low, everybody seems to share it. A lot of the time the atmosphere could be described as solemn.

Corey has moved into his own place in the inner city, I'm so happy for him. Its a nice place but needs more furniture. On the bright side he gets free FOX8 and he can stay for another 3 years. It nice to just lean out the window and watch the hustle and bustle of the area.

Melbourne City is a truly a great place, sure there is a lot of subgroups and segregation (that's expected), but everybody seems to treat everybody else with respect or at least apathy. A large portion of our city is made up of Asian immigrants, that's cool. There is a lot of discussion in the US about some minorities outnumbering Caucasians in the coming years. Frankly I wouldn't really care if the same thing happened in Melbourne (whats so great about Caucasians anyway), and I feel that our culture has been truly enriched because of the presence of other cultures. A lot of ethnic minorities have been been the victims of being the "new guys" and usually that is resolved as many find their place and learn to integrate.
Muslims are a proud people who often are not to fond of compromising on what they believe, that can easily come off as a threatening quality.... I've lost my train of thought, maybe i will resume it in a later post.

Erin is working on publishing and selling her zine "I am sad", a cult comic that originally formed out of our resentment for Jacob Dyer. Its fairly exciting actually, probably because i have been aware of the project from its conception and have had a degree of creative input.

I'm typed out, goodnight.