Saturday, December 11, 2004

The requisite catch-up list 

-Been to and from Perth
-Talked to, and was hit on by, a self-confessed people smuggler in a detention centre. Seriously- some people deserve to be behind bars...
-...and some don't. Talked to an alleged child molester through a grille, also at said detention centre. He had playfully touched a kid's dick in the Christmas Island camp. It sounds bad, but it's apparently acceptable in Viet culture- the parents were ok with it and everything. Nevertheless the dude is now undergoing re-education via a social worker...after which he'll probably be deported. Justice is wack, no? Oh and this bloke was LESS creepy than people-smuggler dude.
-Sat my UWA med interview and exited in a much better state than after the Newcastle one.
-Drove a borrowed car with the handbrake on for about 2km. Ooops.
-Attended a book launch about the VTV4 affair. There were about 7 people present since Perth's branch of the Viet Community Australia is much fucked and can't advertise or organise.
-Went to Fremantle and ate fish and chips to explosion point
-Had excess iced mochas. Mmm, mocha.
-Talked to a teacher, yes a university educated professional, who a) says that she's both Catholic AND Buddhist b) believes there are actually ghosts c) believes that holy men can tell the future
-Got my palm read by the above, and was told I was a) businesslike (wrong) b) artistic (wrong) and c) should be more open-minded (heh damn straight). And I'm also having 3 relationships, one near-death experience, and will have ill health in my 60's. Imagine that.
-Had a buffet at the Hyatt. Mmmm, mini cakes.
-Sat in on far, far too many dinners with Vietnamese people who speak in grownup Vietnamese I couldn't understand
-Smiled ironically as pretty young things gushed over my dad. Ewwww.
-Parked multiple times...woohoo!
-Learnt the Viet word for "roundabout": bung binh
-Bought the new Paris Combo album, "Motifs". It's growing on me.
-Met my school chaplain's son at the UWA interview. Wack.
-Watched "Ocean's 12" with my friends and was much confused. 1 babylon. 2 for the hotness (Brad, George...Catherine)
-Saw King's Park and the Bell Tower at night. Lead by above strange teacher woman. In fairness, the weirdness only comes out when prodded (yes, I do ask people about their religious beliefs upon second meeting).
-Got temporarily delayed by the refugee protest that was blocking the Flinders/Swanston intersection. The accompanying horn-tooting was definitely more of the "fuck the fuck off, long-haired fuckers" kind than the "woohoo, lefty solidarity" kind. I think. More ironic smiling here.
-Listened to "The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents" by Terry Pratchett. Heh. Don't eat the green wobbly bit!
-Watched the tail end of a beautiful French documentary called "The Gleaners and I". Find it.

In no particular order. No unordered listing because it makes the font size weird.

Is it "AN university"? I say "a" because "un-" is a consonant sound. Damn stupid holistic touchy feely education

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