Final

I hate re-reading anything I've already written, especially anything from the start of this stupid thing. I just think "Who the crap is that guy?" and feel embarassed. I mean, yeah its good to have a record of past experiences and thoughts, but not when the guy having them is a douchebag, and its even worse when that guy is YOU.


So hopefully this will change and I can write stuff thats not drunken boring bullshit. Maybe.

With Uni on the rise, I can get back into hobbies I put aside while working/feeling sorry for myself. Like my photography! OH MAN it's going to be sweet to do that again! I just haven't had any drive to get out and do it, and I REALLY like doing it.

I really have no idea where this blog is going to be honest. I just ramble and talk about uninteresting topics for a while. Meh. I think this might be the last post. Yep. Im pretty sure it is.

For anyone who wants to find it my photoblog is at http://lifephotos.lifeyo.com/Photography/ and even this is going to be abandoned. I'll leave them both up, because it costs me nothing to do so, but they won't be updated.

Ill post the location of a new blog when I get it sorted. I think I need to take a more serious approach to writing this if its ever going to be of interest to anyone, so I'll give that a try. What to write about? Im not sure. maybe a podcast, or something.

SO long and thanks for all the fish.

Daniel out.

Updaaate Tiiiiime!

My girlfriend broke up with me at the beginning of January. What is it about my birthday that inspires this event, this is the second time this has happened! I was pretty upset, but all I could think was “Damn...someone forgot to buy a gift!”.  But in all honesty it had to happen, I can’t change the way she feels and if it’s not going to work I would rather know than be trapped in a relationship that’s going nowhere. 

I’ve been working at the Mahurangi Technical Institute as the IT manager since late December and I freaking love it. It is one of the best jobs I’ve ever had, easily on par with working at Tailor-made; in fact it edges it out by a smidge because there are no customers to deal with!

The only downside to my job, and it’s one that I’ve mentioned before, is that it reinforced my desire to not work in the IT industry. The stress is a constant factor and it’s something I’ve never liked about it. Nothing is ever finished, it may work fine but there is always, always, always the fear that it will break, and one day it will. It’s not a case of if with computers, but when.

Uni is back soon, and I’ve been debating whether to have the annual back to Uni party this semester. You see, in the past we’ve been fairly disruptive with our shenanigans, but due to recent...happenings...I have the distinct feeling that this would end badly, and I like where I live. I want to do something though, and that something will be Globe, again.

People always ask why I love Globe so much, seeing as I’m in there at least three times a week. I’ll tel you why I love Globe: it’s a relaxed, shitty place to drink, dance and be a retard. And that’s me all over. I’m not some suave cool dude, I hate the Viaduct with its suits and pretentious women. Give me loud, bass driven music and cheap drinks. Give me sticky floors, spilled drinks and laughter. I’m a great big, gumpish, blokey guy who laughs too loud, drinks too much and dances badly. But that’s the way I like it. So Globe is the place for me, or margaritas if I’m feeling fancy.

It always annoys me when I’m doing the Daniel shuffle (which consists of a sweet two step with kick ass arm movements reminiscent of an epileptic fit) and I inadvertently catch a girls and receive the look of death. Bitch please. I’m trying to have a good time, just smile back, I’m not going to hit on you or make a move. GET OVER YOURSELF. I’m not a retard, I can tell if you don’t want to dance, there is no need to act like a hobo just asked you to wash his balls. I’m just trying to be polite, how would you like it if you glanced over at some dude and he fucking scowled at you? You know what, every time I see this happening from now on, I’m going to give her the troll face, just stink eye that bitch out. HOW YOU LIKE IT!

Should make for a fun Friday night.

Ohhhhhh shit!

Three days in a row? Holy shit I must be bored. So I have exams coming out the ears, along with projects of varying size and urgency AND my lease is up soon AND I ate too much dinner.


I don't think games should ever be a chore, but thats what Skate 2 and Red Dead Redemption feel like. I just can't get into them, they lack something. I think its because I'm still obsessed with Metro and Deus Ex :D

I need new roommates. Just throwing that out there. If any of the zero people who read this need a place to live, I dont care if youre a meth addict made of guns, let me know. I need your money. It sustains me...

Urrrrgh Im stressed about thes egorram exams! I have one two days after my 40% assignment for Anthro is due. Why? Because the devil is real, and he hates me very much. I also have music stuff to do but thats not so urgent, Im not very good at it, which is disappointing because 1) I love music and learning it, 2) I work hard at trying to improve, I just don't improve. Its like I have dumb ears. BIG DUMB EARS!

So I hope this exam on the 1st goes well, I need it to get into my Stage 3 papers, I think I do at any rate, the new student services are horrible. NDEVA was bad, but at least it fucking told you what you needed to do. This system just ignores youre requests. Oh? YOu want to see how many credits you need? How about you sign up for a new degree first BIATCH! This is MY HOUSE! I RUN THIS SHIT!

I hate it.

AW YEAAAH!

Yeah thats right, another post, the day after another. I am a GOD. I'm reading Metro 2033 and loving it. It builds a lot on the game, and I reccommend it to anyone who's played it. The lore behind a lot of the events in the gane is explained and several characters are much more prominant than in the game. Kahn for example is a bad ass motherfucker in the book, not so much in the game. He pimpslaps the shit out of some Facists, burns a dude alive and fights a tunnell deamon. It is SICK! In game, he talks a lot and walks around being all mysterious. Yawn. By yawn I mean if metro was a person I would marry it and have weird soviet children with it. It is one of the best games I've played in years. The atmosphere is perfect, the confinement, paranoia and claustraphobia are masterfully executed and the art style is authentic. The weapon stylse are particularly good, each one feeling and sounding homemade. It is relatively faithful to the book, just not as detailed, which is a shame. I think that if it had included more of the book it would have been much more absorbing. I know it must be difficult to convey emotion in game, but more lore would have made it more Deus Ex, which is always a good thing. If my DX11 functionality worked I would tell you about that, but for some reason it doesn;t, so I can'. What I can tell you is that on DX10 it looks fantastic, and runs every smoothly on my pimpbeast PC.

Which brings me to the defing moment of my life, Deus Ex 3. It looks amazing, but these days we expect visual miracles from games. Im not going to rant about storytelling vs. visuals, its been done. And I have the perfect argument. Deus Ex. Just say that, and you win at that argument. And if someone says it wasn't that good, burn the heretic. In the face. But Halo Reach had blah bleeh blooh blaaah DEUS EX BIATCH! One of the best storys OF ALL TIME! That and FF7. And Chrono Trigger.

Once again I find myself inexorably drawn to my Rap collection. I don't know why, but I love rap. LOVE IT! Geto boys = AWESOME! Damn it feels good to be a gangster. I wake up to this song. It makes for a kickass day, I'll tell you that. Try it sometine, explore the worl dof rap, don;t be put off by the shit thats on TV, there are some real artists out there with something to say. And it sounds BALLIN SUKKAH! It is hard to write to though, I keep busting some sweet moves. Dance calls to me, PEACE!

Exam time again

Its that time again, exams I hate 'em! I only have two this semester which is pretty sweet. My quandry has been solved, sort of, about what to do next year and the subsequent years. I don't really know why I got so down about it to be honest, the world is my oyster at this point and I can pretty much do what I want. Have begun drinking Double Browns again, I missed them so much! I don't care what anyone says, that shit is delicious.

I watched Julie and Julia the other day, that movie is boss! I loved it. Boom. it was actually really good and I actually felt inspired by it. Its not often I can say I like a movie with Meryl Streep in it, because I dont like her acting style. For the same reason I don't like Jack Nicholas, except he has a giant creepy face that haunts my every waking moment, so that doesn't help. I would reccomend this movie though, it really is worth watching.

I also tried re-playing Battlefield Bad Company 2. How the hell did I make it through that game the first time. Every movement conjures a mighty dust storm that blinds the shit out of you, I almost had a stroke when for the umpeenth time a fucking ricochet summoned Dustonia, the god of fuck-off huge dust clouds, and he wrought his vengeance upon me. Also, fuck helicopters. In real life if they were as good as they are in that game, there would be no war because we would all be scared of the Angels of Death that hover over us ready to reach out with tounges of fire and hate and end us. Its redicuolous, if I fire a motherfucking ROCKET INSIDE THE COCKPIT, it doesnt explode. Bull.Shit. And then it proceeds to monumentally fuck your shit up. I've come to the conclusion that helicopters are powered by souls and fueled by babies, piloted by Hitler and Snake Ghandi.