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Sodastream play Keith and Tina at thier last ever show.

Patti or Fatty?

Finally I thought of a story.

A couple of weekends ago I was at a friends 21st (Randy's). My group was the very first to arrive so we were just wandering around and dancing to pass the time (actually it was just me dancing while the others watched). I was really breakin' it down on the DF (dance floor). He had a good setup outside, with carpets on the dirt and couches spread around. But I did have one issue with the setup; it was no good for break dancing. How can one get good rotation on carpet? I tried to spin on my head but after about 3 or 4 rotations, the carpet slowed me down to much so I had to stop. I suggest that next time he has a party, he finds some floorboards and makes a section of the garden the 'break dancing section'.

After about 20 minutes other people started to arrive. The first was a couple who was related to Randy in some way. I had never seen them before so I went over to introduce myself. I sidled up to the male and shook his hand. He told me his name (I can not remember what it was, something ordinary), and then I told him mine. It was a bit difficult to hear because the music was loud, but I clearly said 'Micah'. He looked at me with a puzzled expression on his face and said, 'Wanker?’ He thought that I had told him that my name was Wanker! I cast my mind back and I remember one other time that someone thought my name was Wanker.

I was in year 8, and for someone so small, I had a lot of attitude. But, there were a few guys on my bus with more attitude than me. One of them was in year 9 and his name was Sam. He thought he was pretty tough so he had shoved his way to the back seat (even though it was only for year 11 and 12). He shouted at me, 'Whats your name?' I gave the usual response, 'Micah'. He then shouted 'Wanker?' He also may not have heard me correctly, but I told him about 5 more times and he kept repeating 'Wanker'. So, from then on I was called 'Wanker' by him.

Anyway, this got me thinking. Even if the guy at the party had heard me wrong, what made him say 'Wanker'? Who would really think that someone would introduce themselves as Wanker? If, for instance, someone introduced them self to you as Patti, and you did not hear properly, you would not look at them and say 'Fatty?’ It is just so incredibly rude. I don't mind if he couldn't hear me properly, but he could have at least asked me my name again. How the hell could he think that anyone would introduce themselves as 'Wanker'? People can be so rude.

Thats my story.

5 reasons why Latrobe is better than Melbourne

These are in no particular order...

1. It only takes half an hour from when I leave home to when I walk into the classroom. When I went to Melbourne it took over an hour and a half. I would walk to the station (30 min), catch the train (45 min atleast) then the tram and walk (atleast 15 min).

2. Latrobe accepted me into an Arts degree and Melbourne did not. It still makes me a little angry when I think about it. I was already at Melbourne and my marks were not that bad. How difficult is it to just move me from science to arts? They wanted a 78% average. That is serious smck. It took Latrobe about 5 minutes to decided that I was accepted.

3. One must complete only 7 subject units to get a major at Latrobe, but one has to do 9 at Melbourne. This means that at second and third year level, I only have to do 3 subjects a semester instead of 4. This is atleast 3 less contact hours and tens of hours less in reading and essays and such. It also means that everything is a lot less stressful.

4. The staff at Latrobe appeared to be much much more interested in my predicament. They sat down with me and explained what I needed to do and they were generally a lot more helpful. After I got rejected for Arts at Melbourne I went in to try and talk to some people. I spoke to a lady who is on the Arts board and she just bluntly said that there is nothing I could do. She actually suggested that I move institutions. She did not care about my story and about how stuck I was. She told me to get 80%+ then they might consider me for the end of second year but by then it would be far too late.

5. I made about 4 'friends' in my one and a half years at Melbourne, and even that I found quite diffucult. At Latrobe there is Megan.

Do the 'Kangaroo Hop'

Anyway, I was driving home the other night on mine road and there was this kangaroo hopping in the middle of the road. I slow down and this creature keeps jumping in the middle and it refuses to let me pass. Finally I see it moving to the side of the road but then it stops. I stop the car just in case it starts moving on the road again. It then proceeds to turn around and it begins to eye me off. My high beams were still on, so maybe it was not actually eyeing me off, it could have just been blinded and confused. So I roll down my window and say to it:

'Hop on over to the edge
stop breakin' it down on the road
go on, jump off the ledge
or I will squash you like a toad

so jump jump around

kick your feet up off the ground

spin spin and do a little jig

go on and have a dig

dance on over in the bush
leave me and my car alone
or I may flatten you like mush
then I will be the one who owns'

He does not move, but continues to look dazed and confused. It then jumps straight into the side of my car and proceeds to jumps away! So much attitude coming from such a stupid creature. It may have won this battle, but we will see whos laughing when I eat him for dinner.