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01.01.2008 – Tuesday 1 January – The year of planning

• It’s a new year, though it’s also just an arbitrary date picked to be the start of a year—I think? Perhaps astrologers would disagree. I fear this year will be one of planning—whether I want to or not, I’m growing up and facing that may be difficult. I need to think about the future, where I want to be, and make plans now so I end up where I want—drifting with the tide may not work... or maybe it will. I need to think about it. Juggling a career and getting the time off to do the things I want—and working out what those things are, is this year’s challenge.

02.01.2008 – Wednesday 2 January – Brisbane & Hitman

Morning

• Went and saw the last ever Troubadour Variety Breakfast, before packing up the tent between spouts of rain, and driving back to Brisbane through gale-force winds.

Evening

• Bronwen, Stella and I drove to Indooroopilly, via Hungry Jack’s, to do some shopping. Bronwen and I returned later to watch “Hitman” at Indooroopilly. They’re allocating seats now. I then drove to Bronwen’s.

03.01.2008 – Thursday 3 January – Sick & Pancakes

Morning

• Spent last night at Bronwen’s place. Drove her to work, then drove back here. Have been slowly sorting through emails, receipts, and various other unexciting things that have to be done. I feel a bit sick—a sore throat and not one hundred percent in the stomach area.

Night

• Went to the Ville for food, but nothing was open. Picked up Raymond, and drove to the Pancake Manor, where I had nachos.

05.01.2008 – Saturday 5 January – Sick

Morning

• Feeling sick.

Afternoon

• Drove out to Bronwen’s and Bunning’s to get a door handle.

Evening

• Dozed fitfully for a few hours.

Night

• Picked Stella up from work, drove her to a party that had finished, bought Malt and Honey flavoured milk, still feel sick, and am going back to bed.

06.01.2008 – Sunday 6 January – Less Sick, but Hot

Morning

• Still sick, but much less so. It’s incredibly hot.

Afternoon

• Drove Bronwen back to her place, through a torrential downpour and drainage that just couldn’t handle the volume of water, and watched “American Beauty” while she did some washing.

Evening

• Popped into Woolworths at Paddington, had curry for dinner from Halim’s Indian Taj, and watched random bits of junk on TV while chatting to Bronwen and Stella.

07.01.2008 – Monday 7 January – Phlegm

Morning

• Did very little. Mostly better now, just phlegm to go. Another extremely hot day.

Evening

• Had dinner at Hungry Jack’s, on the way to Woolworths at Indooroopilly. Bronwen stayed the night.

08.01.2008 – Tuesday 8 January – Bronwen’s

Night

• I spent the night at Bronwen’s.

09.01.2008 – Wednesday 9 January – No Country for Old Men

Morning

• Bronwen’s flatmate, Nacho, moved out. His girlfriend, Julia is moving in, in his place.

Night

• Went and saw “No Country for Old Men” with Bronwen at Indooroopilly. It was good right up to the end, which was terrible. Big argument afterwards. Bronwen spent the night here.

10.01.2008 – Thursday 10 January – Sleep In

• Slept in ridiculously late, waking around 1:30.

Afternoon

• Drove to Indooroopilly with Stella, to buy sausages and pick up Tegan. Had Subway for lunch while there.

Night

• Drove out to Bronwen’s late to say goodnight, but didn’t stay the night.

11.01.2008 – Friday 11 January – American Gangster

Morning

• Slept in lazily.

Night

• Went to Thai Treasure but they had no cheap vegetarian food, so went to Halim’s Indian Taj and had curry there with Bronwen.

9:30pm

• Rushed to South Bank Cinemas, where there wasn’t any parking, and had to sit right at the side of the cinema due to being late and it being sold out, to watch “American Gangster”, which turned out to be quite good and it really didn’t make much difference sitting at the side once engrossed.

12.01.2008 – Saturday 12 January – Chris’s Wedding

Morning

• Had an apple turnover for breakfast, then headed up to Bronwen’s parent’s place for lunch.

Afternoon

• Nandini told me she is moving out.

3pm

• Went to Chris’s wedding and reception.

Night

• Home. Picked up Stella from work, drove her to Valley. Drove Bronwen to Nathan, then back to my place. Sleeping here.

15.01.2008 – Tuesday 15 January – New Tyres & Failed Brakes

Day

• I get new tyres on car. $100 each.

Night

• Bronwen and I drive to Amanda’s, brakes fail on the way there.

16.01.2008 – Wednesday 16 January – Fixing Car

7am

• I take car to Metro Ford. Diagnose as faulty fuel pressure regulator, too high fuel pressure.

17.01.2008 – Thursday 17 January – Clint Departs

Night

• Clint’s going away party. Bronwen and I attend.

18.01.2008 – Friday 18 January – Fixing Car

Afternoon

• Changed fuel regulator and fuel filter in car.

Night

• Bronwen came over and stayed the night.

19.01.2008 – Saturday 19 January – Futons & Black Books

Afternoon

• Indooroopilly with Bronwen and Stella.

Evening

• Drove with Bronwen to pick up futon.

Night

• Watched Black Books.

20.01.2008 – Sunday 20 January – Cloverfield

Morning

• Didn’t do much. Slept in a bit. Chatted to Bronwen.

Afternoon

• Drove and had a look at a queen bed ($100) in Kelvin Grove.

Afternoon

• Went to Bronwen’s then to the Gold Coast/Burleigh Heads with Bronwen, Stella and Mi.

Night

• Went to curry with Stella, Bronwen. Then went to see Cloverfield at South Bank with Bronwen. Somewhat interesting, but mostly not.

21.01.2008 – Monday 21 January – Rope & Beds

Day

• Drove to Autobarn to get brake master cylinder, which turned out to be the wrong one. Picked Bronwen up on the way back, borrowed her parent’s 4WD, picked up queen bed ($100) I had looked at yesterday. Lots of rope etc.

Night

• Had dinner at the Thai place at Rosalie. Spent the night at Bronwen’s.

22.01.2008 – Tuesday 22 January – Brake Failure

• Drove to Autobarn to get the second brake master cylinder and other car parts. Picked Bronwen up on the way back. Got pizza from Dominos and watched episodes of Coupling. Driving when brakes fail on busy roads isn’t overly fun.

23.01.2008 – Wednesday 23 January – Fixing Car

• Installed new brake master cylinder and bled brakes.
  Drove to Supercheap to take back broken circlip pliers and buy air filter.

Night

• Went to Maz’s, then to Halim’s Indian Taj for dinner.
  Went to UQ to adjust headlamps of car, then spent the night at Bronwen’s.

24.01.2008 – Thursday 24 January – Off to Cairns

• Install air filter. Silicone up things. Sort out finances.
  I went to Indooroopilly with Raymond and Stella prior to lunch. Had planned to leave by 9 PM but left just before midnight. Bronwen came around for the evening. We had dinner at Hungry Jack’s.

25.01.2008 – Friday 25 January – Cairns & Silas

Night

• Drove all night, sticking to the speed limit until 2 AM, then doing 120 km/h until 5 AM.

6am

• Stopped at Marmor, just after 6 AM for fuel and a drink.

Morning

• Stopped again at Cardwell for breakfast.

2pm

• Stopped just outside Ayr for fuel again around 2 PM, before driving through to Silas’s in Cairns. It rained lightly outside Cairns but was dry everywhere else. Stopped for a milkshake at Sarina on the seaside.

7pm

• Arrived at Silas’s in Cairns around 7 PM.

26.01.2008 – Saturday 26 January – Cairns & Shan

9am

• Woke up at Silas’s. He had gone back to bed with a headache. Spent the morning chatting to him.

Afternoon

• Silas went to work. I drove to Stocklands, then on to the Esplanade.

Fuel

• I worked out the fuel I used to drive from Brisbane to Cairns: 25-Jan 06:05—54.25 litres @ $1.329, $72.10; 25-Jan 14:11—55.82 litres @ $1.309, $73.07; 26-Jan 15:10—42.19 litres @ $1.329, $56.07; Total 152.26 litres, $201.24.

Evening

• Spent some time with Silas at work then had dinner with him, his girlfriend, and her friend, before heading to Shan’s to spend the night.

27.01.2008 – Sunday 27 January – Motocross

7am

• I drove from Shan’s to Mareeba, got sunburnt photographing motocross, and met Justin, Jake, Amos and Luke.

Afternoon

• I drove back to Shan’s, met Jade, had dinner, and then drove to Silas’s where I spent the night. I didn’t get to sleep until after 4 AM.

28.01.2008 – Monday 28 January – Cooktown

Morning

• I drove to the Esplanade, and bought a milkshake. It is extremely hot. I’m waiting for Shan to wake up—he went out last night.

Afternoon

• Shan is not feeling well after going out last night, and Silas is at work, so after laying in the shade at the Esplanade for a while watching topless women, I drove up to Cooktown. I hit a kangaroo on the Lakeland to Cooktown stretch, damaging the front bumper, and hopefully nothing else. Fortunately I was going fast and hit it straight on, as anything else would quite likely have had me going off the road. It jumped out just in front of me so there was no avoiding it.

8:30pm

• Arrived at Mum’s, said hello to Dad and Mum, chatted for a while, and went to bed.

29.01.2008 – Tuesday 29 January – Family

• I spend time with my family.

30.01.2008 – Wednesday 30 January – Sarah

Morning

• Spent a quiet morning with my parents.

Afternoon

• Went for a walk with Sarah and her dogs. She then came around for dinner.

31.01.2008 – Thursday 31 January – Family Photos

7:30am

• Got up, picked up Sarah, and drove down to Finch Bay, where we took some family photos, theoretically for Mum’s frames.

Afternoon

• I glued together broken parts of the front bumper with superglue and cable-tied up other parts. So far it seems to have worked but I’m not overly optimistic about it.

01.02.2008 – Friday 1 February – Rossville

Morning

• We had a few photos of us taken by Narelle from the Cooktown Local News, then I drove Dad to Rossville via the supermarket and found a leak on the car. I drove out to Craig and Mandi’s, to whom I chatted for a couple of hours, and then to Ric for a while. I rush back to town, stopping at the Lion’s Den Hotel for a short time and meeting Wayne there.

6:30pm

• I drove back to Cooktown and had dinner with Mum and Sarah, dropping in to see Ricci for a short while.

Night

• Sarah came over. I walked back to her place. I changed Mum’s email client from Outlook to Gmail/Google Apps.

1:33am

• Off to bed, must be up again in a few hours.

02.02.2008 – Saturday 2 February – Cairns

• I woke up a little later than expected and drove to Cairns. I got caught for speeding on the way into Cairns—at the speed zone boundary between an 80 and 60 zone. I drove to Shan’s and spent the day there.

03.02.2008 – Sunday 3 February – Cairns

Morning

• I drove to Redlynch Shopping Centre to look for Ella but it was closed. It rained.

Afternoon

• I drove to Silas’s. He arrived shortly after. We chatted for a while and had a look at a car with Amos, before chatting some more.

Night

• I drove to Shan’s, chatted, showered, and went to bed.

04.02.2008 – Monday 4 February – Maryborough

Morning

• I bought some hose and things to fix the leaking heater hose tap, but it was all but impossible to get to, so I took the car to a mechanic—which took quite some time and was quite expensive, as they couldn’t get to it either.

Day

• I drove from Cairns to Stella’s parent’s place in Maryborough.

05.02.2008 – Tuesday 5 February – Brisbane

Morning

• Woke at Stella’s parent’s place. Chatted to Stella and her brother. Drove to Brisbane. It was raining heavily, making driving difficult.

06.02.2008 – Wednesday 6 February – Sweeney Todd

Afternoon

• Went shopping at Indooroopilly with Bronwen and Stella, then out to the wreckers to get a remote car opener thing, then to Bronwen’s.

Night

• Had curry with Bronwen, then watched “Sweeney Todd” at South Bank. Depressing, uninspiring movie.

09.02.2008 – Saturday 9 February – Chinatown

Day

• Walked to Chinatown with Bronwen. Nearly died from the heat.

10.02.2008 – Sunday 10 February – Mount Coot-Tha

Morning

• Drive to Bronwen’s.

Afternoon

• Late lunch at Chez Tessa with Stella.

Evening

• Pick Bronwen up from her parents.

Night

• Drive up Mount Coot-Tha, see scenery.
  Still fighting media centre. Now doesn’t work at all.

11.02.2008 – Monday 11 February – Media Centre

Afternoon

• Drove Bronwen to work.

Night

• Went shopping with Maz and Stella, then took my old computer over to Maz’s, where we found that the DVD drive was faulty, causing my problems installing Vista on it. After some messing around, it appears that Media Centre, running under Vista, may finally be working. Had curry for dinner with Stella.

4am

• Stayed up most of the night fighting Vista and Media Centre.

12.02.2008 – Tuesday 12 February – Cranking Pizza

Night

• Pizza with Bronwen. Watched Crank.

13.02.2008 – Wednesday 13 February – Lust, Caution

Day

• Lunch at Chez Tessa with Stella. Played around with Media Centre.

Night

• Watched “Lust, Caution” with Bronwen at the Palace. Got toothache. Was depressed.

14.02.2008 – Thursday 14 February – Coupling

Midday

• Lunch at the vegetarian place at the Ville with Stella.

Night

• Met Bronwen in the city to have a look at some opening of something or other at the State Library, but it wasn’t very good so we headed back to my place, where Bronwen cooked me a nice pasta dinner and we watched the last few episodes of “Coupling”, which really weren’t very good.

15.02.2008 – Friday 15 February – Potential Flatmates

7:30am

• Up to clean.

9:45am

• Two potential flatmates arrive to look at the room.

11am

• Another potential flatmate arrives, after having got lost and me going to pick her up, and then dropping her to the city as she was very late.

12:20pm

• Grace turned up to have a look at the room.

Afternoon

• Nandini arrives to clean out her room.

5:21pm

• The 5 o’clock potential flatmate called to say she’s running late, and arrived to have a look at the room shortly after.

Night

• I dropped Stella to work then drove on to Kieran’s, where Maz and I stayed until late.