Not-so-liveblog from the train home – Friday 11th September 2009
Yadda yadda, spiel. Thanks again Kelly for the lift to Epping. Shoutout to Jgan, Winnie, Annie and Benny.
It’s Friday…AGAIN, and I’m bored…AGAIN. Massacred by my mundane life of mediocrity. Fawr shfifty feive is the time.
Jazz ensemble was interesting today. Recorded some songs with the help of Buddha and Shaun. Much enjoyment was had watching the microphone pointed at the piano slowly sink down towards the floor because it wasn’t tightened properly…
On the way to Epping in Kelly’s car (thanks again!) there was this crazy woman in a hatchback, who would slowly drift out of the lane…then swerve recklessly back. As we turned at the Carlo court intersection (us in the right lane, her car on the left), she swerved into our lane (followed by a symphony of ‘oh sh**’ shouts) and proceeded to Carlo court.
Met James Sin on the train at Eastwood. Studying hard for a mid-semester economics exam. The questions look quite easy – looks like Petey is set for next year. (it’s basically high-school eco)
At Strathfield a man holding a piece of paper comes up the stairs, stopping at each person. It saiid something like ‘I’m deaf, so give me $5′. These sort of people have always made me wonder. All over the city, they sit, waiting and watching. In street corners, outside stores – they’re everywhere. I don’t want to feel uncompassionate, but why can’t these people just go to a charity or something if they were really that needy? How much do they really make? Is it right or wrong to give these people money? (you start a cycle by doing so – you’d think that by doing so the number of these people would decrease, but in reality they see that it’s becoming a decent source of income, and others also do, and you end up perpetually in the same situation) Is there a better way for governments to deal with it?
Speaking of governments, all this Youth Decide and Power Shift stuff. It’s all good that you want to get young people involved in the political process, but I think that by doing so through a special interest group is completely the wrong way to go about it. I am in no way discrediting the message of either, however I do believe that the youth need both sides of the argument represented. If someone asks you ‘Why do you believe that climate change is more significant than spending on infrastructure, healthcare and education?’, you should be ready with a response – or why are you part of something you don’t really believe in? Research, read more than the spin they give you, and form your own opinion. Wake up sheeple.
The number of people who read my blog never ceases to amaze me. Shoutout to the supposed extra R08/N17 readers I have. Say hi to me or something, I’m always curious to know who’s stalking me. 
5:37 as the train pulls to Sydenham. It’s almost daunting to think of the number of times I’ve gone on a train now, especially considering that number was almost 0 6 years ago. 5 times a week, 40 weeks a year. And to think this routine will end in just over 2 weeks, that everything I’ve known will become distant as we start from the bottom of the food chain again in some new foreign location.
We say that we hate the mundane, the routine. But in reality, we crave it. We fear the change, the uncertain. But when the new become the old, we become complacent again; the familiarity we seek returns. The Wii, the iPod – crazy names that were once mocked, but are now universally recognised (thanks to the help of a few marketing geniuses). The new Facebook layout – back when it was released, there would be one message every 5 minutes complaining, and numerous group chanting ‘Bring the old layout back!’. Today – silence. The stalkerwall has stuck, the ruckus has died down, and all is calm.
Strange creatures we are as humans. 5:46 is where this journey ends, so goodbye.
Zing. Year 9s/10s are always using the lecture theatre for ‘non-learning purposes’ as Woodhouse calls it. With all their ‘leadership’ programs, they’ll all be running for PM in 5 years time.
That stupid PowerShift video showed that the kids went to learn an epic line-dance.
detailsinthefabricx
September 11, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Haha, good old Woody.
Spik3balloon
September 11, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Sheeple? Nice word. Is it a real one?
Powershift is EVERYWHERE. Does anyone else find the stickers a bit annoying? =/
alice .
September 11, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Sheeple is a real word to me.
(and having been on Digg/Reddit for so long now, I’ve seen it a billion times)
YES D: And I feel sorry for the cleaners who will eventually have to clean up the mess…
Spik3balloon
September 11, 2009 at 11:12 pm
ahah im not a fan of the powershift/youth decide thing EVERYWHERE too !
shouldnt they be out planting trees and ish gosh xD
i stalk you
LOLSSSSSSS
bye joseph (:
transatlanticismx
September 11, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Indeed. If they really wanted to stop climate change, they should probably go to China, India or one of the other major polluters FIRST. Fixing Australia is like saying taking 1 whale out of the ocean will stop the decline of plankton…
Spik3balloon
September 11, 2009 at 11:13 pm
awesome post and made me reflect quite a bit.
It scares me that next year, we’ll once again be the lowly fodder.
aaeeehhhh
September 11, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Thanks.
Yeah. Hitting the reset button for a third time! Then again for a 4th once we get jobs!
Spik3balloon
September 11, 2009 at 11:18 pm
sheeple. i likes….i guess its the *braces self* the inherent need to belong/ the human condition
people that ask for money; i feel really bad and guilty everytime i come across one, yet at the same time wonder the same thoughts you have….
6 years of travel; you’ve gone all the way in cityrail patience brother, for that, i applaud
Z-hang
September 11, 2009 at 8:49 pm
*facepalm*
You almost made it.
Spik3balloon
September 11, 2009 at 11:17 pm
I dislike powershift. It’s stupid… They don’t know what they are talking about. We do not live in an ideal world where everything is possible. How do people expect to keep their lifestyles and still save everyone and everything…
Half the ppl involved don’t understand how naive they are. And the other half have no dedication.
materix01
September 11, 2009 at 9:28 pm
It’s like that for a lot of things, ay? We’re all hypocrites in our own ways I guess, but yeah, if they really believed in what they preached, they would cut down on power/change lifestyle/etc.
Spik3balloon
September 11, 2009 at 11:19 pm
I LIKE THESE POSTS.
I E-STALK YOU JOSEPH.
I HAVE YOU ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK AAAND well. THIS BLOG.
I LOVE STALKING MY FRIENDS
Speaking of stalking, I always see James Sin everywhere. and I’m def not stalking him/vice versa. I JUST SEE HIM EVERYWHERE lols. ==;
BELLE
September 11, 2009 at 9:51 pm
The feeling of stalkerage is mutual.
Yeah, he seems to randomly pop up a lot. Him and Chris Fung (who I swear I saw at Redfern only a few days ago).
Spik3balloon
September 11, 2009 at 11:28 pm
idealism-
replaced, by cynicism
duly assigned.
I don’t believe in “PowerShit” (one bored maths lesson-> bathroom jaunt -> pen -> inspiration), although that might be a bit of a strong term. If they sincerely believe in saving the globe, arresting climate change, yadda yadda then good for them, but in all honesty I have to agree with Jason, it’s a bit of an unrealistic campaign. Just the “in” thing to do. However if they truly believe in such a cause, then all credit.
Social inequality is a tough problem, not just on a local/national scale, but globally (eg. africa/restofworld). For there to be rich people, there must also be poor people, for how else can the rich distinguish themselves?
Or should we rather subscribe to a global communist/other system of unification? Equality for everyone? Voice of the “rich” vs. uprising of the many? Who knows.
Waiting for the 7.18~
meelo
September 11, 2009 at 9:56 pm
So it was YOU :O
Mm :/
Spik3balloon
September 11, 2009 at 11:37 pm
mmmm. they should spend the registrations on seedlings or something instead xD I do think climate change is occurring, and we should be countering it, but powershift seems like all show, no action. Whatever that saying is????
Quentin
September 11, 2009 at 11:29 pm
All talk, no action.
Spik3balloon
September 11, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Talk the talk, but can they/you/it walk the walk?
or
Put your money where your mouth is.
or
All show, no go.
or
Gesta non verba.
glaesc
September 11, 2009 at 11:50 pm
haha i stalk (lurk would be a better word. I’m not particularly inclined to comment here, buuuuut since you shouted out, it’s probably courtesy to at least drop in a comment) this blog once in a while. and you shouldn’t be surprised. It’s interesting to read through someone else’s train of thoughts. Particularly when you come across a set of thoughts which you yourself never considered.
I can’t say much about Power Shift (I haven’t looked much into it), and I haven’t been bombarded by the presence of, judging by the comments here, its propaganda. However, I generally dislike the environmental movement as it is currently. Their current actions aren’t much different to what they were 3 or 4 years back, when this movement picked up. They’re *still* “raising awareness”, which I don’t think is quite necessary any more. Everyone in the industrialised nations are probably well aware of the issue at hand. Perhaps it’s time for them to begin raising funds so they can sponsor research into alternate energies? That’s probably the only real way of getting rid of carbon emissions.
As for the word “sheeple”… hahahaha, I love hybrid words. They’re the best. It shows off creativity and vision… I personally call it visitivity
(kudos if you get the reference).
As for your little discussion on how life has following a routine… your next few years in uni will throw in a lot of spice. There’s a lot to do in those few years. Sadly, it seems when we do graduate from uni, we’ll be bogged down into a routine again with work. =S ah well…
well i’m off. gotta do some more cramming for random class quizzes that are coming up. enjoy your last few weeks of school! they’re going to be your best. Particularly since the teachers don’t mind you bludging in class in those few weeks. =D
materium
September 13, 2009 at 6:37 pm
“Say hi to me or something, I’m always curious to know who’s stalking me.”
haha.
Hi Joseph.
One day I discovered many people had blogs. And then, ran into yours.
lulu
September 17, 2009 at 7:15 pm