[	Current Mood	|	ecstatic	]
[	Current Music	|	Flyleaf	]

Jess has gone back to her hometown to Temora for a few days, so I'm all by myself down here until the weekend.

Anyway, after 4 years of working in large store retail supermarkets, I will be making a transition to working with a new company. Or maybe two. Who knows? I do. Well, I will when the appropriate paperwork comes through. My point is I WILL NEVER WORK IN A SUPERMARKET AGAIN. THANK GOD FOR THAT. I will say WHO I am working for in the coming week or so.

After 4 years of working in this type of environment, I have drawn the following conclusions:

- The collective IQ of the entire general public of Australia is about 63.2
- Regardless of how much you bitch, the manager is always right.
- Checkout chicks are greater than you. They decide whether your groceries live or die on the trip home.
- Stacking shelves is not rocket science.
- EFTPOS may seem like the popular option, but most people prefer to pay in warm, silky soft cash.
- No, you can't have a discount card.
- AWA all the way, yeah?
- The price you saw on the shelf was wrong.
- If the person at the checkout is looking at you funny it is probably because they are wondering how you were able to find the nipple as an infant
- When the person at the checkout asks 'How are you?' and you want to improve their day, respond: 'Incredibly horny thanks, and how are you?' (Yes, I have had that response before).
- Yes, the person in the Deli probably did spit in your olives.
- This never, ever, happens:


I finish up in Supermarket retail on Wednesday next week. After that day it can kiss my well-rounded and slim behind.

[	Current Mood	|	contemplative	]
[	Current Music	|	Sounds Like Chicken	]

So there is this yearly snooker tournament called Dawborn held here in Burgmann. I made it to the quarter finals, and was beaten by the treasurer of the resident's association by about 13 points. Apparently I don't suck that much at all. :-P

In other news:
- I am currently in training to be a representative for Mercy Ships. Click the link to read more about them. Basically I am to go around and speak at churches and businesses to try and get sponsorships and recruits for the ships.
- Jess & I have just celebrated 5 months together.

What is it about motivation and enthusiasm?

It's here one minute and gone the next. I have no idea what brings it, and I have no idea what makes it go. I am enthusiastic about going overseas and doing development things. I am highly apathetic about what I have to do to get there. I am enthisiastic about doing things, but not about learning the things that will get me to do things. I am unenthusiastic about learning languages within university, but enthusiastic about doing so outside of university. I am enthusiastic about working for decent money in these areas, but not enthusiastic about working for Supabarn in the meantime. I am enthusiastic about doing volunteer work, but not about finding it.

Why?

Is the difference to do with enjoyment? Are we enthusiastic about the things we enjoy? I used to think so, but now tend to disagree. I would be going insane without the intellectual stimulation of uni, but in the same breath, I am going insane for not being able to do much with it right now. Yet, it seems the Brisbane Broncos were dealing with the same problem. Unlike the Broncos, however, I don't have access to a sports psychologist, nor facilities and coaches to keep me motivated. I have taken time off, to no avail.

I think the issue is now to do with release, and the need to unwind. Do we keep ourselves motivated by releasing our pent-up energy? Do we keep ourselves motivated by unwinding? In part, I think yes. But there is another element to it. An unknown and unseen element. We need to enjoy where we are on our way to where we're going. But when there is very little enjoyment around us, and we constantly expect less and less, and eventually we stop expecting having enjoyment. Is that my problem? I think not, because I know of others in similar situations who enjoy themselves on a continual basis.

If anyone has an answer, then please let me know.

[	Current Location	|	Burgmann	]
[	Current Mood	|	pleased	]
[	Current Music	|	Blindside	]

So, I got my ear and eyebrow pierced on Monday. The ear didn't hurt at all going through, but the eyebrow caned heaps. Currently, the eyebrow is pretty swollen (which apparently is normal), but the ear is coming along very nicely.

Here is a picture for you all to enjoy:


Jess had her top lip done as well, which I reckon looks freaking awesome on her. There really is very little going on at the moment outside of Uni work. I'm currently preparing for a mammoth essay due in in about 6 weeks time., but I also have a 4,000 word effort due in late November which I'll need to get started on soon as well.

Final question for you all:

Should I relocate this blog to Myspace? You have until my next post to respond.