CON: WE ARE MISSING COLD MEATS FOR SANDWICHES!

These items are just what we are taking with us to the beach, basically the meals and the “bare essentials”. If we need other stuff or need to replenish our supplies, we can make a trek into town! If you have any personal stuff that you want that isn’t on this list, you are welcome to bring it for yourself.

Please note that the prices will most definitely be different than from here. This is just to get an idea of pricing. Buyers, you MUST keep the receipts of what you buy! These items, along with booze, means we’re looking at a bit over $100 each. Not bad! LAZ: Please note that the Coke on this list is considered separate to the coke we’ll use for mixing.

TY Gavin for the list which absolutely kicks the shit out of my messy piece of shit

Just as a side note, this is probably what we’re looking at:

Rough total (booze + food) ~ $820; depending on specials + cost of booze.

So amongst 7 or 8 people that’s about $117-102 from each person. As Gavin said, it’s really not that much considering how much you pay to go on holidays, trips and shit etc.

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Also typed up a quick guide for cocktail mixing even though I should be studying.

Vote in the poll at the bottom and feel free to add suggestions etc.

Vodka & Scotch (Whiskey):

• 700 mL Smirnoff Red Label — $29
• 700 mL Johnny Walker Red Label Scotch —$30

Rum & Beer:

• Changed to Bacardi Black—- $32
• 700 mL Bacardi Superior — $32
• ****** maybe not *******Heineken 24-pack or 5L Keg — $47/$35

Tequila & Spirit & Liquer & Irish Cream:

• 1L Jose Cuervo Tequila — $63
• 350 mL Jagermeister — $32
• Continental Blue Curacao Liquer — $20
• 700 mL Baileys — $30

Other shit for mixing :

• 2x 30 Pack of Coke — $23 each
• 30 pack of Sprite — $23
• 2x 2L Club Soda (Schweppes) — $2.50 each
• Shitload of lime — $5.00 worth approx.
• Lime Cordial — $3
• 3x 4 Packs of Red Bull — $50 approx.
• 3x 4 packs of V
• Orange Juice
• Milk
• Coffee
• HEAPS OF FUCKING ONION RINGS!

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Approx. Total = $460

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Quick Cocktails Guide:

Tequila Shots:

Ingredients: Jose Cuervo Tequila, Salt, Lime

Method:

1. Rub rim of the glass with lime
2. Spread salt on rim
3. Drop lime into tequila
4. Massive profits

Long Island Ice Tea”

Ingredients: Tequila, Vodka, Lime Cordial, Cola, shaker

Margerita:

Ingredients: Jose Cuervo Tequila, Club Soda or/and Sprite, Lime

Bacardi Caipirinha:

Ingredients: Bacardi Superior, Sugar, Lime, shaker

Method:

1. Cut one half of lime into wedges or cubes and place in shaker
2. Add teaspoon of sugar and mix
3. Add ice and Bacardi rum and shake
4. Profits

Blue Lagoon (for teh weak):

Ingredients: Blue Caracao, Smirnoff Red Label, Sprite

Bacardi + Soda (for teh uber weak):

Ingredients: Bacardi Superior, Club Soda, Lime

Others (pretty self explanitory):

• Johnny Walker Red Label + Coke
• Captain Morgan + Cola
• Jagermeister + Red Bull = JAGER-BOMBS!
• Smirnoff Red Label + Club Soda + Lime
• Baileys + Milk or Coffee

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Ok so the title of the post is a bit misleading, since not all these anime were released in ’08. I’ve been following two series this year, Code Geass and Gurren Lagann, and there’s no doubt that they’re the best series I’ve seen in a long time (since Vision of Escaflowne in fact). Also did a marathon on another anime series called Akagi, purely in an effort to help with my detailed study. More below.

1. Code Geass:

The main character is bestowed with a power (“Geass”) which gives him the ability to control the actions of anyone he commands with the power. He uses this power to try and liberate Japan of ‘Brittania”, a large nation which has taken over the majority of the world.

If you like the ‘highly intellectual teenager trying to dominate the world’ type anime (Death Note), then look no further. It’s also got mechs called “Knigtmares”, MECHS! It’s gotta be awesome!

Plenty of twists and turns for those who love to watch anime which makes them think.

2. Gurren Lagann:

A GAINAX (Neon Genesis: Evangelion, FLCL…) production featuring bad ass mechs and even more bad ass characters. In the future, the surface of Earth is obliterated and humans are forced to a mysterious existance under the Earth’s surface. The story is based around two characters, Simon and Kamina, and their aspirations to get to the surface and “pierce the heavens”.

A motivating and uplifting anime to get you going for the end of year exams.

3. Akagi:

It’s hard to fit ‘action packed’, ‘thriller’ and ‘Mahjong’ into one sentence, but this anime does just that. It’s a  dark and atmospheric anime about the world of Mahjong gambling in Japan.

For those who know how to play Mahjong, you’ll love this. For those who have never heard of Mahjong, give this a shot anyway.

So if you’re new to anime, these are a great to get you started on the road to Otaku’ness. Others I’d recommend:

1. Vision of Escaflowne
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Full Metal Alchemist
4. Noir
5. Gundam SEED

You can download most of them fan-subbed from here, but support the writers and producers by buying the DVDs when they’re released in Australia!

The Chinese oral is out of the way now, so it’s basically just going to be practice exams from here onwards. I’m expecting an 8/10 or above for that.

Going to make a dual post today because the other stuff is completely irrelevant to this one!

This total process of reviewing and correcting took 2 hours. Thus, in reality, the total process of completing the exam and understanding all the concepts took 4 hours and 5 minutes. That’s two-fold the time required to finish the paper.

Sure, you could argue that correcting and reviewing can be left for the following day, but in my opinion it’s better to nail that stuff into your head while it’s fresh in your mind after manipulating it sub-consciously or consciously for 2 hours.

Moral of the story: Don’t start practice exams at 9pm!

A list of things to do before the end of year exams:

• 36 Methods exams (1 and 2 inclusive)
• 18 Specialist exams (1 and 2 inclusive)
• 14 Psychology exams
• 1 full 3 hour English exam
• 10 Chinese SL exams
• 10 AMFAS pieces
• 5 Analysis pieces
• 5 Context pieces

With a total of…
98 exams (treating each essay as an exam)

Which amounts to…
145 hours

and according to my quantum theory of connect 9000…
that’s 290 hours

Below is a visual representation of the above exams (a.k.a nerd pr0nz):

Best of luck to all.

Practice exams this week were kind of…meh. The methods MAV paper was pretty difficult, but not impossible for me. Psychology was decent, considering I haven’t put in many hours towards the subject recently. And Spesh was…well let’s not go there.

Had a great time at Crown last night with the 1 hour unlimited play for $15 at Galactic Circus…shame they locked out the Tekken 6 and SF4 machines…damn. Well the new Initial D Stage 4 was pretty sweet and Mario Kart was strangely hectic. Wasn’t expecting to bump into Kelvin and Viki (on their date?) there either. Guess we’ll try Box Hill Timeout next time.

That being said, it’s time to get my ass back into gear – especially for the upcoming two weeks which will be extremely busy. I’ll be attending TSFX lectures for pretty much every subject and then going to VATE during the first Saturday of Term 4.

I guess preparing for the oral exam should be the upmost priority for all of us doing a second language; so find a partner and get practising!

“Lost time is never found again” – Benjamin Franklin

Pre-ordering my collector’s edition this Thursday at Melbourne Central EB (you score a free poster by pre-ordering, just like for TBC!).

Normal price will be $60 so I’m assuming the CE will be around $80-90.

Quote from Blizzard:

We’re happy to announce that World of Warcraft: The Wrath of the Lich King will ship in standard as well as Collector’s Edition packages. The Collector’s Edition will come in a special box that contains many exclusive extras to enhance your adventure into Northrend, including:

• World of Warcraft: The Wrath of the Lich King on DVD-ROM.
• The Art of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, a 208-page book featuring never-before-seen images from the game.
• An exclusive in-game pet: Frosty, the baby frost wyrm.
• A behind-the-scenes DVD containing over an hour of developer interviews, the Wrath of the Lich King intro cinematic with director’s commentary, and more.
• The official soundtrack CD, containing 21 epic tracks from the game, along with exclusive bonus tracks.
• A mouse pad featuring a map of the newly opened continent of Northrend.
• Two World of Warcraft Trading Card Game March of the Legion™ starter decks, along with two exclusive cards available only in the Collector’s Edition.

The behind-the-scenes DVD will offer developer interviews and commentary on all aspects of the creation of Wrath of the Lich King, as well as trailers and cinematics from the game, and even footage of panel discussions from BlizzCon 2007.

Collector’s Edition owners will also be able to take their adventures from the computer to the tabletop with two starter packs for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game — one for themselves and one to share with a friend. In addition, Collector’s Edition owners will receive two exclusive tournament-legal World of Warcraft Trading Card Game cards to incorporate in their decks or trade with other World of Warcraft TCG players.

With the Collector’s Edition-exclusive in-game pet, Frosty the baby frost wyrm, you’ll be the envy of your guildmates and other players as you roam the expanses of Northrend.

A soundtrack CD with stirring music from the expansion pack, a beautiful coffee table book with exclusive concept art, and a Northrend-themed mouse pad round out the wealth of bonus items available in the Collector’s Edition of World of Warcraft: The Wrath of the Lich King. Head over to our Wrath of the Lich King Pre-Order page now to learn more about pricing and availability of both the Standard and the Collector’s edition.

Sources:

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/features/collector/index.xml

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/splash-wrathdate.htm

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So, without further ado….

“You know you’re in year 12 when…”

1. you actually wanted the super-collider to blow up the Earth for one day so that the English SAC would be postponed
2. you get all excited when the Education section of the Age has something which you can actually benefit from (i.e. the exams guide, or a textual analysis)
3. you have brought your study notes into the toilet before so as to not waste any precious study time
4. the younger kids ask why you get to go home so early, you say you get heaps of spares in year 12, and they think year 12 is awesome because of that, and you think they’re idiots because of that etc.
5. you get that special feeling after an English SAC, which makes you feel like you wrote nothing ‘useful’ at all
6. you get your English SAC back without a conclusion and still manage to get A+ and think, “what the fuck happened there?”
7. your English teacher(s) become one of your best friends
8. you think that putting up (HW) or (study) tags or any other variation in your MSN’s personal message makes you l33t…
9. …when in fact you aren’t really studying at all and really just camping your computer, fingers ready respond to your friend’s outrageous Youtube link with “OMG Lolz pr0ns!1″ or “ZOMFG sif rick roll lolol”
10. you try and scab any vaguely useful sources of information related to any of your VCE subjects from the internet when the opportunity comes by
11. you have a designated “study playlist” or something similar in your iTunes
12. house activities seem even more pointless then they already are
13. you get that awesome feeling knowing you’ve beaten your friends in a SAC..you horrible person
14. your friend’s reaction to your smelly fart before the English SAC is “Never came poison from so sweet a place”, and it’s freaking hilarious
15. you visit ign.com or flick through a gaming magazine, and shed a tear because you know you won’t be able to play those games until the end of the year, you silly geek!
16. your typical daily routine consists of: sleep, do stuff at school, study – repeat.
17. you experience so many mixed feelings approaching the end of the year; hope, relief, anxiety – none of which are truly dominant among the rest

I realise there’s a lot about English SACs on there. The reason being because it’s pretty much all that’s been on my mind this whole week, and it was our last English SAC. LAST SAC. I mean, man when’d you expect to hear that?

Yeah…I’m freaking tired as hell at the moment, just like all Thursdays; day starts at 7 in the morning and ends at 10 at night because I’m out all day.

More to come.

“Seven times more powerful than Fermilab’s main particle collider in Batavia, the new facility will smash together intense beams of subatomic protons, producing so much energy that some theories predict it could form tiny black holes. That has led to two lawsuits—one filed in Europe, one in Hawaii—seeking to halt the project and save the planet.

The most far-out fear is that the device’s little black holes could blossom into big ones, with gravity so strong that they swallow first the collider, then the Swiss-French countryside, then the Earth as a whole. Burp.”

On a slightly more cynical note, supermassive black-hole = no more exams = no more study ∴ waste of time studying for VCE in the first place. Fucking European scientists playing with our minds!

UPDATE: If you’re reading this, you’re still alive.

Here are some pretty sweet pics of the LHC.