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Posted by alexandra_k on January 28, 2014, at 21:34:20
i used to LOVE this show in aussie.
partly because it is like the cricket... they would do live streaming for 'big brother up late' between the hours of... 10pm and 2am or something like that... and you can have it on in the background (like the cricket) and mostly... nothing interesting happens. so you can write or work or whatever... then, when something actually happens there is a commentry (to catch your attention) and an action replay. so... you don't actually miss anything, and you can also get quite a lot done.
but big brother is better than the cricket because it is a bunch of socially gregarious people all living together. and about 30 days into the show... something amazing happens: the show actually becomes worth watching. the interpersonal dynamics are WICKED COOL. i mean... these people really are probably the most different to me people that there are in the whole wide world... and their psychology and the way they are... it is just wonderful. like a nature show.
since i'm in nz now we are probably watching a show that was live in aussie sometime... last year. sigh. we don't get the live streaming uplate... just an hour or half an hour or whatever per day... but, well, it gives me something to look forward to.
i wish we got the live streaming. dammit. why don't we get that?? i wish we were another state of aussie sometimes (it is written into their constitution but we decline because of our treaty in part). sigh. our economy would profit... and i could watch big brother up late live. win win!!
Posted by alexandra_k on January 30, 2014, at 22:20:15
In reply to australian big brother, posted by alexandra_k on January 28, 2014, at 21:34:20
is outside my window. i think it has been there since i moved in here. they were unloading it... then they were loading it... and now, i swear, it is just f*ck*ng loafing about.
but there it is. incase anybody was wondering. in case anybody wanted to know.
Posted by Partlycloudy on January 31, 2014, at 6:32:42
In reply to Re: hamburg sud, posted by alexandra_k on January 30, 2014, at 22:20:15
What is a hamburg sud? What is the connection to big brothers, which sounds amazing?
Posted by Phillipa on January 31, 2014, at 9:06:12
In reply to Re: hamburg sud, posted by Partlycloudy on January 31, 2014, at 6:32:42
Alex I thought I was the only one who didn't understand the connection. Is there one? Phillipa
Posted by alexandra_k on January 31, 2014, at 20:12:41
In reply to Re: hamburg sud, posted by Partlycloudy on January 31, 2014, at 6:32:42
no connection. i was just spying on the germans.
Posted by Partlycloudy on February 1, 2014, at 4:14:30
In reply to Re: hamburg sud, posted by alexandra_k on January 31, 2014, at 20:12:41
So Hamburg has a southern outpost outside your window? Very interesting. I am missing out by not looking out the window.
Posted by alexandra_k on February 2, 2014, at 20:32:58
In reply to Re: hamburg sud, posted by Partlycloudy on February 1, 2014, at 4:14:30
yes. maybe there is one outside your window. you will never know, if you don't look :)
Posted by Partlycloudy on February 2, 2014, at 20:59:44
In reply to Re: hamburg sud, posted by alexandra_k on February 2, 2014, at 20:32:58
I look out my window and I see people walking their little ratty dogs. I look out the other window I see a deserted swimming pool (unheated), and beyond that, the intracoastal waterway that parallels the Gulf of Mexico. Very suburban. Quiet. Secluded. They found a meth lab/house in our housing complex in December. We live in town houses. About 7 units away. The entire home had been converted. I wonder what our place is worth now?
Posted by Phillipa on February 2, 2014, at 21:13:04
In reply to Re: hamburg sud, posted by Partlycloudy on February 2, 2014, at 20:59:44
Seriously? And it's or was just a lovely place. Did drive there. Phillipa
Posted by Partlycloudy on February 2, 2014, at 22:35:26
In reply to Re: hamburg sud » Partlycloudy, posted by Phillipa on February 2, 2014, at 21:13:04
Yes, it was rented out by the owner. No one checked the references. A timely neighbourhood check by a policeman caught the renter running first away from the home, then back in where he was pursued. Policeman took one whiff of the garage, backed out, and called for support. All of us were trapped at home for the day.
Safely evacuated his block of units. Unit owner has to pay for decontamination back to fire walls. So sad. I didn't care for the sharp shooters, the robot, the hazmat guys, and the lack of information in the neighborhood until I turned on the news.
No lives were lost.
Posted by alexandra_k on February 3, 2014, at 18:38:02
In reply to Re: hamburg sud, posted by Partlycloudy on February 2, 2014, at 22:35:26
I guess it is better than an unexpected explosion, but that would have been pretty freaky seeing hazmat guys and wondering what on earth was going on!
Maybe it is better not to look out the window after all.
Turns out I'm probably losing mine. When the manager said I could stay in this room if I liked he meant over the summer, not through the academic year. I've been instructed to move. Not even to the room they offered me before, that was just to be a summer room, yet again. They haven't actually assigned me a room yet, so who f*ck*ng knows where I'm supposed to be moving to. It is of course possible that they are just yanking my chain... To see how I react. Maybe so I'm less likely to complain about other things... Like cockroaches nesting in my breakfast cereal since I didn't know we had them so I didn't take specific care to keep stuff in sealed containers (not true - but bloody well coulda been).
I feel... Violated. For no particular reason.
Had to get a passport photo taken... Twice. First lot wouldn't upload. Spent a week sending Internal Affairs emails about their obviously broken system that kept saying 'subject eyes closed' when there was obviously nothing wrong with the pic I was trying to upload.
Now this.
I don't know why stuff like this gets to me so much. I don't think it does when my life is... Busier. Things just feel very precarious right now... Not knowing what I'm going to be studying... Whatever... Moving house. Again. Temporary accommodation... One must never forget that...
I suppose I can console myself a little that this room probably wouldn't be so pleasant once people move into the flat next door. I suppose it is empty now. That that is why this floor is pretty quiet. The packs haven't moved into the end rooms, yet. The party packs for the party flats two on every floor. Perhaps this is how this building goes down... Perhaps... It is better for me to move, after all. People staying in studios tend to be a lot quieter since they are mostly solitary individuals.
I guess... One is allowed to be upset about moving. Moving is one of the greatest stressors...
How are things working out with you in staying put??
Posted by Phillipa on February 3, 2014, at 19:39:09
In reply to Re: hamburg sud, posted by Partlycloudy on February 2, 2014, at 22:35:26
Won't reveal name of area. But it was so pretty and upscale hard to believe. But it's being taken care of so things will be okay there again? Phillipa
Posted by alexandra_k on February 3, 2014, at 21:22:32
In reply to Re: hamburg sud, posted by alexandra_k on February 3, 2014, at 18:38:02
yay! i can stay! i will be spying on the hamburg sud for the forseeable future...
spent the day doing itsy bitsy things... i need to get to the gym... there is a kick class tonight... that is what i need oh yeah...
Posted by alexandra_k on February 4, 2014, at 0:57:09
In reply to Re: hamburg sud, posted by alexandra_k on February 3, 2014, at 21:22:32
oh yeah. that was what i needed. when i seem to be getting all angsty tell me to go to the gym! or tell me that i'm probably due for my period. joke. that will never help (the latter one, anyway). but, really, i'm often 'meh' about the gym these days (because i'm obsessing over math not the gym) but it makes SUCH A DIFFERENCE to my mood. and to my... smiling. friendliness. my non-hatred of people. it is crucial, really.
Posted by alexandra_k on February 4, 2014, at 2:13:25
In reply to Re: hamburg sud, posted by alexandra_k on February 4, 2014, at 0:57:09
so:
round two of: this is it. this is my home for the forseeable future... and grateful i am to have it. i mean, really... i could be here until... well... not until i'm s surgeon... since i'll have a few practice years between finishing medical school and applying for specialist training and i'm pretty sure that you are working through that rather than being a student (living in student accommodation, for instance)... but up until... i finish medical school. so... like... the next 6 years or something silly... though they send us off for a placement at some point... i think that is why people get scholarships... to keep their accommodation secured... and i'd hope to sub-let...
mineminemineminemine ahahaha.
i actually saw a nice 1 bedroom apartment just around the corner to let today... but that is probably post-doc or visiting professor kinda stuff... very pretty. historic medium density... just across the road from the pretty part of campus... one day... sigh.
i loves my house. all... 13 square foot of it or whatever ridiculous proportions it happens to be... the view makes up for things, considerably. and the street people will probably bug off and quit making their noises when the weather gets cooler (isn't that actually awful of me!!)
i've come to realise the greatest noise is actually from the helecopters... coming to and fro the hospital... flying doctor... f*ck yeah.
i think things are going to be alright here. alright for me. i'll do foundations. or... i'll make it work. i will. if they let me drop back to part time and i do a bunch of stuff on my own or whatever... it will be harder for me without foundations but i'll make it work.
if i get good grades here everything will be okay. i just need to prioritise that and not let them enroll me in anything i can't... hur... i'm a little bit scared that i'll suck... i don't think i will suck... i think i just need the opportunity for a little teeny tiny bit of a catch up (math starting from pre-school ahahahahahaha)... getting good grades. having a ... future. here, with them. a viable threat to bug off overseas. i... i could see myself staying if i have a viable life here. so far... i'm starting to see some of that. it makes me feel... loyal. a sense of loyalty. we will see what happens. how things work out.
80% though year 6. have started some of year 7. hurdles to overcome:
- long division. this has become quite the issue. i need to be able to divide small numbers by larger numbers (something involving decimels). i also need to be able to divide double digit numbers in a more time efficient way... the time has come...
- some stuff i'm just not getting. i don't feel like i get... reducing fractions to lowest common denominator... mostly i'm alright but sometimes odd things happen... the lowest common denominator turns out to be a rather large number... i'm not entirely sure how i was supposed to consider that... is it because i'm supposed to consider all primes? but we haven't done primes yet...
- turning fractions that are multiples of 3, 6, 9 into decimals. i'm fairly sure you get .whatever recurring... and it hasn't told me what to do about that... i'm fairly sure... i'm missing something...
- some of the fractions into decimals i'm guessing rather than knowing the rules. stuff involving 4... 25. 75... i remember those as quarters. then sometimes... you times the fraction by 25 to get the decimal out... like uh huh. that would have occured to me (not!!!) am i just supposed to learn a few specific cases (like i've learned about 25 and 75 already) or is there a rule i'm missing...
i'm just... not entirely sure i'm getting... mastery of the concepts. i... wish i had a teacher to ask. and i... don't just want to learn the rules... i want to understand... but sometimes the way you get to understanding is (in part) by actually mastering certain rules.
i'm still only using a calculator for stats. people's eyes are bugging when i'm telling them that ahaha. yes, i'm telling people that i've started math and i'm currently part way in year 6... i have lots and lots and lots of multiplications to be doing... but i actually think... doing them by hand... is helping my times tables a lot. just like how all those sums before helped my addition a lot. i think.... the repetition and drill... and learning to check things twice when you aren't supremely proficient is an important part of actually learning math. and i... want to actually learn math.
i'm finding more people who are like 'oh yeah, i never learned my tables, i couldn't do any calculus but i passed stage two stats'. i... don't want to be one of them. i... actually want to understand.
the physics thing. the fly in a jar on the scales. this... this is crucially important for understanding... what a physical system is - yes. ? and this is important... because dysfunction is relative to system... and if we have an objective (rather than something along the lines of observer relative / question dependent system then... well... this is huge. i need to understand what a physical system is...)
something... something... the flow of electrons...
i do not understand.
Posted by Partlycloudy on February 4, 2014, at 7:24:36
In reply to Re: hamburg sud, posted by alexandra_k on February 3, 2014, at 18:38:02
Having decided to stay put has been a great decision so far. My anxieties are much less pronounced. We are talking more and not expecting the non-existent crystal ball to do that job for us. (The biggest issue, by far.) I think we both became very lazy in how we expected the other to interpret our body language to indicate mood. And my husband definitely had some unspoken conversations with me, which inevitably led to problems.
Taking it slow.On the issue of our neighbourhood, I think it is a good quiet place to hide. A couple of years ago there was a house that was trafficking sex workers. Meanwhile, a beautiful home on the corner belongs to a former ambassador to Japan while the second Bush was in the White House. So, lots of contradictions, kind of the standard in Florida.
Posted by alexandra_k on February 21, 2014, at 22:08:14
In reply to Re: hamburg sud, posted by Partlycloudy on February 4, 2014, at 7:24:36
haha wow. not a gated community, then :)
all i know of florida is a little ... that show... there is one in ny and there was one in florida... guy with strawberry blonde hair and most people preferred the ny version... and... dexter. of course.
lots of water... wow. pretty.
but that sticky icky heat that i do not like. it is pretty hot and humid here - but i think it is worse in florida? definately hotter in florida... but pretty humid here. i walk around here with a film of sweat coating me pretty much always (in the hotter summer months, i mean). and the gym is just crazy. i fling drips around incessantly. can't help it. shaving my head would probably help... but that's not going to happen.
i think the hamburg sud just kinda lives here. it doesn't seem in any hurry to go anywhere. just ambles about the harbour sometimes. they are a shipping company, apparently. there is a building just up the road...
i will travel more one day... i would like to visit you in florida. perhaps in the winter.
Posted by Partlycloudy on February 22, 2014, at 6:39:13
In reply to Re: hamburg sud, posted by alexandra_k on February 21, 2014, at 22:08:14
Yes. Please come!
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