Saturday, January 13, 2007
5 Things about me!
Ok I too have been watching this go through technical blogs that I know and respect and turn them into a 14 year old girls myspace page. I however don't have any high standards to maintain so here we go.
I am finding it a little hard to get started. I think it's meant to be five things that people don't know about me, which is a bit hard as I'm not exactly introverted. But then again Al didn't have any new info in his, so here we are;
1. I have completed two years of a Bachelor of Arts at UQ. My majors were Philosophy and Classics(Latin and Classical Greek) I loved the campus at St Lucia but not the traveling to and from it, and I would have enjoyed studying more if I didn't feel the pressing need to get a job at the end of it. I had originally wanted to study Arts/Law but was side tracked by Arts and eventually decided to throw it all in and return to my original love of technology. I would still like to complete my degree and as I have mentioned if I move to Canberra I would like to take advantage of that to finish it at ANU.
2. When I first started to 'court' my girlfriend Lauren I was petrified that I might have been guilty of sexually harassing her. I met her at work when I fixed her computer one day. After that I made a point of asking her if she wanted to come to after work drinks but she always politely declined. This state of affairs might have gone on for some time but my flat mate Lara told me that I should ask her to lunch. I emailed her asking her to lunch (I am such a coward when it comes to these things) and she didn't reply. As I had never attended the traditional corporate induction until she replied three weeks later I was petrified that I was going to be sued for sexual harassment.
3. I am a monarchist. I don't see any reason why we need an Australian president, and in fact I like the idea that I can't be the head of state. It really removes so much pressure from your life, you need never be told "You could be the president when you grow up!" And the fact is if we follow Americas lead in terms of a republic which would seem likely (and somewhat vulgar) then you wouldn't have any chance of becoming president anyway unless you had at least 20 or 30 million dollars in your well connected political family.
4. I read historical detective stories. It's a bit of a niche I know but I do like them.
5. I meditate every day or so, I find that it calms me down immensely and allows me to step back from my life. I would hesitate before saying I'm a Zen Buddhist as I think that has some horrible poseur connotations, and I think that it is more of a philosophy than a religion, but it actually affects me in a way that my Anglican upbringing didn't.
There you go five things about me
I am finding it a little hard to get started. I think it's meant to be five things that people don't know about me, which is a bit hard as I'm not exactly introverted. But then again Al didn't have any new info in his, so here we are;
1. I have completed two years of a Bachelor of Arts at UQ. My majors were Philosophy and Classics(Latin and Classical Greek) I loved the campus at St Lucia but not the traveling to and from it, and I would have enjoyed studying more if I didn't feel the pressing need to get a job at the end of it. I had originally wanted to study Arts/Law but was side tracked by Arts and eventually decided to throw it all in and return to my original love of technology. I would still like to complete my degree and as I have mentioned if I move to Canberra I would like to take advantage of that to finish it at ANU.
2. When I first started to 'court' my girlfriend Lauren I was petrified that I might have been guilty of sexually harassing her. I met her at work when I fixed her computer one day. After that I made a point of asking her if she wanted to come to after work drinks but she always politely declined. This state of affairs might have gone on for some time but my flat mate Lara told me that I should ask her to lunch. I emailed her asking her to lunch (I am such a coward when it comes to these things) and she didn't reply. As I had never attended the traditional corporate induction until she replied three weeks later I was petrified that I was going to be sued for sexual harassment.
3. I am a monarchist. I don't see any reason why we need an Australian president, and in fact I like the idea that I can't be the head of state. It really removes so much pressure from your life, you need never be told "You could be the president when you grow up!" And the fact is if we follow Americas lead in terms of a republic which would seem likely (and somewhat vulgar) then you wouldn't have any chance of becoming president anyway unless you had at least 20 or 30 million dollars in your well connected political family.
4. I read historical detective stories. It's a bit of a niche I know but I do like them.
5. I meditate every day or so, I find that it calms me down immensely and allows me to step back from my life. I would hesitate before saying I'm a Zen Buddhist as I think that has some horrible poseur connotations, and I think that it is more of a philosophy than a religion, but it actually affects me in a way that my Anglican upbringing didn't.
There you go five things about me
