darkshineskitty Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Took me a while but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoBear Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/4898759/Squeeze-to-be-put-on-students-to-repay-loans Who voted this government again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Fox Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 "What I don't like about it is the message it sends to young people is go out and borrow." So obviously we either make them borrow more, ask their parents to pay for it completely, or they just can't go to university. I love how this government blames all the problems their generation caused on our government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Sammy! Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 My loan is already $8500. Do I care? Not at all. Will I pay it back fast? I shall not. I'll pay the minimum until the day I die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Fox Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 My loan is already $8500. Do I care? Not at all. Will I pay it back fast? I shall not. I'll pay the minimum until the day I die And it looks like the minimum is going to get higher quite soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Just made an amusing typo at work. Instead of 'shattered his elbow and pelvis', I wrote 'shattered his elvis'. Lucky it wasn't going out live, so I was able to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 (edited) Nervous about tomorrow - meeting with my supervisor at 12, then someone I've never met before in my life is going to be filming my audition for that Hamilton job. Haven't figured out what I'm going to say in that audition yet either. I always like to fall back on self-deprecating humour, but that might not be the best option here when I'm trying to impress people. Plus I'm still not sure I even want that job. So with all that to worry about, sleep might not be easy to find tonight - especially when you factor in the lingering disappointment after my former boss said at work today that she can't make it to my party next month because she has a friend's wedding that day. I don't think I did a good job of disguising the crushing disappointment in my voice when I said "Aw." Who gets disappointed to hear a friend's friend is getting married? Then I overcompensated with "FAIR ENOUGH! :D" Oh dear. Edited April 19, 2011 by _Ed_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoBear Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Get to bed! Its hard to type anything substantial on my smartphone. Work comp os getting upgraded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Get to bed! Yes sir! Enjoy your evening! I'll leave you with this. Magnificent, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Audition was alright. Made a few mistakes, but might keep those in rather than editing them out - my reactions to those mistakes were probably pretty much the best thing about the whole audition. Stuff like, "really, Richard?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) I think I just finished my thesis. Sipping a celebratory beer. I hope I didn't leave anyone off the acknowledgements page - thanked my supervisor, the Postgrad adviser and 'family and friends' (which includes you lot, naturally). Edited April 22, 2011 by _Ed_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Spent the last few minutes playing highly inelegant air guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoBear Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 That's really awesome Richard. Now what?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Good question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 I spent most of today printing it! Â Three copies of 116 pages takes quite a while to print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoBear Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 I'm really craving Mexican Cafe chicken nachos. Be top of my list of things I do when I go back to New Zealand (although I know the Christchurch one won't probably ever open again). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoBear Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 That whole thing about Prince William and now the Queen coming to NZ for the World Cup is so fucking irritating. John Key is like "we need Labour's permission" because of the whole rules about the Royals visiting a Commonwealth so close to elections and being seen to support a party. BUT...if John Key is then using the possibility of a visit being up to whether or not Labour agree, then it becomes about how Labour said no and wouldn't let the Royal visits and John Key and National are the superior party. Everyday kiwis will go "LABOUR DIDN'T LET THE QUEEN COME." And from the sounds of it, the Queen definitely doesn't have any intention to visit unless he's intending to use Christchurch and Pike River Coal as a guilt trip. In other news, randomly I get to vote in the referendum for changing the voting system in the UK even though I can't vote in the actual elections. It's a bit ridiculous even if I am a Commonwealth citizen. The scaremongering and general misinformation about AV is hilarious as well as scary. The one that me laugh was saying that under AV Nick Clegg would get back into the government by breaking promises. But he got into the government under FPP and broke all his promises. Also apparently it's okay to say it's only democracy if you have only one vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoBear Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Also, this article: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/4920204/Good-Friday-free-for-all-at-Pak-n-Save Why were people going to the supermarket anyway? People do this every year, especially on the trademe forums. "Is the supermarket open today?" It's not like it's changed in like forever, the shops are always closed ANZAC and Waitangi mornings before 1pm, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Christmas Day. How hard is that to remember?! Glad I haven't had to experience the panic of the day before or after because the supermarket has been closed here. Although I prefer it in NZ when there are days that shops must close just so people have a chance to be together as much as possible. The wee grocery shop around the corner didn't even close on Christmas Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 You make some excellent points, as usual. I've seen some of the anti-AV propaganda. It's hilarious in an "oh my fucking god" way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Hi all, i saw this nz music video the other day and thought it was great and it's a perfect day outside too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoBear Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 that's pretty cool, i can identified most of the south island places but not so much the north! i really need to make sure i do that when i come home, i always thought i'd travel around a summer here, lazy my way back in time to spend the NZ summer touring the north island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 (edited) I can't believe how bad the new show Make The Politician Work was tonight. It should have been called "Yay Paula Bennett!" Half an hour of her smiling and empathising with the less fortunate at the Wellington City Mission. And she stretched the Mission's budget to give each person a bit more food and drink than they would usually get. Shame she can't do that with the Social Development Ministry's budget... And there was no mention of the fact that some of her decisions have adversely impacted the lives of these very people she's having these lovely conversations with. Edited April 24, 2011 by _Ed_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoBear Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 It's about as hypocritical as her cutting the study grants for people on the DPB when that's exactly what she used to get her qualifications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 A viewer reacts while watching the new TV1 programme Make The Politician Work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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