Don't eat the yellow snow

You've got the touch! You've got the power!


So I took a month or so off from the old blogging game. Not because I was busy or anything, just cause I didn't really have a whole lot of stuff to say.

I'm trying to hopefully get my shit together and get out of home at some point before uni goes back, which means I'm picking up as many shifts as I possibly can. Which, at this stage, seems to be quite a few due to a variety of staff shortages. I loves the money.


I haven't even considered starting my Christmahanaramadanakwanzaa shopping, and still have no idea what I'm getting most of my family. And ye gods, don't even get me STARTED on what I'm buying for my girlfriend.

I hate buying presents. I hate it so much. So much stress involved.

I have got myself with a couple of holiday projects on the boil. The biggest and most major of which is related to the STEP program at Mercedes. Those graduates of said program will know what I'm talking about. For those who don't, STEP stands for Studies Extension Program and the core belief of it is that not all learning goes on inside the classroom with books. The teacher who runs it is immensely passionate about getting kids to change their thinking and question their beliefs while actually learning useful life skills.

To that end, he teaches you to think differently and change the way you think. You learn how to cook, save money, maintain an engine, work as a team, speak in public, ask questions and relate to other people. You get to step outside your comfort zone. You go caving, gliding, scuba diving, go karting in carts that you have assembled and maintained yourself and all sorts of stuff like that.

At the end of the day, my part in the plan is engineering a new section of STEP related to my own area of expertise. It's a bit of work, but I reckon it will pay off in the end.

I'm all for the theory behind STEP. It's done a hell of a lot for me, and a lot of my classmates agree with me. The problem is, because it isn't what you would consider a conventional study program, there is a lot of pressure from the narrow minded in the community to get rid of it.
It needs all the support that it can get.



Being the tremendous supernerd that I am, I fell in love with "Get This" with Tony Martin, Ed Kavalee and Richard Marsland on Triple M. Unfortunately they got axed at the end of November which made me sad. But then I DID discover this site which has ALL of the podcasts of the show on it. I strongly suggest that if you have an hour, sit down and listen to one.

I've been listening my way through them systematically. Only becoming more nerdy as I get through them.

It also means that I'm busting out inside jokes around people that really don't get them. Screaming "Oooooh! ME PLUMS" whenever theres a loud crash, and randomly busting out "ASSAULT! ASSAULT! You touched me officer, Sorry"

Ah, tis a sad sad life.


Been doing a bit more writing. Might get some of it up on here eventually. Maybe. If I can actually finish something for the first time in my life.

Expect more later....

posted by Nick @ 12/11/2007 02:44:00 PM Comments: 0