Big Brother

Last night a new chick came to Lacrosse training. I later found out that she was on Big Brother last year. This got my thinking, can you imagine for the rest of your life people saying to you “Were you on big brother? Oh yeah, you were the chick who cried a lot.” Or “Didn’t you get in on in the rewards room, and then he dumped you for the blonde?”. Or even worse “Yeah I voted to evict you’. I really can’t imagine having to be judged for the rest of my life based on the 4 weeks that people saw on televsion. I am sure that the Australian public would hate me. My friends only like me cos they only see me for a few hours per week. In the downtime I am a nutter. Lucky Charlie hey!

FYI – In case I become friends with her I am not going to say which one she was. (But for those of you who really want to know here’s a hint – she went to the Bronwlow with Nick Del Santo. Google away.)

Man, Geelong Shit ME

Federal Court Ruling from the Melbourne Age , Australia (AP)

A seven year old boy was at the centre of a courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with the child custody law and regulations requiring that family unity be maintained to the degree possible.

The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried out that they also beat him. After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.

After two recesses to check legal references and confer with child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the Geelong Football Club , whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.

Work

I have now become one of those people who when someone asks “what have you been up to” replies work. Which is quite sad, but I also get the same reply from most other people so I know I am not the only loser out there. On the subject of work, it has calmed down quite a bit, so I am no longer sitting in the toilets praying for a fire drill.

I am currently having an email fight with a guy in the New York office. But it doesn’t work like your usual email fight, because of the time delay. So I will send something like “David, I don’t understand what you are after. Perhaps you could make an effort to make your requests clearer in the future”, and then 24 hours later he will write back “Alison, you are already aware of the process. I don’t understand why you cannot follow it as requested” and then 24 hours later I will write back “David I cannot follow the process as it is archaic and doesn’t work for Australia. Our system is totally different to yours, a fact which you refuse to acknowledge”. 24 hours later “ Alison we have opened the job number for you as requested. Please note going forward this will not be the new process”. So basically we have been having this fight for 2 weeks now, when it should have taken two hours. I really hate him too, and therefore am very passive aggressive (for which email is one of the best mediums). I love to start an email to him “David, per my email of 2 weeks ago, this issue needs immediate attention”, especially when I didn’t send the first email. I am so petty.