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| I'm updating because one person asked. And on Xanga nowadays, that's a lot of people.
This is what happened to Dotto in the 2nd half of 2005
- He finished school
- His UAI (final mark to determine what gets you into university,
similar yet different to the SAT score) was 83.70 (its a score out of
100)
- He got a job at Myer (department store, amazingly out of all the
american culture that's been thrusted onto him through TV movies and
the internet, he can't think of an alternative department store chain
off hand) for the christmas period. Still working at KFC though
- He got a credit card, and has bought quite a lot of alcohol and got into some bars/pubs because he is 18
- He celebrated the end of school at the Gold Coast, had plenty of fun
- Is going to uni of some sort in 2006!
Adios
Dotto
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| On the 2nd of July, at 10:55, I turned 18.
I am now officially an adult. Quite cool, even if its scary.
Coop (18 on the 1st), Kimmy (17 on the 21st...of june) and I combined
forces and had a party at my house on the Friday night. It was
great, shame for those who couldn't come (those who lived intercity/had
other commitments/weren't allowed/were Filip[sorry bout that fil]).
The party went pretty smoothly, and was great though there were
no real highlights. The majority of people left around 12-1am, with
about 10 people staying over - 3 in Tara's van.
The most trouble people had was getting to my house (though Richard
Chung managed to get to my house by himself using public
transport). That's what I get for living in Bangor, though I'm
disappointed in Tara who lives in the same postcode and couldn't find
her way, for shame! Oh well, the awesomeneses of her van made up for
it.
I got this ultracool engraved pocket watch from
Anita-Necie-BUrwin-Kimmy-Tara and a cosy Podsock from Jas, and a
ROBORAPTOR (for scaring the cat) from
Joseph-BigDavid-PeterPav-Justin-Kevin-DickChung-MichaelRose (who all
said I was impossible to buy for) and this 60's necklace with the male
symbol from Rob. John - the only one of only 2 guys I invited not
from Syd Tech who could come - got on well with everyone too, which was
good. Both the big pressies were accompanied with a Superman card.
My birthday itself was more of a stay-at-home-tired. It was
really cool that Live 8 was on the same day as my birthday. If
only my parents bought me a ticket to Paris, London or Berlin instead
of a book and 2 CDs (no big present as I spent it all on the laptop).
Since it was broadcast on pay TV (pretty pathetic for something that's
supposed to be free, isn't it?) I had to make do with streaming it off
AOL. And since I was tired I couldn't stay up the whole night -
only 1am. So I'm yet to see some of the bands I wanted to, like
Placebo and Kyo.
Now I've gotta do something 18ish...yesterday I was at the shops and I
felt inclined to buy some cigarettes, even though I don't smoke. I'm
not sure if going to a bar is wise since the local one's full of middle
aged bogans no one would be able to go to a less local one with
me. Plus it's monday. I'd go to a liquor store, but with the
amount of money I have I'd probably only be able to buy something like
one bottle of smirnoff ice, or one can of beer. I know, I'll sign a
contract! Cos now I can do that myself.
Adios
Dotto | | |
| Everyone buy a copy of the latest bulletin (or get one from the
library, the headline is Meet Dr Death) Turn to the letters on page 6.
You may see this letter:
Good
on everyone who is requesting refunds for aid to Indonesia. After all,
the tsunami victims are undoubtedly responsible for the fate of
Schapelle Corby hundreds of kilometers away, and deserve to have food
taken out of their mouths. After giving them $1bn in aid, of course we
should be allowed exemption from their legal system. We have to respect
their culture and customs by going to Bali and getting drunk, and not
learning a word of Bahasa, so why don’t they respect our culture of
transporting drugs? And we have every right to turn hostile towards 234
million Indonesians because one of their group gave us an answer we did
not like.
Anyone else find this whole thing absurd?
David Otto, Bangor, NSW
Guess which David Otto from Bangor, New South Wales 
Of course it was edited from my original by about 55 words:
Good
on everyone who is refusing to donate - and even requesting refunds for
- aid to Indonesia. After all, the tsunami victims are undoubtedly
responsible for the fate of Schapelle Corby some 2000 kilometres
south-east of Aceh, and deserve to have food taken out of their mouths.
After
giving them billions of dollars in aid, of course we should be allowed
exemption from their legal system. We have to respect their culture and
customs by dominating Balinese beaches getting pissed, not learning a
word of Indonesian; so why don't they respect our culture of
transporting copious amounts of drugs?
Of course they are the
inhumane ones! We have every right to turn hostile towards over two
hundred million people because one group of three gave us an answer we
did not like. They have no excuse since all they had to do was use
ambiguous evidence to determine the guiltiness of a girl who has
entered a clearly drug-intolerant country with over four kilograms of
marijuana
Does anyone find this absurd? I certainly do
I reached a letters section! I reached a letters section! I am going to be so senile when I grow up..
I'd scan it but the scanner/printer doesn't like my laptop
Adios
Dotto | | |
| Thank's to microsoft excel and the command: =ROUNDUP(B#-TODAY(),0)
| Tuesday, 10 May, 2005 |
|
days |
18th Birthday (also 1st day of winter holidays)
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2 Jul 05 |
53 |
| End of School |
23 Sep 05 |
136 |
First HSC Exam
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18 Oct 05 |
161 |
| Final HSC Exam |
11 Nov 05 |
185 |
| Schoolies |
26 Nov 05 |
200 |
4533 (96.1%) down, 185 (3.9%) to go...
I personally cannot wait until it is all over
More random facts calculated using excel
If my entire school life lasted one day, the time would be 23:03:37
(one of these seconds equal 1 hour, 18 minutes and 38 seconds in
reality)
If my entire childhood (up to 18 years) lasted one day, the time would
be 23:48:42 (one of these seconds equal 1 hour, 48 minutes and 43.38
seconds in real time).
The new day is coming
Adios
Dotto
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| 70 days
If I told you that a Star Trek actor released a spoken-word/rock song
and that it was fucken excellent, would you believe me? I'd tell me to
fuck off too. But then I listened to Common People (originally sung by
Pulp) by William Shatner on my recently acquired JJJ hottest 100 vol
12.
It is just amazing, and mind boggling on how he got away
with it while Lindsay Lohan et cetera failed so miserably. Okay, so Ben
Folds produced and co-wrote the music. And in the song Joe Jackson
(don't worry, I never heard of him either, but he's a proper rock
singer) helps singing. But I stil can't believe Shatner got away with
it. I reccommend you at least download it.
In a twist, I'm not
gonna post the lyrics, but instead post lyrics to another song - this
is Walking Contradiction by Green Day, I think it summarises everyone
in the human race (note: i'm know I'm not a super being, and you aren't
either).
Do as I say not as I do because the shit's so deep you can't run away
I beg to differ on the contrary I agree with every word that you say
Talk is cheap and lies are expensive my wallet's fat and so is my head
Hit and run and then I'll hit you again I'm a smart-arse but I'm playing dumb
Standards set and broken all the time control the chaos behind a gun
Call it as I see it even if I was born deaf blind and dumb
Losers winning big in the lottery rehab rejects still sniffing glue
Constant refutation with myself I'm a victim of a Catch-22
I have no beliefs, but I believe I'm a walking contradiction and I've got no right
Is
it a bad sign where the person you saw most in your holidays (excluding
intermediate family) was one of your coworkers who was on almost every
shift you were on? And you've seen almost all of your 40-something
co-workers through the 2 week period, yet you'e only seen 5 of your
friends? I think I have drunk too much workohol.
Adios
Dotto | | |
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