Schrödinger's Kat

red_kat @ 2008-12-02T12:57:00

2008-12-02T01:57:56Z

Hello all!

I propose an early attendance to this Saturday nights Ascension so that half price cocktails can be consumed in ample quantities. Who's with me?

red_kat @ 2008-11-11T14:31:00

2008-11-11T03:32:20Z

Lame! Macquarie Uni wont release my academic record for some reason they haven't specified so now I have to trek out to north ryde and beg sometime in the next couple of weeks or I don't get to go back to uni next year. I say again, LAME!!!!!

Aminals.

2008-10-15T01:42:16Z

Simon and I saw a girl with a dingo pup yesterday and we so want one heaps and heaps. Of course we live in a flat so we can't have one yet, but we will inevitably move to a house again one day and will then become puppy enabled.

In other news we are now the proud owners of a tank with actual fish! Thanks to the generosity of zenkatydid and anothertwilight who are swell in every way.

In Celebration!

2008-10-14T04:26:50Z

The Glorious Google Gods provided me with the following "Lizzie Birthday Pug"

Thankyou all!

2008-10-05T07:45:34Z

Brilliant party! Thanks to everyone for coming and making it so much fun!!!!!!

red_kat @ 2008-09-24T13:03:00

2008-09-24T03:06:39Z

Well I applied for uni and submitted the sucky uppy letter of blatant pleading otherwise known as a personal statement. First preference was B Science (Flexible), second was B Science, B Engineering and third was B Science in Information Technology all at UTS. Now heading off to sacrafice a chicken and read it's entrails to determine whether or not they will accept me.

red_kat @ 2008-09-17T16:58:00

2008-09-17T06:59:31Z

Should I study Physics or Engineering at uni next year??

Bike stuff

2008-08-13T14:30:53Z

In a tragic turn of events the bike mechanic found a crack in my frame today which, given the wear on the other parts of my bike, caused him to recommend the purchase of a replacement as soon as possible. Thankfully it is tax return time, so I will be able to purchase my shiny new transport sometime in the next couple of weeks.

Thankfully my Dad says that I should be able to keep riding it quite safely for a while, so it should be fine for the two weeks until I get my tax return or next monthly pay packet. I have decided to get a Cell Team Racer for $1200. Apparently it is the lowest model that is fully upgradable to racing standards, so I can upgrade individual components on it later on for races and stuff.

My Dad has also agreed to ride the Sydney to Gong course with me a couple of times before the event. I figure it will be way easier and less dangerous with a mega experienced cyclist than it would be if I tried it by myself. We are going to head down one Saturday morning. Theoretically we will also ride back to sydney afterwards. I am hoping that he can help me improve my hill climbing technique enough to be able to ride there and back. I am confident that I could do an 8 - 10 hour ride on the flat without too many issues as long as I keep the pace slower than I would normally ride, but the hilly areas might drain my energy too much. My comfortable pace will probably be about the 25km/h mark I am thinking, which is lucky to be half his preferred pace.

My Dad started cycling seriously when he was a year older than I am now, and has spent the last 20 years riding from Cherrybrook to Sydney Uni and back every day, a course which is made up of a 31.3 km long selection of the most evil hills I have had the misfortune to encounter. He, naturally, takes about an hour to ride this distance which is about how long it would take a normal human to drive the same route. My goal for the next two years is to get to the point where I can make the same trip in under an hour and a half, preferably without my legs falling off. Wish me luck, world!

and now, off to google for my wish list items: new cycling gloves, a superior panier(sp?) rack that can take a slide on back on top at the same time as the two clip on side bags, a slide on bag to use with said rack, a hand pump that has a tire pressure gauge, a magical bike lock that is both strong and light (do they even exist??) and a long sleaved zip up light weight jersey to provide me with an extra layer when it is cold.

I also must investigate one of those one piece things that consist if leggings attached to a lightweight singlet thing that you wear under your jersey for gap free torso coverage. Guarenteed to provide 100% protection from the risk of clothing malfuction which can lead to torso coldness and, in extreme cases, butt crack exposure.

red_kat @ 2008-07-28T13:52:00

2008-07-28T03:54:12Z

Is everyone going to Ascension on Saturday night??

red_kat @ 2008-07-24T19:38:00

2008-07-24T09:39:46Z

My glands are swollen and I feel lame. Stupid glands! I had better be well by tomorrow so that I can ride to Parramatta, I was looking forward to that.

red_kat @ 2008-07-15T18:35:00

2008-07-15T08:37:29Z

Have any of you shiny people studied at Monash uni? I am looking at my options and considering Melbourne educational institutions as well as Sydney ones, with the thought being that I could start studying by distance and then move if I wanted to. Or else of course I could start at UTS and transfer to a Melbourne uni if I wanted to move at any point.. on account of having completely fallen in love with the cycling paths and cheap organic vegetables. Yeah, so who's up for moving to Melbourne?? *grin*

Some liberties taken with spelling..

2008-07-09T08:03:06Z

not my fault, David started it again!

2008-07-05T08:20:42Z

hope it isnt a repost

2008-07-05T08:15:57Z

uh oh, too soon?

2008-07-01T09:22:20Z

Not the eyebrows!

2008-06-30T23:12:31Z

Just say no!

2008-06-30T08:01:15Z

and thankyou Simon and Lachlan for this gem..

2008-06-30T00:44:11Z

unable to stop.. can't .. control .. self

2008-06-29T03:39:28Z

One more and then I'm done.. I swear!

2008-06-27T22:54:55Z

And Simon's contribution..

2008-06-27T10:52:03Z

this is actually quite addictive

2008-06-27T10:50:05Z

have to join the fun

2008-06-27T10:36:29Z

Queen bee got back

2008-06-22T10:46:14Z

Bees like big butts (when they cannot fly)
your other buzzers can't deny
when a girl walks in with some itty bitty wings
and a round thing in your face
you get stung, you wanna protect that muff
when you notice that butt is stuffed
with larvae

red_kat @ 2008-06-10T16:01:00

2008-06-10T06:06:33Z

I have no inspiration and it is lame! Since my forest floor thing I haven't made anything, just can't seem to get started. I think I have to start practicing keeping an ideas journal and forcing myself to work them through to the end, which may get me past this feeling that every time I have an idea I manage to kill it by looking at it closely.