we're gonna take this city by storm

so i'm starting to get a bit worried about out nations police powers.

ever since 9/11 (argh, it should be 11/9, you know it) there have been news laws bought in for counter terrorism forces to arrest anyone they want because they're a suspected terrorist, even when there is no evidence for it.

now, they've just bought in new laws to stop people protesting.

Crackdown On Nasty Summit Protesters

basically they allow the police to arrest you if they think you're "suspicious". that could mean you're standing in the city during APEC holding a sign saying 'Bush Go Home' and be arrested with no bail.

did you know that everywhere Bush goes, there's gonna be a helicopter with signal jamming devices in it following him everywhere?
what that means is that if you're on your mobile phone and Bush is nearby, so long phone call. oh, that also means no more 000 if you need it either. i have a suspicion they'll simply use it over the city over the protesters, but hey, we'll see.

in other news, David Hicks is back in town (finally). nice t see him back, but he should have been back to serve his sentence after being charged 5 yrs ago. pity neither thing happened. "Honour Bound to Defend Freedom" huh . way to be hypocritical.

oh yeah, i'm also pretty keen for this:
Rudd Stand on Whaling is Piracy says Turnbull

enough of this crap, what did you do on the weekend owen?

funny you should ask.

saturday i didn't do much, i washed my car and bummed around a bit, but that night i saw Sick Of It All at Manning Bar in the city. it was a brilliant show, totally wort the money.
after that it was off to watch Chelsea beat Manchester United in probably the most boring F.A. Cup final i've ever seen. argh.
it was still fun cheering for own goals and that the umpires would win.

sunday was AFL day. my day consisted of:
wake up
drive to esther's house
pick up her pass
meet megan at SCG
watch footy
go to after match
see esther for 1/2 hour
go to church
go to YAM
type blog entry

the swans played pretty well in the beginning, holding off port adelaide for awhile and getting a nice early start which set them up for the win.
megan was laughing for most of the match because she is a fremantle supporter so she just laughed at all the dumb things players did.

had a nice walk home from the SCG with esther's dad. it was a bit weird (he can be a bit of a formidable guy sometimes) at first but it was alright in the end.

poor esther. not only did she miss seeing the swans win to lose a soccer game 3-1, but she's getting a throat infection when she has 3 assignments due this week and a singing concert to perform at. you'd think that just not doing the singing concert would be a good idea, but thanks to her nanna coming all the way up from narrandera to see her perform she's in a bit of a weird position.
the thing that sucks for me is that i'd LOVE to help her out in some way, but i'm not magic (though she probably wishes i was) and can't make throat infections or assignments go away. kind of makes me feel helpless. argh.

oh yeah, my uni work.
so i've tried looking around to see who can help me with electrostatics and maths, but EVERYONE is busy. Hugh can help me out with electrostatics, but only on saturday morning. thats a whole week or not doing much at all. BORING. also, hows that for suck: me sitting around with nothing much to do while esther is sitting under a pile of work with a throat infection. if i was her i'd be pretty angry/annoyed with me right now.

i get to call JMC tomorrow to see whats happening with my course.
basically i'm going to change from what i'm doing, but i need to see if i can jump straight into second semester in july and do first semester in march (meaning i'd be finished in 13 months time) or if i have to wait till march to start (finish in 18 months time).

if i need to wait, i'll need to find a job in the meantime. anyone offering me one?

actually, i'll need one on weekdays anyway because this course i'm changing to is on every friday from 9am-4pm and some thursday nights.

i'm getting tired now and my train of thought is quickly being derailed, so i'll leave you with this:
http://www.postsecret.blogspot.com
bookmark it, read it every sunday afternoon, make yourself feel normal. it works for me.