wafblog v3.0

Do you still remember how you wore that dress
it slit my sight beneath the eyelids
Do you remember what you said to me
What course has given you the right to stray
And in your living tomb I’m stuck but safe
The clocks are ticking fast with every breath

[Chorus]

Since we’ve been wrong
I’ve been part awake
Since we’ve been wrong
You will never ever know me
What took you so long
I’m not sure all the way
But my heart it asks just one more time
Are you still a mess

One day a rain will come to wash away
The earth that held us was no island
I have become ingrown inside this skin
I’ll find a way out through those eyelids

And all the days become a cast away
I seem to think I don’t belong here

[Chorus x 1]

I don’t belong here
I shouldn’t stay
What falls inside me grows empty
The wall between us will never break
Just seals it shut
It grows empty

Since we’ve been wrong
I’ve been part awake
Since we’ve been wrong
You will never ever know me
What took you so long
I’m not sure all the way
But my heart it asks just one more time
Are you still a mess

“Since We’ve Been Wrong” – The Mars Volta

Animania Sydney March was on Saturday. It’s been a few years since I’ve been to a mini, and it’s definitely grown since then. In fact, it grew so much that this year the venue was changed to ATP (where the main con is held). The day was pretty hectic – I was surprised at how many people attended and the store was busy all day except for when the Cosplay Comp was on. That’s pretty normal as most people like to see the cosplay and it gives us a chance to have a rest and grab a bite to eat. All in all, I had fun as usual and it reminded me of why I keep coming back every year despite not watching anime anymore.

I scored three bits of “merchandise”. One was given to me for free by a friend who runs a stall – it’s a wrib that says “Caution: Idiot” in English and Japanese. Very amusing to me and a good addition to my collection of wribs. Also bought a little badge showing a game of Tetris and the demo CD for my friend’s band. It’s actually getting hard to find new badges for my bag and my cap. A lot of the badges I see at cons now are not very witty and I’m finding less that speak to me as a geek. I need to find a few more to fill up the blank spaces on my cap in particular, but I’m guessing it will take a little while now.

I was lucky enough to be walking past the entrance when *this* walked in:

Too awesome!

Today did not turn out anything like I had planned. Normally I’m quite good at rolling with the punches and picking myself up if things don’t go my way. It’s a skill I picked up at work and comes in handy in most areas of my life. But today, today it just seemed to escape me. I was meant to meet up with a friend, go see a movie & grab a bite to eat. I managed to wake up early (no easy feat for me) and was happy with myself. Anyways, was all ready to go and hopped into the car to find that it wouldn’t start. I had a bit of trouble with the remote but didn’t think much of it until the car alarm started going off and what-not. In our attempts to find out the cause, I think we set the alarm off a further four times. Needless to say, the immobiliser was also activated and there no chance of me going anywhere in the car. Not long after this, my friend called to say that he’d hurt himself with some machinery and it required medical attention. These aren’t things that you can plan for, and really, no one’s to blame for these things happening. It’s just life, and sometimes life throws you ridiculous curve balls. I’m not a religious or superstitious person, but at one point, I just wanted to throw my hands up in exasperation and say “why god, why?!”. I had a brief thought that maybe I’d screwed up majorly and this was karma coming to get me.

I’ve come to realise that I spend a majority of the week looking forward to the next weekend. It’s the only time I can spend not having to ‘fit the mold’ and I can just be me. I look forward to meeting with friends, catching a movie, seeing a concert or whatever. This week has been particularly long and I guess I just wanted something to go my way. I was more upset at not meeting my friend than I thought I’d be and that threw me for a loop. Not sure if it was just the combination of a long week, not having the energy to deal or something more. Time will tell.

The day did pick up in the arvo – I went to a friend’s place to play board games. This is usually pretty fun and I enjoy learning new games. I’m actually not that good at strategising I don’t think, but sometimes I get lucky. Think I might sleep and hope that tomorrow is a better day.

I don’t have time to really blog about what I’ve been up to.

Nevertheless, the last weekend was pretty packed. I went to Jamberoo with EY social club, my friend’s 30th and then the next day went go-karting. Here’s a photo from the race track, pity we didn’t take any of us driving, or in the karting gear, but no photo will translate the adrenaline rush that you get from zipping around the race track. We had two 15 min sessions. The first one I was really tame – didn’t want to push the cart too hard and was a bit wary of spinning out of control or something. Plus, I was wearing my rings and they were digging into me when I was gripping the steering wheel so after a while my hands got really tired. I had to stop holding the “wheel” part and use the inside spoke thing instead. Second time round, I just gunned it. I figured, the boys were driving like hooligans and they didn’t seem to have any problems so I may as well give it a go. And boy, was it fun!!! It’s quite expensive ($85 for 30 mins) but definitely worth the experience.

And here’s a photo from the night of my friends’ joint birthday thing… where it decided to pour down with rain while we were at karaoke and flood the foyer!

I hope to write more soon, but been sick and want to sleep early(ish)!