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SAJ Stuff: 22/02/2015
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A look at life, the universe and everything. Sunday, February 22, 2015. Ten Years On: Home Again, But Not For Long. SHE didn't keep in touch. Did enjoy writing and voicing the ads though. We eventually came to an agreement with the wage; more importantly for me was that I could fly over to London if I got an interview to become a guide. It would be a flying visit that would cost at least a couple of thousand dollars, but in my mind the payout would be worth the risk. AND so I spent the Australian summer ...
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SAJ Stuff: 02/12/2012
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A look at life, the universe and everything. Thursday, December 06, 2012. 30 years ago, I was living in my first house, was recovering after plastic surgery on my right hand and left foot, and still had two months before I stopped being an only child. 25 years ago I was in my fourth house, second year of school and was the oldest of three boys. 20 years ago was house nine, my final year of primary school - and the last time I was at the same school at the same time as any of my three brothers. Today I've...
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SAJ Stuff: 08/02/2015
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A look at life, the universe and everything. Sunday, February 08, 2015. Ten Years On: Bonjour, et bienvenue à l'Europe. IT WAS one of the greatest thrills of my life - well, one of the greatest you can have on a tour bus. Through the windows of his hotted-up kombi-van. At any rate we made it into the rest stop for blessed bladder relief and Paris itself with no problems, deciding to celebrate by going out for a drink. There was Jason, Cat and myself; we had a random Canadian that was dossing in our r...
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SAJ Stuff: 15/02/2015
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A look at life, the universe and everything. Sunday, February 15, 2015. Ten Years On: The British Isles. FOR two months travelling around Europe the Real World was like your credit card bill: you knew it was there and that you would eventually have to deal with it, but it was nice to get away from it for a while. Leanne and Hamish at Chepstow Castle, Wales. Luckily they still had a spare bed. I kept dancing and thought nothing of it. I would like to point out for the record that the only effort that has ...
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SAJ Stuff: 15/03/2015
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A look at life, the universe and everything. Sunday, March 15, 2015. Ten Years On: The Training Trip. SCENE: the Park Crescent Conference Centre, London. A would-be tour guide, eager to avoid the palaver of his first interview. Matty J was actually the second person I already knew on that training trip. Back in 2005 when I travelled around I came across Laura a few times - she was the person travelling back from Pamplona with Tash in the Greatest Love Story Never Told. Naturally I kept an eye out for thi...
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SAJ Stuff: 22/07/2012
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A look at life, the universe and everything. Monday, July 23, 2012. Of Religion, Atheism and Fanatics. WATCHED The Blind Side. On the idiot box tonight. A nice enough movie, with Sandra Bullock managing to portray a feisty yet caring mother to perfection. Had my late grandmother been rich, American and from the South rather than relatively poor, Australian and from the Deep North I could see her being pretty similar to Bullock's portrayal of Leigh Anne Tuohy. Do you know what? To use a personal example, ...
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SAJ Stuff: Ten Years On: The First Day
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A look at life, the universe and everything. Sunday, May 10, 2015. Ten Years On: The First Day. The previous two days had been a blur. There was talk after the training trip. About partying for 48 hours; I'm not sure any of us last much past 11pm. I have to go to head office to collect all my equipment and spend the rest of the time trying desperately not to freak myself out at what's coming up. Will I make sure everyone gets on and off the Dover-Calais ferry ok? Shit, what if no-one likes me? First of a...
