I would assume most of you now have heard about the ‘Hey hey it’s Saturday - Red Face’ skit that has created a debate about if the blackface minstrel is racist or not. I would assume most of you have read some of the articles about the incident and how Harry Connick Jr. reacted to it. Based on some of my tweets you can hopefully understand where I stand regarding this unfortunate incident.
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Hey hey, blackface minstrels are not funny any more.
Why I criticise Telstra.
From what I know, Telstra is doing what many telcos did when Internet was scarce and new to the public, and they really don’t know what they are doing; which is about 10 years ago. In other words, I feel like I’ve traveled back in time. Traveled back to the technological dark ages.
The irony is that I think broadband came to Australia the same time as in Norway, so you would think Australia would have managed to pull their finger out from their hole by now. Apparently not.
Did I get laid off because I am an introvert?
I can honestly say I hated the job and that I’ve met my emotional limit when it comes to call centres. As my therapist said, ‘a call centre is one of the worst places for an introvert’.
As I didn’t like the job I couldn’t care less about explaining what really happened that day, as I actually was relieved knowing I wasn’t going back to that hell.
Brisbane Dust Storm
What are my options?
The last few days I’m actually contemplating going totally dark. I haven’t posted anything on my main blog in ages, my tumblr blog is getting filled with random moaning and so is my twitter account.
It feels like I’m back in the same situation I was in Sweden. Forcing myself to take a job I really don’t want just to make ends meet, but still don’t have enough money; and then almost going totally off the grid just to try to get some time to rest and relax after work.
Last month I put a BMX bike on lay-by, but looking our economic situation I think I will be lucky if I get it within this year.
In other words, again I seem be mistakenly be spending more than I earn.
I was really looking forward coming to Australia with my wife, but since we came here it has been a constant struggle for us. I applied to 70-80 jobs, and of course ended up with yet another call-centre job; my medical condition doesn’t seem too positive and my wife is unable to start working as she has some medical problems limiting her possibilities.
This is also one of the reasons I’ve thought about taking a break for the Internet for a while, or at least blogging. Lately, because of our misfortune, all I’ve been writing about is how unhappy I am with all of this. I’m sure some find it comforting, knowing they might not be the only ones having a hard time, but this isn’t really who I am. It also makes me very uninspired to write good articles.
Hopefully things will turn around. Wish I knew when, because I need that to happen yesterday.
Take care…
Note: This article might contain grammatical errors or what not. At the moment I don’t care.
Vegan melatonin in Australia?
I haven’t been looking on all the web sites online, but the Australian websites that sell melatonin has the homoeopathic rubbish that also includes lactose.
Why on earth do you add lactose to a melatonin supplement? I guess only a homoeopathic quack can answer that question.
I was going to order some online, but apparently there’s some restrictions. In other words, I can get homoeopathic non-vegan 3mg melatonin in Australia, but I can’t import my own non-homoeopathic vegan 3mg melatonin.
Makes so much sense, right?
If anyone know where I can get non-homoeopathic vegan 3mg melatonin in Australia, online or in Queensland, please let me know.
Cheerio.
