FINISHED AT LAST - FINALLY

I HAVE NOW ACTUALLY FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got the result from my 3 day Supplementary Exam today and I passed! Which means I get to graduate in July.

Woo-Hoo! After 8 years it is done!

I am currently in Melbourne catching up with family and friends.

Tegan arrives on Thursday, we play in the qualifying tournament for World Ultimate Club Championships on the weekend and then she will hang out with me here until next Friday.

I have Finished!!!!!

Top 50 Songs - Take 2

A while back I posted my Top 50 Songs of all time.

I have since undergone some major soul searching and have produced a revised list.

I have noted the previous position of songs and there relative movement for people to study and consider. (The number in brackets after the artist name is how many songs that artist has in the Top 50)

Rank Song / Artist / Change / Previous

1 Imagine / John Lennon (8) / = / 1
2 Bad / U2 (9) / = / 2
3 Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad / U2 (9) / ▲1 / 4
4 Beautiful Day / U2 (9) / ▲1 / 5
5 Paranoid Android / Radiohead (6) / ▲1 / 6
6 One / U2 (9) / ▲5 / 11
7 God / John Lennon (8) / ▲5 / 12
8 Bohemian Rhapsody / Queen / = / 8
9 Last Goodbye / Jeff Buckley (2) / ▲4 / 13
10 October / U2 (9) / ▼3 / 7
11 Lose Yourself / Eminem (3) / ▼8 / 3
12 Hallelujah / Jeff Buckley (2) / ▲18 / 30
13 Strawberry Fields Forever / John Lennon / Beatles (8) / ▲1 / 14
14 Stairway To Heaven / Led Zeppelin / ▼5 / 9
15 Falling At Your Feet / U2 (9) / ▲1 / 16
16 You've Got To Hide Your Love Away / John Lennon / Beatles (8) / ▲5 / 21
17 Bitter Sweet Symphony / The Verve / ▼2 / 15
18 Working Class Hero / John Lennon (8) / ▲9 / 27
19 All I Want Is You / U2 (9) / ▲6 / 25
20 A Day In The Life / John Lennon / Beatles (8) / ▼2 / 18
21 Shady Lane / Pavement / ▲5 / 26
22 With Or Without You / U2 (9) / ▲1 / 23
23 Seven Nation Army / The White Stripes / ▲12 / 35
24 Tribute / Tenacious D / new /
25 Space Oddity / David Bowie / new /
26 Island Home / Christine Anu / ▲2 / 28
27 You And Me Song / The Wannadies / ▼5 / 22
28 Just / Radiohead (6) / new /
29 Kill You / Eminem (3) / = / 29
30 Every Time I Try / Spain / ▼13 / 17
31 Creep / Radiohead (6) / ▲2 / 33
32 Under The Bridge / Red Hot Chili Peppers / ▼1 / 31
33 Wish You Were Here / Pink Floyd / new /
34 Smells Like Teen Spirit / Nirvana / ▼15 / 19
35 Where The Streets Have No Name / U2 (9) / ▼3 / 32
36 Street Spirit (Fade Out) / Radiohead (6) / ▲5 / 41
37 Heroin / The Velvet Underground / ▲12 / 49
38 Kim / Eminem (3) / ▲4 / 42
39 Yesterday / The Beatles / ▼19 / 20
40 Exit Music (For A Film) / Radiohead (6) / ▼16 / 24
41 In My Life / John Lennon / Beatles (8) / ▼7 / 34
42 The Tracks Of My Tears / Smokey Robinson & The Miracles / ▼5 / 37
43 What A Wonderful World / Louis Armstrong / ▼33 / 10
44 Karma Police / Radiohead (6) / ▼5 / 39
45 Space Moth / Stereolab / new /
46 Song 2 / Blur / = / 46
47 Good Riddance / Green Day / = / 47
48 Today / Smashing Pumpkins / new /
49 Norwegian Wood / John Lennon / Beatles (8) / ▼13 / 36
50 Like A Rolling Stone / Bob Dylan / ▼5 / 45
X God Only Knows / Beach Boys / ▼>12 / 38
X Nowhere Man / John Lennon / Beatles / ▼>10 / 40
X Never Tear Us Apart / INXS / ▼>7 / 43
X Dirty Day (Bitter Kiss) / U2 / ▼>6 / 44
X Trouble / Coldplay / ▼>2 / 48
X Blister In The Sun / Violent Femmes / ▼>1 / 50

Finished At Last Again?

I have now finished my Supplementary Exam!

This was a 3 DAY EXAM from 9am to 6pm each day. I had to design a Regional Art Gallery. I feel like I did quite well and should get my results early next week. If I managed to pass then I get to graduate from Architecture in the middle of the year! Yeah!!

Now I am having a break up here in Brisbane for a week and then I head down to Melbourne on the 29th to play for Bootius Maximus in the Qualifying tournament for the World Ultimate Club Championships to be held in Perth later this year. After a week in Melbourne I then head up to Canberra for the first National Ultimate Frisbee League tournament of the year and then back to work in Brisbane.

Ghost House

This is a story I wrote back in Year 1 at school. Be warned - IT IS A GHOOOOST STORY!!!

Ghost House

One day in Daisy Street, there was an old house and in the house lived Dean, Cameron, Shaun, Hong Meng, Adam B and lucky last Andrew S. One day when Andrew S. was reading a book to Dean, Cameron, Shaun, Hong Meng, and Adam B. when they heard some spooky music and the door slammed and in the attic came a noise like this "OOOooooooooooooo," "It's a ghost," said Dean, "no, it's only an owl," said Cameron. "No, Deans right, it's a ghost really, I'm scared of them, let's get out of here". "No, here comes Frankenstein, what shall we do now?" "Freeze," "ok Dad," so they froze. "Trip him Cameron," "OK Dad, I'll trip him." POW, Frankenstein falls down. "You're a hero Cameron, yahoo, oh no, here comes Dracula. Cameron save us." "How can I?" "You're a hero," "ok" so Cameron jumped on his back and strangled him but Dracula bit him and the hero was a vampire and blood poured from his neck and the house was falling down. "Let's run for it" so Dean, Shaun, Hong Meng, Adam B and Andrew S. ran for it and the house was falling on James's house. James was the next door neighbour and his house was falling in and James was in the bathroom washing his babies. He had one baby and it was a girl and she cried because she heard the house falling down, so James and his baby ran but they were stuck and ghosts came in and vampires came in, so James's baby went down the drain and James went down the bath and the bath was on fire so they turned the water on and he went down the bath and all the monsters died and only Cameron was left and down on the beach was James and his baby and now his baby was 8 months old and she just turned 9 months old and back at James's house were rats and mice and Cameron. Suddenly, someone came in, it was Hulk Hogan and Mr. Chicken Schulz. Mr. Chicken Schulz said, "I'm scared" "cheer up chicken, where have you been?" Oh no, if he's gone, I go, I had better get out of here." "No you won't". "Who is it?" "It is I, the Monster of Terror and I have come for you." "Who's the Monster of Terror?" "Yes I am, the Monster of Terror." "Are you sure?" "Why don't you turn around chicken." "Oh yes you are, where did you take my friend?" "I didn't, now stop screaming at me OK then stop shouting at me ok Hulk Hogan". "Well that's cool Monster cool, Mr. T. will be just bowled over to meet you". "I'm not sure that I'm a monster, I'm a ghost but they call me the Monster of Terror, I've only got to cry".

Rueben Berg - Year 1

New Card Game - Boosh

Last year my little sister, Lara, and I invented a new card game called Boosh. It is loosly based in another card game called Golf. It is 'fun for the whole family'.

Boosh:

Cards: Normal deck plus 1 Joker
No. of Players: 2-4
Card Value: Number cards are worth their number, picture cards as indicated below:
Ace: 1
Jack: 11
Queen: 12
King: 13
Joker: Equal to value of highest card in hand

Aim:The aim of the game is to collect and exchange cards until you have what you believe to be the highest hand (or believe you can bluff the other players into believing you have the highest hand).

Deal:
4 cards per player, dealt one at a time in a clockwise direction. Then 1 card (called the cherry) is turned face up to start the ‘face up pile’ [B] in the centre of the table and is placed next to the deck [A] which is face down.

Start Of Play:
Players view their cards and then place them face down on the table in front of them in any order or arrangement. These cards are not to be looked at again unless they are being replaced, or at the end of the game.

The player to the left of the dealer starts first.

Play:
A player can choose to pick up either the top card in the face up pile [B] or the top card from the deck [A]. This card may then be used to replace one of their own cards or be discarded. Replacing involves selecting one of the four existing cards to be discarded and placing the new card face down in its place. The discarded card is placed face up on the face up pile [B]. Play then moves to the next player on the left.

Calling:
After a player has discarded, they may call “Boosh”. This means they believe they have the highest scoring hand (or believe they can bluff their opponents into believing they have the highest scoring hand). At this point the remaining players continue to select one card each in the normal manner of play (this card is referred to as the quack).

Note: If the deck is empty or there are not enough cards left for everyone to select, the Boosh call is void and the highest scoring hand can only receive 50 points and losing players receive 0 points.

Result:
Each player now turns over any two of their own cards – starting with the player who called Boosh. At this point the players who did not call Boosh have the opportunity to fold and leave the hand (their remaining cards are NOT to be exposed). If all players fold, then the Boosh Caller wins 50 points (they do not have to reveal their hand). Note: The Boosh Caller cannot fold.

If another player continues with the hand, all cards of those still playing are turned over. The value of the hand is added up to determine the highest scoring hand. If the Boosh Caller wins – they receive 100 points and the others still in the hand lose 25 points. If the Boosh Caller is not the highest they lose 50 points, the winner receives 50 points and all other players still in the hand lose 25 points (players who fold before the remaining two cards are turned over receive 0 points and their cards are not scored).

Restart:
Each players scores are added to their previous tally.
Cards are then shuffled and re-dealt with the new dealer being the player to the left of the previous dealer.

Overall Result:
The first player to call Boosh and be awarded points that takes them to or over 250 points wins. If a player does not call Boosh but is awarded points that take them to or over 250 points they are awarded the points but cannot win the game from that hand. Any player whose score goes to or below –250 points is out of the game.

Woof Alternative:

Players may choose to play using the Woof Rule.

The deal is as usual however the Cherry is not turned over straight away. All players look at the cards that have been dealt to them and if they believe they have the LOWEST scoring hand (or believe they can bluff their opponents into believing they have the LOWEST scoring hand) they may call Woof. Woof may be called by anyone and in no order – the first person to call Woof is deemed to be the Woof Caller. This must be done before their cards are placed face down on the table.

Once all players’ cards are placed face down on the table there may no longer be a Woof call and play continues as for standard Boosh.

The cherry is then turned over and all players have ONE opportunity to exchange one of their cards with a card from the face up or face down pile (as per usual Boosh rules). Play then moves directly to the Results stage, with the exception that players want to have the LOWEST scoring hand. In a Woof call the value of the Joker is equal to value of the lowest card in the players’ hand. The points for a Woof call are different from a Boosh call:

My Top 5 Simpsons Quotes

Here are My Top 5 Simpsons Quotes (in no particular order):

From "She of Little Faith":

Rev. Lovejoy introduces pizza mascot The Noid, who will deliver a special sermon on "deliciousness."

Lisa: That's it!
Homer: [whispering] Quiet, Lisa! Everyone in the store is looking at you.
Lisa: They should take a good look at themselves, and what their church has become. [the congregation gasps]
Lovejoy: Lisa, it's still the same basic message -- we've just dressed it up a little.
Lisa: Like the Whore of Babylon?
[the congregation gasps]
Lovejoy: That is a false analogy!
Lisa: No, it's not. It's apt. Apt!

From "Deep Space Homer":

NASA scientist: Maybe we should finally tell them the big secret - that all the chimps we sent into space came back super intelligent.
Chimp in suit on rollerskates: No. I don't think we'll be telling them that.

From "Lost Our Lisa":

The streets are simply too busy for Homer to see Lisa.

Homer: This is no good, I gotta get up higher! [walks over to a balloon salesman] Give me all of your balloons. [the salesman hands him a dozen or so balloons] I hope this works... [walks to guy in a cherry picker] These are for you if you let me use your cherry picker!
Guy: Well, I've already got some balloons, but.. they're not this nice. Deal!

From "Cape Feare":

One agent suggests a new identity for Homer.

Agent: Tell you what, sir. From now on, you'll be, uh, Homer Thompson at Terror Lake. Let's just practise a bit, hmm? When I say, "Hello, Mr. Thompson," you'll say, "Hi."
Homer: Check.
Agent: Hello, Mr. Thompson.
Homer: [stares blankly]
Agent: Remember now, your name is Homer Thompson.
Homer: I gotcha.
Agent: Hello, Mr. Thompson.
Homer: [stares blankly]
[A long time later]
Agent: [sighs in frustration] Now, when I say, "Hello, Mr. Thompson," and press down on your foot, you smile and nod.
Homer: No problem.
Agent: Hello, Mr. Thompson! [stomps on Homer's foot a few times]
Homer: [stares blankly]
Homer: [to other agent] I think he's talking to you.

From "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?":

Homer now attempts to write the review with Maggie and Santa's Little Helper (SLH).

Homer: I don't need Lisa to write a good review. [reads] The food at the Gilded Truffle really ... What's a good word? [Maggie makes a sucking sound] Sucks! That's great! And the bread was really ... [looks at SLH] Come on, help me out here!
SLH: Ruff!
Homer: Rough? I don't know, you've been pitching that all night.
SLH: Chewy?

All quotes from "The Simpsons Archive": http://www.snpp.com/

Feel free to nominate your own favourite quotes!

Pixie Juice

I have invented a new drink!

Pour 0.5 cm of Sweetened Condensed Milk into the bottom of a glass.

Add 2cm of Rasberry Cordial.

Stir.

Fill glass with Vanilla Coke (allow some room for the froth)

Enjoy!

(I take no responsiblty for the effects of this drink!)