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I can now legally drive heavy vehicles and motorbikes, adding to my arsenal of ways to cause general mischief and mayhem, and soon I should have my pocket rocket which will make travelling a lot cheaper so I will make up for that by doing more of it. It all balances out really. Counting down until when I am finished here in Waitara and get to go on my break, four weeks left now, and this week is only three days which is even better. Smack bang in the middle of a five day weekend right now. Already bored so that means some work may actually get done however this could change. Depends on what I find to distract me.

Still waiting on word from the army on whether I am actually going overseas. Otherwise I have to find a job or something. That or head to Europe early. However I have passed all the required checks already so shouldn’t be any problem there. Either way I’m looking forward to it, getting out there and living life, awesome.

Taken up kayaking with a vigour as a workmate has talked me into doing a competition in april, 14km on a lake in south taranaki. At the moment I’m doing 10km which isn’t too bad, just got to get up to 14km and do it faster now. Should also be a lot of fun. I just have to go out at the right tide so I can get high enough up the river, stupid river with its changes.

A weekend wasted is never a wasted weekend

Breathalysers are fun. Particularly when some numpty calibrates it while drunk so a zero reading actually means far in excess of the legal limit. Because then of course everyone tries to get to the max mark on the device. This of course being ridiculously high and probably lethal. This course of action is, as I pointed out, a hella lot of fun. But I digress, the week that was, pretty normal except the gala. I helped run the horizontal bungy until we managed to destroy it then I busted out the fire staff to wow some kiddies. I really need more practice with that thing. Still, the kids seemed to enjoy it.

Spent the weekend in Palmy where on friday I drank altogether more than was sensible, watched some family guy and boondocks then stumbled out on the town, watching to be sure we didn't use any comedy from boondocks, as that stuff could get a Brother shot in the wrong company. Was a pretty good night from what I could remember which understandably wasn't much.

Saturday was another good night, not as drunk this time but still had fun, stumbled round palmy, visited a few paries, listened to some old school Blink 182, argued about nebulous shit (which is better, 1984 vs 1985, boxers vs not boxers) boozed it up in some bars, Saw some old friends and some new friends, then had a pie and went home.

On sunday I finally got around to seeing Pulp fiction and we also went to see 10,000 bc. It is a pretty good movie, however it did have elements that are similar to apocalypto and the story of Moses but thats all good. Also obviously a lot more entertaining to us intelligent types that understand about things and stuff. Also saw Superbad. Hi - Wait for it - Larious.

Today I had the day off due to Taranaki anniversary so I went to base to shit my life out, then travelled home, managing to burn my arm again. damn drivers arm. And back to the working week, wooo.

This isn't Peter, but I hear that guy's awesome

So it turns out i wasn't the one that overdrank on Friday night, that honour/disgrace goes to Simon. Not only did he have a couple of private moments with the fence to throw up, he also had to be carried home around 12:30, for shame. Overall my weekend in Palmy reminded me of what I am missing living in a small town. Yes I do miss it but if I was working in Palmy I would spend altogether to much time getting drunk so it is probably for the best.

So what else happened? Friday night, the aforementioned carrying of Simon, arguing with a girl over some burning issue like politics, democracy or the meaning of life, meeting a future soldier for the second time (strange that), and meeting a few old friends on the town. Overall town was quieter then I expected for the friday before uni.

Saturday night I decided to stay in Palmy again and was intending to crash a party which Simon was invited to. Before I continue you must understand this, I have lived in palmy for a long time. So is it really crashing a party when you know most people there? when I arrived at the party one of my mates from T-col walks out, turns out he and another t-col mate live there. I go inside and see my own flatmate, old vet friends and one of the guys from C Coy. Either I know too many people or Palmy is too small. Also made some new friends then headed into town. This night was more like I was expecting. Walking into the Empty Vessel, the best way to describe it would be oppressive. Stinking hot and barely room to move. I am getting too old for this shit. Still, was a good night again seeing more old friends, jumping the queue at the Vessel and once again outdrinking Simon (You have to actually finish the drink boy).

Sunday I returned home with most of my stuff via Hawera where I stopped in at a friends Birthday brunch. didn't stay long though which was probably for the best as I missed out on having to sing and being mobbed by the birthday girl's sisters (not as great as it sounds, trust me). Then of course I got straight into planning for my week and getting on top of all the chores. Yeah, right.

This week at school, once again a mixed bag. Sports day on Wednesday was a highlight as I got to sit on a reclining beach chair and supervise a game. Hopefully I also managed to impart some wisdom upon the future leaders of this country at some point during the week as well. This weekend, should be a quiet one. Should get some work done too. Unless of course I go to the rodeo, the relay for life, out boozing, out rowing, or any of a further dozen distractions that may come up. Only time will tell my friends.