Our fine country (not Canuckistan, the other one) got a new Prime Minister, which left mixed feelings for me. While I don't think that Ms. Gillard is a downgrade on Kevin '07, she is my local member for parliament (Werribee Represent, YO!), I'm just not a big fan on the way she got into office. Anyone could see that she was always going to knife Rudd, she was just waiting for the right opportunity. I know we're supposed to vote for the party, and not the leader, but I can't help feel cheated with my vote - nobody voted for Gillard. That being said, I still think she'll do a decent enough job, and will have no worries being the first elected female Prime Minister of Australia.
To get us all into the political groove, Canuckistan has opened the floodgates to the greatest debate of all time: Which Prime Minister candidate would you most like to see in a Speedo? Have your say - Polls close in 2 weeks.
The greatest case of mis-management in history happened this week, with my internet being capped until next Thursday. Apparently 50 gig during peak, and 70 gig during offpeak times wasn't enough for me. Why is this? I'd like to blame not myself, but Optus for their stupid policies. Twenty of the fifty gig used during peak times was not downloads, but fucking uploads! Being with iiNet for the past year, I forgot about Optus' backwards upload policy. I'll have to remember to not leave uTorrent running after downloading - Thats going to kill my up/down ratio!
Since I'm restricted to offline gaming, I've rediscovered my love for the humble Nintendo Wii. It was such an awesome idea on their part to sell classic games on their download platform. I have many classics from the NES, SNES and N64 catalogues. Today's wii-fest kicked off with some Mario Brothers, Super Mario World, and ended with a 3 hour session with Super Mario RPG. That's already alot of Mario, and without even counting Mario Kart, Super Mario 64, and the 2 best retail games on the wii: Super Mario Galaxy, and Paper Mario.
Thats alot of Mario, but I think I'm up to the challenge.
EDIT 1: I forgot to mention the Football World Cup *slaps head*. After a horror opening match against Germany (where the Aussies didn't even try to win), The Australian national team played two great games this week to restore our faith. We got a 1-1 draw with Ghana, a match Australia should've won (despite having Harry Kewell sent off), and then beat Serbia 2-1 to end our tournament on a high.
I am very proud of the Socceroos, and it is a shame that one very bad game overshadowed two very good results.
EDIT 2: FourmoresleepsuntilIgetmyinternetuncapped!
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