progress report

so, yes... i'm still unemployed. it certainly feels weird not doing anything with my life. im beginning to not enjoy it... i mean, at this moment in time... i really have nothing to offer society. i have skills and shit - but they are not actually in use!

it's really starting to get to me.

fingers crossed i get a job @ JB HI-FI or CIRQUE DU SOLEIL

p.s - congratulations to no-one who bothered to leave ANY comments re: oscars. no one won nothing in the end...

???

the 79th annual academy awards are sunday... who will win?

comment and win a prize. *


*winner will not actually win a prize

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***INVASION***

well... hey everyone... this is a more upbeat and positive ben chuah writing to you now as i have finally been paid by centrelink!

so... whats new? tropfest was a few days ago now. i must have some new things to dish out. well, first of all carol started uni. well, like O week. going okay. sarah chu started O week too.

so, i guess i will tell you about my tale of why this post is labelled "invasion"walking a few days ago in chinatown ... (remember it has been chinese new year) and i hear this screaming and yelling... and, i think ... is there a mental on the streets... i hope so, i want to hear what she is saying.

"THE JAPS! THE JAPS ARE FUCKING TAKING OVER. MOVE! MOVE! RUN! THE FUCKING JAPS ARE TAKING OVER THE COUNTRY!"

now, i wasnt sure if i was going to correct her. i felt i need to go up to her and tell her a few things... ie-

• she was in CHINATOWN.


• it was CHINESE NEW YEAR


• the people she was surround by were actually VIETNAMESE

but, whatever... all the same right?

anyway... so, centrelink paid. and not that much. but i am slowly reversing myself out of debt. it's good. feels good. applied for a job @ JB HI-FI. i have high hopes for this one. so, please... everyone please pray for me.

other news is the short film that i worked on a month and a bit ago is having its premiere tomorrow night. i have invited carol and i dont imagine i will stay very long. i hope it is actually good and i am really shocked. i dont want to go and be like... "oh, i knew it would suck" ... so, please please please prove my cynical, bitter, larry david-ish mind wrong!

this saturday is another one of sarah IMAX's parties. should be pretty fun. they always are. no real theme. but the invite had a dinosaur on it. so, im thinking jurassic park tee... mmm sounds good.

oh yeh, we interviewed for potential housemates. put the ad up. only 3 fucking calls. maybe its because we said 2 lonely guys looking for 1 female in large empty house. mmm oh well.

anyways, so, it went pretty well.. i think we have ours minds made up... it was hard though, it pretty much came down to 2 lass's ... SABINE - who only just arrived from germany like, 6 days ago... who was pretty cool... basically a movie machine - directs, edits, shoots... meh. it sucked that she needed to know like, 3 hours after we interviewed her. but, definately going to keep in touch with her because she is going to be my "hot foreign film-making buddy" (everyone needs one)

and then there was CAILIN. like CAITLIN but without the T so... yeh, she comes from cairns and works in BOOST juice... so, i think SARAH K (formally SARAH THAT LIVED WITH BEN according to lindsay) would approve. she... (im talking about cailin now) studies classical music and plays the violin. perhaps she can score my movie. so, yeh... she seemed pretty chilly and cruisy and has a job and her shit together so we will probably go for her.

that's enough for now? i think so. i will leave you now with the first result of typing "random picture" into google image search.

tropfest - more like SAUSAGE FEST!

yeh, shit title i know. but im angry. last night was tropfest. it was good apart from the following...

• the rain
• the heat
• losing my sunglasses
• they cost $50 !!!
  
  
• AND ONLY 1 FEMALE
  FINALIST IN THE 16 FILMS!

now, for some strange reason (carol can vouch for this) i got extremely angry at the fact out of 600 films ... there was only 1 good enough - made by a woman - to make the finalists. and, to make it worse... the film was a typical woman story. emo drama about divorce... it was sad and all- but we've seen it all before!

so, here is the plan. if you are a woman with any film making skills at all... give me a call. im going to fucking make a film (join me sarah IMAX) ... where everything is woman. so, if you have any ideas ... comment on the blog... (all storylines must include the tropfest item - this year it's the number 7)

mmm... and, how's this right... the ONLY award ... well, the award for excellence in film for women ... after poor old catherine martin gave this HUGE speech about how important it is for them to be involved etc etc ... guess who comes up to take the award?

A MAN! WITH A PENIS!

where was she? at home minding the kids? she probably didnt even know there was even an award let alone that she was nominated...

so, come on... join my quest for woman on film... im talking like, fucking friends with money meets fucking fried green tomatoes meets fucking the hours and throw in a fucking bit of thelma and louise!

WHO'S WITH ME???

Att: Ben - To Do List

watch ugly betty.

no.

tape ugly betty.

go to tropfest.

enjoy the night.

see you all there.

i'm dying in this townhouse

im currently going through hell.

its like 43 fucking degrees as i sleep

there are about 3 mozzies trying to eat me

i'm having a nightmare of not knowing what to buy someone for christmas.


FUUUUCK!!!

oooh i just squished one against the wall. eww... my fucking hand is covered in blood now. this is seriously hell.

mum on msn. a conversation.

vicki- hi baby

set fire to the third bar- what u doing

vicki- having a wine on bed with laptop and my baby jess, i luv her

vicki- we have great convos

vicki- she loves me

set fire to the third bar- she is a cat. she doesnt talk u know

vicki- yes she does

vicki- when other ppl around shes different

vicki- im teaching her new words now

set fire to the third bar- what? she meow's more?

set fire to the third bar- what words

vicki- i love you, hello mummy

vicki- she talks back she will learn soon

set fire to the third bar- how long do u think b4 she can talk like a human

vicki- not long really im working hard on it

set fire to the third bar- but, if you had to say

vicki- it isnt in the words, its the tone- its the way she answers when u talk, she knows what ur saying

vicki- so maybe its me learning cat talk

set fire to the third bar- maybe

vicki- maybe im mrs doc doolittle

set fire to the third bar- you are insane you know

vicki- hahahah... nah

set fire to the third bar- ok, just checking...

vicki- just on a different wavelenth

IT'S FUCKING VALENTINES DAY!

we havent been evicted. i think that they felt a little bad throwing us out as yesterday was valentines day. (vomit) mmm so, centrelink looks like it will be happening soon, hopefully getting back-paid until middle of fucking december... meanwhile i have been/still am looking for a job but there isnt much good work out there for a 20 y.o cool kid like me!?

go figure.

anyways... to celebrate valentines day... i will post a picture of carol and me in the hope that it will make her sick as she hates valentines day nearly as much as me.

p.s - caitlin moore is pretty cool. remind me to post a picture of her from i dunno, early 00's ... next post will have a funny title.

in the green ... but nearly on my arse

so, the good news...

i am back in the positive figures in my bank account.

bad news....

i dont have enough for rent.

if it isnt in there in 24 hrs (theres a tv show in that) we'll be evicted!

&

centrelink have again delayed my application because they are ..

SHIT EATING, COCK SUCKING, MOTHER FUCKING ARSEHOLES!!!

how you doin?

well, at the moment? absolutely miserable.

i have no money. my bank balance is currently -$74.95.
i have no job. no-one is hiring.
my rent is overdue by 2 weeks.
bills are all overdue. power will be cut soon.
we have no 3rd housemate when sarah goes.
centrelink still haven't assessed my case.
apparently i should still be living at home.

im currently at carols house alone watching "scooby doo" ... surely life could be much worse right?

i could resort to taking free bread from the opp shops. (enter my mother)




actually, life has gotten worse. power rangers is on.

deep sleep & dreams

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dot points

• i have returned from QLD
• it was really good
• i'm unemployed & looking for a new job
• going to 1vs100 filming on thursday
• want to win some money
• sarah is moving out
• new lass probably coming in
• applied for centrelink 7 weeks ago - still no payments.
• getting angry
• getting pissy
• im tired
• but im watching SO many movies!

it's your fucking job!!!

Victorian detectives who catch murderers, rapists and other criminals will be rewarded with movie tickets and shopping vouchers.

Victoria Police has a special scheme in its overall $1.47 billion annual budget to reward police officers.

Awards include letters of acknowledgment from the deputy commissioner attached to a $50 Myer or Borders gift voucher, the Herald Sun newspaper says.

©AAP 2007

are they in fucking primary school? do they get fucking gold stars on a chart in the station? COME ON!!!

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