send her a text or something

Or a sixpack of Corona's :D
But I guess she can be happy she's at home, and not stuck in some detention camp or whatever is used for the quarantines

Had a Year 12 induction ceremony today, and it was a huge waste of time. We had to listen to a whole patch of speeches, hear the principal talk about how important he is, then get called up one by one to get a badge that I'm never going to wear. And on top of that, my friend (who handed me my badge) pronounced my name wrong. :mad:

At least the girl playing piano while we waited was pretty good - and I got to hear the Mellon Collie theme, which was unexpected.

OH FUCK LOOK WHAT I CAME ACROSS WHILE SEARCHING FOR EVOL
Another polish bootleg

Apparently it doesn't have shoot and JCis listed as IC lolz

Spending a fantastic Saturday afternoon with my brother and dad at Bernhardt Winery listening to the Texas Hold’em Band cover all the George Strait

Don't think I've ever had a decent American wine. Might as well shove a load of jam and syrup in it. However, looks like a great day

Living the Suite Life for UFC 247 at Toyota Center Houston

What a surprise, the Republican likes the 'sport' that is UFC...

In better news: Chinese student is back and fine.

and to cap it all, a night of white hoods and robes and torches on someone’s lawn

It was a grand and glorious day, but we kinda fell in to that by accident. Went to the winery to get my wife a bottle of their Valentine line. Didn’t know about the day long concert and other things going on. I ended up getting a box of various wines.



A good friend of my dad's invited us to his Suite. His son, Alex Morono, is a UFC Fighter and this was his 24th fight. He didn’t do well getting TKO’d in the first round. We did the same a few years ago in Austin, enjoyable every once in a while, but nothing I would pay to attend.

Halle Berry was there, they kept showing her on the Jumbotron. I figured she might be dating a UFC Fighter (?), but someone in our Suite thought she was studying for a role in a UFC movie???

In the process of planning my first (and last) major teenage truancy - I'm ditching the school swimming carnival. Not going this year, not a fucking chance.

i get it and i’m ok with that (lol, as if i had to be)

but seriously, good for you.

so—what’s the plan? going anywhere fun? saved your paycheck for the hair salon or something?

oh! and did you text her or no?

I've always wanted to ditch it - I don't enjoy swimming, it's six hours of my life sucked up, there's no free Wi-Fi there. But this time - since I've always wanted to do some shit like this, this is my last opportunity, and you're not allowed to bring a phone (fucking state government) - I'm doing a runner.

There are some problems, though. I need to get signed off at school first (fortunately, I've got free periods to start so I just sign in at the office). I can't go home (because my parents expect me to go), and I can't show up there too early or late (otherwise they'll get suspicious). So I'll just have to go into the town centre for a couple of hours, then loiter around my school from about 2pm until the bus gets there.

I also can't really go shopping, because otherwise I'd show up with a bunch of stuff I couldn't have done at the public pool. So IDK, I'll wander around, ride buses, eat fast food, crossdress, have a fun time. Yay for youth...

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I didn't text her, no. I did say it was good to see her when she showed up on Thursday, so I didn't leave her completely in the lurch.

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In other news, I'm doing more planning for my European holiday. Catching trains is going to be way more expensive than I'd hoped. :(

even with a student pass? back in my day (lmfao) there was a “student advantage” nonsense that would get you discounts everywhere, and a month-long train pass to everywhere. no more?

also check this scheme:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-10467712.html
(but hostels can be great)

and your day sounds like it’s gonna be a blast! hahah

have fun

Yay for youth...

yeah, fuck... you don’t have to be dead inside afterwards, but it goes by very quickly.

Did you check this site? It's still relatively cheap: https://www.interrail.eu
But these days you might get a better deal with the cheap flyers such as Ryanair if you plan smart. However you would still need to travel from the airport to the city and often Ryanair doesn't fly to the main airport. For instance the Ryanair airport for Düsseldorf in Germany is in the middle of nowhere and hours away from that town. So you would still need to pay extra for bus or train to get there, and on those flights you also need to pay extra for luggage. Add to that that those flights are often at stupid times like 6AM. So in the end, the interrail card could still be a better deal.

also, had a semi-recent discussion with demonyo re: bus service taking over train routes. i think in england it’s megabus.

and, a quick search...

https://eurolines.com/en/home/

https://www.omio.com/buses/germany

etc

oh! and here is the international student id

https://www.isic.org/

gets you cheap tickets to tons of places. eg, the opera, museums, whatever\wherever students get cheaper/free admission

student advantage is a different marketing scheme lol. still exists...

oh, last! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/STA_Travel
^^started in yr cuntry of all places... so aussies can get plastered abroad :D
but no yeah those people will connect you to cheap flights, hostels, etc

Best replace "etc" with https://global.flixbus.com/ :)
I think they are the most wellknown, at least in this area of Europe.

Bus travel was really impopular a number of years ago, but it's had a revival and might indeed be the cheapest way to travel through Europe (but also boring and longwinding as fuck)

I'd honestly rather lick Bytors ballsack than bus everywhere when travelling. I did a 13 hour bus trip once and never again. Better to pay a lil bit more for ease of the journey and the shortened time spent travelling.