So at the end of January 2008, I spent a severe amount of money on a 2nd gen Playstation 3 console. it set me back almost a grand. on the weekend, after just a smidge over 2yrs of owning it, it died.

Yep. Died. I put a disc in, loaded it up, and it died. it died, and will never be resurrected. Google gave me many hints to attempt to save it, but alas, it was unsuccessful.

And of course, this happened four days before the release of Final Fantasy XIII, a game I have been waiting the better part of FOUR FUCKING YEARS to come out.

So here’s my beef. I spent close to a grand on a piece of equipment that dies a bee’s dick outside of my warranty. I don’t have this kind of money just lying around, and when I pay that kind of cash for something I want it to LAST. Further to this, the thieving bastards at Sony want to CHARGE me $250 just to fix it. This piece of shit console has a trade-in value of a hundred bucks, and Sony wants to charge me more than its worth to fix it? Fuck you people.

Why is it that technology is never built to last anymore? Its a rhetorical question of course, because its all about consumerism and things are only built to last until the next generation model of whatever comes out and blah blah blah blah blah blah blah fucking blah. but seriously. When I was in school I had one of those old Nokia 8210 phones, that fell out of my bag, down three stories onto concrete, and it still worked. all I needed was a new case. A Sony Ericsson phone I bought about 3yrs ago lasted 12mths before it fell out of my pocket onto vinyl floors and died. what the fuck? I also own a Playstation2, which I have had for 8yrs now with no problems, no errors, just machine behaving game playing. and yet its descendant is a weak motherfucker who couldn’t even last the distance.

And the arrogance of Sony, which is somewhat unsurprising, that they build an inferior product, and I am the one who wore the cost in the first place (FUCK RETAIL SALES IN AUSTRALIA MARKING UP EVERYTHING TO THE POINT OF RIDICULOUSNESS). And when they mentioned it’d be $50 on top of the $250 for shipping, I told them to get fucked, because for a hundred bucks more I can get a brand new console that is ten times better than the current oversized paperweight i currently own.

But then again, that’s your plan all along isn’t it Sony?

Belligerent pack of pricks with a piece of shit product that I shelled out more money than I should have in the first place, and then force my hand to purchase a new model that will likely do the same thing in 2yrs time. So now I have to go to a local store that’s thankfully doing me a good deal because they think I’ve been rather ripped off, and am picking up a new system for a third of the cost of what I initially paid for. Which, because its still a fair hike of cash to fork out, I’m going to have to pay off before I can pick it up over the next few months.

So thanks Sony, for giving me a game release I’ve been anticipating for years now, that will serve a good purpose as a fucking coaster.

Right, so, finally got the chair done tonight.

I’m not  entirely certain as to who won out between myself and the adhesive. But whatever.

And they all have individual teeny mods to them. Almost reminds me of a steampunk terminator thingy which is kinda weird.

Ok. So you may recall an earlier post wherein i Scored some intriguing crap from the house across the road, including this chair;

Well, I’ve been busy and decided to give it a bit of a lift. Currently just finished a new paint job and reupholstered the cushion.

Pretty chuffed with it thus far.

Found this little contraption in a junk pile next door… the corner thing is spring loaded and old. so the thing doubles as both a lovely corner shelf (once shelves are re-added) and a fucking bear trap.

This’ll go nice with that chair I picked up over the road a few months back. which reminds me, i’ll need to post photos of the finished product shortly.

There’s nothing that gets you out of bed quicker than a message from the housemate of win and awesome stating there are some lanterns that would appeal to me down the street.

Hell yes they appeal to me.

What have i been up to lately? oh, not much really. Leading up to the festive season absolutely sucks, cash strapped and getting progressively fed up with people being overtly cheery just because its xmas.

That being said, here’s a shiny dangly thing i made a while back but just never got around to posting. good to hang off a belt loop on pants.

Made up of vintage keys, some trinkets off an old “pirate” necklace, and brassy shit lifted from Diva. I also hang a pocket watch on a chain on it when i can be bothered.

Now, I start today’s rant with the pre-cursor that I am by no means a skinny chick. I am quite uhm… “well-endowed” in the plus size department.

And, I freely admit it. I’m not entirely comfortable with this, and am working to change it. But while I’m working to change it, I’m honest about things. If I’m going to have what i refer to as a “Fuck it” day, then I’m going to not bother with health food and just get whatever’s cheap and easy (ohh yeah there’s a real obvious joke there). But I’m going to be honest about it. I’m going to say, “this junk food is going to affect my system. i am choosing to have this food instead of a healthier option, and will have to make up for it later.” I don’t sit here, moaning about not having any idea why I’m not losing weight, when i know exactly why and accept the consequences of my actions. I have an off-day, i have to have a harder fight for the “on-days”. do an extra few rounds on the bike, cut down on the portions for a few days, whatever.

What drives me to absolute distraction, is when people do this shit, and then either a), can’t understand why they’re not losing weight or putting it on and COMPLAIN CONSTANTLY; or b) which is even WORSE in my opinion, actually think that they’re losing weight and go on about how much their figure has improved.

You may consider a multi-grain bread sandwich with salad a healthy lunch. But not when you have two of them, with half a packet of ham per portion, pickles, relishes, mustard, and then follow it up with a 600mL coke and a huge bag of chips. JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE EATING HEALTHY DOES NOT MEAN YOU EAT A FUCKLOAD OF HEALTHY. KEY TO LOSING WEIGHT IS PORTION SIZES. JESUS.

I really, well and truly don’t care if you choose a huge unhealthy lunch. but be HONEST about it. Don’t stand there in front of the mirror marvelling about how you’ve lost your stomach when we can still see is hanging out over your belt line like some muffin spilling over the tray seeking freedom from its confines.

Don’t sit there and try to delude yourself by telling everyone how you’re finally fitting into a size 12 pair of jeans. It’s one thing to do it alone in the mirror and convince yourself that you’re looking more and more like Kate Moss every day when you’re blowing $200 a week on gym fees that do sweet fuck all for your figure, but if you’re going to be that completely and utterly false to yourself, don’t go around making the remarks to everyone around you. It’s sad, and makes you look fuckin retarded.

And at the other end of the spectrum, fuck fishing for compliments. The next girl at work that goes “ugh i’m so fat” or some self-defeating comment for the SOLE PURPOSE of those within earshot going “ohh no darling you’re beautiful/thin/wonderful” I won’t be chiming in with the comments they so desperately crave. Oh no. I’m going to agree with them.

“Yeah your legs look fucking atrocious are you sure the gym memberships are paying off? looks like you’re wasting your money at the moment.”

“Have you looked at liposuction and other surgical enhancements?”

“Yeah i hope its not genetics or your kids are fucked.”

Seriously. Stop it. All of you.

Thought I’d do something a little different for my friend’s birthday, so constructed her a layered cake entirely out of fruit. Figured I’d share the creation of healthy and delicious win.

Consists Of the following:

-Watermelon layered base
-Pineapple halved rings for decorating
-Ring of blueberries
-Strawberry garnish
-Ring of Honeydew melon
-Ring of Nectarine
-”Icing” made of passionfruit and lime.

I haven’t forgotten you, my steambubbly readers. Just been a little cash strapped which has halted the acquisition of the parts I require.

Coming shortly, photos from an acoustic guitar mod i’m working on.

arrrgh so productive with the busyness of THINGS. chucking a quick update on here with a random decoration mod i did on a pipe i picked up ages ago. I actually did this before i left for the states, but completely forgot to upload anything.

Nothin too spectacular, just did it out of boredom really.

Currently working on redoing paint job on wire chair from previous SFOTD post, and working on a set of “brass knuckles” from an old gauntlet of mine. pics forthcoming.