druggies

Some things to consider
a) Heroin is ramped up morphine
b) I assume other analgesics have an abuse-able version. Not sure if people can really abuse derivatives of anaesthetics, but where there's a will there's a way.
c) Drug abuse increases the body's tolerance to that drug
d) Anaesthesiology seems like a pretty damn precise science

So as well as taking in age, sex, body mass, anaesthetists/anaesthesiologists also have to account for history of substance abuse.

And so when your liver/kidney is destroyed from ingesting all those drugs, you also have to worry about not being sedated enough as they cut you open. The joys of a life of drugs.


Also did you know anaesthetists (as they're called in British English, and perhaps it would be interesting to note that that is synonymous with English English) are over-represented in substance abuse, especially opioids?
-They have a much greater access to power drugs than the average joe. It is also relatively easy for them to nick a couple grams for personal use, compared to like, a street urchin.
-They spent years studying drugs so of course they would know how to use them properly, right?
-They see the effect of the highs on patients, the stimulation of reward centres, and think to themselves: "bucket listed".

This is all American data but nothing listed here seems culturally specific to the USA.

rio tinto

Those that I speak to regularly know that it was an arbitrary aim of mine to score full marks in the Rio Tinto Big Science Competition, following disappointing results of only 1 mark from full marks in 2010 and 2011.

Unfortunately, I also got one wrong in the 2012 comp.

Mysteriously I received a Top Scorer award in my blue BOS portfolio. I checked online and it appears that nobody managed to get full marks in the senior paper. NOBODY. WHAT THE ABSOLUTE BALLS.

I blame that stupid tide question.


But it seems foreign to me that the top mark is not full marks in a paper so relatively simple as the Rio Tinto.

did you know...

3. COLLIDING WITH A VEHICLE, PEDESTRIAN OR OBjECT
This includes mounting or straddling (one wheel either side of) a traffic
dome and mounting the kerb or roundabout.
You will not fail if you touch the kerb face with your wheels.

-Guide to the Driving Test, RTA


No more "my-mum-says" anecdotes plox. Unless she's a driving instructor or testing officer.

burn, madafacka, burn

Pretty long but if you did LTA, it's worth every second of it.

memories so far

Just want to note down a few things that I would appreciate remembering later:

Formal

When our whole table, before our meal, joined hands and said the grace from Madeline - "We love our bread, we love our butter, but most of all, we love each other."
Bahaha we got a weird look from the waitress who clearly did not get the reference.

Nothing else was that highlight-ful, except for the pleasant surprise of the DJ that actually tried to mix songs instead of just playing a goddamn playlist. Some of the transitions were pretty cringe but others were actually really smooth (Y).

English Table Congregation

We were meant to have some drinks and watch LOTR at Crystal's house, but instead we had drinks and watched some of Forrest Gump and most of The Vow while playing pool at Bonnie's house. Sick ability to stick to a plan.

Over the day I made:
Virgin Mojito
Made this one first for Crystal the ex-party girl who will stay on the good side of the drink for the time being.
The mint taste may have been a little too strong so perhaps I'll cut back on the number of leaves I put in.
I think she enjoyed the mint garnish though LOL

Appletini
This was sad. There is no way it can taste good with 1.5oz vodka, 0.5oz sour apple schnapps, 0.5oz Cointreau. Danal said it tasted like cough medicine but he also said that the Cape Cod tasted like cough medicine (they have no ingredients in common except for vodka) so perhaps he's just sensitive to vodka.
I tried a couple different recipes after but none made me happy. Next one I'll try is 1oz vodka, 1.5oz schnapps, 0.5oz Cointreau, and 1oz apple juice.

But perhaps

Vodka Martini (Stirred)
Marcus commented: "This martini is very dry", for I used dry vermouth.
Both Marcus and I prefer actual martinis (with gin), but mixing vermouth with vodka does make it much more pleasant than straight drinking vodka.
Garnished with a lemon twist cut using the bluntest knife in existence.

Cape Cod aka Vodka Cranberry
Apparently it didn't taste alcoholic at all. It's also pink-ish.
Good for getting drunk without you even realising.

Cosmopolitan
FINALLY WORKED OUT HOW TO MAKE IT DELICIOUS, WHEN I ACCIDENTALLY FORGOT THE RECIPE.
Needed more cranberry juice! A personal success for me.

Vodka Lemon Drop
I think this was the favourite! It's dead easy to make (1:1 lemon juice, 1tsp sugar per fl.oz. of drink) but was a surprising hit. I would recommend the whiskey sour (I tried it with JD) and I think the tang of lemon compliments the smoke in the whiskey

Bahaha I hope you guys enjoyed one of your (I think few) nights where you a) were with friends and b) alcohol was actually consumed responsibly :L.


Oh and we played pool, from now on I will forevermore refer to the corner pockets as "vajayjays" and the side pockets as "a-holes", after Danal's charming story about his friend who says that it is really damn hard to pot balls into the a-holes, but so much easier for vajayjays.

And then Danal's super subtle double entendre's regarding his ability to strike straight, and his uncanny ability to pot in a-holes but not in vajayjays.


Btw stay tuned for tomorrow, when I will upload a video that will strike close to home for half the grade.

abridged shortcuts

The new side-scrolling ex-Metro screen is actually just a really complicated Start menu, that has some interactive apps and stuff. Interestingly, the desktop is considered an "app" instead of "the whole point of the OS". In any case as soon as you get used to the fact that you're not meant to dwell on the ex-Metro screen while you're actually trying to use the computer, then you're fine (Y). Anyways, the apps in the store suck. Except this one periodic table one which is really bloody awesome.

And also, when you delete stuff it no longer asks if you are sure. It just sends that shit straight to Recycle Bin (Y)

Windows 8, with it's Charm bar, is not all that charming without keyboard shortcuts. This is a list adapted from Redmond Pie, for the features that I've actually needed to use since getting Windows 8.

Windows = Open/Close "Start Menu", the ex-Metro screen.
Windows-C = Open Charm Bar
Windows-Tab = Switch between apps (via LHS Modern Taskbar, no more Windows Flow or whatever it was called)
Windows-I = Settings Charm
Windows-Q = App Search
Windows-W = Setting Search
Windows-F = File Search
Windows-X = System Tools (cool set of links to stuff like Device Manager, Control Panel, Power Options, Task Manager, and many many more!!)
Windows-L = Locks computer. Different to Windows 7 because the awesome lock screen pops up =D
Ctrl-Scroll = Zooms in and out of tile view (hard to explain just try that shit)

Some that have been around since Windows 7 and prior:
Windows-D = Show desktop
Windows-M = Minimise all windows
Windows-E = Open what used to be called "My Computer"
Windows-R = Run dialogue box
Alt-F4 = Closes current application
Alt-Tab = Switch between open windows (and applications, in Win8)
Windows-UpArrow = Maximise window
Windows-DownArrow = Restore Down, then Minimise Window
Windows-LeftArrow = Snap left
Windows-RightArrow = Snap right

8-bit

Oh, ffs.