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[rdfreak]

time for a real update I guess.
I just filled in my e-census form before. Who knows if it was OK to do it now or wait til tomorrow night but thousands of others have filled it in already, and as someone so rightly pointed out, they wouldn't make it available online yet if they didn't expect people to fill it out!
so after pointless hours of trying the faulty census hotline, I've got no collector coming to do it for me, cos I could do it all meself! see, long story! yesterday dad came around and read me out my census numbers, but this morning I tried to enter them, and I kept getting errors, so I called the line, got through straight away and I explained my situation but the guy informs me that the collector will come around and fill it out for me *grrr!) no! so anyway, after the call I mannaged to log in, so for the next hour, I was trying to call back to cansil! eventually I actually got to talk to a consultant who was helpful and cansiled it for me. then, I filled it in! And then I gave them positive feedback about their accessability!
Oh, and I sent Neil Mitchell an email, educating him about screen readers since he made a sarcastic comment this morning about "blind people filling their census forms out on line". .. ahem .. I don't think he's interested in my problems though as I never heard back from him last time. ah well, I do have an SS address to write to re my BigBrother issues!
This week I do have a busy one as I am behind on my work! I am yet to send my story in, (got to get it off my braille note and finish it today before sending it), then got to critique the others. writing group wednesday night (which i haven't read that book for yet; ah well!) got Wise Friday and, got to prepare for next Saturday's course.
Last Saturday went well at course. he said (and I felt it too) I am improving on camera nerves. The piece that I wrote though to perform was kinda too long. I'd rehearsed it heaps to myself before hand and had it perfect; ah well! :( And we all read some news items. would love to be a news reader too! R and I were talking about auto cues though and wondering what we could do about that.
aaah and I learnt that Kat (from course) is friends with Jamie's brother! how cool! didn't get around to elaborating on that though so must email her bout it. also chatting to C over email so that's good. It's a shame we couldn't be in the same class still.
I absolutely looove making friends and this year I have been pretty neglecting there! I don't go out nearly as much as I'd like. It's a big reason why I hate online study/work of course!
Yesterday I spent practically the whole afternoon trying to win Hunter Lol! Those games are just so awesome! I would love to try and make games like that, but then a requirement is patience and I don't have much of them, Lol!
Oh, I now got an apricott tree! Mum bought it for a late b/day present last Sunday and had it there, but she (and Nan) planted it here Friday afo. It's just a standard one in a pot - they don't do them in the minature varieties cos they're apparently tempremental! not sure why; they still have other fruit ones.
anyway so I need to start taking care of my garden more - my Dafnee obviously needs TLC! :( ah well!
so it will be a while before i get some fruit but it will be the best! home grown apricotts rule rule rule! oooh yeah! :) Lol
OK
Til Next Time, RdFreak

Comments

[savant.livejournal.com]

I love apricots! They're so hard to grow though. I've tried before, and failed miserably. You must have some kind of magic touch!

[rdfreak.livejournal.com]

Well it was only put in here Friday so time will tell! Hopefully it will be OK. what happened to yours? just so hopefully I can be ware of the problem and try and prevent it!

[savant.livejournal.com]

I'm honestly not sure what I did to it. I may have over-watered it. I'm just not meant to have plants, because everything I get dies within a week or two!

[rdfreak.livejournal.com]

aaah yeh, well as i said in my post, my dafnee is not doing too well. I probably underwatered that. such a shame cos I looove the smell of them! aaah well, so did you get any fruit at all of yours?

[colorschanging.livejournal.com]

I heard that comment from Neil Mitchell too! I wantedto ring up and say like well duh there ARE programs blind people can use! Ive emaild him twice before...never got a reply, But apprently he does get LOTS AND LOTS of emails and i mean LOTS

dont be too offended

:)

[rdfreak.livejournal.com]

thanks you! ah yeh he definitely would. but last time i wrote to him it was about BigBrother (and my getting on there) and then I heard only days later how against it he wos, so duh to him helping me! Lol I thought he could maybe help me with advocating for someone like me getting on there, etc. ah well! twas worth a try! :)

Neil Mitchell

[molly80.livejournal.com]

Hi Rachel,
I thought I would write a reply here.
I also listen to 3AW daily and am not a fan of Neil Mitchell as he rants and raves too much.

I too hated his comment about blind people filling in their census forms online.
I honestly think some people are so thick that they forget that we have screen readers.

Don't get offended that Neil didn't reply as I'm sure he gets many emails daily. I've tried to email him on another subject and got no reply. However it would be good for some sort of reply as it's only polite.

Re: Neil Mitchell

[rdfreak.livejournal.com]

I actually don't mind him. I think he's the least rude out of them all now, but he can still get pretty aggressive sometimes. - all those people on 3AW are just so rude to people, it amazes me that half of them get away with still being on there! Bruce is absolutely shocking, not to mention extremely condasending to people!

[molly80.livejournal.com]

I don't know why they are allowed to stay on 3AW when they are so rude.

I don't really like Bruce either lol. I rang him up years ago when I was in year 11 and he hung up on me when I was doing a questionaire for a school project as I was studying media.

I listen to 3AW all day but turn it off when Derrin Hinch comes on.

[rdfreak.livejournal.com]

he hung up on you? really? in the middle of your talking to him?

[molly80.livejournal.com]

Yeah Bruce hung up in the middle of talking to him. I dunno why as I wasn't being rude or asking any personal questions.
Maybe I sounded boring lol. All I know is that I sounded nervous as hell as I was so shy in secondary college. Not to worry, It was kind of cool to hear myself talking on the radio as dad was in the other end of the lounge recording me.

I would like to ring up 3AW again omeday but don't know who is the best to talk to :o)