this seems to sum it all up pretty well

Is France a more violent nation than Australia? Just recently they have had industrial relations reforms suggested there, the same ones that came into place here 2 days ago, and they have erupted in violent riots. Rioting got so out of hand that it required many water canons and armed police to disperse crowds. Is France, as a nation, more violent than Australian or is it just that they feel more passionately about topics that we appear to be very laid back about?

In Australia the reforms were not greeted with arms wide open but we protested in quiet demonstrations, marches and I believe at one stage there was a media campaign launched against the government. I've just noticed recently that the french have made the news for their 'loud' protests to new laws (ie the laws regarding overtly religious symbols in schools elicited a similar response which continued into late last year). Whats going on? Maybe the French are just more passionate than us...but what does that say about both groups as nations?

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Gone are the days of the easy hair cut. When you walked in sat down and 10 minutes later you walked out with shorter hair. This morning it took me 1/2 an hour to get my hair cut. They refused to cut it as was because they didn't know whether it was clean or not (i would have thought that would have been apparent by looking at it...i washed my hair last night) As a result I had to get my hair washed before they would consider doing anything to it. I guess the good thing was that while washing I got to sit in a massaging chair which believe it or not massaged in time to the music they were playing at the time. And if they hadn't played madonna for the entire time i was in there i'm sure i would have appreciated the sentiment more.

In addition to this i had a 10 minute argument with the hair dresser over how to cut MY hair. I would have thought I should have had some say in how I wanted it cut seeing as I (as far as I know) have complete ownership of my hair and will have to live with the results. No I don't want a side fringe no mattter how fashionable you think they are. And yes I do want to take some length off.

All for $27. (No i didn't pay for the wash because I didn't want or need it to start off with) I remember when i was young it used to cost me $9 to get my hair cut. Not because i had friends in high places or because i had that nifty student discount or anything like that...soley because that was the price with out the inflation and all that other crap.

grr...not happy!

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Goodbye kitty...my mother hated the cat and now she has got her way. The cat was picked up this morning and i was very disappointed. I miss him already.

And good bye also to Tim who will leave sydney tomorrow morning to start a new adventure up in the Northern Territory. But amidst all of that he will remember all of us and to send us a blank postcard every now and then just so we now he's still alive.

Speaking of which, the BBQ was fun last night. I saw people last night who i hadn't seen since Lorien's wedding. And they'd grown too!! Leaving me feeling shorter than ever...meh. It was a good night...one which helped me realise that although I will never be completely comfortable in a room full of people that i don't know, i can feign confidence just as easily.

I met a bunch of new people too and...what more can i say. Words just don't seem to be adequate. So...bye Tim. GoodLuck. Don't forget us, and all that other soppy stuff.

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