Sunday, 30 November 2014
Blog Update
Stay tuned for my next post "Don't be a Phoney" which will be released shortly. See you then
Sunday, 22 December 2013
Another Apology and Disclaimer
Before we continue I just want to address the lack of post yesterday. This was not supposed to be the case as I had scheduled a post to be released but for whatever reason it did not post. However, due to some computer troubles (i.e. The computer not working) I was unable to go on Blogger and see what was going on. I am very sorry for this but there is nothing I can do as you can not manage things like scheduling on the phone application (which is very basic by the way). However, when I went on the application to write this post the post from yesterday did not show up which makes me think it was somehow deleted which is very annoying. Again, I am sorry. The disclaimer is that until we fix the computer there will be no long posts as they will all need to be written and posted on my phone.
I am very sorry for all this. See you tomorrow!
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Weird News Tuesday: Wednesday Edition
The next story talks about two of the most searched topics on Google as well as a third which, ironically, are all concerned about life and death. The first two are for deceased actors Cory Monteith (best known for his role as Finn Hudson on Glee) and the more recently deceased actor Paul Walker (best known for his role in the Fast and Furious franchise). The third is of the royal birth of baby George to his parents William and Kate. It really is wonderful in this age that we can just search whatever we want (and I mean whatever we want) on Google and receive a number of results. In other news, there is a "raging" debate on whether children who misbehave in school should have to say "sorry". Some are even going as far to say that they should not actually use the word because they have no idea what it means but rather use it as a means of escaping a worse punishment. I never knew that this "raging" debate was going on but apparently it is, and it makes the news! You may have realised by now that it is a lot harder to find odd news stories that are not on the home page when there is no tab marked "odd-spot" or something similar. It does make finding the stories harder but I will not give up on it yet. New extremes of entertainment are emerging with a 20km endurance challenge called the Tough Mudder becoming increasingly popular around the World. It is basically a 20km obstacle course challenging common fears such as heights, claustrophobia, fire and electricity (oh, you better be scared because that electricity is coming to get you). It really does seem gruelling and very tough yet many people are flocking to it by the week. It began in Harvard all the way over in America and already has arrived at our shores in a very short space of time. In 'exciting' (and somewhat selfish) news, Australian scientists have reason to believe that the New Zealand Kiwi bird may have been descended from an Australian animal. As the story says, Australia is giving New Zealand "the bird". It has also been discovered that perhaps female scientists are 'more creative' when it comes to science meaning that they are more likely to be at the forefront of innovation. All this because of the way women view abstract art. I am just going to say that it was probably a female who carried out this investigation. There really is a lot of weird things going on in our world these days.
It is very hard to find weird stories on The Australian (plus I could barely read any of it because of their stupid digital subscriptions). See you tomorrow!
Thursday, 12 December 2013
Weird News Tuesday: Thursday Edition
Moving away from the angry Christians, we move onto a man who threw out a hard drive for his computer that contained $7.5 million in bitcoins (an online form of currency). Apparently now, as you would, he is frantically searching for this fortune in some landfill. That was one hell of an expensive mistake. A Slovak pensioner has opened a zoo filled with a different type of animal. This zoo is full of dozens of abandoned stuffed animals. That really is a nice story but still, a little weird. It came about from a reluctance of throwing out his children's teddy bears after they grew into adults and no longer wanted them. It is very touching but not something you would expect to see every day. Who knows, that could be the next big craze. Next we have a wonderful political story that occurred in Danish politics. After a very 'heated' mayoral election one 'far-right' party decided to withdraw their candidacy on the terms that the opposition serve more pork meatballs in public canteens. That is right, the Danish political system: fighting the hard fight and cooking the tough meat. Another reason to set Canada aside from other countries is Vancouver's new ban on doorknobs in public buildings to increase accessibility. I am no expert into how this would work so I am not going to make any rash judgments but I can see how that might not work. Still, like all new ideas there are always bugs and kinks to work out. Great news for all the Australian Star Wars fans (I am not one of them, the Luke jokes sort of put me off the franchise even though I have watched all six movies and will probably watch the seventh or whatever sequence it comes under). Some Australian film makers are working to create a Star Wars fan film set in the Australian Outback. Not sure how well it will be received by the Star Wars fandom but may the force be with it. A man in Singapore who is actually named "Batman bin Suparman" (they have a photo of his ID to prove it) has been jailed in Singapore (on completely unrelated Drug and Theft charges). Apparently this man was a minor internet celebrity due to his name and the weird/funny part about this story is actually just the name. The terms of his imprisonment are pretty normal for what he was caught doing. Ever heard or watched the movie "Snakes on a Plane"? Well, for some unlucky plane passengers the opportunity would have arose to quote "I have had enough of these goddamn snakes on this goddamn plane" after a snake was found by passengers on a plane from London. I would be severely disappointed if there was not one person on this flight who did not make any reference to this movie. I am glad I was not on that plane though because I probably would have freaked right out. Yeah, I am really going to enjoy Kokoda, am I not? No snakes or creepy-crawlies there. Apparently there was already a record for fastest time paddling 100m in a Pumpkin and guess what, a man has since broke this record at a pumpkin festival in Europe. Apparently it is a big thing because the photos show that this man was not alone but was merely the fastest. That is quite the achievement.
As you can see, there is a lot going on in our world that we may never even notice if we never look. See you tomorrow!
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Apology, Explanation, Disclaimer
Today's post is going to be an expansion, apology and disclaimer all rolled into one so get excited! Or do not, whatever suits you. First, I am very sorry for the lack of post yesterday but that was due to a busy day finishing with King Kong last night. Again, I am sorry for this but sometimes life gets in the way. Second, I wish to warn and apologise for a likely increase in these short phone-written posts. This is because every year Mum makes a year in review video and for this she uses the computer in the piano room. Since I had to return my school laptop the only other computer in the house is horrible because it is really slow and restarts every five minutes just because it can. This makes it very hard to write posts. However, over the next few days Mum is working so I will try to schedule some posts including a new segment (I was going to say exciting but that could be false advertising) as well as the usual ones. Basically, this post is my apology and explanation/disclaimer for these short post which I have to write on my phone which takes so much longer.
I hope these holidays provide me with some inspiration. See you tomorrow.
Monday, 9 December 2013
A Productive Day but a Short Post
Today was actually a really good day and despite going out with friends for most of the day I still got a lot done. Let us start at the beginning. I had to be at Footscray station by 10:30 to meet up with friends so I caught the 9:50 train from Werribee which was set to get me there with time to spare. However, as the train arrived at Newport they made everyone get off because the train was defective. This meant waiting a few minutes to get a replacement train so I only managed to get to Footscray just on time, if not a little late. After this we went to get Pho (vietnamese noodle soup) and I embarrassed myself with chopsticks, then spoons (yes, plural) before my amazing friend had enough entertainment and went to get me a fork. After this we rushed into Melbourne Central to see Catching Fire in Hoyts Xtreme Screen. Luckily we prebooked tickets so we had the best seats. After the movie we walked around a bit before going our separate ways. This is when I went christmas shopping and bought everything I needed for my family.
All in all, it was a great and productive day. See you tomorrow!
Saturday, 7 December 2013
Random Thought Saturday: A Hectic Week
"Random Thought Friday" segment has been moved to a Saturday and this is just for ease-of-posting reasons. Fridays are generally busy but on Saturday I do not have school so I do not have to worry about been too busy unless I am going away for the whole day or an extended period of time. Anyway, I wish to apologise (and since you can not stop me I am going to do it anyway) for the amount of short posts this week. Even though it was the last day of the year for school it was still a very busy one. For instance, on Monday I had school all day, then a pathologist's appointment, helping the PFA prepare for Speech Night and attending CFA so there was only a very short post explaining why there would only be some short posts this week. Tuesday, however, was a different story altogether. I had to leave home at 7am to go the Leadership Forum at MacRob in the morning and then went straight from there to Speech Night rehearsal when I never came home until after Speech Night was ended which was around 10:30pm. Even that I had to stay up a little later to have a shower so I never actually went to bed until 11pm and by this time I was so tired that any post I tried to write would make absolutely no sense. I would have scheduled a post to come out on this day but I only found out the day before (Monday) that I had to go to the Forum at MacRob and the only spare time I had on Monday night I spent preparing for the Forum with the other students from my school who were going. It was a very hectic week.
The busy week continued on Wednesday with my Piano Concert on that night. I was pretty awesome on stage (come on, I can dream can I not?) if I do say so myself and I played Gnossienne No. 3 by Erik Satie which is an awesome song by the way. Wow, I am using awesome too much today. Anyway, no matter how awesome I was it did not change the fact that I was still busy. Plus, at this time I was still freaking out about what the doctor meant when he wanted me to come in right away. The result was a lot of stress and a short-ish post. Thursday was yet another busy night even though it was the last day of school for the year. It was mainly busy because I finally went to see the Doctor (and was pleasantly surprised at the result [Fantastic]) and then on the way home we also did some shopping. As a result, the remainder of the night I spent preparing for Orientation Day the next day. By prepare I mean relax. By relax I mean sleep. Long story short, the day ended with another short post. Oddly enough, it was the longest post I have ever written on my phone which was a big achievement for me. It took me a while but it was worth it. Plus, it probably helped that I was not so tired that I just wanted it finished. Friday finally came around and I was able to relax for once. Orientation Day was over along with my time at school until the start of February. Well this post has changed from random to a week in the life of Luke. That should totally be a new segment! I just need to work out when to put it now though. Sunday, Tuesday and Saturday are taken and Wednesday, Monday and Friday are no good for me. By process of elimination I guess that this new series will most likely be posted on a Thursday. Keep an eye out over the coming weeks for this new segment! You read it here first, on Daily Lukey. Well, this is probably the only place you are going to read it on so anyway, enjoy the new segment. You may also notice a change in length of the posts which I post. This is not because I am getting lazy but because since I returned my School laptop I need to use the home computer. For some reason, the size of the words are different when I type them so it may seem like I am writing more when, in reality, I am writing less. I just want to apologise in advance for this.
Wow, so many new things to look forward to over the coming weeks. See you tomorrow!
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Sorry Again
You would think that things would get quieter as the year came to a close but no such luck. I am very sorry for no post yesterday (that sounds like a new segment but let us hope it does not become one) but I left home at 7am and never returned until 10pm that night. I am so sorry. On the plus though I did win 4 awards (Humanities, History of Western Medicine, Game Design and School Service) so it was not a wasted speech night. Tonight I have my Piano concert so sorry again for the short post.
See you tomorrow.
Monday, 2 December 2013
A Late Disclaimer
Sorry for another late post but an unexpected event arose that I spent the majority of the night preparing for. I am sorry guys. Tomorrow night will also have to be a short one as I leave home at 7am in the morning and will not get home until late. Partly this is due to my School's Speech Night but it is mostly because of something I will most likely talk about in tomorrow's post.
Sorry again, see you tomorrow.
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Weird News Tuesday: What?
In other 'news', a woman (Lucy Cavendish) gives an insight into what it is like living as a 'white' witch. I mean 'white' as in good, not talking about skin colour here. Her book 'Spellbound' gives an insight into how her spells work and how to incorporate witchcraft into everyday life. A man's life was saved after his old boss accidentally butt dialed him. The boss was actually plotting how to kill this man and if he had not have butt dialed him. First, why was that guy's number the one that pops up first. Was his name "Aardvark" or was his number "1111111" or "2148701273"? Seriously, how does that even happen. I have heard of drunk-dialing someone but this is reaching all new heights. A London woman has hatched an 'Ingenious" plan to get a date with Ryan Gosling or someone similar. Basically she puts up "Lost" posters all around the place with Ryan Gosling's photo on it with her number underneath. Talk about new ways of picking up people. Apparently now there is a legitimate occupation where you go around to different toilets all around the world and use them to find the best toilet in the world. So that is a thing now. Also, an unlucky burglar got stuck in the bathroom window of a house he was trying to break into. When the victim came home the burglar actually had to ask him to call the police. If it were me, I would have waited an hour or so to let him sweat it out (Payback is a bitch and bitch is my middle name). Kids these days bring all sorts of things to show-and-tell. On the list you have toys, books, magazines, parents' "Vibrating Rocket Ship", teddy bears among other things. I could make a really bad pun about rocket ships and Uranus but I will not, I am above that (for now). A group (I do not know which one [there are so many out there these days]) has banned the consumption of soy because they believe it can turn you gay. Yeah, of all the ridiculous theories I have heard that has got to be up there as one of the most ridiculous. The worst part is that someone obviously believes this. Finally, family's had to rush from their homes in Brazil after a fire at a sugar warehouse released a flood of caramel that threatened the surrounding houses. That would have been quite the sticky situation.
The news just keeps getting weirder and weirder. See you tomorrow!
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
I Can See the Finish Line
I can finally see the end of exams, see you tomorrow!
Sunday, 17 November 2013
Scheduling Woes
See you tomorrow!
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Another Busy Study Day
It is getting late though and I need my break, see you tomorrow!
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Busy Study Day
Thursday, 24 October 2013
Another Late Night
I feel like this is happening too much to be normal. I feel that I am saying that too much to be normal. Anyway, have you ever being really bored and then, all of a sudden got an old song you had not listened to on years stuck in your head? For me, it happens once or twice a week. Last week I got back into Never Let Me Go by Florence and the Machine and this week it is Be Prepared from the Lion King. It gets worse when you can only remember one line and so that is all you are humming. It gets annoying.
I am sorry for all these late posts, they are written on my phone by the way which is why they are so short and devoid of images. See you tomorrow!
Monday, 30 September 2013
Another Late Night Another Short Post
So it is that time again. Yes, for no discernable reason other than my own, another late post has come to pass. It seems that I am starting posts like this all too often. For this I am sorry but everyone has busy days and today was one of mine. There are many reasons why posts come out late. The main reason being CFA with training going until late. Homework is another big issue which is unfortunate but unavoidable. If it piles up then it still has to be done. Other reasons included illness, parties and unforeseen events such as procrastination.
I really am very sorry for these late posts, see you tomorrow!
Monday, 23 September 2013
An Explanation
So I guess our story begins one stormy night in 1997 when a new (and exceptionally bright) light was brought into the world. He would grow up and haunt people's daydreams and change the future forever. He would write a blog which would one day become known as a suppository for all that is procrastination. That boy was me and this is my story. T'was the night before last and all through the house not a creature was silent not even the incredibly sooky dog making up nearly 13% of this blog. It was an eventful night with many a fright throughout the night. It was the next day that I woke up and knew something was wrong for my phone was still sleeping at eight in the morning. My throat was a bugger all day and by night all that was left in life appeared to be sleep. Yet as the dark closed in around our protagonist (I really need to stop changing perspectives mid paragraph) a sudden thought struck him and this thought was of the amazing (and very modest) blog, the Daily Lukey. The next day was very much the same slog with a lot of scooping, moving and shoveling of bark and still, after many soluble tablets, the throat was still an issue. It was late at night and Luke was about to finally asleep after countless minutes (I get lost after two) of tossing and turning when the same thought struck him. His blog left emptied and he thought of making up a story about poor scheduling but felt that a short and sweet post would last better. Thus ends the teary tale of the man without a tail and his incredibly sad dog with one (seriously though, for such an upbeat dog he does sook a lot).
Much sorrow was felt that day and the magical land of Home would never be the same again, see you tomorrow!
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Another Late Night
So today was yet another late night and busy day. I had literally no time for anything else from the time school ended to the time I got to bed. As a result of such a late night this post will only be very small but I hope to make it up to you guys with a normal post tomorrow and maybe Thursday (time permitting). Basically today school finished at 2:47, I then had a meeting about the Maths Games Day Excursion on Thursday which went to 3pm. At 3:25 Dad picked me up from school, picked my brother up and we made it home at 3:46. Until 4pm I was getting changed and brushing my teeth before we left for the dentist at 4:05. I returned at 5:30 and did not even go in the front door before Mum came out and we left to celebrate my Aunt's birthday. From this we returned home at 11:10 and then I got changed, had a shower, brushed my teeth and got ready for bed which I entered at 11:35 and began writing this post. As you can see I was busy and am very sorry for the short length of today's post.
I am very sorry for the recent spate of short posts, see you tomorrow!




