Bored

My golly gosh I never thought that being unemployed would be so damn boring. I've usually thrived on unemployment, it's always been the best time of my life. I suppose any other time I'm unemployed Felix is aswel. Now Felix has got a job it's not so fun anymore...

He leaves for work at 7am and gets home at 7pm. I've never been away from him for such a long time every damn day. It's boring! Showtime in Dubai, for your information, is full of repeated 90s TV which is AWESOME for a day.

I've applied for literally every relevant job on Dubizzle and the Gulf News Classifieds. I'm sick to death of writing my name. What shits me the most about applying for jobs is that companies want you to have experience. In answering the fucking phone. I've had at lease 20 years experience in answering the phone. They also want you to have experience in computers. I literally spend 14 hours a day on computers, but that couldn't POSSIBLY count.

If I could get a certificate to say I am the geekiest fuck with computers and that I also know how to pick up a reciever and say "hello" I would prolly get 50 job offers a day.

Fucking Filipinos taking all my jobs.

Interview!

I got an interview! It says visa provided, which is basically the only reason I'm going to work. But the thing is, it's at Lamcys and that's a *long* way away from where I live. Well, the truth is I'm not sure that it's *at* Lamcys. That's just where he wants to meet. I think he was just trying to say a place that's near it that I would know.

He's excited because I'm Australian and I think he'll be even happier when he sees my certificate for participating in the barista of the year comp.

I think I might have to go down to the mall later on and change some money, because I think a taxi to Lamcys is going to cost quite a bit. Which sucks, because I don't think I'll be getting paid very much here and if the taxi ride costs more than an entire days work, then I really can't stay.

I just want the visa so badly! Plus I'm kind of exicted. He said it's only a small cafe, they're only starting out. Which in my mind means I'll have a bit of freedom, maybe a managment role in the future. That'd look freakin' awesome on my CV.

I'm seeing him at 5:30. Wish me luck!

The sea

Here I am, finally.

It's not even summer yet, and the sea is hot.

My God! The sea is hot? Does that even happen anywhere but here? My only memories of the sea from sad little holidays from my youth are of it being windy and cold near the sea. The water was like ice.

So is the sea being hot a Northern Hemisphere thing, or only a Persian Gulf thing?

The sea is also incredibly salty and you float like a poo. It's amazing! I like this part. I said to Felix, if I was to get shipwrecked, I'd rather get shipwrecked around this area. You'd be fairly fucked in the Indian Ocean.

Felix's brother wanted us go to scuba diving, but lordy I am afraid of fish. I have no idea why, I'm not afraid of them when they're in a little bowl, I'll even touch them like that. I just don't like it when I'm in their enviroment and they can bite my toes and I can't easily jump out and scream like a banshee. I'm scared!

It doesn't help to say that they won't hurt me either. If that worked then I wouldn't be afraid of moths.

My 14yo brother, from the computer:

Him: "Why is there RedTube and Xtube and stuff in the history?"

Me: "I've been stalking the fuck out of Tom Gaylord to find his facial video."

Him: "Ok."

My family is used to me.

Uhhhrrr...?

I just took a quiz on Facecrack and found out that I'm an emo. There you go! I wouldn't have put myself into the emo genre. If anything, I would've said I was one of the creepy band geeks who stares at the sexy boy in school and secretly masturbates under her desk.

Perhaps this quiz is only for school kids. When you get older, I guess you turn into a sad friendly person who likes to cut.

I hate *a* parent, but at the same time I'm mature enough to not *hate* him. I love him, but he's too much of a loon to put up with right now. Advantage of being older - When I hate my parents, I can move away. Win!

It also says that I should have some funky colour in my hair, and by rights I should. I've just been putting it off since the start of the year because at the end of the week I haven't had $15 to spend on a Fudge.

Last thing, which is totally wrong. It says I should have about 5 iPods and cameras. No, I don't. I'm not a rich cunts daughter. I don't own *one* iPod. I own CDs.

I'm not cool enough to cut.

Father

So, my dad hates Felix.

It's not just an ordionary hatred of your daughters boy friend, it's way more. He *hates* him. He told me, about 2 months ago this is, that I wasn't to bring Felix to his house anymore. I didn't answer him. He went out, Felix and I packed up our things and left.

For 1 month we didn't talk at all. I fully expected a phone call and a sincere WTF from him, but I didn't. I figured that he understood that he upset me and was letting me cool off.

So after this we start talking again, he comes and sees me at work etc. One day I mention Felix and he goes *very* quiet. "Okay", I think "You don't want to be hearing about him, I won't discuss him with you".

Then comes this opportunity to go to Dubai, because Felix got an awesome job. I tell dad we're going *soon* and he goes quiet again, but I assume he has heard me, and I go on my merry way.

Cut to this week, dad calls up and says "wanna have tea on Friday night?" And I say, "Well, Daddy. I think Felix and I are going to Dubai this week, so that won't be possible."

Que shit-storm. Dad goes nuts. Not only at me, but when my mum went to pick up my brother my dad cornered her and went nuts at her too. So now she's upset and wants me to make happy with him before we leave. FUCK THAT! I'm not going to reward him for calling my boyfriend a CUNT!

Would you, if your parent hated your lover to the core, act happy with them?

It's not only that he hates Felix so much, he also refers to my mother as "The Slut". I don't take kindly to people being rude to the people I love most, I don't care how much you hate them, you love them because I do.

And now I'm moving a million miles away. Fuck him.

Update, in bullet point form!

For your enjoyment. Longer updates coming up.

• I'm now estranged from my father.
• I'm moving to Dubai the day after tomorrow.
• I can't wait to GTFO this country.
• I'm a lazy slag.
• I just ate almost an entire block of chocolate.

Thx, bai.