Rev Abs

I hurt my back really badly a couple of weeks ago, doing the dishes. I felt the muscles rip, and there you go. Couldn't really move for a week, then a few days of discomfort, now it's feeling pretty good, though still a little stiff. I've taken it easy, eaten lots of chips, pretty much done no physical activity. Now it's time to get back into it. Easy at first, though.
I'm going to do Rev Abs. Looks okay, not as hard as P90X, so that's good. I want to get back into the groove of getting up, pressing play, and working out. Also, I want to start going to sleep earlier during this round. Which means I have to control my leisure time.
TV essentials
Football - Swans match. Footy Classified. AFL 360. The Footy Show. The Winners.
Other stuff - Breaking Bad. A movie now and then.
If I'm not watching any of these, I'm wasting my time watching people falling over.
Also, no chips, coffee, or chocolate, blah, blah, blah.
Either this is as fit as I'm ever going to be, or I'm going to get fitter.
I have applied for 3 jobs in Australia this month. Golf club assembler at Mizuno Australia in Malvern (I pissed off the woman in HR with my persistence), Assistant Tournament Organiser for the PGA of Australia in Frankston (heard nothing back), and Translator at IBM in Brisbane (the computer says my application is currently under review). For the last one I didn't even have to lie in my application - the job is doing exactly what I do here. Plus, I know a guy who used to work here at my company in Japan who works at IBM in Brisbane now, and mailed him, and he's like "Hey! Yea, it's really good working here, I'm loving it!" Shoe-in, right? Except he said that the guy who left was a Japanese guy who translated English into Japanese, so they probably want to replace him with similar. So shit. Not having much luck. At first I was hesitant about living in Brisbane, but really, it would be interesting to live there for a while, wouldn't it. Melbourne's only a two hour flight away, and the weather is awesome, and an hour from the Gold Coast. But while I wait in vain for some kind of positive response from anyone about anything from Australia, something to go my way employment-wise, I think about getting out of here and how much it excites me. I can't shake the feeling that this place is finished, and I don't want my sons to grow up surrounded a hundred million old, tired, radioactive people.
So this month has been a roller-coaster. Trying to keep a lid on my hopes, trying not to think about how the phone could ring at any moment and two days later I could be on a plane going to a job interview for a job I really want and completely change our lives. I am excited about the IBM job, but even though I'm perfectly qualified for the job they advertised, I can't see how it's going to happen. I applied using their application website, a bunch of drop boxes and check boxes, and I just feel like a computer somewhere will soon send me an automated response wishing me all the best in the future. It is so hard to get passed these HR departments and employment agencies. I live in Japan, and the job's in Australia. End of story. Anyway, mustn't become despondent, because one day it'll happen.

Oh Shit, Special Announcement

Tiger's got a special announcement. My tip? Out for the rest of 2011. Maybe treatment for painkiller addiction. Bottom line - finished. What a fizzer to the greatest career in golf.
Had a shitty week myself. A job opens up at Mizuno Australia in Melbourne just the week I've decided I've had enough of living in Japan. Funny how the universe works. Just have to get over the Mizuno HR department and then... Nah. No good. I got a "thanks but unfortunately" letter, and then when I wrote another letter basically pleading for phone interview, the lady in HR sounded pissed off that I was asking for something that was hers to give. So I'm really, really flat. So fuck it, if Tiger wants to finish, okay.