World according to Ryan...

"How many AIESECers does it take to raise a TN?" cont.

2006-06-07T01:18:00.000-07:00

Sorry I missed number 8...

8) 1 AIESECer, locked in the office for 3 months cold calling every business in their city

How many AIESECers does it take to raise a TN??

2006-06-06T21:14:00.000-07:00

I thought I would poke some fun at ICX, the good, bad, ugly and the down-right lies that i've just made up... I apologise in advance to AIESEC Sydney, I know them MC doesn't give you accounts, but I thought it would sound funny...

1) Only 1, all he needs to do is ask his dad

2) 9 team members and 1 icx director, 9 to go to team meetings and bitch about how much uni they have and how they can't go on meetings, and the icx director to raise the traineeship

3) 0, if they're in Sydney, the MC will raise for them (joking!!)

4) 1 to actually doing it, 5 to post about it on .net

5) 0, all you need is random alumni giving you TNs!

6) 0, sack the ICXers and outsource our marketing to a professional cold calling company, change our core script, to "we can get you Indian engineers" and watch the TNs roll in...

7) 5, 1 to organise the venue, 1 to organise the drinks, 1 to invite the companies, 1 to get enebriated, and 1 to bring the contracts in invoices...

9) 1 aiescer, a blow torche, rubber gloves and black ski mask....

10) 1 ICXer in a really suave looking suit

Hehehehe i really need to study...

Cockerspaniels

2006-06-06T06:37:00.000-07:00

I know I alluded to this before, but someone has played a childish, although initially amusing, practical joke on myself and Jimmy M.

This has resuted in abusive and annoying phone calls to my mobile from dog breeders wanting to know where the cock is.

It started last Friday when receiving a call from someone called Christine at the UQ office, enquiring about cockerspaniels... while replying politely that "no i'm sorry you must be mistaken, you have reached a student club, and we dont have any cockerspaniels", I was silently thinking wtf... we finally found the ad on the courier mail...

Whoever has done this you have wasted the time and resources of myself, James, the courier mail and an assortment of premium dog breeders... GREAT JOB! wish I thought of it!

But be sporting, and tell me who you are so i can get you back...

Awww I want one now... maybe a little less pixilated...

Monkey wrench?

2006-06-06T05:20:00.001-07:00

Ok i mentioned before that I like the Foo Fighters...

I'm listening to one of their classics, Monkey Wrench and have no clues what the hell it is... since it's the name of the song, i'm pretty sure it's important

So I'm putting the question to anyone who actually read my blog, "what the fuck is a monkey wrench?!"

Here is what wiki had to say...

The Monkey Wrench is an adjustable wrench which is rarely used today. Its use has generally been replaced by the adjustable-end wrench, which has a compact head and so is more easily used in confined places.
The term "monkey wrench" is also used colloquially to refer to the pipe wrench.
Concerning the origin of its name, this from William Rogers, The Progressive Machinist, Theo. Audel & Company, New York, 1903:
In his interesting article upon the genesis of machine design, Mr. W.H. Sargent spoke of the slide which moves up and down in the handle of a monkey wrench as resembling a toy monkey, and thereby drew an analogy. To this Mr. H.E. Madden writes: "The wrench is not named from this, neither is it so called because it is a handy thing to 'monkey' with. The right name is 'Moncky.' Charles Moncky, the inventor of it, sold his patent for $2,000, and invested the money in a house in Williamsburg, Kings County, N.Y., where he afterward lived."
There is evidence that adjustable wrenches and even the term monkey wrench were used long before. [1]

Hmmm not sure... any thoughts?

Monkey wrench?

2006-06-06T05:20:00.000-07:00

Me!

2006-06-05T05:57:00.000-07:00

Muhahaha who was that idiot who gave me a blog...

I'm Ryan, an AIESECer from UQ, in a long-term relationship with ICX... it's kinda a love hate thing... i like soccer, reading books (especially historical fiction), and have a suscpicion that i flit in and out of being an alcaholic (is it normal wakign up at 4am in the morning and wanting beer for breakfast).

I've got 3 younger brothers, 2 of which are really young, like baby young, so yes i have changed dirty napies, been baby slobered, and tried* to calm a 3 year old in a tantrum...

I work a pretty crappy job (bartender at an rsl... meh can't complain) which hopefully wont be for much longer.

Pet hate... people who put false advertisments in the courier mail saying i have pure bred cockerspaniels for free, with my contact details listed... man that pissed me off... not as much as the dog breeders who keep ringing me up though (i think they're the real victims here)... so whoever it is, only have cock to say to you.

I like the Foo Fighters, a little bit too much, but hey they're an awesome band. Also like Powderfinger and REM...

At the moment I need to study but am enjoying playing with my blog too much!