Crash
Well last week was a fun week, it was going pretty perfectly.. no major fuckups. Unfortunately driving home on thursday evening the rear suspension gave way while I was coming off the freeway, the car spun and I ended up right on the edge of a nice steep drop off:
Turns out I was pretty lucky, the car stopped about one foot shy of falling down the nice big hole. I guess I should buy a lotto ticket? Initially it was considered that the car would be close to a write off, but Tom the mechanic came around and looked at her Monday. The good fortune continued, as it looks like I got away with some buckled rims and a broken sway bar! (though the steering may never be the same again).
The v12 plan may come sooner than I thought, let's see how the savings go! 
Grades are out yet again, looks like I did fairly well for myself. I did fall short of my goal (4 HDs) but only by one unit, so I can live with that.
Efficacy.
Well it's been a while and probably time to post up about current and new projects. The car is coming along nicely and plans are being formulated for either a 1uz or a 1gz to go into the supra after I finish my degree, but we're going to do the work outside the car this time. If I go the 1gz route we will stick with the idea of tt, probably something small on each bank (not enough to choke it though)... two 25/30r's? If we go the 1gz route then it'll HAVE to be two 35/40rs or two flat 35s or to4e.
On the computer front it's pretty quite and I won't be doing the "book" any time soon (because it's fucking HARD to get hold of flexible oled displays in decent sizes) , but keep an eye out this holiday season for something a little different. I took the plunge and installed Lion GM on both the Maclet and the Macbook pro, and I'm really regretting doing it on my main computer. The damn thing is fucking terrible and not doing a clean install just makes it worse. I'll grin and bear it until we get updates that remove the bullshit, but I really don't have to like it.
University is going well at this point, I passed last semester with a lot more ease than I considered and this semester is going relatively well. Im doing my usual paranoid trick, where if I fail or come close to failing an assessment I freak the fuck out... (and I did actually fail something for the first time ever in my degree... very upset with myself). Im sure that'll motivate me As long as this keeps up for the next few years I'll be able to apply for honours and PHD without great trouble, though I'll have to really knuckle down and make sure I get 80+ % next year.
Finally as a short but awesome note; I'll be heading to Sydney in December to see the Australian Ballet perform Romeo and Juliet, and I'm pretty fucking excited to do that. Should be fucking amazing to sit there in the Sydney opera house and watch some simply amazing work, it's something I've wanted to do for about 10 years! I have some days to fill so if people have suggestions and ideas about where to go, what to see, I'm all for it! So feel free to drop me a line 
