To do

Last night was all a bit pear-shaped. Which isn't surprising really, given that I left home at 6.30 and got home after 6pm. And at that point I just couldn't do any more work. So I need to keep in mind there is a limit how much work I can jam into a day.

Trying to convince myself to go for a run this morning. No need to rush out early this morning - the library at uni doesn't open til 8*, so there is no point heading off any earlier than about 7. plus I need to find somewhere to buy some nut bars before I get to uni.

Today I really just need to work on my assignment. I need to head out to uni for a while - to get all my references sorted.

*there is a 24 hour section in the library - but the library books aren't available until after the library proper opens.

Annoying

Has anyone else found the para-Olympian fundraisers to be a complete pain-in-the-arse? I just got hassled by them at officeworks, and I said, right at the start, "oh ok, I can afford $10". So the guy is telling me about the $250 packages. So I try again "I am a student, do you have a $10 package?" and so he tells me about the $30 package. I would like to note that this is for a booklet of vouchers I will NEVER USE because it is all stuff I basically rarely eat. And still he goes on about it. So he finally admits they have a $10 option, and when he goes to enter the amount he basically tries to make me up it to $20. At that point I am like "you can have the $10 or none". 

This is utterly stupid - because from now on I will walk past the collectors and refuse to even talk to them. I cannot believe charity collectors can be so insulting - I am donating to their charity and being harrassed because they don't think it is enough. 

Also, my memory of disabled sports funding does not concur with his claims they are only 25% funded. My understanding is they get funding from multiple governments, and they also access a portion of the general 'sports' funding. And I suspect that the target they have is not what they have to spend but what they want to spend. See? One bad interaction and I am anti-disabled-sports.

And I am pretty pro the 'level the playing field' position too.

bah. Back to assignment.