I'm Irish.
and soon i'll not only just be irish... but i'll be IN ireland.
so since i'll be leaving for a week, i thought i would leave a little love. a little irish love.
i have a t-shirt that says Kiss Me, I'm an Irish Texan and oh yeah, i'm packing it and wearing it in ireland. god i love american tourists.
in a classroom, there was a message written "To Whoever repeatedly uses the grotty red marker, please clean because it stains"
Grotty.... grotty.... huh.
aussies say toe-MAH-toe (tomato) but they say poe-TAY-toe (potato). if words are spelled the same, shouldn't they rhyme?
i just read an article on an adaptive evolutionist theory on why babies cry at nite. so with natural selection and evolution, the babies that cried the most at nite survived more than the babies that didn't because when crying at nite they keep their mother up to suckle and so she can't make another baby.. thus extending the interbirth interval. so they get all the attention and have a better chance of living instead of another baby coming along and being forgotten. interesting, no? so like upright ancestors outlived the quadrupedal ancestords, the whiny babies have outlived the quiet sleeping babies because they kept their mom from having another baby. far-fetched, but interesting.
i bought a murder mystery book that takes place in ireland to read in ireland. i'll probably regret it, but i'm excited.
i just visited the 'hello my future girlfriend' site (not the original, but it still works) man, that'll never get old.
http://www.xsunderground.com/thechilde/
and wikipedia said he made another site to explain his original site. i don't want to read it tho. i want him to forever be in 6th grade. and forever think he's my future boyfriend.
AND
my friend I. just showed me this awesome site
http://www.geocities.com/asianprince_213/
please have a look around.
well, as little as this entry was, it was out of love.
and now i'm off to take the trash out, clean the dishes, and make sure i have everything ready for ireland.
love and hugs!
Friday, August 10, 2007
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Everybody Loves Spider Pig
ok, so this is not my fiji or tasmania post. obvy... i just thought that even tho i haven't gotten around to writing up my winter adventures, i should at least tell y'all what's been going on anyway!
today i was thinking about how bad i am about blogging, and that i'm glad it's not my job. because people out there do get to be paid to be bloggers! and then i started thinking about how in highschool we all took a job assessment test... answer questions and it tells you what you would be good at. i was wondering if 'blogger' has been added to that list. but then i recalled that the test said i should be a school counselor, and no joke, told my friend she should be a bus driver.
in other news, i spent an hour last nite on webmd.com. so i've been running outside about 3-4 times a week (there is a huge botanical garden that is right behind the campus, so it's really nice to jog through there!) and i thought i pulled my right quadricep muscle cause i had this weird sharp pain the next day whenever i walked. so i tried to walk with it for a few days, and then it moved into a lower back sharp pain, and a few days later, it has now settled itself on my right side near my back, like above my hip... aren't kidneys located there?? so i kept trying to look up appendicitis and kidney failure... but nothing gives a symptom of sharp pain when walking in your lower back on your side. so i'm just gonna stick with the idea that i pulled my quadricep muscle but my thigh got pissed it was in pain so it punched my kidney.
i made chocolate covered strawberries last nite! mmmm........
you know what they show late at nite here when no one is watching tv? everybody loves raymond. just like at home.
i made the BEST vegetarian enchiladas in the MICROWAVE the other nite. and i then made sweet potato and pumpkin mash. i have a new found love for pumpkin. it's really darn delicious!
so my life... i'm taking 3.5 classes. yes... i'm talking a half class... lectures don't start until after our 2 week september break. my classes are as follows:
forensic anthropology and archaeology: learning about how bodies decay postmortem. i've only had a few lectures... today's which consisted of a forensic entomologist guest speaker and lots of pictures of maggots eating a dead pig. i now know a lot more about maggots than i ever have, or have wanted to know. how my cousin went through med school, i have no idea. dead bodies are gross. i just want bones. nice, clean, flesh-free bones.
human evolution: this isn't a proper class. it's not technically offered this semester, so my fellow grad student G (the one who i visisted in tasmania) and i meet weekly with our professor and we 'discuss' the lectures he gave last year. we've only met once so far... so i'm not yet sure how informative this class will be...
human society and animal society: learning how animals have a socity and culture and how it has influenced humans. i got to watch a documentary on seagulls pulling out each other's feathers and eating each other's young. so far this semester has been gross.
then my half class is: scientific dating techniques. we will actually get tours of different labs to see people applying the dating technigues... argon/argon dating, radiocarbon, and some like resonance spin? no idea yet. gotta wait til september!
in other news... a great friend from highschool, D got engaged a few days ago and she also got her masters!! she's way ahead of me in the game of life.
socially life is same old same old. playing pool, watching DOOL, hanging out, it's quite lovely.
in class the forensic entomologist pronounced renaissance as 'rah NAY saunce'. weirdies.
this weekend I. asked me to The Law Ball. they don't have dances here, they have balls. so i have to go buy gold shoes tomorrow to go with my green dress!! i hope it's not all lawyer talk. maybe my sister can give me big words or famous cases i can throw out there. or maybe i'll amaze them all with my maggot knowledge
i watched a documentary the other day about the creation/evolution struggle. and in one segment a catholic explained dinosaurs WERE on noah's ark, but they all fell off and drowned. and when they drowned, the fell on top of the water living dinosaurs and pinned them to the ground.
my highschool mentor and favorite teacher just turned himself in for having a sexual relation with a 17 year old student. so that's pretty awesome.
the number 23 is a horrible movie. but... my birthday does add up to 23. so maybe i'm apart of the conspiracy.
the simpson's movie was surprisingly funny! SPIDER PIG! SPIDER PIG!
today i was thinking about how bad i am about blogging, and that i'm glad it's not my job. because people out there do get to be paid to be bloggers! and then i started thinking about how in highschool we all took a job assessment test... answer questions and it tells you what you would be good at. i was wondering if 'blogger' has been added to that list. but then i recalled that the test said i should be a school counselor, and no joke, told my friend she should be a bus driver.
in other news, i spent an hour last nite on webmd.com. so i've been running outside about 3-4 times a week (there is a huge botanical garden that is right behind the campus, so it's really nice to jog through there!) and i thought i pulled my right quadricep muscle cause i had this weird sharp pain the next day whenever i walked. so i tried to walk with it for a few days, and then it moved into a lower back sharp pain, and a few days later, it has now settled itself on my right side near my back, like above my hip... aren't kidneys located there?? so i kept trying to look up appendicitis and kidney failure... but nothing gives a symptom of sharp pain when walking in your lower back on your side. so i'm just gonna stick with the idea that i pulled my quadricep muscle but my thigh got pissed it was in pain so it punched my kidney.
i made chocolate covered strawberries last nite! mmmm........
you know what they show late at nite here when no one is watching tv? everybody loves raymond. just like at home.
i made the BEST vegetarian enchiladas in the MICROWAVE the other nite. and i then made sweet potato and pumpkin mash. i have a new found love for pumpkin. it's really darn delicious!
so my life... i'm taking 3.5 classes. yes... i'm talking a half class... lectures don't start until after our 2 week september break. my classes are as follows:
forensic anthropology and archaeology: learning about how bodies decay postmortem. i've only had a few lectures... today's which consisted of a forensic entomologist guest speaker and lots of pictures of maggots eating a dead pig. i now know a lot more about maggots than i ever have, or have wanted to know. how my cousin went through med school, i have no idea. dead bodies are gross. i just want bones. nice, clean, flesh-free bones.
human evolution: this isn't a proper class. it's not technically offered this semester, so my fellow grad student G (the one who i visisted in tasmania) and i meet weekly with our professor and we 'discuss' the lectures he gave last year. we've only met once so far... so i'm not yet sure how informative this class will be...
human society and animal society: learning how animals have a socity and culture and how it has influenced humans. i got to watch a documentary on seagulls pulling out each other's feathers and eating each other's young. so far this semester has been gross.
then my half class is: scientific dating techniques. we will actually get tours of different labs to see people applying the dating technigues... argon/argon dating, radiocarbon, and some like resonance spin? no idea yet. gotta wait til september!
in other news... a great friend from highschool, D got engaged a few days ago and she also got her masters!! she's way ahead of me in the game of life.
socially life is same old same old. playing pool, watching DOOL, hanging out, it's quite lovely.
in class the forensic entomologist pronounced renaissance as 'rah NAY saunce'. weirdies.
this weekend I. asked me to The Law Ball. they don't have dances here, they have balls. so i have to go buy gold shoes tomorrow to go with my green dress!! i hope it's not all lawyer talk. maybe my sister can give me big words or famous cases i can throw out there. or maybe i'll amaze them all with my maggot knowledge
i watched a documentary the other day about the creation/evolution struggle. and in one segment a catholic explained dinosaurs WERE on noah's ark, but they all fell off and drowned. and when they drowned, the fell on top of the water living dinosaurs and pinned them to the ground.
my highschool mentor and favorite teacher just turned himself in for having a sexual relation with a 17 year old student. so that's pretty awesome.
the number 23 is a horrible movie. but... my birthday does add up to 23. so maybe i'm apart of the conspiracy.
the simpson's movie was surprisingly funny! SPIDER PIG! SPIDER PIG!
Sunday, July 15, 2007
To Be Continued
wwwwwwwwwwwwwwow. i haven't posted in a while and a lot of of shizstuff has been a'happenin'. as you can visually see by the length of this post, i won't be contributing much today. today is harry potter day. i'm rereading all the harry potters to prepare myself for the release of the 7th hp book. i'm almost done with the second book. i might cheat and watch the 3rd movie instead of reading the 3rd book, but i'm definitely reading the 4th. it's my fave bona nave.
anyway, this holiday break was awesome. i spent a week in fiji, then i was in canberra for my birthday, then i spent a week in tasmania, and now it's the last day before the next semester begins.
i'll be posting summaries of my trips, i can't believe i haven't already, but frankly, i am just that lazy. but to keep you few readers who still come back and check my blog, i'll leave you with a few things i found out over the break
after steve irwin was killed by the sting ray, there was a backlash against all sting rays. apparently, like when americans after 9/11 set arab owned stores aflame, australians took out their anger and frustration on the innocent creatures that just happened to be genetically similar to the original culprit. sting rays were being caught and killed in the name of irwin. students would go to the beach, catch them a sting ray, then beat it up on shore to teach those good-for-nothing stingrays a lesson. while the rest of australia frankly didn't care irwin died, some actually thought it was funny. i don't think much of australia liked him... givin' australia a CRIKEY reputation
my friend G offered me a chocy biscy. after minutes of my laughter she handed me a chocolate biscuit.
if you want to buy someone a drink at a bar, like as a friend, they will 'shout' it for you. 'oh don't worry, i'll shout u' then they come back with a drink for me.
they call fanny packs bum bags.
while talking to G about lassie... me just barking and saying 'what was that girl? timmy fell down the well?' she was reminded about a show from her childhood: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. they didn't have lassie, they had skippy. then she squeeked and said 'what was that skippy? sally's in trouble?'
the pick-up trucks here... the one they calls U's or utes... all look like el caminos. the lamest pick-up trucks i've ever seen.
i drove I's car again yesterday. i didn't kill anyone. i've yet to tackle a roundabout, but one day, one day.....
i also took I. to a vegetarian restaurant. it's where they have beef dishes, lamb, pork, chicken... but it's all tofu mushed with mushrooms and whatnot. it looks like beef, but it tastes cruelty-free. i was so proud I. was brave enough to eat there with me, but i don't think he'll be going back. i however, will be returning for the vegetarian hot and sour soup and their "beef" in bean sauce.
i really do have a lots of stories from fiji and tasmania. so please stay tuned. and it might take a bit, cause i was enjoying my break too much, i sorta forgot that i start school again tomorrow. i haven't bought my books, any school supplies, i'm not even sure where my classes are. and i may or may not have class tomorrow... it's hard to tell from my 'timetable' i was given. but don't worry, i'll sort it all out.... at least i didn't fail last semester :)
however, i did see wallabies, peacocks, multiple beaches, turned 24, got a fijian boyfriend (noooot really), called a chilean girl a whore, got a slight tan, read the worst book of all time "Prep", saw a man whose head was nibbled on by a tiger shark, saw a baby shark, went scuba diving, went on a ghost tour, saw dozens of little penguins... and much more
anyway, this holiday break was awesome. i spent a week in fiji, then i was in canberra for my birthday, then i spent a week in tasmania, and now it's the last day before the next semester begins.
i'll be posting summaries of my trips, i can't believe i haven't already, but frankly, i am just that lazy. but to keep you few readers who still come back and check my blog, i'll leave you with a few things i found out over the break
after steve irwin was killed by the sting ray, there was a backlash against all sting rays. apparently, like when americans after 9/11 set arab owned stores aflame, australians took out their anger and frustration on the innocent creatures that just happened to be genetically similar to the original culprit. sting rays were being caught and killed in the name of irwin. students would go to the beach, catch them a sting ray, then beat it up on shore to teach those good-for-nothing stingrays a lesson. while the rest of australia frankly didn't care irwin died, some actually thought it was funny. i don't think much of australia liked him... givin' australia a CRIKEY reputation
my friend G offered me a chocy biscy. after minutes of my laughter she handed me a chocolate biscuit.
if you want to buy someone a drink at a bar, like as a friend, they will 'shout' it for you. 'oh don't worry, i'll shout u' then they come back with a drink for me.
they call fanny packs bum bags.
while talking to G about lassie... me just barking and saying 'what was that girl? timmy fell down the well?' she was reminded about a show from her childhood: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. they didn't have lassie, they had skippy. then she squeeked and said 'what was that skippy? sally's in trouble?'
the pick-up trucks here... the one they calls U's or utes... all look like el caminos. the lamest pick-up trucks i've ever seen.
i drove I's car again yesterday. i didn't kill anyone. i've yet to tackle a roundabout, but one day, one day.....
i also took I. to a vegetarian restaurant. it's where they have beef dishes, lamb, pork, chicken... but it's all tofu mushed with mushrooms and whatnot. it looks like beef, but it tastes cruelty-free. i was so proud I. was brave enough to eat there with me, but i don't think he'll be going back. i however, will be returning for the vegetarian hot and sour soup and their "beef" in bean sauce.
i really do have a lots of stories from fiji and tasmania. so please stay tuned. and it might take a bit, cause i was enjoying my break too much, i sorta forgot that i start school again tomorrow. i haven't bought my books, any school supplies, i'm not even sure where my classes are. and i may or may not have class tomorrow... it's hard to tell from my 'timetable' i was given. but don't worry, i'll sort it all out.... at least i didn't fail last semester :)
however, i did see wallabies, peacocks, multiple beaches, turned 24, got a fijian boyfriend (noooot really), called a chilean girl a whore, got a slight tan, read the worst book of all time "Prep", saw a man whose head was nibbled on by a tiger shark, saw a baby shark, went scuba diving, went on a ghost tour, saw dozens of little penguins... and much more
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
not as easy as it seems
it only took me 4 months and 13 days... but i finally saw a kangaroo! 2 in fact!
driving back from the mall... waiting at a light... there across the intersection... were 2 kangaroos munching away on some grass. just hanging out, watching all the cars go by.
finally.
driving back from the mall... waiting at a light... there across the intersection... were 2 kangaroos munching away on some grass. just hanging out, watching all the cars go by.
finally.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
I'll take that holiday now, please.
omg, i'm done with my first semester. all my laziness during the year pretty much caught up with me at finals time.. oh sorry... that's too american. they aren't 'finals' they are 'exams'.
BUT i took all my exams, handed in all my essays... and now i've been... sleeping.
i got an HD (high distinction... highest grade you can get.. aussies go crazy for HD's) on one of my exams that was 70% of my grade for that class (human skeletal) so it's pretty safe to say i got an HD in the class. so i might not be able to write a paper, but gosh darnit, i can memorize bones.
and... i smashed my australian phone. i dropped it. not even far. just from my waist... and it broke the screen. sooo... i can't read or write text messages... i can still talk on it tho. i'll be asking vodafone for a new one tomorrow... maybe i did get insurance? how can i remember that long ago. BUT the worst part is... that i write little notes on my phone when something strikes me as funny or australian (1 in the same really) so that i can open up the 'note' and read it when i write my blog. but folks... i can no longer read it. so the last few notes i typed up on my phone are gone. so.... i don't have much to say here.
my mother sent me a care package tho!
it included:
1. bday present from my sister. the best bday present. it's an autographed t-shirt from a grown-up childhood actor from our favorite childhood movie NEWSIES. i'm in love with it.
2. graham crackers. we're having s'mores tonite, kids!!!
3. giant plastic texas cups. where and when these were bought? no idea... mom. but they are huge. and i'll be drinking out of them tonite while eating my s'mores.
4. a monkey card.
my undergrad friends all still have exams. this is the last week for them tho. 2 friends, S and K leave this thursday when they finish, going back to melbourne. i can't believe they are leaving so soon for a month!
i leave for fiji this saturday! the weather is supposed to be in the 80's and sunny! even tho there is a coup on the other side of the island... tourists should be juuuuuust fine.
i think i'll have about 5-7 friends still around for my birthday in july. so perhaps some partying can go down... no fireworks tho :( ALTHOUGH the country did just celebrate the queen's birthday last week and there were 3 nites of fireworks. i was asked if we celebrated the queen's birthday in america... i didn't respond.
i told my friend i had to 'run errands' today
'air it?'
no... errands
what are you airing out?
umm.. ok.. i have to... go to different places and buy things.
ohh... you have things to do.
errands i guess is not a popular word around here.
and my friend I. let me drive his car the other day!! it was only like 2 blocks down the road... but it was soooo weird. making a left hand turn as if it was a right hand turn.... i can't believe i didn't kill us.
I. and i also watched Independence Day.... man, we americans love ourselves.
when Bill Pullman as acting president plans an attack on the aliens and sends out messages to the rest of the armies worldwide.. the british go "It's about bloody time".
also in Bill Pullman's final war speech he claims that Independence Day is no longer an american holiday, but now the day the whole world can celebrate its independence, I. laughed and laughed and laughed. he read a critique by a british writer claiming it was the most 'pompous egotistical soliloquy in film history'.
i had to keep reassuring I. that as americans today, we don't live and die by the script of Independence Day.
although, bruce willis is coming out with another die hard: Live Free or Die Hard... and i'm so excited, just because of the title.
i still haven't seen a kangaroo. my friends keep promising me we are going to go Roo Huntin'... but we just haven't gotten around to it yet. now that i have a month off from school tho, i'm taking no excuses.
that's pretty much it around here.
for today i am going to:
eat lunch
watch DOOL (days of our lives)
clean
work out
shower
maybe nap
make s'mores and celebrate the end of exams with my friends.
it's a hard life down under.
BUT i took all my exams, handed in all my essays... and now i've been... sleeping.
i got an HD (high distinction... highest grade you can get.. aussies go crazy for HD's) on one of my exams that was 70% of my grade for that class (human skeletal) so it's pretty safe to say i got an HD in the class. so i might not be able to write a paper, but gosh darnit, i can memorize bones.
and... i smashed my australian phone. i dropped it. not even far. just from my waist... and it broke the screen. sooo... i can't read or write text messages... i can still talk on it tho. i'll be asking vodafone for a new one tomorrow... maybe i did get insurance? how can i remember that long ago. BUT the worst part is... that i write little notes on my phone when something strikes me as funny or australian (1 in the same really) so that i can open up the 'note' and read it when i write my blog. but folks... i can no longer read it. so the last few notes i typed up on my phone are gone. so.... i don't have much to say here.
my mother sent me a care package tho!
it included:
1. bday present from my sister. the best bday present. it's an autographed t-shirt from a grown-up childhood actor from our favorite childhood movie NEWSIES. i'm in love with it.
2. graham crackers. we're having s'mores tonite, kids!!!
3. giant plastic texas cups. where and when these were bought? no idea... mom. but they are huge. and i'll be drinking out of them tonite while eating my s'mores.
4. a monkey card.
my undergrad friends all still have exams. this is the last week for them tho. 2 friends, S and K leave this thursday when they finish, going back to melbourne. i can't believe they are leaving so soon for a month!
i leave for fiji this saturday! the weather is supposed to be in the 80's and sunny! even tho there is a coup on the other side of the island... tourists should be juuuuuust fine.
i think i'll have about 5-7 friends still around for my birthday in july. so perhaps some partying can go down... no fireworks tho :( ALTHOUGH the country did just celebrate the queen's birthday last week and there were 3 nites of fireworks. i was asked if we celebrated the queen's birthday in america... i didn't respond.
i told my friend i had to 'run errands' today
'air it?'
no... errands
what are you airing out?
umm.. ok.. i have to... go to different places and buy things.
ohh... you have things to do.
errands i guess is not a popular word around here.
and my friend I. let me drive his car the other day!! it was only like 2 blocks down the road... but it was soooo weird. making a left hand turn as if it was a right hand turn.... i can't believe i didn't kill us.
I. and i also watched Independence Day.... man, we americans love ourselves.
when Bill Pullman as acting president plans an attack on the aliens and sends out messages to the rest of the armies worldwide.. the british go "It's about bloody time".
also in Bill Pullman's final war speech he claims that Independence Day is no longer an american holiday, but now the day the whole world can celebrate its independence, I. laughed and laughed and laughed. he read a critique by a british writer claiming it was the most 'pompous egotistical soliloquy in film history'.
i had to keep reassuring I. that as americans today, we don't live and die by the script of Independence Day.
although, bruce willis is coming out with another die hard: Live Free or Die Hard... and i'm so excited, just because of the title.
i still haven't seen a kangaroo. my friends keep promising me we are going to go Roo Huntin'... but we just haven't gotten around to it yet. now that i have a month off from school tho, i'm taking no excuses.
that's pretty much it around here.
for today i am going to:
eat lunch
watch DOOL (days of our lives)
clean
work out
shower
maybe nap
make s'mores and celebrate the end of exams with my friends.
it's a hard life down under.
Monday, June 4, 2007
Good On Ya, Mate
so (mini) vans aren't really a popular car here.. and for the most party they aren't even called vans... they are called 'people movers'
ice cubes are ice blocks
'bolt' can mean heaps.. i mean lots. 'i've got bolt cash'. i think i'm gonna use this one
when you put on lots of layers and dress warmly... one might say you are 'rugged up'... as in wrapped in a rug
lately people have been moving rooms.. tired of their roommates or they want a single... but each time it's referred to as 'shifting'. ohhh! i get to shift today! ...my neighbor is shifting out!
when one does something smart or cool... it's 'good on ya, mate!'
and when niceities go beyond 'g'day'... EVERYONE says 'how ya going?'... slight variation from 'how ya doing'... but sounds weird to me
my friends have never heard of "tailgating". not as in trailing a car too closely, but as in 'pre-gaming for sports events (or concerts) by drinking and grilling out of the back of your car'. i miss tailgating. i miss american sports. i'm in withdrawl. i won't be able to watch the nfl... and i'm more upset about that than i thought i would be. BUT i just realized i think i'll be in america for the superbowl! i'll get back to y'all on that
soooooooo..... i have an essay due in 36 hours. have not started writing for it. i have read about 6 articles... usually i have around 20 works cited per paper... and i'm at 6. tomorrow S and i are spending the entire day in the city library. something to look forward to.
last nite... for some reason S and i stayed up until 8am. i slept today from 8-3pm.. and hopefully will be crashing soon. we went down to the common room to study (free internet down there!) and we ended up playing poker and pool all nite. then i walked to the gym with my new friend D at 6am... only to find that it was closed til 9 cause it was sunday. so we decided to put on another layer (rug up if you will) and take a walk around the city lake and watch the sunrise. he pointed out all the different kinds of birds around the lake. they don't have white swans, only black!! we walked for about an hour and we were maybe a third around the lake when we realized just how big the lake was. so we turned back and returned at 7:30 and had breakfast together. the lake and sunrise were beautiful. i want to make the lake walk a weekly thing but i doubt i'll ever be up at 6am again on a sunday.
so anyways, i have my paper to write tomorrow. then i'll have 2 days to write a second paper and study for my race and human genetics exam..... but that means
a) I AM FINISHED WITH 1 WHOLE CLASS. studying for human skeletal anatomy took 2 all nighters... but i think the worst i did on the test was a low B.... i guess we'll have to wait and see.
b) I WILL BE DONE WITH ALL MY CLASSES THIS FRIDAY! only one more week and i'll have a 6 week vacay where i hopefully will get to travel to all of: fiji, tasmania, melbourne, sydney, and adelaide.
i was watching House... an old episode.. and he explained what a Myoclonic Jerk is... where the respitory rate drops so the brain sends a pulse to a certain area of the body to 'jerk' it to make sure it is still alive. it usually happens when falling asleep. so at least i know i'm not seizuring at nite... my brain is just looking out for me
so not much to report. life is all in all the same old same old. my room is a disaster area, however i spent 20 minutes today cleaning my friends' living room. and i really got into it. i wanted to sweep, vacuum, wipe down all the tables, everything! but once i step into my room... i just want to lie on my bed and stare at the piles of clothes. why is that?
and have you ever had cream cheese in a sweet chili sauce?? S had it once.. and now i'm addicted. it's really good with ritz or water crackers.
did i tell y'all about the care package my dear mother sent me?? it had kool-aid and a nfl regulation football.
my friends can't get enough of the kool-aid. and i am now the BGOC (big girl on campus) for having an american football to throw around in the courtyard... watching the aussies throw it is hiliarous! they are all used to rugby tossing and aussie football throwing (where it's not really a throw... if you're right handed, you place the ball in your left hand down to your right side... and hit the back end of the ball with your right hand in a fist... like an underhanded volleyball serve... it's really weird).
in the next package there are gonna be graham crackers, so i can show these crazy kids what a real s'more is.
and omg... all i needed to buy the other day was a black cardigan and black strappy heels (we had a formal end of the year dinner) and it was soooo hard to find them! it's so expensive here. i just kept wishing i was back home... i'd go straight to DSW and then straight to target... then i'd be done. but nooo... i went to about 13 different stores... and spent way too much money on the shoes. the sweater was 27 bucks down from 65. 65 dollars on a department store sweater?? that's insane.
but the end of the year dinner was really fun! it was the whole dorm and we only had to walk a block to the banquet hall.. where we had drink vouchers, a dance floor, balloons, and a buffet! (even a vegetarian one!!). needless to say it was a good night for everyone. it was fun having everyone you know from the dorm in one setting.
and i'm getting really good at pool guys. just giving y'all a heads up!
well i'm rambling on now.. more than usual, so i'm off to sleep so i can wake up and write a 10 page paper!!
love and hugs to everyone!
ice cubes are ice blocks
'bolt' can mean heaps.. i mean lots. 'i've got bolt cash'. i think i'm gonna use this one
when you put on lots of layers and dress warmly... one might say you are 'rugged up'... as in wrapped in a rug
lately people have been moving rooms.. tired of their roommates or they want a single... but each time it's referred to as 'shifting'. ohhh! i get to shift today! ...my neighbor is shifting out!
when one does something smart or cool... it's 'good on ya, mate!'
and when niceities go beyond 'g'day'... EVERYONE says 'how ya going?'... slight variation from 'how ya doing'... but sounds weird to me
my friends have never heard of "tailgating". not as in trailing a car too closely, but as in 'pre-gaming for sports events (or concerts) by drinking and grilling out of the back of your car'. i miss tailgating. i miss american sports. i'm in withdrawl. i won't be able to watch the nfl... and i'm more upset about that than i thought i would be. BUT i just realized i think i'll be in america for the superbowl! i'll get back to y'all on that
soooooooo..... i have an essay due in 36 hours. have not started writing for it. i have read about 6 articles... usually i have around 20 works cited per paper... and i'm at 6. tomorrow S and i are spending the entire day in the city library. something to look forward to.
last nite... for some reason S and i stayed up until 8am. i slept today from 8-3pm.. and hopefully will be crashing soon. we went down to the common room to study (free internet down there!) and we ended up playing poker and pool all nite. then i walked to the gym with my new friend D at 6am... only to find that it was closed til 9 cause it was sunday. so we decided to put on another layer (rug up if you will) and take a walk around the city lake and watch the sunrise. he pointed out all the different kinds of birds around the lake. they don't have white swans, only black!! we walked for about an hour and we were maybe a third around the lake when we realized just how big the lake was. so we turned back and returned at 7:30 and had breakfast together. the lake and sunrise were beautiful. i want to make the lake walk a weekly thing but i doubt i'll ever be up at 6am again on a sunday.
so anyways, i have my paper to write tomorrow. then i'll have 2 days to write a second paper and study for my race and human genetics exam..... but that means
a) I AM FINISHED WITH 1 WHOLE CLASS. studying for human skeletal anatomy took 2 all nighters... but i think the worst i did on the test was a low B.... i guess we'll have to wait and see.
b) I WILL BE DONE WITH ALL MY CLASSES THIS FRIDAY! only one more week and i'll have a 6 week vacay where i hopefully will get to travel to all of: fiji, tasmania, melbourne, sydney, and adelaide.
i was watching House... an old episode.. and he explained what a Myoclonic Jerk is... where the respitory rate drops so the brain sends a pulse to a certain area of the body to 'jerk' it to make sure it is still alive. it usually happens when falling asleep. so at least i know i'm not seizuring at nite... my brain is just looking out for me
so not much to report. life is all in all the same old same old. my room is a disaster area, however i spent 20 minutes today cleaning my friends' living room. and i really got into it. i wanted to sweep, vacuum, wipe down all the tables, everything! but once i step into my room... i just want to lie on my bed and stare at the piles of clothes. why is that?
and have you ever had cream cheese in a sweet chili sauce?? S had it once.. and now i'm addicted. it's really good with ritz or water crackers.
did i tell y'all about the care package my dear mother sent me?? it had kool-aid and a nfl regulation football.
my friends can't get enough of the kool-aid. and i am now the BGOC (big girl on campus) for having an american football to throw around in the courtyard... watching the aussies throw it is hiliarous! they are all used to rugby tossing and aussie football throwing (where it's not really a throw... if you're right handed, you place the ball in your left hand down to your right side... and hit the back end of the ball with your right hand in a fist... like an underhanded volleyball serve... it's really weird).
in the next package there are gonna be graham crackers, so i can show these crazy kids what a real s'more is.
and omg... all i needed to buy the other day was a black cardigan and black strappy heels (we had a formal end of the year dinner) and it was soooo hard to find them! it's so expensive here. i just kept wishing i was back home... i'd go straight to DSW and then straight to target... then i'd be done. but nooo... i went to about 13 different stores... and spent way too much money on the shoes. the sweater was 27 bucks down from 65. 65 dollars on a department store sweater?? that's insane.
but the end of the year dinner was really fun! it was the whole dorm and we only had to walk a block to the banquet hall.. where we had drink vouchers, a dance floor, balloons, and a buffet! (even a vegetarian one!!). needless to say it was a good night for everyone. it was fun having everyone you know from the dorm in one setting.
and i'm getting really good at pool guys. just giving y'all a heads up!
well i'm rambling on now.. more than usual, so i'm off to sleep so i can wake up and write a 10 page paper!!
love and hugs to everyone!
Monday, May 21, 2007
Negative/Positive Reinforcement
this is why i'll never stop procrastinating... b/c i do well in the end. i got my human skeletal analysis paper on determing age and sex through different methods on bones of the body and his remarks are as followed:
"Good! (underlined) a well written, well researched paper, clearly structured, methodical and logical in its conclusions."
D+
(and i lied before. D doesn't stand for distinguished... it stands for distinction.) (so.. here, i'm hihgly distinct) (but i'm still distinguished... in my own grading system)
so apparently writing a paper in 8 hours is the way to go for me.
my new favorite work out song is: U + Ur hands by pink. We aren't here for your entertainment, fellas.
My friend, I, is on an intramural soccer team… two in fact. And he talks about all his soccer training. He means soccer practice. They call it training. Sounds like he’s suiting up for a war or something. But no, he’s just having soccer practice.
The other day I opened my blinds at 8am… and there was a huge red ball. Huge, outside my window, about 30 meters away… I don‘t know what that is in feet… it was like half a block away. But, oh wait, no, that’s not a huge ball. THAT’S A HOT AIR BALLOON. and this isn't the first time this has happened. i took pictures. y'all can check webshots for an update
Oh, and I had the best grocery shopping day ever the other day. I found jalapenos AND soy cheese. It was amazing. i made the best bean burritos.
i also made vegetarian tacos for S and B the other nite. and omg, they loved them. and B is a huuuuge meat eater. and he liked the fake mince meat i found. that's the other thing... they don't call it ground beef, it's 'mince'. well maybe we do that in america too, i just always called it ground beef.
in 2 weeks i'll have 2 tests and the week after i'll have 1 test and 2 papers.
the paper topics now are:
1) functional anatomy of vertical clinging and leaping primates. i guess i'll focus on the tarsiers??
2) the theory that the Y chromosome is disappearing and that within 10million years, it'll disappear completely. but i doubt humans will be around in 10 million years anyway... but, i thought it was pretty cool. our bodies might evolve and the sex triggers on the Y chromosome might fall onto another chromosome and we won't even know the difference. but i do get to write about 'gonads'.
so now i'm gonna have to lock myself up for hte next two weeks and do all the reading and preparation for said tests and papers.
BUT then i'll have a 5 week holiday!! part of which i'm going to fiji with some friends :) and i'm trying to plan a trip to visit my friend G at her home in tasmania.
it's weird because all of the exchange students leave in june. i couldn't imagine leaving here in 2 months.
S told me to stop 'bludging around'. apparently that means procrastinate. bludgers, bludges, all different forms.
another american from california told me he saw me walking home one day, very briskly and said i looked 'so american'. but it also could have been my bright yellow tote bag that has the outline of the state of texas on it. or maybe both the walking and the bag put together :)
and obviously most aussies don't even know it's texas. just like my texas flag.
for my friend's birthday, she's having an A-themed party. where you have to come dressed as something beginning with an A. i said i'd come as an american. or maybe i should go as the entire A-team.
i remember when my sister was studying in England she had her 21st birthday overseas. and i thought how sad, turning 21 isn't even a big deal there. but i was talking to this guy who was about to enjoy his own 21st, and he says it is in fact a highly celebrated birthday here. even though they earn no new rights with priviledges with turning 21, they still celebrate it wildly because americans do. say what??
i went to a dorm party the other evening. and i left after 10 mins. i felt like an old lady. 30 kids, in one room, smushed together with blaring music. you cant see or hear anyone. i had enough of that in undergrad. so i went to B's room and played poker all nite. much more to my liking :)
a 6 pack of sam adams here is A$27.
my friends made fun of me for shortening anthropology to anthro. omg, i don't understand it. it's ok for australian to shorten anything (in fact everything) but i can't. and anthro is a completely normal abbreviation!
i just learned, about 2 days ago, that instead of 9-1-1, they dial 0-0-0. that's probably something the school should tell international students.
no one knows what 'what's the 4-1-1?' means.
i know that there was so much more to include here.
my room is entirely messy. yeah, no one's surprised. i've gotten hooked on boston legal. and that takes precedent over dishes and making my bed.
i bought a box of kellogg's Sultana Bran. why don't they call them raisins? or a pepper a pepper? they say 'capsicum'.
i miss my car. i was going out driving with S and J in S's car when she ran upstairs to fetch something, leaving J and me alone. we were in the parking lot and i wanted to see how it felt to drive it. so i did. ahhh, it was freaky. i was only going about 2 mph and i was so nervous. and all i did was back it up. i don't think i could ever pass and get a liscence here. i would certainly kill 6 people the first day, nay, the first hour.
so nothing too crazy has happened in the last few weeks. i took a huge break from doing any sort of school work at all. i refused to open a book. i did attend classes, but nothing outside of those 9 class hours. i totally burnt myself out that one weekend with the paper and the presentation. and the past few weeks were awesome, stress free. but now it's all built up again.
and the weekends were weekends. we had a dorm building game torunament nite and i played in texas hold 'em. and i wasn't the first one out! and there were only 2 girls playing. i guess like 30 played and i was probably the 15th one out, or maybe it was earlier but still pretty good i say :)
the common room now has free wireless internet. no more charging for mb downloads!!
so all in all, things are going well. alright, i'm gonna go put up new pics on webshots before my add kicks in and i see something shiny.
"Good! (underlined) a well written, well researched paper, clearly structured, methodical and logical in its conclusions."
D+
(and i lied before. D doesn't stand for distinguished... it stands for distinction.) (so.. here, i'm hihgly distinct) (but i'm still distinguished... in my own grading system)
so apparently writing a paper in 8 hours is the way to go for me.
my new favorite work out song is: U + Ur hands by pink. We aren't here for your entertainment, fellas.
My friend, I, is on an intramural soccer team… two in fact. And he talks about all his soccer training. He means soccer practice. They call it training. Sounds like he’s suiting up for a war or something. But no, he’s just having soccer practice.
The other day I opened my blinds at 8am… and there was a huge red ball. Huge, outside my window, about 30 meters away… I don‘t know what that is in feet… it was like half a block away. But, oh wait, no, that’s not a huge ball. THAT’S A HOT AIR BALLOON. and this isn't the first time this has happened. i took pictures. y'all can check webshots for an update
Oh, and I had the best grocery shopping day ever the other day. I found jalapenos AND soy cheese. It was amazing. i made the best bean burritos.
i also made vegetarian tacos for S and B the other nite. and omg, they loved them. and B is a huuuuge meat eater. and he liked the fake mince meat i found. that's the other thing... they don't call it ground beef, it's 'mince'. well maybe we do that in america too, i just always called it ground beef.
in 2 weeks i'll have 2 tests and the week after i'll have 1 test and 2 papers.
the paper topics now are:
1) functional anatomy of vertical clinging and leaping primates. i guess i'll focus on the tarsiers??
2) the theory that the Y chromosome is disappearing and that within 10million years, it'll disappear completely. but i doubt humans will be around in 10 million years anyway... but, i thought it was pretty cool. our bodies might evolve and the sex triggers on the Y chromosome might fall onto another chromosome and we won't even know the difference. but i do get to write about 'gonads'.
so now i'm gonna have to lock myself up for hte next two weeks and do all the reading and preparation for said tests and papers.
BUT then i'll have a 5 week holiday!! part of which i'm going to fiji with some friends :) and i'm trying to plan a trip to visit my friend G at her home in tasmania.
it's weird because all of the exchange students leave in june. i couldn't imagine leaving here in 2 months.
S told me to stop 'bludging around'. apparently that means procrastinate. bludgers, bludges, all different forms.
another american from california told me he saw me walking home one day, very briskly and said i looked 'so american'. but it also could have been my bright yellow tote bag that has the outline of the state of texas on it. or maybe both the walking and the bag put together :)
and obviously most aussies don't even know it's texas. just like my texas flag.
for my friend's birthday, she's having an A-themed party. where you have to come dressed as something beginning with an A. i said i'd come as an american. or maybe i should go as the entire A-team.
i remember when my sister was studying in England she had her 21st birthday overseas. and i thought how sad, turning 21 isn't even a big deal there. but i was talking to this guy who was about to enjoy his own 21st, and he says it is in fact a highly celebrated birthday here. even though they earn no new rights with priviledges with turning 21, they still celebrate it wildly because americans do. say what??
i went to a dorm party the other evening. and i left after 10 mins. i felt like an old lady. 30 kids, in one room, smushed together with blaring music. you cant see or hear anyone. i had enough of that in undergrad. so i went to B's room and played poker all nite. much more to my liking :)
a 6 pack of sam adams here is A$27.
my friends made fun of me for shortening anthropology to anthro. omg, i don't understand it. it's ok for australian to shorten anything (in fact everything) but i can't. and anthro is a completely normal abbreviation!
i just learned, about 2 days ago, that instead of 9-1-1, they dial 0-0-0. that's probably something the school should tell international students.
no one knows what 'what's the 4-1-1?' means.
i know that there was so much more to include here.
my room is entirely messy. yeah, no one's surprised. i've gotten hooked on boston legal. and that takes precedent over dishes and making my bed.
i bought a box of kellogg's Sultana Bran. why don't they call them raisins? or a pepper a pepper? they say 'capsicum'.
i miss my car. i was going out driving with S and J in S's car when she ran upstairs to fetch something, leaving J and me alone. we were in the parking lot and i wanted to see how it felt to drive it. so i did. ahhh, it was freaky. i was only going about 2 mph and i was so nervous. and all i did was back it up. i don't think i could ever pass and get a liscence here. i would certainly kill 6 people the first day, nay, the first hour.
so nothing too crazy has happened in the last few weeks. i took a huge break from doing any sort of school work at all. i refused to open a book. i did attend classes, but nothing outside of those 9 class hours. i totally burnt myself out that one weekend with the paper and the presentation. and the past few weeks were awesome, stress free. but now it's all built up again.
and the weekends were weekends. we had a dorm building game torunament nite and i played in texas hold 'em. and i wasn't the first one out! and there were only 2 girls playing. i guess like 30 played and i was probably the 15th one out, or maybe it was earlier but still pretty good i say :)
the common room now has free wireless internet. no more charging for mb downloads!!
so all in all, things are going well. alright, i'm gonna go put up new pics on webshots before my add kicks in and i see something shiny.
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