[Week One]

So I totally meant to do this yesterday but forgot...

I've decided to resurrect the 365 project I started. I really enjoyed the challenge of taking a photo each day, no matter how mundane or exciting it was. And I figured, why not capture my 19th year of being alive? So, starting Sunday June 21, I have been taking a photo a day. I won't be posting them on Flickr because it's LAME and only holds 200 before they aren't viewable because you aren't paying, so I'm going to post them here :) Once a week, I'll put up the photos. You can just ignore them, it's mainly for me and to keep me using my camera.

Now, without further ado...Emily's first week as a 19 year old!

June 21


Pandora bracelet #2. I love my school girls =)

June 22


From coffee with my favourite woman, Kat. Isn't she creative?

June 23


New op-shop shoes - $6.95! For novo shoes too...not bad I say. Not bad.

June 24


Why everyone should work in an office - look what the accounts brought in! They were the most amazing cupcakes of my life. They were like a fluffy cloud of heaven in a bite.

June 25


Sometimes you just have to make your own fun at work...

June 26


My favourite kind of price tag. From my new and lovely dress :)

June 27


Note: GHD curls. New favourite eye makeup from Body Shop. Saturday was a really good day.

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And there ends week one! I'm excited about this.
Now...sleep time. A big day tomorrow!

GHD

The GHD, as pictured above, is meant to be my new best friend. We've been together for precisely one week so far, and unfortunately, it's not the greatest relationship I've ever had. I burn my fingers and ears. My hair is not curly, but kinky, in the SUPER BAD WAY. I've seen a million youtube videos of girls whose GHD lovingly styles their hair so they look like supermodels. I just kind of look like a little girl playing dress ups with her mum's stuff, and who went to bed with wet hair and slept on it at a funny angle.

*sigh*

I do have hope for the future! But it will be a laborious one.

I'm slowly learning that being alone doesn't necessarily equal lonely. It does at times. But it doesn't have to be all the time. And that is good :)

quoting

...I like to see people reunited... I like the hugging, the bringing together, the end of missing someone...

...how did I get here and how can I get back?...

...it was such a beautiful need, there's nothing wrong with not understanding yourself...

...it is war waged by humanity against humanity, and it will only end when there's no one left to fight...

...she wants to know if I love her, that's all anyone wants from anyone else, not love itself but the knowledge that love is there...

Up Loud and Incredibly Close//Jonathan Safran Foer

I still love this book, although it makes me feel quite melancholic. Or maybe I'm melancholic and therefore like the book? Either way.

new books

Trying new things. This book is captivating.

'Does it break my heart, of course, every moment of every day, into more pieces than my heart was made of, I never thought of myself as quiet, much less silent, I never thought about things at all, everything changed, the distance that wedged itself between me and my happiness wasn't the world, it wasn't the bombs and burning buildings, it was me, my thinking, the cancer of never letting go, is ignorance bliss, I don't know, but it's so painful to think, and tell me, what did thinking ever do for me, to what great place did thinking ever bring me? I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.'

- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer. p. 17.

I have a million birthday photos I could put up here, but I don't know if enough people read this to warrant it. But have it be known, Thursday night at Burswood was wonderful. The rest of the weekend was nice too, with GHDs and cake.

I've realized that I seem to end up with a subconscious personal theme song on quite a regular basis. Does anyone else get this? Or is it just me? These last few days, a few lines have been circulating my mind that encapsulate exactly how I feel.

Maybe I'm just crazy or something. Who knows. maybe it's part of 19?

Some lame survey

Ten things you wish you could say to ten different people:
1. You are the best thing that could have happened to me; despite all the ups and downs, you are my best friend and I know the future will be good, we'll get there, soon. It'll be okay.
2. Thank you for word-loving, coffee-filled, lawbry-loaded fun times. You're fantastic. Rawr!
3. Dance with me lady friend!
4. I have a feeling this is going to be a mistake...
5. You make me feel at peace with the world; thank you for the happy memories, good talks, equal love of entire blocks of chocolate :)
6. One of my oldest, and most trustworthy friends. You and your brains amaze me!
7. Uni sucks, except for us. Yay!
8. Maybe, you should talk about something else. Just for once.
9. You had toilet paper stuck on your shoe, but I didn't tell you cos it was funny.
10. Just say it already!


Nine things about yourself:
1. I read, re-read, and re-re-read books. I rarely buy new ones. I rarely experiment with new ones.
2. My birthday night at the Burswood was wikkiiiiiid. Be jealous.
3. My least favourite body part on almost all people is feet. I don't mind if they are encased in shoes, but really, feet are so ugly. And toes.
4. I drink long macchiatos or lattes. No sugar.
5. Organisation is my spiritual deficit; I lose things, I forget things, I'm messy and colour and scrawl define my life.
6. Motivation comes, for me, in random bursts. Usually at inconvenient times.
7. I'm kind of bad at sharing the important things.
8. Choosing units is one of the hardest tasks I undertake each semester.
9. My dreams are so many that I can't keep them all in my mind, so I just hope that they'll come to reality and remind me that I achieved them, even if I can't remember knowing them in the first place.

Eight of your favorite bands/singers: (Expect this to be a conglomeration of every band you don't love, because I have a terrible taste in music)
1. Switchfoot
2. Israel Houghton
3. Death Cab
4. Coldplay
5. Kings of Leon
6. Damien Rice
7. The Beatles
8. Queen

Seven things that cross your mind a lot:
1. Maybe change is a good thing. Maybe not.
2. Where're my keys??
3. Maybe I should write a list of the things I need to do.
4. Maybe I should add some stuff to the list so I can cross them off, since I've already done them.
5. The last thing I remember him saying to me.
6. Law is lame.
7. What outfits I'll wear for the next week. I like to plan these things, so I have an outfit formulated in my mind to suit my mood.

Six things you do before you fall asleep:
1. Drink a cup of tea.
2. Brush the teeth.
3. Think of a fun sentence and translate it to French.
4. Decide on a completely new plan for the future.
5. Contemplate the people and how much I love them.
6. Set my alarm.

Five people, aside of family, who mean a lot to me at the moment:
1. The girls, for being amazing.
2. The boys, for being also amazing.
3. The Hush people, for making me good coffee.
4. The brother, for making me laugh.
5. The person that inspires me every second of every day to be better, and the best.

Four things you see right now:
1. A purple 80s stamp!
2. Op shop purchases: a dress, and some fabulous high heels.
3. White chocolate liqueur.
4. My giraffe.

Three songs you're hooked on at the moment:
1. Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
2. Warwick Avenue - Duffy
3. The Black Eyed Peas song, that is so freaking catchy it's not funny. It makes me dance in my car.

Two things you want to do before you die:
1. Discover something amazing.
2. Go to every continent.

One confession:
I'm a really good liar. Try catch me out.

Emily's Thoughts for a new week

* New study chairs definitely invigorate new study motivation! This chair is the best thing I've ever sat on. It has wheels :) and a high back! And a comfy back support! I'm so excited

* Studying in pyjamas makes Emily a happy happy girl :)

* Thursday night is Burswood night! Speaking of Burswood, the fam went to see the Queen tribute concert on Saturday night, oh my goodness it was amazing! I love Queen infinitely, and even though the band obviously wasn't Queen, there were times you could close your eyes and swear they were! The guy playing Freddie Mercury was amazinnnnnggggggg. That is all. And, Burswood buffet = AMAZING OMG. Anyway, Thursday night I'm staying overnight at Burswood with four of the ladyfriends, meeting up with others for dinner (come! You know you want to!), and generally enjoying an end-of-exam feeling and not-quite-yet being old.

* Hand-written notes make me learn better, but typed notes are soooo much prettier.

* All-time greatest chocolate is the caramel truffle at San Churros. Go. Eat. Enjoy.

* So You Think You Can Dance America started on Friday! Life has meaning and fulfillment again. I've noticed American shows are a lot meaner than Australian ones. They really rip into the contestants a little too much - like come on! They're trying! I ♥ TiVo even more now.

* Kikki-K had a fun sale! Stocked up on my uni stuff for next semester. It's depressing that I haven't even finished this semester yet. Two exams....

* Hush is my new regular cafe when I'm working. Best long macs in Fremantle. Go there. Enjoy.

* Multi coloured pens are a fun novelty.

* I'm officially an e-bay addict. Oh wow. I can't help myself.

* Next week is back-to-work semi-full-time week :( Lameo. I'm excited to learn some new things and be more accounts-y than reception/filing-y but still. I love free time. I'll just say good bye to it for four weeks. Ew.

* Renewing your license, passport and getting a Working With Children's Check is an expensive time.

Study time now... fun political rants later.

Sore fingers

I burnt three of my fingers while I was heating up my soup for lunch and now I can't type for more than two minutes without needed to put more ice on it :( This sucks!!

I am a sad girl today, I feel as though I've lost my identity. My ear piercing has chucked a sad and I can no longer wear any other earrings except boring, unnoticeable sleepers until it gets less painful :( I don't know what I'm going to do! Choosing my earrings was my favourite part of my day!

I'm so depressed.

On more exciting information, I had my first taste of gambling the other day. Lindsay urged me on, and we both managed to enormous profit of $4 (me) and $1.20, or maybe $2.20 (Lindsay). I can't say it's something I'd do super often, but it was super fun! Races are a fun way of life. Everyone looked so pretty :) It was kind of weird seeing work people not at work, doing the whole 'we're friends' thing, but it was also kind of nice :)

Endora was excellent and won at life.

Sam's birthday dinner was fun times :) I can't believe how many old friends I have now. I don't really like it :( Everyone stop growing up!

I have found my new ultimate makeup. I'm a bit scared to pay for it. But it'll be so worth it. It's unbelievable. Seriously. I'll show pictures when I bring myself to buy it. Which will probably be Thursday =D

Torts exam is FINALLY this Wednesday (thank goodness) so I'll have finally clicked into exam mode.

Life is so quiiiiiiiiet. Where's all the excitement already?

Kat Bowden show this to your fiancee!

These two posts are from one of the most hilarious blogs in the world:

Number One: http://www.survivingmyselfblog.com/2009/05/18/the-things/

Number Two: http://www.survivingmyselfblog.com/2009/05/28/im-glad-some-people-fucking-suck/

If you love Macs, you'll love these links.

And, just because this is just so funny: http://www.survivingmyselfblog.com/2009/06/02/mending-international-relations/

I'm not sure why they're not blue so you can just click on them, but the small effort to copy and paste will be worth it. Trust me.

Just go read his blog anyway, it's the funniest thing in the world: survivingmyselfblog.com

I love it when the perfect plans appear in front of you and you wonder how on earth it never occurred to you before!
Happy bunny, I am.