Hello Friends!

I have lots of things to say, but I'm going to limit them for now.

Life lessons in a list:
* DON'T MAKE NOISES IN THE LAW LIBRARY
* It is really cold all the time, take a jacket.
* Losing your smartrider is losing your life.
* It's possible to make bad days good days

And some lyrics that have been swirling around in my head. I love this song:

Give me a reason
For life and for death
A reason for drowning
While I hold my breath
Something to laugh at
A reason to cry
With everyone hopeless
And hoping for something
To hope for
Yeah, with something to hope for

Could it be true
Can life be new
Could it be all that I am
Is in You
Could it be this
Could it be bliss
Can it be You
Can it be You

Switchfoot//Love and Life and Why

The second half of the song is the best.
Anyway, Cervantes tomorrow I better pack!

Tonight I...

* manipulated the method of my movement
* was dominant and submissive
* LOLed a lot at the combination of my two favourite TV shows in the world, Biggest Loser and SYTYCD which amalgamated into Dance Your Ass Off (fun note, the host is as much in need of hitting the gym as the contestants)
* sat in front of the heater and ate chocolate
* panicked about the foolishness of doing two third-level law units
* ate more chocolate.


It was awesome :)

Lame-face girls

I've been a lame-face girl this last month and I am done! No more!

Uni has started, it's a fresh start, new things to learn and things to do. There are many happy adventures ahead. Focus focus focus.

How I Met Your Mother has been really helpful - the characters are all my best friends. I regularly have the urge to tell people to Suit up and stuff.

Yeah.

Time to stop being sad and be awesome instead.

...end of really badly constructed post.

Today was a bad day. It was a little unexpected. Nevertheless there were good elements, like Coco Avant Chanel and seeing friends. But there were bad parts too.

Unavoidable, I suspect. C'est tout.

Wooow it's been a big week! I'm so glad to be maximising my holidays!

A week of photos to start...

June 28



Steve, Emma, Jenny, Bec and I went to a community gospel concert at St Patrick's Basilica. It was wikkid fun! We were the youngest people in the audience by about 400 years, and it was just the best thing - and wow can some of those people sing. This photo is depressingly blurry, but we were stuck over to the side and I was embarrassed at taking photos with a big flash =]

June 29



A bit of an emo photo, but to be fair, Monday mornings are never easy. Label makers really are my new favourite thing, and that song lyric had been running around my head for a bit. But not in the bad way... more in the 'nobody said it was easy, but you don't need to give up' sort of way. And besides, I love that coffee notebook paper :)

June 30



Emily at work - hot hot coffee, the Optus cup (I really like that cup, it's such a fabulous shape and a fabulous yellow) and files...lots and lots and lots and LOTS of files. It was a filing week.

July 1



What has now been described to me as 'the best boyfriend you'll ever have'. I know it's featured a bit on this blog lately but hey... it's pretty freaking awesome. As shamed as I am to say it!

July 2




This is an awful photo because it is overflashed and disgustingly coloured, but THIS IS THE BEST SHOP EVER! Omg. I spent ages in there just looking at everything - I didn't even need a new notebook (I compulsively buy them and have a million to use up) but I just fell in love with it. Everyone who hasn't been, I'm taking you to the Flying Teapot because it's just so beautiful =D

July 3



We played Jenga and watched TV shows before hitting Subi for the night. Note that the Jenga tower on the left is defying all physics laws by missing one of the poles on the bottom layer and STILL STANDING. Amazing.

July 4




And Saturday was movie fun. That popcorn was the biggest thing I've ever ever seen. We saw The Year One. It was okay. I probably wouldn't pay to see it again... in fact I'd recommend just seeing it on DVD. It had a few good jokes though :)

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In other news, Ali has returned from Africa which is exciiting :)

And camp was so fun! We made food in ENORMOUS quantities for the 120 people there. I helped make a self saucing pudding, involving 4 kilos of sugar, 4 kilos of flour, 2 kilos of cocoa.... it was AMAZIIINNNGGG!!!!! And it TASTED amazing which is perhaps the most amazing part of it all.

It really blew my mind how much these kids eat. One kid came back for four helpings of every meal. It was super weird.

I'm too tired to write anything of substance... it's back to work tomorrow, so sleepy time!

mid-year resolutions

So I was totally planning on being asleep by now, but it's just not happening! So, without further ado, mid year resolutions :)

Put in 100% to everything.
I've realized lately I settle quite quickly. Things become routine really fast, and I stop trying very hard. I refuse to continue this habit! There are so many amazing opportunities, and I don't want to sit by and wish I was the best I could be at something - I want to actually be the best I can! In everything. From my relationships with people, to the lame stuff like work and uni. I'm sick of settling! And it's going to change!

Listen to people.
Sometimes I'm really terrible at properly listening to someone. You can learn so much! I want to do it more.

Finish what I start.
Variously worded throughout my journal as 'stop giving up', 'follow through' and so on, this leads on from the first resolution. I have so many unfinished projects lying around, ranging from crafty fun to photo albums to self-motivated research projects. I've decided I need to only pick things I know I'll finish! I have all these projects that are meant for fun and they stress me out because I don't finish them! No more. And this follows through to other parts of life too.

Be honest.
As lame as it is, the truth hurts. Sometimes a lot, sometimes in a great way, sometimes not at all. But! I want to man up and face it and keep going! And be honest to other people too, not just myself. Wow..These are all quite serious resolutions.

Dominate with my GHD.
Time to be less serious - my GHD is my new love. It fills the hole in my heart , haha no I joke, I joke. But it is quite wonderful! And I want to learn how to do cool things, because it's lighthearted and fun.

Buy less coffee.
Buying coffee is a fun feeling. Walking into a cafe and ordering, making meaningless conversation with the barista who's had the same conversation eight times already that morning, the general smell and noise and people-watching :) But - it is unnecessary spending, that adds up really fast. And saving takes dedication and small sacrifices such as these.

Write more.
Writing is fun! Letters, mainly, and blogs for general perusal partially. So, I want to write more. Yeah.

Be a better friend.
Self explanatory I think...

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Remind me next time to write measurable goals. How on earth do I tell if I've achieved these things??