Big Question

Often I find myself pondering The Big Questions. Seriously. Questions like why the coffee at uni tastes best on a Wednesday and not a Tuesday, and which toilet cubicle has the best graffiti. Today I was thinking about this conundrum: when you say 'not bad', you mean 'yeah, fairly okay, edging on good'. When you say 'not good', you mean bad. Why don't you just say 'bad' or 'good'? Why do we waste a whole syllable saying 'not'?

See? Big Question. I told you.

A Collection of Things:

My status as a uni student is slowly being more confirmed, as I stay up until ridiculous hours to finish assignments due the next day, but only to go on Facebook every five minutes.

Salty Weekend was so fun! Two thumbs up. If I had three thumbs up I'd use all of them.

I've been so clever! I'm learning how to slowly be more time management-y - tonight is an exception. Four assignments on one day is daunting for any normal person.

Jordan and I are going to the So You Think You Can Dance Tour and TALIA WON. I picked her at the start! She's so fabulous

BOB IS MY NEW HERO!

Sneeze is my new favourite word.

Taboo is (Y). (Look how cool I am!)

Electoral systems are gay.

I'm reshuffling life plans at the moment, it's extremely exciting!

I miss people. Come back to me!

Almost time!

Change is in the air, i can feel it. Change, and cold. Lots of being cold.

Finally Salty weekend; I'm looking forward to getting away. Some time to destress, refocus and get rid of some unnecessary burdens.

Shall be goooood. I'm going to go rug up now cos I'm freezing again. It was warm two seconds ago!

*breathes in*

*breathes out*

*will not be frustrated/stressed/annoyed*

Went to a Salsa class today.... amusing times... my partner was the most Asian Asian I've ever met. And he tried to show me how he learnt hip hop off Youtube videos... Nawwww.... his acne-d face kind of let him down on the hardcore part of it. And his glasses.

Hahahhaha.

Sick Emily

My jaw is hating me so much right now; I'm stressed AND I have a cold. And one of those 'WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OVER YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AND MAKE YOU FEEL SHITTY AND LAME FOREVER' kind of colds - my throat has almost completely closed up! It's ridiculous. So since I was completely unable to study, I've made the following two things the last two days. Laugh all you want, I thought it was fun =]


One of my favourite nouns AND verbs.


I'm sure there are prettier colour schemes out there, but this one reminded me of chocolate, so how could I refuse?

P.S. Rivers had $3 scarves - I think the sale lasts all week, go buy some. Mum bought me four! Haha :)
xx

Some videos...

This song is so haunting, it makes me almost want to cry. I'm not even sure why! I don't even particularly like Duffy! (The video doesn't really go anywhere though...)



And this is just absolutely amazing... even though I'm sure everyone's seen it a trillion times

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY&feature=related
(No embedding allowed apparently)

THIS DANCE IS SO FREAKING COOL


I can't find the other freaking cool one, but when I do I will put it up.

And this dance is so freaking cute!


*happy emily*

Woohoo!

Guess where JD and I are going!!!



Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Life is a little all over the place lately, but I have no doubt it'll all line up properly again soon. In the meantime, Salty Weekend's coming up, assignments are all nearly due and out of my hair, I found a pile more vouchers and I have a room to clean.

P.S. Bought the new Rob Bell book, looks awesome, AND SHARIF LOST 11.4kgs LAST NIGHT! WHAT A MACHINE! I LOVE YOU SHARIF!

Foot-release brakes

Our new Kluger is so enormous it hardly fits in the driveway. I have driven it twice now, and believe I am the master of big cars.

Big cars are good for: looking like a soccer mum; looking ridiculously small; realizing how small you are when the side mirrors become your blindspot; running over little kids; stealing spots because people are scared of you; looking important; using as both a vehicle and a house.

I've had some issues with big cars in the past. The one that stands out most in my memory would be the time I scratched and bumped a brand new Audi 4WD across two panels, and damaged the side so whenever you close the door the entire car rattles for a few seconds.

Luckily I wasn't fired.

But the thing that gets me most with these big cars is all the fancy stuff that comes with them. Most particularly, foot-release brakes. I feel extremely insecure without a handbrake next to me. It reminds me that yes I am driving a car and not an army tank, yes I have some measure of control over what I'm doing. BUT! New cars don't do handbrakes! You need to remember to put the footbrake (that sounds so freaking retarded) on, otherwise when you get of the car the whole thing wobbles and threatens to knock down your entire house.

I'm also not a fan of the whole 'oh crap I turned on the windscreen wipers instead of the indicator', but that's a dull rant for another day.

Hypotheticals

Hypothetical questions, and hypothetical scenarios really do my head in. Currently I have a hypothetical scenario for contracts that I'm negotiating for, and a hypothetical question for Torts that I'm providing an opinion on. I have lots of trouble differentiating between reality and hypothetical. I worry about things like whether I'm supposed to say 'I' or 'him'. I forget for a second I'm Emily and take on my hypothetical persona JORDAN. JORDAN wants a house. JORDAN is a study freak. JORDAN has a generous friend. JORDAN JORDAN JORDAN. Then I forget who I am! I'm so wrapped up in this thing I swear I have a BFF called Sam who is hyper rich and that I don't have to count every cent I have to make sure I can pay rent. AND That there's this guy called Anton with a wife called Ludwika who is suing the doctor and I have to keep reminding myself THEY ARE NOT REAL PEOPLE

It's really messing with my brain.


Fun fact: Going to the Mint tonight! Yay! And I bought Rob Bell's new book yesterday. Yay!

The Journal of Botany

You know it's time to get focussed when your To-Do list keeps getting longer instead of shorter!

It's Friday tomorrow and I'm not working! Yay! =] But I am studying. Studying really makes me mad. You know what else makes me mad? There is a Journal of Botany. What the heck. Who on earth would be motivated enough to write an article for the journal of Botany? Who would even care enough to think of making a Journal of Botany? The Botany department is OVER HALFWAY DOWN CAMPUS. It barely exists! THE JOURNAL IS COMPRISED OF OVER THREE HUNDRED PAGES. SHOULDN'T BOTANY LOVE TREES ENOUGH TO NOT WRITE SOMETHING THAT FREAKING LONG?

Whatever. It sucks to be them.

WHEEEEEEE

I can hardly believe it but I may just be sick of chocolate already and it's only Good Friday afternoon!

Blasphemy!!!

P.S. Anyone who thinks a three page assignment is sufficient is DELUDED! THIRTEEN PAGES AT LEASTTTTTTTTTTT

(All the sugar is going to my head. Guess what I did today? I made a wordsearch puzzle! I'm so clever!!)

20 Questions

I'm looking for answers if you have some!

1. Are people supposed to make people happy?
2. What happens if someone you think is kind of around to make you happy really kind of makes you sad? What do you do?
3. If you watch Accepted, does your IQ go up or down?
4. Is being a lawyer worthwhile?
5. Should I do study abroad in America or somewhere cheaper?
6. Does anyone want to come to Europe with me?
7. Does cotton On selling shoes strike you as both weird and awesome?
8. What tastes better, super pulpy orange juice or Mountain Dew?
9. Is the gym a waste of money?
10. Is it better to paint your toenails purple or red? Or perhaps not at all?
11. Do you eat Easter Eggs on Friday or Sunday?
12. Where do keys go when they disappear?
13. If someone is grumpy at you on the phone, do you hang up on them or try make them happy?
14. Does God really care if you read the Bible?
15. How is it possible that it's easier to buy heels than flats, but it's harder to find occasions to wear high heels than flats?
16. Is it better to write with pencil or pen?
17. Does anyone even know what a recession actually is?
18. How many movies can you watch in a day?
19. Does filing have a point?
20. What makes the funniest shirt?

Don'ts:

* Don't use an apostrophe before a plural s
* Don't support the Dockers because they often unnecessarily get your hopes up
* Don't buy a whole packet of TimTams because you will eat them all
* Don't paint your toenails, it makes them go yellow, and forms a vicious cycle
* Don't forget to print your assignment before you go to uni, where you don't have internet access

Twitter is great

Barack Obama and Kevin Rudd are my two new BFFs on Twitter.
How exciting!

P.S. Essays are lame, tea is great, I love cliches and lame jokes.

As A Law Student, i can point-note what I say:

1. My law mentor is amazing. She is like a grandma, only has had every career in the world and knows good stuff.

2. I joined Twitter because I want to follow famous people. But I can't work out how to find any yet.

3. Tomorrow is Head of the River and basically the biggest day of my family's life.

4. Pretty high heels are my favourite.

5. But not as favourite as my new boots which are the most beautiful and well-priced footwear in town.

6. And just for fun, fmylife.com is actually a great time-waster. It makes you feel great about yourself

Communication

I've recently discovered just how much I fail at communication. I'm good at the quantity part, not so much the quality. And it always results in me feeling lame, and the other person probably getting a lot annoyed. Lame!

Life is almost scarily quiet at the moment. Weird.

Life is one big Facebook status

Emily is learning to really lower her expectations and thus hope to be surprised.
Emily is sick of waiting around.
Emily had forgotten how satisfying it is to complete a hypothetical legal problem.
Emily is excited to try new things.
Emily loves purple nail polish.
Emily wants to punch all people who don't understand the value of time in the face.
Emily is looking forward to a delicious lunch of Mei Goreng.
Emily enjoys the simple things.
Emily thinks stationery is good for the soul.
Emily also thinks that fast dancing is good for the soul. Not slow dancing.
Emily has large feet, and saw at Williams today they have a special large-size bin, size 11 plus!
Emily can hear her noodles bubbling and it is a fun sound.
Emily appreciates the word 'noodle'.
Emily likes that last night's message by Brian Harris brought a few ideas together in her mind.
Emily's tummy just rumbled very unattractively.
Emily is going to go eat now.

A late night rant

Somewhere in my genetic makeup is a love of free things and bargains. It is so intrinsically programmed into me that I can barely stop myself when I see a fabulous bargain or free thing. And today was the perfect day for it! Whilst shopping for biscuits (as a true office wench does - by the way I bought $60 worth. The cashier looked at me with disgust, and I can hardly blame her), I decided to find some conditioner seeing as I'd used every last drop of conditioner in the entire house. And guess what I found! Pantene conditioning treatment for a heavily discounted price of $3.50. How could I say now?

So I bought some, of course.

Then tonight, after finishing work and having some hours to kill before meeting the loved ones in Fremantle, I wandered into Myer. I love makeup and I often covet after the free gifts - although of course, they mean you have to spend about $200000000 to get the free gifts, which is only achieved if you're Lindsay. (Lindsay if you read this, and to be honest considering the surprising amount of people who do you just might, you are the craziest bargain hunter I've ever met) HOWEVER, I am amazing BECAUSE - I found a really good value free gift! I had to spend $25.90 on ChiChi makeup to receive a free twister makeup thing, with a thousand eyeshadows, lip lacquers and blush for free - and it was worth $25ish anyway! AND, to top it all off, it is exactly the eyeshadow (Smokey eyes, for those who care) I've been searching for but didn't buy because it is a million dollars in Mac!

So basically, to sum up, I love fake-free stuff, especially when I don't have to spend a ridiculous amount to get the free stuff.

Wikkid... =] Also, made a great friend at work today, her name's Emma and she's from England on a travelling/working holiday. She joined us for dinner/fun times tonight. New friends are fun. The end.

Grumpy Emily is Lame!

For some reason I've been disgustingly grumpy lately. Sorry about that. To-do lists and difficult people make for grumpy Emily. BUT!

Change is a-coming!

And the reason why?

We're going to the Murdoch Vet Barn Dance night in a week! I'm so excited!

The Best Way to Finish Two Hours of Politics Readings:

It's harder than it looks! (it actually isn't, you just need to have a good letter-ed name) (English fail by Emily)
- Copy to your own note
- Erase my answers, enter yours
- Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions.
- They have to be real...nothing made up!
- If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers.
- You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.
- Tag ten people. (Well loves, if you're reading this, consider yourself tagged)

1. What is your name : Emily (oohh, tricky start)

2. A four Letter Word : Egos (I totally don't have them...)

3. A boy's Name : Ebenezer (Scrooge!)

4. A girl's Name: Elexis (it sounds a bit like a poison doesn't it...)

5. An occupation: Exotic dancer or Endocrinologist (only slightly different fields...)

6. A color : Ecru (a pretty lame colour actually. Why don't they just call it beige? Oh right - cos then i wouldn't have an answer for this question. Although I could've said Eggshell. Also beige. Or Emerald.)

7. Something you'll wear: Earrings. Well that was boring. How about .. nah Earrings.

9. A food: I bet you think I'll say Egg. But no! What about Enchilada? Eggnog? (heh) Eclair?

10. Something found in the bathroom: Emery board, electric razor, earwigs...

11. A place : Ethiopia!

12. A reason for being late : Escaped from flesheating aliens

13. Something you'd shout : EXCLAMATION! I totally win with that one!

14. A movie title: Eastside Story

15. Something you drink: Everglade

16. A singer: Edwin McCain (he's a bit of a wuss)

17. An animal : Echidna

18. A street name : Emily Street

19. A type of car : (mitsubishi) Evolution

20. The title of a song: Escape (The Pina Colada Song!)

Well that was fun =D Bedtime!