We didn't get to go out for Dad's birthday because it was on July 4th, and we both worked until 9- which kinda sucked anyway, but at least we have a new proprietor. XD
So tonight we went out for dinner at Crown, and Brandon and I ended up seeing Hancock. It turned out interesting, to say the least. The very end was slightly worrying, what with the giant ****** engraved onto the ******, if you catch my drift. >.>  [LOL HAVE FUN FILLING IN THE BLANKS]
Not to mention i've finally found a way of curling my hair and have pretty curls that LAST. =D It's an awesome feeling. <33  So I've had bouncy curls all night and it's great and i kinda feel like i'm compensating for not having a large bust. But that's my train of thought and we all know that's a bit random anyway. =/

*Sigh* I've had this feeling that i'm being ignored lately by someone dear to my heart and it's been making me a bit grumpy. [Err, that, and the PMS] And now, in my slightly angry and depressed state of mind, i feel like doing something irrational like deciding to give up the internet for a month or go on another spending spree and buying the other two McQueen PaintPots that i don't have yet, yet really don't need. I think retail therapy is fast becoming my choice of self healing when I'm sad. D: When Ash left, i went out teh next day and bought 2 Japanese Magazines, [LOL TAKA KNOWS I KNOW SES AND NES NOW. XDD] a pair of jeans, 3 tshirts and a skirt.    ._____. My wallet has decided it doesn't like me anymore, and i don't blame it.

Kinda wish i could talk to said person. Sad enough, they always know how to make me feel better.

Probably better to shut up now before i dig myself into a deeper grave and stick my own foot up my ass.

So many people like me put so much trust in all your lies
So concerned with what you think to just say what we feel inside
So many people like me walk on eggshells all day long
All I know is that all I want is to feel like I'm not stepped on

These are my issues. Mine.


damn it all to hell.

It's a Saturday night in, and I am perfectly content with it. I can rest, and save the hip pocket. A little. xD

I was really looking forward to seeing Narnia this weekend, but it didn't come to pass. T____T Instead, we saw ( Kung Fu Panda )

----> ( Charmed )

----> ( Sailor Moon )


I'm gonna go do something else now. Like eat. ^^

IT'S FINALLY HERE!!

♥NEWS PACIFIC CON DVD!! ♥
OMG FINALLY ANNOUNCED, SO HAPPY! IF I WEREN'T BROKE RIGHT NOW I WOULD PRE-ORDER IN AN INSTANCE.

ETA: TRACKLIST! SUUUUUUUUUUPER ECSTATIC! *jumps up and down with glee*

I cry when I look at my Howl's Moving Castle DVD now.

I really do. It hurts inside. It's sad, but its true. It really really hurts.

I lent it to my aunt so that my adorable little cousin can watch it, and they return it, months later, ruined. It was a special edition collectors box set. The pretty little box cover and everything, with the little dvd menu inside. I actually PAID for that, a price way beyond that of my reservation price for any dvd, because I loved that book, adored the movie, and worship Miyazaki.
And my kinsmen ruin it.
The box has obviously been crushed and flattened, opened from the wrong end and thereby ripped. The dvd title menu has been scrunched up.

I can't reorder that; they no longer make that box set. Which is why they call it special edition.

I know it's sad, but I can't help it. Everytime I look at that dvd box I cry.
Just looking at it is enough to bring me down.

※ July already! There goes half the year already. Yikes, time goes fast.

※ So I went on a downloading spree when my bandwidth reset (as usual). I thank fandom for cheering me up when I need it.
→ Kanjani's Daidaman was fun to watch. Not so much the ramen part but I've always loved slow motion shots. Plus the dokkiri on Ryo. What had me highly amused though was You's comment at the end though. "Are these sort of jobs okay for you guys as a group?" The look on Yoko's and Ryo's face. ♥ :D
→ All the groups activities seem to be stuck in a rut. Except Arashi. With Maou and Hanadan Final, all the stuff I seem to be watching lately seems to have Ohno and MatsuJun in it. Out of everything I've watched, I have to recommend Himitsu no Arashi-chan #12: MatsuJun & Ooshima's date and Ohno and Toma on Tokyo Friends Park II. TFPII was the cutest thing ever, and I had such a hard time muffling my giggles when watching Arashi-chan at 4am in the morning. I'm sure both can be found at a_ra_shi.
→ Need to finish up downloading/watching Spring dramas to make space for the Summer dramas starting tomorrow. Fallen behind on Rookies, Puzzle, Zettai Kareshi, Gokusen 3, and Osen. Looking forward to Code Blue, Maou and Yasuko to Kenji. Need to look up what other summer drama's there are.

※ meme stolen from half the flist:
( being a late comer to the get-to-know-me meme: i really like to ramble )

※ Gonna post pics in my next post, would've done so in this one, but it got so long. maiaki, lveaddkt: One of the photos included is the one I took of you guys at lunch the other day. You realise my journal is public, do you guys need me to f-lock it?
※ ETA: Wow, just realised this is my 101st post. *shock*

Well, Ash's gone.
My stomach kind of hurts when i think about it, and i feel like crying pretty much constantly.
I hope she'll be OK.
I think that's all we can ask for.

So. Melbourne is in the midst of a housing (and thereby transport) 'crisis'.

But. Global warming and other environmental issues are also cropping up.

By meeting demand and building more houses, we destroy more of the natrual environment, and create more opportunities for green house gasses, contributing even more so to the very concerning issue of global warming.

They (don't ask me who 'they' are) propose a 'blanket ban' on costal housing development, because of global warming and rising sea levels (Today Tonight (?) 02/07.08).

I balk at the quoted figure 50-100 years.
My dad misheared and scoffs. "150 years! That's ages away."
"FIFTY TO ONE HUNDRED." I correct him. "That's in my lifetime!"
My step-mum gives me that look she always gives when I verbalise my concern about the environment and doomsday; a look that, along with other verbal evidence, tells me she couldn't give an effing hell.

I believe that the world will eventually end; an 'apocolypse' if you will. Both science and religion state it to be so. Currently, my end of the world theories tip towards:
1) Global warming will happen and destroy us all
2) Robots will take over the world.

I feel like I should add a more specifically religious/spritual one to that. In time.

Either way, whichever theory pans out, the human race as we know it, will end. We are mere pawns for the greater powers of this physical world.

My point, if I haven't forgotten the original point admist all my incoherent rambling already, is that ..... wait. I forgot. Damn.

Uhm. Well.
The world is eventually going to end.
And since it will eventually end anyway, who cares what we do and how we do it. We should enjoy the gift of life while we can.
That is admirable. But. Isn't that also selfish? Not caring about the consequences of our actions? Example: Using up the oil supply now will prevent future generations from using it. [The Commission defined sustainable development as development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." (sustainability, wiki)]
In that regard, should we worry about the people who don't have homes now, or should we worry about the people of the future who won't have any land to live on?

How are we meant to move forward when any action at all will create all these complex consequences? Why should we care at all if it's all going to end anyway?

You have to admire the politicians. They are actually willing to stand up there and make these decisions for us, putting their names to its success or failure. In a thousand years, if the accomplishments of the human race is important enough to be preserved, whoever looks back will pin all our successes and failures on that public figure that made made the decision, our figure head.

"They will write stories about your victories in thousands of years! And the world will remember your name." (Thetis, Troy, 2004)


**apologies for incorrect referencing format. Because I couldn't care less**

Wow 4 weeks have passed, and now I'm on holidays.

Exam: Well, I hope I passed. There were some tricky questions but I only need 18/50 in the exam to pass. Funny how I aimed for an 80% but after the exam, I just hope for a 50%. After the exam Hong, Missa, Ben and myself celebrated by having Maccas :P

Events: Thao's party was on Saturday, and I did have a great time- despite it being so empty for the first hour and a bit. It was like a reunion- I bumped into people I haven't seen in years. For example, I bumped into Thang- who was my primary school buddie in grade 5! I haven't seen him ever since! I soon found out that he went to St Bernards with Sean, and works on the top level of Thao's optom place. Such a small world!!! We finally had our neuro shots (shotties with the neuro peeps) so that was a funny moment. It was a good night, lots of catching up and drinking- I still manage to have a husky voice after that night, but wasn't smashed like Thao haha

              Art4youth opening night: It was on the Tuesday, after the neuro exam. The exhibition was held at Chapel off Chapel, and it was such a great night. I think we raised about 5000 bucks that night, and hopefully raised some more after a few people wanting to buy some student's artwork (i.e. Sean). I helped out by selling raffle tickets- everyone was giving me weird looks :S We sold about 80 raffle tickets- so about 160 bucks were raised. Auctioning some artworks from practicising artists were great- except we were hoping that the bids were higher. Overall it was a great night :)

            Sex and the City: Lynnie, Sarah, Jen and I went to watch Sex and the City before Jen headed off to Vietnam. It was a fun event :) We had lunch at Groove Train and had our cocktails. Lynnie had less than half and was off her face. She wouldn't stop laughingggggg (and snorting)! The movie was funny- I loved it, it made me think about superficiality (I don't think that's a word but anyhow...) and how the speech group is quite similar to the sex and the city crew in some parts. I watched it the second time with Sean but it wasn't as funny lol.

            Day outing with the ex-Melb High boys (and Lewis's gf, Thao): It was quite a good outing, even though there were some awkward moments when Lewis and Thao were being soppy- I mean it's the first time that I've seen my ex with my friend so *shrug. We went to eat at Melbourne Central, then headed to Barcode for 2 games of bowling- in which both Thao and I sucked (they wouldn't allow bumpers!!!), a few games of pool and airhockey! Watched "Don't Mess with the Zohan" which was hilarious, and then went to eat again before going to work.

           Lunch with Maroulla and Lynnie: at Heidelberg. The waitress thought we were freaks lol! Great time catching up with the girls especially Maroulla because I haven't seen her since the last week of the semester.  Lynnie took me to the Pines to search for Thao's present, and totally missed the bus afterwards :(

           Upcoming events: Martinis and Manicures with (hopefully) Lynnie, Nat, Steph, and Hong; Luna Park with sis and maybe with Thao & her lil sisters, Missa and Carla; taking Helen to the movies and to the art4youth exhibition; job interviews; hospital appointments; movies with the bf; dinner with highschool girls; a party somewhere in the holidays; karaoke with the neuro peeps; Landmark on the 18th, 19th, 20th and the 22nd

※ Ok, so I finally remembered to start taking photos for the "Week in the Life of" meme and since I actually had plans this week I thought I'd start it. But having spent the last hour trying to upload photos painfully because my bandwidth is dead, I have decided to give up. So I'm sorry. It's a chore loading even any site at all, let alone uploading photos. Would it be cheating if I continued to take photos but started uploading them on the 1st when my bandwidth resets?

※ My internet is suuuper slow (I think it's going at like 2-5kb/s) and loading anything would piss me off, so I'll probably be away from LJ for the rest of the month. Just loading this post page took me 20 mins. >.< I will do my best to catch up once my bandwidth resets. Sorry this was such a useless post. Hope everyone takes care, and I promise to spam everyone with comments/posts on the 1st. Now I'm running off to curl up with some hot tea and a couple of seasons of brainlessly marathoning Friends.

*sighs* So much fail. ;_;

So my final exam was today.
It was...hideously easy save for one or two questions, but i can explain that away by saying i wasn't there for the lectures. ^_^" Whoops.
Unfortunately, My brain hasn't allowed me to realize that exams are over, so i came home today and refiled through all of my text books and tried to figure out which exam was on next. =/

I've only downloaded and watched one episode of "Pushing Daisies," but it's living up to my expectations so far! It's a really stylized American Comedy Drama, about a Pie maker named Ned. He has the ability to bring the dead back to life with his touch. [TORCHWOOD MUCH?] Unfortunately, if he touches them again, they die, permanently. ...Then he brings back the girl he's loved since he was 10 back to life. But...he can't touch her. D: Ned, Chuck [...the girl] and a crooked cop go about solving murder mysteries, and living off the reward, as far as i can see so far. Episode One dealt mainly with Chuck's Murder.
Kind of a Desperate Housewives/Torchwood inspired show. Pure Love. <3

ALSO, Have watched the German movie, "The Counterfeiters", and it was FANTASTIC. Ok, it's nothing as heartwrenching as Schindler's List or Night, but it's good none the less. A group of Professional Jews workers are taken from their respective Prison camps to come together and work of Operation Bernhard- An Operation to destroy the British and American Economies by flooding it with counterfeit cash and passports. In exchange for their services, they MAY be allowed to live. discardtheold, I know your Movie-Date with Nyx was cut short, so if you want, i'll burn you a copy as an apology for today? ;O;

I lied, stolen_ecstasy , My love for you never grows stale! XD
Ooooh, and lveaddkt, thank you so much for being my taxi driver today!! <33  I LIED ABOUT THE WILL, YOU FOOL.MAXXY FONT ME AND I'LL KILL YOU.
autumnjaide...sorry for making you late to pick up your grandmother! ;O;

Well that's not true. ( what to do what to do )

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