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[May. 6th, 2009|09:18 pm] |
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Let's get the important things over and done with. Green tea mango drink from boost is the best drink EVER. And I'm not just saying that in a "OMGIT'STHEBESTDRINKEVERIAMINLOVEBLAHANDNEXTWEEKIWILLLOVESOMETHINGDIFFERENTTHEEND". This is indeed my new favourite drink of all time, and it's all thanks to Danni :).
So now that everything important has been said, let's just blah for ages because it's what I do best! Where to start though.. Well, my social life has been hindered by uni work galore. In a way that's a good thing, because most of the assignments are actually quite fun. Shall we take a moment to look at some of the rubbish I have created? I think so.
So I have this hektik subject, web and time based design, where all we do is slack off for two hours each week during a tutorial and do some random shit on different Adobe programs and all of that jazz, but it's all do do with being able to... put it in the internets - no way.
RIGHT NOW I WOULD DO A CUT BUT TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST I CANNOT REMEMBER HOW TO DO THEM
Project 1a
So basically we had to produce a website about tea which contained no images. By the way, these were only designed to work in Firefox, so if it looks shit.. It's because it is actually really shit haha. But it looks even worse in IE.
Project 1b
In this one, we were briefed to create a website about a cuisine of a particular nationality and allowed to use images. This one took me forever to make because I had to cook all of the food and take pictures of it etc. So much fucking research went into this, I seriously need to get out more and get a life.
Project 2a
So this one is all about presenting a very basic brief and storyboard for a flash animation about water conservation. Haven't finished it yet.
Something really dodgey I did for Alexander. This isn't the finished one (cannot be bothered to upload it), but I can point out a trillion mistakes with it. Like LEARN TO BE FUCKING PATIENT WHEN DEEPETCHING. THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS TO DOING THAT, WANKER.
So there you have it, my lonely life in a nutshell.
Actually it hasn't been all that bad and lonely to be quite honest, I am such a liar!
Easter weekend was the maddest fun ever: Elise and I had a spectacular time camping up at Blackheath with Kelvin, Jonathan, Whitney and her friend Kirsty. The road trip was the best: the highway was bumper to bumper and it took us about an hour and a half to get to Woodford, and we got so fed up that we decided to wing it and take the backroads from Woodford to Lawson. Funny thing is, we had about 5 cars following us assuming we knew where we were going - WRONGGGGG. We made it to Lawson, which was a good start and didn't bother crossing over to the other backroads that lead to Wenty Falls because, well, it was too much effort? So we get to Kelvins and pile our shit into his fabulous Subaru and eventually find a designated camping spot which is like twice the sixe of my room? Small as, but loads of fun. We spent some time in the tents because it was pissing down with rain, and Elise is allergic to nature so the poor thing had to dose up on anti-histamines. All in all, it was one of the best camping trips I have been on.
Speaking of camping, I have recently expressed my interest in becoming a scout leader. The thing is, I really really want to do this but whenever I tell people I just get this look of "You're a weak bitch who is useless, as if you could do something as important as that". True, I may not know much about it, but I am just getting along so well with the kids and I want to be able to go on hikes and take some responsibility (and learn some really awesome knots along the way!). And yes, I am sometimes the pinnacle of uselessness, but I just want to learn to be... useful? That would be nice. I have my feelings that Jonathan isn't too happy about me wanting to be a leader, but you know.
It's something that I should go blabbing about, but I got a cupcake tattoo? That was quite fun, Rosco did a fabulous job on the colouring which I eventually got done after having just the stencil outline for aaages haha. There is just something so fascinating about tattooing. It is such a painful experience when you get it done in certain places like on the wrist and back etc, and yet it is addictive? The body makes for such an interesting canvas, you have all of these contours to deal with which can affect your desired artwork, and you put your trust in the hands of a complete stranger and just hope that they do their best on the job. It is such a shame that tattooing has these two extreme views within society: firstly, there's the attached reasons people originally got tattoos, you know with crime and everything. Then there's those bloody annoying little shits who are like "oohhh, I am so tough and cool because I got a tatt.". Why can't people just get them for the sake of trying out a new artform? Because people say that tattoos are a form of self-expression, but since when did getting a southern cross mean anything important? Like, "oh, I am going to be a patriotic little bastard and going to act all macho by getting this totally overused and generic symbol of aussie pride put somewhere retarded like on my neck so that I can show people that I really am a parrot in society and will do anything to look like a copying fat piece of lard". Far out. People see my tattoo and go "oh, what happened to it? It's like not coloured in properly". What the fuck. IT'S MEANT TO BE LIKE THAT, why don't you just think outside of your little sheltered box? Honestly I don't want to be another parrot of society, I just think that if my stencil can be placed on all forms of meduim, wouldn't my body ust be next in line? I don't need to be reminded that it is permanent, you know, perhaps that thought has crossed my mind? OF COURSE IT FUCKING HAS. Gee sometimes I act silly but I am not completely braindead. I have got ideas for more designs, but that is just a thought, I doubt it will happen in the near future. In fact, it won't. Tattoos are tragically expensive unless you have connections, even then they can still cost a fair bit. There are more important things to save up for such as hiking boots!
It's been a while since I have caught up with Caitlin and Kirsty, perhaps another restaurant adventure is in order?
Time to go and sleep, almost 11pm now. |
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[Dec. 15th, 2008|06:04 pm] |
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Fuck, printer ink is expensive! I forked out $100 yesterday to re-stock both printers in my room (that included $20 for bailey's chocolate), only to discover that I do not have the right thickness of paper I would like. I have come to the conclusion that I would attempt to design my own cards this year just for the hell of it.
Livejournal is a bloody awesome place to be able to whinge and vent and whatknot, but I honestly don't have much to complain about. Went to the circus last Thursaday with Hannah, it was so much fun. They had all sorts of acts like people on tissues and these really adorable dogs doing tricks and crazy people doing crazy things. The fog was so intense driving back home, it was remarkable :)
Been spending my weekdays and some nights working, which is good because I get such a kick out of putting money into my savings account. In a way, working is also a bad thing because it means less time for hanging out with people, particularly Jonathan. Last uni holidays I worked like once a week and then got to spend the rest of the time hanging out with people, and it was totally awesome just being able to stay out late a few nights a week and have a glass of alcohol without having to worry about uni or work.
Elise and I have been hanging out when we have time (a friend from band), we went and saw High School Musical 3 the other day and couldn't stop laughing at all of the dramatic happenings within the movie, and we decided that instead of buying popcorn for the movie we bought heaps of sushi. Good times :). And Jonathan is just so much fun to hang out with, too. It is quite common for us to end up buying food from Subway or noodle box and just sit in the car and talk for hours, or go to Kath's place and have a BBQ with her kids as well as Elise and Daniel. Sometime we'll even just end up on the Ikea website and remark over all of the shiney objects and furniture we like. We just seem to be both as insane as each other and just have the best time together. The other day we borrowed like over $20, 000 worth of visual and audio equipment for the Mountains Youth Band concert last Friday and spent the whole day mucking around with all of it and testing it, and then he was trying to convince me me that he needs to teach me how to cook and egg but I ever so subtly declined by attacking him. It's great to attacj him, because he has no hesitation in returning the favour :)
The other week I ended up in this horrid itchy rash all over my body and Jonathan told me to go to the doctor's, and I absolutely refused to go. I hate doctors, which is funny because one of my friends is a GP and isn't scary or intimidating at all. So yeah, I hadn't been to a doctor for like 10 years and Jonathan made an appointment and made me go, and I cried so much because I was scared hahahaha. Oh geez. It turns out my rash was an intense reaction from some chemical from work and so I have to take antihistamines which is great because I can kill two birds with one stone and they help control my hayfever so I don't have to go through a box of tissues twice a week. I feel like such a big girl now with my own medicare card haha.
Went to Potts Point the other week to get my hair dyed by Amanda, gosh she looks gorgeous with her haircut! She is really good at what she has learned so far, I am so happy for her! Can't wait until she gets to start cutting hair in her 2nd year so I can get mine done properly :) Speaking of which, I ever so subtly hope that Jonathan is going to take me out to get my hair cut properly, I am getting really tired of trying to cut my own hair and fucking it up every time. Same with my eyebrows: I am so sick of waxing them or plucking them only to end up hating it haha. I really want to have a girly day with someone, like just go out and get hair cut and possibly dyed, then getting a manicure and possibly get eyebrows waxed or something intense like that.
Haven't seen much of anyone from school, I would like to hang out with them more if they weren't so... repetitive? It seems that everytime they hang out, they always end up at McDonald's or doing something predictable like bowling or whatevs. Then there's that whole issue I have with particular people touching me. I adore hugs, but they just push the boundaries of physical contact that I appreciate. Then there is that issue of people having to compete against each other in any way possible. Who cares if you have the best car or earn the most money? Most people don't care. And those who do care only care so they they can outdo it. It's that constant dwelling in their same old problems that I am so sick of. If you are not happy with someone, why still keep yourself in an unhappy situation? It just makes no sense to me. Why do you think I hang out with totally different people as opposed to the same time last year? Because the people I hang out with just have a happy vibe, there is no competition for who is better. Better yet we always end up going to IGA and buying lots of really nice food and having a really mouthwatering BBQ and then have a bit to drink. We also help each other out in small ways, like taking turns to drive everybody if we go somewhere. A fortnight ago I was so depressed because my flute broke and it would cost me $700 to fix and it would be better off me buying a new one but I had no flute for about a week, so when I turned up to band with my broken flute Dan turns up with a flute from the achool band he co-ordinates and gives me a week loan of it. It's just small things like that that make hanging out with them so much more of a positive experience. Mind you, I do miss seeing school friends, because they were the people who I have spent my school days with for 5 or more years. But for me, I just yearn happiness, and that means seeing school friends every so often.
Speaking of happiness, I bought a new flute about a week and a bit ago. $1100 reduced from $1600. It's sterling silver and open hole, and it has this beautiful tone to it compared to the Yamaha models (mine is Jupiter). But it will only sound good if I practice heaps and be ablt to play it well haha. I am thinking of investing in getting lessons of this really really good flautist up in Faulconbridge who I clean for, but she is heaps expensive and I am just so addicted to saving money and sometimes get a little scared of spending large amounts of it on things that I am not too sure about. As for spending lots, I have found this piccolo that I really really want for just under $1000! Why do I want expensive toys, especially so close to Christmas and when the car rego and insurance is due? grr!
I love my car :) It is red :) Red cars are the best. Heck, I should just waste some more of my savings and buy a screen for the DVD player I already have in there. I would so do it if I could justify a really good reason for doing so. My car has been so good to me, I would be totally lost without it, I really have respect for those people who cannot drive and really have to put in the effort to get to places. I really am so lucky for having that car, I owe Holly's mum so much for going to all of that effort in getting it for me :)
My life would be so complete right now if I could remember where the fuck I put all of the Christmas wrapping paper and ribbons from last year. That and seeing some much missed friends soon, particularly Georgia and Kirsty. |
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[Sep. 22nd, 2008|09:32 pm] |
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Holy cheese. When was the last time I updated this thing? One day I log on only to discover that Jeska has deleted her livejournal! SHOCKHORROR I am going to go and have heart failure now, I loved reading her journal.
I have taken a liking to reading Danii's journal lately, she posts some pretty interesting events :P
Where to begin, where to begin.. Welll, I recieved a 17" iMac for my birthday, it's pretty slow but that's easily fixed. It's very adorable and nice to look at, wayyyy better than my old PC. One of these days I am going to have to figure out how to get the files off that computer and get them onto this one. Psht, it's never too late to procrastinate.
Been working at Kwik Kopy more again, it's fun working there and stapling books and laminating business cards. The other day I came home with a mock magazine, it was very cute and adorable and actually has a lot of nifty design ideas in terms of layout etc. We have a huge semester assignment for one of our subjects to make a mini-magazine (minimum of 20 pages) so we learn how to create something aesthetically pleasing as well as learn some new hardcore techniques for Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. I've been sometimes going to the graphic design studio in Brooklands and having a nice chat to all the designers there, they are rather funny people. Mark is just an adult trapped in a teenagers body, I swear it, because the amount of crazy stuff he gets up to really shocks me sometimes. But he's cool, he's a very, very good graphic designer.
Ok, this has been on my mind for quite some time, and I know it sounds very sad, but nowadays instead of hanging out with people and going out places, I tend to either work or stay at home and do uni work or occasionally go for a walk or something. Honestly I am socially RUINED. I go to band and hang out with band friends on the odd occasion, about once a week, but other than that I am seriously socially deprived but don't feel as if I am. Confusing much? Well, I see Jonathan less and less nowadays and it slightly depresses me, because we seem to be on the same wavelength: we don't make sense and yet we understand each other anyway, it's very interesting to see just how our minds think so similarly sometimes and yet so opposite in others. Best of all, he really does make me feel content and comfortable of who I am. I no longer come home from a day of work or uni in absolute tears about something, and if I am sad, he seems to know and calls me up and tries as hard as he can to see me to give me a hug and make things a bit better. I very much adore his personality, he truly is a caring and understanding person =)
Enough mushy teenage love. I spend too much time displaying it, let alone thinking about it or talking about it :P
Natasha's wedding is this Saturday, need to make a new dress. Or but one from vinnies or perhaps just wear an old one? Who knows.
Can't be fucked to update anymore. Maybe some other time when I am not feeling lazy.
Goodnight my darlings =) xoxo |
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[Jul. 9th, 2008|10:11 am] |
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This is the first morning in months that I have time to bum around and do nothing, so clearly this is the opportune moment to go on about crap on here.
SO I have been on UNI holidays for like the past month and a bit, and it has been so much fun. Haven't seen any of my UNI friends, which is a bit of a shame, but on the upside I have been hanging out a lot more with band friends. Elise and I went to Paramatta Westfields and had the best time shopping to death. The other day we went shopping again and I ended up buying this really expensive sleeping bag which is perfect for camping in winter [subtle hint - who wants to go camping?]
I did the Woodford to Glenbrook with Kelvin a few weekends ago which was the best 25kms I have ever ridden, mainly because the last third of it was downhill :). Better yet I came second in my division which was a bit of a shocker! Kelvin is a great guy. I am having a lot of fun trying to figure out who he would really click with girl-wise.
Did you know that I cannot whisper when I have been drinking? It's funny as. Well it is for me anyway. Haha I am so boring.
Hmmm, it is ever so strange that I just don't see school friends anymore. Like, I see some on the odd occasion (like Holly, Mat and Kirsty), but aside from that I have noticed that if anymore of us get together I just seem to get really depressed and leave early. Even at Talitha's little get together last weekend, I left early to go to another party like 2 suburbs away, but it took me almost an hour to get there because I kept on having to pull over from crying so much. Aren't school friends getting together meant to be a memorable moment in a good way? Even when we went to Panthers one Saturday night, I ended up getting Jonathan to come and pick me up because I was just not having fun and I was getting all depreseed and I cried for ages afterwards. Weird much?
I have slowly stopped working fo the cleaning company and have merged more into the world of Kwik Kopy. It's fun there, because people always make me tea and bring nice food and stuff, but the work is so repetative and I miss the stories the ladies at cleaning used to tell me. And Kwik Kopy involves a lot more work; I've been spending most days practicing on graphic designery skills in InDesign. Tra la la I have no life.
This winter has been such a bitch. It turns out that I have Raynaud's disease (and for some reason it is also known as a phenomenon?), and it is an absolute pain to do anything which involves my fingers being exposed to the cold. Take driving for instance. I have to wear fucking huge mittens to slow down the process of my fingers turning from white to blue. Fuck, I've even got it now and it is such a fucking INCONVENIENCE.
Going to Newtown Saturday night and then going back to Jonathan's for a sleepover. Elise and I find it very tempting to have a lot of grenadine and vodka which should be interesting :)
The amount of times that I have gone into IGA and haven't found Jeska is amazing. Is she still alive? I was in Maccas one time with Jonathan and I was talking about her to him saying "I haven't seen her for ages I am worried about her because she is obsessed with her weight and she's the skinniest little thing blah blah" and guess who I see walking down the road. Jeska! She looked kinda angry so I decided to let her be. Yes, I do miss a lot of people from school. Especially thse from engineering studies and maths.
I have the subtle feeling that I have turned into a bitch. |
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[Apr. 25th, 2008|10:34 pm] |
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I know wounds will never heal completely.
But if a master needs her chicken, she will always be there for her.
Always.
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[Apr. 2nd, 2008|10:22 pm] |
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I feel so heavy, so weighed down.
I know that what happened isn't really my fault, but why do I feel like it is? One's own death is their concern, it's not as if I pushed him literally. Perhaps I pushed him metophorically? It could be. He tried to tell me, but me being the stupid ignorant bitch I am, it just totally went over my head. I hear, but I do not listen. I see, but I do not watch. I am so caught up in my own stupid little world that I am completely oblivious to those important people around me.
The only thing I know is that I will ever know.
People say they love me, and yet at the same time they say that the only reason that I have friends is because they feel sorry for me that an important person in my life suddenly dissapeared.
Thankyou for being quick to judge, it really makes me feel so loved that I wish I were dead.
This whole stupid things has made me look back, I just cannot bear to look forward anymore. I hate it. I hate it so much. |
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[Jan. 23rd, 2008|04:35 pm] |
I can't be fucked to make proper posts anymore.
To Person 1;
I have no idea as to why you popped into me head first, but fuck you're annoying. Stop telling me about how unenthusiastic I am about getting into UNI and start figuring out what the fuck you want to do with your life, because all you seem to be doing at the moment is criticising everyone else but not yourself.
To Person 2;
As far as I can remember, I think you hang out with person 1 a lot, but their bad side is rubbing off onto you. I am not out to be anybody's favourite, I am out to get some money and make a life of my own. Maybe if you did that instead of leeching off other people you would get out and meet new people instead of thinking the world is out to get you.
To Person 3;
Your stories are the BEST, especially the kinky ones. Your smile is so contageous, I don't know what I'd do without you.
To Person 4;
You are so off with the fairies. Get out of your fictional little world and stop being the pain in the arse of a hypocrite you're becoming more of.
To Person 5;
There is just something about you that makes me edgy whenever your name is mentioned. I don't feel comfortable around you, and you know perfectly well why. I do make mistakes but not everything is my fault. Admit that you make mistakes, and I'll think highly of you, like I did a little while ago.
To Person 6;
Haha, you have always irritated me with your fake image and tone of arrogance. Some things never change, do they? Maybe one day you'll see. Actually, that reminds me. You did mature a bit, but not enough for everyone around you to establish.
To Person 7;
Thankyou for your honesty the other day, it really meant a lot to me. I feel bad though because I know now that I told you something which I didn't really want to tell you (even though it had to be said), we'll have a very weirded out friendship from now on because of the other person involved in that situation. I'm so sorry to put such a heavy weight on you too, because I can see your friendship with that other person stating to become a little rocky. I had to tell the truth, otherwise we'd end up in a worse state than we are in now. Oh, by the way, the other person doesn't know about the fact that I told you about what I know about them. They don't really care, plus I find it odd that they never told you the whole thing in the first place since I thought they would. They made me live such a double-life with you, it was cool and weird at the same time.
The other day, when we caught up out of the blue, I am secretly thankful you didn't become the person the other person wanted you to be. You are too radical to be true =)
To Person 8;
Yeah, you heard me. Stop confusing me with this whole fiasco with person 7!
To Person 9;
Oh God that was so fucking embarassing. That smile made me feel all better, even though I nearly knocked you down in your path. Next time I know you're around I promise I won't nearly hit your face with your screen door =). You're awfully charming.
To Person 10;
It was so awesome to see you the other day, totally by accident. You're heaps fun to hang around, you know? Rarely do you find someone who is so well mannered both in their sober and drunken stage. Brownie points to you!
Yep, that's about all I can be bothered to write. There were heaps of people who I wanted to write about, but I haven't really seen that many people lately. Well, I've seen people here and there, but whatever. You get the point.
ArtExpress comes out in NSW art gallery on 2nd of Feb if anybody wants to join me on an epic adventure via chinatown *coughJESKAcough*.
There is seriously nothing else to write about. I have been up to nothing interesting that is worth mentioning in here. The end.
Have fun guys! xoxo |
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