It's not the same.
Too long in the same place
I'm sinking into this town.
I've charmed the same old snakes
I think we gotta get out
Before I break away from me.
There's no one there.
Is that okay?
Friday, June 11, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Guten Tag, guten Tag, ich will mein Leben zurück!
Well I have calmed down a lot from that last post, and it's perhaps made me realise that my blog isn't private, and that I should realise that.
I always thought that I had realised that, and that I was cool with it. I figured that really only people who knew me would read my blog, because honestly, it's not that interesting, and it's surely really not interesting if you don't even know me. That said, I've read people's blogs not knowing them (eg Kim's, whom I only met a few months ago, or Briane's, whom I've never met), so perhaps I should have realised earlier that randoms will read my blog.
I remember a few years ago there were some terse words exchanged about the purpose of having a blog. I maintained that a blog did not need a purpose. To an extent I still agree, but I suppose I've given it some more thought than my depression-addled sixteen-year-old brain could.
What do I use my blog for?
Well, it's a space in which I can write. I enjoy writing, and it's somewhere I can write about what I want, when I want. There are no word limits or style rules. I can discuss what interests me, or what's going on in my life, or something completely irrelevant to anything. I can obsess over bands or review events. I can write about my life.
The last few years have been fairly up-and-down, as those who have been following me for the last five and a half years, or who have read far enough back, or who actually know me, would know. My blog has been somewhere that I've been able to express all of that. And in a way, I guess, to let people know what's going on with my life.
But is that a good thing? How much do we rely on the internet to keep us up to date with friends? I actually wrote about this on my professional portfolio that we were told to start in first year and then I never looked at after first semester... here is an excerpt from the post:
but then, how much do you actually know about someone, just by reading their blog? some people blog random thoughts - so you know the sort of thing they think about. some people blog their horrible, depressing lives - so you know they have horrible, depressing lives. some people blog when they're bored - so you only hear those thoughts.
taking this to a more personal level now, i blog about my life. that is the purpose of my blog. that is why it's called sez's life. my life. my blog. however, i also have a written journal, where my more personal thoughts go. [in fact, i just took a break to write in it then]. i've never given a single person my diary to read. i have read from it, i have posted on my blog from it, but it actually is my most presonal experiences, thoughts, wishes; i don't trust anyone with them. i'm sure that my blog reflects somewhat what i'm writing about - if i'm writing about happy things, chances are my blog will be happy too. if i'm having a horrible week, my blog is far more likely to be sombre and contain profanities.
So the question is; where is the line between too personal and okay to share on the internet?
I could make this blog private, available to only those whose email addresses I have authorised. But I don't want to do that. If I did that, I would know who could read my blog, and it would give them some sort of unfair advantage into knowing what's happening in my life. I would perhaps get to the point of writing quite personal things on here, forgetting, again, that even though only a select number of people could read it, that it's still on the internet.
But as I said, I don't want to do that. Certainly, those who read my blog now have this 'unfair advantage' but it's always a nice surprise when someone says 'oh yes, I read that on your blog'. Because I do like people reading this.
It's not like I post my full name and address on here. There isn't even a photo of me for pages and pages with which to identify who I am/ steal my identity. It's more of a thoughts and feelings blog.
A bit wishy-washy. But that's okay. It's allowed to be like that, because it's mine.
Sleep tight x
I always thought that I had realised that, and that I was cool with it. I figured that really only people who knew me would read my blog, because honestly, it's not that interesting, and it's surely really not interesting if you don't even know me. That said, I've read people's blogs not knowing them (eg Kim's, whom I only met a few months ago, or Briane's, whom I've never met), so perhaps I should have realised earlier that randoms will read my blog.
I remember a few years ago there were some terse words exchanged about the purpose of having a blog. I maintained that a blog did not need a purpose. To an extent I still agree, but I suppose I've given it some more thought than my depression-addled sixteen-year-old brain could.
What do I use my blog for?
Well, it's a space in which I can write. I enjoy writing, and it's somewhere I can write about what I want, when I want. There are no word limits or style rules. I can discuss what interests me, or what's going on in my life, or something completely irrelevant to anything. I can obsess over bands or review events. I can write about my life.
The last few years have been fairly up-and-down, as those who have been following me for the last five and a half years, or who have read far enough back, or who actually know me, would know. My blog has been somewhere that I've been able to express all of that. And in a way, I guess, to let people know what's going on with my life.
But is that a good thing? How much do we rely on the internet to keep us up to date with friends? I actually wrote about this on my professional portfolio that we were told to start in first year and then I never looked at after first semester... here is an excerpt from the post:
but then, how much do you actually know about someone, just by reading their blog? some people blog random thoughts - so you know the sort of thing they think about. some people blog their horrible, depressing lives - so you know they have horrible, depressing lives. some people blog when they're bored - so you only hear those thoughts.
taking this to a more personal level now, i blog about my life. that is the purpose of my blog. that is why it's called sez's life. my life. my blog. however, i also have a written journal, where my more personal thoughts go. [in fact, i just took a break to write in it then]. i've never given a single person my diary to read. i have read from it, i have posted on my blog from it, but it actually is my most presonal experiences, thoughts, wishes; i don't trust anyone with them. i'm sure that my blog reflects somewhat what i'm writing about - if i'm writing about happy things, chances are my blog will be happy too. if i'm having a horrible week, my blog is far more likely to be sombre and contain profanities.
So the question is; where is the line between too personal and okay to share on the internet?
I could make this blog private, available to only those whose email addresses I have authorised. But I don't want to do that. If I did that, I would know who could read my blog, and it would give them some sort of unfair advantage into knowing what's happening in my life. I would perhaps get to the point of writing quite personal things on here, forgetting, again, that even though only a select number of people could read it, that it's still on the internet.
But as I said, I don't want to do that. Certainly, those who read my blog now have this 'unfair advantage' but it's always a nice surprise when someone says 'oh yes, I read that on your blog'. Because I do like people reading this.
It's not like I post my full name and address on here. There isn't even a photo of me for pages and pages with which to identify who I am/ steal my identity. It's more of a thoughts and feelings blog.
A bit wishy-washy. But that's okay. It's allowed to be like that, because it's mine.
Sleep tight x
Sunday, June 06, 2010
wtf
So I'm just on my Google analytics page, looking at my visitor stats. Apparently I have one reader in France (?!), one in 'the Americas', 166 in Oceania (148 from Adelaide, 16 from Melb (????) and 2 from Sydney), and SIX from the United Arab Emirates.
Why. The. Face.
Okay, I'm pretty sure that's actually hits in the last month. Who on earth looked at my blog 16 times in the last month from Melbourne? :| and wow, my blog gets 150 hits a month from Adelaide?? Crazy.
So now I'm taking it back to the start of 2005 (as although my blog was created in September 2004, I had to delete it in about March 05 and start again because it was being really dumb and I think I messed up the html code... whoops), and looking at the analysis. This is very, very weird and interesting. So since then, I have had 14,511 visists. Broken down, that looks like:
13,629 from Oceania;
704 from the Americas;
96 from Europe;
55 from Asia;
26 from "not set";
1 from Africa.
So working clockwise:
OCEANIA:
Australia:
1 from Karratha (?);
2 from Perth;
3 from Port Lincoln (?);
11 from Gawler;
4169 from Adelaide;
1 from Mt Gambier (?);
1 from Warrnambool (?);
1 from Ballarat (?);
13 from Geelong;
29 from Melbourne;
4 from Cranbourne (I don't even know where Cranbourne IS?);
57 from Traralgon (I didn't even know there was a place called Traralgon..);
14 from Canberra;
127 from Sydney (semi-?);
1 from Richmond;
1 from Newcastle (and I assume, Ben, that you've looked at my blog more than once, but there's no way that I could have had 4000 different people from Adelaide look at my blog... curious);
2 from Pt Macquarie;
8 from Warwick (?!);
1 from Gold Coast (?!);
5 from Caboolture (?!).
Uh, so the fact that I haven't even HEARD of half these places...
Okay, so I clicked on Adelaide, and it said 11,615 visits. As opposed to the 4169 visits it says at country level. So confused.
ASIA:
United Arab Emirates: 19
Iran: 1
India: 1
China: 1
Japan: 3
Singapore: 21
Philippines: 5
Vietnam: 1
AFRICA:
South Africa: 1
EUROPE:
Russia: 3
Romania: 2
Belarus: 1
Czech Republic: 1
United Kingdom: 27
Sweden: 4
Denmark: 2
Latvia: 1
Finland: 1
Germany: 36
Netherlands: 6
France: 5
SOUTH AMERICA:
Brazil: 3
NORTH AMERICA:
USA: 654
Canada: 47
UAE:
17 from Dubai;
2 from Abu Dhabi.
IRAN:
1 from Tabriz.
INDIA:
1 from Coimbatore.
CHINA:
1 from Urumqi.
JAPAN:
1 from Tokyo;
1 from Himeji;
1 from Edogawa.
SINGAPORE:
Singapore: 19
"not set": 2
PHILIPPINES:
Makati: 4
Batangas: 1
Mandaluyong: 1
Manila: 1
VIETNAM:
Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh: 1
SOUTH AFRICA:
Centurion: 1
RUSSIA:
Moscow: 3
ROMANIA:
Bucharest: 1
Hunedoara: 1
BELARUS:
Minsk: 1
CZECH REPBULIC:
Prague: 1 (maybe Chuck Bass reads my blog? OR THE THIEF
UK:
Manchester: 6 (I understand that one)
London: 9
Wembley: 2
Walsall: 2
Ashford: 1
Croyden: 1
Edinburgh: 1
Oxford: 1
Poplar: 1
SWEDEN:
Uppsala: 2 (Lucy? I didn't even know she read my blog..?)
Sollentuna: 2 (lol what a name)
DENMARK:
Roskilde: 1
LATVIA:
Riga: 1
FINLAND:
Helsinki: 1
GERMANY:
Heidelberg: 22
Hamburg: 3
Mannheim: 2
Berlin: 2
Munich: 2
Waiblingen: 1
Schwetzingen: 1
Lubeck: 1
Ulm: 1
Speyer: 1
NETHERLANDS:
Nijmegan: 1
Borne: 1
Ammerzoden: 1
s Gravenhage: 1 (den Haag)
Huissen: 2
FRANCE:
Paris: 2
Lyon: 1
Sallanches: 1
BRAZIL:
Campinas: 2
Goiania: 1
USA:
2 from Bellevue, Washington;
34 from Los Angeles, California;
5 from Rancho Santa Margarita, California;
3 from Mountain View, California;
2 from San Francisco, California;
1 from Piedmont, California;
1 from Sacremento, California;
1 from Tuscon, Arizona;
1 from Beaumont, Texas;
1 from Addison, Texas;
1 from Rockwall, Texas;
1 from Galena Park, Texas;
1 from Miami, Florida;
3 from Pawleys Island, South Carolina;
3 from Charleston, South Carolina;
1 from Florence, South Carolina;
36 from Rocky Mount, North Carolina;
15 from Wendell, North Carolina;
6 from Selma, North Carolina;
6 from Raleigh, North Carolina;
5 from Garner, North Carolina;
3 from Fuquay Varina, North Carolina;
1 from Chapel Hill, North Carolina;
1 from Clayton, North Carolina;
2 from Ft Myer, Virginia;
1 from Williamsburg, Virginia;
3 from Prince Frederick, Maryland;
2 from St Leonard, Maryland;
1 from Millersville, Maryland;
1 from Huntingtown, Maryland;
1 from Weehawken, New Jersey;
2 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
1 from Homestead, Pennsylvania;
1 from York, Pennsylvania;
2 from Boston, Massachusetts;
1 from Marlborough, Massachusetts;
36 from Rochester, New York;
2 from New York, New York;
1 from Astoria, New York;
1 from Delphos, Ohio;
1 from Washtenaw County, Michigan;
1 from St Louis, Missouri;
3 from Chicago, Illinois;
3 from Lena, Illinois;
2 from Glen Ellyn, Illinois;
2 from Itasca, Illinois;
1 from Lisle, Champaign, Medinah, Elk Grove Village (?!), Wheaton, Illinois;
175 from Madison, Wisconsin (who the HECK lives there?!);
159 from Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and there?!);
38 from Elm Grove;
26 from Johnson Creek;
21 from Cambridge;
12 from Brookfield;
10 from Lake Mills;
1 from Marinette, Wisconsin.
CANADA:
26 from Toronto;
8 from Montreal;
7 from Outremont;
1 from North Vancouver;
1 from Windsor;
1 from Mont-Royal;
1 from Pickering;
1 from Victoria;
1 from Edmonton.
So I doubt anyone actually read any of those numbers but I hope you did because they took me a LONG time to type out (and type them out I did). It's pretty scary. There are a few countries I'm okay with: Australia, Germany, Canada, USA, Netherlands & UK to an extent, but there are a LOT in there that have got a bit of a wtf reaction from me. I know that a lot of them probably came from those clicking 'next blog' (does that button even exist anymore?) but nevertheless, it's a bit weird. Unfortunately, there's no way to make my blog any more private, except to make it only available to those whose emails I've allowed, and I don't really want to do that.
But I'd like to know: who is reading my blog from the UAE? 6 hits in the last month?
THIS is why I like people to leave comments!
Why. The. Face.
Okay, I'm pretty sure that's actually hits in the last month. Who on earth looked at my blog 16 times in the last month from Melbourne? :| and wow, my blog gets 150 hits a month from Adelaide?? Crazy.
So now I'm taking it back to the start of 2005 (as although my blog was created in September 2004, I had to delete it in about March 05 and start again because it was being really dumb and I think I messed up the html code... whoops), and looking at the analysis. This is very, very weird and interesting. So since then, I have had 14,511 visists. Broken down, that looks like:
13,629 from Oceania;
704 from the Americas;
96 from Europe;
55 from Asia;
26 from "not set";
1 from Africa.
So working clockwise:
OCEANIA:
Australia:
1 from Karratha (?);
2 from Perth;
3 from Port Lincoln (?);
11 from Gawler;
4169 from Adelaide;
1 from Mt Gambier (?);
1 from Warrnambool (?);
1 from Ballarat (?);
13 from Geelong;
29 from Melbourne;
4 from Cranbourne (I don't even know where Cranbourne IS?);
57 from Traralgon (I didn't even know there was a place called Traralgon..);
14 from Canberra;
127 from Sydney (semi-?);
1 from Richmond;
1 from Newcastle (and I assume, Ben, that you've looked at my blog more than once, but there's no way that I could have had 4000 different people from Adelaide look at my blog... curious);
2 from Pt Macquarie;
8 from Warwick (?!);
1 from Gold Coast (?!);
5 from Caboolture (?!).
Uh, so the fact that I haven't even HEARD of half these places...
Okay, so I clicked on Adelaide, and it said 11,615 visits. As opposed to the 4169 visits it says at country level. So confused.
ASIA:
United Arab Emirates: 19
Iran: 1
India: 1
China: 1
Japan: 3
Singapore: 21
Philippines: 5
Vietnam: 1
AFRICA:
South Africa: 1
EUROPE:
Russia: 3
Romania: 2
Belarus: 1
Czech Republic: 1
United Kingdom: 27
Sweden: 4
Denmark: 2
Latvia: 1
Finland: 1
Germany: 36
Netherlands: 6
France: 5
SOUTH AMERICA:
Brazil: 3
NORTH AMERICA:
USA: 654
Canada: 47
UAE:
17 from Dubai;
2 from Abu Dhabi.
IRAN:
1 from Tabriz.
INDIA:
1 from Coimbatore.
CHINA:
1 from Urumqi.
JAPAN:
1 from Tokyo;
1 from Himeji;
1 from Edogawa.
SINGAPORE:
Singapore: 19
"not set": 2
PHILIPPINES:
Makati: 4
Batangas: 1
Mandaluyong: 1
Manila: 1
VIETNAM:
Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh: 1
SOUTH AFRICA:
Centurion: 1
RUSSIA:
Moscow: 3
ROMANIA:
Bucharest: 1
Hunedoara: 1
BELARUS:
Minsk: 1
CZECH REPBULIC:
Prague: 1 (maybe Chuck Bass reads my blog? OR THE THIEF
UK:
Manchester: 6 (I understand that one)
London: 9
Wembley: 2
Walsall: 2
Ashford: 1
Croyden: 1
Edinburgh: 1
Oxford: 1
Poplar: 1
SWEDEN:
Uppsala: 2 (Lucy? I didn't even know she read my blog..?)
Sollentuna: 2 (lol what a name)
DENMARK:
Roskilde: 1
LATVIA:
Riga: 1
FINLAND:
Helsinki: 1
GERMANY:
Heidelberg: 22
Hamburg: 3
Mannheim: 2
Berlin: 2
Munich: 2
Waiblingen: 1
Schwetzingen: 1
Lubeck: 1
Ulm: 1
Speyer: 1
NETHERLANDS:
Nijmegan: 1
Borne: 1
Ammerzoden: 1
s Gravenhage: 1 (den Haag)
Huissen: 2
FRANCE:
Paris: 2
Lyon: 1
Sallanches: 1
BRAZIL:
Campinas: 2
Goiania: 1
USA:
2 from Bellevue, Washington;
34 from Los Angeles, California;
5 from Rancho Santa Margarita, California;
3 from Mountain View, California;
2 from San Francisco, California;
1 from Piedmont, California;
1 from Sacremento, California;
1 from Tuscon, Arizona;
1 from Beaumont, Texas;
1 from Addison, Texas;
1 from Rockwall, Texas;
1 from Galena Park, Texas;
1 from Miami, Florida;
3 from Pawleys Island, South Carolina;
3 from Charleston, South Carolina;
1 from Florence, South Carolina;
36 from Rocky Mount, North Carolina;
15 from Wendell, North Carolina;
6 from Selma, North Carolina;
6 from Raleigh, North Carolina;
5 from Garner, North Carolina;
3 from Fuquay Varina, North Carolina;
1 from Chapel Hill, North Carolina;
1 from Clayton, North Carolina;
2 from Ft Myer, Virginia;
1 from Williamsburg, Virginia;
3 from Prince Frederick, Maryland;
2 from St Leonard, Maryland;
1 from Millersville, Maryland;
1 from Huntingtown, Maryland;
1 from Weehawken, New Jersey;
2 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
1 from Homestead, Pennsylvania;
1 from York, Pennsylvania;
2 from Boston, Massachusetts;
1 from Marlborough, Massachusetts;
36 from Rochester, New York;
2 from New York, New York;
1 from Astoria, New York;
1 from Delphos, Ohio;
1 from Washtenaw County, Michigan;
1 from St Louis, Missouri;
3 from Chicago, Illinois;
3 from Lena, Illinois;
2 from Glen Ellyn, Illinois;
2 from Itasca, Illinois;
1 from Lisle, Champaign, Medinah, Elk Grove Village (?!), Wheaton, Illinois;
175 from Madison, Wisconsin (who the HECK lives there?!);
159 from Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and there?!);
38 from Elm Grove;
26 from Johnson Creek;
21 from Cambridge;
12 from Brookfield;
10 from Lake Mills;
1 from Marinette, Wisconsin.
CANADA:
26 from Toronto;
8 from Montreal;
7 from Outremont;
1 from North Vancouver;
1 from Windsor;
1 from Mont-Royal;
1 from Pickering;
1 from Victoria;
1 from Edmonton.
So I doubt anyone actually read any of those numbers but I hope you did because they took me a LONG time to type out (and type them out I did). It's pretty scary. There are a few countries I'm okay with: Australia, Germany, Canada, USA, Netherlands & UK to an extent, but there are a LOT in there that have got a bit of a wtf reaction from me. I know that a lot of them probably came from those clicking 'next blog' (does that button even exist anymore?) but nevertheless, it's a bit weird. Unfortunately, there's no way to make my blog any more private, except to make it only available to those whose emails I've allowed, and I don't really want to do that.
But I'd like to know: who is reading my blog from the UAE? 6 hits in the last month?
THIS is why I like people to leave comments!
Random thoughts of people our age
I laughed at all of these. They're so good, even though some of them are geared towards the US...
(Thanks Simon for linking me)
1. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
2. More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.
3. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
4. I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they've invented the lighter?
5. Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.
6. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
7. The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. This recently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never be ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again.
8. Do you remember when you were a kid playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.
9. There is a great need for sarcasm font.
10. Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the fck was going on when I first saw it.
11. I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.
12. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
13. I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
14. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
15. The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.
16. A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.
17. Was learning cursive really necessary?
18. Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".
19. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
20. Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.
21. Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".
22. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
23. Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)...ummm...Goonies"
24. What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?
25. While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
26. MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
27. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
28. I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.
29. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
30. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
31. Bad decisions make good stories
32. Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!
33. Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?
34. If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.
35. Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....
36. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
37. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.
38. There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to fall after leaning your chair back a little too far.
39. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
40. I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
41. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
42. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
43. When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.
44. I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
45. Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...
46. As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
47. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
48. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
49. I think that if, years down the road when I'm trying to have a kid, I find out that I'm sterile, most of my disappointment will stem from the fact that I was not aware of my condition in college.
50. Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.
51. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...
52. It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.
53. I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.
54. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than with Kay.
55. The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimate d that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before dinner.
(Thanks Simon for linking me)
1. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
2. More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.
3. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
4. I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they've invented the lighter?
5. Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.
6. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
7. The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. This recently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never be ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again.
8. Do you remember when you were a kid playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.
9. There is a great need for sarcasm font.
10. Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the fck was going on when I first saw it.
11. I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.
12. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
13. I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
14. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
15. The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.
16. A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.
17. Was learning cursive really necessary?
18. Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".
19. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
20. Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.
21. Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".
22. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
23. Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)...ummm...Goonies"
24. What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?
25. While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
26. MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
27. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
28. I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.
29. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
30. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
31. Bad decisions make good stories
32. Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!
33. Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?
34. If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.
35. Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....
36. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
37. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.
38. There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to fall after leaning your chair back a little too far.
39. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
40. I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
41. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
42. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
43. When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.
44. I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
45. Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...
46. As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
47. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
48. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
49. I think that if, years down the road when I'm trying to have a kid, I find out that I'm sterile, most of my disappointment will stem from the fact that I was not aware of my condition in college.
50. Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.
51. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...
52. It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.
53. I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.
54. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than with Kay.
55. The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimate d that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before dinner.
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Plam juice and "Amber": an Adelaidian's brief journey to Sydney
Did you know that New Found Glory have a song called Radio Adelaide? Well, they do. Amazing.
On Wednesday evening I returned from the fine city of Sydney where I had spent five days with Caity. It was lots of fun :D
I have a lot of things to say, and the fact that I've written PLAM JUICE!!! on my list twice perhaps shows that I should start with that. Also that makes sense chronologically. On Saturday morning I left Adelaide. On the way over, I accepted chocoloate from the woman sitting next to me. Once I had landed, I trundled over to the bus stop (following the vague signs) and waited. And waited. And waited some more. There were a few other people waiting, including a couple whom I think were German because they occasionally spoke auf Deutsch but mostly auf Englisch. Anyway, the wife offered around a bag of sweeties, so I took my second lot of candy from a stranger. It was great. FINALLY a bus came (after about an hour. There should have been two others in that time) and I somehow managed to get off at the right stop and find NIDA. Walked inside and felt SO out of place! (funny that :P) But then Caity came out and met me and it was all wonderful :)
I got directions to her house and a key, and off I went with my bag and my hat (okay... no hat) and climbed the hill of death and doom and exhaustion, and went and invaded her house. After hanging out there for a while, reading Pride & Prejudice on the couch, meeting one of Caity's housemates, Kate, I went and met C for dinner. We went to a Thai place, I had pad thai and Caity had "the one with lots of broccoli". We also perused the drinks list, and about four down was 'PLAM JUICE'. We had a long and in depth discussion about whether this was plum juice or palm juice, and how one would juice a palm if it was indeed palm juice, but eventually decided that we would never know the secret of the plam juice.
Then the people at the table next to us ordered. The man ordered plam juice. (Actually he ordered palm juice). We LOST it and laughed for ages. It was awesome. After dinner we went back to NIDA so that Caity could curtain call for her amazing costume supervisoring (and purple suit), then we had (flat) champagne in the foyer with the NIDA audience who just watched it. We then accompanied some people to the pub, spent some time there, then came home again.
On Sunday morning we (Caity, Kate and I) went to Coogee for brunch. It was delicious. I don't think I've ever been out for brunch before, and I felt quite grown-up. But seriously. True story. After brunch, Caity and I went shoe-shopping (and I found a pair of boots!! :D) and also shopping for presents for some of the crew. Borders had an awesome sale! And I FINALLY found 1984. Hooray! That night we stayed in, made pasta for dinner, watched Pretty Woman and drank a bottle of wine. We ventured out one glass in, in our pjs, because the disc was so scratched that it kept stopping and skipping and being stupid. So we returned the disc and borrowed another from a different store. People gave us weird looks. :D
Monday, Caity had to do NIDA things so I went off into the city. I happened to be wandering around the CBD at lunch time... which meant lots of nice-looking men in suits. DROOL. And I would like to say at this juncture that guys in Sydney are hotter than the ones here. Just sayin'.
Monday night was opening night of Assassins, so we went to see that... and the costumes (esp the purple suit!) were AMAZING. Go Caity :) afterwards we had drinks in the foyer and then went to the pub for moar drinks. And pool. We also got dripped on by the umbrella. So moved inside.
Anyway, Tuesday we went to Manly, Wednesday we went shopping and to Bondi, and then I came home.
It was pretty awesome to see the innards of NIDA, where Caity's spend the last two and a half years. I got to see lots of things, and even got to go to the dressing rooms (to drop off white stockings) :O pretty exciting. But seriously. Very cool. It was really weird, though, to be around people who know what they want to do with their lives. I mean, they're studying quite specific things, very practical things, as opposed to the Arts students I'm surrounded by who are all a bit like uhhhh.... ummmm.... hmmmmmm.... maybe... uhhh.... oooh beer! These people are like *sew design sew* oooh beer! :P
Anyway this blog is all over the place. In my mind when I was planning this post it was much more succinct and purposeful... didn't quite work out.
So now I am going to shower (I realise it's 4pm), bring in my washing (if it's dry, given it's been raining), sew some more, and perhaps read. I'm definitely interested in Linguistics, at least I know that. Yay!
On Wednesday evening I returned from the fine city of Sydney where I had spent five days with Caity. It was lots of fun :D
I have a lot of things to say, and the fact that I've written PLAM JUICE!!! on my list twice perhaps shows that I should start with that. Also that makes sense chronologically. On Saturday morning I left Adelaide. On the way over, I accepted chocoloate from the woman sitting next to me. Once I had landed, I trundled over to the bus stop (following the vague signs) and waited. And waited. And waited some more. There were a few other people waiting, including a couple whom I think were German because they occasionally spoke auf Deutsch but mostly auf Englisch. Anyway, the wife offered around a bag of sweeties, so I took my second lot of candy from a stranger. It was great. FINALLY a bus came (after about an hour. There should have been two others in that time) and I somehow managed to get off at the right stop and find NIDA. Walked inside and felt SO out of place! (funny that :P) But then Caity came out and met me and it was all wonderful :)
I got directions to her house and a key, and off I went with my bag and my hat (okay... no hat) and climbed the hill of death and doom and exhaustion, and went and invaded her house. After hanging out there for a while, reading Pride & Prejudice on the couch, meeting one of Caity's housemates, Kate, I went and met C for dinner. We went to a Thai place, I had pad thai and Caity had "the one with lots of broccoli". We also perused the drinks list, and about four down was 'PLAM JUICE'. We had a long and in depth discussion about whether this was plum juice or palm juice, and how one would juice a palm if it was indeed palm juice, but eventually decided that we would never know the secret of the plam juice.
Then the people at the table next to us ordered. The man ordered plam juice. (Actually he ordered palm juice). We LOST it and laughed for ages. It was awesome. After dinner we went back to NIDA so that Caity could curtain call for her amazing costume supervisoring (and purple suit), then we had (flat) champagne in the foyer with the NIDA audience who just watched it. We then accompanied some people to the pub, spent some time there, then came home again.
On Sunday morning we (Caity, Kate and I) went to Coogee for brunch. It was delicious. I don't think I've ever been out for brunch before, and I felt quite grown-up. But seriously. True story. After brunch, Caity and I went shoe-shopping (and I found a pair of boots!! :D) and also shopping for presents for some of the crew. Borders had an awesome sale! And I FINALLY found 1984. Hooray! That night we stayed in, made pasta for dinner, watched Pretty Woman and drank a bottle of wine. We ventured out one glass in, in our pjs, because the disc was so scratched that it kept stopping and skipping and being stupid. So we returned the disc and borrowed another from a different store. People gave us weird looks. :D
Monday, Caity had to do NIDA things so I went off into the city. I happened to be wandering around the CBD at lunch time... which meant lots of nice-looking men in suits. DROOL. And I would like to say at this juncture that guys in Sydney are hotter than the ones here. Just sayin'.
Monday night was opening night of Assassins, so we went to see that... and the costumes (esp the purple suit!) were AMAZING. Go Caity :) afterwards we had drinks in the foyer and then went to the pub for moar drinks. And pool. We also got dripped on by the umbrella. So moved inside.
Anyway, Tuesday we went to Manly, Wednesday we went shopping and to Bondi, and then I came home.
It was pretty awesome to see the innards of NIDA, where Caity's spend the last two and a half years. I got to see lots of things, and even got to go to the dressing rooms (to drop off white stockings) :O pretty exciting. But seriously. Very cool. It was really weird, though, to be around people who know what they want to do with their lives. I mean, they're studying quite specific things, very practical things, as opposed to the Arts students I'm surrounded by who are all a bit like uhhhh.... ummmm.... hmmmmmm.... maybe... uhhh.... oooh beer! These people are like *sew design sew* oooh beer! :P
Anyway this blog is all over the place. In my mind when I was planning this post it was much more succinct and purposeful... didn't quite work out.
So now I am going to shower (I realise it's 4pm), bring in my washing (if it's dry, given it's been raining), sew some more, and perhaps read. I'm definitely interested in Linguistics, at least I know that. Yay!
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