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An Explanation

So…I still exist.

It turns out that working almost full-time while being a full-time student and having all my assignments due at the peak of this busy period is not conducive to having any sort of “life”. Having one day off in seven weeks and being busy with aforementioned work/uni/etc. all day and well into the night every single day is just exhausting. And wearing shoes for all that time gets painful.

But anyway, as a lot of you (if I do, in fact, still have readers?) know already, I lost my job amidst of all this (for reasons not of my own doing, in case that’s how it sounds..!). Which means I now have available this mystical thing known as ~the weekend~.1

And I’m pretty sure I’ve been aloof around my university friends (disgregard friends; acquire grades2). But that can now stop, I suppose. I “celebrated” finishing my assignments by seeing a show for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with Lucy. Long story short, this happened to my arm, and fun times were had.

  1. With which to catch up on all the schoolwork I’m behind in. Which is a lot. Argh!
  2. Except not really…my grades may well be screwed.

May 2nd, 2011 · Daily Life, Money and Work · 1 Comment »

The Week I Learnt What "Busy" Means

Wow, so when you only have one day off in a week, you get insanely excited over it!

Working 28 hours, attending university, and having an assignment due, is totally not conducive to my lazy Arts student lifestyle! Today, in particular, was a mess. Uni from 8am-4pm1; work from 5.30-10.15pm. Further, with my resolution to stop spending so much on lunch, I got very hungry, which seems to make my face fairly pale by the end of the day. That, of course, is completely fine — I like pale skin!

Also! I was running on only four hours sleep2, on account of working the previous night, and then having to stay up to finish a lab report introduction I had due at today at 8am in my lab. Upon proofreading it this morning, I realised I spent too much time plugging my awesome research proposal, and not enough time reviewing the literature. Alas.

But in the end, I’ll finish the week $450 richer, so it’s not a complete loss. Also note that I don’t usually work this much, although I’ll now have increased hours at work for at least a couple of weeks.

Anyway, I think this entry was rather boring. Hey, they can’t all be winners! Tomorrow, I resolve to spend the entire day in bed and/or staring at screens. People keep telling me to watch Glee. Until a few days ago, I had no desire to see it, but now, all of a sudden, I have the urge. That happens to me, sometimes; I don’t know why. I grabbed the extended pilot from work this evening, and am going to give it a chance.

  1. Although I did have two hours of break, in which I spammed Twitter for the second time today. And by “spammed Twitter”, I mean “tweeted twelve times in one day, which is probably a record for me, though nothing compared to what others are capable of”
  2. I almost always get eight. I need eight. A full night’s sleep is one of my greatest pleasures. I don’t see how some people can stay up all night, every night!

April 16th, 2010 · Daily Life, Money and Work, University and Study · 13 Comments »

The Day I Saw People I Didn't Know I'd Ever See Again

Well, this isn’t going well. No new blog entry in eleven days? Hmm.

So! I’m going to post an excerpt of something I posted on LiveJournal this morning. Hey, the LJ entry was almost 600 words, which is a lot more effort than I usually put in1, so I felt I should share. Plus it’s too hot to write two original posts in one day!

I went to a farewell party for R, a friend from high school who’s moving to Canberra to attend the ANU. Here, I saw about forty people from high school who I hadn’t seen since I left (over a year ago), including a bunch of squealing bitches I thought I’d got away from. But also, some cool people who I actually liked.

No-one from high school has really changed. Those who had no job then, don’t have one now, and those who didn’t even have their Learner’s Permit? Still don’t. It’s kind of disappointing — for me, people who actually bother with getting ~*Life Skills*~ are way attractive. People with no ambition, less so.

I’ve never really missed high school, nor the people there, despite the fact that the only people I interact with from it are those who I see at uni, or have seen once or twice at a birthday party or on the train (such as R, who works at Officeworks not too far from my uni). From what I can tell from invitation lists on Facebook, they haven’t really made many new friends either. I guess I’m different in that my group of friends seems to get recycled every few years. It’s an organic process, though — I’m not all “you guys are totally boring now. I’m making new friends” — it just happens, apart from a select few who stick around. I think for once in my life, I’m actually satisfied with all the friends I’ve made through uni, work, online endeavours, etc., though.

  1. I generally cap these blog entries at around 350 words, but my LJ entries are usually much shorter.

February 9th, 2010 · Daily Life, Thoughts · 6 Comments »

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