Sunday, May 17, 2009
For Granted
Why is it that people nowadays simply take for granted the incredible awesomeness of technology?
For example, I have no idea how iPhones and iPod touches manage to incorporate a pressure recognition system thing while at the same time, display images 50 billion times better quality than my plasma TV. In fact, I couldn't explain to you any kind of screen display, or memory, or audio output. But despite all this, I simply take it as it comes, without question but with 'meh', accepting that maybe I'll just never know.
Five years ago, if you were to have handed me a touchscreen piece of technology that was quite readily mass distributed to the entire world (ie. Hello, Apple) - at 9 years old and easily amused, I would've yelled "Magick!", with a 'k', and quickly burned you at the stake.
Nowadays we justify technology based on the fact that we're pretty sure someone somewhere out there can explain it, therefore it isn't an amazing feat of bejebus and his miracles, but perhaps, that of Dumbledore instead.
Labels: bejebus, fall, miracles, scooters, technology, vacation, your mum
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Things Fall Into Place.
Wow.
Now that I "stand outside" and have a look at my life now, I have to admit things really could not have worked out better for me and my friends.
I'm really glad I left my previous school. There are so many nice things that wouldn't have happened if I didn't; I wouldn't be in QYO, I certainly wouldn't be going out with (lets say 'Voldemort' for the purposes of this blog) Voldemort, Angie wouldn't have the friends she has now, Angie wouldn't be in the situation she's in now (xD), not to mention some really cool/nerdy/athsma-inducing people I've met over the past 2 months. Oh right, and the educational opportunities. I can never seem to remember that. I still get to go to Europe, I still get to visit JPC every week, which is strangely, even though it's the school I'm happy to have left, also one of the best parts of life at the moment as well.
Let me just take this opportunity to say that "I wouldn't be going out with Voldemort" is possibly the coolest thing written on the internet, ever.
So right now, there are four main "groups" of people in my life right now:
- Best friend. I never get to see you though, which is weird how this is all working out.
- Voldemort and Friend, 'cause Friend's pretty cool as well :)
- the class time boys - funniest group of kids ever. They always have me rolling on the floor in every class, whether it's because of their ability to pull of 'your mum' and 'that's what she said' jokes, or because they've drugged me. Either way it's quite enjoyable.
- the lunch time girls and co. - Not so funny but a great bunch of people to pass time with xD
It's in order of importance, I guess. Or maybe in order of how happy they make me. I don't know. I hate deeming the importance of people, although at the same time I would never say that they're equal. In a strange way, that would just be unfair.
I guess this blog entry was really for my own purposes. Like a little snap shot of what I love about life right now. If this were lj, I'd turn off the comments and lock this post, but it's not so feel free to read and comment xD.
P.S.: Being home alone and blasting 'The Downeaster "Alexa"' through my speakers makes me very, very happy. At the moment, Storm Front would have to be my favourite albums, although my least favourite song. But, Sting and Anne Murray are so good right now. Queen is still brilliant, and Billy Joel doesn't even need to be mentioned. Except for the fact that I already have. Rahhhh! I love my music.
Labels: (y), fall, happy, life, lolz, people, QASMT is funzles :DD, scooters, vacation, your mum
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
Useless Ad on TeeFow/Fernsehen.
There's this ad on TV at the moment, advertising those metal screens you can get for your windows and doors. See that wouldn't be a problem at all, except for the fact their main selling point is that it "keeps the outside, outside." What it means is, say, if you have an abitrary tree branch that just happens to be growing on the side of house, and the breeze quite annoyingly makes the branch continually knock against the side of your door, you should buy their screens because they keep the branch out of your home.
NO. IT DOES NOT WORK LIKE THAT.
If a branch is constantly hitting your door and it annoys you, YOU DON'T BUY A FREAKING SCREEN to "keep it out". You freaking CUT IT DOWN.
Ugh.
Labels: ciiio.com, fall, metal screen, scooters, tv, vacation, wahwahwah
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Monday, April 6, 2009
Sheeeeep
wooooooots.
So I got most of my results back - an A for every single one of my exams apart from German, but seriously, come on.
*schnapschnaps*
So anyway, I was having an annoying bout of insomnia last night (it's becoming quite rare nowadays [I was staying up later than I should have though]), but it eventually became so much of an arse that I decided to count sheep. Now, usually I would just count numbers (eg. 1, 2, 3... without "visual aids", per say), but I had never actually counted sheep. The "daydream" was in colour (surprising, only in primary colours, green and brown), and I was imagining the sheep bouncing in from the outside of a fenced area as I counted. Why the sheep willingly jumped from freedom into my cage of mental torture, I would have no idea why. Anyway, what worried my most about my technique of sleep-inducing, was when I got to certain numbers, I began to physically (well, as much as possible in a imagination) *factorise* the number of sheep.
For example - the number 20 would look like 5 groups of sheep in which they then divided themselves into the only possible prime number, 2. Of course, some numbers were more complex, but I really can't be bothered to relive MY WAKING NIGHTMARE.
God it was horrible. I think it I uncosciously began doing that because I became frustrated with the fact that I couldn't possibly visualise 20 sheep, randomly scattered, without being able to keep track of each one and doubting my counting abilities. It's a scary prospect, huh? I know how you feel.
Counting sheep? Never again.
Labels: chapter 8, counting sheep, factorisation, fall, scooters, shaun the sheep, vacation
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
The Rainbow Connection
Dear Blogary,
This morning, I woke up and turned on the TV. On it, was the most beautiful song ever.
The Rainbow Connection - It was originally sung by 'kermit the frog' in the opening to the muppet show, but the video of it is not anywhere to be found on the internet.
Some people have done really nice covers of it - I know of Sarah McLachlan's (I think her's is my favourite), Jason Mraz's (it's actually pretty decent. He's put in a bit of his own style, and it's quite within reason too), The Carpenters', whom I love dearly, The Dixie Chicks, and just other tidbit people who've done pretty great jobs of it too.
I WANT THE ORIGINAL.
TO THE CORPRATE COMPANIES - A DEAD MAN (Jim Henson - sorry, Jim) WON'T EARN ANY MONEY. oh right, but you will, you selfish bastards. LET US LISTEN TO A GREAT SONG FOR FREE. j
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection. The lovers, the dreamers and me...
Labels: fall, frog, jim henson, kermit, rainbow connection, scooters, vacation
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
With or Without You.
Do any of you ever ponder about the people you thought you'd die without, yet you live your life everday as if they may as well never have existed? The people who were the reason you woke up each morning just to see at school. People whom you'd spend every waking moment thinking about them/something related to them.
To be honest though, there have been so many people who were the very centres of my world at different points in my life. I would've done a double take in disbelief at the very mention of the fact that I would not ever see them again by the time I reach 14. I constantly question myself as to how exactly I am living without their influence, when they were once the very composition of my living.
How am I doing it? Why is it that now, I get up for an entirely different group of people, and I don't give a damn that my old friends aren't going to be there when I get to school? What thoughts have now replaced those once centred around particular people? Is it my place to say that there may not ever be a group of people that I will know for the rest of my life, or, quite bluntly, that there will never be anyone I will not be able to live without?
I know this is relatively harsh and cold, but it's reality. No, I am not suggesting that I haven't appreciated my friendships enough, or that I regret the downfalls of some of my relationships - things are the way things are, and I'm happy with the way things are. We can say from day to day "Best Friends Forever" or "I love you", but we cannot mask the fact that one day, we may not be with the same people, and that we will live without them, so enjoy it while it lasts.
To quote Tim Minchin's song for the Comedy Gala, "If I didn't have you, I would probably have someone else."
Labels: fall, friends, life, people, scooters, vacation, with or without you, woah that's some deep shit
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday
Ok so, I know this says posted on Monday, but it's Wednesday now (which means exam block is OVERRRRR), so I guess you're stuck with my memory of Monday. + there's some "timeless", per say, stuff in here anyway.
Well, I guess all I really wanted to say about Monday anyway was that it was pretty freaking epic. Choir was cancelled (yes, after an hourr + 30min bus ride to get there) so Mitchell and I just found each other and hung out. Which was awesome. Which is also about just about everything that was epic about Monday, apart from I THINK I ACED THE CHEM EXAM.
That's all :)
Labels: choir, fall, less than 3, me + mitchell, MonMons, scooters, vacation
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
dailybooth.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Elevator Music
is boring, awkward, AND SOUNDS LIKE PR0NO music/comment time! Actually, it doesn't, because porno music/comment time is good. Elevators aren't. Nor is elevator music... which is what I was meant to talk about. (btw, that is a zero in 'PR0NO'. But because it can sense that my awesome presence, it's trying it's best to make me look like a fool. Obviously, it wins :().
omg - smiley-bracket
metacrisis!
"So Donna, do you now know why there's never been a smiley-bracket metacrisis?"
"...yes... because there can't be one..."
Well, clearly there is, and clearly it oozes out suckness, so take that Donna Noble.
But yes, as I was saying, elevator music is bad.
Do we all see now why I fail English? Exhibit B right there, Exhibit A my English exam today (in which we had to write 1500 words in 90 mins (is that even physically possible?) - which turned out to a poor excuse for a DISASTER.
I only managed 804 words (I didn't count, I just guesstimated, as 804 is a multiple of 11), which will probably fail me. I did quite a lot of planning for it; notes on the content, quotes, deep studying of the text, scaffolding, I even tried to memorise it etc. etc., but when I got into the examination room I froze up and I couldn't even get the opening thesis statement out. So I made it all up! Nothing went as planned, I felt like absolute shit, I was having word diarrhea out of my mouth (which tasted pretty great [actually, come to think of it, it was more like out of my hand. That's pretty pathetic.]), and I'm sure none of what I wrote had any cohesion whatsoever. I'm not even sure of what I wrote. Godammit, I was really hoping to improve my grade - Gheyyy!
Poopooface. And so now I'm sitting here at the State Library pretending to study with uni students all around me (when I say around, we're all pretty far apart but you get my drift) thinking that I'm an obnoxious, wagging kid. Which I am, 'cause I'm meant to be studying for my other 3 exams.
++, I was gonna meet Mitchell at Hyperdome but I forgot. Which makes me feel even shitter (lol, yes) 'cause I want to see him and I suck at life. :)
Heck, it's the weekend though.
- My parries is with the father,
Viv.
Labels: communitychannel, elevator, english exam, fall, library, music, scooters, vacation
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Personificationly - Like Personification.
Does anyone have human feelings towards inanimate objects/things that plainly shouldn't have feelings?
Like, whenever I take something out of the fridge, I'll feel obligated to use a little bit more, or pour a little be more. I feel like by taking more weight off the fridge drawers and into my stomach, I'm doing the fridge a little favour.
"Here, take a little load off."
Or what about those really amazing songs which you want to listen to over and over again. After like the 5th time in a row I replay a song, I begin to feel sorry for the artist, as if they were to feel tired and sore or something.
GOD I AM INSANE.
Labels: fall, insanity, personification, replay, scooters, vacation, xD
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Another Blog about Buses. /sadface.
People SMELL on buses. Yes, that's all kinds of smells, from body odour, to FARTING. People are obnoxious on buses. People look at you for way too long on buses. People TAKE UP TOO MUCH ROOM on buses [ie. are fat/can't be bothered to move to fit more people on the bus, or simply just so you can have more room on the bus].
I have to admit, THE NOVELTY IS WEARING OFF. oh my god - this cannot be happening.
Public transport is designed to get you from point A to point B.
WELL IT DOESN'T.
The best possible route of public transport only gets me from (ok now get ready for the maths here):
(Point A + 5min walk [so that's 5 mins beyond point A]) to (Point B - 15 mins across two freaking ovals and a hill [15 minutes short of Point B)
So if I were to write this as an expression on a number line, I would say:
{xx is a member of Q, A+5 < x < B-15} =
<--A------[varied travel time]-----------B-->
- ~ 2 [one hyphen is approximately 2 minutes]
/dies of nerdiness
I realise that x is really a member of N or Z+, but for the purposes of this hyphen based diagram, x is a member of Q. Now don't give me crap about it.
Ermm, otherwise, things have been going pretty well. I realise I haven't posted for very long, but that's because I haven't properly procrastinated long enough to do so. Of course, now with exam block looming in the next couple of days, this is perfect opportunity to do exactly that.
I'm pretty sure I wrote a post about two Fridays ago, saying how everything was much better than I thought it was the previous Tuesday, I was just overreacting etc. etc. smooshy stuff, but I fell asleep after I spontaneously decided to abandon the computer for a little while. I had meant to come back, but was like nearly 11 after I came back from QYO and I was exhausted from a looooooooong week. ;askdjf;lkshdg +++++ NOBODY ELSE ON THE INTERNET IS POSTING ANYTHING ANYMORE.
I have like 15 subscriptions on Youtube, but for the past like week or so, I've been getting "your subs have not been posting any vids lately" on my homepage. + nobody posts on blogger anymore either. GOODNESS. <---- doesn't even make sense, but people seem to say it and so will I!
Enough rambling. I think I shall post again after exam block, ie. next, next weekend.
taaaaaaa :)
Labels: bus, etc., fall, obnoxious, people, public, scooters, smelly, transport, vacation, youtube
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Big, Fat, Manic Life.
I think I'm hitting one of those mid-teen crisis...es?
Some people will probably be happy to hear that I'm not as happy as I thought I would be, but up yourrrrrrrrs, bitch.
Life is just one big, fat, manic Monday at the moment, and like the song, I'm wishing it was Sunday.
Everything is just suddenly dawning on me; I don't actually go to JPC anymore, and QASMT
isn't a 3 year long science workshop.
I'm reaching a cross-road in my life where I have to decide to change myself to be liked by people I hate, or be happy being different. And yes, I'm beginning to realise that I think quite differently to most people of my age. And I'm beginning to realise that it's quite difficult for me to relate to most people of my age - either I grow down to the big, black pit that is raging hormones and popularity-seeking, or I waste my life waiting for someone to understand me.
I don't want to be popular or cool or even well-liked. All I want is a NICE friend, lol. There aren't enough nice people in the world. I want to find someone/group of people even relatively similar to myself. I miss wondering about the world with people, and I miss discovering things about ourselves. But I guess one of my problems is that I understand myself and other people a bit too much. Plus, I don't exactly physically look like a reject either. I just think like one, and a unique reject at that too... which would probably mean that I'd be rejected from the rejects as well.
Gahh. I don't know what to do.
Labels: crossroads, fall, life, manic monday, reject, sadface, scooters, vacation
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