Friday, June 08, 2007

salting the wound

so i check my email and i get a thingy from NRK that has the subject line:

"Muse Presale" [!!!!!!]

it's time we saw a miracle
come on, it's time for something biblical ...
come on, and change the course of history

*holds breath*

"94/7 Presents Muse on September 10th at The Rose Garden Theater of the Clouds! Tickets go on sale this Saturday (6.9) at 9 am through the Rose Quarter Box Office BUT being a Nation Member has its advantages and you will be able to get your tickets a couple of days early. Starting today at 10am until tomorrow (6.8) at 10pm click the link below and use the password 'nation'."


yippee.


too long trying to resist it
you’ve just gone and missed it
it's escaped your world


im not even upset.
resignation and all that

Thursday, June 07, 2007

bump dee bump, bump dee bump

yeah, so i forgot to tell you that last week (the peculiarly hellish one) ended with me ripping off my little toenail on my right foot
i was running upstairs to print off my LAST paper of the semester, and while taking a turn rather sharply, i caught my toe on the metal tread thingy that's supposed to help you from falling down the stairs
who'da thought it would be leathal on your toes if you stubbed them too hard against it
anyways, my first thought was "DANG THAT HURTS"
and i stopped abruptly and concentrated hard on not passing out
then i looked down, and saw that i hadnt just stubbed the heck out of my toe, it was streaming blood everywhere and the nail was all loose and dangly
ew
but, i had a paper to print off, so i just sucked it up and continued on my merry way

the best part was when i was going outside to turn it in, went down the fire-escape stairs, and all the guys were congregating around talking about classes being oooovvvvveeerrrr
me: "hey! want to see something really gross?"
guys: "yeah! wha ... AAAHHHH YOUR FOOT'S COVERED IN BLOOD GROSS!!!"
me: "hee hee, told you"
guys: "AAHHHHH GO GET TO THE HOSPITAL!!!!!"
me: "nope, i have to turn in my paper"
chris brennan: "is that the lit paper?" (he's in the class too)
me: "yup"
chris: "jerk" (he wasnt done yet)
me: *limps off*
guys: "you're crazy!"

i was a crippled mess for two days, work was NOT fun. but it got my off early on sympathy points so it ended up working in my favor
it finally stopped hurting two days ago to the point where i could cut off the little bit that was still attaching my nail, but when it come off i looked at it more closely, and realized that not only did the nail come off, the little baby nail that was growing in came clean off too
so now im utterly nailless and have a feeling that i might end up inheriting papa's magic toe after all
=)

other things:

australian's use pumpkin in everything, pumpkin soup, ravioli, wraps, pasta, bread, mufins, chicken ... everything. and it's good too! i especially am fond of this pumpkin wrap that i get at a cafe down the street

even though ive been here for four months and now instinctively walk on the left side of the sidewalk, and look to the left first before crossing the street, whenever i see a car with only one person in it (driver) my heart skips a beat and i think "oh my gosh! who's driving that car!??!!"

the music scene here is at least a year behind, as well as clothing trends

australian soaps are probably the worst thing i have ever seen. to the point where i honestly wonder if the 'actors' get paid ... i mean, they're bad. way worse than american

the mcdonalds thats about a minute walk away is the only mcds in the world that is on the beach. kinda cool.

coffee here is wierd. they dont know what drip or percolated coffee is in fremantle. if you want black coffee, you order a "long black" which is an americano. everything is esspresso based. flat whites and lattes are the same thing, the only diff is that lattes are served in glasses, and flat whites are in reg coffee cups. and if you want a double latte, its a macciato
go figure. also, there is no starbucks in western australia. which is fine by me cos i love my cafe, but still, odd.

and last, but not at all least
merry christmas !!

http://www.tv-links.co.uk/show.do/1/2080

as far as i know, all the links work. allot are from the first season, but there are some from later ones. its still great

love ya