From the monthly archives: October 2004
“Daytime TV is not for housewives and people with nothing better to do. Only Passions is. And Judge Judy.”
Today, I learnt that 62% of American women are overweight compared to only 21% of French women. French women are more likely to smoke, and they drink something like 14 gallons of wine a year. [...]
Another thing I’m going to miss about uni is the computer lab(s). I’ve spent a small but important bit of my uni life in here, if it’s any consolation for the dollars I’ve given for this privilege. That is of course, if the dollars really do go here. Something tells me they do not. [...]
Well there’s a little boy waiting at the counter of a corner shop
He’s been waiting down there, waiting half the day
They never ever see him from the top
He gets pushed around, knocked to the ground
He gets to his feet and he says
What about me, it [...]
I am crazy.
Anxiety
My assignment count is down to 3 from 5. Good job, you think? No, because I realize I have exactly 2 weeks and 1 day left. I guess technically you could consider it 2.5 though, because one of them has actually been written, but needs a little revamping. And [...]
Hearing other people’s election day experiences have made me realise just how lucky David and I were. So what if people chanted and danced and sniffed and burned our how-to-vote cards? At least we didn’t have people pick a fight with us, throw lighted matches at us, or scrunch up the how-to-vote card, throw [...]
It’s all in the smile. And the smile was probably the only reason why neither David nor I got into too much trouble while handing out how-to-vote cards today. That is, if you don’t take into account the fact that we lost both our signs (you know, those big flimsy things with “Family First” [...]
I haven’t even graduated from uni, and already I’m suffering from withdrawal symptoms. I’m missing uni in advance. And I think a large part of the reminiscing me can be attributed to (blamed on?) the fact that I watched Aladdin and Hellboy this week. In university. In the Elizabeth Murdoch Lecture Theatre. For free. [...]
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