Wednesday 31 October 2007 | 12:41 pm

I think I should update...

...and fill in the multitude of fans who read my blog wondering what the hell I've been doing these past couple of days. I know you are all practically falling off your seats in excitement.

Whatever.

Anyway, I've been studying (surprise surprise). Today I did my piano exam for AmusA. I failed. No really, I did very badly. I won't have another chance to do it again because it's expensive and I don't have time. Basil seems very disappointed but he did invite me to go see the symphony he's conducting so maybe I'm forgiven for my lack of effort. Anybody want to come?

Last Saturday there was a hot guy at work. It's probably the only time I've seen a hot guy at work. None of the customers are even REMOTELY hot. Even Alvin thinks he was hot, and that he kind of looked like saxophone playing Josh. Therefore Alvin thinks Josh is hot. GAY! This random hot guy works at the Box Hill Michel's and maybe I will drop by because I heard he makes excellent coffee. Not to perve of course. No, definately not!

Why? WHYYY? WHY DO HOT GUYS NOT DRINK COFFEE? WHY DO THEY ALL DRINK BOOST JUICE? COFFEE HAS CAFFEINE IN IT! IT MAKES YOU LOOK YOUNGER, REALLY!

Now I have to study for my Bio, Methods, Chinese, Chem and Lit exams. Methods has two exams so that means i have....SIX EXAMS OH MY MOTHER FREAKING #($*&, I'm screwed.

With nerdy love,
Mel

Sunday 21 October 2007 | 9:46 pm

'What is it? My dear?'

'Ah, how can we bear it?'

'Bear what?'

'This. For so short a time. How can we sleep this time away?'

'We can be quiet together, and pretend - since it is only the beginning - that we have all the time in the world.'

'And every day we shall have less. And then none.'

'Would you rather, therefore, have had nothing at all?'

'No. This is where I have always been coming to. Since my time began. And when I go away from here, this will be the midpoint, to which everything ran, before, and from which everything will run. But now, my love we are here, we are now, and those other times are running elsewhere.'

Posession by A.S. Byatt

Thursday 18 October 2007 | 6:55 pm

You QUACK!

I think some people would recall that the family doctor indicated on my permission slips for excursions is Dr. Cindy Wong? Not to be confused with that other Dr. Cindy (Pang or something...I forget) from those PhysiCal Milk ads.

Anyway, my mum found an article in The Age about how her Box Hill Practise was closed down and her right to practise taken away from her. Apparently, she has given 475 sex workers a clean bill of health without even doing blood tests or taking any swabs. That is to say, clearing them of having any STD's so that they can earn their living. She "accepted cash payments of $30 in exchange for the certificates, and did not keep records other than a handwritten list with the mostly Chinese-speaking sex workers' names and dates".

For some reason, I find that freaking hilarious. Okay, it's not so funny for the guys that have a penchant for asian prostitutes and no protection.

LOL

Looking for a new doctor,
Mel

Thursday 11 October 2007 | 11:38 pm

Possession

I went to McLeod's secondhand bookshop today. I bought Possession by A. S. Byatt. I was planning on looking for it after I read The Time Travelers Wife which had a really interesting quote. I never really got around to it so it was a nice surprise to suddenly discover it amongst the piles of of old books.

Apparently there was a movie made of it in 2002 starring Gweneth Paltrow. I really want to watch it, the books has been really good so far.

That's all I wanted to say.

Love,
Me;

Monday 8 October 2007 | 9:24 pm

On Procrastination

Exams are so soon! Everyone has been complaining about how they planned to do so much homework during the holidays but never really got around to it. Me included. Anyhoo, Chris wrote an excellent post about it about a month ago then go read it. Maybe it will motivate you to WORK WORK WORK! I mean, it's obviously working for him!

Heh, I cleaned my room today. I figured since exams are so near, I should stop putting it off and DO IT. I had TWO WHOLE WEEKS of holiday but I wait till the afternoon after the first day of school. Procrastination at its lazy best!

What actually kick-started me on my path to neatness was that my mum volunteered to do it for me! She thought I was sitting in the lounge room half watching t.v and doing past year papers because there was no space on my floor to stand and no place to put my books. Well the no space thing was true but that's never stopped me before...She was probably so shocked at seeing me out of my room she thought she should do something about it before she had a stroke.

In the end I just did it myself because if the shock didn't kill her, the biohazardous waste in my room probably would.

With love,
Mel

Pee.ess - I give it a week before I'm wading through knee deep rubbish again. Heh. Why do I even bother.

Friday 5 October 2007 | 10:25 pm

What's that?

I was driving back from Chinese tuition when I noticed a dark spot crawling across the windscreen. I guess you know what it is. Yeah, a giant tarantula. I stopped the car and started screaming. My dad was like..."what?..what? WHAT? WHAT IS IT? WHAT??"

Anyway, did I mention I don't like spiders. Especially big ones that look like they could swallow a fairly large rat.

The spider disappeared so I tentatively continued on my way. I was driving on that road next to the Glen when BAM...it came back. I started screaming again but this time I had to keep driving because there were other cars. My dad was like...pull over and I'll knock it off. Which he did. My daddy the hero, the spider killer. Haha.

Reminds me of that time we were driving back from the country and I noticed there was a big white spider next to my head. My dad refused to pull over and kill it so I sat there utterly petrified for an hour or more as we drove drove. I really don't like spiders.

When they said we must learn to drive through distraction, I don't think that's quite what they meant.

I hate spiders I really do.

With love,
Mel

Wednesday 3 October 2007 | 12:51 pm

On designer babies...

"Today, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn would have been diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder and medicated. Tomorrow, they might not be allowed out of the petri dish." - Shannon Brownlee, Washington Monthly March 2002.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Funny stuff.

Monday 1 October 2007 | 11:28 pm

More photos!

Paul, Me, Rowena and Jeremy

Me, Rowena and Jeremy (I totally wrecked a good photo)

Tara and yours truly

Michelle, Tenielle and Jack in the background, Me, Rowena and Jeremy in the foreground

Tara, Me and Rowena

Rowena, Cindy, Me, Kimmy, Sarah and Tara

Sarah, Tara and Me

Ashwyn and Tara (poor Tara)

First dance, my dress looks good and my shoes; BLOODY AMAZING...you're just jealous.

All the debutantes

Alvin and me!

Haha I was trying to see the expression on my parents face and worrying that my double-sided tape wouldn't hold.

Most of the people on our table

Yeah it was a great night you should've been there. Too bad you weren't...you loser! HAHA

Just kidding.

With love,
Mel

Pee.ess - My shoes were awesome, even though I couldn't walk afterwards. I guess that's the price you pay for fashion