get a chinese and watch tv

Hey there,

Well, it's hump day, and I am going to spend it munching my way through a plate of baked sweet potato, with a blueberry and almond milk smoothie to wash it down. Carbohydrates might perk me up a little, so I can actually get some study done.

I have to really knuckle down tonight as I will be out tomorrow night enjoying a gig in the city with my boyfriend- I am pretty fucking excited for it because the band (Snakadactal) sound great and they are pretty much just a bunch of kids! Perhaps I will even manage to sink a couple of vodka Red Bulls and hit the d-floor.

I just want to get retarded and forget about real life for a little minute!

Just hanging out with my purple blueberry tongue.

Hey readers,

Today I woke up grumpy, drank some homemade coffee with rice milk, dissected some sheep organs in class, ate some lentils, bought a bottle of Diet Coke, completed a couple of school assignments, downloaded some music, and kissed my dog.

Overall an alright day.

Now all I want to do is go and walk around the grocery store with my boyfriend. I like doing that.

you and me we were born to die

Hey reader/s!

Well, it looks like I am back in town. I just pissed off to the coast for a few days with my boyfriend and his brother, and it was pretty good. I love swimming in the ocean, and it felt good to lie back and drink a beer.

Unfortunately now I am back to the regular grind, which means I have to actually work on my school assignments. And wash my hair. Although I am quite tired today because I stayed up last night playing poker.

Currently obsessed with: chocolate gingers, Adele, honey popcorn, Diet Coke, Lana Del Rey, black boots, hair scarves, my boyfriend's socks, rainy weather, green tea, sleeping tablets, Angelina Jolie's right leg.

if you walk away i'll walk away

Currently in the school library with my iPod plugged in, drinking plunger coffee out of my glittery thermos. I spent yesterday downloading podcasts about vegetarianism, reading food blogs, eating grapes and, eventually, the night took a turn as I sensed it would, and I got stuck into a bottle of wine.

So I kind of wasted yesterday, and now I am tired and a bit hungover today. Sleep eluded me last night.

My bf is making "devilled sausages" for dinner tonight. I have never had it before, but he is making me the vegie-sausage version. I could really use some mashed potato, actually.

Patti and Robert would have loved some mashed potato in their early days. Or any food, for that matter.

in polaroids you were dressed in women's clothes

Hey.

This is a photograph I took of a flower in my twin's backyard. I think it is really beautiful. He said that there used to be two, and when my other brother moved out of the house it fell down and died.

Feelin' low.

that's what you get for falling in love with a cowboy

*Reblogged from: 03/03/2012

I got up early this morning to go see the Renaissance exhibition at the art gallery with my parents, and it was excellent. I love the thick layers of paint, the way the paintings almost glow, and the beautiful reds and pinks, blues and golds.

Then we all went to the organic health food store, and I stocked up on lentils, tofu burger patties, fresh corn bread and frozen vegan pies. Apart from the fact that I haven't done any of the schoolwork I had planned, this was a dream day for me.

Oh yeah, eating bean and rice tacos for dinner, and also a photograph of a plastic dinosaur I purchased while drunk on a huge can of Sapporo beer. I thought the two went nicely together.

what does it take to get a drink in this place

*Reblogged from: 02/03/2012

Oh, hey there.

I actually had kind of a shitty-ass day today, although it was somewhat redeemed when I came home to discover a love package from my bf assembled on the kitchen counter. I can honestly say that I have never received a World's Best Girlfriend mug before. Suck on that, all you other girlfriends.

I am going to marry that guy.
Here I am modelling my new shirt that landed on my doorstep a couple of days ago. Apologies for the semi-weird pose. I was, uh, well, you see, I was....I have no explanation.

sleeping in my head

*Reblogged from: 26/02/2012

It is a rainy grey day today, which I love. My day has been spent in school, drinking Diet Coke, doing mathematics and practising the proper aseptic technique of putting on surgical gloves.

My plans for the evening may or may not include a nice glass of wine, turning the heater on (even though it is technically still summer in Australia), and hanging out with my eReader.

what's her name

*Original date: 26/02/2012

It is a great day when I can eat takeaway edamame beans for dinner and pat a piglet at the local Easter show. Who could ask for more?

I did not take any photographs of those particular events, although I do have some of my twin brother and I enjoying a lovely sunny afternoon in his garden about a week ago. We discussed some stuff, and drank Coke out of soup bowls. He showed me his favourite flowers in the yard.

I feel sick now because I ate one too many peanut m&m's, so I am going to bed. I can't wait for tomorrow because I am expecting a parcel of yellow Doc Marten lace-ups, and some slippers with pom-poms on them.

we could have had it all

Hey all,

I am still alive, just snowed under with schoolwork and trying to keep my relationships (and my sanity) intact through the snowshitstorm. I will write soon when things get better.

Last night instead of doing my assignments, I got tipsy on champagne in a bar, and went tenpin bowling afterwards. Then we drove out to a game arcade and bruised ourselves silly in the dodgem cars. It was extremely fun, and the perfect spontaneous date. Not to mention a perfect evening of bleedingly obvious procrastination.

Please excuse the unwashed hair, and wrinkly facial expression. I chose a ten minute sleep-in over a shampoo and condition in the shower this morning.

would you have my baby

Hey kids,

Just woke up and it is nearly midday. What a slob! Evidently I have turned into a teenager again with the amount of sleep I have been needing (and having) lately.

So I have another day off today as the school holidays continue, and I have already caught up on sleep (tick) and made the coffee (tick). This morning I have decided that my kitchen will be functioning as my very own little cafe, and this morning the menu includes scrambled eggs and French vanilla coffee, with a side of fashion magazines and the morning's paper. Delightful.

Today I am excited because I am looking into volunteering at my local animal shelter, something I have been thinking about for quite some time. So today, some more research. Soon, an inquiry.

I think I need a haircut of sorts.

we're after the same rainbow

Hello there,

It is day three of my holidays, gloomy and raining outside, and I am happier than a pig in mud. I adore the weather when it is overcast; I have never been a sunshine girl (both in personality and weather preferences).

My achievements so far have been making oatmeal and coffee for breakfast, taking my daily vitamins (at the moment I am taking magnesium, silicia supplements, Vitamin B and fish oils- I always take fish oils) watching "Breakfast At Tiffany's" which I love, applying a clay face mask (waiting for it to dry as I type) and lounging around in my silk pyjamas. Sometimes in the holidays I get nervous and agitated spending time on my own, but today I am just fine.

Also, exciting news! My boyfriend just booked us a holiday to New Zealand for January, which should be amazing (we only just got back from our Fiji holiday at the beginning of July! It has been a very indulgent year, holiday-wise). I want to swim with dolphins, perhaps go skydiving (again), visit the Auckland Zoo, go on a wine-tasting tour, and lounge around in the hotel room drinking champagne with him, because he is the most fun person I have ever met.

Now perhaps I will bake some muffins, make a raw egg smoothie for lunch, and maybe actually take a shower and clean myself. Ah, holidays.

Bye darlings.

top of the heap

Hey babies,

So I have decided that  I am tired of being so busy and stressed, and crying at the drop of a hat, and being pushed around, and not taking the time to actually enjoy the good things in my life. So I am taking action.

Sick of instant coffee, I yesterday purchased a coffee plunger and this morning enjoyed fresh vanilla coffee straight from the pot. Instead of buying greasy takeaway noodles from the city for dinner last week, I took three hours (although it probably would have taken a proficient cook maybe half that time) to prepare and cook a beef casserole in my French cast iron pot, and ate it with some nice crusty bread and red wine. I have started wearing silk nightgowns that feel nice on my skin and having long steamy baths.

Some things are worth doing slowly.

i know it's been coming for some time

Hey guys,

Just a baby blog entry today as I am about to make some lunch, a cup of tea, and drive to school. I have a lot of homework that I haven't done but I am having a lot of trouble focusing. I get distracted very easily.

Oh, hey little Toto! Jumping up on my leg while I am trying to read stuff on my computer! Oh, you are so cute, you want to play with your stuffed animal? You look hungry, I'll get you some food! What's that, you want to lie in bed and watch five back-to-back episodes of "Grey's Anatomy"? All right, we can do that if we really must.

it feels so empty without me

Why hello there,

I am back from a relaxing weekend at the beach with my boyfriend, his brother, and his cousin. Delightfully testosterone-filled, a lot of wrestling, beer, and barbequed meat. We even had a high-stakes poker game.

It was pretty much exactly what I needed. I love to swim in the ocean when I can, even though it was really grey, bleak weather and I was shivering before we even got in the water. And the ocean appeared to have vomited up every last sprig of seaweed just to deposit it on this particular beach. Seaweed really freaks me out, and when I got in the shower later that day I found little bits of it everywhere. Everywhere. Not a single orifice or body cavity was spared. That's right, I said orifice.

The following photographs are from Thursday night when I got my drink on with my friends (well, my sexy siblings and future sister-in-law...keeping it in the family). Pregamers at my house were ultra-fun, and I got happily sloppily drunk on vodka cranberries and smoked outside, but then I had a massive fight with a certain someone (the biggest fight we have ever had) as soon as we arrived in the city, so my night was unfortunately cut kind of short. I even drunkenly ran out onto the road and nearly got hit by a car! What a dickhead.

Anyway. We made up, didn't break up, had a happy time at the coast and now I am sitting here with my little dog on my lap (I think she missed her mama), eating some yoghurt and contemplating the mountain of homework I have due in the next week. Oh noes!

come as you are

Hey hoes and bros,

I have a day off today, so naturally instead of studying I have spent the morning trying on clothes, playing with my dog, having a leisurely shower (cleansing and exfoliating today!), eating breakfast (baked eggs with chorizo sausage), drinking delicious mocha in a cafe with my friendsies, and browsing through various items in the music store. Awesome.

I have no discipline whatsoever.

I purchased this dress at the music store today- it's from the 90's, and I reckon it's actually pretty sick.

Now I am going to drive to my parents' house and pick up a rusty old bicycle that I plan to polish up like new. And maybe eat some more. Have a good afternoon everyone!

imagine none of this is real

Hi fellow bloggers,

I do apologise as this is only going to be a short blog entry, as I am awaiting the arrival of my man friend, and when he comes we will be too busy eating ice cream and watching "The Sopranos" to even think about anything else.

Lately I have been super busy, what with school, and working in the bar, and walking my dog, and drinking strawberry protein shakes and such. All is going well in my world so far, almost too well. I was just thinking how lucky I feel the other day!
I have the best man friend in the whole world, the cutest dog in the world (and her ringworm has nearly cleared up, so I won't have to rub cream into her scabby ear anymore, and I can, like, put her in my handbag and shit), I get to play with fluffy rabbits and guinea pigs for class, and my living situation at the moment is awesome.

And also I purchased some new boots that I am a bit in love with. I have resorted to op-shopping for clothing now, and I look a bit homeless and unkempt because I am super poor...had no food for almost a week, and was happily eating this pumpkin and cashew dip out of the fridge, and then I peeled back the remainder of the foil and found a thick layer of bright blue mould. That's when you know you're poor. But you know what? I'm rocking the homeless look like nobody's business!

I will leave you with some quick photographs of my hairy child and my equally hairy brother. And me. And my new boots. Oh hi, boots! Nice of you to say hello!

Apologies for lack of fancypants editing on the photographs. There is ice cream to be had.

like it's her birthday

Hello pretties,

I am just hanging out at home with my hyperactive chihuahua Toto and my supercool third-degree sunburn (only on my legs! What the hell?). Why didn't anyone tell me that sunburn behind the knees is so painful? I might have thought twice about wearing my shorty-shorts on a farm excursion.

So right now I'm limping around, am going to make some lunch and a cup of chamomile tea, have a read  of my Biology textbook.

What I really want to do is put a little dress on, put on my new boots and get down and dirty. I mean, it is agony even to bend my knees right now but I'm sure a couple of vodka Redbulls would dull the pain. And dancing. Maybe I will bribe some friends to come out with me and get loose.

Moodwise, I feel pretty happy today. It's really nice and sunny, I'm seeing my man friend tonight (and we have just booked a holiday for Fiji in June, which I am looking forward to), wearing my zebra-print jumpsuit, and am going to put bright orange pieces through my hair- slightly immature, I know, but I don't really give a shit.

My camera is being so blurry and I have completely forgotten how to focus because I haven't used it in so long. I guess I will have to polish up my skillz.

Anyway, catch you later. I'm going to go chicken schnitzel it up for my lunch.

sleeping is giving in so lift those heavy eyelids

Hi everyone,

So I have been a total nutbag lately. I can't control my moods, ye olde faithful meds don't appear to be working, and I am having crazy-ass nightmares (if I can get to sleep at all). But you know what? I am just going to pretend that I'm not going nuts and get on with it. No point dwelling, hey champs?

I have been having all sorts of fun lately, interdispersed with a lot of hard work.
The good: going out dancing and having beer fights with my friends, playing with rabbits and guinea pigs for my classes at school, going for long walks with my brand new puppy, hanging with my boyfriend,  listening to music, watching "Grey's Anatomy," talking to my housemates, dressing up and getting loose.
The bad: cleaning up after my toilet-challenged dog, crying at the drop of a hat, losing my keys, crying because I lost my keys.
The ugly: working a totally exhausting bar job and coming home cranky. Also rubbing ointment into my dog's scabby ringwormed-up ear. Totally gross.

The picture below depicts Toto, also featuring me wearing trackpants and dirty unbrushed hair. Toto enjoys romantic candlelit dinners, long walks on the beach, jazz music, and crapping on the floor. We have a surprising amount in common.

like a roll of thunder chasing the wind

Hello there,

Today I had a quiet day; I baked banana muffins and made some fresh coffee with my little sister, whose photographic skills I have enlisted to bring you a (somewhat narcissistic, but current) photo of me, as it has been a while and I wanted to bring this shit up to date. Besides, she's only fourteen and really talented- expect more of her stuff to crop up on this blog, if all goes well. It's crazy- when I was fourteen I was wasting energy punching walls and sulking in my faux-fur beanbag. This girl has smarts.

Lately I have been loving spending way too much time with someone who makes my world turn (he doesn't know it though), Sunday drinks at small bars with friends, listening to acoustic pub music, reading magazines, going to cocktail bars with candles.

It has been a quiet week, as I succumbed to an illness which involved a lot of sweating and body temperatures that weren't in sync with my outside environment. Eventually I went along to the doctor, an experience which I hate, who stuck a thermometer in my ear and printed out a medical certificate. Thanks, doc. I surely will indulge in some bed rest and lots of fluids.

So I attended an information session for my Animal Technology Diploma that I plan on doing next year, and it was quite interesting. The employment prospects at the end of the two years are primarily research-based, but it looks like there are some interesting parts of the course I can get excited about (in the second year, they let you breed your own rat babies, and then raise said babies- I didn't have the guts to ask what they do with them at the end of the experiment though. Mine would be smuggled out for a nice rat vacation if it were anything bad though).

I feel like my life is going to change soon. Although I always say that at the end of the year.

Talk to you later.