Australian and Brazillian

When I was in high school I had a stereo that let you set an alarm with a CD as the buzzer. Paul's Boutique was always in the CD 1 slot, so every morning I'd be gently woken up by To All The Girls before being rocked out of bed by Shake Your Rump.

I miss that. I need to figure out how to do that with my phone.

Yauch

Boiler Paddock

Need to do well at uni so I can be accepted into honours so I can write a thesis on the Anita Cobby murder and how everyone in Sydney collectively flipped their shit and wanted the death penalty back because she was just the most perfect, innocent victim we've ever seen. I'd also kind of like to meet Mick Murdoch. I often wonder about him and how he's doing in jail.

Fuck, I love that I am studying in a field where I can display my obsession with crime and not look like a complete nutbag.

Lincoln Park After Dark

Don't wear fancy nail polish if you don't like strangers touching your hands. I made it my new years resolution this year to always wear fly nail polish, which has really helped me in terms of application and experimenting with designs and fancing it up. But omg, it's like an open invitation for people serving me in stores and co-workers I hardly know to grab my hands to take a closer look.

I don't not like it. It's cool to get a compliment, but it's just a bit strange. Hand holding is usually something quite intimate but all of a sudden I'm getting close with all these people I've only just met.

PS: I usually post pictures of my nails on my Tumblr - http://newtowngelato.tumblr.com

Up The Knights

Last night at a gala dinner the Newcastle Knights announced the five inaugural inductees into their hall of fame: Matthew Gidley, Michael Hagan, Paul Harragon, Andrew Johns and Allan McMahon.

Very good choices across the board, inspired choices even. McMahon, Our first coach, who set the foundations for the great club we are today. Hagan, the best coach we've had who led us through our golden era. Harragon and Gidley, two of the best club men we've seen who still devote much of their time to the club. Then there's Joey Johns. They greatest player the game's ever seen. Sure he's a temperamental bastard, but on the field he's in a different stratosphere to everyone else. It's one of those things you can tell your grand kids when you're old and a bit crazy; I used to go and watch Andrew and Matthew Johns play a smarter brand of football than anyone else has ever dreamed of.

I'm proud to be a Knight

Commuter problems

As an inner westie going to uni in Bankstown, I spend a lot of time on the M5. This morning I got stuck behind a hearse and stretch limo mini procession doing 60kms right before Henry Lawson Drive.

I understand that they couldn't go any faster, the flowers might start moving around or the body might fly out of the casket going round a bend, but god it was frustrating. Surely if you were carrying such delicate cargo as a dead body covered in expensive flowers, you'd stick to main roads where you wouldn't be driving 50 Kms per hour under the speed limit.

Just Dance

I had to cancel my gym membership recently, for two reasons. My gym is in the city and now that I'm no longer working in the city, I'd struggle to get there and money is a lot tighter now that I'm back at uni and it was an expense I could no longer afford.

I've been going for long walks around my neighbourhood but I wanted to do something else to mix it up a bit. So I bought this

My Fitness Coach Dance Workout for Wii. It was onlt $29 at JB Hifi so I thought I would give it a go.

I have the house to myself this morning, making it the perfect time to try out some of the dance tracks. I like to dance, but I am terrible at it. I have no rhythm and even less coordination, so I find dancing in public to be very embarrassing. That's what makes games like this great, I just spent the last half an hour in my underwear in the comfort and privacy of my loungeroom salsa dancing to Lada Gaga and having a ball. Who cares if I was going left when I should've been going right or two steps behind, the important thing is that I had a blast and burnt some calories.

This particular game also has some boxing programs and some fun mini games like dodging bulls in the virtual streets of Pamplona.

What I wore today 03/03/12

First, apologies for the shitty iPad photo. I thought it might be a cool idea to document some of the outfits I wear, because I like to consider myself a fashionista and I like to think that a lot of the things I wear are cute and quirky. Anyway this is what I'm wearing today to work at the refuge.

Top: Big W
Shorts: City Chic
Tights: Target (Target are finally making plus size tights in colours other than black!!)
Cardigan: SES
Brooch: Secret Santa from work this Christmas just gone

Small Update

I've lost 7kg since November. I'm getting there slowly but surely. Soon I'll be back to the weight I was when I got home from overseas.

Oh dear...

All the material for my courses went online yesterday which means I have been able to take a look at my assignments, weekly readings, lesson plans etc. I'm starting to worry that I've made a huge mistake. There's so much work to do. And the assignments look so difficult. They require a level of analysis and critical thinking that I'm not sure if I can produce. I'm really starting to think I should've stayed in the safe little world of tafe, with it's easy case studies and competent/non-competent grading.

It is going to be a long and hard three years. I'm determined to get through it, but it's going to take everything I've got and then some.