Shrink-wrapped Loot

I rarely buy CD’s anymore, but since my Limewire is being a poo head, I’ve had to resort to buying some CD’s. The best part – the shrink wrap. Shopping spree yesterday; here’s the awesomeness.

2 CD’s * Dice Keyring  * Smiggle Pen * Paper Clip Bookmark * 2010 Diary * Fake Book Safe * Part of PV’s Birthday Present (I hided it)

Yay

For Thursday...tomorrow...TODAY!!!

love love. see you all in 8 hours

Stress Kit

Most of my assignments are due in week 10 so it looks like Thursday is the last day of fun. Then the stress starts

I QUIT GJ

The subject pretty much explains it :)

Memories

I thought that LiveJournal deletes your account if you havent logged in for 3 months or something. But mine still exists. I like it better than this Blogger.
Also found Kat & I's DeviantArt account. For some reason the "blood bath" pics have been taken off. We only have a few other pics on there.

Mmm Muffins

Yummy Yummy! But I must say, the best bit of the muffin is not just that top part…it’s the whole muffin top :)

I like this. What do you think?

Happy Dance

This song makes me happy, reminds me of cool summer days and high school

things that need doing

• room cleaning
• clothes washing
• vodafone calling
• hair washing

then off to work tonight :)

I was actually supposed to work last night, but the managers had written it in their book but forgot to write it on the notice board...so technically not my fault? And not my fault if they call at 6:15pm and ask me to come in and I say I cant...right? The manager said it wasn't my fault but sounded...disappointed when I said I couldnt come in...but still not my fault?

love love

Star for Loners

I is officially starting Loner Star tonight.
I have to wear horrible blue jeans...non skinny, non hippy! I hate blue jeans; especially the blue that's just blue, not washed out and not dark, just blue. But they are comfy! And shirts (polo) have to be tucked in! I havent done that since primary school!

Enough complaining, it's a good opportunity and I should stop whinging. But what's a blog for if not for whining? hehe

Still have horrible neck pains...which seem to disappear when I'M AT WORK. meh

My blog layout needs changing...

love love

uni - week 2

after having experienced all my classes, I can honestly say I don't hate any of them. In fact, to go a step further, I actually like ALL of them (with the exception of the Genetics lecture, which I dont go to).
Neuroscience is awesome; the lecturer, who is also my tutor, is the same guy I had for Behaviour & Environment last semester. His voice is a bit droney but he knows it and he makes really bad jokes that are so bad they are actually funny.
Personality Motivation & Emotion; all I have to say is that thank god I dont have JULIAN! Christina is in my class so at least I have one friend. The tutor is kinda quirky and nice and it's fun to watch him get all enthused when a students starts talking and actually knows what they are talking about.
Introduction to Logical Thinking; a class that they should definitely put in the Psych Arts program if they are also making History Philosophy of Psych a core unit. Just basic understandings of logical argument and critical thinking and analysis and all that wonderful stuff and lots of wonderful jargon. The tutor is really nice, plus I like having the lecturer as the tutor, they seem more together. I like the way the class is structered - so it's not just as if she is talking AT us.
Lastly, my favourite class, Genetics and Bioscience for Psychology; V. interesting. Concepts that are hard to get my mind around at times, but not completely head spinning like philosophy. And that awesome feeling that I get when I finally understand it! Plus the tutor, extremely funny. One of the guys on our little group table had gone out of the room, and the tutor came and sat in his chair to see if we were all understanding everything; then he wrote "I <3 my tutor" in the guys book. Really insane funny, soughta James Av kinda tutor...actually his name is James. And is really good at explaining things. I really like the structure of this class. Rather than being talked at for hours or just making us go around and say our homework answers, it's engaging. Reminds me of highschool.
I've found from experience that the younger tutors have developed their own way of remembering things, and it's good that they can teach it to us that way because it makes so much more sense.

I'm off now for an interview at Lone Star...

I didnt get time to publish this before I went. So I had the interview, and I have an orientation next Friday. I dont even know if I want this job. We'll see how it goes.

Going out for dinner and a movie later tonight. I believe we are watching The Ugly Truth. A nice chick flick that will have Sarah and I bitching about how much we hate men! Good Times!!

Love Love

A burst of inspiration (from miss PV)

I'M GOING TO BAKE SOMETHING!!!
Well...not right now, maybe tomorrow...no no...Thursday morning! Yes, Thursday morning. It will be grander than that weirdo strawberry pastry dealy. Grander than my cookies, brownies and cheat cupcake!

LEMON MERINGUE PIE!!! I wish I had one of those torchy things to brown the meringue.
Hmm...to make the crust from scratch or not to make the crust from scratch...we'll see.

Also, I've been looking for a recipe for choc caramel tart, and every recipe I find has the caramel being made out of melted "kraft cooking caramels". I need to find one where the caramel is made from scratchness.

Good Day

Stupid Tutorial Registration

Stupid thing didn’t open until quarter to 10 (fifteen minutes late). I only got one class that I wanted, because it was one of the later afternoon classes. Two of my subject tutorials clash, because that is all that was left; now I either have to wait for someone to change their mind and drop the subject or change the class that they want, or email the lectures! I’ve been able to fit in all my subjects within 3 days; one of the subjects has online lectures, and the other has no lectures.

Two worst things; on Thursday, Genetics lecture finishes at 11am, and the tutorial isn’t until 4pm. They only offered one class right after the lecture; stupid! Also on Wednesday Neuroscience lecture finishes at 12pm, and my tutorial doesn’t start till 5pm! This means a lot of study is going to happen between classes…or a lot of wandering around Parra.

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen – Review

Boy do they use the word “confessions” ever so loosely. More like, Pathological Lies of a Teenage Drama Queen! Lindsay Lohan’s drama queen act becomes extremely annoying, you may feel the urge to throw something at your TV screen.

I give it 2 stars; worth watching if you’re really bored

Next Year Plans

So I figured that even if I cant go to Japan to teach, I’m still going to for a few weeks to visit. I don’t need an excuse to go. I just wish I didn’t have to go alone, thus the whole teaching bit would have been better.

RE: Pv, New Directions

Oh God, you have to do the arts core units! How annoying, are you sure you want to do arts/law, cant you do science/law - is there such a thing? What good will arts do?

Don't you worry your little science brain about the humanities subjects, you'll be fine :)
What is your key program?
I still have to pick my subjects. I'll wait till after results come out tomorrow :-)

yes, this turned into a mini blog letter to you

Love Love

Jenni Scissorhands

I burnt my hand at work today - the bottom half up to the wrist. It be hurty so much - and it be red! Like red red, and for my skin, red red is like woah!

I think I may have to get my hand chopped off and replace it with scissors...for Vincent Price has no time to make me real hands~!

Les Miserables

I wonder how many shifts I will get next week - haha

Last Straw

Called Gloria Jeans head office this afternoon; calling back to lodge a formal complaint just before I quit.

HAD ENOUGH

Frustrated

Mum's Georgio Armani perfume, which I bought her for her birthday last year is gone. Disappeared from her room. She noticed it after my party but thought that I had taken to use it and didn't say anything. Then I noticed it was missing a couple days ago.
Would someone have stolen it from my party? There were a few kids sleeping in mums room and so there were people coming in and out of that room...but seriously, would FAMILY have stolen it?

When I Die

Line my coffin with Tim Tams – preferably the Chewy Caramel kind

More proof to my theory

That those born 1990 and onwards have no common sense what so ever!

The following story is set at Gloria Jeans:

Trainees 5th shift; busy hour

Jen: (looks up on order screen) Trainee can you get that cinnamon roll.
Trainee: Yep

After a minute Jen looks at the microwave and sees a sausage roll, however no one has ordered a sausage roll

Jen: Trainee, I needed a cinnamon roll not a sausage roll hahaha

Trainee: Oh! I swear someone once told me that a cinnamon roll was the same as a sausage roll!

END SCENE

surely she's bluffing

You all know how much I hate my brother
Did you think it was possible for me to hate anyone more than I hate him?
Well...it has finally happened...

Cleaning

Cleaning my room - going somewhere yet going nowhere.
So many clothes I dont wear, going in the vinnies bin
So much stuff - no where put it all
OH god...under the bed! Not that God is under the bed or anything...

JB

Since Nick Jonas' voice broke, Joe doesnt get to sing as much anymore :-(

Annoyances

1 - My brother changed the password to the wireless network because the internet was up to 60% used and he blamed me for it.

2 - My work...just getting sick of working there. Love the people, hate the boss...just wanna stab something in his eye!

OMG

Wagon Wheels are awesome!

Time

Getting older is inevitable. We cant stop time. And while the rest of the world embraces the idea of turning 21, I am not so keen. However, a good excuse to have a party.

x

The Good Years are Drawing to a Close

Desperately hoping to get my P’s by the time I am 21 and although I have only about 8 hours left, I seemed to have hit a plateau. One and a half weeks left…and just realising I’m almost 21! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Piñata for my Birthday Party :) Yes, still 8 at heart!

Quote of the Day

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
--General Omar Nelson Bradley

Overwhelmed

Just feel like everything is getting a little too much at the moment; uni, work, assignments…life.

Zackery's --> Gloria Jeans

So, Zackery's shut down a couple of weeks ago and will soon be opened with new owners as Nadia's. The a-hole owners only gave us a weeks warning that it was closing on the 31st of March. So since then I have been working at Gloria Jeans; the small teeny tiny one in the food court.
I am thinking of applying at Nadia's but I'm not sure; will I be taking a step back?

Strawberry Ricotta Puff Pastry

Ingredients:

500g Ricotta Cheese
284g Strawberry Jam (not conserve)
3 Puff Pastry Sheets
1 Egg
Fresh Strawberries
Flaked Almonds
Brown Sugar

Preheat oven to 180 degrees
Combine strawberry jam and ricotta cheese

Until it forms an even mixtureSprinkle brown sugar on a boardLay a pastry sheet on to the brown sugar
Evenly spread the ricotta mixture, leaving plenty room on the edges for folding

Fold corners in, leaving a small openingCover opening with sliced strawberriesBrush with egg mixtureSprinkle with flaked almonds and brown sugarCook for 20 to 30 minutes or until golden brownSprinkle with icing sugar

Uni Week 3

Finally, this morning (in week three), I had my first successful public transport trip to Uni. What involves a successful uni trip:

1. Having to wait less than ten minutes for the next train or bus between stops
2. Having more than five minutes to get from one platform to another or from the train station to the bus stop
3. Getting to uni no more than 15 minutes before class starts
4. Getting to uni no less than five minutes before class
5. Trains being on time

I would usually catch a train to Lidcombe to change to the Bankstwon trains, however, today I caught an express train to Strathfield and then changed trains. I must say that Strathfield station is a nicer than Lidcombe. I especially like the little shops in the station that I came across when going from one platform to another. I have enough time to quickly grab a drink or some chewy before catching the next train. Of course, I don't think that I will be so lucky with trains as my classes start at different times on different days and there are usually more trains early in the morning.

So, I am sitting in my first tutorial for the day, falling asleep and feeling under-stimulated. The content is fair, however the teaching style is ... slow? I have to take into consideration that this is a first year subject.

I'm thinking that maybe it wasn't a good idea to change my course, that maybe I should have just tried to apply for the diploma in fourth year. This way, I am having to add a year to my course. However, diploma of psych is very competitive.

I shouldn't be blogging while in class, but the tutor is going through and explaining to us, the same thing that was set in the reading for this week.

Random Thoughts Today:

• I really hate smokers, especially those who smoke around a crowd of people. Eg - girl this morning smoking while standing in the line while everyone was getting on. How hard is it to just finish your cancer stick and then join the line
• Uni makes me crave coffee but the coffee they have there, especially the mocha's are dirty gross

Well off to get my Mocha

Take Care

Driving

Less than 60 hours left to go. Hopefully at ten hours a week I will have my P's within two months :)

CityRail

Dysfunctional

Welcome

In the process of setting up :)