Very sorry about neglecting this site lately! Although I’ve still been taking my 365 photos, I’ve been forgetting to upload and post them, hence this latest absence. I actually thought I’d done it on the weekend, but it turned out I was thinking of the previous weekend. FAIL! So anyway, photos from Feb 15 through to 25 are up now – enjoy!

This week has been (Dis)Orientation Week at my university, and even though I’m not a “fresher” or a “noob” or whatever nickname they’re giving to the first years these days, I had to go to the orientation day for the science department because prior to this semester I was doing a business degree (drastic change, I know!). While there I was given a free “welcome to university!” student diary that at first I thought would end going through the shredder in my dad’s office to make Easter basket filling (hehe), there are actually some cool/weird bits and pieces in there, like these vouchers. Why they included something like that, I have no idea, but then again, the diary also contains doodle pages (see below), a travel planner map, a cut-out voodoo doll and a lecture bingo game (see below below), so I guess that’s not the weirdest of it! It sure is a welcome change anyway from all the pages upon pages of deadline notifications and “write your tute tasks here” sections.

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Woooo, I have a new Rubik’s cube! The old one was so old that it got all stiff and wouldn’t twist properly anymore, so I bought myself a new one. And no, before you ask, I didn’t really solve it (I wish!) – it came already solved in the box, lol. But I’m considering leaving it like that now and putting it on display so it looks like I did solve it. Hahaha, I’m so lame.

One of the bonus add-ons that came with my anatomy textbook this semester is the graphic atlas of the human body, which contains a whole bunch of really interesting (though often quite disgusting) pictures of everything ranging from cells to bones to decayed-looking tissue and foetal skulls. (Charming, eh?) I was quite tickled to see that all the cell slide pictures seem to have a pink or purple tint, and I told my dad jokingly that they were obviously trying to encourage more girls to study science. Looks cool though, doesn’t it? See how pretty you are inside! Hahaha.

This on the other hand, is not quite so pretty…

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And I couldn’t help but think when I saw this that it looks an awful lot like a chunk of cold roast beef…

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Believe me, that’s not the worst of it, but I don’t want to freak anyone out too much, hehe.

Classes for the upcoming semester start in just one week from today, so I am busy preparing my taking sure I have plenty of funky stationary to take to class with me. Of course, in reality I rarely need anything more than a pen and lecture pad, but I couldn’t resist all the other stuff. A few things I’d already had for a while (like the game controller calculator and the nose pencil sharpener), but most of the pens, clips and owl things are new. Funnily enough, most people assume I like owls because they supposedly represent wisdom and knowledge (or Harry Potter…lol), but I actually like them because they represent dark evil spirits from Twin Peaks. Then most people assume I’m creepy and weird.

I should have known sooner or later I’d succumb to the “I’m sick, everyone feel sorry for me!” picture. I really wasn’t feeling well today though (well, obviously!) and spent most of the day drinking Gatorade, popping painkillers and whinging to anyone who was dumb enough to come within hearing distance of me. In the picture you can see my “sick supplies”: Panadol, my prescription painkillers, Kleenex, a mini massage pillow (I put it behind my neck – so nice!), weak Gatorade (made from the powder) and M&Ms. Come on, I’m never too sick to eat M&Ms!

I haven’t had a real paper-bound journal for nearly 10 years now, so on a whim I bought myself this kickass blank journal with Albert Einstein on the cover. I don’t actually intend to keep it as a “journal journal” though, filled with my thoughts and feelings (Yes, I hear you…”What thoughts? What feelings?” Hmpf!) I will however be filling it with quotes, pictures, poems and other junk like that. And knowing me, probably all silly/funny stuff, but hey, that’s how I roll.

Sidenote: I wonder if anyone ever called Albert Einstein “Bertie”? Hehehe.

I went and saw my mum’s stylist today to see if she could do anything to make my hair look a little less like the home of a rat with questionable housekeeping skills, and this is the result. Bit of a trim, subtle layering, and some goldy-orangey foils (sorry, I suck as describing colours! lol). I actually quite like it, even though it’s a bit too short to tie back properly without enough hair clips to create my own magnetic field.

I’m just kidding, there’s no Plutonium in my fridge…well, at least not to my knowledge. The other elements though are all contained within my various foodstuffs.

Ahem, anyway…I’d been eyeing these periodic table magnets on Think Geek, but never ordered them because postage to Australia was so pricey, but to my delight the campus book shop is now selling them! Of course I had to buy a set, and then proceeded to put it together puzzle-style on my bar fridge. I tried to do it from memory, but I could only remember the order of about 10 elements before I gave up and looked up at the one on my wall as reference. As an added bonus, they also include some blank ones where you can create your own element. As soon as I can find a fine-tipped permanent marker I will be adding Stevensonium to the list (named after myself of course! hehe). It’s highly unstable, bonds with nothing and has a huge atomic mass. How very fitting!

And of course, I had to make this little message…

You know your day was about as boring as it gets when the most interesting thing you could find to define your day in a photo was a big ball of dried glue. Honestly, I’m amazed I’m not in a coma by now.

Anyway, back to the glue ball. I spilled a tube of clear craft glue on my floor at some stage without realizing, and the oozing glue dried into a big ball. Because of the heat though, it started to melt/cook, hence the funky bubbly texture. I thought it looked kinda cool though when you hold it up to the light…almost like a crystal or something.

Like I said, I had a boring day.