on maths avoidance

by bezzle

There is a bruise on my leg because I ran into a bed.

Yay quality posts

reading dreadnought

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- “At dinner one night at Osborne House, the Queen entertained a famous admiral whose hearing was impaired.  Politely, Victoria had asked about his fleet and its activities; then, shifting the subject, she asked about the admiral’s sister, and elderly dowager of awesome dignity.  The admiral thought she was inquiring about his flagship, which was in need of overhaul.  ”Well, ma’am,” he said, “as soon as I get back I’m going to have her hauled  out, roll her on her side and have the barnacles scraped off her bottom.”  Victoria stared at him for a second and then, for minutes after, the dining room shook with her unstoppable peals of laughter.”

- About Alfred von Tirpitz: “His favourite drink, it was said, was “North Sea foam”.

- Really, the main question so far is trying to decide between ‘First Sea Lord’ and ‘Supreme War Lord’.

- Also I find it very very odd that the First Sea Lord did not have a beard.  Not even a moustache!  Or mutton chops!  And why did Tirpitz fork his beard?

australia’s carbon tax

by bezzle

To be honest, I’m a little scared of doing more current-day issues sort of rants now.  I get the feeling I’m talking about things I don’t understand, or that I’m just being anal, or that I’m the only one with this sort of opinion.  But back to the topic in the title.

Our kitchen has a TV.  I attribute this to my dad’s love of television.  So he’s in the kitchen, watching Seven News.  At a very loud volume.  And I walk by and he starts ranting about how Australians are stupid about being against the carbon tax, and I have to say it was quite persuading.

My dad uses a very communist approach to this xD  He says that the nation is basically a family, that everybody has to contribute (i.e. in the form of taxes), or else we’d end up like Hong Kong, with no tax except for a 15% income tax, and no social security, medicare, etc. so why should we argue against one form of taxation when we’re going to get another in its stead?  And, of course, the whole ‘only the polluters pay’ thing.  Also, that taxes and the cost of living is going up anyway, what’s the point of disputing an emissions tax?  This I’m not too sure about though.

I’m not sure why I bothered to mention that, mainly because it was the first time I saw my dad talk passionately about something political :O

Another thing I kinda want to burble about is makeup.

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You know what, stuff it.  I am not going to talk about makeup, because I would be an utter hypocrite.  All I want to say is: double check with a mirror if your cosmetic product is having its intended effect.

Overnight, I think my dad deleted windows messenger from my computer.  I obviously want to reinstall it, but I’m wondering how long it’d take for him to notice D:

edit: WHO ELSE IS HATING THE DIRECTION OF KIMI NO IRU MACHI?  HOW THE HELL CAN HARUTO GO BACK TO EBA?  WHEN HE HAD A PERFECT GIRLFRIEND IN ASUKA AND THE MOST STUPID THING IS THAT WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, THE PAST TWENTY CHAPTERS HAVE JUST BEEN THEM IN COMPROMISING (NOT PHYSICAL) SITUATIONS ==  ARGH I AM VERY VERY ANNOYED.  ANGRY OTAKU D<

another edit: this font is stupid.  It made my rant look flowery.  FLOWERY!

four days left! soldier on…soldiers…

by bezzle

I AM ONE HAPPY CHAPPY :D  I have just place my order with an English yarn company and bought some lovely yarn to make me a nubbly bag!  They had the exact yarn I need, even the discontinued colours 8D  Here is what it should turn out like:

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It appears the webcam on my BRAND SPANKING NEW computer is broken.  Will ask sister when she gets back from camp if she has any idea what is going on, she uses the thing to take luvos and luvo-videos…  I shall go fiddle with my camera.

It’s out of battery.  Am waiting for it to recharge.

Here have some music:

I’ve heard this song lots of times on the radio, but I love the beginning and the chorus because Skylar Grey sounds good (Y)  But her parts work pretty okay with Diddy’s parts, because often I think the slower (usually the featured female singer) parts don’t work with rapping parts.

Oh here we go:

YAY bobbles!  Hope I’ll get the hang of it, and this picture shall be a reminder for me to finish this project once I start it, because knitting is one of those things you forget about totally if you get lazy.

Bobble.

Bobblebobble.

I was walking to Carlingford Court, to record my good ol’ beef prices, and behind me (about 2-3 metres away) was an old lady, and she had this really strong perfume-y smell.

And it really reminded me of primary school – there were a couple of older ladies who worked at my first school as teachers and helpers.  I can’t put a name to the scent, but it just gave me a nostalgic feeling.

And no, I didn’t know that lady.

It also got me kinda freaked out as to how this woman (and presumably a lot more out there) have the exact same scent.  Is there a brand of perfume that is popular with old women?  A brand of soap?  It’s very distinctive.

While I was walking through the shops I heard ‘Breaking Free’ playing.  That’s right – that High School Musical song.

I love those price reduction stickers on the baked food section in Coles/Woolworths :)  And the flavoured milk :)

after a while, people will begin to post with song lyrics/names as their blog titles. I will not succumb…!

by bezzle

YES I know it is the night before our maths yearly.  And yet I’m still posting, because I’m feeling a little sad.  Mostly annoyed at myself, for not studying at all for yearlies.  And I will not bash myself here. Or at all. 

I think it’s called helplessness?

It’s just that I’ve basically tuned out this entire year.  And obviously, that’s starting to become evident now.

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One Saturday, I was walking through Carlingford Court (to go get a haircut at Carlingford Village) when we were stopped by a tall Novak Djokovic-lookalike selling Dead Sea rejuvenation nail buffers or something.  Mum wastes half an hour listening to his pitch of $49.95 a set, and ends up walking off smug with three boxes for $100.  

You know what sucks?  Trying to introduce someone to something (manga, a book series, etc.) and you can’t verbalise how awesomely awesome/funny/witty/plot-twisty/cute/squeeeee~ something is without sounding like you’re exaggerating or spoiling the plot, and then the person is like ‘yeah…ok’ and walks off without reading/watching what you were talking about.  And then you feel kind of sorry for them, because they’re missing out xD and sad because there’s one less person you can fangirl/fanboy with.

Victor’s quote corner:

“Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.”
- Evan Esar