I don't actually have agoraphobia, but I am probably in danger of developing it.
I didn't leave the house today. Heck, I didn't leave my BEDROOM. Except to go to the bathroom, eat dinner and to go play with my sister's mouse a couple of times, I have been in my room all day.
I didn't even eat anything apart from my aunt's culinary specialty, "rice with bits."
Geez what a waste of time. I slept in til about noon, then I "got up", meaning I pulled my laptop onto my bed and guess what, I'm still here..........
It's now 1:13am....
I am going to go to bed soon, even though I'm not particularly tired (since I slept in til noon). But geez, I didn't even do anythign very useful on the internet today. Like I didn't spend the day studying physics and learning all about how to best deal with the deforestation of the Amazon. I just chatted to strangers and myspaced and youtubed and generally wasted time.
I have no plans for tomorrow either, except that I should wash some clothes. I was gonna go to Ashley's place tonight maybe, they were having a party in her apartment building, but I am a bit lacking in clean clothes. And I didn't really feel like it.
And it was a saturday today, so my aunt and uncle were at home, so the Sci-fi channel was on, so I didn't even watch TV. I guess that's a good thing, given the garbage that I occasionally watch, but still, it would have gotten me off the internet for a while at least.
Oh well. University is starting soon so I'll HAVE to do more than just sit on the net, at least for a few hours a week.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Popular
Today is significant for a few reasons. This blog entry will therefore be brought to you as a (not necessarily chronological, but maybe I'll try) series of event descriptions.
1. I spent a dandy half an hour this morning standing next to a pole. It was probably the greatest thrill ever, except that time my family drove all the way from southern Queensland to Canberra and only stopped once for a short meal.
I was supposed to meet Ruckus at the train station to buy train tickets at 12, but she got "lost" (though supposedly she knows the way from Central to Roma St) so I was stuck waiting for her on the deserted Platform 10 for half an hour. It turned out the ticket sales window was only open until eleven in the morning and then not again until four in the afternoon. So after all the waiting I'd done, we just left anyway.
2. I purchased the necessary textbooks for my university course. I am studying journalism, so I only needed one book. I had two other recommended books, so I decided to buy those as well since I like to read and they looked interesting. I figure that you don't really need a lot of specific information for journalism, you just have to make up a lot of crap and sleep with the bosses to advance (joke). But anyway one of my books is called "Release the Hounds" and has dogs on the front which don't look menacing at all. That was pretty exciting but really the only book worth noting on here. The other two will probably be quite interesting reads but right now I'm only judging them by their covers.
3. Gloria Jean's didn't have any cherry soda left. Wow. Every time I go there they check if they have cherry, but they always have. Until today. This one day, they had run out. I guess I drank it all. Ruckus and I both wanted cherry but we got lime instead. It was okay in the end because the lime tasted quite good and was an amazingly pretty colour, not lime green but a bluer shade. It was quite a dazzling experience.
3. Turns out it takes me longer to eat one McDonald's Mini Snack Wrap than it does for Ruckus to eat two. Interesting stuff there.
4. Off Ya Tree did not have the shoes Ruckus wanted in stock in her size. Fortunately she now has her Bopo card (pre-paid credit card) so she could just order them off the net if she wanted to.
5. The Valley is still rife with traffic, cigarettes, vagrants, police officers and alternative boutique stores. Today it smelled more interesting than usual because it rained.
6. Ruckus and I purchased some tickets to go back to our old town for the Easter weekend, hurray. I said it'd be like goiong on a weird backwards holiday because we have always gone the other way around on the train. Going back will be good because I can see my cat again. And play Oblivion. Hurray.
7. I ate a little too much pizza. I feel fat and unhealthy and lazy. Ugh.
8. I got a Valentine's Day card, and it wasn't scribbled on a piece of paper from one of my friends after i'd given them one. Sure it wasn't from my loving adoring boyfriend (for the obvious reason that I don't have one of those) but who cares. It was a lovely nice tacky card. Thanks, Alan.
9. I was actually feeling COLD when I came into my room before. I turned off the fan, put on a jumper and got into bed with my laptop. It was great. Unfortunately, I have since gotten hot again and might have to sit on top of my bedcovers again and take my jumper off. Damn.
Bye. blog.
1. I spent a dandy half an hour this morning standing next to a pole. It was probably the greatest thrill ever, except that time my family drove all the way from southern Queensland to Canberra and only stopped once for a short meal.
I was supposed to meet Ruckus at the train station to buy train tickets at 12, but she got "lost" (though supposedly she knows the way from Central to Roma St) so I was stuck waiting for her on the deserted Platform 10 for half an hour. It turned out the ticket sales window was only open until eleven in the morning and then not again until four in the afternoon. So after all the waiting I'd done, we just left anyway.
2. I purchased the necessary textbooks for my university course. I am studying journalism, so I only needed one book. I had two other recommended books, so I decided to buy those as well since I like to read and they looked interesting. I figure that you don't really need a lot of specific information for journalism, you just have to make up a lot of crap and sleep with the bosses to advance (joke). But anyway one of my books is called "Release the Hounds" and has dogs on the front which don't look menacing at all. That was pretty exciting but really the only book worth noting on here. The other two will probably be quite interesting reads but right now I'm only judging them by their covers.
3. Gloria Jean's didn't have any cherry soda left. Wow. Every time I go there they check if they have cherry, but they always have. Until today. This one day, they had run out. I guess I drank it all. Ruckus and I both wanted cherry but we got lime instead. It was okay in the end because the lime tasted quite good and was an amazingly pretty colour, not lime green but a bluer shade. It was quite a dazzling experience.
3. Turns out it takes me longer to eat one McDonald's Mini Snack Wrap than it does for Ruckus to eat two. Interesting stuff there.
4. Off Ya Tree did not have the shoes Ruckus wanted in stock in her size. Fortunately she now has her Bopo card (pre-paid credit card) so she could just order them off the net if she wanted to.
5. The Valley is still rife with traffic, cigarettes, vagrants, police officers and alternative boutique stores. Today it smelled more interesting than usual because it rained.
6. Ruckus and I purchased some tickets to go back to our old town for the Easter weekend, hurray. I said it'd be like goiong on a weird backwards holiday because we have always gone the other way around on the train. Going back will be good because I can see my cat again. And play Oblivion. Hurray.
7. I ate a little too much pizza. I feel fat and unhealthy and lazy. Ugh.
8. I got a Valentine's Day card, and it wasn't scribbled on a piece of paper from one of my friends after i'd given them one. Sure it wasn't from my loving adoring boyfriend (for the obvious reason that I don't have one of those) but who cares. It was a lovely nice tacky card. Thanks, Alan.
9. I was actually feeling COLD when I came into my room before. I turned off the fan, put on a jumper and got into bed with my laptop. It was great. Unfortunately, I have since gotten hot again and might have to sit on top of my bedcovers again and take my jumper off. Damn.
Bye. blog.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Creativity
I need some creativity right now. I want to do some more work on my book, but I don't really have much inspiration for new additions to it right now.
The book I am writing is a baby names book, in which I am making up all the names. So far I am quite pleased with the few names I have created, but really, for a whole book I will need a lot.
It is very difficult to come up with new names that aren't just ripped off television or games. But every so often one will pop into my head and I will add it in.
I wonder what I should do to get more inspiration. Hmmm. Maybe I just need to not spend every waking hour in front of the computer. That could be a start.
Well keep an eye out for my book anyway.
Maybe someday someone will publish it in an attempt to limit the amount of Jessica and Rachel duos there are in the world.
I would if I were a publisher.
The book I am writing is a baby names book, in which I am making up all the names. So far I am quite pleased with the few names I have created, but really, for a whole book I will need a lot.
It is very difficult to come up with new names that aren't just ripped off television or games. But every so often one will pop into my head and I will add it in.
I wonder what I should do to get more inspiration. Hmmm. Maybe I just need to not spend every waking hour in front of the computer. That could be a start.
Well keep an eye out for my book anyway.
Maybe someday someone will publish it in an attempt to limit the amount of Jessica and Rachel duos there are in the world.
I would if I were a publisher.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Franklynne likes to sleep.
Two nights ago, I slept on a couch. It wasn't long enough and my neck got a bit sore from leaning on the edge of it. When I woke up the sun was beating down into my eyes and onto my skin, probably giving me several melanomas.
Last night I shared Ashley's bed, which is a king size SINGLE. Meaning there wasn't very much room. SO basically the last two nights I have had not very comfortable sleeps.
I have come to realise the value of sleeping in my own bed. It's a good thing. I only moved into this bed, in my new house, a week ago, and I really needed some reason to start liking it and finding it comfortable. It is a bit of a downgrade from my last bed, which was a queen sized (double) water bed. In other words, probably the most comfortable bed ever.
This new bed is a double bed, which is actually a rather hard futon with a soft mattress-like cover on it. It's not UNcomfortable, but it's really not hte most comfortable bed there is.
However after sleeping on a couch and then being squished between Ashley and a wall with no room for my arms, I think I will find my bed very comfortable now.
Which is a good thing.
It's a little bit like the story of the woman who thought her house was too loud, so she visited a wise man for advice. He told her to get a cat, then a dog, then more animals after that, one at a time, until her house was extremely noisy. Then he advised her to remove all the animals and her house was suddenly very quiet and peaceful. That's the situation with my bed I think. As long as I'm comparing it to my old really comfortable bed, it won't seem good, but compared to a couch, it's pretty darn great.
Beds rock.
Last night I shared Ashley's bed, which is a king size SINGLE. Meaning there wasn't very much room. SO basically the last two nights I have had not very comfortable sleeps.
I have come to realise the value of sleeping in my own bed. It's a good thing. I only moved into this bed, in my new house, a week ago, and I really needed some reason to start liking it and finding it comfortable. It is a bit of a downgrade from my last bed, which was a queen sized (double) water bed. In other words, probably the most comfortable bed ever.
This new bed is a double bed, which is actually a rather hard futon with a soft mattress-like cover on it. It's not UNcomfortable, but it's really not hte most comfortable bed there is.
However after sleeping on a couch and then being squished between Ashley and a wall with no room for my arms, I think I will find my bed very comfortable now.
Which is a good thing.
It's a little bit like the story of the woman who thought her house was too loud, so she visited a wise man for advice. He told her to get a cat, then a dog, then more animals after that, one at a time, until her house was extremely noisy. Then he advised her to remove all the animals and her house was suddenly very quiet and peaceful. That's the situation with my bed I think. As long as I'm comparing it to my old really comfortable bed, it won't seem good, but compared to a couch, it's pretty darn great.
Beds rock.
Saturday Night's Alright for Being a Pacifist
Yo, so it's Saturday night, but I won;t be able to post this until tomorrow because I am at Ashley's house and she doesn't have internet connection in her room and I'm not going all the way downstairs and using a foreign computer to type a blog. I'd much rather write it on my own nice shiny red laptop and post it tomorrow instead.
Well Ashley's place isn't really a house, it's an apartment, and it's not that exciting. One of her roommates is reasonably attractive but he was only here for like a few minutes, shuffling around for a bit in his room then he cme out and said hi and stuff then left. So now me and Ashley are sitting on the armchairs, which are quite comfy, watching a ailly show on television called 28 acts in 18 minutes.
I can't understand most of it because the people are talking fast and inaudibly in disjointed sentences. But Ashley just laughed so I guess she's paying slightly more attention than I am. Oh now there's a guy on dressed as a rabbit dancing stupidly and making weird noises.
See, this is why I love television.
Anyway. We went out for dinner, I got some mexicana wrap type thing which would have been alright except that it had massive amounts of onions and tomato in it, and I'm really not a fan of eating massive chunks of either or both of those. So I picked most of it out like a little kid. Oh well. It tasted okay then. I had chips and coke as well.
Now the wonderful television show is making fart jokes. Gee everyone loves a good fart joke, don't they? Oh good, Ashley changed the channel. Now I don't know what's on. Oh well
It's 12:30am and I'm a little bit tired, after sleeping on a couch at Ruckus's house last night (meaning I didn't get a very fulfilling sleep) and running around all day with my laptop on my back. Okay that was a slight exaggeration, but I did do a fair bit of walking. At least I definitely got my recommended 30 minutes of solid exercise, and more.
I had a cherry soda today, from Gloria Jeans. Cherry soda is probably the best drink at the world, and it really sucks how you can't buy it anywhere, except the Italian soda from Gloria Jeans and imported stuff from the US, which is only available at a very limited amount of stores and is fairly overpriced. Well $2.50 for a can of drink isn't THAT apalling but still, I'd prefer if it wasn't quite that much. I wonder if in other parts of the world you can get cherry soda everywhere. I guess since the kind available here in Australia seems to come from either the US or Italy, you can probably get it in both of those places. But I wonder if you can buy it in the UK, or Chile, or Sudan, or Turkey, or Moldova or anywhere. If anyone from a country that isn't Australia, please comment and tell me if you have a supply of cherry soda available for easy purchase in your country.
So it's getting closer to Valentine's Day...I hate Valentine's Day. I'd like it if I wasn't always alone with no special card from a pretty boy and resenting every person who got roses or teddy bears or chocolates from their boyfriend and was happy. I may come back and rant a little more about Valentine's Day before the actual day, but until then I'll tell you, that all I want is Whataboutadam. Then I'd be happy.
Au revoir.
Well Ashley's place isn't really a house, it's an apartment, and it's not that exciting. One of her roommates is reasonably attractive but he was only here for like a few minutes, shuffling around for a bit in his room then he cme out and said hi and stuff then left. So now me and Ashley are sitting on the armchairs, which are quite comfy, watching a ailly show on television called 28 acts in 18 minutes.
I can't understand most of it because the people are talking fast and inaudibly in disjointed sentences. But Ashley just laughed so I guess she's paying slightly more attention than I am. Oh now there's a guy on dressed as a rabbit dancing stupidly and making weird noises.
See, this is why I love television.
Anyway. We went out for dinner, I got some mexicana wrap type thing which would have been alright except that it had massive amounts of onions and tomato in it, and I'm really not a fan of eating massive chunks of either or both of those. So I picked most of it out like a little kid. Oh well. It tasted okay then. I had chips and coke as well.
Now the wonderful television show is making fart jokes. Gee everyone loves a good fart joke, don't they? Oh good, Ashley changed the channel. Now I don't know what's on. Oh well
It's 12:30am and I'm a little bit tired, after sleeping on a couch at Ruckus's house last night (meaning I didn't get a very fulfilling sleep) and running around all day with my laptop on my back. Okay that was a slight exaggeration, but I did do a fair bit of walking. At least I definitely got my recommended 30 minutes of solid exercise, and more.
I had a cherry soda today, from Gloria Jeans. Cherry soda is probably the best drink at the world, and it really sucks how you can't buy it anywhere, except the Italian soda from Gloria Jeans and imported stuff from the US, which is only available at a very limited amount of stores and is fairly overpriced. Well $2.50 for a can of drink isn't THAT apalling but still, I'd prefer if it wasn't quite that much. I wonder if in other parts of the world you can get cherry soda everywhere. I guess since the kind available here in Australia seems to come from either the US or Italy, you can probably get it in both of those places. But I wonder if you can buy it in the UK, or Chile, or Sudan, or Turkey, or Moldova or anywhere. If anyone from a country that isn't Australia, please comment and tell me if you have a supply of cherry soda available for easy purchase in your country.
So it's getting closer to Valentine's Day...I hate Valentine's Day. I'd like it if I wasn't always alone with no special card from a pretty boy and resenting every person who got roses or teddy bears or chocolates from their boyfriend and was happy. I may come back and rant a little more about Valentine's Day before the actual day, but until then I'll tell you, that all I want is Whataboutadam. Then I'd be happy.
Au revoir.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Ogal
Yeah I feel like an Ogal right now. I need a shower.
Ugh that sounds gross. Haha. It's so hot here though. I was at Ruckus's house last night, sleeping on the couch and when I woke up the sun was in my eyes and shining on me and I was REALLY HOT. Then we drove to Ari's work and I walked to the train station from there (got even hotter) then caught the train home and walked home from the station (HOT).
So basically by the time I got home I was really hot. It's not so bad now because I'm just sitting here with the fan on and the windows open, but I could probably use a shower. Ew.
Don't worry I'm not that disgusting. I did have a shower yesterday and I will have one today so i'm not really like an Ogal at all.
Well yesterday I went shopping and I bought another Dilbert calendar. I have three now. But, this one was big and came with DILBERT TATTOOS. I was extremely excited about htat.
And since it's February already, it was only 5 bucks. Pretty sweet deal. It was lying at the top of the stack of clearance stuff in the newsagency as if it were calling out to me to buy it and hang it on my wall.
Ah I love Dilbert (as you may have already guessed).
Okay so I'm going to Ashley's house tonight and she wanted to meet at 12. That's not gonna happen obviously since it's 11:24 and I haven't left the house yet, so I think I'll meet her at 3 or 4. I guess it depends when the train gets into the city.
So shower/food/clothes/hair/makeup time now.
See ya, blog which no one reads. Have a good one.
Ugh that sounds gross. Haha. It's so hot here though. I was at Ruckus's house last night, sleeping on the couch and when I woke up the sun was in my eyes and shining on me and I was REALLY HOT. Then we drove to Ari's work and I walked to the train station from there (got even hotter) then caught the train home and walked home from the station (HOT).
So basically by the time I got home I was really hot. It's not so bad now because I'm just sitting here with the fan on and the windows open, but I could probably use a shower. Ew.
Don't worry I'm not that disgusting. I did have a shower yesterday and I will have one today so i'm not really like an Ogal at all.
Well yesterday I went shopping and I bought another Dilbert calendar. I have three now. But, this one was big and came with DILBERT TATTOOS. I was extremely excited about htat.
And since it's February already, it was only 5 bucks. Pretty sweet deal. It was lying at the top of the stack of clearance stuff in the newsagency as if it were calling out to me to buy it and hang it on my wall.
Ah I love Dilbert (as you may have already guessed).
Okay so I'm going to Ashley's house tonight and she wanted to meet at 12. That's not gonna happen obviously since it's 11:24 and I haven't left the house yet, so I think I'll meet her at 3 or 4. I guess it depends when the train gets into the city.
So shower/food/clothes/hair/makeup time now.
See ya, blog which no one reads. Have a good one.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Real life is dull sometimes
Hey world,
I haven't done anything remotely interesting short of taking a bath in the past two days so I really don't have much to write about at all.
Nothing during my waking hours anyway.
Lat night though I had a dream where Ruckus and Ashley and I were all in the UK somewhere (probably London I guess, that'd be logical) to go to some youtube gathering. Except only us three and Whataboutadam showed up. Not a very large group then, but I didn't care, of course.
So we met just outside one of those little stalls with all the imported Asian things like bags and wallets and jewelry in the middle of a big shopping centre (strange place to meet but hey). Ashley and Ruckus disappeared almost straight away, so it was just me and Adam. I said something like “Isn't it weird how we came to this UK gathering and the only people who showed up are three girls from Australia, and you're the only one from the UK and even you're from Ireland instead of aorund here?” and that's about the only dialogue I can remember. But anyway, I guess since it was my dream and all, Adam actually liked me and so we wandered around with our arms wrapped around each other like lovesick people do. We found Ruckus and Ashley outside and some other people had showed up so we hung around there and that's all I really remember...well nearly everything. But I think I'll keep that bit to myself maybe.
Dreams are great. Although it is a bit sad when the nicest romantic encounters you have, ever, are in your dreams.
Although I guess in a way, dreams aren't really much less than reality, except that anything can happen and everything is reset the next night. Maybe I shouldn't shove them to the side so much and mope about how it sucks sometimes how they are only dreams. I suppose they're sort of just like an alternative part of life.
Still, it'd be nice if that dream was true.
*sigh*
I haven't done anything remotely interesting short of taking a bath in the past two days so I really don't have much to write about at all.
Nothing during my waking hours anyway.
Lat night though I had a dream where Ruckus and Ashley and I were all in the UK somewhere (probably London I guess, that'd be logical) to go to some youtube gathering. Except only us three and Whataboutadam showed up. Not a very large group then, but I didn't care, of course.
So we met just outside one of those little stalls with all the imported Asian things like bags and wallets and jewelry in the middle of a big shopping centre (strange place to meet but hey). Ashley and Ruckus disappeared almost straight away, so it was just me and Adam. I said something like “Isn't it weird how we came to this UK gathering and the only people who showed up are three girls from Australia, and you're the only one from the UK and even you're from Ireland instead of aorund here?” and that's about the only dialogue I can remember. But anyway, I guess since it was my dream and all, Adam actually liked me and so we wandered around with our arms wrapped around each other like lovesick people do. We found Ruckus and Ashley outside and some other people had showed up so we hung around there and that's all I really remember...well nearly everything. But I think I'll keep that bit to myself maybe.
Dreams are great. Although it is a bit sad when the nicest romantic encounters you have, ever, are in your dreams.
Although I guess in a way, dreams aren't really much less than reality, except that anything can happen and everything is reset the next night. Maybe I shouldn't shove them to the side so much and mope about how it sucks sometimes how they are only dreams. I suppose they're sort of just like an alternative part of life.
Still, it'd be nice if that dream was true.
*sigh*
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