Topic: Re: Blog Thread IIIa : Look Who's Blogging Now (Read 256687 times)

snalin · « **Reply #1800 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 04:23 »

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #1801 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 04:58 »

I'd rather not, thank you. Afterall, I wasn't called The Grimmest Man in Australian Metal for offering up my immortal soul to Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Holy Father.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #1802 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 05:52 »

Oh man I felt a little weird last night (my brain was sort of swimming around inside my head when I lay down) and then I woke up at 1.30 in absolute agony and managed to drag myself to the bathroom, where all my internal organs turned to soup and vacated my body. Then I dragged myself back to bed and had the brain-swimming thing again, and cried out for my mother who in the past has heard me whimpering quietly from the other side of the house but last night had developed temporary deafness and didn't hear me yelling for her from the next room. Then some more organ-soup and I finally managed to get to sleep.

And this morning I feel fine, if a little hungry. What the hell, body.

In other news I am about to book a train ticket down to London, which is the rather inconvenient spot from which I am flying out to Norway in like TWO AND A HALF WEEKS. It would have been quite handy if I was still living in Cambridge but now it's almost three hundred miles away (yes I know that's an afternoon stroll for you Americans and Aussies but it is about a quarter of the country here). On the upside I can get a train ticket for £6.60 each way, which is the same amount I pay to get into town on the bus and back. That is ludicrous.

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #1803 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 07:30 »

Dear blaaaarrrrrgghhh thread,

today I finally got a proper reply from a recruitment agency about a job after 5 months of searching and practically spamming companies with my CV, cover letters and numerous applications. I took a numeracy test over the phone and a written test sent back via e-mail and I am finally happy for once. Yaaayyyyy!

scarred · « **Reply #1804 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 09:18 »

bitches I'm in Chicago!

I had macaroni & cheese pizza and a liter beer that made me feel like a little kiddie when i drank it. additionally, it is windy here. who knew?

(i forgot)

scarred · « **Reply #1805 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 09:22 »

Hot Doug's is definitely on the agenda, and I've heard talk of Kuma's but yeah, haven't been to either yet.

tania · « **Reply #1806 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 17:16 »

would taking two teaching assistant offers (instead of one) for next year while already enrolled as a full-time student be completely insane?
on the one hand, i will almost certainly die from exhaustion and lack of sleep but on the other hand, i have had little to no social life at all this semester due to extreme financial stress and the thought of actually being able to buy things once in a while that aren't food and rent and textbooks is really temping... although i guess i wouldn't have the time to spend that money anyway. maybe i could put it aside for furniture and a bigger apartment in the future? fuck that money just sounds so good right now. hmmm

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #1807 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 17:32 »

I think you'll be better off doing just the one. I mean, you're always posting about how exhausted and tired you are and how terrible everything is because of it. If you overstretch yourself it's just going to be worse, regardless of the money you'll still end up working yourself into the ground.

tania · « **Reply #1808 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 17:44 »

admittedly though, part of the reason i am so tired and exhausted is because of how little i eat with the whole no money thing

upon further inspection though, i think both of my offers actually conflict so i guess i have to pick only one. i'll just find out which one pays more. decision averted!

vegkitkat · « **Reply #1809 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 17:51 »

I am done all my marking for the semester! Suck it organic chem!

Tomorrow I want to go xmas shopping for secret santa and family presents. I'm super excited.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #1810 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 18:10 »

Someone finally contacted me for a job interview! It is for a liquor store job, probably going to be working mostly extremely late nights. Should be fun, and because it's a small town I probably won't get shot. Also, maybe staff discount?

Of course, they want me to interview tomorrow (thank crap I checked my e-mail today) and this just happens to be the one week where I have managed to pick up a whole weeks' worth of temp work (construction stuff, 7:30am-5ish pm), as opposed to what I have been doing before, which is rolling out of bed, opening up my laptop, sitting on the Internet for 12-14 hours, then rolling back into bed. So I had to make some panicked calls and luckily the lady at the liquor store is going to let me come in after work tomorrow. I really hope I get this job (or any job), my savings are getting to the point where I am going to have to make a decision really soon about staying or using what little money I have left to buy a plane ticket home.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #1811 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 18:13 »

You should come home. But you should like, drop by Sydney next Thursday.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #1812 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 18:22 »

Ally you know I love you sweetie but you are in Australia and Australia is a dump. Sorry! You should come here instead. We have snow, and bunnies.

Eris · « **Reply #1813 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 18:50 »

Australia has snow and bunnies also.

tania · « **Reply #1814 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 18:55 »

i have not been to australia but i have been to banff and sorry australians but banff definitely wins here

Patrick · « **Reply #1815 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 19:01 »

Dear blag,

Yesterday morning I woke up and sounded just like Barry White. So since yesterday, I've been trolling all my customers and coworkers by making the absolute most out of my Barry White voice. Stalking up behind my buddy Cameron while he's alone in the noisy back room and getting my face next to his ear and saying "What up sexy thang" and freaking him the fuck out: priceless.

On the other hand, I can't sing shit and my voice hurts.

Also, I managed to convince one of my managers to come to open mic. I heard him singing in the back room one day and I swear I'm lucky to have teeth because my jaw must have hit the floor. We're gonna practice as much as we can, because this'll be his first and last opportunity to go. Because he's moving to Hollywood in a week.

Love,
Me

Lines · « **Reply #1816 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 19:20 »

Quote from: Eris on 29 Nov 2010, 18:50

Australia has snow and bunnies also.

Ha. Snow in Australia...

Lunchbox · « **Reply #1817 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 19:32 »

Fine, I take it back. Australia never wanted you, Dovey. Stay there and I hope you freeze to death.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #1818 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 19:42 »

Entirely likely!

David_Dovey · « **Reply #1819 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 19:42 »

I am glad we could come to that entirely reasonable compromise

Lunchbox · « **Reply #1820 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 19:54 »

Joseph · « **Reply #1821 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 20:07 »

I'm lying in bed drinking Guiness and about to watch 'La Dolce Vita'. Thinking about my paper on Walt Whitman and Ezra Pound and the silly amount of reading I've done for it. Trying not to think about the lab exam I have on Friday - the one real reminded that I'm actually a neuroscience student for some reason.

Kind of wishing I'd just done arts classes these last few years.

De_El · « **Reply #1822 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 20:16 »

Quote from: scarred on 29 Nov 2010, 09:22

Hot Doug's is definitely on the agenda, and I've heard talk of Kuma's but yeah, haven't been to either yet.

If you're staying on the north side, or don't mind a food pilgrimage, go to Devon Street. So many awesome Indian and Pakistani restaurants, all lined up.

Also dang, Dovey, good luck with that job interview. You have serious stones trying to do the whole transcontinental expat thing.

Inlander · « **Reply #1823 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 21:30 »

Pfft, he's Australian. Travelling to the other side of the world for extended periods of time is what we do.

scarred · « **Reply #1824 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 21:34 »

The Shedd Aquarium, Planetarium, and Field Museum are all free tomorrow.

pwhodges · « **Reply #1825 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 00:46 »

Snow is cute - it takes our mind off things as the island sinks in chaos into the ocean. I just wish that people could see that snow is no more of a problem now than any other time.

snalin · « **Reply #1826 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 05:06 »

Finished the last of this year's lectures. Now I can read all day long!

Ladybug · « **Reply #1827 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 05:32 »

Hah, I had the same feeling on Friday. Except it was "Finished this year's projects and lectures! Now I can read all day long!" :/

Too bad I haven't done much reading since then, I was completely exhausted after the project and needed a break. But I guess studying commences tonight. Woo?

Barmymoo · « **Reply #1828 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 06:17 »

We have some more snow but it is disappointing. From the news reports I expected to wake up to discover my mum had had to dig a tunnel through some seven-foot drifts to get to the car, and what we actually got was another inch to go on top of the two inches we already had. This is just not good enough.

On the other hand I don't want more snow because I have exciting plans starting in just over two weeks! Norway then London then Surrey then maybe London/Colchester then perhaps uni for a few days then up to my dad's and then back here to hopefully get a job. It'll be nice to be busy again, it's been a very long ten days since I left uni (how can it possibly only be ten days? Crazy).

Lines · « **Reply #1829 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 07:03 »

I don't know about you guys, but I'm looking forward to having almost a month to do nothing but read all day. At least I'll be reading things that are entertaining and I don't have to analyze, write about, or present/teach to other people. Yay holidays! Yaaaaay!

october1983 · « **Reply #1830 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 07:19 »

Hey May if you have a spare half hour in London at some point, we should get that coffee that I think we planned once but never happened!

Lines · « **Reply #1831 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 09:36 »

Pics or it didn't happen.

You dressed as a girl, that is.

valley_parade · « **Reply #1832 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 09:44 »

Quote from: Jeans on 30 Nov 2010, 09:11

Today, blog thread, was "Play a prank on Jens and make him wear a skirt" at school.

Liz · « **Reply #1833 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 10:11 »

Quote from: Jeans on 30 Nov 2010, 09:11

Last night I was typing up a shitty moping post for this thread about how much being in love unreciprocated sucks,

This is basically every day of my life.

Patrick · « **Reply #1834 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 11:18 »

Quote from: Jeans on 30 Nov 2010, 10:07

Shane there were some girls dressed as guys but it was kind of hard to tell.

I would imagine it is because girls are shaped like girls and will always look like girls.

Dear blag,

I called off sick today. Third time I've called off from a shift at this job. And the second time since coming off my 90 day probationary period.

Also guys if you wanna just like collectively buy me this, well, that'd be pretty rad.

Love,
Me!

Elizzybeth · « **Reply #1835 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 12:27 »

Quote from: Patrick on 30 Nov 2010, 11:18

Quote from: Jeans on 30 Nov 2010, 10:07
Shane there were some girls dressed as guys but it was kind of hard to tell.

I would imagine it is because girls are shaped like girls and will always look like girls.

Maybe, but I think it's more likely because female gender norms, particularly in terms of clothing, are more fluid than those for men (examples: connotations of "tomboy" v. "sissy," girls playing with cars v. boys playing with dolls, etc.). So girls wearing typical "male" clothing don't look that out of place. On the one hand, this is great for women because it means we can wear jeans or skirts, neckties or hair bows! On the other hand, the reason for gender norm rigidity for men is probably that femininity has really negative cultural associations in general.

(a few examples from that blog I'm always quoting)

Lines · « **Reply #1836 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 14:22 »

That's why playing with androgyny is so much fun!

vegkitkat · « **Reply #1837 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 16:21 »

Quote from: Patrick on 30 Nov 2010, 11:18

Quote from: Jeans on 30 Nov 2010, 10:07
Shane there were some girls dressed as guys but it was kind of hard to tell.

I would imagine it is because girls are shaped like girls and will always look like girls.

Patrick, I beg to disagree. I have met a few girls whose gender was near impossible to determine. That is a frustrating and terrifying situation to be in.

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #1838 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 18:31 »

My girlfriend's sociopathic ex is returning home from the army in three weeks. The last time he found out about one of her boyfriends, he removed the lugnuts from the new boyfriend's car. He texted her 50 times last night, mostly threatening to ruin our lives. I'm probably gonna talk to the city DA about getting a restraining order, but I honestly don't think it's gonna do anything.

What the FUCK am i gonna do?

tania · « **Reply #1839 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 19:55 »

i got offered two TA positions next year, one paying about the same amount i get paid now and one paying about double that amount. naturally, i picked the one that pays double. the problem is, the reason it pays so much more is because it is significantly more work. instead of teaching three seminars, i now get to teach six! and mark 105 students all by myself!

before you ask me why i do these things to myself - do you know how hard it is to live one block away from ikea and have absolutely no spare funds available to ever be able to shop there?! it SUCKS.

JD · « **Reply #1840 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 19:56 »

Quote from: KickThatBathProf on 30 Nov 2010, 18:31

My girlfriend's sociopathic ex is returning home from the army in three weeks. The last time he found out about one of her boyfriends, he removed the lugnuts from the new boyfriend's car. He texted her 50 times last night, mostly threatening to ruin our lives. I'm probably gonna talk to the city DA about getting a restraining order, but I honestly don't think it's gonna do anything.

What the FUCK am i gonna do?

Get a gun?

tania · « **Reply #1841 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 20:03 »

get a bear

Dazed · « **Reply #1842 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 20:06 »

Get a crossbow.

And a moat.

And boiling pitch.

Then go medieval on his ass.

Lines · « **Reply #1843 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 20:06 »

Get a bear with a gun and crossbow that protects you and your gf behind a moat of boiling pitch.

Patrick · « **Reply #1844 on:** 01 Dec 2010, 01:49 »

Quote from: tania on 30 Nov 2010, 19:55

before you ask me why i do these things to myself - do you know how hard it is to live one block away from ikea and have absolutely no spare funds available to ever be able to shop there?! it SUCKS.

You'll risk ulcers and your mental health just to buy shitty furniture that'll be fucked up approximately 3 days after the warranty's done covering it?

Suit yourself

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #1845 on:** 01 Dec 2010, 01:50 »

Yeah Ikea is fucking awful. We finally learned our lesson after spending $1400 on a couch that has started to fall apart basically the day after the warranty expird. Fuck Ikea.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #1846 on:** 01 Dec 2010, 03:24 »

I don't like ikea furniture but their storage and accessories are so pretty.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #1847 on:** 01 Dec 2010, 03:29 »

Holy poop it is still snowing. It has snowed here for basically a continuous week. <3

Inlander · « **Reply #1848 on:** 01 Dec 2010, 05:46 »

Well Christ you don't buy big complicated expensive things from Ikea. Ikea is for small furniture. I have a whole bunch of Ikea shelves and an incredibly comfortable, springy birch-framed Ikea chair and I've had them for years and they were cheap and they're still performing admirably.

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #1849 on:** 01 Dec 2010, 09:26 »

Quote from: Linds on 30 Nov 2010, 20:06

Get a bear with a gun and crossbow that protects you and your gf behind a moat of boiling pitch.

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