Not in the mood to write out a proper post so have a survey =)
[Edit] Just checked my archives to the right. This is my centenary post and I wasted it in the middle of exam week doing a survey. Oh well there's always 200 to hit =)
Who were you with last night?
I slept alone. Pierre-Claude Branxton, a Mega Mushroom, and the blue Fuwa did make a guest appearance though.
What woke you up this morning?
The soft ringing of Sleep Cycle. I love how you can bump the iPod/iPhone to snooze it. Or even better, just bash the bed so the iPod/iPhone thinks you bumped it, and snooze 8D
Where are you?
In front of a computer. Wow.
Is tomorrow going to be a good day?
FUCKING 3U OMG SHIT AHHH SHIT CRAP DAMN
Did you kiss or hug anyone today?
No =(
When’s the last time you cried?
Hayfever made my eyes water yesterday
The PAST
Ever thrown up in public?
Uhh not that I remember
Passed out because of alcohol?
No I drink like a tank.
What’s on your mind RIGHT NOW?
I was thinking about whether tanks actually drink. BUT HEART OF DARKNESS/APOC NOW AHH
The FUTURE
Would you take a bullet for anyone?
Well if it was going to hit them somewhere fatal, and I could block it with my leg or somewhere non-fatal, then sure.
Where would you like to live?
I don't know, haven't planned that far ahead yet.
What kind of house would you like?
A really big one so people would come and be like "ECHO!" and I'd be like "It'll come around in about 3 minutes."
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Something in the field of medicine.
Where do you see yourself in years?
Still learning about the field of medicine and possibly going "fuck this, mate".
Who was the last person that left you a comment?
On this blog, Marcus. In real life, Tom. On text, Rebecca. On MSN, also Rebecca. On whatsapp, Max. On Skype, Crystal.
Too much information yet?
Are you good friends with this person?
HOLY LOL DID NOT SEE THIS QUESTION FUCK. And uhh I think you'd know if you were a good friend :L
How often do you log in to facebook?
Pretty often, to check our Cadet page. Screw the rest I got MSN.
IN GENERAL
Do you like candy necklaces?:
Do you eat them then put it back on? What the fuck? And I don't wear necklaces anyway.
When’s the last time you fell or ran into something?
I run into people and they fall over. Lol jokes but probably in soccer, I did run into people. By that I mean we rammed each other like real soccer hk's do.
Do you still go trick or treating?
Never went. Stranger danger brew.
What was the last thing you ate?
I ate a very good creation. It's a cheese + chocolate sandwich. Chuck a slice of cheese on each slice, break up a few pieces of that FREAKING FUNDRAISER CHOCOLATE, put them together, put it in the sandwich maker...
It's like. Lots of dairy? Yeah...
Are you a fast typer?
Reasonably fast.
About how many people have you driven with?
Just my dad.
What are you doing this weekend?
SHOOTING GUNZ PEW PEW.
Then hardcore for 3u and Bio fml.
Whats your favorite type of soda?
Coke will do.
Have you ever moved?
Like 2 or 3 times. Fun stuff. I love it when the new house is empty and it echoes nicely. Like when we got floorboards, all I did was walk around and click and muse how cool the echo was. Then they moved the furniture back in the living room and I was like "fuck this".
Have you ever won an award?
... If you go to James Ruse and haven't won an award for something...
How many times have you eaten sushi?
I eat it every few Sundays before Intuition. And then some more randomly 8D
What do you want to do right now?
I WANT to do my 3u... but is it physically possible? That is the question.
Are you listening to music right now?
No not at the moment.
Are you with someone right now?
Nahh. Call me.
Whats a word or phrase that you love?
Not feeling it with words atm.
How long until your birthday?
The greater half of the year. I'll be 18 and legal for more things than just sex!
When were you the saddest in your whole life?
When I was like "I'm pretty sad man".
What time is it now?
Interesting question. How do you define the concept of "time". What is time without space? And what is space without time?
Do you think anyone will repost to this?
Probably. People love stealing surveys that I find =P
What makes you pissed off?
If I've been pissed off, it's been on this blog hehe
Have you ever had a song written about you?
No =(. Forever alone and uninspiring.
What song makes you cry?
I don't cry at songs wtf. Do people actually do this?
Like is it cry because it's such a nice song? Wtf.
What songs makes you happy?
All the songs on my iPod make me happy.
What do you like to listen to before you go to bed?
I don't listen to stuff before I go to bed.
Do you have a job??
Not anymore.. Double punctuation for the win?? Yeah I think so too..
What does Your CD player have in it right now?
Lots of dust.
If you were a crayon what color would you be?
I'm very cbf doing work so I'll probably be the colour that kids rarely use, like brown or grey. Aren't tertiary colours like the longest crayons in the pack, cos all the kids think blue and red are the coolest colours?
What makes you happy?
Oh so many things.
Height?
Yes.
Hair?
I have some.
Piercings?
I do not have some.
Tattoos?
Neither some I do not have none either.
What are you wearing?
School uniform.
What taste is in your mouth?
Your tongue. Trolol it's a bread-y taste.
Do you have a bad habit?
My mum flames me for not standing up straight =(
but i insist - returns
This is the Insist Twice Rule that I conjured up at the beginning of the year. It is on the old blog at this link but have a copy paste for your convenience. Parts that I added today will be coloured blue, cos I'm hard like that.
I'm not recycling this post for no reason - I want to relate it to other things. This is just bringing the people who have not seen this post up to speed, or those who have just plain forgotten 8D
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What's the general guideline for insisting to do stuff?
The most relevant example that comes to mind is paying on a date. How many times are you meant to insist before you allow for split billing?
In a progressive new world, gender equality is an issue prevalent in society's mindset. Women have the right to vote, equal pay for equal work, blah. Their opinions are just as important as men. They are individual people just as much as men. Is it a crime to think that some of these girls out there are actually offended if a guy relentlessly insists on paying for them? (Remember Lemesurier's story about her sister, and the guy that shouted her the toll on a road, and she got pissed off and flipped him off?)
If a girl was to pay for the entire meal (both the guy and the girl), the guy would be uncomfortable, a la "I am a guy, I can provide for myself kthanks."
By similar logic, I think there are definitely girls out there thinking "I am a girl, I can provide for myself kthanks"
There are also more traditional girls "Guys should pay for girls on dates, open the door, and other chivalry stuff. Always and forever. Cos that's cute and that's what those perfect guys do for their perfect girlfriends in a perfect world"
Even my mum asked me: "What the crap? You've never split the bill before? I always thought girls today were more independent and stuff." Barring the awkwardness of this remark, I must say it's impossible to generalise. Sure there are independent girls. Also there are traditional-viewed girls. So, in a world where it's too easy to offend, what do you do?
I have a "insist twice only" rule. Too little, you're a faggot, cos you seem unwilling to part with your money. Too much, you're a male equivalent of a bitch (also a faggot). So this is my flow chart (from a guy's perspective). This is all conjectural, maybe I got some stage wrong? Please tell me if you disagree with my views!
[Click read more for the flow chart]
I'm not recycling this post for no reason - I want to relate it to other things. This is just bringing the people who have not seen this post up to speed, or those who have just plain forgotten 8D
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What's the general guideline for insisting to do stuff?
The most relevant example that comes to mind is paying on a date. How many times are you meant to insist before you allow for split billing?
In a progressive new world, gender equality is an issue prevalent in society's mindset. Women have the right to vote, equal pay for equal work, blah. Their opinions are just as important as men. They are individual people just as much as men. Is it a crime to think that some of these girls out there are actually offended if a guy relentlessly insists on paying for them? (Remember Lemesurier's story about her sister, and the guy that shouted her the toll on a road, and she got pissed off and flipped him off?)
If a girl was to pay for the entire meal (both the guy and the girl), the guy would be uncomfortable, a la "I am a guy, I can provide for myself kthanks."
By similar logic, I think there are definitely girls out there thinking "I am a girl, I can provide for myself kthanks"
There are also more traditional girls "Guys should pay for girls on dates, open the door, and other chivalry stuff. Always and forever. Cos that's cute and that's what those perfect guys do for their perfect girlfriends in a perfect world"
Even my mum asked me: "What the crap? You've never split the bill before? I always thought girls today were more independent and stuff." Barring the awkwardness of this remark, I must say it's impossible to generalise. Sure there are independent girls. Also there are traditional-viewed girls. So, in a world where it's too easy to offend, what do you do?
I have a "insist twice only" rule. Too little, you're a faggot, cos you seem unwilling to part with your money. Too much, you're a male equivalent of a bitch (also a faggot). So this is my flow chart (from a guy's perspective). This is all conjectural, maybe I got some stage wrong? Please tell me if you disagree with my views!
[Click read more for the flow chart]
maybe once or twice I wasn't fair I wasn't nice
I have a situation. Let there be three people: X, Y and Z.
X and Y are really close friends. Z is either a person Y dislikes, or possibly a person that Y is having a discussion/argument with (a discussion in which you can take sides).
Now Y and Z are talking. X has a little chime (definitely chime intensity of less than 10, since they were close friends).
X will be unnecessarily mean to Z, or sides unnecessarily strongly with Y (to the point that they're not even listening to Z). This isn't done because X feels that Y is indubitably right, or that X feels that Z is indubitably wrong.
This is done to gain the approval of Y.
I'd say that people who engage in this kind of behaviour are:
a) Close, but not long, or overly secure friends
b) Are not ones I would call "good people"
To justify point a). If you were truly good, solid friends, you should be able to express your own opinion and be respected for it. If I may bring back the confusing pronumeral-people, X should be able to side with Z, and not fear that Y will think much of it. Because Y should respect X for whatever he/she thinks, regardless of whether it agrees with Y.
And RE: point b) - I'm not playing angel here; I know I'm guilty of doing this. I bet you are too. It's something that happens. I think it's human nature. It's why a dude getting hit in the balls is so funny.
Conclusion - Other people (that you can't relate to) getting hurt is inconsequential and all in good fun.
And I'm guilty of approving of people who agree with me. It feels so sinfully good when I rage and people are like "YEAH I KNOW RIGHT?!"
Conclusion - everybody loves hearing that their opinion has at least one supporter. Even if that opinion is a not-so-nice one.
This whole situation - It's unnecessary, but oh-so-necessary at the same time. We know we shouldn't be doing it... but can we afford not to?
X and Y are really close friends. Z is either a person Y dislikes, or possibly a person that Y is having a discussion/argument with (a discussion in which you can take sides).
Now Y and Z are talking. X has a little chime (definitely chime intensity of less than 10, since they were close friends).
X will be unnecessarily mean to Z, or sides unnecessarily strongly with Y (to the point that they're not even listening to Z). This isn't done because X feels that Y is indubitably right, or that X feels that Z is indubitably wrong.
This is done to gain the approval of Y.
I'd say that people who engage in this kind of behaviour are:
a) Close, but not long, or overly secure friends
b) Are not ones I would call "good people"
To justify point a). If you were truly good, solid friends, you should be able to express your own opinion and be respected for it. If I may bring back the confusing pronumeral-people, X should be able to side with Z, and not fear that Y will think much of it. Because Y should respect X for whatever he/she thinks, regardless of whether it agrees with Y.
And RE: point b) - I'm not playing angel here; I know I'm guilty of doing this. I bet you are too. It's something that happens. I think it's human nature. It's why a dude getting hit in the balls is so funny.
Conclusion - Other people (that you can't relate to) getting hurt is inconsequential and all in good fun.
And I'm guilty of approving of people who agree with me. It feels so sinfully good when I rage and people are like "YEAH I KNOW RIGHT?!"
Conclusion - everybody loves hearing that their opinion has at least one supporter. Even if that opinion is a not-so-nice one.
This whole situation - It's unnecessary, but oh-so-necessary at the same time. We know we shouldn't be doing it... but can we afford not to?
out cold
I conquered 100 pages of North and South today.
Granted I fell unconscious for an hour due to sheer boredom.
But I recovered after an hour and continued conquering the book.
My parents notice that I lose consciousness whenever I read this book, and told me it would be good to prescribe to insomniacs.
ONLY ABOUT 100 MORE TO GO. I THINK I CAN DO THIS.
I will bring back the interesting posts when I feel interesting. At the moment I just feel triumphant 8D
Granted I fell unconscious for an hour due to sheer boredom.
But I recovered after an hour and continued conquering the book.
My parents notice that I lose consciousness whenever I read this book, and told me it would be good to prescribe to insomniacs.
ONLY ABOUT 100 MORE TO GO. I THINK I CAN DO THIS.
I will bring back the interesting posts when I feel interesting. At the moment I just feel triumphant 8D
motivation's such an aggravation
51) Something I should have said a long time ago
If anything, I feel like it's I say too much. But I don't feel regrets. There isn't something terrible that happened that could've been saved by a few simple words.
52) What my last text message says
SENT: "Did you go driving today? Just testing my psychic powers here xP"
RECEIVED: "You're so sexy when you're all fired up" (From someone using Tree's phone :L)
53) What I hate most about myself
I procrastinate like there IS a tomorrow :L. There always is a tomorrow until the night before it's due.
54) Biggest turn ons
(Writing this in first person... feels weird :L)
That "magic" when I'm flirting with the right person.
When they look into my eyes and don't look away =)
... What's the point of pretending this isn't awesome? -> Making out
55) What words upset me the most
Like I say many times before, most stuff has more impact through actions more than words.
56) What I hate/hated the most about school
I've enjoyed school. It's that awesome phase where nothing you do really affects how successful you are in the real world... You're protected from any real harm, yet it's the time to make mistakes and learn.
*****
Motivation comes from within. No amount of pressure can make a person do more work than he intends. If it seems successful, he is just burning out.
You see parents forcing their kids to go tutoring or learn the piano. Unless they enjoy dedicating themselves to the task, they're going to resent the parents, their teachers, and work in general.
Sure you can temporarily boost their studiousness by cramming before Selective and OC. But it's not sustainable, and any temporary success is just burning out more.
You'll only work hard once you realise how important it what you're working for is. And if you just can't see it, it's impossible to convince you otherwise. They can present their own opinion, facts and figures. Maybe that will broaden your perception of the issue, and change your opinion. But if it doesn't, no amount of kicking and screaming from anyone else will ever motivate you.
Dedicated to all those kids who get the fuck tutored out of them, even as they have no will to learn.
By the way, that is absolutely NO kid from Ruse. It's impossible to do well enough to get into Ruse if you didn't like learning. But you know the type I'm talking about.
If anything, I feel like it's I say too much. But I don't feel regrets. There isn't something terrible that happened that could've been saved by a few simple words.
52) What my last text message says
SENT: "Did you go driving today? Just testing my psychic powers here xP"
RECEIVED: "You're so sexy when you're all fired up" (From someone using Tree's phone :L)
53) What I hate most about myself
I procrastinate like there IS a tomorrow :L. There always is a tomorrow until the night before it's due.
54) Biggest turn ons
(Writing this in first person... feels weird :L)
That "magic" when I'm flirting with the right person.
When they look into my eyes and don't look away =)
... What's the point of pretending this isn't awesome? -> Making out
55) What words upset me the most
Like I say many times before, most stuff has more impact through actions more than words.
56) What I hate/hated the most about school
I've enjoyed school. It's that awesome phase where nothing you do really affects how successful you are in the real world... You're protected from any real harm, yet it's the time to make mistakes and learn.
*****
Motivation comes from within. No amount of pressure can make a person do more work than he intends. If it seems successful, he is just burning out.
You see parents forcing their kids to go tutoring or learn the piano. Unless they enjoy dedicating themselves to the task, they're going to resent the parents, their teachers, and work in general.
Sure you can temporarily boost their studiousness by cramming before Selective and OC. But it's not sustainable, and any temporary success is just burning out more.
You'll only work hard once you realise how important it what you're working for is. And if you just can't see it, it's impossible to convince you otherwise. They can present their own opinion, facts and figures. Maybe that will broaden your perception of the issue, and change your opinion. But if it doesn't, no amount of kicking and screaming from anyone else will ever motivate you.
Dedicated to all those kids who get the fuck tutored out of them, even as they have no will to learn.
By the way, that is absolutely NO kid from Ruse. It's impossible to do well enough to get into Ruse if you didn't like learning. But you know the type I'm talking about.
barely passing
46) All of the pets I've ever had
I thought I screwed up but actually you just asked the same question twice. Again.
47) My biggest worry currently
I'm worried that I won't focus myself in time for Prelims! =O
48) Something I've wished for repeatedly
First thing that comes to mind is that I wish I could understand better. Understand people's motives, how they would react to certain things. But I'm always learning =)
49) My relationship with my parents
Good and pretty comfortable. I dunno, can't expand past that.
50) What words make me the best about myself
The fuck does this mean? It really is specific to who the person is. Like a friend told me my essay was awesome, it has a different effect to if Mrs Mayers told me that. So really just any friendly words go quite the long way 8D
*****
I am in a pretty cbf mood. My focus is rather crappy and I manage to procrastinate hours at a time, and I have no idea what I achieved in that time. I think I just zone out and time just goes away. It's almost bloody 10 already.
This also means I cbf with a proper blog post. Expect a nice one after prelims, at the latest =)
I thought I screwed up but actually you just asked the same question twice. Again.
47) My biggest worry currently
I'm worried that I won't focus myself in time for Prelims! =O
48) Something I've wished for repeatedly
First thing that comes to mind is that I wish I could understand better. Understand people's motives, how they would react to certain things. But I'm always learning =)
49) My relationship with my parents
Good and pretty comfortable. I dunno, can't expand past that.
50) What words make me the best about myself
The fuck does this mean? It really is specific to who the person is. Like a friend told me my essay was awesome, it has a different effect to if Mrs Mayers told me that. So really just any friendly words go quite the long way 8D
*****
I am in a pretty cbf mood. My focus is rather crappy and I manage to procrastinate hours at a time, and I have no idea what I achieved in that time. I think I just zone out and time just goes away. It's almost bloody 10 already.
This also means I cbf with a proper blog post. Expect a nice one after prelims, at the latest =)
and i dreamed
41) Where I would like to live
I would like to grow up in Australia. I have no wishes to be in any other country. As much of a hole it is in terms of culture, music, fashion, w/e, it has treated me well thus far =D
42) The nicest thing anyone's ever said to me
Oooh... The same words out of different people's mouths have different effects on me... I can't decide on that.
Lol as true as the above may be, I just don't bother remembering specific quotes. I'm sorry if you expected me to.
43) Do I like where I am right now
Yes I do. Actually there's one more puzzle I need to solve before I'm like "yeahp I can chill now". I estimate a total of two people will have any idea what I'm talking about :L
44) What I can hear right now
Whirring of computer, and "Hate This & I'll Love You - Muse" playing itself over and over in my head.
45) My relationship with my siblings
Pretty good (Y). We talk and have fun and stuff.
But something I don't talk about with my brother is girls. I just find it weird. And people seem surprised that as close as my brother and I are, we don't talk about girls.
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I wonder if dreams are a reflection of your personality and your perception of the world.
A while ago I asked on my Formspring for descriptions of dreams.
Here are some diversions (as in, places of diverging) I found, and some traits that I associated with them (based on patterns from like 20 people. Don't hate!):
Presence of the supernatural in dreams
This means stuff like mythical creatures, your own ability to walk through walls, shoot fire from your hands, etc.
The (few) people who dream about magical stuff all seem to be religious. I don't exactly know about their RPG gaming habits, but it might just as well be due to that. Of course there were Christians who didn't dream in magic. I don't know, possibly this demonstrates a greater acceptance of the supernatural?
Personally I have never dreamt about anything visually supernatural. I have never met anyone producing flames, etc etc. I did have a dream about a vampire once, but if I didn't "know" that he was a vampire, he could've just been a dude that didn't like me. I wouldn't classify it as "supernatural" cos he couldn't do anything special.
Are your dreams about you fighting stuff?
You can be verbally or physically fighting, against real people or monsters or something. Well this one's obvious... a short temper seems to fuel these dreams. Or maybe just an overdose of MMORPGs makes you think that killing anything anywhere will give you money and loot.
I've also personally never dreamt about fighting anything. If I'm ever in trouble I usually walk briskly. For some reason I never get caught if I do that.
Are your dreams in realistic setting? Is it set in someplace that looks like it could exist on Earth?
I've heard people dream about stuff like being "submerged in a ginormous building full of different pools" (Julia). I've never had anything so surreal.
I don't know what this would imply about someone's personality. Maybe having realistic dreams means you're more down to earth and less liable to fairytales. Or maybe it just means you're less creative. Who can be sure until we've got more data!
My dreams are set in places that are definitely urban. I remember being in a shopping centre. When I woke up I could tell that it was like Macquarie Centre, but not really. The most surreal dream I've ever had was when I was at Carlingford Court, and a walk-in Easyway was where the fish shop currently is. The walk-in Easyway had a fridge from which you could pick your own topping - there was a massive variety of toppings, including raspberries. Then we went to the carpark and my bro was driving. And he kept going up the levels (the carpark was not unlike Chatswood Westfield). Then on one of those suspended ramps, there was a massive carshaped ditch and he got our car stuck in that.
Do they have a storyline, or are they brief "clips" of ideas?
A storyline means having a real plot. And you can come out of the dream and tell a story. A brief clip is basically a photograph, or 10 second clip. It's just an idea embodies into dream form.
What could this suggest. I really have no idea. But from what I can tell, the people with short dreams consistently have short dreams, and people with storylike dreams also consistently have those. So it must mean SOMETHING.
I always have long dreams with actual storylines. Sometimes there may be several clips, but they always come together to make a story (I think. I don't remember that clearly trolol)
Are your friends in your dreams?
I don't need to explain what this one means.
I guess this can mean how much of a role your friends play in your life? Like how much they impact you and how much you depend on them.
I am unclear whether I dream about my friends or not... I have humans in my dream definitely. I don't think their features are clearly defined, yet in my mind I fill in the blank with an identity. Often the humanoid figure representing the identity is nothing like the friend, but I don't give a shit and I can make my dream however I want. I don't think I look at people's faces much in dreams... It's more about the ideas.
Do you always dream about yourself? Was there ever a time when you were not the subject of your own dream?
By this I mean you were like watching a movie. You are not conscious of yourself at all in the dream. Being in first person and watching people is not good enough. Neither is watching yourself from third person. It's like, ACTUALLY NOT ABOUT YOU AT ALL!
I don't have enough people who've ever dreamt in third person, ie completely detached from the dream, to make any sort of guess.
That includes me. I'm as self centred as a geocentric model.
Some loose things related to dreams:
- I have had a dream in which I died but stayed asleep. So I "felt myself dying" and stayed asleep. It was weird.
- Even when I have dreams about vampires and shit, I always always always see them in human form, but due to dream intuition, I can tell they're even.
- Dream intuition is the best. You see something and you're like "that's fucked" even though it's just a table or something. And hey, it turns out to be fucked!
So tell me! Did you belong to one of those "dream groups" I posted above, but your personality does not match my wild hypothesis? I'm really interested to see how every else dreams!
I would like to grow up in Australia. I have no wishes to be in any other country. As much of a hole it is in terms of culture, music, fashion, w/e, it has treated me well thus far =D
42) The nicest thing anyone's ever said to me
Oooh... The same words out of different people's mouths have different effects on me... I can't decide on that.
Lol as true as the above may be, I just don't bother remembering specific quotes. I'm sorry if you expected me to.
43) Do I like where I am right now
Yes I do. Actually there's one more puzzle I need to solve before I'm like "yeahp I can chill now". I estimate a total of two people will have any idea what I'm talking about :L
44) What I can hear right now
Whirring of computer, and "Hate This & I'll Love You - Muse" playing itself over and over in my head.
45) My relationship with my siblings
Pretty good (Y). We talk and have fun and stuff.
But something I don't talk about with my brother is girls. I just find it weird. And people seem surprised that as close as my brother and I are, we don't talk about girls.
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I wonder if dreams are a reflection of your personality and your perception of the world.
A while ago I asked on my Formspring for descriptions of dreams.
Here are some diversions (as in, places of diverging) I found, and some traits that I associated with them (based on patterns from like 20 people. Don't hate!):
Presence of the supernatural in dreams
This means stuff like mythical creatures, your own ability to walk through walls, shoot fire from your hands, etc.
The (few) people who dream about magical stuff all seem to be religious. I don't exactly know about their RPG gaming habits, but it might just as well be due to that. Of course there were Christians who didn't dream in magic. I don't know, possibly this demonstrates a greater acceptance of the supernatural?
Personally I have never dreamt about anything visually supernatural. I have never met anyone producing flames, etc etc. I did have a dream about a vampire once, but if I didn't "know" that he was a vampire, he could've just been a dude that didn't like me. I wouldn't classify it as "supernatural" cos he couldn't do anything special.
Are your dreams about you fighting stuff?
You can be verbally or physically fighting, against real people or monsters or something. Well this one's obvious... a short temper seems to fuel these dreams. Or maybe just an overdose of MMORPGs makes you think that killing anything anywhere will give you money and loot.
I've also personally never dreamt about fighting anything. If I'm ever in trouble I usually walk briskly. For some reason I never get caught if I do that.
Are your dreams in realistic setting? Is it set in someplace that looks like it could exist on Earth?
I've heard people dream about stuff like being "submerged in a ginormous building full of different pools" (Julia). I've never had anything so surreal.
I don't know what this would imply about someone's personality. Maybe having realistic dreams means you're more down to earth and less liable to fairytales. Or maybe it just means you're less creative. Who can be sure until we've got more data!
My dreams are set in places that are definitely urban. I remember being in a shopping centre. When I woke up I could tell that it was like Macquarie Centre, but not really. The most surreal dream I've ever had was when I was at Carlingford Court, and a walk-in Easyway was where the fish shop currently is. The walk-in Easyway had a fridge from which you could pick your own topping - there was a massive variety of toppings, including raspberries. Then we went to the carpark and my bro was driving. And he kept going up the levels (the carpark was not unlike Chatswood Westfield). Then on one of those suspended ramps, there was a massive carshaped ditch and he got our car stuck in that.
Do they have a storyline, or are they brief "clips" of ideas?
A storyline means having a real plot. And you can come out of the dream and tell a story. A brief clip is basically a photograph, or 10 second clip. It's just an idea embodies into dream form.
What could this suggest. I really have no idea. But from what I can tell, the people with short dreams consistently have short dreams, and people with storylike dreams also consistently have those. So it must mean SOMETHING.
I always have long dreams with actual storylines. Sometimes there may be several clips, but they always come together to make a story (I think. I don't remember that clearly trolol)
Are your friends in your dreams?
I don't need to explain what this one means.
I guess this can mean how much of a role your friends play in your life? Like how much they impact you and how much you depend on them.
I am unclear whether I dream about my friends or not... I have humans in my dream definitely. I don't think their features are clearly defined, yet in my mind I fill in the blank with an identity. Often the humanoid figure representing the identity is nothing like the friend, but I don't give a shit and I can make my dream however I want. I don't think I look at people's faces much in dreams... It's more about the ideas.
Do you always dream about yourself? Was there ever a time when you were not the subject of your own dream?
By this I mean you were like watching a movie. You are not conscious of yourself at all in the dream. Being in first person and watching people is not good enough. Neither is watching yourself from third person. It's like, ACTUALLY NOT ABOUT YOU AT ALL!
I don't have enough people who've ever dreamt in third person, ie completely detached from the dream, to make any sort of guess.
That includes me. I'm as self centred as a geocentric model.
Some loose things related to dreams:
- I have had a dream in which I died but stayed asleep. So I "felt myself dying" and stayed asleep. It was weird.
- Even when I have dreams about vampires and shit, I always always always see them in human form, but due to dream intuition, I can tell they're even.
- Dream intuition is the best. You see something and you're like "that's fucked" even though it's just a table or something. And hey, it turns out to be fucked!
So tell me! Did you belong to one of those "dream groups" I posted above, but your personality does not match my wild hypothesis? I'm really interested to see how every else dreams!
printing moneyz
36) Who my best friends are
It's already been answered. Yeahp, right here
37) How many kids I want in the future
2 or 3. Probably 2. 3 seems like too many an 1 seems to lonely.
38) My idea of a perfect date
Any stupid shit seems fun as long as you're doing it with the right person. If you get bored you can just sit down romantically and stare out into the sky.
39) What I'm really good at
That's not up to me to decide. Why don't YOU tell ME =)
40) Most traumatic experience
I don't remember being traumatised. Even if I have I've probably suppressed it. Yeahp. Suppression still working, if it is actually suppressing anything. Minor mindfuck time? 8D
******
Tree linked me to this a while ago
My only idea at the time - Print a printer for infinite money!
I can't even be bothered making a real post so just deal with this kaykay? =P
It's already been answered. Yeahp, right here
37) How many kids I want in the future
2 or 3. Probably 2. 3 seems like too many an 1 seems to lonely.
38) My idea of a perfect date
Any stupid shit seems fun as long as you're doing it with the right person. If you get bored you can just sit down romantically and stare out into the sky.
39) What I'm really good at
That's not up to me to decide. Why don't YOU tell ME =)
40) Most traumatic experience
I don't remember being traumatised. Even if I have I've probably suppressed it. Yeahp. Suppression still working, if it is actually suppressing anything. Minor mindfuck time? 8D
******
Tree linked me to this a while ago
My only idea at the time - Print a printer for infinite money!
I can't even be bothered making a real post so just deal with this kaykay? =P
link back to the question
31) What I would do if I won the lottery
I'd probably save it up until I know what to do with it. As boring as that sounds I don't want to risk being 40 and going "what the fuck did you buy that motorcycle for, man? To this date you still can't ride it."
32) A description of the boy I like
I'm guessing you mean "girl". *sigh* I wish I could answer that myself xP
33) What I love most about myself
You know when you're discussing something, and you want to say exactly what you mean but you can't, for some reason? I like that I can usually express myself in exactly the way I intend (something that posting on this blog has in no small way helped in).
I also like that, as far as I'm aware, I have never made a bad first impression before =D
34) My biggest pet peeves
Holy shit have you been reading this blog or not xP
35) What bands I've seen live
Unfortunately, none =(. I would love greatly to see Muse someday *wistful smile*
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Have you ever asked a question like "Can you give me real life examples of the effects of the inverse square law industrially?"
And somebody answers "OH it's like when you're 1m away from the light bulb, and move to 2m away, the perceived intensity of the light is 4x less!"
And you just look back and think "Do you honestly think that a) that answers the bloody question and b) I didn't fucking know that?!"
Or when people come up with the answer 3 minutes later than you did and they like "OR MAYBE IT'S X AND Y". And you're just thinking "You know I said X and Y like 3 minutes ago right?"
If they look up and apologise, then I guess that's acceptable.
But when they just go on and on and on, spewing your own idea back at you... well... imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?
I suppose white knights will come and say "hey, they were trying to help! It's not their fault!"
To which I reply: if you want to help, you should be considering all the information that the person requiring help is given. If you skimmed over the answer that obviously means you've formulated an answer before the asker has finished asking. Which is fail helping, btw. And it doesn't hurt to check if I point out that the point has been brought up before.
In a different note I watched Captain America today. It was a pretty good movie - exciting and all. But some things that just don't make sense. I don't believe that these are any spoilers - telling you that these things happen won't screw the story up. But have a break anyway.
I'd probably save it up until I know what to do with it. As boring as that sounds I don't want to risk being 40 and going "what the fuck did you buy that motorcycle for, man? To this date you still can't ride it."
32) A description of the boy I like
I'm guessing you mean "girl". *sigh* I wish I could answer that myself xP
33) What I love most about myself
You know when you're discussing something, and you want to say exactly what you mean but you can't, for some reason? I like that I can usually express myself in exactly the way I intend (something that posting on this blog has in no small way helped in).
I also like that, as far as I'm aware, I have never made a bad first impression before =D
34) My biggest pet peeves
Holy shit have you been reading this blog or not xP
35) What bands I've seen live
Unfortunately, none =(. I would love greatly to see Muse someday *wistful smile*
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Have you ever asked a question like "Can you give me real life examples of the effects of the inverse square law industrially?"
And somebody answers "OH it's like when you're 1m away from the light bulb, and move to 2m away, the perceived intensity of the light is 4x less!"
And you just look back and think "Do you honestly think that a) that answers the bloody question and b) I didn't fucking know that?!"
Or when people come up with the answer 3 minutes later than you did and they like "OR MAYBE IT'S X AND Y". And you're just thinking "You know I said X and Y like 3 minutes ago right?"
If they look up and apologise, then I guess that's acceptable.
But when they just go on and on and on, spewing your own idea back at you... well... imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?
I suppose white knights will come and say "hey, they were trying to help! It's not their fault!"
To which I reply: if you want to help, you should be considering all the information that the person requiring help is given. If you skimmed over the answer that obviously means you've formulated an answer before the asker has finished asking. Which is fail helping, btw. And it doesn't hurt to check if I point out that the point has been brought up before.
In a different note I watched Captain America today. It was a pretty good movie - exciting and all. But some things that just don't make sense. I don't believe that these are any spoilers - telling you that these things happen won't screw the story up. But have a break anyway.
up above the world so high
26) An internal conflict I have with myself
I know what I'm meant to do. I'm just very good at distracting myself from doing said task.
27) What I'm doing tomorrow
Go Intuition, then come home to do nothing.
28) What I want to be when I get older
Something in the field of medicine.
29) Most embarassing moment
The strongest impression I have atm was when they gave us red cordial at Dining In Night in courses. And I couldn't stop giggling. This guy gulping next to me triggered lots of giggling... during a minute silence =(
30) Two of my insecurities
That I actually have no idea what I'm doing
... Everything that has been weird so far has been overcome with bravado. Pretending that nothing's wrong is just as good as if nothing's actually wrong. To flipside this I could say an insecurity is that bravado will one day fail and I will have to actually deal with shit.
I know it's completely slack to talk in this way about people who are trying to help. This is if you believe that intentions are more important than the end results. To pull an extreme, Hitler's intention was to make Germany a hk country. Pretty noble intentions. Just the way that he went about "helping his country", and genocide... well. Those are results of his good intentions.
In my case, I'm talking about people who look at working out I've already crossed out and tell me why it's wrong. Like I get that you're trying to help and tell me that I got something wrong... but... if you think about it a little bit, I already seem to know. It is really futile and it's quite frustrating to pretend that I'm thankful.
I don't have the heart to continue because I know they're all trying to help, but think twice before checking out somebody's crossed out answer.
Nextly (in your face anon. Does it hurt?) we have people who have been to tutoring and act all top shit when they know something because they've learnt it already. If you've already learnt it somewhere else, and someone else doesn't get it on the first explanation, it is not because you're smart and they're dumb. It's because it's your second time learning and their first.
Don't be an asshole and condescend them just because you've learnt it before. Use your knowledge in positive ways. Help the people that ask for help (don't force your help unto people. That's condescending as balls).
The moral of this story is "Think and don't be an asshole."
I know what I'm meant to do. I'm just very good at distracting myself from doing said task.
27) What I'm doing tomorrow
Go Intuition, then come home to do nothing.
28) What I want to be when I get older
Something in the field of medicine.
29) Most embarassing moment
The strongest impression I have atm was when they gave us red cordial at Dining In Night in courses. And I couldn't stop giggling. This guy gulping next to me triggered lots of giggling... during a minute silence =(
30) Two of my insecurities
That I actually have no idea what I'm doing
... Everything that has been weird so far has been overcome with bravado. Pretending that nothing's wrong is just as good as if nothing's actually wrong. To flipside this I could say an insecurity is that bravado will one day fail and I will have to actually deal with shit.
I know it's completely slack to talk in this way about people who are trying to help. This is if you believe that intentions are more important than the end results. To pull an extreme, Hitler's intention was to make Germany a hk country. Pretty noble intentions. Just the way that he went about "helping his country", and genocide... well. Those are results of his good intentions.
In my case, I'm talking about people who look at working out I've already crossed out and tell me why it's wrong. Like I get that you're trying to help and tell me that I got something wrong... but... if you think about it a little bit, I already seem to know. It is really futile and it's quite frustrating to pretend that I'm thankful.
I don't have the heart to continue because I know they're all trying to help, but think twice before checking out somebody's crossed out answer.
Nextly (in your face anon. Does it hurt?) we have people who have been to tutoring and act all top shit when they know something because they've learnt it already. If you've already learnt it somewhere else, and someone else doesn't get it on the first explanation, it is not because you're smart and they're dumb. It's because it's your second time learning and their first.
Don't be an asshole and condescend them just because you've learnt it before. Use your knowledge in positive ways. Help the people that ask for help (don't force your help unto people. That's condescending as balls).
The moral of this story is "Think and don't be an asshole."
ink poisoning
21) The one place I want to be right now
I love where I am, every minute of wherever I am.
Except a select few subjects. Please get me the FUCK away from those.
22) The meanest thing anyone has ever said to me
People offend more through their actions and intent than through their words. Probably the meanest things were said in joke and I thought nothing of it.
23) Where I have lived before
Australia's been my only true home. Of course lived in hotels and relative's places in other countries. But yeah only Australia.
24) I'll love you if...
I feel that it's impossible for me to ever un-love you, ever. Never ever forever together feather tether. After due consideration I have decided that that is what it means to me =D
25) What are my future plans
I plan to do something medicine-related. I have no backup so I'm pretty fucked.
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So today I discovered there were certain people (only 2 lol) in our grade who still believed in ink poisoning. You know exactly who you are xP
So I had some fun walking around trying to "kill" said people with a Sharpie.
If you can find a Sharpie, you'll see that it is ACMI ASTM D4236. Since I've memorised all these terrible codes off by heart (lol jokes I used Google and found their site), this code means that "no materials in sufficient quantities to be toxic or injurious to humans, including children, or to cause acute or chronic health problems". So chill chill people =D
According to trusty old Wikipedia, it takes over 30mLs of Sharpie ink just to get a REACTION. That is like, I'm assuming, slight redness or something. Considering that a Sharpie can hold AT MOST 3mL of ink in it, that would mean colouring for 10 Sharpies straight before your skin goes "hmm something's fucked here". I think it's fair in saying that the "reaction" isn't "death", seeing as ACMI has really assured you it's not.
Just in case you're thinking "I HAVEN'T WASHED MY HANDS YET, BUT THE INK IS ALREADY GONE. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? IT MUST BE SEEPING INTO MY BLOODSTREAM!"
Remember your skin cells? And how you lose lots of skin cells per day and little dust mites come along and chomp them up? Well according to this site, you shed a whopping 3.6kg of skin cells a year, which amounts to almost 10g a day.
I'll be damned that among those 1 million skin cells you shed a day, some of them aren't carrying Sharpie ink. When you rub away the dead layer of your skin, Sharpie comes off as well. It's not getting absorbed into your bloodstream.
If you truly believe in ink poisoning, I present you with something that will scar you forever. When you go into a swimming pool. Think of all the half-assedly wiped assholes (lolpun). Think of all the kids that took a piss. Think of the people with semi-healed scabs. Think of all the old people washing away their sweat.
Now think about how easily your skin "absorbs this crap". Just like Sharpie ink. ALL THROUGH YOUR SKIN.
Yum yum?
No, our skin was designed to KEEP CRAP OUT. It stops viruses and bacteria pretty well, I think it can handle some ink. And even if ink does go in, your kidneys and liver can help you survive about a dose of alcohol about a katrillion times greater than the amount if ink present in a arm-Sharpie drawing (alcohol is, ho ho, the main irritant in Sharpies). If it can't handle a tiny (I mean less than 1/1000 mL tiny) amount of ink that "seeped through your pores", then your immune/toxin system sucks balls and you might as well just die now before a pinch of salt dissolves through your fingers and lyses the crap out of your eyeball.
So you can sleep easy tonight.
And just in case you get a marker moustache, don't think it's the end of your life. It's not going to seep into your brain and poison you. At least not according to ACMI.
I love where I am, every minute of wherever I am.
Except a select few subjects. Please get me the FUCK away from those.
22) The meanest thing anyone has ever said to me
People offend more through their actions and intent than through their words. Probably the meanest things were said in joke and I thought nothing of it.
23) Where I have lived before
Australia's been my only true home. Of course lived in hotels and relative's places in other countries. But yeah only Australia.
24) I'll love you if...
I feel that it's impossible for me to ever un-love you, ever. Never ever forever together feather tether. After due consideration I have decided that that is what it means to me =D
25) What are my future plans
I plan to do something medicine-related. I have no backup so I'm pretty fucked.
**********
So today I discovered there were certain people (only 2 lol) in our grade who still believed in ink poisoning. You know exactly who you are xP
So I had some fun walking around trying to "kill" said people with a Sharpie.
If you can find a Sharpie, you'll see that it is ACMI ASTM D4236. Since I've memorised all these terrible codes off by heart (lol jokes I used Google and found their site), this code means that "no materials in sufficient quantities to be toxic or injurious to humans, including children, or to cause acute or chronic health problems". So chill chill people =D
According to trusty old Wikipedia, it takes over 30mLs of Sharpie ink just to get a REACTION. That is like, I'm assuming, slight redness or something. Considering that a Sharpie can hold AT MOST 3mL of ink in it, that would mean colouring for 10 Sharpies straight before your skin goes "hmm something's fucked here". I think it's fair in saying that the "reaction" isn't "death", seeing as ACMI has really assured you it's not.
Just in case you're thinking "I HAVEN'T WASHED MY HANDS YET, BUT THE INK IS ALREADY GONE. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? IT MUST BE SEEPING INTO MY BLOODSTREAM!"
Remember your skin cells? And how you lose lots of skin cells per day and little dust mites come along and chomp them up? Well according to this site, you shed a whopping 3.6kg of skin cells a year, which amounts to almost 10g a day.
I'll be damned that among those 1 million skin cells you shed a day, some of them aren't carrying Sharpie ink. When you rub away the dead layer of your skin, Sharpie comes off as well. It's not getting absorbed into your bloodstream.
If you truly believe in ink poisoning, I present you with something that will scar you forever. When you go into a swimming pool. Think of all the half-assedly wiped assholes (lolpun). Think of all the kids that took a piss. Think of the people with semi-healed scabs. Think of all the old people washing away their sweat.
Now think about how easily your skin "absorbs this crap". Just like Sharpie ink. ALL THROUGH YOUR SKIN.
Yum yum?
No, our skin was designed to KEEP CRAP OUT. It stops viruses and bacteria pretty well, I think it can handle some ink. And even if ink does go in, your kidneys and liver can help you survive about a dose of alcohol about a katrillion times greater than the amount if ink present in a arm-Sharpie drawing (alcohol is, ho ho, the main irritant in Sharpies). If it can't handle a tiny (I mean less than 1/1000 mL tiny) amount of ink that "seeped through your pores", then your immune/toxin system sucks balls and you might as well just die now before a pinch of salt dissolves through your fingers and lyses the crap out of your eyeball.
So you can sleep easy tonight.
And just in case you get a marker moustache, don't think it's the end of your life. It's not going to seep into your brain and poison you. At least not according to ACMI.
my day in a nut (no shell)
16) My favourite songs right now
I haven't listened to music for too long. But right now I've got Moon River as performed by Audrey Hepburn stuck in my head. Cos Crystal was singing it, and also Audrey's smile at the end if the song is so... priceless :L
My songs don't come and go with the seasons because most of the new stuff coming out is going in a funky direction that I don't really like.
17) How my last kiss went* down
I don't know how to answer this.
18) What I find attractive in the preferred sex
A certain confidence, feeling like our personalities match enough to keep us agreeing, but different enough to keep us interested... Responds well to flirting 8D
19) All of the pets I've ever had
Had two baby chicks before. They disappeared one day. My dad theorised that a neighbour's cat ate them =(
Now have budgies (about 5 total). They are kept in an outdoor cage so some of them randomly die =(
I think that's it.
20) Favourite flavour of ice cream
I don't really like chocolate ice cream. It doesn't taste like chocolate. I like vanilla and strawberry when it's not being too sweet. Straying beyond the Neapolitan three, the mango and the coffee flavoured ones are nice too.
Lemon sorbets are pretty good 8D
But I guess the funkier flavours that Sara Lee, Weis, etc come up with are usually pretty nice.
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My pickup line of the year:
When I see you, I get an electric shock through my body
It must be AC cos it feels like a SINE
Vaish's reply:
"That's funny cos I tan-d to do that to people"
The ultimate sadface combo:
='(
*sniff*
=(
...
='(
*sniff*
=(
Conspiracy theoriests
Here are some conspiracies that we were making on the bus to sport:
- The standard "what if everyone sees colours different to me, and we just can't tell?!"
- What if everyone is a robot and actually has no brain? How do you prove anyone has a brain?
- How do you know you are going anywhere when you are on a plane? You can see the takeoff and the landing. But the bit in the middle is like a massive "loading" screen. What if the government is tricking you into believing there are many countries? How can you be sure that there are other continents?
- How do you know that the Parliament we see is the actual government? How can you prove that they're the ones making decisions and changing shit (lol actually I don't think anyone believes that they're doing jack all in the first place, so moot point)
And one I made up that blows my own mind and anyone else who would listen:
Our Universe is believed to have originated from a singularity. The singularity is an arbitrary point in nothingness prior to "the big bang".
I think that the "nothingness" is actually an infinite space for these "singularities" to occur.
Our Universe does seem massively big, with 100billion stars in a galaxy, 100billion galaxies in the Universe.
But maybe our Universe just expanded in relation to us, and in the grand scale of things (ie the nothingness that existed before) we are just another singularity in which time arbitrarily exists.
The nothingness is an infinite dimensional space - a singularity is 0 dimensional. On a simple 1D shape we call a line, is made up of infinite singular points.
Just like "stacking a square" infinite amount of times gets you a cube.
Having these infinity^infinity singularities sprouting Universes and possibilities... ahh it is wonderful.
PS Brian you will never be a gentleman
I haven't listened to music for too long. But right now I've got Moon River as performed by Audrey Hepburn stuck in my head. Cos Crystal was singing it, and also Audrey's smile at the end if the song is so... priceless :L
My songs don't come and go with the seasons because most of the new stuff coming out is going in a funky direction that I don't really like.
17) How my last kiss went* down
I don't know how to answer this.
18) What I find attractive in the preferred sex
A certain confidence, feeling like our personalities match enough to keep us agreeing, but different enough to keep us interested... Responds well to flirting 8D
19) All of the pets I've ever had
Had two baby chicks before. They disappeared one day. My dad theorised that a neighbour's cat ate them =(
Now have budgies (about 5 total). They are kept in an outdoor cage so some of them randomly die =(
I think that's it.
20) Favourite flavour of ice cream
I don't really like chocolate ice cream. It doesn't taste like chocolate. I like vanilla and strawberry when it's not being too sweet. Straying beyond the Neapolitan three, the mango and the coffee flavoured ones are nice too.
Lemon sorbets are pretty good 8D
But I guess the funkier flavours that Sara Lee, Weis, etc come up with are usually pretty nice.
**********
My pickup line of the year:
When I see you, I get an electric shock through my body
It must be AC cos it feels like a SINE
Vaish's reply:
"That's funny cos I tan-d to do that to people"
The ultimate sadface combo:
='(
*sniff*
=(
...
='(
*sniff*
=(
Conspiracy theoriests
Here are some conspiracies that we were making on the bus to sport:
- The standard "what if everyone sees colours different to me, and we just can't tell?!"
- What if everyone is a robot and actually has no brain? How do you prove anyone has a brain?
- How do you know you are going anywhere when you are on a plane? You can see the takeoff and the landing. But the bit in the middle is like a massive "loading" screen. What if the government is tricking you into believing there are many countries? How can you be sure that there are other continents?
- How do you know that the Parliament we see is the actual government? How can you prove that they're the ones making decisions and changing shit (lol actually I don't think anyone believes that they're doing jack all in the first place, so moot point)
And one I made up that blows my own mind and anyone else who would listen:
Our Universe is believed to have originated from a singularity. The singularity is an arbitrary point in nothingness prior to "the big bang".
I think that the "nothingness" is actually an infinite space for these "singularities" to occur.
Our Universe does seem massively big, with 100billion stars in a galaxy, 100billion galaxies in the Universe.
But maybe our Universe just expanded in relation to us, and in the grand scale of things (ie the nothingness that existed before) we are just another singularity in which time arbitrarily exists.
The nothingness is an infinite dimensional space - a singularity is 0 dimensional. On a simple 1D shape we call a line, is made up of infinite singular points.
Just like "stacking a square" infinite amount of times gets you a cube.
Having these infinity^infinity singularities sprouting Universes and possibilities... ahh it is wonderful.
PS Brian you will never be a gentleman
girl i wanna marry you
11) Someone I miss
I don't think I am currently in this phase. I should log the days I'm being creative, contemplative, etc. I bet it's some sort of calendar.
12) The reasons behind my last breakup
If she's not happy then I'm not happy.
13) What I did yesterday
> Woke up late. Rushed to school to get to stage band. Got two new songs - one with gay rhythm and one with gay chords. Happy times for me!
> In Chemistry I forgot to bring my laptop so just chilled with my table. Reinstated the drinking game for "careful attention" and "lots of people talking"
> In Physics I was reading the textbook and feeling knowledgeable as he seemed to ask questions just as I read it on the textbook. I am now Cosmic Engine Mastah.
> Organised AFX stuff at recess
> Caught up by 2 sheets in Maths. Accomplishment of the period.
> Lunchtime was spent discussing stuff. Got 3-on-3 soccer started. EVERYBODY WHO READS THIS BETTER MAKE A TEAM ALRIGHT?
> Advanced English was messed up because the only person that knew what we were doing was Tom. And trust Tom to tell us that we needed to bring stuff to make a poster out of =D
> Spent 3U pretending to work. It was fruitful.
> After school I chilled a lot and maybe read something. Fuck I waste time so well these days. Now that was extremely detailed :L
14) What my greatest achievements are
Getting into James Ruse and meeting the people there, of course 8D
Working my way from 10MTS to 11MT3 (that's pretty good for me, okay xP)
I like guitar even though I haven't accomplished anything LOL
Cadets in general
Coming 2nd at State 4x100m Relay (14 boys). Comes with a fine and dandy medal =)
15) A description of the person I dislike the most
Ooft I don't know. But hey, the rages under "Society" must've been inspired by someone. Could that lucky person be you? 8D
Off of the survey, onto the post!
Have guys (as in boys, males) ever
a) Considered what it might be like marrying the girl you're going out with
b) Thought "I AM going to marry this girl later on in life"
Son of a wanker this is long, have a cut.
I don't think I am currently in this phase. I should log the days I'm being creative, contemplative, etc. I bet it's some sort of calendar.
12) The reasons behind my last breakup
If she's not happy then I'm not happy.
13) What I did yesterday
> Woke up late. Rushed to school to get to stage band. Got two new songs - one with gay rhythm and one with gay chords. Happy times for me!
> In Chemistry I forgot to bring my laptop so just chilled with my table. Reinstated the drinking game for "careful attention" and "lots of people talking"
> In Physics I was reading the textbook and feeling knowledgeable as he seemed to ask questions just as I read it on the textbook. I am now Cosmic Engine Mastah.
> Organised AFX stuff at recess
> Caught up by 2 sheets in Maths. Accomplishment of the period.
> Lunchtime was spent discussing stuff. Got 3-on-3 soccer started. EVERYBODY WHO READS THIS BETTER MAKE A TEAM ALRIGHT?
> Advanced English was messed up because the only person that knew what we were doing was Tom. And trust Tom to tell us that we needed to bring stuff to make a poster out of =D
> Spent 3U pretending to work. It was fruitful.
> After school I chilled a lot and maybe read something. Fuck I waste time so well these days. Now that was extremely detailed :L
14) What my greatest achievements are
Getting into James Ruse and meeting the people there, of course 8D
Working my way from 10MTS to 11MT3 (that's pretty good for me, okay xP)
I like guitar even though I haven't accomplished anything LOL
Cadets in general
Coming 2nd at State 4x100m Relay (14 boys). Comes with a fine and dandy medal =)
15) A description of the person I dislike the most
Ooft I don't know. But hey, the rages under "Society" must've been inspired by someone. Could that lucky person be you? 8D
Off of the survey, onto the post!
Have guys (as in boys, males) ever
a) Considered what it might be like marrying the girl you're going out with
b) Thought "I AM going to marry this girl later on in life"
Son of a wanker this is long, have a cut.
swing that child!
6) Who my best friends are
In alphabetical order for least bias. Will be embarassed if I forget someone :L
Brian, Max, Rebecca, Sun, Tom, Tree
Yun you're not spelt with a "friend"
7) My favourite book
How can I not say the Harry Potter series?
But for a book that really really piqued my interest, I'd say God's Debris by Scott Adams. Halfway between a story and a belief system (for want of a better comparison, kinda like the Bible. Especially the Old Testament)
8) Biggest turn offs
Appalling breath; taking more than a minute for us to understand each other (ie what we're saying); does not make me smile (or extremely difficult to make smile); overconcerned with body image; really annoying voice (will give example on MSN =D); disregard for etiquette, table manners, etc; short temper+violent reactions.
Hey, yes I sound like a wanker with all my standards. But if I'm not running away from you, it means you've passed all these, right? Smile please.
9) A description of my best friend
I don't have a single best friend, but these are qualities they share:
Loyal (except for the Engineering dudes)
Selfless (except for the Engineering dudes)
Of the dudes, gentlemanly (except for the Engineering dudes)
Realises that just because they're a closer friend than the person I'm keeping a secret for, does not entitle them to that secret.
On that note, keeps secrets (at least to my knowledge, you wankers xP)
Make me smile/laugh
Side with me when raging 8D
MEATLOAF! (of the guys)
10) My favourite animal
I've always liked birds of prey. And which one is cooler than Peregrine Falcon? 200km/h in flight, anybody?
I have no words, I'll just leave you with something terrible. And yet I can't look away...
In alphabetical order for least bias. Will be embarassed if I forget someone :L
Brian, Max, Rebecca, Sun, Tom, Tree
Yun you're not spelt with a "friend"
7) My favourite book
How can I not say the Harry Potter series?
But for a book that really really piqued my interest, I'd say God's Debris by Scott Adams. Halfway between a story and a belief system (for want of a better comparison, kinda like the Bible. Especially the Old Testament)
8) Biggest turn offs
Appalling breath; taking more than a minute for us to understand each other (ie what we're saying); does not make me smile (or extremely difficult to make smile); overconcerned with body image; really annoying voice (will give example on MSN =D); disregard for etiquette, table manners, etc; short temper+violent reactions.
Hey, yes I sound like a wanker with all my standards. But if I'm not running away from you, it means you've passed all these, right? Smile please.
9) A description of my best friend
I don't have a single best friend, but these are qualities they share:
Loyal (except for the Engineering dudes)
Selfless (except for the Engineering dudes)
Of the dudes, gentlemanly (except for the Engineering dudes)
Realises that just because they're a closer friend than the person I'm keeping a secret for, does not entitle them to that secret.
On that note, keeps secrets (at least to my knowledge, you wankers xP)
Make me smile/laugh
Side with me when raging 8D
MEATLOAF! (of the guys)
10) My favourite animal
I've always liked birds of prey. And which one is cooler than Peregrine Falcon? 200km/h in flight, anybody?
I have no words, I'll just leave you with something terrible. And yet I can't look away...
chimes 103
This looks funzies! I'll try to answer this sincerely, without resorting to lame jokes 8D
I think I'll do 5 a day.
1) Sexual Orientation
Straight
2) What I'm really bad at
Using my time effectively
3) The one person who's arms I'd like to be in
I'm not in a selectively huggy mood atm. Anyone who needs one/is willing to give one is fair game :L
4) My Best First Date
I've only have one first date. We watched Paranormal Activity 2 =D
5) A description of my self esteem
Probably too high bahaha.
Now to the good part (This is the tale! Of the Captain Jack Sparrow! Yeah nevermind :L)
Internet chimes are another dimension of chimes. I wrote this with mainly Facebook in mind.
Some factors you need to consider
[R] Relevance%
[N] Amount of previous messages in the conversation
[M] Average number mutual friends
[P] The publicity of the place (scale of 1-Private to 10-Almost too public)
[T] Number of participants in previous conversation
This comes together in the formula
(N/R)*M / (PT)
Allow me to explain this
Relevance is easy to calculate. If some guy is discussing going to the snow with a friend, and a chime goes
"I've skied at Thredbo too"
Well assuming the dudes were talking about Thredbo in the first place, this would be about 95% relevance. It's very difficult to get 100% relevance because if you're even somewhat interesting, you would be presenting new information to the conversation. But it he was like
"Fish fingers are simply the best"
Then he gets about a 10% relevance. Well... hey. They're both frozen, okay? 8D
Amount of previous messages in the conversation is self explanatory. Imagine a conversation that is 3 days long, and some dude read all of it and chucked a comment in. The longer a conversation goes for, the more exclusive it becomes. And not to mention the creep-factor of the dude reading wall-to-wall.
The average number of mutual friends is calculated by adding the number of mutual friends the chime has with each of the previous conversation participants, then dividing by the number of of participants. You know, standard averaging drill. It would be uberawkward if a dude with 2 mutual friends came up to one of my conversation and said something. But if the dude had 120 mutual friends with the person I was talking to, I'd think - hey fair enough. At least he knows one of us (mutual friends are a general indicator of how well they know you). I don't need to explain much more do I?
The publicity of the place is quite important. Say if you were in private message, and for some reason a dude can chime in. You'd be like WHAT THE HELL IS THIS CRAP?! A private message (ie you'd think nobody else can see) sits on about a 1.
A semiprivate message such as a wall post is about a 3-4. It isn't private as balls, but there is a certain exclusivity. If you look at most wall posts, it's not a comment about the person's profile as much as a conversation about something.
A photo is about a 7. It is somewhat difficult to find, but the comments are rarely conversations, and photos are quite well promoted by Facebook's feeds.
A status update is a 9. It's public as dirty toilets and you should not be surprised if anyone comments on it.
I'd say to hit a true 10, you shouldn't be too worried about chimes. I'm thinking massive boards like 4chan. You can't possibly think "shit what a chime" in a place so public that you would rate it a 10.
Number of participants dilutes the power of the chime. If you were in a verbal orgy previously, who's going to notice if another one slips in?
However if it was an intimate one-on-one, you'd stand out like a third wheel (on a bicycle. A third wheel is nothing special on tricycles and cars and whatnot). Lol jokes you ARE a third wheel.
IIRC these chime results match up and can be used on the same scale as the formula given during chimes 102. So calculate away, convert across
Your next period of instruction on this topic will be here, and we will cover Chimes - Strategies and Tactics (hopefully)
statement
Firstly, thanks to Sun for the mini-essay. It temporarily saved much more crap from brewing. My commendations for your effort =)
Nextly (no it is not a word. Yes I am still using it.) I removed the autoplay because I think 300 people read it last night and I don't think anyone will miss the autoplay of the violin.
My full statement is below the break.
Nextly (no it is not a word. Yes I am still using it.) I removed the autoplay because I think 300 people read it last night and I don't think anyone will miss the autoplay of the violin.
My full statement is below the break.
RIP
*****
Battle of the Bands 2011
Born Thursday, June 30, 2011
Died Friday, August 5, 2011
May your integrity never be destroyed.
*****
Read more for eulogy =)
Battle of the Bands 2011
Born Thursday, June 30, 2011
Died Friday, August 5, 2011
May your integrity never be destroyed.
*****
Read more for eulogy =)
stupid people
You know how there's cute stupid and there's annoying stupid. I always knew there was some definitive factor that separates the two, and only today did I stumble upon the key ingredient.
And that ingredient is confidence. Well, confidence isn't the right word... it's more like arrogance.
Let's say I'm in a conversation about something I am quite knowledgeable on (if I do say so myself xP), such as Cadets or guitar:
When I hear people saying something dead wrong, but without any hint of doubt, it annoys the shit out of me, and I'm quite sure everyone else. Let's say that they say (shaking their head like no tomorrow if anyone disagrees):
A: "There aren't any Navy or Air Force Cadets" *shake head* *shake head*
B: "But..."
A: *shake head*
...You know the type
Well I guess that's not such a retarded mistake to make. I don't see why people would know that Navy and Air Force Cadets exist. But the fact you're saying it with such certainty annoys the complete dick out of me. Hypothetically, I would feel like strangling them if someone made a mistake like that, and when I try to correct them, they shake their fucking head. Neck = gone.
If you want another example, I met a girl on courses who argued with me about the usage of an apostrophe in its/it's. By the way, on the document, the apostrophe was used in a possessive "its", so I was like NUUUU.
So she argued with me that apostrophes were always used for possessive. Which is kinda true EXCEPT FOR THE WORD ITS.
And so this would've been great if she didn't ask me how to spell "series" like 2 minutes later.
Btw I wasn't raging at her, either because she was pretty cool compared to SOME PEOPLE (people who know the dude already know who I'm talking about), or I was just too damn sleep deprived to give any fucks.
Like even if I weren't knowledgeable on the topic, us Rusian's aren't bad at sniffing out complete bullshit. I mean, in HSIE and English, we live, breathe, think bullshit, so we're pretty good at recognising it in others. So if you're all confident and making up shit to your friends, please fucking stop. Cos we can all tell you know nothing about it, but for some reason you must assert that you know something, if not everything about it. Just stop.
Nextly is when, when I'm developing something, and I don't give people who aren't developing that thing, all the information.
So let's say I'm developing a Cadet activity (I'm happy with using Cadet activity because a. we haven't properly planned anything and b. Brian and Johnny are great to work with. Can't say the same about all other groups I work with though).
So Cadet activity. Let's say it was an obstacle course. I am telling my peer that I will be using a few bags to run an obstacle course.
I don't say WHEN I'm running it, WHERE I'm running it, HOW LONG I'm running it for, or HOW MANY bags I am using.
Certain assholes take it upon themselves to fill in that information themselves, and criticise it.
"This is example of asshole" [And these will be my thoughts, often said aloud]
"You can't run it in the morning, it will be too cold" [After due consideration we have moved the activity to the afternoon like 5 DAYS AGO]
"Isn't it dangerous to do it near the fence?" [I have never thought about that. Yes maybe it would be... Just another reason to keep the activity exactly where the hell it is.]
"You're not going to get through everyone if it's 10mins long..." [Yeah. 10 mins is pretty long eh. I totally remember telling you it was going to be 10 minutes long.]
EDIT: I was using the <symbols> before and it read it as HTML and disappeared =(. So here's the full essence of my post, now in [brackets]
This is an exaggerated example of people extrapolating and telling me why "my" plan sucks. But obviously I'm not going to use any real life examples :L
I hope this isn't too far-fetched that you can't see where I'm coming from; I may come up with a better example soon.
And nextly, on a different note (or chord. LOL ME SO PUNNY) here's my newest acoustic song - HAPIHEW. Yeah I changed it a bit cos now it sounds less gay =)
Note the strategic product placement...
Thanks to (in the order I see their names on the card) - Yip, Brian, Saj, Ray, Mic, Tom, Samuel, Sun, Max (wait I want to remove "idiocy" please 8D), Sun (... were you smoking?), Tree and Kerry. And according to that hugeass portrait, also myself :L
And thanks to Monica for Pierre-Claude Branxton =)
Like I said in the description - sorry for the stupid head movements, did not realise they would look so stupid on camera xP.
Btw in case you haven't worked it out, you can figure out what HAPIHEW stands for. And it's in this very blog post!
P.S. - Thank you guys for 10k views! What can I say, you guys are awesome xP (and gals, if you insist)
And that ingredient is confidence. Well, confidence isn't the right word... it's more like arrogance.
Let's say I'm in a conversation about something I am quite knowledgeable on (if I do say so myself xP), such as Cadets or guitar:
When I hear people saying something dead wrong, but without any hint of doubt, it annoys the shit out of me, and I'm quite sure everyone else. Let's say that they say (shaking their head like no tomorrow if anyone disagrees):
A: "There aren't any Navy or Air Force Cadets" *shake head* *shake head*
B: "But..."
A: *shake head*
...You know the type
Well I guess that's not such a retarded mistake to make. I don't see why people would know that Navy and Air Force Cadets exist. But the fact you're saying it with such certainty annoys the complete dick out of me. Hypothetically, I would feel like strangling them if someone made a mistake like that, and when I try to correct them, they shake their fucking head. Neck = gone.
If you want another example, I met a girl on courses who argued with me about the usage of an apostrophe in its/it's. By the way, on the document, the apostrophe was used in a possessive "its", so I was like NUUUU.
So she argued with me that apostrophes were always used for possessive. Which is kinda true EXCEPT FOR THE WORD ITS.
And so this would've been great if she didn't ask me how to spell "series" like 2 minutes later.
Btw I wasn't raging at her, either because she was pretty cool compared to SOME PEOPLE (people who know the dude already know who I'm talking about), or I was just too damn sleep deprived to give any fucks.
Like even if I weren't knowledgeable on the topic, us Rusian's aren't bad at sniffing out complete bullshit. I mean, in HSIE and English, we live, breathe, think bullshit, so we're pretty good at recognising it in others. So if you're all confident and making up shit to your friends, please fucking stop. Cos we can all tell you know nothing about it, but for some reason you must assert that you know something, if not everything about it. Just stop.
Nextly is when, when I'm developing something, and I don't give people who aren't developing that thing, all the information.
So let's say I'm developing a Cadet activity (I'm happy with using Cadet activity because a. we haven't properly planned anything and b. Brian and Johnny are great to work with. Can't say the same about all other groups I work with though).
So Cadet activity. Let's say it was an obstacle course. I am telling my peer that I will be using a few bags to run an obstacle course.
I don't say WHEN I'm running it, WHERE I'm running it, HOW LONG I'm running it for, or HOW MANY bags I am using.
Certain assholes take it upon themselves to fill in that information themselves, and criticise it.
"This is example of asshole" [And these will be my thoughts, often said aloud]
"You can't run it in the morning, it will be too cold" [After due consideration we have moved the activity to the afternoon like 5 DAYS AGO]
"Isn't it dangerous to do it near the fence?" [I have never thought about that. Yes maybe it would be... Just another reason to keep the activity exactly where the hell it is.]
"You're not going to get through everyone if it's 10mins long..." [Yeah. 10 mins is pretty long eh. I totally remember telling you it was going to be 10 minutes long.]
EDIT: I was using the <symbols> before and it read it as HTML and disappeared =(. So here's the full essence of my post, now in [brackets]
This is an exaggerated example of people extrapolating and telling me why "my" plan sucks. But obviously I'm not going to use any real life examples :L
I hope this isn't too far-fetched that you can't see where I'm coming from; I may come up with a better example soon.
And nextly, on a different note (or chord. LOL ME SO PUNNY) here's my newest acoustic song - HAPIHEW. Yeah I changed it a bit cos now it sounds less gay =)
Note the strategic product placement...
Thanks to (in the order I see their names on the card) - Yip, Brian, Saj, Ray, Mic, Tom, Samuel, Sun, Max (wait I want to remove "idiocy" please 8D), Sun (... were you smoking?), Tree and Kerry. And according to that hugeass portrait, also myself :L
And thanks to Monica for Pierre-Claude Branxton =)
Like I said in the description - sorry for the stupid head movements, did not realise they would look so stupid on camera xP.
Btw in case you haven't worked it out, you can figure out what HAPIHEW stands for. And it's in this very blog post!
P.S. - Thank you guys for 10k views! What can I say, you guys are awesome xP (and gals, if you insist)
reblog like a tumblr
Got ICAS results. I'm freaking sour. I screwed question 38. I was so keen on full marks. I only got what I did wrong after the 3rd rereading. IT'S DELTA L NOT DELTA T. FML. I WANTED A FUCKING MEDAL YOU BITCHES. FUUUUUU
SO MAD.
I AM HOPING I DON'T DO SOMETHING SO STUPID FOR RIO TINTO. BUT RIO TINTO HAD LOTS OF DODGE QUESTIONS SO I'M SCARED NOW =(.
SO DEVS.
Now have a link to a blog I found, called Zero Makeup. Anne Hathaway still looks pretty =D. Some of the others are downright amazing (in a... bad way :L). Especially Katy Perry. I refuse to believe that =O
And lastly a Kingsley video that can actually see the difference between "caring" and "suicide". And that sometimes, although it seems nicer to do the "sweeter" thing (ie catch the motherfucking grenade) it's probably actually better to do the smart thing (grab her and run the fuck away).
Sorry I'm so lazy with posts, I am on Ag hangover. Dammit cramming is unhealthy :L. I reblogged two different sources on my own blog. Might as well join tumblr 8D
Pl0x don't hate tumblr is cool =D
...
...
Sorta.
LOLOL AHAHAHAHAHA
"GO ON. BREAK IT LIKE YOU BROKE MY HEART."
*BREAKS EGG AND SMOOSHES OVER FOREHEAD*
AHAHAHHAA
SO MAD.
I AM HOPING I DON'T DO SOMETHING SO STUPID FOR RIO TINTO. BUT RIO TINTO HAD LOTS OF DODGE QUESTIONS SO I'M SCARED NOW =(.
SO DEVS.
Now have a link to a blog I found, called Zero Makeup. Anne Hathaway still looks pretty =D. Some of the others are downright amazing (in a... bad way :L). Especially Katy Perry. I refuse to believe that =O
And lastly a Kingsley video that can actually see the difference between "caring" and "suicide". And that sometimes, although it seems nicer to do the "sweeter" thing (ie catch the motherfucking grenade) it's probably actually better to do the smart thing (grab her and run the fuck away).
Sorry I'm so lazy with posts, I am on Ag hangover. Dammit cramming is unhealthy :L. I reblogged two different sources on my own blog. Might as well join tumblr 8D
Pl0x don't hate tumblr is cool =D
...
...
Sorta.
LOLOL AHAHAHAHAHA
"GO ON. BREAK IT LIKE YOU BROKE MY HEART."
*BREAKS EGG AND SMOOSHES OVER FOREHEAD*
AHAHAHHAA
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