I don't understand why a whole school needs to go into Nutella/peanut butter lockdown if a single kid has nut allergies. There are plenty of nuts in stuff like muesli bars, and like every food product in existence "may contain traces of nuts." So banning these delicious spreads does not provide a nut-free environment at all.
In the end the kid with the allergy will be actively avoiding any nut-based products, and unless some other kid flings their pb&j sandwich at them, then they wouldn't mind either way if the other kids have nut-based spread, right?
Although it is unfortunate to have any allergy, it doesn't make it fair to make the whole school suffer from a lack of a low GI spread made with real hazelnuts! Two wrongs don't make a right.
On an unrelated note, have you ever had the pleasure of someone volunteering your charity on behalf of you?
Let's just say someone (let's call them person A), asked me for a stapler. Person B asks Person A for the stapler, thinking that Person A owns it. Person A is like "YEAH SURE" as if they are the most charitable chums on this planet. And before I know it my stapler is half way across the fucking room and I'm like "does anyone remember that someone owns that stapler?"
Similarly let's say Person C wants to walk somewhere, and Person D has been invited to follow.
Person C: "Is Jeff coming too?"
Person D: "Yeah he'll come~"
Jeff: "..."
This concept has been aptly summarised in Monica's tumblr (cool pictures yeah?) -> http://poke-monica.tumblr.com/post/7153826279/when-i-have-food. Have a visit!
Woo also today was USYD Scholarship Info night. Got a nice booklet with lots of information (and a caption, quote: "Conservatorium student ___, whose scholarship enabled him to buy a new flute. He hopes to pursue an orchestral career." WOOP DE DOO. You know that flute cost him a motherloading $25,000?!")
I couldn't stop laughing when I saw this dude in the front row (he was USYD staff) playing something that looked like Pocket God on his iPhone halfway through a talk. I hope nobody noticed me laugh.
a walk to remember.
I am aware that this title is a reference to some chick flick which is apparently quite good.
Now this post is separated into 3 sections:
-Hotpot
-Differentiation Song
-Bro-ing it out in the hootchie !!! A hootchie is not a vagina, it is a tent-like structure.
Now this post is separated into 3 sections:
-Hotpot
-Differentiation Song
-Bro-ing it out in the hootchie !!! A hootchie is not a vagina, it is a tent-like structure.
an assortment
Good luck to all the candidates for Prefect! Our Prefect body will be an excellent one =)
Dammit lately I've lost my focus in work. I used to go home and open up my homework and do some. Now I'm just wasting away time, doing nothing. But from today, I am making an effort to refocus myself =D.
For all of you going on biv, Brian and I have made something epic (in theory), which the whole unit will be doing, and you will be surprised at how awesome it is.
And I will just emphasise that in the middle of September, cadets will be going on a LIVE SHOOT. WITH REAL GUNS. BLAM BLAM. Non cadets can be sour about life. Also non-cadets should come on one of our bivs and see how awesome it is. And be sour about life again. BUT if you're one of the cadets who expressed interest in the shoot, prepare to be raped should you not turn up to parade =D. Friendly remind on behalf of the CSM :)
It takes me uber long (like >30mins) to fall asleep at night. It annoys me =(
Dammit English is pretty horrible. I think I can only fit around 900 words in 40 minutes. Good luck to everyone, hope all the memorisation goes well!
The new Fruit Ninja update just broke all the old high-scores. I managed to score 871 on Arcade 8D. Btw the best pomegranate score I have scored so far is 42. If you rest your wrist on the table while raping the screen, you get a lot faster =). But yeah the pomegranate is so broken :L
My brother made me smile by campaigning like 3 times harder than I did. He even made posters behind my back! 8D. And he went around asking so many juniors; above and beyond the call of duty.
And if you were anything like me, you would've run out of votes after 20 seconds and see some name and be like "shit I wanna include that person". And then you look at the list and think "oh niggers who do I take off =(". Maybe I should've written a list before, so I wouldn't be so guilty afterwards. And so thankyou to those who voted for me, that is like a massive 5% sacrifice of your democratic power =D. But once again, goodluck to all, and we all know that if it were up to us, we would have have ~50 in the prefect body.
...Yeah I say ~50 and you can probably guess which 10 I mean that shouldn't be there :L
So yeah that is a good example of a shit essay. Has no fluency, and it just reads horribly. But it seems to be a decent blog post because it is just thought-vomit and people seem to be able to read that. Plus, it has decent grammar and punctuation. Hmm I feel confident with essays comparing two or more, seeing as we've done a few of those this year, but plays baffle me (HOW MANY TECHNIQUES CAN THERE BE?!), and so does analysing a single text. I have a formula for comparison of text essays, but my essay for analysing single text is still in its foetus form!
Kay that's enough spam.
Dammit lately I've lost my focus in work. I used to go home and open up my homework and do some. Now I'm just wasting away time, doing nothing. But from today, I am making an effort to refocus myself =D.
For all of you going on biv, Brian and I have made something epic (in theory), which the whole unit will be doing, and you will be surprised at how awesome it is.
And I will just emphasise that in the middle of September, cadets will be going on a LIVE SHOOT. WITH REAL GUNS. BLAM BLAM. Non cadets can be sour about life. Also non-cadets should come on one of our bivs and see how awesome it is. And be sour about life again. BUT if you're one of the cadets who expressed interest in the shoot, prepare to be raped should you not turn up to parade =D. Friendly remind on behalf of the CSM :)
It takes me uber long (like >30mins) to fall asleep at night. It annoys me =(
Dammit English is pretty horrible. I think I can only fit around 900 words in 40 minutes. Good luck to everyone, hope all the memorisation goes well!
The new Fruit Ninja update just broke all the old high-scores. I managed to score 871 on Arcade 8D. Btw the best pomegranate score I have scored so far is 42. If you rest your wrist on the table while raping the screen, you get a lot faster =). But yeah the pomegranate is so broken :L
My brother made me smile by campaigning like 3 times harder than I did. He even made posters behind my back! 8D. And he went around asking so many juniors; above and beyond the call of duty.
And if you were anything like me, you would've run out of votes after 20 seconds and see some name and be like "shit I wanna include that person". And then you look at the list and think "oh niggers who do I take off =(". Maybe I should've written a list before, so I wouldn't be so guilty afterwards. And so thankyou to those who voted for me, that is like a massive 5% sacrifice of your democratic power =D. But once again, goodluck to all, and we all know that if it were up to us, we would have have ~50 in the prefect body.
...Yeah I say ~50 and you can probably guess which 10 I mean that shouldn't be there :L
So yeah that is a good example of a shit essay. Has no fluency, and it just reads horribly. But it seems to be a decent blog post because it is just thought-vomit and people seem to be able to read that. Plus, it has decent grammar and punctuation. Hmm I feel confident with essays comparing two or more, seeing as we've done a few of those this year, but plays baffle me (HOW MANY TECHNIQUES CAN THERE BE?!), and so does analysing a single text. I have a formula for comparison of text essays, but my essay for analysing single text is still in its foetus form!
Kay that's enough spam.
amen.
My (quite) controversial interpretation of certain events in the Bible. If you may be offended by this, I do suggest that you don't click "Read More". This just purely a satire/parody thing, and probably WILL be offensive.
I basically wrote a mini-screenplay for each event, as I imagine them to have (supposedly) happened.
I basically wrote a mini-screenplay for each event, as I imagine them to have (supposedly) happened.
short but sweet
Firstly, for all ye bio people! Here are the photos as downloaded from the intranet, but in a handy zip file located here!
But if you really must find the photos/results on the intranet (there's no need, I tell you!), but here it is anyway.
By the way still taking expressions of interest for the BlogQuest (as introduced here). Which is what I'll call it from now on. I am already halfway to the required number of interested people! =D
Now I'll keep this short but sweet, like my title suggests
Think about sluts, players, cheaters and general broken hearts.
Think about the population crisis and world hunger and poverty.
Think about the threat STI's pose to the world.
Think about sexual assault and rape.
Think about the debate about abortions.
Would any of these be such huge problems if sex didn't feel so damn good?
But if you really must find the photos/results on the intranet (there's no need, I tell you!), but here it is anyway.
By the way still taking expressions of interest for the BlogQuest (as introduced here). Which is what I'll call it from now on. I am already halfway to the required number of interested people! =D
Now I'll keep this short but sweet, like my title suggests
Think about sluts, players, cheaters and general broken hearts.
Think about the population crisis and world hunger and poverty.
Think about the threat STI's pose to the world.
Think about sexual assault and rape.
Think about the debate about abortions.
Would any of these be such huge problems if sex didn't feel so damn good?
what everyone's probably thinking
Why do you even bother asking? People either like you enough to vote for you, or they don't. Your asking will hardly push them over the edge. Sure it probably worked in year 2. But we're in year freaking 11.
-My opinion of you is based on the 4.5 years I've been at school and not the night before the vote.
-I voted for you if I like you and also think you won't make the school a retarded place. Not because you asked me.
-If I haven't ever talked to you, ever, and you ask me to vote for you, you should've saved your energy. I know I did when I didn't reply. What am I supposed to say if I'm obviously not going to?!
-Similarly I may like you and may vote for you, but that does not mean I will vote for your friends just because you say they're cool.
-Trading votes is the dodgiest shit in the world. There are people who promised that to at least 50 people. Accepting this is the stupidest thing you can do; it is a secret ballot and there is no way in hell you can be sure that the other person voted for you. And obviously if you're trading votes it means that you guys aren't close enough to trust tacitly that he/she will vote you and you will vote him/her back. So you obviously don't have great grounds to trust them to vote back.
-Intravoting is even dodgier. How the hell is the group going to be happy chappy if everyone gets in except for one or two? Though I would be willing to see an intra-mob fight. Sounds like fun.Especially if girls are involved.
-If you bothered to ask via blog or MSN personal message, I would like to hear how many retards actually voted for you because you asked them in a massively impersonal way.
In short: If you had to ask, it means you doubted that I would vote for you. And after asking, you can continue doubting just as hard.
You can tell people are somewhat troubled by the things mentioned abovebut aren't saying anything (probably to preserve vote-ability). Actually if you enjoy mini-rages check out Sandra and Sun's. But regardless of whether I'm on the ballot of 60 or not, I don't feel like I'm losing anything. I can express my opinion here, and if you don't like it and then I lose your vote, then all's fair in democracy, and you have the right to not vote for me. (holy moly that was a long sentence) Also I don't know why you would even vote for me if you're guilty of any of the above in the first place.
So vote for who the hell you feel like, not for who the hell you promised a vote to.
Woo *shields up*
-My opinion of you is based on the 4.5 years I've been at school and not the night before the vote.
-I voted for you if I like you and also think you won't make the school a retarded place. Not because you asked me.
-If I haven't ever talked to you, ever, and you ask me to vote for you, you should've saved your energy. I know I did when I didn't reply. What am I supposed to say if I'm obviously not going to?!
-Similarly I may like you and may vote for you, but that does not mean I will vote for your friends just because you say they're cool.
-Trading votes is the dodgiest shit in the world. There are people who promised that to at least 50 people. Accepting this is the stupidest thing you can do; it is a secret ballot and there is no way in hell you can be sure that the other person voted for you. And obviously if you're trading votes it means that you guys aren't close enough to trust tacitly that he/she will vote you and you will vote him/her back. So you obviously don't have great grounds to trust them to vote back.
-Intravoting is even dodgier. How the hell is the group going to be happy chappy if everyone gets in except for one or two? Though I would be willing to see an intra-mob fight. Sounds like fun.
-If you bothered to ask via blog or MSN personal message, I would like to hear how many retards actually voted for you because you asked them in a massively impersonal way.
In short: If you had to ask, it means you doubted that I would vote for you. And after asking, you can continue doubting just as hard.
You can tell people are somewhat troubled by the things mentioned above
So vote for who the hell you feel like, not for who the hell you promised a vote to.
Woo *shields up*
will you marry me?
Once again I was reading cracked.com, more specifically this article.
From this article I discovered the absolute genius of the diamond industry giant De Beers.
Prior to 1930's, proposing was not done with a diamond ring. In fact, diamonds were only for rich people who felt like it, and had no cultural significance whatsoever. De Beers wanted to change this fact. They wanted diamonds to appeal to the everyday consumer. So how do they do this?
THEY FREAKING GO TO HIGH SCHOOLS AND TEACH THEM THAT "DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER". So in the 1930's, the tradition of proposing with a diamond ring was INTRODUCED as a marketing ploy by the BIGGEST DIAMOND COMPANY IN THE WORLD.
So now, every time someone gets engaged, the diamond industry seals a sale. At some shit like $15,000 a ring. And now, even if the boyfriend and girlfriend decide that diamond rings are unnecessary (they are), the boyfriend will still get judged for being a cheapo if he doesn't get a diamond ring. And the girl will inevitably get the unspoken "oh you poor girl" vibe from anyone who sets eyes on her un-diamond ring.
That genius in Marketing deserves a HUGE pay rise.
But that's not where it ends. Do you think diamonds are superduper rare? Is that why they're like $20k for a piece of diamond smaller than a mandarin seed? Well they're rare, but not THAT rare. De Beers will not allow too many mines to run at the same time! They intentionally halt mining at certain mines, or quickly buy out massive diamond deposits, so that the supply of diamonds is controlled and they can keep the elevated price of diamonds. I suppose this is to fuck over prospective fiances, just because they can. Or maybe the ridiculous price defines how much he loves her. As in, I-will-sacrifice-2-to-3-month's-salary-I-love-you. Relationships suddenly look a lot more material.
So if you think you're going hipster.
If you think you are dodging massive near-monopoly companies by buying obscurely branded items.
If you think you are immune to mass marketing techniques.
If you don't think your love for each other is defined by how much you [are willing to] spend on each other.
If you think you are better than all those weak-minded idiots out there, mindlessly buying well-established branded products just because.
Then too fucking bad, everyone expects you to get a diamond ring anyway. And you probably expect yourself to get a diamond ring too (from Tiffany, no less). You're just weak to the marketing as any other poor (like literally, my-house-has-been-mortgaged-three-times-and-I-sold-my-kidneys-on-the-black-market poor) chum out there.
From this article I discovered the absolute genius of the diamond industry giant De Beers.
Prior to 1930's, proposing was not done with a diamond ring. In fact, diamonds were only for rich people who felt like it, and had no cultural significance whatsoever. De Beers wanted to change this fact. They wanted diamonds to appeal to the everyday consumer. So how do they do this?
THEY FREAKING GO TO HIGH SCHOOLS AND TEACH THEM THAT "DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER". So in the 1930's, the tradition of proposing with a diamond ring was INTRODUCED as a marketing ploy by the BIGGEST DIAMOND COMPANY IN THE WORLD.
So now, every time someone gets engaged, the diamond industry seals a sale. At some shit like $15,000 a ring. And now, even if the boyfriend and girlfriend decide that diamond rings are unnecessary (they are), the boyfriend will still get judged for being a cheapo if he doesn't get a diamond ring. And the girl will inevitably get the unspoken "oh you poor girl" vibe from anyone who sets eyes on her un-diamond ring.
That genius in Marketing deserves a HUGE pay rise.
But that's not where it ends. Do you think diamonds are superduper rare? Is that why they're like $20k for a piece of diamond smaller than a mandarin seed? Well they're rare, but not THAT rare. De Beers will not allow too many mines to run at the same time! They intentionally halt mining at certain mines, or quickly buy out massive diamond deposits, so that the supply of diamonds is controlled and they can keep the elevated price of diamonds. I suppose this is to fuck over prospective fiances, just because they can. Or maybe the ridiculous price defines how much he loves her. As in, I-will-sacrifice-2-to-3-month's-salary-I-love-you. Relationships suddenly look a lot more material.
So if you think you're going hipster.
If you think you are dodging massive near-monopoly companies by buying obscurely branded items.
If you think you are immune to mass marketing techniques.
If you don't think your love for each other is defined by how much you [are willing to] spend on each other.
If you think you are better than all those weak-minded idiots out there, mindlessly buying well-established branded products just because.
Then too fucking bad, everyone expects you to get a diamond ring anyway. And you probably expect yourself to get a diamond ring too (from Tiffany, no less). You're just weak to the marketing as any other poor (like literally, my-house-has-been-mortgaged-three-times-and-I-sold-my-kidneys-on-the-black-market poor) chum out there.
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