http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:happy-pill&section=today deviantART RSS for by:happy-pill en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:25:10 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/20542862/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/20542862/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:31:49 PDT I have 92 deviations to go through and so far I've looked at about 12 of them. I'm not usually big on adding things to my favourites - unless I really really like them, of course - but I've been moved by several and amazed by several and already added about 6 to my favourites.

Keep up the good work, guys!

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Nothing interesting to report. I'm working full time as an administrator for a shipbuilding company. Last year things were so hectic that whenever I wasn't at work (which was rare), I was so worn out that I didn't feel like doing anything creative. At the moment we're really quiet at work which means my days are really boring. It's funny how that sometimes has the same effect - makes you feel really lethargic and lazy.

Anyhoo, I guess you could say I'm back on DA. I may not post very many items, but I'll at least try to stay up to date with everyone else's awesome work.

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]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/10253736/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/10253736/ Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:03:52 PDT
I went for a job interview today. A second interview. It went really well, but I didn't get it. And I only know I didn't get it because I phoned the lady asking for her email address so I could send her an example of my work (which was mentioned in the interview) and she said they'd chosen someone else. It was less than 2 hours after the interview though so I don't think they even considered me.

Anyway, enough about that crap. It's my birthday this week, and to celebrate I've organised two things - because I want to see all of my friends - on Saturday (the 7th). Firstly a picnic and then drinks that evening.

Picnic - Saturday arvo from about 2pm at the Sherwood aboretum. I'll get there around 1:30 to find a spot. I'm thinking of being close to the BBQs so that we can cook food if we want. I'd like to see as many of you there as possible. Bring friends if you like - you know, the more the merrier and all that. Also bring food and drinks and toys and whatever else you need to enjoy an afternoon in the sun.

And for those of you who are busy during the day (or just prefer your alcohol to an afternoon in the sun ), I'm gonna be at the Pig and Whistle in Indro from 7:30pm Saturday evening.

Join me to celebrate my age becoming double double digits. I'd love to see you all there

]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/10116537/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/10116537/ Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:55:41 PDT
~ My dad is in China, quite randomly - he heard about it on Thursday at work, decided on Friday that he had to go on Saturday morning, and now he is there. Only for a short time - returns Wednesday, I believe.

~ My brother was going to be back in time for my birthday (he's a pilot working in Coral Bay - beautiful coastal town in Western Australia), but now things have changed and he's only coming back late in October.

~ I'm bored but I feel happy. I spent my lunch hour with the most beautiful male I know. (AKA Chris)

~ And now, because of my boredom, I believe I am addicted to doing these things. So now I shall share one with you


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1. In one sentence, explain what ended your last relationship:
I realized that if it was making me unhappy then it was never going to work.

2. What made you smile today?
Remembering that Chris and I actually managed to tie at bowling last night.

3. What were you doing this morning at 8a.m.?
Rushing around the house thinking about leaving for work (though it was closer to 20 past by the time I actually did)

4. What were you doing 15 minutes ago?
Something boring. Probably doing the sudoku I'm in the middle of.

5. Something that happened to you in 1985?
I was nearly conceived. Nearly.

6. Your Formal night:
Would have been better if I wasn't depressed about my man at the time (Alex) leaving for 3 months the following day.

8. Last thing someone else said aloud?
I can hear the droning of conversation around the office... Last thing I actually could make out was Eliesha saying "How are ya?"

9. Worst thing currently on television:
I do not know the answer to this here question. It's probably all crap.

10. What was in the mail today?
Nothing so far. (But give it some time, since it's only 10am)

11. How many different beverages have you drank today?
I've had two cups of coffee.

12. What was your favorite part of the day?
Well, nothing yet. But it's only 10:30 (I'm at work so I had to stop doing this for a while there..), so I've got high hopes that something awesome will happen.

13. Your current To-do list?
I don't have one. I do need to phone Optus and tell them they're a bunch of c*nts though.

14. Where is your best friend right now?
At a vineyard in Italy ... Woah, bet you didn't expect that one, did you?!

15. What color is your toothbrush?
Orange and white.. With some blue bristles.

16. What is out your back door?
My house doesn't really have a back door. Just a whole lot of side ones.

17. Any plans for Friday night?
Mel, Goffo etc's housewarming.

18. Least favorite place to shop?
Supre. But it's not like I shop there - I refuse to go in.

19. Last thing you bought?
Optus phone credit. And they're fucking me around. So I need to phone them and tell them they're a bunch of .... Uh ... That they suck. And they're gonna charge me at a rate of 27c to let me tell them that!

20. Last gift you received?
Chris gave me a rose a few days ago. And the day before that he gave me a box of chocolates. What a lovely man.

21. Most random or funniest thing you heard in awhile?
On Saturday night at O'Malleys some random turned to me and said "You look like a nice girl, this is Josh.." to which I replied "oh, you mean Jimmy??" hahaha.. It was hilarious.

22. Favorite mug?
I don't have one..

23. What color is your front door?
It's clear glass.

24. First thing you did this morning?
Pressed the sleep button on my phone and rolled over.

25. Last thing you ate?
Rice thins with Avocado.

26. Is your cell phone a piece of crap?
I bought a new one on Thursday. So, no.

27. What's something you look forward to most in the next 6 weeks?
I guess my birthday could be fun.. Anyone wanna go see Kate Miller-Heidke with me? (on the 4th October)

28. What's annoying you right now?
Optus being shit and randomly changing what kind of service they're giving me. I'm meant to be on free calls, but they fucked it and now I bought credit for nothing. Fuckers.

29. Do you believe in long distance relationships?
I know they exist, but I also know I wouldn't be able to do it. I mean it can work if you know you'll be together soon, but if it's just long distance constantly.. What's the point?
~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/10096446/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/10096446/ Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:36:42 PDT Help me out?


I know I did the same thing last year, but meh. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/9633937/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/9633937/ Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:45:40 PDT

That is all.. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/9613158/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/9613158/ Sun, 06 Aug 2006 00:10:57 PDT [link]

Has anyone else heard of this? It sounds like it could be really good and I'm wondering if anyone else is interested in going... ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/9562104/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/9562104/ Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:00:51 PDT
What's going on in your lives? Everything well? I hope everything's well. I'm well. A little tired, but well. I just got home from the GBP gig at the Living Room, which was frikken awesome. Those guys (or you guys if you're reading this) have grown so much as a band.. And hopefully will only get better.

Almost as cool as the band was the fact that everyone was there. Unfortunately I didn't really get much of a chance to talk to anyone (or everyone), but I caught up with a few of people I've been dying to see, so that was good. I bailed pretty early because I'm tired and have to get up early and so does my lovely driver, Chris.

On Monday I started my new job. It's a full time reception job for QLD Group, which is a property development company. I'm pretty happy about it because it means that I'm earning a proper salary and working proper working hours instead of five nights a week. This means I have my weekends and evenings free, which is something that's rather new to me because of all the jobs I've had in hospitality. The days are long, but because I'm somewhat odd, I enjoy the sort of work done by receptionists. Answering the phones is a bit scary at the moment cos I don't really know all that much about the company or the staff, but I'm learning - and it's only been 2 days, so people expect me to make mistakes. The previous receptionist got fired for not doing any work .... So hopefully I'll be able to do enough to be useful to the company ... Possibly even useful enough to get a raise.

In other news ... Um ... Chris and I will have been together for 2 months on Saturday, which is nicely timed cos my parents are gonna be in noosa so I'm gonna have the house to myself.

It's so nice to not be studying... To be able to go home from work and not have to think about it again til I'm there.

I bought the Lily Allen album yesterday on my lunch break - the perks of working practically nextdoor to Indro. I really like it. It sounds so cheerful, but she actually has meaning in what she sings about ... Even if some of it is a bit crude. Her songs just make me wanna sing along. And they make me feel good.

Anyhoo... I'm all talked out for now.
Have fun. Love you all. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/9257593/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/9257593/ Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:07:08 PDT
TAFE is over for me. Sort of. There are a couple of subjects I did not pass, which I need to redo in order to get the diploma. I'm waiting to get my results in the mail before I decide what to do about these (whether I'll do them as soon as possible or leave them a while). I think I will contact the teacher and find out whether I will be able to just complete the assignments and not actually attend the lessons. That way I can get on with my life and still complete the diploma. I'm pretty sure I will be allowed to do that.

I haven't had the time to check on my deviantart list lately. I've read the journals of my closer friends, but that's about all. I've got 109 deviations piled up, so I'm hoping that sometime soon I will have a fair bit of time to waste so that I can look at them all properly.

I don't know how many of you are aware of my "boy swapping" of the past few months. (Not sure how many of you care either, but here's an update anyway.) At the end of Easter weekend (yes, it's a while back, but what the hell) I broke up with Steven. No real surprises there - everyone could see I wasn't happy; except me and Steve. It finally dawned on me that ending it was the right thing to do (for both of us). I felt so much better about everything afterwards.

Not long after this (and I'm not proud of the timing, but that's life) I fell for Banksy, which was weird because we're so incredibly different. I told him I only wanted to be friends, but somehow it became more than that for a couple of weeks. He decided - quite wisely, I can now see - that it wouldn't work out because we're too different. I still haven't figured out whether that was a rebound or what - I mean, I started to get to know him well and discovered this really amazing and interesting person when he actually opens up. (Am I getting too open for a DA journal? Who knows..)

About a week after Banksy and I's decision to just be friends, Chloe and I were in the city and I met Chris on the steps of Gilhooleys. It was like those moments in the movies where you meet someone and you want to know everything about them right from that moment ... for both of us. When Chloe and I were walking away (and I was thinking that I should have got Chris' number), I heard this "Wait, can I get a number?!". It's sorta funny to think I almost let it get away because I was too embarrassed to ask him for his number. Lucky he was too drunk to care though. I got to know him rather well over the following week and he made it known that he was interested in starting something with me. I told him I really didn't want to be getting into anything just yet and wanted to get to know him better instead of rushing into anything - meanwhile I was just looking for something to prove that he wasn't perfect for me. I didn't find anything. A week later I gave in and came to the conclusion that there's no point in waiting when I already knew how I felt - it was just wasting the time that we could have been be spending together. I still believe he's perfect for me and it's been a month. It's funny, because I was beginning to think there was no such thing as the perfect person for anyone. And it's rather strange finding someone who is after being with two guys (who I still think are great guys, by the way) who were completely wrong for me.

Phew. I was beginning to sound like the writer of some corny (and crap, probably) romance there. But that's okay - I'm happy.

I'm trying to decide whether I should get a full time job or a part time job with almost full time hours. I'm thinking of just doing some sort of administration job for a while. I need to earn some money so I can afford to get my own car and then possibly move out soon after Chloe returns from Europe. This is my plan for the not-so-distant future. I'd like to travel at some stage too. Perhaps if Chris and I get really serious that'll be something we can do together. Who knows.. I'm just happy to be happy. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/9132307/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/9132307/ Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:04:01 PDT Of the road, turn out the lights, get out and look up at the sky
And I do this to remind me that I'm really, really tiny
In the grand scheme of things and sometimes this terrifies me

But it's only really scary cause it makes me feel serene
In a way I never thought I'd be because I've never been
So grounded, and so humbled, and so one with everything
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything

Rock and roll is fun but if you ever hear someone
Say you are huge, look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sun
Look at the ocean and the desert and the mountains and the sky
Say I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye
I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye

When I saw Geneviève I really liked it when she said
What she said about the giant and the lemmings on the cliff
She said 'I like giants
Especially girl giants
Cause all girls feel too big sometimes
Regardless of their size'

When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the side
Of the road and run and jump into the ocean in my clothes
And I'm smaller than a poppyseed inside a great big bowl
And the ocean is a giant that can swallow me whole

So I swim for all salvation and I swim to save my soul
But my soul is just a whisper trapped inside a tornado
So I flip to my back and I float and I sing
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything

So I talked to Geneviève and almost cried when she said
That the giant on the cliff wished that she was dead
And the lemmings on the cliff wished that they were dead
So the giant told the lemmings why they ought to live instead

When she thought up all those reasons that they ought to live instead
It made her reconsider all the sad thoughts in her head
So thank you Geneviève, cause you take what is in your head
And you make things that are so beautiful and share them with your friends

We all become important when we realize our goal
Should be to figure out our role within the context of the whole
And yeah, rock and roll is fun, but if you ever hear someone
Say you are huge, look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sun
Look at the ocean and the desert and the mountains and the sky

Say I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye
I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye
I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye
And I don't wanna make her cry
Cause I like giants


I Like Giants by Kimya Dawson

Good song. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8851357/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8851357/ Tue, 23 May 2006 04:51:30 PDT ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8830351/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8830351/ Sat, 20 May 2006 23:07:58 PDT Daily Changes

<sub>Isn't it amazing how many new deviations are submitted daily on dA?
That the amount of people who are interested in dA increases daily?
And the fact that so many artists have found a platform to dicuss and present their work to others?


Without a doubt it's a big, interesting and versatile community.
But isn't it amazing to always see the same artists on the frontpage every single day concerning the fact that so many new deviations have been submitted?

We're all aware of that and believe that this has to change. It is already quite difficult for the "unknown" artists to promote their work and gain more attention.

Clearly, we do not intend to deny the skills of those great artists who enrich the community by sharing their magnificent work. But we do intend to enhance the platform in such a way that "unknown" artists might get a real chance to draw the public attention to their own pieces of work by promoting it on the front page of the community.

In our opinion we think it unjust to only have the chance to be represented on the front page if one has the luck of having many watchers.

We would like a better system which allows a deviation to be seen on the front page if, for example, it has 'only' reached about 40 favourites and about 200 views.

Take a look at the actual situation: You have uploaded an impressive piece or art that gets faved according to the number of your total views/watchers. Then, however, a more popular deviant uploads a more or less 'average' deviation and automatically reaches more than the double of your favourites/views in a mere moment.

A new structure of the frontpage could enhance the actual competition on dA, i.e. popular deviants wouldn't be able to best the "unknown" artists by posting a rather average deviation.

A reasonable alternative to present the "daily top favourites" on the front page would be a bigger amount of thumbs which would show the 40 best deviations of the day in a random order.

We think it's in everyone's interest to change the current situation and make dA a place where creating and sharing unique art plays a far bigger role than scrambling for new watchers.

If you agree, help us and yourself by copying and pasting this entry into your journal. Text file --> [link]

The community</sub>

]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8810550/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8810550/ Thu, 18 May 2006 18:11:02 PDT ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8781623/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8781623/ Mon, 15 May 2006 18:18:56 PDT
Life without Steve's been going pretty well and I found myself actually feeling happy, which is a surprising sensation. I haven't stressing out about things as much and I was actually getting some sort of creative things done (I made a few pairs of earrings and bracelets and stuff like that). It also occurred to me that I need to be around other people as much as possible to be feeling happy, but that wasn't bothering me like it has in the past.
Been working a fair bit (I'm a waitress at an Indian restaurant up the road from me, called The Indus), but usually finish early enough for me to go out for a few hours before coming home and going to bed. I also work for Zenith at the Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre from time to time, but shifts there suck cos my muscles hurt for days afterwards.

On Saturday night I worked at the Convention Centre until 10pm and then was going to go to Jimmy's. On my way there, I was stopped at a traffic light and looked in the rearview mirror and saw that the whole back of the car was in a cloud of smoke. When the light went green and I started driving I could tell that the car was definitely not happy, so I got away from the traffic light and pulled over. My dad came to see what was wrong etc and then when he left and I asked if he could drop me round the corner to Jimmy's place he chucked a tantrum and was like "you don't need to go out and spend any more money [taxi], I think you need to come home with me" ... I couldn't really figure out any escape from the guilt trip that he was throwing my way, so I went home, had a sulk and went to bed. I was feeling pretty worthless because he keeps telling me that I need to start saving money so that I can pay for repairs or whatever. He always manages to strike a nerve and make me feel like shit for days afterwards.
On Sunday we arranged for an RACQ guy to meet us at the car and tell us what he thinks the problem is. I'm not going to go into detail, but the jist of it is that the engine is fucked and it's not worth fixing it - rather replace it. My dad's looking forward to retiring, so spending more money on the car is not really what he has in mind - especially with no guarentee as to how long it will last (he only finished fixing it about a week or 2 ago). So, it looks like my car is to be sold for scraps.
On Monday morning I dropped my mum off at work so that I could have her car til Wednesday, and she noticed that the brakes were making a weird scraping noise.. So last night she told my dad. Now he's taken the two front wheels off it (to replace the brake pads or something) and therefore I have no access to any car. Most of you will think that's not too big an issue, but public transport is shite when you're used to having your own transport... And now I wont be able to go out every night - which, as we established in the first paragraph of this journal, is currently necessary for maintaining my happiness.

And to top everything off, I am now sick and need to go to the doctor... All alone and on the bus. That sucks.

So yeah, isn't life grand?! (and I'm not being as sarcastic as that sounds - I think life is pretty good, I'm just hoping that all the crap around at the moment is going to make way for something really good) ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8473315/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8473315/ Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:48:17 PDT
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I was gonna fill the rest of this journal entry with interesting tidbits about my life.. But truth is, the things I find interesting will bore you, and the things you would probably find interesting bore me.
I'm not a happy person these days. Can you tell?


I had my wisdom teeth out on Monday. Was pretty much not a problem by the next day. I was sick all of Thursday though because I tried to venture into eating meat on Wednesday night and couldn't chew it properly. This made my digestive system rather unhappy, so Thursday was crap.. But now I'm fine. Yay. Seems like the whole wisdom teeth removal thing was pretty pointless though. I wonder how often the dentists decide they have to come out just so they can get some more money.


Edit:
Haha.. I'm sorry.. But this is just hilarious for so many different reasons.
[link] ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8359453/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8359453/ Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:17:16 PDT
The Australian continued to read his newspaper, ignoring the American who, nevertheless, started up a conversation. The American snapped his gum and said, "You Australian folk eat the whole bread?"

The Australian frowned, annoyed with being bothered during his breakfast, and replied, "Of course."

The American blew a huge bubble. "We don't. In the States, we only eat what's inside. The crusts we collect in a container, recycle them, transform them into croissants and sell them to Australia."
The American had a smirk on his face. The Australian listened in silence.

The American persisted. "D'ya eat jelly with the bread?" Sighing, the Australian replied, "Of course we do, only we call it jam here."

Cracking his gum between his teeth, the American said, "We don't. In the States, we eat fresh fruit for breakfast, then we put all the peels, seeds, and leftovers in containers, recycle them, transform them into jam and sell it to Australia."

The Australian then asked, "Do you have sex in the States?"

The American smiled and said, "Why, of course, we do."

The Australian leaned closer to him and asked, "And what do you do with the condoms once you've used them?"
"We throw them away, of course," replied the American.

Now it was the Australian's turn to smile. "We don't. In Australia, we put them in a container, recycle them, melt them down into chewing gum and sell them to the United States. Why do you think it's called Wrigley's?" ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8349978/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8349978/ Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:25:43 PDT
Yes... Just thought you should all know that and stuff.

*goes somewhere else*



Ooops... My apologies to Eric, whose birthday was on the 2nd, not the 3rd.. Dunno why I was thinking the 3rd.. Maybe cos adam's is the day before mine (mine's the 4th of October) and I was mixing things up. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8033215/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8033215/ Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:34:11 PST ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8002104/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/8002104/ Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:39:45 PST [link]
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Here are some other pics from the night that I think are cool. (and no, I did not take them, but I thought I would share.. They were taken by a fella called Dean)
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[link] --> Hannah's a teapot!!




Yay! ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7977217/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7977217/ Thu, 23 Feb 2006 02:25:12 PST
I think it's strange that no more than 2 weeks ago my brother was here "permanently" and now he's suddenly working on the coast of Western Australia, flying charters and doing whale spotting etc for several months.

I think it's interesting looking at the attitudes of people who've taken a gap year as the beginning of uni approaches.

I think people are stupid not to give me a job. I've got needs, damn it!

I think that the way fish move is really interesting to watch.

I think that some people need to learn to respect other people and their feelings.

I think that script writing is becoming a much more difficult these days because everything seems to have all kinds of double meanings, and tries to please a much wider audience in one movie (and doesn't always succeed).

I think I've lost sight of who I really am ... or was.

I think I have some really amazing and talented people as friends.

I think that I am the complete opposite.

I think that I'm all out of random thoughts ... So, yes folks, this is pretty much the jist of what's going on in my head at this moment in time. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7587100/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7587100/ Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:08:33 PST
My trip to South Africa feels like it was a really long time ago. Really it was a month ago. I'm really glad I went, but I wont lie and say I had a fantastic time the whole time I was there. A lot of the time it was just too stressful to relax and enjoy myself.
For the first 2 weeks we were staying at my cousin's house which has high stress levels due to the noisey and irritating dogs, and the two 8 year olds running around and arguing or being shouted at by their parents..
As soon as we left the house we'd have to stress out about ensuring that the car doors were locked and that our bags were out of sight from people outside the car. When we stopped at red lights there would be people weaving in and out of the traffic trying to sell us random items or give us pamphlets - and some of them got really agro when we wouldn't open our windows.
At the end of the first two weeks we flew to Durban, and stayed there 1 week. In some ways it was more relaxed in Durban because we were staying with a super relaxed family and it was rather pleasant not having the screaming kids running around all the time. The problem was the fact that everything we wanted to do while in South Africa (aside from seeing the cousins who live in Pretoria) was in Durban. One week was far from enough time. That combined with the fact that my mum thought she remembered her way around, but kept getting lost, made for a rather stressful time. Adding into the equation that my mum saw some guy snatch some lady's bag out of her car on the first day in Durban, and the fact that we were on a strictly organised schedule ... Well, yes, stress-city.
Anyway, I managed to catch up with some twins I've known since preschool while I was there. That was kinda awkward, but interesting. Then we all managed to leave without paying - accidentally.
When we came back to Aus, my mum and I brought my grandpa back with us to stay for a month. Of course he is staying in my room, so I'm the one who gets shafted to the bed in the middle of nowhere. And by the middle of nowhere, I mean right under the stairs where I get to hear any movement that goes on anywhere in the house. Talk about sleepless nights.

Sometime between South Africa and Woodford there was this little thing they call Christmas. Can't say it was overly special this year. And even if it was, it was definitely somewhat overshadowed by the fact that I left for Woodford early(ish) the next morning.

Jack, Clayton and I arrived at the site not long before 10am - about 3 hours later than i would have liked to. Our camping spot was right at the entrance to the campsite, which made it incredibly easy to find, but it also made it somewhat more dusty than other parts of the campsite. It was argued that it was "way too far from the festival", but I thought that the walk was rather pleasant [especially at night].
When the festival started I wondered if I would be able to avoid people hassling me about dancing. I didn't think that by the end of the first night I would actually be getting into the whole dancing thing but, after 15 minutes or so in the crowd at Wild Marmalade, my phobia of being trapped in crowds of dancing people were gone, along with my shirt and a few layers of sweat. I managed to lose everyone when it was finished and walked back the campsite by myself, feeling incredibly exhilarated and pleased with myself for finally being able to let go.
The heat of the next day made it feel like the idea of dancing was ludicrous and I was surprised to see how many people were sweating it out at Pelusafunk. I couldn't bring myself to join them and decided that dancing during days of close to 40degreesC was not something I would take part in.
We went to see Doch that evening, and showed up in time to see the act before them; Genticorum. Every one of us who saw them were blown away, and Steph even started going to see them every time they played. On Friday evening they had an album signing and I went to chat to them (and to get their CD signed). While I was chatting to them a lady asked if they'd found someone to play didgeridoo with them. When they said no, I said that I have a friend who's really good on the didge and would probably really love to play with them. The next morning I tracked down Alex (well, actually he showed up at our campsite with a Ryan, fresh out of Denmark) and told him about the chance to play with Genticorum. I was so happy when it actually happened. It sounded so good and worked out really well. And I got photos!! I wish I'd taken a video camera though.. For that and a few other things.
I got into the habit of applying sunscreen at every opportunity and taking my cold shower toward the end of the day, so that I could cool off and be sunscreen free for the evenings. It was... ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7558494/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7558494/ Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:02:18 PST
[The story behind your email address]: Well, you see, it's my name and my nickname stuck together. I'm just so creative. You'd never have guessed.

[Where do you live?]: The WESTSIDE! (thanks, Shea) Chapel Hill...its classy..but fun! (what more can i say?!)

[Marital Status]: Well, I'm not married... I have a relatively serious boyfriend

[Height]: it says 168cm on my licence

[Shoe size]: 7ish

[Parents still together]: Sure are

[Siblings]: 21 year old brother called Eric

[Pets]: a border collie called Gypsey

[Jewellery worn daily]: my watch. Everything else varies depending on what I can be bothered to put on (or take off, for that matter)

[Shoes]: Worn daily? I dunno. Some sorta thongs or sandals. Depends what I'm wearing.

FAVOURITES:
[Colours]: Green. Orange with black. Purple.

[Number]: 4 and 87

[Animal]: I dunno. Polar bears are cool.

[Drink]: I don't have one.

[Pop]: goes the weasel?

DO YOU...
[Colour your hair?]: Nope

[Twirl your hair?]: No

[Have tattoos?]: Negative

[Have Piercings?]: 4 (all in my ears)

[Drink/Smoke?]: I drink sometimes

[Like roller coasters?]: Yeah

[Wish you could live somewhere else?]: I'm happy here.

[Want more piercings?]: Nope... Not all that much into piercings.

[Write in cursive or print?]: Print.. Unless I feel like doing swirly cursive.

[Know how to drive?]: Yeah. Though I'm sure a couple of people might question that.

[Own a cell phone?]: I still have my Nokia 3315 ... After nearly 4 years.

[Have a dream that keeps coming back?]: Not that I can recall

[Play an instrument?]: I have a triangle, a shaker and a jew harp. I can't say I play any of them particularly well, but life goes on. My new year's resolution is to learn to play bass guitar.. I'll keep you posted.

[Have any gay or lesbian friends?] Yeah

[Believe in God?]: I'm undecided ... Not the way God is usually represented, anyway.

[Do well in school?]: I did well until mid grade 11 when I got over it.

[Go to or plan to go to college or university]: I go to TAFE.

[Wear hats?]: Not often

[Have an obsession?]: Not really

[Collect anything?]: I have quite a collection of bags and jeans.. But I'm not actively collecting either of them.

HAVE YOU EVER:
[Been in a fist fight?]: Sure haven't

[Kicked someone in the nuts?]: Haha... No. I accidentally injured someone the other night thought (I'm sorry!!!)

[Held a gun?]: Yeah

[Been so drunk you couldn't remember your name?]: Nope ... Not that people often ask me what my name is when I'm drunk. "Caitlin, what's your name?!?!" .. Haha.. Awww.. That can only be funny in my head.

[Considered a life of crime?]: No..

[Considered being a hooker?]: The thought crossed my mind once or twice ...

[Cried over a girl?]: I guess you could say that.

[Cried over a boy?]: At least once a week. Haha. Ok, that's just a slight exaggeration.. But you get the point.

[Been in love?] Yes

CURRENTS:
[Current clothing]: Jeans and my "comma sutra" tee

[Current mood]: Relatively indifferent. Not in a bad way though.

[Current taste]: Milo.

[What you currently smell like]: Slightly BO-ish.. Not that that's a bad thing. I smell lovely. :-P

[Current hair]: tied up in a messy "bun"

[Current thing I ought to be doing]: Tidying my room (I have a room now!!!) and a few other things. Nothing spectacular.

[Current cds in stereo]: A Perfect Circle's Thirteenth Step is in the car stereo. I was tempted to stay in the car and listen to the whole of "the Noose" when i got home.

[Current job]: I have a contracted hospitality position that has me working in random places at random times. I don't have a formal job at the moment though.

LASTS:
[Book you read]: I'm currently reading the Mills and Boon book that Lea gave me for my 18th. Something about the Sheikh and his bride. Not doing much reading lately though.

[Movie you saw]: I watched "Finding Neverland" with my brother yesterday. Last cinematic movie I saw was King Kong.

[Thing you ate]: Meatlovers pizza... Of the frozen variety (I only ate it after it had been cooked though. I'm smart that way..)

[Person you talked to on the phone]: Dad called to talk to my brother this morning. Last call to me was Steven last night.. After I called him on someone else's... ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7397487/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7397487/ Fri, 23 Dec 2005 23:31:40 PST

Just thought i'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas. Enjoy your nice warm Christmas (unless you live somewhere when it's actually cold ... that would be a shock to the system).

For those of you going to Woodford, I'll see you there, and for those who arent... I'll see you next year. Have a great time. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7351553/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7351553/ Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:10:37 PST ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7181857/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7181857/ Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:47:34 PST
My wisdom tooth on the top right side of my mouth is growing and pushing the teeth in front of it together.. Causing a damn lot of pain. My jaw is somewhat inflamed, which makes eating excruciatingly painful.
Went to the doctor and then the dentist yesterday and they've given me drugs to take the pain away, and then more drugs to level up my stomach from the pain killers (I have a sensitive stomach) and also some antibiotics.. for whatever reason antibiotics are used. I'm a real pill popper at the moment.

I have all kinds of interesting stories to tell about the goings on since I've been here, but I actually cannot think of any at this moment... Perhaps later, if I get much of a response, I will post some.

I'm excited about Woodford... Are you excited about Woodford? Weeeee
]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7131504/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7131504/ Thu, 24 Nov 2005 10:40:21 PST )..
And tomorrow we're having a mini Christmas because my mum wants to be able to see the girls open their presents for once. The Christmas tree has been put up and is glowing nicely in the corner of the room and I have a whole bunch of Christmas songs going round in my head. (Silent night was sung in 3 different language.. Oh the joys of being in South Africa )
So yes, Merry Christmas everyone... Even if you may not be celebrating it just yet. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7092524/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/7092524/ Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:42:04 PST




I'd love to say more, but I have other things on my mind at the moment.
Big for those involved.. You'll know what I'm talking about. I don't feel right talking about it on here. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6950332/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6950332/ Fri, 04 Nov 2005 02:39:06 PST
Perhaps I'm just living in the past. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6922569/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6922569/ Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:35:19 PST
1. Full Name: Caitlin Marie Sharp
2. Nicknames: Kat, Sharpie
3. Birthday: 4th October 86
4. Place of Birth: Durban, South Africa
5. Zodiac Sign: Libra (scales)
6. Male or Female: Female
7. Grade: Um ... 13? Finished last year.
8. School: KSHS
9. Occupation: Waitress, but hopefully not for much longer
10. Residence: Brisbane, Australia
11. Screen Name: caitlinkat or happy-pill

__Your Appearance___
12. Hair Color: Somewhere between red and brown. Closer to the brown side these days though.
13. Hair Length: Nearly reaches my boobs
14. Eye color: Green and blue
15. Best Feature: My tummy
16. Height: 168cm
17. Braces?: No
18. Glasses?: No
19. Piercing?: Two in each ear
20. Tattoos: No
21. Righty or Lefty: Right

___Your 'Firsts'___
22. First best friend: Her name was Emma.. And that's about all I can remember about her.
23. First Award: The first I remember was a Merit award at school - top of the grade
24. First Sport: Dunno
25. First pet: Well, our family had a dog called Lucy before I was born til I was 11
26. First Real Vacation: Who knows.
27. First Concert: Antiskeptic in a pub, followed by A Perfect Circle at the convention centre
28. First Love: Blair

___ Favorites___
29. Movie: Don't have one
30. TV Show: Scrubs
31. Colors: Depends what it's for
32. Rapper: I don't like rap.
33. Bands: Radiohead, A Perfect Circle, Coldplay, Sneaker Pimps
34. Song Right Now: This Mess We're In by Thom Yorke and PJ Harvey
35. Friend: I don't have a favourite friend
36. Candy: Skittles... Or something.
37. Sport to Play: Is pool a sport?
38. Restaurant: Don't have one
39. Brand to wear: Don't have one
40. Store: Tree of Life
41. School Subject: Um, I loved doing FTV
42. Animal: Polar bear .. I dunno
43. Book: The Empty Bed by Paul Thomas
44. Magazine: I dunno ... FHM can be funny.
45. Shoes: none of mine

___Currently___
46. Feeling: Lonely and tired
47. Single or Taken?: Single
48. Have a crush: Maybe
49. Eating: Nothing
50. Drinking: Nothing
51. Typing: This
52. Online?: Yes. I am.
53. Listening To: Spin Spin Sugar by Sneaker Pimps
54. Thinking About: A certain ex who's confusing the hell out of me.
55. Wanting To: Go to bed ... With someone to cuddle.
56. Watching: 328. Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar - Winamp *** scroll across the icon on the taskbar
57. Wearing: Jeans and a blue shirt.

__________Future__________
58. Want Kids?: Yeah. Once I've found the perfect husband and we live happily ever after..
59. Want to be Married?: See previous answer
61. Where do you want to live: It doesn't matter. Somewhere I can have a future with the man I marry.
62. Car: something with class.. But not overly fancy. I'll be a businesswoman afterall..

__Which is Better With The Opposite Sex___(Opposite?)
63. Hair color: Oh, I don't know. I seem to be attracted guys with fair hair often enough (Chris and Casey at work are both damn fine and blonde), but dark hair is better when it's done properly (ie if the guy can pull it off right).
64. Hair length: Longer than your typical guy's hair.
65. Eye color: It's much like the hair thing. Dark (brown) eyes can look so good on the right person. But blue or green eyes are still damn fine.
66. Measurements: Erm.. I dunno..
67. Cute or Sexy: Cute.. Coz you can be cute all the time, there's only certain times where sexiness is appropriate.
68. Lips or Eyes: Eyes ... But I find myself looking at guys' lips a lot lately. I guess I think it helps you figure out if they'll be a good kisser or not..
69. Hugs or Kisses: Hugs ... But hugs AND kisses are generally better.
70. Short or Tall: Taller than me
71. Easygoing or serious: Both. There are things people have to be serious about and it only makes me sad when guys don't care about these things.
72. Romantic or Spontaneous: Both!
73. Fatty or Skinny: Skinny.. Or just right http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6671269/ Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:49:57 PDT ... NINETEEN!!! NINETEEN!!!

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I think winning the lottery would be a lot more fun than having a birthday ... ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6604001/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6604001/ Mon, 26 Sep 2005 01:00:28 PDT I'm bored. How are you? ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6579620/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6579620/ Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:34:28 PDT My parents can't afford to let me have a party here, since they've bought a second house in Hervey bay and have to pay it off. Plus I have too many people I'd want to invite, so that makes it difficult.
I don't want it to be the first birthday that I don't do anything. That'll be crap. Any ideas what I can do? Maybe not on my birthday coz it's a Tuesday.. Maybe later in the week? Perhaps the next night..
Please gimme a suggestion on where I can go that I can invite lots of random people.
Oh, and once it's sorted, you're all invited



EDIT
Okay, well, the suggestion that prevails appears to be that of a picnic.
I'd like to have it close to my birthday, but I'm already busy all day on the day (TAFE from 9-4 and then I'll prolly go to the pub with work people ) So I'm thinking Wednesday the 5th, afternoon.. like 2pm or so.. maybe later, so it can turn into an evening thing.
Are any/many of you free then? ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6577988/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6577988/ Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:34:12 PDT ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6569316/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6569316/ Thu, 22 Sep 2005 03:03:11 PDT ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6489212/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6489212/ Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:01:24 PDT
I've been thinking about a lot of random stuff lately, and being more observant when I look around. The other day when I was driving home I was noticing how very pointless a lot of extras of modern architecture really are.
The first example I noticed was the QUT building next to the Riverside Expressway. It has this huge concrete block on top, which is too narrow to actually contain anything. In the middle of this block is a big square hole which somehow contains a smaller blue cube with the QUT logo. I started wondering if they stored anything inside the cube, but I somehow doubt it.
Then I was driving along Coronation Drive and saw a block of flats or something where the roof was done artistically at an angle and extended a fair bit further than any parts of the building below - so it's not like it needed to be that big to provide shelter or anything.
I also noticed that even the older buildings had pointless things like pieces of wall that extend above the roof and stuff like that.
Just wondered if people are beginning to be wasteful in everything they do.

Another thought that came to mind recently is the reason why breakups are so difficult. Not only do you feel rejected or lonely because of the one person becoming less a part of your life, but also you discover that all your friendships have changed. People become more used to you spending less time with them and are less likely to see you as often as they did before you started seeing the "significant other". I dunno - I know it doesn't happen like that all the time, but it's looking like that for me at the moment.
Then there's the fact that now I find myself feeling not as comfortable around the people I used to now, perhaps because of the before mentioned realization.
I dunno. Too much thinking.

Having a somewhat annoying day today.. Locked my keys in the car and, while I was wasting most of my lunch break waiting for the RACQ car, I got bitten on the bum by a bull ant. Twas shite... Hopefully my day will improve from that...

Now I must return to the classroom. Adios amegos. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6420222/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6420222/ Mon, 05 Sep 2005 06:42:08 PDT Madness. It runs through the mythic life of women like a stream running down through a rain forest, seeking the level of the sea. Women go mad. Men shoot themselves bravely, but women go mad. Hamlet dies, but Ophelia goes mad. MacBeth dies, but Lady MacBeth goes mad. Jude dies, but Sue goes mad. Our men die, but our asylums are overflowing with mad-women: women who become depressed--and go mad.
.Vivian Gornick ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6275191/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6275191/ Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:25:26 PDT
So, people, tell me how your lives are? I'm sincerely interested.. News, people ... I need NEWS.
There's nothing worth mentioning happening in my life. I'm working 5 nights a week, going to tafe when required, and very little else.
Sounds like I should have heaps of money, but somehow I don't.
Um .. Yeah.. That's all I got.
Have a nice day. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6239156/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6239156/ Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:12:54 PDT
Just gimme 3 days or so, then check back here. If you're interested, that is. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6221171/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6221171/ Sun, 14 Aug 2005 00:42:26 PDT
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full.
The students responded with a unanimous "yes."

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things--God, your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions--and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car. The sand is everything else--the small stuff."

"If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
"Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
Take care of the golf balls first--the things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend." ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6193024/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6193024/ Wed, 10 Aug 2005 23:02:37 PDT if you were born the opposite sex what would your name be?: Good question..
your gender: female
birthdate: 4th October 1986
eye color: blue and green
hair color: strawberry brown
piercings?: two per ear
tattoos?: nope
do you have a webpage?: well, I have DA, LJ and that stupid myspace thing. So not really.
do you live in the moment?: Not often
if a movie was made about your life, what would it be called?: Something incredibly boring, so people know not to bother watching it.
what kind of underwear do you wear? uh ... normal girl's underwear - no thongs though.

do you...
smoke?: on occasion
do drugs?: nope
drink alochol?: on occasion
sleep with stuffed animals?: Yep.

have you ever...
played strip poker?: Uh .. I don't remember
gotten beaten up?: Nope
beaten someone up?: nope
slept outdoors?: Yeah.
slept together with the opposite sex w/o actually having sex?: Yeah, many many times.
killed someone?: no..
had sex with a stranger?: nope
met a famous person?: noone particularly famous.

do you believe in...
aliens?: Yeah
miracles?: not really
magic?: sometimes
god?: not really
santa?: no
ghosts?: yep
easter bunny?: haha ..

what's the best advice that anyone has ever given to you?: nothing comes to mind.
strangest Turn-on?: Looking me in the eyes and using my name..
turn-off?: using someone else's name? Haha..
what is the best thing about the opposite sex?: How good they can make a girl feel ... Pity they only do it when they want some ..
what is the worst thing about the opposite sex?: Their inability to read a situation, so we have to explain EVERYTHING to them.
what are you wearing right now?: Jeans and a really sloppy, old, grey long-sleeved shirt
what's on your mousepad?: don't have one
does it hurt when you pee?: not generally ...
do you have an innie or an outtie?: innie ... my belly button is hot!
what's your favorite flavor?: depends what it is.. caramel will do.
big boobs or little boobs?: medium boobs
big penis or little penis?: um .. medium penis? Can't say I've seen one that could be classified as "little"
would you rather be deaf or blind?: deaf, but it sure would suck.

when i say...___ ..you think of what....
bloom county?: what's that?
banana?: no thanks..
apple?: only if it's green and peeled
pinacolada?: mmm ...
jack?: ex boyfriend
king me!?: good sex
STD?: bad sex
shennanigans?: complete randomness ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6137371/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/6137371/ Thu, 04 Aug 2005 23:29:30 PDT I've felt sick pretty much since Monday morning - maybe Sunday night, but I don't remember.
Got dumped the day before our 8 month anniversary.. And then about 6 hours later a guy I've only recently become friends with tried to get me into bed with him. Didn't sleep that night - went to Alex and Rohan's for some company, then had to work last night 'til 12pm; still hadn't slept.
Today I had to get up at 8.30am because my parents are away for the weekend and I had to let the cleaning lady in. Because my parents are away this weekend I get to feel extra lonely, because I know I would have got to spend some time with Steven. And I'm working every night, so I can't really have people over.
The worst part about being single again is that it makes me realize that I don't really have any close friends anymore. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5891883/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5891883/ Sun, 10 Jul 2005 03:49:20 PDT
Went camping this weekend with Steven and a bunch of his friends/friends' friends.. Left home on Thursday evening and stayed at Herman's with Steve.. Then the three of us caught a train to cleveland, a bus to the ferry, the ferry to Stradbroke Island and James (one of the guys) drove us to the campsite. Quite a bit of travelling... Was part of the fun though.
Pretty good weekend. 4 tents among the 13 of us. Steven, Herman and I shared the one tent, and all I can say is poor Herman...
We (steven and i) slept on the ground because we didn't think of bringing anything else (other than sleeping bags). Now my hips hurt a fair bit because I like to sleep on my side. Also, I would fall asleep on my side and be trapped by Steven's arm ...
Anyway, twas fun. I'd post pictures, but... I was a bit slack as usual.

Back to TAFE tomorrow. Back to a three day week. Crapsickles.. And this time my three days are all 9 til 4. Horrible horrible thought... And both the friends I had made at TAFE have dropped out. I mean, sure I talk to other people there, but I'm not quite friends with them yet.
I wish I'd had a year off ... ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5842549/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5842549/ Mon, 04 Jul 2005 23:06:09 PDT existentialism n. philosophical theory emphasising the existence of the individual as a free and self-determining agent. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5830722/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5830722/ Sun, 03 Jul 2005 16:48:44 PDT As usual.
But that's cool, because it's not like you guys expect me to say anything profound or anything, do you?
Well, if you do, my sincere apologies for getting your hopes up.
Instead of anything profound, I think I'll just give you a brief updates on what's happening in my life.

* nothing (it has to be said ... )

* there is a big, chunky nail in my car's rear right tyre. The tyre's not flat just yet, but it will be when the nail is taken out. This means I have to rely on public transport like the rest of you for a day or two. Woe is me, what am I going to do?

* my brother dislocated his elbow falling off a motorbike. Now he is living on a station (Dagworth), by himself because the owner and his wife have gone to hospital as she is having a baby. Eric (my brother, for those of you who are out of the loop) has a cast all up his arm, and therefore probably wont be able to do much in an emergency ... Like in the case of a fire, or something. So let's all just hope nothing like that happens.

* i still have an assignment I was meant to do last term for TAFE. She said I could do it by Wednesday, meaning 5 days ago ... Too bad I'm too lazy/forgetful/tired/bored to do it. Why didn't I give myself a year off?

Well, I'm sure there is more stuff for me to ramble on about, if I felt like it, but I have to leave to get a bus in 10 minutes and I'm not quite ready for it.. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5681555/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5681555/ Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:23:36 PDT
I was sick all of yesterday (due to stress, which makes me throw up ... that's why I try to ignore it), which was a bit crappy coz it means I wasted a day where i could have done one of my two assignments that are due by Tuesday. I skipped the report that I have to write because I'm finding it so difficult to start and have moved on to the oral about the romance genre, which is turning out to be fairly easy to write - a definite bonus.

I haven't really been myself for the past couple of weeks (I'm sure people have noticed). I've been treating Steven like crap.. Well, not really, but I've been getting upset really easily which has been pissing him off, understandably I guess. I feel more like me now and maybe that'll sort things out a fair bit.

I've also been a bit of a snob lately, pointing out to everyone else what I like and what I don't - as if they should have to stick to it.. I mean, they should, but I guess it's their choice

No other news really ... I've been the usual slacker that I am and left my assignments to last minute so I'm trying to concentrate on them this weekend. I've done alright today, cept for a fairly long discussion with a couple of people on MSN... But that's okay, I guess.

Perhaps these holidays will be good and I'll be a better person coz I'll be less stressed out.
Here's hoping ... ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5606581/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5606581/ Fri, 10 Jun 2005 06:11:53 PDT I just got home from work. Well, not really, I went and met up with the crew at some pizza place but they left like an hour after I got there ... if that.
I'm tired. I was going to say more, but noone reads these things anymore anyway. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5525389/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5525389/ Wed, 01 Jun 2005 20:25:21 PDT This is what i have to do:

"Collect and present in a folio an example of each of the following:
connotation
allusion
simile
analogy
metaphor
personification
pun
oxymoron
overstatement
understatement
hyperbole
purple prose
parody
irony
cliche
euphamism

Try to locate your examples in contemporary documents. Label your examples clearly."

So, I figured since you're a smart bunch, you might have some examples for me ... At least for the easier ones like simile and metaphor and pun and oxymoron and ... yeah, whatever else.
Any suggestions you have will be greatly appreciated. Please remember to say where it came from, otherwise I can't use it.
I've been thinking about some of the things, and now I can't figure out whether the ones in my head are actually ones I've remembered from texts, or ones that we talked about in class. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5481668/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5481668/ Fri, 27 May 2005 23:41:00 PDT
I love little things like that. I'm a sucker for romance, and the idea of an old(er) couple, who is still very much in love, gives me goosebumps.
Do you have any little things that never fail to make you smile? ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5426320/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5426320/ Sun, 22 May 2005 03:32:04 PDT
[link]




I've always wanted someone to give me a rose/roses .. And when I wasn't expecting it.
*sigh* ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5268838/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5268838/ Wed, 04 May 2005 20:26:15 PDT I'm tired. How are you? ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5155764/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5155764/ Fri, 22 Apr 2005 07:00:50 PDT
It seems that DA is giving everyone subscriptions for a week.


How very lame.


But it did give me an opportunity to post the poll I was thinking of on my way home from work.

The end. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5063741/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/5063741/ Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:56:13 PDT

People have been writing pretty substantial journal entries lately. Ones that actually tell us stuff about what they're doing. That's quite cool ... It makes our lack of group socializing almost bareable. I want to do a substantial entry but I'm not altogether sure what to say in it.

I did my first TAFE exam on Monday and, seeing as I did no study at all, failed it. That's okay because I get to do a retest on monday, but what if I fail that too? It's a prerequisite for the rest of the course.. So if I fuck that up ...
I can't study. It's just not something my brain knows how to do. I can just read and hope my brain absorbs some of it. Lately I haven't been getting enough sleep though, so my brain absorbs very little.. That's why I wanted to go home now and sleep for the rest of the day.

There's not much else going on in my life at the moment, but something somewhat interesting is that my brother won the (I think this is what it was called) Kynuna surf carnival male wet t-shirt competition. Then Picture magazine took his photo. Rumour has it they made him take his clothes off too. I think I'm too scared to buy the magazine. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/4994163/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/4994163/ Mon, 04 Apr 2005 03:21:22 PDT ]
I have to work tomorrow straight after TAFE ... This will end my daily visits to Alex.. It doesn't matter, but I was just starting to get into a routine, and it was one I kinda liked (plus I was kinda curious to see how long I could keep it going).
Things are good with Steven. Well, from my side of things. He never talks about anything that matters, so I wouldn't know if anything was wrong. Apparently he felt threatened by how much time I spend with Alex, but I don't know if he actually said that to someone, or if people are just jumping to conclusions - things appear to be well.
I wish I could motivate myself to do the things I actually want to do, but require a little effort. I want to do well at TAFE, I really do ... And I actually kinda enjoy studying when I get into it, but it's getting started that I can't seem to do. I always seem to find some petty little distraction. Or sometimes I find something that feels more important. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/4816577/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/4816577/ Tue, 15 Mar 2005 03:02:35 PST I just tried to call him. We thought he was at Currabulka (one of many stations he moves between), but the guy I spoke to there said something along the lines of
"Nah, Eric's back at Glenormiston ..."

So, I dial the Glenormiston number (and was quite impressed to realise I knew it by heart .. Go me!) and after a while, one of the guys there answers.

"Eric!" He exclaimed, "Nah, Eric's not here... I'm not sure where he is. I think he's at Kynuna"
"Kynuna?" I responded, "I just rang Currabulka and was told he was back at Glenormiston!"
"Nah, he's not here. It's hard to keep track of that boy these days, but I think he's at Kynuna"

I get off the phone with him, after speaking too fast and confusing the hell out of him, and call Kynuna.

"Hello, Kynuna station, this is Marty speaking."
"Hi, would I be able to speak to Eric, please?"
"Uh .. I'm not sure where Eric is at the moment ... He's hard to keep track of. I think he's in bed." ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/4779695/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/4779695/ Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:38:30 PST This is all. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/4765356/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/4765356/ Wed, 09 Mar 2005 00:10:35 PST ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/4740064/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/4740064/ Sun, 06 Mar 2005 03:54:34 PST I could help people.
I could help myself.
I could shed light on some situations.
I could help someone grow.
If only I had the strength to put some thought into things.

How do we know when it's our time to shine? ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/4716005/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/4716005/ Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:21:40 PST But I couldn't think of anything to say.
I saw Peter.
That's about all.
I need something to do. ]]> ~happy-pill http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/4674281/ http://happy-pill.deviantart.com/journal/4674281/ Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:34:42 PST That's all I can say - not the most exciting update. ]]> ~happy-pill