Week 2

Day 8: Walkies with Harry & Gromit

Harry’s a rather silly dog at times, so I thought I’d get him a good role model in Gromit (well, as a dog lead anyway!). I originally tried to get an “action shot” while we were taking him for a walk (or run, rather!), but even with Dad holding the lead, I had to be jogging to keep up and that doesn’t make for very good pictures! In the end I just snapped this (crappy) one when we got home and Harry was worn out.

PS: Don’t you just love our orange swirly shag carpet? The decor here hasn’t been updated since 1972… *cries*

Day 9: I backed the winner!

Using Stevenson’s Theorem of Melbourne Cup Winning (invented by yours truly, hehe), I managed to pick the winner of the Melbourne Cup (a big horse race here in Australia) – yay me! I pinched my dad’s copy of The Sportsman (a horseracing newspaper) and girlified it by marking my selection in pink highlighter.

Day 10: Slow children at McDonald’s

I just love the classy atmosphere at my local McDonalds. *rolls eyes* This is the sign they have in the parking lot near the entrance to the drive-thru (just out of curiosity, why is it always spelled drive-THRU instead of drive-THROUGH?) – apparently warning patrons that there are slow children at McDonalds. Well duh, I know that…they work the registers! Hehehe.

Day 11: Where did everyone go?

Lectures were officially over for the year as of last week and the number of students on campus has dwindled substantially, even though this is supposed to be a study week. This is the main cafeteria (photo taken stealthily on my iPhone, hehe) at about 11am, a time which is usually rather busy (uni students seem to get hungry early, hehe). You can also see across the room our ancient retro arcade machines – I think they must have installed them in 1982 and never replaced them as technology improved.

Day 12: Oh she’s a rebel, that one…

This is just one of the many reasons why I should never allow myself to get too bored: the result of said boredom today is my (temporary) tattoo of Mr Potato Head that I got with some stickers once on ebay. Luckily I had the sense to put it just below my shoulder where most tops I wear will cover it, lol. I didn’t realize though just how pale I look these days – I guess that’s what happens when you never see natural light.

Day 13: Gluttony at it’s best

I saw my mum tonight and we grabbed ice-cream sundaes at Baskin & Robbins. Being a greedy little piggy, I got the two scoop sundae with the works and extra calories, while Mum just got the regular single scoop equivalent. They also ran out of cherries, so we each got a spoonful of smarties (the chocolate buttons) instead, hehe.

Day 14: A night of hooking and getting hammered

I bought a “bling hanger” recently on one of my many pointless shopping trips, and I managed to put it up tonight by hammering a hook to the wall for it to dangle off. Simple task, but I’d never managed to do it before, so I’m very proud of myself – I must say it’s my finest attempt at hooking since last Friday night in the valley. (Kidding of course!). It didn’t come without injury though – I hit my thumb three times with the hammer (I got hammered, tee hee hee!) and then stabbed myself with the nail part of the hook. I’m ok though – a Homer Simpson band-aid later I was fine.