I have found it amazing how much time one can waste at uni on the internet. Today I have an hour and a half to kill till my tute, and almost halfway through my break, I have already run out of the usual things to do, and have had to find new things to entertain my time with.
-don't say, uniwork. I'm doing a bit of that...but my brain is far too dead for that now anyhoo. I haven't had my coffee yet.
So far today, I have read and posted on the imdb messageboard for Wicked. Looked up all the tv talk shows I watch to see if anyone I like is on this week. -I have also copied all the links so I can keep track in the future. I have read the lastest imdb news, researched last years emmys and compared a few catagories to this years emmys, done a Pushing Daisies quiz, updated my comment on facebook, checked and written emails, read articles about certain tv personalities, and other random info.
I'm too tired to come up with another 'Favorite Things' post today, maybe tomorrow. Plus I'm starting to run out of ideas. Maybe I should just do one every month or every few weeks or something.
However....because the desks for the computers here are so damm high, my fingers are getting very cold and losing circulation a little...which is bad.
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Carlie
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
My Favourite Things Part 2
Here are a few more of my fave things. (I started this last week, took me a little while to finish it. lol)
RENT Movie soundtrack - I'm obsessed with the film version of RENT (the only version I've ever seen). Since I'm currently banning myself from listening to the OBC recording of Wicked, I need another musical fix.....what I'll listen to when I ban myself from RENT I have no idea. I don't know why they would even make a selections soundtrack...I love all the songs and it wouldn't be right only having half of them.
Sony 2GB Micro Vault Flashdrive - With the extinction of floppy disks and later versions. I'm so glad that they finally made decent sized USB drives. Back near the start of the year I bought a new USB, my old one didn't hold much content and with my YouTube obession (particularly saving vids) I needed something that could move more stuff between my laptop and the family PC. I love my sony usb not only cause I can put at least 5 eps of tv on it (no more burning rewritable dvds just to watch 1 ep of something) and put a whole load of other media on there and it compresses it to make more space. Plus they're very cheap for what they do, and seem to be made to hold more, while also getting cheaper.
Starbucks Cafe Mocha - Keeps me going through my days at Uni. My mum bought me a Starbucks card for Christmas, which I went through rather quickly. Instead of buying food during my 2-2.5 hour breaks at Uni, I just get a Tall Mocha which keeps my stomach from whinging, and saves me a bit of money, cause with an 8:30 Friday morning start, by midday my mind is so dead I need coffee to wake me up.
IMDB.com - what would I do without IMDB.com?! Since I have WAY too many different shows and movies that I watch...I of course start to recognise people and then have to wonder where I know them from. IMDB is my saviour....
Its also got plenty of news and updates on what certain people are up to, which is mighty handy.
Pushing Daisies - I admit it, I'm totally addicted to Pushing Daisies. For some unknown reason in all the drama over the last year with tv shows, I'd forgotten about checking it out. Finally in July I got around to seeing all the eps and have now watched them multiple times. Its just so entertaining and different from anything else. Its musical, a little scary, silly, hilarious, and totally crazy all at the same time. Can't wait for October to bring around season 2!
Smiggle Mini Stapler, Staples and Highlighter set - I love Smiggle stuff, it's handy, compact, colorful and easy to take with you. I find this mini stapler very handy to take to uni if I need to hand in assignments and I haven't stapled it together yet. Plus I love jazzing it up a little with pink metallic staples. I am a big supporter of the color pink.
RENT Movie soundtrack - I'm obsessed with the film version of RENT (the only version I've ever seen). Since I'm currently banning myself from listening to the OBC recording of Wicked, I need another musical fix.....what I'll listen to when I ban myself from RENT I have no idea. I don't know why they would even make a selections soundtrack...I love all the songs and it wouldn't be right only having half of them.
Sony 2GB Micro Vault Flashdrive - With the extinction of floppy disks and later versions. I'm so glad that they finally made decent sized USB drives. Back near the start of the year I bought a new USB, my old one didn't hold much content and with my YouTube obession (particularly saving vids) I needed something that could move more stuff between my laptop and the family PC. I love my sony usb not only cause I can put at least 5 eps of tv on it (no more burning rewritable dvds just to watch 1 ep of something) and put a whole load of other media on there and it compresses it to make more space. Plus they're very cheap for what they do, and seem to be made to hold more, while also getting cheaper.
Starbucks Cafe Mocha - Keeps me going through my days at Uni. My mum bought me a Starbucks card for Christmas, which I went through rather quickly. Instead of buying food during my 2-2.5 hour breaks at Uni, I just get a Tall Mocha which keeps my stomach from whinging, and saves me a bit of money, cause with an 8:30 Friday morning start, by midday my mind is so dead I need coffee to wake me up.
IMDB.com - what would I do without IMDB.com?! Since I have WAY too many different shows and movies that I watch...I of course start to recognise people and then have to wonder where I know them from. IMDB is my saviour....
Its also got plenty of news and updates on what certain people are up to, which is mighty handy.
Pushing Daisies - I admit it, I'm totally addicted to Pushing Daisies. For some unknown reason in all the drama over the last year with tv shows, I'd forgotten about checking it out. Finally in July I got around to seeing all the eps and have now watched them multiple times. Its just so entertaining and different from anything else. Its musical, a little scary, silly, hilarious, and totally crazy all at the same time. Can't wait for October to bring around season 2!
Smiggle Mini Stapler, Staples and Highlighter set - I love Smiggle stuff, it's handy, compact, colorful and easy to take with you. I find this mini stapler very handy to take to uni if I need to hand in assignments and I haven't stapled it together yet. Plus I love jazzing it up a little with pink metallic staples. I am a big supporter of the color pink.
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
My Favourite Things - Part 1
I copied this idea from Chad Darnell's blog....I thought it was something interesting to do.
Dove Pro-Age Shampoo and Conditioner - I have very very fine hair and even though my body is young, all the chemicals over the years have made it kinda old. So I have a very hard time giving my hair any volume. I've found this stuff works wonders and also leaves my hair pretty soft too.
Shea Bodybutter from The Body Shop - My friend got me into bodybutter, and I decided on the Shea nut variety. It has a nice, but not overpowering scent and leaves my hands feeling nice and soft, instead of dry, cracked and sore.
Extra Professional Mints - I used to be a TicTacs fan (Spearmint only) but I started to get really sore teeth while I was at work cause I'd taken too many. I gave Extra Professional Mints (pepermint) a try and was hooked! I also love that they come in a recycleable tin.
Arnotts Malt-o-milk biscuits - I've had a cold for the last week and these biscuits are one of the few things that hasn't hurt my cold! -Especially nice to eat with orange juice!
Chemists Own Dry Cough medicine - A miracle elixer! This damm cold I've got has resulted in me coughing like crazy for the last few days, and Friday night I got barely any sleep at all from not being able to stop coughing. Saturday night (and every night since) I have gotten a decent sleep thanks to my yellow medicine!
Vicks Liquid Centre Vapodrops - Thank god for vapodrops. I wouldn't have gotten through my lectures without coughing non-stop without them. Makes having a cold just a little bit easier.
Dove Pro-Age Shampoo and Conditioner - I have very very fine hair and even though my body is young, all the chemicals over the years have made it kinda old. So I have a very hard time giving my hair any volume. I've found this stuff works wonders and also leaves my hair pretty soft too.
Shea Bodybutter from The Body Shop - My friend got me into bodybutter, and I decided on the Shea nut variety. It has a nice, but not overpowering scent and leaves my hands feeling nice and soft, instead of dry, cracked and sore.
Extra Professional Mints - I used to be a TicTacs fan (Spearmint only) but I started to get really sore teeth while I was at work cause I'd taken too many. I gave Extra Professional Mints (pepermint) a try and was hooked! I also love that they come in a recycleable tin.
Arnotts Malt-o-milk biscuits - I've had a cold for the last week and these biscuits are one of the few things that hasn't hurt my cold! -Especially nice to eat with orange juice!
Chemists Own Dry Cough medicine - A miracle elixer! This damm cold I've got has resulted in me coughing like crazy for the last few days, and Friday night I got barely any sleep at all from not being able to stop coughing. Saturday night (and every night since) I have gotten a decent sleep thanks to my yellow medicine!
Vicks Liquid Centre Vapodrops - Thank god for vapodrops. I wouldn't have gotten through my lectures without coughing non-stop without them. Makes having a cold just a little bit easier.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Saving Trees???
Okay so I haven't posted here in.....months. But truthfully there hasn't been too much to post about.
'Cept that I saw Wicked and LOVED it. I'm totally hooked and hope they do a movie soon with the originals.
Today after Uni, I was bored and decided to clean out my closet. I'd already cleaned out some old clothes from my draws and they were all over my floor, so I thought I'd keep going. Its amazing some of the stuff you wind up holding onto! I have clothes in there that I haven't worn for at least 2 years and will definately never wear again! Which is REALLY stupid since my closet is the size of a shoebox.
After clearing out my closet, I decided to put away some of my summer shoes I had in boxes on the floor of my room back into the closet where they belonged in the first place. Under them I found a few cardboard boxes that I'd filled with my stuff when I'd completely packed up my room last November when I got my new bed....or didn't....
In these boxes I found 2 (yes TWO!) folders filled with pages and pages of printed out Buffy quotes! Insane! So I immediately when outside and threw them in the recycling. Then I found a whole bunch of old Alias articles and Buffy articles and other misc tv articles. Most I will throw out but there's a couple I might hold on to. I'll see how it goes.
Some of the pages are so old that they have things about people from Baywatch on them! There's also a lot of old WB series stuff and Party of Five stuff, and ER stuff too. And even an article with Marla Sokolof.
It's insane that I'd kept this stuff. But I guess back in my teen years...or late teens it all seemed really important that I keep it. -Even though I haven't wanted to re-read it!
Anyhoo....
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Carlie
'Cept that I saw Wicked and LOVED it. I'm totally hooked and hope they do a movie soon with the originals.
Today after Uni, I was bored and decided to clean out my closet. I'd already cleaned out some old clothes from my draws and they were all over my floor, so I thought I'd keep going. Its amazing some of the stuff you wind up holding onto! I have clothes in there that I haven't worn for at least 2 years and will definately never wear again! Which is REALLY stupid since my closet is the size of a shoebox.
After clearing out my closet, I decided to put away some of my summer shoes I had in boxes on the floor of my room back into the closet where they belonged in the first place. Under them I found a few cardboard boxes that I'd filled with my stuff when I'd completely packed up my room last November when I got my new bed....or didn't....
In these boxes I found 2 (yes TWO!) folders filled with pages and pages of printed out Buffy quotes! Insane! So I immediately when outside and threw them in the recycling. Then I found a whole bunch of old Alias articles and Buffy articles and other misc tv articles. Most I will throw out but there's a couple I might hold on to. I'll see how it goes.
Some of the pages are so old that they have things about people from Baywatch on them! There's also a lot of old WB series stuff and Party of Five stuff, and ER stuff too. And even an article with Marla Sokolof.
It's insane that I'd kept this stuff. But I guess back in my teen years...or late teens it all seemed really important that I keep it. -Even though I haven't wanted to re-read it!
Anyhoo....
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Carlie
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Fantasy Dinner Party
(I wrote this thursday night, but forgot to post it until now.)
Thursday, 11:25pm
I was thinking about that thing, where people say who, dead or alive, they’d invite to a dream dinner party thing. And I was trying to think…who would I invite? I’d definitely have Lauren Graham (which is how I got onto this topic by the way…Cause I was thinking how fun it would be to spend you know, 30 minutes or whatever talking to her)
But then comes the problem of who else would I invite?! There are tons of people…okay mostly actresses/actors whatever…that I’d LOVE to meet. But would they all be able to function at a dinner party. –Yes. This is where my mind actually goes…
For example, I’d LOVE to spend a few hours with Sally Field…and Bette Midler….but would these two PLUS Lauren Graham be able to get a word in between the 4 of us? So then comes the problem of do you invite really chatty people or a few quieter people? And in terms of guys…do you go for eye candy or ones you’d actually want to talk to?
Matthew Perry would be very entertaining…course then he and Lauren would be all clicky.
I could invite Michael Buble. He’s a tad whacky…and nice to look at.
I forget what the number of people you’re supposed to have is, but I’m sure it’s something around 6.
So say I invited,
Lauren Graham
Sally Field
Bette Midler
Matthew Perry
Michael Buble
That only leaves one more person….I can think of a few maybes, but no one I’d be desperate to meet.
Course with all those people, it would probably turn into a sing a long of some kind. Cause if Bette’s there, I’d get her to sing…/and Buble in a bubble of course. Plus then I’d probably bring out the karaoke and make the others do it.
So maybe I should invite someone who is actually fairly straight and serious…..but I’m actually struggling to think of such a person right now!
So my options for the last guest could be,
Julie Andrews
Hillary Clinton
….I’m trying to think of someone dead…but its actually kinda tricky
Maybe someone else will come to me.
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Since I wrote this on thursday, I was thinking of a few other people, like Cleopatra, or God even. -That could really make it interesting.
But ultimately, I have no idea who, if someone made me pick 6 people suddenly I probably would have a lot of trouble.
....clearly I have overthought the whole thing WAY too much!
:P
-Carlie
Thursday, 11:25pm
I was thinking about that thing, where people say who, dead or alive, they’d invite to a dream dinner party thing. And I was trying to think…who would I invite? I’d definitely have Lauren Graham (which is how I got onto this topic by the way…Cause I was thinking how fun it would be to spend you know, 30 minutes or whatever talking to her)
But then comes the problem of who else would I invite?! There are tons of people…okay mostly actresses/actors whatever…that I’d LOVE to meet. But would they all be able to function at a dinner party. –Yes. This is where my mind actually goes…
For example, I’d LOVE to spend a few hours with Sally Field…and Bette Midler….but would these two PLUS Lauren Graham be able to get a word in between the 4 of us? So then comes the problem of do you invite really chatty people or a few quieter people? And in terms of guys…do you go for eye candy or ones you’d actually want to talk to?
Matthew Perry would be very entertaining…course then he and Lauren would be all clicky.
I could invite Michael Buble. He’s a tad whacky…and nice to look at.
I forget what the number of people you’re supposed to have is, but I’m sure it’s something around 6.
So say I invited,
Lauren Graham
Sally Field
Bette Midler
Matthew Perry
Michael Buble
That only leaves one more person….I can think of a few maybes, but no one I’d be desperate to meet.
Course with all those people, it would probably turn into a sing a long of some kind. Cause if Bette’s there, I’d get her to sing…/and Buble in a bubble of course. Plus then I’d probably bring out the karaoke and make the others do it.
So maybe I should invite someone who is actually fairly straight and serious…..but I’m actually struggling to think of such a person right now!
So my options for the last guest could be,
Julie Andrews
Hillary Clinton
….I’m trying to think of someone dead…but its actually kinda tricky
Maybe someone else will come to me.
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Since I wrote this on thursday, I was thinking of a few other people, like Cleopatra, or God even. -That could really make it interesting.
But ultimately, I have no idea who, if someone made me pick 6 people suddenly I probably would have a lot of trouble.
....clearly I have overthought the whole thing WAY too much!
:P
-Carlie
Friday, June 13, 2008
12 of 12 June 2008
It took me forever to find my camera, but I managed to get my shots in for the day. Here are my 12 for Chad's 12 of 12 June edition.
1 of 12 - 9:42am
Burning dvds with recent eps of Las Vegas and ER for my friend and birthday girl Vanessa. (who even though I spent a good deal of the day with her...didn't end up taking any real pictures while we were out and about)
2 of 12 - 10:06am
Eating a chocolate crossant while watching the previous days ep of The View. - I always tape it off W and watch it the next day while I have breakfast and read the paper. -It's my news and current events hour :P
3 of 12 - 1:23pm
In the changerooms of Target at Chadstone Shopping Centre, trying on a bunch of cardigans.
4 of 12 - 3:56pm
Home again, exhausted and a little chilly. -Watching a stormy ep of ER circa 2002.
5 of 12 - 3:56pm
Getting darker and gloomier outside...who knows why that van was sitting outside my house. -I blame it on the builders for next door, who nearly parked over my driveway...
6 of 12 - 4:38pm
Snacking on some quite retro TV snacks. I haven't had these in ages!
7 of 12 - 5:34pm
Reading the new book I bought the day before. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier. Pretty good so far. I have read a few of her others, and I studied Girl with a Pearl Earring in year 12.
8 of 12 - 6:22pm
My new cardi. Of course the one that looked best HAD to be the most expensive. But only by 10 bucks, so no big deal really.
9 of 12 - 7:55pm
Just come back from the Supermarket. Mum made me drive, probably cause my P plates were already on the car...that or she was just feeling lazy. :P
10 of 12 - 10:25pm
Filling in a claims form for Medicare. I had a bunch of tests last week, and one of them is making me claim it myself.
11 of 12 - 10:52pm
Killing some time playing a demo of Zoo Tycoon2.
12 of 12 - 11:15pm
Checking the tram times to catch a train to work Friday morning.
1 of 12 - 9:42am
Burning dvds with recent eps of Las Vegas and ER for my friend and birthday girl Vanessa. (who even though I spent a good deal of the day with her...didn't end up taking any real pictures while we were out and about)
2 of 12 - 10:06am
Eating a chocolate crossant while watching the previous days ep of The View. - I always tape it off W and watch it the next day while I have breakfast and read the paper. -It's my news and current events hour :P
3 of 12 - 1:23pm
In the changerooms of Target at Chadstone Shopping Centre, trying on a bunch of cardigans.
4 of 12 - 3:56pm
Home again, exhausted and a little chilly. -Watching a stormy ep of ER circa 2002.
5 of 12 - 3:56pm
Getting darker and gloomier outside...who knows why that van was sitting outside my house. -I blame it on the builders for next door, who nearly parked over my driveway...
6 of 12 - 4:38pm
Snacking on some quite retro TV snacks. I haven't had these in ages!
7 of 12 - 5:34pm
Reading the new book I bought the day before. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier. Pretty good so far. I have read a few of her others, and I studied Girl with a Pearl Earring in year 12.
8 of 12 - 6:22pm
My new cardi. Of course the one that looked best HAD to be the most expensive. But only by 10 bucks, so no big deal really.
9 of 12 - 7:55pm
Just come back from the Supermarket. Mum made me drive, probably cause my P plates were already on the car...that or she was just feeling lazy. :P
10 of 12 - 10:25pm
Filling in a claims form for Medicare. I had a bunch of tests last week, and one of them is making me claim it myself.
11 of 12 - 10:52pm
Killing some time playing a demo of Zoo Tycoon2.
12 of 12 - 11:15pm
Checking the tram times to catch a train to work Friday morning.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Part 2 of I hate Hospitals
I'm feeling a fair bit better now. I've finished my antibiotics. They seemed to help. But I'm still not completely over my cold.
So anyways...on Tuesday I had to go back for my tests. Mum decided to stay home from work. Partly cause she was sick herself, and partly to keep an eye on me after my episode the day before. Apparently I'm a drama queen!
Luckily my first test wasn't until 12:30, so I could sleep in. AND I was allowed to eat. So I was feeling fine. Except for the FREEZING cold. Apparently it only ended up being 11 degrees that day. The city was completely misty and foggy.
This test was over at St Vincents, instead of peter mac. We also drove in. It took us A WHILE to find a car park, but we finally did. We walked down the dingy old coridors of the hospital....it's seriously old fashioned and in need of a makeover. lol
I had to have a bone density test. It was fairly easy and not at all invasive. Just like an x-ray, all I had to do was lie there.
Then we had to drive over to Peter Mac, and find another car park. We were a bit early, that appointment wasn't until 1:45pm. We had a hot drink to warm us up. Then made our way over to pathology for my echo. Of course they were running late. We had no idea HOW late. I never ended up going in until 2:30 or something. Then my mum had to go find another car park, cause I didn't get out until about 20 to 4!
The damm chick that was doing my echo kept leaving and doing other things during it, so I was just lying there for ages by myself. I don't understand why she couldn't just do my echo THEN do her whinging or organising or whatever she was doing. It was very unprofessional. She never even appologised for it. and kept asking stupid questions about the reasons behind my test.
ALSO she totally bruised me! I was in pain the next day. I might even still have a tiny bruise.
That was the worst test out of them all. Even the fainting and being kept in the trolley bay with a needle in my arm was better than my echo experiance this time.
Oh well.
I went and had my x-ray yesterday, and will go back to see my GP sometime next week. Hopefully alls well. I'm sure it is.
Got my exam for Pop Culture this wednesday....hopefully I'll be prepared enough. I haven't really started studying......I better get working on that. :)
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Carlie
So anyways...on Tuesday I had to go back for my tests. Mum decided to stay home from work. Partly cause she was sick herself, and partly to keep an eye on me after my episode the day before. Apparently I'm a drama queen!
Luckily my first test wasn't until 12:30, so I could sleep in. AND I was allowed to eat. So I was feeling fine. Except for the FREEZING cold. Apparently it only ended up being 11 degrees that day. The city was completely misty and foggy.
This test was over at St Vincents, instead of peter mac. We also drove in. It took us A WHILE to find a car park, but we finally did. We walked down the dingy old coridors of the hospital....it's seriously old fashioned and in need of a makeover. lol
I had to have a bone density test. It was fairly easy and not at all invasive. Just like an x-ray, all I had to do was lie there.
Then we had to drive over to Peter Mac, and find another car park. We were a bit early, that appointment wasn't until 1:45pm. We had a hot drink to warm us up. Then made our way over to pathology for my echo. Of course they were running late. We had no idea HOW late. I never ended up going in until 2:30 or something. Then my mum had to go find another car park, cause I didn't get out until about 20 to 4!
The damm chick that was doing my echo kept leaving and doing other things during it, so I was just lying there for ages by myself. I don't understand why she couldn't just do my echo THEN do her whinging or organising or whatever she was doing. It was very unprofessional. She never even appologised for it. and kept asking stupid questions about the reasons behind my test.
ALSO she totally bruised me! I was in pain the next day. I might even still have a tiny bruise.
That was the worst test out of them all. Even the fainting and being kept in the trolley bay with a needle in my arm was better than my echo experiance this time.
Oh well.
I went and had my x-ray yesterday, and will go back to see my GP sometime next week. Hopefully alls well. I'm sure it is.
Got my exam for Pop Culture this wednesday....hopefully I'll be prepared enough. I haven't really started studying......I better get working on that. :)
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Carlie
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