I'd like to keep my sanity...

The five things that will get me through until November 19 (aka the date of my freedom)

-Alcohol. Nothing beats a good cocktail with some lovely girls at then end of a hard week.
-One Tree Hill season six on DVD.
-Facebook and Twitter. Does that need an explanation?
-Glossy mags. A little slice of heaven. Even some trashy heaven if need be.
-Coffee. Coffee, coffee, coffee!

What's going to get you through lovlies?

It's well, you know, good.

Goooooood movie.
I laughed. I cried. I 'awww'ed.
I shall write on it now for Hotch Potch.
But you know what YOU should do?
You should watch it.
Do it do it do it!

A cup of coffee and a glossy mag

When I woke up this morning, I decided that this afternoon I was going to treat myself. I was going to curl up on the couch with a coffee and a glossy mag. Bliss.
5.30pm hits and I'm on the couch, snuggled in a blanket (isn't this weather crazy?), magazine in hand and coffee at the ready. Then it dawned on me, what on earth was I rewarding myself for?
Homework/ Study? I've done none all week.
Attending a full week of Uni? Not really, I skipped out of class early this morning and I've still got to drag myself out of bed for tomorrow mornings class.
The first issue of Hotch Potch? Again, not really. We put in all the hard yards before holidays, it's just a relief to finally have it out now.
My work with Juicee Gossip? Hardly, haven't posted anything in a while... Sorry guys!

So this is what I've come up with. I'm rewarding myself for:
Getting out of bed for uni and getting a manicure.

Good enough right?

Answer my questions and I'll answer yours.

Well this is exciting. The very talented Annelise (the little box of crayons) tagged me in a post. It's like chain mail, but good chain mail. It's answer seven questions, ask seven questions, which is always good because I'm never short on anything to say about myself (please note that was an attempt to be funny, I'm not a stuck-up bitch).

1. What are you currently obsessed with?
I have a very obsessive nature, I will find something (or in most cases, someone) that I have a fascination with and stalk the crap out of them (I'm talking social networking here, not like a real peep into their windows type stalker). At the moment though I'm obsessed with the Collingwood football club and reality TV.

2. If you could live in any era, which would it be?
The '90s. How can you go past the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys? Or Nickelodeon.

3. What are you really, really good at?

Facebook stalking, as embarrassing as this is, I'm pretty much known to my group of friends as the Queen of it. I mean you're pretty good if you find a girl when you only know her first name and the fact she has a twin brother. I'm pretty good at procrastinating too. (Right now I'm at Uni.. 'studying').

4. When you were seventeen, where did you think you would be in ten year's time?
Hmm, when I was seventeen I was doing year 12, and convinced I'd be a journalist when I finished Uni. Don't get me wrong, that's still the dream, but I think I'm a lot more realistic about everything now. But I still have eight years to try and prove myself right.

5. What is your favourite 'guilty pleasure'?
Staying in bed all day with a bunch of DVDs and my laptop. And ignoring my emails.

6. What is one thing that makes you really, really happy?
I'm going to go all cliche on this one, but I just can't go past family and friends. My family has been through a lot the past year and it makes me happy to see how much stronger we've all become.

7. If you could live in any movie, which would it be?
What a toughie! There's so many! I really can't go past the Spice Girls movie, just, well, because.


Now, my seven questions are:

1.What's your most cherished memory?
2.Best/Worst and Favourite/Least favourite subjects at school or uni?
3.If you could make three wishes, what would they be?
4.What's the best thing you have ever read? (Book, story, article etc.)
5.Have you ever had imaginary friends? Who were they? (I used to pretend Captain Planet was next to me wherever I went)
6.You don't leave home without...?
7.What's your favourite comfort food?

And I'm sending them to these lovlies:

Annelise (right back at ya ;-])
Nicole (I'm aware you don't use your blog, but I will make you)
Katie
Tegan
Mel
Adelle
Matt Caldicott (I'm also aware the likelihood of him seeing/doing this is slim to none, but it's worth a shot?)

And yes I want you to do it, because I want to see your answers!
See, good chain mail ;-)

She's a cheap shopper AND dances to Spice Girls, my type of girl.

Today, one of my bestest friends is turning the big 2-0. Leaving her teenage years behind her and moving forward as an adult... ha!
I don't think there's a switch that you can flick and magically over night become mature, and heck, that's the fun of it all.

I love being with Nicole and acting like an utter fool, pretending we're about ten years younger than we actually are.

I love getting her drunk and walking to parties in thunder storms.

I love that she helps me with my make-up when I'm too drunk to do it.

I love being a kid with her. Watching Hocus Pocus and dancing to Spice Girls.

I love confusing people with her...

 

I DON'T love how good she is with graphics and computers.








But I do love the fun we have on her MAC.

           It's funny how one computer program...

Can entertain two girls for a whole day.

*I LOVE how we are the best bargain shoppers (despite the fact we won't pay $20 for uni pants ans the whinge about how we don't have them for the next year).

*I LOVE how she'll message me about the most random crap.

*I LOVE how we have the wierdest and wackiest inside jokes, and that people think we're idiots when we talk about it.

*I LOVE (and miss) playing basketball with her.

*I LOVE how she's going to look at this and think I did the worst job with photo and text placement.

*I LOVE how she is my best friend.

        HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY LOVERR GUTS. Don't grow up anytime soon.

And the winner is... Reality TV

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I el-oh-ve-ee reality TV. Especially when it causes controversy, and hasn't Australia's Next Top Model caused some controversy over it's time?
Remember Jodhi Meares' terrible live grand final performance, and then her utter no show? Good stuff.
Last night trumps it though.
If you haven't seen it, take a peek.




Sarah Murdoch blames whoever fed her the information; Foxtel blames Sarah Murdoch. Others say it was a sick publicity stunt. Who's right?
Really, who cares?
Look at all the publicity the show's getting. It's in every newspaper, on every morning show, in every news segment and on every blog (cough).
I think (eventual) runner-up Kelsey Martinovich took the news extremely well, and graciously. It's been revealed that Foxtel are compensating Kelsey with extra prizes, including a trip to New York. I feel for her, but I also feel for winner Amanda Ware. How the eff was she supposed to react in that sort of situation? And I'm sure her victory would have felt a little bitter sweet (at the time that is, by now I would suggest she's enjoying every moment of being the winner).

As always when something like this happens, social media when off it's nutter.
My favourite tweets on the situation come from Claire at @downtownnewtown who tweeted-
'Yo KESLEY Imma let you finish but AMANDA is the greatest TOP MODEL of all time. #ANTM'
and Brendan Maclean at @macleanbrendan who tweeted-
'In the end the real winner was a show that I wouldn't know existed had Murdoch read the correct name. #ANTM'

So what do you think? Honest mistake? Set-up? Do you even care?

When words fail

I'm a professional writing student. I want to be a journalist. I'm supposed to be good with words. But I honestly can't put yesterday into words and do it justice.

I was born into a Collingwood/Fitzroy family. It was my Dad's family that were (and still are) footy nuts. And although there was a bit of a divide in teams many years ago, when the Fitzroy Lions Football Club came to an end, it was one-eyed Magpies all the way.
I started going to the footy when I was nine, I've been a Collingwood member since I was ten. As cliche as it sounds, it's not just about the footy for my family. We're always together- My dad, brother, aunty, uncles and cousin. I wouldn't be able to tell you the number of times we've been to clinics, family days, parades and all that jazz.

Unfortunately we missed out on GF tickets, that is until a spare one managed to pop up on Friday night and my Dad wouldn't take it. He didn't take it because he gave it to me.
So what you say? Then you don't understand. It's more then a game to us, it's more then football. And my dad gave that up. For me.

Yesterday was amazing, there was only one thing missing. My family, and most importantly my dad. Here's to hoping we get tickets for next week.
There's one thing that's left etched in my mind from yesterday- one sound. The sound of nothing. The sound of shock, disappointment and dis-belief. The sound when that final siren went.

So when words fail, a picture can tell a thousand words.

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