Tomorrow's last day of first week of semester. I'm all washed-out-feeling.

Stood around for a few hours today in the wind. Ate lunch with Katherine. :D

Gotta go to Wushu tomorrow, too. =_= Tie-tie, lah.

And, due to uni, I haven't hogged up all of this month's bandwidth yet so I'm hurriedly trying to finish the remaining few gigs tonight before turn-over day after tomorrow.

Zzz.

New semester!

Two hours of lectures in the morning and then chasing after people for errands and to get second-hand books off of.

Went to JB and bought The Boondocks, The Wire (season 4) and Moving Wallpaper (season 1). Guh. I'm going back.

Going to get my Docs tomorrow. No soft-leather so I'll have to go with the normal ones if I want 10-hole lace-ups. :)

And I'm so damned tired already. =_= Urgh. Sugar-low all day.

Alright, so. Important news of my life:

I GOT A BAG! FOR UNI! FINALLY!

Ok, so no more hassling shopping, no more irritating store music, no more overwhelming smell of fake leather. NO MORE SHOPPING--THANK GODS.

And! I'm waiting for some soft-leather Docs to come in so that I CAN BUY THEM! No more nagging mother. No more hobo shoes (I didn't mind them that much myself...) No more trying on of the shoes. =_= Oh fortune, thank you, thank you.

In summary: NO MORE SHOPPING! YES!

But shopping of the fun kind: JB's still got their Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale going on, so Sisi and I are heading over on Monday. Anyone want anything? :D

North Korea creeps me out. Reminds me of everything I know about the Cultural Revolution but in the 21st Century. Anachronisms. Ugh.

In other news: eclipse today!

Another day of frustrated bag/shoe shopping in the city. Gods damned. I wish I didn't have to do these inane things.

In other news, I bought Wes Carr's The Way The World Looks. Apart from Fearless, I don't think that anything else on there was noteworthy.

More Veronica Mars from Yo. ♥ And a bunch of stuff from Ben. :D

Oh, and finally got me a copy of Two Wheels. Yeah~ XD

And I'd like a pair of Docs, please. ._.'

Over at Sisi's with the rest of the crew for a sleepover last night. Hah. We're (me) so old but so awesome. Didn't really end up paying any attention to anything we were watching but BJ and I ended up taking a shitload of retarded photos. Sorry, private viewing only. Suffice to say, we were pissing ourselves laughing, sharing a La-Z-Boy, through Jeremy Iron's pathetic facial expressions (just the one, really) in Lolita. In retrospect, our high-ness may have been as a result of the plum wine. :x

Sisi's really adorable in bed. *perv face* No, as in, like, a cat adorable. -___-

Much later, we tried watching Carrie but I don't deal well with Stephen King at night--sends me right to sleep. :)

Then this morning we went to watch Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. It was quite good! So many laugh-worthy parts and (gosh, am I really saying this?) the acting's getting better. XD BJ would disagree with me regarding Ginny Weasley but I tend to ignore that. Draco cuts a dashing figure in his suit! :D And this was the first HP in which I thought Snape was awesome-worthy.

The Hurt Locker.

WHO'S COMING WITH ME? WHO'S COMING??

What a near perfect day. It was the shopping that was stressful. Hoa and Jet were...supportive. -_- Supportive like a pair of laughing hyenas in the background with good advice. Le sigh. Didn't get anything in the end. X'D The mater's pushing me to get a new pair of shoes, though. *cry* Everyone associates (worn) Blundstones with tradies. Fine.

Plans for tomorrow.

Meeting people around 11am at MC. Go to Uni and buy tickets, collect violin, shop around for a bag (high priority--need a replacement for the current fill-in before Uni starts, damn things falling apart all at once, at least I got the wallet fast-ish,) eat lunch and then go watch The Hangover with posse at 3pm. Yes, I call you guys my posse. ♥ I might even get youse all (ocker accent here) yer own liddle gangland nicknames as well.

Funtastical!

Have I forgotten anything?

Southland is fantastic. Southland fandom writers are fucking ace. *dirty smirk*

Second season is due in September. -frownface- I can't wait 2 more months! T__T Oh, but damn, they'll all be back at once. NCIS, The Mentalist...-braingasm- Glory be.

And we ran into a protest (rally?) in REB gardens this afternoon. It was over some guy who was killed but his killer only received a measly 2-year sentence? There were 'racism' banners and lots of cultural diversity. I still have no idea.

TV--that eternal love of my life. You were almost killed off by the entirely high-brow level of broadcasting here in Australia (drip, sarcasm, drip) in the past decade but were rescued from the evil clutches of those puerile minds by the greatest cast of friends to ever grace the Earth--with the most impressive collection of GREAT TELEVISION for the particular connoisseur.

So the mater and I have been ensconced in my study with The West Wing for the past three weeks since I finished exams. Forty-five minutes an episode and about 3-4 episodes every other day and we're almost finished with two seasons. I love you, Ben.

This level of intellectuality reminds me of my Year 12 days when I used to watch Yes, Minister (and then, of course, Yes, Prime Minister) during study breaks for my IB exams. Oh, those halcyon days. I much prefer the old, British political smart-arsery but I have to admit that The West Wing offers a greater cast of loveable characters.

Alright, so in the past few weeks I have bathed myself in the glory of:

• Whitechapel (Ruperty!)
• The West Wing
• Law & Order UK (...Ben Daniels! Jamie Bamber! Damn, I really want to watch the Hornblower mini-series again.)
• 上海滩 (the new series, I tried to find the old one with Chow-yun Fat but couldn't.)
• trying to finish what I have of Friday Night Lights--the hysteria gets old quickly but I still love Matt Saracen.

Next up, I have:

• Southland (Michael Cudlitz!! Cops! Ben McKenzie! :O)
• Wire in the Blood (old but I never got around to watching it when ABC had it broadcasting.)
• finish off Life (and then cry over its cancellation.)
• might re-watch Firefly--that's always good for the soul.

Oh! Yes and I didn't fail anything this semester!

I'd been having these crazy fucked up examination nightmares for the past week and I'm glad that that's all over and done with now. Didn't do so peachy either but that's a problem I'm able to tackle. I think there's great room for improvement since I do all of jack shit amount of study now.

RE: hipsters.

This is all thanks to young Thomas.

My taste in reading material has changed somewhat over the years. I remember once that I used to love sci-fi and now I can rarely put myself through the trouble of reading one from cover to cover without intense psychological pain.

I've wanted (I think) to read Obama's few books since before he was voted in. I saw them the other day in Borders (shelves and shelves with a 'Borders recommends' tag under them) and I just thought, Well, how crass and didn't buy myself a copy. I don't think I would borrow a copy from the library either now. Somehow their hipster trendiness is a greatly distasteful factor for me. Like when I wanted to read Sacred Book of the Werewolf and this troupe of the aforementioned retards walked by me with it in their hands. Turn-off. :)

Two really good reads lately have been My Family and other Animals and Gorky Park. Please don't let the hipsters start on them now.

I've found a stack of CDs that I borrowed from Yo since...the last time I had the occasion to wear shorts. Summer. Now I've hopped on to the Veronica Mars bandwagon--that is, I'm waiting with bated breath for when I can get more of it off of darling Yo. XD

Neko Case's Hold On, Hold On is my new love. Uh, what was the last time that TV shows had good music? Must have been when Life was still broadcasting. Damn it. All the good ones go and we're just left with trashy reality shows and soaps.

In other news, today may have been the last time I needed to go and visit my orthodontist. Score! :D

And photos of yesterday's BBQ can be found here. There are 5 vids up as well.

And! I'd really wanted to go over to BJ's tomorrow. :( FML.

It's been raining all sodding week but hopefully tomorrow will be full of super happy funtimes! However, I have been informed that Suzy has a fever and will be missing out on the fun and games. -wryface- Great timing, Suzy.

Still, I'm hoping for a pause to the rain. No wonder people get so depressed during winter.