7 posts tagged “boring”

Since when did retail therapy become stressful?

Trains

Going to rant about my day whether you want to read or not!

Today I dragged my sorry arse with little brother to the city Careers Expo - which was a total dissapointment. I didn't find anything I would be interested in and I found the people annoying, those who tried to grab any freebie under the sun blocking the way for real job-seekers.

The trip to the city on a Saturday by train was horrific too - due to trackwork (again) I had to change trains and being in the first carriage I didn't have to battle the crowds. See photo. See the hundreds of people getting off the terminated train to get to their desired destinations. You sitting there seeing it is not as bad as being pushed and shoved by the evil crowds - some people either walk really slow or decide that they're in a state of emergency that shoving you up the stairs is the only reasonable way to move us along.

I did however managed to catch the unexpected Buddha display which was stunning and I guess made up for the angry morning I had. I love how the city has changed and now offers all these different festivities every weekend and advertising things on a month-by-month basis. It makes Sydney a little bit more exciting than it used to be.

There was a huge/massive main display with people buying pots of flowers and cards as offerings to the Buddha, it was so beautiful. There were also these gorgeous garden displays which were extremely detailed. Busy, packed city (probably last minute mothers day shopping) made it all the more exciting!

However, as I stated at the start of this post, the rest of the day become ugly. I had to run around the city buying gifts and something for my mum - with brother in tow complaining. "I'm cold I want to buy that jumper" (got the jumper), "These shoes hurt (again and again and again so I got him these thongs), "I'm thirsty" (this x 7 times = 7 lots of drinks), "I want to go to this shop", "I'm hungry", "I need to go to the toilet", "I want to buy this", "I want that".....

Stress.

And oh my god, can the boy complain, "My feet hurt", "I'm tired", "I can't carry this bag it hurts my shoulders", "Why are you taking so long", "Where's the food?", "Where's my drink?" and on and on and on.

So in between all that and the desire to cut my ears off so I can stop hearing him - I did manage to get some sort of shopping done in between, ticking off lists, seeing my account dwindle to nothing...

Shop me broke!

Headless and scary...

Cupcake

Clothes, shoes for mum, clothes for the kiddies and cupcakes for sister and family. Oh dear, carrying all the crap was such a struggle...

And don't forget the endless feeding of the little man with junk - why is junk so expensive?

See these photos below - these are some of the stranger displays I've seen in a while. Although the middle one, Thomas the Tank engine I'm sure had eyeballs but was scatched off by some punk - but without his eyeballs he looks damn scary dont you think?

Burnt

Above: The PriceWaterhouseCoopers sign, this burnt off a while ago and I thought it was hilarious that their logo burned off! I was supposed to take a photo of this ages ago but never got the chance.

Anyway, I did get something for myself - some winter gloves and a random kiddie DVD (not really for me but my brother - but hey if the DVD is in my room and I don't mind this cartoon then I feel like defining it as mine, cmon let me grasp onto my childhood and watch cartoons, okay?)

I love the Grim Reaper!

Oh and the gloves are funny ones, they look like just the ends of a jumper sleeve - thought they were funky and would come in handy. Let me show you:

Useful, see?

I would show you with my real hands but then logically the camera and taking a photo would be a bit of a struggle....

Other than the gloves I didn't buy myself anything, but I did tick a massive list off, swallowed a lot of panadol (headache tablets) and will probably pass out any moment now. It is a relief to get all that jazz done though. But yes, shopping has become extremely stressful. Gone are the days of simple window shopping. Gone i tells ya!

(Oh yes, I have also gone slightly hysterical due to the overdose of coffee tonight - my body and head wants to pass out but the coffee is keeping me awake - the result? Complete hysteria....I will probably look at this post tomorrow morning and wonder what the hell happened....)

Blah.

Or is it Bleh?

This morning I posted the previous post out of boredom. I went into Uni at 7am where there was no-one occupying the computer labs - and being so early and so sleepy I went onto Vox to see if I could boost my brain a bit. I forgot my USB so I couldn't do any work - just bludged till classes started.

The labs:

My computer friend

I entered into the boring labs - the higher tech computers were in a locked room and I couldn't be bothered entering my password to get in.

Below are pictures of 1. My Lecture Book 2. Candy that's not ideal to eat so early in the mornin and 3. Pretending to work.

The Mars Bar "Rocks" is supposedly a new one - but it's a copy-cat of some other candy, I just can't seem to remember the name. Chocolate was sickening...

It seems that due to the whole differences in Time Zones I actually caught up with Vox entries that I would have otherwise missed as they blog while I'm sleeping and I suppose I blog when they are sleeping!

The rest of the day was boring class after boring class and some random notes scribbled during lectures. I'm a great absorber of nothingness, most of the subjects I had today had such irrelevant topics or stories that were an attempt to make the content more "Interesting".

So there - an early morning Vox post for once - and a day of uni with me.

Did some massive shopping retail therapy today.

Haven't had a free Saturday in a while and my brother said he needed new shoes for sport (and the hole in it suggested that it was a clear emergency)

Krispy sweet sweet Kreme

We got some Krispy Kreme - I had forgotten how insanely sweet it is - so I drowned the sweetness with lots of Orange Juice and water. Never again. But then I would probaly never learn and have it again.

We also witnessed a male pigeon making an attempt to attract the female. But the female kept flying and running away. Poor thing. Rejection hurts.

Went a little environmental and got myself a "Green Bag" - which gave me seeds to grow my own organic cotton. Actually growing it is another story altogether...

The Butterfly Foundation

Now, a weakness with me is the ability to buy lots of accessories and never use or wear them (mainly because I forget and/or am running out of the house).However, I figured that by getting a Butterfly Foundation bracelet I won't feel so guilty because the money raised would go to the only charity that supports Eating Disorders. It's kind of cute - simple and cute. That's all I need.

Other really girly crap (this is when I separated from my brother at the mall. Later he told me I was mad for all the impulse buying. I told him it was much needed therapy. This is where the guilty part comes through). Unfortunately I don't think I will be wearing the butterfly clip and the necklaces any time soon. But I will be reading the last book I got - an absolute random book with facts about major companies which is interesting (to me) anyway.

Joining my brother, we went to JB Hi-Fi and purchased some DS games and some DVD's. Lot's. Didn't take photos - but you can guess what I'll be doing tonight. Lot's of ACTION movies and lots of games. The guilt of not doing any uni work will hit me tomorrow. But that's tomorrow's worry - not today's.

Extra Sweet

Chomp chomp.

My brother at current is glued to the DS with his games (ok, our games to be truthful). We never got to see X-men III when it was out in the Cinema so we got the DVD and will be watching that soon.

Sorry for the girly post and the girly shopping. It's tragic what shopping does to you. But last time I checked I was a girl.

Anyway, less blogging more bludging.

We never ended up getting shoes.

Or not, been procrastinating so I've been staring at my computer screen uncessarily with more optical illusions.

Can you count the black dots?

How many human faces can you find in this picture?
There are probably more than you first see, so keep trying.
How did you do?

Where does the puzzle begin and end?

Have you guys ever done some palindrom puzzles?

Let's try some more palindrome riddles!

1. What word becomes a palindrome when viewed upside down and backwards? 

2. Pronounced as one letter but written with three, only two different letters are used to make me.
I'm double, I'm single I'm black, blue, and gray.
I'm read from both ends and the same either way. 

5.How did Adam use a palindrome to introduce himself to Eve when they first met?

Answers: 1. Swims 2. Eye 3. Noon 4. Sos 5. Madam in Eden, I am Adam

Ok ok, I'll get back to work now...

Yes, I am watching that movie again. I love it. Clever.

It's a repeat on TV, but I can never get enough - you know, how you watch a movie once and then kinda forget and watch it again just to get back on track?

Anyway, just did a massive clean up of my room because no one is home and I can take everything out and rearrange things without people walking in and out bugging me. It feels good in the end that it is all sorted. I can see my desk and I guess now that forces me to do my work properly! (hahaha, we'll see)

In other news, have I ever told you that I Love Love soccer? It's on top of the list of my Favourite sports. Living in Australia I have no idea about my AFL, Rugby yadda yadda - but I know my soccer.

I read about Manchester United recruiting a 9-year-old soccer prodigy based on video footage featuring his skills.

The club brought in Rhain Davis after his grandfather sent a DVD to United youth staff showing the boy playing for an under-10 team in Brisbane, Australia.

"Manchester United is proud of its history of developing talented young players, and invests considerable time and resources into trying to find the best young players of the future," the club said in a statement.

In Davis' case, however, United need only have invested four minutes. That is the length of a YouTube clip featuring Davis's dribbling, stepover and goal-scoring skills -- viewed more than 800,000 times on the site -- that has led fans to describe him as the next Wayne Rooney.

The club has downplayed such hype, pointing out that it recruits about 40 players of Davis' age every year, and that Davis' status with the club will be subject to the same annual review as any other youth player.

Davis has moved to England and is training with a United youth squad.

Anyway, here is a short video to see the action! I gotta say, this kid is talented!

Killing time, procrastinating (with exams tomorrow) - I found myself just browsing other vox blogs and realising:

1. I am bored

2. I am bored & uncreative

3. I am bored, uncreative and lazy.

If I reflect on my Vox not only do I post endless amount of crap on it, I find that I am endlessly finding more crap via youtube, posting some forwards that I get, a rant here and there - basically whathever the hell is entertaining me at that moment in time. Does that make for one of those "uncreative" blogs? I suppose that's why I ever called this blog Procrastination because it is just me sitting here on the laptop procrastinating.

Additionally, I realise that when I post additional content whether it be pictures, videos, music - I never even structure them nicely and even worse, I am the most laziest "tagger" in the world. I tag my post with one-word. If I am so bored, then why the hell don't I spend a little more time on the actual post?

Now that I make entries like this - I feel that without something to add to it makes it look lonely.

So here is a cartoon called "Worst Job Ever" by Natalie Dee for the sake of it.

Today I hate everything

Just to add to this: I have officially got myself outta MySpace because I couldn't handle the dumbness of it all (to me, no offence, if one more person asks me "ASL" one more time I shall hunt them down and thump them personally on the head). Now that I have let myself off MySpace - I will also hunt down the next time someone emails me about FaceBook. I'd rather listen to real people talk to me or post REAL comments than expand my "friends" list thank you very much! Sorry to all my mates who do use myspace and facebook though - I just had to get out of there - too many weirdos!!

Note: Nothing is bad about the creation of MySpace and Facebook BUT there's just too many teenage-boppy wackos on it that freaks me out!

Which also reminds me, there was this gadget thingy I came across that enables you to see how many people tried to "Search" you - that adds to my fear, the stalker-ish element to it all....

Good news: I get my camera back tomorrow! Yipeeeee

Ok, so now how do I tag my post so it's more meaningful?