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phrasemuffin) wrote2007-07-25 11:03 pm
phrasemuffin) wrote2007-07-25 11:03 pm
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Inspired by the post-prompter "Writer's block: What are you afraid of?"
Why oh why can Sandra Sully not go on television without offending her audience either visually or through her lack of personality?
Does she just need a new hair-stylist? Perhaps one with eyes would help. One that could see the horrible horrible hair they've been giving her and think "Hmmm... You know, I might go something a little more human tonight".
Does she just need to let someone else dress her before she goes on camera? Perhaps someone who has some basic understanding of modern trends, basic skills in colour cooridination, tht sort of thing. Perhaps someone who's seen how clothes are supposed to compliment each other.
Perhaps she just needs to walk past a mirror before going on, to see how the "hair" looks more like straw, to see how awful her outfit looks, and to see how they come together to create an intenstinal-distress-inducing abomination. I'd seriously love to know who does her hair and clothing. Heaven help us if she does either herself.
But enough on the fashion. What about the personality? Actually, the better question to ask would be "What personality?". Did anyone see her on the "Australia's Brainiest ___" series? Talk about Whore Of The Cue Card, not to mention the forced smiles, Reading Eyes, bad acting, her obvious reading of the prompter, and the vocal modulation of a flat battery. It's bad enough she's on the news daily, but did Channel Ten have to subject us to more? Heartless bastards.
Why do people keep letting her get in front of a camera?
But enough of that.
This week, uni went back. Had Monday off because I only have one tutorial that day and tutorials rarely start Week 1 (if ever), and my Digital Cultures class's lecturer didn't turn up at all Tuesday morning, so technically I started yesterday at 11 :P
Apart from the no-tutes (one again this morning) and the no-show, I've had my first Digital Techniques in Music lecture and my first Social Perspectives on Education lecture and workshop. Tomorrow I've got a Music and Gender lecture, and I'll probably pick up my course reader for it afterwards.
I've had people I know in every class (though I wasn't aware of that until the lonely Ed lecture was over): Education lectures have Amy (one of many), her friend (whose name I can never remember but she remembers mine and I feel really guilty even if it isn't an anglo? name), Faith, Crystal (who I went to primary school with) and Meghan. Yes, Meghan from the Katie Noonan/Ticket Stealing Incident. And she's in my Education workshop again, which is awesome, so we've paired up for the groupwork assessments *horror*. Digital Cultures has Cat (with whom I've shared maaaaaany a class these past four semesters, and have done two groupworks with) and a cute boy :P. And Digital Techniques of Music has Josh (from Linguistics and not my Music, the friend of the other David, who I thought had something against me but turned out to be really cool), Cat (again) and HANNAH :D There's also heaps of people I've shared classes with but have never gotten to know, so there are heaps of familiar faces. It's actually a pretty big class.
I'm hoping Music and Gender will turn out well. Digital Cultures seems like it'll be relatively easy (this semester's Performance Studies equivalent, perhaps?), and Meghan was telling me that she found Craig, the guy in charge of our Education unit, to be really on top of things when she took an elective of his last semester. So even though that'll be a rough unit, lots of assessments and groupwork, and hour long presentations back-to-back (eep), I'm thinking it'll turn out better than last semester's EdPsych unit. Also, I'm really happy with Digital...Music so far - I've got Dr Matthew Hindson again (from first year!! WOOT XD) and he's pretty awesome; classically trained, deeply into deathmetal, and wants to learn more about DJing from our class and some of his students' connections. Plus he rememered my name after not having seen him for more than six months... I seem to have that affect on the music staff at USYD though. Matthew, Daniel, Charles... Anyway, point is this: Matthew Hindson = Awesome. Every time I think of pineapples and oranges, I'll think of him.
Oh, and duh! HP!! I haven't read #7 yet. That's why I'm not reading your journal Amy. Even your cut-text looks dangerous, so I'm skipping that too. Sorry.
I have seen HP5 though, so movie talk is now ok as far as I'm concerned.
Anyway, off to get stuff ready for uni tomorrow and then to sleep. Goodnight LJ!! :D
"You're the bullet, I'm the gun."
p.s. why do Paid Members need to be compensated for the site's down-time? It was only a few hours. Do they normally get compensated? I just find this bizzare.
p.p.s. isn't my group certificate supposed to have reached me by now? Isn't there a due date for that? On the employer's behalf, I mean. Or is it the end of July, not June?
p.p.p.s. my lips have been really pretty the past two nights. Like, the Oxford-Street-action-getting kind of pretty.
Does she just need a new hair-stylist? Perhaps one with eyes would help. One that could see the horrible horrible hair they've been giving her and think "Hmmm... You know, I might go something a little more human tonight".
Does she just need to let someone else dress her before she goes on camera? Perhaps someone who has some basic understanding of modern trends, basic skills in colour cooridination, tht sort of thing. Perhaps someone who's seen how clothes are supposed to compliment each other.
Perhaps she just needs to walk past a mirror before going on, to see how the "hair" looks more like straw, to see how awful her outfit looks, and to see how they come together to create an intenstinal-distress-inducing abomination. I'd seriously love to know who does her hair and clothing. Heaven help us if she does either herself.
But enough on the fashion. What about the personality? Actually, the better question to ask would be "What personality?". Did anyone see her on the "Australia's Brainiest ___" series? Talk about Whore Of The Cue Card, not to mention the forced smiles, Reading Eyes, bad acting, her obvious reading of the prompter, and the vocal modulation of a flat battery. It's bad enough she's on the news daily, but did Channel Ten have to subject us to more? Heartless bastards.
Why do people keep letting her get in front of a camera?
But enough of that.
This week, uni went back. Had Monday off because I only have one tutorial that day and tutorials rarely start Week 1 (if ever), and my Digital Cultures class's lecturer didn't turn up at all Tuesday morning, so technically I started yesterday at 11 :P
Apart from the no-tutes (one again this morning) and the no-show, I've had my first Digital Techniques in Music lecture and my first Social Perspectives on Education lecture and workshop. Tomorrow I've got a Music and Gender lecture, and I'll probably pick up my course reader for it afterwards.
I've had people I know in every class (though I wasn't aware of that until the lonely Ed lecture was over): Education lectures have Amy (one of many), her friend (whose name I can never remember but she remembers mine and I feel really guilty even if it isn't an anglo? name), Faith, Crystal (who I went to primary school with) and Meghan. Yes, Meghan from the Katie Noonan/Ticket Stealing Incident. And she's in my Education workshop again, which is awesome, so we've paired up for the groupwork assessments *horror*. Digital Cultures has Cat (with whom I've shared maaaaaany a class these past four semesters, and have done two groupworks with)
I'm hoping Music and Gender will turn out well. Digital Cultures seems like it'll be relatively easy (this semester's Performance Studies equivalent, perhaps?), and Meghan was telling me that she found Craig, the guy in charge of our Education unit, to be really on top of things when she took an elective of his last semester. So even though that'll be a rough unit, lots of assessments and groupwork, and hour long presentations back-to-back (eep), I'm thinking it'll turn out better than last semester's EdPsych unit. Also, I'm really happy with Digital...Music so far - I've got Dr Matthew Hindson again (from first year!! WOOT XD) and he's pretty awesome; classically trained, deeply into deathmetal, and wants to learn more about DJing from our class and some of his students' connections. Plus he rememered my name after not having seen him for more than six months... I seem to have that affect on the music staff at USYD though. Matthew, Daniel, Charles... Anyway, point is this: Matthew Hindson = Awesome. Every time I think of pineapples and oranges, I'll think of him.
Oh, and duh! HP!! I haven't read #7 yet. That's why I'm not reading your journal Amy. Even your cut-text looks dangerous, so I'm skipping that too. Sorry.
I have seen HP5 though, so movie talk is now ok as far as I'm concerned.
Anyway, off to get stuff ready for uni tomorrow and then to sleep. Goodnight LJ!! :D
"You're the bullet, I'm the gun."
p.s. why do Paid Members need to be compensated for the site's down-time? It was only a few hours. Do they normally get compensated? I just find this bizzare.
p.p.s. isn't my group certificate supposed to have reached me by now? Isn't there a due date for that? On the employer's behalf, I mean. Or is it the end of July, not June?
p.p.p.s. my lips have been really pretty the past two nights. Like, the Oxford-Street-action-getting kind of pretty.
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The full quote i put up as cut text is actually a quote from HP6, which is while i felt free to throw it around willy-nilly. What's under it is spoileresque, though.
employer has to get your group cert to you by 14th July. Go pester them.
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i was enquiring as to the nature of this prettiness. Is it artifically applied or won through experience? Is it the gayboy equivalent of "kissable lip gloss", or something more daring?
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The only new thing I've introduced into daily routine is lip balm. But that was in the morning, and I saw them at night. However, it is Lemon and Lime lip balm...
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Thank you. I knew there was a date, but no one I'd asked aloud had known as to what I spoke of. Rather discouraging, actually. Was considering just not doing my taxes this year :P
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I am the essence of Potter Politeness. For the CSU newsletter this week i wanted a HP quote for Quote of the Week... so i gave directions, rather than put even a word of HP7 into the public domain ;)
not for nothing do I have a bookkeeper for a mother.