baby, what's in that satchel?

guess who's back in perth! as usual i wish my holidays were longer, but i've already had an almost-two-month holiday and it's back to uni tomorrow. oh woe and calamity. i have some pics of melbourne, but some are on a CERTAIN SOMEBODY's* camera. so if that CERTAIN SOMEBODY* who prefers to remain totally anonymous please send me photos! and then i can put them all up on flickr. thanks.

as usual i'm not a big fan of the day-1-we-arrived-at-the-hotel-and-it-was-fantasmo thing, so i will share other aspects of the trip which may not be totally relevant to you, but you're reading my blog yes? so you may be interested in knowing anyway.

* from here on, this certain somebody shall be known as sexylegs.

[clears throat]
during the week away, it was really nice to spend lots of time with bboj and sexylegs, both of whom i don't see very often at all. we were also joined by sexylegs' friend nicebutts. and we did all the usual touristy things, shopping etc. but the best part was the quality time spent together.

if you are lazy about reading details, you can read the bits in blue.

basic details
weather: shitty and cold and fluctuate-y
food: tasty!
coffee: good in general
shopping: in general quite the same as perth. but there were some good places with pretty things
purchased: many many items
new friends made: 1 (that would be nicebutts)
books read: a wild sheep chase

anyway. the thing is, after reading a wild sheep chase, i wondered what it'd be like to be a character in a murakami book. or rather, i wondered what my life would sound like if there was a murakami-esque voiceover narrating the events that took place in my day-to-day activities. afterall, things have been pretty eventful over the past few weeks.

i don't actually have an answer that i can put into words, but via a train of thought that started at the wild sheep chase station, i have decided that the things in my life could do with a bit more order and a lot less faffing about. and while blogging may be considered faffing about, i think i can afford to spare half an hour or so to add a little more random musings to this interweb. without further ado, my mid-year resolutions are thus:

1. this semester is going to be full-time and full-on and it would be nice to go through uni without failing anything. so gaming time will be sacrificed to a certain extent.

2. if i am annoyed with certain people or events, i shall not take out my stress or frustration on people not related to the issue at hand.

3. i will not have as much time to work at ice cream shop of doom so i will shop less and save more.

4. i will try to be more sociable.

5. this semester i have also semi-forgotten about the karma thing. so i will endeavour to be a good girlie.

ta daa !

the gist of it is that during the past week i've had time to clear my head and prepare for a new semester (yes, unfortunately my life is governed by semesters at the mo'). and there are going to be some changes, but i think i'm prepared for those too and everything's been put into perspective as well. so there's my bit of introspection for now which ironically has been shared with the interweb. i'm off to finish another book now! i've started on kafka on the shore (are you sensing a theme here?) and it's not as bad as i thought it would be.