Patent Pending

One day, if the whole psychology thing doesn't work out for me, I'm going to own a my own organic grocery store. Just a little one. But it will also have a café which specialises in yummy healthy organic food, and also a little open kitchen/workspace where people can come in an have cooking lessons with the chef who makes the food (and he'll obviously have some sort of sexy accent). It will be marvellous and trendy and amazing.

I don't know what I'd call it, but probably something with an accented letter so it seems niche, yet fancy. I like the word niche, maybe I'll call it that.

In the meantime, one of the reason I can't have guy friends/eventuate to a boyfriend is because I have friends who instantly assume the former is the latter (or that I wish for the former to become the latter even though they have a girlfriend and it's the last thing on my mind).

Things I'm Thinking Whilst Avoiding Research

"I probably shouldn't be sitting like this. If I sat like this at home Mum would kill me."

"I'm so comfortable right now."

"I can't hold my laptop up like this for much longer..."

"Why is my stomach grumbling? I already had breakfast/pre-midmorning snack."

Sitting like this btw;

...

"It's too hard to get an accurate representation of how I'm sitting."

"I need to use the bathroom."

"I'm thirsty. But if I drink my water sitting like this it'll go everywhere."

"I don't want to get up."

"''S'if I'm going to stats."

"People need to stop looking at me weird."

"None of these articles are relevant. Or maybe they are am I'm just stupid."

"I hope my debate partner forgets to come today, then I don't have to do more work."

"My phones not on silent. I'm in the library. Bawwwssss."

Fdfsgk;gh i need to get something done.

I Suck At Titles

On a further point to the newest T-Swizzle song, I feel like it will be the "You Belong With Me" or the "Speak Now" of her fourth album. The song that yes, is a little naïve and boppy but is still incredibly catchy and quirky. I think its one of those kind of cringe-y, guilty-pleasure songs. AND IT WILL GROW ON YOU. AND YOU WILL LOVE IT. MARK MY WORDS.

I'm currently sitting in the science library (scored a group study table because I was here before the library even opened, which is the only time you can get a group study table..) trying to find articles that are going to help me with assessing the benefits of sticking kids with developmental disorders in the same school system as mainstream kids. Of course, because I left in until two hours before I meet up with my partner in the debate, I can't bloody well find anything. I hate Google Scholar. I hate OneSearch. WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GIVE ME WHAT I WANT?

I swear when I get my Masters of my PhD I'm going to go back to all my assignments and do experiments on that the next-gen version of me won't have to go through this shit.

Also, I'm sitting with Oli and he talks a lot when he reads which is frustrating. He does this in lectures, too. Things along the line of "Oh, thats fascinating.." and "That's really interesting.." under his breath. I don't know whether to laugh or flick a lackey band at him.

My original point of this post was to list a few things I'm thankful for today/this week, inspired by my crazy, swearing, ex-military, will-kick-you-if-you-say-the-word-you're-getting-people-to-guess-in-charades industrial psych tutor, who made us do just that as one of the 'ice-breaking' activities.

But also, has anyone else noticed just how important ice-breaking activities seem to be in tutes? I only just realised this this semester since I was involved in my first actually positive ice-breaking activity (it involved speed dating, which I can't remember if I already brought this up). My other two units either had no icebreaker, or a really awkward one. I digress.

This blog post, I'm thankful for;

1. Discovering organic dark chocolate-coated coffee beans at Organic on Charles street (aka the best organic food shop, if not the only one, in Perth). They're deliciouso and definitely my new study snack.

2. Miss J, who provides endless amounts of hilarious facebook conversations that involve yelling/insulting each other, talking about boys and living vicariously through one another's (mis)fortunes and adventures. I wouldn't have it any other way.

3. My industrial psychology research lab assignment which makes it compulsory to attend the same time two days this week, guaranteeing I'll see that guy from last time and the opportunity to make more smalltalk/accompaniment to lectures/FRIEND.

I really don't want to hopelessly searching for journal articles.

I'm also disappointed I didn't bring any dark chocolate-coated coffee beans with me today.

Also, I've been up since 4am, so any rambling on my part (not that there's any other part to this blog) is excusable.

You're excusable.

Please Pay Attention

I think I need to start being more attentive when people speak to me. Especially when it comes to strangers and getting to know people. Like today, for example. I had my research assignment lab experiment today, which involved pretending to be a submarine controller and basically just pressing buttons (I still don't really get it, but some part of my sub-conscious must because I did pretty well). On the way out, this guy started talking to me - I have a vague memory of what he looked like ('twas cute ;) ) - and the conversation, as I remember, went like this;

Him: wahh wahh wahh wa wahh wahwahwahwah

Me: yeah, wah wah wah wahh

Him: See you on Thursday!

O___o

In the meantime, today I discovered dark chocolate coated coffee beans. I've consumed about 3/4s of the packet (so much for health eating..) and I will probably be up all night. Come at me, 8am lecture!!

Since U Been Gone (Replace 'U' with 'I've')

One of these days I'll get the hang of consistent blogging. The issue I have is that I know what I want to write, but as soon as I go to, I start my sentence and the other half of it escapes me. The fail-safe blogging technique for the paragraph-plegic? DOT POINTS. (Also, I saw Kim do this on one of her blogs and it seems a lot easier than expanding on everything that's happened since the last time I posted,). And away we go!

1. I will make smarter food choices tomorrow. Interestingly, I initially misspelled "choices" as "choccies" - bad omens already?

2. I sprained two muscles in my lower back, and have trouble walking without some sort of pain/discomfort in my left leg. So now I can't go running (which is what caused this in the first place), but my doctor said that I can "walk on an incline" which is apparently just as effective as running, so I'll be starting that on Monday. The pain isn't as bad as what it was last week, thanks to multiple heat pads and dissolvable Panadol.

3. Back at uni with pretty much a dream timetable consider I'm almost in 3rd year. Wednesdays and Thursdays, and 2/3 units only have tutes for 4 weeks in the semester, so I'll have a lot of free study time. I do intend on being more studious this semester; I really want to get into honours so I am going to have to do better. I'm also doing two level 3 units, which is pretty crazy.

4. Can't study this weekend because I don't have any of my textbooks yet, which is annoying. I saved around $150 buying them online, so I thought I'd splurge on express shipping, which apparently still takes two weeks.

5. I feel bad that I haven't spoken face-to-face with A since before the study break of last semester, because of my little episode(?) and going AWOL. Now he's in two of my units, and we usually wave/text each other during them but I feel really bad for being such a horrible friend, and I don't even know what I'd say in person. Consider this a work in progress.

6. I'm not bothering with looking for a relationship this semester. CBF. That and the pastry-chef/bodybuilder and myself haven't spoken in a while so I consider that a lost cause. However, expect some love(ly, haha geddit?) posts that stem from my inexperience.

7. I have my first shift in the chocolate factory café tomorrow. Considering my fears of spilling drinks and dropping food (plus my bad back), this will be a fun disaster. It's also going to be super-busy. And I have no café/waitressing experience. Ohhh lordy lord.

I think that's all for now.