Like ripping off a band-aid
Your eyes do not deceive you. This really is me updating for the first time in three weeks. :P I figured it was about time I adopted a semi-enthusiastic attitude to post-grad research and dove head-first into it. I have to say, getting it's not as godawful as I thought it would be - like ripping off a band-aid! :D Now I wish I hadn't tried to peel it off slowly this past month as it may have saved me a whole lot of unecessary squirmage. At least none of that matters now that I finally have a supervisor. And an awesome one at that! I sat in on her Adolescent Fiction and Magic Realism lectures in second year and recalled how efficient and personable she seemed. I wasn't sure if she still taught on the Melbourne campus anymore since I haven't seen her around in years. It turns out she transferred to Geelong for a bit and returned only recently. I was lucky enough to find that she hadn't taken on any other post-grad students for this year. Knowing that her previous students all achieved First Class Honours is most encouraging too. :D She's young (about 28) and I think that's part of the reason why I always enjoyed her lectures - she's not so far removed from what she teaches. But more importantly, she really knows her stuff. She's so driven and passionate about reading and writing. So hopefully some of that will rub off on me. It's going to be a challenging six months herein. But I'm feeling a heck of a lot better knowing I have a mentor to offer me advice and guidance along the way. :)
Aside from the studious stuff (and of notable mention) I've also been on quests to track down iPod accessories and a pair of jeans - to replace the old favourites that ripped across my behind while crouching to feed Georgie. I put it down to two year's wear and tear, but Schmo decided it was obviously because I finally gotten too fat for them. My weight hasn't changed. It rarely fluctuates. And they weren't even my tightest pair. But whatever. It was funny. :P So, I must have tried on thirty pairs before I found the ones I liked. The wide leg styles are all the rage at the moment. But I have this thing where I need to feel like my jeans are clinging to me. Not to the point of being ridiculously tight, but fitted is preferable. Now I have a brand new pair of low ride Lee jeans. They're a soft blue stone wash and fit like a glove. :D I also bought a purple iSkin to protect my iPod from further scratches. It glows in the dark which is kinda cool! No luck tracking down a new pair of earphones yet though. The Apple shops only have in-ear ones and Schmo says I'm better off getting the kind with a control attached if I'm going to fork out that much for them. Apparently Myer (where he works) had a sale on them, but his store had sold out. I'll have to check the Chapel Street store and if they're out too, I'll try and hold out for another Myer sale so I can get that discount - with Schmo's employee discount on top of it. ;)
I'm meeting a friend in the city at 10:30 tomorrow so I should really get some sleep soon. :O I'll be making a huge effort to catch up on comments and entries tomorrow though. I'd hate for any of you to think I've been ignoring you. While my comments have been scarce, know that I'm still reading every entry and all of the comments you leave me. <3 That said, I'm still going to be making some serious journal rounds tomorrow. ;)
As a result of my LJ neglect, I missed my journal's first birthday on March 28th. :O Since I failed to commemorate it on the day, I've decided to make up for it with a bit of meme spammage. Here comes the first of multiple meme postings. You have been warned! ;P
Snagged from heartswt
Bold the movies you've seen, italic the ones you've seen part of, underline the ones you own and add three.
01. Trainspotting
02. Shrek
03. M
04. Dogma
05. Strictly Ballroom
06. The Princess Bride
07. Love Actually
08. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
09. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
11. Reservoir Dogs
12. Desperado
13. Swordfish
14. Kill Bill Vol. 1
15. Donnie Darko
16. Spirited Away
17. Better Than Sex
18. Sleepy Hollow
19. Pirates of the Caribbean
20. The Eye
21. Requiem for a Dream
22. Dawn of the Dead
23. The Pillow Book
24. The Italian Job
25. The Goonies
26. Baseketball
27. The Spice Girls Movie
28. Army of Darkness
29. The Color Purple
30. The Saftey of Objects
31. Can't Hardly Wait
32. Mystic Pizza
33. Finding Nemo
34. Monsters Inc.
35. Circle of Friends
36. Mary Poppins
37. The Bourne Identity
38. Forrest Gump
39. A Clockwork Orange
40. Kindergarten Cop
41. On The Line
42. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
43. Final Destination
44. Sorority Boys
45. Urban Legend
46. Cheaper by the Dozen
47. Fierce Creatures
48. Dude, Where's My Car
49. Ladyhawke
50. Ghostbusters
51. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
52. Back to the Future
53. An Affair To Remember
54. Somewhere In Time
55. North By Northwest
56. Moulin Rouge
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
58. The Wizard of Oz
59. Zoolander
60. A Walk to Remember
61. Chicago
62. Vanilla Sky
63. The Sweetest Thing
64. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead
65. The Nightmare Before Christmas
66. Chasing Amy
67. Edward Scissorhands
68. Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
69. Muriel's Wedding
70. Croupier
71. Blade Runner (Memories... T'was my film text for Year 12 English!)
72. Cruel Intentions
73. Ocean's Eleven
74. Magnolia
75. Fight Club
76. Beauty and The Beast
77. Much Ado About Nothing
78. Dirty Dancing
79. Gladiator
80. Ever After
81. Braveheart
82. What Lies Beneath
83. Regarding Henry
84. The Dark Crystal
85. Star Wars (the orginial aka episode 4)
86. The Birds
87. Beaches
88. Cujo
89. Maid In Manhattan
90. Labyrinth
91. Thoroughly Modern Millie
92. His Girl Friday
93. Being John Malkovich
94. Run Lola Run
95. The Color of Paradise
96. Ghost in the shell
97. Tron
98. Tomb raider
99. Almost Famous
100. Alice in Wonderland (Disney Version)
101. Dr. Strangelove
102. Kairo
103. Stir of Echoes
104. Lilo & Stitch
105. Brazil
106. Heathers
107. Talk to Her
108. Memento
109. Young Frankenstein
110. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
111. Mulholland drive
112. Dogville
113. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
114. Lost in Translation
115. Some like it Hot
116. Punch-drunk love
117. Gohatto
118. Full Metal Jacket
119. Death on the Nile
117. Practical Magic
118. Amélie
119. Butterfly Effect
120. Cast Away
121. Tangled
122. Frequency
123. The Others
124. American Beauty
125. The Last Samurai
126. Ghost World
127. Taxi Driver
128. The Royal Tenenbaums
129. Cube
130. Nosferatu
131. Nuovo cinema Paradiso
132. Koroshiya Ichi
133. The Thing (John Carpenter)
134. Jûbei Ninpûchô (a.k.a. Ninja Scroll)
135. The Kingdom (all parts)
136. Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo
137. Secretary
138. Hellraiser
139. Avalon
140. Heat
141. Out of Africa
142. True Romance
143. Goodbye Lenin
144. Vengo
145. Pulp Fiction
146. Crazy/Beautiful
147. Grease
148. Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
149. Four rooms
150. Festen
151. Tillsammans/Together
152. Central Do Brasil
153. Closer
154. Rounders
155. Sliding doors
156. Stand by me
157. The shawshank redemption
158. The green mile
159. Velvet Goldmine
160. Dracula 2000
161. King Arthur
162. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
163. Top Secret!
164. The Virgin Suicides
165. Camelot
166. The Emperor's Wife
167. Gormenghast
168. Singin' in the Rain
169. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
170. Team America: World Police
171. 42nd Street
172. Crossing Delancy
173. 50 First Dates
174. Garden State
175. Saved!
176. Mean Creek
177. Kalifornia
178. Bubba Ho-tep
179. Minority Report
180. Life As A House
181. Harvie Krumpet
182. On The Town
183. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
184. The Hairy Bird aka. All I Wanna Do (US) Strike! (Canada)
185. Igby Goes Down