Stretching starts today!

hope you all had a good Christmas! 

Read something that made me laugh a bit, and then wonder what a strange lot us physisists are….  and that might be why I fit in.

“Juan Maldacena…  String theorists were so impressed with the conjecture that at the Strings ’98 conference they feted him with a song, The Maldacena, sund and danced to the tune of The Macarena.’

“I just want to wish you well” Bernard Fanning

Up so early feel so bright

Didn’t get much sleep last night

Freight train rattled through my head

Whistle blowing love is dead

Is dead 

Heart attacked by fear and doubt

won’t be long till the truth comes out

first impressions never lie

Lover’s bonds they hold so fast 
Restless future burning bright

The past is holding on so tight

Never heard the warning bell

And I just want to wish you well

I just want to wish you well 
Welcome swallows dip and swing

Take their cue from the slightest thing

Rolling fog into my room

Why did you give up on me so soon?

So soon 
Restless future burning bright

The past is holding on so tight

Never heard the warning bell

And I just want to wish you well

I just want to wish you well

I just want to wish you well

I just want to wish you well 
Why did you give up on me so soon?

Did you give up on me so soon?

I just want to wish you well

I just want to wish you well

even if Im not very good at it.  maybe becuase I like to make ppl fat.  hehe

Michele’s Chocolate salty balls – (rum balls)

Ingredients –

1 Packet of Vanilla cookies

1/3 cup Rum

2 tbsp Coca powder

400ml Condensed milk

1 cup broken fruit cake

Chocolate sprinkles or coconut

Method –

Combine cookies, rum, cocoa powder, condensed milk(add gradually!!!  You don’t want runny balls!) and fruit cake, and form into 1 inch ball.  Roll in chocolate sprinkles or coconut.  Keep in fridge, best let sit overnight so that the flavours mingle.

I’ve uploaded some photos of our christmas lights – check them out!

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and no, Im not going to talk about tv theme songs, or movie theme songs.  Im talking about *personal* theme songs.

I think having a personal theme song is a great idea (not compulsary, but a great idea).  When you hear it, it peps you up.  It gets you back on track when your thougths turn away.  You can play it and feel inspired.

I want to differentiate between a personal theme song and a song that ‘describes you’.  so I figure the best way to do this is give an example.  A song that describes me is ‘!(song formally known as)’ by Regurgitator. –

i don’t go to parties baby
cos people tend to freak me out
watch their lips you can work it out
i can hear the words but i still don’t know what it’s all about

you won’t see me down the disco mama
bright lights really hurt my eyes
i’d rather stay and dance with you
to the funky music playing on your stereo

ooh ooh, things don’t get no better
better than you and new
ooh ooh, things don’t get no better
better than you and me

i don’t go to concerts baby
music’s always up too loud
cigarettes and alcohol get up my arse
i always lose you in the crowd

you won’t see me tribal raving baby
cos i won’t ever look that good
i’d rather dance in ugly pants in the comfort of a loungeroom in suburbia

ooh ooh, things don’t get no better
better than you and me
ooh ooh, things don’t get no better
better than you and me

that’s right

ooh ooh, things don’t get no better
better than you and me
ooh ooh, things don’t get no better
better than you and me

that’s right

better than you and me
better than you and me

thankyou mr. dj

The lyrics, the ideals, the music, it all fits for me.

As for a theme song, well, at the moment there are 3 I can remember having in the last few years – ‘Its my Life’ Bon Jovi, ‘I’ll be there’ Incubus, and ‘What you waiting for’ Gwen S.  Why these songs – mainly the a couple of lines in each have make these my themes – ‘Its my life, and its now or never, I aint going to live forever’, ‘What ever tomorrow brings I’ll be there, with open arms and open eyes’, and ‘What you waiting for?’ (‘take a chance you stupid ho’ except Im not a ho….).  Things I would like to draw your attention to – all these songs kinda combat ‘weaknesses’ of mine.  The fact that I am lazy, and if left alone my entropy tend towards zero, and im a bit scaired to leave my comfort zone.  I chose these songs because they give me drive to actually *do* something, or give me a positive look on doing new things.

So I guess Im trying to say is that a theme song will help you combat your weaknesses.  Im starting to think of a new one for 2006 and I challange anyone else out there to do the same.

MG

I just got an email from Shizuka, one of the girls in Sendai, and she sent me a photo of the university I went to all dressed up for christmas –

pretty?

New Kenshin

I just got 3 new ruroken manga yesterday – and they are already read.  You can tell that the manga-ka can see the end of this project (however there are still 7 more books to go) and he’s talking about looking forward to moving on, and trying to change his drawing style (which is very disconcerting to me).  Anyway, the Jinchu Arc is in full swing, and its all very exciting. 

Im thinking of reading through all the manga again, and then writing my own comments on them.  Cause frankly I dont see how people can write Battousai as a different person from the rurouni.  they are one and the same! and do act quite similar.

okay, enough of my rant.  I also want to read over them again before starting to write my own fanfiction.  Becuase frankly, by reading others you lose sight of what the characters really are like.  and start to think in terms of the generalizations that everyone makes.  and I want to right true to Watsuki’s vision. 

Oh and he made a great quote in one of his free talks – “Im old but Im still in my prime”.  I know, a little strange, but thats something that I have started to worry a little about lately.  And to have someone I admire the work of say that – well, it means I still have hope.

list all my long term and short term goals and actions I need to make them come true –

“Everything You Want”

Somewhere there’s speaking
It’s already coming in
Oh and it’s rising at the back of your mind
You never could get it
Unless you were fed it
Now you’re here and you don’t know why

But under skinned knees and the skid marks
Past the places where you used to learn
You howl and listen
Listen and wait for the
Echoes of angels who won’t return

[Chorus]
He’s everything you want
He’s everything you need
He’s everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don’t know why

You’re waiting for someone
To put you together
You’re waiting for someone to push you away
There’s always another wound to discover
There’s always something more you wish he’d say

[Chorus]

But you’ll just sit tight
And watch it unwind
It’s only what you’re asking for
And you’ll be just fine
With all of your time
It’s only what you’re waiting for

Out of the island
Into the highway
Past the places where you might have turned
You never did notice
But you still hide away
The anger of angels who won’t return

[Chorus]
I am everything you want
I am everything you need
I am everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
I say all the right things
At exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you and I don’t know why
And I don’t know why
Why
I don’t know

– Vertical Horizon

lately I’ve started to realize how nice it is to either recieve mail, paper or electronic, or comments on blogs or 43things, etc.  so I’m going to start doing exactally that.

well, that and actually email the ppl I am supposed to email as well…..

yip – http://www.43things.com/person/Yip

intresting person on 43things.  also from brisbane.  heres an example –

spread the gospel of Ninja drinking

Entries from everyone:

Yip
43 things

You don’t need Mutagen or listen to the wise sayings of an ancient sewer rat master to know!  — 9 weeks ago

I have done this. Worth doing!

One of the great mysteries of the universe is how do ninjas drink? I’m sure you’ve sat there watching a Michael Dudikoff movie where a ninja breaks into the evil African ninja-commando lair and wonder “How the hell does he maintain his fluids with a ninja mask on?” Well calm down you little battlers cause I’m about to run it through for you. It’s pretty simple. Here are the steps:

1. Make a ninja mask out of a shirt.

2. Take your drink, hold it above your head and pour it all over your shirt.

3. Suckle the shirt.

4. When thirsty again repeat from step 2.

THAT is all there is to it. I bet you feel pretty silly right about now? Kinda like a person who just discovered how a magic trick works huh? Well DON’T cause many people don’t know about how ninjas drink so it is up to YOU to spread the word.

 

and here is our conversation tonight –

michelelisa
41 things

get up on time (read all 8 entries…)

progress…. maybe  — 25 minutes ago

havent been sleeping in, despite the shift work. Actually I’m usually getting to bed before 12, so the latest I sleep in til is 8. or 9 if im tired. would like to make it seven though.

maybe I’ll keep a record of this…..

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Comments:

Yip
43 things

I hate shift work

I have to work 10pm to 6am over Christmas. God bless you people who are bad over xmas. I think I shall leave you some coal.

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michelelisa
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oh, yay, I could light a fire and then it would be even more damned hot.

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Yip
43 things

We could light up an effigy of the moon to appease the sun so it no longer burns us with hot rays that are really meant for the moon because the moon plays hide-and-go-seek behind earth all day long.

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one day I will take my revenge on the sun, one day.

but first I just have to figure out how to make it go nova.

and then no one will be around to enjoy the sunless solar system.

but all will be good, because I wont have to cope with stupid weather, and a country that doesnt know the meaning of ‘winter’ or ‘seasons’.

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Yip
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All the other planets will be sad then 😦

“What about us!” they will cry. The closet ones will die from skin cancer and the ones far out will no longer have their personal tanning saloon. This will be sad.

What happens if you are in a spaceship that doesn’t know winter or seasons?

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Hi everyone!

Do you like the photo this year?  Mum has added a few more lights around the place, and although a few other houses in our Court have started to give us a bit more competition, I still think our lights are the best in the street (^-^)

So, the yearly update.  2005 started with me continuing in my job in a caf¨¦ in the Brisbane International Airport.  I saved up a bit of money over the 5 or so months I worked with them and went on a short holiday to Tokyo in January/February.  It was only just shy of three weeks, and I didn¡¯t get time to see everyone I wanted to, but I did have a ball as usual.

When I came back I was supposed to have a couple of weeks before university would start again, however I learnt of a Scholarship exchange to Japan through QUT, and I applied, and much to my surprise and delight I got it.  So just after Easter I was off to Japan again, this time to Sendai to study at Miyagi Gakuin, a girls only collage (which was a first for me).  My time there was very rewarding but also a lot of hard work.  I was living in a dormitory, and I had Japanese classes for 3 hours everyday, but I also made lots of friends, who I look forward to seeing again in the future some time.

The exchange was only for 4 months, so in August I was back in Australia and straight back to university.  With my exchange and an offer from QUT, I was able to just study 2 subjects and then my degree would be complete.  I actually just found out about 2 weeks ago that I passed everything, and so I will be graduating next February, which believe me is about time!

The last semester at university was very difficult, and I had a very hard time juggling studies, social life and work.  I actually got my job back at the caf¨¦, but they were working me far too much, so I found another job at the airport working in retail.  Suffice to say, I really love my new job, and its working out perfectly for me, as Im getting about 5 days a week work currently. 

As for next year, well, I will remain in Australia until July at least.  I want to save up some money, and Im planning to do a TESOL course, which is a certificate in teaching English to speakers of other languages.  I am also involved in The Lions Club Miss Personality Quest, which is to raise money for the Lions Medical Research.

After that?  Well, who knows?  I¡¯ve got plans but they won¡¯t make my Grandma very happy as they all involve me living overseas.

Well, that¡¯s about all from me.  I hope you are all well and keep safe this Christmas!

Love,

Michele

You Failed the US Citizenship Test

Oops, you only got 4 out of 10 right!

Im actually proud of that in a way – in your face america….  but I should also know more about american history if Im going to pay out on yanks….