Mary smells like peaches today. She's got fuzzy peach perfume on while she drinks peach water and sucks peach flavoured candy.

Mary is very happy

Today just isn't the day for me to come out ^^; I'm still sitting here in the Uni computer pools and I have achieved nothing in the time I've been here. I couldn't find a case study to examine for biochemistry, I had hell finding yersinia related chicken articles for my microbiology project review and I have nothing, NOTHING on "current or research techniques being used to evaluate congenital and aquired thrombosis". Bugger this, i ought to be at home doing something else. The only thing I've managed to achieve in my time here so far is the downloading of numerous music videos.

GAH, I walked through the city to get to Uni. Just with the sole purpouse of getting to Uni, but what happened? Somewhere along the way I've managed to buy 3 makeup items O_<; I have Loreal Lip Glass in Wine Shine, 20 pallet romance eyeshadow from Revlon and Chi Chi lip laquer. Good grief =_=;; Oh well, I'm safe at Uni now where everything is closed *waves after hours security pass* and I can't possibly buy anything.

Port Power lost last night ;_; I'm so upset

OMG stupid Silent Winds layout doesn't work right on PC and stupid sungaholic layout shows gaps where there shouldn't be gaps. I'll have to fix then both when I go home tonight.

You know what? I'm starting to miss my blue streaked hair.

Novacaine has been updated. New sungaholics, new silent winds layout, fixed image links blah. I found a DN Angel wallpaper on my hard drive which I made ages ago and then forgot about it. Maybe I'll post it next week, this week I'm feeling all flat and worn out. I keep going from high to low to high to ...... flat. I don't know. i think I'm just tired and need a break. 2 or 3 days to lie around and do nothing, or go shopping blah. I've been cooped up in Uni and the lab and my room for too long too often and it's sending me round the bend. the whole "this is the last semester, just this few months and it's all over! =D" arguement isn't working for me right now ^^; I need a break la.

I NEED PORT TO WIN THE FOOTBALL TONIGHT SO DAD WILL TAKE ME TO MELBOURNE

You know what I got today at work? O_O You know what I got? O_O You don't want to know O_O

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Bull testicles. They're F*cking HUGE! But I showed my supervisor and she said I didn't have to do culture it today, which I was very relieved about. But everytime she walked near the fridge where they were stores she kept mumbling "Bloody testicles" ^^;;; They'll be done Monday, I'm rostered for the evening but I hope someone else does it before I show up ^^;

I've made up a very long list of all the uni related things I need to get done this holidays. I have so much. So far, I've at least managed to finish the Biochemistry precis [I was up until 1am scribbling, my hand is so cramped], but there are still 4 other assignments and I have to start cramming for exams. I'm going to go to the uni tomorrow morning and try to research/write my projects =_=;

I feel a lot better today. I've decided that these people aren't worth worrying over. I still don't understand why I could be seen as a threat, but who really gives a damn anymore. I didn't want to go to work today but I'm glad I did.

I spend most of my time talking with N while she taught me how to do PCR and, talked a lot with MA while I taught her to use the autoclave. NB had her farewell party today because she is going on maternity leave, so N and I went out to buy a nice cake, and she helped me pick out a birthday present for my Mum. it was funny, 4 of us pooled money to buy a cake [me, N, MA and M], but M only gave me $1.80 and MA only gave me $2, and when we went and looked at the cakes, the kind M had suggested were so crappy. A $5-8 supermarket cake she said. ^^;; They all LOOKED like $5-8 cakes, i couldn't buy them poor NA, I can't give her something like that. I would feel so bad. How can you have 4 people pooling together and still only get a cheap crappy looking cake? We got a delicious looking $18 one then lied to M and said it only cost $5 ^^;;; It was all so nice, I feel like just having fun with my two friends at work has lifted a lot of weight from me. I was almost hyper when it was time to come home.

The big big boss of the company came today. He remembers me O_o; I don't remember meeting him! He asked me why my hair was not blue anymore =D; I suppose my hair made me memorable for a few months ^^;

Oh ya, and I don't hate PCR anymore. N explained it every step of the way and suddenly it is all so simple. Not like at Uni where I had no idea what I was doing and I just memorised the teachers diagrams then regurgitated them for exams.

I feel really good right now. Completely the opposite to yesterday ^^; Gotta go, so many assignments waiting to be done.

I feel like I'm in limbo right now. I heard a lot of things this evening that I didn't want to hear, I wish I'd remained oblivious. I know my friend is trying to warn me about some of the people who surround me. I know she wants to make sure I'm not a nieve as she was when she started meeting people like this. I know, inside I knew most of what she told me. Inside I knew people aren't as nice as they appear to be, but chose to ignore it. I knew... But it hurts to hear so many things in one go and I went from shocked, to miserable, to angry [by the time I left work I was very VERY angry], and back to miserable. What did I ever to to them? I've been a good worker. I've been a pleasant person. And it's not even that certain people dislike me for me. It's not that I don't do my work well. It's not that I don't try my best. It's not that I'm unenthusiastic. I've been all of that. What have they got to feel threatened about? They're in the most senior positions, I'm in the most junior. I'm new. I haven't even graduated. What makes me threatening? I could go on and on but it boils down to this. A few people who were very friendly to me and who I thought liked me.... they don't like me. A few people who were cold and I thought disliked me... they really liked me.

And it explains a lot. It explains so bloody much that it keeps going around in circles in my head. I used to worry about leaving my workplace because with so many people going on maternity leave and resigning I feel like I'm leaving them in the lurch. But now I don't care. Right now it still hurts and I don't give a damn whether they're stuck in a hole or not. I'm going to learn as much as I can and leave. N and MA were right when they warned me before, and now I want out too. No wonder MA snorted when she asked me why I liked it there and I said the people were pleasant.

I'm going to regret posting this later, like I do everytime I post angry. I'm going to look back and wonder why I put it somewhere a lot of people can see. I'm going to wonder if I was an ass for posting it. I know I am, I always do. but I'm going to do it anyway, because when I hit the post button I always feel better for a short time afterwards.

Today was the last day of lectures for the term. Yaaaaaaaaaay 2.5 weeks of holidays =3 We finished early so I happily went shopping with my Uni friends all afternoon ^^; We were trying to lift P's spirits and it seemed to work to some extend. V bought us all Boost Juice [I saw my cousine there, he said he was trying to get my attention for ages and I never noticed him until he poked me X_x; He was even standing right next to me] and then P really really wanted cake so we all went to David Jones and she treated us all to gigantic chocolate filled muffins ^_______^; I didn't treat anyone to anything. Gah, next time la. I meant to only buy one or two new articles of clothing [specifically the Japanese wrap top at valley girl and a pair of bootcut jeans] while we went shopping but came home with many other things instead:

• Kodacha Volume 3
  
• Marmalade Boy Volume 3
  
• The Vines - Highly Evolved CD [V tried to stop me.....]
  
• MotorAce - Five Star Laundry CD [it's the wrong one *screams I was talking and not thinking and I bought the wrong MotorAce CD ^^; I wanted Shoot this *pouts* But I like this one so I will keep it] - [V tried to stop me........]
  
• Belle & Sebastian - Storytelling CD [V tried to pry the CD from my greedy hands]
  
• Fuzzy Peach Perfume Oil 15ml from the Body Shop [More with the Peach Obsession. P's fault]
  
• Perfume Atomiser from the Body Shop

I am listening to The Vines now, and I like it a lot ^_^ I shouldn't have flashed it into the preview machine thingy I shouldn't have flashed it I shouldn't have flashed it. Then I could have remained oblivious to their music and kept my money [despite all the hype surrounding them I had actually somehow managed not to hear any of their music until today =D; Probably because I only listen to the radio when I'm at work and I don't watch much tellie]. I feel bad for buying 3 CDs in one "quick" visit to borders.

There may be a new permanent position at the place I work at the end of the year. So many people are resigning and going on maternity leave, we have big gaps to fill, despite the fact that they don't want to hire anyone new because the big big boss thinks we have too many staff. The solution seems to turn me or MA into permanent people as opposed to our current casual worker statsu. My boss sat me down and talked with me about whether I was interested this afternoon, but she does not know if it will be full time or part time =\ I don't know... I said I was interested. But, actually, if it turns out to be part time I don't want to stay. I want to look elsewhere, maybe interstate [my parents are looking at units/flats in melbourne.... they think I'm moving to Melbourne and I never told them I wanted to O_o; They've picked out all the best places for a girl to live economically and shown me locations that are near hospitals and labs]. I'm sure MA will have been talked to about the same thing. And I think if we both say we're interested it will be part time =X if one of us doesn't accept they'll need someone full time. Kekeke I think if it's part time MA will also bail. If we both reject it S will have to interview people again ^^;

It seems they're pretty sure I'll work for them though because for that job you need to do PCR... Guess who suddenly has to learn PCR this Friday? Damn, why did I tell them I wasn't going to Uni on that day ^^; I was going to stay home, watch tellie and bludge for once.

I got my cytology and transfusion exam results. Distinction on the former and Credit on the latter. OMG I'm so relieved ^^; I thought I'd just scrape through on transfusion because of the practical, but I did really well on the written part [not as well as I thought I did, but still good. 3rd in the class WOOHOO] tho so it pulled me up. My friend did fail though and she thought she did well ;_; We're going to take her shopping tomorrow to help her feel better.

There is a very strange girl who keeps misdialling and phoning my mobile. She's really O_o She's one of those people who screams into the phone and when you say it's the wrong number she swears at you and hangs up [Whatever happened to "Sorry, wrong number"]. And I pity the people she's really calling because when you pick up she talks/screams in a very condescending fashion. Judging from the voice I'd say early teens. I'd block her if my phone could do that.

My hairdresser thinks I'm an evil scientist girl who sits in the lab torturing small animals by sticking things in their eyes, painting them with cosmetics, and implanting crap into their skin to see what happens.

Oh. My. God.

I'm scared to go back. She's gone all animal rights on me and I couldn't explain that a "vetinary lab" ie, the lab I work in is for HELPING animals. Your fuzzy bunny gets sick, we help with diagnosis. Your puppy dog gets a weird rash, we help find the cause. Your cow starts getting hideously skinny, we help find out why and whether it's spread to other cows.

I'm afraid of my hairdresser, it's time to find a new one.

[I suppose I should have blogged this last week when it happened, but I didn't' feel like it O_o; ]

Gah I'm a Baby VOX music video addict X_X That wasn't meant to happen, it wasn't meant to happen. SAVE ME JOEY I'M WATCHING FEMALE DANCE SINGERS I still don't know any of their names tho' and I'm too lazy to look it up lol [I'm watching Baeshin now.... they have scary eyelashes in this]

This Saturday is an Adelaide football fest =D In the afternoon the Crows are playing [boooooo boooo crows] and in the evening Port Power are playing [YAY YAY PORT]. Provided I don't have to work overtime, I'll get back from work just in time to watch them both. Bwahahahahahahaha

Mou I'm really braindead right now, the histopathology practical went over 4 hours and it was so boring. X_x I hate staining tissue sections. I was feeling a bit on the crummy side all day as well X_x;; I just want to fall into bed now and sleep, but I have to go over my haematology notes before prac tomorrow. Bleh that.

Mum is sending me to Uni tomorrow. I won't see the Fany guy =[

Ever since Inuyasha began playing on American TV the hits to my inuyasha site have skyrocketed. The counter says 851 people yesterday. What the? It never used to get above 30 =X And the amount of related mail has increased in proportion. I can't keep up @_@;; There are so many questions and I have not read or watched any Inuyasha for a very long time. I can't even remember what I put on my website anymore.

Someone recently told me that I ought to write things that are of interest to my visitors instead of whatever rubbish it is that happens to me on a particular day. That I should point out useful links and write articles on contraversial topics. *pauses to laugh* Nah. I"M FAR TOO LAZY FOR THAT! =D It's not going to happen anytime soon sorry. Blue Bamboo is like my diary and I hold to the common argument that I blog for me and not for you ^_^

[I've blogged a lot today O_<;; Trying to escape studying]

Sereko, remember how when we redecorated my bedroom ages ago and you told my Dad I needed a mirror. And he nodded and agreed. You remember how he agreed so readily don't you? I finally got one. I've been nagging him for years and I finally have one. I should have just gone out and bought it myself before but he kept telling me not to because apparently "it's not easy to pick out a mirror" and he'd have gotten all pissy at me if I had >_>;; I just wanted one of the simple glass ones with a black border that they sell at K-mart for A$24, it's not like it's some whoppingly high price, but they wouldn't let me. This big mistake I made was to consult them prior purchase. I know better now. Don't ask first. Buy, then show ^^; And Dad is so proud now. He's so proud of this A$17 plastic, warped in the middle mirror he's bought me. The plastic gold border keeps threatening to fall off and the corners are crunchy looking, so I've stuffed blue tac in the gaps. He's so proud of himself right now, I can't tell him I don't like it ^^; I can't tell him it's dodgy and warped in the middle. I can't I can't ^^;;;;

So I've been prancing around with him acting deliriously happy, to keep his bubble afloat. And I've been equally attentive to mum who had been planning where it would be best hung in my room according to Feng Shui. I'll just have to put up with it la. I'll become oblivious to the warping and stick a picture over the little black smudgy thing that's in the corner.

I'm trying to make a list of Jpop/Jrock/Kpop CDs I'm after. My parents just told me they're going to Hong Kong and Shanghai for 3 weeks next month. Usually all this listing would be very easy, but now I have to take into consideration that avex are putting "Copy-Control" on a lot of their CDs. There are many CDs I want by their artists, but they're all almost useless to me now. I can't play them on my computer [PC or Mac..... actually I've read scary stories about Macs getting very very stuck and no one has written anything about how to get around it]. I can't rip them for mp3s to put on my ipod. Oh and this: It won't play on "some players that support CDR media". Some people have been posting on boards saying this thing doesn't even work on some regular CD players. I'm not going to cough up $30 for a CD which won't play on my mac, and may possibly not play on my hi-fi.

So for me [and many others] the whole point of their copy protection is working in reverse. Whereas I would have happily bought their CDs [there are 3 at my local store which I really want but won't get], I'm now trawling the internet to find the songs. Let other people circumvent the copy control so I can have my songs anyway.

Related links:
True Confessions of a Substandard CD Owner
Avex CCCD
Rip Proof CDs?
Avex: How to play a CCCD
Soul DMP-01 [for PC, says it plays Avex copy-control CDs]
Music Target: Recording News

[If Korea's SM Town follow the copy protection trend I will die]