Quake of Doom

Earthquakes suck.

But on the bright side (yes! there is one!) all my assignments are now due on October 22nd. I have three essays of 4500 words, and my dissertation of 8000 words still to go....

I've been at the house of pain inlaws' for 1.5 weeks trying to escape the evil aftershocks, and there are some cool pictures here that you should look at. (DO IT!) Now I'm back at Uni, frantically trying to catch up on assignments. I actually got a few hours sleep last night, and didn't even feel any aftershocks!! (there weren't any, but that's not the point)

It sucks to be married to an engineer... I get no sympathy! ("If the house was going to fall over, it would have already done so") (well thanks, that's highly reassuring!)
hehe

Onwards and upwards! (except you, ground.)


Edit: If you're a rubbernecker you can look here for Scary Earthquake Pictures Here are the Scary Pictures

Go the All Whites!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big ups to University for having their holidays coincide with the World Cup! Hehe. So far I've watched England v USA, Algeria v Slovenia, Serbia v Ghana, Germany v Australia (And with this one, I'd like to remind you that the Aussies lost 0-4....) (Yes yes, Germany were on fine form, but that is mere detail), Nederlands v Denmark, Italy v Paraguay, New Zealand v Slovakia, Cote d'Ivoire v Portugal, Brazil v DPR Korea, Honduras v Chile, and in a few minutes Spain v Switzerland will begin....

Beautiful!

But the problem now is trying to fit in study at the same time... With 2 weeks of holidays nearly gone, and there's only more footy to come...

Anyway, time for more football watching study now!

(and I'd like to add - if people are still grousing about the 'All Whites' being a racist name... what about the 'All Blacks'?!?!)

More tasty food

Last week husband made creme brulee (!!) for dinner/bible study we have with some friends (same place the strudels went), and so we had six egg whites left over. I didn't want to just throw out the egg whites, so I invited my parents and grandparents over for afternoon tea and fed them pavlova!

As you can see, it's looking a bit worse for wear by this stage, but you get the idea :)

Strudel Strudel Strudel!

In an ode to "Mrs Cake", I decided to document my dessert making process this afternoon. Today's tasty treat is Strudel. (And yes, that word is fun to say, especially with a German accent. Strudel, Strudel, Strudel.) Anyway the saddest part for you is that you can't see the end product all cut up and tasty looking - as its not being eaten until about 8pm tonight. "But it smells so goood," I hear you say. Yes, yes it does. And I'm going to eat some now put it aside until later... Toodles!



(My attempt to show the steam coming off the top... Damn it looks tasty! elegant and sophisticated!)

• There are 11.6 million children in sub-saharan Africa who have been left orphans as a result of Aids
• 1.1 billion people in the developing world don't have access to an adequate water supply
• 1500 women die PER DAY while giving birth
• Half of the world's 2.2 billion children live below the poverty line
• Approximately 1.2 million children are trafficked EACH YEAR
• Finally: 10.5 million children in the developing world die before their fifth birthday

And we sit in our comfortable houses, or we buy that second car, or we drink that extra large frappuccino, or we go on our overseas holidays, or we give our children birthday parties with bouncy castles, or we buy the fancy camera with all the extra features, or we fly to another city for a two hour meeting....

And we can still look each other in the eye like it doesn't matter.

Its a shame this blog isn't more interesting, really. And I had such high hopes for it. Perhaps it was just that I got boring?
(Thats not a question for you to answer)
Everyone else seems to find the time to write witty anecdotes or tasty recipes or sensual poetry, but I find myself devoid of creativity. Devoid of effort, of caring, of knowing what defines me anymore.
I spend most of my days at home, working on assignments, and when I'm not doing that, I'm sleeping. And, perhaps sadly, thats not a euphemism.

Who am I now? I'm not the funny girl, the cute girl, the girl talking in a circle of friends. I can't be bothered to go out anymore, and when I do, I find I'm easily bored or intimidated. Usually both. I don't care about small talk, or topics that don't interest me, and I've lost my smile.
You know, the bubbly one that overflowed into laughter and thoughts of squirrels or foxes or fun things to do. I'm too cynical, too lazy, too deep. And increasingly I find myself questioning how it is that we end up living the lives we do: the choices we make to get here, the boxes we feel confined to, the laws that society or religion dictates for us and we rigidly abide by.

However, the one area in which I'm non-conformist draws me back in and reminds me that I have a deadline in two weeks. A deadline for five assignments that all must be finished, and well, if I'm to stick it to the man in the manner I wish to.

Great scott, its great socks!

And in other, perhaps less interesting, news: I AM WEARING A T-SHIRT!! The first since April! w00t! Bring on Summer!!

And while I'm talking about clothes, I got some great socks last weekend - bought seven pairs in one go (Husband was horrified...): one woolen pair (The first pair of kids' woollen socks I've found, sadly, in Spring), five long-ish pairs (yay for Kmart and their size 13-3 kids socks), and three ankle socks (yay for Farmers kids socks - they have cool pictures of cows on them). Hurrah. The long-ish pairs are great - I can actually walk in them! Most pairs of womens socks are "one size fits all" (it doesn't) and I can't walk much without my feet slipping around in them - does anyone else have that problem?? So I buy kids socks, but sometimes they have tight tops, as I guess they're made for smaller cankles than mine =P Anyway, these Kmart ones are great!

Okay - enough about socks!