I'm done with exams! WOOT!

I'm not done with semester though, but I getting there and I get to spend the afternoon writing an essay about Julianne Moore, I do love cinema studies for that.

ETA: sportsnightnut, I got someone at uni to proof my essay for me and I just handed it in, thanks for the offer though!:-)

University continues to kick my ass but I'm finally getting the upper hand and feeling like I'm in control. I have finished my radio history essay (and feel really confident about it), am working on my essay about Pakistan (which would be going a lot better if I could find a workable definition of Islamic Republic from a non-Wikipedia source and knew how to use the Harvard referencing system, Chicago I can do in my sleep now but I'm still really weak with Harvard and suck at using MLA and APA) and will complete my other four (one of which is half-done so 3.5 and one which is actually an annotated bibliography not an essay so 2.5) essays when I'm in Sydney from the 26 October-6th November.

My mum, Julie and Gab are coming down on Tuesday and will be staying until Friday, then I'm going to Sydney because I AM GOING TO SEE CROWDED HOUSE (as much as I hate the circumstances in which Nick and Neil were brought together again and as much as it just won't be the same without Paul I still can't believe that I actually get to see Crowded House)!!! TWICE!!! AND AGAIN IN MELBOURNE!!! I can't believe it is only 14 days! It has been 11 months since I have seen a Finn perform live (That was Tim at the Forum in January) and almost 18 months since I have seen Neil in any incarnation. 11 months is the longest I have gone without seeing a Finn brother since July 2005 (which is the first time I saw either one of them live due to a variety of reasons including but not limited to student poverty, the Crowdies habit of playing in over 18's venues back in the day and my parents being total assholes and not letting me go to Farewell to the World, for which they will never be fully forgiven.)

I hope my Neil staking efforts pay off again, I have been lucky in the past:

( Adventures in stalking )

Still on a fannish note, I like the two most recent episodes of House but will need to watch them again, as I was so wiped out the first time I watched them I barely remember them and 30 Rock is my new girlfriend, until such time as I get a new one and since it has been three years I'm not exactly optimistic on that front.

On a not cool and not fannish note I fell over on Thursday night running to catch a bus and have done some semi-serious damage to my already damaged left knee. I was running, which I almost never do because I have mild foot drop (which is worse in my left foot thanks to some drunken asshole on a tram who stepped on my awkwardly positioned ankle last year tore a bunch of ligaments) and running makes it much worse, combine that with the fact that I was trying to get the bus drivers attention instead of looking where I was going (I almost always look down at my feet when I walk to make sure I'm aware of what is ahead of me so I can step higher if I need too which looks odd but is better than falling) and the next thing I know I've tripped over a speed hump/divider type thing in the road and fallen left knee first into the next one along. Thankfully the damage only soft tissue bruising but the knee couldn't really take anymore damage that it already had and has started to get all clicky and locky again from me trying to position it so it doesn't hurt, blerg.

I have more to say but I need to get back to my essay so more later.

I am so fucked.

I've been trying to do my critical paper all day but I have the attention span of a 2-year-old with ADD right now so have written only about 100 words.

All nighter, here I come. At least I got as decent night's sleep last night.

The most frustrating thing is that I understand what I have to write, these concepts are not foriegn to me, but I can't articulate myself as well as I would like too because I'm so burnt out. WTF is up with have a mid-semester break three weeks before the end of smemester?

Anyway watch this video:



Summer Heights High is very much for the win.

01. I played around with my layout a little, changed the fonts around so it looks like it was supposed to and added a House/Stacy header made by me that I'm just a little bit in love with. Check it out @ stare_me_out ETA now with House/Stacy moodtheme thanks to the amazing ablog_ortwo.

02. I have until Friday to finish the cinema studies critical paper that is worth 50% of my mark, I'm a third of the way there and I'm determined to finish it, it has three questions, one of which I have almost completed, so if I do one tomorrow and one on Friday than it is done. I just have to get over my own apathy towards essay writing first.

03. 3RRR is made of awesome, go and stream it.

04. Minor cold + inability to get to sleep before 2:30am + having to be up by 7am four days/week + spending all weekend, every weekend apartment hunting using public transport = exhaustion

05. Didn't get the apartment in St.Kilda, damn. But I'm going to five places in Elsternwick on Saturday, I'm feeling really confident I'll find something and two of the places are practically in Elwood, walking distance from the beach.

Poll #1053380 Better essay topic
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Which makes for the better essay topic?

Also, is anyone interested in finishing my critical paper for Cinema Studies for me? I'm so over essay writing right now and can't get motivated enough to just do it.

And speaking of cinema studies, this morning's screening was the creatively titled The Beatles: The First US Visit and I overheard a young ditzy blonde thing say as we are walking into the Agora Cinema and I quote "I kind of know who The Beatles are but I've never heard a song of theirs before." WTF???? Not even on the radio?

1. My production assessment for media studies is COMPLETE!!!!!!!!!

2. My House/Stacy capping project which turned in to a cap every scene Stacy was in project is complete! (I'll upload the caps at uni on Monday.)

3. I slept 12 hours last night!

4. Tomorrow after I finish writing my cinema studies paper all my mid-semester assessment is done!