She Came From Outer Space!

She Came From Outer Space!
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Descending from the heavens, she rained down a fiery hell upon us.
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Are You Laughing At My Retainer?

Are You Laughing At My Retainer?
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What's so funny about my retainer?
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Breakfast With Mickey

Breakfast With Mickey
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Yay! Mickey's here!
We just had breakfast at The Melbourne Hotel in West End. They have awesome big coffees.
Most fun.
I'm really lookin forward to party times this weekend! Yay!
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Fix-it Man

Fix-it Man
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A few months ago, I accidentally broke the clip on the LCD in-line remote for my music machine.
It's been sitting in my draw at work ever since.
Today I fixed it.
Personally, I think the safety pin and fold back clip add a special something to it.
Now let's just see how well it clips onto clothes/my bag.

Listening to: Tiga - Sexor (I bought it at JB Hi-Fi today for $8 (!) after falling in love with his DJ-Kicks album. It doesn't disappoint.
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It Grows!

It Grows!
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My project is coming along nicely.
A 3am bedtime last night meant a necessary addition to it this morning.
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Cupcake Day

Cupcake Day
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It's cupcake day at work today. All proceeds go to the RSPCA, thus the animal theme on these very cute cupcakes.
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Electro Awesome

Electro Awesome
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The best use of nineties electro nail polish ever. Also, my phone is now TOTALLY pimpin. Ooh yeah, you knows it!
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Ekka Holiday Breakfast

Ekka Holiday Breakfast
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Queensland is awesome; they give you the day off to attend Ekka (in Sydney we call it the much more long-winded Royal Easter Show). Of course, Lilly and I aren't going to attend.
We are starting with a lazy day breakfast of mock crab, and will soon go do our laundry, stop by the music shop to grab some banjo strings, and maybe go over to Toby's to grab an old guitar he's giving us.
Ekka rules.
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PS it was delicious.

Himalayan Goat Curry

Himalayan Goat Curry
Originally uploaded by JadeMonkee.

Last night Lilly and I went out for Himalayan. It was so god damn tasty, but - like any curry - it was so god damn filling, too.
Pictured above is the hot goat curry. We also ordered a cottage cheese and spinach curry (below). And a mixed entree. So it's really no suprise we were so full.
We'll definately be going back.
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I Love Nerds

I really do.
And this is one example why: The CERN Large Hadron Collider Rap.
http://www.vimeo.com/1431471
Best. Video. Ever.

Study Assistant

Study Assistant
Originally uploaded by JadeMonkee.

Having found a coffee plunger in the cupboard that both Lilly and I had no idea we actually had (considering we only moved in 7 months ago, I find this strange), I've now recruited his talents as a kind of study assistant.
Thanks to Mark for providing us with delicious coffee.

A New Project

A New Project
Originally uploaded by JadeMonkee.

I'm creating this tower of coffee as a project to keep me sane at work.
I want to see how tall it can get before someone tells me to clean it up.

Listening to: Ween - God-Ween-Satan (album). I think I'm going to go through and listen to every single Ween album back-to-back. I wonder how long it will take? I'll keep you posted (mainly through Jaiku).
I <3 Ween
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Writing, writing, writing.

I'm now about to enter my third week of Uni.
I enrolled in a postgrad Science Communication course, because of the interest I had in Lilly's Writing Editing & Publishing course (a lot of the courses overlap, and me being a sucker for science, would have been mad to pass up the chance of a science coherency).
I really like the course convenor; she's really enthusiastic about the topic, and gets me enthused. Better than that, she understands her shit.
I'm only doing two courses this semester, which I am very thankful for; 1) a journalism course called Intro to Medical and Science reporting, and the other - a writing course - called Communicating Controversial Science. They both really interest me.
But man, postgrad is scary. Almost everyone in the journalism course has had journalistic experience (either in the field or in their undergrad), and can thus write much, much better than I can. I have a lot of practice to do before I will be at their level (which could mean, my lucky readers, a heap of practice articles/entries appearing on this blog).
In the writing course, almost everyone has had a fair bit more academic practice than myself (read: honours), or has just come from undergrad, and is thus more in the swing than I. The discussion section last week was rather initimidating.
But my ol' teacher, Mr Damian Gore, said once "if it doesn't hurt, you ain learnin'!" So I have to agree with him there, and am excited by the prospect of my future skill set.
Every week there is a heap of readings followed by a writing task. This week it is to write an article for 1) The Australian, and 2) The Courier Mail. They're both only small (200-500 words), but it means I have to start researching a topic. I'm thinking Thorium reactors, and how they are a) better than previous reactors, b) would benefit from being marketed as something other than a nuclear reactor, and c) a viable alternative to the new "green" energy sources. I also like the idea of tackling, on a broader scale, the different solutions for combating climate change.
So that's probably what I will focus on for the remainder of the Journalism course (we have to have a portfolio focusing on the one topic by the end of it).
Now let's just hope this helps me in my career - whatever it may be.