Tell me why you're awesome and I'll probably add you back.


This is for n00bs only.  If you're already my friend, I'm not planning a cull so there is no need to comment or stress.

'Disciplines high on the intolerance dimension are those whose practictioners are not open minded and thus, are relatively hostile and arrogant towards other approaches to economic science.' (Tomer 2007: 466)


OH MY GOD REALLY?  I NEVER WOULD HAVE REACHED THAT CONCLUSION ON MY OWN!!!!!

And now we have metaphors about elephants in barns with chickens and rabbits and ducks...

Thank goodness for people like J.R Tomer.  Otherwise I don't know how anything would get done.

Jen: What are you listening to?
Viv: Miles Davis
Josh (yelling from his room): Is that Boz Scaggs?


:/

:/!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How Jonathan Thurston having a hernia is the most important piece of sporting news for today's date.

Seriously guys, WTF?

That a Stranger from the internet is accompanying one VivZilla on a destructive rampage of Melbourne in September.....

:O! :O! :O! :O!

Happy birthday Helen!

You have one pint of the 4th Reich beer from the Brewhouse.  Redeemable after Saturday (payday)

Call me to collect!

I'm the only person remotely excited about the new Offspring album next week?

Just checkin.

Because it was HELL GOOD. 

So, I've been studying and stuffs and decided I was hungry.  I grabbed me a potato and put it on the boil and was all 'damn, what am I going to do with this potato?'  I was just going to add butter and parsley and lemon but then I remembered that I had a tin of tomato and onion tuna in the cupboard.  BINGO!

Then I looked in the fridge and found it full of edible vegetables (as opposed to the not edible off mush that usually is there) so I got some beans, a mushroom, a little bit of zuchinni and some capsicum and chopped that up.  Mixed it in with the tuna and the potato and heated it through and I was all damn that looks GOOD but it could be BETTER!

So, I stirred in some parsley, basil, chilli, lemon and a tiny bit of rosemary and I'll be damned if it wasn't one of the best lunches I've had in a while, washed down with some stimulating red bull.

I wish I took a photo of it but I was too busy eating its AWESOMENESS.

So, discuss your lunch or the last time you were inspired and improvised some awesome foodstuffs while I revise trade theory.

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Go you good thing!  Its like the little piece of polymer that could.

Kindly shut the fuck up and return to whatever corner of hell you came from.

Kind Regards,
Viv.

Is the opportunity to go to Yum Cha for dinner.  Chinese restaurants of Brisbane heed this call!  You don't need to be shackled by the oppressive forces of time,  Yum Cha can be an any time activity if only you would just believe!

Seriously, the only chance I may get for birthday celebrations is Sunday evening but I really want to go out for Yum Cha which is a lunchtime activity.  WHY MUST THESE TWO ACTIVITIES BE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE >:{(

So, when one writes an essay on gender stereotypes in law, the obvious place to start of with is taxation. :/


I hope this makes as much sense to me tomorrow morning.

In the meantime, Maddie and I met George Megalogenis on Tuesday, it may have changed our lives.  I went and saw Iron Man, the movie part of this was good.  The company...not so good.  Sorry dudes, your quest to have rad girls take you out may have been stalled for a while.

ho was the last person of the opposite sex you laid in a bed with?
Adrian

Where was the last place you went out to eat?
AJ Vietnamese Noodle House

What was the last alcoholic beverage you consumed?
Scotch, last night.

Which do you prefer - eyes or lips?
Eyes.

Medicine, fine arts, or law?
Fine Arts.  Fuck law.

Best kind of pizza?
Neopolitana or seafood.

Is your bedroom window open?
I don't know.  Probably not cause its like well cold right now

What is in store for your future?
Real jobs and travels

Who was the last band you saw live?
Weddings Parties Anything?  I think there has been someone since then but I forget.

Do you take care of your friends while they are sick?
No, I'm awful at it.

What is your favorite soda?
Dr Pepper/Sunkist/Cherry cola

How many songs are on your iTunes?
Ithink there's like at least 20g but a lot of them are doubles.

When was the last time you purchased something over 0?
over 0 what?

Where is the last place you drove to?
NOWHERE!

Are you experienced?
Yes.

Any historical figures that you envy?
Kinda, in that they got to be part of history.  But then when you think about it more, all the shit they would have had to put up with would have been a pain in the ass.  Still, I wish I wrote the Wealth of Nations so that I could giggle to myself about invisible hands.

What brand of digital camera do you own?
Canon

When was the last time you got a good workout?
Thursday.

If you need a new pair of jeans, what store do you go to first?
The cheap one?  So Target.

What were you doing at 11:59 PM on Monday night?
sleeping?

Are you a quitter?
Yes.

Who was the last person you had in your house?
Budget party peeps!

Can you speak another language?
bits and pieces but nothing fluent.

How about you put your legs behind your head?
NAH MAN. I'm so inflexible. It's fucking gross :(

When was the last time you went dancing while under the influence?
Too long ago :(

Nickname?
Vivzilla

Describe what you are wearing in detail?
purple chucks, argyle socks, black jeans, red rock out with your cock out threadless shirt, black lowes jumper.

What do you think about people who party a lot?
Jealous much?

Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable?
Not really.

Are you one of those people who obsesses over Hollister?
huh?

What was the last CD you purchased?
I bought like 6 in my last go, there was a sub pop sampler and an old wilhelm scream one and the presets and an old tegan and sara one and some other stuff.

What are two bands or singers that you will always love?
Yes and much more than two!

What of the seven deadly sins are you guilty of?
Anger and gluttony.

Did you just have to google the seven deadly sins to see what they were?
Neg.

Where is your favorite place to get coffee?
Zen coffee van!

Have you ever been offered a job?
uh yes?

Have you ever stolen anything off of a road?
roadsigns?

When was the last time you dyed your hair?
a couple of months now, it looks fucking gross.  I need to get it cut and coloured.

Who was the last person you rode in a car with?
Manny and before that it was Maddie.  CONFUSING MUCH!!!!

Have you kissed somebody in the last 2 weeks?
yep!

Miss someone?
Yesssssssssss.  HI KATE!

Is there someone you want to fight?
Piers Ackerman and Andrew Bolt but not necessarily in that order.

Joseph Stiglitz was on Lateline tonight.  Watching him and Tony Jones on my tv at the same time may have given me an intellectual sheboner.

Does anyone want to hazard a guess as to why there is a full roll of plastic bags you use to buy fruit on my kitchen counter?



Also, this is Nala the newest addition to our house.  SAY HI TO NALA EVERYBODY!!!

CONGRATULATIONS MADDIE!!!! 

Its amazingly dead at work today.  So I've decided to update.  Yay.

So, I saw Billy Bragg 4 times in the space of about 10 days.  Definitely a good decision.  The shows were awesome and he was great.  I've sort of been keeping up to date with adventures at the forum www.billybragg.co.uk/forums find the australian tour thread and you can see pictures and psuedoblogs etc....  I think I'll cut and paste them here maybe I dunno.

My grandmother is going okay.  She was supposed to go to Kilcoy today but they decided against that for the time being.  My family has sorted out their drama too so everything is chugging along nicely.  Obviously it will be better once she's well again but for the time being its good.

What is happening on Friday night?  I want to go out, give me suggestions!  I have a 4 day weekend and plan on doing the following things:
Washing
Clean my room/put up curtains
clean kitchen
put up new blackboard
buy textbooks
go speak to gym about memberships
maybe start reading said textbooks
visit nanny
cook food for the next week of work.

Iron Maiden was just as amazing as I was expecing.  Played all the hits so there was no filler to speak of.  There were flares, fireworks and jets of fire, costume changes.  Best ever!

Uni is back next week so I guess I'll be around more for a little bit before the assessment grind starts wearing me down.  I'm taking an economic development subject, politics of law and justice, intl institutions and cooperation aaaaaaaaaaand intl trade theory and policy.  I was hoping my profiles would be up so I could get ahead of reading (between work and all the great gigs on next month, I NEED to start early) alas they are not.  Jerks.  I have to go to a career fair in a few weeks too.  I don't know how to feel about this.  I don't wanna grow up.  Well, I do want the perks (read=money) without the negatives.

So, nobody has given me any indication they want to give me money to buy Keating tickets.  I"m kinda upset bout this dudes. :(

Can I also say how proud I was yesterday listening to the apology?  If you asked me a year ago if I thought I would see something like that, I would have said hell no!  Its a good time to be Australian.

"I think you should definitely be his (Les Murray's) successor.  I'd watch 5 hours of you talking shit on SBS every Sunday for sure"

This was a reply I got from Phil after letting him know that Les Murray and I share the same childhood favourite dish.  I don't think this can be topped.  Phil you are truly the best thing thats come out of WA in the history of the universe.

Oh yeah, I got a ticket for the first billy bragg show on the 30th. I land in Melby on Wed at 5:15pm.  Rock and roll kids.

Dave Callan is moving back to Saturday night graves.  As someone that work graves, I'm very happy about this.

I was going to go out tonight, but I think instead I'm going to drink wine with Emilie and watch the tennis instead.  The Aust. open has been a bit of an alright hey.  You know what else has been a bit of an alright?  My Ipod, I finally started putting music on it and its kinda changed my life being able to fit all that music in my wallet.  Some of the songs didn't go on to well.  Anyone know why some of my songs sound crappy and some sound fine when they're all the same file format?

For the next two weeks I'm going to be in Byron, Sydney and Melbourne seeing Billy Bragg, catching up with family, being a bum etc etc.   If you want to participate in said activities with me, you know my digits.

I was going to find and do a meme but I'm just way too lazy and can't really focus on anything.   Recommend me a good bottle of wine to buy when I finish work! 

Finally, I really REALLY want a puli