Easily Distracted

Yesterday was a rather hot day to be dressing in lolita, but nonetheless a bunch of us indulged in karaoke and drinking in celebration of the lovely vysanthe 's 19 years of being alive. Lots of bogans in the city on a Tuesday night for some reason. I can see why so many girls prefer to hunt in packs as opposed to walking down Adelaide street alone with naught but their pettis to protect them from teh raep. Also, $2 drinks are awesome.

When I got home I found that UQ's website was down due to >9000 students trying to get their grades. I got two 6's, a 5 and a 4 to give me a GPA of 5.25. Not enough if I want to do post-graduate work :/ Still, had more fun watching weird hentai at Matt's than going to my stupid Convergant Journalism class. HAY GAIS THERE'S THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT'S GUNNA SAVE SPERMALISM CALLED TWITTER LOL!

On a related note, today I received my acceptance letter from Stony Brook University, NY. It's weird being referred to as an international student. There's travel advice and information about accessing JFK Airport and FUUUUUUUUUUUU-!! Must remain calm. Must look for a goddamn place to rent >_>

Last night Matt and I took a trip out to West End intending to hit up 3 Monkeys... only to find there was a street festival happening! Being West End it was filled with your standard Greens worshipers, lesbian pagans, save the [noun] protesters as well as the lingering smell of something that certainly wasn't tobacco, but it was nice to see a bit of colour and life in a city where everything closes at 5pm except for Bob's Bottle-o. We sat on a rug and nom'd on vegetarian stuff that had been blessed by Hare Krishnas and what not. I luffs hanging out with my Matt-butt :3

Oh oh, someone received their Vampire Requiem jsk's on the egl comm... maybe I won't have to wait until November to get mine after all :D I'm starting to like the contrast of the blackxred one more than the plain black version that I'm getting, but the former looks a little costumey as a full dress with a giant bow on it, so I am content with what I have. Assuming it doesn't look too horrible on me >_>

I think I need to go back to the doctor. I'm guessing I wouldn't be so damn fat if I didn't need 15 hours sleep a day, which in turn makes my back hurt. 4chan has been telling me fun little stories of prescribed stimulants and such. It's got to the point now where I can't complete simple tasks like filling out forms, drawing or researching because I have zero energy. Everything feels like a huge effort and I just want to sleep all the time :( My memory has improved a bit since I've been going to Uni, but often times it's still a strain to remember what happened the previous day. I think my brain's just like "LOL fuck concentration, I'm still in sleep mode". Blah.



Also been thinking about America a lot. I'm getting cold feet :/ It's my dream to travel to all the big cities in the world, but it requires so much fucking around with my uni subjects... possibly adding 6 months to my degree... being $5000 in debt... losing other opportunities in regards to moving out... leaving certain people behind for five whole months ;_; I'm usually conniving enough to figure out ways to have my cake and eat it too (hence the waistline? XD), but there's just so many pros and cons here that it's hard to decide. Mum always said that in a perfect world, everyone would have the money to experience another country once a year. She passed on an expensive hobby to me, lol.

Oh well, enough about me, I'm boring. How are you today, dearest reader? Been molested by any noteworthy hobos? I hope you students are enjoying your last day of holidays.

There have been... complications with my efforts to study in New York.

Essentially the head of the Journalism department has to approve my study plan, and because of how long it took for me to get all the information (had to phone the US several times D:), there is now a good chance that they will not be able to approve it in time. I just handed in the form a few hours ago. It needs to be signed and returned to the student exchange office by Friday... and one of the people in the Journalism office said I might be unlucky.

When I found out that was the case, I could hear the blood pulsing in my ears and my hands wouldn't stop shaking. This is something I've been working towards since I handed in my QTAC application in '07 and the main reason I want a degree is for travel related reasons. If I can't do it... I'll be sobbing like a little bitch for days likely shut down and seal myself off from the world for God knows how many weeks. Fuck. I know I sound like a spoiled douche bag making a big deal of this, but... I've been pinning all my hopes on studying over there for several years. It's been my dream and at times the only thing that keeps my hopes up.

I just... I don't know...

As I have a habit of leaving things to the last possible second, after months of dreaming and saving up I have just begun to figure out the details of my plan to study in New York... with 10 days until the deadline for applications.

Originally I'd hoped to study at a second-rate University upstate that offered courses specialising in newspaper reporting (I know I know, they're adorable). The reason for this is that it seemed to be closer to NYC than another uni that offered better subjects. Yes, I really am that shallow. However, it now turns out that the latter place I snubbed due to its location is actually an assload closer to Manhattan Island than I realised (about a 1.5 hour drive), so I've decided to go there instead- now I get to go somewhere awesome AND get something out of it academically!

You can see why I have so many problems with this want > need mentality -_-

Oh well. Fingers crossed for Stony Brook University.

ETA: Goddammit iTunes, you suck for not letting foreigners buy stuff from your US store. It took me a whole 20 minutes to get around it >_>