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[Nov. 10th, 2009|11:09 am] |
So, I really should be studying instead of writing a post on livejournal. But as I have said before, you're not my mother.
Career:
I recently got an offer to study a graduate diploma in education, distance to University of New England. However this is a 'conditional offer' therefore I am very much curious what the conditions are! This would be perfect. 1.5 years full time, i'd be finished in no time..
Today, I got my second offer to study a masters in secondary teaching at University of Western Sydney, which was also supposed to be via distance although this is not stipulated in the offer letter.. decisions, decisions.
However, one bonus coming out of this is that it states: "Your approved teaching subjects are Biology and Chemistry"... Meaning I am eligible. I have always wondered if I would be, so really things are looking up like you wouldn't believe.
Just waiting on an offer from UTS, which is the uni I really want to go to, I am waiting for my options to be on the table so I can pick and choose what I want, because lets face it, why not?
Also, I have a job interview on the 17th of November, for Emergency Department/Switchboard Administration Officer at Canterbury Hospital. Its full time, rotating, I already work there so I know the people and the place. I know two people on the interview panel, sweet! Its not highly desirable, but its full time, so I'm not going to sneeze at it. Still going for scientific jobs, but you have to cover all bases.
Life & Love:
I moved out into my brother's place with Bec, and things are going very well. The neighbours appear to abuse their children, and like to come and go at all hours, but we're both heavy sleepers so its all good.. Will be fantastic when we have TV reception, bring on saturday!!
Justin set up my BBQ last night, can't wait to get that started!! Speaking of Justin, he is awesome, makes me feel great. Equal. Respected and lots of other stuff.. I don't have to go on about that because, lets face it, i know its all good in that department : )
Health:
I am feeling generally run down and blah, but lets face it, its exam time. I don't expect any more than that. I have lost 11.7kgs in 16 weeks and I couldn't be more proud of myself : ) well I could be, if I actually tried!
All in all, all is good
Oh, Bec is buying a kitten today. Its hers, but i'm gonna be the best adoptive mummy ever!
xox Rach
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[Oct. 6th, 2009|08:35 pm] |
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Newton Faulker - Dream Catch Me |
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[Sep. 14th, 2009|09:03 pm] |
Fugsy says: to play xbox, or to tune my friends friend THE DECISIONS ARE KILLING ME\m/ RaCh \m/ -=needs motivation.. big time!=- says: either way box involvement.Fugsy says: ... i fucking love you |
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[Sep. 14th, 2009|03:13 pm] |
Dear Answerman,
Why am I lacking motivation?
Why am I so clumsy?
Why am I so ditzy?
Why am I broke?
Why am I bored?
Why does my ankle hurt?
Why can't I drink like I used to before?
Why can't I make everything better?
Why do I have to work weekends?
Why can't I sing?
Why can't I dance?
Why do I think every song was written about me?
Why don't I care about others as much as I should?
Why am I being ambiguous when I want people to know who I am talking about?
Why do I find it so hard to talk to my friends?
Why can't I get just one screw, believe me I know what to do.. but something won't let me make love to you : )
Love Rachel, the eternal Violent Femmes fan
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[Sep. 14th, 2009|01:57 pm] |
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I just want to go dancing.. |
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[Aug. 31st, 2009|10:37 am] |
And he whispered the words "You know you're it for me, right"
The most comforting thing, in the least romantic way
.. I could not have smiled more. |
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[Aug. 31st, 2009|10:06 am] |
Had the best time in the city for Bec's 21st : ) She had an awesome time too as far as I could tell.. Complete with four make outs!! So proud!!!
Hahah replacement paul.
Thats all
xox Rach |
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[Jun. 21st, 2009|12:24 pm] |
Hahaha, most random weekend.
Went to Newtown for Matt (Taj's) birthday celebrations. Had a very random night, went to Marly Bar, then off to Kelly's.
Summary as follows
* Taking lots of photos of random crap, including but not limited to the bartender and a random group of people in dress up in a bar's window
* Loretta needing to pee, so badly we got off the train
* Beetlejuice and his goon lambrusco
* OOHHHH YOUR SEX IS ON FIREEEE
* Foxy ears and paws by Brendan & Taj
* Random dancing with Rob, my new friend lol
* Meeting strangers
* Loretta punching a guy for slapping her on the arse
* Maccas at 4am
* The "FOLLOW THAT CAB" convoy to said Maccas
* Discussing how great McNuggets and Large penises were in front of a police officer
* Generally being loud & obnoxious
* The magic bus/and bus driver
* Getting home at 7am |
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| Weekend.. |
[Apr. 6th, 2009|03:49 pm] |
Had a pretty good weekend on the whole..
Friday night was pretty quiet, chrissy and i went and watched creagh, chris, william, squibb & squibb's brother play indoor soccer (impromptu decision after we couldn't get the treadmill into the car.. long story lol) they lost, but tried hard, god love them
Saturday I went to work, leaving the boy the writhe in pain in bed alone. Saturday night Chrissy and I went to see Tim Minchin.. hilarious show!! Then went out to newtown, had a few drinks with paul and a few others (chrissy's brothers mates from high school - newtown locals now), lots and lots of fun had that night
* my drunkeness - waiting in line for an empty toilet, exiting the taxi head first, skipping etc
* the bum sniffing fly spray - i mean, what the?!
* the dude in front of us at the show - i wanted to marry him. so polite & considerate
* the i-spy game on the train on the way home.. ENVELOPES!!
Sunday, I was so very sleep deprived. Fell in a heap about 4am.. Creagh came round about midday, we had some lunch, watched death race and went for a drive.. quiet day & night |
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[Feb. 18th, 2009|08:06 pm] |
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Ahh, livejournal. How I keep forgetting.
Not really much to update though, things are pretty average.. Go back to uni next week, not really looking forward to that..But its my last year, so its all good!!
Had a good (low-key) valentines day/ creagh's birthday lol. Went bowling with Chrissy & Gav, but was lovely all the same. I got a pandora bracelet & a giraffe charm (of course lol) for valentines day, so pretty Xx
For now, thats about it, off to stalk people on facebook & watch house, my two new favourite things to do on my quiet nights in! |
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[Jan. 27th, 2009|05:25 pm] |
Had a fantastic weekend away with Creagh and his mates in Albury/Wodonga.. Lots & lots of drinking (not so much by me) and manlove (also not by me). I am absolutely knackered right now. It was good though to meet more people and get to know the ones I already knew.
Got down there around midnight on friday night (i had had a can of mother and two travacalm.. so I was up and down like a yo yo) I drove from Creagh's place to Yass, listening to Creagh and Scott talk about airbags for most of the way.. I was ready to hurt both of them. Then Creagh drove the rest of the way, leaving me to drug myself up!
Saturday; Me, Daniela & Danielle walked down the shops to get the paper, while the boys went on a grog run.. who knew they were going to start drinking at 10.30.. So they were smashed by 1pm.. Cricket was played.. I got cracked in the neck basically.. So I have a lovely bruise from where the ball hit my necklace and Creagh's ring that I wear around my necklace.. Its always me who gets hurt.
Highlights of the evening included:
+ Squibb slap betting William he couldn't do a one-handed cartwheel on the roof
+ William doing three one-handed cartwheels on the roof
+ The cracking sound of the whopper slap William gave Squibb
+ Endless stacks on
+ The detergent + water + tarp idea..
+ William being raped by Cara (Danielle & Andrews german shepherd)
+ The never ending nudity
+ Scott, Andrew, Squibb, Chris, Paul & William getting there shirts of to take half naked poses with me.. Apparently to show Creagh what he missed out on by going to bed
+ S Club 7 singing and dancing
Sunday was relatively tame: Breakfast, then some of the boys had a nerd game and I played cards with Creagh and Chris mainly.. Then later on that afternoon we went to Sam's for dinner with her and her boyfriend, talked some crap and went to bed.
Monday we left at about 5.45am.. Had lunch at Gundagai (apparently Creagh had the worst hamburger ever.. I had chips and gravy (go us at 8am) which tasted like Chicken Schnitzel.. It was gross and fabulous all rolled into one!! Oh and a coffee that was about 6,000 litres. Got home (well to Creagh's at about midday.. wanted to crash out something shocking..
All in all, good weekend.. Lots of fun memories |
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[Dec. 24th, 2008|08:51 am] |
Forgot to do my typical post. Got my results, I was rather surprised because I had a lot of distractions around exam time (car accident, weekend away, the breakup, my birthday, lots of drinks at other birthdays, the new boyfriend etc)
I Passed Microbiology 2 with 57% (way to scrape through!! however I have gotten 50,52,54 before lol)
I got a Credit in Human Metabolism & Disease (Biochemistry 2) with 74%, very very surprised because it is very hard! but one more mark and it would have been a distinction!
Now I only have one more year full time - FOUR MORE UNITS!!!!! So freaking excited by that one, trust me. I just have to stay focused for like 10 months and it will all be over if I want it to be! Of course, I can do education or another type of post grad course if my heart desires, but undergrad will be over.
Basically, now is the time I need to set myself some short term goals and not let little things get in the way of what is important in the big picture, I am really lucky that I didn't totally fuck up last semester. Guess it helped that I was on about 85% in biochem & about 70% in micro going into the exams.. but doesn't help when they are 60% exams that you can't focus for.. But all is well that ends well!
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[Dec. 24th, 2008|08:46 am] |
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Hey I have a question.. I'm guessing nikki or rach would probably be the best help coz you're like livejournal pro's.. how can you make your journal private or make private entries? |
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[Dec. 24th, 2008|08:45 am] |
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I am so happy right now & feel so very very special.
That is all Xx |
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[Dec. 7th, 2008|12:44 pm] |
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Had a really good weekend.. Friday afternoon Creagh came around and it was all good till he accidentally headbutted me, with an open mouth lol, i've been giving him crap all weekend but it doesnt hurt that much and I know it was an accident My lovely second head lol.. its gone down a bit Anyway, friday night we went to visit Megan and Loz, very random, but was fun until loz and creagh thought it would be a game to throw christmas beetles at me, and i realllllly hate christmas beetles!
Saturday morning, we got up about 7am, waiting for Krys & Pete to come and get the spare keys and then we set off for "my surprise" - The Australian War Memorial in Canberra. We never actually got to Canberra last time due to the accident and the girls were not too keen on actually visiting the memorial, so it was really nice to go and see it with someone who enjoyed it too. We also went to the mint, and i got to make a coin lol =) and we went and had some lunch at the telstra tower, went for a little walk outside the tower and headed back home about 3.30pm. We didn't go to questacon, or anything else like that because i will go there with the girls when we go =) (really happy that he thought about that!)
 Me dicking around in the discovery zone
That night we just had some pizza and picked Krys and Pete up from Krys's christmas party and had a giggle something fierce at their drunkeness.. Especially at Pete's manic laughing at family guy (which he insisted we put on) and at Pete's comment to Krys "You homo, you're getting dressed.. You haven't taken your shoes off!" Krystle was getting into her pj's without removing her shoes first.. so pete look off her shoes as she was standing up, using the ironing board as a walking frame.. was amusing to say the least.
Rach Xx
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| Contemplation. |
[Dec. 1st, 2008|08:04 pm] |
How did I get to where I am now?
Why do I feel this way?
Why won't it all go away? |
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[Nov. 4th, 2008|07:51 pm] |
i feel - weird inside..
i laugh - at myself usually..
i cried - today.. about something stupid
i am - a bit lost
i enjoy - time with friends
i thought - about my future for a few minutes today, but gave up
i miss - being seven
i like - boys.. =)
i listen - very rarely to the voices in my head
i hate - many things
i live - in a lesbian stronghold
i forgive - myself for the things i have done
i wish - that i could wave my magic wand and make it all go away
i think - about him, a lot
i appreciate - everything my mum ever did for me
i deny - very little
i sleep - alone now, but love when i have my overnight guest =)
i love - my friends and my family
i realise - that i have to stop wishing my life away |
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[Oct. 25th, 2008|04:19 am] |
I don't really know where to start. Possibly the start of the trip would be a wise move.
Chrissy, Meg & I set off for Canberra around 6.30pm last night, everything was going well, we were making excellent time, got just out of goulburn by about 8pm, i'd started to take everything easy as I realised I was probably going too fast, so I stayed at about 100-105km/hr, I don't know why but something just hit me to realise that I had been lucky so far as I usually always speed.
Next minute I see a trucks headlights flash me from behind, a few horns and a set of head lights coming towards me. My first reaction was that I was on the wrong side of the road, confused because it was the federal highway to canberra, I was certain it didn't turn into a two-lane street.. Next thing I know, I am on the brakes, the girls & I are screaming, i think I have majorly fucked up and we hit this car head on.
I just remember the hit, how it felt, and thinking to myself, you are alive. I see the girls, they are alive. Instincts tell me to get out of the car. I run over broken glass to the other car to ask what on earth was this person thinking. I find an elderly lady, by herself, very confused but ok.
I can't tell you what was going through my head, but it started to hit me when I realised that I was doing the right thing, she had gone the wrong way onto the freeway, and managed to escape without hitting a car for approximately 5-10 minutes. She was a GOULBURN RESIDENT, we were IN GOULBURN. How do you fuck that up?
I cannot thank the people who stopped to help us out enough, I felt like a traffic controller just trying to handle the situation, I was so worried about Chrissy because she was not coping very well. All I kept thinking was, everyone is alive.
I'd managed to call the police, not long after we had police, fire, nrma & ambulance. Everyone was fantastic. We gave our statements, had a few well needed laughs and hugs. Phil, the police officer, informed me I had stopped in 34m, which apparently is a very good effort. The roads commissioner turned up aout 20 minutes later and shook my hand and told me that i was an excellent driver or something to that effect and that there had been a similar accident 5km up the road that ended in a fatality. That made me feel a slight bit better, because as much as I know that I wasn't speeding, I was paying attention and there is nothing else I could do, I was still in control of the car and quite easily we could all be dead, I am so so so glad it turned out the way it did.
When this all sorted itself out about 9.30pm, Daniel, our tow-truck driver towed Chrissy's car away to goulburn maccas where we got our much deserved feast. Loz turned up about an hour after we were dropped off and we packed up his car and headed home.
Its only now started to really sink in as to what happened. All I could feel at the time was a massive jolt and my knee smash the dashboard. It took at least half an hour for my body to realise i'd been hurt. I just wanted to make sure my girls were ok.
So now instead of our fantastic girls weekend away, we are back at home, Chrissy's parents have come down from taree, which I am ever so thankful for. I think we need a breather and to get this sorted out as quickly as possible. I know I have done all that I could, but I still feel so helpless. |
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