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Monday, August 2, 2010

10:09 PM

ellooo
I only realised it was our...monthaversary? with Tim...lol as usual. We always forget but it's not a big deal, we've never celebrated really...I attempted to for our...6 months? i dunno, I got him a chocolate eclair once (Dylan Moran thing). Then for our one year we played songs for each other on the radio show and then ate at hogs breath...it felt awkward =P haha...oh well

He came over today after he did the homework volunteering thing at some primary school ♥ But don't think he's a good person or anything, he was kinda conned into it hehe XD I would totally do it but I'm meant to have uni Mondays...except i don't go and study instead...which i didn't do today ARGH...after True blood I swear.

Anyway today was kind of intense viewing wise...I woke up and mum was on the net in my room which annoyed me so I went into her room and watched tv (only working tv in the house) and landed on SBS. Such a good channel. I forget what the show was called but it was a discussion of the mental health policies each side is going to take if they win the election coming up. Speaking of I really need to call in and check that my sign up form went through. I signed up way back in high school but I changed my address since then and I sent in the form by email an hour b4 the office closed and I never got a reply back.

That discussion sort of hit close to home, seeing as I've worked in the mental health sector twice already and did a unit on it at uni, and have several people in my life with mental health issues that are or where very close to me. I've been part of the carer role which gets a whole lot more attention than it used to and seen how hard it is. I guess I can also say I have a few of my own mental health issues haha so I can see where pretty much everyone that took part in the discussion was coming from. It was interesting...people can be so closed minded, I find it hard to believe that empathy isn't more common.

I also watched a snippet of dateline for the first time. I only really stopped there because the headline for the story was "The Living Dead" and I thought it was a news show and would talk about one of the many zombie marches that go on. Turned out to be about a drug in Argentina. It's called "paco" in Argentina..but I'm fairly certain that it's the same drug as pasta base" from Chile. *Confirmed, it's under cocaine paste in wiki* Basically it's all the SHIT left over from cocaine production which is why they sell it in poorer countries, they export cocaine to the richer countries where people can actually pay for it and instead of chucking the byproducts left over from preparation they make it into paco. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than cocaine but I've had a hard time finding out what kind of high it gives other than it lasts about 2 minutes. I'm pretty sure it hasn't arrived in Australia (we'd have more addicts on the streets)...it got big in Chile around the 80's I believe, and in this doco, it said it got big in this particular town around 2004.

It's a horrible drug, I've seen it at work and I can't imagine why anyone would stoop so low. Killing yourself outright seems like a much more merciful way to end your life. It is highly addictive...and not like how they say other drugs are "highly addictive"..this is literally straight after they take their first hit and they're anxious and desperate for another. They smoke it in thick joints or in these pipes that look like they're made of paper =S The short effects of the drug + the addictiveness + the cheapness means that addicts can use like 100 hits a day. They're aggressive all the time because they're anxious for their next hit and nothing else matters anymore. The people who use this drug in Argentina and Chile are called zombies or the living dead because of the way that they become once they get addicted.

There's a movie called Paco that came out this year that I'm keen to watch. It's written and directed by Diego Rafecas, a former polydrug addict when he was a teen (long b4 paco was ever around). South American drama's are seriously depressing and raw so I'm looking forward to finding this somewhere.

ugh it's all so depressing, and then I was watching youtube vids on crystal methamphetamine =[ and a cheaper spin off that they sell in Thailand. There's so much out there and it's so scary that it's so close to home. It's so scary that this all exists, that addicts and drug lords and the mafia and corrupt police aren't just things you see in movies but that they are things in your own neighborhood, people you've met or associated with.

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On a much less depressing note, I won a photoshoot with Starshots ^.^ I've had fairly good luck this year with competitions XD Which is why I keep entering now...well I suppose it's not exactly being lucky...I've just never entered them up until now. Any who I'm kinda put off taking photos in a studio like that because I've seen a lot of people's pics after they go to a studio with their mother or loved one and they look shit. Iunno..I'll think about it.

While tim was over we watched Pen and Teller's newest episode of BULLSHIT. The topic: Disrespecting old people is bullshit. I know that the show is basically a mocumentary BUT I felt that today's episode was seriously lacking in substance. Maybe it's just because I'm studying it at uni...and have had my mum working in the aged care sector all my life and you know, have grandparents of my own, but the show barely scratched the surface. It just highlighted that there are a lot of really ignorant people out there...which is pretty freekin obvious. Saying you hate everyone who is "old" just because they're old is discrimination and is ridiculous. YES I'M TALKING TO YOU KURT haha =] But I suppose I fall into a similar category, I generally dislike young children/toddlers and stay away from them if i can BUT I know that on an individual basis they're not so bad.

ALSO I'm kinda really excited about Tim dancing haha...but now that I've show him vids of what it's meant to look like he's put off. We'll see, we only just started rehearsing last Sunday so if he really wants he can pull out.

The first 40 seconds shows how Death is supposed to dance...the rest of the routine is kinda shit.

This routine is a lot more like ours and is prettyer...except Death looks like a stoner. The dance doesn't even start till like 40 seconds =.=:

eheheh AND i think the mapale is back on the table which im superrrr excited for.

XD

YAYYYYYYYYYYy

anyway.

Time for true blood then bio...actually, I might try the quiz first.

ttyl
XX

& Kitty goes MeOw.

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Español.

So one day I was hanging out with Kurt and we realised that there are some pretty wacky sayings in the spanish language. Each Spanish speaking country has their own sayings, metaphors and similies but these are a few that I have collected over the last year or so. Every time I hear my mum or grandma say a new one I text Kurt XD It has become somewhat of a little tradition for me now =]

Saying: La negrita astuta vende fruta.
Direct Translation: The (Astute, cunning, sly, crafty, fraudulent) cute/little black girl sells fruit.
Meaning: This saying is said as a sort of warning that you are/someone else is a cocktease

Saying: No calientes el agua (si no vas a tomar té)
Direct Translation: Don't heat the water if you're not going to drink tea
Meaning: This is also a sort of warning to someone who is being a cocktease. Kind of like, don't flirt and lead someone on if you have no intention of hooking up with them. It is also a play on words because in Spanish (Chilean at least) the word calentar (to heat) is also used informally as a way to say 'make horny'. So 'estoy caliente' = I'm hot BUT it means I'm horny. If you wanted to say I'm hot (because of the weather) you would say 'tengo calor'

Tongue Twister: Tres tristes tigres trigo trillaron tranquilos tragaron
Translation: Three sad tigers, wheat they threshed (To separate the grain from the straw or husks by mechanical beating), calmly they swallowed.

Tongue Twister:Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira pobre pintor portugués pinta paisajes por poca plata para pasar por París
Translation: Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira poor Portugese painter paints landscapes for little money to pass through Paris.

Saying:Buscarle la quinta pata al gato
Direct Translation:To look for the 5th leg of the cat
Meaning: Looking for problems when there clearly aren't any in that situation, so you're over thinking it and overcomplicating yourself.

Saying: Para ser bella hay que ver estrellas
Direct Translation: To be beautiful you have to see stars
Meaning: I'm guessing this is a fairly old saying because my grandad said it to me once, I kind of fell in love with this little rhyme/mantra. It means that no pain is too great to endure in order to look your best, this particularly refers to women having to wear painful shoes (stilettos) because it makes their legs look hot, wearing tight clothing to show off curves, waxing, plucking, dying hair, and I suppose nowadays you could extend that into getting cosmetic surgery. Just to clarify, my grandad wasn't a dick, I remember the saying coming up because we were watching a show with really attractive women and I was in awe of them and he explained that constructed superficial beauty comes at a price =) Oh and if you don't get the imagery, it's based on seeing "stars" when you hit your head/get dizzy, like if you've ever seen the cartoon representation of stars around the head when they get hit.

*To be continued