ORLY?

I discovered today:

that the middle of an orchid, which I always thought looked like teeth, is actually the pistil and stamens. GET READY TO BE DISSECTED YOU UNNATURAL GREEN FLOWER THAT BLOOMS IN WINTER

that the people at Star Cafe gesture towards a table of four when we walk in

that a bruise and a cut in the same place hurts more than the sum of a bruise and a cut in different places

that it's possible to run but not break a sweat when it's cold outside

that I'm more easily offended by what a person implies than by what they actually say

that writing letters is less of a hassle than I remembered it to be

that different postboxes have different mail collection times and days

and that my parents are right in saying that no matter how bright the day, in winter a ray of sunshine will never
fall
through
our
windows.

I got a new bed yesterday. It's pretty.

12/07/09

Hahaha well you know what I'm talking about
It went well, I agree ^^ heaps of fun
<-- those two--> have already summed it up

Thanks so much for coming everyone
and the presents
unbelievable generosity

Finally got to meet Will XD although it was a weird convo.. NCEA debate hahaha
and friends I hadn't seen in aaaages

lolz I fell twice:
one was pretty much a bellyflop *winded* haha
and yeah.. same as Yujie, I think everyone saw the other one
Bruuuise
XD

Photos:
Most of them are all dark and blurry lol
Hard to take pictures in an ice skating rink
So I'll try to get them to a reasonable standard tomorrow

We should do something like this again~

Puzzle special

"I often hold your hand,
but I have no hand with which to hold.
I often sleep in summer,
but I'll do my best when it gets cold.
I often lose my mate,
but I feel no sorrow, truth be told."
~Null scanlators (who probz stole it off somewhere else)

I went to the optometrist today.
And apparently, my eyesight has not gotten too much worse.
So that's okay.
But she saw something on my retina that was suspicious.
So she put in eyedrops that dilated my pupils so that she could see better.
And it was still suspicious.
She got a second opinion.
That lady agreed that there might be something wrong with it, and that the problem could range from nothing to a tear in the retina.

Went to retina specialist.
Specialist told me that it was a unusual but natural discolouration that was nothing to worry about but he wanted to be sure so I had to wait for a second opinion.
-Half an hour later-
That lady agreed that there was nothing wrong.

O.o that used up a few hours.

Unhappiness

I has caught the unhappiness bug... This week's been a mixture of good and bad, with the result that I only focus on the bad:

Bad:
- Metaphorically failed both calc and latin for the first time ever
- Got too nervous in the music school concert that my piano teacher runs every year to do Debussy justice, and parents think it's cos I didn't practise enough
- Dying in swimming relays 'cos I haven't been exercising lately
- Tired headaches
- General sense of bleakness
- Et cetera

Good:
- Holidays
- Hair cut back to how it was before I grew it out (cbs taking photo, you can see on Tuesday)
- Report so good its like the week-old urine of red headed little boys
- I have things to look forward to
- Mum got me a polarfleece-y bathrobe
- Et cetera

You know, apparently humans find losses twice as painful as gains make them happy.
E.g. Some Americans did a study:
You pay me $100.
I flip a coin.
If it lands on tails, you win $X.
How much would you like X to be for you to take the deal?

The average amount is $200 - that is, the potential gain has to be twice as big as the loss before people will be happy.
*sigh*