Dunno.

I don't know if I've lost the plot or what, but I've caught myself angrily muttering 'Shut the hell up' to my computer screen over the last few days. Mostly in reaction to stuff that people post on Facebook.

Then again, it might just be an increasing quantity of 'shut the hell up' posts on Facebook.

Who knows.

Word of the Day: Plot

Aurora borealis

I decided purely on a whim borne out of nothing, just then, that I had to, absolutely had to, one day, see the Nortern Lights. 

Imagine my dismay when I found out not too long after 'just then' that one can't just simple rock up and 'do' the Northern Lights. 

Apparently it's this thing that happens completely by chance, within a seasonal range. Kind of like a common weather event. And even then, the sky has to be clear for you to see anything. AND EVEN THEN, it might not be spectacular every time it happens. 

I will see them though. I'll get them. Get them good. 

Word of the Day: Aurora

I'm exhausted.

It seems like however much I sleep, it's not enough.

I probably really need a holiday, and to get back in touch with the world outside of work. Work right now is this big leviathan that sort of blocks out everything else. Problem is, I pretty much have nobody to go with. I've thought about going it alone, but that has its own complications as well.

Sadface.

Word of the Day: Complications

Super deep analysis.

There's an element of the human condition that's a bit sad, but also simultaneously excellent. I'm talking about Familiarity. 

Using Familiarity as the lens through which we sort people, humanity is divided into three types:

1. Those who we feel more fondness and respect for as we become more familiar with them, and get to understand and know them better. 

2. Those that we distance ourselves from (or should, but sometimes don't), whether consciously or unconsciously, because Familiarity reveals, for want of a better/less melodramatic phrase, their dark side. 

3. Those that we don't become familiar with at all. Apologies in advance to those 6.5 billion (and counting!) people. 

It seems an obvious thing, but it's sort of taken me a while to reach this conclusion. It kind of developed into a cohesive thought on Friday night. Of all times. Maybe my mind becomes more metaphysical when it's tired/stretched.  

I've never been one to sit down and really think about human relationships, in particular my relationships with other people. I usually just sort of let it all develop/maintain/die organically. I think actually dedicating time to thinking of these things, and in particular, bracketing people that you know into those three brackets, helps to assess which relationships are truly worthwhile, and worthwhile developing and maintaining, which ones need rectifying or management, and which definitely need to be terminated. 

On a slightly cheerier note, I've managed to catch the vast majority of my favourite people in the world over the past three days. Does wonders for the soul. And all this with another day of liberty to look forward to tomorrow.

On a definitely cheerier note, I managed to sneak pass in Taxation. 3/5. Almost through it. 

Word of the Day: Familiarity 

Awesome day.

What a great day of football. Arsenal win the FA Cup. Atletico win La Liga.

All is not lost.

Word of the Day: Winners

Done.

It is done.

Word of the Day: Tax

Post-CA-exam list #3.

I think this is probably the third iteration of my semi-bi-annual post-CA exam to-do list. Here it goes (in no particular order):

1. Have a decent lunch with people outside of my immediate family. Not that there' anything wrong with them. Just gotta keep it fresh.
2. Build the Lego set that I got for my birthday. (Man, that seems like ages ago. Oh wait, it was).
3. Shopping. H&M, Emporium, Chadstone, the list goes on. Camberwell Markets is probably overdue for a visit as well.
4. Photo trips. Mount Dandenong autumn run, the city, maybe somewhere a bit further out as well.
5. Seeing my neglected friends.
6. Clean my room.

I think that'll do for the time being.

Word of the Day: List