Entries from October 2008

Thu, 30 Oct 2008

apple, you suck.

My black Mac just died an hour ago. With my presentation for tomorrow and 8th draft of my Comparative Consti essay inside.
Please, God, let the data be recoverable.
And after this, I’M FUCKING SWITCHING TO WINDOWS.

Wed, 29 Oct 2008

whitman.

[On how ideas of privacy have shifted and mutated over time]
Anyone who wants a vivid example can visit the ruins of Ephesus, where the modern tourist can set himself down on one of the numerous ancient toilet seats in a public hall where well-to-do Ephesians gathered to commune, two thousand years ago, as they collectively [...]

Wed, 29 Oct 2008

i think this is very funny.

Mon, 27 Oct 2008

seven.

It’s when she’s all alone, when she hugs her knees to her chest, and her head sinks in defeat, that she’s honest with herself. 
It’s only when the confused welter of thoughts swirl around inside her exhausted mind that she’s unable to explain away the obvious.
It’s only then that she hears her heart speak.

Sat, 25 Oct 2008

unconscionability.

I discovered only today, after thirteen years of dog ownership, that my dog is not a Jack Russell Terrier but a Miniature Fox Terrier. =.=
The breeder LIED. To a little girl of EIGHT.
Wahlau.

Fri, 24 Oct 2008

i have something to say.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
 
That feels better.
Or not.

Wed, 22 Oct 2008

when it rains, it pours.

SUBJECT REGISTRATION IS A PAIN IN THE ASS.
WHERE IS THE UROP!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRR!!!!!!! I SPENT TWO HOURS THIS MORNING TRYING TO REGISTER AND I AM STILL NOT REGISTERED.
And I think my supervising prof is not happy with me. WOW way to go Rachel. 
Now all this would not have happened if they had just DESIGNED THE SYSTEM [...]

Sun, 19 Oct 2008

these small hours.

Five.
There was something about this night that just felt so right. They waltzed to the silent orchestra in their minds, the grass dewy beneath their unclad feet. There was nothing to connect them; yet in their intense gaze was everything that bound them. She spun gracefully, twirling with the wind, her hair fanning out to [...]

Fri, 17 Oct 2008

thirteen things i hate about you.

One. Missing lectures and tutorials. 
Two. Westlaw’s lag-ness.
Three. Lawnet’s full-ness.
Four. Word’s stupid new citation function that cannot be customised.
Five. Inserting Tables of Authorities.
Six. Marking citations by hand.
Seven. Formatting headnotes such that they will not show on the first page.
Eight. The combination of International law/International Criminal Law/Extradition/Human Rights Law/Comparative Criminal Procedure/Constitutional Law/Evidence.
Nine. Rushed research.
Ten. Westlaw timing out [...]

Sat, 11 Oct 2008

positive thinking.

To mah Bruddah:
I would like to think that when I fart, the world farts with me. :D
And because you are cheena, instead of saying thank you, i say xiexieni. heh!
 
loverach.