The Unvisited Blog

Yesterday at work I was arranging some stuff on top of a cabinet when the box containing the old dictaphone set fell down and hit me on the head - so I may have been a little out of it last night when I wrote that last post. There probably won’t be any deep discussions on here any time soon. Here’s a funny video instead:

When I created this blog I thought it would be where I shared all my wacky thoughts and theories so I could see all of your opinions and ideas on them. - but I have nothing to write. I realised I do all of my deep thinking when I’m preparing to drift off to sleepy land. I like to process all my thoughts and stuff before I can let my mind relax (this is probably the same for everyone) and it seems to be the only time when my mind has clarity - the rest of the time it is just filled with silliness.

Perhaps I should keep my computer by my bedside? I’ll probably lose my train of thought by the time I log in  tho and more than likely I won’t be bothered writing about anything when I’m snuggled under the blankets ready to sleep.

Anyway - I guess the point of this post is this: I’ll make an effort to write about the thoughts swirling about in my (often confused) head so we might have something interesting to discuss like u guys do over at your blogs. If this fails then I’ll be back to writing silly gossip stuff over at blogsworth - coz that is always fun (although it does worry me how much I seem to enjoy making fun of people).

Ali-ers tagged me some time ago - I was aware of this but too lazy to post - better late than never.

Here’s the rules: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your summer (winter). Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they’re listening to.

So here goes: I picked a few random ones - most I recently downloaded. I’m not sure really draws me to a song but I hear something I like and I just like to listen and get lost in the music. I kinda hate most of that top 30 stuff so I listen to a radio station that plays lots of new and alternative music - a lot of it is really terrible but when I hear something I like I’ll search for the track online. I don’t really pay attention to lyrics or watch music videos. I definitely have a few favourite bands but most of the songs I download are new and I pretty much know nothing about the people who write/sing them - plz let me know if any of the songs I ever post on here have creepy underlying messages or something.

1. Goldfrapp - Happiness

2. The Last Shadow Puppets- Separate And Ever Deadly

3. Cold War Kids - Hang Me Up To Dry

4. Dukes of Windsor - It’s a War

5. The Panics - Ruins

I’m pretty sure no one listens to these but oh well.

I can’t relate to old one anymore coz now I have jack all to do - well I have work, cleaning out my car, room & wardrobe, finally getting an ebay account - oh and looking for a job but none of it is urgent or anything and I’m so glad that I now have the time to do all this stuff (except I don’t really wanna work or look for a proper job).

Anyways I can’t relate to this song either but I like it anyway.

That’s kinda how I was feeling last night but I took a happy pill and know I feel excited and free. I’m kinda sad that something that has been such a big part of my life for 3 years will disappear and if a subject was interesting I quite liked studying but assignments on the other hand - they drove me crazy with stress, especially those groups ones. So I won’t be missing those.

Dad can’t understand why I don’t want a full time job. We are not all workaholics like him. I think I might look for a temporary position before I go travelling. I made an appointment at the careers office so that was proactive of me (considering how friggin lazy I am) and today I’m gonna relax and maybe make some cupcakes for my grandparents. I’ve been meaning to visit for a while but there was always an assignment due and then came exam period. I should prob go into work today but I just wanna enjoy my freedom.

You know how by the end of the exam period you’re totally over it and can’t do any more study? That’s how I’m feeling right now. I have my last exam evers tommorrow and I think I might fail - what a nice way to finish my degree.

Needs a miracle or some motivation.

1. What was I doing 10 years ago? That was one my last year of primary school - now it is my last year of uni

2. What are 5 (non work) things on my to do list for today? study, eat, shower, waste time online and listen to music.

3. What are my favorite snacks? Chocolate and pretty much anything else packed with sugar.

4. What five things would I do if I were a billionaire? 1. I’d buy an apartment or house on Sydney Harbour, travel for a year or possibly the rest of my life if I didn’t get homesick (but I’d prob still slum it at backpacker hostels coz that seems like fun), 2. I’d start playing with my money (build a bigass investment portfolio), 3. buy my dad a giant yacht & hire a housekeeper for mum, 4. then I’d buy stuff and pay off loans for the friends and family that need it and make some fat donations to favourite charities, 5. Lastly I’d either start a business in something fun or do something meaningful like start a school in one of the places I may happen to fall in love with when travelling.

5. Where have I lived? Newcastle, Adelaide, Sydney, Lismore and Darwin.

6. What jobs have I had? I worked in a bakery for 2 months when I was 15, I then got fired (this and the time working there have cause emotional scars) and since school finished I’ve done admin stuff. Since I’m not a student anymore I kinda want to quit and go on the dole ehehehe.

7. Which bloggers/friends would I like to know more about? - Wanda even tho she’ll prob kill me 4 this.

I have only 1 exam left! The last exam of my life (well maybe).

I feel this song sums up the exam period - but afterwards? Nothing to do - tis scary thought.

In a few months I’ll be going to Europe (hopefully) and I don’t really want to come home. I think It’s beautiful here but I’ve been stuck here for way too long. I don’t know why I feel so trapped - maybe it has been my lifestyle (travelling a lot when I was little before being stuck in the same place for 14 years) or maybe needing to see the world is just a part of who I am (perhaps I was nomadic in a past life).

So this was my travelling childhood:

0-2: Lived in the Lake Macquarie area, NSW (don’t really remember much)

2-3: Lived in Adelaide, SA (good times - but have very limited memories)

3-5: Lived in Sydney, NSW (mostly happy childhood memories and since this is where most of my first memories of life are the city has a special place in my heart).

5: Lived in Lismore, NSW (for 3 months - mainly crappy memories).

5: Lived in Darwin, NT (for 3 months) - Good memories. This meant my first time on an aeroplane and I thought the flight was fanstastic. I remember it being like one big holiday. The weather was lovely and warm, we would go swimming in the most beautiful waterholes and go on bushwalks on the weekends. I remember visiting beautiful national parks and visiting these markets they had on the beach at sunset - you could get coconuts with a hole drilled in them (for a straw), snowcones (which I thought were awesome) and all types of yummy food. I was always terrified of crocodiles tho - that jumping crocodile cruise scarred me for life.

5-6: Back in Sydney.

Just prior to my 7th birthday we moved back to the Lake Macquarie area: - I was very lucky coz this was a great place for a kid to grow up. My school was just down the road and my 3 best friends all lived down the road from me. We would walk home from school together, ride bikes in the afternoon and we all lived on the lake so on summer afternoons there were all types of adventures to be had - swimming, canoeing, upturning rocks and finding all the little critters underneath - I even found a six pence in the water once. I thought this was fab as a sixpence was the only thing missing from my old currency collection (apart from a gold soveriegn). It was about the age of 11 that I started dreaming of travelling (France was at the top of the list).

At age 12 I started going to highschool, this blew chunks as it was 45 minutes away and my friends were all over the place. We couldn’t hang out so easily and the area I lived in seemed a lot more lonely. I began growing more and more frustrated with being in the same place. I’ve been on some holidays to some great places - it’s wonderful being somewhere new with ur friends and family and most of my happiest memories on holiday ones, but I week just doesn’t last long enough. I want to move somewhere exciting (at least for a month or so). I was desperate to travel by the time I finished school but I started university and hence was stuck (Once I’ve done a semester of something I wasn’t planning of wasting it by dropping out). My parents were still visiting exciting places but now I was grown up I stayed at home. I thought I might do a semester overseas but never got around to that and looking back it would have been a better idea to go to uni somewhere else (I didn’t really think of that as an option at the time) but now I’m finished now so it’s pointless to keep looking back and wishing I did something different. I’ve even put off applying for good jobs coz I’m scared it will mean I miss out on my travel dreams. I want to experience something new - I don’t care if it means becoming an illegal immigrant someone and doing random little jobs to get by.

I think those early years of travelling to a range of different places instilled some sort of travel bug in me.  I think I’m gonna go insane if I stay here any longer. You know what? I don’t think a particular job or a family is in my life dream, I think it’s to travel around and continually experience new things. Maybe that’s weird - most people seem to want a settled life and maybe I will one day too, but I have to see the world first.

So who’s coming with me?

I feel like I’ve forever been seeing advertisements for these things in magazines. They seem to come with a little key - so kinda like a fancy handcuff for people with too much money, that’s a tad strange but it’s a bracelet and it’s got diamonds in it so I thought it was cool.

When I was searching for picces and info about it, this blog stated that; “the Cartier Love Bracelet has been popular since the 1960’s, when its designer modeled it after legendary chastity belts, said to have been bolted to wives’ waists when their husbands went away–to keep the wives faithful.  - Now that is super weird and creepy - but again, it’s a bracelet with diamonds in it so I’d still be pretty happy if someone decided to give me one.

These ones I kinda think are lame: Cartier charity love bracelets

I think each year they ask a bunch of celebrities to pick a charity and a certain colour of rope. These bracelets costs around $475 with $100 of that being donated to the designated charity. You can find out more here.

Now this looks like something for people with too much money who like to look like they care. I know that sounds harsh but why not donate $100 to charity and save spending $375 on a piece of rope? It sorta just seems like a big publicity drive for Cartier and celebs.

They just recently launched the new range in case anyone is interested.