Animal Husbandry and Moi

LOL.

I recently discovered that the term "animal husbandry" is hardly as naughty as first impressions might suggest.

Animal husbandry, also called animal science, stockbreeding or simple husbandry, is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock. It has been practiced for thousands of years, since the first domestication of animals. The science of animal husbandry is taught in many universities and colleges around the world.

Hehehe. OK, moment is very much over.

Listening: Earth Wind & Fire (I have to thank Yoong for introducing me to the pure funky groove of the oldies); The Ting Tings; other miscellaneous stuff.

Reading: Monster Blood Tattoo 2 - Lamplighter (thank youuu Tash for the lend!); Sylvia by Bryce Courtenay (I actually tried to read this about 2 years ago, struggled, got completely stuck at ~page 300. This time I read it straight through in 3 days! Maybe my reading tastes have changed? Or maybe I've just developed a fondness for old men writing about often graphic/shocking, sometimes sexual things...eek). I also finished Things We Couldn't Say, whic was a really amazing autobiography of a Dutch girl in WW2...tears galore. Thanks Shirley for the lend.

Watched: Northanger Abbey (courtesy of a "girls' night in movie with mum thing at midnight")

Want to get my hands on: more of Kate Miller-Heidke's music. So far I've only heard Can't Shake It but her sound is beautifully quirky. I'm also utterly LOVING Dance Wiv Me by Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris--does that count as R&B, Amandalim? I would also DIE if someone put an MGMT ticket in my hand; then I would resuscitate myself and go to the concert of course. Since I'm totally going on a rant here, I'll also say I'm eager to get a copy of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's (the whole series), and possibly Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (and you'd have thought I had enough of paedophilic undertones...um yeah), The Golden Ass aka The Metamorphoses (which was, like, written in the 2nd century and is the only Latin novel to have survived in its entirety...how insane is that ? ! ? ! ? !). But before I splurge I should probably read some of those untouched novels still sitting on my bookshelf. I just get overexcited sometimes...

fig. 1. Kate Miller-Heidke

On a side note, Megan, why did you give me Beyonce's If I Were a Boy?! It's giving me weird ideas.

Oh! And I finally ordered Friends. It should be arriving tomorrow/Tuesday, so YAY. And wow, I can't believe Christmas is in less than a month. I can't believe I'm turning 20 in two weeks! Ew, oldness! I also bought a Little Red Riding Hood jacket from Torquay that makes me feel like I just stepped out of a fairytale. I need shoes. I want white heels. I would like to have a homely, family-ish Christmas holiday.

I seriously have flight of thought! This was an entirely self-absorbed, rambling entry. Ah, meaninglessness. Holidays are pleasant. I think the following picture does nicely to encapsulate the random essence of my holiday thus far. TTFN!

My Swotvac Thus Far.

All right, all right, I caved! I just couldn't help it. There was this unseen force compelling me towards the laptop, urging my fingers to type in the letters http://www.blogspot.com/ ...
I figure it's probably a record, anyway; this far into SWOTVAC and no blog post till now! Yay...? This definitely calls for a celebration with...a whole lot of RANDOMNESS! To that end, here's a brief excerpt of the past couple of days of my life...-plays suspenseful music-

"Hmm, does the vagus or hypoglossal supply palatoglossus?"

This is how happy SWOTVAC makes me.

My den of power.

Pretending to study.

The view from my window. Isn't it fabulously exotic? Yes, that is a car under the clothes line, on the grass. We have three cars and a garage that's only big enough for one.

This is for the Agyness-Deyn-wannabe who asked me to take photos of the clothes I bought. Gray's Anatomy is to point out that I haven't completely forgotten about study...

The 3/4 pants.

The dress and cardigan. I think my wardrobe looks better in them than I do.

Study companions.

YAY! Thanks Megan and Mel for many, many, many hours of enjoyment. And procrastination. I find it's still funny the third time you watch an ep.

Awesome book. Also I have non-curvy thumbs. They're so weird. They make people scream when I show them. I love this book. It's great. I've almost finished it.

I forgot to rotate this pic. Ah, me. It's my brother figuring out his new FOUR-BY-FOUR RUBIC'S CUBE. That boy is insane. Look what MHS has done to him.

A cute blue squishy pillow, amongst some bigger, more threatening, scary-looking pillows, wearing a sparkly white summer hat I also recently purchased. Um. Yeah! I'm kind of scraping the bottom of the barrel here. Back to work!

(All the best for exams, everyone.)