tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54221768426486213422024-03-14T05:19:09.074+11:00science, spouses and sillinessLozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-42876887382201171712016-01-26T14:23:00.002+11:002016-01-26T14:23:48.718+11:00Moving... sort of.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Just a short note to say that I've created another blog which will be somewhat less personal and a fair bit more work-y. I might re-post some of my science related writings over there though. So if you see something familiar <a href="http://laurenmonds.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">here</a> - don't worry I haven't been plagiarised!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">P.P.S. Here's a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quokka" target="_blank">quokka</a> selfie for no real reason.</span><br />
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Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-54213033973574465412015-02-21T10:41:00.000+11:002015-02-21T10:51:05.984+11:00It happened.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I turned 30. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And the world didn't end. Nor did I suddenly sprout 5000 grey hairs and develop a bunch of (new) wrinkles. Phew!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I will admit I was pretty moody about the whole thing in the lead up to my birthday. Most people I shared my concern with laughed at me, however (not very sympathetic) - but that is probably because nearly all of those people are over 30. Most even said things are better in your 30s compared to 20s. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On my actual birthday, after work Husband and I went to <a href="http://australianmuseum.net.au/" target="_blank">The Australian Museum</a>. They had an Aztec exhibit and on the date of my birthday there just so happened to be a special event called 'Tequila Sunsets' where they kept the museum and the Aztec exhibit open late, served tequila and Mexican food, and even had a Mariachi band. It was pretty packed (I'm generally not a fan of people...!) but very cool. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Then on Saturday, I was on my way to what I thought was a birthday dinner, which turned out to be a surprise party! I knew something was up as Husband disappeared part way through the day and my friend came and picked me up. Not to mention the fact that I had to walk with my eyes closed to the location. It still didn't click that it was a party though, I just thought Husband might have picked somewhere different for dinner and wanted to add a bit of mystery. I was expecting around 15 people there. Instead he'd actually planned a whole event with a lot of extra people, and it even had a theme! Everyone had to come in costume as something starting with 'L' (not surprisingly, given that's what my name starts with). He'd even gotten a costume for me - a ladybug. I am super impressed with all the effort he went to, but disappointed at my lack of <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/lie-to-me.html" target="_blank">lie detection skills</a>... so many lies were told to me in the lead up and I was not even a tiny bit suspicious haha. Probably a good thing though that I'm so trusting, so I didn't ruin all his hard work by guessing. </span><br />
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Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-76492883507066438652015-01-05T19:03:00.000+11:002015-01-05T19:09:44.423+11:00It's been a while...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">More than a year, in fact. So, hi! </span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I don't really have an explanation for why I left (though I never fully left, I've been keeping up with other people's blogs still, just not writing anything). I can explain why I'm back though: I turn 30 this month (aaargh!). It's a significant enough milestone that I've been reflecting on what my life has been like up to this point and what I've accomplished. Some aspects I really expected would be quite different (e.g., that I would have a full time job and at least one kid by now), but there's still also much I can be thankful for. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Related to that, at the back of my mind all this time has been my <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/p/30-before-30.html" target="_blank">30 before 30 list</a> and the rest of the items left to do. Obviously nothing bad will happen if I don't accomplish all the tasks (and it's probably impossible anyway with this little time left to do them all). </span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I thought I'd revisit what's left to do on my list, and perhaps it will inspire me for what could be on my next list (40 before 40 perhaps??)...</span></span><br>
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apartment building. Unfortunately a (potentially disgruntled??) mailman took
this to mean it's fine to wedge a DVD delivery in to the point of it being
broken and stuck. D'oh. <a href="https://www.jbhifionline.com.au/" target="_blank">The place</a> I'd ordered the DVD from nicely replaced it
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Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-58325721880953482472013-07-22T12:38:00.001+10:002013-07-22T13:15:07.589+10:00Sleep Talking Husband Strikes Again<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Due to the lack of interesting things I have to say myself at the moment, I've yet again decided to resort to the sayings of my sleeping husband. This one is from a couple of days ago:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Stop it you uncultured swine! Shush! ...................<span style="font-size: xx-small;">shush</span>".</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">He has jokingly called me (and others) an uncultured swine when awake in the past, as it is a quote from Toy Story. However when he said it this time whilst asleep he definitely sounded serious and annoyed.</span></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #444444;">As much as I wanted to wake him up to ask about it, I decided not to. Unfortunately he had no recollection of saying this the next day, or the dream that prompted it. So this one will forever be a mystery!</span></span></span></div>
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Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-90705373729321724262013-07-11T15:10:00.002+10:002013-07-11T15:18:36.419+10:00Well it's about time...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-35729160331777364912013-05-08T12:42:00.000+10:002013-05-08T16:46:20.305+10:00What's going on?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hello to any of you who still read this blog (if there are actually any of you besides my mum). I realise I haven't really been on here much lately. It's hard to think of things to post at the moment - I don't have any silly anecdotes, not many science-y things have been happening in my life (well I got a paper accepted which is great, but still no word from <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/p/my-phd.html" target="_blank">my thesis</a> examiners), and spouse wise: things are fine, except Husband had a bad flu for quite a while. Thankfully he's mostly better now. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As for other people's spouses, my sister is getting married in a week and half. I'm the maid of honour (technically 'matron' of honour I think, but sounds like such an unattractive word so I'll stick with maid), so it has been a busy time the last couple of weeks. Enjoyable of course though. I'm definitely looking forward to the wedding, however I'm not looking forward to the 100 reports that I'll be receiving to mark that same week. </span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Because I don't really have a photo to go with this post I'm including a picture of the shoes I'll be wearing with my bridesmaid dress. Pretty, hey!</i> </span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Job-wise, still nothing. I had an interview via skype about a month ago which was nerve wracking (seriously I clenched my leg muscles so much during the interview without realising <span style="font-size: x-small;">that</span> I had aching legs for a couple of days after!). It was a good experience but I didn't get the job. I've also applied for several others and unfortunately I don't think I got those either since I should have heard by now. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">So that's what's been going on. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>P.S. As an afterthought, I do have a slightly silly anecdote. The other day I heard Husband coming home from work and I decide<span style="font-size: x-small;">d <span style="font-size: x-small;">to hide behind the door in the computer room to jump out and <span style="font-size: x-small;">surprise him. However I forgot that I had left my ba<span style="font-size: x-small;">g in plain sight so it was pretty clear I wa<span style="font-size: x-small;">s home. He walked around <span style="font-size: x-small;">calling my name and I re<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">maine</span>d silent. Next he called my phone and you could clearly hear it rin<span style="font-size: x-small;">gin<span style="font-size: x-small;">g in the bedroom. He kept walking around <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">calling</span> my name, but I waited until he walked into the computer room. When he finally came in and I jump<span style="font-size: x-small;">ed out, he was really unimpressed. He said since all my belongings were still home and <span style="font-size: x-small;">the door was unlocked he thought I'd been kidnapped and<span style="font-size: x-small;"> he was getting <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">extremely</span> concerned. Oops. I guess I did let it go on for <span style="font-size: x-small;">a little too long. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">P<span style="font-size: x-small;">.P.S. I just realised that this blog has been going <span style="font-size: x-small;">for a bit <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/i-know-what-internet-needs-yet-another.html" target="_blank">over two years now</a>. Wow. It doesn't seem like that long. </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span> </div>
Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-802615496465902422013-04-09T20:10:00.000+10:002013-04-09T20:13:30.593+10:00Husband Quotes: Sleep Talking Edition #5<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I was just falling off to sleep the other night when... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Husband: "Excuse me darling, can you move out of the way for a second please?"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Me: "Okay, where am I moving to?"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">H: "Oh, I wasn't talking to you. I was having a dream."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Me: "Who were you calling 'darling' then?"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">H: "An old lady at the shopping centre".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I just laughed and went back to sleep. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Husband was asleep for that entire con<span style="font-size: x-small;">versation, as evidenced by his surprise w<span style="font-size: x-small;">hen I told him about it the next day! </span></span></span>Husband often talks to strangers, and if they're older ladies they usually get called something like 'darling'. So I could totally see this dream being enacted in real life. Being an introvert and fairly socially avoidant I'd prefer he didn't talk to randoms, and also the terms of endearment I find a bit weird also! It does make for some amusing situations, however.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Question for you: would you call a random old lady 'darling'??</b></i></span></span></div>
Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-8667694076509137242013-03-07T18:03:00.001+11:002013-03-07T18:06:49.509+11:00A new normal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">To my surprise I realised today that it has been five weeks since I submitted my PhD thesis. That means that for five weeks I've been sitting around doing nothing much. Honestly. I've watched a lot of daytime TV in my pyjamas (mostly cooking shows for some reason), attempted some cooking experiments (with varying levels of success) and walked/run on my treadmill a bit. That's pretty much it. It is strange how quickly I've become accustomed to this lifestyle and yet how much time has passed with nothing much accomplished. </span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This is me. [<a href="http://whatshouldwecallgradschool.tumblr.com/post/44193320273/coming-home-from-a-16-hour-day" target="_blank">via</a>]</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>I don't like it</b>. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I do think I needed a long break after all the stress of the final couple of months of my PhD. My brain is starting to come out of the fog though and I want to start being active again... and yet at the same time sitting around and being a hermit just seems easier. It's a weird state to be in considering how ambitious I usually am. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The other difficulty is the uncertainty. Not knowing where/when/if I'll get a job is very unsettling, as this is the first time since I was around 15 that I've had no idea what<span style="font-size: x-small;">'s</span> next.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">At least I have some more undergraduate teaching lined up as of next
week. Nothing big or permanent, but something to tide me over until I
get some sort of grown up job. Fortunately I haven't been booted from
the PhD office yet (often they make people give up their desks once
they've submitted) so I may also try to finish writing up my papers when I'm at uni. </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Err, so yeah. That's what's going on with me. What have you been up to? :)</i></span></span></span></div>
Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-85506540921215222382013-01-31T11:34:00.001+11:002013-01-31T11:35:35.203+11:00WOOHOO!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-7997088030213525092013-01-23T12:47:00.000+11:002013-01-23T14:34:57.440+11:00Still here.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I thought I'd mention I'm still alive.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We moved house last weekend, which I'm still recovering from I think. Husband has been really great in taking over most of the responsibility of the move so I can focus on my thesis. It seems to be paying off too - my supervisor seems to think I can probably submit my thesis <b>NEXT WEEK</b>. I don't particularly believe that yet though. I keep expecting something will come up, like some big unforseen-yet-obvious mistake that means I have to start my thesis again from scratch. My supervisor also warned me that when I finish I am unlikely to have some big feeling of joy and relief, but rather a feeling of unease. That is because it will too late to fix any of those possible mistakes and the examiners will be reading m<span style="font-size: x-small;">y thesis</span> and judging it (me). </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">People have asked me what I plan to do when I finish. So far my answer has been: sleep and probably some existential crisis about what I'm supposed to do with my life. Husband's answer has been: BABIES! In all honesty though I really need to work on finding a pos<span style="font-size: x-small;">t-d<span style="font-size: x-small;">oc</span></span> job first - long be<span style="font-size: x-small;">fore any bab<span style="font-size: x-small;">y-related options</span></span>. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Anyway. Perhaps I'll report back next week with the good news that I am in fact finished. Or I'll just avoid posting since I don't want to admit I'm still going. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Or I'll just not post because I'm asleep.</span></span></span><br />
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Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-13276447378392492562012-11-22T14:26:00.000+11:002012-11-22T14:26:46.493+11:00Husband Quotes: Sleep Talking Edition #4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yesterday was <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/snippets-v2.html" target="_blank">the Postgrad Conference I was involved in organising</a>. It was a very long day and I'm glad it's over, but it went fairly well.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Anyway, I didn't get home until 11pm and went to give Husband (who was of course asleep) a hello hug. When I did, this is what he said:</span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"I don't want any frittata!"</span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Considering I made frittata the other week, and he'd never even heard of it before then, I can only assume that he didn't care for it that much if he's dreaming about avoiding eating it. He had no recollection of saying it until I (of course) teased him about it!</span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Oh dear, another cooking fail then I guess...</span></span></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">...though I thought they tasted OK! [<a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/338944/mini-frittatas" target="_blank">pic via here</a>]</span></span></span></td></tr>
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Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-39415792501458282132012-11-13T11:19:00.000+11:002012-11-13T11:19:40.002+11:00Aargh no more scholarship must hand in dreaded thesis day...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">... was yesterday. </span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">original calendar (without aargh!) from </span></i><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.november2012calendar.org/november-2012-calendar-13/" target="_blank">here</a></span></i></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Unfortunately, as is usually the case with these things, it's been taking longer than expected and so my thesis is not yet done. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I'm not too upset though really, mostly because I can blame other people a bit instead of myself :P </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Specifically I need research assistants to score some of my data (if I score my own data I can be accused of being biased and making the results fit my hypotheses), plus - Husband's brother (previously known on this blog as "Twin", which still applies since they are still twins) is getting married in mid December in Perth. So we're heading over to Perth for a week or so. We've never been before so it should be fun. Anyway what this means is that while I was still aiming for the end of December to hand in, it's now
looking more like January will be the time when I finally finish my
thesis. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Here's hoping that I don't write a similar post in January about how it will be a couple more months! </span></span></span></div>
Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-2912870395121166312012-10-23T12:59:00.001+11:002012-10-23T13:03:36.565+11:00Snippets v2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I tried to make blueberry muffins. I didn't nearly explode my kitchen <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/a-new-low.html" target="_blank">this time</a>, so that's a win. However the muffins were pretty awful to be honest. I think I need to admit that baking-wise I'm a one-trick pony with the banana muffins and stick to them (I think Husband agreed, but implied it in a much more diplomatic way).</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">After a few weeks off, I went for a run today. Hopefully I stick with it this time and run more regularly because I do actually enjoy it - once it's over.</span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A paper that I submitted to a journal came back with the decision "revise and resubmit". I was expecting it to be rejected so this is a pretty good outcome. The changes I have to make are a bit irritating but oh well. The editor said my paper has the potential to be quite important, which was very encouraging because I've definitely been thinking lately that my research sucks!</span></span></span>
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Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-21312081715027071262012-10-04T11:17:00.002+10:002012-10-23T15:32:24.118+11:00A new low.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I may not be the most absent-minded person ever, but I'm definitely not the least either. I can now report that I've reached a new low in absent-minded-ness (previously the title was probably held by <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/one-day-i-could-be-great-absent-minded.html" target="_blank">this incident</a>). </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yesterday (Wednesday) I was at a meeting at uni, and I returned to the office to find out Husband had called frantically looking for me. Apparently he was wondering whether I was home and had just stepped out for a minute. He had just returned home from work to find out the place was very warm. Very very warm. So warm, in fact, that something was on fire. That something was a tray on the stove. Husband thought perhaps I'd been cooking and had stepped out briefly and forgotten to turn the stove off. </span></span></span>
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Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-90045937653693440392012-09-20T11:22:00.003+10:002012-10-23T15:36:49.418+11:00Back<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I've been home for over a week now. My thoughts have definitely gone back to the 'aargh thesis' dark side. My trip feels like it was so long ago that I can't remember it that well anymore. I will say though that the people I met at the course were nice (I guess it pays not to be antisocial sometimes), and I was able to cross another <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/p/30-before-30.html" target="_blank">30 before 30 item</a> off my list - visit another castle. Oh, and we went to a Ceilidh, which was a big dinner in a hall with folk dancing afterwards. It was awkward dancing with a bunch of people I'd just met, but quite amusing. Except for the giant bruise that appeared on my ankle from one overly exuberant dancer accidentally kicking me twice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">As for the course, I'm very glad I went. All the brain dissection parts were very interesting, but in a slightly surreal and abstract way. By that I mean, it was sometimes difficult to reconcile that what I was holding used to contain the thoughts of someone. We also had case conferences, where patients with brain disorders actually came in so we could talk to them. These were great for bringing all the concepts back to reality, but it also made me very sad about how these people's lives have been permanently changed. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">It also made me want to wear a helmet permanently
to avoid injury, along with aiming to get brain scans often - as you can
see this course did not help my mild hypochondriasis. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">At the same time though it's amazing how much the brain does try to adjust and recover with injuries, and the way the patients dealt with their problems and got on with life was truly inspiring. One girl had to teach herself to walk and talk again after a car accident, and she ended up running with the Paralympic torch for part of its' journey to the London games. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Anyway, before I head back to marking assignments (hey at least they make my thesis look like an attractive work option again) I will post a couple of pictures of my trip below. </span></div>
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Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-51159550858098361172012-09-04T03:44:00.002+10:002012-09-04T03:47:26.038+10:00Bangor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">So I've been here in Wales for over a day now. Bangor and the surrounding areas are quite beautiful. There is a lot of greenery, a massive mountain and the seaside as well. Not to mention some really lovely old buildings. The train trip here from London was largely uneventful; I was worried about my luggage, but luckily standing by my giant bag with a perplexed look and making sighing noises worked at getting stronger people to help me lift it onto and off the train. I got here at 4pm yesterday and from what I could tell, being Sunday the shops were closed already so I just ate crackers for dinner sadly (I found out later a bunch of people found a pub to eat at, I wish I'd done that). At around 10.30pm I was drifting off to sleep when suddenly a beeping noise woke me up. At first I was very confused and thought my computer was playing up, but then realised no, it was the fire alarm and I had to evacuate. Everyone had to stand out in the parking lot in the cold (some people in pyjamas) until firefighters came to investigate. So overall not the best possible start! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Unfortunately this morning wasn't much better. I got extremely lost on the way to the first part of my course - so much so that I missed registration and the first talk. Thankfully a man specifically came up to me and asked if I was going to the course and if I was lost. It turned out he was the lecturer for the next part, so I was able to just follow him. He said my face was very successful at portraying the 'lost' concept which is why he approached me - so combining that with my 'my bags are heavy' look being quite successful too I will take this to mean I have a very expressive face. Perhaps poker is not for me however. Anyway apparently the first talk was just a general 'welcome' type thing so I didn't miss any important content. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">As for the content, it is very dense. Super interesting of course though, but quite an information overload. They also gave us all two books to keep, which is very nice. There are some very friendly people here too. I was a bit concerned as I'm not a fan of interacting with strangers, however I decided to put in an effort as I don't want to be a loner for the whole week. Especially as later this week we have a couple of outings. So shortly some of us are meeting up to go out to dinner - at least I don't have to just eat crackers again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Perhaps that's slightly dramatic but I did have a somewhat creepy encounter yesterday. I met up with my friend P yesterday afternoon and we headed out to a place called Shepherd's Bush to look at an apartment (P is moving to the UK - jealous!). On the way we got a little lost trying to find the address. P said "I'll ask this guy" - a guy that as soon as I saw him I got a bad feeling about. He looked a bit meth-y: not that I really know that well what methamphetamine-riddled people look like, but he just seemed cagey and scattered and was glancing around in a paranoid way. He also had a recent cut on his face that looked to me like it could have been from a knife slash. Before I could say "not him!" P called him over. His response regarding directions was to suggest we follow him into an alley to ask someone there (we could clearly see there was nobody in the alley - well unless he had friends hiding). Thankfully P shouted out "that's OK we're in a hurry" and we ran off. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Anyway P liked the apartment once we found it and is planning to apply for it. After that we had dinner at a pub in Notting Hill (the movie was actually on TV here the other day and I totally stayed up til 1am watching it - I'm such a rager). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">In other news I've now had three meetings and a phone call with another person about future research work here in London. Everyone has been so nice and helpful, which is really encouraging considering I'm a total stranger to them. Nothing concrete has been determined job-wise, but two of the people seemed willing to help me write an application for funding to come research here, and all said they'd keep me in mind if any positions came up. One did remind me though that in the UK they're cracking down on hiring non-UK/non-EU people which sucks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Today is the first day I don't really have any plans or meetings to study for, so I'm really going to try to do some thesis work and also prepare for my course next week (there are SO many readings to do). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">When I arrived at my hotel my room wasn't ready yet, so I left my luggage there and wandered up the street to the British Museum to kill time. It was even better than I was expecting. The building is awesome and the exhibits are very detailed and interesting. My lack of sleep during the flights did start to hit me though about halfway through and I stopped paying attention and taking photos. I may have to go back another day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">In other news, I have an update from <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/countdown.html" target="_blank">my last post</a> where I said I had no researchers to meet with. I am now meeting one tomorrow morning and another the next day, and I have another person I'm supposed to call soon too! Aargh. I'm really not great at talking to strangers anyway, but I'm sure this will be worse considering they're extremely smart and important and I'm trying to convince them they should hire me. So after getting back from the museum I had a nap and then went back to studying for my meetings (I hope there won't be a test!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">It also turns out a couple of my friends will be in London as well in the next few days, so things have worked out quite nicely in that regard. I also really like the suburb I'm staying in. So overall, if I pretend I don't have scary meetings coming up I can say so far so good and I'm looking forward to the rest of the week! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">My flight to the UK is on Sunday. I can't believe just how quickly it has come around. As mentioned <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/booked.html" target="_blank">earlier</a>, I'll be in London for a week and then I'm heading north to Bangor in Wales for my neuro course. I was supposed to be meeting with academics while in London to discuss potential jobs, but unfortunately it doesn't look like that will happen. Either people are still away (since it's uni summer holidays over there) or they do not have any money to hire anyone right now. One person said they'd be happy to meet, but when I tried to get them to set a specific date they never got back to me. Helpful. So instead for that week in London I'll just try to work on my thesis. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">A few people have said I should just enjoy my time there and not think about writing at all. I don't think I can do that entirely however. A friend of mine will be in London for some of that time so I'll make sure to have some fun... though I'll probably enjoy myself more if I've done a fair bit of work and therefore don't have to feel guilty about getting further behind (my self-imposed schedule). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">On a sort-of-related-note, here's a movie not to watch just before you travel alone overseas: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0936501/" target="_blank">Taken</a>. I was so focused on <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/fear-of-flying-part-1.html" target="_blank">worrying about the flights</a> that I forgot all about the possibility of being kidnapped and forced into trafficking. However I will say I am not as stupid as the girls in the movie to tell complete strangers where they'll be staying alone. Goobers. It's a good movie though - I'm sure husband would have enjoyed it more if I didn't spend the whole time going "Oh NO! What if I get TAKEN!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I haven't spoken about spit in a while and I thought it time to remedy that. In case you're new here, part of <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/p/my-phd.html" target="_blank">my PhD research</a> involves collecting saliva to assess particular hormones released when people are distressed (because I stress them out - muah ha ha haaaa). In case you're not new, well sorry you're having to read about this again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Yesterday I finally ran the assays for the rest of my samples. I've been waiting a while for this as it's supposed to be my last study of my PhD. Unfortunately it's taken over a year to get to this point, as for some reason watching a distressing film and spitting into a tube does not seem to be a popular experiment to volunteer for. In case you are very grossed out at this point, I will mention that the samples all get irradiated to kill any germs and we still wear gloves anyway. So no touching of spit actually occurs. Also to make sure I don't gross you out I definitely won't talk about all the <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/spit.html" target="_blank">FLOATIES</a> in the samples... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">... err anyway. Now I'm a bit nervous to actually run the statistics - what if it doesn't work? It has been my plan to finish my thesis by November 12 (AKA <span id="goog_1288439578"></span><span><a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/well-heres-what-happened.html" target="_blank"><b>arrgh-no-more-scholarship-must-hand-in-dreaded-thesis-day</b><span id="goog_1288439579"></span></a>). However if my experiment is a total dud I instead will have to run another one or two experiments, taking my PhD into mid next year. I do not particularly care for that option.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><i>P.S. Totally unrelated to this post, something quite unexpected happened - I was voted the Featured Blogger for August over at <a href="http://www.20sb.net/" target="_blank">20SB</a>! Thank you so much to the people who voted for me, I really appreciate it. An extra special thanks goes to<span id="goog_1288439564"></span> <a href="http://littlebitsofmissyme.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Little Missy Me</a><span id="goog_1288439565"></span> who nominated me: you're awesome! :)</i></span></span></div>
</div>Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-31227480850334357222012-07-25T21:44:00.000+10:002012-07-25T21:45:03.558+10:00Snippets<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I applied for a job today. The position is to be a lecturer in biological psychology at a university in the UK. It took pretty much the whole day to write the application so now I'm exhausted. Good thoughts, prayers, crossed fingers or whatever would be appreciated! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I don't really like <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/oh-no-or-hooray.html" target="_blank">my hair</a> cut now after all. It was good for a few weeks and I received some really flattering compliments (including from you guys - aww thanks). Now it's grown to an awkward mullet-esque length and I'm stuck between deciding to cut it again and just letting it grow out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">My home laptop has died I think. It's had a good run of about 3 years and luckily I was suspicious the end was nigh so made sure to back everything up. Hopefully I will get a new one soon - my supervisor has nicely allowed me to borrow a lab laptop for a bit so that's what I'm using currently. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The City-2-Surf (a 14km run) is less than 3 weeks away and I have definitely not trained sufficiently to expect to run very much. I enjoy running and I know exercise should be a priority but it is a bit difficult when I've got so much thesis-ing to do! My friend and I have decided to walk most of it, which considering it's 14km is still pretty reasonable. Hopefully we'll still dress up as <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/cooking-and-running-adventures-of-late.html" target="_blank">sporty zombies from the 80s</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I got to be involved in one of my favourite things - a trying on clothes montage. As I mentioned a while ago my sister is getting married next year so my mum and I went with her to give opinions on about 12 wedding dresses. Although fun and some of the dresses looked really lovely on my sister, I believe that the montages on tv/movies do not adequately portray how long and exhausting the day ends up being! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Disturbing fact: foot spas at pedicure places have lots (and lots) of feet cells of previous users clogged in the jets. That certainly does not make me want a pedicure anymore, or help my <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/quirk.html" target="_blank">foot phobia</a> one bit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">My most recent baking disaster the other day saw me ruin yet another pot attempting to make custard. It was burnt so badly we've had to throw it away. That makes three now... oops. In a recent baking success however I made banana bread muffins which were awesome. Husband and I agreed it was the best thing I've ever baked (which perhaps considering the <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/tis-season-for-cooking-mishaps.html" target="_blank">baking disasters</a> doesn't say much). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Plane tickets and accommodation for my trip to the UK have been sorted! I'll be in London for about a week, and then heading up to Bangor in Wales for <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/wales.html" target="_blank">my neuroanatomy course</a>. I'm supposed to be organising to meet with academics from different universities for while I'm in London, however it has been quite difficult to pin people down to agree to meet with me. It is a bit hard to get a job if I can't actually talk to anyone! I still have several weeks to go though so hopefully it will get sorted. If not I will have a fair bit of time on my hands in London. Unfortunately I will probably be a bit boring and use the time to work on writing my thesis. At least I've been to London twice before so I've seen many of the attractions already. Also from what the travel agent told me yesterday, even though the olympics will be over by the time I get there a lot of the visitors will still be around so the city will still be super packed. All the more reason to avoid the really popular places! I'm sure I'll find some cool places to write though, and definitely do not plan to be cooped up in the hotel the whole time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">While I do mean to mostly write while there, the place I've booked to stay at is right near the British Museum which I haven't visited before, and I am considering one of those big day tours (if they're not all booked out).There's one that goes to the Cotswolds which looks pretty amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">So here I am <a href="http://lozzz123.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/new-plans-or-just-dreaming.html" target="_blank">again</a>, thinking of the UK instead of focusing on my thesis... oops.</span></div>
</div>Lozzz123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16210114003697785992noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422176842648621342.post-54971833783214114162012-07-09T21:57:00.001+10:002012-07-09T22:15:26.820+10:00Quirk.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I am afraid of feet. Thankfully it's winter here so feet are covered generally and I don't have to see or think about feet much at the moment, but seriously they freak me out. Generally I think most people's feet are pretty unattractive (no offence), but that's not what bothers me. What I really can't stand is having people's bare feet touch my skin. It actually happens more than you'd probably realise (if feet don't bother you) - under the table when eating, people sitting closely on the lounge or on the floor - it's creeping me out just thinking about it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">As someone who studies psychology, obviously I've considered that perhaps I had some sort of foot-related traumatic incident in childhood that haunts me to this day. The thing is, I really have no recollection of such an event. Maybe Freud was right and repression is real, and I'm just that good at making sure this foot memory never comes to the surface... NEVER! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I also can not endure shoe sharing. The reason I bring this up is that yesterday my sister nicely lent my mother some of her slippers to wear since it was cold, but it really freaked me out. Other people were very shocked and confused at my reaction that I would refuse to give my poor mother some slippers to borrow if she were cold. Sorry Mum but knowing our feet skin cells would be interacting makes me want to vomit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The problem with telling people is, they then seem to think it's highly amusing to go out of their way to TOUCH ME WITH THEIR FEET. Boy feet are definitely worse, and they are the feet that have been shoved in my face. The thing is though, if someone says they are scared of spiders, do you rush out and find a spider to dangle in their face? I hope not. So what gives? Perhaps the difference is that a spider phobia is really quite reasonable, since well the spider could bite you and you could die (or at least experience some pain). The consequence of people's feet touching me is... <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001878/" target="_blank">tinea</a> or something I guess. Yeah I realise this is a stupid thing to be afraid of. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ahem. Anyway, sorry about that crazy rant. I will say that for some reason I can tolerate baby human feet (not sure why) and I've forced myself to become accustomed to Husband's feet - though this has definitely not generalised to other people (even his identical twin who genetically has the same feet). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Do you have any quirks like this that people love to tease you about? Would you try to touch me with your feet if you were to see me in person? </b></i></span></div>
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