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New words that piss me off:...

- billennia: crappy popular science writer shorthand for "billions of years". Derived from a fundamental misunderstanding of how many years there are in a millennium.

Okay, that's the only one I can think of right at this second, but I'm sure there are others that I've purged from memory that I'll edit back in later.

Labels: new words, science, urge to kill rising

The stats from MacFest '08 day 1...

A short breakdown on the people with stalls:

• Christian groups (primarily prosperity-preaching evangelicals): 40%
• Nationality-based groups: 30% (There are some overlaps, such as the Chinese Catholic Students Association, but these stats were never going to be terribly precise)
• Other religious groups: 2% (I think I saw the jewish students group somewhere)
• Charitable groups (eg. Amnesty, Cancer Council, Macquarie students who want to help the starving children in Africa (yeah, they didn't have an acronym)): 10%
• Clubs based on choice of major (eg. economics students association): 10%
• Actual clubs for hobbies or social activities (eg. role-playing society, dramac): 8%

I feel old and unwelcome. Even the clubs I used to have membership of don't seem to be there anymore. Now if only our corporate overlords had shown up, there might have been some free food to scab. But I'm assured they'll be there tomorrow, so there may yet be ramen for Catherine.

Labels: get off my lawn, I want to go home now, uni

Being Nice is Nice, I guess...

Gave my busdriver a cupcake this morning. I'm sure she thought I was joking when I offered her one, but she waited when she saw me running and then said "ooh, and she has cakes" when I got on the bus, so I did what came naturally and offered her one. At the end of the ride, I handed over a coffee mudcake wrapped nicely in a tissue and told her to have a wonderful day. I hope she trusts me enough to eat it.

Labels: cake, cooking, public transport

Still alive...

Went to the park and was amazed to find a pair of black swans there. Haven't seen swans there since about 1989 or so. Read a few chapters of the novel I'm currently enjoying (the bridge, by Iain Banks) then came home. Oh, and Mum showed up with junk food.

As usual, was able to find someone else able to articulate how I am feeling much better than I ever could.

ETA: Swans, bitches.

Labels: lonely-Cat, middle class mediocrity, sending our love down the well, swans

*sighs*...

Yesterday, Julia and I threw a rather successful party for 20 people celebrating the fact that D'Arth is getting married (I really ought to finish illustrating that, ne?). Was exhausted and overwrought by the time I got home (and thanks again to Mum for being my driver for the day).

Today I'm so lonely I could cry and am getting my kicks by switching off the cable modem for 30 seconds at a time in order to drive my kid brother mad.

Labels: lonely-Cat, losing sleep, photos, weddings