I got sick of this one and just made a new one.
So yeah...
I'm gonna delete this one at some stage, not just yet but y'know.
So if someone called zopi_the_clone  adds you it is me. =)

Windows picture and fax viewer is becoming self aware and taking an artistic interest in my work it seems...

haha.

Really, occasionally it shows images like this...which I think is kind of cool...horay for the 'printscreen' button. =)

ok my neighbor went and checked my flat and damage is minimal which is sweet, I just have to worry about finding a place.

So....
My house flooded...water hit electricity, started a small fire, fire department was called...and my house is now condemned.

I have no idea how much damage there is...I know the neighbors house was pretty bad but I have no idea about my stuff. I have a friend going in tomorrow to check it out for me.

This is crazy, and inconvenient as hell.

I'm freeeaking out.

Really.

Worried about my stuff and where I am going to live and it has just given me more shit that I have to deal with in an already incredibly stressful time of my life. aaargh.

a guy asked me for my number last night...
So I said...
"Come back when you are a millionaire plastic surgeon and I'll think about it."

hehehe.

I really don't take myself that seriously....just so you know. I just think it was hilarious that it is what fell out of my mouth at the time. =)

My favorite piece of music ever is John Frusciante's 'Untitled #4' Niadra Lades And Usually Just A T-Shirt, 1995.
It always makes me slow down and close my eyes and I feel totally at peace with myself.
And because it is such a short track, it is almost frustrating, always leaves me wanting more.
The whole thing is instrumental...it is only 1:38 minutes long.
aaaah <3

This art school is utter rubbish.
Seriously.
You can only buy items at certain times of the day, and borrow equipment within that same time.
Yet...surprise surprise...there isn't a teacher in the whole damn building.
So on my last day in Dunedin for a few weeks, when I was supposed to be doing this really important photoshoot...I can't get a fucking thing done.
I can't get the key to the studio and I can't buy film, I can't borrow the camera I need.

To add to that there is extremely noisy construction going on in the school...while we are trying to work, attend lectures and communicate with teachers.
The noise is so loud and constant that anyone in my area of the school has to shout to hear what each other are saying.
And most days all the photography students go home half-deaf and with severe headaches.
I don't usually get headaches...but...for some reason I get a really bad headache every time I come to school when the construction is going on, which is most of the time.

They don't supply us with earplugs or anything...I am SURE this is against health and safety regulations.

Also Dunedin is freezing, and for most of the year the heating has been broken and this whole building is like an icebox. And to make it even more exciting they are making big holes in the wall to connect this building with the new one they are building...lucky it's getting warmer I suppose...

Also...(haha the fun never ends here!) equipment is broken and shoddy, almost every light in the studio is old and falling apart, the internet is slower than dial-up (it took ~20 minutes to load this page), and the fix in the darkrooms isn't working and no one has replaced it. (There is no concentrate to mix new batches either).

These are just some of the drawbacks to studying here, If I had have known that this school was going to be so 3rd world by my final year I would have said Fuck being close to my friends I'm transferring! But of course they only tell us these things at the last minute. =/

Something has to be done...we all pay over $5,000 a year to come here and it is NOT WORTH IT!
But I don't know what I can do, surely there is someone that regulates this sort of thing?
I am worried that if I kick up a huge fuss then they could refuse to let me graduate, which is the last thing I need.

But really this is EXTREMELY unacceptable.

by hyatchan



by urinoscopy

Warm air!
I feel as though all my normal brain functions are returning!
I went for a bike ride and a big walk even though I didn't need to go anywhere it just felt amazing to be outside.
I know it is lame to talk about the weather but it REALLY effects me.
I swear I shut down completely over winter and everything is just awful.
I have to move to a warmer climate.

I remember last summer now!
I went on bush walks every day and big adventures all around the North Island...heh. In the winter I can barely make myself get out of bed.

I am definitely NEVER living in Dunedin again.
Only a few months to go!
And I don't care what people say...Christchurch IS so much warmer, I notice because it will be snowing here and then I will go to chch and it will be sunny and warm. Anyway I'm gonna test it for a year at least. =)

I want to be rich enough to migrate damnit.
I know most of the lecturers do, they lecture for first semester and then they spend the second semester overseas. bastards. =p