six things i have learnt

1. just because you're at university doesn't mean you're clever. i spent 50 minutes today listening to a lecturer explain an annotated bibliography. apparently, the bibliography was just that damn difficult. according to the government, arts degrees are getting their funds cut soon by two thirds. i'm already on a course though, so nah nah nah-nah nah. take that, less privileged youths!

2.

katy perry - california gurls is a terrible terrible song.
i hate this song not only because of everything about it, but the context it has spawned. my facebook is now flooded with groups like 'california gurls have nothing on geordie lasses' and so on. and the part where katy perry lactates is quite frankly disgusting. her cleavage on sesame street was hilarious though (and eye-popping), i can just imagine the reactions in my head:
'hey sport! you wanna watch some sesame street? hey, i know! how about we learn about dress-up with elmo and katy perry?'
'daaaaaaad, we've watched this episode like 100 times, can't we watch a different one?'
'no.'



3. jamie lee curtis taete is my new favourite person. i've been obsessively reading his articles on viceland all afternoon, and i think i'm in sarcastic love.
http://www.viceland.com/fashion/2010/02/london-fashion-week-jamie-taete-doesnt-know-shit-about-fashion/

4. there are ways to knit a dog
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2010/oct/05/knitting-craft
if only i had the drive or patience to do this. the little sheepdog makes me go all gooey.

5. i'm taking up veganism for a week, starting monday. i've been researching reasons to take up veganism, other than boredom and whimsy, and the only one i can find is a buddhist theory that 'when you eat death, you emit death'. it sounds deep, but i read it in russell brand's book, which kind of cheapens the buddha aspect of it all. either way, i'm going to do it, and then have a meat bacchanalia the following week.

6. i found a song that literally made me weep in hysterical laughter. like genuine brought-to-your-knees, howling-on-the-floor, painful, nearly-peeing laughter. don't ask me why, because it's not even that funny. i lay curled up like a foetus for about five minutes afterwards in a state of bliss i have never reached on most drugs. i still laugh now when i hear it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1hVdpm4j88
sample lyric: 'The man with the lisp/ Sounds so crisp'