beautiful monsters

Oooooh shiny new stencils

No arrests have been made in connection with the new stencils that appeared around Wellington early on Waitangi morning.

Sad things

I’m sick! I think I’m getting a migraine, whatever, I feel awful.

I need to face up to the fact that Xanga can’t handle macrons (for those who aren’t from Aotearoa macrons are lines over vowels that can change the meaning of some Maori words – try to imagine a line over the "a" every time I write Maori).

I’ve become redundant. My flatmates used to beg me to make them spiced hot chocolate drinks, but one of them has just discovered that if you mix together Healtheries Chai Tea and Cadbury’s Drinking Chocolate, it tastes great. They don’t need me any more. I’ve been replaced by commercial products.

Our washing machine has died.

Things I am happy about

You know how appliances always break the day after the warrantee runs out? Well, ours broke the day before the warrantee ran out, and they’re going to bring us a new one tomorrow. Yay!

I’ve discovered that I’m not the only one who has stacks of coloured boxes with labels like "Bisexual Stuff... Old Poems... POLS 113 Notes... Other Stuff." One of my friends used to laugh every time he came into my room because I had a box labeled "General Activism." What’s so funny about that?!

Thursday nights at the Bluenote – I look forward to them all week!

I filled up my Unity card – Woooohoooo! Free book!

The Chai/Chocolate thing is actually really good, and it’s much quicker than boiling up whole spices. The problem is that now I’ll be consuming even more caffeine and sugar.

I did a quiz on the internet to find out if I was addicted to drinking chocolate... well, it goes something like this...

Have you ever felt remorse, depression or guilt after drinking chocolate?
Yup, like five minutes ago.

Do you have a drink of chocolate at a definite time daily?
Make that definite times.

Do you drink chocolate to escape from worries or trouble?
Uh huh... drinking chocolate solves almost everything.

Do you drink chocolate alone?
Well duh!

Have you ever tried to stop drinking chocolate – or drink less – and failed?
I resolve to stop (and fail) every day.

Have you begun to drink chocolate in the morning before school or work?
It’s the first thing I do when I get up.

Do you ever drink more chocolate than you planned?
Ooooooh yeah.

Do you use whatever drinking chocolate you have almost continuously until the supply is exhausted?
The last box only lasted a couple of days...

Do you have an obsession to get drinking chocolate when you don’t have it?
NEED DRINKING CHOCOLATE NOW!

Do you experience a high just knowing that you are going to drink chocolate?
*Grin.* Shiny happy drinking chocolate...

Are you absorbed with the thought of drinking chocolate even when talking to a friend or loved one?
Mmmmmmm driiiiiiiinking choooooocolate...

Do you use larger doses of drinking chocolate to get the same high you once experienced?
Does seven spoonfuls count as a large dose?

Have any of your friends or family suggested you may have a problem with drinking chocolate?
Yeah, Jess was saying something this morning...

If you answered yes to any of these questions, there is a possibility that you may have an addiction. If you answered yes to three or more of these questions, you have a serious addiction problem. It is likely that your current chocolate drinking patterns are hazardous or harmful to your health and well being.

EEEEEEP!!!!

I’ve been trying to cut back today... perhaps that explains the headaches, nausea, and blurry vision... Well, the first step is admitting you have a problem. I’m making progress! I’m going to go and curl up in bed and try not to obsess about drinking chocolate.

Posted by Fionnaigh at February 8, 2003 06:01 PM