…by writing a blog for the first time in over 45 days. Perhaps more, perhaps less. My calculations are off.
I’ve logged into Facebook for the umpteenth time and nothing has changed and I seriously cannot be screwed wall-whoring anyone at this point in time.
I am functioning on about two and half hours of sleep. I went to bed at 5AM this morning finishing a 3000 word draft for my Crime Fiction class where my tutor has a decidedly stupid vendetta against me.
Right now I am working on my 1500 word travel piece for Creative Non Fiction. It is due Wednesday afternoon which is in about 36 hours. I am also meant to be working on my International Communication essay which aspires to be 3000 words in length and of a Credit variety. Obviously this will not happen. I am completely fucked.
Which is why I’ve begun YouTubing Teeny Little Super Guy and Rove’s interview with Elmo, along with Gumby. I have spent countless hours on Wikipedia researching the British Monarchy via Elizabeth I, the French Monarchy via Marie Antoinette, and tomorrow night I may move onto the Russian Monarchy via Tsar Nicholas II before it fell to revolution in 1917. Not to mention countless games of online Monopoly with the only other insomniac I know…
Some updates (apologies for being a self-indulgent turd whose prose has completely died in the arse):
– I’ve discovered the brilliance of Dappled Cities Fly
– I’m applying for Masters in Media Practice at the University of Sydney for their semester two intake because I’ve suddenly realised that I do not want to leave university just yet, and the idea of being 21 with a Masters degree pleases me very much
– I did a four week internship at Rolling Stone Australia and made rad friends with my deputy editor. God damn, it looks splendourific on my CV
– Am still yet to kick the habit of leaving things til the absolute last minute, right now being a prime example. I have to get up for work in about 4 hours and here I am typing out a conglomerate of thoughts
– I became addicted to Scrubs
– I fell in love with Ethan Hawke (via Reality Bites) and Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson is soooo astoundingly good!)
– I realised that my friend has a damn good band called Ghosts of Television
– I’ve also realised that no matter how hard I try to resist, I have slowly become the pretentious artsy fartsy wank that I’ve tried so hard not to become… but then again, I fluctuate between moments of absolute idiocy (artsy wank) and normalcy (typical Maggie-ness) depending on what the situation is
– I window show with a gusto, that is, looking and not buying into every single shop
– I don’t volunteer at 2SER as much as I’d like to mostly due to my increased levels of apathy
– Being twenteen is potentially overrated; I woke up the morning of my twentieth and thought, ‘Oh it’s my birthday today’ and then ‘Dammit, I’m late for my 9AM lecture…’
– I’m going to Melbourne with my workmate Ausseela at the end of June which is smackbang in the middle of Melburnian winter which is notoriously cold Yarghh..
– I’m still yet to rid myself of this tendency to write long, pointless entries regardless of the occasion..
– Getting over the death of someone close to you is easy in some ways and harder in many more.
My eyeballs are killing me, and I still have 1000 words to go for this travel piece. Ironically enough, I reckon I just banged out over 1000 words to write this blog entry! AARGHHHH…
Margaret Tran 
heh. blogging a rant is always easier to do than essay writing. hope you end up getting that done!I watched the elmo and rove interview a few weeks ago, and it was really cute. The voice and "actor" for elmo definitely came as a surprise since I had never thought about sesame street since primary school.
wow. internship at rolling stone sounds amazing. if you don't mind me asking, how did that opportunity come up?maria
Through lots of emails and bugging and interning at the magazine next door to them. Talking with the editor and showing that I was really determined and willing to learn got me in (plus a general knowledge of music and pop culture, current affairs etc). It wasn't really a big deal – lots of editorial bits and pieces like CD and DVD reviews, along with a truckload of sub-editing. Interns don't get anything published, but in all honesty, I was just damn happy to be there at all! Thanks for reading Maria – I honestly didn't think anyone was reading in the first place! This is just where I ditch all my thoughts when I feel like it – which is often, as you can see lol =)
it sounds so straightforward – but I'd be nervous about approaching said editor in person and would be tripping over my words in all my nervousness.you must have some excellent email writing skills (you're a great writer in general). I say it's time for me to suck it up and go out there and get interned!maria