Yeouch!

Ick. Is it just me, or has this week been particularly painful?

It's all my own doing, of course. I endure this pain completely voluntarily.

On Mondy (what am I, Irish? Lol) Monday my friend Kat and I gave blood together. I remember the first time we went, and I was really scared. I don't often walk into these unknown situations. But they were really nice to me, and it was (relatively) easy and painless. I've done it three times now.

It isn't as bad as I thought it would be. Having said that, they do stick a freakin' huge needle in your arm. In Kat's case, twice. (I'm apparently lucky to have very prominent veins. The nurses comment on it every time I go, in the same manner as "Wow, I really like your shirt".)

I did almost faint once. It was amazing how quickly the nurses reacted. Before I knew it, I was lying back in the chair with a glass of water and a fan blowing straight on me.

Anyway, I got this pretty cool sticker that says "Be nice to me... I gave blood Today". I wanted to take a picture of it for you but my camera has gone *POOF*... so you get a real blood blood drop instead. :)

However, not all my voluntary pain has been so selfless. Today I (dun dun dun...) had my legs waxed.

I mean, seriously, who the hell decided, "Oh wait, I know how to remove hair from legs! Cover it in hot wax and rip it out!"?

It probably hurt so much because I haven't done it in so long. I got sick of forking out $40 just to writhe in pain, so I reverted to shaving. It so happens, though, that my Year 12 Formal is on Monday night and I wanted to be properly defuzzed for my pretty purple dress, hence the forking and writhing. So now, my legs are covered in these horrific red spots, this sticky lotion stuff, little patches of wax (which is, annoyingly, clear, meaning I can't see it unless the light is right), and these stray hairs that, despite the torture, somehow survived.

And you know which one hurt more? Not the selfless act which can save lives, oh no. The was just a couple of needle pricks. It was the beauty torture.

Grrr.


Quote of the Day:
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

-Albert Einstein


P.S. If you haven't seen it, the wonderful Team StarKid of A Very Potter Musical fame has a new project on YouTube: Me and My Dick, surprisingly endearing and funny as hell. Check it out!

What to do when you should be doing something else

Rozzy needs to post something. Actually, Rozzy should be studying, but hey who cares. What should Rozzy write about? Procrastinating!

In my opinion, procrastinating is healthy once in a while... probably not as often I do it, but oh well. Anyway, leaving things undone and just taking a break is something we all need to learn to do every so often, especially if we are COMPLETELY STRESSED OUT like most of the Year 12s I know (including me).

So how do you procrastinate?

Presenting... Rozzy's Ultimate Guide to Wasting Time!

1. Make a list of things you need to do.
2. Put it away so you don't feel too guilty when you don't do these things.
3. Hop on the net and check your emails. If they're important, don't reply.
4. Go to MLIA. If you need it, there are about 500 pages of hilarious and average things to read about.
5. Go to LunchTimers. This one's especially good if you don't want to think too much. Play simple flash games with strangers and waste time.
6. Watch A Very Potter Musical, even if you've seen it before. If that's not enough, download the free soundtrack.
7. Watch Little White Lie, which is an excellent webseries also by Starkid.
8. If you've had enough of web-based procrastination, try reading a book you've read a hundred times before like, say... Harry Potter. There are lots of them to take up your time.
9. Have a nice, long shower, especially if the weather is hot (like it is here). Unless you have water restrictions, in which case you should go and stare wistfully at the shower.
10. Read blogs with no real purpose, like this one.

EDIT: So I took my own advice and had a nice long shower, and in the process remembered some of my favourite procrastination techniques that I somehow managed to forget.

11. Watch a whole series of your favourite TV show on DVD. (I like watching Scrubs)
12. Read fanfiction, preferably of the really crappy "omg plz review my first fanfic i luv u guys so much i wont spell anything properly!" variety, so you can laugh at it.
13. Rearrange your bookcase so your books are in alphabetical order by author. (Yes, I actually do this sometimes.)
14. Watch informercials (only for the REALLY desperate).

Post your other time-wasting ideas in the comments!

Have you heard of Pigfarts?

Time for a shameless plug, methinks. If you don't know who StarKid are, you need to find out. They have not only created a masterpiece from a masterpiece, but they have also injected new enthusiasm into a waning fandom.

What am I talking about? A Very Potter Musical, of course.

Imagine this. It's the first weekend of the mid-year holidays. I've promised myself that I will have a well-earned break from school before tackling the mountain of work I have to do. Sounds good in theory, but two days in and I'm incredibly bored. I find myself on Harry Potter fansites I haven't visited in years. What do I find? A link to HP the Musical, which someone has just uploaded onto Youtube.

My first thought? This is probably going to be crap.

I'm desperate for something to do, so I click the link and am swept up in the world of a very different kind of Hogwarts, where Dumbledore loves High School Musical, Malfoy wants to go to Pigfarts, Voldemort is sexy (and just wants to dance again) and Ron is a chocaholic. Well that can only lead to disaster and hilarity!

Seriously, I've been quoting this for months. I've been cracking up at really inappropriate moments, I've had the song "Granger Danger" stuck in my head for about six weeks straight, and people often go, "Oh, she's going on about that stupid musical again." It is absolutely addictive.

I'm not the only one either; one look at the StarKidPotter Facebook page will tell you how much this has taken fandom by a storm. The first video got 200,000 hits within two days. Within a week there was even fanart.

There have been a few hitches along the way. The entire musical was taken off Youtube after two days due to copyright issues, although it was eventually reposted with its new name and all the dirty jokes edited out (which I was very sad about - one of the pivotal jokes now doesn't make sense, and we are now deprived of hearing Ron's reply of "It wasn't me, I swear!" to Hermione's "Someone's coming!"). But with material this good, the StarKidPotter crew can afford to do anything.

And despite this, one of the most impressive parts of this whole bonanza is the way the StarKid crew have taken their popularity into their stride. The group has let their fans know what is going on every step of the way, has posted behind-scenes-footage, has appeared at Potter conventions, has uploaded the soundtrack for free download and have on the whole been both caring and humble.

Don't just take my word for it. Go and check it out yourself. I can guarantee you, between the flawless writing, the excellent songs, the hilarious jokes and Voldemort's abs, everyone can find something to enjoy.

*Voldemort out, bitches!*