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Speaking of discovery…

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The other day I suprised myself by agreeing to go out on a date. That’s just not me.  I’m the kind of girl that gets to know someone, and then after being friends for a while, take things to the next level. I’m not the kind of girl who “dates”. But low and behold, I agreed to go out for a coffee with this guy. Let’s call him Keith. So, Keith is a friend of my ex-boyfriend, tacky, I know. Personally, I wouldn’t ever attempt to flirt with a girl my mate’s already been with- who wants sloppy seconds? But after hearing from his other friend that Keith never asks girls out for coffee, I didn’t have the heart to turn him down.

Coincidentally, Keith happens to share the same birthday as me, and lives a few streets away from me. How freaky… I thought to myself that perhaps that was some sort of sign, so he picked me up and we went out to a quiet cafe.

I could tell he was a little nervous, but then again, so was I. I kept finding that I was resting my head on my hands, almost shielding my face from him, like a physical barrier to avoid him looking at me, picking out all my flaws. I guess either he really didn’t give a shit what I thought, or he was really nervous, because for about two and a half hours, all he could talk about was his experience with drugs and how LSD “changed his life” (for the better, might I add). I can’t say I was overly thrilled by his interest in recreational drugs, but hey, who am I to judge? I’ve done my fair share of “frowned-upon” activities too.

After we (or rather, he) had run out of things to talk about, he dropped me off at the local library where I was to explain the entire date to my friend Angel, who laughed out loud, with pity. What an eventful date…

Safe to say I picked up my oar and paddled as far away as I could.

How to HTML?

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Back in the day, I used to spend hours upon hours fiddling around with HTML and learning new tricks. My favourite thing was personalising my Myspace theme, and adding in links and changing font colours, changing layouts and all that jazz. Nowadays the only thing I remember are the basics; How to change font styles, and create hyperlinks. Looks like I’ll have to start from scratch :'(

Luckily, I’ve found this amazing tutorial site that has a tonne of handy tips! Watch out, internet! I’m going to be decking out my blog in so much unnecessary, cringeworthy HTML. >:)

Sorry, are you hungry?

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As excited as I was finding out Brian would be my tutor for Networked Media, I was equally as intrigued when Adrian walked into the classroom. After having just heard him lecture, or rather unlecture us for an hour, I was excited to see what else he had to say that would make me think, and i mean really think about everything under the sun.

I couldn’t help but exchange glances with My-yen and try stifle a giggle when Adrian confessed that he saw us as “soup”, all mixed up and something or rather… Was he hungry? Why was he talking about food so much? Now I’m hungry. Great.

After getting shuffled around, I was seated next to a new girl, and both of us were absolutely mind-boggled when our task was to interpret the metaphor displayed on the screen above us. What was this course about?! Boats?! Water?! Did it reuquire some form of physical exercise? Because that, I cannot do.

By the end of the class, I had come up with my own interpretations: This course was about discovery. Sometimes an idea will lead you places, other times you have to search, and explore and direct your own path, to navigate your own learning experience. Who knows!

Well off I go, getting in my boat to journey somewhere foreign to me… Discovery here I come!

The UN-lecture

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It’s not often that I’m glad to get back to the everyday routine of being a full time student, but after my 6 weeks off working 6/7 days a week since my promotion at my part time job (go, me!) I am so glad to be back at uni. Gone are the days I get to lie in bed for 14 hours a day watching re-runs of Grey’s Anatomy! Gone are the days I get up and reach for a Red Bull to wake me up (not really, I still do this), and gone are the consecutive days I spend in my disgustingly unflattering work uniform!

So it’s been six days since the last “un-lecture” and the first thing I could recall was how much Adrian used examples that involved food. Correct me if i’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure he said he was going to “pump us out like sausages”… Wait what?! And i’m pretty sure at one point he mentioned omelettes, too.

My takeaway from the lecture was pretty  much: Quality over quantity. It’s about the journey, not the destination… Or any other clichés you can think of. I feel like this subject is going to test my thinking. This was probably the only lecture I had that actually grabbed my attention. For once, I didn’t want to open my laptop and chat on Facebook. I wanted to pay attention. I wanted to learn. Like, woah. This is a new feeling.

One of the things Adrian said that caught my attention was how he pointed out that whenever our assignments are “make a poster” or “run a blog”, why do we always question it when we don’t complain about having to do ANOTHER essay? God forbid I have to make another journal for Media, but here I am typing up a blog post. Like an online journal. My insides are crying. But that’s the thing. This is creative. This is fun. Essays aren’t fun! They’re tiring and bland and yuck! Another thing Adrian pointed out was the advancement of technology. Using a $60,000 video camera back in the day, when a $700 iPhone 4s in today’s technological world produces better quality picture and sound? That’s surreal. Next thing you know, we’ll have phones that operate via telekinesis or something.

I guess that’s it though. Change is the only thing that’s constant. And we all have to learn to adapt in order to grow. So bring on journal writing, and blogs, and whatever new and inventive media outlets that are going to potentially be my field of work one day.