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08/04/2011

(Happy birthday Clare!)

And finally, Day 3’s theme in Three Vices is Hear No Evil.

Similar to See No Evil, it’s easy to take on one negative aspect and immediately have your whole view point changed. I find that once I hear someone complain about someone else, I try to look for what annoyed them. This ties in with the gossiping thing, because hoarding other people’s slightly scandalous stories are just as damaging as spreading them, even though I do take pleasure in being the keeper of a lot of secrets. I wonder if these posts have made people more wary of telling me?

I think, though, of the three vices, this one affects me the least. I don’t tend to judge very heavily - my theory is if you do something I don’t do, that’s your choice, I don’t have to do it though - it’s only when I internalize the problem that it starts affecting how I see people.

So, to explain that, it’s like if someone is annoying ME and I noticed it myself, then it is internalized, but if someone tells me that so-and-so is annoying THEM and I see it, but I’m not really affected, then it’s just an observation.

Tomorrow is the last day! WOW! ONE WHOLE FREAKING YEAR! Will you miss me?

363/365

07/04/2011

Today’s theme is See No Evil.

Or, rather, See No Negatives.

It’s easy to find flaws in people, and then everything that they say and do from there is in light of this flaw. Wow, that person can be really sexist sometimes - everything that they say as a sexist connotation. God, could her laugh be more annoying? Every time she laughs, mentally hate her a little.

Things like that.

Instead of doing that, I should try to see the good stuff, so that everything they do is being colored by the good. She’s such a good listener! Even though she doesn’t say much back, I know that she has absorbed what I said and will remember it. He is always ready to help - sure, he is always around, but you should feel safe knowing that when you do really need him, you won’t even have to ask.

362/365

06/04/2011

So the last 3 photos before my final day is in a series. Wow, I actually did a series!

The series focuses on ways that I should act, and yet don’t.

Today’s theme is Speak No Evil.

I find that I am more and more prone to gossiping - whereas before I used to just hear and hoard the information, now I’m starting to dish it out too! Don’t worry, I still keep secrets, but there are times when I do leak a secret to someone of no consequence to the original source.

And I really shouldn’t gossip, as fun as it is, because I cannot of course be the perfect determiner of whether passing along the information is ultimately harmful or not.

I’ll try my best to gossip less about other people. (As to hearing gossip, I’ll cover that later.)

361/365

05/04/2011

I had a very interesting goss fest at Uni today.

But you don’t get to know about it.

I did the shush face finally.

360/365

04/04/2011

Always wondered what I’d look like as Voldemort.

30 minute shop job, no regrets.

Also learned how to use Liquify slightly.

Stayed home today to finish an essay, and so now I’m slightly ahead of schedule. I am glad that I did this, even though it broke my streak for all classes attended.

Home stretch now. I can feel the crowd cheering already.

359/365

03/04/2011

To clarify, the girl in the picture with me on Friday was actually Clare. Viv is another friend. It was an April Fool’s prank.

So I set my alarm for 10 today, but even the urgency to write my essay before work didn’t make me move any faster than a 70 year old with hip problems. I took nearly an hour to do my morning stuff, and when I strolled into the kitchen, I saw that it was…10 o’clock.

Daylight savings had made me a time traveler!

Another thing I realized was that in a year with slight variations in haircuts, I have somehow managed to come back a full circle and I now have the exact same haircut as I did this time last year.

358/365

02/04/2011

1 week left WHAT!?

I did end up writing 1/3 of my essay today so I’m feeling less stressed but I can’t relax yet.

I went to a party at Brendan’s again, except I thought someone there would take photos, they’re all Asians from Monash, but no one did, so I took one when I came home.

Met some new people who were very friendly and loud if not patronizing (well, one of them was, when I couldn’t figure out how to shoot in Halo). It was a good night with lots of music and laughing and me scaring someone over and over again and there was some drinking.

357/365

01/04/2011

And I’m back a full circle, here in April again.

My project was originally meant to start this time last year but I didn’t manage it the first time around so April 10th became my first day.

Anyway, this is my friend Viv. I met her at around this time last year and even though we don’t talk much, she’s really supportive and when she sees I’m having a bad time she always asks me if I’m alright.

I feel like I had to have a picture with her before my project ended.

356/365

31/03/2011

I know it’s blurry!

6 hour shift today, the longest I’ve ever done (I know I know I’m such a weakling) and I am very tired. I had to come home (with that hair) and then study study. Currently I’ve done all the work I can do so far, I need to get more sources.

Slightly less stressed but still rather stressed.

Vague alert: I miss you a little too much for it to be okay, I think, so it’s a good thing we’re not quite talking atm.