easy on the eyes. but not so much on the ears.

did you know that scarlett johansson has a new CD out? well she does. and it's not terribly good.
i had downloaded it because... well because... ok. i downloaded it because i think she's a total hottie. anyways, the record just isn't terribly good. there are moments where you're wondering if this is really an album that was produced in a studio or if it's just a recording of a bunch of drunk japanese business men singing karaoke on a thursday night.

we should just all stick to what we do best. and for her i think that's acting. i mean how great was she in classic, oscar-worthy movies like: in good company, nanny diaries, or even match point??? :)

scarlett if you're reading this, i didn't mean a single word of it - except for the 'she's a hottie' part. can i buy you dinner sometime? or better yet, wanna buy me dinner sometime? post exams maybe?

*****
edit: her album is slowly - at a snail's pace - starting to grow on me. just a little bit.

did you know...

that harry houdini died of peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix?
well now you know!

holy moly!

i stepped on a scale last night for the first time in about 5 months. i couldn't believe my eyes. so much so that i weighed myself again this morning after dropping some kids off at the pool and peeing like seabiscuit - but alas, no change. so how much do i weigh? let's just say, if i was a boxer, i'd have to fight in the light HEAVYWEIGHT division.

ignorance sure is bliss! but that's the thing. i don't FEEL heavy. i don't feel groggy or like i've put on a few pounds. shirts & pants don't feel any tighter than they did 5 months ago. and i definitely don't look in the mirror in the morning thinking: 'ew... gross'. (that doesn't mean i look in the mirror making kissy faces and growling at myself either!)
i wish i could use the excuse of maybe having put on some more muscle. but that won't work either. i haven't been to the gym to push weights on a regular basis since undergrad!
meh. i'd set some goals to lose this excess baggage but it would just be unrealistic at this time of the year. especially not with exams in 2 weeks. post exams. will come up with something post-exams.

*****
it's gray and cool outside. a perfect day to roll up in a blanket with a book & some hot choco?
no. not quite. it's actually a perfect day to study! seriously.

stop eating shark fin soup! STOP!

if you haven't seen this documentary yet, you have to watch it. it's a film called "sharkwater" by rob steward (no not ROD steward - rob). and he's canadian too!

it's about sharks and how they are misrepresented by the media as bloodthirsty, human hunting monsters. it hints at how sharks are a vital part of not only the underwater ecosystem of the world but of the very ecosystem in which we live & depend on. it then focuses on the billion dollar business of shark finning. there is some gruesome footage of fishermen catching sharks for their fins, cutting them off and then discarding the now-finless-but-still-alive sharks back into the water to die.

i've never had shark fin soup before. never really wanted to. but this definitely turns me off to it. and plus, i'm told it has no real taste to it. it's usually served in a chicken or beef broth! people eat it for its "texture" and their completely misplaced beliefs of health benefits. and of course don't forget the status that comes with being able to afford it.

stop. watch the movie. and if you're feeling like some soup, go eat some pho instead.

*****
managed to get in 30 hours of study this week. didn't make my goal.
should've got in much more. was not very efficient.
current gear: stuck in 5th.

*****
forgot to mention: i'm going down to adelaide during my week off in june! yay! i'm going to fly down with my brother to see my cousins stella and clara - yes clara! she's flying down from sydney. it'll be a mini family reunion. harri? justin? wanna join us?

run fat boy run! run like the wind!!!

feel like running lately.
as a matter of fact, have slowly started running again. roughly twice a week, covering ~5km in about 40 minutes. and so far the knee is doing alright. we went running as a house - susan, laura, matt, myself - on saturday and we got caught in the rain. COMPLETELY SOAKED.

i've never been a great distance runner. and don't know where this drive to run is coming from.
maybe it's from watching that movie "run fatboy run".

or maybe it's cause a friend of mine just completed her first marathon.

or maybe it was my interview with this 87 year old man at the hospital. for an 87 year old, he was in tremendous shape. he says he ran marathons until he was in his 60s and still ran 5km daily right up until his late 70s. (i know what you're thinking: "so if he's in such great shape, why was he in the hospital then?" smarty pants. for YOUR information, he was admitted for a pulmonary embolism, most likely due to the fact that he had surgery 2 months ago to repair a hernia and then recently spent 3.5 hours on a plane - sitting still cause the people in the aisle seats fell asleep - flying from new zealand to australia).

or even still, maybe running is our generation's pre-mid-life crisis THING. seems like a LOT of people are picking up running. while my blog tallies up the number of hours spent studying, other blogging friends like cinshum tally up the distance she's covered running, swimming and biking. all in preparation for a triathlon down the road.

there is a short 12km, Bridge to Brisbane run in september. i think that's a good place to start.