January 2008
48 posts
World's energy crisis could be solved!
The concept of load shedding was introduced to me in December when I was in Joburg. Basically, there isn’t enough electricity to meet demand so each part of the city has to take turns to go without any for a few hours every now and then. As you can imagine this causes all kinds of fun scenarios with traffic lights and businesses and whatnot. It seems preposterous but the goverment’s...
Julia's theory
“Okay, so (for this article) one of the things I’m thinking about is what it is, at the root of everything, that makes us unhappy. I think that most (needless) unhappiness stems from the worry that, on some level, we are not enough. Not smart enough or beautiful enough or thin enough or successful enough or rich enough - or … yeah … LOVABLE enough. We’re frightened...
I'm not sure why...
…I’m suddenly all preoccupied with surrounding myself with beautiful things. There must be something USEFUL I want for my birthday. hmm… oooh - I want one of those eco friendly kettles that boils water in 3 seconds. yeah!
Textworthy Celeb Deaths →
“I wrote this article a year and a half ago. I guess we can put Heath in the ‘textworthy’ category because I’ve gotten a few.” : rickyv I texted niven when I found out. But only because he loves celebrity news.
i love...
…that i have to learn css for university because it gives me a wonderful excuse to mess around on tumblr. woop!
This is why I'm back at university →
“It’s so rewarding to tinker with something until you get it right. Being a programmer must be great — little bits of satisfaction from problem solving on a daily basis.” Ricky Van Veen on making a website for his girlfriend.
it's 4.30am...
… i’ve been trying to finish this coursework for uni since… oh about 16 HOURS AGO..! I want to crawl into a little ball in the corner and stay there forever.
proud proud proud
“4 showerless days later (peppered with altitude sickness, menieres symptoms, body acheyness, stomach cramps, frostbite, insectbite, and exhaustion) i was the proudest lil emmy in the world. “ “p.s. coop - i didn`t do the whole trail in fancy bling, denim skirt and fashion belt. i just wanted to trick you. “ — emeline I say: yeah right. I don’t believe it for a...
woah!
weird. i was just thinking about deleting my tumblr because i’m having one of those ‘clear away everything you don’t really need’ moments and i found out that a couple of my posts have been reblogged by people i don’t know. which was a shock to me because i thought nobody else had even ever read any of this crap apart from emeline. weird!
Presidential Debate Question I Just Daydreamed...
“Hi. This is a question for all the canidates. So, any thinking person who’s read more than one book knows that you can’t be both intelligent and religious. Which one are you? Please limit your response to twenty seconds and please include the answer to the question in your response.” — rickyv excellent.
“The greatest threat humanity faces: “Organised religion polluting our...”
