Never Think

 

WARNING. This blog post will not be kind to Rob Pattinson. Die hard fans turn away now.

If you haven’t listened to Rob’s song Never Think you can go here to have a listen – just so you know what I’m talking about.

My friend gave me the Twilight soundtrack a while ago but because it was on iTunes formatting I never got the chance to listen to it until now thanks to my lovely new iPod Nano. Most of the songs I like but this one has to be one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard.

Alexie’s Top 5 Reason’s Why ‘Never Think’ Sucks:

1. The intro is waaaaay to long. Yes the guitar rift is quite pretty but after 1 min and 17 seconds you start to wonder if there is more to life.
2. What the hell is he even saying??? It sounds like he’s taken one too many sleeping tablets and is struggling to open his mouth wide enough to say any words. All I hear are a series of vowels ‘ahhhhh’ ‘ooooohhh’.
3. The actual lyrics suck. I looked them up. Out of pure curiosity. My favourite verse?

Once I put my coat on
I'm coming out in this all wrong
She's standing outside holding me
Saying oh please
I'm in love
I'm in love

Yeah okay. I totally get that. Not.
4. Its repetitive. I guess that's mostly because you cant tell what he’s saying – but its the same melody the whole way through. No harmonies, no real variation. Boring.
5.The only reason this song is even known is because they featured it on Twilight. There is no way it would have been signed otherwise.

I guess what I’m trying to say is:

Rob if you think you’re a good musician, then no. You should never think.

Ode to Pay Slip

Oh Pay slip.
With your white page and black ink
What I’d do without you - I hate to think

Oh Pay slip.
I haven’t known you long
But I can tell that we belong

Oh Pay slip.
I am now employed
And you make me overjoyed.

On the Bus

When I get on the bus I sit in the middle of the seat. Not the left. Not the right. Smack bang in the middle. It seems to me that most people tend to pick a side. Generally, whatever side is closest to the window. But not me. I like to think its because I’m an individual and not because I’m subconsciously trying to tell people that I am unavailable for chatting and/or sitting next to.

See. Even Rosa Parks picked a side.

Officially Employed

 

Sorry that its been so long since I’ve last written… I’ve been super busy at my new job! That’s right ladies and gentlemen this graduate is not longer unemployed.

I applied for a few jobs and didn’t really hear anything so I was doing some fill in work for my dad’s work, while checking seek.com everyday hoping that something better would pop up. One fine day after several minutes flicking through the ads I found one for me. A secretary in a Law Firm. Not only did I take Legal Studies as a subject in my senior years, I also duxed.. which got me to thinking this could be the perfect gap year job.

I applied. A few days later I get an email saying that I had been narrowed down to the shortlist and would I be available for an interview. Heck yes I would!

Monday. I rock up, get asked some questions, get told alot of information that made my brain hurt just a little and walk out, feeling good about it. They tell me that they’ll get  back to me by the end of the week.

Wednesday. I’m chilling at my Aunty Joce’s house when my mobile rings. I answer and am very pleased to discover that I got the job! And that I’d be starting the following week.

So what do I do? Basically:

1. Get the mail every morning and post the mail every afternoon.
2. Answer the phone every time it rings and transfer to the appropriate person.
3. Print faxes and emails and give them to whoever needs them.
4. Scanning. A lot of scanning.
5. Do ALOT of filing. Which I have to admit is probably my favourite part of the job. Some of our Client’s (not that I’m allowed to say too much about them) are really interesting.
6. Typing from the Dictaphone. I like to picture myself like this:

 

But I’m not really that cool because I only have a computer and my hair is definitely not as perfect as that.
7. Basically anything else I’m told to do. For example today I was with the Big Boss, finalising files, doing costing and typing up Contracts. It’s all very exciting.

 

This is me on my first day of work. What do you reckon – Legal Secretary or what?

EEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

That’s the sound that escaped my lips when I popped online for a little bit of blogging catch up and discovered that I had won a giveaway! Lovely Danielle over at Danimezza was celebrating 100 followers with a giveaway featuring a Hello Owl bag. I thought to myself ‘I may as well enter, I enjoy reading her blog. I probably won’t win but oh well.’

But I did! I’m very excited! This is the second item I’ve won via the blogging world. I will post  a picture of my lovely new red and white stripped bag when it arrives.