Megs:
Yay exciting blog revamp underway!
I propose from this post onwards we start updating regularly (I know, we say this every yea, but this time it's ON). And so that Frivelocity maintains a coherent theme which readers can follow we should archive the more amusing texts sent to each other across the Cook Strait. Because we are hilarious etc, so of course the rest of the world should know :P
Oh and new background and banner coming! Because one of the contributors to this blog complained that there's too much pink. I don't see THAT much pink on our blog decor but a change will be refreshing.
Huzzay!
Apologies for the terrible pun in post title, couldn't resist.
Saturday, 12 November 2011
Friday, 11 November 2011
COMING SOON...
Wil:
We're in the process of constructing a new design for our existing blog.
Keep your eyes on this space.
We're in the process of constructing a new design for our existing blog.
Keep your eyes on this space.
Friday, 23 September 2011
Dr Don - a life of a small-town druggist
Wil:
The following article from The New Yorker is about a rural pharmacist who serves an area double the size of wider Auckland in Colorado, USA, and has a population of only around 700. He is the only pharmacist around.
He has amazing stories to tell which will teach us a bit about rural communities, the human soul and what it truly means to help others. I recommend this excellent read. It's a little long, but it's completely worth it.
Dr Don - a life of a small-town druggist
The following article from The New Yorker is about a rural pharmacist who serves an area double the size of wider Auckland in Colorado, USA, and has a population of only around 700. He is the only pharmacist around.
He has amazing stories to tell which will teach us a bit about rural communities, the human soul and what it truly means to help others. I recommend this excellent read. It's a little long, but it's completely worth it.
Dr Don - a life of a small-town druggist
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Contradictory?
Wil:
Here at university (and at a certain School that I happen to attend) I have observed that staff (some more than others) become aggrevated by the sheer incompetence of some students and will dive into the discussion about how third years should be able to do this and that to a certain standard.
Yet students are allowed to pass the course with an average of just 50%.
What do you expect?
Just saying...
Here at university (and at a certain School that I happen to attend) I have observed that staff (some more than others) become aggrevated by the sheer incompetence of some students and will dive into the discussion about how third years should be able to do this and that to a certain standard.
Yet students are allowed to pass the course with an average of just 50%.
What do you expect?
Just saying...
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Self-titled
Next month Evanescence releases their self-titled album, Evanescence!
I'm so excited. Even though I've already downloaded the leak and made myself familiar with all the songs, I can't wait to get my hands on a physical copy!
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Hoodies and dry eyes/jokes, plus We Should Appreciate Those Behind The Scenes
Megs:
THEY'RE HERE THEY'RE HERE THEY'RE HERE!! /caps
The hoodies for the Optometry Department at University of Auckland arrived today! Hooray!
This is the design the Third Years who organise the shirts every year, except this year we went for hoods). The terribly dry joke & design was by yours truly. But actually, all I did was sit in the computer room with a mouse, and Ctrl+Z, and Photoshop.
Rule: Never EVER EVER underestimate how much work goes on behind the scenes of a project.* It was really the third year class reps Hans and Tash who put all the work into getting the hoodies and orders sorted. Hours of work, and emailing (I saw these emails, these were inbox deluges) and bouncing quotes off heaps of companies, and running around to said companies, and then getting orders from people who wanted hoodies while all of us were trying to work through tests because it was uni-time and what have you. Therefore, all my thanks to these two!
THEY'RE HERE THEY'RE HERE THEY'RE HERE!! /caps
The hoodies for the Optometry Department at University of Auckland arrived today! Hooray!
This is the design the Third Years who organise the shirts every year, except this year we went for hoods). The terribly dry joke & design was by yours truly. But actually, all I did was sit in the computer room with a mouse, and Ctrl+Z, and Photoshop.
Rule: Never EVER EVER underestimate how much work goes on behind the scenes of a project.* It was really the third year class reps Hans and Tash who put all the work into getting the hoodies and orders sorted. Hours of work, and emailing (I saw these emails, these were inbox deluges) and bouncing quotes off heaps of companies, and running around to said companies, and then getting orders from people who wanted hoodies while all of us were trying to work through tests because it was uni-time and what have you. Therefore, all my thanks to these two!
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*Incidentally, music teachers at Westlake Girls seemed to love this analogy:
Your orchestra/choir is like a swan. You perceive all this beauty at a glance; yet what goes on beneath the surface is furious paddling. I.e. it's those off-stage who do all the crazy work that you don't see. And then only last year did this old man at a concert who was making a speech about AYO begin with, "The AYO is like... a duck." I honestly think he wasn't trying to be funny.
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