Uni humour

I'm not entirely sure where this article comes from, since it is almost certainly a rip-off from someone else, but Brendan and I identify with perhaps 90% of the things on this list regarding our previous university lives. (Except for the beer ones. But we know people for whom those are also true.)

Particular favourites:

"You think it’s the weekend on a Wednesday and you don’t know what month it is."

Brendan used to do this a LOT. "What month is it? Is it September?" (in October).

"You try to study but seem to procrastinate by eating, going to study breaks, talking to people, etc... "

Man, that happened a lot for us - I ate so so much when I was studying!

"You pay $100 for a book you don't read once, return/sell it four months later, and get $7. "

"You stay up late to finish homework then sleep through the class in which it was due."

This happened many many times... for a few important assignments, too.

And of course, Mealz will remember this one:

"Going to the grocery at midnight is completely normal."

It happened a lot in our house, usually before a big all-nighter. Or we were just hungry and had no time to shop. Or we were just hungry. New World Metro was our dairy.

And Brendan's own one:

"You procrastinate by looking up websites on how to stop procrastinating."

So, yeah. Check it out - it's surprisingly accurate.

Why we should do arts degrees instead of business degrees....

I love this article in the NZ Herald. I have to admit I appreciate my arts degree. Even if it makes me analyze everything! Business rationale is still occasionally foreign to me, even with a business post-grad diploma. (Think: business degree squashed into an honours year. Without the accounting.)

But it cheered me up. I really really want a PR job, I am going nuts here but I still have to wait three months to get my work permit. Which is depressing really.

Luckily I have wedding planning to do, and my book... but I'm a bit over that right now. There's only so much excitement one can sustain continuously, even about one's wedding.

Today I went to the mall with a really lovely lady I met here and her cute baby, (NO! No babies!) and got the rest of the stuff needed to make invites. Yay! It's taken a lot longer than I wanted. Looks like we're going to be a bit busy this weekend...

On a side note, it seemed to be "Moms at the mall" (as my friend put it) today. Lots of (teenage) mothers with small kids and prams. I saw almost no old people or (non-mummy) teenagers. Guess they're all at school still. (It's Friday here now - 5pm.)

America's answer to Vic

Finally - America's answer to Victoria University's terrible (and much-mocked) advertising slogan: "It makes you think."

National University: "The University of Values. "

Really? Who would have thought a university could teach values?