WRITTEN ON June 26th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland, life

• i’m still a bit shocked about the king of pop’s totally unexpected death. he lived a really tormented life, despite all the fame and money, so i guess we can always assume that he’s in a better place now (it’s in moments like this that religion comes in handy, right?).
• it’s still insanely cold in kiwiland (to the point where kiwis that would previously spend all winter wearing tshirts - aka c. - can now be spotted out and about wearing jackets (shocking, i know!) and even moaning about the cold.
• speaking of cold - i haz one. since yesterday. sore throat, sore muscles… you know, the whole combo. i guess this weekend won’t bring any adventures.
• still on the topic of boring weekends, aside from my normal 9 to 5pm job, i have a pile of words that need to be written before we leave for china on the 11th. i’ve been commissioned to write over 3000 words (divided i two articles), plus have a bunch of other projects on hold that i want to get done as soon as possible. so guess what this crazy 24 year old is gonna be doing this weekend…
• oh, yesterday i got some books that i had ordered last week, plus some bargains that c. picked up for me at whitcoulls. the pile of “to read” is getting quite big again.
• oh and i didn’t win $35 million on big wednesday, as i hoped i would.
• speaking of being poor, last weekend, my friend m. and i went “opshopping” and i managed to return home with a cute bag and a dress for just NZ$8 (that’s less than 4 euros, people!). so now, i am officially a fan of opshops (that’s what new zealanders call second hand shops, by the way).
• i suck at playing boggle but i really don’t suck at making cupcakes.
• i can’t wait for summer

that’s it. the weekend starts in a few minutes and i need to buy tissues.