Muses and the word Perused (plus a whole lotta awkward)

WORD OF THE POST; Perused pe-rus-ed
To read thoroughly and carefully



Comes from the Middle English word "perusen" which means 'to use up'.

So! Happy 141 days before Australian HSC! Can you sense the sarcasm? Or the sound of the impending doom which to become all of Australia's Year 12 adolescence? FEEL THE FEAR!
In a serious manner, not long before the rest of my life is decided by a rather obsolete exam. I am quite nervous, but even more nerve racking is the choice of which university (and course) I am to study. OH THE CHOICES! To choose between Medicine, History and Linguistic Anthropology! How do I choose? Well I'm sure I can leave that for later ... right?

Anyway, here is some interesting information that will (or may not) benefit you;

1. The movie "Blade Runner" blows my mind. EVERY. TIME. I seriously believe that Ridley Scott is a cinematographic mastermind, and I am so excited to see his newest movie, Prometheus. It shall be a moment.  In other words; If you have not seen this movie, GO OUT AND GET IT NOW! or stay at home, eat chocolate and think of me being ever so disappointed in you. I am and will continue to judge you.
2.  Even though women make up 50.2% of the total Australian Population, they only make up 30.8% of Australian Parliment. I don't know whether to get my feminism on OR be disappointed in the ladies out there. Once again, I am judging you. Right now. At this moment.
3. I am currently reading three books at the same time, and have quite a few on my bedside table. Yes, I am reading "Collapse,  How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed", by Jared Diamond, "The Inky Fool; The Etymologicon", by Mark Forsyth and "Common Phrases and Where They Come From" by Myron Korach. I can't help myself! And I don't have enough time in the day to read them.
4. The words Awkward, Egg and Skirt come from the Scandanavians. Thank you Lord Scandinavians for making awkward conversations even more awkward by allowing us to use the word awkward, awkwardly. Even its' spelling is awkward. A-W-K-W-A-R-D.
5. Wearing headphones for an hour will increase your ear bacteria by 700 times.

Leaving you with that wonder fall thought, Good Night
Shay.

Accept this sincere apology and some useless information!

I would like to publicly apologize for my lack of blogging this year. It has been forever, but fear not little cherubs! I never forgot you, I was just preoccupied with the HSC year. Nonetheless, tomorrow! I swear to you (in my own blood) that I will update!

So to keep you slightly interested for tomorrow here is some wonderfully useless information from the book I have started reading "Common Phrases and Where They Come From" by Myron Korach.

"Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by most of us as Mark Twain, took his name from the idiom 'mark twain', a command 'barked out' by Mississippi riverboat captains to their boatsmen. It was a request to mark the river's depth as they travelled upstream in uncharted waters" (page 7).

Will write tomorrow! (and more regularly)
Shay