Saturday, May 9, 2009

A week's worth of strangeness!

I don't think I have had many weeks that have been as exhausting as the past one. The reason that it was so tiring was that so many things happened in such a short space of time (five days is actually really short). Starting on monday, when I recieved a gift of three t-shirts from a friend who had come back from England. In what seems to be true lab tradition, I had to model my new items of clothing for my lab mates, as well as the friend who had wanted to see if the clothes fittted. Things escalated when I was told that I needed to do a "proper" catwalk type thing, complete with music... So I did the first t-shirt, failed miserably at the modelling thing (I was laughing too hard), and then... dum dum dum dum... My supervisor arrived to see what all the laughing was about! I changed into the next t-shirt, did the walk thing (to music again), didnt fail quite so miserably, but the funny thing this time was that my supervisor did a funny little jig thing (on camera as I walked passed - I dont think he realised I was being recorded). Now my supervisor isn't really that type of person, so when I saw the video, I cracked up laughing, as did everyone else who knows my supervisor. End Monday.

Tuesday saw me getting a whole lot of make-up put on by Helen. I'm not usually a person who goes to a lot of effort with my appearance, and generally go to university in jeans and a baggy t-shirt. I had promised my friend who had brought me the t-shirts on Monday (two of them were substantially more feminine than those I normally wear), that I would wear at at least one of the nice ones a week, and had thus decided that I would wear one on Tuesday. And Helen was going to put make-up on me. I was quite scared about this whole thing! It turned out really well, although it took me a while to get used to it. I kept getting a fright when I looked in the mirror in the bathroom - a classic "who on earth is that?" type response. In the middle of the day, the t-shirt friend (who had gone to quite a bit of effort to get me the shirts - roped in family members and all) came by with a camera, because he wanted to show members of his family back in the UK the results of their efforts. So I had a "photoshoot". Right, now that is three things in one week that I would not normally do! Modelling, getting make-up put on me, and getting pictures taken of me! All in two days!

I went to the zoo on Wednesday morning, and had quite a bit of time to kill between checking on my groups. So I wandered around, and saw the Bat-eared foxes basking... I have never fully appreciated exactly how cute these animals are, and I'm very sad to say that I didnt have my camera with me... So no photos. But the bundles of fluff are so adorable, with their massive ears and tiny faces, and the way that a flick of an ear seems to move the entire head... another "aaaah, thats so cute!" moment for me. Then later on, I was chatting to Doug online, who told me that I was going to be able to go on a hike (beat this) in the Kruger park!!!!!!! I ran to my supervisor's office and told him my news, all the while bouncing up and down (I think he was a little stunned at my antics), then went back to my lab, where Vanessa saw me bouncing up and down in my chair (a little difficult to do, but I still managed). Everyone else who saw me must think that I have really gone nuts now....

On thursday, I didn't have a car, so had to get a lift into varsity with my mom. Which was wierd, because I hadn't had to get dropped off at university since about second year! I managed to do a bit of work before lunch. Then I met a friend who I had been very nasty to (all becasue I had read a situation wrongly) for lunch. I felt so bad. So I apologised to him, and luckily, our friendship has not suffered too badly from my mistake - we were able to have just as cool a conversation as we would normally, except for the fact that I was feeling awful about how nasty I had been... Then, I went to the underwater club evening, to meet a friend who I hadn't seen in a while. While I was there, someone passed a comment which may seem innocuous, but which made my blood boil all the same. They said something along the lines of "Oh, here comes the girl-boy, with her pretty friend", and the only person they could have been referring to was me... Admittedly, I was wearing old jeans, a baggy t-shirt and hiking boots, but still, I had put a small amount of make-up on (another first for me). My anger tends to be slow in getting going, but by the time I got fetched (and almost finished my proposal), I was seething. End Thursday

Friday arrived, and I was still angry, and determined to prove them wrong. Even if they didn't see me that day. So I got up, dressed in jeans (yes, but they were better and slightly more feminine), and a soft yellow jersey. And put on make-up. All because I now have a point to prove. So next week, I will get my hair cut, and get some more feminine clothes, and make myself look pretty. Grrr. Friday was also wierd, because a friend of mine told me about her bad news, and after that, all I wanted to do was cry for her!!! That amount of empathy rarely happens to me, and it put me in a bleak mood for the rest of the day. Then the last thing that made this week stand out, was that I finished my proposal!!!

I hope I don't have too many more weeks that are as eventful as this one, because I am absolutely exhausted today!

4 comments:

Luke said...

I have to agree, this week has been strange and hectic! Mine wasn't nearly as odd, other than that little episode in the library, but it left me exhausted!

Luke said...

My word verification word was 'ranted'! How cool is that!!! :D

Leia said...

Very cool ;) Was this the library episode where you almost got squished between two shelves?

Helen said...

You looked very pretty in the T-shirts! And besides that, even without all the clothes and jewellery and make-up, you don't look like a guy AT ALL! What is wrong with those people... we should go and bash haads in...