Forever Young

Whilst at the local shopping centre today I was observing some middle aged housewives going about their daily rituals of...well... shopping. 

They all walked around in their little groups grabbing organic fruit, bragging about how smart their children are, bitching about cheese prices and of course most importantly the admiration they held towards the latest collection of tupperware on offer. 

Watching them really got me thinking... is this what my life is going to be like? and with age will I develop a love for things such as tupperware? (No offense to the lovers of tupperware- because umm... you know that plastic containers are so FTW). 

Of course if would be amazing to stay young forever but don't get me wrong this blog is not one expressing or focusing on my insecurities about getting older... because I don't have any. 

I'm not completely sure what bothered me about the way these women were acting but I do think I'm just a little scared of living a predictable (or dull) life like these women filled with tupperware parties and bitching about the absorbency of Viva paper towels.

I don't find events such as linen parties exciting at all... don't get me wrong I can appreciate a good duvet cover when I see one... but I don't think I would want to attend a party to celebrate the awesomeness that is linen. 

The way I see it is that there has honestly and hopefully got to be more to life than the pros and cons of tupperware, how much liquid paper towels absorb, linen and how could I forget bitching about the inflation of cheese prices. 

Ciao xox

Swine Flu

If you cough, it's official my friends....You've definitely got the Swine Flu!  

(Note: Don't take the above statement too seriously because you most probably don't have it.)

I noticed the other day whilst enjoying (not) my public transport daily rituals that a traveller close to me covered their mouth whilst whispering "Swine Flu" to a friend as a fellow passenger coughed. The cough was hardly disrespectful or disgusting and could be seen to be a regular cough. The individual who coughed took the liberty of covering their mouth and saying "Pardon" so why did the other (rather disgusted) passenger feel the need to give a dirty look? 

Public Transport (love it or hate is) is in fact constantly covered with germs. We all breath the same air, hold onto the same poles and sit on the same seats. So why is not okay to cough? We all do it and know the germs are there. 

Swine Flu is a serious matter and I'm not saying everyone freaks out about this but I do think we all need to calm down a little. Although there have been confirmed cases in Australia I personally think that we shouldn't freak out every time someone coughs around us or tell us they have symptoms of fatigue because chances are they don't have Swine Flu. 

I'm not saying we shouldn't forget about the whole thing completely! Because to be honest I don't think it's such a great idea to be rubbing noses and holding hands with someone coughing all over the place and expressing their recent holiday adventures in Mexico. But I do think a good idea would be to all take a chill pill in respect to the way we are all acting. 

Next time someone coughs on public transport please do not give them a dirty look or scream "SWINE FLU!" because I believe we can all be a little more mature about this. 

Ciao xoxo

Internet Whore

Facebook. Youtube. Twitter. Dailybooth. Myspace.  

What ever happened to staying loyal to just one internet site? 

I remember being obsessed with Myspace and Myspace only. It allowed me to (acceptingly) camera whore it up almost everyday, hope for the newest guy I was crushing on to accept my friend request and connect with people beyond my friendship group at school. It was definitely all about the numbers! The number of comments you had on your page, the amount of picture comments you managed to get and most importantly the number of friends you had. 

But this reliance on Myspace or one site in particular has all seemed to change with the rapid growth of the internet and with the production of bigger and better sites being leaked to the public in what seems to be every month or two. 

In recent years I have signed up to more sites than I can probably count (or remember). Some include Facebook, Twitter, Dailybooth, Youtube, Hotmail and MSN Messenger. It is from this extensive amount of new site sign ups that I believe the term 'Internet Whore' derives from . When it comes to the internet I definitely do sleep around, hitting up facebook atleast six times a day, snapping pictures on Dailybooth, Tweeting like a mad man, and getting way too many emails to even consider dealing with. Using all these sites have in turn allowed me to neglected sites such as Myspace and the need to just use one site to satisfy my internet sex drive. 

I am a self proclaimed 'Internet Whore'. I have a love/hate relationship with the internet but I love how it's always changing and how it allows you to keep in contact with other 'Internet Whores' whether they believe they are or not. The only down side to being an 'Internet Whore' is amount of time you waste and the fact that we do not get paid in exchange for spreading our legs across the internet. 

Ciao! xox

Hi :)

My name is Amber, I'm 19 and I live in Sydney, Australia! (Generic information- I know).

I do hope however that this small amount of information about me will allow you to get a little insight into the girl sitting behind the macbook typing away. 

I have always wanted to get into the whole blog scene...  but it's getting started that is the hardest part. I have been asking myself questions like "What can I say that people might actually want to read?" or "What makes me interesting?" I guess in the end I just had to bite the bullet and begin blogging... so here I am and here I am to stay (or until I get bored that is). Haha! 

I guess my main aim and what I want to get out of this blog is to be able to look back in a fews years or so and to observe the changes and events that I have written about. I guess I also want to use this site as another mechanism to stay connected with people around me or those that may (or may not) enjoy reading my blog. 

So I think all I have left to say is that I will get started on my blogging aims in my next entry... 

Ciao! xox