Umm – WHAT??? then she tried to back track and be like, “Oh narcissism isn’t that bad – it’s just another way of saying vanity.”  But the damage had already been done.  She called me narcissistic!  Me?  Narcissistic?  I mean I only have a blog dedicated to my life, I participate in photo projects that include taking a picture of myself every single day for a year, and I like to dance in front of the mirror.  What’s so narcissistic about that?

;)  hahahahaha

ok ok – maybe she had a LIL bit of a point.  But only a LIL bit.  Then she goes, “I think you should put away your scale and your mirrors for a week.”  AND to add insult to the injury, she said, “Don’t worry, most people who are narcissistic just have really low self-esteems and we already knew you had a low self-esteem.”

Ohhhhhhh  kaaaaaaayyyyyyyy

Look – I was already FLOORED by her narcissistic accusation.  SHOCK!  Hello??  She wasn’t supposed to be so BLUNT!  And then she tells me to give up my scale and MIRRORS for a week??  And tells me my narcissism is a front for low self-esteem and feelings of inadequacy.  Say WHAT?  I stood up to leave (the session was over) and she added, “Oh and this includes reflections in buildings or glass – but you can look at your face in the mirror if you want.”

I walked out of her office in complete and utter disbelief.  I’m still in a little bit of disbelief.  And then on the way home when I realized how many reflections I had to STOP myself from looking into – HAHAHAHAHAHA that’s when I decided – ok – I’ll do it.  But just because I CAN – even though you all don’t believe that I can.  :)

Tonight – here’s what I’ll be dancing to – with no reflection.  My mirror is covered up.  Oh dang.  Can I really go SEVEN DAYS???

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• I spied with my own little eyes some REALLY SMART GIRL on FB who said in a status comment “another weekend and I would totally of gone”  Totally OF gone?  Maybe she should totally OF gone to skool so she’d be heaps smart likes me is.
• Ok next – Twitter Haters – are you for real?  I know you SAY you’re too busy to tweet and all because you like have a life and stuff and I know you’re totally saying it like you’re so super self-important and have better things to do with your time – but for real?  GET OVER YOURSELF.
• And now – Twitter-maker-fun-of-ers?? Please DON’T stop because you provide me with LOLs.  Like this awesomeness:

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• And yeah … I should probably go to bed now so we’ll stop there.  Except you should see this pic that I got from fannypackantics.com’s post – Purple Rain who apparently got it from fivestrongs.blogspot.com

• Are you for real?  HAHA!  That cloak is magically terrible and terribly AWESOME!
• Oh can’t forget to add THIS beautiful product that I discovered on “This is why you’re fat” .com.  It needs no comment:
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Alright then – I think I can end it there … yeah …

OH WAIT!!!!  Almost forgot this gem too.  One more for your viewing pleasure – picture from gofugyourself.com

I need those pants.  Good night!!

What are the rules?  Take a pic of yourself RIGHT NOW and post it.  Hope your pic is better than mine.  That’s a rice-milk-rice-protein drink – NASTY!  But I drink it EVERY morning and this morning?  I weighed in at a nice and healthy 6lbs less than 2 weeks ago when I flipped out and started this dumb diet.  IT’S WORKING!!!  Hip hip hooray!

Oh and apparently it’s all a buzz on twitter that some chica who I’d never heard of was stealing people’s blog posts and pretending like they were hers.  WTF??  Can we sa “La-who-ooo-ZER.”  Which is a really lame way of saying “loser.”  DUDE MAKE YOUR OWN LIFE!

So guess what?  I decided to tell y’all that – my life is MY LIFE.  The ups, the downs, the craziness.  None of it is manufactured – I’m for real yo!    And all of those soap opera posts – TOTALLY HAPPENED.  Except I am going to admit I do TAME THEM DOWN because this is a family friendly blog.  Yeah – I TAME them – I don’t pad them.

K – have to go to some orientation and then talk to a teacher about an assignment.  Then I have to WORK on that assignment then go to some social media event – BUSY DAY!!

xoxo~Daisy

Bonnie Lad’s GF explained it well.  “Oh yeah the Sydney stone, it takes all ‘em nice firm bits, tha’ones that were so grand ‘n like, yeah it just turns em into wobbly bits.”

Wobbly bits.

I don’t want any wobbly bits.  No, no.  MY BITS – I’d much prefer to keep ‘em grand ‘n like – thank you.  So what’s the next latest and greatest obsession/fad/phase that I’m signing up for?  [shake my head in slight dismay]  I don’t know.  But she (the naturalist) said take this, this, this, this, this, this, this, AND add this, this, this, this to your diet and then also change up your workout routine.  Wow – ok so that’s a lot of stuff.

But fine.  Whatever.  I’ll do it.

BUT THEN she said, “Oh and no sugar, honey, or really any fruit for 14 days. ”

WHAT?

Look – I was willing to take this, this, this, this, this, this and ALL OF THAT OTHER STUFF and I was willing to ADD this, this, this and ALL OF THAT OTHER STUFF and I was even willing to shake up my exercise plan.  But please tell me that she did NOT just say no sugar, honey or fruit for 14 days.

But she did.

And I said, “Ok.”

But I only said ok because this is a “jump start” plan – I’ll be back to NORMAL stuff in 2 weeks (or so she says I will be.)  So what’s the magical new plan?  I’ll tell you:

All Day:  2 liters of water

Breakfast – 400 mg Hydroxycitric acid (pill A,) 500 mg Boulardii (pill B,) 8 oz. Rice Protein Drink made with Rice milk, 1 tsp Psyllium Husks and if I want I may also have gluten-free muesli.

Low Tea – 10-12 almonds

Lunch: Pill A, 1 Glucose Manager (Pill C,) 2 slices multi-grain gluten-free bread, 95 g of Tuna and some veggies if I want.   Or salad may be substituted for the bread.

High Tea – 10-12 almonds

Dinner: Pill A, Pill B, Pill C, some type of meat (making sure to have red meat 2x per week,) broccoli or zucchini, and either a sweet potato or brown rice.

Nightcap – Licorice Legs Tea

I’m just so-gee-whiz-thrilled – or something like that.   No – to be honest – it’s not really all that bad.  Is it?  It will just take a certain degree of discipline and determination (things I have.)  She thinks I should be able to lose 3-5 kilos in 2 weeks with this.  Fingers crossed!!  I’ll let you know how it goes. 

You know that feeling on a REALLY super hot scorching day when your mouth is dry and your throat is parched? The feeling when you finally get your hands on an ice cold bottle of water (but not aquafina because aquafina is gross) – you know that feeling?   You take a sip of refreshing water and let out an insuppressible “ah.”

That’s how I felt tonight when I got home and took a shower.  I’ve been awake since 1:30am this morning and after a 3.5 hour flight, 10 hours at school and an hour bus ride home – it felt GOOD to be home and clean!!!  YAY for Daisy!!!

I have a few more “YAY!” moments to share.

• I’ve officially earned a Graduate Certificate in Peace and Conflict and can now tick the box “Graduate Degree” on surveys or applications.  No more ticking just a “Bachelors Degree” for me – I’m moving up in the nerdy world. 
• I am officially enrolled in the Masters of Digital Communication and Culture program at the University of Sydney.
• In order to fully immerse myself in my new digital adventure (and because I’m studying the effects of Twitter in school) – I just signed up for a Twitter account.  I told myself I would NEVER EVER EVER do this.  But now that I’ve done it - YAY!!!  Do you have a Twitter account?  I want to follow you!! (this is my twitter backdrop – I took the pic myself )

• Other than that – I’ve found a couple jobs I want to apply for and I have the day off tomorrow.  SUPER YAY!!!

In other news – these are the things on my mind:

• How is it that the people you wish most to avoid are the ones who regularly show up in your life? And the ones you would LOVE to run into again (like the hot Kiwi eying me) disappear?
• How is it that Captain Charisma consistently contacts me at just the moment when I’m feeling neglected by the other men in my life?  He has perfect timing every time.  And his message today was thoughtful and considerate.  Plus – surprisingly – he always watches my new FB and youtube videos.  Who would have thought?
• Is it really true that guys like UDB don’t give up?  I got a message from him too.
• I read an article about Google for school.  OhmyWOW!  Anyone else know exactly how much power that company wields?  And are the critics right?  Is Google making us stupid? Click HERE to read a great article about it.  Crazy.

Ok so before you label me as TOO pathetic – give me a little credit here.  It’s s already like 11:00 pm – the fam is all tucked away in their beds and I did stay busy the whole day.  YAY!

Ooh – speaking of staying up really late every single night and never being able to sleep – (wait a minute – I didn’t say anything about that!) do you think I’ll catch Santa tonight?  What a shame Santa is MARRIED and not hot.  It takes away the appeal of meeting someone late at night under the mistletoe.

And speaking of catching mommy kissing Santa Claus (umm … ???) guess what?  I’ve never actually kissed anyone under mistletoe and I think that is also a big shame.  Maybe next year.

Today was a fun day.  Lots of laughing and smiling.  I like that.  And now I’m smiling because of Holiday Bejeweled.  Ooh the addicting pleasure!  Part of the fun at our house are our traditions.  I thought I’d share a few of them.

CHRISTMAS EVE TRADITIONS

• Mexican Fiesta. There is no Christmas poultry at our house.  No no – we spice it up with a little Mexican buffet every Christmas Eve.  Homemade burritos, tostadas, tacos, enchiladas, chile verde, slow cooked meat, rice, beans, guacamole, salsa etc served up on gorgeous china.  MMMMM.  My SIL (sister-in-law) admitted she thought it was a little unusual the first year but it didn’t take long to convert her.  lol.  Now she looks forward to it like the rest of us.  MMMMMMMM YUMMY!
• GAMES, GAMES, and MORE GAMES! We try and introduce a new game every year.  As I mentioned in a previous post we picked Blokus this year but what I didn’t mention is that we added another at the last minute.  It was a gift from my Aunt.  The game is Stack It. And we played for a few hours competing against each other to see who could stack the fastest.  I’d like to announce I hold two family records.  Oh yes.
• The Muppets Christmas Carol – oh how I love the witty banter in this movie.  And then of course I ADORE the song which the Ghost of Christmas Present sings.

Oh and in other news I’ve solidified my position as a poser with the addition of a terribly recognizable designer hoodie to my jacket collection.  Hey – it’s hot ok?  Even my parents were like “Wow that looks awesome” even though it is funky/wild like the rest of this brand’s collection.  [shake my head at myself - at least I'm honest about it!]

You really should probably check out Holiday Bejeweled btw – it’s just so much fun!

WAIT! Before you think I’m TOO pathetic you should know this wasn’t an ordinary HIGH INTENSITY workout.   No, no.  This was

AAAAB RIPper X

Yes.

We’re not talking about Ab 100, or Ab 200.  Don’t be silly.  This was Ab 339.   Pure torture, compliments of the P90X workout program. Don’t play like you don’t know what P90X is either – it’s only like the coolest infomercial EVER! or so they say – I haven’t actually seen it but thanks to a recommendation from a friend I now own the DVDs.

Gee I just can’t WAIT until tomorrow! I bet my abs will feel like heaven on opposite day.

But it will be worth it.  Soooo worth it.

Or soooo they say.

Me: So don’t you even want to know why I was late?
Boys: No, not really.
Me:  Well I’m going to tell you anyway because I’m just SO excited!  I was late because I was downloading the new B. Spears album.
LAUGHTER
Boy 1: Oh wow – did you just say that?
Boy 2: How can I be not surprised AND shocked at the same time?

Yeah – so the big new exciting news in my life is the new Britney Spears Album Circus.  I know it dropped yesterday but I didn’t have time to listen to it until today – and NO that does NOT make me a bad fan ok?

And hold up!  Hey Snobby – Don’t judge.  You can take your elitist “I’m above Britney” attitude and shove it because I KNOW you still sing a little “Hit Me Baby One More Time” in your heart.

So here’s a little album review:

• I LOVE Shattered Glass.  Yep.
• Circus is like the theme song of my LIFE. 
• Totally feeling Phonography.
• And though I despise the name of the song, I find If You Seek Amy so super catchy.
• If I weren’t a little bitter right now, I’d probably like Unusual You.

GOOGLE SEARCHES – How people found me this week

1. australia fat times
2. why is this girl so mean to me
3. high cheekbones vs. chipmunk cheeks
4. texts to make a girl laugh
5. fatty.gif