I'm seriously sleep deprived. And am currently suffering from a severe bout of insomnia.

So I'm going to make a list of random crappy stringous babble to entertain or possibly bore the death outta some poor soul who happens to unfortunately chance upon this miserable excuse of writing. Ahem. Let us begin.

1. One of my close friends, Shiny (no seriously, that's half her name) has now developed an obsession with vampires. Which I admit is creepy and cool, because now I have a partner in crime. We have ransacked through three vampire series so far to combat our insomnia - True Blood, Moonlight and Vampire Diaries - and effectively stalked the poor hot actors on google. Well, so sue us. We're single women, highly sleep deprived, and Biomed at Monash has pretty drained every inch of our libido. Nothing else said.

2. Rodent a.k.a. my little sis, also dubbed as 'Brat', 'Le Brat', 'Bratiox', 'Shrew', 'Twig' or 'Maggot' has officially finished her final public exam for this year, the supposedly dreaded PMR (which I still don't know why those poor hapless fifteen year olds are getting their panties in a knot so far since the exam is a piece of cake. And the Brat will score 7As anyways. -sweat-). Before you blast me to hell for supposedly verbally abusing my little sis and labelling her somewhat degrading terms, she herself loves her nicknames. Hard to believe, no? Well, my family operates on weird, dysfunctional terms. My mum is called Fatty and my dad is called Baldie. As for me, I'm apparently dubbed as Yellowy, Pumpkin or Ajo. I resent the first two nicknames. -sniff-

3. One of my other close friends, Kal, has a weirdly fascinating caffeine obsession. Guess it's fair enough because I'm a certified chocoholic. But I wonder how that woman chugs down five coffees in one morning and finishes off a whole wine bottle at night followed by some beer shots without passing out or jumping off the walls. Killer metabolism...or bionic woman...? Hmm...I wonder...

4. I currently have the coolest friends on the planet. And I love hanging out with them! ^^
Never thought Solo Jo would find a flock to mingle in, but for once in my life, I kinda feel wanted and accepted, so I'm super happy with that arrangement. And just to credit my bossom buddies, they're Shiny (super nice woman and trustee emo-profile pic chick with a passion for shopping), Kal ( MAJOR coffee addict and Marilyn Manson IS her life), Akriti (incredibly smart and helpful Indie chick), Snazzy (highly pervvy and incredibly cute, in a blown-by-the-wind kind of way), Ams (ah, my fellow hamster lover!!! ), Hana (with the kick-ass eyebrow piecing and gorgeous looks) and of course...Mal (the bubbly fun-loving woman that you can't go anywhere without). As I said, they're just awesome friends. And I them very much for all their care, support and understanding of my personality quirks and medical mishaps. And supposed 'lost brain' deficiency.

5. Ooh, I wrote 1/3 of a chapter for my novel, M.R. And no, over my dead body am I going to reveal the title here online with all the super plagiarists lurking around every corner. I'm just so ecstatic because I found my touch again! I really missed writing - especially when I was in Aussie. Pretty much swamped with work, troubled feelings and emotional meltdowns in Melbourne...it just took a toll on my passion. But now I've rediscovered it and rekindled the flame! 2600 words for a tiny chunk of a chapter might not be much, but I have a really good feeling about it - and God's promises in my last vision showed an astounding ending for my hard work. So I'm hoping that my story gets told and people do hear about it, even if they don't know what it's about. Got a lot to contend with with all the vampire-esque novels floating out there, but thankfully I'm delving into another untouched part of the pool this time. Just hope and pray it sets a new stage out there.

6. Tequila, my Winter Pearl hamster, is as feisty as ever. Still tried to rip my finger off when I get too close...but by some miracle (or perhaps he just fell off his wheel and I dunno...thunked his head on the side of his cage or whatever), he licked my finger three days ago. Yes, not BITE but LICK. I've decided that he loves plums and strawberries. Hmph.

And that's all for now. Tune in to more inane rambles from a Medical Bioscientist Undergrad and Doctor wannabe next time, if your brain cells are still intact by now. Toodles!

~Jo