IN THE SPIRIT OF PAST POSTS

WHILE EVERYONE'S ON A ROLL, TYPING ABOUT THEIR LIFE IN THE CAPSLOCK MOMENT, I AM... NOT DOING THAT YET.

I WAS SUPPOSED TO, LIKE, A FEW DAYS AGO. BUT WE CAN SEE WHERE THAT WENT.

ANYWAY. SINCE THE 'GYMNASTICS' TAG HASN'T BEEN USED IN FOREVER (THIS IS CLEARLY AN EXAGGERATION) AND ALICIA SACRAMONE IS BACK AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WAS IN THE PAST WEEK...

SACRAMONE'S BACK, YO! GOLD MEDAL ON VAULT, AT LONG LAST. TOOK THE WORLD LONG ENOUGH TO GIVE IT TO SACRAMONE. JEAH. ALSO, LAUREN MITCHELL WON GOLD ON FLOOR!

YOU MUST BE LIKE "OHSHIT NOT ANOTHER GYMNAST" WHEN YOU SEE THE NAME 'LAUREN MITCHELL', BUT I CAN JUSTIFY IT, I SWEAR! LAUREN MITCHELL IS FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA. ACCORDING TO WIKI, SHE'S FROM SUBIACO, WHICH IS LIKE 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE I AM. SHE TRAINS AT THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS, WHICH, WHILE I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS (MT LAWLEY, I THINK?), IT'S LIKE... RIGHT OPPOSITE THE UWA SPORTS PARK. SO YES. SHE'S A HOMEGIRL, THIS MITCHELL. TOO BAD SHE'S STUDYING IN NOTRE DAME, AND NOT UWA. I MEAN, WHY THE HECK DID SHE CHOOSE TO STUDY IN NOTRE DAME? IT'S LIKE, IN FREO, AND IT TAKES FOREVER TO GET TO FREO (BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT, AT LEAST. TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR BY BUS AND TRAIN. ABOUT 40 MINUTES BY CAR). GIRL SHOULD'VE DONE WELL ENOUGH TO GET INTO UWA. WOULD'VE MADE HER LIFE EASIER.

ANYWAY. YES. IN THE SPIRIT OF LAUREN MITCHELL'S SUCCESS IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND COMMONWEALTH GAMES, WE OUGHT TO HAVE A LAUREN MITCHELL DAY IN WA. OR A WA PUBLIC HOLIDAY. IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, BECAUSE UWA WON'T LET US TAKE THE BREAK ANYWAY.

I MEAN, SERIOUSLY. WHICH UNIVERSITY DOESN'T HAVE AN OFF DAY ON LABOUR DAY? THERE'S EVEN A FACEBOOK GROUP, "I LOVE HAVING PUBLIC HOLIDAYS OFF! LOLJK I GO TO UWA". IT'S THAT BAD. DID I EVER MENTION THE TIME I HAD MY MACROECONOMIC MIDSEMESTER EXAM... ... ON A PUBLIC HOLIDAY? YEAH.

ALSO, HOMG I JUST PURCHASED A WACOM INTUOS3. MEDIUM. ACADEMIC EDITION. IT'S COMING NEXT TUESDAY. I FEEL ABSOLUTELY ECSTATIC THAT AFTER 7 YEARS OF WANTING A TABLET, I'VE WORKED FOR 2 DAYS AND BOUGHT MYSELF SOMETHING WITH THE MONEY I'VE EARNED (I STILL HAVE CHANGE. HAHAHAHA. BUT THAT'S GOING TO SAVINGS, DUH). AND YET I FEEL GUILTY THAT I'VE SPENT THE EQUIVALENT OF AN ENTIRE MONTH'S ALLOWANCE ON A SINGLE PURCHASE. I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S JUST ME. ANYTHING ABOVE $10 ALREADY HAS ME SWEATING (UNLESS IT'S A BOOK), IT TOOK AN UNCHARACTERISTIC ME TO SPEND $30 ON A PAIR OF SNEAKERS AND... I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND ON ANY MORE BIG PURCHASES FOR THE YEAR. WHICH IS A GOOD THING - I ONLY HAVE A MONTH LEFT HERE FOR THE YEAR, ANYWAY.