persistence.

i think that's what love is.
persisting, with each and every miniscule fibre, fighting for what you believe in, because you know in the end, it'll be worth it.
persisting, through the good and the bad. because you can never have sunshine without the rain.
and in the end, if it's true.
it'll all be worth it.

Or.. is that just naivity?

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This morning:
I had a quarell with my mother about lemons. LEMONS.
Seriously.
It's been a stressful time for my family. Grandma's been in hospital for a knee reconstruction. Mum, Grandpa and my Aunt have all been taking shifts to be with her during the day and night.
All went well.
Just ..you know how mother's are. Natural born stressheads. :|
My Aunt Ivy suggested I take over my mum's shift from tonight till tomorrow morning, since she looks tired and can barely sleep in new surounds and what have you.
So that is where I'll be.

Back to the argument.
It got ridiculously escalated. I was trying to tell her to stop taking her stress out on my lemons. Just to watch her blood pressure and .. worry about more important things. Clearly, dumb dumb move.
Lol.
She did have a knife...

ANYWAY.

She left just a little after that.
And this is how it went.
Motherrr: "Okay, I'm going to take your sister to school now."
Me: "Okay, have a nice day, love you."
Mother: "Yeah you too. Love you too."

And right there!
Like look at that. I can lol at the lemon argument now.. seems so silly in the grand scheme of things. But yeah.. this dawned on me, right after that exchange before her depart...
Ah family.
Not that the lemon thing didn't mean anything.
Just.
Forgiveness and unconditional Love.
YEAH. THAT'S FAMILY <3

(: Happy Friday Amigos.

Merryman.

starfruit & clover.

good morning!

Starfruit! 100% organic, ripened over the neighbour's fence.

close

closer... (not too sharp as I resized these to make for a quicker upload.. maybe a little too severly though!)

So I wonder how it got it's name... also BREAKFAST! <3 Mmm I feel so clean and starry :).

Found my very first four-leaf clover this morning in the patch by the bus stop with my little sister, Gabrielle

and then.. found some more!

She's too pro. Hers on the left. Mine on the right!

Keen eyes, that little Miss. And oh-so lucky! She finds at least one every morning, gurenteed! :D

Granted, this will have some impact on my fortune today, hopefully for the better ;D.

Tonight I will be attending this:

Please do come along and support my good friend, Jake Barros and his band, Motive! Tickets are $12 at the door, opening at 8pm and will definitely be a super night out :). They're really coming along quite the swimmingly, go to Triple J Unearthed for free some free listening and downloads of their stuff! Remember to vote, and help push them to the top!
Ahhh yes, and don't forget it's Utopia week on Campus at UQ. Check it all out where it's happening at http://www.uqunion.com.au/. So far I've scored free stuff like a UQ Union showbag (including chips, chocolate, pens, a bottle opener keyring, bag, notepad, semper floreat magazine + more), red bull, sausage sizzle, mini meatpies and a TEN DOLLAR GOCARD. Yesterday they had a zorb in the great court, shetland pony, Nova 106.9, a graffiti artist and dj's WEOWW. I've also had a bit of fun making a face for a chance to win a scooter! Check them out and like your favourite...the one with the most likes wins...LUCKY BUMS. Haven't reached the finals yet, but Jon did! Click on the pic to take you to the facebook page and *like* away!

Check out the finalists for all the other days so far! This has to be my favourite at the moment....

The incentives just for going to uni. Looks more like a school fete these days. Not complaining, it's definitely injecting a good dose of endorphins into each of us. YEY. LEARNING. YEY. FREE STUFF! Winnnnnn!
Eeeee have a wonderfully awesome day my friends! :D Should start the day like this everyday hahahhaha.

xxoo Mizzzziiiammmmmm x)

PS:

YAY!! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
Josh posted this up on faceook in his photoblog yesterday. Glad I saw it. Thanks for the reminder...
The world is a beautiful, beautiful place indeed. Just look around you.. :3
Be grateful for all the little things.
Everyday marvels <3.

indecisiveness.

In a nutshell; me! So terribly guilty.. ;/

<3 Mirrrrrrrriam.

PS: Although I do suspect you all have excellent vision,

if this gets a little tough, please do click to enlarge & read :P!!

Pasteurisation and Homogenisation.

Kekekeke.... a tri-puntastic I had going on there.. We had leftover cream for the scones, and decided to use a teaspoon to churn it into butter. Pretty good effort I'll say. No pics though, sorry ):

Ahh, I am oh-so tired.

Didn't sleep til early this morning. And even then it wasn't for long xD.

IT Crowd season 3 + a movie with Yannick contributed to this.

Saighhhh.. Uni tomorrow.

Today*.

HAPPY MONDAY.

And to all you who've returned from Splendour.

You've no idea how envious I am of you!

Better have some awesome stories for me!!

Turned on the radio before while ironing.

AND MUMFORD AND SONS WERE STREAMING LIVE FROM WOODFORD THROUGH MY STEREO.

Bittersweet is bittersweet.

-___-

Had the family over for dinner.

Bit of a ..pep-dinner to psyche my Gran up for her knee surgery on Tuesday :D.

Please keep her in your thoughts!

加油！婆婆, 我们爱你！！

Here's something else I found in my room. It's a moivational pass-it-on wallet sized card.

Faith. It's not an easy journey. 

I'm ever-questioning.

Especially when stuff happens that simply doesn't make sense!!

Or just.. doesn't go the way we envisaged.

Easier said than done, at times.

I am imperfect.

I am human.

But I can try to:
...

Sayonara, people of God.

-Miriamm 8)

life as I know it today.

Really?

REALLY?

Your restrictions are actually taking their toll. Like, REALLY.

You've cornered me.

I'm sick of compromises.

I know you love me.

BUT IF YOU LOVE ME LET ME THE HECK FREE.

You can trust me and you know it.

For goodness sake, it's a wonder you even let me roam solo across the world to places where I know NOBODY.

Twice.

Interstate, even.

YET. IN YOUR OWN BLOODY BACKYARD. You can't seem to build the fences quite high enough.

Your logic is flawed.

I sound spoilt and bratty but at the moment I REALLY DON'T CARE.

There are others in this world who are suffering far greater than I...

But. you ARE my world. And right now you're tearing it apart.

God, I sound thirteen.

OH BUT WHAT, I'm almost twenty.

Don't tell me to grow up.

Give me a chance to.

Then maybe, YOU'LL SEE.

-mizeryam.

The Girl Effect.

Haven't looked too far into this yet. About to head to bed though and Phuong just linked me to this :).

I must say it sounds a little bit too good to be true, but I'll check it out tomorrow.

Had a satisfying day. Well.. My goal for the weekend is to stay ot of the house as much as possible. 

I wasn't even meant to be here afterall, anyway.>;/

Plus being alone only makes me sad thinking of where I'd rather be...(for those of you who don't know I guess I can now say that I shouldn't be typing this write now, or even be at a computer, but freezing somewhere in a tent of the camping grounds of Splendour in the Grass at Woodford.)

Yeah.

Dwelling on this fact is seriously just tear inducing. You may scoff but it meant a lot to me. A. LOT.
See previous posts for my emo outcries.
Anyhow, let us move on to happier things..

Today I saw and hung out with many happy people. And momentarily, caught it.

Precious, those moments were <3.

BRING ON THE WEEKEND. RAWR.

Goodnight everyone.

Mizztic Mizziam 8).

Oh and here *gestures* ~Have some images from today, courtesy of Jon's phone camera:

Leafman encounters Bunny D:

Sailormoon tattoo by Yours Truly, modelled by Jo.

Leaf man & friends, ant, sun and also.. he SPEAKS.

Hugs.

Are the best thing ever.