Monthly Archives: November 2008

Rubiks What?

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According to the English Collins Dictionary:

Rubik cube , Rubik’s cube
n Trademark a puzzle consisting of a cube of six colours, each face of which is made up of nine squares, eight of which are individually rotatable. The aim is to swivel the squares until each face of the cube shows one colour only
(C20: named after Professor Erno Rubik (born 1944), its Hungarian inventor)


Clockwise from upper left: V-Cube 7, Professor's Cube, V-Cube 6, Pocket Cube, original Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Revenge,.

The above picture is of different kinds of Rubik’s Cubes – There are more than one kind? Yep Yep.

I have not been able to solve a Rubik’s Cube without cheating. I landed up buying my dad the “original” Rubik’s Cube for his birthday causing this fascination/irritation to start from scratch.

I have now decided to try and solve it…ugh…what a mission. So I have been trying to do some homework to help me. Once I have solved it (if I do) I will definitely let everyone know, but for now; I will keep trying.

If by any chance there are people out there that are just as pathetic and clueless at this and are also as fascinated, try visiting these links for some help.

How To Solve A Rubik’s Cube – Part One

How To Solve A rubik’s Cube – Part Two

Rubiks.com

Wikipedia and Rubik’s Cubes

If anyone knows any secrets to this toy please please please share, don’t make me beg. I need help.


Tiny Habits

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Since I was a little girl I have had many different habits from chewing my hair to squishing my toes in mud. Luckily most of those habits have disappeared over time, but there are a few that have stuck up until now.

I think my habits have a lot to do with feeling. When it comes to texture, i’m rather fussy. There are certain kinds of material that I just can’t stand. Wool was one of them and for many years I would freak out at the thought of a jersey.

I do love the feeling of smooth, cold things, like when you lightly place your hands on the top of water (bath or pool). It’s not a feeling I can describe but it’s so relaxing. Another feeling I have always loved is the feeling of hair through my fingers. So I have always played with my hair especially when I can’t sleep. I have also always played with other peoples hair. My friends still know me as the one that constantly has her finger in her hair. I have actually recently found out that this habit of mine is rather contagious and one of the other teachers at the dance school started doing it too a few years back, after noticing me do it, and now she can’t stop.

I also love to run cats and dogs tails through my fingers or toes. Weird? I know. I love playing with their ears too. This is something I have always done without even thinking twice but lately it’s a different story. My one cat (Sushi) is getting really old and I have started noticing that when I rub his tail it is sometimes wet. Smell my hands and almost freak out at the smell of cat pee. I think he forgets to lift his tail when he goes to the loo. So now I’m starting to think twice about touching his tail, but honestly I sometimes still get caught unaware and then find myself running to the bathroom in disgust.

Weird habits? Yes, I guess so. But I have also come to realise that everyone has strange habits. When I was still in school there were these twins in my extra maths class and they just loved the feeling of peoples earlobes. Man it’s annoying when people randomly rub your earlobes as if they are rubbing a magic lamp in hope of a genie popping out. I also remember everyone shouting at them after a while. In the beginning it was rather funny but after a while it started getting a bit freaky.

Now I know everyone must have some weird habit, that people either know of or don’t know of at all. Please don’t be shy to share them. I need some entertainment after studying all day, so please do me a favour.

Mmmmmmmeme

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Ok, so i have been Tagged by Expensive Mistakes and Cheap Thrills to do this meme. It has taken a while, but here it is…finally.

Sunday Stealing: The McDanger Meme

What are your nicknames? Meggs, Megg, Magwump

What TV gameshow or reality show would you like to be on? Strictly Come Dancing-it just looks like sooooo much fun. Survivor…Yes!

What was the first movie you bought in VHS or DVD? Hmmm…I can’t really remember, but I think it was Centre Stage (not 100% sure, this could be a lie).

What is your favorite scent? I would have to say Amor Amor by Cacharel and L’eau D’Issey by Issey Miyake.

If you had one million dollars to spend only on yourself, what would you spend it on? SHOOOOOOOEEEES, a new car, diamonds, spa treatments, clothes, handbags….just girly stuff.

What is one place you’ve visited, can’t forget and want to go back to? St Petersburg, Russia. I adore this place…would go back any day.

Do you trust easily? Yep Yep, waaaay tooooooo easily sometimes though. This has gotten me into trouble a few times.

Do you generally think before you act, or act before you think? OOOH…definitely act before I think. Another thing that has gotten me into trouble.

Is there anything that has made you unhappy these days? Exam Stress, I really hate exams.

Do you have a good body image? Normally I do, but I have my ugly days (just like everyone else) .

What is your favorite fruit? Grapes, Nectarines, and Tomato’s…lol

What websites do you visit daily? Gmail, Facebook

What have you been seriously addicted to lately? Chips (in any form) especially Steers chips.

What’s the last song that got stuck in your head? Rihanna, Disturbia. Except the word Disturbia was replaced by Wisteria. Crazy. It’s Matt’s fault.

What is your favorite thing to wear? Pretty underwear, It makes me feel prettier.

Do you think Rice Krispies are yummy? I thought I would until I had some left over after making those yummy Rice Krispies Treats – tried them for breakfast after that and GRRRRRROOOOSSSS!

What would you do if you saw $100 lying on the ground? I wont just leave it there. I would use it…on shoes or petrol probably.

What items couldn’t you go without during the day? Water, and earings (i feel naked without them on).

What should you be doing right now? Studying for my LAST exam tomorrow…eek!

Unconscious Mutterings Meme: respond with the first thing that comes to mind…

  • In love : Yes, with the greatest guy out who treats me like a princess (most of the time).
  • Be my guest : Beauty and The Beast
  • Number one : I’m an only child
  • Swallowed whole : Whatever I will eat next as I am starving…
  • 50 percent : of my time is wasted on stupid things.
  • Made in : China… all cheap stuff
  • Supplement : Supplementary exam (that’s what I’m going to have to write if I don’t go study).
  • Right for : now
  • Endless : love for dance.
  • Ceramic : I never really liked pottery

Lets see, I tag:

Cow_grrrl

SheeBee

SwissTwist

The Rules:

1. Choose a meme, or do both.
2. Link back to me, and back to the origins of the memes.
3. Meme-ify, and tag with abandon.

Go go go!

The Pros of Not Having DSTV

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I’m one of those poor people that doesn’t have DSTV. That’s rite, only SABC and eTV for me.

Despite really bad movies and always getting great tv programs months or even years later than everyone else, I have found some good things about not having DSTV.

  • You have toilet breaks during movies (otherwise known as Ad breaks)
  • If you forget the popcorn (no worries, soon there will be another Ad break)
  • During the Ad break you can catch up on the exercise you didn’t have time for earlier on in the day.
  • How I met Your Mother (Yes we are the first and only to see it, ha ha ha DSTV watchers – even though you get etv too)
  • Lipstick Jungle (even though it’s finished, it was great while it lasted)
  • Sex and The City (after sooooooo many years it was only SABC 3 that showed it and showed the repeats over and over again – I don’t really mind those kind of repeats though).
  • Oprah (yes I watch Oprah, not lately though after they stopped showing it late at night).
  • Terrible movies that I land up (often) having to watch anyway for University.
  • SYTYCD (For those of you that aren’t dance crazy, So You Think You Can Dance). I know the American one is on DSTV, and those that have DSTV think they are so much cooler because they get to watch the American one (they also think they are way too cool to watch the South African one) but hello LOCAL IS LEKKER!!!
  • Strictly Come Dancing ( I love watching famous-ish people make asses of themselves, some of them are really good though).

For all of you who don’t have DSTV either, you are not alone. Tell me what you love about SABC or eTV (if you have DSTV and love something on these channels you can still tell me-really)

Time Is Limited

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Well we got our Modern and Tap exam results back today and I’m not too pleased with what my students got. I know they could have done better and I think they know it too.

It’s almost time for the show…eek…it’s this weekend already. There is still soooo much to do. I don’t even know where to start.

I’m actually meant to be studying at the moment. Yeah sure. All I can do is think about the stupid show. It must stop now, I need to study.

My foot still isn’t better. For those of you who don’t know, I have tendinitis. I am being treated for it (with weekly injections into my foot) but the Doc said they won’t really do much if I keep dancing. At this point in the year I don’t have a choice but to keep dancing. JOY! I really don’t know what I did today in rehearsal but I have insane pains in my one shin (just happens to be the same leg as the tendinitis). I really just think my body is coming to the stage where it needs rest. SLEEP.

My blog posts seem to be rather scattered and few these days, some what like my brains feel. So excuse them please.

Watching Movies

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Over the next two weeks I will be watching a bunch of movies. I don’t really know if they are good movies (in fact some of them might be really bad movies, in order to prove a point). Why will I be doing this? Well I have exams coming up this week and next week and the movies I will be watching are actually for my exams.

Wow, what am I studying that I get to watch movies all day long? Lucky hey? Not really…some of the movies are not so great. The movies I have to watch this time seem to be alright though.

I have already found and rented three of them on the list. The others will be a little harder to get hold of, so if anyone has any ideas of where I can get them please let me know.

The movies I have already rented are; Sweeney Todd, In Love and War, and Secretary. The ones I still need to get my hands on are; Cry Freedom, Funny Games, The Getaway, Intimacy, The Piano Teacher, Choke, and Doomsday.

I would also really appreciate any feedback or comments on these movies (but only if you have watched them please) it could really help me in my exam.

“Dare To Dance”

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Well lately I have been a lot quieter (on all fronts) than I usually am. I haven’t even been tweeting much or even considering updating my Facebook status.

This is all because of exams. Not University exams (like the ones I’m meant to be studying for now), but rather dancing exams. The worst part is i didn’t even dance my own exams this year. It was just because of stressing for my students and making sure they are ready. For some reason though my feet are covered in blisters…hmmm.

We have now officially survived 2 out of 3 weekends of exams. Firstly Hip Hop, then Modern and Tap, and this weekend coming up will be Acrobatics. I have also come to realise that most examiners are really nice people and really knowledgeable but some are just truly horrible and condescending. Both our Modern and tap examiners were great women to work with, and at the end of the day we learnt a lot from them. But that Hip Hop examiner, Gosh, lets just hope and pray we never get her again.

I’m specifically not mentioning names because I know that everyone has a reputation to uphold, but that examiner looked and acted like a real witch. I’m sure the kiddies that still believe in witches were scared out of their wits.

So our exams are almost over, which will give us teachers a small part of our lives back. Then there is the end year show, which I can almost say is worse than exams. The stress to get everything done in time, and to make sure everything is perfect…EEEEK!

Honestly the show is always great and always works out at the end of the day, but for me it seems to be nerve wrecking every time I must run up or down those dreadful stairs backstage. Two years ago just at the end of the show, when we were running to be on stage for the prize giving, I went flying down the stairs. I landed up going to hospital at midnight and walking out with my arm in a cast and sling and my leg in a cast too. What was that about the saying “Break a Leg” being good luck?

It was also rather funny as our slogan is ” Dare to Dance”

"Dare To Dance"

"Dare To Dance"