so, another week has passed, which means i am another week closer to The Start Of School. this bodes poorly for my unused, ageing brain. yesterday my dad asked me what potassium chromate was used for, and i struggled to squeeze out the formula of K2Cr2O7, only to realise that it was actually the formula for dichromate and that i didn't know the real formula for chromate. this means that i have forgotten everything i knew about chem, and possibly physics and bio too, which we will discover once school starts and everything is alien to me.

the majority of the week was spent getting over italy. of course i was shocked by the zidane send-off, but when i watched the replay i understood exactly why he was so pissed. materazzi nipple-crippled him! i have no idea why the media isn't blasting this especially when it is obvious that no sane french captain would get himself red carded over a -comment- from a filthy italian. besides, what i want to know is did materazzi speak in french or does zidane understand italian? clearly something is fishy here. anyway this only proves that the italians are exactly the obnoxious dirty players we all assumed them to be, and, with the exception of cannavaro whose muscles you rarely find on footballers, they are all helluva ugly too. i guess the other consolation for france is that zidane did give quite a headbutt, so if the materazzi molest left us questioning any of his man-ness, the headbutt did away with all thoughts to the contrary.

the other big thing i've been up to is clearing up the balcony, after succombing to overpowering parental nagging. the good thing is that i now have a space to study, so that if and when the smart gene kicks in, at least i'll have all my equipment fired up and ready to go. i even went to ikea on thursday to get these cute little white storage crate thingies, which come with wheels at the bottom so that i can pull them to me and access my books and stuff without my butt even having to leave its seat. this is extremely important because i am truly lazy and my spurts of productivity are rare and short-lived.

to be fair though, the week hasn't been all work and no play, and i have actually been quite happy despite some heartbreaking football. mark pointed out that my last post sounded too depressed and have i forgotten all about his wonderful company during the week? haha, oops :D anyway, the more active days were thanks to gymming with him and jogging with aud and, and, possibly i have even gotten a shade darker from the sun... amazing!

lastly- pimples have invaded my face! i have to do something about it, though i'm not sure what. it is time for some yoga and meditation now while i try to find the answer to all of life's problems. goodnight!