Observations

Ok, so I've been thinking lately of a few things I'd like to blog about but haven't really got around to it. One day.

University is coming to an end for the year, and after 3 big tests next week I will be done. Hopefully I'm able to get some quality study done this week, despite all the exciting things I've got happening!

In the meantime, here are a few random recent observations...
- Why are people so attracted to drama? I can't stand drama, personally, and try to stay as far away from it as possible. So many people seem to want to hype things up to be more than they really are, or take offence at something that has nothing to do with them but act as if it does, or they try and have secret little conversations with people to feel like they're in the know and no one else is. Don't really understand it myself. Give me the simple life!
- And I guess, along with this is the way in which people answer the questions "how are you?" or "how have you been?" It's almost like it's necessary to answer these questions with either "tired", "busy" or "sick" in order to feel worthy. Sure, they may be the reality, but that's not all there is to it! Most people are busy and tired these days, it seems, but I hope and pray that your life can be about more than this, and that you can still feel worthy if these things are not the answers you'd be inclined to use. If you were to give me some other response, I'd be no less impressed. I hope that busyness and tiredness are not what are defining your life, that's all. Please don't feel like I don't care if you are sick, tired or busy. Of course I care. And I want to hear about it. Hope that makes sense.
- In a completely unrelated topic... There's this girl in two of my classes. She's American, and I'd like to think I would've known that even before she spoke, due to the fact that she wore bootleg jeans, with sport shoes, had reeeeally long straight perfect hair, stickers all over her laptop and carried a travel cup/water bottle thing with her wherever she went. Her American-ness is even more evident in tutorials when she has no problem speaking out and offering answers- something that kiwis aren't very good at! Turns out she's from Orange County, California actually, which I probably wouldn't have guessed. Aaanyway... one day she showed up to class with her top lip pierced, a kind of styley shoulder length haircut and hair dyed a dark mahogany colour, black jeans, slip-on shoes, and I don't remember what else. Is this what New Zealand does to people? Haha. I don't know. But I thought it was fascinating that she entirely changed her image overnight and now wouldn't stand out quite so much as being foreign.

Those are my observations for now. My lecture is almost over so better listen to the end and then get myself organised to leave.
Peace.