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My laptop that has been broken for more than a year (despite my constant poking of it, pressing all buttons, shaking it like a baby) now suddenly WORKS basically because my mother just, like, touched it. WHAT IS THIS WHAT IS THIS AND WHY HAS IT HAPPENED?? I am half annoyed that it seemed to just want her attention and half pleased because, you know, lappy again!

Computers, man. What bitches.

I am currently in Melbourne enjoyed the hotel wireless because I have to tell you about the amazingness that was the King Tut exhibition today. OH GOD OH GODS OF DUAT AND KEMET I CANNOT EVEN TELL YOU. It was beautiful. I spent the first three rooms of it tearing up and trying not to cry at how overwhelmed I was. Could I be more of an Egyptology geek? (Charlie! Charlie! I spent the whole time thinking about texting you and there was a beautiful Sekhmet and I was all !!! WHY IS CHARLIE NOT HERE WITH ME FOR THIS?? Valid question, Charlie, WHERE WERE YOU??)

Then they talked about my friends in the videos. ('my friends' being Ramses II, Seti I, and my girl of awesome Hatshepsut. (These are my friends, see how they shimmer - that's what Johnny Depp said about the Pharaohs.))

There's this cardboard Anubis standee down in the foyer of the hotel and I am waiting until it is late times and no one is there so I can go down and take lots of embarrassing photos with him.

Yesterday we went to Victoria Market and I bought pretty Egyptian papyri, because only Egyptian things are allowed in this holiday apparently and I will tomorrow buy another one YAY!

We bought DVDs from Borders last night but they didn't take those bloody security things off so we had to break the boxes open to watch our ten dollar DVDs. Screw you, Borders! Now I'm going to have to work out how to keep them safe to bring them home. (Emma is way superior to Pride and Prejudice. Why did no one tell me this? Mr Knightley is about a BILLION times better than stupid Mr Darcy. OH YES I SAID IT.)

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:DDDDDDD PRETTY GODS AND DEAD KINGS OMG. (When Tut comes back here I am going to see him, AND TRY AND HUG HIS COFFIN).

I am sorry! I am not in Australia :( I wish I was. Did they let you take pictures?

And OHGODS SETI AND RAMSES :DDDDDD

I got to see Tjuya's funeray mask (http://gouk.about.com/od/travelbyinterest/ig/Tutankhamun-Exhibition/Funerary-Mask.htm) and her sarcophagus (http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=sPt&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=Lady+Tjuya+sarcophagus&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1280&bih=583) is pretty much the MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I've ever seen.

CHARLIE EVERYTHING IS MADE OF GLORY!

They didn't let me take pictures inside sadly, but I have a picture of me outside giving reaction shots. They look like this: :D! :D!

THEY ARE THE BEST PHARAOHS :DDDD

(There was no Set on anything at all, except tomorrow I am so buying the papyrus that had him on it because anything Set needs to belong to me!)

PRETTY OMG COFFINS. I wish these things were still available. I would get a sarcophagus.

I AM SO FULL OF ENVY D:

DAMN THEM TOO. And poor Set, he gets cut out of so much because of the rep they gave him. STOP MAKING SET EVIL ;_;

I would have one made of candy. Delicious delicious candy. Nephthys and Isis' inlays would be made of licorice.

I AM SO FULL OF NEEDING TO SHARE THIS EXCITEMENT WITH YOU!

Damn those Hyksos! *shakes fist* We save Set and his chaotic, philandering ~~rapey~~ ways!

This would be the best coffin.

I AM EXCITED THROUGH YOU. Which sounds creepy, BUT OH WELL.

THEM HYSKSOS DDDD:

It might not last the ages...

I LIKE THAT YOU'RE EXCITED THROUGH ME! (And I just noticed that my mood theme is happy Nephthys which makes this post EVEN MORE EGYPTIAN AND YAY!) I want to buy and send you shinies >_>

THEY JUST GO AND RUIN EVERYTHING. AND I HEAR THEY SMELL AND HAVE NO MANNERS.

Pshah. In ten thousand years people would find the remains and would be awestruck by someone having a candy coffin.

HAPPY NEPHTHYS MAKES EVERYTHING HAPPY. I would not survive the gift shop, I know the feeling.

SILLY INVADERS, GOING AND CHANGING THINGS D:

"Who were these people? Clearly this was a MIGHTY CIVILIZATION!"

I may have to see if anything at the market tomorrow calls out your name. And if so I may have to buy it for you. Because I cannot refuse if things want to live with you, after all! It would be mean!

THOSE JERK FACES.

'WE SHALL WORSHIP THEM. ALL HAIL THE CANDY GODS' (clearly, the future is SO AWESOME)

No need to get me anything! I will be happy with tales of pretty coffins and gods, AND ALL THE THINGS.

Yeah it's like they're not even doing ivader-y things. Oh wait...

ALL HAIL! ALL HAIL! (I LOVE the future!)

THIS FUTURE IS MADE OF CANDY.

WHY IS ADRIANA LIMA NOT A HOT EGYPTIAN GODDESS. MY LIFE, IT IS EMPTY.

BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE ALL THE EGYPTIANS.

(She'd make a bamf Nefertiti though)

Oh, there was SUCH a gorgeous Nefertiti bust there. Not the really famous one, but a plain stone one. The lips were so perfect <3

If Nefertiti showed up she would be all "Oh hey gods, please don't hate me because my husband screwed you all over...")

Nefertiti is always perfect. I want to say I want to grow up to be like her, but then I remember she is woefully dead.

AHAHAHAH OH AKHENATEN <3. Poor Aten too. He was a God before Akhen said 'all mine' and now the poor hand-sun has a bad rep.

In 11th grade, I was given Hatshepsut as a presentation project, and let me tell you, I was ldshlhj so giddy. She is amazing.

ohmygod, isn't she just the best thing ever? ♥ I would have been rubbish at that presentation because I would have just been all "YOU GUYS, OH YOU GUYS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HER COOL, YOU GUYS, SO COOL."

I am so glad you had an awesome time :D

Yes, having awesomes all around! So pleased!

Hm, I'd want to make sure your new purchases won't get destroyed by customs on the way home -- probably worth checking their website for info, I think? D:

I've brought papyrus' things through before so should be all fine :) (I'd FIGHT THEM TO THE DEATH for them if it wasn't. I'd have to live in the airport and I'd miss you guys!)

Soooooooooo jealous! Really want to go to that exhibition. And Melbourne ♥.

Today we're going to go do shopping and things down Bourke Street mall and such. I WILL LOOK FOR HANSON FANS!

John Thornton is better than ALL those Victorian dramas!!!! XD

I miss you Circe!

I will back back tomorrow!

How fantastic is the Tutankhamun exhibition?? I went a few weeks ago (with my cousin and her five-year-old son - lots of hilarity was had explaining things to him XD). So amazing.

AH-MAY-ZING. I loved it so much!

(Emma is way superior to Pride and Prejudice. Why did no one tell me this? Mr Knightley is about a BILLION times better than stupid Mr Darcy. OH YES I SAID IT.)

Thems fightin' words, Missy!

I'm so jealous of you getting to see all the Egypt thigns! Glad your having/had a fantastic time!