Hurrah for the shattering of hermit-like existence! Well, sort of anyway... have had a lot of catching up done this week and a good number of reasons for celebration all round, holiday season aside. :D Engagements, birthdays and Honours work completed, to name a few. I myself will be rounding up work for the year soon so I'm looking forward to that as well. In the meantime, Christmas shopping has begun and it's going to be tough... have a couple of rather obscure items in mind for a few people, but if I find them, it will be fantastico.
Sunday, I met up with a friend I'd not seen for at least 2 years... Kasey was one of my original firstyear friends from whom I kind of drifted seeing as she was studying Chemistry... but we've kept in touch over the last couple years and have avowed to make sure another 2 years doesn't dare go by before we grab one another again. We ate, walked, talked (or laughed... heheh), browsed and bought (a couple of tops for summer, which were desperately needed), then promised to do all that again and soon too, especially with Christmas shopping needing to be done. I've nearly exhausted my Dymocks card now because I found 2 collections that day that nearly bowled me over when I saw the prices... I got The Complete Works of William Shakespeare and The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, both collections together for less than $40!! :D Kasey grabbed herself a copy of the Shakespeare collection as well... oh man, I love Wordsworth publishers. I literally went bug-eyed when I saw the books. I mean, seriously. Thank you Vicki and the others back at Pitcher for giving me that card! Angels, the lot of you!
Just a couple of days before, I had been debating whether or not I would use it in order to buy a copy of The Australian Writer's Marketplace which I actually found by chance at the Uni Co-op Bookshop. I honestly have no idea why it's never occurred to me, not once, to go in there since I started working and the only reason I did that day was because of one of the guys down at the RO. Jeffrey had just come back from a conference in the US and on his desk I spotted a copy of Strunk & White's Elements of Style, something I've been hard pressed to find a hardcopy of (it's nice having it online and all, but I really want a hard copy). When I asked him where he got it, he said it was the last copy at the conference and when I mentioned wanting a copy, he suggested the Co-op. Once I got there, I couldn't see Strunk and White anywhere but the 2006 copy of the AWM was staring me in the face. Eventually deciding that I would use my card for books for leisure as opposed to stuff for work, I bought it and at a reduced price too (being a shop mostly catering to students). Damn... I knew that there were publications for every topic under the sun but seeing it all listed in one book kind of emphasises the point further. Not to mention it also contains a complete list of Australian Publishers, Lit Agents, Writer's services, Comps, etc... thanks for the suggestion Jeffrey. :D
I went to see Pride and Prejudice yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it! Aside from some pangs with the anachronisms and the at times, over the top direction and overpowering musical score, it was a really good movie. I think the interpretation was definitely a more raw approach to the story, where we got to see how things would have played out had a slightly lesser importance been placed upon propriety (although, I do kind of think too much license was taken in Elizabeth's appearance after her walk to Netherfield). It was a version I would gladly watch again. I grinned almost the whole way through (hurrah for those little awkward moments!) and I'm so glad that they included that scene where Bingley was practising his speech. That was gold. Given the time contraints, I did understand how quickly they needed to pace the movie and somtimes that was felt with scenes sort of toppling into one another and other plotlines barely touched on but overall, it was a great watch.
Keira certainly had a handle on the dialogue and whatever issues I had with some of her scenes, I'm kind of attributing that to the direction because I thought she did a really good job. I liked Matthew's Darcy as well... his portrayal was a slight more emotional than I'm used to and it was pretty effective. I liked seeing Darcy that way. :D Mr. Collins had me ROTFL because everything he said seemed to be accompanied by a desperate need to rush to the loo, particularly in Elizabeth's introduction to Lady Catherine. He turned me off in a whole different way to David Bamber's greasy little man in the 1995 version :lol: and Brenda Blethyn and Donald Sutherland played off each other really well :D I did wish his accent would steady itself though. Was it just me or did Wickham bear a vague resemblance to Orlando Bloom? Like a not-so-handsome version of him? My friend actually thought it was him, but then again, I don't think she's seen as many pics of him as I have ;)
I daresay, the BBC version remains my favourite (the subtlety in that movie is damned astounding), but this version is definitely not without its charms. Looking forward to getting the DVD when it comes out :D
Goblet of Fire opens tomorrow! Hurrah!! :D
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Monday, November 21, 2005
'Paper! Snow! A ghost!'
Aside from the fact that I’m currently eating the blandest tasting apple ever, it’s been a pretty cool day. Oh, however, be careful what you wish for too… I complained about the crunchy Anzac Bikkies and what do you know… my sister decides to get me some more (I’m so spoiled) and well… soft. Incompletely baked. I dunno. But still better than the crunchy so heh.
- Got The Castle DVD :D Aaahh, one of my favourite Aussie Aussie movies. Not to mention vintage Pre-Chopper Eric Bana. I miss him donning the plastic wig while taking off Ray Martin. Classic Bana.
- Finished off re-watching the BBC’s 1995 Pride & Prejudice for the millionth time (all this P&P talk!)… *sigh* then followed it up with Little Women (the ’94 one) and Clueless, both of which I’d not seen for years. Movie fun.
- Finished my first song! Hurrah! Yes, the chord switching is still really rough (much like the tips of my fingers!) but I was able to sing it through with some semi-reasonable breaks. Yippee!
- It was actually earlier in the week, but finally heard from my tutor and well, he’s great… :)
- For some reason, felt compelled to have a go at the YA recaps on TWoP again… and it has been a while since I laughed that hard. Pam Ribon is hilarious :D
And tonight, shall begin on The Shining which I acquired after finally using my Dymocks card. I wanna see if it justifies my having made room in my freezer.
Meanwhile, a million points, a la Whose Line, to whoever knows to what the hell I’m referring in my subject line ;)
- Got The Castle DVD :D Aaahh, one of my favourite Aussie Aussie movies. Not to mention vintage Pre-Chopper Eric Bana. I miss him donning the plastic wig while taking off Ray Martin. Classic Bana.
- Finished off re-watching the BBC’s 1995 Pride & Prejudice for the millionth time (all this P&P talk!)… *sigh* then followed it up with Little Women (the ’94 one) and Clueless, both of which I’d not seen for years. Movie fun.
- Finished my first song! Hurrah! Yes, the chord switching is still really rough (much like the tips of my fingers!) but I was able to sing it through with some semi-reasonable breaks. Yippee!
- It was actually earlier in the week, but finally heard from my tutor and well, he’s great… :)
- For some reason, felt compelled to have a go at the YA recaps on TWoP again… and it has been a while since I laughed that hard. Pam Ribon is hilarious :D
And tonight, shall begin on The Shining which I acquired after finally using my Dymocks card. I wanna see if it justifies my having made room in my freezer.
Meanwhile, a million points, a la Whose Line, to whoever knows to what the hell I’m referring in my subject line ;)
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Have I put off heading down to the RO enough???
Alrighty then, RO, here I come!
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And it's later in the day, the RO has been covered and I am now power-typing it up on the 7th floor in the library. I was tempted to truck it on up all the way to the Law Faculty (which sits snugly atop the library, with an awesome view of everywhere within a huge radius (wish I could be more specific but sadly, I can't). I love that place, by the way. Talk about cushy. It's enough to convince one to do Law (if they can, that is... my friend got a 99.6 on his UAI and he still couldn't get in as he'd missed the cutoff by what, .2?). In secondyear, I did a course up there - Human Rights in Ancient Rome and it was a really interesting course too. Despite the fact that the guy who taught it was a quiet octogenarian, he was able to get everyone's interest sparked and of course, he was greatly aided by the course material. One thing I learnt? That the Romans were a slippery lot of bastards and I'd want one to represent me if I were ever taken to court. I so wish I'd had the grades to make it into Grad Law. I wanted to do that course so badly but ah well, c'est la vie. Will direct any legal questions to May instead ;)
The wind is hollering like mad outside and you can hear it beating against the windows. I'd anticipated a different day so I'm not really quite dressed for this(although for boiling weather, this shirt is the best). It certainly did aid my walk up here from lower campus... literally pushed me up, step by step, it was that strong. My hair was extremely unappreciative. It doesn't help (or does, as viewpoint calls) that the campus tends to act like one giant wind tunnel. The sensation was one akin to some invisible and impatient (and surprisingly strong) child pushing me up towards some imaginary candy shop and I do believe the angle at which I was walking at times would have betrayed this as well. This does mean that my trek back down to lower campus (only this time, to harass the loverly people down in the Science Office) ought to be pretty interesting.
Meanwhile, awkward moments abound as I just ran into my best friend's ex. It was your classic stare-down-as-you-walk-past and to be quite frank, I nearly burst out laughing. I'm not sure but I think he might have noticed that as well. So strange. I'm sure he's wondering what the hell I'm still doing on campus seeing as the last time we spoke was the night before my graduation (a conversation which I endured under duress I might add). Then again, maybe he guessed after spying the contraption I was carrying around. Made my day, that certainly did. Up till the final months of his rel/ship with Mel, I actually felt sorry for him at times... and overall thought he was a really great, decent guy. It's weird to look at someone after your opinion of them has been altered so much, and especially after you'd begun to almost consider them a friend.
Although I'm sure it's now over, when I got off at Central station this morning, I got a nice taste of how many people were attending the strikes protesting Howard's new IR laws. Oh man, I was so tempted to go with them and see if I could possibly get something written up. If it weren't for work, I might have. Then again, I've still very little practice as the nosy journalist (too bloody polite that's what :P)... then again, when opportunity knocks? Funnily enough, where the SMH had made it front page, the Daily Tel barely covered it. I'm a little surprised. I understand wanting to cover the terror suspects ('Grubs', in the words of Paul Kent), but come on... a strike over the new IR laws gets nothing? Hell, they even mentioned the strike in Melbourne! Unless someone clears something up for me big time, I can't say I'm on board with the new initiatives... there are a lot of shitty employers out there who will be at even greater advantage to abuse their employees. Not on. Oh, and I'm still not all that happy with a 'shoot to kill policy', although yes, I do think that I would prefer giving the police a little more leeway over having my train blow up on the way to work one morning.
And now, it's time I ate. Will do so as I plough through some articles I want to read and some potential follow-ups I want to do on them. The assignment I've been working on has me a little stumped at the moment but only because I'm a ridiculous perfectionist when it comes to this and no idea seems good enough. Anyone here have any questions they've ever wanted to ask a range of celebrities (whatever type) which would not only be embarrassment free, but also allow them to better their image whilst being potentially creative and interesting? Hehehe... I want to tackle some writers but then I have to think of publication appeal and it's just not hitting me at the moment, who in the world would want to read about that seeing as I'm having so much trouble finding lit mags here in Sydney and the thought of tackling one of the bigger publications at this stage seems rather implausible.
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And it's later in the day, the RO has been covered and I am now power-typing it up on the 7th floor in the library. I was tempted to truck it on up all the way to the Law Faculty (which sits snugly atop the library, with an awesome view of everywhere within a huge radius (wish I could be more specific but sadly, I can't). I love that place, by the way. Talk about cushy. It's enough to convince one to do Law (if they can, that is... my friend got a 99.6 on his UAI and he still couldn't get in as he'd missed the cutoff by what, .2?). In secondyear, I did a course up there - Human Rights in Ancient Rome and it was a really interesting course too. Despite the fact that the guy who taught it was a quiet octogenarian, he was able to get everyone's interest sparked and of course, he was greatly aided by the course material. One thing I learnt? That the Romans were a slippery lot of bastards and I'd want one to represent me if I were ever taken to court. I so wish I'd had the grades to make it into Grad Law. I wanted to do that course so badly but ah well, c'est la vie. Will direct any legal questions to May instead ;)
The wind is hollering like mad outside and you can hear it beating against the windows. I'd anticipated a different day so I'm not really quite dressed for this(although for boiling weather, this shirt is the best). It certainly did aid my walk up here from lower campus... literally pushed me up, step by step, it was that strong. My hair was extremely unappreciative. It doesn't help (or does, as viewpoint calls) that the campus tends to act like one giant wind tunnel. The sensation was one akin to some invisible and impatient (and surprisingly strong) child pushing me up towards some imaginary candy shop and I do believe the angle at which I was walking at times would have betrayed this as well. This does mean that my trek back down to lower campus (only this time, to harass the loverly people down in the Science Office) ought to be pretty interesting.
Meanwhile, awkward moments abound as I just ran into my best friend's ex. It was your classic stare-down-as-you-walk-past and to be quite frank, I nearly burst out laughing. I'm not sure but I think he might have noticed that as well. So strange. I'm sure he's wondering what the hell I'm still doing on campus seeing as the last time we spoke was the night before my graduation (a conversation which I endured under duress I might add). Then again, maybe he guessed after spying the contraption I was carrying around. Made my day, that certainly did. Up till the final months of his rel/ship with Mel, I actually felt sorry for him at times... and overall thought he was a really great, decent guy. It's weird to look at someone after your opinion of them has been altered so much, and especially after you'd begun to almost consider them a friend.
Although I'm sure it's now over, when I got off at Central station this morning, I got a nice taste of how many people were attending the strikes protesting Howard's new IR laws. Oh man, I was so tempted to go with them and see if I could possibly get something written up. If it weren't for work, I might have. Then again, I've still very little practice as the nosy journalist (too bloody polite that's what :P)... then again, when opportunity knocks? Funnily enough, where the SMH had made it front page, the Daily Tel barely covered it. I'm a little surprised. I understand wanting to cover the terror suspects ('Grubs', in the words of Paul Kent), but come on... a strike over the new IR laws gets nothing? Hell, they even mentioned the strike in Melbourne! Unless someone clears something up for me big time, I can't say I'm on board with the new initiatives... there are a lot of shitty employers out there who will be at even greater advantage to abuse their employees. Not on. Oh, and I'm still not all that happy with a 'shoot to kill policy', although yes, I do think that I would prefer giving the police a little more leeway over having my train blow up on the way to work one morning.
And now, it's time I ate. Will do so as I plough through some articles I want to read and some potential follow-ups I want to do on them. The assignment I've been working on has me a little stumped at the moment but only because I'm a ridiculous perfectionist when it comes to this and no idea seems good enough. Anyone here have any questions they've ever wanted to ask a range of celebrities (whatever type) which would not only be embarrassment free, but also allow them to better their image whilst being potentially creative and interesting? Hehehe... I want to tackle some writers but then I have to think of publication appeal and it's just not hitting me at the moment, who in the world would want to read about that seeing as I'm having so much trouble finding lit mags here in Sydney and the thought of tackling one of the bigger publications at this stage seems rather implausible.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
'Leavin... on a jet plane...'
... man, I wish that were true. I feel like taking a trip or something. I may even restart the search for some nice places in the mountains where (hopefully) it'd be cooler. The heat's pretty scorching and so today, I'll be taking all the 'sheltered' routes around campus in order to make life just that little bit easier.
The last week has sort of flown really and it seems to be doing so ahead of my brain because the attempt just now to recall most of it was pretty blank for a little while there... it's the heat, I tell you. Turns the brain to mush and the body to jelly (or at least, it does mine. Good on you lot who can sustain yourselves in weather like this. I mean it, I applaud you!)
Seeing as I am now in an air-conditioned building and feeling a tad more refreshed, warning: I've yet to see how long it takes me to shut up on this thing :P
Oh ok, I'm nice... will insert cuts so that not everyone's eyes have to bleed ;)
Last week, my bro got a new TV for his room (or, as I like to call it, his 'miniflat' :P) and he'd recently let on that if he were to do such a thing, I could have his old one. Thought that wouldn't happen for years (or at least, not till the darned thing had pretty much broken down) so paid little attention to it. There was also the matter of us having no antenna (thanks to Foxtel) and that there was no way I was about to start shelling out $90 or so a month to get it in my room so a TV in my room would be pretty useless. Nevertheless, the new TV came and the old one made the trip up to my room. Duds and I decided, sure, why not, this way if we were to ever play our ancient Nintendo again, then we would be able to do so unhindered.
Good plan, turned out better. I've now got a DVD/VCR up there (can we say, hurrah??). My dad was looking through a Bing Lee catalogue when he found a GREAT brand for really cheap and he bugged me about it, saying it was on sale and it would never be this cheap again, ya ya ya... as a testament to my complete impotence as a shopper, I went up and down and up and down (and over and out! Hee... the cheap was a bargain, yes, as well as still being a nice hefty amount of moolah), even doing research into cassette lives and VHS-DVD quality and then caved once I realised that holding out for a 2 way DVD/VCR recorder was completely unnecessary (and according to my research, pointless). At least, for me at this stage. Duds insisted on hooking it all up for me (love her) and there it is. Tis very cool. The concept of me watching TV in my room was so foreign to me this time last week so, ain't life grand?
Sunday was the official start of my attempts to play the guitar. Thanks to May, my bro and this site online which provides a midi of the E string, I now know how to tune a guitar! That's awesome! And getting past the tuning stage, I also know how to play scales and I've got the G, C and D chords down (or close). I think my hand is still unaccustomed to holding the neck the way I should. My fingering is dodgy as but by yesterday it was improving. My biggest problem seems to be pressing the strings down hard enough for all the notes to ring clearly and doing so without touching any strings I'm not supposed to. Because of this, my G chord sounds really weird to me :P Oh well, practice, practice, practice (Swan Princess flashback)! Switching chords is getting a little easier and I'm even attempting a song (ref: my subject line). Sure, it's coming out really slowly, but so far it doesn't sound awful (to me, anyway :P) so hurrah! Finally getting onto the guitar! I do hope those callouses build up a little more quickly though
Tuesday (Monday was a lazefest) was pretty cool. I went into work and the Canadian guy there showed me the pics he took on PEI, including a shot of the original house upon which Green Gables was based. Apparently, LM Montgomery's relatives lived there while she in fact lived down the road or something in a house that wasn't so nice. The place looks beautiful... and the country is gorgeous (Chris, I saw some pics of some of the gardens you mentioned... everything there looks really pretty). Apparently, the Anne industry is huge up there (during the summer) and at some points you actually have Matthew and Marilla stalls up and down the streets. Seriously, had he told me this 10 years ago, I would have just gone nuts wanting to laugh and go up to see it at the same time. After that, goofed around with some of the other staff as per usual before finishing up there and the GRS and then heading to the city to meet Mel at St. Mary's where we spent a few hours before heading back for her meeting with her supervisor.
Yesterday? Mush and jelly... although I did wake up a little bit when I found out that we have another engagement on our hands... my friend, Ed's (the dude who beat me out at trick or treating :lol:) gettin' hitched. I caught him and his sister on my train this morning and got the chance to congratulate him. He and his fiance have been trying to get organised and seems as though that's pretty difficult as every place they've looked up seems to be booked till 2007! Yikes... but that means another wedding to go to (hopefully) next year. Oh geez... what to wear? Meh, I've still got time.
The last week has sort of flown really and it seems to be doing so ahead of my brain because the attempt just now to recall most of it was pretty blank for a little while there... it's the heat, I tell you. Turns the brain to mush and the body to jelly (or at least, it does mine. Good on you lot who can sustain yourselves in weather like this. I mean it, I applaud you!)
Seeing as I am now in an air-conditioned building and feeling a tad more refreshed, warning: I've yet to see how long it takes me to shut up on this thing :P
Oh ok, I'm nice... will insert cuts so that not everyone's eyes have to bleed ;)
Last week, my bro got a new TV for his room (or, as I like to call it, his 'miniflat' :P) and he'd recently let on that if he were to do such a thing, I could have his old one. Thought that wouldn't happen for years (or at least, not till the darned thing had pretty much broken down) so paid little attention to it. There was also the matter of us having no antenna (thanks to Foxtel) and that there was no way I was about to start shelling out $90 or so a month to get it in my room so a TV in my room would be pretty useless. Nevertheless, the new TV came and the old one made the trip up to my room. Duds and I decided, sure, why not, this way if we were to ever play our ancient Nintendo again, then we would be able to do so unhindered.
Good plan, turned out better. I've now got a DVD/VCR up there (can we say, hurrah??). My dad was looking through a Bing Lee catalogue when he found a GREAT brand for really cheap and he bugged me about it, saying it was on sale and it would never be this cheap again, ya ya ya... as a testament to my complete impotence as a shopper, I went up and down and up and down (and over and out! Hee... the cheap was a bargain, yes, as well as still being a nice hefty amount of moolah), even doing research into cassette lives and VHS-DVD quality and then caved once I realised that holding out for a 2 way DVD/VCR recorder was completely unnecessary (and according to my research, pointless). At least, for me at this stage. Duds insisted on hooking it all up for me (love her) and there it is. Tis very cool. The concept of me watching TV in my room was so foreign to me this time last week so, ain't life grand?
Sunday was the official start of my attempts to play the guitar. Thanks to May, my bro and this site online which provides a midi of the E string, I now know how to tune a guitar! That's awesome! And getting past the tuning stage, I also know how to play scales and I've got the G, C and D chords down (or close). I think my hand is still unaccustomed to holding the neck the way I should. My fingering is dodgy as but by yesterday it was improving. My biggest problem seems to be pressing the strings down hard enough for all the notes to ring clearly and doing so without touching any strings I'm not supposed to. Because of this, my G chord sounds really weird to me :P Oh well, practice, practice, practice (Swan Princess flashback)! Switching chords is getting a little easier and I'm even attempting a song (ref: my subject line). Sure, it's coming out really slowly, but so far it doesn't sound awful (to me, anyway :P) so hurrah! Finally getting onto the guitar! I do hope those callouses build up a little more quickly though
Tuesday (Monday was a lazefest) was pretty cool. I went into work and the Canadian guy there showed me the pics he took on PEI, including a shot of the original house upon which Green Gables was based. Apparently, LM Montgomery's relatives lived there while she in fact lived down the road or something in a house that wasn't so nice. The place looks beautiful... and the country is gorgeous (Chris, I saw some pics of some of the gardens you mentioned... everything there looks really pretty). Apparently, the Anne industry is huge up there (during the summer) and at some points you actually have Matthew and Marilla stalls up and down the streets. Seriously, had he told me this 10 years ago, I would have just gone nuts wanting to laugh and go up to see it at the same time. After that, goofed around with some of the other staff as per usual before finishing up there and the GRS and then heading to the city to meet Mel at St. Mary's where we spent a few hours before heading back for her meeting with her supervisor.
Yesterday? Mush and jelly... although I did wake up a little bit when I found out that we have another engagement on our hands... my friend, Ed's (the dude who beat me out at trick or treating :lol:) gettin' hitched. I caught him and his sister on my train this morning and got the chance to congratulate him. He and his fiance have been trying to get organised and seems as though that's pretty difficult as every place they've looked up seems to be booked till 2007! Yikes... but that means another wedding to go to (hopefully) next year. Oh geez... what to wear? Meh, I've still got time.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Hello, Friday!
Ok, where are we... where are we...?
- Looking through Lovehammers Pics courtesy of Lovehammers.com and enjoying the hell outta short-haired-Marty shots :D ETA: oh! hello Flip Off shot! :lol:
- Listening to My Yahoo! Music Station. Addicted, I am. I have found soooo many long lost or forgotten songs, albums and artists on this thing and loving every second of it :D No joke, they even have the Anne (of Green Gables) Soundtrack... the Anne soundtrack! I mean, damn! Since when would you hear Anne's Theme playing on a radio station??? Fantastico :D Seems like something's trying to get me to re-read my books or something... first the DVDs and then the guy from work coming back from visiting Charlottetown and giving me an AOGG souvenir pencil (which now sits with pride in front of my set), now this? I'm mad, I know :P
Whoa... Jan, you're one quick woman! And THANK YOU for the song! :hug: Have I told you that you're awesome??? Well, you are! :D
- Waiting on some word from my tutor
- And now being dragged off the computer by my sister... alrighty then :lol:
- Looking through Lovehammers Pics courtesy of Lovehammers.com and enjoying the hell outta short-haired-Marty shots :D ETA: oh! hello Flip Off shot! :lol:
- Listening to My Yahoo! Music Station. Addicted, I am. I have found soooo many long lost or forgotten songs, albums and artists on this thing and loving every second of it :D No joke, they even have the Anne (of Green Gables) Soundtrack... the Anne soundtrack! I mean, damn! Since when would you hear Anne's Theme playing on a radio station??? Fantastico :D Seems like something's trying to get me to re-read my books or something... first the DVDs and then the guy from work coming back from visiting Charlottetown and giving me an AOGG souvenir pencil (which now sits with pride in front of my set), now this? I'm mad, I know :P
Whoa... Jan, you're one quick woman! And THANK YOU for the song! :hug: Have I told you that you're awesome??? Well, you are! :D
- Waiting on some word from my tutor
- And now being dragged off the computer by my sister... alrighty then :lol:
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Heh
Two things I was just doing... reading the news and then looking for scripts, trying to find a particular quote, which I ultimately found:
'Now isn't it just as biased to say things aren't as to say they are, when you don't have proof either way?' - Lucas, SeaQuest (ep: Lostland)
Sure, didn't really need that exact quote to say it, but I liked it.
How much some people stake on pure speculation kills me.
Man, I love this piece :) *hums along to the FG Suite*
'Now isn't it just as biased to say things aren't as to say they are, when you don't have proof either way?' - Lucas, SeaQuest (ep: Lostland)
Sure, didn't really need that exact quote to say it, but I liked it.
How much some people stake on pure speculation kills me.
Man, I love this piece :) *hums along to the FG Suite*
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Wow, back sooner than I expected to be... ;)
I like work gaps :D
Tiny little hurrah here because after years of searching (well, ok, more like a search spanning years :P), I've finally found where I can get a copy of a book I absolutely loved as a kid... A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Now, I actually already have an online link to the full story but it was this book in particular that I wanted because of the illustrations... amazingly done by Graham Rust. I had been looking for this book for I don't know how long and if I had remembered Graham Rust's name, that search may have taken much less time. Ah well, bugger it, found it anyway :D Lots of stories associated with this particular book and I seriously can't wait till it's on my shelf...
Meanwhile, hehehe, Halloween passed last night and I think there were a record number of kids walking about our neighbourhood! Trick-or-treating isn't all that big down here in Aust, but kids are catching on. Then again, come on... dressing up and getting free lollies or candy?? That's not something I would have just passed up the opportunity to do when I was a kid (although I've only ever been once in my life. I was 10 and my friend, Christine and I were having a little competition with her brother, Ed [Little-Kid-Who-Thinks-My-Name's-Naughty's dad now] and his friend, Glen. The boys were on blades while Chris and I went about on foot... unfortunately, seems blading was the way to go 'cause the guys were able to cover more area and ended up winning, thanks to some mystery person who gave them entire bars of chocolate! Maaaaann...)
The kids last night were adorable and really polite too, which made them all the cuter. You had the older kids watching over the little ones and helping them out... letting out mini groans when I would be unable to resist giving the tiniest one an extra piece seeing as I nearly missed her... the whole thing was a lot of fun to watch. In fact, Duds and I enjoyed it so much that we wanted to go out and get more stuff in case we ran out. We never ended up doing so though because it was getting dark and no more kids came around.
Hehe, and now... off to the Red Centre (given it's not raining too hard outside)!
ETA: And Australia holds its breath as the Melbourne Cup gets underway... I'd actually forgotten it was today. Goes to show how much I pay attention :P Fun to see everyone around the offices in on it though. You can see how excited everyone is... and a little worried as well, considering how large some people's bets can get. An old classmate once won something like a grand in the sweeps and she didn't even know anything about it. What a gag. :P Bookies' bet: Makybe Diva
Tiny little hurrah here because after years of searching (well, ok, more like a search spanning years :P), I've finally found where I can get a copy of a book I absolutely loved as a kid... A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Now, I actually already have an online link to the full story but it was this book in particular that I wanted because of the illustrations... amazingly done by Graham Rust. I had been looking for this book for I don't know how long and if I had remembered Graham Rust's name, that search may have taken much less time. Ah well, bugger it, found it anyway :D Lots of stories associated with this particular book and I seriously can't wait till it's on my shelf...
Meanwhile, hehehe, Halloween passed last night and I think there were a record number of kids walking about our neighbourhood! Trick-or-treating isn't all that big down here in Aust, but kids are catching on. Then again, come on... dressing up and getting free lollies or candy?? That's not something I would have just passed up the opportunity to do when I was a kid (although I've only ever been once in my life. I was 10 and my friend, Christine and I were having a little competition with her brother, Ed [Little-Kid-Who-Thinks-My-Name's-Naughty's dad now] and his friend, Glen. The boys were on blades while Chris and I went about on foot... unfortunately, seems blading was the way to go 'cause the guys were able to cover more area and ended up winning, thanks to some mystery person who gave them entire bars of chocolate! Maaaaann...)
The kids last night were adorable and really polite too, which made them all the cuter. You had the older kids watching over the little ones and helping them out... letting out mini groans when I would be unable to resist giving the tiniest one an extra piece seeing as I nearly missed her... the whole thing was a lot of fun to watch. In fact, Duds and I enjoyed it so much that we wanted to go out and get more stuff in case we ran out. We never ended up doing so though because it was getting dark and no more kids came around.
Hehe, and now... off to the Red Centre (given it's not raining too hard outside)!
ETA: And Australia holds its breath as the Melbourne Cup gets underway... I'd actually forgotten it was today. Goes to show how much I pay attention :P Fun to see everyone around the offices in on it though. You can see how excited everyone is... and a little worried as well, considering how large some people's bets can get. An old classmate once won something like a grand in the sweeps and she didn't even know anything about it. What a gag. :P Bookies' bet: Makybe Diva
Long time, no update so...
... here we go!
Another day at work and things are just peachy... and I actually mean that without sarcasm. All in all, it's looking to be a pretty easy day (hmmm, have I just cursed it? Ah well...) and well, gotta love that. Work has been pretty good and study is going very well :D
As to news? My gosh, is time flying because not only did I attend a baby shower on Saturday for one of my oldest friends (she's having another girl!), but that day, I also received the news that ANOTHER ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IS GETTING MARRIED!! :D My gooosh, I'm so happy for her and her fiance... I'd seriously been waiting for this to happen for about a year but I still yelled like a banshee when she told me :D Man, so many of my old classmates are hitched or soon to be. Who'da thunk? Huzzah! I've been appointed chief hound on all things Wedding-y (first for me!) so this will be the first wedding in which I'm actually an active participant. At the moment, it looks be to be an April wedding so heaps to do! :D :D
As to the shower... well, that was one of the funniest one of those I've ever attended. Angel's got some really hilarious friends and I laughed most of the day away. The new baby (who Ange and Kyle have named Kayla) looks to be pretty set. Her older sister Chloe has made sure there are enough toys for her when she comes (which I think is very sweet considering Chloe is just 4) and the rest of us stocked them up with supplies :) Chloe is one of the most beautiful little things I've ever seen. She's also the spitting image of her mum so I guess that's no surprise. I was watching over her and our neighbour's grandson, Brandon, when the majority of the guests had left and they were a pretty good pair to look after. Very fair in play... at least up until the argument about which Batman movie to watch. I held them off until Kyle took control of the situation. Wow, is that guy good with kids. After Brandon had gone, I spent the rest of the night talking to Ange, with Chloe on my lap watching Batman Returns and at one point, seeing Kayla do something akin to a mexican wave :D I've never seen or felt a baby kicking before so that was pretty damn cool. So's being called, 'Auntie Jel'. At one point, Brandon accused my name of being a 'naughty word'... makes me wonder what Ed's been teaching the kid about me...
Meanwhile, the birthdays in my family are getting scarier and scarier... my bro is now 29 and my baby sister will be 15 in a month (meaning I'm 23 in a month and 2 days... hehehe, weird). When did everyone get so old?? Hehehe, I joke. December is THE month for birthdays in my family so lookin forward to it :D
And now, must head off to the Research Office to get some work knocked off. Hopefully, it's not another year or 2 before my next update on this thing.
Another day at work and things are just peachy... and I actually mean that without sarcasm. All in all, it's looking to be a pretty easy day (hmmm, have I just cursed it? Ah well...) and well, gotta love that. Work has been pretty good and study is going very well :D
As to news? My gosh, is time flying because not only did I attend a baby shower on Saturday for one of my oldest friends (she's having another girl!), but that day, I also received the news that ANOTHER ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IS GETTING MARRIED!! :D My gooosh, I'm so happy for her and her fiance... I'd seriously been waiting for this to happen for about a year but I still yelled like a banshee when she told me :D Man, so many of my old classmates are hitched or soon to be. Who'da thunk? Huzzah! I've been appointed chief hound on all things Wedding-y (first for me!) so this will be the first wedding in which I'm actually an active participant. At the moment, it looks be to be an April wedding so heaps to do! :D :D
As to the shower... well, that was one of the funniest one of those I've ever attended. Angel's got some really hilarious friends and I laughed most of the day away. The new baby (who Ange and Kyle have named Kayla) looks to be pretty set. Her older sister Chloe has made sure there are enough toys for her when she comes (which I think is very sweet considering Chloe is just 4) and the rest of us stocked them up with supplies :) Chloe is one of the most beautiful little things I've ever seen. She's also the spitting image of her mum so I guess that's no surprise. I was watching over her and our neighbour's grandson, Brandon, when the majority of the guests had left and they were a pretty good pair to look after. Very fair in play... at least up until the argument about which Batman movie to watch. I held them off until Kyle took control of the situation. Wow, is that guy good with kids. After Brandon had gone, I spent the rest of the night talking to Ange, with Chloe on my lap watching Batman Returns and at one point, seeing Kayla do something akin to a mexican wave :D I've never seen or felt a baby kicking before so that was pretty damn cool. So's being called, 'Auntie Jel'. At one point, Brandon accused my name of being a 'naughty word'... makes me wonder what Ed's been teaching the kid about me...
Meanwhile, the birthdays in my family are getting scarier and scarier... my bro is now 29 and my baby sister will be 15 in a month (meaning I'm 23 in a month and 2 days... hehehe, weird). When did everyone get so old?? Hehehe, I joke. December is THE month for birthdays in my family so lookin forward to it :D
And now, must head off to the Research Office to get some work knocked off. Hopefully, it's not another year or 2 before my next update on this thing.
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