It's just the thought of you... ...In love with someone else

Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:55:08 GMT

I have a job at Optus. When people order DSL, and then want to query something before they're activated/received their modem, they call me. I'm not that good at it right now. I mean, I'm awesome to talk to, but I'm pretty much saying "shit where do I look this up again?" every call right now. But we only started taking calls on Thursday. And yesterday one of our systems stopped working!

It's a pretty good job so far. There aren't that many people calling at the moment so we're easing into it okay..

crap I have to go put the washing on before I do this...

So I've put the washing on and now the suns gone hiding. Typical. I knew it wasn't going to be the best day for it anyway, but I really need some clean clothes... I don't like wearing just anything anymore. That's changed somewhat recently. Laura and I are going to go shopping next week when I get paid. I've decided I want a pair of black jeans. But I think they're going to have to be boys' jeans because girls jeans suck. They freak me out with the whole... 'hips' thing. And they always seem to have massive legs down the bottom, but I have okay legs down the bottom and would like to show them off thankyouverymuch. Gotta flaunt your assets! And I don't like wearing low cut tops, so you know, gotta show something else off at least. I should probably wear more skirts, but if I'm on a couch or something large enough I like to sit cross-legged.

So, at work I have my own desk. This is a novelty for me! I've already decorated it with pictures of Trogdor and also some work related stuffs. At Stellar we had to change all the time, sometimes you'd get back from break and somebody would be in your seat... that sucked a bit. The whole culture of the place is different from stellar, I have to keep reminding myself that I don't need to get off the phone quickly because this company doesn't get paid per call... Stuff like that was pounded into my head at Stellar, and so I keep thinking about this place the wrong way...

Because I have my own desk, I have my own computer! So now, to stop myself from talking all the time, I use Stickies (like postit notes but on your screen!) to write whatever is in my head instead of having it come out my mouth.... in between calls I mean. So yeah, I have a bunch of random stuff there. I wish I could post it to my LJ, cos I sound crazy in them.

hrmm... well that's all for now!
seeya!

Sun, 17 Oct 2004 10:57:47 GMT

dad is here, it will have to wait.

My dad is staying over tonight cos he's been in geelong and couldn't get home afterwards.

So he's sleeping in the study (here) and his bike is sleeping in our back 'yard' (read: concrete)

excellent.

seeyas.

eww, slugs.

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 03:02:47 GMT

I finished The Tawny Man series (trilogy), which is three more books following after The Farseer Trilogy and also The Liveship Traders (what do you know? a Trilogy!).

We've been waiting and waiting for the third book to come out in small, because it's been out since like... november last year in big but no-one would get it in small. The rest of the series we have in small too, so because I'm picky, we had to wait until one week ago.

I read it in two days because I wanted to know what would happen. Gus was kind of annoyed that I'd finished it so fast, but he gets to take it to work without any objections from me, so I think he might decide it's worth it.

Well...

Ah yes, Soccer.
Well, both Zoe and Ari were there this time, so we had a lot of talking to do. The boys played and got absolutely thrashed. They (well, Gary) kicked the first goal at 4 minutes in, which was as soon as Gary got on the court to sub Tom and Aaron. The other team were in shock and the boys ended up winning 1-0... for ten minutes. Then, in quick succession, 5 goals were scored by the opposition. Our boys were getting pissed off at each other and the teamwork was going downhill. All they could do was defend against the opposition, and even defending wasn't the best because the other team were just too good. Our boys managed to hold off any more goals until half time. Dave (keeper) managed to save about three in every four goal attempts. Unfortunately, a lot of the time, he was the only obstacle between the goal and the opposition. But we all agreed he did a mighty fine job. In the second half, the other team managed to score another 5 goals, making the score 1-10... this is not a good score! They managed to keep it to 10, but not score anymore goals. Our boys haven't been beaten this bad since Ivanhoe (about a year and a half ago). This team ('Soccer Boyz' - the opposition) have won every match and drawn one we think. There is also another team ('The Israelis') who have won every match and drawn one. Both are really good teams so we have a suspicion the the draw may have been against each other!
So, not a good result.. They've promised to try harder next week though!

That's about it for now.

yes yes yes.
my life is quite boring.

Sat, 09 Oct 2004 14:10:37 GMT

I watched both Bridget Jones' Diary and The Princess Diaries today.

Was in a girly movie kind of mood. I liked Bridget Jones, I felt it was as good as the book on screen could be, although cos it jumped around a bit I'm worried I may have missed something... at present it seems like she never asks about natasha... could this be true?

Princess Diaries was okay - not the best, but you know, um... okay. It was something to watch.

I voted today and managed to not back the winning team again. Dagnabbit.

Eh, I'm worried about the future a bit, but I know that I tried my hardest to vote the way I saw as right, so there's not much I can do about it now. Thanks to the Glasshouse's Corinne Grant, I've been inspired to send a letter to a politician. Not sure if I want to send one to my team or the other side yet though.

anyway, that is all for today.

I ate Fruit Loops this morning. I swear I can feel my teeth rotting.

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 14:46:10 GMT

so...

no updates for a while!

I'm back with no news, but lots of stuff has happened.

My younger brother has turned 18, it was a good party. We had 80-100 17/18 years olds at my parent's house in two marquees (joined to make one giant one) drinking and being dumb. It was a good party. For them. It was okay for us. They behaved themselves quite well, considering people:alcohol. Some of his friends are really, really nice. Some of the girls he knows are little tarts. And the bitchiness! I don't think I was quite like that when I was younger, but then again - I really couldn't be bothered trying to fit in! As my mum said, they were all wearing the "uniform" - tight hipster jeans, crop top/halter-neck top/singlet top, and high heels. High heels. In the bush. well, my cousin was also wearing them, but when she was dancing she would get stuck in the ground! Pretty funny, I had to pull her out a couple of times. Funniest thing: The clothesline top (like hillshoist-style) had been taken off and dad had wrapped the post in a sheet and put balloons on it (balloons which disappeared 5 mins into party) was inside the tents. My sister and cousins decided we'd have a pole dancing competition... My NANNA decided she'd join. I can't explain it in words... so. funny. Wish I'd had the video camera at that point.

The party passed without much problem, everybody left when they were supposed to. We got up the next morning and played SingStar and cleaned up, I went home - managed to score a free train trip to the city cos my sister's new boyfriend is was the conductor! yeah!

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What else has happened?
Oh yeah, been going to see a lot of Miyazaki films lately, at the Astor theatre. My dad and I went by ourselves umm... three weeks ago? We saw My Neighbours the Yamadas & The Cat Returns. We met up with Laura and also Mib who decided to come after I told him I was going. That sounds more dodgy than it was. Anyway, that was weird cos I'd only met him once, briefly, before but I have been talking to him online for quite sometime so it's not too bad. Btw, in regards to the picture link, that's not how he looks!!

The Cat Returns, Laura and I have decided, is fanservice especially for us. It's got Cats. It's got crushes. It's got extremely cool cats. It's got a crush on said extremely cool cat. It's got funny. We don't need much else. Cats, crushes and funny = good.

Two weeks ago my mum and younger brother came along, we saw Totoro & Nausicaa (again for dad and I as we saw Nausicaa at the Nova recently). Andrew really liked Totoro, well, we all did - and why wouldn't you?. Mib was there, but this time Kei & Scroll came as well, so it was nice to see them, I guess. I really didn't speak to them much cos I was with my family.

Last week, gus came with us and we saw Laputa & Kiki's Delivery Service. That was mostly uneventful except one guy had CAKE and Andrew and I got all excited by that. You can have CAKE in the cinema... woo!

The following night Gus and I went to the Astor again. This time it was a double feature showing Finding Nemo (which we hadn't seen yet, and I really wanted to see and gus wasn't fussed but for $2 extra you might as well) and Shaolin Soccer. An odd combination to be sure, but a good one nevertheless. Aaron and Ari (soccer team-mate and girlfriend) came along for Shaolin Soccer. I think it might be funnier than Kung Pow. This may be because at the start we didn't know if it was going to be serious or not.

So, that was my 'month at the movies' wrap up!

The other night when gus was tucking me in cos he was staying up and I was too tired to do it (and it's nice, you know?) I say to him "Read me a story" and he said that he would read one, he'd just make one up... after a few duds he comes up with "Once Upon A Time, there was a girl called Alison. One day, a man - who happened to look a lot like the monopoly man - came down from the sky and magicked her away to a far off land, where she could have all the anime she ever wanted. But Gus had to stay behind. So she wasn't sure if she lived happily ever after or not." It was pretty funny. I haven't even mentioned buying Anime to him for ages! He thought it was funny though - silly boy :p

so that just about brings us to the present day.

Almost.

Yesterday I went round to Laura's cos she's been in Newcastle for 10days. We basically just talked for 6 hours and mucked around with her project. It sounds more boring than it was. On the way home, we managed to miss the first bus for me, but got the second one. After she drove away (leaving me at the bus stop) I realised I actually needed to get money out for the bus. So I went to the back, but shock horror! The money I had transferred through on Friday hadn't come through yet! So I was very worried, and I didn't want to call Gus to come and get me (oh, he's broken his 3rd & 4th toes on his right foot by the way - Big toe being #1) So I went and lined up for the bus... I was worried. Then a guy got off the bus (when it pulled up) and I asked if he still needed his ticket, he said he didn't and that I could have it... and didn't even want my $1.35! Yay! Thankyou Mr. Anonymous! So thanks to that I got home safely.

Sooo... Today is Monday. I decided on my way to the shops to get some gnocchi that today would be the day I would try to face my fear of zombies and scary things directly. So when I got back, I told gus I was ready to play Silent Hill 2... Actually that link doesn't really do the game justice. It's scary and creepy. I never played Silent Hill 1. And I know that #3 & #4 are now out... I probably won't go near those.
So I tried. I played it for half an hour with action on easy and puzzles on normal... I was okay (almost hyperventilating, but okay), and had even managed to not panic and kill a few creatures, because the radio starts emitting static when they're nearby, so I'd run around until it did... then I'd stop and would step. panic. step. panic. step. ohmygodthereitisdontletitkillmedieyouthingdie. I was, well, not happy but not having too much trouble until......
...
...
...
...
......one crawled out suddenly without any static warning from underneath a car. I screamed, very loudly, paused the game and tried to breathe properly while I alternated between half-laughing from embarrassment and half-crying from my heart still going 'doki doki doki'. Gus said that I didn't have to play anymore. So we started again, on beginner, which says no fighting but it lies. They still jump out at you. You still have to hit them. They don't seem to hurt you but it still manages to freak me out. And cos I think I can just run away from them I have to kill them... cos I don't want to suddenly turn around and see lots of them following me. So I played it for another 28 minutes... I was starting to get freaked out, saved it and watched some music videos, and then Gus had a show he wanted to watch.

I've decided I might leave it for another day.
We'll see how I sleep tonight.

Eh. At least I tried.

We're thinking of seeing Shaun of the Dead, but I'm not too sure about that. I mean funny=yes, zombie=big no.

We'll see! We're going to the Yu Gi Oh Movie soon with Aaron and Ari.

ooh it's all about movies today!

anway, that's all from me for now!

...I've put a lot of links in this post. happy clicking!

Dylan

Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:41:27 GMT

Dylan is my 2 year old nephew who is incredibly cute.

I may be biased but even so - I still think he's adorable.

He only recently started talking in sentences so everytime he says something I have to fight the urge to squeal and say "you are so cute! I love you so much!" - which I have said quite a few times to him. Every time he says something directly to me I usually do it. Sarah (his mum, my sister) said to me that he doesn't usually talk while watching television, when I had tried to say 'hello' to him. Just as she says this he turns to me and says "Alison, I like Thomas" and I said "really? aww you're so cute, I love you!" it's out of control! He says my name like "A-sen" but it's better than something indistinguishable (which is what he used to call me.. we have no idea what he was saying)

He can count to ten, but for some strange reason he calls the number seven "herry" - no-one knows where this came from. We thought maybe 7 was the number of Henry on thomas, but henry is number 3. So it's still a mystery.

My younger brother's name is Andrew. He's turning 18 very soon - it's a strange thing! For some reason Dylan would call him "abbi". We would say to Dylan "Can you say 'and'?" and he'd say "And", then we would say "Can you say 'drew'?" and he'd say "Drew" and then we would say "Can you say 'Andrew'?" and he'd say "Abbi!" and get all excited.

My older brother is Lynton. Dylan would call him "Didi". We have no idea where that came from either... although Lynton does call Dylan "nino" - but we all do at some point (this is shortened from Lynton's original nickname for Dylan - 'Dylanino'... who knows what goes through that boys head!)

Dylan is now able to say "andrew" although it's not exactly right the way he says it - but Andrew is happy - he didn't know why he had to have the girl's name. I feel a bit sad with the loss of 'abbi' cos it was so darned cute. But maybe it'll help me control the urge to tell him how cute he is and how much I love him.

This weekend I will be going to see the 'Band in a bubble' with Lynton. Well, we're not going to spend all day there, we just want to go see them for a bit and it's an excuse to see each other & catch up. Regurgitator (the band) were our favourite band at different times so it's going to be more nostalgic than anything I guess!

anyway, that's all for now. I just wanted to brag about how cute Dylan is really. heheh.

Tue, 07 Sep 2004 01:42:13 GMT

ooookay

so..
not much has happened since last update - we had a lot of excitement that day.

oooh!

Gus played his first gigs with his new band! how exciting! The first gig was very very good and the next was the night after but wasn't as good - although I though it was okay but he didn't like it.. Such a perfectionist. He was very nervous about playing keyboard for the first time in front of a lot of people! We got a new suit for him though so he looked sharp! Everybody commented on his hair because it's so long.
When I met Gus he was shaving it on a #2. Due to his laziness that ensured I would get at least two weeks of long haired goodness (NB. Long hair for Gus then was about say...1 and a 1/2 inches or so?) At which point I would proclaim things like: "Ooh! you've got bed-hair! that's so cute" and "I like your hair this length.. maybe you should grow it!", Gus could no longer cut his hair on #2, but would have to go #3. But this was mostly due to his hair being too long to cut to a #2 anyway.
But now.. it has been a very long time since we cut his hair. The last time we cut it was in our old house (at least 3 months ago) and we were cutting Tom and Alex's hair at the same time. Well, when I say 'we' I mean 'I'. And Alex got me to cut only half his hair... but that's all grown out now... I can't remember. It was pretty cold, but it WAS outside at night... I don't think we had the heaters on so it wasn't winter... Did I have my computer? I don't think I did...

I'll ask gus... but that might prompt him to cut it.. ooh the dilemma.

Anyway, back to the point and not my useless ramblings.. visit www.theskavendors.live.com.au to see info on Gus' new band. He made the website. awww.. oh but I should mention that he didn't write the stuff on it. That was Steve - the front man not the drummer. Gus just did the coding and copied and pasted what Steve sent to him. Steve is a teacher so he shouldn't have made some of the spelling errors that he did. I have to mention that because Gus has been getting flack from our friend Lloyd for his spelling :P.

Anyway - I wrote a short story last night. It's been floating around in my head for about a month now but I've been too scared to write it down in case it's crap. Which it is so I'm not going to put it here. Until it's less crap.

I have to write a few letters and send them off... like - real letters -none of this new fangled email!

Shawn - those discs are almost on their way.

soreness abounds!

Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:31:18 GMT

Went to yet another 21st last night. It was Ben and Huw's joint party and it had been promised to be an event not to be missed. (I will upload the invitation later..)
The party was starting at 5:30pm and it was important that we were there on time because they had hired two 86 seater buses to take us to a super secret but super special location.. Ben had said that it was 30mins from the city but would probably take a bit longer with buses. We were curious to say the least. Not one of the people involved in the party leaked where we were headed so it was a surprise to the very end!

Gus and I got off to a hesitant start as we thought we weren't going to make it in time, as we were still in Williamstown at 5:25pm and had to be at a pub at 5:30, and we had to drop by home first. So it's 14 and a half kilometres to home, which Gus is riding on a scooter and I am in a car behind. We get home, grab our stuff and get out of there, after ringing Ben who says that the buses won't be leaving until 6pm... at which time it is 5:55... and things aren't looking good for us. We start walking there and as we have no idea where we are going but only know that the pub is on Brunswick st, we jump in a taxi and go towards our destination. Gus rings Ben to find out exactly where the pub is, and we realise that with all the traffic, we could have just walked and been there quicker... but too late now. Ben also says that the buses won't be leaving until 6:15pm cos he wants us to be there and there are a few others who are on their way.

We were told that we could bring alcohol as long as it wasn't glass. This was not so good for Gus who still has a slab left over from his party (2 months ago!) which he is struggling to get through. We didn't have time to get any alcohol, and just ran from the taxi into the pub. While I was giving birthday wishes to Ben and Huw, I overheard Skip say that Zoe (his girlfriend) wouldn't be there for 10 more minutes, so I told gus, who told ben, who said they'd wait, and gus said "quick, let's go to the bottle-o" so we did, getting some sort of revolting canned girly drink for myself (which I belatedly realised was what made me sick last time I drank it... sick for the first time ever!) and just some VB for gus.

This is getting quite long, isn't it? Maybe I'll dot point it later and you can skip to that. but if you've read this you're probably half way through!

So we get back and get on the buses - everyone is speculating where we are going. We talk to friends etc.. usual party bus stuff. Then... we arrive at "the location".

It's called Rugrat's Retreat, and it's an indoor playground for kiddies of all ages. After hours it's licensed! It's got jumping castles! It's got curly slides! it's got lots of stuff to climb on! Gus wasn't so impressed (as he's not into that sort of thing) but I was excited!! Zoe and I went crazy on all things, and there were lots of "missions to find the big slides" to be had. There were lollies! cakes! honey joys! all sorts of stuff!

ahh it was excitement plus plus plus.

I put off going on the jumping castle, and when I did I was almost sick.. hehehe.. I went to get off but Ari comes over and tells me to get back on cos she wants to bounce with me, so I did but only for a bit. And the curly slide!! oh the curly slide!!! so long! so curly! so sickening! but so fun I had to go straight back up and do it again!

I tell you what, I was glad I was wearing pants! and a shirt! cos a lot of other girls were wearing skirts and singlet tops - which meant they got lots of plastic burn (? is that even right?) from the slides and whatnot. Ah geez it was fun.

At 11:30 we left there and went back to a pub on Johnston street, but we left soon after cos it was too smokey and hot and stuffy for us (aww, poor babies I hear you say...) Ben was desperate for us to come back and was drunken sweet talking us.. but there were plenty of other people there (two bus loads full) and he was so off his face that I don't know if he'll even remember that we were there!

much fun was had, by me. Gus didn't have so much fun - but that's gus. But I made him see that if he had've been at a pub it would've been the same - he would've sat around drinking and talking and I would just be following him around or waiting for the girls to get there... at least this way I got to enjoy myself more!

I am so sore today though - I've got bruises on my knees, some plastic burns on my hands, and I fell over in the shower and bumped the back of my head on the wall (nothing serious)... but... yay! slides! yay jumping castles that make you sick! yay fun things!

Yay! Manga!!

Fri, 20 Aug 2004 02:33:11 GMT

So I bought my first manga the other day, and I've been waiting for it to arrive..

I bought Angelic layer 1 & 2, the Japanese versions in an attempt to motivate me to use it more before it completely disappears.

My dad has made a date for his trip around Hokkaido on a bike, two years hence.

I also got (cos they were cheap) Cardcaptor Sakura... but I need Volumes 1, 2 & 3.. and possible 9... I think there is some others too. But still, 9 Manga for $5 US?? who wouldn't?!

Postage cost a bundle though but still worth it.

I will read them... later.

I stayed up too late last night trying to wash the dishes and clothes. I'm tired now. But I have applied for another position*! yay!

alrighty.

seeya

So I'm finally updating this thing

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:41:54 GMT

And because it's a special day, I'm not even doing a real update.
I turned 21 on good friday -that was something big...
but today,
TODAY
21st of April.
that is Gus and my 3 year anniversary.
Hooray!

In honor of this, I will find my favourite "love" song and will paste the lyrics here.

well.

it seems the internet doesn't have those lyrics. I will type them out instead.

The little things, that you do,
make it easy loving you,
don't turn around, don't wear a frown,
I'll be your fool
and if you should stray from the straight,
I don't want you to hesitate,
To come to me, my shoulder's free,
my arms won't ache

Just look at us now, with two kids who rule the roost,
Just look at us now, as the rain creeps through the roof,
They'll never know how I can miss you,
How the world feels when I kiss you,
They'll never know this thing we've got,
They'll never know...

And all the simple games we play,
move us closer everyday,
They make us strong, they prove them wrong,
they make us shine
and memories are like antiques, some are gold and some are cheap,
the past is gone, the future's strong, the here is fine

Just look at us now, with our feet back on the floor,
Just look at us now, as the bailiffs knock the door,
They'll never know how much I mean this,
How the world revolves 'round your kiss,
They'll never know this thing we've got
They'll never know...

Summer came around October time,
Blew the cold and wintry years behind,
Picked me up and turned me upside down...
September heard the sound of tiny feet,
And in a while another pair made life complete
I'd like to thank you three for being round...

And to those who had their doubts,
I would like to scream and shout
It from the roof, our love's the truth
our truth's the strength
And memories are like the sea,
Some are shallow, some are deep,
Just look ahead, the past is dead, the now is life

Just look at us now, more in love than before,
Just look at us now, who could ever ask for more?
They'll never know how I can miss you,
How the world feels when I kiss you,
They'll never know this thing we've got,
They'll never know...

They'll never know how much I mean this,
How the world revolves 'round your kiss,
They'll never know this thing we've got
They'll never know...

Yeah I didn't update properly,
but you know... cuddles are waiting. Even at 3:40am.

Tue, 17 Feb 2004 13:33:22 GMT

I had something to write but now I can't rememeber

I need the toilet now so I will do it some other time

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:12:30 GMT

I bought Cowboy Bebop boxset yesterday.

I watched discs 1-3 last night until 2am this morning.

This evening I watched discs 4-6.

*sob*

Oh the irony!!!

Sat, 10 Jan 2004 08:27:48 GMT

I have a bruise and a soft lump on my forehead...

Today on the way to work, I was walking into the sun. It was bright so I had my head down and my eyes half shut. I was just walking along and then all of a sudden...

BAM

It was on a telephone pole and I didn't see it.

I had walked into a detour sign, forehead first.

Oh the irony.

geez I'm an idiot.

This is because I can't be bothered elaborating.

Wed, 07 Jan 2004 06:22:17 GMT

Hrmm... haven't updated for quite some time now. yay for me.

I watched the Robbie Williams dvd and I thought about the concert and it was good.
I didn't do much for New Year's Eve because I had to work at 8am New Year's Day.
I had to get up by 6:10am to not be late for work.
I turned off the alarm at 6:10am and fell asleep straight away.
I woke up at 7:31am and had to be driven to work by my ever helpful (even when hungover) boyfriend.

I have put in for annual leave in June so I can go to Sydney with said boyfriend.
I have put in to become weekend casual by the 28th of February so I can go to Uni.
I have put in for annual leave next saturday so I will have 3 days off in a row and can have fun.
I have been at work every day I was supposed to and am now getting better shifts in 2 weeks.
I have been saying "said" too much.
I can blame that on Matt from work.

I bought more chobits dvds. Only 2 more to go!
I found lots of cool shops on Monday.
I want to buy lots of nice cute things but can't afford it.
I have been cooking a lot lately.
I am missing Gus' dad and little sister already and they've only been gone 3 hours.

I am nervous about Uni.
I am worried about money.
I am comparing lots of people to people in anime.
I am sore in the neck and shoulders.

I am a sook.

hah!

Wed, 07 Jan 2004 05:51:35 GMT

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Fri, 19 Dec 2003 01:46:07 GMT

I haven't spoken about anything yet.

but here's my irrational number:

What Irrational Number Are You?

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I haven't spoken about anything yet.

but here's my irrational number:

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This one deserved more than an edit could provide...

Tue, 09 Dec 2003 13:00:20 GMT

(panicky voice from studio 2) "Alison!!!"
(slightly annoyed reply) "what?!?"
(getting more panicky!) "Can you come here?! there's a spider on the stylus!"

so I get up and grab a pen to get it with but it's gone. there's a hole in the stylus that he thinks it lives in. so now he doesn't want to play his records anymore.

some more continuity

Tue, 09 Dec 2003 12:48:27 GMT

I still haven't gotten the blood tests. I've been a real wimp about it and I didn't go to work on sunday so I have to go to the doc's and he'll say "why haven't you gotten the blood tests yet?" and I'll say... "because I've been... busy"

lies. all lies.

well I guess I've been kind of busy. We had to clean up yesterday and today because we had an inspection. It lasted for 5 minutes or less. It took us two days in 36 degree (celcius) heat to clean the whole house. and I still had to hide stuff in cupboards. that bit was kind of funny.

Going back to last post where I've written "it's thundering and lightning outside. cool" well... NOT cool. that storm turned into the worst one in 100 years or so. On the way home from the radio show, we were driving along albert rd and the water was getting deeper, so deep that the battery light started coming on. So we've maed it just past bell st, and the water is so deep that we think it may be a better idea to get on the median strip instead. Mind you, the rain was so heavy you can't see anything anyway, so we drive up onto it and stay there. In about 5 minutes a guy, being an idiot, decides it's a good idea to attempt to drive through the deepest part. He thought he could make it. We knew he couldn't. He didn't. He got stuck, his car died and even though the water was above the bottom of the door he got out!!! He got out of his car and looked surprised that he was wet! So we stay on the median strip for a good hour, freaking out every time a car, truck (or firetruck!) goes past because the car rocks and we're scared it's going to fall off. The water gets as high as the bottom of our doors. Lots of people are making it to where we are and then turning around and going back after assessing the situation. After careful observation we realise the water in front of the car (on the other side of the road from where we were heading) is actually not as deep as our side. So we make a decision not to stay in the car all night and to give it a shot. We made it to Bell st which was, by that time, no longer gushing with water, and pretty dry. So we go up the hill and get to our house the long way, but the uphill way. It was pretty funny afterwards, and it was fun as soon as we realised we weren't in too much strife. Those trucks though... they were going pretty fast through the water, and we were hanging out the windows yelling at them... it didn't slow them down, except for the firemen, they were nice.

so there is that story.

I've got the robbie williams concert tomorrow - I've excited myself out. I'm so over it already. This is not good. It may be because I know it's going to be horribly horribly hot tomorrow, or it might be because Gus has had a surprise planned for nearly a week and I've put it off until thursday - and I've been dying to know what it is!!! It could also be the money situations at the moment. not that it is not manageable but I've been sick a lot lately and so I won't get paid very much this pay, which is going to suck a lot. Especially since it's rent on Saturday. at least I have half of it already. I just want to sleep.

I went to aqua aerobics last night. I'm buggered. my calves hurt a lot. I was going to go to yoga tonight but they hurt too much, it was too hot and my legs are hairy and someone left my pants at their parent's house... I'm getting them waxed tomorrow so I can wear short things to robbie... because of the heat, of course. I think I'll get my hair cut but I will probably wimp out so don't worry. And I want my hair short but it will make my face look horribly fat. Maybe I don't care though - maybe I am too hot right now to care how it looks. maybe....

I don't know what I'm going to do about christmas yet. there is like no money right now and I have so many presents I have to buy. I'll work it out. I get paid on christmas eve so I think I'll borrow off gus because there is no way I am shopping on christmas eve.

I think I'm journaled out now. I think I have written enough.
wait for the edit when I remember some other hilarious anecdote that everyone needs to know.

bits and bobs

Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:31:58 GMT

I went to the doctor again today, he wanted to take blood - I didn't want him to so I forced my veins to hide.. muwahahaha. So now I have delayed it by a few days and will go soon. Then I get more results. He put pregnancy on it. AGAIN? geez louise, I should hope it to be accurate the first time. Nevermind.

After that I caught the bus to the place where I'm applying for. It looks really busy but the kids & carers there seem nice enough. I hope I get the job there! It would be awesome. and it's closer to home than I thought at first. aside from all of that I still want it regardless.

I have a very sore ear. I think it might be a bit infected from the cold I had. Whereas yesterday it was the right ear, it has swapped to the left.

It is thundering and lightning outside. Cool.

I have updated, now I shall go!

yes yes I know....

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 12:21:17 GMT

haven't updated for some time... been a bit sick but that hasn't stopped me.

just too lazy to, and nothing to write home about.

I accidently discovered (well... I guess gus pointed it out, so much love to him, of course) a job opportunity on a council webpage. funnily enough the council that gus' dad works for. Not that that's going to make the job any easier to get if I'm going up against someone even a tiny bit qualified. I'm not qualified in the slightest except that I really like kids and I want to be a primary school teacher. This job is for a child care worker in north carlton... it says unqualified but experience preffered. I don't have either but I'm enthusiastic! Craig said he'll help me write my application and that the centre in particular is really quite understaffed. so that's a... good thing.

This might be my break that I've been looking for. It's 38 hours pw but I can handle that. I don't know what it pays and frankly I don't really care. I think that I really, really want this for myself.

In other good news - I made a timetable for myself for the gym. I've decided not to go to the actual gym but go to the classes that they have instead. So I'll be getting in my bathers and going to water workout, getting all stretchy in yoga type classes and getting really sweaty in aerobic classes. No I didn't go today. Starting..... NOW.

Let's see if I can stick to this one. I guess we'll just wait this one out.

In bad news I've had a niggling head soreness lately that has seen me away from work because my ear hurts and my throat does too. It won't go away!

what else can I whine about? hrmm... nothing!

We had a stranger from interstate stay at our house, a guy my friend knew from the internet. I'd spoken to him online and stuff but it was still kind of weird. I think I might have made him uncomfortable but I was having a hard time adjusting. It reminded me of Terry. Anyone who knows me and reads this will know what I mean. So yeah, it took me a while, but by the time he was going home I was fine with it. We got along pretty well on Saturday night, but not to worry. He'll be back.

I've been home for like 10 mins max in the past 2 days. I've just been hanging out here or elsewhere, but not home. I really miss my pillow and my bed. I like it, even if I do wake up sore. not as sore as sleeping on the futon - even if it is a new one.

Argh I'm so cut about not knowing Trigun was on adult swim until yesterday! I haven't seen it yet and I would have taped it.... yes it would have clashed with whatever craig would be watching... but it may have happened once or twice.

oooh oooh ooooooooh..... robbie williams concert next week.... so so sooo excited!!! I've never been to a one person sings kind of concert before!

Doctors tomorrow. Oh yeah, by the way, if anyone is interested in continuity, the blood tests came back all good. Not pregnant (which I knew anyway), no glandular fever (which I thought so anyway), no thyroid issues (meh, we didn't know about that one) and my Full Blood Examination came back all normal. So yeah. Go figure. The doctor wants me to come in when the cold is gone but I have to get med certs, so I'll be in sooner than he thinks.

On a completely different subject... I've been thinking a bit about my relationship with gus lately. This might sound wanky or sentimental or something so if you're susceptible to that then don't read on. Anyway, it happened about a week and a half ago when I was telling my dad how I can't get any money while I study from the government if I'm with Gus. because apparantley he can support me. Anyway, dad said we could probably "just do what everyone else does and fake it... It's not like it's serious anyway" I got a bit offended (he's saying this after 2 & 1/2 years!) but I knew what he meant. It's kind of hard to explain and it makes it sound a lot harsher than it was intended. For ages now I've been confused and worried and we've had some fights over it because I don't know, I didn't know what I wanted or what I felt. I knew I liked him, it could be love but I don't know what love feels like - I'd never had it before. I know how I feel about my family and I know how I feel about my friends, but when it comes to that one emotion - I couldn't, just could not pin it down. Females - in touch with their feelings? yeah right.

So yeah, I had some reservations about the relationship - I didn't want to leave him or anything, we'd talked about it and he's great, he knew what I meant and was really understanding about it, but you know - it's hard to think that maybe when you say you love someone that's not actually how you feel.

I think my dad really accidently sparked a turning point for me. I realised how much I really wanted to stay with gus, I realised that even if I've never felt love before that this must be it because, well I don't know why but I just know it is. I don't want anyone else, I feel warm and comfortable with him, he makes me feel good even when I'm feeling bad. He really makes me happy and even though I know I don't deserve him I just can't bear to think about sharing him in such a way with anyone else.

He knows me better than I know myself, he can tell me how I'm feeling when I can't put it into words - where does that sort of connection come from? I love my family, I love my friends, but what I feel for gus seems to run so much.. for lack of a better word... deeper. I look back at all the people I have thought I've loved, have had a crush on or whatever, there is nobody, not a soul I would rather be spending my time with.

And I love it.

grrrrr

Sun, 16 Nov 2003 08:01:39 GMT

blood tests on monday.

not looking forward to it.

I hate this job and want to leave. I want to do something I like dammit. I want to go back to uni.

ooh two in one night - are you excited?

Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:04:49 GMT

I was reading someone's journal (that someone being callmejackson83 and she said to copy and paste this and then strike out what wasn't true!
so here we go:

APRIL:
~~Active and dynamic~~. Decisive and haste but tends to regret. ~~Attractive and~~ affectionate ~~to oneself~~. Strong mentality. Loves attention. Diplomatic. Consoling, friendly and solves people's problems. ~~Brave and fearless.~~ Adventurous. Loving and caring. ~~Suave and generous.~~ Emotional. Aggressive. Hasty. Good memory. ~~Moving Motivates oneself and others.~~ Sickness usually of the head and chest. Sexy in a way that only their lover can see.

(yes I did the underline... Somehow this is true)

I am sick

Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:33:44 GMT

I don't feel very good... I really don't want to go to work tomorrow but that's only 1/2 to do with the sickness.

I want to go back to uni, like, right now. I just want to finish and work somewhere I actually want to work - do something I think I would actually like doing. I'm so sick of talking to people on the phone. I may just quit. but I can't. Rent, bills, food all needs to be bought. Just bought a shiny scoot, need to register and road worthy that... and insure! bloomin heck.

ah well. I may just go and see if there are any job opportunities closer to home (my god I'm lazy). I can pack shelves. I can. I'm the best packer there ever was. Just you wait until the supermarkets find out about me!

I think they like boys better though.

ah well.

washing machines and happy sims

Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:44:47 GMT

well, I have learnt my lesson.

do not, ever, evereverever have sponges in the laundry sink when you are using the washing machine!

I didn't realise it would block the drain quite so well, so I just left them and went back to the computer to send my sims to work and the shower.... Now, one of the 'feet' under the washing machine is missing a bit so it wobbles quite furiously if you don't put it there before it gets to the spin cycle. So I hear a funny noise and turn around to see the washing machine moving towards the door of the laundry!! If that isn't enough to freak me out when I walk in I notice that the sink is overflowing with water and it's spilled out onto the floor. 'Fuck fuckfuckfuckfuck' is all I say (my natural reaction to anything bad). I put the hose out the window (being careful not to get it on the scooters), and then look at the sink. The sink in the kitchen sometimes gets clogged because some little brat who lived there before us thought it would be a good idea to put forks, spoons & knives down the drain. Then I see the purple sponge floating on the top, can't see the yellow one anywhere.... the penny drops! I stick my hand in and grab it, the water goes down.. phew! I grab what looks like my crappy essendon tshirt and wipe up the water on the floor... only realising after I've done it that it's my boyfriend's selecter t-shirt (something he won't be too happy about if he reads this), so I chuck the sponges outside and the t-shirt in the next wash.

my sims are happy though, so that's good. 5 family friends and I move up the career ladder just that little bit more. I'm so back into that game.

Skip meetings are the best

Mon, 10 Nov 2003 06:59:21 GMT

I just had my first ever skip meeting.
Well, it was kind of a skip skip meeting.

A skip meeting (which I didn't know before this, and am unsure of how common they are) is where you and a group have a meeting with your boss' boss. In this case, however, I had a meeting with my team leaders' boss' boss. In other words, the head guy. He was actually a lot nicer than I thought he was - so I guess that was another good thing to come out of this meeting.

So yeah, bianca comes over and says "log off, you've got a skip meeting in the soft meeting room" and I don't know what she's talking about but go to the soft meeting room - cuz any excuse to get off the bloody phone is a good one. When I get in there I am told that it is time to vent... and hoo boy, did we vent. Not in an angry way, but we discussed what we didn't like about the centre, such as the introduction of team pods, when we don't even particularly like/know our team (which was the point but really only served to piss us off) the fact that floor walkers have to run through another person in order to get an answer for us, when all the while people are holding on the other end, that the 'temporarily' unavailable balcony is still unavailable, after over a year, that with the new qcm we don't really know what to do, because it's all changed, that we aren't getting enough meetings, communication seems to be breaking down after our immediate managers - so they aren't practicing OBM, which is what we've done by speaking to them about a problem/issue, that the skills coaches seem to be either focussing on the new people or not at all - so we miss out on any opportunity to improve ourselves because they feel too scared to approach us because we've been there as long/longer than they have, that the new phones suck, the teams aren't working - we don't know what we're supposed to be doing as a team.

lots more was said, I think it went for nearly two hours and afterwards I felt so much better about work.

I also brought up previous post with the manager and he said he'd look into it and not to worry about it! Hooray!!! good day today!