you know that time of night when tv gets really dodgy and it's a pretty frightening thing to watch? well, at around 1am with bren and kylie, watching austar, a commercial for psychics came on - basically you call this 'psychic' woman and she'll tell you how to improve your finances and whatnot. so she's telling people that they need to de-clutter their houses, brighten up aspects of their living room etc. and meanwhile, this poor dumbass on the phone is paying $5.45 per minute for some crackpot pretending to know how their finances will be in the future. i'll tell you right now how your finances will be in the future, pretty damn shit if you're willing to pay $5.45 a minute for this crap! and i'll tell you that for free. it actually is quite difficult to feel sorry for the callers though... seeing they're dumb enough to call in the first place. i'm sorry, i will never believe in that crap. if i was good enough at improvising and lying to people, hell, i'd become a psychic! $5.45 per minute? $327 an hour? even if i felt guilty for ripping these people off, i'd just cry myself all the way to the bank.
while having a conversation with my slovenian friend nina, we got onto the topic of vegemite. like i said, nina is slovenian so.. she's never in her life tried vegemite. ever. in her life. i can't even imagine how tragic that must be for her. she actually described it as 'that gross thing you have that looks like nutella'. one does not compare vegemite to nutella. they can not be more different and as mum said, nutella looks a lot more appetising than vegemite.
long story short, nina will be receiving a jar of vegemite in the mail shortly.
heaven's not a place that you go when you die, it's that moment in life when you actually feel alive.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
ekka thursday + 25c strawberry sundaes
i think it can be concluded that my nineteen-year-old sister is not actually an adult, she's just a big kid. all morning we were planning to get to the ekka and visit my (favourite) aunt who was working in the information stall, however we entered the show grounds in the middle of the rides and it was hardly twenty minutes before we were on our first ride. then after that was another ride, and another ride after that before she was 'all ride-ed out'. only then did we make it up to see our aunt (who kindly asked me to write a blog after the exhibition!).
amy and i got a strawberry sundae which costed $4.80 and was worth every last cent, believe it or not. tonight mum told me that she remembered a time when they costed 25c and they complained about the price.
i also paid $4.50 for a 600ml coke zero which i couldn't even enjoy drinking after paying that much for it. it was just sad.
probably the worst thing i saw today at the ekka was the 'mcdonalds cattle display' - no more needs to be said. except that i hope they weren't selling burgers in there.
i will put a few photos that i took from today in my next (hopefully) blog after i edit them.
bren and i had planned to meet at roma st. at 2:05 for lunch after he finished tafe and got back to the city. there was a train leaving the exhibition grounds every fifteen minutes and was meant to only take five minutes to arrive at roma st. obviously though, translink really did not want me to get on that train. after a delay of around 30-40 mins, the train finally arrived and i was standing trapped behind a foreign man against the train door due to how crowded it was. this delay was also after delays on both of the two previous train trips we made today and i swear i could have punched translink's stupid face. generally i don't mind delays, because they can't exactly be prevented, but three in one day? not impressed at all.
(ps. today was the second time this week that i've seen bren - normally i don't see him til friday - and i'll also see him tomorrow and saturday! how great can one week be?)
i managed to convince bren to come to the ekka for 'just one hour'. he got a wonka show bag out of it so i think he enjoyed it overall.
tonight i was with mum at one of her friends' houses and we literally only got home at twenty past nine. every time we made a move to leave, mum or her friend would find something else to talk about or a there was a wedding album to look at - of course every photo needed to be discussed.
mum's friend also has (at least) four extremely fat cats. my nose was exploding just being under the same roof as so many stupid fluffy things.
the very important draft for film and tv that is due tomorrow still hasn't been completed and in all honesty, i'm going to bed right now and i will not worry about it until the morning (that's when i'll panic).
amy and i got a strawberry sundae which costed $4.80 and was worth every last cent, believe it or not. tonight mum told me that she remembered a time when they costed 25c and they complained about the price.
i also paid $4.50 for a 600ml coke zero which i couldn't even enjoy drinking after paying that much for it. it was just sad.
probably the worst thing i saw today at the ekka was the 'mcdonalds cattle display' - no more needs to be said. except that i hope they weren't selling burgers in there.
i will put a few photos that i took from today in my next (hopefully) blog after i edit them.
bren and i had planned to meet at roma st. at 2:05 for lunch after he finished tafe and got back to the city. there was a train leaving the exhibition grounds every fifteen minutes and was meant to only take five minutes to arrive at roma st. obviously though, translink really did not want me to get on that train. after a delay of around 30-40 mins, the train finally arrived and i was standing trapped behind a foreign man against the train door due to how crowded it was. this delay was also after delays on both of the two previous train trips we made today and i swear i could have punched translink's stupid face. generally i don't mind delays, because they can't exactly be prevented, but three in one day? not impressed at all.
(ps. today was the second time this week that i've seen bren - normally i don't see him til friday - and i'll also see him tomorrow and saturday! how great can one week be?)
i managed to convince bren to come to the ekka for 'just one hour'. he got a wonka show bag out of it so i think he enjoyed it overall.
tonight i was with mum at one of her friends' houses and we literally only got home at twenty past nine. every time we made a move to leave, mum or her friend would find something else to talk about or a there was a wedding album to look at - of course every photo needed to be discussed.
mum's friend also has (at least) four extremely fat cats. my nose was exploding just being under the same roof as so many stupid fluffy things.
the very important draft for film and tv that is due tomorrow still hasn't been completed and in all honesty, i'm going to bed right now and i will not worry about it until the morning (that's when i'll panic).
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
wednesday sneezes + 1000 views
in my absence i hit 1000 views! (something i probably could have achieved a lot quicker had i been posting) for those who keep pestering me, i will try to post more regularly again.
at work, above the sink where i wash dishes, there's an air vent which directs cold water onto me. sure, it's nice when it's hot, but it makes me sneeze excessively. those who know me would be aware that i sneeze a lot. not just one sneeze, done. no, i'm not that lucky. i have sneezing fits. sometimes i'll sneeze around five times and my manager will always say 'bless you' at the end. after this if i still have some more sneezes, i either try to hold them in or else i'll sneeze really quietly because i feel bad if she has to keep saying bless you.
yesterday when i left school i ran straight into bren. it was such a huge surprise because he's in brisbane all week and comes home thursday nights (though i don't see him til friday). he'd come home especially to surprise me and i could not wipe the smile from my face.
i had thought of other things to talk about but now my mind is blank and i'm ready for bed. tomorrow i'm going to the ekka with my sister, so i may even have some photos.
at work, above the sink where i wash dishes, there's an air vent which directs cold water onto me. sure, it's nice when it's hot, but it makes me sneeze excessively. those who know me would be aware that i sneeze a lot. not just one sneeze, done. no, i'm not that lucky. i have sneezing fits. sometimes i'll sneeze around five times and my manager will always say 'bless you' at the end. after this if i still have some more sneezes, i either try to hold them in or else i'll sneeze really quietly because i feel bad if she has to keep saying bless you.
yesterday when i left school i ran straight into bren. it was such a huge surprise because he's in brisbane all week and comes home thursday nights (though i don't see him til friday). he'd come home especially to surprise me and i could not wipe the smile from my face.
i had thought of other things to talk about but now my mind is blank and i'm ready for bed. tomorrow i'm going to the ekka with my sister, so i may even have some photos.
Monday, August 6, 2012
monday-itis + pretend cars
it has been so long since i've blogged, that blogger actually signed me out. i'm never signed out.
my mobile phone provider has died in the local area apparently, therefore i cannot call bren on my phone. i called him instead on the home phone and after talking for half an hour, realised that it's a lot more expensive on our home phone. i'm not looking forward to the next bill. mondays kill though and by the end of them i just need to talk to bren. my monday-itis is forever.
just a short blog seeing i'm ready for bed.
i hate when cyclists think that they're traffic. no, wait, i hate when cyclists think that they're traffic, but they don't have to obey the traffic laws. you are a bicycle, not a car. you are not a car. YOU ARE NOT A CAR. why must you, bicycle, hold up all of the real cars, just so that you can pretend to be a car. just, just, no. but even worse, when they pretend to be a cars yet proceed to do things that are illegal for cars.
on saturday i was down town and there was a some cycling event. there were a few bikes around town that i saw. one bike rode up to the traffic lights in no particular lane and rather than waiting for a green light, just started riding in circles. do that nonsense on the footpath! you are not a car. you will never be a car. i hate you.
my mobile phone provider has died in the local area apparently, therefore i cannot call bren on my phone. i called him instead on the home phone and after talking for half an hour, realised that it's a lot more expensive on our home phone. i'm not looking forward to the next bill. mondays kill though and by the end of them i just need to talk to bren. my monday-itis is forever.
just a short blog seeing i'm ready for bed.
i hate when cyclists think that they're traffic. no, wait, i hate when cyclists think that they're traffic, but they don't have to obey the traffic laws. you are a bicycle, not a car. you are not a car. YOU ARE NOT A CAR. why must you, bicycle, hold up all of the real cars, just so that you can pretend to be a car. just, just, no. but even worse, when they pretend to be a cars yet proceed to do things that are illegal for cars.
on saturday i was down town and there was a some cycling event. there were a few bikes around town that i saw. one bike rode up to the traffic lights in no particular lane and rather than waiting for a green light, just started riding in circles. do that nonsense on the footpath! you are not a car. you will never be a car. i hate you.
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