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So long, farewell...
08.01.05 (7:53 pm)   [edit]
I've grown tired of this blog, so I'm going to be killing it off sometime soon. If you're interested, my other blog is at:

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Have a good one!
 
good-bye
07.25.05 (7:04 pm)   [edit]
My Nanna died this morning at 10.30am. Apparently she passed away peacefully in her room at her nursing home.

I'm not going to see her gentle blue eyes again, hold her hands with their papery soft skin, laugh with her about silly things, cook her favourite foods, visit her, be puzzled by her dementia, brush her hair, take her for 'walks' out in the sun, read the Bible with her, connect with our heritage, loving each other heaps, being mischevious.

She was the most amazing lady. Always encouraging, always loving, had a wonderful sense of humour, was strong, tough, caring, always working for others, always there with a treat after school. Some of the best moments in my life were spent at my Nanna and Pappa's house after school (every day all the way through primary school and high school). We'd talk, laugh, watch TV, sometimes have sleep-overs, wander around the gardens together, wrapped up in warmth and love.

I feel guilty for being so far away from her. I saw her last at the end of May and we had a great time. The best thing I remember, though, was at graduation last year how proud she was of me - she was so happy, had the biggest smile on her face. The photos are great - especially the one with her wearing my grad cap.

RIP Nanna. I'll see you later. Love you fit to burst.
 
Yay singleness!
07.22.05 (2:40 am)   [edit]
Something today made me think that I've been single for just over a year, and it's awesome

Maybe it's because the relationship was pretty crappy, or because I've been too busy for other people or just because I'm a freak, but I love being single.

Was talking to a friend recently about this sort of thing - well, relationships and attraction, really - and he said something about me sending out 'energy' for being single or something like that, and I guess it's kinda true.

I mean, I've never felt the need to have a relationship, really. And I don't understand those people who don't feel complete or 'happy' unless they're in a relationship.

Why not enjoy being single? I mean, you might end up being with someone for ages and ages in life, so why not appreciate self-time?

(Extra thought: and I guess it's why I often feel like saying to people when they hit on me, 'Oh, leave me alone or I'll hit you repeatedly with my shoe' *lol*)
 
:P
07.19.05 (5:41 pm)   [edit]
Can't be bothered writing on this any more, so I'm thinking of just transferring things over to my other blog, which may or may not be a tragic thing, depending on whether or not I decide that I like this blog any more!

Work this week is hectic - I have two lots of things to do, and not enough time to do them all. Oh, and some other random stuff that needs to be done for other work that's coming in the future, but should be attacked now so that there can be some headway made into it.

Must go investigate coffee. Or something...

:P
 
hmm...
07.19.05 (3:38 am)   [edit]

"Ich hab' getraumt. Wir waren zusammen in Traum. Wir waren Bruder und Schwester; Mutter und Vater, Frau und Mann... und... wir beide waren die Beides."

"Du bist verrückt ."

"Ja, naturlich. Veilleicht ist alles Falsche, aber ich dachte, daß ist Glück."

"Ich glaub' nicht ins Glück..."


Der Krieger und Die Kaiserin

 
we all live in a yellow submarine
07.17.05 (7:41 pm)   [edit]
Bleh... I hate being ill...

Didn't get in to work until about 11.20 this morning or so, and am still feeling like the dog's bollocks - totally licked. Would have stayed home for the whole day, except that there's heaps of work to do this week, so it's better to attempt to get something done than do the recupperation thing when it's totally not the time to do it!

I think last night was when I started to really feel unwell. Actually, I can pin-point the moment - the time when I was lying in bed and felt like I needed to hold on to make sure I didn't suddenly spin off into outer space or fall off the bed.

My work people are so sweet, though. Lee's like, if you don't feel well, just go home, we'll do this.

*cue* Awwww...

But really, if I can get some stuff done, it'll be good. And I'll have an early night tonight. Mmm, sleep -.-
 
^.^
07.16.05 (5:17 pm)   [edit]

You Can’t Find Peace


( Pale 3 featuring Skin )


I sit and wait
While you fight this man
You taste when kissing me
I used this time
To pace through our days
Before our life begins
Then you'll see that I'm your god
Corrupt your soul and
Let the blood go

You can't find peace
Without my persistence
I'll break the resistance I see in you
There's no release
Without my incredible resilience
To your will to grieve

Believe in me
I won't crush your beauty
I'll just lick it clean
Don't try to fall
Cuz I'll crawl the way
You're harder than I'll show
Devastation I will find
Dreaming afraid by your side

You can't find peace
Without my persistence
I'll break the resistance I see in you
There's no release
Without my incredible resilience
To your will to grieve

You can't find peace
Without my persistence
I'll break the resistance I see in you
There's no release
Without my incredible resilience
To your will to grieve


 

 
Goodness?
07.11.05 (4:01 am)   [edit]
Nicholas Winton: The Power Of Good

Hmm... Show on about an English man, Nicholas Winton, who organised for Jewish children to be evacuated from Chechoslovakia in 1939 or so.

I admire the people who took risks and did amazing things to save people from the Nazis, and who spoke out against the regiem.

Although it's frightfully sad to think of families sending their children away to countries far away, knowing that they'll probably never see them again

But I guess you'd do anything to save your children from that sort of situation.

One thing that I remember made me cry, almost hysterically, at the Jewish museum in Sydney was the room that housed a memorial to the millions of children who were killed.

Poor mites
 
Big Bother?
07.11.05 (2:51 am)   [edit]
Big Brother? Hmm...

"Well, that's a bit tasteless, but that's how a lot of human behaviour is..." - Gretel Kileen.

Hmm! Insightful *lol*

And Heath said, "There's no such thing as an ugly girl or an ugly guy because there's always someone out there who likes them."

WOW... Big Brother Uncut is vaguely interesting tonight *lol* Other than for the practical joke.

*shakes head*

I feel somewhat impressed... Well, no, not really - I lie. But I was stunned by the hair of the guys who are the hosts of Australian Idol in the ads that followed.

AAAARRRGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

*covers eyes*

And then Adam Richard nude? ^.-

So very wrong!

I still want to hit that Dean guy in the Big Brother house with a stick or something... hmm...
 
Confuzzlement
07.10.05 (12:40 pm)   [edit]
Due to some e-subscription to a Christian news service, I'm often sent random other bits of tat from a seemingly rather right-wing other section associated with the news service.

The other day it was something about sending money to help the Israelies do something or other (due to them not having enough money to do it themselves because they've spent it all on 'fighting terrorism'), which didn't worry me too much, even though I think that the Israelies and Palestinians are equally to blame for the situation that they have going on and neither side can claim to be any better than the other...

Anyways!

This morning there was an e-mail about signing a petition from the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ to make sure that the President of the United States elected someone who was conservative and non-mainstream (possible reading: none of those greenie pinko commie unionist left-wing b*stards?).

To quote from their e-mail:

The fact is, Justice O’Connor’s resignation means we are in the early stages of an epic battle for the future of the Supreme Court and our nation!

The pro-abortion and homosexual rights groups are throwing millions of dollars into this fight--demanding that the President nominate a so-called “mainstream” candidate.

These groups are committed to silencing your voice and forcing the president to nominate someone who is pro-abortion, pro-homosexual rights, anti-marriage, and anti-family.


Hmmmmmmmm. It's rather a jump to go from being pro-abortion and pro-homosexual rights to being anti-marriage and anti-family, I think.

Sure, the Supreme Court of America (and most other countries) makes bad decisions and sometimes takes away rights that it's meant to protect. But I think that it's not right to be demanding that other people's rights be taken away so that you can feel smug and comfortable for never being 'like them.'

As Christians, we should be loving people, accepting that they make choices about their own lives, encouraging them to work towards positive things, caring for everyone and showing that we really do have Jesus in our hearts. If you think about it, Jesus never really hung out with the 'perfect' people in churches or synagogues. He was out and about with the ordinary people, the 'sinners' and the outcasts, showing them that He cared and accepted them because of His perfect love.

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." (Jesus as quoted by John 13:34-35)

"But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward in heaven will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men." (Jesus as quoted by Luke 6:35)
 
*yawn*
07.09.05 (5:26 am)   [edit]
Annoying thing:

Media vulture moments about the London bombings.

Take, for example, Channel 7 here in Australia.

Their current advertising: "We were the first to bring you the news on the London bombings..." (said in a really serious sort of radio host a*shole voice).

Okay, so they brought us the news first. But it just doesn't seem right that they're advertising like that - making the suffering of others their point of pride or whatever? Hmm.

I tire of Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Packer's media outlets.
 
Yes, we have Nosferatu, we have Nosferatu today!
07.08.05 (10:30 pm)   [edit]
I'm saying vampire!

It's been a cold, rainy, rather dismal day, and at the moment, it seems like we're in some sort of Carpathian mountain range outside.

The mist has wound around between the trees on the mountains, the light is that unusual sort of filtered white, wet twighlight type and all I can think of is vampires and not going outside with an exposed throat after the sun has set *lol*

Although it's not a bad thing, it's giving me ideas for stories or similar. And I've put Dracula, Dead and Loving It on

"But Lucy, I'm British!"
"But so are these!!!"

*lol*
 
It's a bear!
07.07.05 (11:01 pm)   [edit]
Love Cubs...

What the...? How odd. I thought that little baby toys that make noises and drink from their bottle were what toy companies wanted to thrust upon children.

But no! It's bears now... Little fluffy bear cubs that snuggle up to you, drink from their bottle and make little growly noises.

One little girl on the ad exclaims, 'He's really hugging me!' and looks like she's just seen the Messiah.

I assume that the kids aren't told that the real bear cubs out in the wild grow up to be massive motherf*cking huge bears that could possibly maul you to death once they think about the taste of blood thing...

No, that might upset the kiddies
 
Ut-oh!
07.07.05 (4:10 am)   [edit]

Well... I feel like doing a few random things with colours and so on tonight, so do excuse the whole lot of random-ness that happens here :P


Tonight the most annoying thing happened. I was in the bathroom and felt a drop of cold wetness fall onto my hand. I flicked on the light and looked up at the ceiling and... water... coming through the ceiling. I grab the chest and hop up onto it to get a closer look at the patch where the water is coming through, and I touch the spot gently and my fingers almost go right through it.


The whole spot has rotted and was just being covered nicely by some paint, which was split when I moved in here, so I guess I should have thought about that earlier, but I'm not really the most home handy-minded person.


There are a few other problems with the house, which I really should talk to the people I'm renting it from about. One major other thing is that the gutters are falling off. They look like they've never been cleaned, and there's stuff growing in them! And the one on the back has been slowly moving further and further away from the house *sigh*


So frustrating being a renter. I mean, the blurring of responsibilities bugs me, and I also want to have some sort of permanancy in terms of life-style and living. But oh well.

 
Black Books
07.07.05 (3:52 am)   [edit]

Thank goodness for Black Books :)


It was weird last night, though - the guy who played Jonas in Martin Chuzzlewit (the BBC production) was in it, I'm quite sure! I love it how Fran and Manny pretend to be American tourists and totally kick ass at the poker game *lol*


The best line was from Bernard: 'I have spoken!'


Hmm... this is a potentially useful line *lol* As opposed to last week, where the best thing was, 'Make them leave now, or I'll stop playing 'Kill them all' in my mind and just go with what feels natural!'


:P


Yes, I have a warped sense of humour :) And right now, I want Agrum. Icy cold Agrum. Mmm...


Ooh, now Tony's on MSN... to stay up late to unholy hours or not? :P

 
computer magic!
07.06.05 (8:02 pm)   [edit]
Yay!

Scott taught me how to do the link thing with html nerdy speak or whatever it is that makes computers do the miraculous things I don't understand *lol*

So I'm going to link to Cecil and his adventures! *lol*

To see Cecil, click here
 
not tonight, I have a headache
07.06.05 (2:31 pm)   [edit]
Ugh... I've gotten a headache since I've come to work and right now I'm trying to not think of it... But it's not working! Still, I've taken something for it, so hopefully that'll help. There's nothing worse than getting a headache at work, because you can't just lie down and wait for it to go away like you would at home *sigh*

Got an e-mail from a friend I haven't heard from in forever today, which was nice. He'd been on tour with his band for a few months and had heaps of fun, the lucky minx *lol*

Other than that, I'm going to go find some more headache killing tablets...:cry:
 
BLIMPHT!
07.05.05 (5:27 pm)   [edit]
B is for the beauty that I recognise in you,
L is for the laughter that I hear the whole night through,
I is so infatuated with you, oh my dear,
M is for the music that I hear when you are near,
P is for the passion that I feel for you each day,
H is for the horror if you ever went away,
T is for the trust I put in you all else above,
Put them all together now and that.... spells.... BLIMPHT!

Hang on, that's not right...


Thanks to I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again for today's bit of happiness!
 
Hot Patootie (Bless My Soul!)
07.05.05 (1:34 am)   [edit]
Whatever happened to Saturday night,
When you dressed up sharp and you felt alright?
It don't seem the same since cosmic light
Came into my life, I thought I was divine.
I used to go for a ride with a chick who'd go,
And listen to the music on the radio;
A saxophone was blowing on a rock `n roll show.
You climbed in the back seat, you really had a good time.
Hot patootie, bless my soul, I really love that rock `n roll.
(repeat three more times)

(Sax solo)

My head used to swim from the perfume I smelled.
My hands kind of fumbled with her white plastic belt.
I'd taste her baby pink lipstick and that's when I'd melt
And she'd whisper in my ear tonight she really was mine.
Get back in front, put some hair oil on
Buddy Holly was singing his very last song.
With your arms around your girl you'd try to sing along.
It felt pretty good. Woo You really had a good time.
Hot patootie, bless my soul, I really love that rock `n roll.
(repeat three more times)

(Sax solo)

Hot patootie, bless my soul, I really love that rock `n roll.
(repeat seven more times)
 
breakage in the pickle aisle
07.04.05 (9:44 pm)   [edit]
testing, testing

Want to see if that italics thing worked... and if not, I'll resign myself to never being javascript competent *lol*
 
A-Z
07.04.05 (6:55 pm)   [edit]
A is for Age - 21
B is for Booze - No thanks :)
C is for Career - Working in publishing. Mmm, taste the stress!
D is for Dad's name - That's for me to know, and you to guess wildly about :)
E is for Essential Item to Bring to a Party - Something for the host.
F is for Favorite Song of the Moment - 99 Luftballons by Nena ties for number one with The Timewarp from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
G is for Goof Off Thing To Do - Write blogs :)
H is for Hometown - Greenock, originally. I'm sticking with that, it has less murders than here :-p
I is for Instrument You Play - Piano.
J is for Jam or Jelly You Like - Pink Lemonade or the Blue Berry Aeroplane ones.
K is for Kids - Mercy no!
L is for Living Arrangement - Quickly approaching a time to change *le sigh*
M is for Mom's Name - See the answer to D ;)
N is for Names of Best Friends - Hmmm, I have lots of ppl I consider to be best friends.
O is for Overnight Hospital Stays - Too many to remember. Longest stay was for my appendix removal tho :) That was fun! Well, apart from the nearly dying thing, but it was good otherwise.
P is for Phobias - The dark outside on moonless nights.
Q is for Quote You Like - Right now in this very second, it's, 'Do you see the look on my face now? It means that you have just broken my mind!'
R is for Relationship That Lasted the Longest - My last ex.
S is for Siblings - None at all. Hurrah for me!
T is for Texas, ever been? - No. Nor do I intend to. Scummy place the spat out Dubyah!
U is for Unique Trait - I have a few. I guess one major one would be my natural white streak in my hair.
V is for Vegetable You Love - Potato. That must be my German side speaking, but mmmm... yay for potatoes!
W is for Worst Trait - Procrastination, bad temper when I'm sick, easily distracted.
X is for X-rays you've had - Left arm for break, aged around 3, left arm for break, aged around 10, right arm for break, aged around 11, ankles, wrists, some other joints aged about 12. What were they for? Well, the breaks were all because I was a total tomboy and lived on a farm... so many possibilities there (remember folks, do not try to hang upside down from a tree branch with your feet...) *lol* The joints were for a growth/height prediction thing for a leg straightening operation I was supposed to have.
Y is for Yummy Food You Make - I put together a good cheese/fruit/whatever's around platter when I have people over. Also do fantastic stewed apples with cinnamon and cloves, potato patties, cucumber salad, banana and raspberry bread, pumpkin soup (with verjuice and King Island Dairy cream), onion tart, avocado and cos lettuce salad with snow peas, etc...
Z is for Zodiac Sign - Leo, the king of all of the signs. Just the way I like it ;)

 
Oooh...
07.04.05 (12:56 pm)   [edit]
The blog now seems to be un-broken! Hurrah!

Just thinking about things at the moment (while procrastinating somewhat), and I just thought about how much I appreciated my friend Tony cheering me up on the weekend. See, on Saturday, there was a guy murdered in the local area in the early hours of that morning, and it was really upsetting to find out about it :cry:

So when I told Tony, he was like, don't worry, it'll be okay, here, have I told you about my grandma's cockatoo? It swears... *lol* All of his crazy stories really cheered me up :) Sometimes I think the really blokey crush-beer-can-on-forehea d kind of guys are the best at pulling people out of those kind of down moods *teehee*

Okay, so SNAGs have their place, but I just really wasn't up to dealing with those kind of guys on the weekend ~ like one of my acquaintances who always wants to pounce on me when I'm on MSN so he can share his woes with me and then tell me how nice and pretty I am :roll: Sure, flattering, but there are only so many woes that I want to listen to and not every time I get on MSN *le sigh* So after listening to him for about an hour, I blocked him.

Evil, yes :twisted: But when I feel more charitable and like listening to him and his problems again, I'll unblock :) Although I might be tempted to give it to him straight that the reason he fails to attract women is because of his whiny behaviour... hmm...
 
Nuts!
07.03.05 (1:19 pm)   [edit]
I think I broke my blog!
 
o.0
06.30.05 (4:51 am)   [edit]

Arrrghhh!!!

As silly as it might sound, there's one 'friend' I have who really infuriates me.

He'll never let me be silly any more. If I say something flippant he just patronises me and tries to make me feel bad about not being sensible and adult and neat and orderly and reigned in.

Sure, he's older than me. But still, I have friends who are over 60 who are still amazingly funny, have a great sense of humour and can appreciate the amusing things or the things that make no sense in life.

*sigh*

I am beginning to hate the way he makes me feel, so I'm thinking of breaking off contact with him. We'll see what happens. Maybe he'll stop being patronising sometime soon. Maybe I'll become a rationally-acting, ordered and sensible person.

And perhaps monkies are now flying backwards past the window in formation singing, 'Oh I do love to be beside the seaside!'

(Not that I'm never serious, I simply don't like to be serious all of the time, btw)

 
Sleep?
06.30.05 (4:19 am)   [edit]

Der Krieger und die Kaiserin

I think I may have just found my second favourite movie of all time (first being Lola Rennt). Last night on SBS, Der Krieger und die Kaiserin was their feature movie, so I recorded it.

A perfect movie for when I'm feeling so hollow.

I really enjoy Tom Tykwer's directing style, and I love Franka Potente's acting. The story is rather strange but incredibly beautiful. Almost beyond words :)

The soundtrack is really well done and does a great job at making you feel restless, like crying from sheer frustratedly content aloneness, falling through the air...

The movie itself raises quite a lot of questions about life, which aren't as obvious as the ones that Lola Rennt raises about time, chance and life.

Definitely a 9.95 out of 10.

And I'm about to start watching it again :)

If you can get to see it, don't be put off by it being in another language or anything silly like that. It's definitely worth it :)

Oh, and check out Winter Schlaefers and Lola Rennt too while you're about it :)