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| Today is Anzac Day. It's the day we Australians and New Zealanders remember those who died for our freedom during the wars. I've been quite touched by it this year, more so than others for some reason. Lest We Forget -------------- Other than that, I've been busily designing headers and sigs this morning. I finally have a sig shop in the works. So much for TAFE work though. They've given us SO much! It's craziness. On top of the complusory awards we have to enter where we have to design the packaging for a product, we also now have an 8 page glossy style catalogue to create and a series of movie promotions (A3 poster, A4 double-sided poster, DVD slip cover and the disc label).  And this is all by about the end of June. I have absolutely no idea where to start with the awards one, I have a few very non-committal ideas for the catalogue... but I have a plan for the movie poster. They've made it doubly difficult by not allowing us to use any celebrity pictures. So, my idea is to use the story I wrote a long time ago as the basis ("Dangerously In Love"  It was the first thing I posted here actually). Having a story to work with makes it easier because we also need to write a blurb and let the teacher see it before we start. So now it's just a matter of finding pictures. That's the hard bit because they need to be high quality. I've already found my girl though on DeviantArt, but it's just a matter of whether she'll be high enough picture quality. It was good luck though because you know when you're writing a story and you have a picture of the character in your head? I was trying not to not let that get in the way when choosing a picture, but then I found two potentials which fit my mind's image really well.  So yes, consider this a warning. I may be a little stressed over the coming few months!  |
| I just figured out how I could bulk-print this blog when I finish it. On every page, there's a print button up there next to the 'Add to Favourites' and under the Intro Rating. It doesn't print out comments, but it's not a bad option. It beats copying and pasting into Word anyway. And you get the 'look' of your blog too. But anyway. I don't have anything specific to say this entry. I just thought I should make one because I won't get another chance until mid-week. Not that I'd call this a 'chance' anyway since it's almost 12:30am.  I got an awardicon from Funnyface is happy to be back for the Week of Cheer (see, like, three links in previous entries below!) I'm so happy. I got it late at night and I went to bed in such a good mood. lol. So, thanks Funnyface!! I went to my sister's today with the rest of my family for lunch. My other sister and I knocked on the door and she flung it open, looked at my sister and said "what are you doing here?" - followed by lots of grumbling and swearing under her breath. Apparently she had no idea Allie was coming and was all put out because she wasn't prepared for an extra person with the food. But she was so rude and Allie was like, "well, should I just leave then?" But Beth said it was all due to pre-menstrual stress...yeah yeah yeah...that's such a copout excuse. In the end though, it was a nice afternoon except for when it got to 5pm and Mum was STILL trying to choose what wedding photos she wanted copies of, and she suggested we stay for some dinner. This was when it was my turn to get stressed and throw a hissy fit because I had a LOT of work to get done and she'd said we'd be out of there by 3. We ended up staying for a very quick throw-down dinner and left by 6. I got some of my work done but I still need to find inspiration for that last design due Tuesday...... Have a nice day! |
| While sitting in traffic this morning, a lady in a bright yellow car smiled at me. I smiled back, and then I realised... no-one ever smiles at each other in traffic! I turn and look at people all the time and if they look back, we just stare at each other and then look away again. So I was pleasantly surprised to receive a smile. It was the start of a much better day than the last few. I was late again by about 15 minutes and the carpark is always full, so I was considering just skipping it and going straight to the side-street parking - which means I have to walk a lot further. But on the last minute, I changed my mind and thought I'd give to carpark a go... and what do you know?! As soon as I pull in, a guy gets in his car and pulls out, giving me a spot! After discussing migraines with GG very happy last night, I decided to take action and combat headaches! The trip home always seems to give me a headache, so I came up with some ideas. For one, I wore contacts today. I'm not sure, but it's possible the headaches are also stemming from the fact my glasses are not strong enough. They're not strong enough because I refused to get the prescription increased last time because I think the strain on my eyes when I get them increased is actually damaging my eyes. That's my theory anyway. But the problem is, they're not strong enough therefore I think I tend to squint and crease my forehead. So - I wore contacts! They give me much better vision.... I just can't be bothered putting them in every morning. I also wound down the window while driving for fresh air as opposed to the stuffy air con that I get. Then I put on my sunnies, whether I felt like it was too bright or not. They help me stop squinting, even though I don't really like wearing them. And finally, I took deep breaths in and out every time I felt the twinge of a headache. Mel said something about your blood vessels being constricted, and my strange logic told me that if I breathed deeply, more oxygen would get to my brain. *breathes deeply* Think, brain, think! Oh - and the other thing that happened was that I received a letter in the mail from a company and they got my middle name completely wrong. They called me Sillence.  The only similar thing about it to my actual middle name is that it also has two l's! |
No-one is viewing the "Invalid Item"  Okay, no, they are... I get an average of 10 views a day and only one order so far this week (by the way, this is by no means a 'I want you all to go and immediately order one for your friends') - I'm just impatient. I suppose it will kick off soon. Well, maybe. I've advertised everywhere I can possibly think of so I thought I'd generate more interest. *shrug* I'll give it time. It's a little upsetting though because I'm always hoping there will be an email for it in my inbox! I need to stop thinking about it, I'll drive myself crazy!Besides that, I have a headache. Both RSI & wisdom teeth pain seemed to have subsided for now, but SHEESH, talk about a tension headache. And no, Mel, this doesn't mean I need to head straight to the doctor. I'm not dying just yet. Just feeling particularly lousy this week. I have thought that as I'm getting older, various pains seem to occur a lot more often. In highschool, and even in the first couple years of uni, I rarely got headaches. Now I seem to have one every other week. They seem to develop driving home and then never go away. I get headaches in the car for lots of reasons. Sometimes the air con gives me one, sometimes everything's just so bright - even with sunnies, sometimes the sunnies themselves give me a headache because they sit funny on my face. And I often crease my forehead in concentration without realising while I'm driving, so that contributes too. It's just bleh. And I feel bleh. |
| I got a customicon!! Thanks Lauriemariepea !! It completely made my day. I've only ever had a customicon once before, not including the time I was free premium trial waaaaay back when. *squeals* YAY! You know, I just don't know what's up with me this week. The "RSI" has moved specifically to my knuckles and today at work, in literally an hour, I developed wisdom teeth pain in my top gums. My bottom two wisdom teeth were taken out when I was 19, and now three years later, the others decide to show their faces? The little buggers. I keep screwing up my face and jaw like I'm having spasms. But no need to worry, contrary to popular belief, I still have all my limbs and they're not going to fall off anytime soon! But I'll let you know if any feel loose. Thanks for worrying!In other news, the Man of Brawn smokes. Is it just me, or is he becoming a lot like Chris? It's a little weird. The good news is they look nothing alike. But apart from obvious physical differences, their personalities are really similar...smoking...working in the same department...quietly going about their work and then suddenly appearing in the same aisle, completely freaking you out. And they are both male. Okay, okay so the similarities aren't mind-boggling but to me, it seems weird. I miss Chris. *sigh* |
| Tomorrow marks the end of my beloved Easter break. *dissolves into gut-wrenching sobs* Anyway. I haven't done any work tonight. It's back to that again. I couldn't be bothered. My mind is telling me that I have time to do it all and I can get away with not making use of tonight... but my common sense is telling me otherwise. Oh well, screw common sense. It never knew what it was talking about in the first place. I've also been feeling somewhat out of it this past week. My head feels heavy and foggy, and my eyes don't feel wide and clear like they usually do. They feel all clogged like I just can't get the sleep out. It's probably lethargy and will most likely disappear once I get back into work. I hope so anyway because it's pissing me off. I enjoy being lazy but not when it stops me doing my work!  And like I told Mel last night, I think I've developed RSI in my right arm. I thought it had gone away, but it's back. It hurts specficially in that squishy spot on your forearm just before the elbow. I can feel the muscles twinging and it's really, really annoying. I can't understand it though. I haven't been spending more time on the computer than usual and I typed long essays for three years in uni and never a problem. Grrr. How do I get rid of it? Also (something that's not me whinging) my new adopted project has officially opened! So anyone who wants to advertise for me or has anywhere they can do that.... please do!! I had six orders since I started taking orders on Thursday, and I thought that was pretty good! 
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| Okay, so camping was lots of fun. It always is! For me, I don't really care what the 'getting away from it all' involves... as long as I get away. Nothing refreshes you more than a change of scenery. Originally, it was just going to be me, my sister Alina and her friend Julia but then a few days before, Julia said her brother (who is 25) and his girlfriend (who is 38...uh-huh, you heard right) were going to come too. And then they brought up another brother, who was intellectually disabled. I think he may have autism but I'm not really sure. So it ended up being one big party! Turned out Julia's brother and his girlfriend were really nice and funnily enough, seemed like a really good match. By looking at them, you wouldn't pick there was 13 years difference. And her intellectually disabled brother was really good, he was always so helpful and nice and I go so used to having him around by the end of the weekend. You know how you're not really sure how to act in the beginning and things feel a bit awkward? It was like that, but pretty soon you learn how to act around him and how to speak to him without making him feel stupid. You could see that he was simple (I know that sounds mean but it's true), but at the same time, he picked things up really quickly. He was almost 21 too so it's not like he was a child. The first day consisted of what we liked to call the Gourmet Trail. We stayed in a region that was popular for producing all sorts of gourmet food. We taste-tested honey (then found the bees later when we went for a drive...eek), cheese, olives, mustard, jams, chutneys and my favourite: wine. Yep, I went to my first winery and wine-tasted. They had this Easter festival on and I was surprised to see it was really family-orientated. Kids everywhere and just beyond them, the Cellar Door. We tasted a few from the list, but not too many. I think I only ended up tasting about six. The lady sloshed some water into our glasses in between some, so that was nice. And they had this bin where you could pour what you didn't want into. There were these girls next to us who had tasted the whole list and it was so pathetic. Girls like that annoy me. They were giggling and being loud and saying things like "oooh, I think I'm slurring!! *insert a fit of giggles here*" I rolled my eyes and ignored them. We tried to do some hiking but the tracks we were going to go down were all blocked off because of the bushfires this summer. That kinda sucked but there was another track that said "Waterhole" so we followed that and ended up..... well, we're still trying to figure that out. The path just fizzled out and we were left standing on a slope on a mountain wondering where the waterhole went and where it was meant to be. But it was still fun, there where these large boulders hanging over the side with big ditches so we climbed up those (see photo below!) It reminded me of the movie Picnic at Hanging Rock and when I said that, Julia starts calling out, "Miranda! Where are you?" Creepy! Anyway, without any further ado - here are some photos. Half posted, half clickable. (Oh yeah, we went to some botanical gardens too). ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only **  "Invalid Item"  ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** "Invalid Item" ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Our fantastic set-up! Took an hour to get that sail thing up and in the end, I was the one who figured it out and did all the hammering! For those who need any hammering done, I'm quite good. Not to brag or anything.....  "Invalid Item" ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** The story behind this is that I found three heart-shaped chips in my bag!  It's a sign... that me and chips were meant to be together. And no, I didn't bite them!! |
| Here's a story to amuse you all with while I work myself into the mood to write all about my camping trip and show photos..... THE ATHEIST An atheist was taking a walk through the woods. "What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!" he said to himself. As he continued walking alongside the river he heard a rustling in the bushes. Turning to look, he saw a 7 foot grizzly charging towards him. He ran as fast as he could up the path. Looking over his shoulder he saw that the bear was closing in on him. His heart was pumping frantically and he tried to run even faster. He tripped and fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw the bear raising his paw to take a swipe at him. At that instant the atheist cried out: "Oh my God....!" Time stopped. The bear froze. The forest was silent. It was then that a bright light shone upon the man and a voice came out of the sky saying: "You deny My existence for all of these years, teach others I don't exist and even credit creation to a cosmic accident. Do you expect Me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer?" The atheist looked directly into the light and said: "It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask You to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps, could you make the BEAR a Christian?" "Very well," said the voice. The light went out, and the sounds of the forest resumed. And then the bear lowered his paw, bowed his head and spoke: "Lord, bless this food which I am about to receive and for which I am truly thankful, Amen." |
Check it out - I made an adoption! I feel like Angelina Jolie....
That's my new baby, which I recently took over from Miranda Foix  because she couldn't keep up anymore. It's such a great idea, I couldn't bare to see it go... so I figured I may as well do it. It will be a way to force myself to learn time-management and organisational skills! And also, I'm allowing myself to take some of the leftover GPs at the end of every week, so it will also help towards my upgrade (hands up if you think I can make it to Premium? *watches as no hands go up* lol). Oh, and if you know of any quality cNotes that you have on your favourites that I don't have on my list - let me know! As you may have noticed, I changed my handle. Camping? What? Twink + camping = ? No, no, not true. In fact, I'm going camping this weekend! Contrary to what a lot of my newer friends think, I am a camping kinda girl. I grew up going on countless family camping holidays around the state, so I'm very much accustomed to it. I got a bit of a chuckle when Shelley at work suggested that I couldn't possibly enjoy camping because I seem much too prim and proper and girly for that! I may be small but I pack quite a punch! haha. Speaking of packing (how's that for a segway?!), I haven't started yet. I've ironed and organised though, so all I really have to do is chuck it all in and hope someone can lift it. The only thing I'm not sure about is the tent. My sister bought a two-man one on sale recently and she got it out today to have a look and it's TINY. I'm used to the family size ones that fit like four or five people - and you can stand in them. This one you can barely swing a cat in. I think I'll be alright though. My sister reckons the smaller ones are warmer. It's quite likely I'll sleep well anyway because I always seem to when I'm away from home, mostly from exhaustion. And I'm bringing my doona AND my sleeping bag AND a couple blankets AND a beanie AND bedsocks.... so I'll probably be warm enough. And you know what? I just realised that when I go away, I always feel the need to have my entire wardrobe washed and ready... I've washed and ironed some things I know I won't take, but I feel like I should wash them anyway! I'm so odd.See you next week! Have a safe and happy Easter! |
| Today was my last day of classes until a little while after Easter. Actually, no, it wasn't the day of classes... but I took it upon myself to make it my last day and actually be organised and hand in the work that is due later in the week EARLY. Be proud. I never finish things early. I'm usually one of the last ones there at five to five panicking because the there's a queue for the printer... I have a website to create over the holidays and I'm not freaking out as much as I thought I would be. We've already created a template in class so my plan is to just modify it. I've already done the front page tonight because it involved designing in Photoshop and I kind of got carried away. I even missed All Saints for it. lol. I'm basically making a gallery for my photos...  It would be better if my stupid teacher hadn't constrained us to 50-60kb per page though because that's like nothing in terms of quality images. To compensate, I have to reduce to quality of my images and then link the rest. He says that's what you have to do so your page downloads faster, but no page I've looked at reduces quality. Meh.   My plan over the next six months or so is to earn myself enough GPs to get my next upgrade. I could buy it like I have for the last few times, but I feel like setting myself a challenge. Sooo.... I would like you know what you guys would like to see in a sig shop because I'm hoping to set one up soon. What kinds of sigs attracts you? What kinds of images? What are you sick of seeing around the place? Just anything - give me an idea of what you (not everyone else) would be interested in purchasing. I think I'll either be starting a general sig shop to begin with and then move on to an auction if things go well. I'm just not sure where to start... I don't think I'm very good at making sigs. cNotes I can do... sigs are just weird - I have no idea what kinds of pictures to put on them!  Thanks to Black Willow for the lovely ribbon she so kindly adorned on the following item:
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