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Okay, so I just discovered Deb left.  I really have been MIA, huh? Oh well. I'll just have to stalk her on Myspace.I'm just really busy. I know, I know - a word we all love to hate. Me, especially. I hate it when people say they're just too busy to catch up, or too busy to send an email. It sucks. But I have a good reason. I have to create a newspaper from scratch. I hope you made a shocked face just then, because I certainly did. And I'm really struggling with it too. I'm more of a magazine, creative person not a newspaper person. It's so out of my league. The other thing that has been going on is that I think I got myself into some sort of weird online relationship. I wouldn't call it a "real" relationship, per se, but it's probably the closest thing you'll get to it online. We talk numerous times a day, wonder where the other is if we didn't see them for a day and should really cut down on the flirting.  But don't worry, my feet are very much planted firmly on the ground and I'm very aware how fickle this sort of thing is. But it makes you wonder, you know? All sorts of wondering about all sorts of things. And it makes me want a 'real life' relationship all the more. I mean, you can talk about cuddling (yes, yes... "cuddling"  ) as much you like, but it's never the same as the real thing. I really don't know what to think, but I'm in it for the ride.  |
| So it's been a huge day of wasting time for me. Absolutely massive. I just can't believe it myself. Okay, yes, I've done bugger all today. But, on the bright side, I'm feeling quite cheerful about it as opposed to depressed. I chatted online most of the day and played around in forums, on and off of course. I took some photos of some flowers, which are springing up again thanks to the fact summer is on its way. I went out last night to my church's pastor's farewell. He gave an absolutely wonderful message about letting God guide your life and all the little signs He drops that sometimes you don't even notice. Like you know how things just seem to fall into place and you look back and think... well, if that and this didn't happen and this person hadn't come into my life, I wouldn't be where I am right now. I love that. God's quiet workings to guide our lives to where He wants us to be. It was really inspirational. And it was nice to get out and be sociable for awhile too. I'm always a bit nervous making small-talk, but it's never really as bad as you imagine. This course just has me online and in front of a computer all the time... which isn't so bad, but you realise just how unsociable you've been when you actually do get out and about! I don't think chatting online really counts. I suppose it does to a degree, but no matter what anyone argues, it's never going to be the same as face to face interaction. But hey, it's better than nothing! Tomorrow will consist of the same old, same old really. And then the weekend is work, plus the added social bonus of my sister's birthday party. Well, "party" - it's not really a party, it's in a restaurant... but you get the idea. It should be fun.  |
| I really need to get back into a blog swing. I think I might have stressed less when I sat down and wrote out all my thoughts every now and then. I feel better when I can get everything out of my system! And like the say, blogging costs less than therapy. And now that I've sat myself down (okay, that's a lie - I was already sitting) and made a point of blogging... do you think I can think of anything to say? Maybe I'll make this a short one and slowly ease myself into it. I have links to share though. I don't think I ever put up the link to my Josh Lawson site. I made a fansite for an Australian actor/comedian: http://www.josh-lawson.net It needs a bit of updating at the moment, I'm working on the gallery and a page for fanart and some other bits and pieces. So for now, it's fairly small. But it will build. All in good time! The other link is that of when I met Josh Groban (as per the entry below a bit). SUCH an awesome night! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9nE5uLjjY |
| The Tagging Game! The rules are as follows: Link to your tagger and post these rules. List eight (8) random facts about yourself. Tag eight people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them). Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving them a comment on their blogs. I've been tagged by Lauriemariepea 8 Random Facts About Yours-Truly: 1. I have double-jointed toes... or at least I think I do. 2. I am very easily amused. 3. I never tie my hair back. 4. I'm really indecisive about really insignificant things. 5. I get distracted..... all the time. 6. I spend far too much time on the computer doing absolutely nothing. 7. I like driving alone, just so I can turn the music up real loud. 8. As a child, I used to eat margarine straight from the tub. And now, my 8 victims: me_kaitlin Ta Black Willow Stephanie Grace Wren Ronis brain tumor is gone! Humming Bird  panthera |
| So... it's been awhile! I'm not going to apologise again for my absence because you already know how sorry I am... I have, however, been having a great time. It's not like I've been hiding in a corner in my room, rocking back and forth, sobbing about my depressing life... Okay, so it's not like I've been majorly living it up either, but I'm happy. I had my break from TAFE, which was great. I went to Cairns and Port Douglas, which was also great. I'm going to do a write-up thing about for the Blogville News for Scarlett, so when I do, I'll post it here as well! It was a really good holiday. I went snorkelling, which was definitely the highlight. It took some time getting used to it though because I had a life-jacket on and I've never worn one before. And the flippers, oh, the flippers! I was tripping all over the place. I made up a new favourite word though: flippering. I also bruised my foot because of all that flippering... We also visited the Daintree Rainforest, which was lovely. The one thing we both noticed though, was that it isn't nearly as green and 'rainforesty' as it is in the pictures. It's probably because most of Australia is currently in drought. A lot of the palms along the sides of the road were not looking so well either. But the best thing lately was the Josh Groban concert. *swoons* My sister and me went to the concert and...wait for it... met him afterwards!!!  She found out that people had been waiting outside the stage door after concerts, so we found the stage door and waited..... the security guy came out and all of a sudden it was official! They put a temporary rail thing up and went through some rules (no posed photos, no hugging, kissing, handshaking... no touching basically!) and he came out and made his way down the line. I felt like such a groupie. When he got to me, he was still busily talking to the girl before me so all I got was a smile and a thankyou (he signed my programme) but it was still awesome. I have video of it actually, but YouTube is being a pain in the arse and won't upload it! When it does, I'll definitely share it. The concert was wonderful too. He has such an amazing, powerful voice. It is breathtaking. I was just in awe most of the time. Oh, and he walked through the crowd! I was in a balcony seat and he walked just two rows in front of me... it's amazing seeing him just there with a microphone singing, and being just two feet from you. Just to let you know, I'm in love. lol.  |
I can't believe I've only posted two entries this month! Well, three now... It's been a hard slog of a month, that's for sure. Completely unexpected too. I had planned to stay on top of all my work but it didn't seem to happen. But anyway, who cares about that?! Not me! I'm going to Cairns next week! WOOHOO! It couldn't have come at a better time. I really need a holiday. Just the thought of getting away from it all makes me nearly ephoric. Sorry this is short, but I'm just touching base. Apologies again for not keeping up with your blogs - I will swing by soon! 6 days to go until I'm faraway in paradise on a tropical island!  |
| I am so out of touch with everything here lately. I simply cannot keep up. I can't find any time to read everyone's blogs because when I get the time to come here, all I'm doing is the Week of Cheer... and soon the Lucky Dip again. I don't have the time to do the Lucky Dip again but my upgrade runs out early October so I don't have a choice. It's just scary the amount of things I have to do between now and when I leave for my holiday (which is the last week of September). However, that said.... it probably seems a little strange to say that I'm about to launch my very first website. I haven't really had the free time to work on it... but I have been anyway (which explains why I'm so behind in my classwork). I know a guy online who works for this company that get domains for barely anything, so he got one for me. It's been fantastic because there are some finer technical details involved with maintaining and updating a website, so he's been walking me through that too. There's no way I could have been able to do any of this without him so I am eternally grateful! There are couple things left to do, so hopefully it should be up this week. Another thing I want to finish before I go away. I'll leave the content of the website as a surprise, so no link just yet! It's not about me though, so that's a hint.Before I go away I also need to get my eyes checked, my hair cut (maybe), buy some new bathers (two-piece? maybe!), get a new pair of thongs (because my pair now are hidiously dirty and falling apart), buy some new t-shirts (because it's hot where I'm going), maybe buy a pretty sundress or something casual other than jeans and a t-shirt.... I also have to create another website using Javascript (ugh), finish a ad poster, create a fashion show booklet cover, do a website storyboard, a whole bunch of random class questions... and probably other stuff I can't remember right now! GAH! I need sleep. lol. Check it out and please donate if you can!
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| I grew up in Australia in the 90s and these are some of the memories that make me smile... they may be completely meaningless to you, but it's great for me! You watched the ABC more than any other station. You made worms by squeezing your Vegemite or peanut butter crackers together. The best parties always had fairy bread. Getting the Easter Show guide from the paper and circling all the show bags you wanted. Blinky Bill, Mr Squiggle and Gumby. Doing research for school projects by going to the library or looking up an encyclopaedia rather than using the internet. Waking up early everyday to watch Agro’s Cartoon Connection or Cheez TV. Hey Hey It’s Saturday. Buying those 6 packs of Coco Pops, Fruit Loops, Frosties, Rice Bubbles, Nutri-Grain and Corn Flakes so you could have a different one each day and then opening the packets really carefully and removing the cereal so you'd have a mini wardrobe afterwards. You also most probably just let your parents eat the Corn Flakes. Postman Pat, Fireman Sam and Lift Off (that show with the dirty, eyeless doll named EC). Birthday parties at McDonald's. A pinch and a punch for the first day of the month. No returns! Don’t push me, push a push pop! Nobody made "not" jokes... NOT!! That's so funny, I forgot to laugh. You decorated your room with glow-in-the-dark stickers. You played marbles and could name all the different types like blue moon, oily, candy, red wine, galaxy and red devil. You never played anyone for your god marble. Getting up early to watch the Rage Top 50. Watching South Park for the first time and being really excited by all the swearing. Watching Hey Dad! and then seeing little Arthur McArthur go on to star in that famous Sorbent ad. Full Frontal, not Comedy Inc. Wolfenstein, Doom and Duke Nukem. Going to see Titanic. The winner is… Sydney. Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Ray Martin hosted A Current Affair. Zoopa Doopa ice blocks were only 20c and if you couldn’t afford it, you asked the canteen lady to cut it in half so you could split it with a friend. (Funny memories with this one!)Listening to boy bands like Human Nature and girl bands like Girlfriend. Barbie, not Bratz. The Spice Girls. Happy Meals were only $2.95 and the toys were simple but actually good. Thorpe won lots of gold medals and wasn’t so gay. Playing tackle Bulldogs at lunchtime and having tackling banned. Looney Tunes Tazos. You laughed at the fat kid on the Cottees cordial ad and changed the song to "My Dad picks his nose..." You ate Smarties instead of M&M’s. You tried Dr. Pepper and hated it. Service stations didn’t need space for 4 digits on their petrol prices signs. Girl germs! Boy germs! Goosebumps. You had to actually call your friends rather than send them an SMS. The Secret World of Alex Mack. Talk to the hand! Johnson and Friends, Noddy and Humphrey B. Bear. You wished you had enough Lego to build those amazing cities they displayed in the brochures. Slap bracelets. Good on ya Mum! Tip Top’s the one! You could buy more than enough food from the school canteen for only $2. Soft serve cones were only 30c and they never tried to up-sell a Flake because they didn’t have it. Troll Dolls. High five! Up high, down low, too slow! Watching Round the Twist and getting pissed off that the actors kept on changing. You still loved it though. Cheating in Heads Down, Thumbs Up. Collecting basketball cards, whether you followed basketball or not. Skipping ropes and Jump Rope for Heart Day. Chewing the crappy gum in Bubble-O-Bill's nose and wishing they could just use Hubba Bubba instead. Hypercolour T-shirts. Who Dares! Who Dares! Who Dares Wins! There's nothing better than inside jokes! |
Don't you hate it when someone plays matchmaker... and then you actually end up liking the person?  I seem to have this automatic thinking that I shouldn't like them just because someone thinks they'd be good for me. I can find my own men - right? Okay, so maybe not. But you know, it got me thinking, if I lived in a country where arranged weddings were the thing, I'd trust my folks to pick someone nice. If it was left up to mum and my sisters, I reckon I'd score. Mum always goes for the good-looking ones and my sisters can pick out the kind, decent ones. Put them together, and voila, I have myself a man! Anyway. I've been thinking lately how much I would like a relationship. It's not that I'm lonely or desperate, but it would nice... you know? I think God knows the perfect moment to introduce someone into my life, but someone I wonder when exactly that will happen. By the end of the year? By the end of next year? Three years from now? Life is crazy like that. I'm constantly marvelling at how things always happen so unexpectedly. I certainly didn't think I'd still be studying right now. And I'm even considering continuing on for another year... now that's crazy. I just realised what song I am listening to right now! It's like exactly what I just wrote in song.... ooo-eee-ooo....weird. Life, it's ever so strange It's so full of change Think that you've worked it out Then bang Right out of the blue Something happens to you To throw you off course And then you... Breakdown Yeah, you breakdown Don't you breakdown Listen to me Because... It's just a ride, it's just a ride No need to run No need to hide It'll take you round and round Sometimes you're up Sometimes you're down It's just a ride, it's just a ride Don't be scared Don't hide your eyes It may feel so real inside But don't forget it's just a ride Truth, we don't wanna hear It's too much to take Don't like to feel out of control So we make our plans Ten times a day And when they don't go Our way we... Breakdown Yeah we breakdown Don't you breakdown Listen to me Because... It's just a ride, it's just a ride No need to run, no need to hide It'll take you round and round Sometimes you're up Sometimes you're down It's just a ride, it's just a ride Don't be scared Don't hide your eyes It may feel so real inside But don't forget it's just a ride Slowly, oh so very slowly Except that There's no getting off So live it Just gotta go with it 'Cause this ride's never gonna stop It's just a ride, it's just a ride Don't be scared now Dry your eyes It may feel so real inside But don't forget enjoy the ride Jem - Just a Ride |
I am driving myself crazy! I am getting that feeling through my body where I just want to get up and scream or break something or just flail my arms around violently....  It's a number of things but two in particular. I'm currently doing a lot of work in creating websites. The frustrating thing is that I'm trying to a whole bunch of things with limited knowledge and skills. First off the rank that's pissing me off is the 'portfolio' website for class. I have the layout pretty much sorted, but there is this main image on the front page that REFUSES to go centred and at the top. Last class, I asked my teacher about it and she couldn't figured it out either (which is even more frustrating) and now I can't even work on the content because every time I open it I can see it doesn't look right and immediately want to fix it - but can't! GRRR! The second thing off the rank on my pissed off list is this girl I met who is going to help me set up a couple fanlisting sites. I know, I know... I'm taking on more than I can handle. But I really want to do this. We've been in contact numerous times and last time, she said she was going to send me the coding of her own sites so I can just alter it, and then show me how a script called Enthusiast works. But I haven't heard back from her yet and it's STRESSING ME OUT! I can't seem to concentrate on anything else because I just want to get these sites up and running. I tried to figure out Enthusiast on my own and it's so out of my league it's not funny. I have installation instructions but they are so complicated that I was completely confused and overwhelmed by the second step! I know the girl who is helping me has just moved house and schools, so I should be patient.... but it's really hard, dammit.  I'm just overwhelmed with everything. There's so much to do! And I really, really hate it when my expectations of myself exede my skills. It is the worst thing to be held back by yourself. I want to do all these things, but CAN'T! Whoever said there is no such word as can't is a prick. |
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