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November 5th, 2007

08:37 pm - a storeee 1 day a piranna was in a rivver and it had a visitor!!!!!!!!1 (dont forget teh one) it was a fremdly hummybird come to MOCK the pirannah and then the fish tryed to ete the bird and the bird FELW AWAY BECAUSE BIRDS ALWAYS FLY FROM FISH THAT WANT TO EAT THEM THE END I WIN THE ARGUMENT!!!1 Current Location: demon, iawa Current Mood: predatory Current Music: i don't care it's ur blog Tags: crap

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September 26th, 2007

10:21 pm - urrhghghhg death flu + fasting for wisdom teeth removal + work + wisdom teeth removal + post teeth-removal nausea + post teeth-removal ache = awful awful awful awful awful awful Current Mood: crappy

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September 4th, 2007

04:46 pm - Another fine reason to leave Western Australia. "Do you provide clothes dyeing services?" "<*laughter*> You won't find that in WA!" Repeat until you get sick of having the same conversation. Current Mood: pissed off

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February 12th, 2007

11:28 am - Ugh. How embarassing. Current Mood: pissed off

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September 23rd, 2006

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September 7th, 2006

04:22 pm - Trivial. Writing for the sake of writing annoys me. I suppose that means I'm writing to annoy myself. I don't know what it is exactly about Perth that sucks my joy out, but it does. I feel stifled, bored and cardboardy in Perth. (Fear me if you insult my city, however.) Vaguely noteworthy things happened today - these are exciting things for my Perthlife: * Crash on Great Eastern Highway results in my falling asleep for fifteen minutes on the bus while we are at a complete standstill. I am not even a five minute walk away from work, and my bus driver will not let me off because we're not at a stop. I can see the stop, but we're not alongside it, so I cannot get off. Cue ranting about paying for a bus ticket, not a babysitter and nanny states, etc.. but only to my coworkers after I've finally made it to work. Being a temp, that's half an hour unpaid. * Faux fire in the office. The admin room fills up with smoke, people mill around for about five minutes and then go back to work. * I formatted a Powerpoint disaplay for one of the Speech Pathologists. I hadn't used Powerpoint before. Thrilling! Current Mood: blank Current Music: Silencio!

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September 6th, 2006

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September 2nd, 2006

02:34 pm - Services offered. I am willing, for a fee of $5 per call, to talk telemarketers into hanging up on you. That is my talent! **** It must be hard to think of gifts when you're going out with a florist. **** Hello, sodyinoz - sorry I haven't been updating! **** My life is dull in Perth. I am working - it's alright. I got my dress for the wedding, and my shoes, and my fascinator.. is yet to be organised. I may have to make it myself. You'd think it'd be easier to find a red fascinator than it's turning out to be. Or I did, at any rate. I am considering wearing a pair of huge, hideous gold owl earrings from Sportsgirl. I'm a bit in love with hideous things at the moment. A pair of khaki, huge-lensed sunglasses from Sportsgirl spring to mind, as do these Converse Democracy shoes. I'm in a money-saving frenzy. Everything must go! In complete contrast with my last paragraph, I want to sell practically all of my possessions. I've gone minimalist crazy. I want to have two pairs of jeans, one pair of shoes, a few singlets and a backpack.. and maybe hideous khaki sunglasses. I miss the ease of coming home from work on a Friday, opening a bottle of wine, declaring I want to dance, and finding myself in a taxi headed to Dancingtown in the next four or five hours. According to the never-updating melebella Kipling is full of cool housemates now. And I'm missing out! Last summer was such a ball I can't wait to be back in Auckland. If you say anything to me about the grass being greener (which it literally is in NZ), I will glower at you from over the rim of my hideous Sportsgirl khaki sunglasses (not actually owned by me, but I will go to Sportsgirl, put a pair on and glare into the sky, equating the amorphous clouds with the amorphous internet). Tonight I am vaguely, and disorganisedly hostessing a some-sort-of media/listening party.. thing. I wish I hadn't gone to Cheese on Toast and seen the Dresden Dolls are playing at the King's Arms in Auckland, because of what a perfect and intimate venue that will be for them. I am NOT seeing them in Perth, or at all, and I am okay with that because of what a great and mature person I am. Haha. However, if on September 22nd, anyone annoys me they are in for a world of passive aggressive trouble (so probably nothing will happen). **** The "funny thing" I alluded to, aussie_annie will be revealed! I promise. I just have to get around to writing about it. **** Oh my God, snickety_snick, have you gone to Canada already? Current Mood: busy Current Music: Rasputina - I Only Wanna Be With You

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August 7th, 2006

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July 27th, 2006

04:30 pm - Note to self: Sometimes work can be positive and reinforcing. Today I earnt being called "possum" by a manager, was told I was very bright by a client (primary school teacher) because when she was trying to explain she was "sick but alright" I told her she still had all her mental faculties, and was advised by a coworker I've been chatting to that she's surprising everyone with how much she's talking, since normally the 'mature' office ladies don't tend to talk as they work. Earlier on I was kicking myself for being stupid enough to miss the pay cutoff for handing in my timesheet, and for my bills banking up, but now I feel groovy. I want to dance. Current Mood: amused Current Music: Chirpy fax machine.

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July 19th, 2006

10:22 pm - Conservative, quiet, pleasant. The general normalcy of my current workplace spurs me into nearly involuntary explosions of weirdness. I hear things coming out of my mouth and at the same time I think, "That should not have been said aloud." Too late. The people are nice and normal and I'm awful at dealing with that. I flee the office during my lunch and hover in Adachi Park in Belmont to read the plaques explaining the link between the City of Belmont and the suburb of Adachi in Tokyo. Today to keep myself from feeling swallowed up by gloomy officeness I kept looking at the now-fading stamp on my arm - "PUNK ROCK". I want to buy more colourful and insane underwear to sneak under my work clothes. "And when faced with dull and dutiful they fire red warning flares, battle-Khaki personality with red underwear. Oh well. Life plods on. I helped some guy on the bus find his stop this morning, and in the evening I played peekaboo with someone's baby. I have more things to say, really, but I don't have the clarity of mind required to get them out. Oh! MySpace mentioned way too many times by people in line at the Death Cab for Cutie concert, and I won The Competition with my brilliant 145 points. Points scored for spotting people wearing stripes and.. what, high5revolution? I forgot. OH. No Doubt running shoes. Current Mood: calm Current Music: The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

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July 15th, 2006

10:19 am - Crisp winter mornings. I had forgotten Perth's unfailing ability to feel frosty and chilly while beaming sunshine down through a clear blue sky. I'm feeling overwhelmingly positive today. I start my contract position on Monday, I had a great day yesterday, mum's big party is tonight.. I would only tempt fate by asking for one more thing to make this a glorious day-start. *** Aha! I just had a call from mum's boyfriend. Here's an old world charisma tip for free, boys and girls - asking a girl to reserve a place for you on her dance card is very charming! Also.. I succeeded in having my mother despair at the state of my 'work wardrobe' yesterday AND agree I should throw away a pair of shoes instead of insisting I get them repaired.. perhaps new clothes are coming my way! Yaay! Current Mood: refreshed Current Music: George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag

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July 12th, 2006

03:18 pm - Here we go. Mary Poppins. Is it tacky to wear my hair twisted up with chopsticks to a Chinese restaurant? ** Happy birthday to my mother! ** I intend to scribble up a set of vouchers for housework to be completed by me without the slightest bit of grumbling, given how broke and whatnot I am. And it's time to start nagging her about buying her "mother of the groom" outfit. I have promised - no pastel pant suits at all, and no beige. Also, I have employment as of Friday! I am excited, and my cold has been thwarted. Current Mood: chipper Current Music: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Do You Love Me? (Part 2)

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July 8th, 2006

04:33 pm - Voulez Vous! I am stuck at home. It seems a nasty pattern is developing. I move countries, get a new job, get sick. As a result my weekend is to be spent downloading music on my mother's behalf for her birthday party in a week. Hmm. I hope no government agents are reading this. After this weekend, I'll be vastly more intimate with Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, ABBA and Bryan Adams. Course, I get to influence mum a little bit too, so added to her party planning are Belinda Carlisle, New Order and Tatu. I am unabashedly cheesy. Well, who else do you know that can coolly list Boy George as their first favourite ever artist (aged 2), the Whitney Houston single 'How Will I Know?' as their first ever song obsession (aged 5), and 'La Luna' by Belinda Carlisle as their second most favourite song ever for all of time (aged 8)? Current Mood: sick Current Music: Joe Cocker - N'oubliez Jamais

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July 5th, 2006

01:28 am - Just for myself. ( lamb - All in Your Hands ) Current Mood: hopeful Current Music: Obvious, non?

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July 2nd, 2006

10:49 am - Belated Canada Day and also birthdays! Special birthday day today. :) The party last night was a little bit subdued, although my reunion with friend's little sister was amusing. Mostly for me. Because I don't think she remembered how disappointed I was when she refused to unite with me against brothers when I was fifteen and she was.. eleven! There was "death punch" and a fire and hotdogs, and when the 19 year-olds left two distinct groups formed. My brother, his fiancee, the birthday boy, his housemate and me. Plus about seven other people who stayed inside to play Singstar. This seems to be a running theme for the parties I've attended of late, and I have to wonder if I'm spreading nerd vibes, or something. For some reason, I am also having trouble escaping a certain style of dress I like to call Pirate Who chic. Today I am in trouble for scorching the inside of the microwave at home with a bag of popcorn I was trying to pop for movie-watching with friends after the party. Also, by freaky coincidence, since I had forgotten it was Canada Day, I spent a lot of time (yesterday) wearing my Canada t-shirt that was purchased at Roots in Brantford for celebration of the day two whole years ago. Ferral, we've hit our two year mark again - is it my turn this time, or yours? Current Mood: worried Current Music: Crows. Aw aw aw.

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June 29th, 2006

11:05 pm - The home again thing. It doesn't feel like it's been ten months since I left Perth. After a few jetlaggy days, I went into the city centre today. So the goths have moved from Forest Chase to Wesley Church. Huh. The men's store on that corner near the city train station has become a Pumpkin Patch. Huh. I'm thinking of telling my tiny mother I found a shop with clothes that will fit her and then taking her there. Ahaha. It was nice to eat a Hungry Jack's chicken burger, with the yummy brown bread buns. I also know that's lame for me to be excited about. Honestly, it feels like nothing has changed, which keeps to the theme of Perth being dullsville! The only change that springs to mind is, as I was advised by a friend, "Empire has started selling hentai now." Wooo. Family hasn't ceased amusing me yet. My mother has been fixated on weevils in our pantry, and is now referring to them as aliens. I received an email today asking if I could check the top shelf for any aliens while she was at work. My grandparents came to visit and didn't ask me anything about my time away, or request to see photos or anything - they just talked about housesitting and people I don't know dying and golf and the standard chatter. The getting here story is a bit more interesting than being here. Due to various sudden and violent dramas I found myself alone at the airport, and also 14kg over the weight limit for my suitcase. I was advised to either move 7kgs at least into my hand luggage or pay $190. I managed to move 4, and then the clerk finally took pity on me and included my excess with a family whose kids didn't meet their allocated weight limits. I didn't have to pay anything! Lucky escape! Unfortunately, after my meticulous cramming of things into my purple day bag, I was asked by security to unpack it so they could go through everything. My security friend was a lovely Dutch woman who insisted I should open a jewellery shop, and also demanded I return to New Zealand. I merrily drifted through all the hassles, at first with the prospect of a lovely international caller keeping me company, and then in a post-call happy haze. I did probably look a bit funny, though, since I was walking around carrying my laptop, my messenger bag, my day bag, a rainbow-hued scarf, my blue velvet jacket, and my big winter parka. Oh well! Mildly amusing airport story to tell. Lucky me! Need to get myself sorted now with A) an Australian mobile SIM card/account and B) a job. The weekend's plans, made almost before I got home, are Friday night - pizza in Fremantle with brother and his laydee and their ex-housemate; Saturday night - friend's birthday party. Due to my being poor I intend to give him the last remaining disgusting premix vanilla vodka drink from a dozen we bought together.. probably over two years ago, and the half a bottle of orange mudslide that I bought over three years ago and have been trying to give away ever since. He'll truly appreciate them and also wish I never came back from Auckland! I am listening to an owl outside of my window! Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Hayashibara Megumi - Give a Reason

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June 28th, 2006

08:18 pm - Exposing myself as a nerd. I escaped from the Dungeon of Urinalcakes! I killed Black Sunset the floating eye, Bettie Hemlock the giant spider, Aurora Noir the leprechaun, Stecarey the zombie and Izzystars the goblin. I looted the Shield of Women, a Figurine of Force Captain, the Sword of Jahbulon, the Wand of Warryr, the Shield of Lilith De Sade, the Armour of Modernslut, the Wand of Carcass, the Crown of Missellie, the Crown of Smoojie and 142 gold pieces. Score: 342 Explore the Dungeon of Urinalcakes and try to beat this score, or enter your username to generate and explore your own dungeon... Current Mood: bouncy Current Music: Panic! At the Disco - It's Time to Dance

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June 25th, 2006

12:38 am - Darlings, leave a light on for me! I can be a real idiot. Not to get all emo, or anything, because I don't want to dye my hair black, but I'm starting to find it difficult to swallow the tears that are welling up in my chest. For better or for worse, I've come to have two homes. Just as much as I cried when I left Perth, I think I might double that when I leave Auckland. I feel grown up now that I've had this time away - I've found my own life, and it's one I'm going to miss. I keep hearing myself saying to people, "I'm coming back in November! It's barely any time at all!", and I've been so touched by those who've refused, on that basis, to actually say "goodbye". I feel incredibly.. dichotomied. I want to go home and I want to stay. I want to cry and I want to be excited. I want the next two days to fly past, and I want them to take forever. Being perfectly honest, the biggest thing that's making me sad is how much I know I'll miss melebella. My LJ entries alone should make it obvious what a big part of my life my NZ best friend, and big sister has been. We've become family in such a short amount of time, and shared so many things together. I don't think there's a person in this world who knows as many shameful things about me. I love every friend I have for the different way they fit into my life, and the different relationship I have with them, but melebella is the first person I've been this close with since moving out of home. I guess it's a double blessing we're such good friends, and also live together without any problem at all. She knows when I need space and when I need company, she's always honest with me, and she's endlessly generous. She's funky and fun and tasteful and a great dancer, and truly the older sister I always wanted. In part I feel a little bit 'here I go again'. I've come to be used to the friends that mean the most to me being scattered across the globe. I left some in Perth last year, the year before that a bunch in Canada, my best friend moved to Sydney in '99, and now here I'm choosing to do the leaving twice in 2006. Last year I said goodbye to beloved housemates who went home, and there have been goodbyes this year too. Ugh. Honestly, I'm just going to have a moment here and be done with it. There's barely any reason for me to be sad right now. ***** Change of topic. Poor Britpop. His woes increase. Last night, not only was his door mysteriously egged again, but he attacked a new housemate of ours, a Maori guy living downstairs. And the racial slurs did fly. Big half-Samoan Mister Universe put things swiftly to an end, but Britpop's number of friends is rapidly dwindling. His homophobic sniping at Angel Boy, and now his racist self-outing in front of a group of people of Polynesian and Maori background aren't winning him any allies. I think he knows it now, too. He rang me this morning asking to come into my room and tell me his side of the fight/last night story before anyone else could, but I know him well enough now - not only did he want to tell me his view, but he also wanted me to validate his actions, and to mentally tick me off as 'on his side' in his head. I wasn't too keen to have that, and gave him my opinion, but I doubt I was listened to. ***** Two more days in New Zealand. Current Mood: okay Current Music: Queen - The Show Must Go On

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June 24th, 2006

02:20 am - Community. My pal urinalcakes has started a community! pomedy is for lovers of British comedy to quote, discuss, recommend, and generally convene. Just think - an entire group of LJers who'll get what you're referring to! high5revolution, I'm looking in your direction.. Winkwinkwink! Current Mood: amused Current Music: The Shins - Saint Simon

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