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July 15th, 2009
January 25th, 2009
12:49 pm - Friends lists.......... from now on this journal will be viewable only to those on my friends list
if you wish to be added please comment below
thank you Current Location: The den Current Mood: amused Current Music: World of Warcraft
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January 18th, 2009
05:52 pm - Bandwagon
 Current Location: the cave Current Mood: happy Current Music: sounds of a washing machine
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November 25th, 2008
07:35 pm - meh! apparently my brain is 'unremarkable'
doesn't explain why I still have a headache, but it is nice to know :}
thassorl Current Location: The cave Current Mood: relieved
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November 21st, 2008
07:48 pm - Stuff So, I have had a headache for a week, actually (don't call me shirley) it is more of a head pain, the back of my right eyeball is burning, it is making both eyes dry and itchy, sleep is almost a memory, and I am somewhat of a zombie.
I went to the doctors after 4 days....and now I have some serious painkillers (they do dull the ache a bit, but leave me feeling very disconnected and spaceyish) and an appointment to have my head scanned on monday.
What I had thought/hoped to be just hayfever, may be something more.... serious
Okay, I admit it, I am scared silly Current Location: The Cave Current Mood: scared Current Music: The Sounds of Silence
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November 18th, 2008
09:12 am - Hoops After lots of form filling in, gnashing of teeth, queue waiting, wailing, emptying of pockets, more gnashing, more queuing , more pocket emptying and still more queue waiting, my bike finally has WA registration YAY!
Sheesh, after the amount of hoops I have jumped through, I ought to run away and join the circus :P
But all is good, I have my baby back...........now where shall I ride to first? Current Location: The Den Current Mood: okay Current Music: none
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November 14th, 2008
11:50 pm - Cat thing

considering I don't own a cat,.......this is just plain A) odd, B) silly, C) weird, D) creepy
Please answer below, comments will be filed/eaten, and posted/regurgitated, in the next week/on the rug in the bathroom just where you stand in the morning when you get up
thank you for your readings/food now please Current Location: The Den Current Mood: tired Current Music: none
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November 6th, 2008
09:13 pm - Frustration.... well, if the next time you see me I have no hair and no teeth, blame my Sydney!
no seriously, I am tearing my mane out and grinding my fangs to stubs. If I had known, what I know now, about my job I would have demanded more money.
As it is I have decided to stop worrying about things, I am so not paid enough to do a managers job for shop floor wages.
The company incentive scheme is a scam...... it will be a very cold day in an unmentionable level of the below worlds before I can even come close to getting anything, so I am not even going to try...... which is a really stupid thing..if the company had made the scheme within a realistic target, I 'would' have gone the extra mile...but come on.....$284 in sales(before taxes) an hour o_0 you have got to be joking!
This saddens me, as I really do like this job...and I do have a knack for this sort of service.. for instance; a customer came in today for a bottle of 'Grant Burge "Menshach"' it is part of a series of three wines put out by this winery, This one alone is $125, we have just got in a special set of the three "Shadarach, Menshach and Abenago" (yes, as in three wines named after the mythical characters in a religious book) in a giant box that looks like a bible, there are only 400 world wide, this was set 268 of the 400, I told the customer this and talked about other features of this wine, and the winemaker, end of story, he took the set, Happy day for me :}
I will see how things develop over the next few months....we do have a new head buyer in Sydney, so perhaps things might change a little.
On the upside.......going out for some drinkies with workmates after work tomorrow, :} Current Location: The Cave Current Mood: frustrated Current Music: Radio Sugar, streaming radio www.radio-forums.net
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October 24th, 2008
09:03 pm - while on the subject...... now I really feel old!
and this is the last meme for like...... oh look! a shiny thing
Automote 1. Handle a blowout 2. Drive in snow (snow? what's snow?)(Can drive in teeming rain) 3. Check trouble codes(eh?) 4. Replace fan belt 5.Wax a car 6.Conquer an off-road obstacle 7.Use a stick welder (ambidextrous welder :}) 8.Hitch up a trailer 9.Jump start a car
Handling Emergencies 10. Perform the Heimlich 11. Reverse hypothermia 12. Perform hands-only CPR 13. Escape a sinking car
Home 14.Carve a turkey(chicken, cow, lamb) 15. Use a sewing machine (stoopid home ec electives!) 16.Put out a fire (oh sand where art thou!) 17. Home brew beer ( I love being a cheapskate) 18. Remove bloodstains from fabric(evidence darlingk) 19. Move heavy stuff 20. Grow food 21. Read an electric meter(my dad is a leckie) 22. Shovel the right way 23. Solder wire 24. Tape drywall(plasterboard for the aussies) 25. Split firewood(sharp axe = win) 26.Replace a faucet washer ( over here they're called 'taps' ) 27. Mix concrete (was once a concrete tester type person) 28. Paint a straight line (masking tape FTW) 29. Use a French knife ( a what?) 30. Prune bushes and small trees 31. Iron a shirt 32. Fix a toilet tank flapper (he thingo that refills the cistern) 33. Change a single-pole switch(please leave for the leckie) 34. Fell a tree 35. Replace a broken windowpane 36.Set up a ladder, safely 37. Fix a faucet cartridge(tap.it is a tap!) 38. Sweat copper tubing(who needs a plumber) 39. Change a nappy (cloth and disposable) 40. Grill with charcoal 41. Sew a button on a shirt 42. Fold a flag(thank you air cadets)
Medical Myths 43. Treat frostbite 44. Treat a burn 45. Help a seizure victim 46. Treat a snakebite 47. Remove a tick
Military Know-How (I was an Air Cadet) 48. Shine 49. Make a drum-tight bed 50. Drop and give the perfect pushup
Outdoors 51. Run rapids in a canoe 52.Hang food in the wild 53.Skipper a boat 54. Shoot straight 55. Tackle steep drops on a mountain bike 56.Escape a rip current (this is one everybody in Australia learns, as far as I can tell. It's either learn it or find out where Harold Holt went.)
Primitive Skills 57. Build a fire in the wilderness 58. Build a shelter Mental note : don't trust your Outward Bound co-ordinators in this. 59. Find potable water(I can make and filter water)
Surviving Extremes (I think I could) 60. Floods 61. Tornados 62. Cold 63. Heat 64. Lightning
Teach Your Kids(my kids live with their Father....I know he has taught them all but whittling) 65. Cast a line 66. Lend a hand 67. Change a tire 68. Throw a spiral 69. Fly a stunt kite 70. Drive a stick shift 71. Parallel park 72. Tie a bowline 73. Tie a necktie 74. Whittle 75. Ride a bike
Technology ( I keep a geek handy for this sort of stuff) 76. Install a graphics card 77. Take the perfect portrait 78. Calibrate HDTV settings 79. Shoot a home movie 80. Ditch your hard drive
Master Key Workshop Tools - I have had all or more of this list at some stage in my life, I currently only have a nail file, some gum and a multi tool.... I am not MacGuyver) 81. Drill driver 82. Grease gun 83. Coolant hydrometer 84. Socket wrench 85. Test light 86. Brick trowel 87. Framing hammer 88. Wood chisel 89. Spade bit 90. Circular saw 91. Sledge hammer 92. Hacksaw 93. Torque wrench 94. Air wrench 95. Infrared thermometer 96. Sand blaster 97. Crosscut saw 98. Hand plane 99. Multimeter 100. Feeler gauges
This sort of meme, makes me realise how much life I have lived and how much I have enjoyed learning, and how much I have yet to learn and enjoy :} Current Location: The Cave Current Mood: relaxed Current Music: streaming radio
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October 23rd, 2008
09:10 pm - orly? orly! Rules: (1) Bold the ones that are true. (2) Italicize the ones that are sort of true.
General * I am 5'4 or shorter. * I think I'm ugly. * I have many scars.and I have earned every one! * I tan easily. * I wish my hair was a different colour. * I have friends who have never seen my natural hair colour. * I have a tattoo.(I have several)</b> * I am self-conscious about my appearance. * I have/had braces. * I wear glasses. * I'd get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free, scar-free. * I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger. * I have had more than two piercings. * I have had piercings in places besides my ears. * I have freckles.
Family/Home life * I've sworn at my parents. * I've run away from home. * I've been kicked out of the house. * My biological parents are together.(60 years) * I have a sibling less than one year old. * I want to have kids someday. * I have children. * I've lost a child.
Embarrassment * I've slipped out a "lol" in a spoken conversation. * Disney movies still make me cry. * I've snorted while laughing. * I've laughed so hard I've cried. * I've glued my hand to something. * I've laughed till some kind of beverage came out of my nose. * I've had my trousers rip in public.
Health * I've had stitches. * I've broken a bone. * I've had my tonsils removed. * I've sat in a doctor's office with a friend. * I've had my wisdom teeth removed. * I've had serious surgery. * I've had chicken pox.
Travelling * I've driven over 200 miles (1000km) in one day. * I've been on a plane. * I've been to North America. * I've been to Niagara Falls. * I've been to Japan. * I've been to Europe. * I've been to Africa.
Experiences * I've been lost in my city. * I've seen a shooting star. * I've wished on a shooting star. * I've seen a meteor shower. * I've gone out in public in my pyjamas. * I've pushed all the buttons in a lift. * I've been to a casino. * I've been skydiving. * I've gone skinny dipping. * I've played spin the bottle. *I've crashed a car. * I've been skiing. * I've been in a play. (I have been in two musicals with the now deceased Rob Guest) * I've met someone in person from the internet. (I went travelling last year just to met people from the internet ) * I've caught a snowflake on my tongue. * I've seen the northern lights. * I've sat on a roof top at night. * I've played chicken. * I've seen the RHPS. (not in real life, just the movie version) * I've eaten sushi. * I've been snowboarding.
Relationships * I'm single. * I'm in a relationship. * I'm available. * I'm engaged. * I'm married. * I've gone on a blind date. * I've been the dumpee more than the dumper. * I have a fear of abandonment * I've been divorced. * I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back. * I've told someone I loved them when I didn't. * I've told someone I didn't love them when I did. * I've kept something from a past relationship.
Sexuality * I've had a crush on someone of the same gender. * I've kissed a member of the same gender. * I've had sex with someone of the opposite gender. * I've had sex with someone of the same gender. * I've had sex with more than one person at the same time. * I am a cuddler. * I've been kissed in the rain. * I've had sex outdoors. * I've hugged a stranger. * I have kissed a stranger. * I have had sex with a stranger. Depends on your definition.
Honesty/Crime * I've done something I promised someone else I wouldn't. * I have lied to my parents about where I am. * I am keeping a secret from the world. * I've cheated while playing a video game. * I've cheated on a test. * I've driven through a red light. * I've been suspended from school. * I've witnessed a crime. * I've been in a fist fight. * I've been arrested. * I've shoplifted.
Drugs/Alcohol * I've consumed alcohol. *I have/do smoked cigarettes.(gave up may 2007) *I have/do smoked pot. (I have a long time ago) * I regularly drink. (we would die if we didn't have something to drink!) * I've taken painkillers when I didn't need them. * I take cough medication when I'm not sick. * I've done hard drugs. (cocaine) * I've been addicted to an illegal substance. (cocaine) * I can't swallow pills. * I can swallow about five pills at a time no problem.
Random * I can sing well. * I've stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant. * I open up to others too easily. * I watch the news. * I don't kill bugs. * I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for sake of being able to rhyme. * I fucking swear regularly. * I sing in the shower. * I am a morning person. * I paid for my mobile phone ring tone. (my phone growwwwwwwwwwwls) * I'm a snob about grammar. * I am a sports fanatic. * I play with my hair. * I have/had "x"s in my screen name. * I love being neat. * I love spam.mmmmm meat! * I've copied more than 30 cds in a day. * I bake well. * My favorite colour is either white, yellow, pink, red or blue. * I don't know how to shoot a gun. * I have marksman badges with firearms * I can shoot a bow accurately. * I am in love with love. * I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS. * I laugh at my own jokes. * I eat fast food weekly. * I believe in ghosts. * I am online 24/7, even as an away message. * I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room. * I am really ticklish. * I love white chocolate. (any chocolat really) * I bite my nails.(well how else am I going to keep my talons short!) * I play video games. * I'm good at remembering faces. * I'm good at remembering names. * I'm good at remembering dates. * I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life. * My answers are totally honest Current Location: The Cave Current Mood: happy Current Music: none
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October 16th, 2008
10:22 pm - Serious Knitting and yes....the following are all available a patterns for sale ....lol
Current Location: The Cave Current Mood: good Current Music: streaming radio
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October 8th, 2008
09:41 pm - doggies! I can has lol dogz?
http://ihasahotdog.com/
I lubs de intrawebs :P Current Location: The Cave Current Mood: tired Current Music: none, listening to the telly in the otherroom
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October 6th, 2008
07:15 pm - Motorbikes! Stoled from Gotica :}
Your result for The Motorcycle Personality Test... Harley 883 SportsterYou scored 1 moxie, -2 zeal, and 4 pomp! 
You scored dead center average, lacking any of the personality quirks that normally drive people to motorcycling. However, if you do ride, statistics would suggest that you are destined for a Harley-Davidson, probably something in the Softail line.
You might have noticed that's a lot of moolah for an (arguably) obsolete piece of machinery, and you're too rational and attitude-free to need the Biggest and Baddest that the marketeers tell you to buy. A far more reasonably priced taste of the Harley Kool-Aid is the 883 Sporty, a fun little beast that leaves you with plenty of cash to customize.
On the other hand, the only reason I'm bringing up the Harley-Davidson product line at all is due to the fact that Harley is the choice most people think of when they consider getting into motorcycling, and that's mostly because they don't know much about the alternatives.
Thought experiment: if you were the only person left on earth, and you could pick any motorcycle you wanted, what would you choose? Best looking or best engineered? Your test results don't really point in any direction strongly, so I'll try to nudge you towards substance over style. Stoled from Gotica
Consider: a FXST Softail weighs 629lbs dry, the base version starts around $14k, and will make 75-80hp -- after you tweak it with pipes and a jet kit. A Buell XB12R weighs 395lbs dry, costs $10.5k and makes 103hp, stock. An Aprilia Tuono R weighs 417lbs, costs $12k, and makes 125hp, stock. (We won't even mention the bang for buck of the Japanese competitors.) Still a fan of retro-classic styling? Then at least consider Harley's V-Rod, which mixes in some modern engineering into the equation (596lbs, 125hp, $17k).
While the Sportster is a reasonable compromise, you may discover that you enjoy the added feedback provided by standard-style bikes such as the Suzuki SV or the Ducati Monster. (If you must hang with the Harley crowd, they'll be less likely to give you grief if you choose the Buell, though.)
You have the potential to be a great rider. Take the MSF class, and choose a bike that won't hold you back!
Take The Motorcycle Personality Test at HelloQuizzy
Speaking of bikes....I am probably going to get on of these
 http://www.pagsta.com.au/roadsta.htm?32409
not quite a harley...but when it grows up it might just be one :} Current Location: The Cave Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Jethrol Tull, Skating Away
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September 21st, 2008
11:37 pm - strange My flatmate refuses to watch 'Wall-E' cos 'Short Circuit' made her cry, and isn't real, she also won't watch 'Titanic' cos it stars some facename actor, and isn't real. To me one is a good film, the other is a peice of crap
hoomans are strange to me:
'wall-e,' clever movie, with little dialogue, but clever pictures, can convey a whole story, tugs at emotions Titanic: cliched use of poor boy, rich girl, tugs at heart strings
mmm robots are cuter the hoomans!
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September 15th, 2008
09:41 pm - Wonderful Surprise It still surprises me how far my life has come in the last 18months.......
It still surprises me how happy I am....
It still surprises me how lucky I have been to find jobs that I love.......
It still surprises me that my Snow Meow still likes to scritch my scales......and that I like to scritch his belly
Right now, I love my life, I love living in this moment, I love waking up every morning (noisy crows excepted), and knowing that today, is a good day
Life is good and moving here, was the right thing to do
If this was a movie........here is where I would burst into song, and dance, and have little robins tweeting in the background Current Location: my cave Current Mood: happy Current Music: watching 'Samuri Girl'
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August 27th, 2008
12:36 pm - woooooooohoooooooo I gots me a job!
*does a little bum dance*
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August 25th, 2008
08:41 am - food meme stolen from gotica
1. Venison 2. Nettle Tea 3. Huevos Rancheros 4. Steak tartare 5. Crocodile 6. Black pudding 7. Cheese Fondue 8. Carp 9. Borscht 10. Baba Ghanoush 11. Calamari 12. Pho 13. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich 14. Aloo gobi 15. Hot dog from street car 16. Epoisses 17. Black Truffle 18. Fruit wine made with something other than grapes.(mango) 19. Steamed pork buns 20. Pistachio Ice Cream 21. Heirloom Tomatoes 22. Wild berries 23. Foie gras 24. Rice and Beans 25. Brawn, or head cheese 26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper. 27. Dulce de Leche 28. Oysters 29. Baklava 30. Bagna cauda 31. Wasabi 32. Clam chowder 33. Salted lassi 34. Sauerkraut 35. Cottage Cheese 36. Cognac with a fat cigar 37. Clotted cream tea 38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O 39. Gumbo 40. Oxtail 41. Curried goat 42. Whole insects(whitchity grubs) 43. Phaal 44. Goat's milk 45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more 46. Fugu 47. Chicken Tikka Masala 48. Eel 49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut 50. Sea Urchin 51. Prickly Pear 52. Umeboshi 53. Abalone 54. Paneer 55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal 56. Spaetzle 57. Dirty gin martini 58. Beer above 8% ABV 59. Poutine 60. Carob Chips 61. S'mores 62. Sweet Breads 63. Kaolin 64. Currywurst 65. Durian - in candy and freeze-dried form, but not the fruit itself. 66. Frogs' legs 67. Churro 68. Haggis 69. Fried plantain 70. Chitterlings, or andouillette 71. Gazpacho 72. Caviar and blini 73. Absinthe 74. Gjetost, or brunost 75. Roadkill 76. Baijiu 77. Hostess Fruit Pie 78. Snail 79. Lapsang souchong 80. Bellini 81. Tom yum 82. Eggs Benedict 83. Pocky 84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant. 85. Kobe Beef 86. Hare 87. Goulash 88. Flowers 89. Horse 90. Criollo chocolate 91. Spam 92. Soft Shell Crab 93. Rose harissa 94. Catfish 95. Mole Poblano 96. Bagel and Lox 97. Lobster 98. Polenta 99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee 100. Snake
Current Location: the cave Current Mood: nervous Current Music: none
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July 8th, 2008
07:55 pm - AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggg Less than 3 weeks till I move to Perth, and I haven't even started packing yet!. Instead I sit here posting to this journal, as that is a much more important thing to do :}
Slight panic is setting in as I have not had a single nibbles on the scooter. If I don't sell it soon, it is going to make things just a bit sticky movingwise. :{
so eeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
but on the upside...it is one day closer to being in the warmth that is Perth, and in the paws of my Snow Meow :}
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