| 2008 |
[Jan. 17th, 2008|04:29 pm] |
I want to be healthy. And I want my boy to be healthy. I want to stress less about my health and his health and money.
I want to learn. Make the most of my last 18 months at uni.
I want to love. With all my heart; without letting fear or insecurities get in the way. Because I've never met someone who deserved my love more. I want to let him love me, because I'm not so good at that one.
I want to be okay. With being poor financially but rich in love. For not yet having the career or the home that I want. With not being perfect and not being as capable as I would like. |
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| 2007 |
[Jan. 17th, 2008|03:40 pm] |
- I lived in 5 places, 3 cities and 2 countries, with 10 different people.
- I had a job I loved which paid nothing and a job I hated which paid well.
- I missed my home more than I thought possible.
- Losing a friend hurt more than losing the boyfriend. And it shocked me that someone could care so much and then care so little.
- I got run over by a taxi, which made me see who really cared and forced me to quit a job I should have quit already.
- I met many amazing people I'll probably never see again.
- I walked past the future president of the United States (hopefully).
- I saw Mexican children in unbelievable poverty.
- I cried when a very smart woman unseated the Prime Minister, and I began to have hope for the future of my country again.
- I fell amazingly, completely, head-over-heels in love, with the man who has been the man of my dreams for as long as I can remember. And he fell in love with me. Sometimes I felt so happy I could burst, sometimes I couldn't comprehend how such an amazing thing could happen to me.
- When people didn't treat me well, I stopped trying to make them like me, and put myself first for once.
- I decided what I want to do with my life, and it came very easily, and I think that I really knew all along.
- At times I was a normal person, at other times I was sick again, or sad again, and I wanted nothing other than to be healthy. At times I stressed a LOT about money and relationships.
I look back at the things which I called mistakes at the time, and I do not regret them. I understand why I did what I did and I learnt more about myself. It was a hard year but I guess that makes it an important year. |
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| The world has gone crazy |
[Sep. 14th, 2007|09:13 pm] |
A twelve year old is modelling for Gold Coast fashion week. Apparently women should aspire to be little girls.
A woman died after giving up her cancer treatment to save her baby. The news reports sensationalise it to the extent that it's no longer touching, and in fact makes me think "that's news?" Especially when they put it on the hourly news update.
Britney Spears is criticised more for being fat at her crap performance than for being a crappy, crazy, drug-addicted mother. No one remembers that she never actually had any talent, and that it would have been more surprising if she had given a good performance. |
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| What a day it was for public affairs |
[May. 2nd, 2007|11:41 pm] |
Things that annoyed me today:
- Sen. Heffernan's comments about Gillard. Because I'm sure a wealthy old conservative man is SO much more in touch with "the public" than a childless woman, because she doesn't know about nappies. And I'm sure he's changed millions in his time. He's a real man of the people, who really gets what its like to be a woman.
- Constant media coverage of Fashion Week. Seriously, no one cares. It's even widely accepted within fashion circles, you know, people who care about this lameass stuff, that Australian Fashion Week is a lame excuse for a party with no big names. Also: Dear Veronicas, you look like freaking drag queens. You are on the news because no other d-grade celebrity would embarrass themself like that.
- Fashion Week coverage in which a clearly sloshed Wayne Cooper called Australian models "porky". Seriously, fuck off. Personally, I think all models should be heavier, but to call them fat is a freaking outrage. I love how gay men control the fashion industry and like to tell women to be skinnier, because looking like a boy is sexy.
- Kate Moss designs a fashion line for Topshop which immediately sells out. It includes gems such as "the plain singlet top" and "skinny jeans". What a fucking hero. Maybe I should do coke and neglect my child too.
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| guest appearances |
[Jul. 2nd, 2006|03:02 pm] |
First, let me say that no matter how cool it might be, I am unable to watch a show called Veronica Mars. Stupid, stupid name. Also, I don't really like the girl.
- So my FAVOURITE guest appearance was when Billy Dee was on Scrubs for absolutely no reason, and JD and Turk kept calling him Lando. (In other Star Wars related news, my friend Ilona recently walked down the aisle to the Star Wars theme. Gold).
- Still on Scrubs, I love the first episode of Season Two, when Dude with a Guitar follows JD around singing a song that goes "I can't get to sleep/ I think about the implications/Of diving in too deep/ And what about the complications". I freaking love that song. Watching the DVD extras I discovered he is none other than Colin Hay from Men at Work (I am a bad, bad Australian), who guested on Spicks and Specks a few weeks ago.
- Zooey Deschanel was on Friday night's Frasier. I haven't seen that episode before, and it just made me love the sarcastic goddess even more.
- Rainn Wilson (Arthur from Six Feet Under, Dwight from The Office, obviously one of my favourite people) is appearing soon in My Super Ex-Girlfriend. To me, that's worth the price of Admission alone (at least on a Tuesday).
On Thursday night, the prime time sitcom finally made it back to Australian TV. I must confess that as an 8 year old, I was convinced I would marry Dougie Howser himself, Mr Neil Patrick Harris. So seeing him on TV as a thirty-something is somewhat jarring. He looks like Francis from Malcolm in the Middle and there is no panther riding in sight (see Harold and Kumar go to White Castle). How I Met Your Mother should be titled How I Made An Average Sitcom. It looked funnier on the ad, so maybe it gets better. Maybe Alison Hannigan stops rehashing her American Pie role. Maybe the canned laughter after every line shuts the fuck up.
Next was My Name is Earl. I love Jason Lee. Chasing Amy, Mallrats and Dogma were my teenage staple diet. I could even stand Heartbreakers because of him. What can I say, the guy sparkles, and he's got that ex-pro-skater vibe we all know and love. Then there's Ethan Suplee, who I like to think of as Jack Black on A.D.D. medication. Jaime Pressly (who probably only my friend and myself remember from short-lived TV show Jack and Jill, which launched the career of Amanda Peet) was spot on cast as the skank. Did I mention I love White Trash? This show has it in spades. Most perplexing though was the guesting of the guy who played Telly in Larry Clark's Kids, as Sonny, who doesn't show up again in the rest of the season. Such a waste. I've heard that this show gets better, and it was already watchable, so I'll probably be setting the VCR next week. I'm looking forward to seeing Earl confront the one-legged woman whom he stole a car off of. |
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[Jun. 28th, 2006|11:41 pm] |
Singer/ bass player from my most favouritest band ever recommending an author for me to read = happy special feelings. Thank you inter-nets.
My IBS is baaad at the moment. My belly is like a big swollen watermelon. Mmm, melon. |
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| Is television Jesus in league with television Devil? |
[Jun. 26th, 2006|06:09 pm] |
First, Futurama is brought back for a season! Yeeha! Score one for the devil... the robot devil.
Then, the creater of such hits as Models Inc and 2000 Malibu Road, the man who launched the careers of such acting luminaries as Jason Gedric and Ian Ziering, the illustrious Aaron Spelling, is taken from us probably much later than he should have been. Clearly, Jesus is trying to tidy up the television industry.
Sure, everything he created was virtually the same, from Pacific Palisades to Sunset Beach to Malibu Shores, and sure, I only ever watched about ten of the 200-odd programmes he produced, but, oh, the memories! Where would we be without 90210 teaching us to only lose our virginity on Prom Night, with the school's resident 50 year old bad boy? Where would the cruise ship industry and, by extension, misogynist pigs be without The Love Boat, not to mention The Love Boat: The Next Wave? Would I even be on the internet right now if Sunset Beach hadn't taught us that it leads to true love with a sexy anonymous millionaire? Would I fancy a dip in a swimming pool or fear being mistakenly locked up in a mental asylum if not for Melrose Place? Where would modern religion be if not for 7th Heaven and Charmed?
He was a cute little old dude, but honestly, who would cast Ian Ziering? |
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| Got you by the balls and banning old video games |
[Jun. 23rd, 2006|09:11 pm] |
Aah, soccer. You're a sport, and I don't like sports and I don't understand them. I don't understand the emotion they evoke in people; it seems so primitive. I'm not into thinking one country is better than another. Yet when I was watching Stateline I found myself kind of proud of my Croatian heritage. I mean, although Australia beat Croatia, half the Aussie team has Croatian heritage, so it's kind of a win/win situation. Oh man, why did nobody tell me about the so-called worst law ever? Japan wanted to ban the sale of any electrical good made prior to 2001, including musical instruments and OLD VIDEO GAMES! Of course the otaku were pissed. Yes, I now know what japanese nerds are called. Technically a gaming nerd is a gēmu otaku . The year was changed to 1989, meaning any pre-89 video games should be much cheaper to buy on ebay. Unfortunately I never really got in to old Japanese games; I'm waiting til I retire. Props to the March issue of Time I read today. Also props to my local library for lending me magazines, graphic novels and dvds. Wow, libraries are awesome! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NerdTechnology got me thinking. In the opinion of some author dude in Time we are living in the most exciting time ever, and I'd have to agree with this. Most people talk about how horrible the world we live in is, but I think it's a shitload better than it has been in any time in history. For thousands of years it was a struggle for people to stay alive, and no one gave a fuck about helping the less fortunate out. Now we have the luxury of evolving our minds instead. Not all evolution is good, but it's more enjoyable and stimulating than hunting and gathering. [By the way, it is eating red meat that allowed our brains to grow bigger and think harder, becoming concerned with ethics, leading some of these thinkers to become vegetarians. Irony??] One only needs to look at livejournal or wikipedia to see that many people are interested not only in being heard, but making the world a better place, or at least not making it a worse place. The average people far, far outweigh the bad people, so I wish everyone would stop giving the bad guys attention; it only encourages them (remind you of anyone Mum?) We live in a time where people are going to be living in SPACE. How freaking cool is that?! We live in a time when those other than the wealthy can create art which they can show the rest of the world! Point in case: www.threadless.com. We live in a time when the majority of people care about the less fortunate, even if it doesn't seem that way. We live in a time where individuals feel helpless, but it's not going to be that way until the end of time. I took my first phone photo of my nephew Joshua (6 months old). And now lj won't let me link to it. Liv had some other photos of him and his 8 month old "friend" Indiana in which it looked like she was sucking him off! He has got to be one of the happiest babies ever. Would not stop laughing. Apparently Mum and Dad went to see Johnny Cash when he came to town. How cute is that? I didn't even know he came to sAdelaide. |
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| smells like cat food |
[Jun. 22nd, 2006|12:08 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | technology, tv | ] |
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| | best of the who | ] |
Yesterday my phone fell in the cat food. It didn't work very well anyway, so I went and bought a new one. It has pink and has features I don't understand. Like WAP. How do you type in a web address with a numeric keypad? Why would you want to? Also, MMS is lame and won't work for me. Still, it is pink. And I have a camera to take photos of my butt, should I feel the need. Don't shop at Vodafone. The staff are shit. Oh wait, all phone sellers are shit. I had to sell myself the phone!
So cute... my Mum and I watch Prison Break together every week. And my brother, who just so happens to be in prison, watches it as well. Aah, family bonding. It's so ridiculous, but I have to find out what happens. When the ads first came on promoting it, I thought it looked like the fricking dumbest show ever. How could it take 26 episodes to escape, I wondered. Umm, cos the writers keep making stuff go wrong to make the season longer.
Last night I went to see Holly Throsby. Sooo good. She's like a fricking goddess. I'm not sure if I want to marry her or be her.
Today I walked several k's at the beach. I'm tired. It was so warm in Adelaide today. No doubt it's going to start raining as soon as we want to shoot our film at Nortin Summit. |
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| I'm not nuts, I'm just pregnant |
[Jun. 19th, 2006|10:46 pm] |
So I decided this is going to become more of a pop culture document than a personal journal. And I'm going to try actually updating once in a while. I've recently realised that I want my life to be a television program.
"Don't leave your Uncle Teabag hanging" AHAHHAHHAHHA! |
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| procrastination pooin' nation |
[May. 27th, 2006|01:10 pm] |
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Oh yes, I'm procrastinating. Only 800 more words to write of this essay, which means of course that it is time to stop and do nothing! In case you are interested, it is about the struggle of African American women post-Reconstruction and during segregation. That's right, I know more about America than most Americans. I think I chose too wide an area anyway. Still, it's been fun.
This morning my cat had an accident in the laundry. I can't be mad because he's so distressed himself. He's only ever had one other accident, but both times he's done it where he eats (first time was IN HIS BOWL). I guess he really doesn't like Kitekat.
Tonight we are having rabbit for tea and I had to HOLD it. It felt so very wrong. I don't want to believe that meat is made of creatures. Argh, MORAL DILEMMA!
So let me see, who did I see at the Vasco Era show? Pelin, Craig, Carly, Kate, Tracey, Amy, Aaron, Leslie, Matt, Georgie, Richie, Margaret, Rob and this guy from my class who has an afro, but I don't know if that counts because I didn't talk to him. But that's not the point. The point is that The Vasco Era kicked arse. Damn that boy has some charisma. It makes me so happy just to watch him, although I do feel a bit like buying him some throat lozenges.
So life is currently uneventful and I LOVE IT. I don't want any events. No stress is good stress. I should even have more time to actually SEE people after Tuesday. Hurrah! I know there's a little kittycat in Seacliff who totally wants to hang out with me. |
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| My baby shot me down. |
[Dec. 5th, 2005|12:05 am] |
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Argh why does life have to be so hard? I can't even be bothered listing all the crappy things that have happened lately. Apart from a member of my family being stalked (!) and my own crappy health and major panic attacks, Aunty Gaye is in Intensive Care with an infection, with which she has a 50/50 chance of pulling through, and the leukemia isn't exactly going well either. Liv is being so strong, I don't know how she does it but she keeps going to work and never cries- if it was my Mum I wouldn't even be able to function.
The other Liv had a little baby boy friday morning so I am officially an unofficial aunty! His name is Joshua Anthony but I like to call him Joshie. Drew is making me a silkscreen for Christmas and I've already bought a 000 size t-shirt to print him one. Aww!
I am sooo not liking being on holidays. I want to be back at uni. I really liked this semester, I got to be creative AND challenge my brain. Now my brain is turning to moosh, watching Scrubs and That 70s Show and Arrested Development and Gilmore Girls and Judging Amy and not wanting Queer as Folk to finish (Did you see the one with the bomb! Gasp!) God I am bored and lonely but I don't feel like doing anything but cuddling my boy. Apologies Miss Robin but I went to see Harry Potter tonight, needed to get out of the house.
This is mostly what I have been up to lately:
I have cleaned my bike up so it looks soo shiny and awesome! I watched the entire second season of Degrassi, have been to see Shopgirl (swoon), Doom (Tom paid me to go... that says it all really), Flightplan (Tim paid cus it was for charity...), Domino (possibly worse than Doom!), Corpse Bride (I dunno, am I the only person not impressed with this?), Me and You and Everyone we Know (I LOVED). That's about it I think. I want to go see Thumbsucker and The Brother's Grimm but Andrew refuses to pay to go see movies cos we seem to see everything for free. We also went to see some Flinders play with Drew's Mum, she is so cute: "I'm so glad you like green, I like green!!!"
I have no idea how it got to be 1am... Love y'all |
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[Nov. 11th, 2005|03:13 pm] |
My teacher changed my essay question twice and generally led me to believe I was doing crappily. I spent the week stressing and wanted to quit uni or not hand it up. I only just got it up on time, and thought I would pass but not well seeing as I was too stressed to do it as well as I wanted to.
So I got it back yesterday, and I got an 83, would have got a High D if I hadn't been so bloody stressed! And the teacher was trying to convince me to do Honours. Blimey!
Also, what is with going to get cancer tests and they go "hmm" and then they don't let you know what's going on, they make you suffer for two weeks before you find out you're fine? Fun week, this one. |
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| toot toot |
[Nov. 8th, 2005|12:24 am] |
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I like this holidays thing. I lost my to do list, but the lounge room is semi-tidy AND i saw three movies today. Me and Tom went to see In Her Shoes for free and it was actually so much better than it looks. Funny and cute and moving, and not just because I am premenstural. Such a shit title, they made such a mistake with the marketing of that one... Yes, it's predictable but in the best possible way, believeable characters, excellent performances and all that.
Watched Duplex on cable, such a pointless movie. It went straight to video for a reason... not because it's horribly bad but because it's nothing. Mildly amusing. So freaking formulaic.Why does Danny DeVito direct movies? Do Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller star in anything?
Then went to see Inside Deep Throat. I was all like, too much story, not enough smut. But that's just me. Probably the first time I've seen a real blow job on the big screen though. It's been a day of getting angry about crappy right-wing conservative Christian politics though. GRRRRR!!!!!!! Fucking Tom votes fucking Liberal and thinks the workplace reforms are good. Tosspot. It's okay for people whose Dad bails them out of everything all the time and therefore dont need to worry about money. Anyways, I'm trying to be movie girl, not whinging about politics girl.
The guy who served us tonight at Coles was called "Baart". Word.
Tomorrow I get paid AND i have a 2-4-1 voucher for Love Kylie knickers, AND I've kicked the old lady out and I'm cooking my baby a roast. Swish. |
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[Nov. 5th, 2005|09:33 pm] |
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Oh dear, quite the turbulent night last night. Things came out both ends if you know what I mean. Usually I enjoy a good poopin' but not this weekend. Also shit hit the fan and was all stressful for everyone. Oh well, what can you do! I just want to feel not nauseous...
Saturday night, I'm rocking out at home with eBay. Sweet. Bollywood movies, ahoy!
This week I saw Elizabethtown: forgettable. Bloomy is much less pussy with a Yank accent. That's it for the movie reviews this week. I'M TIRED!
Last day of screenprinting tomorrow, hopefully I can come up with a good design before then. Last week ANdrew did Pacman and I did an angry cloud that says 'Grrr'. Also I am finished uni for the year and it's GREAT. I get to read books and magazines again, also to relax. |
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| lions and tigers and bears, ooh my. |
[Oct. 21st, 2005|04:41 pm] |
So. Big scary news. Andrew has a job interview in Melbourne on Monday, and if he gets the job he will be moving there. And I may be going with him, taking the year off uni and concentrating on artistic pursuits. Argh! Scary! Exciting! Anyway, I don't want to talk about it too much just yet.
In other news:
- Andrew was in a scooter accident but is okay, I've been looking after him every day and driving him around.
- We finally got round to shooting our short film.
- One week left of uni!!
-Went to see Night Watch last night and I quite liked it. Was kind of like Buffy meets Lord of the Rings (in Russia.)
-Saw Into the Blue wednesday and it had some stuff about pirates, so I am very much in a piratey mood.
-Been watching Scrubs every day <3 <3 <3
-Have actually been earning some money.
-Doing an assignment on Bollywood!!
- Seeing Arj Barker on Sunday
- Doing a screenprinting course next weekend, and yes I will teach everyone what I learn. I hate it when they give you a list of supplies but you know you'll only end up using half of them. Grr.
-Bought a Yoshi and Toad t-shirt that is major sweetness, I'll try take a photo tonight. Also bought SUPER MARIO WORLD so looking forward to kicking Drew and Matt's arses tonight!
-Our shower is leaking so we had to have a bath this morning. I feel dirty in the bad way.
Probably lots more stuff that I can't remember but you get that. Life is pretty happy even if I'm still spasticated. |
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[Oct. 3rd, 2005|09:45 pm] |
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Why the fuck am I watching who wants to be a crappycrapionaire?
Anyways, life is good. I like bidding on things on eBay. I like it when I am mostly up to date at uni. I love spending three days alone with Andrew and acting all domesticated. ( I even like doing his washing, oh dear). I don't like that I didn't know where to put that full stop. I like having a shower before bed and watching Queer as Folk and eating a pear. I love the sunshine and not feeling stressed and drinking icees. I like that the only thing I did this weekend was go see Serenity.
My aims for the rest of the year are to work on our [retro]zine, make a skirt, and learn how to make pixellated pictures, all of which sounds easy but never seems to get done.
Well a pear and some fags await me. Who knows, maybe I might catch up with some people this week. |
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| The inevitable couple. |
[Sep. 28th, 2005|04:11 pm] |
I hate panic attacks.
I like having sex on window sills.
I hate insecurity.
I like the sunshine.
I hate that a boy broke my heart and made me so untrusting.
I like being able to eat and drive and go out again after getting myself to a stage where that was not possible.
I dislike how sorbolene cream takes away the smell of Andrew.
I like Natural Confectionary Company dinosaurs.
I hate that I'm not recovering from throat surgery and it still hurts and I'm exhausted.
I like that I am eating again after losing 4 kilos the last week.
I dislike myself for not living up to my own expectations.
Things are looking far better this week than they were the last week or two. Talking and resting and cancelling plans has helped. It is not wise to start a relationship at the worst possible time, but now we're so close and have been through so much it feels like it was all inevitable. Intensity is exhausting. |
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[Sep. 13th, 2005|09:55 pm] |
Today I said thank you to an ATM.
Joss Whedon is cool. Rove is not. |
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| all you need is donuts |
[Sep. 8th, 2005|03:16 pm] |
I brought donuts home for Andrew and he blurted out "i love you!!" and then "i'll love you forever if you keep buying me donuts." I was too amazed to reply. Silly rabbit, loves is for kids!
Then we took photos of TobyCat who has a morbid fear or cameras, poor little tyke.
I feel like I have tonsillitis which is un-fucking-possible. |
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