Filed under: films
movie i love to watch alone
:: a dog’s breakfast
movie i love to watch with a friend
:: army of darkness
movie i wish i was in
:: josie and the pussycats
movie character i most relate to
:: sabrina
movie i can quote the script to
:: head
movie with the best dvd commentary
:: deep blue sea / elephant parts (special edition)
movie that scared the shit out of me
:: house on haunted hill
movie that made me cry the most
:: one hour photo / the way home (jibeuro)
movie that makes me smile every time
:: wasabi
movie i can enjoy without sound
:: unbreakable / signs
movie i can enjoy without picture
:: the phantom of the opera
movie i watch to cheer myself up
:: mystery science theatre 3000
movie i most often force upon others
:: citizen kane
movie i’m most looking forward to seeing
:: my name is bruce
Filed under: life
when we were kids my nana took us to the port for some reason.. probably to shop, as i think she used to ( and still does ) like shopping there for the atmosphere.. anyway there are bridges there ( going over the ocean, obviously ) and i have a vivid memory of us walking over a long one one day and when we looked down into the water we could see all these jellyfish floating around in an ocean that seemed like an awfully long drop away..
this is one of the reasons i don’t swim in the ocean, the other three reasons involve me once kicking a jellyfish at another section of the adelaide coastline; losing my bikini top in the water during a school trip to the beach at 14; & a certain spielberg film *shudder*
i dreamed about walking over that bridge this morning, except i was on my own and the water didn’t seem nearly as far away, or the traffic as loud, or the jellyfish as threatening, but i still woke up with my heart pounding.. i think what was worse was that in the dream i got across the bridge & went to see my mom & told her all about it, and she told me i was making it up, which is very close to a lot of the times i told my mom about things as a kid.. i think actually when i told my mom about the real incident of the jellyfish & the bridge she didn’t believe me either, or about the jellyfish i kicked in the ocean..
anyway that wasn’t my point, my point was that i asked cat if he remembered the jellyfish and the bridge, and he said it was one of his most vivid childhood memories.. and hearing ( well, reading really as we chat on msn ^-^ ) that made me feel really close to my brother.. it’s special to know that out of all the amazingly good and totally awful times in our childhoods one thing that sticks out is an ordinary day back in the 80s when our nana took us for a walk across a filthy bridge in a dull suburb of a boring city..
i’ll have to check with pox to see if he remembers it at all, even tho he would’ve been so young, and will maybe ask my nana about it too..
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:: sidenote ::
in regards to my mother not believing a lot of the things i said as a kid ( and to be honest, a lot of what comes out of my mouth to this day ) i should point out that i did lie a lot, so i wouldn’t have believed me most of the time either..
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tho she did believe me when i told her i was communicating with an alien named zedon from the planet shrubperoot when i was around 7yrs old.. no, really.. which i hope says a lot more about her than it does about me..
Filed under: hate
or :: why i fucking hate collectors who have no respect for their dolls..
Filed under: Uncategorized
yeah i keep forgetting to blog..
tho i don’t have a lot to say.. have just been working and not studying nearly as much as i should ;_;
psym’s schedule changed a couple of months ago so we only get to see each other tuesday, wednesday & thursday nights.. i didn’t think it’d be too bad at first but having four nights in a row without him is getting pretty awful – i usually work over those nights anyway, but i miss him so much T_T
ummm.. okay maybe trying to write stuph tonight wasn’t the best idea.. my head is fuzzy and i’m too busy watching SG1 to pay attention to anything else..
speaking of stargate, how awesome is the dynamic between mckay & jackson in the latest SGA episode ? i love it.. so there..
FACT !
ugh i need a shoulder massage.. stoopid slouching..
*mumble-grumble*
humbug – i’m going to bed..
it’s totally my birthday.. i’m 28, which feels cool.. the older i get the more ‘young’ people i get to shake my fist at – awesome ! ;p
i have to work all weekend, but i’m not as miffed about it as i feel like i should be.. i like working weekends cos i don’t get to see psym’n anyway and working makes the days go quicker so i miss him less.. plus the money is good, so i could actually order myself some b’day pressies online – hopefully they arrive early next week
*fingers crossed*
it is kinda sad that i’ll be too busy working to get around to baking myself a birthday cake though.. i usually make myself something tasty, and this year i had my heart set on doing cupcakes and trying my hand at some unconventional frosting ideas like wasabi or chili.. but oh well, i guess i’m an adult and don’t need an excuse to bake cupcakes so i’ll do them on my next free day :9
i barely managed to get my last workbook in around the due date with work and stuph all going mental, and i have a bunch of swaps that are almost due that i really should get done, but i’m feeling lazy and would rather sit here listening to my neighbours argue instead.. i seldom listen close enough to make out what they’re arguing about, but hearing raised voices and doors slamming thru the wall is kinda comforting in a strange way.. i don’t understand why they argue in the room right next to mine, cos i’m SURE they must know that the sound carries easily in these places, but i guess they don’t care..
*shrug*
psym’n bought me a new desk and shelving unit from ikea for my birthday and i put them together today.. ikea furniture is so much fun – it’s like lego for grown ups ! you don’t just get the joy of a new toy, but also the fun of assembling the toy before you play with it.. awesome ^-^
unless you don’t know me personally ( would you like to ? ) then you’d know that my primary recreation atm is swapping thru swap-bot.. it took a long time for me to find something to fill the void left when Hi-5 left the building ( they were a great creative outlet and money-drainer ) but swapping is slotting in quite nicely for the time being..
anyway, as fun as it is it can be EXPENSIVE to send things overseas all the time – not that i’m complaining, cos it’s totally satisfying, but it does limit how many swaps i host/join in favor of buying food..
solution ?
i started my own swap-bot group XD
it’s for kawaii lovers in australia only, and so far it’s a small group of only 13 people which is kinda cool cos it feels like a little posse of kawaii fans just hanging out together.. we’re just about to mail out our first group swap and i’m so excited – i can finally get the joy of showering someone with kawaii goodness for only 50c postage !!
*squee*
so if any australian kawaii swappers are reading this and wanna get in on the action – head on over :3
have found myself in a miserable mood for no reason.. how annoying..
tork had the idea of opening her own pet cremation business a month or so ago and has found herself with funding and support from similar businesses and will be up and running by the end of september and as much as i’m happy for her i’m also really really jealous that she’s managed to get it going so easily.. for those who don’t know tork, she’s always been my token slacker friend who has spent her entire life on government payments under the guise of being a professional ( tho as yet unpublished ) writer..
and now out of the blue she’s going to have her own business that’s easily going to turn a profit in her previously cremationless area and is basically a jammy little git.. but i love her, and really do wish her all the best with it.. it’s going to be hard for her to run a business with me tearing her hair out and gouging the spark of a charmed life out of her eyes with my thumbs, so fingers crossed she makes a good go of it..
*hugs her*
my boss asked me the other day how i thought my progress was going, and i told her i was disappointed with myself for taking so long to learn the ins and outs of the pos software they use.. she said that she’s never seen anyone pick it up so fast, but i explained that i’m used to seeing things ONCE and then being confident in doing it myself, so the fact that i had to ask questions about things i’d already been told and was hesitating serving custies on my second shift really annoyed me..
now to be honest, i was just being a bit of a humble, self critical wanker cos i figured it would sound better than me saying what i was really thinking which was ‘it’s basically a piece of piss, and if the owner decided to hire a monkey it could do this job and your job while wiping it’s arse with the instruction manual and making a fruit salad‘.. but that would’ve been rude, hey ?
the strange thing was that after i said the wanky statement i realized that part of me IS disappointed in myself for not picking up the pos software on the first go.. then i got depressed that what i thought was a wanky thing to say was a 100% accurate thought in my head, and it could mean that i am in fact a total wanker..
*ponder*
still, the other statement about the monkey rings true as well, so at least i’m a wanker who knows how pathetic her job really is..
*shrug*
i had my hot water heater fixed today.. the story of my water heater is a long and boring one, so i’ll give you the short version..
:: hot water heater was dripping – who gives a fuck ? water restrictions can blow me
:: mother tried to ‘fix’ the drip by attacking it with a wrench
:: hot water heater started dribbling a constant trickle
:: a-ko still didn’t give a shit cos she’s too broke to call a plumber anyway
:: mother freaked out and went ON AND ON about the concrete foundations being constantly wet and blah blah blah
:: a-ko decided to charge a plumber to her credit card just to shut her mother up
:: plumber came, saw and conquered
:: a-ko is now $450 further in the red
oh wait – THAT’s why i’m in a fucking miserable mood.. i’ma go eat some more of my emotions, watch more roger ramjet and feel sorry for myself..
YES !!
after yesterday’s blog post i rolled into bed and read some more of in the dark and not two pages later who popped up in a cameo ? MY THORNE !!
*swoon*
so it seems i control the universe – HA !!
also, go here and sign the petition.. i always like to support a good cause ^-^
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