Moose Musings

8:31pm: I can barely keep my eyes open, but I'm so confused it's not like I didn't get enough sleep last night, I mean I got slightly less than eight hours I wouldn't have thought that would mess me up too much.

I also have a terrible headache, well...not that terrible, but it's rather painful, I took some ibprofen for it...and i think it might be kicking in, but it's taking a while. I'm so tired my eyeballs hurt! Weird indeed. I guess I should turn in early and eat my mandarin in case this is a budding cold or something.

Or maybe it was my busy day...although I didn't think it was that busy, I mean I went to my parents' place after volunteering at the library to check the mail situation, and I did have to do book selections at the library because the Inter-Library Loans Officer thought I wasn't coming by until Thursday so had all ready done what needed to be done. Book selection is quite intensive, so maybe that kicked my butt. I should probably eat more fruit and vegetables or something, maybe I'm slacking off there.

What else to report...well, I've just received an email from the people who are renting my parents old house, apparently the oven has stopped working over there! Shiiit. Plus I rang the insurance company because they sent me an SMS asking me to do so and found out that the "Loss of Rent" clause only covers you for when the entire place can't be used, so now my parents are going to get a hit to their pocket. :O(

Also the handyman hasn't sent the invoice yet, which the insurance company also needs. what's up with that? I'll have to call him again about it I guess.

And I finally used my initative to find out how to contact my parents' cleaner, because Mum never sent me his number :OP I got his email address instead.

( Anyway, before I wrap this up and head off to bed the last two memes )

Right, all caught up now! Off to bed with me!

Goodnight all!

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9:28pm: Have I used that subject heading all ready this week? Possibly, but it's an apt description I tell you. Also I've got a headache...which isn't making things much better...I guess I need to take another Nurofen, I took one about an hour ago, but it really hasn't worked. Note to self: If it says one to two tablets, take the two!

In other news, it seems I wasn't all on my own today at Mrs S's place after all, although the other carer didn't arrive until about an hour in, by which time I'd finished with the showering. I wonder if the same thing will happen tomorrow in which case I'll have to deal with the toilet related duties on my own, Godspeed, me, Godspeed.

Once I finished my work, there was a big rush to get to the city, caused primarily by the twenty minute gap between buses that I needed to catch. But I managed to get there in time, even when there was a change of venue and the fact I had to change my clothes from my carer's apparel to my interview like clothes.

Anyway, it was basically an interview to get to know what my job history and whatnot and what I can apply for. The chap I spoke to thinks I have a good set of skills that would work in Records Management and he's going to send me some templates so I can work on my resume. Although I'm not sure how this is supposed to work around my new job...and as I've mentioned it wouldn't exactly be good form to leave after only three months or something.

On a final note, tomorrow is Mardi Gras, Pancake Day! Which calls for good eatin' and my mother has invited me over tomorrow evening for lasagna and pancakes - not at the same time obviously, which I'm very happy to take her and Dad up on. Although I'm reminded that I have my own pancake mix here, but I'll have to use it some other time. This also means that I can use my parents internet, which won't be slow as shit! But I don't think I'll be able to stay over since it'll take too long to get to work.

Now, my brain is seriously dying so I'm gonna wrap this up here and I'm watching Border Patrol and let me say, those custom people can be rather offensive, "Are you bringing drugs in? Are you here as a prostitute?" Rude. And you just know they wouldn't ask white people the prostitute question.

Also, I wouldn't appreciate the drugs dog's sniffling my butt area when I'm minding my business in the airport. :OP

And that's all I have to say about that.

Goodnight all.

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10:57pm: Indeed, it's Homes Under the Hammer time and I think I may have seen this one, but I don't really remember it, so I'm watching. There's a house on here that has no shower or bath facilities, WTF? I mean it's got a toilet - which is more than I was expecting when they said on the intro there was "No bathroom". But seriously, what did the people who used to live in there do to clean themselves? Use a bucket of water? This takes place in England, so in the winter that would soooo not be happening! I don't know if they ever answer the question about the lack of cleaning facilities...I'd sure like to know why though!

In other news, today I went over to the parental units to assist somewhat with the Christmas party they had with the paternal side of the family. I was kind of hoping I wouldn't end up having to do too much clearing away and 'waiter' type duties, but leave it to Mum. :OP

However, she did drop me off back here after the lunch wound up so I was able to give her the bag I've packed for the graduation ceremony on Wednesday (uuuuh, still concerned about that) so that's one thing taken care of. I also went to the gym, the bus coming by not long after I handed the bag over to Mum, actually I'm surprised the bus driver pulled over for me. How nice! What was not so nice was how I while I was running to it I twisted my ankle a bit, ow! I didn't fall down, but it's still sore and I'm really hoping it won't get any worse.

Also, of concern, while at the gym I got a headache as well as a general since of nausea, I ended up taking an ibuprofen, which got rid of the headache and thankfully the nausea, but now my lower abdominal region has just decided to be an asshole and hurt, more ow. Maybe I should bite the bullet and take a buscopan, I don't like to take too many of those because I think my body can get used to them and they stop working. But yeah it's getting quite unpleasant right now.

Moving along, it's still Meme Catch-Up time so let's bring that on!

( Saturday and the Unconcious Mutterings! )

Phew! So I'm mostly caught up on Memes now, hooray!

Right, better be off now and get ready for bed, tomorrow is another day and I think I'll be going to the library for some volunteering.

For now, goodnight!

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9:24pm: I find it ironic that I was a lot less sleepy when I had to get up at like 5:30 so I could start work at 6:30. I guess it was because I was so good at making sure I went to bed at the right time to get my eight hours. Now that I'm back to waking up at 7:30 I don't think I'm going to bed two hours later...it might be more like three, which is probably why I'm tired as Hell right now and had quite a headache. The latter at least has gone way since I took some Nureofen, but I probably should turn in ASAP.

On the upside, I've caught up a bit on the NaNo, I've done over 2,000 words today, go me! I am, however still looking at having to write over 2,000 words for the next er...14 days or something to reach the 50,000 word target. Oh well...live and learn.

I got to TAFE on time today, yay! And we've almost reached the end of things now, but when I got home this afternoon I discovered that I hadn't handed in my Logbook...shit, I totally thought I had! But it was sitting on the table here at the flat, so...I'll have to take it in tomorrow and hand it over. Pft, major fail.

I'm also relieved to see that I don't have an assignment due for class tomorrow after all, which is a huge relief, although that's no reason to dilly-dally. Have to keep that in mind.

And finally, tomorrow evening I'm meeting some friends for dinner in Dee Why, which is quite exciting! Spending more time with friends is always a good and fun idea!

Oh, and lastly, I finally got my tax return back, I owe $260 to the Government, which kind of answers a question I was posing to myself today, namely should I sign up for figure skating lessons (the last 5 week term began last week and when it ends there won't be another session until next June), but it's $130 and I can't afford that. Oh well, maybe I'll keep doing what I remember having learnt before LOL and see if I get better.

For now though, here's my NaNo stats!

20324 / 50000 words. 41% done!

Hell yeah! Over 40%, go me!

Now though, I best go to bed!

Goodnight all!

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11:01pm: I have a headache and it suuuucks, I'm not entirely sure what brought it on, but the best cure for this is sleeping, that being the case I'll make this a short entry. Also...my right thumb is still sore as well, grumble grumble grumble.

Anyway, not much to report although I took the cake Mum gave me to TAFE today and shared it with my friend who kindly had something for me, a lamb chop and sweet potato, how thoughtful! I already had lunch with me, so I took it home for dinner and it was damn fine eatin'!

What else? Well, it would appear the green Citreon is still for sale at that Second Hand Car place! How weird, I wonder where its been all this time, because it definitely hasn't been around for the last few weeks. I think they might have dropped the price by $1000. Hmmm...

And...um...I did have something else to say, but I've totally forgotten it! Oh right, Dad's surgery has been delayed until tomorrow, which has to be annoying. Although it does mean Mum will be able to pick up my medication (hopefully) from the pharmacy so I don't have to haul all the way over there.

It's also my big bro's birthday and I haven't sent him an email or anything! I suppose I can do it before I go to bed, bit late though.

And lastly, I applied to the Mosman Library job, oooo, fingers and toes crossed people! I hope I at least get an interview! I know I can do this!

On that note...bed calls!

Goodnight all!

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10:01pm: I have no idea if it's because of the really content heavy class that I went to at TAFE today or that time o' the month about to strike, but I'm totally nodding off right now and suffering from a dull headache (which is a step up from the rather bad one I had when I got home this afternoon). I was planning to work on the second part of the big assignment that's due next Wednesday, but that's gone out the window, instead I'm just slouched on the couch and watching a show about Extascy in Canada - the drug not the feeling. Apparently Canada manufactures 25% of the MDMA in the world, wouldn't have thought that! Canada, what 'chu doin'?

Anyway, due to my feeling of deep malaise, I don't actually have anything to say in this entry, except I'm hoping that turning in and getting a good amount of sleep will have me feeling much better in the morning because there's library work to do tomorrow and I don't want to have to say I can't come in.

Although the saga of my mouth problems seem to be continuing, I've got a sore spot on the edge of my mouth which hurts when I open it, ouch! Seriously, what's going on there? Is this some sort of side affect from those vaccines, if so...that's a new one on me. Probably just a coincidence but still annoying.

Right, so I can't concentrate at the moment so I'm going to wrap this up here. Wish me good sleeping my friends!

Goodnight all!

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10:05pm: Well, I feel decidedly gross, which is not good because tomorrow is volunteer day and I'd rather not have to call in sick. I felt fine during TAFE classes today, but by the time I got home I had a rather nasty headache, I took some paracetamol, but it has only taken the edge off but I still feel less than pleasant, really tired and icky.

Although, it seems that time o' the month is creepy up on me again and I think the past few months I've mentioned getting some rather unpleasant symptoms...maybe I should discuss it with the doctor when I go about getting my vaccinations.

I probably didn't help myself by trying to do to work on the Plushy Plush - I went and got the proper sized sequins, but...they just didn't look as good. (I took them off and put them back in their packet and I'm thinking of returning them...because I don't need to keep stuff I'm not going to use).

In other news, I'm watching a doco on Zero Tolerance in US schools and that shit is bananas, and also pretty clearly racist because the most serious abuses all seem to involved kids of colour. And man they actually take kids to court for chewing gum? Don't these guys have anything better to do? And then they end up with a criminal record! What the fuck?

Also, er...I was going to say something else, but I've forgotten what it is now. Scratches head. Well, once again it mustn't have been that important or something.

Oh and I missed some gymnastics action at the Commonwealth Games, boooo! I knew I'd miss it, although diving's meant to be on except I'm watching this doco and going to bed soon which will hopefully mean waking up tomorrow and feeling alright.

Right...wow...the principal of this school is one fucked up guy...doesn't believe in evolution and requires all his teaches to carry a weapon. I would very much hope after seeing this documentary everyone knows where NOT to send their kids.

And that's pretty much all I have to say right now.

Wish me good health people, for now, however, goodnight!

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10:49pm: Yes, indeed! It was a very good Mother's Day as the maternal side of the family got together at this really nice restaurant at an Old Folks Home for lunch and there was chicken and vegetables along with roast beef - I didn't have any of that though. Also, since it's also the Little Bro's birthday on Tuesday and Mum's busy on that evening, she brought along a cake so we all had that for dessert, yikes so much food.

After that Mum and I dropped off some things at the Granny Flat, which I'll be going to tomorrow evening after work and with Mum's friend and her husband we all did some cleaning, especially of the kitchen. The place is looking pretty good, actually, although I wonder if all that cleaning stuff had a bad effect because upon returning to the parentals I started getting a terrible, terrible headache, I took two paracetamol, which didn't seem to do shit so I I tried napping for a while, which seemed to help, but the second I sat back up and tried to do things it came back with avengence.

Of course, that time o' the month is due to begin...today (although no sign yet) so I thought maybe that had to do with it, but then it occurred to me, I forgot to take my Zoloft today and I may have forgotten to do so yesterday too (can't really remember...), so even though it was rather late in the day I decided I better take one, because the last time I missed a couple of doses things went quite to Hell (although the issues were more emotional then...but I'm pretty sure I had a headache...) Then I did some more napping and finally something kicked in so I was able to eat dinner and get on the laptop - as you can see by my updating here, although I feel very tired indeed. I haven't even gone downstairs to watch Homes Under the Hammer with Mum, although I'm still watching it up here.

Anyway, I won't go on anymore, instead let's do those Memes:

Saturday Six

1. S is for SACCHARIFEROUS: You’re presented with a tray of sweeteners for your coffee: if you had to choose, are you more likely to select real sugar, Equal, Sweet-N-Low, Splenda or Truvia? I don't like coffee and I don't add sugar to my hot chocolate...but I guess Equal.

2. S is for SALSA: Which type of salsa do you prefer: watery with some vegetable and spice pieces, paste with everything ground in evenly, or little liquid with big vegetable/spice chunks? Don't care for salsa - LOL, I'm a boring eater, sorry all. :OP

3. S is for SAVINGS: Do you feel like you’re putting enough money in your savings month to month for the future? Actually, I really ought to move more of the money in my regular account to my high-savings account for obvious reasons, I'll look into later.

4. S is for SLANG: What’s a slang word that particularly annoys you? Um...well 'YOLO' is pretty lame, but aside from that...I don't really have an issue.

5. S is for SNARK: Do you find the majority of snarky comments you see online to be funny or rude? Funny, mostly, although I usually stay in the nice areas of the internet :O) I did seem some very mean comments posted, but it was part of a post on Tumblr where everyone else was put the smack-down on the rude snarkers, so yeah.

6. S is for SOUND: What’s the worst sound you’ve ever woken up to? Well, for a while the next door neighbours had someone with a leaf-blower out at like 7am on Thursday and that was the most irritating thing ever.

Sunday Stealing

A Movie Meme

1. What is your all-time favorite "costume" movie or period piece? I do love The Madness of King George

<2. What classic film would you nominate for a remake? I don't much care for the idea of remakes, usually the original can't be improve upon, so I shan't go there.

3. Name your favorite femme fatale. Well, I kind of want to say Jessica Rabbit, but she wasn't really bad, she was just drawn that way ;O) Um...I can't really think of one!

4. Name the best movie with the word "heaven" in its title. Uh, the only one I can think of is All Dogs Go To Heaven, but I've never seen it so N/A.

5. Describe the worst performance by a child actor that you’ve ever seen. I have to say any child actor I've seen in a movie hasn't been so horrid that it's rendered the movie unwatchable.

6. Who gets your vote for most tragic movie monster? Well, Godzilla never looked that good did he?

7. What is the one Western that you would recommend to anybody? Back to the Future III, which is admittedly the only one I've seen. ;O)

8. Who is your ideal movie-viewing partner? Haha, probably no-one because when I watch movies with people I tend to make comments all the time, so yeah.

9. Has a film ever made you want to change your life? If so, what was the film? Um...well Back to the Future inspired me to write more, so there's that?

10. Think of one performer that you truly love. Now think of one scene/movie/performance of theirs that is too uncomfortable for you to watch. Hmmm...can't actually think of one, but then I don't watch a lot of movies so if I heard they were in a bad one, or acted badly in one, I wouldn't watch it, LOL.

11. On the flip side, think of one really good scene/performance/movie from a performer that you truly loathe. Dunno - man I don't know if I just suck at these sorts of questions or I'm too tired to think!

12. What movie has the best soundtrack? I did enjoy the soundtrack to Romy & Michele's High School Reunion, go the 80s!

13. Favorite actor with a mustache? (i.e: Charlie Chaplin, William Powell) Dick Van Dyke! :O) He was in Mary Poppins, which I haven't seen, but hey he counts right. ;O)

14. Shadowy film noir from the 1940's or splashy colorful musicals from the 1950's? Haven't watched any movies from that time...

15. Favorite classic Disney? The Little Mermaid, the first movie I remember seeing! :O)

Unconcious Mutterings

I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Death :: Life

2. Skirt :: Shirt

3. Lust :: Love

4. You :: Me

5. Repeat :: Echo

6. Exhaustion :: Tiiiiired

7. Obstruction :: Choke

8. Secret :: Diary

9. Shiny :: Ooooo

10. Tell :: Show and...

Right, phew, time to wrap this up because as soon as Homes finishes I'm going to sleep, da-yamn, so sleepy!

Goodnight all!

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11:10pm: Or it did...I had the worst heartburn today, OMG, it burned! And I couldn't find any Zantac, which is annoying as Hell because I bought a whole packet of the stuff only a few months ago. I ended up sucking on an Andrew's Antacid, I'm not sure if it actually worked, but the heartburn is gone at least. Of course, now I have a headache. Gawd damnit.

In other news the rain continues, which shouldn't be so annoying because we really need it, but it makes me even less likely to go out and about, which might have contributed to the headache because I've been here on my computer all day. Although...I did go out in the afternoon to get some food and what not. Still not really enough fresh air was taken in.

Anywho, let's do the meme:

Booking Through Thursday

Why Read?

Why do YOU read fiction? Why? Because it's damn fun! Really everyone should know the enjoyment of reading! Harry Potter has done a lot in that regard... But yeah, reading fiction has always seemed normal to me, in fact my parents used to tell me off for reading too much! I know, what's up with that? But yeah, remember to read kids! :OP

And I've just finished watching Some Kind of Wonderful, which has Lea Thompson in it and it was...er...weird. But hey it had a good message about standing on your own two feet or something? LOL, the 80s.

Annnd that's pretty much all I have to say for today. Oh, I did move more of my baskets today, the floor is beginning to emerge, but I really need to do more, hopefully tomorrow, but then I always say that. Here's hoping I follow through!

And on that note, I'm off! I should get to bed before midnight one night this week!

Goodnight all!

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11:12pm: So I've been looking at my old LJ entries and I was reminded - most depressingly that almost ten years ago I almost got a job at Stanton Library. I mean I had done the interview and got the call and everything.

Then I fucked it by mentioning some injuries I'd got at the time, namely a sore elbow... as a result they sent me to get a medical check before confirming everything and the doctor that son of a bitch said I was too weak (aka I couldn't lift 16 kilos) and the job slipped away.

Can you believe that? I can't...and I wonder what would have happened if I'd got that job, it was only a shelving position granted, probably not full-time, but it could have led to so many things... I might still be working there in a secure position! Hell I might even have the mortgage on this apartment in my name instead of preparing to move out, with no idea when I'll be returning.

Sigh! The only consolation right now is 1) I've managed to really clean this place up looks brand new :OP and 2) There a possible library job that could be right up my alley! I totally need to apply and keep my fingers crossed!

Although as a caveat to 1 I have to finish cleaning the bathroom, Mum came over tonight along with the first person who was interested in the apartment. Mum though was of the opinion that the woman in question probably wasn't going to go for it. The apartment is very small, like 30 square metres small. Do'h.

There was someone else, they actually called me this morning, but they lost interest when I mentioned how much in advance the rent would need to be paid. Plus they were out of town and wouldn't be able to see the place until practically they day before my mother wants me back at the parental abode.

There was also another guy but he wanted 6 months minimum so no on that too.

In other news, my tablet's clock is three minutes slower than my laptop's clock...which one is right? They're both supposed to be set up to update through the net so... Mysterious indeed. Either way it's a bit late for me to do memes, plus I'm sleepy so I'll leave that for tomorrow.

In closing though, I played Sims 3 this evening, yay! Emil Von Braun, Doc's father has just grown into a young adult and I plan to send him to Uni before relocating he and his parents to Hill Valley where he can meet and marry Doc's mother etc etc. Hey if I've finished Uni myself I might as well get back into my Simmies. Although Sims 4 is coming out...might hold off on buying that though.

So yeah that's about all I have to say, except my experiment in sleeping on two pillows to prevent nasal congestion was a bust, not only did I wake with a stuffy nose, I woke with the worst neck ache, which has led to a headache which has gone on all day. Hmpf, not cool.

Anywho, I'll be off now, I wish you all goodnight!

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