Moose Musings

11:11pm: Wait almost 2 hours? Because that's what I did, LOL. Although I had my book with me so it wasn't like I was totally bored and fortunately, the weather isn't so cold now because that would have suuucked.

I obviously wasn't planning to get free pizza having being to the gym, but I was out of toilet paper so had to go and buy some on my way home, and walking to the supermarket I happened to pass by the newly opened pizza shop, where they were offering the free pizzas. I wasn't actually going to go there, because the line was already quite long and a there was a crowd hanging around - I later realised that these were people who were waiting for their order. But y'know, free food is hard to walk past, so after running into an old work colleague, chatting for a bit and getting a free cannoli I got in the line. As it turned out I was among the last - the free pizza stopped at 7pm and it was about 6:45 when I got to the front counter. My order number was 396! And they were only at 160 or something... So yeah long wait - when they said it would be about an hour I almost decided not to stick around. Still for all that I'm glad I did because it was a very yummy pizza indeed, even if there was no Hawaiian option :OP

Of course, it did mean I got home quite late, which means I'm updating this pretty late too! Before I rush off though, I have to say I'm a bit concerned about my side muscles which have been oddly sore since yesterday, I hope the physio didnt do something weird to them, but I don't think she'd actually touched that area so I must have sat oddly or slept weirdly. I hope I don't have to go back, it does cost like $90 a go.

Right, I totally got distracted by Duolingo and now it's nearly a quarter to midnight, which is no good because I haven't been getting enough zzzs lately and that just won't do.

That being the case, I better dash, see you later!

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10:48pm: Yeah seriously, my left knee in particular has decided to hurt like a mofo for no reason I can discern. I don't think I did anything particularly weird while walking or otherwise standing up today... But my knees are known for being jerks, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

There's a lot of sports I like to watch on today - there's the figure skating, the para-archery, various sorts of sports climbing and La Vuelta in Spain (although I haven't heard my favourite team being mentioned in some time). However, it is getting late so I'll need to turn in soon.

Apart from that not much to report, except I'm not sure what rating to give this book I was reading, which I was rather enjoying at first, but the plot took a direction that I didn't much care for and I sort of skim read the last 100 pages. So I'm not sure how to rate it on Good Reads or if I should mark it as "Not Finished" or what... These are the sort of important questions I ask in my life. :OP

Oh yeah and the predicted temperature of 30 degrees C (in winter WTF) did indeed come to pass today, so I'm glad I wore a dress today - and further glad I got my legs waxed on Monday.

Before I head off though...

Friday Five

17/11/23

This week's questions were suggested by sarahtheboring.

1. What is something that you used to believe, but are glad you don't believe anymore? Um...hmmm... I'm not sure actually? I don't think I ever believed in something truly terrible or anything.

>o?2. Is there something you wish you still believed? What? Well, I'm a bit sad that I no longer believe in Santa Claus, because that was rather magical. Although, Chirstmas is still awesome, so it's probably not that terrible.

3. What experience or person taught you the most about life? Hmm...I guess moving away from Dubbo when I was 10, I really, really didn't want to go and I prayed and hoped and wished that we wouldn't have to, but it happened anyway. Which means I learnt the lesson that life won't always turn on the way you hoped it would.

4. What area of life would you like to know or understand more about? Hmm...well, I'd like to know how other people keep their houses tidy, because I seriously suck at it...

5. What is your most valuable lesson about life so far? See answer to question 3.

OK that last answer might have been a cop out, but I'm seriously nodding off, so I shall wrap it up here, especially since I have to actually make my bed because I took the winter sheets off.

Goodnight all!

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10:05pm: So usually I spend Wednesday nights at my parents house because my Lite N Easy weekly order comes to their house on Thursday morning. Except...as I made my way over there today - on the bus because my mother had to borrow my car because one of theirs is at the panel beaters after Dad came off second best with a parking lot pillar (which I didn't remember until I went downstairs to get my car and it wasn't there LOL) Mum let me know that no money came out of her account for the order. Damnit, I must have forgotten to press the last "OK" button when I was doing the order on Monday. At least...I'm pretty sure I did it on Monday...now I seriously can't remember...

Anyway, Mum and Dad had already made me dinner so I continued on my way and had that, Mum and I also watched two of our shows before she dropped me back off at my apartment, since she'll need my car for a bit longer, possibly until next Tuesday. I'll have to take it back Saturday evening though so I can drive to Archery on Sunday - and if their car is still being fixed I'll bring it back afterwards.

In other news, my legs have stopped hurting - yay! But my QL muscle and my thumb are still sore, although a lot less than yesterday thankfully! :O) Really need to do something about the QL muscle though...guess I should be doing my core exercises more, which is obvious, but yeeeah.

Oh yeah, we had our (fortnightly) Collections meeting and the Library Manager who's also our supervisor's supervisor was there to talk about the results of this Council survey we do every two years - although I think I might have forgot to put my answers in, LOL. The results were alright, but it also came up is that our Collections team will need to come in early one day every five weeks to do opening - ie start at 8:30 rather than 9. Gotta say I'm not looking forward to this because I struggle to get there at 9am! Which I really have no excuse for...but I often find the earlier I try to get somewhere, the later I am! I do need to work on that though, so...

Anyway, it's past 10:30 and I'm trying to get to bed at a decent hour so I better wrap this up...but I will do a...

Friday Five

27/10/23

1. Which website do you go to more often than any other? Hmm...these days maybe Reddit, or perhaps Wikipedia... or maybe even the Sydney Morning Herald, it's hard to know with apps these days LOL.

2. Which website have you stopped going to, that you used to go to a lot? Definitely LifeJournal which is really sad, that place used to be where all the action was. Damn trends....

3. What is the weirdest or most unusual website you have bookmarked? For some reason I have an online "DollMaker" bookmarked, I think maybe I used it to make the cartoony version of myself in my default icon. Not sure if it even still works though! (PS. It doesn't...I probably need to clear out my bookmarks...)

4. If you shop online, which online store do you buy from most often? eBay because that's the only one where you've got a chance at decent postage! I don't know what happened with the cost of postage from overseas, but it's ridiculous these days.

5. Which online store do you browse but almost never buy from? Pusheen Shop, she's so cute! But alas, the price of postage makes it pretty much unaffordable, which truly sucks.

And now it's closer to quarter to eleven, so time to haul!

Goodnight!

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11:08pm: Usually going to bed at a decent hour wouldn't be necessary on a Friday, but tomorrow is the "Come and Try Archery" session, and I need to be there at 8:30, so yeah I better get my butt to bed.

I'm a bit worried that the weather might suck though, like what am I supposed to do if it's raining? Apparently, the class will still go ahead, but I'm not sure how I'm supposed to see if that's the case. If take my glasses off I probably won't be able to see the target! Where as if I keep them on...well I won't be able to see all that well either. I guess I need to take a cap just in case (I sure wish one of my Pusheen hats would reappear :O( )

Not much else to report, although I really need to be careful when I'm sitting on the couch on my laptop, my back is a bit sore, which is one I totally don't need. Also, do my exercises to strengthen that area!

Right now, though, my knee hurts, very annoying, I thought maybe that time o' the month was due, but according to my app it's still four days away, so...hopefully not.

So yes, I gotta run but here have a Friday Five

Friday Five

21/12/24

These questions were written by your moderator anais_pf, who has been posting questions in this space consistently for more than ten years, on a completely volunteer basis.

1. Are you easily offended or upset by things other people post online? Depends what it is...I have to say whenever JK Rowling posts stuff I find myself getting pissed, man has she gone off the rails. Also Donald Trump stuff riles me up and when it was happening COVID deniers really gave me the shits.

2. How much does the order in which the Friday Five questions are presented here matter to you? Nah, I'm cool with whatever order the question setter wants to do.

3. Have you ever made an effort to be inclusive, only to have someone complain that you were not being inclusive enough? I don't think so? Wipes brow in relief.

4. Are you having a happy holiday season? Well, it's not the holiday season now, but yes I did! My bro and his family came for their yearly visit and I spent lots of quality time with my niece and nephew. Good times.

5. Which holidays do you observe or celebrate? The Christian ones, mostly - Christmas, Easter and the popular ones New Year's Eve, ANZAC Day, Australia Day etc.

Right, better get going I have to put my anti-itch ointment on and brush my teeth.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow a lot and I'm hoping I'll have good news to report! As it turns out if I do decide to do the 4 week Beginner's Course I won't need to take a Saturday off, because they actually happen on Sundays, LOL.

Anywho, goodnight all!

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11:26pm: It's the second last day of Le Tour, and apparently they'll be doing a time trail for the last day which is weird choice, but then again because of the Olympics its not ending in Paris like it always does maybe they want to do something different. That's not very interesting, I like to see all the cyclists in a group! I guess on the plus side it might be a team time trial so at least they'll have more than one guy on the road at a time. Oh wait no, the commentators have just said it's an individual one, except they've already had one of those? Maybe they've changed the rules.

That reminds me, the Olympics also starts this week, on Wednesday - which seems to be another weird choice, don't the Olympics usually start on a Saturday? Or a Friday? Guess it's still summer holidays over there in France.

In other news, I'm itchy, which is weird because there's no bugs in my house and it's the middle of winter so no mosquitoes. I hope I'm not allergic to my laundry powder since I am wearing PJs I washed - although that was like 5 days ago - because that would suuuuck.

Apart from that not much else to report I was going to play some Cities Skylines, but it wouldn't load up. Very odd - it worked a couple of days ago and I haven't uploaded anything since then.

Speaking of computers, all the Aldi self-checkouts were working today, but not all the Coles ones, interesting! Still lucky for me it happened this weekend because next Sunday Mum, her friend and me are off to Fiji.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention why this entry has the title it does, well the cyclist wearing Polka Dot Jersey (aka "King of the Mountains") yesterday was really phoning it in, he had the jersey, but no polka dots on the helmet or on his bike, very poor effort. The guy wearing it today has at least got the polka dot helmet, although the rider who held it last week knew how to do it right, he had polka dots on his cycling socks and the bike itself! Now that's dedication. ;O)

Right, I better go put some anti-itch cream on my arms...before I head off though

The Friday Five

8/03/24

1. What's a skill you'd like to learn? I've always wanted to play an instrument of some kind, like maybe the violin. I guess I could try to learn, but I suck at follow-through LOL.

2. What's a hobby you'd like to try? Hmm, I'd like to get back into painting Bob Ross style! Or maybe jigsaw puzzles again. I feel like that would help my creativity rather than getting on the net and scrolling so much.

3. What's the best compliment you've ever received? Hmm...gee I dunno...although at my Performance Review this week my supervisor said that I'm really pleasant to work with and am an asset to the Collections Team. :O)

4. What's one way in which you are awesome? Well I do have a 1000+ day streak on Duolingo XD in all seriousness though, I think I'm a pretty good writer, even if I don't do it as often as I like.

5. What's a gift you would like to receive (in case anyone asks)? Hmm...I'm a big fan of getting presents, but be damned if I can't think of anything in particular right now.

Eek, it's getting close to midnight now, so I better dash!

Ta-ta

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10:13pm: So this morning I headed back to Sydney and work on the train from Wollongong. Not gonna lie I was super nervous when I got on the train, but I listened to my anti-panic audio which helped out.

However, my stomach has been super irritated the whole day, which sucked, not sure if it was from the nervousness or the fact I didn't have breakfast until much later than usual because my parents actually don't eat breakfast these days and the hotel's restaurant isn't open on Monday mornings. Or...it could be from that time o' the month being a week away. Or at least that's what my app says...which is confusing because I thought it was due during the Fiji trip. If it's not though, that's a relief!

I do wonder if I should take some Buscopan...although I will be going to bed soon so I'll probably feel better tomorrow.

Although, I should have taken it earlier because it was being rather painful during the Performance Review at work (boooo!) On the plus side the review went well, go me!

Which reminds me...I keep forgetting to arrange Trivia Night, which happens on Tuesday, I could have asked today, but it's probably too short a notice. I guess I could suggest next Tuesday, but after that we'll have to wait until August when I get back. I'll do that though, because Trivia is fun!

In other news, we've started a new 4 week roster at work, previously we in the Collections team had did two weekend shifts every six weeks, but now we only have to do one every four weeks. For some reason I thought my shift would be this Saturday, but it turns out it's actually next Saturday. Which makes me wonder if I should re-arrange the day my friends and I are seeing Inside Out 2, but nah, Sunday's better. Of course, now that I'm not working on Saturday I should probably get my hair cut... Mum wants me to get a keratin treatment so my hair stays straight and shiny. It does indeed make my hair look nice, however it takes - I shit you not - FIVE AND A HALF hours...not to mention the fumes, which last time made my eyes burn pretty bad.

So yeaaaah...

Anywho, it's after 10:30 now so I should wrap this up...before I go...

The Friday Five

10/5/24

These questions were written by Dreamwidth user ysabetwordsmith.

1) What are your five favorite birds?

Canaries (aww Frankie)
Cockatoos (there was a whole lot of them on the hotel balcony this morning)
Flamingos
???
???

Can't say I've actually thought much about birds outside of those three LOL.

2) What are your five favorite pet-type animals?

Canaries!
Cats
Sausage dogs
Betta fish
???

3) What are your five favorite wild animals that live in your locale?

Well, I live in the city, but if we're talking Australia in general

Kangaroo
Koala
Platypus
Cockatoo
Kookaburra

4) What are your five favorite zoo animals that you always want to visit?

Penguin
Seal
Elephant
Capybara
Kangaroos

5) What are your five favorite cryptids that may or may not be extinct, may or may not exist in this world?

Uhh, hmmm...

Unicorn
Pegasus
Spinx
Dragon
Big Foot

LOL that was an interesting one :OP

Righto, off I go, goodnight all!

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6:02pm: The entry that includes the quiz thing I retook yesterday:

https://anonymoose-au.livejournal.com/105444.html

Hilariously enough, most of the answers are the same! Pretty much the only difference is I picked "John" (Dad) as a name instead of "Michael" (my big bro).

And the songs were a bit different, although these ones actually seen to fit better, well at least one of them Prince Albert did indeed young.

But the evidence of me being basically the same person, having practically the same answers 17 years after the fact would do it.

I also came across another quiz that still worked!

https://anonymoose-au.livejournal.com/101517.html



Apparently I'm worth a little less these days, but not by much! Not sure

In other news, I wanted to go to the gym after work today and brought in my workout gear and everything, but I've pulled a calf muscle or something, and while I can walk, it hurts and the internet tells me working out as normal would be a poor decision. So I took my stuff all the way home, which sucked. Especially since I developed a headache on my way home on the bus. I've taken ibprufen for it which seems to be working although now my stomach hurts (WTF?) and I've also put ice on my calf as advised by the RICE protocol. Although now it's no longer a cold pack so I've had to put it back in the freezer. Bummer. I sure hope this clears up quickly, I'm on desk for 6 hours at the library on Saturday.

In other news I've been meaning to do more fanfic writing, but instead I've been sucked into the addictiveness that is Sims 3: Create a World, I'm creating Hill Valley and I'm trying to be as accurate as I can with it and it's proving to be quite the project!

But yeah I want to keep up with the writing, because if reading my old journal entries have taught me anything, it's how much I love writing.

And that's all for now, oh I almost forgot! My mother and friend finally came by to see the apartment - they were originally going to do this on Sunday, so the two additional days I had to clean up were much appreciated! I haven't spoken to her yet so I'm not sure how my cleaning attempt was received, but Mum said she'll call back later.

Also, Sammy the Robo-vac still had a flat battery this morning! I hope he's not broken, he's less than 6 months old!

Right better go put my laundry on, because I haven't been able to do that until Mum visited because otherwise I would have had to hang it up which wouldn't have been very attractive.

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11:01pm: Yes indeed! I went ice skating today in person. Hooray for me! :O) It was fun as always, although I was a bit later than usual because I stopped at the Discount Homey-Ped shop on my way there - I got some closed in shoes this time, I think the ones I have now are getting a bit worn out, I did get them like six months ago and I wear them a lot.

Speaking of shoes, I wore those closed-toe sandals to work yesterday, but alas I'm not sure if they work with my orthodics, my right heel kept slipping a bit, which may or may not explain my right foot pain today. I'm a bit worried it's that plantar fasciitis thing again. I don't need that shit, man. I have some anti-inflammatory tablets that I got for it, but I dunno if I want to take those. Maybe I'll just use the anti-inflammatory gel and see if that helps.

Grumble grumble.

Anyway, daylight savings starts tomorrow, which means it's actually an hour later than it is (although it doesn't officially begin until 2pm)! And since I have to get up tomorrow morning I really should get a move on.

Aside from shoes I also bought a new pretty green toaster from E-Bay, because my current one is broken, it's supposed to arrive on Friday! I'm looking forward to it - I've selected to pick it up at a nearby Woolworths, hopefully that'll go smoothly.

And that's all I have to say for now, goodnight all!

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11:26pm I feel I should update since I don't yesterday, but I'm not sure if I have anything to say.

Oh wait, I do, namely I got through a bit of writer's block with my story, whoo go me.

I also helped Mrs S with setting up her security camera, it took a call to Telstra to get it going, but it all came good in the end.

Also, I dare to hope that my lower abdomen issues may have cleared up, I felt pretty ick this morning,I almost didn't want to show up for the Scripture class, but I did and I even went to the gym after. Yaay go me.

Aside from that not much else and I'm watching something on my laptop so I'm actually updating this on my phone so yeah.

Better be off now, goodnight everyone!

11:15pm: I am not very pleased, my stomach has been most irritable today, I don't know why, maybe I didn't eat a proper breakfast because I was a lazy ass, that being the case, I suck.

So, I didn't end up going to the library today :O( or to the gym. Dang. I've arranged to go to the library tomorrow though so hopefully I'll feel better. Plus I've got work tomorrow!

Anyway, not much to report...I did head out with the intention of going to the library, but I turned around and went to Bunnings to look for a heater, but would you believe they were all out! Boo. Then I went to Vinnies to look for pinstripe pants (I tried another second hand shop, but no luck) but no luck there. Then I went to the two dollar shot to buy an art pad to try out with my Bamboo Spark - yeah I went and bought it again, LOL, it was at another Aldi though so it wasn't the same one. The art pad doesn't fit quite right though and I think the paper is too thick for the pen. Anyway, I figure that I'll draw something in pencil first so I can correct mistakes and then when finished, turn the Spark on and trace over it in pen thus making the outline appear on the app.

But yeah, it didn't quite work, there was some lines that didn't show up, but I'm not sure if that was the thickness of the paper or because I had didn't realise you can't upload a drawing in parts (or maybe you can but I did it wrong) so when I tried to see my progress I ended up splitting the drawing. Yeah, it's a bit complicated.

Anyway, I'm hoping to get the hang of it soon!

Now I must be off, I've got work tomorrow! I bid you all good night!

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