Moose Musings

11:30pm: At the Fed-Ex/Stan the Man match! I swear it was too high or something, because never have I seen the Fed-Ex hit so many balls into the net! Never in my life!

It started out really well for Fed-Ex too! In no time at all he was two sets up! Then Stan the Man hurt his knee, had a medical time out and returned to take two games himself bringing it into the fifth set, where things continued to be edge of your seat and then finally Fed-Ex broke Stan the Man's serve and managed to win! OMG , I really hope that he can recover for the final because it'd seriously suck if after all that Fed-Ex ends up going down in straight sets!

Anywho! I've dilly-dallied on writing this entry as I got caught up in the Legends Game that's happening now, Goran Ivanisvic is there with Pat Cash vs the McEnroes! It's hilarious! Although man John McEnroe's got oooold.

But! A quick Happy Australia Day and I also figured out what happened with my cupcakes yesterday, I made a huge error in calculations and put less than half the proper amount of caster sugar in! No wonder they tasted like crap.

The ones I made this morning though were excellent! Hooray! Good eatin' for sure.

But now I must head off, bed calls and so does midnight!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Tennis

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11:25pm: Or have your father bring them out - as I've mentioned previously he does love to buy various stuff with the Aussie flag on it - cups, plates, clothes, etc. Even socks! I wore a pair when I went to work for Mrs S, a nice touch I thought! I briefly considered wearing my Australian flag shirt, but I decided not to risk it in case I spilt something on it or something.

I ended up being a bit longer at Mrs S's then planned - usually on a public holiday I do two hours, but because the weather had still be crappy yesterday - it was very nice today! - they hadn't been able to set up for the guest who was coming for Australia Day.

I was a bit worried because my friend was coming to the party and I thought it'd probably be awkward if she showed up and I wasn't there to hang out with! Fortunately, I got back in time although she came with her parents and seemed fine talking to other people when Mum called me in to help bring out food or whatever every so often. :OP

My friend's mother brought along a lammington cake, which was absolutely delicious! :OD As was the mini-sausages, and Australian shaped patties - with the accompanying bread rolls and the salad. Although there was a lack of beef...Dad said it was because Australia got rich off the sheep's back - although that doesn't explain the pork sausages. :OP

As I said, the weather turned out way better than forecast, it was overcast, but no rain, so yay.

And the party ended in time for me to see the start of Roger Federer's quarter final match! He ended up winning in straight sets so I actually missed the end of it because I drove home at the end of the second set and made a quick detour to take a look at the street where the other apartment I'm planning to inspect with Mum tomorrow is. I'm a bit worried because not only is the street narrow as Hell, there wasn't a parking spot to be seen! O.o Maybe that was just because Australia Day, but if I do go for that one what am I meant to do if there's no parking spot?

Ah well, it's a bit late to not go to the inspection that's set up tomorrow at 5pm, although it sounded like it was kind of a general inspection. I still think it might be worth looking at an apartment on the same street that does have a car spot, but Mum thinks two is enough for now.

Hmpf, I still feel like I should go sooner rather than later because you snooze, you lose and all that. Plus, the landlords look set to sell their apartment, which means they'll have money to do up the Granny Flat and will want the place measured and shit. Even if I was the neatest person in the world I don't really like the idea of random people just wandering through my living space.

So, we'll see what happens! In the meantime having seen how late it is I've got to haul ass to bed!

Tomorrow's going to be busy so wish me luck in all my endeavours!

For now, goodnight!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Australia Day

Reach for the laser with Antic's Sims-ulator!

10:05pm: Well, I must have stayed up later than I thought last night, because I'm tired as Hell right now and practically falling asleep at my keyboard. I suppose this isn't a bad thing, since I'm planning to meet a friend at 9am tomorrow so I need to wake up at 7:45 so I can be ready to catch the bus to the Mall at 8:30.

Of course, I often write that sort of thing and then neglect to go to bed until a late hour anyway, so I better not do that!

Not much to report today, although Mum's friend in the main house had some ironing for me to do, which I did and made 40 bucks, sweet! :O) Plus I also remembered to watch the last day of the Santos Tour Down Under, and the podium was made up of three Aussies, whoo! Although...I don't think they actually have a podium like Le Tour de France has, boo. Also Cadel Evans wasn't the Aussie that won, he was in third and it was his last ever multi-day bike race. Still, coming third at the age of 38 is pretty amazing! I had no idea cyclist could go for so long. :OD

Also, the tennis is on, but alas our Aussie men don't seem to be doing too well getting into the next round, Tomic lost and last I saw Kyrgios wasn't doing too well either...I just switched over a second ago, but all I could tell was the match had ended and there was no score line to see on screen. However! I checked the net and yay he came back to win in five sets! Having said that though, the latest crop of Aussie men seem to be quite yobbish, not very good sports and just generally kind of assholish. Man, we need another Pat Rafter or something.

And I still can't believe they play matches so late! Last night the Men's Doubles didn't finish until 1am! Which is why I got to bed late. Man, you'd better hope as a player you don't wake up early on a day you're playing the last match of the night. I suppose you know the day before, but still.

Moving on, let's do those Memes!

Sunday Stealing

:Easy A-Z Meme:

Stolen from: FYeah Surveys

A. What are your favorite smells? Books! Lasagna.

B. Can you go a whole day without caffeine? There's caffeine in chocolate, and I do like chocolate, so...technically no I guess.

C. Who knows more about you than anyone else? My parents? LOL, I'm pretty boring.

D. What song did you last listen to? A weird mashup of the opening theme of Neon Gensis Evangelion and Never Gonna Give You Up, it was hilarious and strangely epic.

E. Do you wear socks to bed? Only in winter, although I often take them off half way through the night because as I understand having your feet slightly cooler than the rest of your body is helpful and getting you to sleep.

F. Can you change a car tire? Nope, once I was waiting for the NRMA to come for so long an old guy took pity on me and came out of his house to help. That was embarrassing!

G. If you could choose one color to wear for a whole year, what color would you choose? Greeeen! :OD

H. Do you cook often? Yep, pretty much every day since I live by myself and have to make my own dinner.

I. What’s your least favorite season? Winter, I hate the cold.

J. Can you sew? Well enough, I won't be making my own clothes any time soon, but I can get along.

K. What is your favorite fruit? Ooo, that's a toughie...I'll say grapes by a slim margin!

L. Are you health conscious? Eh, not that much, but I respect the importance of going to the gym at least a few times a week.

M. Do you think you’re very conscious of the feelings of others or more self oriented? Well, I like to think I'm conscious of others' feelings, but sometimes I can be rather self-absorbed - slaps own wrist.

N. Do you curse a lot? Fuck yeah.

O. Do you remember lyrics easily? Nope, I often only recall one line from a song, it can be annoying as Hell.

P. Can you roll your tongue? Sadly no...nor can I click my fingers, do the Vulcan sign or wriggle my ears.

Q. Is there a certain food you often crave for no reason? Cheeeese, I guess.

R. What was the last book you purchased? A Scarpetta novel by Patricia Cornwell for a second hand shop, I was very pleased I'd been looking far and wide for it.

S. Where was your last vacation? To Bathurst for my Masters' Graduation Ceremony.

T. Last movie you watched? Did you enjoy it? It would have been Love Actually on TV and yes, I rather enjoyed it.

U. Think of your oldest friend. If you met them now do you think you would still become friends? I think so, we have a lot in common.

V. Paris, London and New York… which one would you live in, which would you visit for a day, which would you visit for a fortnight? Live in - New York! Visit for a day - London. Visit for a fortnight - Paris. Although those last two are kind of interchanagable and its hard to decide which I'd really prefer!

W. Do you usually sleep with your closet door open or closed? Closed - especially at present because its summer and leaving the door open would make my room a lot hotter.

X. Have you ever broken a bone? If so, how did it happen? Yes, my left forearm falling from some monkey bars.

Y. How do you like your eggs? Hard boiled and chilled in the fridge.

Z. What was your last argument about and who with? With a friend about religion, it was awkward!

Unconscious Mutterings

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

1.Astrology :: LOL

2. Funeral :: Sad

3. Candor :: Honest

4. Dynamic :: Fast

5. Oh my god! :: No waiii!

6. Cancer :: Causing

7. Ross :: Friends

8. Heroes :: Big Damn

9. Rachaell :: That's a weird spelling

10. Effortlessly :: Fed-Ex

Yawn, well, it's past 10:30 so I probably should be hitting the hay.

Got my Australia shirt ready for tomorrow! So for now, goodnight!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Ironing

Reach for the laser with Antic's Sims-ulator!

10:37pm: How I hold my mouth, if that makes sense, as I mentioned last night from my research apparently one's supposed to keep their lips closed, but the teeth apart slightly. I noticed today however, that that's not how I do it. I don't grind my teeth so much as clench them together, particularly in the back, which incidentally is where most of my tooth pain originates. Also I seem to recall a few months ago I was doing something when I felt a crack in my teeth, which was disturbing as Hell at the time! Looking in the mirror I can see that my left front tooth is chipped. I actually chipped my own tooth! O.o Man, I've got to tell my psychiatrist about this issue at the next appointment, which is 20 days from now. In the meantime I've been concentrating on keeping my jaw relaxed, which seems to be helping with the pain so fsr.

This teeth clenching thing might also explain my tendancy to bite the insides of my cheek, which has become quite a bother for some time now, especially as it happens when I'm not even eating usually! Dang.

In other news, I'm still thinking about the Box Thing, I really should get a new aluminium one, since apart from solving the warped issue and possible overloading, it'll also be more secure with proper locks and stuff. I'm thinking of asking for the sliding door option...just in case I have to rent the parking spot out to someone with a four-wheel drive again. But I wonder how expensive that might be...I guess I'll have to call them out for a quote since they have no indications of even a ballpark figure.

Also today was Australia Day, I have my giant badge on and I wore an Australian flag baseball cap, but I spent most of the day at work, where it turned out to be busy, at least in the middle of the day, then it died right down. But hey it's good money! No work tomorrow though, I'll be going back to the apartment tomorrow to continue Operation Clean-Up, because I have to put the ad up to put the place up for rent. Sigh.

Anyway, Homes Under the Hammer is on, so it's time to Meme and run!

( Under Here! )

Okedoke! Off I go now.

Night all!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Memes

Reach for the laser with Antic's Sims-ulator!

10:48pm: Tense moments at the Australian Open semi-final, Murray vs Federer! I'm going for the latter of course, but he's two sets down right now and if he doesn't win this game the Fed-Ex will have to work a real miracle to win!

And damn, four games all now, with Murray 2 up, so yeah the Fed-Ex has to step up his game or Murray will be serving for the match.

I'm here at the parentals, which means I'm on this damn annoying laptop with the keyboard that keeps messing me up. That being the case I shan't do the Memes.

The reason I'm here at the parentals is that tomorrow is Australia Day and they're having a party. Also there's church, although I'll be going home after that via Hyde Park because apparently there's going to be some classic cars there including a Ferrari which I'd like to see.

Eeee! Roger's managed to win this game, but gulp! Tense times, tense times.

Anyway I shall be off now since this keyboard is just annoying.

Good night all!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Fed-Ex Hope

Reach for the laser with Antic's Sims-ulator!

11:20pm: Yes indeed, I've come back because Mum wanted me to bring back stuff for my brother and his wife who are arriving tomorrow from Japan and also to make sure someone's here to let the air conditioner man in.

I've brought some food over and also the fan, since apparently the bro and Rui don't like using air conditioners, they might change their minds if it's as hot as it is today. Hottest Australia Day in years and years! Phew!

Which is why I went back over to my parents house they had an Australia Day party (I've mentioned before that my father is a big Aussie flag merchandise collection. Bunting with Aussie flags on it, plates and stuff with the Aussie flag on it and even Australia shaped patties (sans Tasmania).

Unfortunately my stomach has been most irritable today, I don't know if it's because it's nearly that time of the month or what. Probably now that I think about it. It set off my anxiety though, which totally sucks.

Hmmm, in other news I can't find the site for the Wednesday Meme I like to do so it looks like I'll have to skip that, bummer.

Anywho, I have to go to bed at a relatively decent hour tonight so I'll wrap this up now.


Goodnight all.

9:03pm: Indeed, much fun was had today, at least until this evening when my parents got into a fight over something, which totally sucks. :O(

But yeah, the parentals had a party and there were little frankfurts, Australia shaped patties for hamburgers, lamb cutlets and everything served on plates with Australian flags on it, all courtsey of my father's very impressive collection of Australiana. Good times.

In other news, yesterday before I accidentally deleted my entry, I was talking about my hands, I've noticed lately that when I clench them or pick up stuff, the veins on the back come into high relief. This never used to happen before! The curse of old person hands! Which totally sucks, 'cause veiny hands have always been a bit of a fear of mine (don't ask me why).

( Anyway! Here's the Memes )

Phew! Caught up on all the memes! Which is good, because I should be getting to bed, work tomorrow!

It's been coming down pretty hard with rain the last hour or so, been a while since we had some good rain, although the Australian flag I put on my car (from Dad) will be soaked through.

And unrelated - I mean a Capt John Hart sim! LOL! You can see him here, I'm quite proud of the uniform there.

Anyway! Like I said, bed calls.

Goodnight all!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Memes

Reach for the laser with Antic's Sims-ulator!

9:01pm: So I'm here at the parentals house since today was their Australia Day party and now the Finals of the Austrialian Open are on and I want to see if that French guy, Tsonga can win against Djokovic, who beat Little Lleyton (damn his ass :OP)

Anywho, since men have to play the best of three, this game probably won't finish until 10 or later which is too late I think to go home. Tomorrow is a Public Holiday though! So no work, yays! I'm thinking of calling up Zep to see if maybe we ca hang out or something? Especially as I didn't go to Sweeny Todd on Friday night.

Back to the party, I really must upload some of the photos because of all the Australian my Dad got to show off. He, Mum and I all dressed up for it, sadly though none of guests looked particulaly Australian, except for Grandpa who I gave him one of the Australian flag style hats.

There was lots of good food to be had except I missed out on the pavalova because I came upstairs to do something on the internet. Dang, I love pavalova.

Uh-oh, Tsonga picked up the first set, but he's struggling in the second...I like my tennis, but I never like it when it goes for the full five sets 'cause that could be about four hours and I can't watch sport that long.

There's been a lot drama going on in this Open though, what with Andy Roddick having a spaz and the number 1 and 2 seeds knocked out in the semi's. Now apparently, Djokovic's father seems to have had a hissy fit and left the stadium. Gee, how embarrassing he's acting like school team soccer dad.

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Well, it's getting really tense now! It's a tie breaker! If Djokovic wins he'll take the match, if Tsonga wins he's gotta a chance. But he's never been in a grand slam so can he handle the pressure and last for another set, even if Djokovic has a bit of a quad injury.

Oooh it's down to the line!

Well, I've been typing on this entry for almost two hourse, so I'm going to finish up here. To find out who wins the Aussie Open you can wait for my next entry or check your newspaper's sports section! :OP It was Djokovic, do'h! I was so hoping the Frenchie would win...looking like Muhammad Ali and just generally being the underdog. Ah well...ca le vie or something like that.