Moose Musings

11:06pm: Eek it's after 11pm and I haven't done my McFly July fanfic prompt for today, I've started it, but not finished it yet.

Anyway, to sum up the subject heading, this morning I was late for the bus, which was my own fault and at the stop just across from my apartment building two buses were at the stop - one that went Manly and behind it was the one to the Mall, which obviously couldn't see me, so fair enough. I got on the Manly bus and then at the next stop when we were behind the Warringah Mall bus I jumped off, waving my hand frantically and a guy who'd just got off the bus told the driver to hold on.

And then the fucker shut the doors before I could get to the bus and drove off!! What an asshole! I hope the minute he saved leaving me in the dust was worth his while. Jerkass.

The only good thing was at least the Manly bus driver waited for me so I was able to get back on that bus, but of course it takes longer to get from the bus stop near the Mall to the library than the bus that goes directly into the Mall. I was so mad, I started to write up a complaint to send to the bus company - because fuck that guy - and some guy in a car who was pulling into the Mall parking lot decided to be an asshat too even though I was walking across the zebra crossing he kept on driving towards me and then pretended to be all shocked that I looked up at him with a "WTF are you doing?" face.

Bah!!

In the end I didn't send the complaint in, on the advice of a co-worker, even though I don't think the bus driver had an excuse, I was literally a second away from stepping onto the bus when he drove off. He did it on purpose! I have had a bus driver do that to me years ago and I complained in that case, because the guy stared me right in the face before shutting the doors and that was just rude!

And to top it all off, I hurt my foot running to catch the bus and it hurt for half the day, which just pissed me off more, plus I think I've got PMS, so...

Although, I'm hoping that time o' the month shows up soon, it was meant to start yesterday, but no sign yet. If it doesn't show up soon, it's going to be annoying, especially because the second and third day are the heaviest and I sure as Hell don't want to be on a plane for five hours plus in that situation. I think it might be coming though.

Anywho, once again I think I'll have to skip the meme, because I need to get to bed because I'm at the parental abode and have to drive home from here tomorrow morning with my Lite n Easy and carry on suitcase for the Fiji trip to pack.

I also need to clean my apartment, because my mother is going to come over tomorrow evening and the place is a mess!

On a final note, I finished the Pusheen decoration on the beret, hopefully it doesn't look too shitty, I'll put up a photo of it later.

For now though, Moose out!

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11:23pm: Not anything about me for once but on the news tonight the son of the head of the Australia Tax Office has been busted for skimming money that should have been going to the tax office. Oops... A kid hasn't embarrassed his father in this country since the son of a cabinet minister wracked up a giant phone bill on his father's parlimentary account! Whoopsie.

Moving on, I took the bus to volunteering today, which is interesting because at the moment the bus drivers are strike, yet the buses here on the Northern Beaches all seemed to be running just fine. Obviously, it wasn't an employee-wide strike. Apparently the State Government is annoyed by this, saying it's disruptive, to which I reply "duh", what's the point of having a strike if it's not going to inconvenience people?

In other news, the Orange Cheeto of Doom is having a bad week, to which I say "HA!" take that, you dickhead. Although of course he's having a big old tantrum over the whole thing. What a piece of work. I do remain concerned that even if he is thrown out of office Mike Pence will become President, and he doesn't sound much better - in fact in many ways he sounds worse. Bloody Republicans.

And, I've just noticed how late it is, I'm meant to be asleep now, a couple of nights ago I felt like total crap and I'm pretty sure a lack of sleep might be the culprit. So yes, I better head off!

Goodnight all!

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11:42pm: Well, to be fair I'm probably not grumbling that much right now, but that title just called out to me. :OP In fact what I am is short on time...again.

But I did get what I wanted to get done today, except for finding some pinstriped pants! Why are there none around? I want to look professional when I go to work dang it.

Oh and the interview with the person at work didn't happen because they got called away for a meeting, I assume they didn't know about the meeting when we made the arrangements last week. Not to worry though, I just did my volunteering. We're meeting next week instead.

Speaking of volunteering, with Christmas coming up some Home Library Service patrons want extra items since there's less deliveries. Only one guy actually wanted extra items today, but damn son he's hard to pick items for! I basically spent a whole hour trying to find something for him! Which I didn't get through nearly as many selections as I usually do, boo.

I also got some reading done since I took the bus to and from the library, although I didn't get to Innovations to return something for Mrs S and hopefully pick up something else for her if it hasn't been sold out. Ah well, I guess I'll have to do it some other day.

Right, it's almost midnight so I have to haul butt now.

Goodnight all!

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11:19pm: Yes, all went well with the service! Hooray! I had planned to go home in between dropping the car off and going to the meeting at noon, but the bus never showed! I have no idea how I missed it, but eventually I decided to head to Mona Vale Library to return a book and also to donate some stuff I bought today to make Winter Care Kits for people who are homeless. Although...you wouldn't think it was anywhere near winter with the temperature we had today...it got to 27 degrees today! O.o

Going to the library was a good move because I was able to catch a lift to the meeting place with some co-workers. As it happened though the meeting was a bit of a bust because the Administrator and Interim General Manager got held up and so never showed up! I say a bit of a bust because there was a Q and A session with two upper level people (I'm not sure of their exact positions), so some questions were answered. But there was a lot of standing up, good thing I had my sneakers on!

After the meeting finished I wandered back over to Warriewood Square and did some browsing before heading off to wait for the bus, I never found out if it came or not because I got a phone call from the garage telling me the service was finished. Hooray! And it only cost $206! it wasn't a major service, but still that's a pretty good deal. :O)

And I wasn't imagining it before, the Mazda's power-steering was a bit...loose? It feels a lot more secure now. Nice. :O)

Right, I also made a fabulous purchase at K-Mart today - Winter Garfield PJs! I don't actually drink coffee, but I figured...what the Hell. :O) However, I do have to wash them before wearing them because they've got that weird chemical smell.

Moving on here's a meme before I head off.

Saturday 9

: These Boots Were Made for Walkin' (1966):

1) In this song/video, Ms. Sinatra's boots make a serious fashion statement. Do you choose footwear for comfort or fashion? Definitely comfort! I couldn't even wear high heels until a few years ago when I started going to the gym and strengthening my ankles.

2) This is by far the biggest hit of Nancy Sinatra's career, which includes 6 top ten hits. Can you name another? Nope. :OP

3) Nancy recorded it on Reprise Records, which was founded by her father, Frank. Did your parents give you a leg up in your chosen career? Aside from their support? No, but hey that's super important wouldn't you say?

4) Professionally Nancy has been involved in espionage, singing the theme to a James Bond movie and appearing in an episode of The Man from UNCLE. Do you enjoy spy/secret agent stories? Eh, nah, at lest not the one's I've heard of or seen...James Bond is such a ho.

5) Nancy maintains the official Sinatra family website, which includes a link to the site of Mia Farrow. Ms. Farrow was, briefly, Nancy's stepmother, and obviously they are still on good terms. Do you have a big, extended family? Well my father's side of the family certainly is! :O) He has two brothers and three sisters all of who are married with families of their own. So family get-togethers on that side are big! Mum's side of the family not so much, but we do see that side a lot more.

6) Nancy's music -- and posters -- were very popular with the troops during the Vietnam War. Nancy continues to return their loyalty and affection with her efforts on behalf of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. Here's your chance to promote a cause that's near and dear to your heart. What charity gets your support? Water.org! Which gives people in disadvantaged places access to water. I'm helping them via the Tab for A Cause thing. :O)

7) Nancy hosts a Sirius radio show devoted to her father's music. Do you have a subscription to a satellite radio or podcast network? Nope, those things aren't really my bag.

8) Nancy has said that she and her sister Tina had a more comfortable relationship with their famous father than their late brother, Frank, Jr., did. Do you think it's easier for mothers to get along with their sons, while fathers have an easier time with their daughters? Hmmm, I dunno, it depends on the parents' I guess! I get on with both my parents, so lucky me. :O)

9) Random question: Tonight's dinner is on us. Would you prefer to eat at a casual restaurant with exceptional food, or an exclusive restaurant with so-so food but a celebrity clientele? Casual restaurant with exceptional food! Because even if celebrities are at a restaurant I'd bee too shy to go up to them. Besides...they just want to enjoy their meal I'm sure.

Right, only ten minutes 'til midnight! Better be off now!

Goodnight all!

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10:09pm: I'm feeling totally displeased right now, I've just discovered that despite my best efforts in applying the pimple cream and then waiting for it to dry before putting my PJs on, my Garfield PJs have been bleached by the cream! Now there's a big pink splotch on the back. I am thoroughly bummed by that because I'm quite sure you can't get these PJs at K-Mart anymore because I was just there earlier this week and I didn't see them. Sigh. I guess the only upside is its on the back so it's not like I can see it.

I'm probably being a bit overdramatic, but today hasn't been the best for me, this morning I had abdominal cramps and it was only good luck that I was able to get to Mrs S's. I tried driving there myself, but while I felt well enough to be able to do my work, driving is a whole different matter. So I ended up back in front of my house not sure what to do, except see if C, my landlady was still home because I saw her when I left. It turns out she was and was kind enough to give me a lift, so I didn't let Mrs S down at least.

After I finished up I went over to Mum and Dad's house on the bus, just in time to see Dad's car leaving, I figured that he might be going to get Mum from the airport - so I went in to enjoy the air conditioning and wait for them. After nearly two hours though I decided that they probably weren't coming any time soon and I should probably get myself home because the weather was looking pretty bad.

It took a lot longer than planned though, as it turns out some truck driver managed to spill his load of dirt on the Harbour Bridge and the knock on effect resulted in a huge delay for the buses. Good thing I had my book to read.

My abdominal area remains somewhat unsettled, but I think I should be good for tomorrow - fingers crossed.

Whoops, I've gotten distracted by the Russian Junior Nationals - the kid out there right now is wearing a very bizarre costume, even by figure skating standards. He's got suspenders...that don't actually go over his shoulders. WTF is that?

What else to report? Well not much, the weekly memes are decrease in number though! Another one the Follow Friday Four Fill-Ins as gone now, how sad. But there's still the two Friday Fives' so...

Friday5

8/1/16

Slow

1. What’s something you make that takes a really long time to cook? I'm not a the person who cooks for a long time, I'm too lazy for that, LOL. I guess the longest would be lasagna, but even then that's only about an hour.

2. Of books you’ve completed, which took you the most time to get from beginning to end? Hmmm, I'm not actually sure. I guess there's been a few books I've slogged through, maybe a month and a half to two. If a book sucks that much I usually give up on it, although I generally do finish books.

3. What’s a movie that seemed much longer than it was? The fucking Matrix, God I hated that movie, what a crapfest.

4. Who was your partner for your first slow dance? Never done a slow dance, so N/A.

5. What decision are you dragging your feet toward making? Whether I'm going skating tomorrow I guess? I've been good with the decision making lately. :OP

15/1/16

SW:TFA

1. When did you last wear a lei (or something similar)? Um, I wore some red painted flower beads a few weeks back, they came from Fiji I think.

2. What are your thoughts on organically grown produce? Um...I don't really have any...although I did read somewhere that it takes more water to grow organic stuff than non-organic stuff, but I don't know about that.

3. Which Goldie Hawn movies have you seen? The only one I can think of is Death Becomes Her and I didn't really watch all of that.

4. What’s something you’ve recently and reluctantly flown solo on? Scratches head...nothing's coming to mind.

5. What experience do you have with BB or pellet guns? None whatsoever, I don't even know if you can get those things in Australia.

22/1/16

Balance

1. When opposing forces in your life pull you in different directions, how do you recenter yourself and find balance? Uh...I probably don't, which would explain some of my problems, LOL. I usually end up asking people's advice on what is more important, I guess.

2. What are often the greatest threats to your overall balance? My anxiety? Yeah, probably that.

3. If you could add just a little more of one thing to your life and have a little less of another, what would they be? Mo' money, less anxiety damnit.

4. What are pluses and minuses of hanging out with mercurial people, and what are pluses and minuses of hanging out with even-keeled people? Which tend to populate your social groups most? Hmmm, well, I guess the pluses of mercurial people are excitement and the minuses are you never know when their mood might change. With even-keeled people the pluses are emotional stability (they're probably fun too though) and the minuses...I dunno. Sometimes they might be a little too calm. As for which group populate my social group...probably even-keelers.

5. What’s you greatest challenge in maintaining a balanced diet? Not eating too much cheese and chocolate! It's a bit of a losing battle I have to say.

Right, I'll get to the other Friday Five later, in the meantime I'm trying to make heads or tails of Russian commericals, but I'm not getting anywhere really, except for recognising the word for 'everything' LMAO.

And I better be off, because I can't stay up too late, I need to be at Belrose Library at 9:30 tomorrow! Wish me luck!

Goodnight all!

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9:50pm: About my living situation...again...the landlords have been talking about moving recently - why I have no idea, they just bought this house seriously - which would mean I'd have to leave the Granny Flat, since as I've mentioned before you can't stipulate that someone can remain in a property unless its in a will (and maybe not even then!).

The problem is, my landlords talk a lot about various plans and ideas and then never do them - for example that washing machine in the shed next to the flat has been there for over nine months and I still can't use it because N hasn't set up the hose! And I spent 40 bucks getting a new lid for it and everything. Bit of a waste right there.

Plus there's been no movement on the car front, if I want my parking sensors it looks like I'm going to have to pay to have them installed by someone else. Bloody hopeless.

So as you can see I'm not sure if I should take these comments seriously or what? I mean, I guess a case could be made for me to just find somewhere else to go regardless just to escape the uncertainity. But I really like where I live right now! Pain in the butt.

In other news, today was the interview, which I think went pretty well...but I never can tell with these things, fingers crossed.

So anyway, after that I hurried home to change clothes before the bus to the mall came, I also had to take down my washing because rain was forecasted. I managed to get it off the line, although I didn't have time to take it back up to my flat so I had to leave it under the veranda thing - as it turned out that wasn't covered enough and so it got a bit damp.

I did manage to get the bus, though it was a very close thing! It was coming down the street as I hurried down the driveway of the house but the nice driver saw me waving and waited at the stop for me.

So yes, the day went quite well, at least until halfway through my shift at the library when I got abdominal pain for no apparent reason...and that really put a damper on everything, it was bad enough that I almost asked if I could lie down or something. It's settled down a bit now, but is still there and I don't know where I put my Buscopan so I can't even take that. Why do you to this to me digestive system? I hope it wasn't from the cream...because I ate some cupcakes with that on it.

Anyway, I should probably get to bed sooner rather than later, sooo...

( Some Memes! )

Righto, I'm finally starting to catch up on those Memes...still a bit to go though, but now, bedtime! With any luck I'll sleep much better tonight because as mentioned the rain has set in so it's not nearly as hot now.

Goodnight all!

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11:00pm: Well...that might not be entirely accurate, I wouldn't say I'm sleepy, but my eyes have certainly felt heavy today.

What am I talking about? Well, before I headed off to Belrose Library today I was sneezing and my nose was running like a tap to the extent that I decided to skip the Herbal treatment for hayfever and take the big gun hayfever medication. Which did eventually work, although not until an hour had passed - which was rather annoying - but as I've written above, I've had heavy eyes since then. Most unwanted. I certainly hope the same thing won't happen tomorrow!

In other news...I've really done it this time, I've lost my Fit Tracker and I'm pretty sure it's gone for good because without a car I caught buses today, so unless it fell off my pants waistband - where I'd secured it, so much for that! - inside the library itself it's not going too show up this time.

However, with the wonders of Ebay I've seen a new possibility so to speak, it's called a Misfit Shine, which looks very cool, comes in green, of course and you can wear it on your sock or even around your neck as a necklace! I think I'll have a lot more luck with that one. Although I have to wait a bit though because right now I'm totally broke! I had to take some money out of my car savings just to get by this weekend. I'll keep you updated.

Moving on, work went pretty well, I got there easily enough, but getting home took ages because none of the three buses I need to catch met up with each other. Because of all this I haven't done nearly enough words on NaNo today, boo faiiil. Oh well, there's still time...

18288 / 50000 words. 37% done!

I'm almost to 40%! Except I really should have be 50% at this point. I need to pick up the pace, maybe I should write on the buses I need to catch tomorrow and Tuesday instead of playing on my mobile or reading. :OP We'll see I guess.

Well, once again I've managed to dilly dally too long so no time for the memes, but I'm sure you're not all too devestated, I'll catch up as son as I can though!

For now, goodnight!

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11:09pm: Yes, it's late so I better be quick about it, but to explain my subject heading after I finished work this morning I noticed I had a missed call on my mobile so I called back and it was Mona Vale Library wanting to know if I could come in this afternoon! Of course I said "Yes!"

It ended up being a bit complicated because in my wisdom I'd decided to take the bus to work this morning, which turned out to be a bad idea firstly because the first bus was late, which meant I missed the second and when a bus finally did come it was an all-stops one that seemed to stop at all the stops, get the red lights and traffic was slow for no reason I could discern. Long story short I ended up being 15 minutes late! Damnit! I let Mrs S know of course, so she was OK, but very irritating indeed.

The second reason it was a bad idea, was because it took quite a while to get back to the flat - the original plan for Wednesday is to go to the gym, so I didn't have work clothes only work-out clothes. So I finally managed to get to back - although I had to take the 179 instead of the 178, quickly eat lunch and then I popped over to the swimming pool at the gym - because I figured I'd at least be able to fit that in. But, I probably shouldn't have, because it was 2pm by the time I got to Mona Vale and that's when my shift begins but I hadn't found anywhere to park!

However, since I'd come in at such short notice they were cool about it, so phew! Also I later heard that some of my fellow workers who I've been training with have said nice things about me! Hooray! :OD I'm doing a good job! I love libraries so much. :OD

The only downside to today is I almost had a panic attack while driving home after going to the Mona Vale Officeworks to buy something for Mrs S. I felt quite nauseous indeed, and my stomach still feels kind of icky. Why this happened I have no idea...hopefully it was just some weird one-off thing or maybe some sort of PMS thing.

Right, so as I said, I have to get my butt to bed, so I shall wrap this entry up now.

Goodnight all!

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10:40pm: Thus I can't even think clearly about what I want to say in this entry! Not that anything super important happened today, except it briefly looked like I was going to get my first shift at Dee Why Library. However, as it turned out someone was all ready covering the shift for next Monday, so I'll have to wait for a while longer.

Tomorrow however is my first shift at Mona Vale, and I'm still wondering what to do about getting there, what with the parking situation in the area. I sort of feel that I should use public transport when possible, but since I have to change my clothes after working at Mrs S's that means I either have to haul them around with me, or go home afterwards to change - which seems a bit of a waste of time...I'll basically have to turn right around the second I do that. So, I don't know. I'm currently thinking I could take the car to Mrs. S's park in the All-Day Park and Ride parking lot next to her house, catch the bus to Mona Vale which has the added benefit of me been able to catch the bus back there after the library shift and not have to worry about the buses synching up to get me home.

I do make things convoluted for myself...maybe I can just Google and see if there are untimed parking spots in Mona Vale closer to the library.

Hmmm, what else to report? Not a lot, I did catch the replay of the last stage of Le Tour de France and wouldn't you know it? It looked promising for the Aussies, with one of our riders in the lead and thus able to win the stage, but there were still two laps to go, and by that time the rest of the sprinters had got to the front and the Aussie was nowhere to be seen. Ah well, you can only do your best.

Right, I better wrap this up, tomorrow is going to be a long day and I need to get the right amount of shuteye.

Wish me luck!

Goodnight!

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10:19pm: Of the We Don't Need Roads book, which is proving to be thoroughly engaging, so much background information! Ah, I love this stuff!

In other news, I planned to go skating after work today, but these plans were derailed by several factors, firstly, Mrs S needed me to stay a bit longer to help unpack some stuff, then I got that weird pain in my left hip area, there was a bit of a wait for the bus and lastly the run of clear skies has come to an end and it started to rain. It started while I was still working, then went away, but by the time I got back to Dee Why it was coming down again, do'h. So I went home and ended up just sitting on my butt for the rest of the evening.

And Wimbledon has come on and awww, Little Lleyton has ended his final open tennis match in the mixed doubles, farewell Lleyton! You were a great tennis player and have done Aussieland proud!

Aussie tennis is in a bit of trouble at the moment, mainly because of the men, there's like one Aussie man he doesn't make a dick of himself and act like a spoiled brat. Things have got nasty when one of our Australian sports legends - Dawn Fraser (a great swimmer) decided to make what could only be construed as a racist or at the very least prejudiced comment. Basically these three Aussies all have "foreign" sounding surnames, two of them Greek sounding and the other...Slavic or something? Anywho basically the comment was that if two of these particular players couldn't behave themselves they should go back to "where their parents came from". A comment that clearly wouldn't be made if their last names were Smith...or Fraser. Honestly, what the fuck? Makes you embarrassed to be Australian.

Anyway, hopefully these young chaps can pull their heads in so we can cheer for them without cringing whenever they decide to have a dummy spit.

Speaking of sports, there's also drama on Le Tour where three big crashes yesterday resulted in one of the favourites to win had to withdraw! Not to mention various injuries and they had to put the race into "neutral" so the riders wouldn't hurt themselves any further. I swear these last two years, I don't remember this many crashes happening before. I know someone died in the tour once, but I thought they made lots of safety improvements after that...?

It's a bit of a worry because today's stage involves...cobblestones the nemesis of bicycles that don't have wheels with traction on them! We can only hope everyone gets through safely enough, last year it was a huge mess.

Although, I won't know about it until tomorrow because I need to go to bed very soon. Luckily, there's not much else for me to report, except of started on another book one I got from the library, and I'm a bit concerned at my treatment of said book, I put it on the couch and I've managed to crease it a bit. Poor book, it looked so nice when I borrowed it. Fail, just fail.

And I have to figure out if I'm going to take the car tomorrow or not...I guess I will with the weather being what it is. Which means I can sleep in a little, nice.

Oh and one last thing before I go...I finally remembered to take the cupcakes - though it was a close thing, I had to go back upstairs and get them - good think I originally left the flat with ten minutes to spare so didn't miss the bus. They were well received by Mrs S and her husband and perhaps the other carer, I'm not sure if she ate one.

Right, must be off now.

Goodnight all!

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