Moose Musings

10:27pm: Sorry for the lack of updates lately, but fear not you haven't missed anything exciting from me :OP Same old same old really, aside from the Time and Motion thing we've been doing at work. As I think of mentioned it's proving to be a bit of an ass because I don't really work in that manner, so it does stress me out a bit.

Meanwhile my house remains an utter mess, I really gotta do something about that especially because in November there's gonna be an inspection because the Strata Committee has hired some company to look for any defects. Since I'm not on the committee I have no idea if this is because people are having issues or because the apartment building is over 5 years old now. The builders are on the hook for most things for a five year period once the building is finish, but that would have been earlier this year (I moved in as soon as the place was finished in 2019), but who knows. So yeah, definitely got to have the place looking like a proper human lives here, LOL. Although, there's the winter garden to consider...I've got quite a bit of stuff out there as well. Dang.

In other news I've been wanting to catch up on those Friday Fives, although I'm not entirely sure which was the last one I did so I must have left off updating for longer than I thought LOL... but I think I've figured it out now so let's get to it!

Friday 5

13/9/24

These questions were written by Dreamwidth user zenigotchas.

1. What's the strangest, unexplainable incident you have experienced or have heard of? Does the Orange Thing getting elected President of the USA count? Because that's some crazy shit right there. In all seriousness, I don't think I've ever experience anything truly inexplicable personally. Some stuff you read about the Bermuda Triangle is pretty out there though, like that squadron of planes that disappeared, where did they go? Spooky.

2. Which mythical creatures or cryptids do you think are most likely to exist or have existed? Hmm... maybe the Yeti or Big Foot? They could be the missing link between humans and the great apes. There's probably not any of them around anymore though.

3. If you became a mythical figure how do you think you'd be portrayed? Umm...hmm...the Messy One, all hail chaos :OP

4. What animal do others find creepy that you find cute? I think octopuses are pretty cute...although that's mostly cartoon ones XD Although after our office at work was rearranged there were these photos from a competition that we could hang up and I was voted down in my choice of a underwater photograph of a striped octopus which I thought was pretty cute, but my office colleagues did not care for at all!

5. What is your favorite lost civilization? Can't go past Atlantis! I really enjoyed that Indiana Jones game about it that Lucas Arts released back in the 90s.


26/9/24

1. Most everyone will recommend a book or two to read, but are there any you would tell people to avoid? Well certainly not anything "written" by the Orange one. All kidding aside, I probably wouldn't recommend Twilight or 50 Shades, because they objectively suck.

2. If you take a book on vacation, are you more likely to take something you haven't read yet or an old favorite? Probably something I haven't read yet, although these days I read rather slowly so it might take me longer than the trip to finish it!

3. Do you read any genres by the season? Like horror around Halloween? Cozy Mysteries in the Winter? Romance in the Summer? Nah, although that kind of sounds like a fun idea...

4. If you read a lot of Fiction do you prefer an author that has a series with the same character(s), or do you prefer stand-alone stories? Definitely, the first one, I like to get to know a character and see how they develop over a period of time in stories. :O)

5. Is there a book that you wish you could read again, but experience it like it was the first time? Hmm...that's a toughie...I feel like there's so many books like that for me! Maybe the first Agatha Christie book, because that was such a hard puzzle that I couldn't figure out and then it all came together so awesomely!

Right, so time is getting on and I've got archery tomorrow (I've decided to join the club and even purchase my own bow and arrows) and then I'm picking up Grandpa and driving over to my parents place for lunch, so I should make sure I get enough zzzs.

Oh and it's too late in California, but Happy First Travelling Through Time Day to all my fellow Backies! :OD I should try and get another McFly July prompt up before 5:04pm tomorrow. We'll see how it goes!

Goodnight all!

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11:59pm: OK, so I've slacked this week with the whole updating thing and though I'm starting this update before midnight I'm not gonna finish it before the day ticks over!

And I'm still behind on The Friday Five, but tomorrow is the morning tea at Mum and Dad's retirement village and I have to deliver my cupcakes by 9:30am (or possibly 9am!) so I no time to stay up late.

The weather has totally been all over the place this week, chilly outside, but my apartment is well insulated so I'm quite hot and need to turn the fan on so I can sleep. It's rather weird.

In other news it's the last Junior Grand Prix event and the menfolk are skating now, it's happening in China so I had hopes that the time zones would work out better for me, I did manage to see the whole Ladies SP, but I'll have to turn in before the menfolk finish so I won't know who'll wins until tomorrow. Ah well.

Apart from that not much else to report, except I've been playing Sims 4 all week, Alternate Lady Bigwallet has almost reached the top of her aspiration! Once she does, she and Shea the gardener can get married and have kiddies for the next generation. For all my attempts with Hill Valley in Sims games I've never actually had a full generation before, so this will be interesting. I am kind of missing playing my Woodstone Sims in Sims 3, I'm pretty sure season 4 of Ghosts premiered today, but just taking a quick look, it's actually next week. Phew! :OP

Also it's been busy at work, next week we need to do a Time and Motion Study because the Big Manager wants to know if we're working efficiently or something like that. I'm not sure what to think about that... Changes may be afoot, but our jobs are safe or at least that's what my supervisor says. Fingers crossed I guess!

Right, I gotta get moving. Goodnight!

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10:39pm: OK, I don't actually have a good subject heading for this post, my mother and I have just finished watching our shows, which means I should be getting ready for bed, but I figured I'd post a little update before heading off.

Not much to report, although apparently after a few days of been mostly warm, it's going to be cold and rainy tomorrow and into the weekend, which kinda sucks. I hope it isn't raining on Sunday for archery, as mentioned they apparently only cancel if there's lightning, but I can't really imagine been able to shoot a bow with any accuracy whatsoever with rain pouring on my glasses.

In other news, we've got training tomorrow morning, which sucks, firstly because, training is always a drag, often you get told shit you already know and then you have to roleplay situations an it's all awkward. Secondly, that's 3.5 hours away from my actual work tasks, such as the Inter Library Loans and QC-ing the new items. We're falling behind on the latter again and this training won't help. On the plus side it is only down the road from my apartment, so at least I don't have to go far.

Finally, I did do a Sims 4 session, but ended up not saving because poor Gardner Shea is not having the best honeymoon, I sent him and Lady to the jungle, but he keeps getting attacked by various creatures. When I left the game he was on fire! o.O I hope the game's not trying to kill him off, because seriously, the audacity.

On that note, I better be off, hopefully I might have a more interesting update tomorrow. Good night!

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11:22pm: Yikes, it's a bit late to be starting this entry, but I had a busy day today what with a dental appointment, thought I'm happy to say that my teeth are in good condition and also I got a new smaller case for my splint, which I wear at night to prevent my teeth grinding. My old one broke some time ago and I did get a replacement, but it's like twice the size of the original one and takes up quite a bit of room in a carry-on. The new one is also green, so Hell yeah!

I also tried to do as much as I could during my half-day of work, although I had a bit of an unpleasant moment this morning while waiting for the bus, when I suddenly felt quite dizzy. Eventually it passed, but I have no idea what caused it... I got a bit panicked, but managed not to scratch myself too badly.

Apart from that not much else to report, although I'm watching the Late News right now on ABC and they just had a story about a giant Emperor Penguin chick called Pesto. I mean look at the size of this guy! Apparently, he slim down once he starts to molt, although I imagine he'll stay remain tall? But it'll be interesting to see. Very adorable though. :O)

I also did my laundry this afternoon when I got home from the dentist, except I somehow missed a few socks, which is very annoying, but I'm not sure what to do about that...I just hope I have enough black socks for this week! Having said that, it's rather warm so I might wearing those little sockette things with sneakers because I'll be wearing skirts or dresses.

On that note I better dash, since it's after 11:30 now and I don't want to end up without enough zzzs.

Goodnight!

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11:34pm: Because it takes bloody forever to do and next thing you know it's past 11:30pm and I've only just started updating this thing! Also it's hard on one's fingers... or maybe that's just me :OP

Right, OK, I've put aside the cross-stitch so I'll make this quick, I spent the evening playing Sims 4 with my bootleg Lady Bigwallet, who I realised is missing the mole just above the lip that the actual Lady Bigwallet, LOL, I'm not sure how to fix that or if I should, since this is meant to be an alternate universe, so maybe that's the difference, LOL.

Oops, picked up the cross stitch again...

OK, back on track, today at work my colleague showed me how to quality check the catalogue records of graphic novels, which are a bit more prone to having errors in them than regular fiction books, but this will hopefully make things a bit quicker with the QC-ing, because we do get quite a few graphic novels and when only one person can do them, they tend to build up quite a bit.

Apart from that not much to report, except the Lite n Easy hadn't been delivered when I woke up this morning at the parental abode. At first I thought I'd forgotten to click all the necessary buttons to actually put the order through, but no it turned out that they were just late with it. Fortunately, Mum was around the area this evening so she was able to drop it off to me and in exchange I gave her the spring cake tin, so hopefully her upside down cake will go well.

On that note, I better haul! Hopefully, I'll start tomorrow's entry a bit sooner :OP

Goodnight!

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11:15pm: Yes, indeed, after watching so much of the Bigwallet Marathon and seeing that it's only 6 Aussie dollars a month I decided to subscribe to James Turner's YouTube channel. It does give me access to all these nifty members-only videos, so that's fun! I'm not sure how long I'll stay subscribed, probably not forever though.

Moving on from that, not much else to report, although it's that time o' the month, which is never fun...especially on the second and third day... I'm not sure if I should go to the gym tomorrow especially since I'm working this weekend which means I can go to the gym after work on that day. Having said that though I really need to keep up with my strengthening exercises, especially having gone to see the physio this morning. She gave me some different exercises to do, although I haven't actually done them today, whoops. However, when she went to do the muscle massage thing, I had the worst pain in my glutes, apparently, the whole muscle is super tight, I think my posture is shitty... But yeah gotta work on that because seriously, when she poked that area I almost cried!

I got to work around 10am, so the day passed rather quickly, including the last hour of the day when I was on the desk, since the courier dropped off all the reserves from the other big libraries in our group and man were there a lot of reservations! I barely got through them all before needing to finish up.

Oh yeah...and despite telling myself not to, I managed to forget my apartment keys this morning, but fortunately, Mum was able to drop off the spare set to me after work, better remember to take them back on Wednesday.

And...I've stayed up way to late again, shit, so I gotta go now.

Goodnight!

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10:59pm: Well, not really, but I couldn't think of another subject heading.

The good news, I got plenty of sleep last night so I was feeling much better today! Although that might have also been helped by taking Buscopan this morning and having plain toast for breakfast.

Work also went well, although I did end up missing my bus, so had to take the one that doesn't go directly into the mall, which is always annoying. At least I wasn't super late or anything.

Apart from that not much else to report...except after work and The Chase I went to the shops to buy some groceries and managed to forget the one thing I meant to get, margarine! LOL fail.

So yeeeah...what else to say... well I'm procrastinating on the McFly July 2024 prompts, instead I've been watching James Turner's Bigwallet Marathon and playing along with Bingo card that some fan created.

But yeah I'm feeling super distracted right now, so apologies for this boring as Heck and really short entry. Maybe I'll have something interesting to talk about tomorrow.

Goodnight!

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11:02pm: And dang it, if I'm not improving the last bit there because it's 11pm and I'm just updating this!

Anyway, the good news is the first part of the subject title here is true too! My apartment was clean enough to pass muster with the parental units! Although, maybe they were just being polite, LOL. But hey I also went and bought the pizza and provided mini-Magnum ice creams for dessert. :O)

So yes, a good time was had by all, and the little bro came through getting Mum a present and a card - which totally slipped my mind, so that was well done by him, since Mum only mentioned recently that she enjoys getting a card at least.

OK, so this entry is looking pretty short, but an interesting thing happened today in the Inter Library Loans, a library requested a book that was out on loan to someone and I was about to mark the request as non-supply when I realised...the person who had the book on loan was me! XD So I said I'd supply it and figured I'd just borrow it when it comes back, buuut, it's a short book or at least shorter than the other books I have have on my to read pile, so I'm reading it in the hope I can finish it.

However, I do have to do my Duolingo, and as mentioned it's after 11pm so I should have my butt in bed and I'm not quite halfway through it, ah well, I could maybe just wait for Monday, it's not like the requesting library would know :OP

Anyway, on that note I better head off, although they're at the pointy end of the Mixed Recurve Open at the Paralympics, but I don't think the gold medal match will happen before midnight, I guess I'll have to catch up on that tomorrow. We did have an Aussie team in the competition actually, but we got knocked out in 1/8 round, rather disappointingly since we were in a good position!

I've also just realised that the this week's Junior GP in Figure Skating is probably on, ah well, you can't watch everything.

So on that note, I'm off!

Goodnight all!

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10:20pm: Well, the Juniors are at least, I didn't realise until I went onto YouTube today and it was on my "For You" watch list. I'd totally forgotten about it! Always a fun watch, although I was hoping to find the para-archery, but I guess they don't show the seeding rounds? Because those are on today, but they weren't streaming, boo-urns.

Anywho, I'm not sure if I should stay up for the last group of ladies because I'm pretty sure I haven't been getting enough sleep this week, which probably explains my sore eyeballs since it wasn't windy today.

As for work, lots of Inter Library Loans were sent out today since the courier drops them off quite late on Wednesdays now. But yeah, I got them all out except for one, sometimes when I put the reserve on, it comes out with a different branch than the one on the actual request, which is weird and rather annoying. I have to ring that patron and ask them which branch they actually want to pick the book up from, but sometimes they don't answer their phone or call me back.Ah well, tomorrow is another day.

Going off the topic, my water sort game I play on my mobile phone has changed and now it sucks, I have no idea why they did that, I might have to uninstall it it's that bad. Bah, if it ain't broke don't fix it. Also there's so many ads on it now with that damn pain in the ass AI voice. Throws up hands.

On that note, I'm gonna head off, because the past few days I've been saying I'll go to bed once I wrap up my journal entry and then neglect to do it! Not this time though.

So goodnight!

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11:01pm: Because I don't have much to report today, I did have a physio appointment, where the physio gave me a few modifications to the exercises I'm doing. I'll have to try them out tomorrow at the gym, hopefully I won't fall on my face, LOL.

My QL muscle remains sore though, I feel like it's probably due to my terrible habit of sitting on my couch while using my laptop, I really ought to use a chair, but...yeah. Lazy Moose is lazy :OP

Meanwhile the Quality checking of books/items continue at the library, it's quite the conveyor belt as I think I've already mentioned. I think we're doing OK there, although we're set for another delivery tomorrow, which hopefully won't be too huge! Fortunately, the Friday's delivery was only 7 boxes so we're doing OK.

What else to report? Not much, still haven't written any BTTF prompt fic today, tsks at self! Come on me, get with it!

It's that time o' the month so that probably explains why I can't use my brain today LOL... apologies for that. I don't think I've been getting enough zzzs which might also explain it.

So with that in mind I'm off to bed now, here's hoping I'll have more to say tomorrow!

Night!

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