Moose Musings

10:01pm: Because I've got work tomorrow a one-off, but money is money! :O)

Today I headed out to try and find a new stylus for my phone because I looked all over my apartment and it wasn't here. I guess it must have fallen in the street, bummer. :O(

So I went to Officeworks first, where I bought a new cordless phone and a few styluses but I wasn't sure about them, they were as long as my phone! So I headed on down to Broadway Shopping Centre to one of those Mobile Accessory Kiosks where I bought one, although I'm sort of worried about it. It has a soft tip which is a plus, but it's rather stubby. The whole reason I got a stylus was because my fingers are too stubby for the keyboard on my phone. I haven't had much of a chance to try it out so we'll have to see. Except if it is a shitty purchase I'll be out $15!

And then I headed on home I was going get some chocolate, but my legs hurt so I didn't, beside I can always make a purchase tomorrow.

( And now Memes! )

Okedoke, better head to bed now. Gotta get up at a quarter to seven tomorrow morning.

Goodnight all!

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9:13pm: Today when I got home from work I went to do some resarch to see if I could lessen the amount I spend on bills (I'm feeling pretty poor), but alas, I've all ready got the cheapest Interent, phone and mobile plans out there. Well, actually, if I went for a slower Broadband connection I could save some money, but I dunno... As for Foxtel, I could save a few bucks if I got rid of the package that has the Lifestyle Channel and the Comedy Channel, but...

In other news I've done my washing, which is good because I was out of underwear! Of course now that I can't use my dryer anymore (unless I'm really desperate due to the huge expense and not to mention the greenhouse gases and whatnot), it's really hard to find places to hang everything. I really should try and put up a line or something in the bathroom, although that probably wouldn't look very good.

Anywho I've been watching Forensic Investigators and haven't been doing anything with this thing...so ahem, Memes.

Monday Madness

1. Do you feel that children these days are disciplined enough?

I dunno...I don't see that many badly behaved children strangely enough. Except for these kids who were leaping all over one of those supermarket ride things (you know, the ones that cost a dollar a go?) and making a whole lot of noise, mostly screaming and yelling, which was most irritating to the ears. Their parent did tell them to keep it down though.

2. What are your thoughts about the "time out chair?"

Well, it's a lot better than a smack for the kiddies well being, but I do wonder how they make sure that the kid stays there. Don't they just get off and run away? I suppose though you just keep putting them back on it until they stay for 5 minutes or however long they're meant to.

3. When YOU were a child, what form of discipline did your parents use most often?

Mostly yelling at us! Every so often we would get a spanking with a shoe! This didn't actually hurt very much, but it did piss me off, which really seems to defeat the purpose because I was too busy being angry to think about what I'd done wrong!

4. Did your parents have to constantly remind you of the guidelines they set for you, or did they just have to LOOK at you as a "gentle" reminder?

Nah, they usually had to give a verbal warning.

5. What are your thoughts about screaming kids in public places?

It's pretty damn annoying I have to say, especially since they're so high pitched about it, I mean it's bad enough when they do it normally, but it's those higher decibles that really make the ears bleed. I don't mind if they run around though, although not if they run into you.

6. What do you feel is the BIGGEST mistake parents make when it comes to disciplining children?

Well, spanking the shit out of them isn't going to help anyone. And really tearing into the kid or threatening to give them 'what for' when they get home. On the other hand, if they just give in that can also be just as bad. If you say 'no chocolate' then don't give in! If they're that hungry they can have an apple.

Monday's A Bitch

Animal Print

1. Do you own anything with leopard print on it? (What about tiger print, snakeskin, or zebra print?)

Nope!

2. What animal best represents your personality?

Gee I dunno...I like dophins and moose, but I'm not sure either of those really fit me, maybe this Googly bird, they're pretty funny, most unco-ordinated and weird. :O)

3. What pet (other than a cat or dog) would you most want as a pet?

Well, I do love having Ned, it cheers me up to see him swimming around in his bowl and he's easy to look after. Wow, how boring of me.

4. Would you ever wear fur? What about leather?

No way...although I do have a leather handback and shoes...go figure.

5. Who is your favourite cartoon animal?

Gee I can't remember anymore since I'm tired here, I should really get my ass into bed. Err...yeah...oh wait, I've always had a soft spot for Daffy Duck. Poor Daffy, Bugs always kicks his ass.

Eh, yeah, as I said, gotta get my ass to bed now, haven't been getting enough 'zzzzz's.

Good night to you all!

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8:02pm: I seriously ate something bad this morning, it was either the yogurt or the bread, because my stomach has been freaking out all day, the actual stomach area rather than the lower abdomenal area, which is usually the case.

Sure did make listening to Grandpa sort out my finances a pain in the ass, because I was finding it hard to sit still.

But success! Victory in Canasta against M! It was a real nail biter! Both of us were in a position to win in third game, and for a while it looked like M was going to succeed, but with a last spurt of luck...the Moose triumphs! Whoo!

List six fandoms and answer the questions

1. Back to the Future
2. Harry Potter
3. Spider-Man
4. The Belgariad
5. Princess Diaries
6. Adrian Mole

( The questions within...! )

There's a really weird show on Crime & Investigation about something mysteriously killing Bald Eagles in the US, I'm not really seeing what this has to do with crime unless it's poaching. It's more of a National Geographic Channel thing. Haven't said that, the narrator is the same guy who does Forensic Files, so it would be weird to see him on another channel.

Whoops got distracted, turns out what was killing the birds was something like Mad Cow Disease, but for birtds...creepy.

Now I'm watching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, I'm reading the book right now actually, but reading a book of a movie at the same time while you're watching it doesn't really work, gets confusing.

Although, the fact they cut thw whole Percy story out really pisses me off. Lame!

So yeah, I've just been over at M and Grandpa's house, Grandpa gave me Quicken, hopefully I'll be able to use it to set my finances straight...I've just realised something though I didn't tell Grandpa all my expenses. Which is bad, because he sent an email to my mother telling her what I could pay. Dang.

( Memes from Friday, since eveeryone was late about it! )

Well, the movie's almost over now. And yeah there's not much else to say in this entry, so off I go for the night.

Ta-ta!

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OMG! They're replaying Strictly Dancing on ABC2! Paul McDermott! And Csaba, I loved that guy. Whoot!

10:58am: I'm gonna make this quick.

Just as my bosses predicted those awful people at the car dealership have turned on me! When I called to speak to the Kieth man he claimed I never asked if I could get my deposit back if my mother wouldn't let me trade-in the white car!

That son of a bitch! I hate people who pretend to be nice when they're not! That's fucked up, it really is! I don't even want to drive past them today when I go to show that unit.

And worst of all, I called up my mother because she never phoned me back and now she's mad at me, firstly because I called her up at 2am and secondly because I apparently misunderstood the whole car issue and she didn't want me to get one anyway and now there's that $800 deposit I might lose.

I'll never go to a car dealership by myself again! :O(

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9:46pm: So many things I would like to purchase, primarily, even beyond The Box, is a a new laptop...although there's nothing actually wrong with this one...Well, as in it plays The Sims 2 all right, but you see the keyboard is getting rather crappy. The spacebar isn't working all that well anymore...and the left side control key has gone and disappeared. But yeah...that's probably not a reason to go and purchase a new laptop, because this one which was my big bro's was so top of the line when he got it that affordable ones that are slightly better than it are only just coming out. Man I got a good deal on this one then!

Anywho, moving on it's all ready ten o'clock! Argh time goes so fast!

It didn't help that this stomach thing continues being a bitch, I almost cancelled out on the appointments I had with some people to inspect some of the places the boss has up. All day long I've had awful pains, felt kinda of nauseous and basically I just wanted to go home and curl up into a ball.

But then it goes away and I'm just fine, ut then it returns. What's with that? Seriously, what could it be? If it's a food intolerance or allergy what could it be too? Gluten? But I've eaten stuff with gluten in it with no bad effects, same with cheese and chocolate. Perhaps it's simply an intolerance and if I eat a bit too much of...whatever...all Hell breaks loose. Damn me because how do you measure that? Well I have to use a measuring cup for anything I eat from now on? That would just be weird...

Anywho, from damostaranth

( Pft, you were all expecting this! )

And Memes!

x3Thursday

Health Issues

(Hmmm...irony...)

Yeah yeah....health again? But that's what's been dominating my life lately. There'll be a new subject next week, I promise!

1. Do you pay much attention to your body? Do you know when you are doing too much of something, not getting enough of something, etc? How do you know/not know?

Well I sure pay a lot of attention to my body, but it sure isn't helpful! It's basically just me sitting their going "Oooh, ahhhh, God, the pain! What the fuck is this." And I have no idea if it's becuase I'm having too much of something, or too little.

2. Have you ever had a health issue that you couldn't solve yourself (other than a sinus infection or something like that)? If so, what steps did you take to resolve it? Did you resolve it?

This stomach pain! It's been happening to me since I was 11 years old! That's TWELVE years! And though it's improved somewhat...12 years, what's the deal with that? It's things like that that almost makes you wish it was appendicitis or something because otherwise you could just have it taken out and that's it.

3. Have you ever had to hop from doctor to doctor to doctor to get a diagnosis? If so, how did you handle it? What are your thoughts about having to hop from doctor to doctor to get a diagnosis?

Nope. Not sure how I feel about hopping from doctor to doctor, it certainly isn't good for hypochondriacs, I heard about people who have like 20 unneeded surgeries trying to get diagnosed for something...anything. I think if you go to a specialist and the specialist says there's nothing wrong, you need to accept.

Booking Through Thursday

Encore

Almost everyone can name at least one author that you would love just ONE more book from. Either because they’re dead, not being published any more, not writing more, not producing new work for whatever reason . . . or they’ve aged and aren’t writing to their old standards any more . . . For whatever reason, there just hasn’t been anything new (or worth reading) of theirs and isn’t likely to be.

If you could have just ONE more book from an author you love . . . a book that would be as good any of their best (while we’re dreaming) . . . something that would round out a series, or finish their last work, or just be something NEW . . . Who would the author be, and why? Jane Austen? Shakespeare? Laurie Colwin? Kurt Vonnegut?

Hmmm....never really thought about it...I'd sure like to see a new Adrian Mole book, but I do believe the story has ended for him. And hey I'll be a lame ass and say I wish they'd bring back Sweet Valley High, the proper ones, not the new Senior Year BS.
Oh and David Eddings revisiting Polgara, Belgarath etc.

Thursday Threesome

::Just in case::

Onesome: Just-- in time for summer vacation? Are you there yet? Another week to go? Does it matter (to the moms with little ones and the eight to five crowd)? Just curious how things are across American and around the world...

Pft, Summer ain't here for another...uhh four months or something, anyway the point is it's getting colder here and wetter. And now I have a job, sigh...no summer holidays for me! Although we do get the Daylight Savings back, which is cool because then it's still sunny outside when work finish. Yays!

Twosome: in-- times of crisis, what do you do to chill out a bit? Talk to someone? ...take a walk? ...eat a gallon of Ben and Jerry's? Read a book?

Go on the net, watch TV etc and just generally not thinking about it, which you know, sometimes isn't a very good idea.

Threesome: case--by case? Do you have a carry case for everything that has one available and keep them all populated? ...or do you just stuff gadgetry into whatever is handy when you need to lug it along somewhere?

Well I've got this really cool laptop backpack that my father brought me for my birthday :O) It's not an offical one, but it's super cool! I also had a case for my camera that wasn't an official one either...also from Dad. But yeah I like to have proper cases for my electronics 'cause otherwise they're not properly secured.

Anatomy of Crime tonight was very interesting, it was on Domestic abuse, and it mentioned men as victims as well. Although they had this one dude who was all "Men don't just punch someone unless they've got a really good reason." Huh? I can see showing someone, or grabbing their arm to block them from hitting you, but how punching them in the face isn't totally unprovoked beats me.

Sooo...not much else to report, except I hope it isn't pouring rain all weekend because I'm supposed to go and do that Open House thing for the other property the Boss is leasing and...yeah that doesn't sound like fun at all. Although I think I might have made a mistake re: the advertisement in the paper and it never went in. Doesn't help that the people who came last week didn't get back to us even though they seemed so interested. Weak!

Hmpf, I'm gonna turn in now, sleep is the cleanser after all. :O)

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6:58pm Guess what I just found? My black jewellery box! I've been looking for it everywhere and it turns out it was on one of my coffee tables the whole damn time, hidden under papers. Most embarrassing indeed, 'cause now I have to call up M and tell her I found it in my room after all. LOL.

In other news, more work tomorrow! Yay, but at the moment I have no money, unless I get paid tonight (which I think I might) I'll have to drive to work tomorrow because I can't afford to get bus tickets. Sigh!

I was reading a book on Louis XVI today (the same one I borrowed out from the library at the end of January) and I just remembered another reason the US Government is being hypocritical bastards. As you all know, they enjoyed taking the shit out of the French for not joining the Coalition of the Willing. Well, let me remind them if it wasn't for France, the English wouldn't have pummelled the American revolutionaries asses and the US would still be a colony. So, US Government, you owe France.

In further news, I am trying to apply for another library job, but I'd really perfer my mother's imput, but I'm thinking maybe I shouldn't because after all in just three weeks the parentals are leaving and I won't have anyone to help me with my stuff! Anywho, I also need to apply for two other jobs at least for my Centrelink form, in case I don't get paid.

I was going to write about my strange dreams! But I think I've gone and forgot them again...I know a few nights ago I had this bizarre dream about being on Sydney Harbour for New Year's Eve, and my father kept crashing boats into each other because he was totally drunk. Then this guy showed up on a pier and started throwing up blood and the fireworkds didn't go off and everyone wrote into paper to complain. Finally the fireworks went off in the middle of the day and for some reason the Queen and Prince Phillip showed up.

Hmmm...not much else to say...

( More of the survey! )

I also found out that my 5000 Survey tag wasn't working, apparently you can't put plus signs in tags, hmpf. Well, it's all fixed now.

Anywho, before I go for the evening (I want to actually get to work on time tomorrow, I've got an interview at Centrelink afterwards, so I've got to get to that!)

( Bring on the Memes )

Phew! I'm totally getting RSI here, so I'm gonna stop, it's been real :OP

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10:55pm: But my hair is not dry and I'm not sure I want to blow dry it, because it always gets really puffy when I do that. Mum knowns how to comb it so it's not like that while drying, but I don't so...

However, I should be in bed sooner rather than later so I can leap out of bed ready for action at 8 am.

I'm trying not to think too hard about it, least I freak myself out, besides, I'm as ready as I can be, so thinking even more about it, won't do much good.

I'm concerned about this bill I got about not having paid a part of my levies, but I know my parents did! I meant to call them this morning, but I overslept and thigs went to shit. I won't really be able to do it tomorrow...well at least not unless I do it on my mobile, which I better do. How annoying though! I hope I don't really owe that money, because I'm just about to pay my parents back and I have to start saving for next quarter's rates and for The Sims 2: In Season!

( Anywho, while I'm waiting for my hair to dry: Memes! )

Anywho, my hair is just damp now, so I can probably dry it without too much puffiness, so I'm gonna do that and then turn in.

Good night all!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Interview Preperation

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8:30pm: I should stop bidding on EBay, at least until next Monday when I get some money, because at the moment I've got $4 in my Bank account and $14 in my wallet! Although I do have $80 coming to me from a Health refund, I've got to get my ass down to the nearest Medicare to get it, I wonder if I can have them put it on my card, because I don't feel like going to the bank afterwards to have it put in, because banks are pains in the ass.

Speaking of pain in the butt, I'm wondering if my uppage in Zoloft really is causing me some problems, what with the lower abdominal pain all day and now I'm feeling rather giddy, it's not like I haven't been eating today or anything like that, so weird. I hope I haven't given myself food poisoning or something, I wasn't too sure about the chicken legs, or the pie I had tonight, they seemed cooked enough...I should stop watching that Kitchen Crime Unit show, it can only cause problems.

Anywho, I was playing Sims 2 but I went off to bid on my auctions, but I think I might go back to them, so I better do the Memes now.

TMI Tuesday

Too TMI for me this week!

Ten on Tuesday

10 Best of TV This Season

1. Drawn Together
2. American Dad!
3. Cold Case
4. The Simpsons (Well, ahem once I catch up on my watching, but I know their goood!)
5. Forensic Investigators (I can't believe I missed that last week, I'm so pissed off!)
6. Temptation (Fun for the family.)
7. 20 to 1
8. Style By Jury
9. Things I Hate About You (LOL, with these last two shows, it's clear I have no shame. :OP)
10. Clubhouse

Tuesday Twosome

Describe

1. The perfect autumn day and what activities you enjoy.

Uh...clear, cool and all the leaves on the tree multicoloured and stuff. And I enjoy sitting inside and looking out at said trees and also going for a walk.

2. Two things about yourself that make you different from everybody else:

My brain! (No, really!)
My obsessions

3. The last time you laughed really hard and why:

This morning while watching Things I Hate About You, damn that was a funny ep.

4. Two items of clothing that best represents who you are:

Sneakers (for sneaking! :OP)
Albert the Tuxedo Dress

5. Yourself as others see you and how you see yourself:

Weirdass
Ass weird :OP Seriously, though, jolly.

Tuesday is Chooseday

I can't get to the page anymore, oh the pain!

Tuesday's Tales

Not up yet.

Well, that's all for tonight! And now, Simmage, Simmage! Buhahahahaha! ;O)

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Right...so this morning at around 10 my mother woke me up to tell me that after all the bru-ha-ha of last night my big bro's plane had only been delayed two hours so he needed me to pick him up after all. That coupled with the fact that the Parking Inspectors are out today made going over to the the apartment to await said bro's phone call a good option, so after taking a quick shower and packing up my laptop off I went.

The apartment is looking most clean...quite a sight to see! I brought over my Madness of King George tape which I dubbed, but can't get to work on the VCRs in my room to see if it would work on the VCR over there. It did.

What didn't it work was the bloody internet! I couldn't even get to Yahoo for God sake! The whole time though I was on Trillian with no trouble, what's the deal with that? I can't figure it out! Also for some reason my mouse wouldn't work...luckily this is a laptop with an inboard mouse...but now it's working again...scratches head...I wonder if there's some sort of electrical interference going on in that apartment or what.

Anyway, I watched my movie, and still no call...I checked the Airport's site and it appeared as if the bro had arrived at 11.30, and it was almost two hours after that...but still no call. I tried to call his mobile, but it was switched off...Eventually my father called me and said that Mike was still in Tokoyo after all! And it looks like he's gonna be there 'til Febuary 4th! The snow has cancelled his flight and all the other's are booked until then. So unless someone cancels their seat he's stuck! Which I think calls for some reimbursement, I mean what if he was going to a funeral or a new job or something? You can't just keep people in countries for days without some sort of compenstation! The poor fellow's going to run out of money soon too! And he has to rely on the kindness of his friend to put him up in a tiny apartment unless he wants to sleep in the airport for two weeks! I wish he'd get on the net though, becuase I'd like to ask about the invitations...should I send them out or what?

Moving on...my DVDs from Amazon.uk have been held up! Oh beans :O( I was looking forward to not only watching 'em and the special features, but finishing my George III and co. mood theme...for a few seconds I thought about seperating the orders so one DVD would arrive before the other...but the statement "At extra cost" worried me too much so I switched it back. Ah well...patience does...something...

My final comment on this entry is on something very odd...as you all know there's been quite a bit of trouble lately ever since I accidentally backed the white car into an Audi...least of all this omnious fine I recieved from the Police Department with absolutely no directions on how to pay it. Incidentally if you don't pay it in the allotted time they take you to COURT! Considering I haven't told my parentals about the fine this is bad...I don't have a lawyer after all! But I didn't have any money to pay the thing anyway...

But then I remembered my little bro (who has some unfortunate experience with this stuff) told me that you can pay it on the internet...and now I have money I went to do that just now, only to find I couldn't! It wasn't on the system! So I called the Police Helpline...who couldn't help and told me to call some other bunch of people. So I called them and they went through all their records but couldn't find anything about it! In other words I don't have to pay the fine because there's no record of it. I suppose the notice is supposed to be a warning of some sort? ("We let you off this time, but watch out") I'm still worried though that another letter will come calling me to court! Maaan, I sure hope not!

So, phew! That's been my day thus far...and I don't even have a job to go too! Yikes! Better go look into that some more, I'm sure the mother is going to get on my case re: that soon enough.

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Well, yeah shit, turns out that I didn't get away with hitting that car after all.

Some people dobbed me in to the guy, who called the cops, who called my father, who called my mother, who called me.

Of course, the thing is, I swear to God the car was all right! I think they're using me to pay their ticket! Which shits me, I have to say, but there's not much I can do about that...unless I went to get in a fight and I don't have proof that his car wasn't damaged. Especially when I saw today that my car was a little more dented up than I thought. Dude, how could I miss that shit?

So adding everything up there, that's...$524, twenty four dollars more than it cost to buy the fuckin' thing in the first place!

And you know what?

You know the kicker?

THE SIMS 2 STILL WON'T FUCKING WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my God! What the shit?!

ARRRGH!

However, I cannot blame the shop, it's my Windows it needs to be reinstalled, but as I said the stupid CD isn't working, so I'm er...borrowing a copy. It's gonna take a while though, and I sure hope it works. Otherwise I'm gonna cry!

So, yeah, the tale of woe...goes on.

But aside from that the computer works...so you know, that's a plus.

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