Moose Musings

9:05pm: Or at least some of them...why is a mystery, I mean there's no rhyme or reason to it... So I'm considering my options. I can't get my Pagegangster flipping albums to work online (they work jsut fine on my laptop...so strange), so perhaps I could put my hard work to good use by just posting the pages even if they don't have that nifty effect.

Right, after a lot of thought and checking (for some reason Image Shack won't let me re-upload the missing photos even though I can't see why they would breech the terms of service or anything like that), so I've decided to get myself a picoodle account so I can alternate my uploadage. Strange happenings indeed.

Unfortunately, this does require me to go through all my past entries, find what photos are missing and upload them.

I'm currently up to 1912...heh this may take a while.

In other news, I've been watching the Olympics on and off all day trying to spot the gymnastics, so far there's been Dressage, Cycling, Beach Volley Ball, Basketball, Badminton, Women's Weightlifting, Rowing and Swimming, but no sign of gymnastics! I hope it's coming up next 'cause it's in the program and everything.

Bugger, they're showing Road Race Highlights next (Cadell Evan's made a late comeback, but didn't manage to win). Come on, gymnastics bring it on!

On the plus side only a few pics were missing at mooseys_sims, if anyone wants a trip down memory lane (I'm the slowest Sims updater in the world, LOL!)

( Anywho, Fun with Memes )

The Gymnastics finally came on, but only for 10 minutes, now it's basketball again! Apparently they'll be going back later, but still, 10 mins, what a gyp!

And that's all I have to say about today.

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9:32pm: You really shouldn't eat stuff off the table I suppose, but I thought it was a peice of chocolate....sure tasted weird though...eww...

In other news, I've updated mooseys_sims today, do go over and have a look because I want to be loved. :OP I was going to do one more update, but I have to go to bed early. Originally I was going to stay over at the parentals tonight so I wouldn't have to get up too early to get to the Psychiatrist on time. Buuuut...I kinda didn't like the thought of staying over there all by myself, there's no food there, plus Animation Domination was on and I wanted to tape American Dad!. Plus I'm all ready tired, so I'll go to bed early anyway. Although I have to say I'm not sure why I'm so tired because I completely overslept today! Seriously, I woke up at 11:19am, but I didn't get up right away, in fact I must have fallen asleep again, because when I got up, all I did was switch on the computer and get on Trillian and it was allready 1pm! Rip off...I hate it when I oversleep so much, it completely ruins the day. For one thing I didn't even realise that it got superhot today (31 degrees C) because by the time I woke up the change had come through and it was like 22 or something, I had to put a cardigan and long pants on to go to church. Which reminds me, I've got to call up some guy to come over and move the airconditioner so it's in the proper place (at the moment it's located somewhere that causes it to blow hot air back onto itself and it breaks down quicker), so far it's been OK without an aircon, but it's gonna get hot as Hell in here soon.

Anyway! Moving onto Memes.

Five on Friday

Shipping & Handling

1. What method of shipping do you prefer when receiving a package?

Well, ideally I'd like the kind that gets the package here as quickly as possible, but postage is expensive as Hell to and from Australia, so basically I go the cheapest. Once it took eight months for me to get a book (granted the address had been written wrong...still!)

2. Do you know your local delivery person?

Nope, I'm not sure when he or she comes, or even if it's the same person every day.

3. If you receive a tracking number for a package, how do you use it?

I don't think we have that service here in Australia, or if we do it's expensive as shit and I'm not gonna use it! Which is a shame, because it seems useful from the way I've seen people use it the US.

4. What service do you use to send packages?

Australia Post. There are courier companies, but I never need to send something that badly.

5. Do you ever send mail-order or Internet purchases back?

Yes, and it sucked because postage in Australia is so unbelievable expensive it's a complete joke! Like it's three times expensive to airmail a package to London then to send a package from London to here (even taking into account the exchange rate). That's BS!

Sat-8

::What If...::


1. What if a million dollars fell off a back of a truck. Would you keep it?

Well, I'd try to return it because you never know you might get a reward, also did you know that if you give money in and no-one claims it in three weeks it's yours legally! That's how I got $1000 once. Good times, good times.

2. What if you were most powerful person in the world. How would you use that power?

To bring clean water, basic healthcare and food to the world! I don't know how, but as the most powerful person in the world I'm sure I can get people on my side.

3. What if had exactly one year to live. What are the three things you'd want to do before you died?

1. Cry Go the New York City!
2. Publish something!
3. Spend lots of time with friends and family.

4. What if you could change one thing about the world. What would that one thing be?

Poverty.

5. What if you could take one thing back. What would that one thing be? What is something you said, something you stole, something you did wrong?

Does it have to be something I did? 'Cause I really wish I could take back the time a son of a bitch in Year Three groped me, that was awful! :Oo

6. What if you were stuck on an island forever but had all the water, food and shelter you needed. What would be the three other things you'd bring with you?

1. My laptop
2. The internet
3. A TV.

7. What if the internet didn't exist? Would the quality go up or down? How about the quantity?

The quality of what? My life? Well, I suppose it would go down for a while, but then I'd get used to it, after all I didn't have the internet for like 14 years and I managed to do OK. And I'd certainly have more time to go walking and stuff. This thing is addictive!

8. What if everyone liked each other. What would we complain about?

Health!
Boring jobs
Traffic Jams
Bad food
Nothing on TV
The possibilities are endless!

Saturday Six

1. You move to a new city: what is the first thing you're most likely to check out in your immediate surroundings: restaurants, grocery stores, shopping malls, movie theaters or historic sites?

Probably the supermarket, since you've got to have food...then the library or a bookshop because I love to read!

2. Consider the local television stations in your area: do you generally stay more with one station for entertainment and local news, or do you tend to rely on one station for local news and others for entertainment?

Well the local TV stations are pretty much national ones here, and there's five options (and that one weird Christian Channel and that other weird old person's channel) Baically, I juggle between them all...since they all have their good shows. But I mostly watch Foxtel Digital now, aaah such fine channels.

3. Is there a set time of day or night that you blog, or do you just post whenever the spirit moves you?

Whenever the spirit moves me, but usually I try to ensure when I update once a day, because I'm obsessive.

4. How often do you write a blog entry, then save it as a "draft" rather than publishing it immediately to think it over before actually posting it?

Nope, just put it right on up, although sometimes I'll go back and correct something if there's a glaring error or some such. I'm still working on fixing up all the Sims Mood Bar because at the end of last year the webpage where it came from expired and none of the pics exist anymore. So now they're on my photobucket account so I have to change all the links. It's a pain in the ass.

5. Which makes a better dessert after a good meal: ice cream, pie, or cake?

Ice cream! Cake's good any time ;O) and I don't like desert pies, only meat pies.

6. What is your favorite flavor of the item you selected in question #5?

Chocolate by a nose, although I like to mix it up with vanilla, twice the fun!

Sunday Seven

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION:

Name your top seven favorite flavors of soup.

Well, that's a dead question, I can't bare the taste of soup, yuk!

Unconcious Mutterings

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

1. Taxes :: or death!

2. Hooray :: Birthday!

3. Justification :: War in Iraq, or at least an attempt at it.

4. Shocking :: :Oo

5. Bureaucracy :: Slow moving, lots of paper.

6. Porn :: Bow-bow-chika-chika-chika-bow-bow

7. Silly :: Hee hee!

8. DJ :: Some dude spinning records on a record player.

9. Swing :: Monkeys

10. Anti- :: Drug.

Well, that's them done, and the dryer has just stopped so I'm going to go get the clothes...I was going to do the final lot (which is the reds and the blacks), but I want to get to bed soon, but I can't sleep with the washing on and I don't want to leave them in the washing machine for half the night either. They'll probably start to smell.

( Anywho, before I go, quizzies )

Well, I guess I better get to bed because I'll have to get up at about 7am tomorrow.

Hey, a special on back pain and ergonomics (is that a word?), I should keep watching since I've had back problems in my life, plus there was that whole neck issue, ouch! Although, I'm screwed because I can't do stand up jobs either, my arches...that was hideously painful.

Wish I had one of those chairs! I saw a back contoured cushion at the pharmacy the other day, but alas, it cost 70 backs! I can't afford that shit...shame...

Right I better go.

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My friend Zep got my SMS and called me up! Maaan I haven't heard from Zep in aaages! Quite a sad state affairs, and one I was reflecting on just this afternoon... The good news is she's going to be in the general area this week so I can go visit her at the Tafe on Tuesday. Yay! :OD I should also call bookscorpion and see what she's been up to.

In other news, today is George IV's birthday, not a fan of ol' George IV myself (seriously that guy could be such an asshole), but you know, might as well say something (heh, as someone mentioned on this Royalty Board I'm on, poor ol' George IV would be rolling in his grave if he knew that hardly anyone remembered him anymore).

Although, yesterday was Ginny Weasley's birthday according to JK Rowling, and she'd be 25...da-yamn, it's weird when book characters are actually older than they are in books. Weird stuff that.

Oh yeah! I updated mooseys_sims tonight! It's been a while too...I really must keep up with my Sims...my rotating obsessions cause problems...I've never actually done all that much with my George III Sim 'cause I'm too weirded out too! Honestly, who makes Sims of historical figures? I did once see an hilarious website of George W Bush and John Kerry Sims with a Saddam Hussien Sim thrown in! That was some hilarious shit.

Hmmm...well, there's no Memes up for Saturday yet, so I don't have much more to say, except I'm going to go and check the BTTF Online RPG because I want to see if the English posters are there. It's the afternoon in England, so I've got hopes!

Short entry syndrome strikes again!

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I'm watching a program called Bodies of Evidence on C & I and found out a weird fact! Did you know that when a body decomposes (gross I know) the uterus is the last organ to decompose. Like WFT? Why would that be I wonder? Seriously, that sounds soooo creepy! :Oo

In other news I've just been updating mooseys_sims with the McFly Family, seems like aaaages since I've done anything with those guys. I've been doing some more things with Mircanda writing letters from college, I've given her this new picture thing, but I've made it 600 pixels in width, which is cool for me, since this laptop screen resolution is like 1780 or something like that, but how 'bout the rest of you, it's not screwing up your friends pages is it? If so, please drop me a line.

In other news, not much, memes aren't up yet, and I didn't do much today because I'm lazy! Oh wait, I went shopping so now I have lots and lots of fruit, which is good 'cacuse I've been a bit concerned since my Aunt pointed out my diet last night. Possible oversizeness in the future aside, she's quite right, it can't be healthy eating as much saturated fat as I do! So, I'm endeavour to snack more on the healthy food, plus fruit is yummy! :O) Although I didn't see any banannas for 17 bucks a kilo, they were more like $12, which is quite a difference...Maybe they're that much down in South Australia or something.

I remembered to watch Smallville tonight, ah the ol' school eps, but I certainly don't remember the episode that's supposed to be coming up next week...very odd...maybe I'll remember when it comes on. Actually it's on DVD the first season, but jeepers it must be packed with Special features because it's a 6 DVD set and expensive as Hell. Eh maybe I'll ask for it for Christmas. I downloaded the theme song, 'cause I like that song. :O)

Hmmm...yeah...that's about all I got right now...short entry syndrome strikes!

Oh wait, I did take this Blogthings test that was highly inaccurate! But I didn't actually save my results, and when I took it again just now, it was as it usually is...

You Are An ISFJ

The Nurturer You have a strong need to belong, and you very loyal. A good listener, you excell at helping others in practical ways. In your spare time, you enjoy engaging your senses through art, cooking, and music. You find it easy to be devoted to one person, who you do special things for. You would make a good interior designer, chef, or child psychologist.

Ah, the ISFJ! That's me...I got an Extrovert something something originally, which was bizarre because dude I have social phobia! Well...I better go because I want this up before midnight because I'm anal rentive like that.

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I was thinking of playing some Sims 2 now, after doing a shitload of updates for mooseys_sims (I forgot my obsession with taking photos of toddler Sims doing stuff...), but I'm feeling super tired. I'm not sure what's with that because it's not like I haven't been getting enough sleep lately. I'm thinking I may be oversleeping or maybe I've just screwed up my circandian rythms or something?

Anyway, I don't know what to do about that... I don't want to turn in now! I've got to put another load of washing and stuff on (won't Mum and Dad be proud :OP)

In other news I ahven't made much on the room cleaning, but I finally cracked and brought the heater in here, with more poor circulation my fingers were killing me, I even put on these really uncomfortable gloves, but it's impossible to type with those things on. But now they've warmed up well, OK warmed up for me, you wouldn't believe how horribly cold my fingers get. Sucks!

In other news, it was terrible to see the news today and hear about the shelling of Gaza strip beach that has left a little girl familyless. I mean, how could you mistake a family on a beach for some terrorists or whatever I don't know. Frankly...I wonder what would happen if either side just said to themselves. "Fuck this, we fight them, they fight back, tit for tat, screw this, instead of bombing or closing the border or whatever lets ask to talk." Frankly I think justice for the families of those who have lost loved ones will come around faster that way. I must say though, I'm impressed that the new Palestinian prime minister seems willing to let Israel do it's own business rather than this whole "We're gonna wipe you out!" I hope he's not just talking the talk. Of course, Israel has some work to do to, they're not entirely blameless, I mean they did just walk on in and take away land the Palestinians had lived on for hundreds years. The Jewish people deserved to have some of their land back sure, but geeze, they didn't even consult the Palestinians, you can't blame 'em for been pissed off, not that that's any excuse for sucide bombers, but you know what I mean.

Hmmm, that was pretty heavy.

( Anyway Meme time! )

Hmmm...interesting, I used the cleaning tape on my VCR again (apparently, I've been doing it wrong all this time, you think they'd put the instruction on the tape in case you lose the little paper insert. Right after I watched a couple of tapes which just wouldn't work, but now I'm watching one with Ice skating on it and it's going fine (except ESPN comes through a bit fuzzy on my TV) how odd. I wonder if that means the fault is with the tapes? In which case. Damn.

Anyway, I'm off to make my decision re: Sims

Good night for now!

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Well, I didn't actually just miss it, it was on this morning...When I woke up this morning I was anxious about missing it, on the flipside though as soon as I thought about actually going I felt just as nervous. Isn't Social Phobia grand?

Anyway, my father (who wouldn't have been able to come anyway) thinks I was a dumbass...he said he's never heard of anyone been afraid to go to a cermony, obviously he's never heard of agrophobics, I told him he should be glad I can leave the house!

Honestly though my social phobias not that bad, I can do job interviews, parties, speeches in front of small class groups...but the thought of getting up in front of 1000 people, I would have been writhing in angonising nervousness for the whole ninety mintues.

I really do wish I had the motarboard though, I want one! My life would be complete if I could wear a motarboard. :O) So please join the Buy a Motarboard for Moose Fund, with your help my dream can come true.

My right thumb feels weird tonight every so often it gets in the way of my typing, I've never had that happen before...or maybe I have and just haven't noticed it before.

Aaaaaaanyway!

( Fun with those Random Generator Thingies )

Wednesday Mind-Hump

Thank Ye!

1. Name two of your teachers from school whom you'd like to thank.

Mrs. Jones for encouraging me to write my stories and offering to put me in the same class as my first best friend (we'd been seperated for three years! Alas I moved away at the end of the year :O(.)
Miss. Quinn for just being a good teacher and making English interesting (helped we had good books!)

2. Name two friends you'd like to thank.

Natalie my first best friend, when I thought I'd be a loner forever, you were there to remind me I wasn't unfriendable.
Bookscorpion you understand what I'm all about!

3. Name two celebrities you'd like to thank.

Crispin Glover for his wonderful portrayal of George McFly, ah that really struck a cord wiht me.
Colin Firth you're just hawt- LOL!

4. If you have anyone else you'd like to thank, you can thank them here!

Mum and Dad for being the best parents ever and always been there for me. You guys rock!

Right...so what now...ah yes, short update at mooseys_sims, I discovered that I didn't take anywhere near enough piccies of Stella Lawson and family, I had to skip like two years! Ah well, we can just say the McFlys are complusive photographers and documenters.

Well, the update window has got way too wide again...are they ever gonna fix that shit? So, I'll be off for the evening.

Goodnight all!

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Last night I couldn't sleep worth a damn, which sucked majorly becuase previously I've had not trouble sleeping and have woken much refreshed...last night I tossed, I turned and despite taking the cough medicine, coughed (which of course hurt my abdomen like a bitch). I ended up wide awake, so to speak at 5.40am and there was no way I was getting back to sleep, so I turned on the laptop. I should really stop doing that, I don't know if been on this thing all the time is bad for my cold, but it sure is bad for elbows. I've got a rash on one of them from leaning on it so much the last few days.

Now my body temp regulator has gone to Hell or some such, on the one hand my legs when overcovered are too cold, but the second I put anything on them, from a pair of jeans to a doona, they get to hot! Whereas the rest of my person is fine, maybe even a little overheated. This sucks major ass because I can't even nap, I tried about a half hour ago but that, and the coughing just made it impossible.

I've also got my diet to contend with! Fortunately, I've been eating a lot of fruit, veggies, some bread and a bit of meat, but nothing like an actual meal, I'm quite concerned I may be making things worse, but there's not much food in this place and I hate soup (I just can't swallow it, I think it reminds me too much of sick people and that just puts me off, plus the tomato kind gives me a terrible sore throat, I don't know why), so what to eat? I wish Jeeves was still around so he could tell me what to do. I can't believe the retired him! Lame!

Anyway...I'm still not in a Memeing mood...I'm gonna be so far behind by the time I get back 'round to it...bummer and a half.

Hmpf, someone just called and the second I answered they hung up! Don't you hate it when people do that? You know, I'd suspect I'd sound a lot better with a frog in my throat, sine it'll probably bring the pitch of my voice waaay down.

Anyway, I decided to download one of those LJ Updating Client Things, not because I don't like updating from the site (even with this crazyily growing window), but so I don't have to keep signing in and out when I do Mooseys_Sims, because I like to read my Anonymoose_au friends groups during updating (which is why it takes so long to do) and I can't do that if I sign out of this account can I. But no, huzzah! All is good. Although I need to go back and correct a few mistakes on mooseys_sims, I realised I accidentally posted the same event twice, but I didn't want to delete either one, because I enjoyed both, so...I didn't. I also need to dress up my User Info over there too, it's very boring at the mo, and I'm trying to be eye-catching.

I sure wish I sounded better so I could call up those Publishing Companies to offer my volunteer services, see what they have to say about that, but I don't want to call up have them suggest I come in and then have to go "Well, actually, I'm sick at the mo, can't really move under my own power..." Talk about a bad impression.

Hmm, am now sitting up in bed cross legged, this will probably result in my foot falling asleep, but it sure makes my back and elbows feel better, so what the Hell, I'll stick with it...Right off to search for recommended eats for Cold Sufferers.

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Yikes, it's pretty early by Moose Standard Time, but I think I'm gonna turn in...although I did want to see if my NPC Replacements were working all right (I added some new ones this evening), but eh, I can't be bothered...I shall look tomorrow afternoon, after work.

In other news, I finally asked over at thequestionclub re: The Text box problem I'm having, some other people are getting it too, but nobody knows what to do! Oh, dear... :O( I wonder if I should write to LJ Support or something, maybe it's got to do with Firefox? But there's no new updates available and I don't want to go back to using Explorer, 'cause I just don't feel like it and all my links are in here.

Eh, anyways

( Thursday Fun with Memes )

Ok, this window has widened to massive porpotions now, so filling out my Sims thing is going to be annoying and difficult and I take this as my sign to leave. I will end by saying that I've decided not to go Sponser+ for mooseys_sims because I signed into it, took a look at some Sponser+ sites and the adds were quite annoying! I don't really need the extra features at the mo, I may at a later date, but as it stands I like my LJs without that little sidebar, very annoying.

Righto, goodnight all!

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Hey, sweet this is a quizz I can really sink my teeth in!

You Are Grass Green

Down to earth and a bit of a hippie, you are very into nature and the outdoors. You accept the world and people as they are. You don't try to change things. You are also very comfortable with yourself, flaws and all. Optimistic about the future, you feel like life is always getting better.

Sweet...grass green's one of my favourite Derwent colours! Emerald green is my favourite, but I suspect I'd have to be more of a partier or some such to get that one.

In other news I've been working hard on updating mooseys_sims, so go on over and have a look! 'Cause I worked hard on that!

Hmmm watching a program on sleeping and dreaming on Nat Geo, I still don't get the whole "dreams help you learn things and solve problems and whatever." Geeze, all I learnt last night then was how to turn of the shower 'cause it was flooding the house. I also kept dreaming that George III went to Spain on some sort of Schoolies Week thing...which is seriously weird!

Ah well I like dreaming it's fun.

Hmmm, well I don't have much else to say the Saturday Memes aren't up yet! For shame.

But! This one's up:

FOUR FOR FRIDAY

Q1 - Greeting Cards: When was the last time you mailed a card to someone, and what was the occasion?

Well they weren't exactly greeting cards, but they were invitations to my 21st birthday, which I sent out two years ago to various friends and relatives. My mother even arranged for themn to have little magnet things on the back. I wonder if everyone kept 'em.

Q2 - Courts: Now that two new judges have been nominated, confirmed, and sworn in to serve on the United States Supreme Court, do you believe the Court will overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision at some point over the next five to ten years?

Dunno...I did hear a funny joke about that:

What is President Bush's opinion on Roe vs. Wade?

He doesn't really care how the people got out of New Orleans

LOL! :OP

Q3 - E-mail: How many different e-mail accounts do you have, and how often do you tend to use each one?

Umm I think I have like five, but I only one I use all the time...I must remember to check in with the Hotmail, because it suspends itself after 30 days of inactivity which is a pain in the ass.

Q4 - March Madness: Because of all the college basketball tournaments taking place this month, some people say the month of March should be renamed "Basketball." Are you following this month's college basketball action, and if so, which men's and women's teams are you rooting for?

Huh? It's not happening here so I have no opinion. But if you want to change the name of March, I suggest Smarch...lousy Smarch weather!

Ah nuts, I got distracted by playing The Sims 2 on my laptop, so now it's Sunday! Well, what can you do?

I'm off to Sim some more!

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PS: Hey docsgirl I've figrued out what's wrong with my typewriter! Now that my laptop's on the net I should be able to fix it. Fingers crossed!

Indeed I am! For there is no chocolate to be had here and so I go to bed without my customary desert. Ah well, what can you do.

Well, I'm feeling a little dumb, I'm pretty sure tonight marks the end of my paid time on mooseys_sims and I'd been planning to collect a few more special purpose pics to complete my mood them before this time came, but alas! Although looking at the email I got, maybe I've got one more day because it goes by US time. We shall have to see if I can get the images together in time.

In other news, tomorrow I'm going over to my Uncle Sam's for a trail run out in the granny flat, which is quite nice, painted blue (not my favourite colour), the only weird thing is the refridgerator is in the shed, which means I'll have to tramp over there every time I want to get a cold drink out of the fridge! I'm thinking I'll have to take the water cooler (which I actually own), so I won't have to do that (since I get thirsty a lot).

As for today's interview, I was sorely disappointed to find they were just setting me up with an account to access the Job Network, I suppose if I can't get a job in three months then they'll do the heavy duty type stuff. Hmmm well...I'm expecting the email to arrive tomorrow.

Yawn, the Moose be tired so...

( Meme Time! )

Righto, it's been a good day all in all! I watched the Director's Commentary for The Madness of King George most interesting indeed and shall get around to getting the screen caps for my mood theme soon.

Good night all!

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