Moose Musings

11:25pm: Nah, not really, which is a shame...not that I haven't been enjoying myself, although I'm slacking on the fan fic, maybe I really do need to extra the digit as my mother would say and go somewhere else and actually sit at a table or something to work on it!

What else to report? Well, I've decided to use my acne cream on my face again since the pimples have returned. My only concern is I might end up bleaching my bed sheets or PJs, I probably should have put it on a bit earlier...although I haven't been able to find much info online about that.

Moving along, there was more ice skating to watch yesterday as the Junior Grand Prix event in Brisbane wrapped up. I missed like half of the ladies event which was a bummer, but I did at least get to see one of the Aussie girls. Yay! None of the Aussies finished very high, but hey it's the first event so there's nowhere to go but up. Also there was no pairs event in this one (which is weird, but OK) so our World Champions didn't compete. Fingers crossed when they do show up they'll go great!

Although watching the skating meant I didn't go skating, although I didn't really plan on it because I still have a cough from the cold so one shouldn't overdo these things, except that does mean I still haven't got my beanie from my friend! Ah well, next Saturday.

I also spent last night at the parentals because there was a fun-run this morning and Dad and I thought parking might be difficult in Dee Why for church, although as it happened there was hardly any traffic and plenty of parking. LOL. I guess that's how it goes.

Right, I better get going, it's almost 15 minutes 'til midnight and I've got work tomorrow morning and then volunteering! I be a busy Moose indeed!

Goodnight all!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Fan fic

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

11:11pm: Like there's something on it, but there isn't...It's really irritating and I think I'm just making it worse by poking at it. Wait, scratch that I know I'm making it worse.

Not much to report regarding today, although I saw a very odd sight this morning where it looked like the neighbour over the back fence was doing some caber tossing! He was carrying out some big (yet apparently lightweight) logs. When I got back home after going to the gym I saw what they were for, a cubby house. Lucky kids! When I was a little kid the only cubbyhouse my brothers and I had was an old chicken coop, but there were mosquitoes or some sort of stinging insect inside so you could only be in there for a few minutes at least. This one appears to have a slide!

Also there was something else I meant to write about yesterday, but I forgot and now...I've forgotten what it was again, LOL great fail on my behalf. But I guess it wasn't anything super important.

Oops, I let myself get distracted so now it's past 11:30 and I really need to turn in! But hey, how about one meme for the road!

Friday5

19/08/16

French Kiss

1. What’s your favorite kind of French fry? Shoestring!

2. Where can you get really good French toast? Dunno, it's not my thing.

3. What are your feelings about French salad dressing? Never tried it, but I don't care for most dressings.

4. What’s something you know how to say in French? And just like that I've forgotten any French I even vaguely knew. Or at least forgotten how to spell it. Er Bonjour!

5. What French films have you seen? Hmm...I can't actually think of any, unless you count that doco about airplane crashes, although a lot of that was in English...It was done in France though!

Right, on that note I'm off to bed.

Goodnight all!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Face

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

11:50pm: I'm exaggerating a bit, but I'm working hard on catching up, today's word count is supposed to be 45,000 words, here's were I currently stand...

41424 / 50000 words. 83% done!

Not too bad...I hope, although there's now only three days left, here's hoping that I can be productive this weekend! I hoped to do more writing today, but I ended up not getting home until almost 5:30pm because I went to the doctor to see about my acne - which doesn't seem to be going away. Unfortunately, I didn't think I needed to make an appointment, but apparently medical centres in Dee Why don't really do walk-ins, the first one said they couldn't see me until 4:40pm and it was only 3:10pm then so I went to the other one that said someone could see me at 3:50pm so I decided to go with them since I am trying to finish my library book.

As it turned out I didn't get seen until 4:40pm anyway! So that was rather irritating, but on the plus side the doctor said I didn't need a referral to a dermotologist right off the bat, he said I should try out this benzoyl peroxide stuff to see if that would clear things up first. Rather awkwardly, I could have just got that over-the-counter, whoops. I used it first time this evening, fingers crossed it does something! The pimples on my face are refusing to go away even after a week, it's most uncool.

And finally before I rush off to bed, I had a bit of a scare today when I realised I didn't have my Misfit on my person! I figured it must have fallen off in the car, but I only just now remembered to go down and check under the seats, but alas it wasn't there! However, I looked in my other bag and there it was, what's up with that? Oh well at least it wasn't lost because that would have sucked.

And on a final note, I made lasagna tonight woohoo! Always very delicious. :OD

Right, I'm off to bed I need to catch up on my zzzs! Especially since I've got work tomorrow.

For now, goodnight!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room NaNo

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

10:56pm: So after all that trouble I ended up taking all but two bits of boning from the bodice tonight while I was working on the dress. And to my relief the dress stays up! Although it was somewhat irritating after all that trouble I went to. But it's better they're gone because except for those two the other ones had a tendency to break through the lining and poke me right in the ribs. I also modified the collar somewhat to try and make it look more like Lorraine's in the movie, since as I mentioned last night I hadn't really noticed how much it curved before.

I also sewed the bodice and skirt together tonight and the result can be seen here! It looks pretty good right? Although there's still some annoying things, for one the tulle overlay of the skirt isn't quite right with the whole shorter at the front than the back thing - I've kind of fixed that though, the main problem is the hook and eye, it won't stay put! I've sewed it on twice now and both times it's come off. Grumble, grumble.

However, I had some very good luck today with strapless bras, Mrs S mentioned that they are apparently available in Target and/or K-Mart after all, so one I finished work I went to the shopping centre near her house and found one for nine bucks! And it fits well and everything. Niiice. It helps the dress stay up quite nicely.

What wasn't such good luck was that I managed to forget to bring my swimmers along to the gym, so I couldn't go swimming after my work out today. Boooo!

Also, I got a call from Mrs S it turned out we'd forgotten to sign my timesheet for the fortnight, it needs to be faxed in by Monday otherwise I won't be paid! So, Mrs S and I arranged to meet in Dee Why so I could sign it, but it took longer than expecting because she somehow got an all-stops bus. But it wasn't too bad, I caught up on my reading which I've been slacking with this week.

After that I got my eyebrows waxed at one of those nail places, but Mum was of the opinion that they ended up being too thin, dang. I thought they looked OK though? Well, hopefully if they are a bit weird looking they'll look normal by the Halloween party.

The reason I got my eyebrows done was because I had dinner with my parents tonight, I'd actually forgotten about it, but Mum sent me an SMS this morning to ask when I was going to show up at their place. My little bro was supposed to come, but he couldn't so in the end Mum's friend from the main house, C came along. I ended up confused as to where exactly the club was so I asked C to drive because I get skittish when I'm trying to drive somewhere I've never been in the dark. Plus I thought we were going somewhere out past Palm Beach not practically across the road from my parents place!

Anyway, dinner - chicken pamajama was delicious although I couldn't eat all mine so I've brought it home to consume tomorrow (man, am I ever going to eat that ham?) It was good to see the parental units, Dad was in a good mood but his poor knee continues to bother him. I think he's on school holidays now so he's going to look into getting a knee replacement, yikes.

Now, it's getting quite late and I have to get up and get moving tomorrow because C and N are having visitors over so I need to get my laundry done ASAP, so I guess I'll skip the memes for now. Plus I'm getting quite sleepy so I shall wrap this up.

Goodnight all!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Costume

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

11:44pm: And almost Christmas Eve Day since I turned out to be quite busy today and so have only got around to updating now.

Well, that's not strictly true, for the past hour I've been reading a book I borrowed from the library, trying to find a good place to take a break, which I finally did.

Anyway, back to the busyness, well first of all, I decided to go to the gym before going to my appointment at the IPL place, which would have worked out better if I hadn't dilly-dalled, missed the buses and had to wait another half an hour for one to come thus I didn't get to the gym until after 2:30. Once again my time-keeping bit me on the butt because despite skipping my cool down stretching, I still reached the bus stop too late to catch the bus I'd planned to.

In fact, before I knew it it was nearly 4pm and I was due at the IPL place at 4:15!

As it happened my mother had called me earlier to ask if I wanted to come along to Reconciliation at the church she works at which is in the same suburb as the IPL place - which is also where she picks up the turkey for Christmas dinner. We were supposed to meet at the butchers, but I called her up to find out if she might possibly still be in the area and she was! So that meant she could come and pick me up, although as it turned out it took longer than I thought for her to arrive - so I ended up needing to call the IPL place to move my appointment to 4:30, which I was worried about since it's pretty busy and they had to squeeze me in. But luckily they were able to do that and even though I was still late by four minutes I was still able to get my face and eyebrows done. Niiice.

Anyway, I helped Mum out at work before Reconciliation and that lasted for a while, but not as long as some Reconciliations I've been too! But I didn't get home until nearly 9pm, since the service didn't start until 7pm and on the way home Mum and I had to stop by the mall, which ended up taking longer than I thought it would because Mum wanted to go to a few shops.

But, hey, this meant it was dark on the rest of the drive and I we saw some amazing Christmas lights, ah I love that stuff.

And now I've just seen the time so I better wrap this up. I be tired so I should be heading to bed soon anyway.

So I bid you all goodnight!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Face

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

11:04pm: I change my appointment to get the laser thing done and when I get to Neutral Bay and go looking around at the second hand shops - I'm still looking for shorts - and what do I see in the window of the Salvation Army but a pair of figure skates! OMG! I waaaaant. But of course, I have no idea if they fit me because of course I couldn't go in there. And of course this would happen when next week is all about the Clinical Placement. I finish at 3pm, but the Salvation Army shop closes at 4pm. I've checked my transport app but I really think there's no way I could get there in time. Damn. Who knows if they'll be there by next Saturday? I don't know what I can do, unless I can convince Mum to go and see about their size and get them if they're a 37, although, I wonder if I did get them if I'd actually do that much skating. The only rink anywhere near me is quite a distance away, two buses away in fact, and if I got them and didn't use them that would be a shame. Hmmm...decisions, decisions.

In other news, I made some jelly today, because there was a packet of it in the cupboard and I'm supposed to be making some for a friend's get together in a few week's time so I should see if I'm any good at it. You may laugh, but I recall completely screwing up last time I tried to make it and it never set! However, it's still got 15 minutes to go before it's been in the fridge for the minimium four hours, although thinking on that I should probably just leave it in there overnight to be on the safe side. Although it's a warm night and some jelly would be nice...

Anyway, let's do a meme!

Saturday 9

:Welcome to My Nightmare (1975):

1) Tell us about a bad dream you've had.

Well, I sometimes have these dreams where I'm on the beach and the waves start getting bigger and bigger and become a tsunami! I'm rather terrified of big waves since I got caught in a rip when I was swimming at a beach after a storm and the surf was big. So yeah, that one always set me on edge.

2) Sam is not crazy about spiders. What frightens you, or gives you "the creeps?"

Eh, I've never seen a huntsman or a red back or anything, but in general I'm not that worried by them. I absolutely hate ants, they scare the hell out of me!

3) This week's featured artist, Alice Cooper, has always liked to dress up. Performing as Alice, he wears garish eye makeup. In his first group, he and his bandmates dressed as the Beatles. Will you be wearing a costume this weekend? Nope, although I did put that green chalk in my hair last night, I thought it looked pretty sharp, LOL.

4) Alice says his makeup was inspired by Bette Davis in his favorite horror movie, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? This Halloween weekend, will you seek out horror movies and scary TV shows, or will you avoid them?

Well, I'm watching Crime Investigation Network, but I hate gore and horror in movies so I'm steering clear!

5) Born Vincent Furnier, Alice used to tell reporters that he and his band got the name Alice Cooper from a Oujia board. Have you ever tried a Oujia board?

Nope, I seem to recall my mother telling me I should never use one because they're eeeevil. Or that could have been a dream or something. Either way, nope, I haven't.

6) Alice and his band (also called Alice Cooper) were discovered by music manager Shep Gordon while playing in Venice, California. Have you ever visited Venice, California or Venice, Italy?

Definitely not Venice Italy, sadly, though my parents have. As for Venice, California, I have been to Los Angeles, but not to that area.

7) In 1970s England, a morality campaigner named Mary Whitehouse persuaded the BBC to ban Alice Cooper. The ensuing publicity resulted in such a bump in record sales that Alice sent Ms. Whitehouse flowers. Do you believe in censorship? Or should adults be able to choose to see/hear whatever they wish?

Ha, ha, major fail Ms Whitehouse. And no, I think adults should be able to see/hear whatever they wish...well unless it's child pornography because that's fucked up beyond anything.

8) Today Alice has a popular syndicated radio show, Nights with Alice Cooper. Listeners all over the United States, Germany, Denmark, New Zealand, and the UK hear him introduced as, "a man for whom even Dr. Phil has no cure." Do you watch Dr. Phil?

Really? I had no idea! And nope don't watch Dr. Phil, I heard that he isn't even a doctor either medical or with a PHD for shame. :OP

9) Did you get many trick or treaters this year? What candy did you give them?

Nope, Mum's friends in the main house got a few, but I wasn't there to see any.

The (Other) Friday Five is up but it's all about Halloween which I don't do enough to make answering them worth it, so instead I shall wrap it up here! I've got to get up at a decent hour tomorrow so I can finish cleaning the kitchen and put more stuff on my shelves, Mum is coming over to check it out, so yeah.

For now, I say goodnight!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Ice Skating Musings

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

10:51pm: Well, damn...I'm suffering from a facial breakout again, what's up with that? I've been using the anti-pimple cleansing stuff the beautician recommended and it seemed to be working.

And now it's just occurred to me, I don't think I've been washing my pillow enough...eww...awkward. I should look into that, and kick myself since I just did laundry a couple of days ago, I should have put my pillow case in then!

On the plus side, at least the spot that was right between my eyebrows has disappeared, that was in a really awkward spot, LOL.

What else do I have to report? Well today is Saturday, so church was on, of course as always I kind of miscalculated with time and even with the car - which Mum and Dad nicely lent me - it was a squeeze to get to the gym and then church, even though I only went on the bike and swam.

Also, is Tumblr loading really slow for anyone else? Or is it just my browser and the overabundance of tabs I've got open on it? Because I've got an excellent wi-fi signal here at the parental units so that shouldn't be causing me any problems.

And time is swiftly getting away from me, so I better do those Memes!

The (Other) Friday Five

1. What was the last book that took your breath away? Mao's Last Dancer was a seriously amazing read! Some people have such amazing lives.

2. How many hours do you spend in a car during an average week? If you're talking strictly cars? Um, less than an hour. If we include all wheeled transport, probably more like two or three depending.

3. What is your favorite mind game to improve your memory? I've got this app on my phone called Seven Words, I think it improves my memory, but I don't rightly know. Probably all counts right?

4. How often do you talk to friends on the phone? Not much at all, I'm terrible at keeping in touch by phone. I should do something about that...

5. If you could have minions (like the yellow guy in my icon), would you? Umm, nah, minions aren't really my bag.

Saturday 9

:Little Red Corvette:
(recommended by Smellyann)

No link this week. Prince apparently is very strict about copyright infringement.

1) The subject of this song is frankly sexual. Do you blush easily? So my friends say the one time they showed me some saucy material (why did they have saucy material? I don't know) But I'm not sure...

2) Prince is his real name (Prince Rogers, to be exact). Growing up, his relatives called him "Skipper." Do you have any nicknames within your family? Yes! Moose :OD And really his name's 'Prince' I thought he changed it to that before changing it to 'Symbol' then changing it back.

3) Prince says he's "obsessed" with Mozart and reads whatever he can find about the composer. What's the last book you read? Brace for Impact a collection of stories from 25 of the 155 survivors of the Hudson River Ditching. Good stuff.

4) Between Prince and The Beach Boys, the Corvette is a much sung-about car. Tell us about your vehicle. N/Am although I may have worn my parents down enough to get the green Citroen, if it's still there...Or rather we'll have a car-sharing agreement.

5) In the 1980s, when Prince was popular, MTV could turn a song into a hit. In 2014, how do you hear new music? To be honest, I generally don't, because I don't like the new stuff.

6) In 1982, when "Little Red Corvette" ruled the airwaves, Braniff Airways shocked the travel industry and threw passengers into chaos by declaring bankruptcy. When did you last fly? Did your trip go smoothly? Not since coming back from Bali and it was a smooth flight in terms of no turbulence, but my friend and I were seated separately from my mother and her friend because the plane was full. Also, our seats sucked right in front of the bathroom with no room to recline and the people in front of us put their seatbacks right in our faces. The food was good, though...

7) 1982 is also the year Disney opened Epcot. Have you ever been to a Disney park? I've been to both Disneyland and Eurodisneyland with my family during our 1993 world trip. As this was before I turned into a wuss about roller coasters and stuff do it was good times all around.

8) 1982 is the year Cheers premiered. The sitcom was set in a bar where "everybody knows your name." Tell us about your favorite local bar or restaurant. N/A, but that's a great show!

9) The 1980s were considered a highpoint in professional tennis, with Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe dominating the sport. Do you play tennis? Ha ha funny you should mention them because I'm reading John McEnroe's autiobiography...Anyway I have played tennis and even had lessons for a while, but damn me I sucked at it.

Righto, that's the memes that are up right now, so I'll wrap it up here.

Tomorrow I'm going to the gym and then meeting my parents and grandparents for lunch at the War Vetrans' club - I'm driving my parent's BMW, so wish me luck with that!

For now, goodnight!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Face

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

10:42pm: Well, I do...my lower leg muscles, especially the right one...wearing my high heel sandals yesterday and doing all that walking around was apparently a big mistake. Aw, fuck. It's really made cleaning up my room impossible because going up and down stairs really hurts.

This also means I've been sitting up here on my laptop for waaay too long and my eyes are hurting - I did go out today actually, to my IPL treatment thing and even did quite a bit of walking...which probably wasn't a good plan now I think of it. Still,it doesn't really hurt walking or whatever on flat surfaces.

I also don't have much else to say...I'm watching I Shouldn't Be Alive right now...oh man, these three guys have decided to go hiking in some dangerous ass canyon and you know it's going to go pearshaped (ahem obvious statement is obvious). I think I may have seen this one, there's a cave in and one of them has to cut his own hand off or something.

Honestly though, ignoring the GPS...why bother bringing it along?! Just watching this is making my legs ache in sympathy.

So yeah...got nothing more to say...I really need to work on making these entries more interesting, LOL.

Oh...did you hear? Apparently some of the families of the people on the Malaysian Airlines plane were informed that 'all hope has been lost of finding anyone alive' by SMS?! WTF?! Why would anyone think that was an acceptable way to inform anyone of something like that? Everything that's happened since the plane disappeared has been one giant fuck-up...

And I'm sleepy because my parents managed to wake me up at some stupid hour, I should really close my door.

Anyway, I shall say goodnight!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Activity

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

10:53pm: I'm watching Deadly Women which is back on again instead of New Detectives,which bums me out, although this is before the renenactments got disturbingly graphic. Doesn't change the fact that these women are nuts!

In other news, I've kind of left this entry kind of late for catching up on Meme, but I should get onto the Saturday ones anyway, because otherwise I'll never catch up!

( Bring it! )

Phew! Well, that's one lot of Saturday memes done, so yay!

Finally I'm going to get laser treatment on my face to reduce hair growth, not that it's horribly out of control, but sometimes I do get a moustache a 15 year old boy would be proud off. Plus I'm getting some hairs on my chin! D: I went in for a test...laser thing today, just to make sure I don't have any bad reactions, seems to be doing fine, so I'll head back on Wednesday. Though I forgot to ask about the lip...whoops. Oh well, I'll see what they say.

Anyway, must be off only ten minutes til midnight and I need to get my zzzs!

Goodnight all!

Hunger Comfort Hygiene Energy Fun Social Bladder Room Saturday Memes

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

11:27pm: You know where this is going, no memes this entry either. Man, I'm going to fall way behind again. But I had such a busy day with hair appointments, and waxing, and work, and church and going to have dinner with family that I can barely keep my eyes open.

So let's have a short entry here, more of a check in than anything else. I hope to give a more comprehensive overview of stuff tomorrow.

For now, goodnight.