Moose Musings

11:29pm: I may have mentioned this before, but after the high fatality rate after a fire aboard an aircraft, psychologists decided to test how people would react to needing to escape from a smoke-filled cabin by offering them five pounds. And it worked o.O! People were willing to shove other people over and climb over seats for five pounds! Now I know this was back in the 80s but that's pretty cheap. I'm not gonna knock people over for that much. Like I said up there in the subject title I'd need about five hundred, they wanted you to actually step on people and stuff.

But, cheapskates or not, these tests did have an effect and the changes made to the interior of planes now makes it easier to get off, even if there is a huge amount of smoke, just remember to leave your luggage behind!

In non-air crash investigation related news, I am terribly disappointed to report that I managed to procrastinate too long on apply for some library jobs and now they've closed! Shiiit. I feel like an dumbass! I was somewhat surprised thought that when I confessed this to Mum she told me not to be too bummed, and that the library in question was probably too far away. Now that is true, but still! Also, it was the library M worked at way back when! Not that I think that would have to me an in, but you never know. :OP

Anyway there's still two other jobs that I can apply to - or three if you include the fact that one has two openings, or possibly four if I get a call back from this Library Management company place I signed up to long, long ago which sent me an email about a position that became available! (I think I saw it on the job sites, it's in the city so I'm not sure how easy it would be to get there...) Although all of the aforementioned would mean giving up work with Mrs S and I think only one of them is permanent. Bloody lack of job security and lack of permanence seriously what is this bullshit?

But! with all this going on I better wrap this up here...although note to self, I need to look in to getting my hair cut tomorrow, it's getting a bit long and I imagine it will be very expensive to do on the ship! I guess I could ask Mum about it. I was thinking it'd be nice if my hair looked good for my friends' birthday party on Saturday, although since I'll have to get my hair cut tomorrow I'm not sure if it'll last that long...

Ah well, I've have to figure out that tomorrow, for now bed!

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11:05pm: In terms of the keyboard cleaning, I finally managed to get a hold of the compressed air, for only $2.95 too! And I followd the instructions for cleaning and the keyboard no looks a lot cleaner...but the '3', '4', 'e', 'd' and 'c' keys still won't work! Son of a bitch!

And then I got the bright idea to clean my USB keyboard because somehow it got as dirty as Hell with all these crumbs inside it and stuff. However, it did work...and now it doen't, because somehow I managed to damage two of the keys in removing them and when I tried to put them back on the damn things kept getting stuck and are therefore useless.

So, then I tried the other USB keyboard I have, which is this roll up type keyboard which I thought was a good buy except it's too floppy and thus really hard to use the damn keys! So now I'm using the bluetooth keyboard that goes with my tablet, which is my last hope right now. But seriously,what am I supposed to do now? My poor laptop, should I order a new keyboard for it and try to install it? I'm a bit wary of doing that because the last time I did I managed to install the new keyboard well enough, but then the laptop screen ended up having a line through it. Damn. What to do, what to do? I suppose I could buy the replacement keyboard and take it and the laptop to the Computer Repair shop in Dee Why and get them to do the replacement for me. So annoying!

In other news, it was the last day of TAFE and I turned in all but one assignment which I managed to finish during class, but I need to type it up because my handwriting is so bad. I'll do that tomorrow, though.

The big issue with all this keyboard fail is I haven't even hit the 1,667 word minimum target for NaNo today, although I did at least manage to get to 35,000 words yesterday before going to bed. And of course I won't have to worry about TAFE assignments anymore - well once I type up the other one so here's hoping I can catch up!

For now though, here's my NaNoMeter!

36036 / 50000 words. 72% done!

Well, hey I'm over 70% now, go me!

And now, I'm off... goodnight all!

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11:18pm: Of music with lyrics being used in figure skating programs, it's a new thing they brought in this season and it just feels wrong. Honestly, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I find it very distracting...this sort of thing has been allowed in Ice Dance, but that's dance man. It's like having lyrics in a gymnastics floor routine.

Bah, change for change's sake pisses me off.

I'm sure none of you have any interest in that, so moving onto other things, I had my volunteering at the library and I did indeed have some soreness from my workout the other day, but it was OK since it wasn't like I had to haul around heavy boxes or anything of that nature.

Shortly before I was due to leave there a big storm came in, with lightning and thunder which gave me pause, but fortunately the other day I discovered that the umbrella I'd thought I'd left on the bus I'd left in the library and I'd put it in my bag. I actually thought I'd left it back here in the Granny Flat, but nope it was in the bag so I was able to get home without getting soaked through.

I also arranged to go back tomorrow to help with the Home Library Service selection but I'm going to have to call about coming in later because Mum needs me to come to Mosman tomorrow to get Dad once he finishes his doctor's appointment. Hopefully it won't be pouring down tomorrow morning... Mum was going to pick me up and take me over to the parental abode tonight, but I didn't want to :OP Hope that won't come back to bite me in the ass.

And now as it's getting late, I best do the meme and wrap this up - I have to be up tomorrow and ready to hit the road!

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Shakespeare

Okay, show of hands … who has read Shakespeare OUTSIDE of school required reading? Do you watch the plays? How about movies? Do you love him? Think he’s overrated?

Can't say I have...although my parent's owned (still own) a very comphrensive guide of all things Shakespearean a very good read! But I haven't seen that book for ages though, which is sad... But yeah haven't read any Shakespeare plays or watched any movies based on his plays since school. However, I don't think he's overrated, they're interesting and when performed well absorbing and all that jazz.

Right, well that was an interesting walk down memory lane, but now I gotta wrap this up.

For now, goodnight!

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10:53pm: On the couch here in the flat, basically I've been sort of leaning on my right arm while having the laptop resting on the right arm of the couch. Looking at this in hindsight I should have seen that this would quite possibly result in a painful shoulder from putting all my weight on it. So now it is sore, boo. Oh well now I know better than do that again.

In other news, I went to the library for my volunteering today and it was great! The Inter-Library Loans lady is really nice and wants to help me get the sort of experience that will look good on my resume. Plus, you know, I love this kind of work. I'm going in tomorrow too before I have to go to the doctor about vaccinations and then onto the gym to cancel my membership before I head back here to the flat. Phew! Sounds like quite a day to be sure.

Hmmm, not much else to say, although I played along with Jeopardy tonight and finally won, so to speak, because I knew the answer to the Final Jeopardy question and the two guys who were waaay in the lead didn't and bet a whole lot! And I scored higher than the actual winner on the show, so yeah, I'll say, go me.

Also, when looking on the ice skating boards I saw a post about Australian ice skating - which we don't have many of, but there's a Junior girl coming up who looks pretty good, which is a surprise because Figure Skating's not big here. Although the Macquarie Shopping Centre Ice Rink is usually well attended. Last time I went I saw some ice dancers practicing, alas there were no twizzles to be seen. Anyway there's a skating competition over in France tonight Australian time but I won't be able to stay up for it, I hope the Aussie girl does fabulously.

Moving along, Meme time before I get ready for bed:

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Mystery

Do you read mystery novels? If so, why? Is it the mysteries themselves that appeal to you? The puzzle-solving? The murders? Or why don’t you read them? What about them doesn’t appeal?

I do love a murder mystery novel! I didn't use to when I was very young. Although I did read a couple of Agatha Christie's my father had which I enjoyed even though I couldn't figure out the murderer or if I did be damned if I knew the motive! But I really got into Agatha Christie novels in my 20s and I'm currently in the process of collecting all the books through fortnightly magazine/book collection. All of the books have reproduction of the original covers, which is especially cool.
Anywho, what appeals to me about them is the process of trying to solve the mystery, even if I don't manage to solve them myself.

And that's pretty much all I have to say for today - oh I washed my towel and the husband of Mum's friend down in the main house was nice enough to put it (and my other towels and miscellaneous other stuff) in the dryer because I was out volunteering at the time. Although that reminds me that I said I'd so some ironing, yet another thing to fit into the schedule tomorrow!

Wish me luck with that!

Goodnight!

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11:02pm: Dad ended up taking his new car to work today and it wasn't feasible for him to go by Mum's work and get the BMW, so I ended up having to drive the manual after all. Sigh! I didn't really grind the gears that badly, I suppose...but it was still rather nerve-racking. So much so that I ended up leaving the Macquarie Centre before the last hour of ice skating so I didn't go at all. Sniff. I did sit up in the food court that looks over the rink though and saw some girls being coached and this woman who had to be in her 60s doing a little routine - no jumps - but it was pretty cool.

I was able to see from my vantage point that the rental skates are no longer blue, they're neon orange, ewww, so ugly! :OP It's almost enough to make you want to buy your own pair just to save your eyes. But yeah, no money for that.

I do have to go over there tomorrow though because Dad forgot to take some very important stuff with him. My original plan was to take the bus, because for quite a while the road home is only two lanes - one of which is a 24 bus lane, but Mum thinks I should use the car again. Thinking about it though, I have to go to the apartment tomorrow with some light bulbs and to check the mail and I'd probably be able to catch a bus directly to the hospital where Dad's at that way. So probably not a bad idea after all.

Speaking of the apartment, oh man, there's been a bit of a fuck up re: the phone, when the combined internet, landline and mobile bill arrived in my inbox today I was horrified to see it was for $250! What the everloving fuck?!

A quick investigation of the bill showed the problem...calls from the landline to mobiles. Fuuuuck! I hadn't really thought about that when I called up to bar certain services from been used by the phone. I can't remember anymore if I asked for only local calls to be allowed or if I only asked for international and 1800 numbers to be barred, in which case...that was a stupid fucking mistake on my part. D: All the same, I didn't think phone companies still charged like wounded bulls for mobile calls, God damn.

Anyway, Mum ended up getting involved, although I had spoken to the tenant's daughter earlier and she had been OK with paying the extra amount, Mum though, wanted to make sure that the tenants would know not to call mobiles and apologise for the mix up. Sigh. Plus I still have to call the Spintel people and make sure only local calls can be made! Ah fuck.

Now, I'm here watching I Shouldn't Be Alive, which certainly makes one count their blessings! In tonight's ep a poor fellow fell 20 metres or something while climbing, shattered his pelvis and had to spend four days dragging himself over rocks and stones to get help! Unbelievable stuff right there.

And I guess I should wrap this up and head to bed.

Wish me luck for tomorrow! And man I gotta get on the job hunt for real as well...damn my lazy ass.

So yeah, goodnight!

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10:47pm: Indeedy! Today was My Little Pony day and I watched episode 12, a Pinkie centred episode featuring Weird Al! OMG, it was as kick-ass (or epic ;O) as it sounds! I looove Pinkie Pie, she's just so cute! :OD And Weird Al's character Cheese Sandwich was brilliant too, I love Weird Al.

In other less fun news my right leg is killing me, the knee, hip and the general muscles...but only the right leg...which is kind of unusual, usually both legs hurt, or at least both knees. Oww, it's most uncomfortable and distracting, I sure hope it still doesn't hurt tomorrow, because I've got work! Gulp!

There's also the assignment...I've almost finished, except I really don't have enough references, which I've mentioned for the past few days, but I don't know what to do about it, I mean I don't feel like just stuffing quotes and whatever in for the Hell of it. Plus I have trouble enough finding references as is. Grumble grumble.

And to add further insult, Mum and I's favourite house show Homes Under the Hammer isn't on tonight, booo! Although I guess I'll be going to be earlier than usual. This would generally mean I'd be getting up early for some gym action, but I did say I wouldn't go until my assignment was done, sigh.

OH FUCK! I was moving everything upstairs for bed and I dropped my portable harddrive and it fell through the stairs and broke open! FUCK! I plugged it in and the light is flashing, but I don't know if it still works. And I put stuff on it that I wiped off my other laptops. Oh no...what if it's lost forever. FUCK I suck...I wonder if I take it to a computer place they could get the info off it. Oh please don't say its gone forever...

Fuck.

I'm just going to end this entry now, I can't even consider memes or anything else...at least I managed to save my stupid assignment on the netbook...

Goodnight.

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7:10pm: Yep, I totally exceeded myself in fucking my shit up today. As you may remember from yesterday I mentioned that I needed to get up a bit earlier than usual tomorrow so I could pick up my Birth Certificate from the Post Office before heading to work.

But not only did I not get up early...I got up late...really, really late. I'm supposed to start work at 10:30 am, the time I woke up? 11am.

I couldn't believe it! I grabbed up my mobile and called the Newsagency right away, as you can guess the boss wasn't too pleased to hear my story. I said that I'd come in as quickly as possible - I'd even call Mum to come pick me up (although as I later found out, that wouldn't have been possible), but he told me not to bother because and I quote "there's plenty of other girls chomping at the bit to get extra hours". This is just awful. My job as a cashier requires no special skills and there's other employees who work there who are no longer in school anymore. This basically translates into no job security whatsoever and I could very well go to work next Monday to discover I'm not needed anymore.

Worst of all in the short term is that I've lost $158 in pay. My budget situation is so tenuous this means that I'm going to have to dig into my savings unless a) I somehow manage not to shop for food for the next six weeks (yeah, no) or b) get some extra shifts at the newsagency (most unlikely thing ever after today's cock up).

And worst of all is this all could have been avoided if I had only double checked my mobile phone before going to bed that my alarm was set. Turns out that I had set it on Tuesday only, which is why it didn't go off.

Fuck man. This is something which has happened to me in every job I've worked for...failing to set my alarm and waking up late. You think I would have learned? But no. Although this is the first time I've been told not to come in at all.

To add to the bad news I haven't heard from Manly Library yet, they didn't say for sure they'd call on Monday, but I'm not feeling all that hopeful.

And I didn't eat a proper breakfast and all this stress made my IBS flare up in a bad way, but it seems to have settled now. I hope... I don't need this BS.

Ugh! And to further add insult to injury I haven't touched my NaNo today, this wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't so far behind on it, but I can't really...afford not to. But I suppose I'll just have to see if I can get the muse to wake up at all.

On that note, I'm wrapping up this tale of woe. I should go onto my Uni website, the last subject I need to do for my Masters starts today and there's all ready info posted up about it. At least I can not fail at something.

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ETA 11:55pm: Did at least manage to get some writing done...so it wasn't a complete loss of a day. :O/

22374 / 50000 words. 45% done!

10:36pm: Hey, I found a new mantra! Plus it's accurate, I've been maligning the schools for far too long. :OP

And there'll be much to blame on them, especially because it seems I spoke to soon re: the make-up of the Senate, the balance of power senators appear to be mostly right-wing. Pathetic.

And I realised something today, something most unfortunate, I'm working at the newsagency tomorrow. Ugh, the papers...especially the Telegraph. Speaking of the owner of that paper was the big fury provoker of today. Rupert Murdoch was born in Australia and then buggered off because he didn't like paying tax. He's on Twitter and today he posted this smarmy comment at which point I wished I could reach through my tablet and smack him in the face. I had to settle for tweeting back and telling him to move back here and pay some tax and that he's a disgrace to journalism. Seriously, what an ass and where does he get off moralising? He was behind the tapping the phones of murder victims!

And to think his mother (who died earlier this year) was one of the greatest philanthropists in the country. Pft.

Anyway, I better stop lest you all defriend me due to my ranting.

( Plus, I have Memes to catch up on! )

And yikes! Look at the time! I have to get up early tomorrow so I can go to the gym before work (which is why I'm still here at the parentals) so I must be off!

Unconscious Mutterings will happen tomorrow.

Goodnight!

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11:30pm: Yes indeed...I probably should stop, especially since it almost made me late to work today! D: I managed to get there in time, but only by catching a taxi across the Bridge to the bus stop. Ugh. I'm glad I got those extra days of work, but seriously what a waste of dough!

But I'm watching Medical Emergency and some dude has just come in with what's probably broken bones from leaping out the window so he wasn't late to work! That's some fail right there, man.

But anyway, back to the Pinkie Parade, I have created a new plushie, which is the same as the Fluffy Pie, but with fleece instead of the fur, it's come out very well indeed if I do say so myself! I haven't done the hair yet though, I sure hope I manage not to screw that up because that would be just suck.

But yes, I'll be working on those finer details tomorrow, for a bit at least, I'm back to have Tuesday's off, but I don't want to get to the gym too late tomorrow, especially since I promised Mum I'd cook lasagne for everyone tomorrow.

Plus, it's going to be the debut of the new machines at the gym, I'm looking forward to it, since I've used those machines before and they'r really funky.

And as time is getting on, I should be off.

Goodnight all!

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11:09pm: So I'm here at my grandparents house, but alas it wasn't easy getting here, primarily because I somehow missed my stop on the bus and by the time I realised it I was somewhere I'd never been before! I got off the bus and attempted to walk to the retirement home having looked up Google maps on my mobile, but after walking for 10 minutes it was starting to get dark and I was getting worried so I had to call M to come and get me! Since I'm here to help her this was really very embarrassing. I can't figure out how I missed the stop! The only thing I can think is that it didn't go by the correct stop after all despite what my phone app said.

But in the end it all turned out all right as I got here and we had yummy cutlets and veggies for dinner and I had ice cream for dinner, niiiice.

Anyway, the appointment with the psychiatrist went pretty well, he doesn't think Xanax or an equivalent medicine would be a good idea, although he did agree that taking Dexamphetamine in the afternoon before I have to catch the bus back over the bridge could help, especially since I seem to be able to get over the Bridge in the morning when I've taken them. Also, I have to focus on the deep breathing thing! I often forget to do that and it really helps. He even did a bit of hypnosis on me.

And I just got in trouble with M for staying up too late, so I better wrap this up here. A helpful presence I am not! D:

Goodnight.

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