Moose Musings

11:26pm: It's the second last day of Le Tour, and apparently they'll be doing a time trail for the last day which is weird choice, but then again because of the Olympics its not ending in Paris like it always does maybe they want to do something different. That's not very interesting, I like to see all the cyclists in a group! I guess on the plus side it might be a team time trial so at least they'll have more than one guy on the road at a time. Oh wait no, the commentators have just said it's an individual one, except they've already had one of those? Maybe they've changed the rules.

That reminds me, the Olympics also starts this week, on Wednesday - which seems to be another weird choice, don't the Olympics usually start on a Saturday? Or a Friday? Guess it's still summer holidays over there in France.

In other news, I'm itchy, which is weird because there's no bugs in my house and it's the middle of winter so no mosquitoes. I hope I'm not allergic to my laundry powder since I am wearing PJs I washed - although that was like 5 days ago - because that would suuuuck.

Apart from that not much else to report I was going to play some Cities Skylines, but it wouldn't load up. Very odd - it worked a couple of days ago and I haven't uploaded anything since then.

Speaking of computers, all the Aldi self-checkouts were working today, but not all the Coles ones, interesting! Still lucky for me it happened this weekend because next Sunday Mum, her friend and me are off to Fiji.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention why this entry has the title it does, well the cyclist wearing Polka Dot Jersey (aka "King of the Mountains") yesterday was really phoning it in, he had the jersey, but no polka dots on the helmet or on his bike, very poor effort. The guy wearing it today has at least got the polka dot helmet, although the rider who held it last week knew how to do it right, he had polka dots on his cycling socks and the bike itself! Now that's dedication. ;O)

Right, I better go put some anti-itch cream on my arms...before I head off though

The Friday Five

8/03/24

1. What's a skill you'd like to learn? I've always wanted to play an instrument of some kind, like maybe the violin. I guess I could try to learn, but I suck at follow-through LOL.

2. What's a hobby you'd like to try? Hmm, I'd like to get back into painting Bob Ross style! Or maybe jigsaw puzzles again. I feel like that would help my creativity rather than getting on the net and scrolling so much.

3. What's the best compliment you've ever received? Hmm...gee I dunno...although at my Performance Review this week my supervisor said that I'm really pleasant to work with and am an asset to the Collections Team. :O)

4. What's one way in which you are awesome? Well I do have a 1000+ day streak on Duolingo XD in all seriousness though, I think I'm a pretty good writer, even if I don't do it as often as I like.

5. What's a gift you would like to receive (in case anyone asks)? Hmm...I'm a big fan of getting presents, but be damned if I can't think of anything in particular right now.

Eek, it's getting close to midnight now, so I better dash!

Ta-ta

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9:11pm: Heh, I'm actually updating this on my mobile phone in the hotel room I'm sharing with my parental units. I do have my tablet with me, but my charger is letting me down, the battery is low and I haven't got a cable long enough to use it. I'll have to look into that before we head off to Fiji.

So tomorrow I'll be heading home on the train, it'll take about an hour and a half to get back to the centre of Sydney and I have another hour and a half to get back to the north side and work.

I've started working on the McFly July prompts, getting one done before my tablet's battery fell into the danger zone. I might try posting that one tomorrow, see how the battery holds up if I leave it plugged in tonight.

In other news, someone actually tried to assassinate Donald Trump today! Yikes... He wasn't seriously hurt, but someone else was killed and two other people at the rally were injured. The shooter was also killed. It's all kinds of bizarre, like I'm not fan of the Orange Man, but actually taking a shot at him? It's a strange place in the US, there were people on the news wondering how someone even had the ability to take a shot at a former president. Well geeze guys, maybe the whole easy access to guns might have something to do with it? Although I suppose the shooter shouldn't have been able to get so close, but he wasn't AT the event so he didn't need to go through metal detectors or anything.

It was a bit alarming that apparently people saw the guy up there and tried to earn the cops on scene, and the cops apparently didn't do anything until shots were fired.

Anyway, the US election looks like it's gonna be a bad time... Not looking forward to the outcome of that.

The curse of "May you live in interesting times" is definitely holding true. Although, as a follow up to mentioning the various elections going down, the French one has turned out to be less of a shitshow than feared. So there's that at least.

Well, Le Tour continues and it's on TV (fortunately Mum watches it), so time to enoy that.

Goodnight!

9:59pm: For the election which was today. And unlike last time thing's are looking way better...the Liberals who have been screwing us over for the past three years look to end up in a minority government, which basically means they can't just do whatever the Hell they want.

Depressingly, though, the ex-Prime Minister Tony Abbott is still in his seat, unbelievable, I know this side of Sydney is conservative but that guy is the biggest fuckwit. Seriously, I'm embarrassed for people.

Moving on, Dad went to look at the granny flat for me todzy and reported that it doesn't smell, is quite large, in a nice backyard with the only drawbacks being that it's kind of old looking and doesn't have as many windows as my current place.

So, I prepared to send in my application for it, this the first time I've gone through an agent for something like this and damn is it involved, not only do I need work references, prior landlord references, but two more unrelated references! Oh and of course I need to provide 100 points of ID, which sadly, I can't do right now because I'm at the grandparentals. Oh well, I'll text the real estate agent to arrange a time on Monday for Mum and I to see the place and let her know I'll be sending it over in the evening.

So, things at least seem to be progressing well on that front.

Funnily enough, Dad knows the real estate agent from when he taught her at school! This probably won't have any affect on my application getting through, but hey, small world.

What else? Well, voting today took longer than usual, the polling place was just next door to the library and there was a line there the entire time we were open! No idea why, especially with all the comments about so many people doing early voting...although there's a suggestion the Electoral Commission might have over-estimated that and thus provided less polling booths today.

I didn't even get a sausage for my trouble (the sausage sizzle is an election day institution here in Australia).

After finally voting, I exchanged my sheets for ones with darker green on them, they're bird print actually and very nice.

Then the original plan had been to go straight to M and Grandpa's, but Mum went and saw M today and ended up taking her out shopping so she wasn't home. I thought maybe the whole thing was going to be called off, but nope, which is good, because Grandpa had made moussaka for dinner.

M did need to take a rest after getting home though, so Canasta didn't begin until nearly 5pm and I kicked butt in the first hand, but alas I lost the next two hands, neither of us has got to 5,000 yet, so I need to get to bed sooner rather than later.

So I should probably wrap this up then.

On a final note though, Le Tour De France has begun! Overlapping with Wimbledon! Man, I can't even stay up very late to enjoy those.

Oh well...

I'll be off now, though.

Goodnight all!

knee0pm: Ha ha undoubtedly none of you have any idea who I'm talking about, but in the third Monkey Island game this skull shows up and its utterly hilarious. He keeps popping up throughout that game and in the next and he's just shown up in the third chapter of Tales of Monkey Island. Aaaah beautiful.

Man, I'm getting rather obsessed with this game, tsk, tsk, I'm such a weird one when it comes to my obsessions.

Anywho, this morning proved to be quite a mess, what with arriving late to work and all. Damn buses! Fortunately, since I've been arriving on time lately the boss didn't kick my ass, although he did dock me half an hour's pay, that did mean I got to leave 15 minutes early to make up the half hour. Considering that I've been staying up so late to watch Le Tour I was tired as Hell today. Luckily, it's a rest day today so I can get to bed at a decent time.

Well, as long as I wrap this entry up in a timely manner, so the rest of the Memes please!

Sunday Seven

7 Reality Shows I Can’t Bring Myself to Watch

Well, it's gonna be hard to pick just seven, but here are the top contenders!

1. Big Brother - Does this show have any redeeming features? I think not.

2. Australia's Next Top Model - I can't believe anyone would want to be on this show, how belittling.

3. Please Marry My Boy - Dunno if other countries have this, but omg, it's just creepy entering a relationship on the basis of what someone's mother thinks!

4. That show that pits brides against each other for a chance to win an all-expenses paid wedding. Screw that.

5. The Biggest Loser - Because making people exercise until the throw up is not what I want to see! D:

6. Survivor - I don't even give a damn about that show.

7. My Kitchen Rules - The manufactured drama is just stupidly painful.

Unconscious Mutterings

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

1. Blood :: Red

2. Obvious :: Captain

3. Leadership :: Spill (thanks Aussie politics!)

4. Vest :: "See my..."

5. Praising :: Happy

6. Chair :: Musical

7. Think :: Tank, what are those anyway?

8. Carpet :: Ride

9. Without :: You

10. Politics :: Ugh!

Right! All caught up now, whoo!

Before I got to bed though, great news! Yesterday before I went to the gym I discovered my semi-precious stone globe key ring! Right in front of my face in the spare room at the parentals! I have no idea how I missed it! I swear St Anthony likes to play tricks. But the upshot is, I have it now. Yay!

And on that note, I shall retire to bed.

Goodnight all!

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10:26pm: Except, I've gone and forgotten what it was, oh well.

In other news there's a doco on right now and the police officer in it is not holding the steering wheel correctly as he drives. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you. Although one time I swear I saw a cop talking on his mobile while driving so yeah.

And not much else to report, today was a regular workday, but I found out that Andy Murray has done it! He won Wimbledon! The first Brit to do so in like 75 years! Although this did lead to a discussion between the boss and me about whether the Wimbledon official types can really claim this as a victory for themselves because Murray is Scottish not English, and Wimbledon is the All-English Tennis Club. Still great news for Murray and his hometown Dunblane, where many years ago there was a school massacre at the primary school. So yeah, now they can be remembered for something else. Murray himself was in one of the classes attacked and was lucky to survive unhurt, it's quite a story.

I'm a bit bummed I didn't watch any Wimbledon this year now.

The Brits are also ahead in Le Tour, which isn't on tonight, but yesterday there was attempt to take on the favourite Chris Froome, but no dice, so he's in the yellow jersey now. Cadel's doing a little better now, hopefully the rest day will do him good!

And I had marinated chicken legs for dinner, most yummy! I've got one left over for lunch tomorrow.

So, with a lack of anything else to say...I'll wish you all goodnight!

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11:04pm: Yes! An Australian is in the yellow jersey at Le Tour! It's not Cadel Evans either (he's a mountain man), but a new sprinter on our new Aussie team! He won the stage two days ago and the team won the Team Time Trial yesterday so as a result he gets to wear the jersey! How exciting! Also makes us look good after the schmoozle on day one when the Aussie team bus got stuck under the finish banner. Man, we're they mocking us for that one!

Makes me wish I'd picked him on my Fantasy Tour De France team, because compared to the other people who have entered in my office my score is crap, I'm like 100 points behind everyone else. How embarrassing! Good thing I didn't enter the pot, that would have been ten bucks lost.

In other news, not much, I got to my writing group this evening, but later than I would have liked, the problem is a got the good bus, but on the way down to the Spit Bridge a truck pulled out suddenly and the bus driver had to slam on the breaks. No-one was hurt or anything, but I was almost thrown out of my seat I swear! It was rather scary so I decided to get off the bus at Neutral Bay (just before the Bridge) to take a breather. And then the bus I expected to come didn't show up (I thought it was just behind us), so by the time I gave up on and caught another, the traffic had built up in the city, I changed buses for the one direct to the pub where the writer's club meets but it took forever to get through to Central. Bah.

Also I looked in some souvineer shops near the bus stop, but I couldn't find any koala squishies, they must only sell them down at the Quay, I'll have to go down there if I'm going to get another one. I miss my squishy!

Anyway! I also heard from my parents today - well actually I texted Mum about picking them up on Saturday and asked them how the weather has been - unfortunately the showers have been following them, do'h! However, it must be calm on the seas because Dad's been able to forego his seasickness bands, yay! I hope they found lots to do inside the ship. I wonder if they have an ice rink on that ship, some of them do. Sadly the portable ice rink doesn't seem to have come back to the Mall this year, shame.

And it's getting late, so I better wrap this up and hit the hay.

Goodnight all!

10:14pm: Which is a damn shame because I feel better now and could probably watch it now. Shame. But on Friday the Olympics comes and that's very exciting indeed, although having it on Greenwich Meantime is a pain in the ass, everything is on in the middle of the night! How am I supposed to watch it? Fortunately Dad thinks he's able to set up the laptop tv thing so it can timer recorder (which I can't seem to get to work on my TV up here). So, that's good to know, I want to see the trampoling!

Because there's no Tour I'm watching Q and A, which has Simon Sheikh on it tonight (he's the one who passed out from illness last time he was there) sadly though we haven't heard much from him tonight, I blame Christopher Pyne, that guy's always banging on and people keep asking him shit! Dang it.

I'm also playing The Sims 3, which is kind of hard to do when I'm also updating this thing and since I don't have much else to say I should wrap this up.

Except oh! The Newsagency boss mentioned to me this evening that he's planning to cut back my hours on Monday because at the moment it's rather long and now that I've got the other job I don't need so many hours anymore. He's going to discuss it with me some more on Saturday, we'll have to ee how that goes. :O)

And now! To the Sims!

Goodnight all!

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11:14pm: It's a rest day for Le Tour so they're having a recap of last week. It's good to be able to see the end of the races because I always miss those because I have to sleep!

Although it sounds like Cadel Evans is beginning to lose hope that he can win, but then that might just be the newscasters speaking since I do't think an athlete would come out and say I'm gonna lose, LOL. Well, here's hoping!

Speaking of athletes tonight there was a documentary about Usain Bolt which proved to be very interesting! Man that guy can run! I look forward to seeing what he will do at the Olympics. Although apparently they've changed the rules so that instead of getting two false starts in track events, which is totally lame I think. But suffice to say all the runners will have to watch themselves!

As you can see I don't have much to report, although work was quite busy today! Good to have things to do! Although I was rather annoyed when my bangle caught on my stockings and ripped a nice big hole in them. I had to go to Coles during lunch to buy some more pairs. I've decided to leave one behind at work just in case it happens again so I don't have to hurry around.

And it's getting rather late now, so I better turn in!

Goodnight all!

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11:27pm: Yes, yes it did. You go there to look at something and the next thing you know you're looking at something completely different!

But hey, it's fun to watch! :O)

In other news, I finally managed to track down a decently priced dressing gown at the Vinnies in Crows Nest. It's nice and red and it only cost me 10 bucks! I think I look pretty sharp in it if I do say so myeself.

In other news today I worked my extra half hour, but as I'm working with one of my favourite co-workers it's not so bad, time went pretty quickly actually. So that's good news indeed.

After work I had to go and get my eyebrows and upper lip waxed (because moustache! D:) but I had to go to a different person because my usual lady finishes early on a Saturday and I didn't want to wait until next Saturday because seriously that mo I mine would make a 15 year old proud :OP

Anything else to report? Nope, got to church in the nick of time and all went well and now I'm watching Le Tour.

Oh and I can't seem to find anyone to come ice skating with me. But I'll still go, because it sounds pretty cool, getting to go ice skating on the beachside. I'll get pictures!

And I don't think I have the inclination to do the Memes right now so I'll leave that til tomorrow. For now, goodnight!

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10:42pm: Not that I need to, but hey any chance to watch a Peloton :O) Although I could also watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, I started watching the first ep just now, it looks pretty fun so far!

There sure is a lot of crashes in this Tour...I hope they don't have as many during the mountain stages, seems it'd be a lot more dangerous up there.

And not much else to report right now...it was the normal kind of day, although I'm reminded that the pop-up ice skating rink will be closing this weekend! I was thinking that I'd go tomorrow, only problem is it's started to rain and its supposed to continue right through tomorrow. I wonder if you can still skate in that case. :O( Oh well I'll bring my thick socks along just in case.

Ooo a Japanese rider, neat. They mostly seem to be Europeans in Le Tour, so it's nice to see some other nationalities about.

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

Goodnight all!

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