(*) Kidney Stones sux

Apols for the lack-of-posts these last few days, Paige... I managed to pass a kidney stone on Saturday, and I've been feeling rather 'tender' physically since then! Alls well now tho. Kidney stones - not fun. (oops... I'd forgotten I'd already spoken of this the other day in a post. Silly me. I blame the... the... loss of memory... I think...? What was I saying...?

I did end up going out to Chifley dam with my boat on Sunday. Mr Hoon and another youngster was there with their Laser and Mirror dinghy, and later another couple from Carcoar SC turned up to just hang out in the sunshine too, which was great to catch up with them etc etc. ya! I didn't end up going out for a sail on Sunday as I ujust wasn't feeling at all 'relaxed' about the funny aches and pains still wracking thru my body from time to time! heh heh. Silly body.

On Monday I ended up taking a few disabled clients out sailing in the Access dinghies - that was satisfying, but I dunno if I should have gone out. I felt like death when I got home - had an asthma attack (nb. I don't actually *have* asthma!!!), and slept 14 hours last night!!! Today I just feel a bit weary but generally OK.

Now I know what it's like not to be able to breathe... holy shit, it's not good, is it...?!?

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I don't wanna say too much, because shit I rant about on here always seem to end up in the wrong pair of ears, even tho they shouldn't...

I want to take my boys to vistit and spend a few days with my brother and wife up in cairns during the July School Holidays. Totally supervised, first time on a plane, first time to QLD, first time to see the Great barrier Reef etc etc etc.
Their mums' reaction? "No."
But she kinda changed her mind... kinda... "But the middle boy wont cope being away from home..."
So, does that mean all THREE have to miss out on this annual trip we'd already discussed and agreed it would be OK for us to do together????????????????????????????????????
<-- Two years ago
Fuck. she still shits me. you think she would have stopped her childish shit after FIVE YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fuck it. I'm gonna take the eldest boy at least. I'm sure the youngest would have a blast too - as would the middle boy too. There's no way JD should miss out just because... aww fuck, I dont wanna talk about it...

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Monday March 12 2007
1. Do you believe in reincarnation? Nope. Who'd wanna come back as a banana?
2. Do you own any anime figures? Certainly not.
3. Are you one of the fanfic writers over at www.fanfiction.net? Well, I write some fanfic, but its got nothing to do with that site...
4. Do you review stories which are posted in www.fanfiction.net? Nope.
5. Are you looking forward to seeing the third Spider-Man film? Didn't even know there was gonna be a third one! No, not really... those psudo-comix movies are rather drab and glib IMHO...
6. Are you looking forward to seeing the Fantastic Four sequel? (same as above)
7. Do you like "Deal or No Deal"? Any gameshow is audio-visual garbage, a waste of televised time.
8. Are you a television watcher? I watch about 30 to 60 mins a day, that's about it. The news and maybe something silly, but that's about it. Most everything else is just too... nausiating!
9. Do you write letters to people? Sure do, to my brother, to mah sons.

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Monday Music Mambo
1. What's your favorite album-opening song? "I Saw Her Standing There" by The Beatles off their first LP "Please Please Me" [1963] - the song itself is a great peice of pumping r'n'r, but lyrically drab! lol
2. What's your favorite album-closing song? "A Day in the Life" from The Beatles "Sgt Pepper..." [1967]
3. What's your favorite one-two-three punch of album-opening singles? "Come Together", "Something" and "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" off The Beatles 1969 LP 'Abbey Road'.
4. How many songs do you think an album should have? That's irrelevant... a band like Pink Floyd can have like three! But a band like The Ramones could have like 20! hahahahaa

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Today I've been listening to Tommy Emmanuel's 1998 CD album "Collaboration", and also The Beatles 1969 LP album "Abbey Road".

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"Random Fives"
What are your top five...

1. ... pet peeves? Hmmm... Political parties; legal injustice; unforgiveness; discrimination; barking dogs
2. ... wishes and dreams? See my boys mature into good honest healthy men; a happy relationship; a companion; my own house; good health
3. ... significant life lessons? wow... too many to list... too many too raw and close to the bone to just 'list off' like this! That'd be a whole novel! heh heh
4. ... most cherished possessions? My Laser; my Solo; my CD player; my CD collection; my car.
5. ... favorite junk food? Hamburger; hot chips; tacos/nachos; pizza; KFC

"Can't Have It All"
If you had to choose just one, would you rather...

1. ... live in the city or in the suburbs? Suburbs. I have all my life... even here in the country this is a 'suburb' of a large town! hehheh
2. ... be a good cook or have a good cook? Be a good cook. I can take and use 'me' anywhere then.
3. ... be the Prime Minister or the King/Queen of a country? Royalty would be fine, having its own mystique about it.
4. ... be married or have a child? Have a child. If the relationship was happy and balanced, marriage isn't an issue.
5. ... be a clothing designer or a designer's model? A model! [strikes a pose]

Wednesday Mind Hump

Wednesday Mind Hump

Hello humpers! Let's get going on another week of mind humping. Today is Cereal Day.

1. Favorite type of cheerios - honey nut, frosted, or good ol' plain? None! The whole concept of eating something so sickenly sweet first-thing in the day just gives me an ice-cream headache just thinking about it!

2. Do you still dig for the prize in the box? Ummm... maybe...? [looks around craftily...]

3. Do you actually eat the non-marshmallow pieces in Lucky Charms? I've never even seen a packet of those before, let alone eaten any! Seriously!

4. Do you go cuckoo for cocoa puffs? Oh, I simply love Coco Pops... kinda a double-standard I know, when it comes to my views about Cheerios etc!

5. What is your favorite brand/kind of cereal? Coco Pops! Chocolately death! Num nums!

(*) Most glorious

Well, Sunday morning dawned cloudy and threatening showery rain with little wind. To sail or not to sail, that is the question? Ahh, what the hay - go for it! I'd invited a few other people along, but for various differeing reasons they didn't come out. I sat out beisde Chifley Dam comofrting my boat still on its trailer for about 2 hours, just enjoying the fresh air, watching the ski boats whizz past, between intermittant showers. No biggie. The wind will come, oh yes, if you invite it, the wind will come.

Sure enough, at about 11 o'clock the wind picked up, so I quickly rigged mah small boat in about 30 minutes (a rew 'record time' for me, from sitting on the trailer until rigged and dressed ready to go) and was literally about to launch it - when Mr Hoon suddenly turns up with his Laser! Yay! This is the same guy I usually help out with all the "Sailability" stuff, so it's always fun to hang out with him. He's got the same warpo sense of humour as I have, so we kinda hit it off well. Plus it's always a lot more satisfying somehow going out on the water for a sail when there's someone else out there too. Mr Hoon and I basically followed each other around for a while in our boats [we both had Lasers - boats that is, not personal defence weapons! lol], stopped for a quick lunchbreak, then the wind came back and off we chuffed again. Bobbling around, just enjoying the now gloriously warm sunshine and light airs. No complains - at all. Mr Hoon had to head off at about 3 o'clock, so I went out again. This time I was kinda hanging around the other shore and kinda goofing around with another family group I knew, having them hang off the side of the boat as I slowly drifted past, that kinda thing. All up I'd say I was out sailing for about four hours - whoo hoo! By 5.30+ I just pottered about slowly taking my time packing up, just enjoying being out there beside the water.

Another bonus is that, with the recent rainfall just over the past week, the water level had risen by a meter! I stood at the top of where the concrete boat ramp was visible last week, and today the water was half-way-up my thighs! Yay! Bring on the rain! A funny side affect of some of these thundery storms that keep coming thru once or twice a day is that some localised flooding. Just down the road from where the boys live, a small bridge near them literally got washed away! There's even a photo of the remains on the front page of Saturday's local paper! heh heh. JD was saying one of his neighbours was trying to undo the bolts holding a guardrail on, with a wall of driftwood logjammed behind it... when it finally came loose, the rain bent 90-degrees - with the guy still hanging onto it! For a split second it seemed a little hairy, but he got out laughing - no damage done to himself. But at least the logjam an backed-up floodwaters managed to drain away a whole lot more quickly. Luckily the whole road didn;t get washed out there, otherwise the boys would have had like a 60 km trip to school, instead of a 30 km one! They would have had to have gone into town 'the long way round' via Rockley! heh heh. In the end, much to their dissapointment, they still had to and got into school the next day! hahahaaa.

Driving home, feeling tired - even out on the water in a next-to drifter, it's still physically draining - I enjoyed the most glorious sunset thru a break in the western skies, with bright shafts of sunlight gleaming down at an angle thru the dark clouds. Beautiful! It was only after I got home that I slapped myself on the forehard with a convincing "D'oh!" that I remembered - I'd forgotten I had my flipping camera with me the whole time! It would have made an almost-postcard or inspirational-poster-type picture! D'oh! to me!

I've got some more pics of the boys sitting on mah camera - that's tonights' task - editing and uploading them. Stay tuned! Also I can now update some more of the "Sailability' and Carcoar Dam Sailing Club webpage photos as well, now I've got my computers here sorted out - for now.

Postscript - here's the boy's latest pics! Enjoy their handsomness!

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The laptop is OK-ish... the battery seems to be going OK, but it takes like forever to charge it, and doesn't seem to be charging when it's plugged in... I dunno if it's the power adapter or a power supply thing, but it's working OK for mow, so I'll worry about that in a little while. I have a copy of MS Office in a CD-ROM, but I've lost the freaking access code for it, and I can't install it on mah other machine without it! Gagh! No, it's not a bootleg... I've just lost the original sleeve and info it came with! D'oh!

In about two weeks I'm heading off the Belmont, Lake Macquarie [south of Newcastle NSW] for three days to compete in the NSW State Access Dinghy Championships. I'll be going out with a guy who normally gets about in a wheelchair, but he's a great sailor and an even better bloke - always entertaining. Even tho his "MS" limits his mobility, he still drives everywhere and loves a sail... he's driving upto Belmont - taking a one-legged bloke with him! He'll be taking someone else out for a sail over the Regatta! heh he. Aint that awesome? I'll be going up with Mr Hoon, and we'll be towing three Access dinghies behind us [well, that's the plan! heh heh]. Should be a good time had by all.

Well, on with the photo editing and webpage updating! Onwards and upwards!

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On This Day... 5th March 2007
Born: Rex Harrison [actor, 1908]; Andy Gibb [1958, singer]
Died: Joseph Stalin [dictator, 1953].
Useless Trivia: "The Osbournes" fisr aired on TV, 2002.

My Soundtrack: "Odessy and Oracle" - The Zombies [1968]
Footwear: barefoot and wet from walking in the grass
Weather: thunderstorms and sunshowers... just waiting for a rainbow to appear as the sun sets :) Oh wow! The whole sky and everything outside is a pinky/orange/purple glow as the sunsets! Awesome! [stands and applauds]... postscript... I rushed out and tried to take a few photos... dunno how they'll turn out... but in the 2 minutes I was out there the sky changed! Wow! [keeps applauding]

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Here are those two photos taken out the front of my door of tonight's sunset:

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Monday Music Mambo

1. Name three of your favorite guitarists. Pete Townsend (the Who), John Lennon (The Beatles), Roger McGuinn (The Byrds)

2. Do you have a favorite guitar solo? What is it? "Something" by George Harrison, The Beatles 1969

3. What's your favorite style of guitar playing? Acoustic blues or jingle-jangly pop

4. Do you know how to play the guitar? Yes, I've been playing since I was 16 back in 1980!


Monday, March 05, 2007

1. From beth:
What's the most unusual hobby you have? How did you get started with it? Hmmm... I don't know if going outside and just listening to the sound around me is considered a 'hobby' tho? But I just love listening to the ambience of the world around me, wherever I am :) How did I get started with it? I think it may have been when we studied a few weeks of "Free Jazz" back in High School music class, but who knows?

2. From briar:
How many different kinds of music do you listen to? Name a few favorites, if you please. Sure! 1960's British pop ie. The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Byrds; acoustic folk ie. Bob Dylan; Psychadelic ie. Country Joe, Love, The Doors; hard rock ie. The Angels, Midnight Oil; Quirky Pop ie. XTC... all sorts of stuff... cool jazz, classical music, feetgazing rock...

3. From iris:
Do you take advantage of the outdoor areas where you live? What's your favorite thing to do outside? What's your favorite local bird? I sure do... I love to go sailing on some of our local dams. Favourite bird... hmmm... I don't think I really have one... maybe the Whip Bird? Altho they don't come exactly from these parts...

4. From kristy:
Children: Do you have any? Yes, three sons aged 13, 10 and 8.

5. From amy:
What is your favorite part of spring? The changing of the colours.

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Cyalayta
Mallard d'Quackers :o)
"Excuse me, which way is the stage?" (Audience member, lost at Altamont, 1969)

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Unconscious Mutterings

Week 213
I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Nude :: Body Art
2. Support :: Athletic
3. Rachel:: PinkVelvt
4. Crane :: Bob Hart
5. Candy bar :: Fairy Floss
6. Material :: Lumber
7. Mind games :: Together
8. Eviction :: Terror
9. Produce :: Chicken
10. Joke :: Smiles

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Right now I'm listening to some old classic dinosaur pop! Elton John's 1973 album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". I played it incessabtly as a kid. It's still stands up all these years later.

(*) No

Well, I just got the call from the admin positon... I was unsucessful. Surprise-surprise. Dissapointed? Yes, naturally. Expected? No, not really... oh well.

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At the moment I'm listening to some classic 60's British psychadelia! "Pipers at the Gates of Dawn" CD album by Pink Floyd [1967]. Beautiful pop whimsy.

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"Reel time"

1. What is your favorite movie line? "Excuse me... which way is the stage?" - from "Gimme Shelter", Rolling Stone Altamont concert in 1969, someone lost in the crowd.
2. Who is your favorite movie protagonist of all time? Forest Gump
3. Who is your favorite movie antagonist of all time? The boys' father in "Dead Poets Society"
4. What is your favorite movie montage? The running-lumping-standing still sequence during 'Cant Buy Me Love' in The Beatles film "A Hard Days Night"
5. What is your favorite movie title? "Bad Taste" - fits the content perfectly!

Grabbed From Bernard Pivot's List Part One
1. What is your favorite word? - "Thoon" - it's my goldfishies' name - and a Homeric character to boot!
2. What is your least favorite word? - cxnt
3. What is your favorite curse word? - Fark
4. What would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? - "come in and make yourself at home"
5. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Pilot

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What is the last book you read? "The Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Who is your favorite character in the book? - the main protagonist, Pi, a very warm genuine human character
Did you enjoy the book? Sure did! Love the colourful desriptive details and the wonderful story.
Would you recommend the book to others? Absolutely, a good read, and challenging to your inner-self in many ways - all thru a good yarn.

(*) Bloody State Elections

There's a bleedin' NSW State Election in the wind here, due in the next four weeks or so. I'm rather disappointed at the quality of candidates in both my local electorate, and the leadership of the main Parties as well. Needless to say, I am at the moment quite undecided as to whom I shall vote for!

As far as the whole political process goes in general (and you are allowed to call me a total cynic, alrite? heh heh), it can be summed up thus:

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Wow... I had no idea how long it would be to change my new email address details on all the things I have registered for online! It's taken me hours! But - it's done once and for all now. Yay!

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Monday, February 26, 2007

1. Do you ever use all caps when typing online messages? rarely... no, NEVER!!!

2. Does it bother you when other people use all caps in their messages? Not really, but netiquette tells me it says you are YELLING at me! heh heh.

3. Do you use abbreviations (i.e. lol, brb, etc.) when typing email messages or text messages? Me? Never! lol I'm not as bad as JD or Timothy, tho! rofl

4. Do you ever receive faxes or other correspondence from a professional office that are typed in all caps? If so, what do you think of that? I haven't, but if I did I would consider that a very unprofessional presentation.

5. Do you rely on the computer program to catch your typing errors, or do you proofread your material before sending it out? Both! [blushes]

(*) More Sailability

Sailability on Sunday saw us take out 22 different people sailing, most with varying disabilities. What a great days' sailing, with good strong steady winds.

Even today we took yet another smaller group out Sailing with Sauilability, and the wind was a rather fresh 25+ knots. They loved sailing up into the wavelets and getting the spray from the chop in their faces - lots of smiles and laughter. Excellent.

Still loving it. Really satisfying.

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I tell you what... do not use Dodo as a dial-up ISP! Their service is absolutely HORRIBLE! i) You cannot get thru to their help desk/service dept. And if you do ii) you're put on hold for... wait for it... TWENTY-FOUR HOURS! So, if you send them and email, they write back [auto-reply] to iii) ring their service centre! GAGH! Bugger them. I have NOT been able to contact them for over a month, and their actual dial-up internet service keeps crashing on me here. Bugger them. Obviously they are having major problems, but they don't even do you the courtesy of at least making some sort of 'we are experiencing some service difficulties' type notice on their home page! Now, I know the problem is not at my end, because here I am using another ISP, and things are working just fine, huh? Anyways... stoopid technology.

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Sunday, February 25, 2007
Week 212
I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Soldier :: Sailor, Tinker, Tailor
2. Lipton :: Iced Tea
3. Reason :: French Revolution
4. Terms :: of Endearment
5. Positive :: Example
6. Example :: Let me demonstrate
7. Legacy :: War Widows
8. Solo :: Sailing
9. Instrument :: of Torture
10. Later :: Alligator

(*) GetOUDdait

gagh... I didnt sleep well last night, hence I'm feeling like poop today! It didn't help that a neighbourhood cat decided to start singing from my back fence (right outside my bedroom window above my head) at 4.30 in the am! It bolted when I growled out loud, "GetOUDdait...!" That did the trick, but left me wide awake, heart racing etc etc. Dang!

Hopefully I'll hear back from the Laser dealer people and I'll be able to pick up my new parts for mah boat in a few days - toes crossed. Why am I so eager? I wanna rig it up again and make sure it all works and fits together properly again before I take it out in 2 weeks' time at Oberon. I'd take it out again on my own mid-week, but I dont wanna find myself stuck out on the water in some kinda trouble without anyone else being around... that'd suck majorly big-time! heh heh Needless to say, as I said the other day, up at Oberon, I'll sail my ass off, just getting some practice in. And I'ma gonna need a LOT of that!

Oh... ol "Spaghetti-for-Brains" is still at it... he got banned from an online discussion forum for being rude, insulting and just plain annoying with everyone (not just moi) - and somehow he's wanting to blame me for his actions. I'm being an adult about it and ignoring his inflamatory negative coments, always trying to pick a fight with me - and it's driving him insane by my not reacting by not responding to them! Poor bugger :( I'm just thankful that his derogertory remarks aimed at me are in plain sight of all the forum administrators, who promptly banned him!

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Week 205
I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Incomplete :: humanity
2. Bobby :: Lonon policeman
3. Chopstick :: Hang Sing at Blayney
4. Trauma :: divorce
5. Hesitate :: he who does is lost
6. Leap :: of Faith
7. Magnify :: the Lorf
8. Yards :: tick Handicap
9. Alexander :: Mr Boo!
10. Fracture :: San Fransico

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December 18, 2006

1. I get about __one_____ telemarketer phone calls on a daily basis.
2. I never call anyone after ____nine o'clock___ at night.
3. I never call anyone before ___eight o'clock____ in the morning.
4. I DON'T screen my phone calls via caller ID.
5. I really should call ___Raven and Sedate____ more often.

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Yes – they are back - and at it again!!!

(*) Boxers

(Source)

The things you put on your blog somedays...

Last night was the first night in my entire life that I slept in a pair of boxer shorts.... and I have never felt so comfortable! I am converted!

On another tack, I had a wonderful long text-chat with an old old friend last night. Had an interesting affect on me afterwards tho...

It's coming up to Race Weekend here... about 5 million bogons turn up and try to take over our fair town for a week! Today is the last day I'll be going into the towns' CBD for anything, and come the weekend I'll be hibernating either here at home or spending my days out at Carcoar Dam! heh heh Fingers' crossed we can work out some good times for the boys and I to spend together during the holidays. I can only hope. :)

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What the...? (Image source)

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Sunday, October 1, 2006

More questions from our fellow participants! Have fun, and if you don't see YOUR question posted, please be patient; it'll show up soon! Thanks to all of you for playing! =)

1. From amanda f:
What do you do when somebody complements you?
a. Smile and say Thanks
b. Ignore it and change the subject
c. Complement them back
d. Turn red in embarrasment at the attention and look around to see other people's reaction
e. Take it as your due!

2. From shelly:
What color are your eyes?
A dark blue. They used to be much lighter, I think.

3. From kia:
What do you like most about yourself?
My spontenaity, and silly sense of absurd humour.

4. From julie:
How do you spend Christmas?
Hmmm... some Xmas' have been my worst days of the year. I try to spend some time with my boys if possible (rarely possible), and just have a regular quiet day.

5. From wide imagination:
When do you normally blog? Day or night?
Depends when I get motivated enough to get online and post it! Usually evenings, mostly.

6. From rach:
What song can you relate to your personal life? Share a line or two of that song.
"Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun."
"Time" - Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon.

7. From sherle:
What is your favorite color for a sleeping environment?
A sky blue, I think... most of my room is various shades of blue. But I prefer my sleeping environment to be DARK and quiet... I've got heavy thick curtains blocking out the morning sunshine here, but I still sleep with my window wide open any season of the year.

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(*) Sunny Afternoon's Sail

I spent yesterday and today (Sunday) pottering about on my little boat. Here's some updated photos for you to check it out. There wasn't much wind, but that's OK... gave me the opportunity to get used to sailing again after a few months of hibernating thru the winter. My new (snd-hand) sail sounds so crinkly and new! Sets really nicely too. What a gloriously sunny day tho - perfect for sitting beside a quiet lake under an umbrella with a picnic lunch! What a life, huh? heh heh. Two solitary seagulls, obviously lost 300kms' from the sea, pestered me the whole time I was there... screaming for a feed. I told them in so uncertain terms to 'shove off'! A wonderfully relaxing afternoon. Mind you, I spent like 45 minutes straight practising my 'tacking', because I was so rusty at it. Now my legs ache from all the jumping about! Talk about a couch (computer?) potato? heh heh

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Speaking of photos, here's a few newer ones I've taken recently too.

• The boys - growing up fast!
• Sydney revisited - some of the places I grew up around, and some other bits...
• Carcoar Dam Sailing Club - where I sail from.
• I took this one coming home... just an interesting image of a hedge along a lonely country road...
  

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Week 191
I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Taxes :: Yeeeeah, I'm the Taxmaaaan...
   
2. Hooray :: for Everything!
   
3. Justification :: of sinners
4. Shocking :: Blue
5. Bureaucracy :: cobwebs and strange
6. Porn ::pron
7. Silly :: reality
8. DJ :: JD, my eldest!
9. Swing :: Factor, a local Big Band
   
10. Anti- :: Ads (Doug Mulray, Sydney radio, 1980's)

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(*) Tuesday

Monday, September 25, 2006

1. From jstar: Holiday in Europe or Asia? Europe! Specifially, the Greek Island of Hydra!!! My dream!!!
2. From sherle: How do you try to change a behavior pattern you don't like about yourself... whether it's chewing fingernails, overeating, smoking, or picking your nose? First, be conscious of it enough to let it bother me enough to want to change it. Second, make a conscious effort to alter the habit! Doesn't always work tho... habits are buggers to break, huh? lol
3. From tricia: Have you ever successfully completed a Sudoku puzzle? Well, considering I'm not sure what that is, no, probably not.
4. From caylynn: What website do you visit the most often? Ummm... wow... a few... ummm... Google? Wikipedia?
5. From michael morgan: What was your favorite thing about high school or college? The friendships. I really miss some of those guys!

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(*) HOORAY!!!

Looks like I've finally knocked those bloody spam posts for six at last! Huzah! Bout bloody time... those things were driving me rather potty! heh heh

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I haven't been blogging at all lately because i] of those stoopid spam posts coming out of nowhere, and ii] I've been sick again... it's catch-22... you're physical body goes down, which in turn drags ur emotional state along with it! Gagh! Slowly getting on top of it again.

Sailing season starts soon. I had planned to go out today to go and 'play' with my little dinghy, you know, take the covers off and check the rigging before I actually take it out and things like that. But - it's blowing a gale here today! I'd get blown away out beside the dam! i could just imagine boat covers and tarps going flying across paddocks! Gagh! heh heh

Tomorrow I have to unfortunately face the horrors of Sydney traffic. I've got a doctor's appointment at 9.45am on the far-side of Sydney from where I am. It's gonna take me about 4 1/2 hours to get there, thanks to peak hour traffic! Damn! Oh well. I'll have to leave here at about 4am or something! :(

I've been making a whole lot of music CD-R's lately... a lot from LimeWire, but a lot from old Vinyl LP's and cassettes I've owned for like 352 years! Here's my music collection. Last night I made myself a music CD from the DVD of Led Zeppelin Live in 1970 [which I own, btw!]... awesome playing! Glad to have it to listen to [the music, that is] whenever I want to... which isn't always that often, but anyways... I don't have much of a life these days, so music is a hugely vital part of keeping me sane lately. "And I mean that most sincerely" rofl

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"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me."

Noel Coward

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Week 182
I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Bell :: lioness
2. Abuse :: moderators who act like 5 yo's
   
3. Relief :: Middle East
4. List :: The Book of Lists
5. Concern :: my mental state
6. Absolute :: Beginners, The Jam
7. Cling :: Wrap
8. Dump :: Raccoons
9. Terminate :: Robots
   
10. Wine :: and dine

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Yes – they are back - and at it again!!!
www.weebls-stuff.com/games/ultimate+pie+theft/

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(*) Back... sorta...

Hiya. Been away for a while, huh? Ya, I haven't been well. I'll try to write again sometime soon. Thank you all so very much for your kind caring words - I deeply appreciate them.


Sunday, July 30, 2006

I'd like to thank you ALL for playing! I hope you enjoy these because I'll be typing them as I think of them! =) Have a great week!

1. Do you have a photo blog? If so, feel free to share the link with us! http://maljam2.blogspot.com/2005/08/photo-galleries.html
2. How many pets do you own, and what are their names? If none, have you had a favorite pet in the past? My goldfishie, Thoon, is well into his 2nd year. As a kid we had 2 cats, mother and daughter, “Sam” and “Cindy” – just two moggies.
3. How many times a week does the carpet in your house get vacuumed? No carpet? How many times a MONTH do your floors get mopped? Carpet usually weekly [hopefully!], and mop the floor every other week!
4. Which room in your house do you spend the most time in? At the moment, my bedroom.
5. Have you read any good books lately? “Scindler’s Ark” by Thomas Kenelly – shattering stuff.
6. What is your biggest source of news? (Newspaper? Television? Radio? Other?) Local radio.


Week 182
I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Italy ::
Pizza

2. Honk ::
Honky Tonk Women, Rolling Stones

3. Shades ::
Sunglasses on the beach

4. Tool ::
a green garden shovel

5. Modern ::
modernism ie. Kafka

6. Tension ::
telling the truth ie, tough love

7. Conservative ::
Australian society

8. Weight ::
over

9. Insurance ::
none

10. Political ::
what’s the point?

Yes – they are back - and at it again!!!

Mutterings

Week 174
I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Fraud :: Bankers
2. Cure :: Depressing music
3. Slate :: Cricket
4. Pretentious :: Moi?
5. Splendid :: Golden Slumbers
6. Geek :: OGame
7. Blister :: in the Sun
8. Pizza :: Greasy stuffing
9. Revive :: lungful
10. Visionary :: Ian Freestone

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What am I listening to today...?

Monday Musings

Sunday, May 15, 2006
Fill in the blanks...

1. If I could change ONE thing from this past weekend, it would be ________. [spend more time with my boys]
2. One of my favorite recipes includes ________. [honey mustard chicken]
3. If things don't go as originally planned, I tend to ________. [spontaneously go with the flow]
4. My daily routine is very ________. [non-existant!]
5. The one television show I will probably miss, since the season is coming to an end, is ________. [Catweasel]
6. I have a calendar hanging/sitting on my ________. [wall beside the kitchen]
7. I'm really ________ about changing the calendar when the day/month changes. [lethargic]


Week 172
I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Yours :: Mine
2. Charcoal :: Shampoo
3. Platitude :: Gratitude
4. Graduation :: Finality
5. Hungry :: Fungrys
6. Somewhere :: in Time
7. Nurse :: Respect
8. Freak :: Cam X Man
9. Unbelievable :: The water of the Great Barrier Reef
10. Walk :: not enough

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Yes... they are at it again! Gagh!!!

Sunday's Mutterings

Thank Ford mum's estate FINALLY came thru! A cheque arrived last Monday [a cheque? Hello?! We were told a direct deposit into our bank accounts! Oh god!], and then the bank says it will take FIVE days for it to clear! SHITE! Anyways, they were nice and cleared $2,000 straight away, which enabled me to get JD his long-hoped-for computer at last! YAY!

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Makes me giggle... out of a list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time [2003], I have 9 out of the top 10 already! heh heh

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Week 166
I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Buck :: Duck Dogers in the 24 1/2 Century


2. Harry :: Secombe


3. Play :: Monopoly


4. Monstrosity :: My face first thing in the morning


5. Nightclub :: noisy, dark, pounding


6. Missing :: sanity [still searching]


7. Sprout :: Brussel


8. Flavor :: Chocolate


9. Identity :: Crisis? What Crisis?


10. Saucy :: Gibbon

Sunday, April 02, 2006
1. Do you own any box sets of your favorite shows? Just this week I bought the set of Mr Bean, and a collction of The Goodies! Yay!
2. Are you penpals with other people? I keep in touch with about 10 people around the world nowdays, all via email.
3. Do you still send out real, paper cards in the mail? Sure do! When I remember to, that is! D'oh! I buy like 10 blank cards at once and keep then handy, so I never have the excuse 'but I didn't have a card!' lol
4. Have you ever bought or sold anything on Ebay? I've bought about 15+ books and even a life jacket thru eBay! Twas good.
5. Did you have to set your clocks an hour ahead this past weekend? BACK an hour here... Daylight avings ended for us last weekend. We get the extra hour sleep :)
6. How many of your blog buddies' birthdays do you know? About three! D'oh! I used to have a list, but I guess I got slack updating it... D'oh!
7. When is your birthday (need not include year)? July 23rd... I'm on the cusp of Cancer/Leo...