tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54698802011-08-16T15:21:24.001+09:30Since 2003 this Blog was known as Mel's Random Ramblings, but due to the word "random" being the latest buzz word with people's Blogs I decided that 2007 required a new name. Therefore, behold, A Call From The Wild*! Surely no one would ever take that title, would they? Anywho, the idea behind the blog hasn't changed. This is still just a place for me to vent, communicate, write about all kinds of junk, and so forth. Happy browsing! *Name may change again without notice.Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.comBlogger3791100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-3966272186954491302011-08-11T18:16:00.000+09:302011-08-11T18:16:26.376+09:30

It’s amazing how quickly my mood can drop with one single phone call to mum. I simply don’t understand alcoholism, so I don’t understand why dad keeps doing this. He went for two weeks this time without drinking. Despite this happening before, and then him going on another bender, I stupidly, naively, thought that this time maybe things might be different. I don’t know why I keep thinking

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-82087773892729740042011-08-08T11:45:00.002+09:302011-08-08T11:45:58.475+09:30

As seems to be the case lately, my intentions of updating this blog more regularly, including a few posts about our honeymoon in New Zealand, have fallen by the wayside. I still intend to write about our honeymoon but that will now involve referring to our itinerary and guide books so rather than research right now, I thought I should at least post something in the short term. I have taken a

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-73687426493128779872011-04-17T14:29:00.000+09:302011-04-17T14:29:45.166+09:30

Before I start my major travel diary of our honeymoon in New Zealand, it would be prudent to update my blog to account for the fact that Glen and I were married on April 3rd! It was such a fantastic day that I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. The week leading up to the wedding was pretty busy with last minute appointments and some family staying with us, and before we knew it the big

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-13494330366084724062011-02-13T16:31:00.000+10:302011-02-13T16:31:35.001+10:30

Here's some photos from our trip to the Barossa. We started at Seppeltfield, a quick trip to Peter Lehman's, then had a private tasting with Shaun Kalleske on one of his properties, and finished off the day at Rockford's Stonewall cellar. Was a fantastic day!

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This week has absolutely flown! Last Saturday Ivan and Miyuki came around to hang out and catch up. We watched Social Network (pretty good once it got going) and I must thank Miyuki for driving me to OPSM at Elizabeth when I couldn't get my contact lenses out. Day one of my contact lens trial was a bit of a failure! Sunday was my homework day. I got everything finished by about 2pm so spent

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-7522912916211097422011-01-29T09:11:00.002+10:302011-01-29T09:17:52.502+10:30

So many family dramas yesterday! Was a really bad day with my Dad who won't look after himself and then blames the rest of us, despite all we try and do to help. He's a grown man who needs to take some responsibility! But that is an entirely long story I don't want to get into this morning. But it was already a bad family day and then my sister and I had an argument on the phone which remains

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-86273021395953103782011-01-27T19:48:00.002+10:302011-01-27T19:54:51.117+10:30

That's how long there is before our wedding. I can't believe it is so close! A year ago, I had a goal to lose 30 kilos by the time the wedding rolled around. Now the wedding is so close, I'll be lucky if I lose 5 :( Typical bloody Mel... I know my dress will look nice, just wanted to look nice for the photos, that's all. Never mind...I can't believe January is almost finished. After this

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-20993660768022482152010-09-16T19:47:00.003+09:302010-09-16T19:51:05.154+09:30

I love reading so much but rarely have the time for it, so all I do is buy books and then they pile up waiting to be read. I now have around 130 books that I have bought which I have not yet read! It's an addiction.But lately I have been making time to read because I really do enjoy it, and I have joined the local public library so am borrowing the new books I keep hearing about instead of

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-50791946915758941862010-07-17T19:32:00.005+09:302010-07-17T22:35:00.336+09:30

*post removed*Have edited and censored myself for the first time. Needed to vent and writing about it helped me, but now I'd like to return to bottling it up and not telling the world about it.In other news, happy birthday to my beautiful niece, my gorgeous nephew, and my kind spirited sister xxx

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-48256483638898068072010-06-27T15:47:00.004+09:302010-06-27T16:08:39.472+09:30

Well I was planning to do some Tafe homework today, go to the gym this morning and then get stuck into it, but it's now almost 4pm and I have been enjoying having a day off. I even managed to stay in bed until 9am - I can't remember the last time that happened!!All I've done today is some washing and the grocery shopping, otherwise we've been staying in the warmth and I've either been reading or

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-29452634930837400542010-06-26T11:03:00.002+09:302010-06-26T11:17:54.360+09:30

Tonight I'm going to Disney on Ice with my Mum, niece, sister and brother-in-law. I can't wait to see how excited Susanna will be! When my sister told me they were going I just had to get a ticket too, I love seeing Susanna happy :)It'll be my only highlight this weekend I imagine, given work is crazy this time of year and I'm also trying to finish up my Tafe studies this semester. I see a lot

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-55192417623088940412009-04-30T09:57:00.002+09:302009-04-30T09:58:49.435+09:30

I don't have anything of interest to write about, I'm simply playing around with this Word template I found and hoping it works. Carry on :)

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-21152836869589777452009-04-28T20:28:00.004+09:302009-04-28T20:39:30.322+09:30

This is proving to be a very busy but very exciting time for us at the moment. I don't know about Glen but I love being engaged! Our wedding seems so far away but it's exciting to prepare for a lifetime together.Our big project at the moment before we even think about the wedding is the building of our house. After much stalling thanks to the bank, we've finally signed the building contract

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-38487489147643221462009-03-18T08:49:00.002+10:302009-03-18T08:56:14.982+10:30

My bad luck with buses lately is concerning. It seems whenever I'm in a rush they are so late that I may as well have caught the later bus and not rushed so much. Then when the bus is only 1 stop from Uni the bus driver will decide to get out and go to the toilet when already running somewhat late. Apparently my train curse has now shifted to buses being that I don't drive near any train

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-77211603227901646482009-01-14T16:03:00.000+10:302009-01-14T16:04:16.443+10:30

I can't quite believe we are already midway through January 2009. Where has the time gone?! Life got so busy with Uni and work that I'm forever neglecting to update this site. I could just give up and close it down but that would be a bit of a shame, so instead, sporadic updates it is.Uni finished well last year and in a couple of months it'll start up again. I ended up with a High

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-21349297409144239192008-10-22T14:40:00.002+10:302008-10-22T14:53:19.802+10:30

I know, I know, I'm very slack for not posting at least boring every day stuff here regularly anymore. Life is just very busy with working full-time and studying part-time at both Uni and TAFE. Thankfully there's only another semester of TAFE to do and then at least that will be one thing crossed off the list.Can't think of much to write about but thought I might kill some time while here at

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-50419130838662433092008-08-20T14:47:00.003+09:302008-08-20T14:56:40.526+09:30

Ok, too much has happened since I last updated this Blog to list it all, but I figured it shouldn't mean I stop updating entirely so I'll start it from here I guess.A few months ago, while looking through the newspaper, I saw an advert for a new course being offered by UniSA that sounded like what I'd wanted to do ever since I was a little girl - Bachelor of Arts (Writing & Creative Communication

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-52990740174120010592008-05-16T10:25:00.001+09:302008-05-16T10:25:48.512+09:30

The last week has been great, due largely in part to the awesome weekend I had last weekend.On Friday night Xy and I went with my work social club to Marksman's Indoor Range for some pistol shooting and it was incredible! We had a package where we got to fire 24 rounds with a .357 revolver and 30 rounds with a Glock 9mm. What can I saw but "WOW!". What an incredible experience! I have to

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-43326560880179678492008-05-09T09:34:00.000+09:302008-05-09T09:35:10.045+09:30

Wow, one post a week! I wonder how long the updating of this Blog will last! It's been a bit of a busy week, so figured I may as well blog it :)Last Friday night Xy and I went out to Sagamartha's for dinner as we try to have a "date night" once a week. I never thought I'd enjoy going to such a place as I'm not really a fan of curry but the food was fabulous. I had the Poleko Kukhura and it

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-64899238614422403022008-05-02T13:58:00.000+09:302008-05-02T13:59:00.165+09:30

I am trying to do as little work as possible today so figured I might as well write some crap on my Blog to kill some time.The reasons are:1) Very little and restless sleep last night means I have no energy to be here let alone think.2) It's Friday (nuff said).3) My boss is giving me the shits.4) I'm sick of working here.5) I basically just can't be bothered.I really am tired of this place, and

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-57600038236128383822008-04-28T14:05:00.003+09:302008-04-28T14:07:24.624+09:30

I just wrote a proper long update and it got eatten by the web because of stupid work and it's internet quota time. So now I'm annoyed and can't be bothered re-writing everything, so here it is in very short form:- QLD was fab, coming home sucked- Xy has now moved to SA, wooooo!!!!!- Have bought a block of land at Mt Barker- Susannah is almost 10 months old, almost walking and very gorgeous-

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-17174173429487843312007-12-26T11:07:00.000+10:302007-12-26T11:12:20.556+10:30

Okay, so an update by me has been long overdue, I had all these wonderful plans and photos prepared of my trip to the zoo and my niece's Baptism, but obviously none of that came to fruition and now too much time has passed.At the moment I'm here in Queensland with Xy where I'm spending 6 weeks and 3 have almost passed already. I've been lucky enough to meet lots of people I know from online

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-68456644562438442502007-11-09T17:16:00.000+10:302007-11-09T17:28:05.974+10:30

Ok so I promised some pictures from my trip but have not secured permission from my friend JP to post his pictures so shall refrain from doing so at this stage but might update later if I get the nod, Enjoy!My niece Emily:Sister, Lars and Emily:Emily, Myself and Lars:

Xyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174207901926985473noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-10044918910631916782007-10-27T09:27:00.000+09:302007-10-27T10:08:20.841+09:30

First and foremost, yes I have been very slack in updating the blog recently, secondly it isn't because I have had nothing to update about but rather because I am slack.A while back now JP and Sarah came up to see sunny Brisbane and surrounds from NSW and were treated to one of our finest week long torrential down pours that just always seem to follow visitors that are seeking our sunny climbs.It

Xyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174207901926985473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-79084198568340061072007-10-12T11:45:00.000+09:302007-10-12T11:48:10.461+09:30

I swear these things can only happen to me...This morning as I was getting ready for work, I was putting on my eyeshadow and dropped the eyeshadow wand. I watched it fall towards the sink, and plummet to its doom as it continued to fall, all the way down the drain. How it managed to fall so perfectly, so that it fell through the drain hole without even bouncing off the basin is beyond

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-16425027513923566542007-10-07T11:13:00.000+09:302007-10-07T11:22:38.206+09:30

Well about the only really interesting thing that has happened to me of late is that my housemate and I went to the Across the Great Divide concert a couple of weeks ago to see silverchair and Powderfinger perform. And what else can I say but that it was FANTASTIC!! I'm so glad we decided to go and managed to get tickets to the second show!A workmate of his and his wife were kind enough to

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-31065754847834646182007-09-17T22:02:00.000+09:302007-09-17T22:17:09.217+09:30

So much has happened in recent times I am not really sure what to include in the Blog. I guess I'll include the big things for now and flesh things out another time.Ivan and I have cancelled our holiday to Japan and NYC. On the one hand I am bummed because it was my dream trip and also we lost a fair bit of money not thinking of not going before we'd paid for everything. On the other hand it

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-53967808797720634232007-08-27T13:38:00.001+09:302007-08-27T13:38:57.746+09:30

Wearing a flowing skirt on a windy day is a very bad idea.

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-12135163793279877872007-08-20T14:59:00.000+09:302007-08-20T15:11:10.975+09:30

Yep, I'm at home from work today doing some study and after a big sleep-in. I had a big night on Friday night and unfortunately it seems the rest of the weekend flew past as a result. There was a [very small] Neverwinter Nights gathering at The Griffins Head on Friday night and I felt like going out drinking, so after convincing a couple of friends to come along I made a big night of it. Most

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-45498690330088614632007-08-16T22:26:00.000+09:302007-08-16T22:54:22.480+09:30

Obviously something's been going on for a while now and I never wanted to really put it down in the Blog. At first it seemed too painful, then it seemed like too much closure, but now I believe I am ready to say that Ivan and I have decided to go our separate ways. Yes, I am fine now. The first few weeks would have been a bad time to ask me how I was (me once bursting into tears one day at

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-19876986048266047612007-08-06T22:20:00.000+09:302007-08-06T22:20:40.794+09:30

Well TAFE has started again and with assignments due soon I thought I might take some time out from homework to do a quick update. The workouts are going well still, which is good. I've only missed one day so far, due to me falling arse over tit after twisting my ankle last Wednesday night and landing on my knees. The knee I have previously dislocated caught the brunt of it but thank goodness

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-6488363262878771912007-07-27T08:56:00.000+09:302007-07-27T09:12:14.207+09:30

Hi there *waves*Well recently my sister, brother in law and niece traveled a couple hundred kilometres to come see me and do some other things which was pretty cool since I havn't seen any of them in close to nine months now.I used to live with them up in Bundaberg (most boring town ever if your not into rum and fighting) before moving down to Brisbane, our ancestral home (well in recent history

Xyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174207901926985473noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-35783080117759713482007-07-25T04:51:00.000+09:302007-07-25T05:19:00.084+09:30

Hey there sports fans.I know for a fact that Mel is a massive supporter of many good causes for saving our natural environment through many forms including the saving of electricity so as to reduce our greenhouse emissions, extend out our natural fossil fuel resources and such so I would like to take this opportunity to introduce those readers of this blog whom do not already know about Google's

Xyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174207901926985473noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-57193679273141920132007-07-20T00:05:00.000+09:302007-07-20T00:08:56.154+09:30

All right, I have been keeping myself entertained with a few stand out from the crowd vids i've seen recently and thought it would be good to serve a dual purpose in testing out embedding code and entertaining you the reader by sharing a very cool one here.Picture yourselves and co-workers for those of you whom read this blog while at work in a similar situation and have a little giggle.It's

Xyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174207901926985473noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-23589658725403749572007-07-17T13:51:00.000+09:302007-07-17T14:07:59.984+09:30

After letting my weight balloon out and my self esteem deflate, after constantly feeling like somebody twice my age, I decided late last week to join a gym near work, and for 3 mornings now I have been getting up at 5:30am so that I can get to the gym before work and leave enough time to get ready in the morning and still make it to work on time.So far I am really enjoying it, and I hope the

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-36263864484342662002007-07-04T10:39:00.000+09:302007-07-04T10:42:51.928+09:30

Truth is I've been in no mood to write. Those that know me will know why, those who are passing by here will have no idea. In time no doubt I'll write about recent events, but things are just too raw at the moment to do so.However, there is some good news, and that is that on 2 July 2007, my niece entered this world. I am ofcourse biased, but I think she's beautiful. See for yourself. (

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-30939133873561079082007-05-16T15:48:00.001+09:302007-05-16T15:48:59.437+09:30

I just can't seem to get into the habit of updating weekly so again I am just gonna do a general update of the last 2 and a bit weeks in no specific format. Things have just been so busy lately! As the end of June approaches we head into our busiest time of the year at work so I've been doing extra hours again in an effort to catch up but I just feel like I'm not getting anywhere quickly.Aside

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-27317450309204082782007-05-14T08:49:00.000+09:302007-05-14T09:09:06.589+09:30

I just took yet another walk down to my local Aust post branch to look in on a package Mel and her Duckman sent me over four weeks ago now through normal post and FINALY it was there waiting for me.Strangely enough though it would seem it was there all along...Yes it had been sitting there since the 19th of april apparently but despite going down there twice, citing my name, the names of the

Xyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174207901926985473noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-56680773242752122112007-05-01T00:51:00.001+09:302007-05-01T00:51:39.132+09:30

Yes yes, I realise I haven't done a weekly update in the correct format again. This time my excuse is it's been 3 weeks and so it would simply be too difficult. Also I didn't know what to say after Xy's last spooky post. Needless to say, I am concerned for my co-author's mental state. Just kidding, ofcourse Xy *giggles*.Well as you can see by the time of my posting this, my sleeping patterns

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-21034760735735149392007-04-16T15:57:00.000+09:302007-04-19T17:18:53.449+09:30

What happened to Xy this week?Well to be accurate this is about what has been going on, on and off for the last two weeks now.I noticed one night the week before last that while I was listening to music through my headphones I was hearing voices intermittently.At first I thought it was just part of the music tracks and didn't really think anything of it but after a bit decided to go back and

Xyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174207901926985473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-7532781448142976702007-04-10T15:45:00.001+09:302007-04-10T15:45:44.659+09:30

Rather than do a weekly update under the relevant headings like I normally would, I figured that seeing as it's Tuesday and I'm 2 days behind schedule already, and seeing as very little actually happened last week so half of the headings would be empty, that I'd break the [still new] tradition and just do a general blurb (presented thusly).I hope everyone had a nice Easter and enjoyed the long

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-3366747346610882722007-04-05T23:06:00.000+09:302007-04-05T23:09:11.752+09:30

I was going to do a post about this but Ivan's thread at Extra-Bit computers summed the situation up perfectly I think *laughs*

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-26893063508125728082007-04-02T19:48:00.000+09:302007-04-02T21:22:35.856+09:30

Sorry for being a day late in posting this, but truth be told I just couldn't be bothered yesterday!What happened to Mel this week?Hmm, nothing overly exciting this week I'm afraid. I worked from Monday to Friday, had TAFE, studied my Japanese lessons two nights of the week... same old stuff really. I started a new subject at TAFE that deals with ethics in the public sector. The lecturer gave us

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-2670870163607360772007-04-02T13:04:00.000+09:302007-04-02T19:48:47.706+09:30

Hey Kids!, sorry for the late update but it's rude to upstage/overrun a lady when she is looking so fantastic so I decided to leave it another day :). What happened to Xy this week? Oh god I feel boring right now looking at that question.The short story that everyone who looked on without knowing the inner details would be, not a whole bunch.But to those few who knew the real story there are a

Xyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174207901926985473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-72019131345874008232007-03-30T23:35:00.000+09:302007-03-30T23:40:52.071+09:30

I look heaps tired in this photo but the point of showing it is to show off my new haircut and colour. Hoorah!

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-17770485855177640282007-03-25T18:21:00.000+09:302007-03-25T19:37:55.753+09:30

Ever since I was a young lad I have always been fascinated by a well worded riddle that within the question held the answer no matter how much it seemed impossible to solve at the time of reading.I recently came across such a store of them although many were either far to easy to solve or almost nonsensical due to our modern language having changed usage so much since they were written.And so I

Xyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174207901926985473noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-44532976039664508392007-03-25T16:15:00.001+09:302007-03-25T17:43:01.129+09:30

What happened to Mel this week?This has been an awesome but busy week! On Monday I had a Mammal Club meeting after work which was quite good. They're planning their Easter camping trip up at Boolcoomatta which sounds like it will be a lot of fun. It isn't really camping either, but rather swish with dormitory accomodation so on the one hand I am keen to go, but on the other, I don't fancy

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-85042314200911473552007-03-25T13:05:00.000+09:302007-03-25T16:20:14.802+09:30

What happened this to Xy this week?Well as the title would suggest it has been a fairly slow week for me.I spent Monday and Tuesday out and about running from place to place dropping off a trees worth of paper in resumes in the hopes of snagging a pre-easter sales position for some extra monies and since then have only received one call back so i can only assume many other people had the same

Xyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174207901926985473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-69186125779312346442007-03-18T17:30:00.002+10:302007-03-18T17:46:21.020+10:30

Posted by Mel, because Xy can't log in right now What happened to Xy this week?This week I have been following with great interest a couple of my friends, JP and Sarah and their crazy shenanigans as they go about their business leading up to their marriage in a mere five days now, yes FIVE DAYS!, half a world away in Essex, merry old England. They are kind of like my idols at the moment,

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-73617970232873666292007-03-18T17:30:00.001+10:302007-03-18T17:30:25.067+10:30

PreambleThis being the first entry of its kind for me, I didn't plan for it well at all, thus it's pretty dull, and for that I'm sorry. In the future I'll have to make sure I write things down during the week to help me remember them for when it comes time for this weekly update.What happened this week What a loaded question! Well the week started with a public holiday which involved me working

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-51294828634472739892007-03-17T07:26:00.000+10:302007-03-18T15:24:27.343+10:30

You might notice a new "How well do you know me?" quiz in the sidebar which I thought would be something fun to add to the site. I have made some questions tricky so I really don't expect anyone to get them all right but a bit of fun nonetheless. Also, Ivan being the first one who did it, actually spotted a question I had incorrectly marked, so his correct score would be 160 if I had proof-read

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-14921980108052398192007-03-11T16:32:00.001+10:302007-03-11T16:32:33.161+10:30

My mood with regards to keeping this blog updated have ebbed lately and due to laziness at first I didn't update this blog. Then with 2007 starting things have gotten very busy and then it was more a matter of not having the time to do so. But I am still here, and am eager to get this blog up and running again! In an effort to do so, myself and Xy (my co-author) will endeavour to do weekly

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1164676445669539052006-11-28T11:39:00.000+10:302006-11-28T23:08:53.196+10:30

On Wednesday night Ivan and I went to the Pearl Jam concert at the Entertainment Centre. They did two shows in Adelaide and we weren't originally going to go but when I heard there were still seats available for the second show I thought it'd make a nice Christmas treat.They definitely didn't disappoint. They did a fantastic set, doing half a dozen tracks off their latest album but mostly doing a

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1164002606136449752006-11-20T16:28:00.000+10:302006-11-20T16:33:26.153+10:30

I am very happy to announce that my sister is around 6 weeks pregnant and is expecting her first child in July! We were originally told to keep it quiet, but since she's been too excited and has blabbed to lots of people she's now given me permission to tell people too. I'm HEAPS happy for her and can't wait to be an Aunt! I plan on spoiling the little boy or girl as much as I can. Her and

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1162442729618936062006-11-02T15:14:00.000+10:302006-11-02T15:15:29.633+10:30

A couple of weekends ago I left work early on the Friday to drive up to Berri for the Riverland Wine & Food Festival (hereafter called the Festivus). The website promised frivolity and thus my expectations were high.Bronwyn was kind enough to let me stay over her place over the weekend along with another Mel that she knows from the Barossa. We both arrived on the Friday night and Bronwyn, bless

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1162335364540258442006-11-01T09:06:00.000+10:302006-11-01T09:28:51.893+10:30

Well a couple years ago when I heard they were going to discontinue the Hubble space telescope program with nothing solid to replace it for a decade I was if not most upset, at least somewhat perturbed by the decision.Hubble has done so much for us in cosmic mapping to this date and enhanced our understanding of the universe around us from an almost child like ignorance to where we stand today. (

Xynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1161325794845612312006-10-20T15:57:00.000+09:302006-10-20T15:59:54.856+09:30

Just a quick update to let you guys know I am still around, have just been a combination of busy and slack in updating (but what's new). Have been planning on posting with some photos about my camping trip, and will also follow it up by some other random things I've been up to (without photos). But for now I am about to hit the road, as I'm going to the Riverland Food & Wine Festival this

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1159540897189105392006-09-29T23:48:00.000+09:302006-09-30T00:56:33.306+09:30

Greetings fellow concerned citizens.In my sweeping of the usual net forums and Blogs that I conduct on an almost daily basis I came across a thread on of all things a gaming forum with echoed cries of "How can this be happening" permeating throughout its several pages and since this is not a normal thing for this site, I was instantly intrigued and read onwards.(As stupid as it sounds I keep

Xynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1159094830255577902006-09-24T20:11:00.000+09:302006-09-24T20:17:10.270+09:30

Today I went on a little tour of McLaren Vale with people from the Hungarian church, Mum, Grandma, Maria and Steve. So here's a little rundown of the only thing I've done this weekend aside from gaming and watching television.Well i awoke at 7:30am to find it pissing down with rain outside. After having some breakfast and keeping warm, i decided to call Mum to see if the trip was going ahead

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1158892467123673122006-09-22T12:00:00.000+09:302006-09-22T12:04:27.143+09:30

I just saw this today and thought well for those who don't know me very well, since I will be around here fairly frequently from now on to serenade you the loyal viewers of Mels blog with all manner of ingenious or passe diatribes then I should perhaps give you a fairly close view of this strange person now invading your lives.Enjoy :P

Xynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1158411216471678092006-09-16T22:16:00.000+09:302006-09-16T22:23:36.486+09:30

As some of you may have noticed, my friend Xy has been leaving lengthy comments of late. Comments that are so long in fact, that they actually have more content than a lot of my posts. I therefore have decided to make him a co-author of my blog. At this stage there are no plans to rename my blog (since it will no longer be just Mel posting) but I'm sure that Xy will post some amusing and

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1157110187980367532006-09-01T20:53:00.000+09:302006-09-01T21:12:44.833+09:30

I figured I would include a little more detail about Glen's trip to Adelaide and what we got up to rather than the generic "we went to the Barossa" line while I post a few of the piccies that were taken.Our trip to the Barossa was probably the most full-on day, with us leaving early so that we would have time to go to a few wineries. The first one we went to was Wolf Blass where we sampled and

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1155985746150139142006-08-19T20:33:00.000+09:302006-08-19T20:39:29.566+09:30

Much has happened since I last updated this page. Much! At the moment I am wrapping up a week of Rec Leave I took because Glen has been visiting from QLD. It's great being a tourist in your own town but I must say I have been somewhat embarassed by the rudeness of some fellow Adelaideans. This was mostly demonstrated by our visits into the city where I was apparently wearing a sign asking

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1153885016886188682006-07-26T13:05:00.000+09:302006-07-26T13:06:56.896+09:30

Several people have been hounding me to update this blog and truly I've been meaning to but just have not had the time. Not entirely true, it's not as if every minute of every day is taken up with something, but work has been insane with the end of financial year and raising of charges for the new financial year, and then when I go home all I want to do is play Neverwinter Nights or veg out on

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1150685607175788422006-06-19T12:20:00.000+09:302006-06-19T12:25:34.060+09:30

This update is extremely overdue. It seemed at a time there was so much I wanted to say and then things got so busy, and then more things happened, and it just became easier to condense things into one post after my original intentions had failed. Such is the world of blogging.Anyway, thus begins the list to update the blog world on where I've been...The weekend after Ivan's birthday was my

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1146550781489371042006-05-02T15:47:00.000+09:302006-05-02T15:49:41.690+09:30

Last Thursday was Ivan's 33rd birthday and this Thursday is my Grandma's 80th, so we've been quite busy of late. For Ivan's birthday I attempted to make him a dinner of his choice, which thankfully wasn't a disaster, and that night Mum, Dad, Maria and Steve popped around to wish him well and to pass along their gifts.On the Friday night we went to the Griffin's Head Tavern to meet a swag of

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I am soooo looking forward to having a long weekend due to Easter it isn't funny. Although I feel I have regained a little more control over my workflow, work is still so busy and thus today I figure I may as well leave early and start my long weekend off on a positive light, so I shan't be here for much longer indeed!Once again my life outside of work is rather limited. However, last weekend

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1144044723446164672006-04-03T15:40:00.000+09:302006-04-03T15:42:03.460+09:30

Although still under the pump at work, things have settled into a somewhat controllable routine about the place and I actually feel like I'm getting through things rather than just having them pile up on my desk threatening to bury me.In fact, the only bad thing to happen to me while I was at work last week was buying a "fresh" salad from a salad bar only to find it was still thawing, with the

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1143440389065776272006-03-27T17:48:00.000+10:302006-03-27T16:49:49.076+10:30

Ahh, another year, another Clipsal 500. Since the F1 races left Adelaide, Dad and I tend to go to the Clipsal 500 every year, even if just for a day. Last year we didn't go because he had just had operations on his foot so this year we were extra excited. He was going on all 4 days, with me agreeing to go with him on the Saturday. Mum then found out a couple of days beforehand that she could

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1141622385453826512006-03-06T15:49:00.000+10:302006-03-06T15:49:45.466+10:30

I know it's been three weeks since I've updated, but believe it or not this is the first chance I've had to sit down and write. Work, where I normally update from, has been incredibly busy and I've thus had no time to do any of the web browsing I would normally do from work. The problem has been that a couple of our staff have left at once and there are so many things to do that each day until

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1139792208093201122006-02-13T11:26:00.000+10:302006-02-13T11:26:48.160+10:30

Mum and Dad's houseguests left on Sunday which has made them very happy indeed, as from what I heard they were not the most pleasant people to live with for a couple of weeks. On Saturday we had their farewell lunch at Mum and Dad's which went later than I'd hoped, but on the plus side I got to see my family and so there was at least one positive to the day. We did very little for the rest of

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1139524763673370052006-02-10T09:10:00.000+10:302006-02-10T09:09:23.683+10:30

Bloody hell, what a morning already. Dad dropped me off at work today and a set of traffic lights changed in front of us which is where I decided to get out of the car. Ofcourse, I didn't look, and thus a cyclist was there I was unaware of. Thankfully, as the lights were red and she was slowing down too, it was not as bad as it could have been and the timing was so that she was able to stop

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1139378368483993882006-02-08T16:29:00.000+10:302006-02-08T16:29:28.493+10:30

For the last 2 and a half months we've had an Acting Manager, someone who came from outside this office. In that time I have tried to be patient and calm but my goodness, this week he seems to be more annoying than ever. He's one of those "but that's not how we do it in the other office" people. Well buddy, you don't exactly do things right in that there place! I have no problem with people

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1139203393470369102006-02-06T15:51:00.000+10:302006-02-06T15:53:15.280+10:30

I have become completely addicted to playing Neverwinter Nights online, and the only person to blame is Hoogs. He was over one day, telling Ivan about how much fun it was to roleplay the game online, and thus hooked us in (especially me, the wannabe story teller, very good stuff for the imagination). Ivan went and bought it one day and the next day I did the same, and since then there have been

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1138421739914292002006-01-28T14:45:00.000+10:302006-01-28T14:57:04.746+10:30

Thursday was Australia Day and thus, a day off work, and in effort to get a long weekend I also booked Friday off as an Annual Leave day. I imagined myself getting some housework done and above all else, relaxing my arse off, but so far that's not really been the case.Ivan had a big data entry project to do which he anticipated might take him the whole 4 days so in an effort to free up his time

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1138161407618125312006-01-25T14:24:00.000+10:302006-01-25T14:26:47.630+10:30

It's the last day to vote for my blog in the 2006 Australian Blog Awards so get to it! Follow those links to the right and vote away! And unlike John Farnham, this really is the last time [to vote].As an aside, today is possibly the last time I have pasta for lunch when I'm wearing a white shirt. Will I never learn?? Apparently, because this shirt is stripey the spillage is not as obvious but

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1138065869582791312006-01-24T11:51:00.000+10:302006-01-24T11:54:29.596+10:30

After having the same $10 sunglasses for just under 10 years, I decided it was time for a new pair when I put them on recently and could hardly see out of one eye due to the lenses getting scratched in my handbag. Sunglasses are something I have never splurged on because of the fact I either a) lose them, b) sit on them, or c) scratch them. But this time, I thought, I'd look for something a

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1137728379149625592006-01-20T14:09:00.000+10:302006-01-20T14:09:39.160+10:30

This morning NASA sent off a probe to Pluto, but let me tell you, I don't need no fancy high speed thingy to discover my own planet in the last few days. This planet is situated... get this... on my leg.Yes, I speak of a pimple. On my freaking leg. Who gets a pimple on their leg? I mean that rhetorically but clearly the answer is me. I don't know why or how but somehow it appeared on the

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1137650630122854422006-01-19T16:33:00.000+10:302006-01-19T16:33:50.150+10:30

My poor Dad seems to have a continuing run of bad luck when it comes to sucky employers. There was as some might remember the whole debarcle pre-Christmas 2004 when the place he'd worked at for 15 years decided to give him the old heave-ho and then the challenge of getting them for unfair dismissal. SO he wanted to get out of that industry and start something new, and since then poor Dad has

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1137465239168483312006-01-17T13:03:00.000+10:302006-01-17T13:03:59.183+10:30

In honour of my 300th post, and also because I'd like to bask in some kind of e-glory, I bring your attention to the fact that you may now vote for me in the 2006 Australian Blog Awards (see links in the sidebar). Unfortunately, you need to be registered with Collective Apathy to vote, so one link directs you to the nominations screen where you can register, and the other link takes you to the

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1137387312968427792006-01-16T15:23:00.000+10:302006-01-16T15:25:15.350+10:30

I was getting into such a good habit with updating this Blog regularly and now, before I know it, almost a week has passed since my last update. Oh well.Not that I have anything interesting to report, really. I was intending to get on here a few days ago and discuss the "controversy" (and I use the term loosely) that is Brokeback Mountain, and I'm sure I had other things to prattle on about,

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1136849945355051392006-01-10T10:09:00.000+10:302006-01-10T10:09:05.420+10:30

On Saturday we went to Darren's place for what he has named JeStEr's Arcade, i.e. a LAN. He's running it so every 3 months he has one with prizes and points for games tally over the year so that each year he can name a Gamer of the Year. That sentence contained the word "year" a hell of a lot. He's planned it really well actually, and we had a lot of fun despite turning up late and being

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1136528723213122582006-01-06T16:55:00.000+10:302006-01-06T16:55:23.223+10:30

I swear, sometimes at work we have the strangest conversations.I can't even remember how we got onto this topic, but I somehow managed to hear that Karen believes Jesus was actually a vampire. This somehow morphed into the beliefs of Scientology. This somehow morphed into South Park. We then eventually all returned back to working. Today the topic of discussion was mouldy food, and when it is

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1136249518019256782006-01-03T11:22:00.000+10:302006-01-03T11:24:49.473+10:30

2005 was very much a topsy-turvy year for me, with a summary of my year below:I got to go to Sydney (my favourite city) in January for the Wave Aid concert with Bron. We had an awesome time but I still have the tanlines from getting extremely burned while we were there.Dad had his unfair dismissal hearing and won (big relief for the family).Music Month for Bron and I continued with us going to

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Just wanted to do a quick update and wish everyone a great New Year's Eve. Hope you all have a great night, whatever it is you might be doing, whether spending it with others or by yourself. I think I've outgrown the "get wasted" aspect of NYE a few years ago and I think the night is no big deal really, but I hope you all enjoy it and stay safe :)Will update again in 2006!

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1135896745108009402005-12-30T09:22:00.000+10:302005-12-30T09:22:25.126+10:30

Yesterday I felt a bit like Homer Simpson: "Look kids, street crime". Except that I had no kids to say this to, and didn't actually say it out loud. Apart from those glaring differences, I was just like Homer, dammit.I was going across to Target on the corner of Rundle Street to spend a gift voucher I'd received for Christmas. Standing at the pedestrian crossing, waiting for the lights to

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1135750706588767252005-12-28T16:48:00.000+10:302005-12-28T16:48:26.600+10:30

What the bloody hell am I doing at work today? Why the bloody hell didn't I book some leave like everyone else in the city? Even the place I normally go to for lunch is closed this week, so my routine is completely out of whack! Karen and I are the only losers sitting down this end of the building. I was the last loser to leave last Friday night. Silly, silly me.I was hoping it would be

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1135563083484694972005-12-26T12:41:00.000+10:302005-12-26T12:41:23.523+10:30

I hope everyone had a happy and safe non-denominational holiday :)After all the madness that comes before it, I am a little sad that Christmas is already over. I love the decorations, the Christmas cartoons and movies, the days off, spending time with the people I love, generally I just love Christmas, but with the sadness does indeed come a sense of relief, even for someone that loves the

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1135306864495056622005-12-23T13:30:00.000+10:302005-12-23T13:31:04.510+10:30

Today is indeed a glorious day, although it doesn't seem like many of us here in the office are getting much done. Unfortunately no one planned any afternoon drinks and I have a meeting at 2pm, so any chance of drinking the afternoon away and going home early has gone out the door, but never mind, I'm still overjoyed that after this afternoon I have 4 days off, yay!Tomorrow we will be heading to

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1135208787059333812005-12-22T10:16:00.000+10:302005-12-22T13:02:35.636+10:30

When I first started using Blogger a couple of years ago, it didn't contain any Comments software at all, so I set up my Blog using an external comments source. This had its ups and downs, the downs being that the service was often unreliable, sometimes down for a couple of days at a time (although admittedly, that hadn't happened recently). So, last night I finally made the decision to use

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1135146478782889752005-12-21T16:56:00.000+10:302005-12-21T16:57:58.796+10:30

Due to a lack of sleep lately, I have gotten over the cranky mood I was in yesterday and have today entered Phase: Delirium. I do like this phase, it makes the workday go faster, the lunacy of other colleagues more amusing and generally just makes things a lot more pleasant.During my walk at lunch today I noticed there seem to be a lot more pigeons in the city lately. On several occasions I've

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278303236566646222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469880.post-1135034098778687832005-12-20T09:44:00.000+10:302005-12-20T09:44:58.826+10:30

Last night I went to the Mammal Club Christmas party which was a small gathering on the banks of the Torrens behind the zoo. It was great to see everyone before we start meeting again next February, especially Lydia as she hasn't been very well lately. It was a nice night, a slight breeze cooling down a warm day, and as the sun was setting you could hear a lion roaring in the background. I'd

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I can't believe it's less than a week until Christmas. Unfortunately our office doesn't close and I haven't booked any leave but the public holidays will still be nice. I'll be filling in for Sandra which means a little extra money, which will definitely come in handy after the Christmas spending. I haven't gone too crazy with the spending though - I'm trying not to use my credit card and

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Boy is my life exciting! So much so that the best I can come up with on a Friday night is the following tale. Ivan had his work Christmas party which couples were not invited to (extremely bloody rude I think) so I was made chauffer for the evening. It started off with me just having to drop him off, but ofcourse, then there was the question of whether the guy at the door would let him in with

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Oh man, I am so unbelievably bored at work today! That's right, if I told you, you wouldn't believe it. So just take my word for it. All of the Managers are at some conference thingy (as the official invite called it, I'm sure) today which is indeed a splendid occasion but the lack of incoming work today makes the day completely drag on, and that is definitely not a good thing. There are only

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Well and truly time to update, methinks. The weekend was aces! On Saturday morning I drove up to Angaston where I was staying with Bron's parents, as Bron and I were heading off to A Day on the Green, which if you haven't heard of was an outdoor concert with The Audreys, Mia Dawson, The Whitlams and Pete Murray. The concert didn't start until later that afternoon so we went for a bit of a

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Or perhaps it should be called the old age problem? Whatever you call it, I'm not liking it. Allow me to explain. It's only while I'm here at work that I noticed something quite upsetting. The light in the bathrooms here is quite bright and is at just the right angle that when I look in the mirror, this one gray hair strand I have stands out, being incredibly obvious. I didn't even know I

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I love Christmas, I always have. I love decorating the Christmas tree, catching up with the family, and have been known to sit staring into the Christmas lights for ages, just thinking. I must admit, I also love spending money, so when it comes to Christmas it can be a bit troublesome. Not only because I buy gifts for other people, but I inevitably see things I'd like for myself but which I

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This morning Ivan and I were discussing Michelle Leslie and comparing her case to Shane Warne's own drug case a couple of years ago. There are, ofcourse, some similarities as well as major differences aswell, but here's a comparison.Shane Warne- Was given the drugs by someone else (his mum).- Claims he didn't know the drugs were of the banned variety.- Didn't actually commit any crime, but a

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Oh, to have the weekend still here! It's just been one of those mornings - until 11:30am I wasn't able to log into my computer. I may aswell have slept in or just sat at my desk reading. Oh well.The weekend was really good but a bit tiring. On Friday after work I drove up to Maria's. We decided to get some pizzas for dinner, then later on she made me some rice pudding which I haven't had

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