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 fair bit of time off from work this year with the best intentions, making myself a list of what I planned to achieve and having grand illusions of lots of time for me. This is now my second week back at work and unfortunately my grand plans fizzled for a couple of reasons.
The first was that my dad decided to be a complete jerk. Without going into detail, because of him, my first week of leave was good, second week shit, third week good, and then weeks 4-6 were crap again. His behaviour resulted in my mum staying over our house for a few days, something I think will likely happen again in the near future until she decides to formally leave him and find somewhere that she can settle more permanently. I didn’t mind having her stay with us though, she’s a nice house guest to have.
The other thing that happened in my last 3 weeks was that my grandma, who has lived on her own for 17 years and was diagnosed with dementia a couple of years ago, had a fall and was taken to the hospital. When she was found she was conscious but couldn’t get up, and the bathroom had stuff thrown everywhere so she must have been in a very confused state before her fall. It was decided that it was no longer safe for her to live on her own so the hospital kept her while the social worker helped us find a nursing home for her. My aunt from QLD and my uncle from VIC came across to help mum with organising things and cleaning out my gran’s unit. Gran has now been in the nursing home for about a week and a half. She’s slowly settling in but has said a few times she wants to go home, so it’s been sad. But the nursing home is great and it will be the best for her in the long run.
So now I’m back at work and Uni has also started again which means starting work at 7am 4 out of 5 days, so I am perpetually tired and think I may have been too ambitious trying to do 3 subjects this semester instead of 2 but we’ll see how we go. All 3 are really interesting though so at least that helps.
Perhaps I can have some Mel time in the near future…
Showing posts with label Weekly stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weekly stuff. Show all posts
Monday, August 08, 2011
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Breaking my own rules
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 weekend! I sure did, with it being somewhat difficult to drag my arse back into the office today, let me tell you. Might have had something to do with eatting lots of chocolate *shrug*.
About the only thing I did that might be worth mentioning was going to the travel agent on Saturday to book our flights for our overseas trip. I'm so excited! We go to Japan first and we'll be there for Christmas, then we head to New York (where we'll be for New Year's Eve), Manchester in England and then skiing in France for a couple of days, 2 days in Paris and then heading home. While in England we're also thinking of heading over to Scotland for a couple of days and down to London but we'd probably do those trips by train so we didn't have to book any of that stuff in just yet. It's VERY exciting!
Aside from that the weekend was really quiet, just got together with the family and did a lot of reading, watching of television and movies, and ofcourse, a bit of gaming.
I hope everyone had a nice Easter and enjoyed the long weekend! I sure did, with it being somewhat difficult to drag my arse back into the office today, let me tell you. Might have had something to do with eatting lots of chocolate *shrug*.
About the only thing I did that might be worth mentioning was going to the travel agent on Saturday to book our flights for our overseas trip. I'm so excited! We go to Japan first and we'll be there for Christmas, then we head to New York (where we'll be for New Year's Eve), Manchester in England and then skiing in France for a couple of days, 2 days in Paris and then heading home. While in England we're also thinking of heading over to Scotland for a couple of days and down to London but we'd probably do those trips by train so we didn't have to book any of that stuff in just yet. It's VERY exciting!
Aside from that the weekend was really quiet, just got together with the family and did a lot of reading, watching of television and movies, and ofcourse, a bit of gaming.
Monday, April 02, 2007
Oops, I'm late too
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 a non-confessional general ethics quiz at the start of the class and based on my answers, I don't think I'm a very ethical person at all!
The weekend was also pretty quiet, but nicely so. As you saw from my photo, I got my hair done on Friday after work and I love it! I was somewhat nervous when she started cutting off my hair as there was so much on the floor, but in the end I am very happy with the result.
On Saturday, Katherine, our Japanese tutor, took Ivan and I to the Himeji Gardens on South Terrace which I didn't even know we had (see a couple of photos at the bottom of this post). They were really beautiful and we had such nice weather, it was a nice afternoon. We followed that up with a visit to the Central Markets for lunch and to look at some Asian grocery stores and pick up some Japanese food to try. That was about it for the weekend, with Sunday being spent doing the usual kind of housework and lounging around.
Amusing/Obscure Conversations
The hairdresser I went to on Friday, bless her, was a lovely lady and did a fantastic job, but trying to speak to her when the place was still busy and there were many hairdriers going was an exercise in patience. For example, I can't remember exactly what I asked, but by her response it was clear she hadn't heard a word I'd said, as her answer "Yeah, forever and a day" didn't match at all the question I'd asked. I wonder if the conversation she thought we were having was more interesting?
Colourful Moods
Um, nothing of note really. Mostly I'm excited about the holiday, panicked about how I'm going to save the money, pleased with work but frustrated at some fellow employees. It's been a standard week in that regard really.
Hobbies and Interests Pursued
We are getting close to booking our overseas trip, hopefully to be finalised next weekend. We spent a night or two going through a rough itinerary, only to discover that most of the Canadian tours we wanted to go on will be closed for winter, so we're not going to Canada after all. Instead, we are thinking of extending our New York stay and spending some time in France skiing. Me on skis... a funny thought indeed. I also discovered I am not saving anywhere near enough money so am now on an extremely tight budget to try and at least get closer. We shall see.
Look before you leap
I couldn't help but burst someone's bubble at work last Monday when they came into a meeting overjoyed at the fact they'd found a file we'd been looking for for months. Unfortunately, we'd located that file the week before and put it on the shelf, and had even reported this fact in the Minutes, so bursting that person's bubble was quite enjoyable I must say. The moral of the story - deep down, I'm an evil bitch.
And now, as promised, some photos from the gardens.
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 a non-confessional general ethics quiz at the start of the class and based on my answers, I don't think I'm a very ethical person at all!
The weekend was also pretty quiet, but nicely so. As you saw from my photo, I got my hair done on Friday after work and I love it! I was somewhat nervous when she started cutting off my hair as there was so much on the floor, but in the end I am very happy with the result.
On Saturday, Katherine, our Japanese tutor, took Ivan and I to the Himeji Gardens on South Terrace which I didn't even know we had (see a couple of photos at the bottom of this post). They were really beautiful and we had such nice weather, it was a nice afternoon. We followed that up with a visit to the Central Markets for lunch and to look at some Asian grocery stores and pick up some Japanese food to try. That was about it for the weekend, with Sunday being spent doing the usual kind of housework and lounging around.
Amusing/Obscure Conversations
The hairdresser I went to on Friday, bless her, was a lovely lady and did a fantastic job, but trying to speak to her when the place was still busy and there were many hairdriers going was an exercise in patience. For example, I can't remember exactly what I asked, but by her response it was clear she hadn't heard a word I'd said, as her answer "Yeah, forever and a day" didn't match at all the question I'd asked. I wonder if the conversation she thought we were having was more interesting?
Colourful Moods
Um, nothing of note really. Mostly I'm excited about the holiday, panicked about how I'm going to save the money, pleased with work but frustrated at some fellow employees. It's been a standard week in that regard really.
Hobbies and Interests Pursued
We are getting close to booking our overseas trip, hopefully to be finalised next weekend. We spent a night or two going through a rough itinerary, only to discover that most of the Canadian tours we wanted to go on will be closed for winter, so we're not going to Canada after all. Instead, we are thinking of extending our New York stay and spending some time in France skiing. Me on skis... a funny thought indeed. I also discovered I am not saving anywhere near enough money so am now on an extremely tight budget to try and at least get closer. We shall see.
Look before you leap
I couldn't help but burst someone's bubble at work last Monday when they came into a meeting overjoyed at the fact they'd found a file we'd been looking for for months. Unfortunately, we'd located that file the week before and put it on the shelf, and had even reported this fact in the Minutes, so bursting that person's bubble was quite enjoyable I must say. The moral of the story - deep down, I'm an evil bitch.
And now, as promised, some photos from the gardens.
8 Days make a week?
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 whole set of undercurrents in the realms of imagination that have been delved through the written word this week that have opened realms of opportunity and imagination seldom seen as we go along with our existences.
In other words, I spent a great deal of time lost in books this week and looked around blinking myopically with raging headaches from the poor lighting conditions I was in and wondering just where the week had gone to?
That's another subject right there, I possibly should be wearing my glasses or something while reading or perhaps find another comfy locale to do so since I spent at least half of the week with eye popping, head wrenching migraines for my troubles.
I don't recommend it, it's not fun at all :/.
Amusing/Obscure Conversations:
Although it is great in theory to always speak the truth and not hold ones self back, one should also look at the consequences of simply letting ones mouth run away with them.
Colourful moods:
As a result of this I have either been distant, stroppy, irritated or downright belligerent this week so I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to those of you who felt I may have been for lack of better words "A pigheaded ass!" this week and I hope that I can rectify the situation and be a little more pleasant to be around soon.
Hobbies and Interests Pursued:
Over the course of this last week I have read several books written by Terry Pratchett, the discworld series as a matter of fact which up until this point I had avoided because I thought it would just be silly drivel.
To my great surprise though it hasn't just been one long attempt at a series of terrible gags followed in the background by a late show'esque *badoomtish* to let you know something funny was meant to have just happened and for the audience to clap now.
It's their frailties that make them so engaging and as heroes, their willingness to put their best foot in the other direction and then quickly followed by a series of other rapid steps whenever the opportunity to face danger presents itself that makes them quite so enjoyable to follow.
Look before you leap:
Please read above to points 2 and 3 for info on this section :).
Riddle Answers:
Well with the great lack of success of the riddle post I have decided to call it a day and enjoy them to myself in future :).
If anyone is interested at all they can PM me for the answers and I shall send them their way.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
A super cool week!
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 driving 6-7 hours by myself, and am really looking forward to Easter so I can relax at home a bit.
On Tuesday I started this new diet, where I have these shakes as meal replacements for breakfast and lunch. I tell you, it's been a challenge. On the first day especially, I was really hungry. But the worst part has been the headaches due to giving up coffee. Seriously, it's been one big headache for several days, despite taking codeine for it. Damn delicious coffee...
On Wednesday Ivan and I went to see the tutor we now have for Japanese. It was really good actually. Up until seeing her I was considering doing another WEA course, at the next level up than the one we're doing now, but I don't think I'll need to anymore as this tutor is really good. Was a brain drain though, but I've finally started to learn how to read and write in Hiragana.
Thursday night was our regular WEA Japanese course night which as always was a lot of fun. There are some guys in the class who are absolutely hilarious. For some reason, when learning adjectives we had a picture of a bank on our sheet of paper with a sign that read "Tomato Bank", and this amused them (and Ivan) no end.
On Friday I had an interview for the job I'm currently relieving in, which is a step above my usual job and something I've been wanting to get into full-time for a while. I hate interviews and get very nervous, but this one went quite well. My boss told me quietly that I'd done really well and got the job, but I'm not allowed to tell anyone at work yet until the paperwork is officially signed (which is fine, no one I work with knows about this Blog). But I am ecstatic!! The extra money will definitely be handy with saving for this holiday, and also I was quite bored with my old job, so yeah, very happy indeed! Alex popped over on Friday night so had some pizzas and chatted about the holiday plans and generally hung out which was cool.
Saturday I finished off an assignment and then Ivan and I headed to Mum and Dad's for dinner. My cousin, his wife and their child from QLD were down (they flew my Grandma home) so we caught up with them but didn't have a big night. And today I just recently came home from Michelle's place which was really nice, love catching up with her and seeing her kids grow up :) Always feels like old times when we can just sit and shoot the breeze.
Amusing/Obscure conversations
Difficult to come up with much this week because although I've had a lot of contact with people, it's been "business as usual". But I suppose I could mention that during the dinner with my family on Saturday I was thinking, as my brother-in-law was saying something, how he means well but really should just shush sometimes. It involved him asking my cousin and his wife if they fed their child sultanas, which they do. He then told them about this study that's looking at a possible link between sultanas and autism, which would have been enough, but he went on to say that a lot of times autism doesn't present itself until the child is in school or those kinds of social settings. It makes me giggle now that I think of it, and he meant well, but perhaps my sister should have given him a polite kick under the table.
Colourful moods
Well the last couple of days have been filled with much happiness and relief due to the promotion, and generally it has been a really great week, so no real bouts of sadness or anything. And it's not a mood as such, but these diet shakes I've been having have really highlighted how much I enjoy a nice meal.
Hobbies and interests pursued
Whoops, I wrote it all in the first part of this post! Must get used to this format as I can't be stuffed editing all that now. But yeah, as I said previously, started seeing a Japanese tutor this week, discussed our overseas holiday a bit more (and my leave from work is approved, HOOOOO!!!!), got a job promotion so my career goals are coming to fruition and um... yeah, think that's it!
Look before you leap
From the feedback I received after the interview, I apparently bombed big time on one of the questions, where they asked what I'd look for in team members. In my head, I was thinking "Huh? But the team is already there, I wouldn't have a choice!" so I rattled off some bullshit which was apparently wrong. Note to self: if ever asked this question in the future, discuss traits such as loyalty, punctuality, communication, etc.
Keep reading for Xy's weekly update below
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 driving 6-7 hours by myself, and am really looking forward to Easter so I can relax at home a bit.
On Tuesday I started this new diet, where I have these shakes as meal replacements for breakfast and lunch. I tell you, it's been a challenge. On the first day especially, I was really hungry. But the worst part has been the headaches due to giving up coffee. Seriously, it's been one big headache for several days, despite taking codeine for it. Damn delicious coffee...
On Wednesday Ivan and I went to see the tutor we now have for Japanese. It was really good actually. Up until seeing her I was considering doing another WEA course, at the next level up than the one we're doing now, but I don't think I'll need to anymore as this tutor is really good. Was a brain drain though, but I've finally started to learn how to read and write in Hiragana.
Thursday night was our regular WEA Japanese course night which as always was a lot of fun. There are some guys in the class who are absolutely hilarious. For some reason, when learning adjectives we had a picture of a bank on our sheet of paper with a sign that read "Tomato Bank", and this amused them (and Ivan) no end.
On Friday I had an interview for the job I'm currently relieving in, which is a step above my usual job and something I've been wanting to get into full-time for a while. I hate interviews and get very nervous, but this one went quite well. My boss told me quietly that I'd done really well and got the job, but I'm not allowed to tell anyone at work yet until the paperwork is officially signed (which is fine, no one I work with knows about this Blog). But I am ecstatic!! The extra money will definitely be handy with saving for this holiday, and also I was quite bored with my old job, so yeah, very happy indeed! Alex popped over on Friday night so had some pizzas and chatted about the holiday plans and generally hung out which was cool.
Saturday I finished off an assignment and then Ivan and I headed to Mum and Dad's for dinner. My cousin, his wife and their child from QLD were down (they flew my Grandma home) so we caught up with them but didn't have a big night. And today I just recently came home from Michelle's place which was really nice, love catching up with her and seeing her kids grow up :) Always feels like old times when we can just sit and shoot the breeze.
Amusing/Obscure conversations
Difficult to come up with much this week because although I've had a lot of contact with people, it's been "business as usual". But I suppose I could mention that during the dinner with my family on Saturday I was thinking, as my brother-in-law was saying something, how he means well but really should just shush sometimes. It involved him asking my cousin and his wife if they fed their child sultanas, which they do. He then told them about this study that's looking at a possible link between sultanas and autism, which would have been enough, but he went on to say that a lot of times autism doesn't present itself until the child is in school or those kinds of social settings. It makes me giggle now that I think of it, and he meant well, but perhaps my sister should have given him a polite kick under the table.
Colourful moods
Well the last couple of days have been filled with much happiness and relief due to the promotion, and generally it has been a really great week, so no real bouts of sadness or anything. And it's not a mood as such, but these diet shakes I've been having have really highlighted how much I enjoy a nice meal.
Hobbies and interests pursued
Whoops, I wrote it all in the first part of this post! Must get used to this format as I can't be stuffed editing all that now. But yeah, as I said previously, started seeing a Japanese tutor this week, discussed our overseas holiday a bit more (and my leave from work is approved, HOOOOO!!!!), got a job promotion so my career goals are coming to fruition and um... yeah, think that's it!
Look before you leap
From the feedback I received after the interview, I apparently bombed big time on one of the questions, where they asked what I'd look for in team members. In my head, I was thinking "Huh? But the team is already there, I wouldn't have a choice!" so I rattled off some bullshit which was apparently wrong. Note to self: if ever asked this question in the future, discuss traits such as loyalty, punctuality, communication, etc.
Keep reading for Xy's weekly update below
A slow week
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 idea as me.
I then spent Wednesday finding out all about some Australia Post night shift mail centre jobs (ugh, night shift *shudders*) which apparently are paying some pretty sweet shift loading and require no previous experience.
For some reason though to get a casual position, which I would really like to get so as not to go barmy from permanent night shift five or six days a week, requires sending away for forms to be sent out to you to fill out and then send back.
The strange part is that you can directly apply for the full time positions online which seems silly and unnecessary to me but from the looks of it I think Aust Post has some deal with government employment to send long term unemployed into the casual roles so they get first dibs.
I will have to send a big shout out thank you to Mel though for taking nearly 2 hours out of her Friday night to help me log into blogger again.
For some reason though things all seemed to be correct I just couldn't log in, so we went right back to basics and re did everything from word go and with only a slight glitch with the password that kept us scratching our collective heads for about 20 minutes we finally got it all working and my co-author access set back up.
So a golf clap from me for you Mel *chuckles*.
The kids over in merry old England have just recently gotten married and I haven't heard hide nor hair from them in a couple days now which leads me to believe they are enjoying their honeymoon together.
I can't wait for the pics of the wedding, I will seek permission to post a few here from them when they next resurface and see how we go ^_^.
I have spent a deal of my time keeping distracted with many silly videos and things people have been linking online recently and an epic 300 movie photo-chop thread over at the Gen[M]ay forums that has been keeping me giggling for days now :D.
A small taste of the funny:
(Seems this new blogger doesn't like direct embeds of material so I will put links instead).
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I am a massive fan of the game series Fallout (1, 2 and tactics) which were isometric view post apocalyptic games brought out in the late 90's.
And so when I first started playing stalker and saw many references back to these games in it in both playing style despite it being a first person shooter and items and some storyline plots I was swept away by its emersive game play.
I haven't as yet had a great amount of time to really get stuck into it yet but I do plan on doing so in my spare time and when I can find a time my roommate isn't playing his uber machine (my poor PC has no hope of running it :'( ).
It can be scary at times and something I really enjoy about it is that if you go all Gun ho and charge a guy with a shotgun your probably going to die very quickly, in fact it is very very easy to die in this game and therefore promotes a bit of use of the old grey matter that seems to be very absent in many modern game styles.
If you are using a train line you have never used before make sure to at least make a cursory study of the connecting time table to other lines or you may just find yourself wasting precious monies on a cab ride home when you become stranded :/.
I can't really afford to be doing that again any time soon so I guess I have literally learned a look before you leap lesson this week.
I have another update comming very shortly with some fun time wasting content so stay tuned space cadets!
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 idea as me.
I then spent Wednesday finding out all about some Australia Post night shift mail centre jobs (ugh, night shift *shudders*) which apparently are paying some pretty sweet shift loading and require no previous experience.
For some reason though to get a casual position, which I would really like to get so as not to go barmy from permanent night shift five or six days a week, requires sending away for forms to be sent out to you to fill out and then send back.
The strange part is that you can directly apply for the full time positions online which seems silly and unnecessary to me but from the looks of it I think Aust Post has some deal with government employment to send long term unemployed into the casual roles so they get first dibs.
Amusing/Obscure Conversations:
I will have to send a big shout out thank you to Mel though for taking nearly 2 hours out of her Friday night to help me log into blogger again.
For some reason though things all seemed to be correct I just couldn't log in, so we went right back to basics and re did everything from word go and with only a slight glitch with the password that kept us scratching our collective heads for about 20 minutes we finally got it all working and my co-author access set back up.
So a golf clap from me for you Mel *chuckles*.
The kids over in merry old England have just recently gotten married and I haven't heard hide nor hair from them in a couple days now which leads me to believe they are enjoying their honeymoon together.
I can't wait for the pics of the wedding, I will seek permission to post a few here from them when they next resurface and see how we go ^_^.
Colourful moods:
*Shrugs* Kind of a neutral one this week, not many highs or lows with no one around to interact with.I have spent a deal of my time keeping distracted with many silly videos and things people have been linking online recently and an epic 300 movie photo-chop thread over at the Gen[M]ay forums that has been keeping me giggling for days now :D.
A small taste of the funny:
(Seems this new blogger doesn't like direct embeds of material so I will put links instead).
http://x014.uploaderx.net/x/heman.jpg
http://x013.uploaderx.net/x/1174681534.jpg
http://x014.uploaderx.net/x/1174457306.jpg
http://x014.uploaderx.net/x/300_23.gif
http://x014.uploaderx.net/x/lmao.gif
Hobbies and Interests Pursued:
Well as per usual like clockwork if you know me "at all" you will know I have been watching my American TV shows (mainly Battlestar Galactica this week) and gaming, which brings me to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.I am a massive fan of the game series Fallout (1, 2 and tactics) which were isometric view post apocalyptic games brought out in the late 90's.
And so when I first started playing stalker and saw many references back to these games in it in both playing style despite it being a first person shooter and items and some storyline plots I was swept away by its emersive game play.
I haven't as yet had a great amount of time to really get stuck into it yet but I do plan on doing so in my spare time and when I can find a time my roommate isn't playing his uber machine (my poor PC has no hope of running it :'( ).
It can be scary at times and something I really enjoy about it is that if you go all Gun ho and charge a guy with a shotgun your probably going to die very quickly, in fact it is very very easy to die in this game and therefore promotes a bit of use of the old grey matter that seems to be very absent in many modern game styles.
Look before you leap:
I have a small but important lesson to hand out to those who on occasion use public transport.If you are using a train line you have never used before make sure to at least make a cursory study of the connecting time table to other lines or you may just find yourself wasting precious monies on a cab ride home when you become stranded :/.
I can't really afford to be doing that again any time soon so I guess I have literally learned a look before you leap lesson this week.
I have another update comming very shortly with some fun time wasting content so stay tuned space cadets!
Sunday, March 18, 2007
A week in the life of Xy
Posted by Mel, because Xy can't log in right now
Keep reading for Mel's weekly update below
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, despite having to do all the planning for this wedding, book all the halls and reception parties, plan all the seating at both events and write up the guest lists (especially when one of them has only met most of the people going for the first time these last two weeks and has none of his own family there at all!) there has been minimal grumblings about the event and a great deal of enthusiasm about the wedding in general.
None of those usual pre-wedding jitters one might expect to see.
So I am really happy for the both of them that they have found the one they can genuinely say “This is my soulmate” about with conviction ^_^.
Myself, I have just been enjoying a weeks break at home after leaving my last temp job before heading on out to grind that vicious cycle of finding more gainful employment … Aiya… not looking forward to it but we all need the monies hehe!
Amusing/Obscure Conversations:
Ugh, Does everyone in the world “except” Australians like fosters?
I was talking to the kids over in England just the other day and they said that some of the favorite beers getting around over there is that pig swill most of us wont even consider drinking.
Surprisingly though an American friend also said he quite likes xxxx beer distilled in my hometown of
Considering most people talking about it at the time were listing off Awesome German, Canadian and Belgian beers at the time I dunno, I guess I just felt a little pride in our backwater nation … who knows, maybe he was just humouring me? (Note I didn’t list any Aussie ones but a New Zealander beer did get a mention in there from Radlers.
Colourful moods:
Well this week has been an absolute rollercoaster ride of emotions for me.
There is some personal issues that have been going on that involve some other people close to me that has been getting me down a bit that I don’t feel I have the right to talk about here.
I have also had some Migraines which have been so bad that they have actually been making me feel physically ill.
On the other hand though with my friends’ marriage coming up and some very cool things from my past that I found recently and will talk about soon I have been feeling absolutely elated at times so I have been going from the very depths of low feelings to the heights of joy all week long one after another.
So right now just relaxing on a slow Sunday for me is ideal to get over my mental exhaustion.
Hobbies and Interests Pursued:
Well I recently decided to start working on learning some HTML and PHP webpage coding and was working on the basics but this last week with all its goings on really unavoidably distracted me something fierce.
I did manage to get some writing done though so I am happy about that.
I have been working on a graphic novel Idea with JP recently since apparently he is a decent drawer of Manga so the story ideas and web hosting/coding issues is something I have been looking into if we ever felt it was decent enough to host online for our friends to read and enjoy.
Not only this though I recently found a website that all Gamers from around 1985 onwards (I have been gaming for the last 18 years first on consoles then PC’s… omg that’s way over half my life now) would absolutely love called “Abandonia”.
This gem of a website has a slew of old games that we all used to love available for download and updated for Xp and other modern OS’s (I run a Dosbox to run them) as freeware so go have a look here. http://www.abandonia.com/index2.php
So in my spare time I have been lost in such games as The original Wing Commander, Stronghold, Battletech, the Crescent Hawks Inception, Planets Edge (freaken awesome game!) and Master of Magic!
It’s like re-visiting my misspent youth! :D
Look before you leap:
My roommate asked me if I could this week wait for a friend of his to come around and grab something he had borrowed and was unable to return to the guy and since I was here anyway I said “Sure!”
Anyhow it was a few hours before he turned up with his girlfriend. It was a hot day and I wasn’t wearing a shirt and sitting in front of the fan since I wilt pretty easily in the heat (great for a Queenslander I know *chuckles*) when they turned up.
I was kind of scruffy after a few days of no shaving since I was home all week too.
He comes rushing in and explaining he has to run because his train back is coming in like 2 minutes which I knew was a bit of a fib since I live close enough to the tracks to hear their frequency but that’s ok I didn’t say anything cause we don’t know each other very well and he obviously doesn’t want to hang around with me J.
What I thought was funny and rude at the same time though was that I am in my own house, doing this guy a favour and his girlfriend gives me this really dirty look like “Where a fucking shirt and take shave!” … in … my … own … house!
I was so close to saying, “Hey your no spring chicken yourself sweetheart” but thought better of it just to keep the peace between my mates friends and stuff.
Keep reading for Mel's weekly update below
A week in the life of Mel
Preamble
This 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 on an assignment most of the day. When I finally finished it, thinking it was due on Friday, I realised I got the dates mixed up and I actually had a whole other week I could have done it in. For various reasons the week involved a lack of sleep and so I was off work Tuesday also with a headache and very tired. So, the rest of the week was the usual - work, study, little else. I did some overtime yesterday, so haven't had much of a weekend, but we did go out to dinner last night and had a bit of a walk down Jetty Road which was nice. Today the Formula 1 race was on in Melbourne so I've had my butt seated on the couch pretty much all day up until now. Nothing exciting as you can see, but a full week. I also gained a slight MySpace addiction and can't seem to stop updating my page in any way I can.
Amusing/Obscure conversations
Pat: Has anyone seen the DeLoia file?
Sandra: I did see it somewhere...
Me: *chuckles* Well that's helpful.
Pat: Oh yes, I can stop looking now!
All: *laughter*
[About 10 minutes later]
Pat: I err... found that file on my desk.
Colourful moods
A myriad of moods, from sadness, sleepiness, worry, frustration, forgetfulness and happiness.
Hobbies and interests pursued
This week I continued my Japanese studies, got to watch the Formula 1 race, signed up to Footy Tipping at Mum's work, and am considering doing a creative writing course at WEA next year. Also continuing to save my arse off for this overseas holiday, as I really want to make it happen.
Look before you leap
Ideally, I'd be writing about silly things other people have done or said in this section but last night I did something which made me say "Gee, I'm annoyed with myself". We went out to Hog's Breath for dinner which is a bit of a treat due to trying to be on a strict savings plan, but I sweetened the suggestion of going by announcing I had a voucher which entitled us to 25% off the total bill. Which would have been fantastic, had I remembered to use it. We were a few streets away from being home, in fact, when I remembered.
This 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 on an assignment most of the day. When I finally finished it, thinking it was due on Friday, I realised I got the dates mixed up and I actually had a whole other week I could have done it in. For various reasons the week involved a lack of sleep and so I was off work Tuesday also with a headache and very tired. So, the rest of the week was the usual - work, study, little else. I did some overtime yesterday, so haven't had much of a weekend, but we did go out to dinner last night and had a bit of a walk down Jetty Road which was nice. Today the Formula 1 race was on in Melbourne so I've had my butt seated on the couch pretty much all day up until now. Nothing exciting as you can see, but a full week. I also gained a slight MySpace addiction and can't seem to stop updating my page in any way I can.
Amusing/Obscure conversations
Pat: Has anyone seen the DeLoia file?
Sandra: I did see it somewhere...
Me: *chuckles* Well that's helpful.
Pat: Oh yes, I can stop looking now!
All: *laughter*
[About 10 minutes later]
Pat: I err... found that file on my desk.
Colourful moods
A myriad of moods, from sadness, sleepiness, worry, frustration, forgetfulness and happiness.
Hobbies and interests pursued
This week I continued my Japanese studies, got to watch the Formula 1 race, signed up to Footy Tipping at Mum's work, and am considering doing a creative writing course at WEA next year. Also continuing to save my arse off for this overseas holiday, as I really want to make it happen.
Look before you leap
Ideally, I'd be writing about silly things other people have done or said in this section but last night I did something which made me say "Gee, I'm annoyed with myself". We went out to Hog's Breath for dinner which is a bit of a treat due to trying to be on a strict savings plan, but I sweetened the suggestion of going by announcing I had a voucher which entitled us to 25% off the total bill. Which would have been fantastic, had I remembered to use it. We were a few streets away from being home, in fact, when I remembered.
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