STUCK AT A COMPUTER WITH ONLY CAPITALS
YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL FROM THE TITLE OF THIS ENTRY THAT THE INTERNET IS STILL NOT ON, AND I'M AT MY DAD'S WORK WRITING THIS AGAIN. UNFORTUNATELY, THE CAPS LOCK KEY STICKS, AND AFTER I USED IT ONCE, IT HASN'T COME OFF YET.
SO, WHAT HAVE I BEEN UP TO LATELY? WELL, NOT MUCH... NO INTERNET REALLY HAS MARKED THE HORRIBLE CRUSHING DEATH OF MY SOCIAL LIFE... WELL, AT LEAST WITH PEOPLE MY AGE. I HELPED RAY HIGGS (A VERY NICE GUY AND A MEMBER OF MY LOCAL LABOR PARTY BRANCH) OUT WITH THE LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS A WEEK AGO (I HANDED OUT HOW TO VOTE CARDS... UNFORTUNATELY HE DIDN'T WIN, BUT HE DID HAVE A COOL SIGN "VOTE 1 RAY BY MANGOES BANANAS" UP NEAR THE POLLING PLACE), THEN LAST NIGHT I WENT TO A LABOR PARTY SOCIAL MEETING AT ANNE ECKSTEIN'S (STATE MP) HOUSE. I WAS THE YOUNGEST ONE THERE BY A LOT.
ON THE UP SIDE, I GOT MY MARKS BACK FOR SEMESTER 2 OF UNI:
PSYCHOLOGY: 81/100 (AN IMPROVEMENT ON LAST SEMESTER'S 75)
BIOLOGY: 82/100 (AN IMPROVEMENT ON LAST SEMESTER'S 80)
SOCIOLOGY: 84/100 (AN IMPROVEMENT ON LAST SEMESTER'S 83)
SO I IMPROVED ON ALL OF THEM. PROBABLY BECAUSE I DROPPED CHEM THIS SEMESTER. A WISE CHOICE.
WELL, MY PROFILE IS SAFELY BACK UP ON RSVP.COM... MY WORK ON THE INTERNET IS DONE.
They Made A Pez Dispenser Out Of His Leg
Well... where to start? I guess at the start. On Monday night, Nebsy, her boyfriend Pez and I all went out to the break-up night for Christian Union, at a cafe. We had a great time... I got to wear my new long black skirt! Anyway, half a slice of pizza, half a slice of cake and 2 Smirnoff Double Black Ice's later, we were being driven to the next leg of the night (someone's house for movies) by the very nice conservative mentioned in the last few entries (Let's call her R), and we pulled up at traffic lights. The Christian Union President, in the car next to us, jumped out of her car and pulled up our windscreen wipers, so of course Pez got out, put our wipers down and pulled theirs up! All was going perfectly until he tried to get back into our car... the door was jammed! Then the traffic lights changed, and Pez was trapped outside the car, inches from oncoming traffic. He panicked and tried to run to the side of the road, and almost made it, but a car hit his leg, and so we ended up driving him to hospital.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, one day, two hospitals, several X-Rays and a cat-scan later, it was revealed that Pez had sustained a depression fracture to his leg, and needed an operation. So Nebs and I have been busy going to and from Maroondah hospital (where Pez is Marooned) to visit him, bring him things, etc. He had the operation two days ago, and today me and my Dad drove him back to his home in Elwood... so hopefully all is well and his leg will heal quickly, and he'll be walking fine in no time. *repeats to self* the glass is half full, the glass is half full, the glass is half full...
I would just like to take this time to say, although I doubt that she is reading my blog, thankyou very much, R. You were an amazing help on the night Pez got hurt, and throughout the time he was in hospital.
In other news, somewhere between visiting Pez and eating and sleeping, I have been finishing my training at the fruit and vegie shop! Yesterday, I spent a lot of time serving customers, and I thought I was getting much better, until I almost fainted, and had to go and sit down. Huh. Serves them right for forgetting that I was supposed to have a 15 minute break. Seriously though, I was thinking, "Oh boy, they're gonna fire me... they don't want to employ a sick person..." and I was expecting the Pink Slip at the end of the day... but instead of the Pink Slip, I got the Green Shirt!! Yes, that's right, I now have an actual Work Shirt!! I'm employed! I guess I didn't do so bad after all.
Nebsy and I have been watching a few movies lately... we saw Super Troopers (funny), and Cruel Intentions (thanks for the reccomendation
Now, onto the un-fun part of the blog... Right now I'm at my Dad's work because in an effort to upgrade Nebsy and my computers, he has disconnected the internet. So basically that means I won't be spending hours on Elftown, chatting on MSN, or (the final stab), going out with anyone (as we all know the only way to arrange these things is on the net). To all the people I usually chat to, I'm sorry - I haven't forgotten about you, I just can't get to the net. So right now the only social thing on my horizon for the next two weeks is Christian Union (yay... telling the same story about Pez to every person in the room).
If I were a Sim, the Social Bunny would be appearing every 10 minutes to cheer me up. As it stands though, I keep him locked in my room. (Seriously, I do have an oversized pink toy bunny in my room.)
AND, yet more depressing, my ex wants his copy of Pulp Fiction and his 2 computer games back... they were the one thing I had up on him when we broke up... except for all those free driving lessons he gave me.
What I really need is a Corpse Husband... I can keep him buried in my backyard and dig him up whenever I need company. The maggots coming out of his eyes will scare away other girls so he'll be all mine. *sigh* So lonely...
The Hillarious Exploits of Me and Nebsy
Something that happened several days ago: Nebs was brushing her hair and one of her little gold stud earrings fell out of her ear. I searched around for it on the floor and found the back part, but the spikey front part was still missing! Nebs and I who both have bad eyesight kept looking for it, and we were getting frantic, when I suddenly found it! Nebs was so delighted she placed it in the palm of her hand and started kissing it repeatedly. Then she looked down with horror to discover that it had disappeared! And that is the story of how Nebsy ate her earring.
*Story has been changed a little to be funny.
In other news, the job training didn't go so well... I got sick when I was there, but I felt better quickly, so at least they let me keep going. I swear, it's taking all the heroin that does it.
*Drug habit has been changed a little to be funny.
Also, I wanted to make a correction to my last entry... the "conservative" I mentioned is not just "a conservative", but a person (and a very nice, giving, kind person) with conservative views. To some people I'd be a conservative..
Feelin' Fruity
Not really. I am a cocktail of coffee, headache pills and frozen lemonade and fanta right now... I got 4 and a half hours sleep last night (and did surprisingly well for it!)
The good thing about being a "night owl" now I'm on holidays is that there is more time to chat on the net and watch movies with minimal parental interference, and I can sleep in long enough so that it is only me and Nebs at home in the morning, and thus we can have breakfast in front of the Sims. Ahhh, bliss.
I had a discussion about gay rights and Christianity today with a conservative..
Anyway, returning to the title of today's blog entry... A job is on the horizon! I'm going in for training at the fruit shop (where Nebsy works) tomorrow... it's not a guarantee of a job, but it's one step closer. :)
Face Painting
I painted faces at the church fete today. I did 2 cats, 3 flowers, 1 star, 1 set of clown eyes, and 2 rainbows.
No one wanted a dracula, a rotting corpse, or an explosion victim. :(
Tomorrow is Federal Electorate Assembly Elections for the Labor Party... boy my life is non-stop fun. Maybe I should save this blog for when something interesting happens.
My wishes come true
I can't believe it. In one day, I got The Sims 2 for good (thanks to the kind work of Pezza and Nate-Dogg... I'm not sure if they want their real names on my blog), and saw The Proposition, the movie written by Nick Cave. And we also watched a LOT of episodes of Drawn Together! *So happy*.
I don't think I can rave enough about how good The Proposition was... I mean, the five stars the paper gave it is a bit of an understatement
Then, there's The Sims 2 - I rented it for $6.50, and now I have it forever. "There are some things that I can buy. For everything else, there's friends who know how to work CD cracks." ;)
My sims, Lady Chaos and Master Order, after their psychological distress discussed in my last entry, had a baby (called Martin) and then when Martin was a toddler, had another baby (called Kira). Master Order got a job as a political campaign advisor, and Lady Chaos got a job as a security guard. Great. Now both of them are "elder sims" (white-haired, fat sims with their pants pulled up way too high) and the kids are both teenagers.
I suppose you probably didn't want to know about my sims...
So Shall I Sing
Yes, I've been So Shall I Sing (socialising) a lot lately, and in many different forms... and I will be So Shall I Sing some more in the next few days.
It was great seeing my little second-cousins again... when one has grabbed one arm and the other one has grabbed the other arm and is trying to pull my head off my shoulders while smooshing my nose flat, all the while assuring me that they are protecting me from the sharks, it reminds me what it is to be alive. Life Is Pain. Yes, I also saw the Goth episode of Southpark at last! Ha ha ha ha! Funny! Conformists.
Anyway, I rented a copy of The Sims 2 and am hoping to get it copied or somehow playable without actually buying it, which is proving really difficult. But in the meantime, it's also proving difficult keeping my Sims happy/not crazy. I've finally got the girl and the guy to screw and get engaged (they both want a family) but the girl is always crying and they both play with a bag of flour and pretend it is a baby... The therapist came to see them after the second fire, but I really don't see what's so wrong with them. Sure, the guy collapses when he gets home from work, and I let them pee all over the floor, but so what? They should be grateful I let them walk outside in their underwear and cook with off milk. Ungrateful Sims...
It's censorship and it's just blasphemous
Apparently the banner for my Political Page breaks some kind of Elftown rules, because it got deleted from Elftown. Aw, dangit! I mean, come on, all it had was a few pictures that summed up politics perfectly: John Howard, the Eureka flag, George Bush, Che Guevara and a picture of a rat.
Then again I guess I didn't exactly make that picture of Che Guevara...
Boy, I just hope they don't find my picture of Amanda Vanstone's head on Android #19 from DBZ's body! :O
I have exams for the next two days... damnit... I probably won't be on Elftown for a while. Wish me luck!
Reading thru my last year diary and partying nutrimetics style
I've been reading through my diary from last year and it's surprisingly humourous... ha ha ha *cough* I wish I was still that cool.
On another topic, today was Nebby's Nutrimetics Party! It was pretty good. I put on makeup that is a little darker than my skin so now I look creepily healthy which is gross! Now where's my Revlon Ivory Colourstay and $2.50 black eye pencil? Anyway, so yeah, all went well and nobody brought a shotty to stick up the party. (That's a song lyric, by the way).
Last Day At Uni, Feat. Cyd Ouch
Yesterday was my last day at uni for the year! Yay! Although unfortunately I'll probably be back there for course advice when I can be bothered reinrolling (after the exams). Anyway, last day of uni, yeah. I brought Nebs to uni and we ate chocolate pudding at Wholefoods (the hippie restaurant) and then we went earring shopping at the market. We bought a black dangly pair (for me), a light blue dangly pair (for her) and a pink and orange dangly pair with keys on them (for both of us). Then we talked about Cyd Ouch (Brenda Strong/Captain Deladrier/Sgt. Dede Rake/Mary Alice Young... you can see why we gave her one name to cover all these) on the way home on the bus. If you're wondering, she is from Starship Troopers 1 and 2 (she played different characters in them!) and Desperate Housewives (she's the narrator). Anywhoo, she always dies a horrible death and usually kills some people, and we think she's cool. Go Cyd Ouch!!
Waking up next to the right faction
Something terrible happened today... I got mail. Now, I get lots of mail (snail mail) from the Labor Party, but this was something different. This was from Young Labor Unity! Labor Unity is - don't let the name fool you - the right faction of the Labor party! Aaaargh! Right! So yeah, I thought, this is the right faction, advertising for me to join... but no. It was an addressed letter about FEA elections or something, and their newsletter! How could this happen? I didn't join Labor Unity! Then I got this sinking feeling as I checked my phone and found the Young Labor Unity President's phone number on it!!
(Seriously, I remember how it got there, I went out to a function that I thought was just Young Labor... it must have been Young Labor Unity because half the people who were there are in the newsletter I got today), and I met and exchanged phone numbers with a nice lady who said she was the president of Young Labor... little did I know she was from the right faction! (Mind you, all the people I met there were really nice...)
Anyway, so yeah... it looks like somehow I've accidentally joined the faction that I least wanted to be a part of... I may as well have joined the left faction of the Liberal Party... :S