forgot to add...

...i take back my uncharitable words on friday about the silly season - i am thankful for the fact that this is the time of year for my favourite fruits to be in season - bought my first nectarines & grapes today and some more plums - yum!!!! have already had an early expensive mango this year but will wait awhile until they are really cheap and buy bucketloads of the divinely deliciously wonderfully orangy things!

gone fishing...

if you get a chance to see tim burton's new film, big fish, pleeeease see it. it has gone straight into my top five. it is beautifully made and the actors are fabulous. i have not cried so much during a movie since betty blue 17 years ago...

did you know: i was 18 inches away from ewan mcgregor earlier this year. went to see eddie izzard at the enmore theatre and mr mcgregor was there too - leaving the theatre, we were right beside him and had i been brave enough, i could have reached out to touch him. as well as being very handsome, he seems to be very unaffected by his fame. natalie portman was there too, and she is sooooo pretty.

miss e came over for dinner tonight and we watched secretary. after all the hype, i just don't get it. it was rather dull and boring... oh well, that's life.

today's unconscious mutterings...

1. Scrooge:: mcduck
   
2. Ribbon:: ponytail
   
3. Physical:: olivia newton-john
   
4. Income:: payday
   
5. Dream:: weird
   
6. Notebook:: computer
   
7. Disney:: mickey mouse
   
8. Combo:: jazz
   
9. Booty:: pirates
   
10. Skin:: touch

no cds, words or numbers today. i'll let you choose your own...

good night...

an early night...

...too many late nights and early mornings so it's in bed by 11pm for me tonight.

off to see a preview screening of 'big fish' with miss e tomorrow - should be interesting...

watching:
bridget jones's diary - *sigh* i wish hugh grant and colin firth would fight over me - it would not matter who won, i'd have them both...
the royle family - excellent british comedy - it's bloody funny

listening:
elemental - tears for fears
songs from the big chair - tears for fears
parachutes - coldplay

my own personal thanksgiving day...

...i have just been talking to tim in colorado about thanksgiving. although we dont celebrate anything like it here in oz i've decided to declare today my own personal thanksgiving day and will attempt to repeat it on any day that i feel the need to give thanks...

i have spent the day with some very special friends and i give thanks for that. baby g is a treasure and is the first wonder in my world (the original 7 wonders fade in comparison to this beautiful child). her parents are equally treasurable and mr h is becoming a good friend too. all that, plus two conversations with another treasure, miss e, make today worthy of giving THANKS!!!!

more later...

birthday meme

stolen without pause for thought from here via here...

go here to choose your birthmonth and strikeout the bits that don't apply to you...

Thinks far with vision
Easily influenced by kindness
Polite and soft-spoken
Having lots of ideas
Sensitive
Active mind
Hesitating
Tends to delay
Choosy and always wants the best
Temperamental
Funny and humorous
Loves to joke
Good debating skills
Talkative
Daydreamer
Friendly
Knows how to make friends
Abiding
Able to show character
Easily hurt
Prone to getting colds
Loves to dress up
Easily bored
Fussy
Seldom show emotions
Takes time to recover when hurt
Brand conscious
Executive
Stubborn
Those who love me are enemies
Those who hate me are friends

aaarrrggghhh!!! last friday before the silly season starts!

i cannot believe that it will be december on monday. this year has disappeared so fast that i think i've missed some of it... the bloody silly season will begin in earnest soon and i will have to grin and bear it until the new year starts. I HATE CHRISTMAS!!! there, i've said it. school holidays mean that there will be too many ill mannered children (and their equally ill-mannered parents) running rampant on the buses and through the city, no chance of getting a taxi (if you can afford it, luckily i can't but sometimes they are a necessary evil...) aarrrgghhh - i guess i've survived christmas every other year, but it just gets harder and harder...

anyway, enough of that. today was as ordinary as my life usually is. worked from 11.15 til 8pm. 4 dog day. played the panics really loud on the bus to and from the city. blah blah blah...

no words, no numbers, no links.

mmm...

don't read too much into this post as i'm in that crazy cryptic mood again tonight.

went to see s.w.a.t. with ko'c tonight. not quite what i thought it would be. next time, i wont panic so much...

hello to bertie beetle - welcome to the madhouse.

the word is redheads and the number is unlimited.

glowing reports...

...lately i've been told that i'm 'glowing'. at least 5 people in the last 5 days have said so... don't know what i'm doing right, but i will continue to do it!!! i know i'm changing and getting stronger on the inside so maybe it's just translating to the outer shell... it will help me to go through with the adventure i have planned for tomorrow night...

a fairly easy day at work - mostly taken up with weekly statistics and the oh&s committee inspection and meeting. got the bus home with miss e for the only time this week - she is off to melbourne tomorrow - lucky duck (although she would not agree...)

went to bingo with mrs jane again tonight - of course, we won nothing but we had fun. it's always good to catch up for a gossip with janie.

have made plans to have breakfast with baby g and her parents on saturday morning. mr h will be my chauffer for the event which is very kind of him.

i'm a lucky girl, who is blessed with many fabulous friends.

more panics today... hand me that obsessions list... and right now, the divine sarah is on musicmax singing 'fallen'

today's word might as well be glowing and the number is abundant.

cheerful tuesday...

after a bad start with only 2 dogs sighted on the trip to work, it ended up a 12 dog day with a magnificent 10 doggy visions on the way home. well, it cheers me up...

the windows are now complete and the window man even changed my kitchen lightbulb for me! no more cooking by lamplight...

an energising meeting with jt and a very nice open conversation with pt have made this a pleasant evening.

back on the panic wagon again today - i may as well just sell the rest of my cds...

style council are singing 'shout to the top' on musicmax right now - what an excellent blast from the past!

the word of the day is acknowledged and the number is 42.

more unconscious mutterings

1. Concert:: new order, hordern pavillion, feb 2002
   
2. Sydney:: home, sweet home
   
3. Shower:: soap and water
   
4. Patterns:: mesmerised
   
5. Market:: this little piggy
   
6. Chair:: ...man of the bored
   
7. London:: i sooooo want to go there again
   
8. Reception:: warm
   
9. Republican:: say no to the monarchy!
   
10. Cough:: wheeze
    

the goddess remains...

...the blogroll link for 'if i could settle down' has changed from steve's blog to his new site. i'm leaving the link there out of respect as he is very kindly hosting my 'goddess' barcode. if you are seeking god, i suggest you check out his site.

windows 2003

woohoo!!! lovely new windows opening up new vistas for me to look at... i can see more of the blank wall of the building next door!!! (and a bit more sky, so don't feel too sorry for me...) now, what to do about the damned mess they left behind...

not a terribly exciting day at work.

again, no cds as they are still packed away as the window men are coming back tomorrow to finish off the job.

today's word has no strings attached and the number comes all the way from planet kaprekar...

f*ck, fu*k, fuck

...well i've finally said it on my wee bloggy. i've tried for a long time to keep it clean but my cursing nature has finally broken free... not only do i have 1,000,000,000 cockroaches sharing my apartment, tonight i opened the alleged airtight canister containing recently purchased rice and and 3 or 4 bloody moths flew out in a panic!! @#$%&* - last time i buy cheap rice. then to make matters worse, the curry i cooked needed thickening but i had no flour - aarrgghh!! luckily mothers know how to fix this - ring ring 'mum! what do i do?' add some grated potato or some rice... found some risotto rice so boiled that up and added some to the curry with the grated potato - not taking any chances. yum yum yum...

no cds as they're all packed up so i can move the cd rack in preparation for the window installers tomorrow.

i'll have what she's having...

...saw 'in the cut' today with miss e. meg ryan getting her gear off and groaning away just does not add up. i could only wonder if she was faking it as usual... although that would not be possible with mark ruffalo in your bed. what a hottie!!!

an interesting day... it never rains but it pours...

the word of the day is paris and the number is 3...

woo hoo - new windows being installed tomorrow!!!

serene saturday...

...spent the day with miss e. went across the road to her place - this time it was my turn to provide coffees for sustenance, the panics cd for our listening pleasure and the SMH for perusal and comment. like a pair of schoolgirls, we took great pleasure in drawing beards, moustaches & obscene speech bubbles on a picture/story that offended us before tearing it from the paper and burning it. what childish fun!!!

went down to the village afterwards and bought some veges for dinner... yum... tried on a funky little mood ring in niknak that changed colour to blue/purple which means 'very relaxed' and that was how i felt... for once...

having an ausmusic fest today:
a house on a street in a town i'm from - the panics (surprise, surprise!)
galleon - richard pleasance (twice)
breathing tornadoes - ben lee
trax australian made vol I & II - featuring some reeeeally cool old aussie sounds like:
masters apprentices
zoot (i still have a soft spot for beeb birtles...)
doug parkinson
axiom
la de das - gonna see my baby tonight - ohmigod - i'm 16 again...
john(ny) farnham's divine 'one'
russell morris i am the real thing...
la la la - i'm in heaven...

the neverending avalanche of silly things on the net...

...as previously posted, i can deal with this idea, but this one takes it one tacky step further...

the long mostly good friday...

...started work 2 hrs early so i could skive off and have a 3 hr lunch then back to work until 8pm... the annual ex-nzi christmas lunch was fun. not as big a turn out as last year, but a decent number attended. only had one drink, because i know if i have more than that, i'll be asleep at my desk by 4pm. hl read my palm and as usual the reading was that the second love of my life is yet to come and lotsa money in my future... if i believe it, it will happen... and if it is meant to happen, it will...

got side tracked into the rugby club by some co-workers on the way home tonight. a little club that is normally as quiet as, is suddenly the place to be... might be something to do with that world cup thingy...

still panicking but may have to find a new musical obsession for a few days as i've promised to loan the disc to miss e so she can become obsessed with it also.

had cold leftovers for dinner as the microwave oven has gone on the blink again - damned cockroaches... my karma is currently in a bad way because if i don't kill the buggers they will kill me...

no inspiration for words or numbers again today...

doh!!!...

managed to get on the wrong bus this morning and ended up at the opposite end of the city to where i actually work. caught the sardine can from central to wynyard. i don't believe how dumb people can be - trying to squeeze into a train carriage that is already bulging at the seams... i hate people sometimes. i can't believe i used to do that journey every morning when i worked on the other side of the pond for the company that is an anagram of toileted...

the only bright spots were the panics at high volume to keep me sane while i took the long way to work and the puppies and kittens in the pet shop at mid city centre...

no words, no numbers

sweet dreams...

windows of wednesday...

bummer 1: no new windows until monday now. i'm sure the shoelace will last a few more days...

bummer 2: an absolute zero dog day... but i did see a busload of navy people (some sort of naval band) congregating in pitt street on my way to work - mmm... men in uniform... i tried to find a link for men in uniform but none were suitable for what i had in mind...

apart from that, it was just another day... "everyday, i beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days that i've stayed alive." this came today in a email from my friend fluff in brisbane... hello fluff & liz!

back in panics mode today... you really should buy their album, it is sooooo addictive. will probably be going to see them play on sunday night!!

the word is spoken and the number has already been linked.

and never forget: snowmen fall from the sky unassembled.

good night...

so much for sleeping in...

my one day of the week to sleep in and i was rudely interrupted. the windows on my floor are being replaced this week and the workmen have been hammering and generally being noisy right outside my door. my windows will be done tomorrow and friday - yahooo!!! shouldn't really complain - at last i'll have windows that don't need to be secured with shoelaces tied to my desk or bits of cardboard wedged in to stop them rattling. mmm... nice new aluminium slidy windows with real locks and keys...

unconscious mutterings

1. Plan B:: 2nd best
   
2. Seattle:: grunge
   
3. The lady wore:: diamonds
   
4. Upsetting:: rejection
   
5. Tampon:: ughh!
   
6. Celebrity:: bullshit
   
7. Baja:: california
   
8. 64:: 8x8
   
9. RGB:: richard of york gave battle in vain
   
10. Milkshake:: caramel

happy bunny

ha ha ha ha check out this happy bunny...

an ordinary day in a not so ordinary world...

no cds as i had the pleasure of miss e's company on the bus to and from work.

today's word is toast and the number is atomic

mondayne monday

didn't go to work today for reasons that are not anybody else's business...

bowling was crap: 110,103,108 - no points. made worse by having to play against a team whose captain, besides being a bad loser, is also a bad winner and a total wanker to boot...

in a sarah kinda mood today: solace & surfacing

the word is pain & the number is 321

hello kt - i hope you got my email....

cooking by lamp light...

...not as romantic as it sounds. the globe in the kitchen flickered it's last dribble of light just as i started to cook dinner. damn being a shortarse living in a high-ceilinged art-deco flat - even standing on a chair with my arm stretched up as far as it would go, i was still about 18 inches short of the light fitting. mmm... now if only i were 18 inches taller... i'd be 7 feet tall!

set up the bedside diana lamp on the stovetop and cooked spaghetti bolognaise and even if i say so myself, it was very delicious. the large blob of 'secret ingredient' and some fresh rosemary from my neighbours garden ensured it tasted good.

a very productive day today. the weather was just right for washing so i washed all the rugs and the sheets and the towels and let them flap madly in the wind. they dried in no time at all.

no cds at all this weekend... mmm... not a good sign...

no particular word today so i'm letting you choose your own. today's number is whatever you want it to be...

sleepy saturday...

after the big day out and a quick blogtweak this afternoon, i spent the afternoon asleep on the couch... really have to start going to bed earlier... that'll be the day - ha ha ha ha... maybe i should just sleep later than 6am...

yesterday's word came back to me so it will suffice for today: stallion
there is no number

good night!

aaawww! how cute!!

finally met little blake today. miss em has done a wonderful job - he is now 4 weeks old and sooooooooo cute. he has one of those 'old man' faces that babies seem to have. i cried when i finally got to hold him. i'm such a goose.

woo hoo!!

...my 300th visitor turned up sometime this morning while i was busy sleeping... she gets bonus points for being an elvis costello fan!!

as well as...

...being a blogslut, i've now become a blogsnob...

gigglefest friday

the good mood has carried over into today. i just loooove friday - poets day!

a 17 dog day! bloody excellent!

not a real lot to tell. not a bad day at work.

finally going to see miss em's baby tomorrow - can't wait!!!

still panicking...

today's word was so unimportant that i have forgotten it... the number is somewhere between one & fifty...

good night...

blog withdrawals...

ooohhh!! i hate it when blogger is having her hair done... i get all tetchy, wanting to blog before midnight...

an outstanding 11 (ELEVEN!!) dog bus trip to work this morning... the delirious happiness returned today... the two events might be connected... when i work out how to link to a previous post in my archives these two references to dogs and delirium will maybe make sense. until then look at wednesday oct 15 2003 & tuesday nov 4 2003...

today's word is sunbeam and the number has to be eleven...

a cup of tea, a bex and a good lie down...

well, last night i had the cup of tea and a good lie down. before that i went for a walk down to coogee and along the beachfront with miss e after my visit to jt. there were some people juggling with fire on the sand but by the time we got close, they had stopped. it was still fun to watch from a distance. the walk was just what i needed - i was asleep on the couch well before 10.30pm last night. a record for this night owl... staggered off to bed proper at 1.30am and slept like a log till 6.00am...

yesterday at work, a customer who visited the front office threatened to kill me if he got his hands on me as he claimed i had given him false information when he called up a few weeks ago wanting information on how to change some details on his account. luckily the supervisor was managing the front office at the time and she was well aware of what i had told him earlier as i had discussed it with her in detail during that call as the nature of his request was quite complex. double lucky i don't work in the front office!! even 2nd hand knowledge that someone wanted me dead was a bit rattling...

...but today i had two divine customers who were very happy with the service i gave them - one sent me blessings and the other called me an angel - their kind words more than made up for all the nasty people in the world... i was only doing my job 8-)

not much else to report today...

still playing the panics...

today's word is melody and the numbers are 59 & 61

ooh!!! ooh!!! ooh!!! david attenborough is on again right now and it's the orangutan & chimpanzee show!!! happy happy susan!!!

ghost post...

getting in early to tell you that i will not be getting online tonight!!! i am spending way too much time on the net, becoming obsessed with my wee bloggy and all the other places i lurk in... as a result, i have too many late nights and not enough sleep and it's starting to hurt...

if you see the little yahoo icon telling you i'm online and and this tells you that the time in sydney is after 7.00pm on tuesday november 11th 2003, please feel free to comment or send a msg telling me to get a life, get off the net and go to bed! of course, i could cheat and just disconnect from yahooooo, but i'm an honest girl... 8-)

later...

manky monday

bleugh... today i couldn't be bothered...

feeling better

the headache has subsided, the queasy stomach is eased. not a killer hangover but bad enough... enough to make me get through almost an entire 1.25 litre bottle of vanilla coke today - that normally takes me a week... note to self: keep your promise to self and only have one or two drinks and behave... ha ha ha...

miss e came over with the sunday paper and some real coffees from zellini's - what a treasure. we read the paper and ate marvin's peanut butter/choc chip muffins while listening to the panics. mmm... a new obsession perhaps - have owned it for approximately 33 hours and have played it at least 8 times... might just slip it back into the cd tray now... ahh, lovely... make that 9 times, possibly ten by the time i get out of blogland and go to bed...

went down the road to buy some stuff for dinner and ran into baby g and her mum whilst buying some frames to put baby g's photos in. such a gorgeous child - i will never stop raving about her beauty and cuteness. she is extraordinarily good for my soul, as are her parents and miss e. lucky me.

made italian style tuna salad for dinner. yum! had no ordinary balsamic vinegar so just had to use the $80 stuff we bought from the source when in italy four years ago... double yum! was also going to make spaghetti bolognaise but got lazy... the closest i've been to an authentic bolognaise sauce is the bologna railway station, where we changed trains on the way to modena and parma... why wasn't i born in italy? i'm sure that i lived there in a previous life and hope to visit again in this life...

good night and may you be as blessed as i am...

turn the bloody jackhammer off...

...blogfree saturday as i stayed out waaaay toooo late and drank waaaay toooo much and was too pissed to do much by the time i got home. damn, i even lit a cigarette for kimi - didn't smoke it but inhaled that first puff.

mmm... hangover city... mmm... vanilla coke... mmm... cup of tea with condensed milk...

canadian ken is returning to canada so we went out for drinks at a funky cocktail bar in east sydney in his honour. got dressed up for the 1st time in ages - wore my gorgeous black linen pants with the little flower motifs and even slapped on some eyeliner... it was a great night out (except for the hangover...)

tried absinthe (but didn't see any green fairies) - it tastes like medicine with something awful added... oh well, the other shots and a couple of ciders took away the bad taste...

worked hard yesterday and treated myself to some new cds.
purchase justification: i only had 4 cds with me (fumbling, solace, tvbo elvis c and fleetwood mac's rumours) and had listened to them all well before lunchtime.
further justification for spending: i used my club dendy card to get a 10% discount...
went down to my friends at fish and got 2 more sarahs - surfacing and touch and 'a house on a street in a town i'm from' by the panics - great stuff. i'd heard a tiny bit of it whilst lurking in fish on thursday night. the staff highly recommend it. so do i.

will blog on about sunday later, but for now, i might have to have a little nap...

flyday

bloody flies!! the weather conditions must be just right for the damned things to breed. the great aussie salute is in full swing. i hate summer and it is still only spring.

not a bad day for the late shift. spent most of my working hours finishing off the statistics for october so didn't spend too much time on the phone. the evening was pretty quiet as most of australia are probably out on the sauce...

interesting: a boy named susan... i don't think so...

today's cd: still playing mr mcmanus - i can't believe some of these songs are more than 20 years old. a true musical genius.

today's word is utility and the number is betrothed.

working overtime tomorrow so will finish this as i need my beauty sleep 8-)

early bird

11:15am start today so thought i'd post something early. anything. this will have to do...

thirsty thursday

another dull day in 3dsville... spent most of the day organising october's statistics - have been too busy to do them on a weekly basis...

went for a quick drink with miss e at the labour club on the way home from work, then stopped at the bottle shop and bought my first ever bottle of gin (and a bottle of tonic water, of course)... very grown up - a real bottle of gin, rather than the teenybopper cans of premix g&t that i usually buy... i've just finished my second (rather large) g&t and it was very nice.

today's cd: the very best of elvis costello

today's word is currency and the number is one...

goodnight...

david attenborough is a genius

i'm multitasking - blogging and watching 'the life of mammals' on abc at this moment - the best kind of television. gorgeous little capuchin monkeys and marmosets being very cute & clever and howler monkeys who are eminently entertaining. if i'm reeeeally lucky, i think there may be an orangutan in next week's episode!!! i love orangutans - i have just decided to add them to the obsessions...

another happy day - not the delirium of yesterday, but let's just say that life is currently a much nicer place.

still fumbling and seeking solace in the voice of sarah mclachlan.

today's word and number remain unrevealed...

synchronicity...

don't you love it when things just fall into place - as if there is no other way. today i am unfailingly, unbelievably, deliriously HAPPY. this sort of happiness is rather new for me so i'm enjoying it without question. the boundaries are working.

many universes of thanks to my cosmic twin for my gorgeous goddess barcode. (your generosity is greatly appreciated!) she is so damned funky. i originally had her hidden at blogbottom but she truly belongs at the top of the tree.

the race that stops a nation was on again today. as usual my intuitive choices for first past the post were obviously racing in a parallel world (and probably still are...) oh well, shit happens - i'm too happy to care la la la

the other goddess, the divine sarah, was singing on musicmax a short while ago, so i have surrendered to my obsession and am currently fumbling towards ecstasy (and warbling as i go...)

today's word has been previously noted and the number is abundant.

dum spiro, spero

oops...

...have spent way too long playing with my blogroll... but at least it works!! it is now tuesday morning... *sigh* - i'll sleep eventually.

very busy at work which made the day go fast.

bowled 116, 92, 123 - yuk - m&e pre-bowled so we were finished by just after 7.30pm. we managed to get 8 points against the phantom team - it sucks losing points to people who don't exist...

had vietnamese pho ga again for dinner with h.

today's word is clearview and the number is zero

for today's singalong, just look at yesterday's list, without the spanish accent but with the very best of mr declan mcanus thrown in also...

did you know: i managed to sleep through a concert by the artist formerly known as prince at the sydney entertainment centre in 1992. i was incredibly tired and hungover after the previous night's debaucheries and just could not keep my eyes open...

sunday night

dinner was very nice considering i've not cooked that meal before - it was also very simple. miss e was impressed. we had a good gossip and a giggle with only one bottle of wine! sunday might be the new saturday but there needs to be limits sometimes.

life enhancing conversations with colorado tim and nz eric today.

further warblings since last post: la historia - ricky martin - all in spanish (*swoon*)
current cd: galleon - richard pleasance

today's word: guru

stormy sunday...

sydney is the new melbourne. got up early this morning (06.30) to colour my hair before meeting babyg, g&p (and h, p & i) for breakfast at barzura (it's not as nice as it used to be...) weather was clear but cool enough to require a jacket. after breakfast, about 10.30, we go down to coogee and sit on the steps at the edge of the sand so baby g can have her first beach experience. it was sunny and hot. since then there has been a thunderstorm followed by intermittent rain with an arctic wind. now the sky is blue and the sun is out and the wind has dropped. la la la 'four seasons in one day' la la la...

listening & warbling along to: the very best of elvis costello (2nd time around with multiple replays of 'good year for the roses')
previous warblings today: semantic spaces - delirium

reading: lowbrow

cooking tonight: honey mustard chicken with carrots, broccoli, mushrooms and rice - yum!

today has been rescheduled due to unforeseen events beyond my control.

had a really good sleep last night. so good that i slept through an sms msg coming in at 6.57am on my mobile that was only inches from my ear... usually a mouse fart would wake me. woke at about 9.20am and thought "i'll get up in a sec...." 10.30am i finally fell from the nest... missed out on breakfast with baby g and family. luckily we've re-scheduled for tomorrow.

currently typing this with one hand as i devour a toasted ham/cheese on turkish, fresh strawberries next - dinner plans were cancelled as miss e's dad's car carked coming home from newcastle. again, we've re-scheduled for tomorrow.

after going to the shops to get supplies, i spent the afternoon aimlessly surfing the net (just for something different). had a nice long chat with eric in nz, this too has been scheduled again for tomorrow.

found this - it will be interesting to see if i get that email...

today i've been warbling along to:
goodbye yellow brick road - elton john
greatest hits 1970-2002 - elton john
everybody else is doing it, so why can't we? - the cranberries
imaginate - taxiride (just one song - get set - the rest is pretty ordinary)
can't buy a thrill - steely dan
remastered - the best of steely dan - now and then
(what's the story) morning glory - oasis
diva - annie lennox
semantic spaces - delirium