Lunchbox

I'll edit this later to get in as many as I can. For now, just the ones I like / feel like listening to tonight.

1 Muse Knights of Cydonia
2 Silverchair Straight Lines
3 Kings Of Leon On Call
4 John Butler Trio Better Than
5 Faker This Heart Attack
6 Foo Fighters The Pretender
7 Daft Punk Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (live)
8 Cold War Kids Hang Me Up To Dry
9 Soko I'll Kill Her
10 The Panics  Don't Fight It
11 Bluejuice Vitriol
12 The Wombats Let's Dance To Joy Division
13 Kaiser Chiefs Ruby
14 Muscles Ice Cream
15 Powderfinger Lost And Running
16 Gyroscope Snakeskin
17 M.I.A Paper Planes
18 Presets, The My People
19 Architecture In Helsinki Heart It Races
20 Kanye West Stronger
21 Chemical Brothers The Salmon Dance
22 John Butler Trio Used To Get High
23 White Stripes Icky Thump
24 Bloc Party Hunting For Witches
25 Urthboy We Get Around
26 Hilltop Hoods Recapturing The Vibe (Restrung)
27 Operator Please Just A Song About Ping Pong
28 Silversun Pickups Lazy Eye
29 Regina Spektor Real Love (Like A Version)
30 Silverchair If You Keep Losing Sleep
31 Angus & Julia Stone Wasted
32 Kisschasy Opinions Won't Keep You Warm At Night
33 Kings Of Leon Fans
34 Feist 1234
35 Justice D.A.N.C.E
36 Architecture In Helsinki Hold Music
37 Cold War Kids Hospital Beds
38 Beautiful Girls I Thought About You
39 Cut Copy Hearts On Fire
40 Bloc Party I Still Remember
41 Modest Mouse Dashboard
42 Tegan And Sara Back In Your Head
43 Lupe Fiasco (Feat. Matthew Santos) Superstar
44 My Chemical Romance Teenagers
45 Angus & Julia Stone The Beast
46 British India Tie Up My Hands
47 Cog What If
48 Bloc Party Flux
49 Arctic Monkeys Fluorescent Adolescent
50 Cat Empire So Many Nights
51 Missy Higgins Peachy
52 Kisschasy Spray On Pants
53 Missy Higgins Steer
54 Klaxons Golden Skans
55 John Butler Trio Good Excuse
56 Xavier Rudd Better People
57 Midnight Juggernauts Into The Galaxy
58 Muse Invincible
59 Fratellis Chelsea Dagger
60 Kings Of Leon Charmer
61 Birds Of Tokyo Wayside
62 Cat Empire No Longer There
63 Karnivool The Only Way
64 Shins, The Australia
65 Editors Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
66 Powderfinger I Don't Remember
67 Amy Winehouse Rehab (feat. Jay-Z)
68 Ben Kweller Penny On The Train Track
69 Digitalism Pogo
70 Tegan And Sara The Con
71 Butterfly Effect Reach
72 Jose Gonzalez Down The Line
73 Grinspoon Black Tattoo
74 British India Run The Red Light
75 Kasabian Shoot the Runner
76 Muscles Sweaty
77 Operator Please Get What You Want
78 Arctic Monkeys Brianstorm
79 Josh Pyke Lines On Palms
80 Silverchair Reflections Of A Sound
81 Arcade Fire No Cars Go
82 Foo Fighters Long Road To Ruin
83 Wolfmother Pleased To Meet You
84 Chemical Brothers Do It Again
85 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Down Boy
86 Midnight Juggernauts Tombstone
87 Jackson Jackson Eliza
88 Cops The Message
89 Queens Of The Stone Age Sick, Sick, Sick
90 Clare Bowditch & The Feeding Set When The Lights Went Down
91 Josh Pyke Sew My Name
92 Waifs, The Sun Dirt Water
93 Bumblebeez Dr Love
94 Radiohead Jigsaw Falling Into Place
95 Regina Spektor Samson
96 Ben Lee Love Me Like The World Is Ending
97 Josh Pyke Forever Song
98 Interpol The Heinrich Maneuver
99 Hives, The Tick Tick Boom
100 Pnau Wild Strawberries

Super Bonus Tracks:
Pegz No Attachments
Fratellis Flathead

Dear Blog;

Is it okay if I bitch? I'm going to bitch. Because it has been a wonderful bitch of an evening.
So: Hooray, work! Hooray work at 3:00pm! It means sleep in and do nothing in the two or so hours between dead-to-the-world and making people coffees.
Today we were overbooked! Thankyou people who take reservations without counting tables and accounting for rain! (It has been drizzly all week. DON'T TAKE BOOKINGS THAT COUNT ON GOOD WEATHER.) Somehow I managed to squeeze everybody into the cafe comfortably. Because I am that awesome!
Cue New Girl! She is lots older than me, tall, prefectly groomed, beautiful, calm, with tons of experience working cafes. She makes good coffee! She taught me how to make ferns in the lattes because previously all I could do were concentric circles, love hearts, and apples and could not for the life of me figure out ferns! She is the girlfriend of one of our chefs!
Cue customers! .... one minute. Okay! Right! Customers. Cafe fills. Most tables end up with empty seats. Is it not hard to confirm with everyone if they are coming? Is it not hard to call the cafe so they can rearrange your table? The best was a table of 10 that only 5 turned up for. Nice one! Now we have wasted one side of the cafe for you to spread your bags out in! Great job! Enjoy your dinner!
Cue... more customers. Like last night, they turn up with alarming rapidity, grab a table, demand service.
Wait. Um. More customers? They are taking over the place! Every single table including the uncovered courtyard! Filled to the brim! (Well, except our table of 10-sorry-5, 8-wait-6 6-oh-5.) People sitting on whatever they can find! Ottomans! Right! Hope you're comfy! Swinging round tables and claiming them as soon as they are clear so that they can make a bigger table because more of them have turned up!
Huh. This is insane. Normally this many people we would have four waitstaff on. Just you and I? That's cool. We can do it.
Phew. Okay. Seems now that everyone needs coffee. I'm on it. You stay on the floor please! Get bills! Take orders! Run stuff! You're good? Good.
Oh.
Table 19? The one with 8 people? No, that's table 18. Now I have to take everything off the till manually and put it on the right table number. No problem - just stay on the floor, okay? Get those orders in for me!
Um.
Table 15? That one with 9 people out there? You did the same thing. No worries, I will switch it round. (Silly girl.)
Sure sir, here, I will take your money, fabulous, hope you had a wonderful night!
Oh, good. Now it is raining.
Wonderful.
It is a good thing the customers have thick skin. They are eating while getting sprinkled on. Lucky them. Sure, you can have a coffee. Have six! Skinny caramel half decaf half caf cappucinos no chocolate extra hot? No worries!
Table 15 have already paid but their coffees did not go on the docket. No problem! I will go and explain and apologise.
Oh.
(Here is where my blood ran cold!)
You gave table 15's bill to table 7.
Table 7 paid it.
Right.
Holyfuckingshitcrap.
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brain
storm
omg
wtf
i
am
going
to
die
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Table 15! Everything is okay. I have you sorted. This bill doesn't have the right things on it, but it is pretty much the same amount! Just pay this please! Have a good one!
(Dear Boss. Please do not look too deeply into the till readouts tonight.)
Huh. You can tell I am stressed because my voice sounds like a frog! Haha! Crazy.
Table 19 had desserts? No, that's 18 again. Let me switch around the things in the till once more. Hm, I didn't get a docket. Oh, you wrote it up there on the back of the scrap paper and didn't tell me? No problem! I will apologise. Sorry, madam, I know it is terrible.
Yes guys! How was everything? You didn't get your garlic bread? Hm, let me take that off the bill for you. Have a great night!
Table 18 who have no moved to table 5! Sorry it has taken us half an hour to get you your bill! Here! Oh you are missing a couple of coffees? No worries! I will get them. One second! Here is your bill now. Thankyou for paying! Oh. You want to use your free coffee card now? Um. I can give you $3 back? No? Hope you had a great time!
(One of the ladies gives me a pat on the shoulder. I must look like crying.)
You. Just... just stay behind the bar for now. Polish cutlery. I need to fix up the mess you have made with my cafe. (I did not say this out loud.)
Goodbye customers! I love you! Don't do this to me again please! I would be happy if only six of you turned up for dinner!
What a hideous mess.
How did we do 96 people when the cafe seats 24?
I think my feet are about to fall off.
No, you go home. That's fine. No problem. Have a great night.
Siiiiiigh.

Hey there LJ!
You know I gave up updating and now it's just become so far out of whack it's not funny. I have not felt at all like writing lately but an email from my painfully absent best friend Peta has brought me round and made me decide: Hey! The Internet Needs To Know More About Me.
So here I am once again.

Hello! My name is Alison Lester, but everyone calls me Ally. (Some people call me Lunchy! This is a story for later.) I am 22 and a half and live in a shoebox in Merewether, NSW, Australia, with my lovely kitty-cat Tiger and occasionally my boyfriend and best friend of five years, Matt Barr.
I am a bit of a nerd and also a loner, but for some reason the good people of the Internet have taken a shine to me. This is why, on a positively gorgeous Friday afternoon, I'm sitting here chatting with a bunch of random people (most of use bought together by the awesomeness that are the Questionable Content forums) and setting this whole thing up for the rest of my friends, who generally are too busy working or being in other countries to know what I am up to!
CONVOLUTED SENTENCE.
As for my real life: I'm Assistant Manager at a fantastic little modern cafe in Hamilton, a swanky little town/suburb/place near Newcastle. I spend my days and nights running fancy meals and designing sexy coffees, and looking smashing in black t-shirts and Doc Martens. It's hot, backbreaking work, the money is not fantastic, but it's fun as hell, I adore the customers, and I don't want to give it up any time soon.
When I'm not working or on the Netterwubs, I try my hand at some photography (I've a Flickr page with all of my junk on it!) and the odd spot of baking, however now that I live alone I tend to not cook so much since I have nobody to eat it! I have an addiction, as you might have noticed from flicking through my photos, to hairstyling, and the pursuit of the perfect hairdo comes at a price, thus I live in a perpetual state of semi-poverty where a haircut can sometimes be more important than the week's groceries. This is something I really need to work on, ha.
Hmmm. I like to read a lot? You definately already know this. You probably already know that my desired reading materials fall somewhere between JK Rowling, Douglas Adams, and Clive Cussler. I like to listen to music? Generally Australian stuff. Triple J is a gift from heaven. I lean towards more Indie/Britpop than anything else, but my tastes, thanks to my darling friends, are slowly becoming more sophisticated. I don't watch TV really! But I do have a sad, recently developed, addiction to Doctor Who - yes, the newer seasons (Tennant HABLHALGALBALAH), although lately I have been geeking out and trying to get my hands on some older stuff... Four and Sarah Jane, anyone?
I think that pretty much does it with the basics! I wonder if I should try and fill you guys in on what's been happening since I last updated you with anything bloggish.
At the end of last year, after finishing my course of Open Foundation (a pre-University course for Mature Age Students) and cementing my place in the University of Newcastle's Bachelor of Early Childhood Development course, I farewelled my best friend Peta as she began a new life in Canada with her fantastic boy, Jesse. It seems like a million years since then.
I had a spanking new job as a Barista at a posh patisserie, and the Summer holidays passed quickly in a blur of work, communiting, and a swimming pool. I was living with my Dad, brother, and boyfriend, and things were awesome.
In March I started my degree. I made a friend on the first day when he noticed the Questionable Content poster on my folder!
My boyfriend Matt and I moved out of our parents houses, and together into his grandparent's spacious home, rent-free while they were overseas for a couple of months. My kitty Tiger was overjoyed at the freedom! While everything was dandy at home, however, things at Uni were coming to a horrible head.
By late April I had quit in a cloud of "Oh my God how on Earth do I get this all done" and "What the hell am I doing anyway?" During the time I had been "studying" I had also somehow lost my job because without me noticing I hadn't been called up to work for weeks.
Things were pretty terrible. I was sad and lonely and didn't want anything to do with anyone. I went to counselors, sorted myself out. I was planning on giving up everything and moving to London, but needed to wait for my Tax Return for the money to make it without any troubles. I sent out resumes like crazy and grabbed the first job I was offered - barista at a new cafe at the hospital. Cafe, I hear you say, at a hospital. Well, yeah. It was pretty good, too, except for the constant catching of germs and horror trying to park.
Matt's grandparents came home. We'd missed them so much, but now their big house was becoming a little crowded with all of us there. I decided to move back in with my Dad, but just as I was figuring this out, his lease expired and he had to move in a hurry. Since I was last to move in, I landed the smallest, darkest bedroom to share with Matt. No fair!
A month or two later I was offered a spot at a little Italian cafe, as they'd kept my resume from when I was handing them out like pamphlets and thought I might be interested still.
I took the job, and absolutely loved it. Things were looking up at last! I recieved my Tax Return money and thought, to hell with it. I am staying in Australia. Everything is great! I put all my money into finding myself an apartment closer to work. I found one. I was preparing myself to move in.
Then I got fired.
Money was going missing from the till, I was the new girl, I copped the blame.
Cue the resume-dropping again.
Luck, ever so much luck was on my side now. I dropped off three resumes in the first day.
By the end of the second day, every single place had called up and offered me a job.
I took one right across the road from the Italian cafe. It was a funky little modern cafe with fantastic staff, a coffee machine I was made the boss of, and everything I had ever wanted.
I moved into my apartment with Tiger.
This is pretty much how things are right now! I have recently got a promotion and will be in charge of nights, which is terrifying and fabulous. Matt has finished Uni for the year, so I'm looking forward to Summer. And now, after a year without her hugs, Peta is coming to visit, an engagement ring on her finger, a wedding in the not-too-distant future. Everything is wonderful.
Here's to hoping it stays this way!

- Pick your birth month.
- Strike out anything that doesn't apply to you.
- Bold the five to ten that best apply to you.
- Copy to your own note.
- Tag twelve friends.

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JANUARY:
Stubborn and hard-hearted. Ambitious and serious. Loves to teach and be taught. Always looking at people's flaws and weaknesses. Likes to criticize. Hardworking and productive. Smart, neat and organized. Sensitive and has deep thoughts. Knows how to make others happy. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Rather reserved. Highly attentive. Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds. Romantic but has difficulties expressing love. Loves children. Loyal. Has great social abilities yet easily jealous. Very stubborn and money cautious.

FEBRUARY:
Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislikes unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizes dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

MARCH:
Attractive personality. Sexy. Affectionate. Shy and reserved. Secretive. Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic. Loves peace and serenity. Sensitive to others. Loves to serve others. Easily angered. Trustworthy. Appreciative and returns kindness. Observant and assesses others. Revengeful. Loves to dream and fantasize. Loves traveling. Loves attention. Hasty decisions in choosing partners. Loves home decors. Musically talented. Loves special things. Moody.

APRIL:
Active and dynamic. Decisive and hasty but tends to regret. Attractive and affectionate to oneself. Strong mentality. Loves attention. Diplomatic. Consoling, friendly and solves people's problems. Brave and fearless. Adventurous. Loving and caring. Suave and generous. Emotional. Aggressive. Hasty. Good memory. Moving. Motivates oneself and others. Sickness usually of the head and chest. Sexy in a way that only their lover can see.

MAY:
Stubborn and hard-hearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp thoughts. Easily angered. Attracts others and loves attention. Deep feelings. Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm standpoint. Needs no motivation. Easily consoled. Systematic (left brain). Loves to dream. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and the arts. Loves traveling. Dislike being at home. Restless. Not having many children. Hardworking. High spirited. Spendthrift.

JUNE:
Thinks far with vision. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and soft-spoken. Having 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. Able to show character. Easily hurt. Prone to getting colds. Loves to dress up. Easily bored. Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. Brand conscious. Executive. Stubborn.

JULY:
Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Takes pride in oneself. Has reputation ??. Easily consoled. Honest. Concerned about people's feelings. Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Emotional temperamental and unpredictable. Moody and easily hurt. Witty and sparkly. Not revengeful. Forgiving but never forgets. Dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Guides others physically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary and sharp. Judges people through observations. Hardworking. No difficulties in studying. Loves to be alone. Always broods about the past and the old friends. Likes to be quiet. Homely person. Waits for friends. Never looks for friends. Not aggressive unless provoked. Prone to having stomach and dieting problems. Loves to be loved. Easily hurt but takes long to recover.

AUGUST:
Loves to joke. Attractive. Suave and caring. Brave and fearless. Firm and has leadership qualities. Knows how to console others. Too generous and egoistic. Takes high pride in oneself. Thirsty for praises. Extraordinary spirit. Easily angered. Angry when provoked. Easily jealous. Observant. Careful and cautious. Thinks quickly. Independent thoughts. Loves to lead and to be led. Loves to dream. Talented in the arts, music and defense. Sensitive but not petty. Poor resistance against illnesses. Learns to relax. Hasty and trusty. Romantic. Loving and caring. Loves to make friends.

SEPTEMBER:
Suave and compromising. Careful, cautious and organized. Likes to point out people's mistakes. Likes to criticize. Stubborn. Quiet but able to talk well. Calm and cool. Kind and sympathetic. Concerned and detailed. Loyal but not always honest. Does work well. Very confident. Sensitive. Good memory. Clever and knowledgeable. Loves to look for information. Must control oneself when criticizing. Able to motivate oneself. Understanding. Fun to be around. Secretive. Loves leisure and traveling. Hardly shows emotions. Tends to bottle up feelings. Very choosy, especially in relationships. Systematic.

OCTOBER:
Loves to chat. Loves those who loves them. Loves to take things at the center. Inner and physical beauty. Lies but doesn't pretend. Gets angry often. Treats friends importantly. Always making friends. Easily hurt but recovers easily. Daydreamer. Opinionated. Does not care of what others think. Emotional. Decisive. Strong clairvoyance. Loves to travel, the arts and literature. Touchy and easily jealous. Concerned. Loves outdoors. Just and fair. Spendthrift. Easily influenced. Easily loses confidence. Loves children.

NOVEMBER:
Has a lot of ideas. Difficult to fathom. Thinks forward. Unique and brilliant. Extraordinary ideas. Sharp thinking. Fine and strong clairvoyance. Can become good doctors. Dynamic in personality. Secretive. Inquisitive. Knows how to dig secrets. Always thinking. Less talkative but amiable. Brave and generous. Patient. Stubborn and hard-hearted. If there is a will, there is a way. Determined. Never give up. Hardly becomes angry unless provoked. Loves to be alone. Thinks differently from others. Sharp-minded. Motivates oneself. Does not appreciate praises. High-spirited. Well-built and tough. Deep love and emotions. Romantic. Uncertain in relationships. Homely. Hardworking. High abilities. Trustworthy. Honest and keeps secrets. Not able to control emotions. Unpredictable.

DECEMBER:
Loyal and generous. Sexy. Patriotic. Active in games and interactions. Impatient and hasty. Ambitious. Influential in organizations. Fun to be with. Loves to socialize. Loves praises. Loves attention. Loves to be loved. Honest and trustworthy. Not pretending. Short tempered. Changing personality. Not egotistic. Take high pride in oneself. Hates restrictions. Loves to joke. Good sense of humor. Logical.

Oh wait, okay, Livejournal huh.
Long time no sees.
I thought I might update the faceless internet masses with what my life is today.
I ate a pack of gummi snakes (the starburst kind) for lunch, which probably was not healthy.
I got some kind of new job at the Northern Star Cafe on Beaumont Street, Hamilton, kind of by accident (Peta, Jesse, I dunno if you went there on your Hamilton Travels, it is a tiny Italian cafe on the main street, right next to the Hogs Breath). I was happily working my few-months-old barista job at the John Hunter Hospital (because it has a proper neat little Starbucksy-style cafe thingy now) when I got a call from a lady saying "Hey! Remember this job you applied for months ago and didn't get because we offered to call you later and set up a trial shift and we never got around to it? One of our waitresses is going home to England so do you want her spot?"
So I got her spot and damned if it isn't the best job I've ever had (also I get hella tips). Weird how stuff like that tends to happen to me.
I am in negotiations currently with a nice girl about moving into a sharehouse, which conveniently already has live in friend in the form of a Shoey, and a little black kitten called Gizmo. We will see how that turns out.
I bought some really good smelling candles and they are in my room making it smell pretty.
I realised yesterday that I had far too much money and so went and bid on way too many useless things on eBay and also spent a packet on brand new makeup and lotions and potions for extra prettifying.
Matt's dad's fiancee is due to have her baby in 7 weeks. New sibling omg! Matt is terrified. I am excited.
I got a new camera a couple of weeks ago, which I love but I haven't actually had the time or energy (okay, I mean I couldn't be bothered getting off my butt) to go out and take any nice pictures, so maybe I will do that this afternoon.
So yeah um, things are pretty neat.
I hope things are neat in Internet-land too.

Upside: I'm working three jobs
Downside: I have no time for anything else
Upside: I'm liking my newest job a bunch
Downside: It would be a waste to leave it for London
Upside: I've got lots of money
Downside: I have nobody to spend it on
Upside: I bought a fabbo new camera
Downside: Can't figure it out for the life of me
Upside: I'm looking pretty snazzy
Downside: I don't have anyone to go out with
Upside: I have lots of friends
Downside: They're all overseas
Upside: I talk to them as often as I can
Downside: I'm still horribly lonely
Upside: I've got Matt!
Downside: He has full-time Uni and his own friends
Upside: Tigerlily
Downside: N/A

Sorry I haven't been around LJ for, uh, 13 weeks.
If you can't handle life without your daily dose of Ally try visiting my Flickr, where I'm doing a self-portrait-a-day photo challenge. You should comment on my Flickr. I like comments.

I found a local shop that sells American candy! I just about died on the spot.



I got these.


Also I did this a couple of days ago.

You know how you hear about those people who just, for no good reason, burst out crying in a public place and everyone is embarrassed for them?
I now have the pleasure of being one of those people.
There is nowhere that is useful for private sobbing on this campus.

Also a package arrived from Canada yesterday and as soon as I get home those Reeses cups will be snarfled with a big warm cup of milky tea and a hankie and a girly novel. Thanks Peta and Jesse. I miss you guys.

The forums have a thread on the sort of person you'd be at high school.

( Why don't you be the judge )

Did I tell you guys I've started a baking blog?

1 word survey: Can. Only. Type. One. Word. Not as easy as you might think.

1. Where is your cell phone?
Handbag

2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend?
Special

3. Your hair?
Work

4. Your mother?
Overbearing

5. Your father?
Underwhelming

6. Your favorite thing?
Internet

7. Your dream last night?
Supermodel?

8. Your favorite drink?
Caffeine

9. Your dream car?
Red

10. The room you're in?
Empty

11. Favorite Food?
Cupcake

12. Your fears?
Everything

13. What do you want to be in 10 years?
Alive

14. Who did you hang out with last night?
Guys

15. Muffins?
Okay

16. Favorite Place?
Alone

17. One of your wish list items?
Teleporter

18. Where you grew up?
Dodgy

19. The last thing you did?
Drank

20. What are you wearing?
Little

21. Your TV?
Nothing

22. Your pet?
Beautiful!

23. Your computer?
Loved

24. Your life?
Waiting

25. Your mood?
Tired

26. Missing?
Moneys

27. What are you thinking about right now?
Heat

28. Your car?
Driveway

29. Your work?
Frustrating

30. Your summers?
Long

31. Your relationship status?
Loved

32. Your favorite color?
Pink

33. When is the last time you laughed?
Work

34. Last time you cried?
Ages

35. School?
HELP

I have been hunting all over the Internet for this song for literally years.

Scared Weird Little Guys: Come to Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy_TB6onHVE


Some other good things!

Adam Hills: The New Australian Anthem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okHs4308nJc

Tripod: Hot Girl in the Comic Shop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7O4izi1fQE

Sam Kekovitch: Eat Lamb on Australia Day 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZJ412y81lQ

Blokeman, buy us some beer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA6p3Hkz5Cw

This evening Tigerlily and I had a nice long play. My fingers bear testament to how seriously Miss Kitty takes these games! She is normally very good at keeping her claws in, but she must have been very excited today to forget.
I took a bunch of pictures also.



More after the cute, I mean, cut.

( Snip! )

Hardly anything exciting to report.
Although blogging, I suppose, is not meant to be OMG EXCITING THING HAPPENED, but rather something interesting to read, and getting other people's opinions. I don't think my usual dot-point updates can be too exciting, but I am normally far too lazy and writer-blocky to come up with anything more detailed and fun. Like Gryph - her posts are always fun, despite them generally being about angry things. Thank you Gryph. I will aspire to blog more like you.

So!

I have been working not-so-hard at my newish job at the Patisserie. I get two shifts a week, which really is pretty abysmal when I look at my bank account, but pretty okay when I get to sleep in however late I like for the other five days of the week, then sit around playing Sims 2 and pretending to clean and pack up some of my junk for when we move. Which SHOULD be any time soon. I'm positive it was two weeks ago that Uncle Andy was telling Moz they'd be moving out in two weeks, but that is the last I've heard about it. Hopefully it is still happening! So far I have put a couple of old books and things in boxes and organised my metric ton of toiletries.
I am nervous as hell.
I won't post up my worries because the list will become never-ending as I think of new ways that something terrible could happen. I am pretty good at worrying. If I was paid for it, I would be bringing in upwards of a grand per week. I would be SET FOR LIFE. And then I could work at Snow's on the side just for a couple of other things to worry about.

I went and saw the Beatrix Potter movie yesterday with my mum and grandma. It was nothing exciting, not really memorable, but I cried a whole fucking bunch. Stupid romantic movies. It wasn't even that romantic. I just cry when I see other people crying. Dammit Beatrix Potter, your life was not really very sad but actually kind of sad.

Recently I have acquired a perfume that both smells and tastes of cupcakes. This is an Extremely Exciting Thing. I don't wear it though because it is way too special.

A few days ago I had to put petrol in my new car for the very first time. As I pulled into the petrol station, I was anxious, and trying desperately to remember which side the fuel cap was on, before realising that I'd noted it was the opposite side to my Commodore. So that was okay.
I pulled up beside a bowser at a nice distance, happy because I've been way overestimating the size of the car and parking about a metre away from the kerb. I got out of the car and swaggered around the side to open the fuel cap. Sealed shut. No finger-hole with which to flip the thing open. I stared at it for a bit. Poked around the little door with my finger. Oh crap, I remember. New car. Must have some sort of release from the inside.
Feeling slightly embarrassed, I amble back to the driver's side and peer in through the window, trying to see a button that I can press on the console to open the fuel door. I can't see one. I flop into the driver's seat, have a closer look at all the buttons, run my fingers along the dash. No button. Right. Time for the idiot's guide. I open the glovebox and find the manual that came with the car. If I didn't have the manual I would probably still be looking for that bloody release.
A little lever on the floor beside the driver's seat. Why did I not think of that? It is actually a pretty good spot. Just pop the thing on your way out of the car. No worries. I stand up and sort of shuffle back to the little fuel door, which is now open in a sort of 'You're an Idiot' way. I wrestle with the screw-in-cap - it's on so tight! - and stick the fuel nozzle into the waiting hole. It's pumping happily, and I look around the petrol station to see if anybody noticed my dilemma. A man with a backseatful of teenage kids and wife is looking at me funnily, and makes what seems to be some kind of pointing gesture with his eyes. I blink, and give him a kind of 'Yeah, okay' smile. The man drives around so he's on the opposite side of the bowser to me. I give him that smile again.
"Excuse me," he says, looking down at me from his SUV. "But you dropped your keys when you got out of the car."
"Oh!" I manage to almost pull out the still-pumping petrol nozzle from its hole. Stuff it back in. "Oh thankyou!"
The man and his smug SUV-family drive off. I finish filling the tank and spend a good minute figuring out how the screw-in-cap goes back in. Flip the fuel door shut. Thank God there's nobody left at the petrol station.

I am looking forward to the next time I have to fill up. It will go smooth-as, I promise.

1: Made it into my course: Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies (Integrated Double Degree) at the University of Newcastle.
2: Went on scenic helicopter flight this morning, a present from Matt's Dad. It was awesome.
3: Oooooh.

Nothing much to report.
I've been working a whole bunch, but without Peta I just kind of sit around the house the rest of the day and not go swimming or shopping or anything.
I have discovered a great used bookstore on the end of Darby street. The first time I went there a few weeks ago, the first thing I saw was a book that I have been yearning to purchase ever since I borrowed it from the library in like Year 9, Guitar Highway Rose by Brigid Lowry. It is a teenage novel and not extremely exciting, but the way it is written is intriguing. I thought maybe if I read through it again I'd rekindle that annoying creative flame, but so far nothing. Instead I've just been buying more books.
Two or three things are coming up soon that are kind of exciting. One is that I am getting a new car. Most of you know this because I have been crowing about it since November. This week it is happening. My new car will look a whole bunch like this.
Another thing is that I should be moving out with Matt soon, while we house-sit Granny's place for six months until they return (for good!) from Mauritius. I am torn between extreme nerves (I am sure we will be robbed and/or blow something up) and bundles of excitement. I keep looking at the mess in my room, and going 'Oh, it's such a mess. But it will all be gone in two weeks, no worries. I'll just leave it.'
The third thing is that my Uni acceptance should be in soon! EXCITING.

Yeah, that is basically it.

Miss Tiger, being a hungry and naughty little lady, is clambering onto my lap, sticking her paw into my bowl of cereal, flicking out a single Cheerio, and chasing it onto the floor where she crunches it, licks her face, then looks up at me and jumps on my lap again.
I suppose it is more fun than eating the kibbly-bits from her bowl. This cat has such a sweet tooth.

( Put your present in my stocking, if you get my drift. )

DOT POINT UPDATES!
- Did not die in Sydney. Had pretty swanky time.
- Started work again! All going well so far.
- Totally partied out! Am spending today doing nothing.
- Complete and utter lack of money = no presents for anyone!
- Savings being put aside when I get paid anyway because I want haircutz!
- Exam results = Supergood.
- UAI should = pretty nice!
- Teaching degree = on the way.
- Petrol in car would be good!