Am I the marrying kind ( Read more... )

I haven't watched television before 11am in a very long time and the product placement is amazing! I've got an early morning work call in about 20 minutes and thought I might take the time to chill but between intimidating gym equipment and acne treatments I've decided the effort of posting is preferable to brain washing!!

Been away awhile but the ( Read more... )

No I'm not lost at sea, nor am I missing in combat. I've been quiet for a while and I'm sure one of you clever net savvy people can equip me with the appropriate phrase. Nothing has been wrong exactly, and there's no easy, pat reason for my silence. I'll briefly try and explain and then move on. I've been busy. Work, work and study....everyone is ( Read more... )

I've been thinking a bit about contentment, happiness and achieving some sort of life balance recently and as I have just had a day today, that for the moment defines contentment in my life, I thought I'd have a go at looking at happiness in broader terms.

My day.....

Technically began at 1.30am when a rather drunk friend text to encourage me to ( Read more... )

I will respond to you one by one but that entry took a lot out of me and some of your responses sent me to weeping state. Hey, I'm a bit vulnerable! Thanks for your input and kindness. Answers pending.

Went to the football on Saturday....Australian Rules - pig-skin oval shaped ball, 4 big goal sticks and 4 little ones, heaps of contact and quite a few cute bums in tight shorts!! Went with my Dad which is always fun because he is fairly loud and raucous in a very refined, school-principal way. We ate pies with sauce and had a pint of West End ( Read more... )

This past week, every time I go down to the foodhall for lunch I sit and watch one of the cleaning staff as he goes about his duties. If I had to guess, I would say he is 19 or 20 and given current immigration trends in South Australia, probably Sudanese. His job consists of clearing tables, wiping them down, scraping plates and cleaning up any ( Read more... )

Apologies to friends and tourists at my prolonged absence from this strange, strange world but I have been equal portions of busy and mad in this last little while - not entirely compatible states for regular LJ entries.

So.....what could separate a girl from cyberspace? Well, certified craziness, 600km and 40+ hour work weeks in non-IT ( Read more... )

Not my usual style but 150 on wine did rather appeal to my self-sense of connoisseurship!!!! Beer is a bit shoddy but I'll put that down to an American based test - if you haven't tried Coopers Pale Ale then you don't know what you're missing.

Bacardi 151
Congratulations! You're 141 proof, with specific scores in beer (60) , wine (150), and ( Read more... )

Toilet seats first. I've grown up in a majority female household so up until embarrassingly recently, I thought the seat argument was all about whether or not people paid the courtesy of lowering the LID. I've always thought lowering the lid was a bit like making your bed or ironing tea towels...not strictly necessary but a nice touch. More ( Read more... )