Driving you crazy:
Tonight coming home from bible study Robyn and I talked driving stories, specifically stories from various tests for P plates. Lucy Windeyer, I was told, on her P plate driving test crashed into a police car. But way worse than that, was the story of Robyn's friend who swerved to hit a bird, and instead hit a truck, smashing up ( Read more... )

Alison is available to offer advice on her areas of expertise when requested:It is 5 hours until my last exam and I am drinking hot chocolate and playing the latest Google game. Type "(your name) is", with your name in place of (your name), keeping the quotation marks and perform a google search. Copy the statement from where your name is. Here is ( Read more... )

Alice's adventures through the lookalike:
I went to a book launch at Sydney University on Monday night with Alice. Bob Carr was the special guest speaker. He entered the room and nodded, waved, and mouthed "heh-llllllooooh ;)" to her. I said "OH MY GOODNESS ALICE - YOU KNOW BOB CARR?!" and she replies "I've never met him before!". Silence for a ( Read more... )

Next stop - Vomitville:Came here to write a post about Jono V's latest ex-love interest, but forgot her name and I think I'll give up. Nameless-girl came out with us to a "giant book sale" which consisted of 3 miniature tables of trash that even middle age housewives without access to Days of Our Lives wouldn't read, but this girl who's name I have ( Read more... )

I think it's well and truly overdue:

Reader Profile #3: Joanne Rachael Gerber (Jo)

Age: 21 (Don't worry, I barely believe that myself)
Distinguishing features: loud voice, calculator around neck, or just the loud voice telling us loudly about the calculator around her loud neck.
What she wants to be when she grows up: Still deciding between her ( Read more... )

No use crying over chocolate milk:Today my family went to the shops to buy some lunch. I went on my own into Woolworths while the rest of them bought takeaway. I bought a 2L bottle of chocolate milk - yum. I saw my parents outside and they said we were going to a cafe. We got there and Mum said to me (she was buying) "you are getting a chocolate ( Read more... )

New game at the Jones House:
"Hotheaded". Take the hairdryer and plug in at any powerpoint in the house, and proceed to blowdry someone's face. Chase them around the house, and wherever they rest, plug hairdryer into the closest powerpoint and blowdry their face again. Fun for hours. (Especially good fun when just coming out of a relaxing bath, or ( Read more... )

Quiz for new readers:

1. What is weird?
a) eating marshmallows in your hot chocolate
b) being allergic to water

I have a friend who is allergic to water. Serious! Even freakier - she thinks I am weird because I like marshmallows in my hot chocolate. SHE IS ALLERGIC TO WATER!!

Strange things my family has cooked/eaten recently:
Family memberCookedEatenDadUncooked pasta and grated cheese toasted sandwich at my mother's request for a spaghetti and cheese toasted sandwichn/aMumn/aThe afforementioned sandwich. She ate a full half before Kathryn couldn't bare it anymore, shouting "There is uncooked pasta on that!!". The next ( Read more... )

Welcome to Alison Jones' Journal, Edition 2:
Today I am cranky so here is my cranky story. I woke up with the usual "Jono doesn't love me, I'm going to fail my exams, I have no friends and I couldn't sleep last night" thoughts, and then, lo and behold, my lovely sister greets me by flinging a spoonful of old wet pasta in my face. I want to die.