Taboo Talk

Now I know that we don't talk about this in polite society but who pretends to be polite?

As I work in a large building with several different companies on the one floor, we share a bathroom with the others on our floor.

There is a guy on our floor we call 'Newspaper Man' who is so named for his unwavering attention to his newspaper at all times of his bathroom use, and as I have been told I mean all times, he completes his whole business with one hand and both eyes on his newspaper.
It became so intreging to us all that our GM could not help himself and had to ask him if he 'had to read the newspaper so much as part of his job' - thinking perhaps he was studying the stock market or capital gains interest rates, but he gave a rather airy 'Oh, um, not really' response.

The bathrooms in my building are also secured, and you have to enter a code to get into them, and unlock it on the way out. Which is bloody annoying, and numerous people mostly leave it ajar and it drives me insane when people just let it slam shut - even if they can see someone at the basin. It's maddening.

Personally I think that non-private bathrooms should be more like Supre stores. No not crammed to the rafters with racks and people, but playing music so that we can't hear everyone's everything.

So long, farewell, get out of my life.

Channel Ten finally quashed thier lagging juggernaut, Big Brother this week for good.
I don't like 'reality' television, and I deeply doubt that George Orwell had this in mind when he penned Nineteen Eighty Four. It is beyond me why on earth I would want to sit around, watching people sit around.

Yes I realise that they do 'challenges' but that's not real either, is it?


I watched the first series, sparadically and with disinterest as Sara Maree bum-danced her way into our hearts. That was more than enough for me, but found the occasional 'Up Late' interesting because it seems more true voyerisum – what else were a bunch of young people going to do couped up in a house together but get busy?


After the 'Turkey Slapping' incident, BB was cut short hilariously quickly, and I thought that would put the final nail in the coffin... until Kyle and Jackie-O ousted Gretel Killeen and administered the kiss of death.

What astounds me is the number of incarnations and countries that ventured into Big Brother, Africa, Albania, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Rebublic, Denmark, Equador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Cyprus, Hungary, Italy, India, Israel, Mexico, Middle East (discontinued haha), Netherland, Nigeria, Norway, Pacific Region, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scandanavian Penninsula, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States (who ran 10 series!) and the Western Balkans.

I thought the world had better taste than this.


Are these the three most obnoxious people in Australia? Chances are yes!

Soup Update!

Well...

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday lagged along painfully without a hint of cheating (on wednesday I had four cashews BUT come on!)
Until Thurday night, when I went out for dinner & had grilled chicken salad at Sumo Salad - passable I thought.
I COULDN'T face soup for lunch today, so I decided to spread my chicken consumption over two meals, and had another chicken salad for lunch.
Although apprently I am not allowed salad today, but mixed salad leaves, tomato, carrot and cucumber isn't going to send me over the edge I don't think.

I think this diet works through crushing your will to live. I have lost nearly 2.5 kilos. Which is good, I guess but I was really hoping for some more bang for my buck.
The thought of starting hardcore again is OUT of the question but I really want to try and shift some more.

Life as a Soup Eatter

My health plan out the window, after too many free chocolate bars I decided drastic action was required.

So Monday I started the much famed and loathed Soup Diet.

On Sunday I readied myself, I chopped and cooked a vat of vegetables, prepared fresh fruit salad for the days I was allowed fruit and mentally resigned myself not to cheat.

Day One; Monday, was moral superiority, sunshine and goodness oozing from my pores as I consumed nothing but fresh fruit and the then delicious vegetable soup.

Day Two; Yesterday, was less great. I sucked it up and had soup for breakfast on the all vege day. Soup for breakfast, lunch and dinner to be precise. Steamed veggies for dinner were alright along with a YUMMY POTATO! Not happy, but I rewarded myself with a flat white and the thought I've lost 1.5kgs so far.

Day Three; Today. Got totally ahead of myself, I thought today was banana day and was looking forward to banana smoothy for breakfast but then got shot out of the water when I realised that is tomorrow. Fruit salad for breakfast, soup and salad for lunch and more bloody veggies and soup for dinner. Must remember my steely resolve.

Day Four; Tomorrow. I might be counting my chickens before they hatch but I feel positive about tommorow. It is banana smoothy day after all, and I think I can hack through! And with the thought of pritikin banana ice cream as a reward.
NB; ice cream may just be a banana mashed until creamy.

Day Five; Friday. Now I already know this is shot out of the water. So I am going to have the soup for breakfast, and morning tea because we are having a late (potentially boozy) farewell lunch at work.

Potential for extending the diet an extra day to compensate.

Day Six & Seven; The Weekend. Oh people please help me. What am I to do? Must be good, must be good. Pity I don't drive or I'd have perfect reason to be designated driver.

One day...

Props to K for this list.
A nice idea I thought :)
Afew too many reds there, get on that self.

Code:

Done it

Really badly want to do it

Bought everyone in the bar a drink, rung the bell in Thailand many times, and convinced many people to ring it
Swam with wild dolphin
Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
Been inside the Great Pyramid
Held a tarantula (no no no no no)
Taken a candle lit bath
Said I love you and meant it
Hugged a Tree
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris
Watched a lightening storm at sea
Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
Seen the Northern Lights
Gone to a huge sports game
Walked the stairs to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Grown and eaten your own vegetables
Touched an iceberg
Slept under the stars
Changed a baby’s diaper
Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
Watched a meteor shower
Gotten drunk on champagne [/vodka/wine/bacardi - get it?]
Given more than you can afford to charity
Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
Had a food fight
Bet on a winning horse (not generally, I just pick the one with pretty silks hehe)
Asked out a stranger (go me!)
Had a snowball fight
Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
Held a lamb
Seen a total eclipse (on tv?)
Ridden a roller coaster
Hit a home run
Danced like a fool, not caring who watched
Adopted an accent for an entire day
Actually felt happy about your life, even for a moment
Had two hard drives for your computer (still do in fact, somone's wedding photos are on it)
Visited all 50 states [or all 6 plus 2 territories for Aussies - sadly still no]
Taken care of someone who was too drunk
Had amazing Friends
Danced with a Stranger in a foreign country
Watched wild whales
Stolen a sign ... cone yes
Hitchhiked in Europe
Taken a road-trip
Gone rock climbing
Midnight walk on the beach
Gone sky diving
Visited Ireland
Been heartbroken longer than you were in love
In a restaurant sat at a stranger’s table and ate with them
Visited Japan

Milked a cow (don't know why I just want to give it a go)

Alphabetized your CDs, I genre-ise them

Pretended to be a superhero (Shera of the Unisaur! ... or Sheila of the Universe for those not in the know)

Sung karaoke

Lounged around in bed all day

Posed nude in front of strangers

Gone scuba diving

Kissed in the rain

Played in the mud

Played in the rain

Gone to a drive-in theater
Visited the Great Wall of China (maybe soon?)
Started a business (doing what I don't know)

Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
Toured ancient sites

Taken a martial arts class

Played a computer game for more than 6 hours straight

Gotten married

Been in a movie
Crashed a party

Gotten divorced

Gone without food for 5 days (HELL NO)

Made cookies from scratch

Won first prize in a costume contest (For a medievel maiden)
Ridden a gondola in Venice

Gotten a tattoo

Rafted the Snake River [what is Snake River?]

Been on television news program as an “expert”

Got flowers for no reason

Performed on a stage (Yes, I was lead in some play but don't remember what)

Been to Las Vegas
Eaten shark

Had a one-night stand

Gone to Thailand
Bought a house
Been in a combat zone

Buried one/both of your parents

Been on a cruise ship

Spoken more than one language fluently

Performed in Rocky Horror [Magenta here I come!)

Raised children

Followed your favorite band/singer on tour

Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country

Picked up and moved to another city

Walked on the Golden Gate Bridge.. no real desire to go to the US
Sang loudly in the car and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have

Wrote articles for a large publication

Lost over 100 lbs (don't know if I want to lose quite that much)

Held someone while they were having a flashback

Piloted an airplane

Petted a stingray

Broken someone’s heart (not to my knowledge?)

Helped an animal give birth

Won money on a TV game show

Broken a bone

Gone on an African safari

Had a body part below the neck pierced

Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol

Eaten mushrooms gathered in the wild

Ridden a horse

Had major surgery

Had a snake as a pet

Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon

Slept for more than 30 hours over 48 consecutive hours
Visited more foreign countries than US States (more foreign countries than Australian states)
Visited all 7 continents

Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days

Eaten Kangaroo meat

Eaten sushi

Had your picture in the paper (a rather intelligent peice about how good looking Adam Hills was... awesome lol)

Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about

Gone back to school

Parasailed

Petted a cockroach

Eaten fried green tomatoes

Read the Iliad - I tried but when I asked for Homer the guy asked 'Simpson?'

Selected one important author who you missed school to read

Killed and prepared an animal for eating

Skipped all of your school reunions

Communicated with someone without sharing a common language

Been elected to public office

Written your own computer language (pain)

Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream

Had to put someone you love in hospice care

Build your own PC from parts

Sold your own artwork to someone that didn’t know it was yours

Had a booth in a street fair

Dyed your hair

Been a DJ

Shaved your head
Saved someone’s life ... don't know if I want to do this but will if I can

What are 5 things in your handbag that say you?

So it's friday afternoon and I just got looped into a blog forward.
Why not? About my favourite subject in the world is handbags. Mine or anyone elses.
So what ARE the five things in my handbag that say something about me?

Five things in your handbag that speak about your life, (or are just quirky and interesting).

1. Makeup - two lipglosses (that's because I only swapped bags last night)
2. Book
3. iPod
4. Umbrella (ella, ella, eh eh)/Gloves/Scarf
5. Confectionery

& WHY?

1. Well I always carry lipgloss with me, I have been carrying paw paw lately because I've been getting wind burn from the FREEZING GALE that whips down Church Street.
2. My book, currently Harry Potter The Prisoner of Azkaban, I always carry my book with me, because I spend time on public transport and it's an excellent space filler and a good wa to avoid the freaks who frequent public transport.
3. IPOD; is a must. And my phone acts as a backup when my ipod is being obstanant and doesn't want to work. I must have music. It also helps avoid the freaks on public transport and people trying to sell you credit cards or children in Africa.
4. As a public transporter, I must prepare for all contingencies. Rain, hail or shine I am covered by my seven dollar fake burburry patterned umbrella.
5. Confectionery, at this stage I have literally 24 sleeves of Spearmint gum at work, and working in a place that gets free JUNK its inescapable.

So there you go... everything you wanted to know about my handbag!

False Economy

I think that all woman do it to some extent.

It's like something written in our DNA, something that ever so naggingly says; "Yes, you do need to buy that xxx for xxx that is not confirmed yet, BECAUSE IT'S ON SALE"

Look at this dress. It's beautiful. The photo does not do it justice, just a pity the online catalogue is so limited.
The straps and top of the bodice are a cobalt blue colour, gradienting into a lovely soft pink colour, and ending in a firey orange colour. The bodice (admittadly needs me to be a little less fat than I am currently) compliments my, er shape, and is impressive without being over the top.

Nearby my work is a George clothing warehouse. This gorgeous, silk hand dipped dress was $474 down to $150.
How could I ever pass it for that wedding that I don't even know if I am invited to much less have the invitation to.
Don't even get me started on the silver shoes I've decided to buy to accompany it.

But of course there is always a wedding I have next year (that's reaching a bit far) or the annual general meeting dinner (potentially reaching since I am still on probation & who knows what can happen!)

Go the Blues!

Would be SUPER if the Blues would win tomorrow! I do like it when the game is a decider. It's always 100% better to watch.
I'll be out in my supporting colour, and we're going to get some dinner after & watch the game. Come on boys!

Life as a Pedestrian p2

Rest assured! It is not only drivers that clash with bike riders.

I had a run in with Crazy Bike Guy From Hell today. As I was walking down the footpath to the train station, a bike rider came up behind me.

The section of the foot path that we were occupying was not big enough for me, the people walking down the other side of the foot path and him.

We all were walking briskly, we all had places to be - but Crazy Bike Guy obviously thought his plans were more important because he did everything he could to get in front of me and the on coming people traffic. He definatly made enough fuss and noise about his displeasure, but despite his efforts it did him no good, and I knew that the moment we cleared the people he would go whooshing past.

Crazy Bike Guy From Hell did not disappoint.

A very well restrained part of my human decency, the same restraint that stops me from maiming slow walking people in shopping centres, stopped me from raising my right arm and coat hangering him off his bike - but boy was it close!

Instead a woman coming around the corner with a pram, who he nearly flattened saw the whole thing and BLASTED THE CRAP out of him for nearly mowing her and her baby as well as myself down.