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- September 5th, 2008
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10.49 pm - Custard In The Coffee, Breathless At The Post Office, Poachers, Angels, And The Last Post For A While
I'm exhausted. A big day to be sure.Spent all morning packing, wrapping, taping, bubble wrapping, and packing. Can't believe I actually went through all my belongings and threw out a lot - because I still have so much stuff, so much 'junk'. Guess it'
- September 4th, 2008
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Holy Walrus!
Well, the news is, I am signing the lease to the new house tomorrow at 3pm.On saturday, at 1pm, the removalists will arrive and I'm moving out/in!Oh. My. God.I have so much to do....Unfortunately I have no idea how long it will take me to get interne
- August 27th, 2008
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The Lion, The Witch, And The Kitchen Cupboard Without A Door
Well, I finally got a proper inside look at the soon-to-be-occupied-by-me house today! Yay!The first thing I thought as we pulled up was 'My god, this place is a dump!'And, true to the suburb, yes, it looks like a total dump...But...On the insid
- August 26th, 2008
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It Has Begun.
The First Box... (starting small)Curiosity killed the cat...But satisfaction brought it back...Empty drawers *sniff*(Well, maybe not quite empty)
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Where is my Walrus when I need it the most????? Fark!!!!!!!
KEYS AVAILABLE TOMORROW FOR A PROPER LOOK INSIDE !!!!!!! HAND KEYS BACK TOMORROW AND LEASE AVAILABLE TO SIGN AT THE END OF THIS WEEK !!!!!!! FARK !!!!!!! GOING INTO HOSPITAL FOR A WEEK FROM THURSDAY !!!!!!! FARK x 299954 !!!!!!! Oh My...
- August 24th, 2008
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I Am Woman, Hear Me Wimper
Merghk.Merghk is the word of the moment.A combination of 'Meh', 'Blerk' and the French word for 'Sh*t!'Apt.I am pretty damn sick.Not sure if it's a side effect of medication number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, smoking, Champix, not smoking, smoking while O
- August 22nd, 2008
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Never Look An Armadillo In The Eye
Today is a sh*tful day. Even though I just woke up.I know I probably shouldn't do the whole "self-fulfilling prophesy" and all that, but sometimes, you just know.I've been up for about 45 minutes and already I've wanted to strangle grandma 3 times, c
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Poetry Written Today... Part Two...
Transmuted She walks without pretenseEyes flowing over their subjectsLike waterOver smooth rocksStep By stepShe walks as though eggsWould remain wholeBeneath her toesObservesWithout judgmentLeaving change in her wakeWhere energy drops to its kneesIn
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Poetry Written Today...
Shivers Shivers m’girlYou gimme the chillsYou carry the thrillsStraight to m’heartWith y’little white beanieYour damn straight hairY’bakin m’cakeIt just aint fair Shivers m’loveYou’re shakin’ me upLike a flamin’ pupI’m jumpin’
- August 21st, 2008
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Quit Smoking Update 6
Thank you all so much for the support on quitting smoking. All very true and making a lot of sense!As of february next year, I will have smoked for 10 years. I do NOT want to always say that I smoked for A DECADE. No.All or nothing....? I agree. At l
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Yep, it's me alright!
STRICT AND UNBENDING RULES FOR DEALING WITH STRAY CATS# 1. Stray cats will not be fed.# 2. Stray cats will not be fed anything except dry cat food.# 3. Stray cats will not be fed anything except dry cat food moistened with a little milk.4. Stray cats
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Quit Reduce Smoking Update 5
Okaaaaay...I've been kinda naughty on the smoking scale. The last 2 days I've had about 3 or 4 a day. Today I bought a packet.Okay, to be honest, I bought 2 packets - but they are supposed to last me 2 weeks....Ugh.It's really bizzare. I can go hours
- August 20th, 2008
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I think my best self lives in my stomach, she said, and only comes out around the hors d'oeuvres at parties. I think you can tell a lot about people from the hors d'oeuvres. I nodded and hid my Vienna sausage in a big plant in the hall and avoided her for
Well, unfortunately the keys to the house weren't ready today, so I haven't had a proper look inside yet.Sob.Hopefully they will be done with the 'minor repairs' they talked about and we can get things rolling.I'm impatient now!!!(Who woulda thought?
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Thank god for music
cleansortorganisethrow awaysortcleanhalf donecleanorganisesortfilestill half donecleansortorganisethrow awayclean *head explodes*
- August 19th, 2008
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Oh My God!!! (part 2)
Got a call this morning from the Department of Housing saying they had a property available for me - A 2 bedroom HOUSE...!We drove past and had a quick look today and it seems decent. Looks like a pretty calm street, unlike other streets in the
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- August 18th, 2008
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10.39pm - Quit Smoking Update 3 - OMG!
Mmmm. It went okay with mum this afternoon. I felt better not smoking, really. People had told me that the Champix will make you feel sick when you smoke but I hadn't really experienced that until today - just the smell of mum's cigarette made me sic
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4.56pm - Quit Smoking Update 2
Okay, 2 challenges since lunch time.Once, I thought I wanted a smoke, but managed to talk myself out of it easily. It wasn't a craving, just a passing thought, so not too hard to deal with. Especially since it was the first one I'd had.I went to my d
- August 17th, 2008
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12.10pm - Quit Smoking Update 1
I've been up for about an hour or so now. I had a bigger than usual sleep in today.I don't feel panicked at all.In fact, I feel pretty good.A couple of times I have reached for a smoke, but then realised, blissfully, "Oh, that's right, I don't smoke"
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The future is like now. Only longer.
I'm feeling kind of crazy tonight.Not good crazy, the 'oh my god, I'm so messed up' kind of panicky crazy.The 'if you don't shut up I'll lose it' crazy.The 'this world sucks' crazy.The 'emo poetry writing' kind of crazy.Hmmm.I'm eating Clinkers.And J
- August 16th, 2008
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25 Ways To Improve Your Health
1.) Brush twice a day!2.) Dress right for the weather.3.) Visit the dentist regularly.4.) Get plenty of rest.5.) Make sure your hair is dry before going outside.6.) Eat right.7.) Get outside in the sun every once in a while.8.) Always wear a seatbelt
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Yup...
"I hate cargo pants, mainly because of the name. I donot really need that constant reminder that my ass isbig enough to be shipped as freight."-- Scott E. Frank
- August 15th, 2008
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Nothing Special
Mmm.Very, very tired.Falling asleep standing up.Champix, maybe?Pretty apathetic.Flat-ish.Slight headache below left ear.WTF?Hot shower = clean body + worse headache.Go figure.Sleepy.Body feels like clay.Ugh.Hungry.But not, you know?No chocolate.And I
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Pleine Lune Bénédictions
I was so exhausted today that I fell asleep in the middle of folding up the ironing.... Luckily the phone rang or I would have been there all afternoon.Housework day today. Yay and all that.Went shopping over at Mount Hutton though, which proved frui
- August 14th, 2008
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The Seed
I’m so grateful to have been brought together with this team of caring, supportive people, these teachers, these fellow travelers, these guides. I’m more than lucky, I am truly blessed.I am grateful for the pain. Because pain brings lessons and l
- August 13th, 2008
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Shooting Star...
*You’re a shooting star, in the deep dark blueYou’re shining now, as you pass on throughGlowing bright, against the hopeless skyYou’re sparkling now, as you pass on by*You touch the earth, with beauty rareEyes of gold, and locks so fairThey mak
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Okay Microsoft, You Win...
I just made the switch from Firefox back to Internet Explorer, the latest version, and I can't believe the difference. My web pages are even loading faster.... I'm not sure why, but I'm not about to complain! My Firefox browser has been playing
- August 10th, 2008
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Pebbles...
Yesterday, I have to say, was pretty crappy.Well, maybe crappy isn't really the right word, in the interests of positive thinking and all that. Yesterday was ..... emotional.Woke up crying - really, really sobbing - into my pillow in the early h
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Essential Reading
5 Scientific Theories That Will Make Your Head Explode(Seriously, put on a rain coat...)
- August 8th, 2008
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Psych Ward I.F.A.Q. - Infrequently Asked Questions
What's an anti-depressant? Wow, this place is so entertaining, isn't it? So, do you come here often? How do you get a late checkout time? So, you really like the food? Why are there no steak knives? Where's the smoking area? Are there off-season sp
- August 7th, 2008
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Medicine For A Sad Soul - What Works For Me
looking up at the sky and watching the clouds - they change so much and so quickly, you don't really notice until you look really closely at the details watching the full moon rise at sunset seeing the new crescent moon for the first time after the d
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"There are your fog people and your sun people", he said. I said I wasn't sure which kind I was. He nodded. "Fog'll do that to you." - Story People
Man: "So God, why did you create cats?" God: "I didn't. They just showed up one day, staring". Man: "Creepy". God: "Yeah". I'm sitting here in my PJ's eating toasted Vegemite sandwiches and contemplating.....well, not much really!Lisa does enough co
- August 6th, 2008
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Falling And Flying
I’m walking the edge Between falling and flying On the borderline Between laughter and crying I’m singing with joy My eyes downcast I look to the future Through the lens of the past * Drawing a line Between here and ther
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Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength
"I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts, but they need constant attention and one day I decided I had better things to do." - Story People
- August 5th, 2008
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Favourite Fest
Laughable Links... The 5 Greatest Things Ever Accomplished While HighIf Websites Came With Warning LabelsThe 8 Most Bizarre Patron SaintsHow to Wash a Cat Song Lyrics I Can't Get Out Of My Head... Sound Of White - Missy Higgins Like a freeze-dried
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You know you make me wanna SHOUT!!!!
I'm HERE! I'm AWAKE! I'm not SLEEPING! WAKE UP GUYS!!!!(I'm here.... still)xXxP.S. Will be blogging properly in a second.... just needed to assert my wakefulness. (I'm not tense, I'm just REALLY REALLY ALERT)
- August 4th, 2008
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Excitement in the mailbox!
I got a letter from the Department of Housing today - My application for priority housing has been APPROVED!!!!Oh.My.God.I'm so excited. I didn't think they'd approve me, so it's a huge weight off my shoulders to finally know they did. I've been wait
- August 3rd, 2008
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Voices from childhood
Last night was really strange. Murray stayed the night, as he does on the weekends. But for the first time ever, he slept in mum's bed. Normally, he sleeps on the sofa bed.This in itself wasn't weird, I was quite comfortable with it, at least I think
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- August 1st, 2008
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I Want To Believe (that the X Files movie was better than it actually was) And Other Huge Amazing Stuff
Everyone knows that I'm a hardcore X Files fan.Like, seriously - EVERYONE.But, honestly... I went to see the new movie tonight and I was kind of dissapointed. I totally enjoyed it, loved seeing Mulder and Scully again, and the assorted X files c
- July 31st, 2008
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Sharing Poetry 2
The Ghost Of Youyou see me nowthough not at allyou're a ghost in a mirrornot a fly on the walland I tip my headI nod, agreewith your constant appraisalsof the spectre of meyou see me nowbut you don't, it's truewhile imagined you standnot a fibre of y
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Sharing Poetry
Why does she cut herself?She’s not seeking attentionShe doesn’t want your sympathyShe’s not being a rebelOr looking for charityShe’s not psychoticShe isn’t possessedShe’s neither crazyNor simply stressedShe’s hurting insideDoesn’t wan
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"Ad Astra Per Ardua" - Through Struggle To The Stars
Well, I'm home.I just couldn't get to YAAD tonight, it's been a huge, emotional day with some shocking news, so I just needed my own space and some quiet time.This admission to hospital was a bit of an emotional roller coaster, but I'm here, out, ali
- July 23rd, 2008
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The Truth Is Out There... Deny Everything... Trust No One...
Err...So.Not much to report. I'll be in Hospital as of tomorrow morning so I probably wont be posting again until next Friday. :(Um...Yeah, I know. SO articulate tonight.The X Files: I Want To Believe premieres tomorrow! Please go and see it. Or I'l
- July 22nd, 2008
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Walrus
Links To Make You Laugh Until Your Eyeballs... Um, never mind...How to wake someone up20 Baby Products Great For Traumatizing Infants7 People Who Cheated Death (Then Kicked It In The Balls) - Highly RecommendedSong Lyrics I Can't Get Out Of My Head T
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Spoof !
I have written 2 stories for Spoof News, so if you'd like to read them, here are the links...(My online name is John Locke)Cat Predicts Death In Outback Nursing HomeMovie Has Surprise Twist EndingxXx
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Look UP...
Have you ever noticed how birds fly?It's beautiful.They are so fluid and graceful. Unhurried and natural.Their bodies have no corners or sharp edges, they bend with the air like a piece of crisp paper.Amazing.
