a new pet!

I tried blogging yesterday, but then work things came up. sorry

Spent last night onthte lounge room floor. On a comfy mattress. It was nice and soft and thick and foamy, but a little skinny - there was no way to roll over easily. And being a fairly energetic sleeper, i woke up once or twice, teetering on the edge.

I have also discovered a new pet hate. Or more likely an old one, that I've just noticed...

Photocopies of photocopies of photocopies. They lose all the crispness of the original, and develop weird variations on hte straight line theme. like Lisa Simpson's sax during the opening sequence of The Simpsons.

Except, on paper.

and with lines, and edges, and stuff.

not really like the sax at all.

you know what i mean...

can't get enough of your blog babe
yeah, Barry white.

oh yeah, my 'essay' on image is now here

lounge rooms and horse riding
well, it's been a while.

I apologise for my inconsistent blogging. It's just that I don't have access at home, and last week was a bit psycho. It began with two days of re-experiencing the previous couple of days' meals...

sorry, a bit graphic. They were better he first time though.

And then on Saturday I had a breakout to coordinate for my centre, as well as preparing to MC the day. Breakouts are these day trip things that we run for young people. Good fun - this one was a WILD WILD WEST theme. We went horse riding. Well, I didn't get to go horse riding, but i did get to play charades.

Yep, non-stop action on our breakouts.

But I'm feeling better now. Enjoying a very healthy dinner consisting of Minties. Moments like these, hey...

So, the big news at the moment is that Kaia is coming to visit tomorrow. That's pretty exciting. She's staying here until Monday. This is the first time either one of us has seen the other in their natural environment. hmm, a bit nervous. But i'll clean my room tonight, I think.

I get to become more closely aquainted with our loungeroom floor. lovely brown carpet.

Hey! Eye of the tiger is on again... What's with Blogging and eye of the tiger?

And now, the moment you've been waiting for...
I've moved this essay on image elsewhere, because it was bugging me in the blog space.

I'll put a link to it somewhere, when I work out what's going on with my web page...

In the mean time, you might like to try the garlic bread.

*UPDATE* (I could have just deleted the other stuff, but i've done enough of that for one day)

The essay hes bee moved to here

Coming soon...
Yep, that big blog on image is on its way. I'm getting the mileage up on this one. In the mean time, Pirates was great.

Not as scary as I'd expected, and heck of a lot funnier. Johnny Depp was fantastic. I think I'm a fan, I'd like to see it again.

and now a word from our sponsors
it may be a little later than i originally thought. I'm going to see Pirates of the Caribbean...

Partly because it looks like a good movie, but mostly because i'm sick of being in conversations with people about it, and not being able to contribute to them intelligently.

Seeing the movie may not change that.

but hey, it's a movie.

don't go away...
I know, it's been a couple of days. I'm slack. Unfortunately, i'm going to keep this slackness happening until a bit later. After work hours.

Then i'll make another real entry.

so i hope you can hold out until then...

forgetfulness
i really can't remember what i was going to blog about today. I had it all worked out this afternoon, but then i got caught in traffic for a half hour or so, and there was all this stuff that i'd forgotten to do, so it's kind of slipped my mind.

On another note, I wish i listened to people better. I don't think i do too badly, but sometimes, i feel like i'm just not saying the right thing to help the other person properly.

practice makes perfect i guess...

there's those ellipses again.

It takes a lot of energy to listen to people properly. I like doing it, because i like being listened to, and i know how valuable it is to me. Sometimes, i just go quiet though, because i don't know what to say, and i don't want to come across as a 'parroting technique' listener. But maybe that's the problem. Maybe i get too caught up in how i'm coming across, rather than what's happening for the other person. Not that it's all i think about, but you know, sometimes.

Which has just reminded me of what i wanted to blog about: IMAGE

but i'm all blogged out now. I'll regale you with some more thoughts about image tomorrow. Or maybe Friday, because Thursdays are reallly busy for me.

Are you free on Friday? I'll see you then then. Ciao

anniversaries
I'd like to take a moment to honour the first person to comment on this blog. Gunners, I salute you.


Today is the three month aniversary of my relationship with Kaia - our 'understanding'. However, the running total of days in which we've had face to face contact is now at 11 (or is it 12?)


Hmmm, there are some things about long distance relationships that are very hard indeed...


I think i've come to a crisis point in my blogging. I'm not really sure why i'm doing it. What is my purpose in blogging? Why do people blog? More to the point, why do i want to blog? Is it jsut self indulgent, attention seeking drivel, as Kaia (i think) would claim? I would like this blog to be something more than that.


Problem: I'm not really sure how to go about that...


ellipsis are cool...


or is the plural ellipses?


ellipses are cool...


Hmmmm, so much for high ideals.


This is a ponderer. I'll get back to you when I come up with something. In the mean time, I'm going to eat some left over pizza for dinner.


mmmm, anchovies...

989 times 747 equals 738783
I'm about to fall asleep at my desk.


It's been a long week, and I am bushed. There'll be a bunch of people from Morwell coming around tonight. They'll also be visiting the Twelve Apostles tomorrow morning. At least that's the intention. I'm not sure if they realise that the Twelve Apostles are pretty much halfway to Adelaide from here. Adelaides about 9ish hours drive away. Good luck to em though.


Random


Going to a 25th Birthday part tomorrow night. Will be good to catch up with some friends.


I think i'll have a nap when I get home. As long as the Morwellians aren't there yet.


Hmmm, not sure that i am living the lifestyle i imagined a 23yo would be living had i imagined the lifestyle of a 23yo when i was say 14.


Not sure if the previous paragraph made sense.


am okay with that, as am too tired to care.


Random


the title of this entry comes from the way i test if calculators work. Just in case...


I mean, it could be a government plot to corrupt the minds of the young so that...


whatever, i'm going home