I'm Bringing Sexy Back Yup!

Well it has been a busy week and a bit!

Firstly, the boy didn't get the job so no moving to Canberry which I am now slightly disappointed about as I was kinda getting used to the idea. Maybe some change for us would be good but until the boy gets a job, no moving for us.

Secondly, I got some bad news that my bestie is not well and might be seriously sick so she is having a biopsy done today.  My fingers and toes are crossed for her that it is nothing serious.

Thirdly, my bro is seriously sick again :( (double whammy) and is waiting to get an appointment to operate on his throat.  He has been sick for about a year now and having issues keeping food down due to his oesophagus spasming and had some treatment last year which worked for a little bit but has now stopped. He will have to have some invasive throat surgery to see if they can fix this which is not good.  He has only just gained all the weight back from losing it when he was hospitalised last time.  Hopefully we will know when he is booked in soon so I can go visit and cheer him up.

Now that the bad news is away I can talk on a lighter issue.  Weirdos on trains again.  Saw a funny one on my way home last week.  Got on the city loop and a man got on two stops later who looked like a typical hobo on top (bucket hat, messy hair, goatee and polo shirt) but down below, was wearing a leather skirt, leggings and knee high boots!! Looks like someone was getting their cross dressing on!  I wish I had my camera with me but that might have been a bit obvious... Anyhoo, it was even more hilarious was that this guy obviously didn't want anyone to know at his travel destination that he was inclined to cross dress and surreptitiously changed into a pair of pants and runners whilst on the train! Hilarious.

Went to a Engagement party on the weekend where I had the most fabulous dress ever which I bought on sale from Sportsgirl and is very on trend. A nice little black sleeved lace dress.  Definitely brought my Sexy back with this one and had an absolute blast on the dance floor with Shorty!  However, I did see some friends from high school that I haven't seen in a while and who the boy had not met before.  Wasn't the most pleasant experience as I got bagged pretty bad by one particular person who doesn't really know me that well now and only really knew me well for the first couple of years in high school.  She made it out that I was the biggest bitch and psycho at school.  Whilst I admit I wasn't perfect and I did have to put on a front so people would leave me alone, the stories she told I didn't remember happening and it gave the impression that I was a rough slut.  The boy was not impressed by this and said he didn't like hearing stories about my past.  I had to convince him that I had no idea what she was talking about and no I wasn't a slut in high school.  I then had to also explain that my friend was a very judgemental person and was a paranoid jealous person.  I think she seemed to dwell on the bad rather than all the fun times we had and it kinda got to me.  Not sure how I should tackle this... It makes me wonder how many other people saw me in this view and I had to explain to boy that he should talk to Bestie and GuyBestie for a proper opinion on what I was like.

Apparently, our office had the busiest week in the last year for library work! GO TEAM GO!! Makes all our hard work seem a little bit more worth when we get an acknowledgement.

Anyhoo on another lighter note, things I rated this week are:

After months and months of reader's blog, I have finally finished Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and this is what I thought.

Basically a book of short stories about criminals that co-incided with the Underbelly series. Brings to light some unsightly crims, what they are willing to do for money and how they can use that money to influence and corrupt others. Some of the scenes set in the books were slightly familiar and made this a bit close to home. However, the Underbelly series have glamorised this type of gangland crime but it is still scary to find out that people in power can be easily corrupted or terminated.

Also, I was sick on Monday and stayed home and watched the end of season 5 of Dexter. 

Which kept me on the edge of my seat and loved that it guest starred Julia Stiles.  However, it did leave me slightly sad at the end but still eagerly anticipating Season 6!

Whilst recovering, I also managed to watch Black Swan and this is what I thought of it:

One of the best movies I have seen in a while. This is definitely not a girly movie! It started off as a typical Centre Stage movie in that a girl who has been in a company for a long time and worked her butt off has made it to a lead in the company's upcoming Swan Lake. This is where the typical ballet film ends and the psychological thriller begins. Natalie Portman is magnificent in this role. She had o totally transform herself into a ballerina physically including dropping a whole lot of weight to make dancer size and learning the choreography. Her transformation from sweet, innocent, fragile and naive girl from the start into the Dark swan at the end is mesmerising. The whole time it was hard to tell what was real and what wasn't. Mila was also breathtaking and refreshing at the same time and her character didn't take the whole ballet scene too seriously. Finally, praise should be given to Winona Ryder, who plays a ballerina who is forced to retire and is bitter about it. She taunts Nina and it is never quite clear who put her in the hospital whether it was herself or Nina. The scene in the hospital is quite horrifying. My boyfriend didn't like this movie at the start but ended up really liking it in the end. A must see!

I also did a bit of shopping on the weekend and found my new favourite shop, Temt!  They had a lot of stuff on sale and I bought a whole stack of clothes for work and upcoming events for under $80. Checkout Temt for their latest range.  I bought the cutest long skirt that came with a belt and a whole heaps of other awesome clothes.

I'm also loving two products at the moment:  Paul Frank Squeezy Lip Smacker in Julius Strawberry Banana which is saving my dry lips at the moment and Biotherm Aquasource Non Stop which I received a show bag for a function that went too.  The lip smacker smells and tastes absolutely yummy and has a slight pink tint and definitely assists with dry lips.  The moisturiser is my life saver at the moment as my face is really dry, especially my nose.  This has a gel feel and a slight citrus smell and smooths very well and is absorbed really quickly.

Also made an awesome Lamb Kebab from an old Women's Weekly Menu Planner which are old tried and true recipes that never seem to fail.  The garlic yogurt sauce is absolutely awesome!

Finally, I have discovered Catch of the Day and bought a whole bunch of stuff from there including Star Wars Pez!! Apparently it was 3 randomly chosen ones and we got Yoda, Chewbacca and R2D2!

Can't wait to get home and eat all my Pez after my workout with the trainer tonight!

Until next time, listen to Justin Timberlake and get your Sexy Back on!

Calling Dr Love

Miso got her hair cut.  She looks like a reject from a Harry Potter movie.  Came prancing over expecting compliments, she got carefully structured conversation changers lol. Enough said.

Friday was interesting, with the news that there is a chance of moving to Canberry, I decided I had better see if there are any suitable jobs available or places to live.  Not so much on the job front for an unqualified Library Assistant but plenty for a fully qualified librarian (only 3 1/2 years away for me) and I could do graduate work at the National Library of Australia!!  That is library porn.  It is required by law (by law!) that every single book published in Australia (not sure about the rest of the world) has to have a home there!  Found a couple of places to live that are pet friendly and suit all my needs (i.e. airconditioner, 2 car parks) but I will investigate furhter once I hear (hopefully at some stage today) whether the boy has got it or not. Made an awesome Zucchini and Bacon Frittata for dinner and watched Shutter Island. This was a bizarre film. Kept me guessing right until the end. Surprisingly, was not a fan of Michelle Williams until she played this role. She was so believable, it made me not want to let her near kids. Love a good mystery and the psychoanalysis is awesome. Scorcese never fails to please.

Saturday was spent mostly on the couch as I had a bit of a cold but the boy was lovely, sitting with me watching bad dvds. Watched Black Sheep and it is not one of the best movies I have ever seen. But it was good to see one of Chris Farley's final movies. If you like slapstick, you will enjoy this. The plot of Mike's brother running for candidacy and the opposition trying to sabotage and discredit Mike and his brother in the proces is a tried and true formula but doesn't quite hit the mark with this one. The highlight of the movie is Farley's energy levels and wild antics. Also watched Definitely a boys film. Does Michael Cera know how to play any other character apart from a nerdy, eloquently speaking teenage boy? It did have its funny moments, pretty much any scene with Seth Rogen but not something I would watch again. If this is what a Judd Apatow movie is all about then I would have to pass. Also managed to make myself a Mixed Vegie Frittata which was yummy and finish Season 5 of Supernatural (I heart Jensen Ackles) and now I am dying to watch Season 6. 

Sunday I barely made it through shopping as was still feeling crap but managed to cook up a storm.  Made some super healthy and really tasty Peanut and Choc Chip Cookies and Upside Pear and Raspberry Cake!!  Also made Kangaroo Burgers for dinner which weren't the tastiest things I have ever made.  Who would have thought Skippy was bland tasting?  Watch Scott Pilgrim v the World. Bizarre film. A cross between a video game, a musical and a comic. I liked it. I loved the special geeky touches like Zelda music playing everywhere and that when someone was defeated, there was gold coins to collect and they were in the outline a dead person. Michael Cera was not believable as a guy with special powers and could see that his fight scenes, a stunt double was used. Loved seeing Brie Larson in it and hopefully that was actually her singing in it. Knives Chau was a cute character as well.

Valentines Day yesterday!!! Got a really really awesome present from the boy, a trip away to Portsea!! I have already booked it for Easter weekend and will be counting down the days for my Brown Signs Extravaganza (Brown signs are Points of Interest signs that you see alongside the road or freeway).  However, the rest of my Valentine's Day was slightly ruined due to the boyf hurting his back so no picnic, no shopping and no going out for dinner.  Instead we watched the Star Wars trilogy (the original and my first time watching it) which wasnt too bad and got pizza. 

Getting nervous that Uni will be starting soon and not sure if I will cope with the workload, work, keeping fit and eating healthy.  Something will be lost there I know it.  Also nervous for the boy and eagerly awaiting his call to see if he got the job or not. Fingers crossed!

Weird encounters near train stations

Some days, something totally unexpected and weird happens.  One the way home from work yesterday evening, Metal Chick and I were using the escalators going to the station when bloke who was going down the esclators next to us proclaimed "I'm not smiling...... I'm not smiling!.... I'm really not smiling" all the while he had the biggest gap tooth maniacal smile I have ever seen.

This morning on the train, I was with my flattie and he noticed a particularly strange looking person who we couldnt tell if they were male or female as was very androgynous in clothes, hairstyle and make up. It took us the whole train ride to guess that it was a girl (poor girl).

My workmate in Syd is awesome and made my day by sending me a souvenir magnet with a cute little elephant on it from her trip to the USA. Yes I know I am lame, I collect magnets.

Went to the gym and did a particularly difficult Body Attack class, must get my fitness up again after missing this class last week.  I still look very unco and red when I do this class....

The boyf had an interview today!!! Yay!! but its for a position in Canberry :(.  Might have some difficult decisions to make soon and whether my library career (which is only just kicking off) and my uni studies might have to wait.  He will find out on Monday about whether he gets it or not and then I will decide about whether or not I am prepared to give up everything for my boyf (just quietly, I probably would...).

Anyway, I don't want to leave on a bad note so I will leave you with this interesting tidbit, Quinoa is pronounced kin wah.

So high the climb...

I know it has been awhile but a lot has changed since my last post.

King Prima has left! Now there is only Miso to annoy the shit out of me, and that she does well :(.

I have quit smoking, change uni degree (to a librarian degree!) and embarked on a stricter lose weight regime (more exercise).

So now I have no idea what to write about anymore.

Who am I kidding, I can blubber on for hours. 

Starting from last week, the weather has been shit.  Not only all around Australia with floods and hurricanes but the Friday night of humid stickiness to endless rain for the rest of the weekend and quite cool weather thus far which is certainly not summer weather!  How am I supposed to get a bit of colour now?

Speaking of last Friday, had the boy's mate over for dinner (Sweet N Sour Meatballs) and watched Kick Ass which was awesome!  One of the best movies I have seen in a while with awesome graphic fight scenes and quite funny as well.  Hit Girl is my new hero lol.

Saturday was a dreary day with non stop rain which made my cat go crazy coz he was cooped up all day. Ended up have a very rare drunken stupour night by drinking far too much wine and champagne, watching Yes Man (hilarious), making a yummy Lamb and Pepperonata and throwing up so much that I ended up blocking up my toilet and my sink (gross!). 

Sunday was my recovery day.  I didn't last very long shopping but I managed to get my car fixed which was good but nearly threw up eating breakfast.  Will never eat food from New World Cafe again....  The rest of the day was spent watching Modern Family which is my new favourite show.

Don't remember much of Monday except I felt crap all day and I had leftovers from the night before with heaps of quinoa (which is surprisingly tasty for something that looks like a cross bewteen sago pudding and little worms). 

Yesterday was a little better, got to see my parents for about 45 mins, got money of my Grandpa for absolutely no reason which was nice, did a Body Balance class as i hadn't exercised since the previous Tuesday (very very bad!) and went bowling with my bestie and won all 3 games and got a over 200 game!

Today started out annoying, my ipod died on the way into wake today so I had to put up with listening to school kids idiotic conversations.  My cat also had a spaz attack before I left the house and decided to head butt my mouth so I have a fat lip. But my shoes that I ordered offline came and my boyf had to open the box and send me a pic of him trying to eat them! He is soo silly sometimes but that is why I loves him.

Anyhoo, hopefully I have something more interesting to blog about tomorrow.

Later :P

The week so far

Some good things and annoying things have happened this week.

Firstly, on Sunday, I enter the 5.7km run for the Melbourne Marathon which I completed in the very slow time of 46.22 but I don't even care about how slow I was, or the fact that I had to walk parts of it or that I injured my knee and my groin in the process because I FINISHED! In hindsight, I should have trained more for it as was walking like an old lady in need of a hip replacement (remember to stretch) but I know that for next time when I do a 5km run in November. Plus I got a nifty medal that I can engrave (which I will) and a showbag which has introduced me to the greatest drink in the world, Blue Powerade!

Me and Metal Chick both were walking like dorks on Monday and Tuesday but on that Tuesday I got a nice surprise when I found out my result for the online quiz in my Introduction to English class that I do at uni was a Distinction.  Although, some might say this is not that great a mark, I am happy because it is only the second Distrinction that I have ever received!! Now to try and power through reading Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare but I am going to be controversial and say that I think Shakespeare is horribly boring and the characters seem to rant and rave and go on and on.  And I know people think he is the greatest since sliced bread but I just don't see it but I will force myself to finish this book in order to do my next assignment.

I keep getting flashes in my eyes like I'm going to get a migraine for the past two days but I have been lucky to catch it in time by taking some panadeine so I'm just left with a dull pain that sits on my eyes.  Hopefully I don't get it again tomorrow because the Powerade doesn't seem to be working its magic like it used to :(.

Some other good news though, I have lost some weight and centrimetres during my Fat test yesterday (it's really the fat pinch test) which means that my two personal training sessions a week are starting to pay off but I want to lose more!!  I am thinking of bumping up my gym sessions but I'm finding it hard to get the motivation.  I will figure something out or maybe my trainer can writie me a better program for the days that I don't see him.

Had the house to myself last night which was awesome as I never get the house to myself.  Spent the night on the couch with my cat watching Channel 2 and laughing my butt off at the Librarians, IT Crowd and United States of Tara.  The only downside was that my Princess (the boyf) ate my Curly Wurly.  Chocolate needs to be hidden at my place otherwise the boy will eat it.

Today has been a very boring and annoying day.  My only gripe is that my boss Chuck was being his usual unsupportive self today.  Firstly, he greeted me this morning lacklustrely and then two seconds later a person from another department walked in and he was happy as Larry.  I overhead the conversation between which went:  "Oh I don't see you in the kitchen at this time very often"  and Chuck replied "That's because I get my people to make my coffee for me".  What a douche, your people would never ever make you coffee.  Secondly, Prima King Henry was a shit today by going off to lunch 15 minutes early from his shift and not letting anyone know and not asking for anyone to cover the phones!! But I noticed and so did a few other people in the my team who decided they had to tell me I should speak to Chuck about it.  My reply was not very diplomatic "I don't give a fuck anymore!  I have had enough and I don't fucking care!".  But nevertheless I spoke to Chuck about this and his advice was that I should speak to Prima King Henry and he will too.  I hate having to tell people off because I know one day I will lose my temper and scream the building down in the process.  I just don't get why people are so selfish or gutless that they can't communicate with one another.  If the stupid douchebag had just asked us to mind the phone we wouldn't have minded but he thinks he is high and mighty. 

Well lets hope my telling off goes well but I'm seriously not in the mood today to be trifled with.

things i have learned in the past 24 hours

Firstly, never eat sweet n sour pork that comes from across the road of my work because it will make you sick;

Secondly, 7mate is too addictive and makes me go to bed late;

Thirdly, when the landlord says they have fixed the roof and when it rains we should be fine, don't believe him because it floods somewhere else;

Fourthly, always greet people in the morning courteously rather than ranting about Prima King Henry as it doesn't win you any favours;

and lastly, I cannot resist fundraising chocolate!

to compliment or not to compliment?

Apparently, I am not as observant as I think I am.

I told Hippy Man that I liked his new shirt.  He refers to this shirt as his 'gay' shirt (his words not mine) which he bought recently.  It is a black and white striped shirt with white cuffs and would look very busy on a tv screen but luckily Hippy Man is not on tv very often.

So I thought I would mention this to him and his reply was.  "You only just noticed this after being here for an hour and a half??" Now if you didn't know he was a happily married man, you would think he was a screaming queen.  My response was, I was in late this morning and this is the first time I saw you.  Chuck happened to wander by at that moment and complimented the shirt as well which Hippy Man called him back saying "This is the first time you saw me this morning right? and you noticed it".  Chuck's response was "That's because I have good taste". OOh stab!! Hippy man commenced to go on and on about my non-noticing even thought Metal chick backed me up.  I said I could have gone and interrrupted his training session and embarrassed him.  He said I should have because his training group were en masse in the compliments.  I said you are making this up aren't you.  His reply was yes but only to make you feel bad.  I said I would kick him in the shins if he mentioned the matter again.

I must admit I do like the banter it brings a bit of fun into an otherwise dull and boring day.

Mental note, must do some uni work (possibly during work hours).

Why do I have Mr G's Naughty Girl stuck in my head? She's a naughty girl with a bad habit.... a bad habit for drugs.....