Distraction from IVF for a moment.... Day six...

1.WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR KITCHEN PLATES?
Our plates are white; courtesy of many people and wedding presents.

2.WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Science of the Discworld 2; the Globe.

3.WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOARD GAME?
Trivial Pursuit

4.LEAST FAVORITE SMELLS?
Melena.

5.FAVORITE COLOR?
Purple

6.LEAST FAVORITE COLOR?
Watermelon pink or lime green.

7.HOW MANY RINGS UNTIL YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?
five.

8.FUTURE CHILD'S NAME?
Um... the Boi doesn't like it when I reveal these things...

9.CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?
Vanilla milkshakes, coffee and ice cream... chocolate all else.

10.DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST?
Um... yeah...

11.DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
Nope: two cats and the Boi. I do have a collection of stuffed toys though.

12.DO YOU LIKE THUNDERSTORMS?
Yes; they turn me on.

13.WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?
1987 Holden Camira SLX; and I miss her. She was called Little Bitch Blue and could tell my moods and how tired I was. When I was very tired and probably dangerous behind the wheel she wouldn't work. When I was upset she'd tell me to "check engine."

14.WHAT IS YOUR SIGN?
"Cattle Crossing"

15.DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?
Yes, but not the big thick one.

16.IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Extra in movies and on TV. That way I could fulfill a dream without the negative side of fame; I've also done this job and was happier and healthier than ever.

17.IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY COLOR HAIR, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Dark Auburn bordering on Burgundy. Or purple.

18.IS THE GLASS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY?
This depends on the day. At the moment the glass is overflowing. Last evening for a while it was broken.

19.FAVORITE MOVIE?
Breakfast at Tiffany's.

20.DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS?
yes.

21.WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED?
Floor boards, dust bunnies.

22.YOUR SINGLE BIGGEST INTENSE PAIN?
Not being able to let things go.

23.PERSON(S) YOU SENT THIS TO WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
I'm not sending this to anyone. I'm doing this as a narcissistic snapshot of where I am during a rather difficult time.

24.WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
See above.

26.WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON?
Autumn.

27.THE BEST PLACE YOU HAVE EVER BEEN?
The end of the Middle Brighton pier at sunset.

28.WHAT SCREEN SAVER IS ON YOUR COMPUTER RIGHT NOW?
None; but our wallpaper is of the FSM.

29.FAVORITE FAST FOOD?
Hot Chips with gravy.

30.WHAT IS YOUR BIRTH NAME?
My birth certificate says "Cathryn Mary Hayward."

Commercial dreamings

I'm not a big fan of recieving presents; if you're going to give me something give me ox fam stuff that helps others or give me vouchers for books.

My 6 for this weekend (after a fortnights break due to being so busy) is my 6 point Santa list.

1) I'd like all the Pratchett stuff I am missing; especially the books and the latest screen interpretation of on of his books: Hogfather.

2) The catch up on the James Patterson books wouldn't go astray either.

3) While we are talking books; the latest Foxtrot anthologies would be very nice.

4) New lingerie, especially undies, teddies, p'j's and bustierres.

5) Shoes: ballerina style in a range of colours. Black, 3 pair, canvas, matte and patent; Red patent; Baby Pink matte and an off white that would go with jeans in a canvas. (I have a shoe addiction and this style is the most comortable.)

6) My roster for the new year so I know when I can start working fixed hours.

On a higher note:

1) Troops out of Iraq and peace in that country.

2) Clean water for all those areas in desperate need of it.

3) An end to the drought in Australia.

4) Better funding for community aid organisations that help at a grass roots level.

5) An end to duck hunting in Australia, and the hunting of any other native creature stopped. (If you need to shoot things, take your agression out on the feral rabbits, foxes and pigs.)

6) A cure for male infertility caused by antibodies that is not going to have major side efects and will mean that more couples can conceive naturally.

Quote: John Lennon. Merry Christmas; War is over.

Six things I hope to achieve in the next 6 years, 6 ways and 6 quotes.

Aspirations:
1) Have a child.
2) Own our own home.
3) To run my own counselling practice; or to be in a place where I can earn through sales of hand crafted products.
4) Be published and paid for the piece they publish.
5) To fit the "Purple dress"; so that means I need to lose 15kg and not gain any back.
6) To be on my way to getting a degree in humanities or science.; philosophy (theosophical), literature, politics, forensics or psychology.

How I can achieve each:
1) IVF, hope and belief.
2) Find the right place and let the universe take it from there, with lots of hard work thrown in as well.
3) Get off butt and do something about it.
4) See 3; risk others criticism and send things off again; get a decent editor.
5) See 3 and 4. EXERCISE. Dietary changes.
6) Improve my skills as a writer and learn to study. Also learn how to write academically.

Quotes:

Greg Anderson:
When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing -- then we truly live life.

Leo Burnett:
When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.

Ralph Waldo Emerson:
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

Les Brown:
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Robert Schuller:
You are what you think about all day long.

Les Brown:
Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.

Tuesday Twosome: Location

It’s all about location…

1. Name two things you love about the city/town you live in: The changeable weather, Melbourne truely can have four seasons in one day. I also thinkI live in the most beautiful city. If you open your eyes in Melbourne the beauty and surprises are so apparent.

2. Name two things you dislike about the city/town you live in: It's a little bit too sports focussed. The public transport system beyond zone two.

3. Name two cities/towns you would live in if you couldn’t live where you are now: Hobart, or any part of Tasmania. Part of me would like to live in New York, but I think that this is the fantasy of the bohemian lifestyle epitomised by old movies set in Soho.

4. Are you a “true local” (born and raised) or a transplant of the city/town you live in? Melbourne girl born and bred (Thick round the middle; smart in the head. ;p )

5. Do you like to leave your city/town when you have a long weekend or do you like to stay home? I like to explore the city I live in; I love being a local tourist. I do want to see the world though.

6 Films I Love And A Quote Or 2 From Each

Rugrats In Paris: the scene at the start where Chuckie watches all the other babies dancing with their mummies makes me cry. I just want to adopt Chuckie and look after him so he has a mummy at this point. By the time the end reaches I'm crying because he gets one. The Boi knows this is my "excuse to blub" movie. (Yes, I know it's a kids animation. Yes, I know admitting to this probably wins me Nerdette of the year.)

Chuckie Finster: Over my dad's potty!


Breakfast At Tiffany's: *sigh* George Peppard looking yummy, Audrey at her most gorgeous, heart warming story, what's not to love.


Holly Golightly: He's all right! Aren't you, cat? Poor cat! Poor slob! Poor slob without a name! The way I see it I haven't got the right to give him one. We don't belong to each other. We just took up one day by the river. I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is but I know what it is like. It's like Tiffany's.
Paul Varjak: Tiffany's? You mean the jewelry store.
Holly Golightly: That's right. I'm just CRAZY about Tiffany's!

---

Holly Golightly: I'm like cat here, a no-name slob. We belong to nobody, and nobody belongs to us. We don't even belong to each other.


Practical Magic: I love chic flicks. This has to be my all time can watch on repeat and not get bored by it chick flick; close ties are Sweet Home Alabama and Just Like Heaven.

Sally Owens: All I want is a normal life.
Aunt Frances Owens: My darling girl, when are you going to understand that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage!


Pretty In Pink: Two words; John. Hughes. I'm a child of the 1980's so a list of films has to have at least one John Hughes in it. I know Breakfast Club is the better crafted story; I know St Elmo's Fire has the better plot line (and isn't a Hughes). Pretty In Pink has James Spader at his worst, Jon Cryer as Duckie, and Harry Dean Stanton. Case rests.

Duckie: You know what an older women does for me?
Iona: Changes your diapers?
Duckie: Touché.


Dogma: Kevin Smith. I love his humour, direction, writing, philosophy, cute little tushy and irreverence. In this he peaked. (Fuck, Underline stuck on, sorry.)

Nun: You don't believe in God because of Alice in Wonderland?
Loki: No, "Through the Looking Glass". That poem, "The Walrus and the Carpenter" that's an indictment of organized religion. The walrus, with his girth and his good nature, he obviously represents either Buddha, or... or with his tusk, the Hindu elephant god, Lord Ganesha. That takes care of your Eastern religions. Now the carpenter, which is an obvious reference to Jesus Christ, who was raised a carpenter's son, he represents the Western religions. Now in the poem, what do they do... what do they do? They... They dupe all these oysters into following them and then proceed to shuck and devour the helpless creatures en masse. I don't know what that says to you, but to me it says that following these faiths based on mythological figures ensure the destruction of one's inner-being. Organized religion destroys who we are by inhibiting our actions... by inhibiting our decisions, out of... out of fear of some... some intangible parent figure who... who shakes a finger at us from thousands of years ago and says... and says, "Do it - Do it and I'll fuckin' spank you. "


Metropolis: This was the irst silent film I ever saw and began a love affair I still have with the films of the 1920's. It also has a philosophy and beauty to it that haunts. My bias and pretension is to say no better science fiction film has ever been made; but that is a massive call and a can of worms I'm only willing to buy shares in not open.

I also love any Lon Chaney Snr films and the German films like Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari. Films like The Cat and The Canary and Freaks still manage to scare me. I have as many of them as I can find on DVD. I'd dearly love A Trip To The Moon and other early shorts but do not know where to find them.

Maria: There can be no understanding between the hand and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.

I'll leave the last word to my favourite critics.

Statler: Well, how do you like the film?
Waldorf: I've seen detergents that leave a better film than this.

Tuesday Twosome:

Comments are mine; not the party I am a member of.

Election Day

We don't vote in Victoria until the end of the month, and some of our electoral processes are different from the US. I'll try to explain as best I can for those not reading this in Australia.

I don't like commenting on how other countries run themselves as I feel we only get a limited amount of information. I'm open to being told how my views are misinformed; but because I don't live in the US I would ask that people don't take my comments as US bashing (they're not) and respond to them using facts not opinions; e.g. websites with the information not just name calling. I am open to being educated.

1. Are you registered to vote? Explain why you are or are not registered to vote?

Voting is compulsory in Australia from the age of 18. I have friends that argue that enrolling to vote is an option but I have yet to find evidential data on this. So; Yes. I'm enrolled because I have too, but also because i think you cannot complain about the results of the process if you have not been a part. Its also too important a thing not to vote.

2. Did you vote early (if your state offers this) or are you voting on election day?

I'll be voting on election day; which is also my Hen's night.

3. Do you truly believe your vote counts or are you not convinced that “every vote counts”?

Yes, every vote counts. Especially in a country like America, you cannot get true change until the people have a true voice. I don't think that optional voting gives a true indication of what the people in the US really think. I read somewhere that if the Black American population voted more that the US would already have its first black President, less civil rights violations and better funding for education and health rather than one of the poorest (financially) health and education systems (according to people like Bryson, Moore, and many of the more prominent sociologists).

4. Did you make up your mind about what candidates to vote for a while back or within the last two weeks?

I belong to a political party, so I know who I will be voting for. I support the Australian Democrats (completely different from the ones in US) for their policies on education, health (especially in the areas of stem cell research and mental health), women, indigenous Australians, the aged, the environment, refugees and the war. I do not support the GST; which is why I voted against the Liberal party and was hurt when one of our senators crossed the floor.

Sadly the GST furore has hurt the party deeply with a large number of people blaming the Democrats for what happened but continue to vote for the major party that implemented them. I am also aware of many cases where the Democrats have laid the ground work for a project to have it taken over by another party and given more publicity.

Voting Democrat makes sense as they are also one of the only minor parties on the left not in the hip pocket of a major party, (Labor and Greens; Liberal, Nationals and Fundamentalists First). They are also truly separate from religious influence (Think Liberals think white protestant; Labor was strongly Catholic at one point; I won't insult people over the Fundies.)

5. Compared to your parents’ views, are you voting the same as or different from them? Are you more liberal or conservative than them?

I vote differently from my parents (One is Labor, one is Nationals.) My influence comes from my father who taught me the importance of Unions and a party that gives the workers a voice; something I also feel that the Democrats do. As I grew older I realised that environmental concerns were also something I felt passionate about; so I became more politically active on these issues and then sort-of drifted into representative positions (student council, board member on various charities, etc.) I guess my left leaning attitudes make me a small l liberal.

Six Books and a a Saying.

Six books that have had an impact on me.

Terry Pratchett: Small Gods.

Belief gives things shape; it is the strength of belief in a thing that makes it what it is. In Small Gods it is the strength of belief Brutha has that keeps the great god Om alive; even though Om has the largest number of people who subscribe to his religion.

Eric Maisel: The Van Gogh Blues.

This book normalised depression for me. Maisel theorises that it is the loss of meaning that results in depression in creative people. The methods he describes have allowed me to express how I am in the depression. When I miscarried I drew mothers with ghosts following them; when the first cycle IVF didn't work I painted wombs as cemeteries; poetry, photos, sketches, building, finding a new formula, writing... what ever your creative expression of self, artist or scientist, when depressed you can use that to show meaning and find meaning. See the review/ counselling piece in Crayons.

Aside: In homeopathy Post partum/natal depression is thought to be caused by the mother feeling she had meaning while pregnant but looses sight of that once the child is born. The rejection of the baby (common sign of PND)) is connected to an ill formed differentiation of the birth mother from her own mother.

Richard's Encyclopedia Volume 13, published 1958.

It had everything! Fairy stories, mythology, mind puzzles, word games, stuff that would not normally be in an encyclopaedia! As a kid I'd spend hours pouring over this one volume. The fairy tales were not dumbed down or Disney-fied. The puzzles were a challenge; and you got something new each time. My favourite page was a picture of flowers; you had to name them all. They weren't flowers in the picture though. You had two lips for tulips, a picture of row after row of corn for rose. I think I'll go visit mum and get it. I think its sitting in the garage somewhere... should save it for my kids.

Bill Bryson: Notes From A Small Island.

This book began my love affair with travel novels. I cannot afford to travel the world yet but these books let me see things I never would of known about. Ones like Holy Cow by Sarah McDonald let me see India, Lonely Planet's Smallest Countries showed me the many kingdoms that exist, (Including a few in Australia, Hutt River Province I think was one.)

CWA Cookbook

I learnt how to bake from these. I'm one of the three in my social group who gets requests for food when parties are coming up. My melting moments melt on the way to your mouth; my ginger biscuits get requested most often; I was using m&ms in biscuits before they came in mini and become fashionable.


I find baking relaxing. I find substituting and experimenting so that vegans are able to eat what I make a challenge. I hate that I cannot try as I go like I used to, as not everyone wants GF biscuits and cakes. One day I'll throw recipes up somewhere. They are not health foods but heart foods, and I think that is as important.

Emily Bronte: Wuthering Hieghts

This showed me that not every book my mother told me to read was about Australia when she was a child and helped me to learn to respect others opinions. She's right; it's depressing in parts but the greatest love story. My Father gave me the love of books and taught me how they were an escape; my mother showed me the importance of reading things that make you reflect. My father taught me to read everything; my mother made sure I had practical interests; sewing, knitting, baking.

Saying: Mr Feeny, my year 12 Literature teacher, told us to memorise poems and plays. He said it would give us something to do while we were stuck far away from a book and bored.

Stacy: I believe we write our own stories. And each time we think we know the end - we don't. Perhaps luck exists somewhere between the world of planning, the world of chance, and in peace that comes from knowing that you just can't know it all. You know, life's funny that way. Once you let go of the wheel, you might end up right where you belong.

From: Little Black Book.

Six Songs and a Saying

OK; the aim today is to vent about blog content. Fortunately there are not too many people in the bloggosphere who fit the first four categories.


Song One: Piggies by the Beatles.


Have you seen the little piggies
Crawling in the dirt
And for all the little piggies
Life is getting worse
Always having dirt to play around in.

Dedicated to those who feel life is about running others down to make themselves feel better.

Song Two: Kiss Me, Son Of God by TMBG.

I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage
Called the blood of the exploited working class
But they've overcome their shyness
Now they're calling me Your Highness
And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

I destroyed a bond of friendship and respect
Between the only people left who'd even look me in the eye
Now I laugh and make a fortune
Off the same ones that I tortured
And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

This one goes out to those who feel that what they say, no matter how offensive, cannot be wrong if they have been around for a long time and have lots of people who read them.

Song Three: Ain't No Man Righteous by Bob Dylan.

Look around, ya see so many social hypocrites
Like to make rules for others while they do just the opposite.


A song for all those people revoicing others oppinions as there own and then criticising others for doing it.

Song Four: Sex and Drugs and Rock'n'Roll by Ian Drury & The Blockheads.

Here's a little piece of advice
You're quite welcome it is free
Don't do nothing that is cut price
You know what that'll make you be
They will try their tricky device
Trap you with the ordinary
Get your teeth into a small slice
The cake of liberty

For the people who blindly follow everything they read as gospel and don't think for themselves.

Song Five: Funk You by DAAS.

Sexual psychology fascinates me more than art or science

For all those lonely and not so lonely souls out there who explore all aspects of their nature online.

Song Six: Don't Give Up by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush

Don't give up
cos you have friends
Don't give up
You're not beaten yet
Don't give up
I know you can make it good

What I'd like for all people to remember when the hurts others heap upon them become too much.

Quote: “If you guys are going to be throwing beer bottles at us, at least make sure they're full.” Dave Mustaine

Belated Tuesday Twosome.

Time Management:

1. Two things you procrastinate the most about: Homework; as in 2 major assignments due this Friday. Going to the gym; this happens in stops and starts. The stops are hard for me to restart.

2. Two things that take priority in your time management: Spending time with my partner; in IVF you can lose sight of the other person so for me this is my biggest priority. Books; reading the latest by my favourite authors.

3. Do you usually arrive on time or late? About ten minutes early.

4. Do you get annoyed when other people arrive late or you really don’t care? I get more worried then annoyed, but I do care. With mobile phones it doesn't take much to let people know you'll be late. Ten minutes is OK but after that it starts to say that you realy don't care about other people.

5. What two things would you change/delete about your daily schedule in order for you to have more “down” time? Commercials from the shows I enjoy; TV and Radio. I'd like a genie for the housework, fairly obvious.

Tuesday Twosome cont.

1. The perfect autumn day and what activities you enjoy.

Perfect Autumn day: warm (low 20's), slightly overcast, picnic at the park. Dinner in front of TV with movies. Cuddling up with the Boi. Just basically time spent with the Boi not doing anything huge, just being together.

2. Two things about yourself that make you different from everybody else:
My use of language; my eyes.

3. The last time you laughed really hard and why:
Reading Calvin and Hobbes the other day I laughed so hard I couldn't breath.

4. Two items of clothing that best represents who you are:
My burgundy Hippy style dress; it's long, flows nicely and is a little bit sexy while being totally not revealing. My tiny T's, they let me say what I want without it being too forceful (and as the Boi says; they make my breasts look good; hey, we can all be shallow when we want!)

5. Yourself as others see you and how you see yourself:
I see myself as slightly too curvaceous, seriously insecure but learning to love the image in the mirror. I am spiritual and sensual, sexual while not being cheap. I'm Gothic, a Hippy, a Boho Chic, a Beatnik, politically aware while being totally oblivious to how things run, ethically conscious while advocating each their own but do no harm. A witch, a bitch, bisexual, conservative but out there; loud and proud but hiding my real self.

Others; I don't know. These are some quotes from a survey I did for my counselling course:

your strength of character - you are always you - you don't feel the
need to pretend to be something you are not just to fit in with the
people you are with.  This is in no way compromised by dressing down when
you do democrat stuff or visiting parents, in fact its heightened IMO
(humble or otherwise).

your intellect - you are highly intelligent, well read and you have an
amazing ability to retell information in your own way, which makes it
not only interesting to listen to, but also attainable to the less
bright of our society who need this information.

you are so easy to talk to and non judgemental. I
have always found you innately easy to talk to and never judgemental at
all.

your trustworthiness and discretion - I always know that if I entrust
you with something that is personal or that is a secret, that it wont go
any further add to that your ability to always find the right thing to
say to smooth something over when trusted information has been let out,
out of turn.

you are fun

Or this by a former Boi;

You have a deep commitment to your friends and family. You really know
how to look after people. You would make a top notch nurse because of
that. They don't have to be people you know, but with people you know
you take that caring to the next level.

I think that anything else I'd say would come back under this umbrella.

Oh, but you're smart. You're poetic. Passionate. Completely untethered
by what the crowd thinks you should do. This IVF thing shows great
bravery too. You're also really cute :) 

A family perspective:

Good Listener.....True Friend...... Amiable.........Willing to give a
hand.............. Patient........Able to put up with a lot
(family).... are
but a few that come to mind

So: that sees me out for today's Tuesday Twosome; a day late, hey, I was busy!

Monday meme; day 7!

This one is from Monday's a Bitch. I think this might see my mini challenge to myself out.

1. If you could have a view of anything you wanted from your bedroom window, what would you choose?
The beach, probably the Middle Brighton beach to be more specific. It has the melbourne skyline in the backround. St night it is gorgeous. I also liove watching storms come in over water.

2. Have you ever tried Red Bull? Did you like it?
Yes. No.

3. Is there anything that you are embarrassed to go out and purchase?
No.

4. Do you like amusement park rides? Are high adrenaline rides preferable, or do you prefer the mellow ones?
Some. Not high adrenaline ones. I like mellow ones, like the Matador, but cannot stand ferris wheels or roller coaster; hieghts and disconnection from sitting 100% on seat respectively.

5. Do you tend to be more attracted to people (romantically or for friendship) who are similar to you or very different? What sorts of differences in your personalities might attract you to a person?
I'm attracted to the things in others that lie beneath the first initial impression. If the person is intelligent then I am likely to associate with them, useless cultural knowledge a bonus. Geeky? Then asl. Curvaceous? Bonus! My friends are all so diverse that I don't know what attracts me to them overall.

I'm turned on by brains more then body type, but like guys to be a little cuddly and taller then me. The only negative about the Boi is he could be about five inches taller so I could rest my head more comfortably on his chest. That's about my only precursor; after that it comes down to how personalities mesh, and beliefs.

Sunday Meme

Todays Meme idea was tken from: The Write Coast
It's called Death takes a vacation; and is a tribute to Halloween. OK, so a harvest festival should be celebrated in Australia in April, around Easter. Still, I liked this. So here is Sunday.

1. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?
   As much as I'd like to say a child of a politician to make the politician realise what they are doing to all those others I can't. Same with a gun enthusiasts family member. Probably someone like Paris Hilton for the "role model" she portrays but that would make her a martyr.... so I don't know.
   
2. You can flip a switch that will wipe any band or musical artist out of existence. Which one will it be?
   The Corrs for crimes against Irish music and covering great songs really badly. What they did to REM's Everybody Hurts was attrocious.
   
3. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?
   The guy who fired me from my last full time job on the day I was meant to go in for a D&C associated with a miscarriage. If my flow hadn't started I would of been fired on an answering macchine. I'd also do it for the trumped up reason he gave.
   
4. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your immediate disposal. What kind will you make?
   Good quality basil pesto, baby spinach, char grilled capsicum, char grilled mushrooms, vegetarian cheese (nimbin for preference) ona high quality gluten free full grain bread, toasted.
   
5. The Door to the Other Side has opened, and Death appears. But surprisingly, Death is a pretty cool entity and is in a fantastic mood, so it offers to return the friend/family-member/person, etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?
   My maternal grandmother whom I never knew. I always wanted grandparents and think she would be the one I'd chose; I have so many questions about my mother as a child...
   
6. You have the opportunity to sleep with the movie celebrity of your choice. We are talking no-strings-attached sex and it can only happen once. Who is the lucky celebrity of your choice?
   Susan Sarandon or Alan Rickman... maybe Janeane Gaarofalo or Kevin Smith... If the boi was allowed to watch but not touch Charlize Theron or Reese Witherspoon. *Evil smiley goes here*
   
7. You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who do you pick?
   As a teenager I would of said Iva Davies, but now, hmmm, the guitarist and writer of Eskimo Joe; Kav Temperley; as much for his creative side. It's the whole intimacy tripple for me with him, if he's busy then Tim Freedman.
8. Now that you’ve slept with two different people in a row, you seem to be having an excellent day because you just came across a hundred-dollar bill on the sidewalk. Holy crap, a hundred bucks! How are you gonna spend it?
   Books; the latest 2 Terry Pratchett books, Where's my cow? and Wintersmith. If I had change I'd get the 3rd in the D.W. Science series.
   
9. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?
   New York, or the Orkneys. One because I am so curious about it the other for further research in to my family history.
   
10. Upon arrival to the aforementioned location, you get off the plane and discover another hundred-dollar bill. Now that you are in the new location, what are you gonna do?
    New York: A little piece of art from a Soho artist or a Broadway show. Orkney: furthering the genealogy or tourist bits about the Old Witch.
    
11. The Fairy Bartender appears and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. It is … ?
    Black Russian or Cosmopolitan.
    
12. Rufus appears out of nowhere with a time-traveling phone booth. You can go to any time in the PAST. What time are you traveling to and what are you going to do when you get there?
    Before I saw worst jobs in history I'd have gone back to the dark ages and learn about real paganism. Since then the late 1960's, to Haight Ashbury in San Francisco. I'd spend the time enjoying the free love, the free expression, the psychadelia and see the reality of a movement that has strongly influenced me.
13. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place?
    First; do no harm.
    
14. You accidentally eat some radioactive pumpkin. It was good, and what’s even cooler is that it endows you with the super-power of your choice! What’s it gonna be?
    Persuasion; you could use it for so many things.
    
15. You have been given the opportunity to create the half-hour TV show of your own design. What is it called and what’s the premise?
    World of Wicca; it's a half hour show about the history and evolution of witches and witchcraft; exploring common mythconceptions, the politicising of the feminine power and the bastardisation of stories to demonise the strong woman; the spin off wuold be Fairy stories; why Disney should be disembowelled. It would look at where fairy tales came from and how they also changed, with a section on nursery rhymes and sayings.
    
16. One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do?
    Pray that they speak English and are open for a talk; I have so many questions for them.
    
17. Your house is on fire! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the item?
    One? The hard drive of the computer as it has so much stuff on it, photoes, stories, histories, copies of documents, etc.
    
18. The constant absorption of magical moonbeams mixed with the radioactive pumpkin you consumed earlier has given you the ability to resurrect the dead famous-person of your choice. So which celebrity will you bring back to life?
    Jules Verne; and I'd take him to Cape Canaveral or where ever they do the space stuff to see what he has inspired.
    
19. You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?
    My first kiss with the Boi. As TMBG say; "I want another first kiss"
    
20. You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?
    Being raped.
    
21. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But … you can move to anywhere else in the world! What country are you going to live in now?
    Canada, Eire, New Zealand or The Orkneys. Don't know.... can the Boi come too?
    
22. You have been eternally banned from every single bar in the world except for ONE. Which one is it gonna be?
    As long as I haven't been banned from every single chocolate bar; I don't drink much anymore (thus the name of the blog) so... The Kitten Club in Little Collins, great Jazz and Swing music.
    
23. The Grim Reaper has arrived to escort you to The Other Side. But since Death is pretty cool and still in a good mood, it offers you a half-hour to do whatever you want before you bounce. Whatcha gonna do in that half-hour?
    Spend it with the Boi, saying Goodbye and doing stuff. Let him know I love him, and will be back to haunt him.
    
24. What’s your theme song?
    Alway's a woman; Billy Joel. She; Elvis Costello. Just Like A Woman; Bob Dylan. But most likely Torch The Moon; The Whitlams. Except it's not a Frida Kahlo poster on my door... more likely MC Escher, Dali or something cartoony that has caught my imagination.
    

OK, so that is a rather long Sunday one; full of gloriously vague answers that reveal more than a single choice would. Bring on Monday.

Weekend meme

Random 10 - Week 75

10 songs that sum up your weekend...or were on your weekend playlist...and one picture that relates back. (oh, and if you feel like it, tell us why you picked the songs you did)
The picture shows how I feel in my body at this time almost perfectly, I definitely feel more curvy then she looks. The song choices reflect aspects of my emotional state, where I am now developmentally and also offers a snap shot of whats going on in the moment.

1) Everybody Want's To Work: Uncanny X Men; The next line is "No, no, not me." but sadly I do need to work, I just need a regular job that lets me not work the days I am at school. The Boi and I have written an application so that might happen.

2) Hanging On The Telephone: Blonde; After weeks of a faulty phone we purchased a new one today! Which meant I could call my parents and check how they were.

3) Black Fingernails, Red Wine: Eskimo Joe; I love the song (Der....) but for obvious reasons it's relevent to my weekend. I'm also an old Goth so I get all nostalgic at times for chipped black fingernails and yellow stains. The song's on the TV lots lately as Eskimo Joe are featured at the Arias.

4) American Idiot: Green Day; Our "left leaning" ABC has programmed all the songs from the US elections protest CD, I have the Australian version. The idea was to get younger voters to think and vote to conscience on the war and other things. The Aus version has my fave line "It's 11-9 where I come from." It highlights how Americanised our cultre can be.

5) Rhiannon; the Dance: Fleetwood Mac; LISTEN TO THE LIVE STEVIE NICKS VERSION. The lyrics are great they tell of a guy who is in love with a witch and the bond they have after all their time together; at least that is what I hear. I also have this one on what they call high rotation at the moment. And he still cries out I love you.... Rhiannon rings like a bell throu the night
And wouldnt you love to love her
Takes to the sky like a bird in flight
And who will be her lover

All your life you've never seen a woman
Taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven
Will you ever win

She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starless ... and so on...

6) Shit! This is proving harder then I thought..... What's up Pussy Cat?: Tom Jones; One of our cats has been throwing up partially digested cat food, so I think the choice is explanatory.

7) So Far Away From Me: Dire Straits; Where the Boi is. Till the morning at least.

8) Do you think I'm sexy?: Rod Stewart; Hormones are going wild at the moment. Also something else going on. I have been seriously scoped on more then one occasion over the past three days. It's not even a full moon, I know I want to dress sexy, I'm highly aroused for no real reason (Hell, I saw a vid of GWB and thought maybe.... so something weird is happening, TMI? Sorry.) but guys aren't that susceptible to a woman in heat are they? Maybe I should use "Woman In Love" by Babs instead. (Ok, soon I'll have to deny knowing any of the songs inthis bit.)

9) Your Racist Friend: They Might Be Giants; The closer the day comes for the wedding, the more I hear this song in my head. It's not only the racism I fear, but the sexism, the religionism, the ismism.... the song is a great song in it's own right. Not their best; I'd argue New York City for that. It's also one of the more obscure songs on my list so the link should help.

10) The End: The Beatles; Because it's the end of my day, this list, a lot of things. Also for the lyric "The love we make is equal to the love we take." I don't know, I'd like to think we make more love then we take. Sadly I think the Beatles meant a global average.

So, a very long and colourful weekend meme. Sunday and Monday to go and I'll have legitimately done 7 in 7.

Saturday meme

OK; I've done one over at Red Crayon. It's a Saturday Photo Hunt.

The one for here is taken from Amandarin. The answers as always are my own.

What were you doing one second ago?
Selecting a colour for the printing of my answers.

What were you doing an hour ago?
Reading blogs and avoiding doing the housework.

What were you doing yesterday?
I was sitting in classes all day for my Counselling course, followed by some photography around Moo, some time with the Boi and enjoying good food.

What were you doing a month ago?
Exercising to lose weight for IVF purposes. Working on assignments.

What were you doing a year ago?
Looking for a business to buy and go in to with the Boi.

What were you doing five years ago?
Working long hours, slowly killing myself, destroying a relationship.

What were you doing ten years ago?
Kicked out of University in Bendigo. Beginning to self destruct. Moving in with Omen. Shutting everyone out from my life emotionally. Entering a new scene where I found the real me. (Finally felt allowed to express my inner self with out to many fears of reprisals. Strangely the reprisals that happenend then are stil happening in a different way today.)

Who would you like to tag?
I wouldn't. If people want to be tagged though then consider them done.

Friday Meme (and a new blog)

I've decided to make things easier and am now putting all creative expressions; photos, prose, poetry and pictures; into a new blog. This is partly because the Wordless Wednesday stuff took up more space then I wanted it too, but it's also so I can experiment with html and appearance without losing things that in the big picture mean more.

Now; Today's Meme challenge: Stolen from the Badger.

1. Three things that scare me:
The thought of my father dying.
Getting on the down escalator.
Fundamentalists of any faith.

2. Three people who make me laugh:
George Carlin
Terry Pratchett
Paul McDermott. (Rowr!)

3. Three things I hate the most:
Needing to exercise and modify eating habits to lose weight.
Paying twice as much for wheat free/ Gluten free products.
Size 6 sales assistants that look at you like your Martian because you're a size 16.

4. Three things I don't understand:
Wheat glucose syrup in products; also wheaten corn flour and the need to make almost every vegetable protein substitute from glutenous products.
Trigonometry.
Hi-5, and why they are so popular with anyone who is not a thirty year old male.

5. Three things I'm doing right now:
Drinking coffee.
Wearing a sarong and a skimpy mesh t-shirt.
Listening to the TV on in the background.

6. Three things I want to do before I die:
Publish a book of poetry that sells more then fifty copies.
Have a child.
Run my own business doing creative things; cards, soaps, crafts.

7. Three things I can do:
Make others feel good about who they are.
Bake a sponge from memory.
Remember useless stuff.

8. Three ways to describe my personality:
As supplied by The Boi;
Empathic.
Sexual.
Mixed.

9. Three things I can't do:
Lose weight easily, or motivate myself to exercise.
Blow my own horn, or ask for favours.
Use a fire arm.

10. Three things I think you should listen to:
The White Album; the Beatles.
Rumours: Fleetwood Mac.
My mother; someone has to and I don't see why it needs to be me.

11. Three things you should never listen to:
Anything sung by the Corrs.
Anything said by John Howard and the Liberal party.
Anything that is considered a Dogma.

12. Three things I'd like to learn:
Tai Chi.
How to make my own candles, soaps, beauty products, etc.
To sing well.

13. Three favorite foods:
Hot chips with tomato sauce.
Passionfruit yoghurt; good quality, not Yoplait.
I used to love a Vegetarian Laksa and Spring Rolls but I can't eat them anymore.

14. Three beverages I drink regularly:
Cinnamon Latte; From Hudsons.
Coffee; Timor Blend Fair Trade.
Tea; herbal, decaf (Twinings) or fair trade (Scarborough Fair.)

15. Three shows I watched as a kid:
Danger Mouse.
Cities of Gold.
My Secret Valley.

Steal This Post Meme Thursday.

I stole:

Steal This Post Thursday Meme

From: Angela who got this idea from Michele, who stole it from Ethel.
Here are the directions:

"Go to Wikipedia and do a search for your birthday (day and month only, exclude the year).

Post three facts, two births and one death on your blog including the years."

Three facts:

1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
1879 - The Pirates of Penzance is first performed (Paignton, Devon, England).
1948 - The play Kiss Me, Kate opens for the first of 1,077 performances.Two Births:

1865 - Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1942 - Michael Nesmith, American singer and musician (The Monkees) also: 1945 - Davy Jones, English singer (The Monkees) (Half the Monkees on my birthday!)

One death:
2004 - Artie Shaw, American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)

My very first Wordless Wednesday, with very wordy explanation.

My Dad, about 64, at Lake Victoria in Gippsland, Victoria, circa 1990.
I like this because it captures his sense of humour as well as one of my happier teenage moments; which I didn't realise was while I was going through it.

Tuesday Twosome #2.

Choose and explain…

1. Shower or Bath; Bath, you can luxuriate and realy relax, the book you're reading doesn't end up as pulp, it doesn't dilute your coffee or make your GF Cookies soggy.

2. Comedy or Drama; Comedy, everyone needs to laugh more.

3. Coffee or Tea; Coffee when tired, Tea when trying to get fit. So normally Coffee.

4. Fiction or non-fiction; Depends on the mood; currently I am reading Bloodline of the Holy Grail which is fascinating (comparisson between the Bible and the original texts in relation to mistranslations especially) and I've just reread Bill Bryson's books on linguistics but normally I enjoy a good fiction that I can lose myself in; see profile.

5. Television or Movies; Movies; unless it's one of the "Junl food equivalent" shows I watch, like the CSI stuff, NCIS, Gray's Anatomy, House or Quiz shows. Mind you atm am loving Mythbusters being back on and hating Rockwiz being repeats.

7 Themes in 7 Days

I've noticed that different days have themes, so my goal for this week is to link to at least 7 different themes for each day and participate. It's a way in which I can mindlessly blow of steam. My challenge will be finding ones that are PG.

This is Sunday, Monday and today.


Sunday: Name your top seven favorite flavors of soup.
I'm vegetarian and also have a gluten intollerance. This might be tricky. Most of the soups listed are home made:
Pumpkin Soup made by the Boi
Cauliflower and Leek Soup that I make
Spring Vegetable Soup made by my Dad
Corn Chowder as made by my Sister
"Let's just use up the old vegies" Soup as made by me
Vegan Hot and Sour soup
Tomato Soup, from a can, Hienz I think is safe, uses tapioca not wheat or barley.


Monday: Today's theme is Meet A Friend For Lunch Day. Guess what? You get to invite some musicians for a lunch at your favorite restaurant!

First, tell us where you're going and what kind of food they serve.
Soul Mamas in St Kilda. They serve Vegetarian and Vegan food that is so yummy.
Next, choose one person for each category to invite to lunch. They can be alive or not-so-alive:

A guitar player Niel Diamond A lead singer Stevie Nicks A woman Janene Garofalo A Beatle George Harrison A country artist Patsy Kline The least-famous member of your favorite band. Phil Small


Tuesday:Top 5 (or possibly 7) Songs with Days Of The Week In The Title
You can find it at: http://musicmemoirs.blogdrive.com/ I cannot link it for some reason.
Monday Monday; The Mamas and The Papas or Manic Monday; The Bangles
Ruby Tuesday; The Rolling Stones
Wednesday; Tori Amos
Thursday's Child; David Bowie
Friday On My Mind; The Easybeats or Friday I'm In Love; The Cure
Saturday Night; Cold Chisel or Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting; Elton John
Sunday Bloody Sunday; U2 or Sunday Bloody Sunday; John Lennon.

Tuesday Twosome: My First Time!

Found this here: Loved it.

1. Humid or Dry

DRY

2. Earthquake or Hurricane

NEVER EXPERIENCED EITHER, SO DON"T KNOW.

3. Flood or Fire

FLOOD

4. Wet or Dry

WET

5. Lake or Beach

BEACH