As I was saying ... we were being halloweeny and doing halloweeny things ...
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So ... Australian ... not so much Halloween. What the heck, this year I'm going to do it anyway.

I carved a pumpkin, went to a costume party and made pumpkin pie. Now I am roasting pumpkin seeds.

I present photographic evidence to support my claims.
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We're off to the hospital. Long Weekends and full doctors rooms are Fail for diagnosing what ails sick men ...

But now we know and it's off to hospital we go - as soon as the Mr gets a blessing.

I'm just so over mine. I really am. He's the worst sick man ever. I don't even want to document it all here, I just want him to just get better or die already.

Ugh.

I am supposed to be writing a thesis. Sometimes I even do so. I also had my muse swoop in and put a story in my head. yes, that's right, a story, not a fic ... with people I made up from my head. and a story from my own head.

Not sure what I'm going to do with this story, but there you have it. I just wanted to share *sheepish*

There's about 5 more weeks of uni and then I don't have to do anymore, can go register as a teacher and look for a job. Here's hoping I can get my thesis finished!

So, I hardly ever write in here ... and I probably shouldn't be writing in here now as I am supposed to be writing thesis things. But I felt the need to share :)


( Look for teh cute )

So ... I entered a competition for HBP preview tickets.

And I won ...

So I'm totally going to see this movie in less than 4 hours!

I can haz a hyperventilation episode nao?

I promise to put any random squeeage under a cut!

*SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

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And I am totally chuffed with the one I am it is my favourite and is made of love and win!

So there are people insisting we posting images of oneself ...

Instead I have posted the image of one of the local koalas sitting in a tree on a neighbour's front lawn ...

ETA: Okay I couldn't resist this old shot. It was 1995 ... I was 21 ... yes that is a real koala ... (the background's fake :P )

I shamelessly stole this from pinstripers/Julia. I felt like doing a meme. I have been doing an intensive course for my degree and it's just wiping me out. I've also been sick, I once again have low iron stores and anaemia (I'm not surprised but becasue of the course, the head cold and worrying about Mr Kezza's upcoming surgery - how to pay for it mostly, and just general bushfire related feelings of sadness ... well I think the anaemia's having a bigger impact than usual :(. )

So here is a meme .... it's a list of stuff and I'm going to tell you about the stuff I've done *grins*.

() Gone on a blind date
(X) Skipped school - oh my, I was so sneaky. I waited until Year 12 to skip school and I felt so guilty. My mum was a stay-at-home mum and I waited for a day she went out, left for school as usual and then climbed back in my window and waited until she went out for the day. I don't think she ever knew ... but who knows, parents know stuff.
() Watched someone die
I am Australiafying these four :D - and any otehrs I feel need to be made contextual for me
() Been to Canada Indonesia
() Been to Mexico New Zealand
(X) Been to Florida Queensland - I went on my first honeymoon. I really liked it but i want to go again to make some more palatable memories!
() Been to Hawaii Tasmania
(X) Been on a plane - yep, to England and between several captial cities and other locations interstate - Perth, Darwin, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Alice Springs, Gold Coast.
() Been on a helicopter
(X) Been lost - I get lost all the freaking time. My map reading skills are *not* exceptional ...
(X) Been to the Four Corners Every mainland Australian State/Territory - YES! I have lived in three, been to two on honeymoons and the other two well ... random visits lol I only have tasmania to go. I will do this within the next ten years.
(X) Gone to Washington, DC Canberra - indeed, we went on a spontaneous road trip one day and decided to visit the first thing we saw in our nation's capital. We ended up at the War Memorial.
(X) Swam in the ocean - all the time - I'm an urban Australian.
(X) Cried yourself to sleep - I have an ex-husband, of course I have!
() Played cops and robbers
() Recently colored with crayons
(X) Sang Karaoke - It wouldn't have been pretty but I spent a lot of time doing silly things as a young Adult, I must have done this at least once.
() Paid for a meal with coins only
(X) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch Sydney Harbour Bridge - yes, on the day we got engaged Mr Kezza and I did the Climb It was fabulous, I have photos :)
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't - I expect so but if you're looking for examples you'll be waiting awhile!
(X) Made prank phone calls - we used to dial random numbers and hang up on people.
(X) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans Oxford Street in Sydney - the day I met Mr Kezza was the day before Mardi Gras. He took me back to the bus station the next day and we went down Oxford Street. There was a blue Man on the corner. We found him endlessly fascinating.
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose & elsewhere  - milk out of your nose is Not. Good. Do. Not. Want.
() Caught a snowflake on your tongue - I did taste snow once but I have never been in falling snow.
(X) Danced in the rain - on our first date we danced on a warf in the rain at Darling Harbour
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus - not for many years :P
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone - my first boyfriend Joe and I satyaed up all night the night we met ;)
(X) Blown bubbles - I have three children. Case Closed.
(X) Gone ice-skating - I always fall on my butt. There's only one skating rink left in this city and I haven't been for years. I don't think I have been for about ten years.
(X) Gone to the movies - I love going to movies. I go to movies by myself, I go to movies with my husband, I go to movies with my kids. Movies are teh win.
() Been deep sea fishing
(X) Driven across the United States Australia - I consider several Adelaide-Sydney trips and a few Sydney-Melbourne trips in addition to one Adelaide-nearly the Queensland border enough to answer - yes, sort of nearly. We're driving to Townsville within the next 12 months should all go to plan. Adelaide-Far North Queensland = unequivocal yes. We drive a lot ...
(X) Been in a hot air balloon - I was proposed to in a hot air balloon! SQUEE!
() Been sky diving
() Been parasailing
() Gone snowmobiling
() Lived in more than one country
(X) Laid down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets - of course, who doesn't do this?
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish - oh yeah! They never come true though I gave it up when I was about 12.
(X) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser The Twelve Apostles - twice! I took my English Aunt and Uncle there when I was living in Melbourne and Mr Kezza and I took the Small People there on a visit down teh Great ocean road four years ago.
(X) Seen the Statue of Liberty Sydney Opera House - hell yeah. I have run up and down them steps more times than I can count. We had dinner there the night we got engaged ;) .
() Seen the Northern Lights
(X) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle Centrepoint Tower - I was 11 and Mum and Dad took us to Sydney and we went up to the top. My Mum was too terrified to go out onto the balcony - I was eleven, I had an adolescent brain = no fear :P .
(X) Been on a cruise - around Sydney Harbour but a cruise is a cruise :P
(X) Travelled by train - I went  from Adelaide to Melbourne for a young Adult Convention and from Melbourne to Sydney on the train to get married the first time. I have also been on most of Sydney's train lines, the Zig Zag railway at Lithgow and the Puffing Billy Steam Train in the Dandenongs.
() Traveled by motorcycle
(X) Been horse back riding - when I was in high school one of the girls had horses and I went riding on a visit to her house once. My bestie did horse riding but we never went together, I dunno why. I wasn't a huge fan so I didn't ask lo.
(X) Ridden on a San Francisco cable car Melbourne Tram - endlessly. I worked in Melbourne for more than two years!
(X) Been to Disneyland Movieworld on The Gold Coast - Twice! It was my first honeymoon. I wish to return and create further, less ex-husband involving memories.
(X) Been to Disney World Uluru - I love Uluru. It was on honeymoon number two!
(X) Been in a rain forest - in Queensland, in New South Wales, In Victoria and the artifical one they made in Adelaide lol.
(X) Seen whales in the ocean - they were pretty far out at sea but yeah, I saw 'em.
() Been to Niagara Falls The Great Barrier Reef - I hope I get there before it vanishes ... :(
(X) Ridden on an elephant - we used to be able to do it at the Zoo! I rememebr my sister took me once when I was about 3 years old and I rode the elephant!
() Swam with dolphins - I want to! One day ...
(X) Been to the Olympics - Athletics day 2! Sydney 2000!
() Walked on the Great Wall of China
() Saw and heard a glacier calf (I don't even know what that is)
() Been spinnaker flying
() Been water-skiing
() Been snow-skiing - only on the fake ski slope at the skating rink ...
(X) Been to Westminster Abbey - I was only 7. I want ot go back again to appreciate it properly. I remember St Paul's a lot clearer it has a lot of steps!
() Been to the Louvre
() Swam in the Mediterranean
() Been to a Major League Baseball game the Cricket  - I feel very unAustralian and must rectify this ASAP
(X) Been to a National Football League game an Australian Rules Football game - I watched my team win the Preliminary and get into the Grand Final!
( ) Bungee Jumped
(X) Eaten sushi - I love sushi! But only the roll things, not actual raw fish - blech.
( ) Ridden a cow - no but I have milked one ...
( X) Met a celebrity/celebrities - Michael Chang bought 7 Filet o Fish meals during the Australian Open 1999
( ) Purchased dinner for strangers anonymously

I gacked it from kismatt!

Do you think the fact I write fanfiction and moderate a fanfic site contributed to my result? :P

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School holidays are not made of win. I am so glad they all go back to school on Tuesday. I'll then have a couple weeks before I start my uni courses and the husband has a jaw operation. I recently wrote, and finsihed a small Harry Potter fic that was really fun. Now I'm having trouble getting back into my big long fic that I NEED to finish. i hope it ocmes soon *sigh*

I also signed up to be in a musical at church so I have to learn a couple lines and a bunch of songs. What on earth was I thinking?

I still have to take my Christmas tree down.

I haven't reorganised any of the cupboards i said I was going to over the summer break.

Oh well, at least I've done all the laundry and the dishes!