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07:30 am
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On family
I was reminded recently how long it's been since I have written something decent on my lj. Not that I think that many people read me, but it's nice to know people check up on me via my lj :)
In light of all that has happened this year, with my cousin and the death of her twins, my other cousin being in jail, all the minor family disputes, this post is going to focus very heavily on my own family interactions.
( My family, cut for those uninterested )
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11:08 pm
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Reminder: Swancon Open Programming and Family BBQ
A reminder to all that Swancon's Open Programming meeting and family day will take place on Sunday 22nd November at the King's Park Synergy Playground from 12pm.
Julian will be in attendance after 1, so please bring along your ideas to share with him.
Please note, this event needs firm rsvps if you will be attending for the bbq as we need to know how many people we are catering for. Cost will be $5 per adult for the bbq.
Please advise Linda of any queries you have or any food allergies so she can take this into consideration when prepping food. Linda can be contacted on secretary-2010@swancon.com or by moobile - 0410 598 992.
We look forward to seeing you all there!
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10:47 pm
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Seven Quirks meme
Tagged by catundra
A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag seven people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it".
1. Every year, my family rings me twice on Christmas Day. The first time they ring me, they pass the phone around and wish me a happy birthday. They then hang up the phone and ring me back straight away to wish me a merry Christmas. Every year, before 7. I adore this little tradition.
2. I adore events organisiation. I am in my absolute element when it comes to event organisation, and I get frustrated with myself if things are not done the way I envision them to be done.
3. I am constantly busy. I think it is in my nature to be constantly busy, and I think I would not know what to do with myself if I had free time, because I feel guilty for not having something to do.
4. I have had a crush on a friend for over 7 years. And they know about it.
5. I worry that when I get around to being a parent I will nto be a good parent. I look at today's day and age and wonder whether what I think my parenting style is will be completely outdated. I hope not :(
6. I had a collection of over 300 teddy bears up until the beginning of this year. I boxed up quite a lot of them to give away (2 large packing boxes full). I still have a lot, but not a whole room full anymore.
7. I never expected to do well with my business, it was always just a hobby I somehow picked up. I may not do a lot of work through my business, but given I have not pushed or advertised at all aside from getting some business cards made up, I think what I have done and been asked to do has been pretty good. I enjoy my own business, I love playing with the flowers and I love the creations I get to make.
Tagging: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) goth_kittie, moonvoice, slyyder, bitzy, aphd3l, girliejones, stephbg
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07:16 am
[Link] | Dear Doof,
I think sometimes I don't tell you enough how much you mean to me. I think sometimes I take it for granted that you should know and so I don't tell you how much you mean to me.
Four years ago, you made me the happiest person alive. Today, four years down the track, I just wanted to remind you again how very much you mean to me and how much I absolutely adore you, the times we have together and all that we have shared to be where we are today.
Here's to us, to tomorrow and whatever the future will bring for us together. Here's to happy days to come with the hopes I get to spend many more todays with you. I love you ever so much.
Tags: anniversary, doof, love
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09:41 pm
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I pissed myself laughing long and loudly
This was in my inbox when I got home today:
Dear Mrs Deegan
ADVERTISED VACANCY: personal administrative assistant, level 3, position no. 20080141, legislative & legal services directorate, strategic corporate support division
Thank you for your recent application for the above position which was advertised by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure on January 30 this year.
I had to laugh extremely hard, and extremely loudly. May I draw the Department of Planning and Infrastructure's attention to two key phrases in their letter: recent and January 30 this year. I don't know about anyone else but January was three quarters of a year ago! That does not make it RECENT in my books... not a lot, not even a little bit, not even at all.
Yay for government.
Current Mood:  amused
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09:01 pm
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Quiz Day!
Swancon Quiz Day! Prizes galore! Book your tickets and your tables! Individuals welcome - we will put you on a table at the door. For more information please visit our webpage: www.swancon.com.au or please contact Linda on 0410 598 992 or via e-mail: secretary-2010@swancon.com.
Sponsors include: RTRfm, White Dwarf, Tactics, Comiczone, Essanza Coffee and Fantastic Planet.
Come along for a fantastic day out!
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07:56 am
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Swancon 2010 Quiz Day and Committee Workforce Auction!
Hey all,
This announcement is to let you all know that SC2010 will be holding a quiz day and committee workforce auction and to invite you to join us for a fun filled afternoon on Sunday October 18th at the Hyde Park Hotel.
Come along with your table of 8 and pitch your speculative fiction knowledge against other excitable tables!
As an added bonus, bid on the convenors! Yours for a day to do your every bidding!
Date: Sunday October 18th 2009
Time: Quiz Day will start at 1.30pm but please feel free to come along early and have some lunch.
Venue: Hyde Park Hotel, 331 Bulwer Street, West Perth
Hyde Park Hotel is fully licensed. No BYO. Food and drink will be available to purchase inside.
For table bookings, please contact Linda on 0410 598 992 or via e-mail: secretary-2010@swancon.com.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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08:10 am
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Conversations I love
Conversation with my nephew this morning as we were discussing what we were going to do for the day - which included make pancakes for breakfast, make muffins to share and make dough for pizza.
We are in the middle of making the pancakes for breakfast.
I: Tia, you look like a massershef (note I heard this as mosochist)
M: A what? (puzzled look)
I: A massershef!
I puzzle this out a bit and can't make it fit anything other than a masochist despite knowing this is NOT what he said.
M: What does that mean darling?
I: You know a massershef - someone who cooks all the time on tv, because you know how to make everything!
M: OH!!! A Masterchef! *giggles*
Heh. Isn't that awesome? My nephew thinks I am a Masterchef :D
Current Mood: amused
Tags: family, food, laughter, love, zaccy
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10:51 pm
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Wow!
Doof and I have just been in the spa for the first time in what feels like forever. It was gorgeous and made me realise how much I have missed my spa. The water was heated to 37 - we turned it on when we got home and then left it to go to my parents so it was ready by the time we got home. The temperature outside is just perfect as well - not too cold and not too hot. It meant that having the contrast between the slightly cool air and the warm warm spa was made of win on so many levels.
With everything that has been happening lately, it was really lovely to be able to take that time out and just be with Doof and just relax. Mental note to self - I really should do this much more often. I think I migth be able to get to bed at a reasonable hour now :)
Doofy I loves you. Thank you so much for making me do that.
Current Mood:  relaxed
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10:39 pm
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QOTD
Said male adult to female child: Blow with your cheeks!
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07:26 am
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My conversation of delight
I was on the phone with my sister the other day. My nephew was in the background.
My sister was talking about how she needs money to go on holidays and offered to clean our house if we paid her the equivalent of what she needed. I was like uh no... and then I hear in the background: Tia! I'll wash your car for you! How much will you pay me?
I gave it some careful consideration and told my nephew I'd pay him 5 hugs and three kisses.
He thought about it for a moment and then said: 6 hugs and $10! I'm a good washer!
I'm like nahuh, no bargaining! My nephew is 6. There is no hope for the world if he is like this already!
Current Mood: amused
Tags: family, laughter, love, zaccy
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07:14 am
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*pokes the Kitteh*
Happy happy birthday hon!
I'm so glad you and goth_kittie reach maturity before me and are able to keep me in line :)
*huge hugs*
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10:33 pm
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My early Christmas shopping list
Thanks to goth_kittie whose aim it was to make Doof cry:
http://www.cbgonlinestore.com/shop.php?action=moreInfo&tab=CBG%20Store&brand=&criterion=id&category=212&keyword=&date=&status=ac&order=&keywords=
and my absolute favourite:
http://www.cbgonlinestore.com/shop.php?action=moreInfo&tab=CBG%20Store&brand=&criterion=id&category=340&keyword=&date=&status=ac&order=&keywords=
with the added description of:
More information
Plush Best Friend Beaver holding a pink rabbit. The rabbit is wearing a T-Shirt with the following verse on:
'A Beaver's best friend is her rabbit'
*pmsl*
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07:11 pm
[Link] | So... following from my rant last night about the media... I bring to you today, edition 2 of my media rant.
Whilst looking for updates this morning, I came across this:
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/grief-floods-facebook-after-twin-baby-deaths-20090708-dcnq.html
How is this an article??? How does taking CONDOLENCE MESSAGES and stringing them together with a few words in between even constitute anything resembling an article? Am I missing something here? These are condolence messages for my cousin from people in her circle of friends who are expressing their concern and their empathy for something horrible that has happened, and she can't even have the privacy of those messages? It needs to be made into an article so all of Australia can share these condolence messages? WTF???
Current Mood:  angry
Tags: media, rant
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10:38 pm
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Media Rant
I have to say, I really hate the media sometimes.
I've been following the story of the woman who killed her two 7 month old children for a lot of reasons, but mostly because the people the media are talking about are my family. I have some things to say regarding the media at this point of time.
Firstly, fuck off! It's not a breaking story, it's not the latest headline. It's a family being splashed across the front pages where their grief is being dissected and made public for everyone else to see. Yes it makes for a great story which you can drag out for days and create sales, but for me, that's my fucking family you are tormenting, so fuck the hell off and let us grieve without having everyone in fucken Australia dissect our every move.
Secondly, my cousin is not a fucken drug addict. If you are going to use such stupid fucking sensationlist headlines to grab the public's attention, think about what you are doing to the family that is left behind. She suffered strongly from depression, the drug overdose she took was her prescription medication - which whilst still a drug - is not the portrayal you are hoping to achieve by using headlines such as 'drugs found in house'.
Thirdly, I don't see why the nature of a story makes what happens in that person's life any less private. Do you know how fucken shit it was to suddenly see photos up on all the webpages? Those photos are not for your morbid need to satisfy the public's desire for blood. Those photos were taken by a proud family member and displayed with pride which is quite different to your use of the photos. If you are going to do that, at least have the respect to ask the family members. How goddamn awful is it going to be for the rest of the family to find out there are photos of them all over the fucken media sites when they have spent the day in the police station given statements to the police?? Fuckwits!
Fourthly journalists suck. I thank the journalist who rang me today for backing off once she found out it was family, but I can't help but wonder, if she hadn't known me, how persistent would she have been otherwise.
So yes, I am angry at the media right now. But I think a lot of that anger comes from the knowledge that they are just making a media circus out of an intensely private moment and are not respecting the fact that we have just lost two members of our family and have come close to losing a third, and that there is still such an uphill battle. I intensely dislike their portrayal and I am intensely disliking the fact that people are hoping she will suffer for a long time because of what she did. What you don't think she was suffering enough already to be so desperate to attempt to kill herself and her two children? Whatever.
Current Mood:  crushed
Tags: media, rant
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07:35 am
[Link] | *is just so completely heartbroken*
Go well Lachlan and Sophie. May your light never fade in the other realms.
Current Mood: sad
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10:27 pm
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*giggles*
I am over at my best friends place watching her and gotica playing Monopoly. This was supposed to be a super fast game because they had double the money and could make their rules up as they went along. This includes doing things like selling of the property (with property attahced)one by one instead of paying rent which would cause the game to end. *shakes my head* People these days are nuts I tell you.
goth_kittie and mooncabbage made a Mexican feast for us to have for dinner... and OMG it was so yummy! Am so doing my own Mexican night sometime soon! And the flan she made for dessert was also awesomeness.
The boys are watching something bizarre... we'll leave it at that... suffice to say it is so very weird :)
It's been awesome to just sit back and share laughs with close friends with no further expectations than to know everyone has had a good time. I love these times so much.
Oh! QOTD for yesterday which made me laugh so much:
M: C! Share half a kit kat with me!
C thinks about it for a minute
C: My belly says yes. My lips say yes. My brain says yes.
M: I take it it's a yes then?
C: My hips say no, but who the hell listens to them anyways???
I cracked up laughing. So much for democracy! :)
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05:21 pm
[Link] | Spa is on if anyone would like to come use it.
BYO food and drinks :) I have some leftovers but not enough to feed 'everyone' :)
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01:45 am
[Link] | I like having friends whom I can sit around in my jammies with and not care what they are going to think. It makes being sick so much better :)
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05:59 pm
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Food picspam
Wow.. I've been quiet. This isn't even a real post. Just a picspam post for Calli.
( Foodzors! )
Current Mood:  full
Tags: food, photos
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