roc_candeh's Journal

4:59pm: Writer's Block: Critical mass


If someone is just being a cunt, it just makes me angry and I ignore them. However, constructive criticism is something I always take on board, as I always wish to better myself. I am far more critical of myself than others.

11:08am: Writer's Block: Take me to your leader


I would say:

"Piss off, I'm sleeping." And go back to sleep. If these aliens are advanced enough to get to our planet, surely they're smart enough to figure us out themselves.

4:43pm: Writer's Block: Categorically speaking ...


Sex, work, money, food and sleep.

6:46pm: Writer's Block: Fuzzy friend


Ludo from Labyrinth.

3:57pm: Writer's Block: Between the slices


Cape seed loaf from Bakers Delight - has about every seed imaginable set in a wholemeal bread.

With sliced chicken breast deli meat, and avocado. Mmm!

10:57am: Writer's Block: It's me, not you


Yes. Several, in fact. I've cut male friends out of my life because they were just trying to get into my pants (when I was taken), and I've cut female friends for generally just being toxic.

I have had one or two come back to me, apologise, and the friendship has been rekindled, and it's been nice. But most people don't change.

11:34pm: Writer's Block: Single pride day


We've never celebrated Valentines Day. I don't need some company to sell me overpriced rubbish to give to my partner for him to know I love him.

9:14pm: Writer's Block: Killer tomatoes


Clockwork Orange.

Essential ingredients? Shock value, and most importantly, imagination and orginality.

7:39pm: Writer's Block: Do (political) opposites attract?


Abortion for sure. I'm firmly pro-choice. Whether a woman does or does not wish to have a baby should be her choice.

I could never respect anyone who thought it was okay to force a woman to give birth.

My sister in law desperately wants children and can't have them. If she did get pregnant she would be forced to abort. Pregnancy would kill both her and the child - which would already be mutated from the medication she takes for her kidney disease. The idea that some people would rather condemn her to death horrifies me.

5:39pm: Things I have done in the past decade
- Started high school (2000)
- Got my first job (2002)
- First time drunk
- Dropped out of school (2003)
- First piercings (not including ears)
- Met my first 'real' boyfriend (2004)
- Lost my virginity (2005)
- Moved out of home
- Adopted a fur-kid
- Met Josh (2006)
- Fell in love
- First funeral
- Became an Aunty
- Promoted to Manager at IGA (2007)
- First time bridesmaid
- Discovered Lord of the Rings Online
- Got engaged
- Became an Aunty again (2008)
- Moved to Sydney
- Lost my great-great Aunty Flo (she was 96)
- Moved back to Perth (2009)
- Promoted to Manager at Coles
- Bought our first almost new car

May the next decade be filled with new experiences!

6:43pm: Blank
Posted because I have applied to a community with non-open membership, to show that my LJ is active. My entries are almost always locked.

xoxoxo

8:44pm: Nasty bug?
I think there's some really vicious bug going around. I was sick a couple weeks ago with a cold, that also made me nauseous. Forced me to take my first sick day off work in at least 5 months. The bugger must be hanging on for dear life, cos although I feel okay now, I am just so so tired. Sleeping around 11 hours a night - I never sleep! - and yawning all through the days at work.

It's super lame. Anyone else caught it?

xoxoxo

6:44pm: .
Happy birthday to me...

21 today. Considered a legal adult in every country now. Whoo.

xoxoxo

8:23pm: The Controversial Survery, Apparently
[01] Do you have the guts to answer these questions and re-post as The Controversial Survey?
Yeah

[02] Would you do meth if it was legal?
No

[03] Abortion: for or against it?
For.

[04] Do you think the world would fail with a female president?
Can't do much worse than how it's failing with Dubya.

[05] Do you believe in the death penalty?
Not so much death, but a tit-for-tat approach would please me. I'm very much against the seemingly endless appeals system, though.

[06] Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already?
Yes, if they were to hold it to the same laws they have against tobacco. I can't stand the smell of it.

[07] Are you for or against premarital sex?
For - there's only so much you can learn about your physical chemistry with your partner from kissing and fondling. How horrid would it be to have sex for the first time on your wedding night, and realise that you've got no interest in having intercourse with your husband/wife?

[08] Do you believe in God?
No.

[09] Do you think same sex marriage should be legalized?
Yes!

[10] Do you think it's wrong that so many Hispanics are illegally moving to the USA?
I live in the wrong country to answer this question.

[11] A twelve year old girl has a baby, should she keep it?
Well first, I'd need to know how she got pregnant. Was she raped? Is she in love with someone? Did she want this baby? Does she understand the concepts of pregnancy and motherhood? Does she have support? And most importantly - does she want this baby?

[12] Should the alcohol age be lowered to eighteen?
It is already 18, in Australia.

[13] Should the war in Iraq be called off?
No. The people who started it would be incredibly irresponsible to just up and leave now. If they did, the occupied countries would collapse, and it would all be their fault. What they should be doing is having a plan of action to work towards being able to end this war without destroying what little bits of security the civillians have.

[14] Assisted suicide is illegal: do you agree?
No. Suicide being illegal is an outdated Christian faith based law, much like same-sex marriages.

[15] Do you believe in spanking your children?
Yes, but not abusing them.

[16] Would you burn an American flag for a million dollars?
Sure. As long as you aren't paying me in $USD

[17] Who do you think would make a better president? McCain or Obama?
Mr Obama.

[18] Are you afraid others will judge you from reading some of your answers?
No.

11:46pm: Go Auntie Flo!
I'm so proud of my Auntie Flo that I simply had to share this with everyone.

She's is actually my great-great auntie - my grandma's auntie, or my grandma's mothers sister, however you like.

She will celebrate her 96th birthday in July. Everyone in the family is so in awe of her - how many families can claim to have 5 living generations?

A couple of years ago her hip broke and she had a hip replacement, and were not only surprised that she came out of the operation, but was walking on her own with just a walking stick a couple of weeks afterwards.

But that's not what I'm blogging about.

Early this week, she was having 'turns' at her nursing hostel (note I said nursing hostel; to directly quote her "I'm too young to be in a nursing home!")

So they took her to the hospital, and they thought they would have to do a blood transfusion but they didn't. Further testing showed that she had a heart attack, only, she didn't know because she hadn't felt any pain. The doctors made the decision not to tell her, but she ended up going in to have a pacemaker put in.

So not only did she have a pacemaker put in a month shy of her 96th birthday, she came out just fine and is already yelling at the doctors for making her stay because she wants to go home.

We were all preparing for the worst!

Is this a normal occurance? Doctors successfully giving extremely elderly patients heart surgery?

Some days I think she's going to outlive us all. At the end of the world there will be cockroaches, and Auntie Flo.

xoxoxo

12:46pm: Happy Birthday!
( Daniel Jeffrey... )

11:43am: Disappointed
You should be ashamed of yourself. Your behaviour last night was disgraceful.

1:04pm: Copied From DrHoz
To keep it real, it should be answered as your childhood, local terms.
Perth, Eastern suburbs, 90's


1. The space between two buildings containing a footpath: Alley way

2. A knitted item of clothing worn over a shirt, without buttons: jumper

3. The act of not going to something that you're supposed to go to: wagging

4. Playground game in which someone is "it" and has to touch someone else who then becomes "it.": Tag

5. Playground truce term when you want a break from the above games: Barleese

6. Playground term you say when you want to claim something: Bags

7. Slip-on shoes worn for school sports in the days before trainers: We had sneakers

8. Small round bread: Roll

9. Sweet course that follows the main course: Dessert

10. Scone: pronounced to rhyme with "gone" or with "moan": Gone.

11. Generic term for a bird: bird

12. Round food stuff made with batter on a griddle, which is brown on the outside: Pikelet

13. A delicacy that you feel is particularly local to you: Chicken Treat!

14. Term of endearment: Buddy

15. Someone who's soft and easily feels the cold: wuss

16. Tourists: Asians

17. A field boundary: Fence

18. You see a group of animals standing in a farm building. They have udders and go moo. Complete the following sentence: "Look at those ____ standing in that ____!" Cows, shed.

19. You haven't had anything to eat in a long time, and your stomach is letting you know about it. You would also like to be warmer. You say: Muuuuuum! What's for dinner? Can you light the fire?

20. Your friends invite you to enter a haunted house: Didn't have any

21. A man who dresses flashily with lots of expensive jewellery? Principal

22. What do you say in a shop when you are handed your change?: Thanks

23. Generic friendly greeting: Hey

24. Slang term for a pair of trousers: Pants

25. Slang term for left-handed person: Cack-handed

26. Pronunciation of Shrewsbury? Newcastle? Glasgow? Shrewsbry, Nyu-carsel, Glass-go

27. Two pieces of bread with a filling: sandwich

28. A playground way of saying someone is out of order: No idea.

29. Dialect terms for hands, ears, face – and, indeed, for any other body parts. None that I can remember

30. Terms for someone who looks miserable: Sook

31. Potatoes: Chips

32. Pale round food stuff with a brown base, lots of holes in it, which you serve hot with butter: crumpets

2:10pm: Selling My Soul
As much as I swore I'd never go back to Coles... I am desperately in need of a job to escape boredom. That and I don't want to run out of money when I have repayments that come direct debit out of my bank account each week.

I've applied for a whole bunch of different jobs, and even applied on the Coles website.

Who calls me back less than an hour after I've finished my application? You guessed it. I'm not really surprised - I have almost 6 years retail experience, 4 and a half of them with Coles, in almost every department, plus management exp.

The Coles lady rang me to have me complete and online test thingy and I'm waiting for her to ring back in a half hour or so. I scored higher than 98% of other applicants so hopefully I'll be able to secure a position close to home.

-sigh-

xoxoxo

7:05pm: Bored
So I've got internet a lot sooner than I thought I would! I've been here a week and a half now, and although Josh wanted me to take a break from work, I'm bored out of my mind sitting at home all day so I've started job hunting.

It's a little awkward living with his mum and her boyfriend. The house is very small, only 2 bedrooms (plus a tiny study) so I spend most of my time in the bedroom playing computer games, watching TV, or reading. Also this area is all acreage so I feel very isolated from the world and am constantly wanting to go out. Which isn't very good when we're trying not to spend money.

The weekends are fairly busy, there seems to be a lot going on in the family at the moment. Last weekend there was the baby shower (8 weeks until our nephews born!), plus a surprise birthday party and next weekend we've got some sort of wedding party/reception barbeque for Josh's cousin at his auntie and uncles place.

Right now I'm waiting for Josh to finish getting ready, we're going to pick up his best friend shortly then head over to another of their friends places to watch the footy on tonight. I don't understand NRL, so hopefully I'll get along with the other women there.

I'm so hungry! I hope foods ready when we get there!

xoxoxo

12:49pm: (:
I fly out to Sydney in 3.5 hours. I can't wait to be in his arms again.

Hopefully his computer will arrive tomorrow or Friday, and with it the modem and wireless router so I will only be offline for a couple of days.

This morning I ran some last minute errands, changing addresses and getting my own medicare card sent over (much easier than I thought it would be). I got tacklehugged by Tanya from work when I came to drop my aprons off. That was nice.

I got to see my grandparents and my nephew today, the 3 people I'll miss the most.

I can't turn back though. This is my chance to start a new life. Not many people get that chance, and I'm grateful for it.

xoxoxo

3:34pm: You What?!
My fiance and I are moving. So there is a big 'For Lease' sign in our front yard.

I just had someone knock on the door. My partner and I exchanged 'who on earth is here?' looks and I answered the door, to see some 30-ish blonde woman at my front door, with another female, presumably her daughter. A quick look saw they weren't carrying bibles, and thus I was thoroughly confused.

Woman: Oh, hi. I know you don't I? You go to Belmont high?
Me: -confused- no?
Woman: Well thank god for that.
Me: -stares-
Woman: Are your parents home?
Me: -annoyed- My parents don't live here. I'm an adult.
Woman: Oh, sorry I just thought... You look so young... So your house is up for lease?
Me: Yes.
Woman: Would you mind if I just took a quick tour of the house?
Me: -gobsmacked- Yes, yes I would mind.
Fiance, hearing what's going on: Go through the real estate like everyone else!
Woman: -surprised- Oh right, sorry... -leaves-

Seriously, a complete stranger shows up to my house and expects me to let them inside? Get the hell off my lawn!

xoxoxo

9:00pm: Feeling It
( The Good Left Undone )

9:34pm: Stolded.
Step 1. Put your playlist on random.
Step 2. Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing. (You can skip songs that are instrumental.)
Step 3. Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly

1 You held my hand and walked me home
2 There's not much goin' on today
3 I don't know what they're talking about
4 I was a highway man, along the coach roads I did ride
5 Are we so alone, so distant, so forgotten
6 Avalanche is sullen and too thin
7 She take you down easy
8 You did what you did, you're a fucked up kid
9 You can look but you can't touch
10 From ashes, they wait for the moment
11 It starts with one thing, I don't know why
12 I've lied to you the same way I always do
13 Let's all celebrate and have a good time
14 Long lost words whisper slowly to me
15 It's the darkest place, like beneath the stairs
16 Well you wonder why I always dress in black
17 I think we have an emergency
18 I wrote her off for the 10th time today
19 He's a pistol grip
20 Shepherd is chased by the wolves
21 Set me off like dynamite strapped tight around my waist
22 I could feel it from the start
23 You fell away, what more can I say
24 They see me mowing, my front lawn
25 I'm sitting in a room made up of only big white walls

8:43pm: Dun dun dun dunnnn
Bridal expo on Sunday at the Sheraton! I went last year, as a bridesmaid, so it'll be great to see it from a bride-to-be's point of view. =D

Anyone else going?

xoxoxo