God where to start?

This week has been physically and emotionally draining... So glad it's nearly over.

That is all.

p.s

Considering discontinuing this blog, maybe I'll use my website instead. Who knows? And really...who actually cares???

Plans

Since my father and brother are going away camping this weekend and I don't work today (yay!) I've decided to cook Indian for my mother, fiancee and I. Nothing really complex, just butter chicken out of a pack and rice. It's really about time I try the stuff though since one of my friends seems to love it and I can't remember ever trying it... although I might have once after a SCA training. Pretty sure that's what the baron was eating at least... aaaaanyway. It sounds good so all should go well!

I'll update this space later with pictures of the finished product and my final verdict!

So what else should I do since I wont have people bursting in all weekend? Well I have a 11-7 so I might make bento (since I have noodles and the cutest jellies now!) I also have to start a piece of art that's been commissioned, but that means not being lazy and actually going into town and buying a canvas which I can't really do until after the next payday anyways since I plan to get one for the commission and one for a project I'm doing for myself... thankfully he hasn't specified a deadline!!

Hmm in other news I'm thinking of making a blog about the food I make and reviewing bits and pieces for cooking and places I've eaten.

See you Monday!

Just because the packet says microwavable...doesn't mean you should

I have a new favourite snack! It's:

a. cheap

b. easy

c. super tasty

Prawn tubes are just awesome... however just because you can supposedly microwave them doesn't mean you actually SHOULD.

I decided to TRY and be healthy on my first attempt and adventure into this colourful fishy world, and it was simply epic fail.

~First attempt~

The packet suggested 30 seconds on high and if that didn't puff them up to adjust... this is what I got. Soo...

~Second Attempt~

Another 30 seconds...made half cooked/burnt half raw unpuffed tubes of god awfulness...

~Third Attempt~

_(deepfried)

SUCCESS!!

They're so cute and colourful and yummy...

Another one of my favourite snacks is the pandaroo jelly cups. They come in sets of six with the flavours Mango, Strawberry, Lychee, Papaya, Kiwi and Honeydew. Inside the jelly is a small cube of coconut gel and they are 100% vegetarian.

Anyway that's it for today ^^;; enjoying a day off being lazy and eating yummy food! Byes!

Nightout ~ New Product ~ Narakuuuuuuu

Last night a few friends from work and I went to Rocktober (a Make a Wish charity fundraiser) to basically have some fun and unwind from working at stinky McDonald's all week. It was a pretty fun night and I for the most part enjoyed myself a lot. (hence the cheesy grin in the photo)

It started out pretty average, the DJ playing oldies music, everyone stocking up from the bar and conversing. Then Jess and I decided to go outside and dance (so we didn't have to look silly on the dance floor...because dancing out side make so much more sense lol) but the BOYS FOLLOWED US OUT!~ D: so we decided to run away around the other side of the building...however when I got there I was facing a kitchen window and since the lights were on and it was dark out I could see exactly what was in there............ scary stuff. Two old REALLY UGLY men in their underwear putting on women's stockings and wearing leather. Um...I'm open minded but that caught me off guard so much I screamed. Then promptly ran away. 

I later found out they were dressing as transvestite bikers for the show... urgh... They were horrible. Not only did they constantly make stabs at transvestites but they also made fun of biker culture in front of an audience that was probably TWENTY FIVE PERCENT BIKER OMG THEY SUCKED!!! No one thought they funny and all laughs at our table at least were just to be polite... the only good thing I can say was that when the "biker bitch" changed into an Elvis costume and they changed singers (the "pregnant" one can't sing for shit) it improved slightly... the guitarist and drummers were great however Andrew and I agree the sound person should have been shot. There was so much feedback I swear I nearly got ringing in my ears. Anyway enough negativity!!

I had the yummiest drinks! 

Not the best photo but it was mint green and tasted like a mint milkshake. Sooooo goooood. 
(Creme de menth + milk) Now I'm tempted to buy a bottle at the bottle-o (I have no idea why Australians call the bottle shop a bottle-o...we just do btw link is my fav ^^ I never get asked for ID there anymore and they usually have great specials) 

Um yeah so anyways... over all we did all have fun. I got to hang out with people I normally don't see outside work e.g. Nick, Jenny, Anita and Veronica. Kinda annoyed Andrew and I didn't have dinner before we left though...it resulted in a late night Naraku run with Jess, Mum, Andrew and I. Was cool though, Andy and I just watched T3 and ate dinner then crashed. For a 9am start YUCK!

As for new product I found a makeup I LOVE! One of my friends pretty much swears by it. And I think I'm close to too...

It's so yummy... I mean it does THIS to me... I mean omg. Btw that first pic is on a dog day anyway so yeah...plus I didn't smile so... I'm pretty...honest. :*(

Hmm as for Naraku I had my first day where I wanted to walk out the other night... some people are rude and horrible and should be dipped toes first into the fry vat then when they can't walk thrown on the grill... but we're not gonna do this lest we hurt the grill and the vats feelings. Plus it'll be too much damn paper paper work and too hard to find a bullshit excuse to tell the OHS peoples...

Anyway I shall go to bed nao and Andrew is getting cranky since he has a 6:30am start tomorrow....... 

Like totally...wth

Ever get to that point where you've unintentionally hurt someone and then they rip straight back in? It sucks... especially when you can't just call or visit them to say sorry. I mean I'm not sorry for my views, I'm just sorry I couldn't let it go. Then again neither did they so... gah see what I mean MESSED UP. Especially when I rarely if ever fight with this person. I'm usually 100% behind her but at the moment I'm just a tad hurt too. Anyway enough about that...because my head will explode in a minute.

I had the most screwed up dream last night...all I can remember was being peer pressured into rolling down man made rapids made out of these massive logs and nearly dying...then Kayaking down those same rapids with Chris...and then freaking out because Andrew was eating the last hot dog roll which was for dads lunch. >_<

This is what happens when you go to bed upset...

And yes I know this is late but I don't care today... 

~EDIT~

12:45 Drama seems resolved YAY!

My world...

Since windows movie maker is a twat, I've opted to just spam this space with photos. 

Welcome to Devonport!

Victoria Parade as seen from the end of Best St

Mersey River traffic (one is a public ferry across)

_{The actual bridge is a few kilomitres down the river so this is really conveinent for walkers!}

"the boat"

Western Side

Looking towards the fire/ambulance station

Library (north side)

Gum trees

Stewart St Mall

Bike path

View from the end of my street

So other than going on a mad photo spree this afternoon I managed to get a bento lunch again!

Today lunch was seasoned furikake rice, and "sushi" rolled in ham rather than nori with mixed vegetables. Yummy ^^

Anyway my plans for this weekend are as follows...

Work tomorrow over lunch time

Go out to a friends tomorrow night then go the the local club to dance since I haven't gone in MONTHS

Sunday = Sleep

^.^ v

OMG OBSESSION

I wouldn't classify myself as a hardcore mmorpg gamer, but I do play, and I know what I do and don't like. Recently I signed up for Wonderland Online which has so far lived up to what I would expect of a game of this calibre. With options to customise the appearance of your character so you're not just another standard sprite straight up and the option to have NPC "pets" and even your own home, this appeals both with features and graphics. More importantly is the battle system, which is reminiscent of Final Fantasy. As an ex-Endless Online player it's so refreshing to have more options than just bashing the ctrl key or pressing F2 and clicking the monster I'm hunting. Mind you I do play EOR still occasionally, but that's more for personal reasons than actual game play.

Anyway here are a few screenshots.

There is one thing that bugs me about his so far though... it's rather crowded in major towns, then again what can you really expect??

Anyway I'll list pros and cons

Pros

• Cute sprites
• Great battle system (even with option for "auto" so you can multitask somewhat, you have to be watching to actually activate it in battle however)
• own area e.g. home/tent to retire to when you want to get away from other players 
• Option to have pets! 
• As well as the usual guilds and anything else you would expect of a mmorpg

Cons

• Busy towns
• No one I know plays...

And on that note, I play Libra server 1, character name Alysia.

So anyway about my lack of updates last week... *cough* um I had a few "issues" with windows movie maker when I was trying to make a video of where I live and got so angry with the entire project I avoided my blog for a while... I also got stood up by a friend so that didn't improve matters much either... Anyway tomorrow evening I'll elaborate more and fill you in on what happened tomorrow...or today as it will be at that time. GAH you know when simple things like that confuse you a bit. So sleep I shall. 

See you tomorrow

お休みなさい

ICHY FACE!!

Yes folks my face is killing me... my allergies have played up something shocking and my entire body is covered in a red dotted rash sort of similar to chicken pox... and it's just as itchy!! All I want to do is scratch, but obviously that's the worst thing I can do so I need something to distract me, like chewing gum... 

Also tonight Andrew and I are going to dinner since he hasn't taken me out for a while. Not sure which resturant to go to this time though, usually we go to the local Chinese place but I'm not keen on going there for personal reasons. The Irish pub usually has good food, so we'll probablly go there. In reality we'll probably put a few names in a hat and pull one out... so we'll see ^^

On another note, today after work as I was waiting with Andrew for my caramel latte frappe (which are to DIE for) my boss walked in and called out accross the resurant "Guess who's Crew Person of The Month?" I was like um... ?? Thinking Andrew had gotten it again as we were seated across from each other. Then she pointed at ME!

WHAT

THE

HELL

O_O

So now my photo is going to be on the wall near the door with all the other winners and I'm all icky looking from allergies EEEEW... However I'm happy as since I actually feel like people really do appreciate my work (even if it just is McDonalds) plus I get extra pay that I can put towards doing something nice with. 

Hmm other than that I've got my cert two classes tomorrow then I don't work till Wednesday for wash up. Mostly this week will be lesure. ^o^

Anyway since this week will mostly be a lazy one (on account of many birthdays and general lack of shifts) I'm tossing up the idea of doing a video on where I live. It could be fun and it'll show anyone who reads this where I come from. Plus the weather has taken a change for the better and the place looks really pretty at the moment... Well lets see anyway ^^

~ Cooking with Cuteness ~

Well this is getting posted far later than I had hoped... due to circumstances beyond my control I was unable to post at midnight like planned. However at least it's the right day ^^;;;

Plans for the week ~

♥ meet Lawrence at the airport, or at least see him soon after he gets back from Argentina

♥ cook cute bento!

♥ get a better recording of RE 

♥ WOOOOORK

♥ perhaps exercise... lol. Well really I should.

What I actually achieved ~

♥ Worked (more on that topic in a minute)

♥ Recorded RE, Beth mixed it, and if you think you get to hear it you are so very wrong!!

♥ Cute bento! (also more on that to come)

What I haven't done as of yet ~

♥ Exercise... go figure

♥ Met up with Lawrence. Not sure when his flight comes in :/

Anyway onto those topics I said I'd abriviate on... As for work I've been enrolled into a certificate class (meaning at the end of my course I'll have certificate II in retail) I'm pretty happy about this as my resume is otherwise devoid of qualifications. Even better is that my friend Jess is my study buddy person! Also  my pay rate will stay the same rather than dropping just because I'm a trainee.

Now for the fun part of this post!

おーべんと

This is my first real attempt at making a cute bento. It contains:

♥ Seasoned rice

♥ Carrots and green beans

♥ Onigri (rice ball)

♥ A shaped coloured egg with candy sprinkles

I wasn't too keen on the carrots and beans, but the seasoned rice and onigri were yummy! The egg was ok but I did a really poor job dying it... 

~Instructions~

Haru's Seasoned rice 

Make up as much sushi rice as necessary, let it cool slightly, add rice wine vinegar, chilli powder, garlic flakes, thin strips of nori and paper thin shreds of shitake mushrooms. Use as desired or just eat YUM!

You could add curry instead of chili if you prefered.

Shaped and Coloured Eggs

Hard boil an egg. When it has cooked immediately shell and press into a container the shape you want it to come out as. Apply even pressure to the opening and submerge in cold water for about 5-10 minutes. When the egg is completely cool fill a bowl with cold water and add food dye till you get the colour you want (Please don't over do this!! Food dye is more potent than one would first assume...) submerge the egg untill you get a cute coloured agg!

Onigri

I make mine by hand (because I don't have any proper shapers) but basically I wait till the rice is cool and the wine vinegar has been added then roll it up in my hands until it's firm then put it in the box... simple. As for decoration that's just shapes cut out of nori I put on. Neko Onigri!!

Todays lunch consists of my seasoned rice, freshly husked peas, lunch meat, jelly (jello) fresh berries and candy sprinkles ♥

I love sugar!!

I might make one tomorrow too since I have to work. So many ideas ^_^

♥  いただきます ♥

♥ Craziness + Cuteness + Cooking ♥

It's funny how the best plans are the ones made on the spot, with no prior thought or planning. On Sunday morning after work I (as usual) ended up on MSN lurking, when my friend Jess signed on and we started talking. We ended up chatting about work and how it was easy to get bored on days off when we randomly decided to walk down town for cheeseburgers. However since I'm lazy, I'd already switched my uniform for pajamas. Yes I wear them all day >.> They're warm k! So anyway we decided to head into town just as is. Fairly tame compared to my initial plans for the weekend, but hey it was a hell of a lot of fun!

At Maccas (McDonald's for you non Australian speaking peoples) we got our munchies and spent some time just hanging out talking with staff and reading random stuff in the paper. Was great! Then we walked back to my place and she kicked my butt at Guitar Hero III...then Andrew made us both look epically bad! >o<>

♥

Today was just a normal work day, but I did find a package from Japan waiting on the kitchen bench when I got home. MY BENTO BOX CAME! It's so pretty, I'd almost rather use it as a box for jewellery... then again it'll be fun to bring tasty healthy food to work. I'm currently looking at recipes to use during the week.

Plans for the week are as follows

♥ meet Lawrence at the airport, or at least see him soon after he gets back from Argentina

♥ cook cute bento!

♥ get a better recording of RE (tried this afternoon but failed)

♥ WOOOOORK

♥ perhaps exercise... lol. Well really I should.

Anyway we shall see on Friday.

♥ MWA! ♥

The weekend

Well my devious plan never happened... but I did go to the party.

Which was brilliant by the way, I had a lot of fun and I'm certain everybody else did too. Even the girl who was absolutely terrified initially seemed to be having SOME fun by the end. It also wasn't as well... out there as I thought it would be. We just played some fun games, got to discus some interesting products and have a few drinks. Once again I just stuck to Brown Brothers Moscato. Even if you don't like wine, you'll still appreciate this, guaranteed. It's sweet, smooth and not at all dry. I don't really like premixed drinks anymore, so this is a nice alternative for me.

Anyway I can't say too much about the party as it's such a private subject ^^

So I'll just detail my current projects...

Music

Real Emotion - A duet I'm doing with my friend 25% finished

Currently waiting for time alone where I can record without worrying about people bursting in or them hearing me........... yes I'm shy!!

I'm also considering trying something from The Phantom of the Opera. I know that's a mighty task, but while I like pop my background in music has always been more stage music and opera... No doubt I'll just epic fail and give up though ^^;;

OK and now I've just found a Marilyn Manson version of This Halloween... which is just awesome...though I DO prefer the original. I'd actually like to sing Sally's song too... 

Lol too many projects!!!!

Other projects ~

Getting my plan to work...

Trying to find more interesting things to blog about??

SUGGESTIONS!!!?

Deadlines & Dramatics

Well as I expected I failed my mission to publish on time. However I've had a pretty interesting week by my standards, and it seems set to stay that week for a while...

Monday

After work I met with a friend and someone we both know to sort out a few issues I had with that person. Thankfully we managed to complete this exchange with minimal confrontation, no tears or dramatics and it wound up being for the most part fairly enjoyable. I think it definitely helped that our mutual friend was there, because if she hadn't been there I wouldn't have even wanted to speak to the other girl. I'm still not happy with her, and don't really believe her explanation for the events that led to this but I'm not going to be petty and make more problems for everyone. I just wish she hadn't said she still considers me a friend. Because I certainly don't think of her as one anymore. Too much has happened and so much has come out about her that still irks me... 

But on a happier note, I got to hang out with the other friend after on our walk home. (we live in the same area of town)

Tuesday

Well that was mostly work, although I picked up my engagement ring from the jewellers... which is now too big. Obviously my finger was still swollen when I went to get sized >.> the good news was that it only cost $50 to fix, and although a size too big is actually WEARABLE NOW!! I really should have gotten a photo of it when it was broken, but I just felt sick looking at it.

Also I got invited to a "tickle party" on Friday... that should be fun!!

Wednesday

Today has been the bearer of good news. One of my close friends who is currently on student exchange to Argentina (and not liking it) is coming home early so he'll be here within the next ten days! I'm so excited, when I saw the message saying he was coming home I almost screamed/cried. I can't wait to see him ^^

There's not much else to say really. I probably wont be able to post on Friday either (I'll be out) but by Saturday afternoon I'll have more to say ^^;; I have devious plans to recreate something one of my friends did about a week or so ago... shan't say much more but I hope there will be less dramatics and stupidity in the aftermath!!

Horray for infrequent blogs?

Part of the reason for this is...well my life has been pretty mundane lately and then interesting bits caused so much fuss I totally forgot about this >.<

The "interesting bits" were when at work I managed to get both the AMBULANCE and FIRE BRIGADE to come assist me at work... no I didn't set the restaurant on fire, have anything fall on me and trap me or even burn myself............ I dislocated my ring finger when the diamond on my engagement ring caught on the lip under a shelf and in the process managed to pull my own body weight in the wrong direction...complicated but makes sense when "demonstrated"... anyway... by the time I got out the back (because stupidly I tired to continue serving the customer) I was close to tears it hurt so much... then when I realised my finger had swollen so much I couldn't remove my ring to improve circulation I panicked... Of course my fiancee just happened to be there too and tried to help me get the swelling down with ice but by this time it was so swollen it just wouldn't come off... Then a few other friends from work came over and took me off to the girls changing room to be a tad more aggressive in getting it off...but it wouldn't work. So we had to call the ambulance, they came and took me to the crew room where I got the ring cut off which really hurt because they had to shove a thin piece of metal underneath so the didn't cut me as well as the ring, as well as the obvious fact... THEY CUT MY RING!! T_T I went home early that day I was just so upset and in pain... then got to make up the hours the next day. Weirdly enough the same time the day after I hurt myself I was serving a woman who later identified herself as "Head Office" and that she'd done a secret shopper test on me, which I passed everything on. I wonder how different that would have been had she come twenty four hours before hand... I'm certain I swore then it happened, albeit under my breath. Anyway the ring is at the jewellers at the moment, most likely fixed and waiting. I was meant to pick it up on Friday but had to work and Andrew was too busy with family dramas... so I'll get it Monday.

So about the mundane parts, as usual Teresa and I have been making infrequent trips into town to top up our junk food stashes. Generally to Nerd Central, the only place on the coast I know of where you can get cherry coke, pop tarts and other nice foods...like Hershey's Kisses ♥ 

They also have lots of collectibles and comics. No manga though...you have to ask for them to order it specifically which OK but it's quicker and cheaper if you have your own Internet connection to order it yourself. Which reminds me I got DeathNote volume 5 with the Misa figurine the other day ^o^

Also I made miso for breakfast today, which I think I might do more often it was that damn good...

Anyway I'm thinking I'm going to update this only on certain days and keep to that routine. It seems to work well for my friend, since she always makes a point of saying something on those days. it's good because I always know when I can expect to see blogs from her. Anyways I suppose I shall update Mondays and Fridays like her since Monday I can talk about my weekend and plans for the week, and Fridays as an updater? We'll see ^^

Alien Foods

Today I thought it would be fun to try a new type of dink, something that you see in all the major supermarkets here but have so far been to chicken to try. The drink in question is Yoosh Aloe Vera, which if you can get past the idea of it being a plant byproduct and the "floaties" of plant matter, is actually really really good. It's a combination of both the aloe vera and honey, so it has a very sweet flavour but isn't caffeinated and doesn't even have the preservatives most popular soft drinks do, so it wont mess up autistic or ADD kids... Anyway I enjoy it :)

Also today I got some "Gap" biscuit sticks... the Tomyum ones are well... yum! I wouldn't get them regularly because they're a bit spicy but even my family like them! I also got the Salad variety, but I'd had them before so no adventures there...

Also got some red miso paste and bonito flakes, so I'll make miso for breakfast tomorrow hopefully!!

Anyway, Mum is in charge of dinner tonight so like a good little Australian I'm gonna go eat a meat pie... classic.

Ten Things ~ Life

Firstly, I've recently acquired a part time job, which is awesome. Admittedly at McDonald's, but part time is part time. Also... I definitely feel different this time. I worked there a few years back and hated it, but for some reason I actually don't mind working there anymore. Scary...yet refreshing to know either something dodgy about it has been rectified, or I've grown as a person. Most likely a bit of both!! The only problem is that this week I had to work both jobs (couldn't quit until Sunday) and although they fitted in together, I'm already totally stuffed. I had an eight to eleven thirty McDonald's shift this morning and start at four pm and wont clock out till after ten tonight... imagine a whole week of just WORK. I don't know how Andrew used to survive it... especially for about three months!!

Anyway, my best friend Liz made a list of ten things she likes about herself on her blog, and encouraged people to do the same... I'm not sure I can list a whole ten, but lets see shall we?


1. I don't let other peoples opinions of me phase me too much, I'll take it on board but I wont worry that "omg someone I don't even know doesn't like me"

2. I'm loyal to those I care about and ideas I truly believe in, meaning hurt a friend of mine and be cast into the depths of hell.

3. When I put my mind to it I can accomplish things that even make me wonder how I did it... e.g. saving money for my overseas trip and house deposit so quickly (not completely finished but the trip could easily be booked by the end of the year!!)

4. I make awesome danishes, sushi, milk curry (Mum's recipe lol) and deserts

5. A quick learner, I don't need to be shown 1000 times, just once or twice and I'll generally remember for life

6. Eerily good at remembering dates...even when I don't want to.

7. Art in general, but mostly digital drawing/ painting and photography, I love them and am constantly trying to improve my technique and editing skills

8. Although I don't show it, I actually have quite an extensive vocabulary, however using proper English grammar and pronunciation gets quite cumbersome sometimes. Especially when the other party doesn't understand what on earth you're trying to convey... Yes I do actually speak to myself like that...

9. I'd say I'm a good friend. I try to help people wherever possible, even if I don't know them that well.

10. When I make an effort I can look really nice. Pretty even :o


Well I got to ten... I can't say anything spectacular arose like previously hoped... but hey what can you do. I can only tell you the truth. So how about seeing how you go?

I love him...

Last night my fiancee and I set a date for our wedding, something we hadn't planned to do till after Christmas, but it just...happened? We figured it would be really cool to get married on the 10/10/10 especially as it's his birthday that day too. So yeah now we have a date to work towards...scary but exciting ^_^ we also discussed the idea of an outside wedding but not anywhere specific. Personally I think at a garden or lake would be beautiful...though to get to a decent lake it's a 45 minute drive into woop woop so probably not the best option eh? Plus I have a feeling that after I see Lake Ontario all the ones here will look like paddle pools lol. I'm just so excited and happy ^.^ <3>

Other than wedding planning, I've actually been really sick lately. I managed to get an extreme version of a cold (normally I just get sniffles and a slight cough) which has made me pretty much house bound except for when I've had to go to the doctors trying to get a medical certificate... which is harder than it sounds on a weekend. Trust me to call in sick at noon without realising I needed a certificate to prove I was sick (isn't it obvious over the phone that I can't breathe?) when the only place on the coast that does them on a Saturday CLOSES at noon... anyway it's given me an excuse to sit and drink lemon honey tea whilst watching anime. Only downsides are the obvious factors of having a bad cold aka runny rose and lack of breathing ability... and that up until now I couldn't eat dairy. I LIVE off dairy. Cheese, milk and yoghurt are my main foods...that and chocolate. God not having chocolate was bad. Luckily I worked out MnM's don't coat your throat like block chocolate (thankyou candy shells!) Also Andrew has been really kind to me bringing me breakfast in bed and other sweet gestures.

Also...tonight as I was eyeing off some really beautiful bento boxes, he came up and asked which one I wanted. So I showed him and magically it added to the cart and is being sent to me :o God I'm spoilt. It really is beautiful though AAAND...microwave safe (a major factor as I'll probably want to heat up my food at work) This is it ~

I am so obsessed with cherry blossoms... But what I liked about this mainly was that it's 'cute' but it also has a definite feel of elegance. Something I wouldn't blush about taking out when I'm much older. That and it has pink on it :b (the all pink one was a bit much in my opinion)

You can find this bento box and many other goodies at https://www.jbox.com/

Anyway I have some spending spree urges that I plan to follow up on when I actually get PAID. Not working for an entire week sucks...

<3>

Rather corpse like...

Movies+Comfort Food+Warm Blanket= Where I want to be

Last Friday was Hell, it was the first time I failed my licence, my parents decided to go crazy at each other and we thought Andrew had lost a really important job opportunity... In fact it seems everyone has been having a crap time in my group... One got herself sucked into machinery last week and could have lost fingers, her sight or other horrific injuries...she was lucky to get out with just burns. Another recently attempted to suicide... nuff said there really.

Well, we all decided we needed to vegetate and have happy juice *cough*vodka and beer*cough* and what happens? A stupid bitch invites herself over and calls one of my friends a stupid hoe...repeatedly. I mean once is really bad but more than that is just... horrible. I mean my friend is most definitely NOT a whore and I don't appreciate her being called that. I also got called a rangger, which just shows she was a stupid looser.

In any case, before she came over we had a lot of fun, singing, drinking, making lame jokes that just rock when you're drunk and drinking a bit more. The other female and I also decided we loved the house owners Darlik and took photos of each other with the epic darlik.

I'm the idiot biting it...

After getting "merry" we made our way to KFC

Ze German (Adolf junior ~born exactly 100 years after Hitler lol~), L Fangirl, Smouch & Pom

Anyway I promise that my next entry wont be as... angsty.

Peace!

Constantine ♥ Canada! ♥ Computer Games ♥ Other Crap

My long awaited tax return came yesterday, I'm so excited because at least a third of it will be going into a flight to Canada. It feels unreal that I'm this close to getting there... I've been saying I want to go for about two years but it's only really in the last six months I've taken it seriously and actually done something about it. It's all very well to say you're going to do something, but to follow through feels great... I usually have trouble following through on my crazy plans ^^; But I figure you have to aim high.



Other than that on Wednesday I went on a crazy shopping trip with Andrew and we brought Sweeny Todd, Fat Pizza, The Matrix Trillogy, Constantine and Nirvana Unplugged in New York. He also found Age of Mythology, and Age of Empires II. However we only got Mythology... I'll have to go into town later and see if I can still get it cheeply. Mythology is just...annoying. I prefer being able to choose a race e.g. Japanese or Spaniards rather than choosing a God. Bleh...this world has enough religious wars going on without me creating one on my computer! I guess you could say the same for pitting race against race, but that's more "ok we have these skills, you have these skills. Now lets see how strong we can get" Rather than "Our God shall smite thee and you will be f***ed!" Most racism seems to stem from religious differences anyway. Just look at the middle east. And on this strain of thought....

♥

Constantine was great! I usually shy away from movies (or anything really) that have a God is awesome and the Satan sucks theme, and that's what I thought this would be like but no way in hell is it (please exuse that ^^')
John Constantine sees demons and angels and after attempting to suicide and spending time in hell (suicide is a mortal sin if you hadn't already learnt that) he vows to keep the balance deporting demons back to Hell e.t.c... now when Satan's son (yes Satan can have babies too XD ) tries to create his own kingdom the only one who can stop him is...you guessed it John Contantine. I'm not going to say too much more because I've probably already ruined it for anyone who hasn't seen it. My favourite bit though is where John basically says God has no plan he's like a kid with an ant farm. I don't know about you, but that just seems so right...

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Other than that I've just been laying around the house feeling dead... hopefully I get better before tomorrow morning >_< (work)

Crazy Cooking Adventure!

I've never really been considered a good cook by my family, however that may soon be a thing of the past. Yesterday I decided it could be fun to try making pastries, and my family actually liked them :o

AND there were no comments about it being deadly poison ^o^'

So what exactly did I make you might be wondering? Well currently I'm obsessed with putting maplesyrup on EVERYTHING (well other than my dinner and breakfast cereal...that wouldn't be good at all...) So I made some Apple/Maple/Pecan Danish pastries!! I can't really give you a recipe because I didn't use one, and used premade puff pastry >_> but I can at least give you a few tips ^^;
(mostly really basic but you have to start somewhere)

• With the apple don't blend it too finely or the moisture sends the pastry soggy and you wind up with a mess. It's also so much yummier when you have chunks of apple to bite into!
• Use grease proof paper AND non stick spray...normally I'd just use paper but these like to stick. A lot.
• Keep the puff pastry in the freezer and only take out a few sheets at a time or it softens too much and it's like working with bubblegum. Not good.
• Also don't force the pastry to bend whilst it's still partially frozen, or it will snap.
• Separate an egg and use the whites as 'glue' where as you use the yolk to glaze. Sprinkle sugar for a crunchy finish.
• More importantly experiment and have fun!

~ The results of my 'hard' work ~

私の 今日。。。

今日は　わたしの　パン屋　アルバイト。パン屋　が好です。私は　が　焼く　好きです　なぜなら　ケーキは　匂い　すごいです。チョコレートケーキが　おいしい！でも　今日は　私は　ドーナツメーカー。

その後　私はで　ひるね。　その後　私は　遊びます　コンピューターゲーム。

私は　食べたい。。。

おやすみなさい!

To be honest I know there are gramatical errors in this entry, but I just wanted an excuse to practice my sentence making in Japanese and this seemed a good place ^^;

Just a general entry about my day.

(Romanji for those without Japanese text installed on their computer)

Kyou wa watashino panya arubaito. Panya gasukidesu. Watashiwa ga yaku sukidesu nazenara keekiwa nioi sugoidesu. Chokere-to keeki ga oishii! Demo kyou wa watashiwa doonatsu maakaa.
Sonogo watashide hirune. Sonogo watashiwa asoibimasu konpyuutaa geemu.
Watashiwa tabetai...

o-yasumi nasai!

Next for me is conjunctions I think... so I don't need to start 50% of my sentences with watashi!>_<;; Highlight for english! Today I worked partime in the bakery. It's a good bakery. I like to bake because the smell of cakes is nice. Chocolate cake is delicious! But today I was a donut maker.
After I had an afternoon nap. After I played computer games.
I'm hungry...
Goodnight!

Random day

I love doing eight hour day shifts. They always turn out to be good, not only do you get the benefit of only having to work two hour blocks (I get two fifteen minute breaks and an hour for lunch) but you also get to see most of the people that work that day that you otherwise wouldn't see. Then again sometimes that isn't so good... Anyway you also get paid awesomely in comparison to if you only had a titchy shift.
Today I was lucky enough to get one of these, and a few other nice surprises.
For one, a friend I'd sadly dropped out of contact with over a year ago randomly messaged me and asked how I was. I very nearly fainted. This might not seem like such a huge thing but when you take into account the fact he lives 15,489 km (9624m) away...it's kinda special. I mean it's not as if I can just drive up to his place and say hey or vise versa. It also really makes you realise just how much you can miss people without even realising it...

Panini, Sanity & Purchases

Yesterday despite the bad weather I deicided to go into town with my partner rather than sit around the house like we usually would. I can't say anything major happened while we were down there, but I made a few interesting purchases and tasted what would have to be one of the yummiest foods down there.

It all started with the panini.

Now you may or may have not had panini before but in my opinion they are the perfect snack on a cold day. Maybe that and soup. The panino in question (yes panino is the singular noun) was a toasted cajian chicken that brought me much joy. In fact they are so good that when I had it in the paper bag in shops the staff even asked if I was the one with the yummy food. If it hadn't been pouring down earlier I would have been tempted to go get another one. I'll just have to make one later.

As for Sanity, not that doesn't apply to my state of mind (never will) it's actually a reference to the music and DVD store. I know they're fairly wide spread in Australia but I'm not sure about internationally. In anycase any trip into town usually ends up here at one point or another. As usual my partner checked out the DVD's and music whilst I gravitated towards the anime section. Fairly dismal in size and dominated by Naruto episodes but sometimes you can pick up the ocassional treasure! In my case I found the DeathNote live action movie. I'm not sure if I want to watch it before I've finished the anime, but it's nice to have it if I do. I might just watch it later anyway. Also the guy behind the counter actually watches it too so it was fun to talk about how awesome it is.

After that the weather started to go even worse and there was a light rainshower so we made our way to Cashworks, a second hand store that sells games, consols, bike gear, phones, DVD's music and just about anything you can think of. I nearly died when I looked in the computer games section and found Sims2 expansion packs for $15 each. Major retail outlets are still charging $50 each... the disks wern't even minorly scratched ^o^ So I got Nightlife and University. Yay now I can obesess on the Sims2 and have more options!

Sadly they don't have any DS games in at the moment, just PSP. Makes you wonder about the sucess of the PSP compared to the Nintendo DS huh?

Anyway after that the weather remained bad, and it was close to the time all the highschool students congrigate in the mall and make it a less nice place to be. So we headed home.

And that was my trip!

Rebirth

Well I finally registered my domain and redesigned the basic look of faranora.com. However in the process I managed to loose all my old blog entries... and being myself I didn't have it backed up. You live you learn.

So anyhow, I'm starting again today by explaining what I hope will eventuate from this page.

Reviews
I expect these to be mainly about books I've read, anime or movies I've recently seen. However I might find other interesting topics to share with you.

Personal Experiences
Fairly self explainitary, just daily life and recent events.