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....... 

♥ 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<>

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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! ♥

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 ^^

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....

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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)

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!