Oh if I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening
All over this land *ALL OVER THIS LAND*
And if I found a spider *SPIDER*
I'd smash its legs off *LEGS OFF*
And show my love for my brothers and my sisters
All over this land
Monday, January 10, 2005
The Seanchai (pron. Shan-a-key)
A pretty nice pub that has a bit of an atmosphere, with a few live bands. It grows on you the more visits you make. I’ve decided that the night life here is actually pretty good, especially if you go out with the right people. Saturday was the best night out I’ve had in a looooooong time. I saw so many people unexpectedly and had a good ol’ boogie. I’m so proud of Michael and Tynan. It’s about time!
And no, they’re not gay. That would be pretty funny, and very unexpected.
And no, they’re not gay. That would be pretty funny, and very unexpected.
Scariest thing ever
Far out. The scariest thing happened this weekend. I was totally creeped.
Yolly and I were going to the Co-op and we parked in the back carpark next to a big Agapantha bush for some shade (even though it wasn't that hot). We opened the doors to get out of the car (as you do), and I totally freaked. There, on the door, about 3cm from my face was the ugliest, biggest, scariest Huntsman I have ever seen. Words don't do justice to how scared I was. It gives me the creeps just thinking about it now. I screamed and jumped out of the way, running to the shelter of the other side of the car with darling Yolly.
I'll just take a moment to say how brave Yol was *thoughtful silence*. OK.
She grabbed a stick and flicked the spider into the bushes, then we quickly shut the door. When that sort of thing happens you get really edgy and think that spiders are in the most unlikely places ie. THE CAR! Scarred for life.
It just reminds me of one time when I was in yr 12. Mum was driving me to school and she decided that it was getting a bit bright outside. So she pulled down the visa thing overhead... AND THERE WAS A HUNTSMAN UNDER IT! She totally freaked and we pulled over. Lucky W'bool doesn't have deadly amounts of traffic. We have never been the same since. Waaaaaa! Call me a sook but it was SCARY!
Yolly and I were going to the Co-op and we parked in the back carpark next to a big Agapantha bush for some shade (even though it wasn't that hot). We opened the doors to get out of the car (as you do), and I totally freaked. There, on the door, about 3cm from my face was the ugliest, biggest, scariest Huntsman I have ever seen. Words don't do justice to how scared I was. It gives me the creeps just thinking about it now. I screamed and jumped out of the way, running to the shelter of the other side of the car with darling Yolly.
I'll just take a moment to say how brave Yol was *thoughtful silence*. OK.
She grabbed a stick and flicked the spider into the bushes, then we quickly shut the door. When that sort of thing happens you get really edgy and think that spiders are in the most unlikely places ie. THE CAR! Scarred for life.
It just reminds me of one time when I was in yr 12. Mum was driving me to school and she decided that it was getting a bit bright outside. So she pulled down the visa thing overhead... AND THERE WAS A HUNTSMAN UNDER IT! She totally freaked and we pulled over. Lucky W'bool doesn't have deadly amounts of traffic. We have never been the same since. Waaaaaa! Call me a sook but it was SCARY!
Friday, January 07, 2005
rED bUGS
a TINY RED BUG IS CRAWLING ACROSS MY PAGE. aND BY TINY, i MEAN very TINY... LIKE 1/1000TH THE SIZE OF A SPRINKLE. so cute!! i WISH I WAS ONE.
Thursday, January 06, 2005
House hunting
OK I'm getting a bit worried about this whole house scenario. I can't wait to move out and to have a house to ourselves, but at the same time I know we have to go hunting for a suitable one that's not too far from uni/college and fits all our criteria. It's a bit stressful, considering Brian's coming back to Melbourne on 26th Jan and my uni starts on 7th Feb. Somewhere in that time we have to find a house, sign a lease and I have to organise for all my stuff (we have to hire a trailor) to get transported to Melbourne. It's not as easy as it seems. Especially when not all houses are ready to move into at the click of our fingers. I hope everything works out OK. If not, I'll be quite stressed out and resign to being a bum on the street. Hey, I have a guitar, I can busk! Har har har.
Water spillage issues
Monique has just had some water spillage issues and is currently drying herself in the bathroom. What a pisser, she is very funny.
For the sake of amusement
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.”
- Gandhi
“I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.”
- G.K. Chesterton
“All things good to know are difficult to learn.”
- Greek Proverb
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
- Kierkegaard
“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”
- Tom Clancy
“He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.”
- Samuel Smiles
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
- Nelson Mandela
“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.”
- Oscar Wilde
“When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.”
- Gertrude Stein
“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.”
- Erica Jong
“A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one.”
- Mae West
“The only sure cure for a hangover is to stay drunk.”
- W.G.P.
"No one has skin that is exactly the same colour as a Band-Aid."
- Author unknown
- Gandhi
“I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.”
- G.K. Chesterton
“All things good to know are difficult to learn.”
- Greek Proverb
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
- Kierkegaard
“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”
- Tom Clancy
“He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.”
- Samuel Smiles
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
- Nelson Mandela
“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.”
- Oscar Wilde
“When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.”
- Gertrude Stein
“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.”
- Erica Jong
“A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one.”
- Mae West
“The only sure cure for a hangover is to stay drunk.”
- W.G.P.
"No one has skin that is exactly the same colour as a Band-Aid."
- Author unknown
RIP
Today I’m overwhelmed with incredible sadness as http://www.flingthecow.com has been taken off the net. Waaaaaaaa!
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Events
Event 1:
"Freak wave" kills 5 people in Stingray Bay, Warrnambool. Far out. Been swimming there so many times between the shore and Penguin Island. Went walking along the beach that day and the swell was moderately rough. A lot of the tourists go to that beach because they don't like the swell of Lady Bay and aren't competent swimmers, I guess when they were swept off their feet and washed out to sea they panicked. A rescue helicopter has been buzzing over the ocean for 3 days looking for a missing boy who was washed out to sea during the accident but he hasn't been found and the news has been (understandably) overshadowed by the tsunami disaster.
A couple of years ago one of our friends found a dead scuba-diver on the beach of Penguin Island who had been missing for weeks. It's really scary, it makes me want to avoid the ocean completely because it's so unpredictable and I really don't want to be the one who innocently stumbles across the body. I never thought anything so serious would happen here, it shows that no one's invincible!
Event 2:
Yolly Dolly Golly Wolly is coming to Warrny Scrawny Fawny Yay Way Zay! Very exciting. We can be beach bums together, can't wait to see her again. Yay-zuh! This is a SLIGHTLY happier post, YAYYYYY.
"Freak wave" kills 5 people in Stingray Bay, Warrnambool. Far out. Been swimming there so many times between the shore and Penguin Island. Went walking along the beach that day and the swell was moderately rough. A lot of the tourists go to that beach because they don't like the swell of Lady Bay and aren't competent swimmers, I guess when they were swept off their feet and washed out to sea they panicked. A rescue helicopter has been buzzing over the ocean for 3 days looking for a missing boy who was washed out to sea during the accident but he hasn't been found and the news has been (understandably) overshadowed by the tsunami disaster.
A couple of years ago one of our friends found a dead scuba-diver on the beach of Penguin Island who had been missing for weeks. It's really scary, it makes me want to avoid the ocean completely because it's so unpredictable and I really don't want to be the one who innocently stumbles across the body. I never thought anything so serious would happen here, it shows that no one's invincible!
Event 2:
Yolly Dolly Golly Wolly is coming to Warrny Scrawny Fawny Yay Way Zay! Very exciting. We can be beach bums together, can't wait to see her again. Yay-zuh! This is a SLIGHTLY happier post, YAYYYYY.
Issues
Issue 1:
I am worried that Adrian has disappeared off the face of the planet.
Issue 2:
I'm already starting to look forward to uni and contemplating reading some references in advance, that's how boring work is at the moment. God help me. My uni hols are in weird spots this semester so I have exams when noone else has them and have hols when everyone else is at uni!
Advantages include being able to bug people at college when they are still in Melbs and at uni and I am freeeee. Disadvantages include having to study when everyone else is partying. Oh well, I'm sure positives will outweigh the negatives fo shiz ma niz!
Issue 3:
Warrnambool radio stations are SHIT, I miss my love song dedications 101.1. I hope Thom is listening to that program where the prisoners dedicate songs to their loved ones in the 'Laide.
Issue 4:
Pink is gross.
Issue 5:
I need another retarded picture.
I am worried that Adrian has disappeared off the face of the planet.
Issue 2:
I'm already starting to look forward to uni and contemplating reading some references in advance, that's how boring work is at the moment. God help me. My uni hols are in weird spots this semester so I have exams when noone else has them and have hols when everyone else is at uni!
Advantages include being able to bug people at college when they are still in Melbs and at uni and I am freeeee. Disadvantages include having to study when everyone else is partying. Oh well, I'm sure positives will outweigh the negatives fo shiz ma niz!
Issue 3:
Warrnambool radio stations are SHIT, I miss my love song dedications 101.1. I hope Thom is listening to that program where the prisoners dedicate songs to their loved ones in the 'Laide.
Issue 4:
Pink is gross.
Issue 5:
I need another retarded picture.
Sunday, January 02, 2005
Monday, December 27, 2004
Call me
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CALL ME CALL MEEEEEEEEEEEEE CALL ME CALL MEEEEEEEEEEE
Ahh I love that song. The first time I heard it was on Nova when I was walking back from my last day of uni. It's just one of those songs that makes me excited because it reminds me of Summer and freedom! It just makes me want to dance. I really can't sit there and listen to it. My feet just start jiggling. I was at the Gal last night and the song came on. My stick in the mud friends didn't want to dance so I sat there trying to contain myself.
Then it came on 2 hrs later (yes, this is W'bool) and I just COULDN'T contain myself any longer. My silly friends were still parked on the couch and I said fuck that I'm going to dance! So I went up and danced with randoms and then sat down again quite calmly.
Ahh I love that song. The first time I heard it was on Nova when I was walking back from my last day of uni. It's just one of those songs that makes me excited because it reminds me of Summer and freedom! It just makes me want to dance. I really can't sit there and listen to it. My feet just start jiggling. I was at the Gal last night and the song came on. My stick in the mud friends didn't want to dance so I sat there trying to contain myself.
Then it came on 2 hrs later (yes, this is W'bool) and I just COULDN'T contain myself any longer. My silly friends were still parked on the couch and I said fuck that I'm going to dance! So I went up and danced with randoms and then sat down again quite calmly.
Thursday, December 23, 2004
Leonie
Let us not have Christ in Christmas. Let us just have another holiday (Holy-day?), where, for some reason unknown to a growing number of us, we give each other presents. It is a tradition, that is all we know. It has its own culture, all built around the worship of a man in red and a tree in green. Again, even though the basis is Christ, we do not want to offend anyone with the idea that we should worship the real meaning of this holiday. Would I be offended if someone said to me that they would not join in the Australia Day fun because they still carried citizenship of another country, even though they lived here permanently? I think I would. Why would they bother taking the day off if not to at least think about Australia Day. The same with Easter and Christmas. I believe that only those who are Christians should be allowed time off to celebrate Easter and Christmas if we no longer live in a Christian country. At least the hypocrisy would be gone. Why should anyone who is a non-Christian accept presents? What has Christmas to do with them? Or should I moderate my tone and say that we owe them the mercy that God has shown to us, and perhaps we can encourage their thinking anew about how Christmas and all of its celebrations came about.
For once, she has some sort of a point.
I've changed my mind, she doesn't have a point.
"Stupid people. I hate them."
- Mr Wise Man Dawes
For once, she has some sort of a point.
I've changed my mind, she doesn't have a point.
"Stupid people. I hate them."
- Mr Wise Man Dawes
-_-
I push open the old-style Irish pub door and wince as I’m instantly overwhelmed with the stench of beer and cigarette smoke. Emitting a warm, becoming smile, I acknowledge unfamiliar yet familiar faces that silently greet me.
“There’s nothing like the Sean,” grunt the regulars, drunkenly sipping at their pots.
They’ve got potential.
You envisage these guys in ten years time, seated sloppily in the same pub, on the same chair with the same blank expressions on their faces as they stare at the same grotty TV screen, watching the same game…
How I wish I could place myself in their shoes. I wonder if they feel fulfilment as they sip at their drinks and watch their beards and stomachs grow before their own eyes. Have they ever felt the essence of love, satisfaction, companionship and celebration? Do they ever feel an urge to step outside the square and do something different with their lives? To connect with people on many levels, to share part of yourself with someone and for them to share back?
Perhaps they don’t.
But perhaps they do.
Breaking free from the ropes of a country upbringing is a difficult, uphill struggle for many. Often youths are too content to settle their lives for the sake of convenience.
Youth is a rite of passage. For some, it is about struggling through adolescence in quest of dreams, purpose and friendship. For others, by choice, it is about monotony.
I wonder how these men will feel when they hit 40. Will they still be relaxed and easy at the bar on a Saturday night?
They’ll be the ones carving up the dance floor at our beloved C59 SClub7, grabbing at 17 year old girls and practically begging to buy them drinks.
Now who’s laughing?
Poor buggers.
“There’s nothing like the Sean,” grunt the regulars, drunkenly sipping at their pots.
They’ve got potential.
You envisage these guys in ten years time, seated sloppily in the same pub, on the same chair with the same blank expressions on their faces as they stare at the same grotty TV screen, watching the same game…
How I wish I could place myself in their shoes. I wonder if they feel fulfilment as they sip at their drinks and watch their beards and stomachs grow before their own eyes. Have they ever felt the essence of love, satisfaction, companionship and celebration? Do they ever feel an urge to step outside the square and do something different with their lives? To connect with people on many levels, to share part of yourself with someone and for them to share back?
Perhaps they don’t.
But perhaps they do.
Breaking free from the ropes of a country upbringing is a difficult, uphill struggle for many. Often youths are too content to settle their lives for the sake of convenience.
Youth is a rite of passage. For some, it is about struggling through adolescence in quest of dreams, purpose and friendship. For others, by choice, it is about monotony.
I wonder how these men will feel when they hit 40. Will they still be relaxed and easy at the bar on a Saturday night?
They’ll be the ones carving up the dance floor at our beloved C59 SClub7, grabbing at 17 year old girls and practically begging to buy them drinks.
Now who’s laughing?
Poor buggers.
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
GGT UDRH
Good afternoon Greater Health this is Jacqui...
My life is so fulfilling right now. I think I've found my niche.
My life is so fulfilling right now. I think I've found my niche.
A tribute to our beloved Captain Easychord
Thom (Noarse) is a law(yer) loather, soccer fanatic, compulsive internet site reader and an extremely skilled procrastinator. Residing in the Hilltop Hoods, Thom enjoys exhausting games of tennis, perving on Nikki Webster and watching mould grow. His friends are fascinated by his passion for theatre, his ability to read a 1000 page novel in 10 minutes and his mystical, intriguing personality.
Thom lives to maintain his (almost) flawless reputation.
Thom lives to maintain his (almost) flawless reputation.
Sunday, December 12, 2004
Whitley is full of big sillies! Hawhawhaw I think I may have cracked how to make links. I feel like a clever girl. Go me.
Jesus etc.
Guess what I bought today? You never will. It's seriously cool. And (evidently) I don't buy cool stuff because you would never guess what it is!
IT'S A BRIGHT ORANGE BEANBAG FOR OUR HOUSE!
How incredibly exciting! YAYAYAY! It's so cool. I've always wanted a beanbag. Alas, at the moment it's just a beanskin, I haven't bought the "beans" that go inside it yet because if I do there's no way I'll be able to fit it in my Little Deuce Coup when I move back up to Melbourne. I'm moving out! YAYAY! With Matt and B! YAYAYAY! Without Adrian and Thom! YAY *sniff*!
** Please note that I put Adrian's name first. It's funny how people get into a habit of saying one person's name in front of another person's to the extent that it sounds a bit wrong when you say it the other way around. I think that's happened with Thom and Adrian, or was it Adrian and Thom?
I love the Beach Boys so much! I even bought their Best Of CD. You could either say I'm sad or admire my individuality. mEH! aT leasT i CAn TyPe, WHAT?!
I passed! I was so stressed on Thursday night about my marks. I was planning what I was going to say to my boss when I had to study for my sup! Yuk! But yay I'm halfway through my degree, which is slightly scary. Time flies when you're having fun...er...yeah. Stefan (my idol) has just scored a 50 in our main subject, AGAIN! That's the third 50 he's scored since he started Physio! Quite impressive, he really knows how much work he has to do to just scrape through. Ahhhh, love it! Go college, drinking and TV.
Talking about TV, I'm totally addicted to the OC. It's fantastic! All the other programs except for W&G and Friends bore me to tears, but when the OC hits the screen OH MY GOD you couldn't get me away from it, even during the ads! Pity I've missed most of the series this year because I was too stubborn to sit down and watch it for an hour each week, although in hindsight it was probably for the best.
Anyway, it's a beautiful day and my LDC needs a clean so I might go out and get a tan while scrubbing at the fading blue paint. Aww. He's so cute.
BYE!
IT'S A BRIGHT ORANGE BEANBAG FOR OUR HOUSE!
How incredibly exciting! YAYAYAY! It's so cool. I've always wanted a beanbag. Alas, at the moment it's just a beanskin, I haven't bought the "beans" that go inside it yet because if I do there's no way I'll be able to fit it in my Little Deuce Coup when I move back up to Melbourne. I'm moving out! YAYAY! With Matt and B! YAYAYAY! Without Adrian and Thom! YAY *sniff*!
** Please note that I put Adrian's name first. It's funny how people get into a habit of saying one person's name in front of another person's to the extent that it sounds a bit wrong when you say it the other way around. I think that's happened with Thom and Adrian, or was it Adrian and Thom?
I love the Beach Boys so much! I even bought their Best Of CD. You could either say I'm sad or admire my individuality. mEH! aT leasT i CAn TyPe, WHAT?!
I passed! I was so stressed on Thursday night about my marks. I was planning what I was going to say to my boss when I had to study for my sup! Yuk! But yay I'm halfway through my degree, which is slightly scary. Time flies when you're having fun...er...yeah. Stefan (my idol) has just scored a 50 in our main subject, AGAIN! That's the third 50 he's scored since he started Physio! Quite impressive, he really knows how much work he has to do to just scrape through. Ahhhh, love it! Go college, drinking and TV.
Talking about TV, I'm totally addicted to the OC. It's fantastic! All the other programs except for W&G and Friends bore me to tears, but when the OC hits the screen OH MY GOD you couldn't get me away from it, even during the ads! Pity I've missed most of the series this year because I was too stubborn to sit down and watch it for an hour each week, although in hindsight it was probably for the best.
Anyway, it's a beautiful day and my LDC needs a clean so I might go out and get a tan while scrubbing at the fading blue paint. Aww. He's so cute.
BYE!
Friday, December 03, 2004
Sunshine and Moi
I love the sunshine, it is so beautiful and it always makes me happy!
Sunshine + beach + holidays = HAPPY JAC!
All I need now is a few cocktails and a floatation aid and I could go sailing off into the sunset. Anyone want to join?
Hugs
Sunshine + beach + holidays = HAPPY JAC!
All I need now is a few cocktails and a floatation aid and I could go sailing off into the sunset. Anyone want to join?
Hugs
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