28/02/11: Shutup SHUTUP SHUUUT UUUUP!!!!

Every media outlet. About the Oscars. Internet speshally. Stopit. For godsakes some of us actually want to be pathetic (for once) and waste an entire evening watching this addictive crap tonight on TV... yes yes, this year that is me. I am dedicating a whole evening to it (I am going to be so tired tomorrow... but for once, who gives a turd), I even skipped yoga class (granted, I am buggered and didn't feel like going).... and convinced Mr Harris to waste the little hour or so of the evening he is awake of an evening... on it. Grand. Mighty grand. Is that an oxymoron type thing?
For once I am excited about the line up. I already got one unwanted spoiler at lunch today when I just jumped online for a customer. Stupid www.smh.com.au and it's news related items. I DID NOT WANT TO SEE THAT.


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Mood: Hungry and excited. I think all my mood statuses involve hungry and.... *insert other less important emotion here*. We have declicious... (read on...)

Eating: ... sausage hot pot, slow cooked and as leftovers so they've been left to sit in their own magical food juices (I put in food juices else that would just sound sick), all day in the fridge so tres excitement for dinner. Always nice when you put in the effort to make something seriously nomnom. Thick beef sausages, sweet potato, zuccini, onion, carrot, honey and casserole mix. All on a bed of mashed potato. Is that serious comfort food or WHAT. Who cares that it's 40+ degrees out there. Food is sometimes worth the pain. And comfort food is comfort food.

Also, another addition from weekend foodies... had the most AMAZING Vietnamese dish in the city Saturday night... a cute little restaurant tucked in amongst an inspiring line up of restaurants along Little Stanley Street.. seared crispy salmon (it crunched as you bit into it, then soft salmony middle) on a bed of ginger infused sweet potato mash, with a side of bok choy and all drizzled in this amazing soy glaze. Complimented... well, actually not complimented but I want to look into matching wines with food cause I don't think this one worked... some sort of cheapo Sauv Blanc (not a personal choice but it was the cheapest at $6 a glass!)

After cruising along that strip I have now vowed to try every one of those restaurants as when we were finding our place for dinner the smells from each of these spots were divine. I guess I was starving though so that probably helped.

So... whose hungry now?

Drinking: I think my wine tastes are going in for the change yet again. I bought, out of choice, a sauvingon blanc yesterday afternoon to help tackle the house cleaning. It was a Banrock Station wine though, and they're always fantastic for the moolah. Yes, this sauv blanc boasted all sorts of lovely fresh fruits as bouquet and taste, and as it was feral hot I couldn't resist the read up. I couldn't quite pick out all the lovely gooseberries and melons that they label stated, but it was still drinkable. I was amazed. Either Banrock station do a completely out of field Sauv Blanc or my tastes are beginning to mature, or turn...

BRING IT ON. More wine is happy Katy pants :)

Watching: Last night, watched 'The Social Network'. Very interesting, not really entertaining or ha ha-larious, but intriguing and a real eye opener. I didn't realise the founder of facebook was such a unintentional dick. The movie, I will deem, was 'smart' and 'well written' and full of techy speec (that's a hybrid of spec and speak, trying to be clever and rhyme with techy but then being ironic by doing a stupid abbreviation/bad spelling). Yes.  

A!rTester's overview for THE SOCIAL NETWORK:

Story/Attention Span Value: 8/10. I wanted to keep watching as it was intriguing, but it wasn't exactly 'gripping' viewing. 
Well made? Yes, the script was excellent and while there wasn't call for special effects the movie still had an obvious amount of care put into it. The tech speak was cool but lost me
Acting: 7/10.. good from the key characters, though apart from Napster dude were totally forgettable
Rewatch value? Zilcho. Once I knew the story, I would not watch this movie again. One of those 'good to watch once' movies. 
OVERALL: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ 1/2

Listening to: Mr Harris playing 'Cartoon Wars' on his iPhone, plus Daniel Merryweather over the top of that, also on Mr Harris' iPhone. Talk about mash ups!


After this, I'm going to: feed the fluff nuggets, feed my growling belly chasm and then get into OSCARS mode! YEEEWW!!!!

One wish for the day:
Wow, look at that I haven't griped at all yet. And I won't really, cept the power was out when I rocked up to work this morning. No phones, no EFTPOS, no computers, no internet, no till, no lights, no air con. Oh god. The first few hours just dragged and were so annoying because I had to write down ALL the sales transactions, hand write out receipts for people, had to turn people away who had printing  on USBs to do (no printers either...), but then they all came back later in the day so a bit of a bombardment there... not really, I just wish I could have dealt with them earlier and got it all done, instead of piling up later in the day.
Yeah having no internet or network sucked. Whole day was delayed by a good few hours. Sucky.
So my wish was to have rocked up and everything be fine this morning.


Plus my more heartfelt wish was for Jessica Proietti to have won the Trading Post story writing competition, to win the $2000 for her story so she can clear her climbing accounts with the vets and help get the ACS (Australian Cavy Sanctuary - guinea pig RSPCA) back on it's feet. They've been in a bit of a debt pit for a while and it's so hard to get funding, donations or any help. I wish she won. The money would have really helped out. 

"Idiot on the Road" moment: followed an absolute loser down our street this afternoon that somehow forgot he had an indicator of any description. Didn't use it 3 times while turning right into 3 streets. How dangerous and what an idiot! He lives in my complex though, and I actually complimented the vehicle on the weekend. It's a cool mix between a jeep front and a ute back. Velly cool. But dick driver.

I'm off to get into Oscars mode! Have a good night peeps. And don't msg me with any spoilers else I will delete your number.

~ Peace, Love & Mungbeans ~

xxx

16/02/10: Officer Krupke, KRUP YOU!

For some reason I have a slightly camp 1960's musical song stuck in my head. West Side Story (you know it... I LIKE TO BE IN AMERICA, I LIKE TO BE IN AMERICA AY AY AYEEEEEE!!!!). I remember it from highschool, when the performance arts department sillyly decided to host a musical for the year. What a stressful near-disaster!!! So funny when I think back actually. I was the pianist... or rather, keyboardist (shudder...), and the music was god-awful to play. Such terrible time signatures, and keys - BLEH!! Luckily my part was only to fill in the background garble so I could botch through most of it without having to practice it at home. Ho ho ho. What a rebel. Anyway...

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Mood: Hungry and hot. Making a new dinner tonight - spaghetti carbonara FROM SCRATCH!! I am so excited. We've got double cream, eggs, parmesan cheese, bacon.... I'm going to throw in some shallots and garlic too. It's going to be amazing. Thanks to gorgeous parents who gave me a fantastic authentic Italian cookbook for my Christmas present. The recipe looks pretty straight forward, I shall report back on it...

Eating: WILL be eating, WILL be eating.... see heavenly aboveness.... not long now!!!

Drinking: This question is only much more interesting near weekends. Oh well! Tea, and water.

Watching: Well this isn't a TV show as such, I saw something very intriguing today that made me chuckle. I walked through the carpark near my work, across to 5th Avenue to the Coles to get bacon for HEAVENLY DINNER, and just as I was about to cross the street, I saw 3 seperate occurrences of men, none of whom knew each other but were all within 10 metres of each other.... all with a baby's pram. No mothers around, just 3 gents with babies in prams. I thought that was rather random, and actually nice to see! Men with prams are kinda sexy... proves they're softies!

Listening to: Absolutely nothing of interest here today, no nice noises. Well I got a text message from Mr Harris so that's a nice sound, I get excited when I hear the ... doo dee doo, dee doooooo..... MESSAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to get the Looney Tunes theme for my phone, must find must find...

After this, I'm going to: rest my eyes as they are drying out with the fan going full bore and go down and watch some telly. Har har.

One wish for the day:
I wish my shop was friggin TIDY... man there is so much CRAP in there at the moment - stationery boxes that need putting into stock and away on the shelves, 2000 printed catalogues for a customer who hasn't picked them up yet (sitting by the door, taking up so much room!!!), 50 boxes of paper down the back. The whole place is literally just closing in right now. I've been doing artwork jobs all week - yay for me, it's good, but that means the stationery side of things has slipped majorly. I just wish the stationery fairies would clean up for us... *sigh*

"Idiot on the Road" moment: slow driving Ambulance in the right hand lane. Grrrr.

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Man, I don't want to write anymore, I'm thinking about dinner too much now and I realise I am bloody starving. There's not much news anyway. I was going to upload a 25th Birthday video but that will take ages.

Speaking of 25th Birthdays (what a segway....) Tis best palsy's Becca's 25th birthday coming up in a few days time... must think of awesome present to present to her. Have a few ideas... hoping I will get to see her come her birthday - too many arrangements around the actual date is proving tricky for a catchup, blah!! How fast this year is going already, it's flashing before my eyeballs.

Due to lack of blog content I shall upload another video, because this is awesome (but a bit late as Valentine's Day was 2 days ago... meh!). See how many movies/tv shows you can pick out, I love it!!!

Shorty ass blog today! Shee y'all shoon.

~ Peace, Love & Mungbeans ~

xxx

11/02/11: Bunky Moon

HOW AWESOME IS THAT WORD? It's actually a name... but should really be spelt Ban Ki Moon (Fact: He is the UN Secretary). What a freakin' awesome name though. I am going to call my first child that name. 

Not really no.

But it's still cool, no?

Movin' right along....

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Mood: Tired/relieved/chilled. What a bloody afternoon at work, talk about last minute jobs. OMG. I usually try and refrain from using the cybe jargon on my very sophisticated blog, but this afternoon deserves an OMG. So does the itch on my thigh right now. OMG. ITCHY. GO AWAY. WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?

Also 1/10 on the scale of drunkedness... 1/5 on the scale of tipsyness. Find out what I'm drinking after this short commercial break... (do watch, it is funny shizen. Plus I've broke the video embedding void. Whooppee!)

Eating: I've decided that with the 'watching/listening to/eating' categories I will now express the 'best of the day'. To save repetition (of night time noises, I'm sure you're all well sick of that now...)... so we'll go with the best thing of the day instead. It will be much more interesting I'm sure.

And my food today was not very interesting at all. I ate a falafel kebab and that is it. Wow I didn't really think about eating much food today at all really, usually I'm hanging for sweeties or an icecream or muffin or more than what I've eaten, but with the crappy busy day it's been I haven't thought of it. Amazing! Anyway, the kebab man forgot to put onions on my kebab. Those of you who know me and my eating habits will understand that this is a massive no no. Onions, are god. Pile those suckers on! I thought when I watched him put all the salad on that something was missing, but I thought I just missed it for a split second. WRONGO. The kebabble was dry as, and a bit bleh (ie. tasteless... wonder why??). But I get 'we work next door to you' discount, so I got it for $6. No complaints really.

Shepherd's pie for tea, making use of the feral mince I fudged from tacos night. I must admit I am pretty proud of myself for turning a failed dinner into a successful one. I used up 3/4's of all the foods for the tacos and just piled some cheesey spud on top. Worked a charm! It got eaten!! 


Tipsy scale: 3/5. I think I want a refill...

Drinking: What oh is Mrs Harris celebrating a Friday night with tonight? Well, I've actually discovered a new combination that is very refreshing. Iced Tea (lemon flavour) and vodka. Iced Tea I found in my fridge. I did not buy it, but it was left over from birthday weekend from hungover pal purchase. Belissimo! Fresh and lightly alcoholic. Too yummy really! I would get another but I am all out of vodka. Oh dear. 

I am not an alcoholic people, rest assured. I just like enjoying my Friday night with one or two or 5 drinkies to relax and see the weekend in. No harm! May 7, 8 drinkies....

Still wavering on 3/5 tipsy though. Pretty good spot for blogging. Don't feel the fingers seizing up with so much typing. Am able to still type legible sentences, still have structured thought.

Watching: Hrmmm... nothing of grand interest as yet actually. Will probably settle down to a few hilARious I.T. Crowd 4.0 later on. Loved How I Met Your Mother last night!!! OH HOW I LOVE IT!!!
Another video relating to my HIMYM lovin', because now I have no limits...

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh. Major Barney crush (Major Barney...). Yikes I know, I know. Can't help it. He sings, he dances, he has flaws, he's a good visual kisser, he's just a cuteeeeeeeeeey!!!

Anway... ahem.

Listening to: Best sound today, was when I took a rejuventating stroll down Tally Beach this afternoon after hectic crap arvo at work. Dawdled in the waves, got my pants super wet (peddle pusher length here)... got it up past mid thigh. I cared at first that I had gotten a bit wetter than originally anticipated, but then I ended up not really caring two hoots. It was bloody hot and the wet pant legs felt good on my sweaty legs as I walked in the cooling wind. Stuff Jelly Legs, bring on sweaty legs!
I digress. The best sound I heard when I was walking through the water, and came across a spot of sand that had a lot of stones, pebbles and shells spanning across about 5 metres. The tide rolled in, and then when the tide rolled out, all the stones, pebbles and shells all bumped together and made this delightful fairy-like 'tinkle tinkle'. It made me smile. Such a delicate little musical noise that I would never have caught had I not been walking across them at that time. Really lovely, added much to the relaxation of it all.

After this, I'm going to: feel bad that I've yacked on and on about stuff and haven't added a thing about my birthday. I had a lot of thoughts today people! I do look forward to doing up the Birthday Edition Blog. Loads of photos and videos, I will upload I promise.
Then I will head downstairs, pour myself another tasty beverage, turn on the tv, cook some shepherd's pie, feed my piglets and finally sit my arse down. Phew!

One wish for the day:
That I had a wee bit more vodka in the hoos (like a Canadian now... hoos). I'm loving that Iced Tea! I will call it Burleigh Waters Iced Tea. Oh god that is lame, it's lame isn't it?

"Idiot on the Road" moment: I watched someone tailgate someone else today. And that still annoyed me. Not as much as being tailgated myself. But still really annoying to watch. Loser Getz.

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To start weekend festivities, I have added yet another video. Not of me though. It's of a ladybug that seems to have developed a fascination with sugar sprinkles. Rather adorable really. Please watch and laff. There's no sound but feel free to make your own sound effects...

Have a great weekend everyone - will be bloggin again REAL soon ya hear!!

Aaaand final tipsy score: 5/5 (YEWW!!!)

Drunken Score: 4/10

To be continued... I think I have some left over Southern Comfort... will that go with Iced Tea...?

~ Peace, Love & Mungbeans ~

xxx

9/02/11: 25th Anniversary Limited Edition Gold Plated Platinum Birthday Blog!!!

Mood: Tired right now but happy to be back in the bloggin game!

Eating: Major fail tacos. Long story, not telling it now, too much typing... bleh!

Drinking: Pink champagne in celebration of Mr Harris's birthday today!!! Earlier though, I'm not wasted.

Watching: Last thing was Futurama on HELLO!! Animation fixation, awesome!

Listening to: Nightime noises.

After this, I'm going to: land of sugar lumps and lollipops. (ie. bed)

One wish for the day:
Wish I drained that damn oil out of the mince meat mix... major fail.

"Idiot on the Road" moment: can't think of any significant tool burger out there today. Too late really.

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Wow. I can't believe I haven't blogged in nearly two weeks! Last post was before my birthday. Wow Wee. That's a fair while back. In all honesty I have been DYING to get my ass on here and tell the cyber world how my 25th Birthday went, with all its tom foolery and shennanigans... lots and lots to tell. Because it was such an awesome birthday it definitely NEEDS to be spouted to the world to anyone who cares to read. 

But, the truth of it is, I simply haven't. Had. The. Time.

GASP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Katy with no time? NO TIME?? For shame I hear you say. Yup. I agree. How dare I be busy doing other things worth while like getting fit at zee gym (I'M BACK BABY, I'M BACK!!!)... aaaand that's about it really. My gym sessions consist of mostly classes, and they chew into my evenings after work. 

Here's my weekly fitness listness.. I am going to try and keep this thing going because it's not really effort and it's using up my gym membership excellently and I'm feeling good so everything is great!!

Though my evenings are now GONE. Mr Harris is going to be taking over dinner duties me thinks...

MONDAY:

7pm - 8pm YOGA

By the time I get home and finally sit down it's like 9pm. And I go to bed around 9:30pm - 10pm. No time for blog! Must down time...

TUESDAY:

6:30am (CHECK... A.M. PEOPLE!!! I am awesome) - 7:30am 

Walk around Burleigh National Park headland with work colleague Kylie. 45min fast walk, after walk stop into fruit shop in James Street and grab some freshly squeezed juices ($5 for a juice of up to 5 fruits... and on top of your cup you get 3 pieces of fresh fruit shoved over your straw!! A piece of watermelon, pineapple and orange. HOW AWESOME IS THAT????) Go and sit on headland watching the ocean for half hour, then into work for both of us. What an amazing start to the day. We do this every week now... well, plan to at least. It's only been two weeks. But we likes it! Even did it in the rain last week. 

7 - 8pm PILATES

Excellent class. I do enjoy low energy classes as opposed to say, STEP or crazy Les Mills Body Combat (holy crapper that is full on...). Pilates is helping my weak weak lower back and helping my posture and generally making me feel all good inside. My inner core if you will.

By time I come home I am utterly buggered. No blogging, no thinking... must chill...

WEDNESDAY:

7 - 8pm YOGA

Again. Yoga is good. All over body massage. Ferkin unreal. 

Come home. Unable to rev brain up with electricity and thinking with computer to blog. Feel guilty as want to tell the world of my daily doings. But alas. Not enough time and energy in the day...

THURSDAY: 

5pm - 6pm ZUMBAAAAAAA

This class is mental fun. We have a very enthusiastic guy instructor - he also takes the Body Combat class and really incorpoates that 'full on-ness' in the zumba class. He's quite the gay little pocket rocket. God he makes you sweat! He also wears a hat when he dances which I think is fun. Class of lots of middle aged biddies there to have a laugh, awesome class!

FRIDAY: 

... as if I'd exercise on Fridays? I do have limits.

So... that basically has been me the last 2 weeks and hence why I have not yet blogged since my birthday eve blog.

Now I promise I will be writing up a massive Tell Tale of all birthday happenings in my next blog (and now I realise that my title was misleading... oh well! Tune in tomorrow, you'll survive!). It will be complete with photos and captions and all things hilarity and entertainment. But that will take time to do. So be patient. I am here and wanting to get it happening, just need more energy and tonight I do not have it. But I'm glad to be back in blogdom.

Last weekend was a hoot as well, and I will tell all of that in probably 2 blogs time. There will be a few blogs to get everyone up to speed with the here and now, but trust me... there wont' be much else happening in the next few days to make up a massive blog I'm sure. A bit of blog lag dun hurt nobody, right?

Blog lag. Blog lag.

Oh though I did have a thought today and I thought "I must put that in my blog because it's an interesting fact..."

I figured out today that I'm a crazy 'normal' person. I am somebody who is pretty crazy in a sea of normal people, but in a sea of crazy people I am normal. It fits perfectly. 

That's my one thought. And now, until tomorrow... or when I decide to blog next... 

Patience everyone! The birthday story is classic...

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And a big squish and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beautiful sleeping husband Mr. Harris whose birthday it was today. I love you very much and I hope you'd had a great day today. Sucks that it was a Wednesday but oh well. The weekend will be great. Enjoy your Wild Turkey Honey Bourbon, Cadbury Cream Egg and you've already enjoyed your Mos Def concert. Uh huh. Uh huh. I would add in pictures but I seriously could not be arsed right now. They will come, promise.

 I LOVE YOU MR HARRIS, sleep well my love.

...And sorry dinner ended up sh!thouse... I feel so bad...

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And to my beloved cyber readers, I bid thee goodnight. More blogginess to ensue in the coming days.

~ Peace, Love & Mungbeans ~

xxx