Coincidence? I think NOT!

Yes that is right. My best friend Tara is preggers with her first and it is due on my Birthday. And like I said, I don't think it is a coincidence cause this little bub knows that is the coolest day going. Also it totally knows I'm going to be the best not really related aunty ever. Plus it means that we already have something in common. Awesome. Now here's hoping this little one is born on its actual due date, but who ever is?

The music game

So when I was in the states I was introduced to the music game by some friends. (Thanks so much Jared and Nick) It has been an obsession of mine ever since. Annoyingly so. Anyway a friend of mine posted this as a game on facebook and I thought it was like the online version of the music game. So have fun guys..... I have the original rules there, followed by what I did.


Step 1: Put your iPod on random. Well I don't have an iPod (yet) so its windows music player I'm working with...
Step 2: Post a line from each song (30 songs).
Step 3: Let everyone guess what song and artist the lines come from. If its been covered get at least of one of the artists
Step 4: Star (*) the songs when someone guesses correctly. Just comment your answers on the bottom....
Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!
Step 6: Tag 12 friends. I'm just gonna leave this open to anyone so get your friends and family all in on the fun....


And away we go......

1. she looks like a model except she's got a little more ass

2. quit my job, flipped off the boss, took my name off the pay roll

3. wearing nothing but cowboy boots and a big sombrero

4. he don't want you like I want you believe me

5. when you left I lost a part of me

6. but these stories don't mean anything when you've got no one to tell them to

7. never felt like this before just when I leave I'm back for more

8. driving home the road is wet its raining

9. askin God if He could play it again

10. comes along, with the strength to carry on

11. you said you'd marry me if I was twenty-three

12. baby can you hear the message I am sending

13. til I touch your face, baby not a wink (this video clip is a personal favourite)

14. Ah, now I don't hardly know her

15. its more than a notion, it starts with and I ends with a u

16. you'll be sexy in your socks, we could polish the floors

17. I guess I wish you well, mm, a little bit of heaven, and a little bit of hell

18. we may never meet again so shed your skin and lets get started (a personal fav that I doubt too many will know)

19. I never been the type to break up a happy home but something bout baby girl I just can't leave alone

20. throwing caution to the wind, I'll run free too (another fav)

21. with you by my side I will fight and defend

22. I can't live

23. you give your hand to me (current song on constant repeat)

24. this love will last forever

25. let daylight dry your tears, I'm here

26. I could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss

27. you are not alone I am there with you

28. there's no other way to better say

29. a sea was stormin inside of me

30. you never call when you say you will




Some I have given an extra line. Some I haven't. Good Luck!
Also some songs I have included with particular people in mind. If you think a song is for you ask me and I'll let you know.
P.S. Extra points to the person who guesses what song my blog address is from. Same applies to the line in blue at the top. Its not from a song but a popular movid. (Possibly even a prize if you dazzle me with your brilliance)

The movie was so disappointing.

I went and saw Twilight today. Now I know a movie can't keep to a book exactly that is just not realistic. However I did feel the movie was quite a let down on the book. Which is so upsetting because Stephenie Meyer was so heavily involved in the project which means that if she is happy with the movie then that is all there is. I don't really know what I'm trying to say here but maybe the problem is me. I have such an active imagination, and it doesn't take much for my mind to get going, so with reading the book I had basically seen the movie in my head already. Everything had already played out.
The actors chosen were not the people that I had visualised (once again my fault) but when I was checking out IMDB (my fav site) and saw that Stephenie had Henry Cavill in mind as her original Edward I thought YES! He was the Edward I had seen. I also felt that most of the movie was mis cast. (Again my personal opinion and my blog so its ok) Visually Taylor Lautner is the Jacob Black I pictured but when he opened his mouth, his voice didn't fit. It was too high so I'm hoping this is something done on purpose so they can alter it as he ages. (Please, please, please) And Bella, I'm not fussed on Kristen Stewart, for or against but I did feel that her portrayal of Bella was flat. I don't like Bella as a character anyway, but I find that in her own surly way she still has ups and downs. I felt like the emotion of movie Bella was on a plateau for the whole thing with some periodic heavy breathing depending on what the scene called for. Although when she was in pain, I found her believable.
I also felt that the movie was too quick. Like I said I know they can't run on book time and I don't think it needed to run for longer but somehow I felt like I was watching an extended preview. It had no depth. It didn't seem to start or finish, I really walked away feeling that I should go back to watch the actual movie cause that wasn't it. (I'm really curious to see if anyone else felt this way.)
But my biggest problem (and again this is probably the fault of my imagination) was that there was no spark. I really didn't feel anything. Between any of the characters. At least when I put down the book I felt like I was putting down magic. That really was disappointing.
So let me know what you felt. I'm actually going to go ahead and re-read the books. At least the first two anyway cause its been a few months since I finished those and they should be fresher in my mind.

Some other fun thing to do with Twilight is after being on Facebook and using the flair application (I LOVE FLAIR!) and seeing all the little buttons saying stuff like 'when I see a silver volvo I scream EDWARD'. I couldn't help myself when driving through town and seeing 2 silver volvos. Of course I didn't actually scream Edward but it was fun to pretend I was and scream it in my head. Then I got thinking about how Twilight wasn't as huge over here as it was in America and how funny it would be to scream Edward at these people to see if they got it or if they just freaked out that I was screaming at them. I also then remembered that at one point I drove a silver volvo. Of course not the sports version from the movie but more of the tank version of last decade but hey it was a fun ride (especially when I fish tailed around corners cause the back was too light) and it had the most rockin seat warmers. There wasn't any of this 'toasty' or 'roasting' option, your butt was burning or cold. It was the best.

Just a little pity me rant. (Well not really pity me but it is a rant)

So on the weekend I was out socializing and one of the people that I was around just so happens to be a writer. She is really a University lecturer but she is also a writer with 4 or 5 books under her belt (possibly more). So we talked briefly about how I was planning on going back to Uni eventually and general social chit chat. Now this woman while very nice is slightly taken with her own self importance. Not majorly but just enough and to be perfectly honest I'm willing to say that it is a cultural thing. She is Canadian. Which is not a bad thing, I love Canada and Canadians and had a great time when I was there but what I am slowly trying to get at is that here in Australia as a country we suffer terribly from tall poppy syndrome.
That is when anyone is successful at anything we are the first to bring them crashing back down to earth. Which you see happen with celebrities and sports figures all the time and they often don't get to enjoy what they have worked hard to accomplish. Now before you go getting all upset about this there is not a whole lot I can do as one person with regard to the whole nation. (At least I recognise the problem. That's the first step right.) So as a people we tend to not be able to self promote because we don't want to be seen as a tall poppy and so when people of other cultures have that confidence about themselves because they have made accomplishments, I think we tend to mis read this. Of course some people are full of themselves and need a good kick up the butt.
So getting back to this woman, later in the morning I was saying that I have basically given up on punctuation. And by this I meant in my personal emails, on facebook and myspace and I'm not so careful with it on my blog. However I see these things as very social, and I'm not in contact with any perspective employers through these outlets.
Well this woman started going on about how that is ridiculous, punctuation is not that hard, I would need to write correctly if I was going back to uni and if we kept talking about it she was going to get very mad.
So this is how I feel about that. I know how to write. (As incorrect as that statement may be.) I completed the highest level of english classes in year 12, I have commenced two separate University degrees (the only reason I didn't finish was because I have issues finishing things not because I couldn't) and earlier this year whilst studying I recieved an A on the final essay I submitted before taking a break from study. (An A I'm sure I wouldn't have recieved if I didn't use the correct punctuation.)
So perhaps the fault the is mine in that I said I have given up on it when I should have said I am taking a break from punctuation. But I do feel that just because you have written books and happen to be a lecturer doesn't give you the right to become upset with me just because I don't feel as passionately about it as you do. What if it was something that was really difficult for me to understand? Your little rant would have just shattered my self confidence. I do have things that I'm not able to understand. Like (and I don't often admit this) but I can't do division without a calculator. As in not at all. I have had countless people try to demonstrate and explain and for some reason I can't wrap my brain around it. Now how stupid would you have made me feel if we had been talking about division.
I guess what this is about is that I don't think it is fair that just because you know how to do something doesn't mean you should assume all others should know also. I know I'm guilty of this one hundred times over but I am trying to see things from others people's view and I think we should all try and keep this in mind.
And that my dear friends is my rant.

My nails.

I went and got my nails done today. I figured that after trying to pick up my horses hoof to clean it out and I was left with one nail missing and two hanging off it was time to get them fixed. So I went. When I go I always have the hardest time picking out colours and what not. (Its terrible, I'm so indecisive plus all the girls laugh and say quick lets do it before she changes her mind.) This is the longest I have ever had acrylics consistently and I started with pink glitter tips but it was getting too expensive to keep them up and plus I like me some variety. So today we were talking about what Christmas designs they could do cause I had picked this awesome red colour and wanted maybe some mistle toe to go on it. Well the girl didn't understand what I was talking about but she painted out a snowflake design (which is a shape/pattern I love anyway) so I went with that. I'm not totally convinced that I like them but I figure hey its Christmas and its not permanent and I'm fairly certain that not too many others around here will have it.

Please excuse my fat fingers and I keep the nails fairly short cause that is the only smart thing to do when handling horses and one of the reasons I have them is cause even though my natural nails do grow at least that long, for some reason they are like magnets to dirt. Weirdly underneath the acrylics stays clean. (Acutally if there is a real reason for this and one of you happens to know it, please let me know.)

Basically this is just my means of showing them off. Let me know what you think, like I said I'm not 100% sold on them so you can be critical. Anyway that is all. (I'm like a boy with a new toy I swear.)

MonJava

So I have a ferret. I always wanted one ever since I was a little girl but they were illegal in the state I grew up in. Plus my father grew up on farm and they used them for hunting rabbits and they were quite vicious, so they were never an option when he was alive. In fact my fathers illness was such that he had periods of confusion and he wouldn't really know what was happening and he wouldn't remember what had happened afterwards. It was during one of these times that I told him I was getting a tattoo in honour of him and what it meant and he agreed thinking it was a good idea. (We didn't realise at the time that he was sliding into confusion.) When he was back in his normal mind and I mentioned the tattoo he said 'what tattoo?' (Which is the response I had expected originally.) Anyway making my way back to the original story.... Even when he was confused he still ALWAYS said no to a ferret. (And here we are arriving back at my story....) So a short time after his passing I was in a pet store and saw the cutest baby ferret. Now my mum is so easy to work that I knew if she saw her I would have a pet ferret, so I convinced her to go down to the pet store just for a look and my plan worked cause I walked out with my little girl.

Her name is Java. Not after the coffee but I was trying to think of a name and she wansn't girly enought for something like 'sugarblossom' and she wasn't rough enough for something like 'chomper' so I felt that Java was a nice blend (haha) and had some spunk. So she is one of the best pets we have ever had. She is incredibly clean and is so funny and full of character. We did have to teach her to not bite but a tap on the nose after biting pretty well took care of that. However if your not paying attention she will find a fleshy part of you (like hips or something) and give a little nibble which doesn't really feel like much so when you don't react she goes in for a bit of a chomp. Catches people off guard.

So anyway the point of this blog is just for me to post a picture if I can work out how, cause she was sleeping in her hammock the other day and I thought she looked so cute, so I was taking pics and then she stretched and yawned and I caught it and thought that is the sweetest thing I have ever seen, and I wanted to share it.

Oh and by the way I am having issues typing today (my acrylics have gotten long and I am due for a refil) and I keep hitting the wrong keys so between this and deleting half of every word I have just about given up on punctuation all together so please forgive me.

Getting to know you, getting to know all about you!

I found this on some other blog. Thought it was cute and fun and would be easy to do. But it wasn't so much. Either my brain is switched off or I'm overthinking my answers which is yet another trait of mine. So enjoy, feel free to ask me to explain further and consider doing this for yourself.

I Am: The youngest of 5
I Have: Acrylic nails
I Know: Not as much as I think I know
I Want: Lots of money
I Dislike: People that don't think
I Miss: My dad
I Fear: Everything
I Feel: I'm often misunderstood
I Crave: Other people
I Cry: Hardly ever (but if I do Alcohol is often a contributing factor)
I Usually: Don't go to sleep before midnight
I Smell: Like a horse more often than not
I Search: IMDB ALOT!!!!! For just about everything I watch
I Wonder:...
I Regret: The last 3 days before my father died
I Love: To a fault
I Care: About what people think of me. Can't help it, I want to be liked. Usually.
I Always: Channel surf
I Worry: Too much about everything especially things I can't control
I Am Not: Very organised but am seriously working on it
I Remember: Running through the house when I was about 4 and smacking into a glass door thinking it was open
I Believe: I am done with this :D