Friday, August 26, 2005

Tumbleweed

So, in the video store we have a staircase where candy and other stuff is stored. In a normal day I go up and down it .... a lot. Sometimes I don't even have anything special to collect from the upper part of the staircase but will go up there anyway to see if I can possibly re-locate some candy to the main candy storage. Today I was about to run up the stairs but paused at the bottom steps for 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds CRASH!!!! A loud bang/crash was heard, along with the shattering of glass (some of which travelled down the stairs towards me) and for a moment I just stood there and allowed it to sink in that pausing those 3 seconds had spared me serious injury, possibly death (that thing was heavy and the glass could've cut some major bloodvessels) because that's the time it would've taken me to get up the stairs and be directly under the cupboard that crashed down. Later when I got home and told mom this she asked me what time it had happened. Turns out an old lady asked her at work today how many kids she had (this was around the time of the accident) and mom had answered "3 ... No! 4.", something she's never slipped up on.

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Thursday, August 25, 2005

Copy, edit .... post. You can find the original at page 39.


The stuff in blue is what I've added.

I am 234 years old and I have never:

* Been kissed/kissed anyone Now I’m addicted *sadness*

* Had sex (Probably should’ve, considering how often the chance comes around, hah.)

* Taken a single driving lesson (Hmmm, with the new car I just might get that done.)

* Drunk alcohol

* Cursed the rain and all its wetness, but I have been known to growl or sigh about it.
(I actually don't curse. Preference of choice, or whatever. Though my writing has been inflicted with the language, I'll admit, heh.)

* Danced with the devil by the pale moonlight, but only because I'd be afraid to step on his toes :p (But maybe I will next year at AX! >:D)

* Eaten coconut ice cream, but boy am I ever craving vanilla ice-cream with chocolate flakes in it ! (Yep, still craving ice cream.)

* Wished upon a falling star. I was too busy admiring it and being happy I caught the sight, heh.


But I have:

* Been abroad (And will keep going abroad!)

* Had a couple of jobs (all of which I *gasp* enjoyed) (None of those can compete working at the video store, though.)

* Straight teeth (Bracers Unite!)

* The means to do whatever/go wherever I desire, should I decide to (... As soon as I get motivated enough, that is >>)

* Done stuff spontaneously, though nothing outrageous. Maybe next time though, hehe ~_^ (You know, I'm not that spontaneous. It might look it but most of the time it's been at the back of my mind for a long time before I seemingly jump at something. Although sometimes I don't even realise it myself and pretend I am spontaneous.)

* Biked down a smaller hill for no reason other than to do it and bruised myself badly (It sure beat falling on ice and seriously injuring myself 3 times, ugh.)

* Had a lot of fun with my pants collection, mainly involving dancing/prancing and posing ~_^ (oooOOoo, that reminds me. The collection could be expanded on ... and possibly updated, hehe.)

* Kneed a guy in the nads, though I missed. Still knocked the wind out of him, hah !

Additions
* Fallen in love (Heh, never thought I’d see myself write that.)

* Moved out of the house I lived in for 23 years (and still have the bruises to show for it *_*;;) That also meant living in an apartment for the first time ever.

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Color me lazy and thanks to all the lovely people out there @---}----
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Like, totally, whoa :o

Mr Monkeh, my deepest apologies if I overstepped the line and made things worse. I only wanted to help, albeit it came off a bit clumsy *bites lip* You take care of yourself *hugs* Shin Shimpala wrote Saturday that he'd seen "Breakfast Club", whereby I complained that it wasn't available on DVD here. Then yesterday I got an e-mail confirmation from the website I shop DVDs that it's set for an October release!!! Thank the Shin that be :p "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" plopped into my mailbox about a week ago. Seen it and liked it. Duh, lol. Jim Carrey was brilliant. Everyone else were good too, but man did his acting really stand out this time. Good stuff ^_^ And here are the two photos I've promised to post. One with the thing and the other with the blind-contraption dad cooked up: Yes, Mimmi lays in bed and watches her DVD's/movies *smug grin* Oh, Pyro, I haven't actually seen L.A Confidential yet. But I will have by tomorrow ~_^ Hurrah for the return of Bossyness! *rejoice* [Bunny] [9th Elsewhere] [CYS] [T&P] [Catharsis] [Boring 3D] [Plushies]

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Monday, August 22, 2005

Impervious transparency

Sara: ..... uhm, does drinking plenty when I got home count? >__> John: Eeeek, no thanks. Vertigo makes me get the most freaky rush when I go on tame rides in amusement parks. Going up in a balloon might actually cause my heart to stop ^_^;;; I'm sure it's a fantastic experience though, to see the world from up above *quietly contemplates and smiles at the thought* Evil: *trixes the sunshine your way* I'm all about sharing :-* And yeah, yay for pictu--- *hits head on something soft* I knew there was something I'd forgotten about, hehe. Tomorrow! *looks at time* At least there's still time to wish you a splendid afternoon ^_^ Pyro: Ew, don't the people at uni know their students need good internet so they can copy essays and make their professors feel brilliant about themselves for nursing the minds of tomorrow? *on a more serious note* Will the dial-up be in your new abode? Oh, oh, oh! *jumps up and down in her chair* Insomnia was rather good. It had my skin crawling when Pacino squirmed in his bed, brrr. You know, with my luck, I bet I'll end up in a coma. What with wishing for more sleep *laughs and hugs* ^_^ [Bunny] [9th Elsewhere] [CYS] [T&P] [Catharsis] [Boring 3D] [Plushies]

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Sunday, August 21, 2005

Quickstep

The heat has returned in full power here, once more, and what to you do when it's swealtering hot to the point where you feel like a roasted piggy? Well, I put on some black sweatpants, a sweater, then took a walk with music booming in my ears :] "If you're gonna sweat, you might as well really go for it." Sure made the shower all that sweeter afterwards *stretches* The blind situation has been fixed (not without complications first, though) in which dad built a box, of sorts, around the blind fixtures. Voila. Now I'm only waiting for my sleep to match the hours of darkness a night *rolls eyes* I should take a picture of it, along with that other thing. Yes. The other thing is quite spiffy. Dial-up = sucky. But I won't complain since it's better than nothing ^_^; [Bunny] [9th Elsewhere] [CYS] [T&P] [Catharsis] [Boring 3D] [Plushies]

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Saturday, August 20, 2005

BASTARD!!!

I missed out on getting a great shot of a hot airballoon going past my window because I couldn't find the batteries to my camera.

.......




"28 days later" is a slick movie, by the way.

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Friday, August 19, 2005

I'm not a vampire but I wouldn't mind a bite of you

General question strikes from nowhere: Just out of curiosity, how long are you satisfied with something you've created/an idea you've developed? And I don't mean just barely scraping by "ok with it" but really excited and satisfied. I'm not sure if my mind is overly critical of stuff I produce or if I'm hellbent on beating it into me that there's not enough artistic creativity/talent to be found/used, lol. Anyway, "Chicago" was a positive surprise. Even Richard Gere didn't make me push the stop button, though it was kinda hard not to giggle from amusement. The two leading ladies truly won me over with their performances. Angelina Jolie had a spiffy British accent in "Lara Croft - Tomb Raider" which was uplifting to hear. The shower scene seriously had me questioning whether to continue watching, though. "Oh... right, this is based off a game marketed towards guys ... forgot about that" XD Now I understand better how guys feel about watching chick flicks. Apologies for thinking your cringing was/is funny :p John: Haha, that gives support to the idea that I don't base my liking/dislike of someone because of their smell if I can stand the smell of Axe:p James: Wow, another scent sensitive person *smiles widely* That's cool how you could actually catch my scent, seeing as it'd only been laying around in my closet. You wouldn't think anything sticks to something lying around but it actually does :) Hopefully it'll be a positive to smell something resembling my scent *hides giant sweatdrop* And yes, you're totally welcome to send me a sample *squishes* [Bunny] [9th Elsewhere] [CYS] [T&P] [Catharsis] [Boring 3D] [Plushies]

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Thursday, August 18, 2005

Seeking: Monkey Man

I'd love to whip my immune system into shape but it's got a life of it's own ever since that one year of sickness *grovels* Active force attempted and failed; humble pie next :p (In other words: I'm really trying to take care of myself, Sara. My body's just got other plans ^_^; This morning at work started off horribly. The first thing I did was to check on the new candy that had arrived the day before and it turned out that they'd gotten about 5 different candies that I love. And in my world these candies are a bit higher up in the candy ranks, almost more exclusive (because even though their candy is fresh and stuff, it feels second rate somehow), so it was a surprise to see them in the little candy boxes (and in such quantitiy!). Knowing that it's fresh, tasty and cheap made not only my mouth dribble with drool but my wallet steam like a boiler in a sauna. Oh, horrible in that scenario of course means splendid -_^_- Then the guy with some mail came along and his scent sort of reminded me of Man Flesh, which nearly made me jump the poor guy >>; I know I talk about this way too much but scent is enormously important to me. As a little girl it was only the scent of my mom that put me truly at ease and reminded me of whatever it was that needed to be confirmed/affirmed. People I didn't like usually smelled grotty so that established it even further, haha. Some people don't really smell anything, though, and oddly enough I don't really feel anything towards them in general. Hm. I don't think that it's the smell of someone that determines whether or not I'll like them but it certainly helps me to get a feel of the person. And when there's a smell that makes an impact on me, it stays. Everytime I smell cigarette smoke, for instance, it reminds me of a few things, depending on how the smoke smells. (Yes, that's how sensitive my nose is, I notice differences in cigarette smoke *doesn't know whether to feel snotty about it or ashamed*) Sometimes it reminds me of my grandmother, on dad's side, and the sharp smell gives me this feeling of strongly wanting to get away from it. Discomfort. My other granny used to smoke but that had more softness to it, even though it still smelled terrible. *scratches head* Lost my train of thought but I'll leave it there for the time being. *moves on* So yeah, when a scent reminds me of mom it gives me a nice safe vibe. If I catch the tiniest whiff of Man Flesh scent, it sends me into an or-- let's not go there. Smoke makes me feel cornered and violated. In general I quite like the very masculine scents (example: Axe) but it has to be applied to the right man, otherwise it only makes me shudder and go "creep/ sleaze". Because there's also the point of how the artificial scent blends with someone's natural scent. It can either be an enhancer or a repellant. As well as establish a little bit of personality. Mom smells very soft but at the same time strong. The scent will embrace you but not bend/break. Dad smells like the archetypical male, where one simply establishes "right, that's a guy". No greater emotion embedded in it, really. Man Flesh I could go on about but you obviously need to cut down on reading about it *coughs* so let's just end this whole thing with cementing the fact that smell is important to me and makes me react in different ways. *looks at time* Eh, video store just closed. No candy tonight >>; By the way, Mr Monkeh, what's the status on your visitation rights? EDIT: Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh/Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh. ..... *goes to bed* [Bunny] [9th Elsewhere] [CYS] [T&P] [Catharsis] [Boring 3D] [Plushies]

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Where is my spoon?

Well, I have dial-up. Broadband will take another month or so, for some unknown reason. My room looks pretty much the same as the pictures in the previous post shows. The rest of the apartment is almost fully visible now but we've still got some boxes to unpack/shift away. It's slightly annoying that finding things are such a hassle, or impossible, because it keeps me from really accepting this as my home when I don't know where anything is. Ah well. Work started up on Monday and it was surreal. Like nothing had changed but it still felt completely different. Next week I'll add another 4 hours to my schedule and be up to part-time. Shouldn't be too bad. Doubt I could ever cope with full-time, though, heh. Maybe 75%. Giving it all you've got, every single minute, can be both good and bad. I'm trying not to think too far ahead, where work is concerned. It's only an internship and no one has raised the question of whether or not there's a job for me once the trial is over. Well, my supervisor apparently was supposed to do so this week. If he remembered/had time. There's little use in dwelling on it now. I need to keep my mind on the present moment, otherwise I'll just drive myself into the ground. Too much hard work is at stake and doing that would be utterly moronic. Nothing ever comes out of thinking in my case, anyway. Trying not to think makes it difficult to know how I'm doing/thinking/feeling, so in that sense I'm perfectly fine. Rented 9 movies in total from work and have gone through about half of them. There's a lot to catch up on, especially from a few years back. It's a mix of movies I missed when they came out and movies that didn't catch my eyes the first time around. *decides to amuse everyone with a list* Stepford Wives* Panic Room* Ghost World* Lara Croft - Tomb Raider Ever After Kiss the girls Chicago Notting Hill* Time Machine* Those marked with * are the ones I've seen. And I've little motivation to critique them or explain why that batch was chosen *sticks tongue out* All this physical labout with the move has made me really, really, really appreciate the power of the shower. I can't conjour up a fitting image for how I smelled but it was gross and as soon as I'd had a shower it was time to start sweating again. Yuck. Lost a little bit of weight thanks to that, though. And from not getting into an eating routine yet. The kitchen wasn't ready when we moved in (and our own kitchen wasn't used this past weekend) which meant take-away *wrinkles nose* The first meal was pancakes, yesterday. I guess that since the apartment doesn't feel like home yet, my stomach isn't responding/signalling as normal. For some reason I lose quite a bit of appetite when I'm somewhere else/on the road. *tilts head* It feels like I'm not saying anything. As for bruising and stuff, my body is obviously still covered in bruises. Legs look like they've been hit with painball-balls, arms aren't so bad right now and oh, a shelf fell off my desk at one point and struck my spine. Luckily it didn't hit in a way that was too painful or damaging. In general you could say that there's been a massive amount of non-inflicted pain going on lately. Not to mention that stupid, persistant cold. It got a little bit better only to worsen and go back and forth. Now I'm ok during the days but when night time rolls in, my nose gets clogged up, it gets difficult to breathe and makes it near impossible to fall asleep. It's also weird that only one part of the bed is lined up against a wall. Normally I prefer sleeping in corners but there wasn't room for that here. Might take a while before I can relax knowing how far to the left/right I can go without falling to the floor. Moving to the third floor was a bitch and her slobbery mutt, but it's very nice to not have anyone above you. Walking up and down the stairs gives me a bit of exercise as well. I could go on forever about the negative and the positive, probably. What plays my mind up the most is how I never imagined moving out of the house, or, if I did, I'd move somewhere else entirely. Uhm. I'll stop here before this gets really babbly and incoherent. Color me Evil: Thank yooo! Funny thing about the blind: dad put it up but it didn't block out nearly half as much light as it did in my old room. And opening the window is ... not working so well. *hassles dad about fixing it* >.> Shabam: That's a fine bou--- desk ^_^; *stops quoting movies for the sake of everyone's sanity* Mmmm, the desk is great, despite being smaller than my last one (which dad got). Probably because there's more logical space, with the drawer and the shelf + the notice board! *hugs* Hevn: *tucks you in* Sweet dreams. Alex: If you're talking about the Världsatlas, then yes. Värld = World. *applauds* I've got a two-seat sofa just like that armchair, hah. Slick: *clings to her bookcase* Yeah, it's groovy and even came with glass shelves but I opted for the wodden ones. It's from IKEA, land of Swedish furniture *pose* Tony: Yes, well, you've only seen my room ¬¬ But it's nice once it's done up. I hear you about the prices on renting/leasing/whatever, my older sisters (all but the younger one) have the same problem. John: Throw me a "moving in" party? You're good at that, after all =) Rustym: *high fives* Word, man. Suaveness: *kicks post office ... after they've paid Sarah* I really hope things sort themselves out for you, in a good way *snuggles* Just keep at it! Sennen: Ah, the Swedish type of Scrabble *kidnaps him for a few games* Sadly no one around here is into playing boardgames that much. Panda: :o *runs over to check what she's talking about* ..... *windows and glass shatter from excited squeees* Oh I love you for posting that picture! *shifty* *steals Feathers McGraw* >______> James: Hehe, it's difficult to keep oneself from stroking and licking them. The armchair can sort of, almost, double up as a bed. If one doesn't mind falling asleep half sitting up. Thanks for the compliments on my room, everyone *hands out candy* [Bunny] [9th Elsewhere] [CYS] [T&P] [Catharsis] [Boring 3D] [Plushies]

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Saturday, August 13, 2005

In your room

Spent my first night at the apartment. It was strange but not in an angsty way. We hadn't had time to put up the ultra-super duper-blind (that shuts out pretty much everything) and I was surprised at how much light flooded in, even in the middle of the night. And waking up this morning was ... interesting. "Where's this?", "Where's that?", etc etc. *laughs* There's still a few bits and pieces that needs to be transported (where is Scotty when I need him?!), be unpacked, plus the tidying up of the houseness. But the major rushing is over, I think. The kitchen isn't fully operational. Stove/oven + water is yet to be switched on, which I'm hoping will be done today, hehe. My room is the closest to being finished. Mom's room kind of ended up being the dumping ground XD But I know you don't want to read this ramble since I've been promising pictures for a couple of days now :P It's really interesting to see how the light effects colours and feeling of space (or lack thereof) *tilts head* The window shot really is bad but there wasn't much I could do with the weather being dreary ^_^; Oh, I forgot to take a cool picture *snaps fingers* Ah well, it can wait ;p Maybe you'll even get to see the rest of the apartment! Love you all, especially Solo *drowns him in her never-ending lovingness*

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