1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Went on a holiday with 3 friends (Sydney, August 2005). Best trip ever!!!!

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and did you make more for this year?
I didn't really make any resolutions last year, except (in the wake of a nasty breakup and ex-boyfriend moving out) I hoped that I would stop letting him emotionally hurt me, and not let myself get trapped in a toxic relationship again. And yea, I'd say I kept those.
I haven't made any new years' resolutions for this year. I have a loose savings goal, but that's about it.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not really. My aunty gave birth to her second child, but they live in Sydney.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Luckily, no.

5. What countries/cities did you visit?
Bundaberg, Sydney, Gold Coast. wow that's sad.

6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
More focus and drive in my career. OH and a romantic Valentine's day (as I was single last year)
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Saturday 19th March - I finally make the move and initiate the kiss that starts the whole whirlwind of emotions.
Friday 15th July - The before mentioned whirlwind of emotions becomes an official relationship.
Sunday 14th - 17th August - Sydney Trip
Saturday 20th August - Tegan and Sara show cancelled, so go with Rach & Dan to see The Panics gig, and more importantly, see Pilate support them. Hang out with the Pilate boys all night and partied hard with both bands. One of the best nights ever!

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finding a happy living situation/flatmates, keep an awesome job and falling hard for the RIGHT guy.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Hanging onto some of the hurt at the beginning of the year - by not letting go of that hurt, I was angry, bitter and spiteful for a few months. I don't like to hold grudges.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Just my regular 3-4 colds.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Willow, my ibook :)

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
um... not sure.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Mine - mostly in the first half of the year.

14. Where did most of your money go?
savings, alcohol, rent, bills

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
TEGAN AND SARA AUSTALIAN TOUR!!! flew to Sydney to see their solo show, and then luckily Little Birdy cancelled so I got to see them another 3 times, including another 2 headline shows.

16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
Bad Day - Daniel Powter. The boy and I danced in the lounge room many saturday and sunday mornings to this song.
Emancipate Myself - Thirsty Merc. I silently screamed along to this song often at the beginning of the year.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you...
i. happier or sadder?
much happier

ii. thinner or fatter?
perhaps a little bit more toned

iii. richer or poorer?
richer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
More travel..... of course, my bank balance is thankful I didn't

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Less excessive drinking

20. How did you spendChristmas?
Probably going home to Bundaberg again, like most years, and hopefully I'll have company again :)

21. How did you spend New Years?
Had a few people over at my place, yummy cocktails, good company, no vomitting/passing out early!

22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
Yes

23. How many one night stands?
One

24. What was your favourite TV program?
Nip/Tuck, Lost, Veronica Mars, Arrested Development, Scrubs

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Not at all

26. What was the best book you read?
Memoirs of a Geisha (again), Perfume (again) The Da Vinci Code

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Pilate, Death Cab For Cutie, Bloc Party (I can't remember if I started listening to them in 2004 or not), Eisley, James Blunt, Joanna Newsom, The Faint, New Pornographers, Magic Numbers, The Shins, Vivek Shraya

28. What did you want and get?
The boy, an iBook.

29. What did you want and not get?
The money and time to travel.

30. What was your favourite film of this year?
oh god, I can hardly remember what came out this year. Nothing is coming to mind.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I didn't do that much on my actual birthday (it was a Sunday)- recovered from the awesome day before and the party the night before, enjoyed a lazy day with good company. I was 24.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Not much, it was a pretty good year in the end.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Slightly more 'grown-up' and 'corporate' this year, but still mixing it up with arm bands, legwarmers and tights every so often. I definately fell in love with layers during winter - a tight black long-sleeved shirt can go underneath anything! Oh and started wearing Converse sneakers again for the first time since 1995. OOOH and I bought a pair of tightish black jeans (oh i'm so emo!)

34. What kept you sane?
My growing collection of tv shows on dvd (Re-watching the whole of Buffy and Angel kept my mind off the breakup and dealing with single life during the first few months of the year)....

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Tegan from Tegan & Sara

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
No comment

37. Who did you miss?
Everyone I care about was in my life this year... perhaps old highschool friends, who I wish I saw more of.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
new person? perhaps devo? I don't think I met him in 2004....
Honorable mentions: Dan and Ellen (though technically I met you both in 2004.... i think- Dan when did we meet?!?!)

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
Re-finding myself, my strength, learning that I can be by mself, I don't need someone to make me ME!

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
blah after a long time debating and listening to a shitload of songs, i have decided - this is IMPOSSIBLE to find. maybe i listen to depressing music or something but i can't find a lyric that sums up the year.

merry christmas and happy new year. i really want to blog about my awesome christmas holiday but first, i have to vent about the worst customer service today i've ever experienced .....
first, the cab driver we got as we were headed to the cinema today. rachel and jess called a cab from their place and were picking me up from my corner on the way, but we had to swing by blockbuster down the road so i could drop off a couple of dvds. i jumped in the cab and jess said 'we're just stopping off at blockbuster, down the road'. as we approached it, he said 'turn left into this driveway'.... and the cab drove past it.... we said 'we needed to turn back there, so just turn here and turn around'... but he drove on. finally jess said 'TURN RIGHT HERE' and pointed and the guy turned.

so we went the longest way possible as we went around the block to get back to blockbuster. again he missed the driveway for the second time and jess had to force him to pull over so i could run out to drop the dvds off.

we turned around to then head off to the cinema and we realized he maybe couldn't understand or speak english. i was later told that when they first hopped in the cab, he had pointed at his auto-navigation system and said 'please put in your street'. we had to direct him the whole way to a very easy to get to part of brisbane, instructing him when to get into the other lane and where to turn. finally when we approached the cinema we asked him to pull over and indicated for him to pull over to the side of the road and he slowed down and pulled over to the side of the road... but he wasn't stopping. he was getting closer and closer to the cars parked on the side of the road but wasn't looking like he was going to stop. jess, in the front seat, cringed and *THUMP*..... i swore and looked around wildly. in broken english, the cab driver asking 'did you open door?'. jess angrily replied 'no, you hit the sideview mirror of that car!' but i swear he didn't understand. he finally stopped and i jumped out to check the car but there were no obvious damage sides. rach and jess got out of there as quick as they could and we ran over to the cinema and gushed about how retarded he was, and wondered how the fuck he ever got permission to drive a cab. not only did he not speak or understand english well, i truly wondered how well he could drive. he sat right forward and kinda peered through his glasses over the dashboard. it was really disconcerning.

our film had already sold out despite getting there at least 20 minutes before it was due to go in (god damn public holidays), so we bought tickets to the next session 2 hours later and went to the bar next door for some drinks.

we ordered at the bar and the chick took each of our orders individually and really slowly, not actually making us our drinks, only writing down the orders. after more than 5 minutes of slow service we finally sat down and our drinks were bought over a few minutes later. we questioned if maybe the obviously lack of enthusiasm was due to the fact that they were working on a public holiday so soon after new years eve. but still, you're getting paid double time and a half so shut up and smile BIATCH!

after a couple of drinks, our movie was still an hour away so we ordered so wedges plus sour cream and sweet chilli sauce (you had to pay for the sauces, as extra). when they finally came out we were only given the sour cream. we asked the waitress if we were supposed to get sweet chilli as well and whether she said 'you have sweet chilli' or something and walked away. now most norwegian/swedish people speak fabulous english, but whether it was her accent, or the fact that she walked away without straight away, we were left scratching our heads wondering if she had actually understood us.

a minute later she stuck her head out of the kitchen and looked over at us and gestured. we had no idea what she was trying to say, so she came back over, VERY unenthusiastically and we asked if we could get some sweet chilli sauce since we had paid for it and everything. she asked 'do you have sweet chilli?' , pointing at the sour cream and we all looked confused and said 'no, we've only got sour cream'. so she grabbed the sour cream as she mumbled something and walked away. we all wondered if we would get both sauces back, and decided we would be happy if only the sweet chilli sauce returned. we didn't want to make a fuss. luckily she came back with both sauces.

after the movie (fun with dick and jane - funny but nothing too great to write home about), we thought we'd grab some food and another drink. we sat down, the same scandinavian waitress came over and gave us menus. as she was about to walk away i said we'd like to order drinks. the others ordered vodka and i ordered a house red. Five minutes later came back with 2 x vodka's and a white wine. i explained that i had ordered a RED wine and she checked her note pad (which i honestly don't remember her using) and sighed and went back and changed my drink. i KNOW i definately said 'HOUSE RED' coz i would never ever drink white and never get them confused, but she still made me feel like it was my mistake. incompetant bitch.

but two incompetant incidents was not enough! no no! she returned to take our meal order. she has already said that it was only salads, pizzas and light meals tonight (as it was a public holiday). rach and i ordered salad, and jess ordered a burger which was in the light meals section. she said 'no burgers' and walked away. we looked confused for a bit and she returned (with my red wine) and i tried to clarify the order. 'so we can't order a steak burger?', 'no just salads, pizzas and light meals'. ..... 'ok, so can we order nachos instead?'

if english isn't your second language, or EVEN if it is, shoudln't you repeat the order back to your customers, to make sure you have the right order? taht's what i was taught when in hospitality, and i would do that just to be sure. if the customers have ordered fast or spoke in a confusing manner, or IF there was a CHANCE you didn't hear them right, you should repeat the order back to them. but NO, she would walk off as soon as we finished speaking without checking anything with us.
we were pretty much ready to receive the wrong meal but more than 20 minutes later (there was NO ONE in the place, why would a salad and nachos take so long?!?!?!?) we received our right meals.

the one saving grace was when we went out and paid, we were only charged $32 which is about the price of our 2x meals, but NOT our drinks (3x drinks = at least $15). sucked in you stupid wench, sucked in for being some a bad waitress and not writing down everything. we didn't realize til we were half way down the street and we worked out that that couldn't have been the full price, but i hope that came out of her wage. she was a shit waitress. in fact they were all useless staff. everytime rach ordered a vodka, lime and soda it was made different. one time it came back with just vodka, soda and a wedge of lime. not squeezed, not muddled, not even lime cordial. just a slice of lime thrown in for good measure. fucking 'tards.

ok i'm going to write about christmas, i promise, but not now. happy 2006 to you all.

WOOT its after 5pm! my holidays have officially started. don't have to be back at work for.... *counts* 12 more days!!!!! (i go back to work on tuesday 3rd jan) I'M SO EXCITED TO BE FINISHED AND TO BE GOING HOME!!!!!! WHEEEEEEEEE!

the boy and i have a few more last minute presents to get and then its home to pack, maybe have a catch up drink with a few people, and then catching the train to bundy in the morning!

i uploaded some pics from our work xmas party too. clickity click click!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE! i'll be home and able to post before new years! but i doubt i'll be online over christmas... i will however, maybe take my iSight with me, and MAYBE will be able to take a cam pic or two on the boy's ibook and upload them (if we go to my sisters place, as she has the net) but no promises.

ps i'm getting a new phone! but its not coming til after new years. it has a 1.3 megapixel camera on it! WOOOOOT! i will be taking photos everywhere then!

aaaaaah this week has been dragging because i'm so looking forward to going home to bundy this friday. however i'm still got a bit of last minute christmas shopping to do and NO time to do it in.

our work xmas party was awesome fun. i behaved and didn't get rotten drunk, and felt so much better for it in the morning. i've got a bunch of photos to go through and will try and add to my photo gallery later today or tomorrow, but til then, i thought i'd share a video of me on the drum machine. unfortunately aaron only took video of me the FIRST time i played and I really really sucked. but after a few more turns i was kinda getting the hang of it. but sadly, i dont have natural rhythm and doubt i will ever be the drummer in a kick ass indie band.

I am using YouSendIt which is very lame. But i dont know how many people would download the video/and dont want to use too much bandwidth. oh well. let me know if it works/doesn't work.

i'm slowly getting over this site. i wish i wasn't.

and why is it only the retarded and annoying people who comment? i hate you all. NO COMMENTS FOR YOU!

i've analysed this situation and my lack of blogging and have come up with this graph to explain.

i'm sure that just like exercise, its just about getting back into the habit. there's just not enough hours in the day, and no doubt sitting in front of a computer ALL day is putting me off.

- lots more people at the gym with nasty hygiene habits have pissed me off. why can't people use the paper towel and spray provided to wipe down the machines? are you blind? there are signs everywhere! and you've left little puddles of sweat on the cross trainer! COMMON COURTESY PEOPLE! (ZOMG now i'm making fun of sweaty people too. oh yea, i so went there *rolls eyes*)

- SSS BBQ Barn, last friday, was pretty cool. 4 of the guys did the Shank Challenge.... If you eat an entree, the Shank, the salad and potato, you get a FREE dessert... AND THEN if you eat all of that, you get a hat and your name on the honour roll.
Early on, 2 of the guys gave up (a smart move)... Billy, who had organised the whole event, was determined to get through it all but was only about half way through when he started to struggle. Wayne, however, powered on like a champ. I dont think he even broke a sweat. There was nothing but a bone left and he was onto dessert and poor Billy was about 2/3 of the way through. He was pale and sweaty, but we cheered him on.
3 and a half hours later, he took that final bite of dessert and history was made! The boys will have their names on the honor roll!
My meal was pretty awesome but looks so ridiculously tiny compared to that shank. It was pretty decent size - 200gram rump and ribs with an awesome bbq glaze. Plus sweet potato that was cooked with sugar and cinnamon or something and a salad.
check out all the photos

- heather's xmas party on saturday night! mucho fun-ness! of course i drank too much (evil punch!) and have more than a few blurry memories of the night. The good (bad?) thing about going home with someone completely sober is you can find out all the stupid things you said and did the night before (eg "I'm not drunk, if I was drunk I would be passing out!! I'm completely sober".......*gets huffy, rolls over and passes out immediately*)

- I finally got to watch Laguna Beach (man, I wish I had cable)- after hearing about the show for so long and seeing so many posts on celebrity gossip blogs about it. If i had cable tv I would be completely addicted. These people are addictively horrible. Of course I'd jump at the chance to live that life in an instant, but til then I'll just make fun of them.... please kill me if i ever greet my friends with "Hey BEEYOTCHES!"

2 more days then its friday! Work xmas party!!!! God I can't wait to stuff myself with seafood buffet! :) this week is dragging.

an innocent conversation had a little over a month ago:

Shane - im just making conversation
Shane - sorry
Shane - making typersation
rhiannon- hahahaha
Shane - surely there needs to be a new word for that
rhiannon - i know. hmm urbandictionary?
Shane - i was talking with rhiannon the other day having this great typersation
rhiannon - maybe you need to make a submission to that site
Shane - that could by my claim to fame
rhiannon - you invented the word heh
Shane - i think like there needs to be a few people submit the word
rhiannon - no typersation, but there's an entry for typative - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=typative
Shane - whats it mean
rhiannon - like talkative
rhiannon - but typative
rhiannon - Typative - Being excessively verbose in online text conversations.Man those AOLusers sure are typative bitches.
Shane - cool

This innocent conversation has now turned into an official urban dictionary entry: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=typersation

1. typersation
A word to replace conversation when communicating via the internet, you typersate or have a typersation
I had a great typersation the other day with Rhiannon.


hehehehe

in other news-
going to see the new harry potter movie tonight. it only opens in cinemas today, so naturally it will be packed and we had to book tickets days ago.

i caught up with one of my longest friends the other night. we are both so useless at keeping in touch, but im determined that will change. as soon as i saw her again, its was like old times. with her two sisters, we went for 2-4-1 steaks at O'Leary's- my god, the best Rump steak i've had in ages. it was this huge thick slice of meat with the creamiest mushroom sauce. *drools* and only $24 for 2 steaks!!!!
i love that she's a tight ass like me. everyone always makes fun of my scrimping and fondness for 2-4-1 specials - but how else could i save anything?!! Fiona has plans to head overseas mid-end of next year, and while i dont necessarily have anything in mind i'm saving for (boobs/travel?), i have a nice little amount growing... slowly. heh. I am also useless at denying myself any pleasures (alcohol, eating out all the time, going to gigs, shopping), so I have to make the most of discounts when possible.

random bitter thoughts -
no offense to overweight people, but there's a really fat girl at my gym (not a bit chubby, or chunky- a beanbag with legs) who keeps ending up right behind me in every class and she smells like a bum. no wait, she smells like a bum smeared in shit.
i kid you not. the whole time i'm getting wafts of rancid poo smell. and after hearing that fat ex-idol contestant, Anthony, on Celebrity Overhaul admit that he's so overweight he can't physically wipe his own ass (don't worry, he uses a bidet.....but that just left me wondering- what happens if you have to take a dump in a public toilet? do you just hold and wait for your own toilet? i hate having to hold and having poo cramps. but if the option is shitting and being unable to wipe, i guess i would hold) - anyway after hearing him admit to this disgusting fact, i can't help but wonder if this woman also struggles from the same problem. her arms are just not long enough to reach all the way around that blubbery stomach. no way, no how.

there's a girl who catches my bus most mornings who also goes to my gym and she starting talking to me a couple of months ago. and although she's really nice it kind of bothers me because i like to just sit on the bus in the mornings, bopping along to whatever music is blaring from my ipod, just in my own little world. i really do like her and we have alot of common, but mornings are MY TIME! i'm in my own little world and i like it that way.

i can't stand people who insist on standing up on the bus when we are still ages away from the stop, and the traffic is so bad that we're barely inching along at a snail's pace. ESPECIALLY when they are on the window side, and i'm on the aisle side. we are ever so slowly approaching the stop and they grab their bag and slightly turn towards me. i see them, so in turn i grab my bag and move slightly so they know that i know they are wanting to get out at the next stop and when the time is appropriate, I will stand up and move out of their way to let them out. but that's not good enough! NO!
they have to look and me and fakely smile "excuse me, i'm getting out". YEA bitch , i know but we're still a good minute or two away from the stop and its not like you wont have time to get out.
and then because EVERYONE is in such a hurry to get to work, usually the aisle is already full of other people standing up, ready and waiting for the second the bus stops and opens its doors so they can rush out, i HAVE NO WHERE to stand to let this fucktard out.
so i have to push into other people who tsk at me, so they can get out and push into more people who sigh and tsk at them. NO ONE IS MOVING, so why did you have to stand up now?!?!

i would much prefer to have maximum sitting down time, wait til the bus has stopped, most of the people have gotten off, and then i'll get up and move out at my own pace, without 20 other people invading my personal space bubble trying to push past me.

thanks for all the comments, specifically about the breast reduction. i'm surprised at how many ppl actually commented seriously. of course there was the one or two tools, but i'm impressed.

latest comment from Mike cracked me up:

Mike said...
Sam Kinison had the funniest routine about breast reduction. He said, "Why would you want to make them smaller? Give your man more titty!"

He continued, "How about this? I want to reduce the size of my dick. How about we get rid of everything but the tip? That way, I can have a mushroom dick. Two can play at this game, damnit!"

anyway i'll keep you posted, when and if things start to happen. i'm 80% sure i'll go through with it, but probably wont get it done til winter next year (june-august). I will need to have time off work and will be all strapped up for a while, and wont be able to shower properly for a few days. Getting it done during summer would be nasty.

So there's only about 5 weeks til christmas and new years - what do you all have planned for new years this year? I'm totally sold on the house party idea - No crowds, no toilet lines, no cover charge, no expensive drink prices. Good people, good tunes, bring your own booze, casual dress, ability to pass out whenever the urge hits! BRING IT ON!

Sad news: Sam, The World's Ugliest Dog has passed away. Check out the site. man it was an ugly dog hehehehe

Billy's new play project - SuperSized Meals!!! it documents our MegaBurgers, as well as an upcoming food event - SSS BBQ Barn - "The Big Shank" Challenge. I think i'll pass on the Big Shank but i'll be there to cheer everyone on.

i could almost write a very small book about the trials and tribulations faced everyday with the dishwasher at work.
40+ staff members, a sink and a dishwasher and the exciting adventures we encounter.

Firstly, there was the case of "Leaving Dirty Dishes In The Sink". We HAVE a dishwasher, we even have all the utensils needed to hand wash whatever plates, cutlery or glasswear you may have used. But handwashing or putting things in the dishwasher wouldn't be any fun, now would it?
Numerous emails were sent around to everyone, but nothing could stop the culprits from filling the sink with their dirty dishes.

So we did what any tech-loving company would do - we set up a tiny webcam in a discreet place and watched and waited! BUSTED!!!!!

Most people at work know I have an issue with the dishwasher - I'm becoming more and more like my dad as the days go by... We had a dishwasher but it was RARELY used because dad preferred to handwash- NO piece of machinery could do as good a job as he could, and he hated the idea of dirty plates sitting in the dish-washer for a number of hours before it was full enough to turn on.

Although I don't mind the dishwasher, i am a firm believer of the "RINSE FIRST" method. I KNOW this seems like the actions of a CRAZY person...or so you would think, considering NO ONE ever seems to rinse anything.

Large chunks of meat and sauce on your plate? Why rinse, when you can just leave it in the dishwasher to harden until the dishwasher is turned on!
And don't stack things nicely- put a bowl onto of a smaller bowl. The dishwasher will be able to squeeze between these two pieces of crockery and scrub your soup bowl clean.

hehe, as you can see, the dishwasher and more specifically, the cleaning habits of some people bring out my inner anal-retentiveness. Glad to know I'm definately my father's daughter!!!

ANYWAY the point of this rant, was to share with you today's dishwasher antics.

I'm in the kitchen at 8.30am getting my first morning tea, and Hayley (one of the admin girls) comes in to empty the rest of the dishwasher, that was put on yesterday afternoon. Most of it had been emptied but she was going to empty the rest.

Lo and behold, we find some pineapple at the bottom of the dishwasher! No just a piece of two.... I'm talking 20 or more pieces of pineapple- Enough pineapple to cover at least half a large Hawaiian from Dominos.

Seriously- there was about THAT much! HOW THE CRAP DOES THAT MUCH PINEAPPLE GET IN THE DISHWASHER?!?!

I could understand having one piece left on your plate and shoving that in the dishwasher without throwing the scraps of food in the bin or rinsing it off. BUT that was SO much pineapple. Their plate must have been COVERED in it or bowl FILLED with it, and yet they just shoved it in the dishwasher without a care in the world.

Still, the story ends well, because at least the pineapple got a thorough cleaning.

so i dont know if i should say this, or how to say this, but a few too many wines and the urge to blog squashes any and all common sense.

i want to have a breast reduction.

i know what most people who only know me from my blog will say:

*horny, perv* what? no way, you're tits are great (read: they are big and you wear tight shirts)
*everyone else* what? no way, you're boobs look fine.

however these people are only judging by webcam pics and the occasional photo i put up, and definately - webcam pics are deceiving. most people who only knew me from my site, who then met me in person said i looked quite different from my site. they said they thought i'd be taller... and who knows what else. thinner? more proportioned features? *shrugs*

and then there are the people who know me in person - again no doubt the reaction will be 'wtf? you dont need it'

but firstly - what do you know? you only see my boobs in uber-supportive bras and flattering tops. and second - i'm the one who has to live with these things.

let me explain: i was always under-developed in high school, until grade 11 when i finally became a nice, perky, full b-cup. cut to the end of high school, i went overseas for an exchange program. a combination of late-blossoming and living overseas, not knowing anyone, missing home and comfort eating, i put on 7kg or so (15.4 pounds). After I got home and started university, i lost a bit but never got down to what i was in high school- because in that year overseas, i also jumped from a b-cup to a d-cup. In the past few years, i've bounced up and down between 53-58kg (116-128lbs), but have never been able to lose the boobs.

HOWEVER, and this is the important part- my boobs grew when i put on weight, and since then, they have lost.... um... their gravity-defying abilities. they are a tad saggy. and the truth is, they are NEVER going to get any better. i can lose so much weight, tone up at the gym, but i cannot change my skin without cosmetic surgery.

so, anyway, a couple of years ago my mum had a face lift- and i went along to her consultations and spoke to the surgeons about a boob lift/reduction. at the time, i was barely 21 and i thought it was really worth going through with.

i've still thought about it over the past few years however, and eventually i told mum i wanted to have a consultation and speak to someone about it. and my mum is 100% behind me. she's always had bigger boobs, and was always self-conscious about them. she was always so surprised at how confident i was, considering i had slightly bigger boobs then she had at my age - but i proudly wore tight tops, and embraced my cleavage.

my mum never liked her boobs, and at 52, she has quite saggy boobs, and worse than that- she has dints in her shoulders from the weight of her boobs on her bra straps. they have dug in over the years and she now has a PERMANENT dint in her shoulders. not a subtle dint either. its so very noticeable. she dislikes the top of her arms so much that she would never wear tops that show off her shoulders, so this is not a huge problem for her......

however, i'm young!!! i want to wear tops that show off my shoulders- i dont want dints. and i'm sick of wearing granny bras if i actually want support. and i'm sick of jiggling if i want to wear a remotely skimpy top. and i'm sick of the lears from pervy guys, and i'm sick of not being able to fit clothes properly.

and you know what- i might as well do this while i'm young, while i heal better and my skin is more elastic and while i actually want to wear tighter tops.

SOOOOO, anyway, i had my consultation last month and it all went well. i would benefit most from a slight reduction plus a lift. i've been waiting now for the quote...

and finally it came. and i was SURPRISED!!! it was a hell of a lot cheaper than i imagined.

in the past i've met ALOT of girls with breast implants and from what they said, i always thought implants were between $4,000 - $7,000 ($2,900-$5100 USD) - depending on where you went.
as for reductions - i was always under the impression they were between $7,000-$10,000. ($5100- $7300USD).... my quote arrived the other day and i was surprised. it wasn't as much as i thought:

Reduction: $3,300
Asst Doctors fee: $300
Anesthetist fee: $1000

That doesn't include the hospital fee (which could be quite alot), BUT there's almost $1000 medical rebate for a reduction.

So, now I've got to ring the hospital and confirm the hospital fee (1 day and night in the hospital), and make another appointment to see the doctor... another consultation... and then i just need to decide if i'm going to go through with it or not.

if anyone who reads my site has had a breast reduction or anything, please comment. of course, the realist in me knows that most people who come here are pervs that have clicked on my cam from camwhores or some other cam portal, and wont have anything constructive to say at all. thank god for the delete comment function.

Someone spat out their gum in middle of the bus aisle and guess who walked right on top of it? yes, me. it was fresh too- the minty smell was very strong and it was still soft (not hard like a piece of gum that's been sitting there for hours). And i was on the 8.10am bus- the only people catching the bus at this time are work people and high school kids. so guess who i death stared the whole way to work? i'm sure it wasn't anyone on the bus, probbaly someone from earlier, but wtf. i expect to walk in gum on the sidewalk, even tho its terribly gross, but on the bus?

i feel i should apologise for lack of posts. i wish the blog didn't feel like a chore, but it does. life is dandy. relationship status=great. work= still enjoyable. social life= enough to keep me busy and satisfied. without the angst, i just don't get the urge to blog.

i've never been one to write flowy, ambigious dribble all about my self-loathing and self-pity, so it always ends up a 'blah blah, today i did this' crap. and that can't be interesting to anyone. meh

since the last post we've trivia'ed a couple more times- once again at the RG but didn't place anywhere. and the other night at my local pub - my dad and his partner had come to brisbane for the night, so with them and the boy we went over for a awesome pub/bistro dinner and a fun evening of trivia. everyone at the brunoir takes it sooooo seriously, but it was still fun. dad and gayle proved to be quite handy for all the sports and australian history questions. Our team name was the Budgie Smugglers (the reason behind this name: that day, i met up with dad and gayle for lunch and we wandered into the Australian Geographic shop and dad found this aussie slang book and was having a flip through it. He ended up in tears, it was so hilarious. Anyway there was a section of slang for Speedos, and one of them was Budgie Smugglers. We had both never heard that before and pissed ourselves laughing)

a few others i hadn't heard:

Built like a long streak of pelican shit - a very tall person
Could eat a horse and chase the jockey too - very very hungry
Could eat a horse between two mattresses - very very very hungry
Busier than a one legged man at an ass kicking contest - very very busy

a few others that are just sooooo true... either my parents use it or i do:

built like a brick shit house - very strong/big
carry on like a pork chop - act foolishly
crack a darkie - get angry and upset
technicolour yawn -vomit
like a chook with its head cut off - flustered, running around like crazy.

he loved the book so much he got it, and then later that night asked me to get him another copy for a christmas present for someone. I'm going to go get it after work today. I should totally update my aussie slang page with some of the sayings from this book.