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isian @ 2009-09-29T11:36:00

2009-09-29T01:38:07Z

Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine

Oh, ohhh
Oh, ohhh

I was lost between the midnight and the dawning
In a place of no consequence or company
3: 33 when the numbers fell off the clock face
Speed dialling with no signal at all

Go, shout it out, rise up
Oh, ohhh
Escape yourself, and gravity
Hear me. Cease to speak that I may speak
Shush now
Oh, ohhh
Force quit and move to trash

I was right there at the top of the bottom
On the edge of the known universe where I wanted to be
I had driven to the scene of the accident
And I sat there waiting for me

Restart and reboot yourself
You’re free to go
Oh, ohhh
Shout for joy if you get the chance
Password: you. enter here - right now

Oh, ohhh
You know your name so punch it in
Hear me. Cease to speak that I may speak
Shush now
Oh, ohhh
Then don’t move or say a thing

all. love.

2009-06-12T14:15:03Z

You'll be given love
You'll be taken care of
You'll be given love
You have to trust it

Maybe not from the sources
You have poured yours
Maybe not from the directions
You are staring at

Twist your head around
It's all around you
All is full of love
All around you

All is full of love
You just ain't receiving
All is full of love
Your phone is off the hook
All is full of love
Your doors are all shut
All is full of love!

All is full of love
All is full of love
All is full of love
All is full of love
All is full of love

I KNEW IT!

2009-05-17T13:04:47Z

KotOR Cantina, Anyone?

2009-04-26T01:14:09Z

isian @ 2009-01-30T22:15:00

2009-01-30T11:16:48Z

Persuasion, is by far (in my opinion), Jane Austin's finest novel.

the end

isian @ 2009-01-01T08:37:00

2008-12-31T21:38:00Z

Happy Australian New Year.

unique

2008-12-15T23:05:36Z

Australian Citizenship Test
The Australian citizenship test has been designed to assist people who want to become Australian citizens gain an understanding of Australia’s values, traditions, history and national symbols.

The test is an important part of ensuring that migrants have the capacity to fully participate in the Australian community as citizens and maximise the opportunities available to them in Australia. It will promote social cohesion and successful integration into the community.

Test Rules
There are some basic rules which you must follow during the test:

- Test is timed - You will be allowed 45 minutes to complete the test (or 90 minutes in the case of an assisted test). No additional time will be made available.
- This is a closed book test - You must not bring any test resource material into the testing centre (this includes note paper, the Becoming an Australian Citizen resource book,
study notes, etc).
- Personal belongings may be taken into the test site however these must be stored under the desk for the duration of the test. Mobile phones and all other electronic communication/gaming equipment should be switched off while you are within the test centre.

If you do not follow these rules, you may be asked to leave the test centre and may have to sit the test again.

Test Questions
You may begin writing only once you are advised to do so by the test supervisor.

(1) Do you understand the meaning, but are unable to explain the origin, of the term “died in the arse”? Explain the meaning:

(2) What is a “bloody little beauty”?

(3) Are these terms related: chuck a sickie; chuck a spaz; chuck a U-ey?
Yes / No

(4) Explain the following passage:

In the arvo last Chrissy the relos rocked up for a Barbie, some bevvies and a few snags. After a bit of a Bex and a lie down we opened the pressies, scoffed all the chockies, bickies and lollies. Then we drained a few tinnies and Mum did her block after Dad and Steve had a Barney and a bit of biffo.

(5) Macca, Chooka and Wanger are driving to Surfers in their Torana. If they are travelling at 100 km/h while listening to Barnsey, Farnsey and Acca Dacca, how many slabs will each person on average consume between flashing a brown eye and taking a slash?

(6) Complete the following sentences:

(a) If the van's rockin' don't bother ________________________________

(b) You're goin' home in the back of a _____________________________

(c) Fair crack of the ________________________________________

(7) I've had a gutful and I can't be farked. Discuss.

(8) Have you ever been on the giving or receiving end of a wedgie?
Yes / No

(9) Do you have a friend or relative who has a car in their front yard "up on blocks"?
Is his name Bruce and does he have a wife called Cheryl?
Yes / No

(10) Do you or your family regularly eat a dish involving mincemeat, cabbage, curry powder and a packet of chicken noodle soup called either chow mein, chop suey or Kai see Ming?
Yes / No

(11) What are the ingredients in a rissole?

(12) Describe the correct procedure for eating a Tim Tam.

(13) Do you have an Aunty Irene who smokes 30 cigarettes a day and sounds like a bloke?
Yes / No

(14) In any two-hour period have you ever eaten three-bean salad, a chop and two serves of pav washed down with someone else's beer that has been flogged from a bath full of ice?
Yes / No

(15) When you go to a bring-your-own-meat Barbie can you eat other people's meat or are you only allowed to eat your own?

(16) What purple root vegetable beginning with the letter "b" is required by law to be included in a hamburger with the lot?

(17) Do you own or have you ever owned a lawn mower, a pair of thongs, an Esky or Ugg boots?
Yes / No

(18) Is it possible to prang a car while doing circle work?
Yes / No

(19) Who would you like to crack on to?

(20) Who is the most Australian (pick one answer):
(a) Kevin "Bloody" Wilson
(b) John "True Blue" Williamson
(c) Kylie Minogue
(d) Warnie

(21) Is there someone you are only mates with because they own a trailer or have a pool?
Yes / No

(22) What do the phrases “sinkin piss at a mate’s joint” and “gettin paraletic” mean?

Pea's and their thousands of uses....

2008-11-05T11:41:11Z

I require a joint effort... you see, it has come to my attention that there must be -some- reason for peas... because it sure as hell can't be to eat them! (No, I quite thoroughly refuse to believe they are eatible ....ever!). So.. could I borrow your time in order to have three unique uses for peas from all who read this please.

I shall start us off:

1. Shoved up the nose of a snorer stops the noise quite quickly >.>
2. Christmas decorations. Scatter then over the tabletop after cooking and refuse to eat them - just watch the reaction of guests!
3. Non-removable ear plugs?

.. enlightening experiences

2008-10-26T08:08:53Z

I just spent the better part of three hours chatting to people I haven't spoken to in years. Old 'net friends' and I found, in particular, that my conversation with Rebbers was very enlightening. We were discussing the emotional content of the old "RP group" - how emotionally driven/charged the RP's were, and probably us as people too. We were all rather vulnerable.. that was a given (we were on the net sooooo much), probably struggling with real life issues in our own ways. The relief of not having the bloody drama's that went on is palletable..... I doubt any one of us would ever want it back. But I admit to missing people. Certain peoples :)

Roleplaying (freeform) was fun, I'll admit it. But I am so very glad I am not Braiden of Novalis or any of the other millions of creations that came into my head. Glad I could set it aside to live. Creative writing is fun, but it wasn't achieving anything. If I could have made it a profession though... ;) I was always too scared to try and write. I've lost count of the amount of times I said I'd start a book :( .. but if its not in me, its not in me.

I've decided something though - a friend is a friend. Net met or face to face. It matters little where we find them and doesn't make them any less important :D And that feels very very good to come to terms with.

joy :D

2008-10-26T03:45:23Z

Have you ever woken up and thought "Ugh, washing, cleaning house.. groceries. I'll try not to get too excited about the day" and then someone unexpected turns up on the door step and changes your outlook? :) That's how I felt today went down. It was lovely having a visit from Emma Louise - even better getting out to see the bush and taking Brai for a quick swim at the beach. Ah the secret joys of seeing Brai managed a new way to tangle herself between her top and her seatbelt (For the record - sometimes its painful to stop yourself from laughing at/in front of a child when its bursting to come out of you..). The absolute hillarity of Emma saying "Oh, I feel fat in this costume" and my sudden pronouncement of "Oh stuff that, it's only skin and has no bearing on who and what you are" - dunno where that came from, but it was freeing and funny. Hidden joys of days like these are the best...

<3 is Carth

2008-10-23T00:45:43Z

Oh! Such JoY! Carth, back on my computer! XD Kotor 1 and 2 now work on the HP for the kids as well as on my laptop. Horray for Carthageness and Old Republic 'beforelucascreatedawhineysnitchofaanakin'.....Yay, folks! YAY!

Days off?

2008-10-21T09:19:12Z

Days off are never that really, are they? Signing the new lease tomorrow - have to get a money order set up etc.. and heading over the hurstville to visit with Earl. After swapping today and tomorrow I've found I'd rather have the rest of the week off XD Imagine that. But no such luck.

Things are slow at work. We're hoping the new premises will be just as quick to build as the demolition of the old place. Now it should be interesting to see what sort of timeframe SSC has set for the building. But I'll keep taking photo's of the progress and hoping we'll have more access to people sooner rather than later.

Yesterday's 'thrill' was a swarm of bee's that flew in through the building vents (red brick, 70s style) - we scrambled to cover the vents and hope for the best. It shocked us to see hundreds buzzing outside the windows.. then.. suddenly... they were gone. Mind you, there were about 10 inside our premises, so we knew we were not dreaming :P No reason for the swarm - but one of the more logical guesses would be that there was a change in Queen for that particular hive and she was moving around...who knows.

Today was fun, but damn tiring. It was the annual Volunteers get-together. Simply put, a day where the paid staff can thank the volunteers for their work by feeding them, keeping them entertained and helping them get to know one another. We had a lovely lunch and everyone was in a good mood (except when there were far too many women in the one kitchen XD).

Enough blah blah for today :) Keep well

New

2008-10-19T07:39:31Z

It was always going to be a hazardous guess, but I made a decision and ended up purchasing a Dell inspiron (1526) laptop for myself. This, as it turns out, was a good thing. Earl's computer has been falling apart anyway - but I encouraged him to think of purchasing a new one when he was in the states. Something that has a webcam and mic... so he can talk to Brai and it won't seem too difficult for him regarding the distance (it can't be any worse than now. He only gets to see her once a week).

So, with my own comp, I moved the HP comp into the loungeroom for the kids and was met with a roar of approval. They were ecstatic! Even Brai, who has learnt how to play the Sims 2 (and kill the poor peoples), play cute junior games, and most especially to skype with Stephen. Josh plays games, does his assignments, plays games.. and plays games. Omi does much the same as Josh, only the girly version of things :P Now, the good thing with the laptop is that I can get out of my bedroom! Yay! It has a ton of HD space...however I compromised myself by going for the extra HD space and allowing intergrated graphics. Kicking myself about that now :( But such is life. I've only really used the net and more wordprocessing programs anyway..not enough time to play games? Or just sadened they never made patches for Kotor for Vista, or indeed a Kotor 3 (bastards!) I kid you not, I still have a strange thing for Carth...and I'll shuddup now~LMAO~

Writer's Block: Unnecessary Objects

2008-10-16T10:21:41Z

Oscar Wilde, a dandy’s dandy, once said that “we live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.” What unnecessary possession can you not live without?

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My Mobile and my computer. Both are not necessities but I'd be lost without them.

I'm concerned I'll miss an urgent call, and I'd miss being able to create/express myself in this medium - even if noone ever saw it. The next would be the internet, of course... though I've gone without that easily enough before. But I knew it wouldn't be for long and I was extremely distracted >.>

Quick Update

2008-10-12T10:43:51Z

New Zealand was.. wonderful. I couldn't begin to explain what it meant to be away. To actually have a holiday for the first time in well over 15 years. But oh.. how I missed my Babies.

Earl's update is that..... his Mother will be here from the 5th of November. On the 15th of the same, he'll be flying back home to Boston Mass. He's speaking, walking without aid etc... but he may never be as he once was - it is difficult to say.

I know, this wasn't much of an update, but its the best I can do right now.
Xx

up date

2008-07-29T20:52:23Z

Just another quick post

Earl's keeping his chin up. Really proud of him. And he's got a little bit more use of his facial muscles than I've seen for a while.

I booked a plane trip to new zealand and Im frightened to get excited about it. not yet, anyway.

The kids are fantastic.

Earl and stuff.

2008-07-20T22:02:26Z

I was going to write about the trip to New Zealand I was planning. It seemed a sure thing and was first on my mind for about.. 5 days. I even got my passport, would you believe.

Then Earl got sick. It seems... surreal now. To think what happened that night. The first time he spewed, I remember thinking "Ew. I hope you stop soon, that sounds so awful". After all, its all about me :P

Now, I am trying not to look too deeply into the situation. As Stephen so susinctly put it, bad things happen... and its not the universe trying to tell you something, it just... happens. But I'm a signs kind of person. I look for meaning in things. I just have to be damn careful about my interpretation at times.

So, Earl started spewing at 11 pm. Im not sure how many times he did ... but I heard him at least twice more. At 5am I heard a crash and got up to check on him. Something was dreadfully wrong. He couldnt hold himself up. He ... couldnt speak properly. And Im going to cut to the chase to make sure I don't appease my drama queen tendancies. Basically, a blood clot lodged in the back of his brain.. and he had a stroke. The ambulance came... he had a procedure that took that fucker out... and the brilliant news is, he's alive. There are problems of course. He'd got alot of hard work ahead. Learning to speak again, learning to walk Id say... and his sight. But, he's alive.

I may not be 'with' him, but I still consider myself his next of kin, especially when he's so far away from his family (all of who know and are, to be expected, devistated). But he is being taken care of. Getting brilliant care in Prince of Wales hospital at present. And... I will see this through with him. As a friend, as someone who has shared 5 years with him as a married couple and is so very grateful for him not, as the doctor put it, 'dropping dead' as people are known to do with this particular event.

And, this is all for this post. I guess I just wanted people who may have known Earl through me to know what was going on in a "Bad, but hopeful" type of way.

cheers

Particular 'load of crap'

2008-05-09T09:22:41Z

I went to my email and saw my Mother of all people decided to send the entire family a chain mail of a different kind. There was something uniquely disturbing about it - at least, there was to me. In order to allow the full effect of anyone caring to read, I shall simply C&P and withold further comment till the end.

UK Memorial

It is a matter of history that when Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces
General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he ordered
all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from
surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury
the dead. He did this because he said in words to this effect: 'Get it all
on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down
the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never
happened' 'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to
do nothing.' Edmund Burke

In Memoriam

This week, the UK removed The Holocaust from its school curriculum because
it 'offended' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred.

This is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and
how easily each country is giving in to it.

It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended.

This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the

6 million Jews,

20 million Russians,

10 million Christians

and 1,900 Catholic priests

who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated while
the German and Russian peoples looked the other way!

Now, more than ever, with Iran, among others, claiming the Holocaust to be
'a myth,' it is imperative to make sure the world never forgets.

This e-mail is intended to reach 40 million people worldwide!

Be a link in the memorial chain and help distribute this around the world.

How many years will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center
'never happened' because it offends some muslim in the U.S.?

Don't just delete this. It will take only a minute to pass this along.

Perhaps I am over interpreting the language and sentence structure, but it seemed far too... fanatical to me, and I immediately googled. This is what I came up with:
snopes.com

I am glad I looked. What kind of person writes such things? But even as I type the question I can guess. Someone who is scared. Petrified, actually. In the end, it just made me sad. Sad for all the good things that could have been chain messaged about (in truth, I hate chain mails... they usually make it as far as my junk box and then delete. But I can't delete a message from my Mum!!!)

messy old week

2007-10-28T12:18:14Z

I am very glad this week is over. It was busy in essence, but difficult in a few ways as well. Apart from spending half the week at volunteer work I was able to squeeze in two driving journey's with Mother and a girls night out (awesome night, by the by).Mixed in amongst all this were several moments of great confusion, desperate sadness, paralysing fear ... and of course the moments of joy, blinding love, wholeness, safety, calmness and just pure happiness. It's been a messy old week. Things coming back from the past that make me question myself and my thought process. I've continued to paint ~ expressing myself in various ways - acrylics and oils. And while I've attempted to photograph a few of them I have to wait till my parents get their camera sorted out till I have a computerised copy :P

I did give my parents my second painting. These responsive swirls of pastel colour that merely represented the myriad of possibilities opening to any one person at any one time. Thus I named it appropriately "possibilities". They might not understand it, but I hope that in particular, my Father will look at it often and get something out of it. I hope so, anyway.

Job front? Nothing happening. I keep sending emails out and getting no response. I call... and the job is usually not local or not easy to get to by public transport. I'm not giving up - but I don't think about it until I get a local paper and start scouring the pages again.

Still not smoking :) Very happy to say that it's been 5 weeks and 3 days. The best I've done at this since..... the time I gave up for a year :) Here's to not smoking!

Thank -You-

2007-06-12T23:01:55Z

To everyone who's eyes flicker across these words. Thank you for being in my life. In small and big ways... you make my life wonderful and a pleasure to live!

quiz

2007-06-07T02:11:06Z

You Should Be A Poet

You craft words well, in creative and unexpected ways.
And you have a great talent for evoking beautiful imagery...
Or describing the most intense heartbreak ever.
You're already naturally a poet, even if you've never written a poem.

What Type of Writer Should You Be?

RELEASE

2007-05-20T11:19:11Z

work through joy through work the goddess of religion dogma and guilt
poor me start joyful destiny, respite guilt free passion
grant fear of freedom sympathy god and myself god and myself
to another place from respect joyful girl, thankyou

and I'm ready to release on another day, I'm ready to respect the day today
I'm ready to respect myself today, I'm ready to release

self-image confidence troubled comfortable blame touching partake
with grace jealousy wisdom unabashed joy and me you yum
power transference to equality letting go joy again
loving do unto others as to yourself, thank you

and I'm ready to release on another day, I'm ready to respect the day today
I'm ready to respect myself today, I'm ready to release on another day
I'm ready to release myself today, I'm ready to release

male female innocent carefree, fate honour and wrong
success caressing a self love, do to yourself as to others
comfortable held release, comfortable held release....

isian @ 2007-04-16T02:53:00

2007-04-15T16:56:15Z

I said something weird. So Im going to repeat it.

I dont understand how I can feel terrified and brave at the same time. Hopeful and prepared for the worst. Empowered and on the verge of heartbreak.

link and blah

2007-03-30T16:20:20Z

Seriously weary, but I have no one to blame but myself :/

Since the great 2007 RP disollusionment of having 5 starwars rooms on one chatsite (and never any real steady contributers to any of them) I found myself looking for RP nourishment elsewhere. Google sometimes works :D And I came up with this site Star Wars Combine. It seems rather interesting so far. Reminds me of something I attempted with the DnD genre years ago. The only draw-back is that it seems somewhat IRC reliant - hopefully it won't be necessary for newbie play.

Ugh - I've watched far too much television of late. Between watching seasons one and two of Lost (we had a week of sickness to fill!) and my Hubby purchasing seasons one and two of battlestar galactica for me you'd think I'd be damn weary of entertainment~LOL~... Im being a lazy bum at the moment.

Easter's coming... ~groan~ time for the damn school hat parade...~grumbles~

random

2007-03-29T10:07:47Z

I'd really love to stop coughing. Of course it could be a hell of alot worse, so I'll save my complaining for another time. Sudden 'Lost' addiction saw me through last week - watched season one and two in four days~LMAO~... that is ALOT of television time! demmit, what is the dharma institute??? and who leads the Others?

Lucky us, we got to shop today :) Loads of new clothes for the kiddies... ~L~ battlestar G finally made it's way into our impression collection of movies and series...~shakes head~ We're shockers. Earl picked up Firefly.. (which doesn't interest me really). WE I HAD CHINESE for dinner tonight :) I found it thrilling since I haven't had it in a looooooong time~L~.. the kids and Earl had pizza~shudders~. Erm.. yes. Not much else to splutter about at present - time to take off and clean up :D