Sunday, August 13, 2006

HYPOTHETICAL: Deal Breakers

(Note the big HYPOTHETICAL in heading? Means that this is just a rambling musing...!)

Sacrifices are always a given in a relationship, the unavoidable dance of give and take. But when push comes to shove, when is too much REALLY too much? Too much give? Too much take? Too much change? Too many chances? And when does this become a deal breaker?

Before I was ever in a relationship, I'd tell my friends (at those sleepovers and chats at lunch) that if I was ever in a relationship - I'd never stand to be cheated on. Yet when I was cheated in what was my second relationship, we carried on for another few years - we carried on through the noxious fog. There was no real deal breaker in that relationship - just a sense of realisation that there was a lot more out there for me. There was however a deal breaker in the 'post-relationship' - tiptoeing away down his driveway, tear stained and ego crushed after one too many nights of cruel comments and harsh words.

My first relationship was somewhat similar - I experience my sense of relisation that there was a lot more out there for me, but he disagreed. And when the opportunity for a weekend away without him presented itself, I warned him that I still felt what I'd told him and that if a certain opportunity came to pass, I wouldn't turn it down. We continued for about a month after that - when he finally came to terms with a betrayal that was intended to be a deal breaker.

And whilst you think you can define your deal breakers before you enter a relationship, or whilst you can look back and define what it was after you've finished the relationship, there are always different breakers for different takers.

You're just too messy - I see it everywhere I look.

You promised me you'd never do it again - you've always know how I felt about that - how can I ever trust you again?

How could you agree to that without talking to me first - what does that mean for us?

There's just no contact anymore - even when we're sleeping - how you can you say you still love me but you just aren't attracted to me?

What do you mean it's my fault you cheated on me?

How can you possibly think that spending less time together will bring us closer together?

Why don't you wear your wedding band anymore?

We were foolish to think we could ever overcome this.

I'm back et al

Conference was delightful - thankyou very much. 24 degree weather, Brazillian rum cocktails, roasted veggies out the wahzoo and plenty of Lumines made the best 'working week' I've had yet. Plus I ALMOST made it to the strips. Heh.

Nayways, thought I'd pop in to show that YES I'm alive and YES I'm posting.

HOORAY FOR DOTPOINTS:

- Working seven hours on a Saturday flies by MUCH quicker than seven hours on a 'normal' day - perhaps the overtime rates, meal allowance and ability to wear lazy couch pants and uggies to the office are the perfect thirds for the 'perfect' working day (as much as working on Saturday CAN be perfect);

- I had two hours between getting home from the airport and leaving the house again to buy ingredients for and make a dinner for a 'shared meal' night with a housemate from the house before the house before this one. We arrived after seven and the house was THE SAME temperature as OUTSIDE - she didn't bring out the heater until we were about to leave (10ish). This is only permissable because I lived with her for seven months and know that that's just the type of person she is, but I can't BELIEVE you could sit in an unheated Northish Canberra House for almost FOUR HOURS and THEN realise you FORGOT to bring out the heater;

- Similarly - she very craftily organised for ppl to bring different parts of the meal - as the only vegan I was asked to bring a main, so knocked up some vegan singapore noodles - v yum. There's no real point to this point, just lauding(sp?!) the fact that I made a yummy dish!;

- I got a call from Magf this arvo and she asked me to be her maid (matron?!) of honour! Hooray! (Also glad as I thought she had the sh!ts with me 'losing' some 'paperwork' last week) But does anyone know if there's some sorta protocol / outline /plan / list of rules thing I should know about? It feels like a bit of a big deal and I have NO idea where to start with all that stuff... But still - YAY for getting to share in the day and feel like a lil bit of my own princess and ARGH I need to get to the gym and stop glutting myself on biscuits and chips;

- After all my fanboygirling, I FINALLY got to see RENT: The Movie tonight:
- Roger looked too Bon Jovi for me, his voice was too high and whiny and WTF was he doing in the desert?;
- Rosario looked a lil rattish in some of the scenes;
- BOO for missing songs/combining songs/ not singing when you're supposed to;
- If I didn't feel some sort of duty to defend the whole thing (since seeing the musical in school) and hadn't seen it before, there woulda been a whole lot of 'TURN IT OFF';
- I cry EVERYTIME when Collins starts singing after Angels passing;
- Engagement Party?! WTF?!
- I need to 'aquire' another copy of the soundtrack since my CD's got scratched to the high hevens in my old car; and
- If I saw it in the shops I'd buy it.

- George Clooneys 'Good Night and Good Luck'? Have a Good Night and don't rent it. YAWN (and some *tears*); and

- Watching Mrs Batman get accustomed to pregnancy is... interesting. I don't know what it is, but there's something bizarre about it - nothing like when my other friend was pregnant.

GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK!

Sunday, August 06, 2006

Census and Peeps!

My inner nerd is pouting.

Census night is Tues - but I'll BE IN QLD!!! I was soooo looking forward to filling out the form ON PAPER and now I think I hafta do some dodgy 'mini' version in the hotel room.

Anyways, seeing as I'll be off for most of nex week and unable to comment/catch up/reply etc, I figured I could put in a decent post (for once!).

Las night I was jus sitting around on the couch and net, checking out the blogs in Boysenberry's blogroll and I found a few sites with different Memes (now I have FOUR saved in my drafts!) and figured that instead of doing one of those, I should kinda do one of my own.

Please note: I read ALL of these blogs AT LEAST once a day! Even if I don't comment often (or ever!) if you're here, I'm there!!!

So.

"With a limit of one sentence each, write something about each person on your Blogroll"

Here goes!!!!

(PS - Too lazy to link them here - jus look them in the sidebar!!!)

Check out my fav C-Dawgs!

* 123 I <3> - Such an awesome storyteller and it makes me laugh out loud almost every single time!

* Adam
- Adam is farely new to my blogroll - But I love the interviews with other bloggers.

* Ampersand Duck
- I love the locals! Ducky makes me feel grownup jus by reading.

* Another Outspoken Female
- A new addition as of last night, but I enjoy the general funny entertainmentness.

* Artful Kisser
- Found via Steph's stalking, I'm liking the parentish talk atm (and the ball observations!).

* Audrey
- I thnk she's having a bit of a rough time atm, but she's still bitingly funny all the way thru.

* Ausculture
- Not updated as much as it used to be, but when it is, it can have some funny celebrity stuffs on - one of the first blogs I started reading religiously.

* Boysenberry
- Another local - at first I was a bit confronted (is that a word?!) but I really look forward to the updates on his site - someone I feel I'm learning more about the more that I read.

* C-Marie
- Another new addition as of last night, but some of the stuff I read was outta this world! A real indepth look at a real life.

* Charlie
- Funny observations from a bit of a comedian!

* Chelsea Peretti
- Another comedian - some posts I like better than others, but just when I'm about to take her off my blogroll she comes up with gold!

* ChickyBabe
- One of the first sites to blogroll me back - she writes some really insightful stuff and gets fantastic feedback from all her dedicated commenters - Plus she ALWAYS ensures to reply to all commenters individually which I really appreciate (and she taught me to do!)

* Clem - she's also in a bit of the dumps atm, and I don't feel I really 'know' her well enough to comment - atm it's a very raw sadness, but at other times she makes some funny observations!

* Clokeeeey - found via BEVIS' Big Blogger - also the home of the HILARIOUS YouTubes.

* ComicStripHero - Another Canberran - good short posts and got me obsessed with CAPITALISING for EMPHASIS as she bolds for emphasis!

* Crapping On (Canberra) - Good political smarts and personal observations (and Canberran!)

* Crazy Brave - Yup! Another Canberran! Like Ducky, makes me feel smart by reading (also counterbalances by feeling less smart as I know I should 'get' more of it!!!)

* Culture Strain - Fricken hilarious - timely celebrity goss with fantastic snark - Luvvit.

* Daily WTF - One I found early in the piece and then only just refound - she'd been on hiatus! It's crude and also very honest.

* Dawei - He's the queen of the beeyotch. Has a very definite style and it's fantastic!

* Dean - Longtime Canberra blogger with a thang for SingStar!

* Delightful Jen - Delightful! I've only found her relatively recently, but you can tell that she always puts tonnes of effort into what she writes and comments - she's very thorough and thoughtful.

* Desci - She seemed really intimidating - until I listened to the podcast! She's v funny and honest (tho to her own admission, less s3x than there used to be!)

* Dilbert! - Yup, Scott Adams blog - I wish I had the stamina to read the comments, but just looking at the sheer number of them by the time I read the path, I don't even click to read any of them!

* Erica - One of my favourites! She's funny and lovely, reflective and poignant when required, and always a good read- Looking forward to meeting her in person!

* Fluffy - Whatta funny mummy - She's good value, even when she's a little down - I'm glad she's back more regularly!

* Hambo - I'm still a Hambo lurker - I like his rants.

* Girl.Blog.Etc - Entertaining dotpoint posts.

* Imelda - Found during TSSH's 'raid', but she's not afraid to say what she really thinks/feels/does as it happens - so you can really feel the mood she's in.

* Javatari - Another of BEVIS' Big Blogger housemates that I'm still getting into.

* Jellyfish - Along with ChickyBabe, one of my longest standing blogroll-ees. Although the posts are not exactly 'daily', it's def a case of quality over quantity - with much musical knowledge to boot!

* Jeut - A fantasitc concept and really Really REALLY well executed - get thee to there now!!!

* Jobe - Short and frequent comedy posts - you're destined to find one that strikes a chord with you quick smart!

* Krankiboy - Much more infrequent now, but he's a lovely funny soul.

* Magical_M - Another Big Blogger housemate, her love on Alan Rickman speaks to me.

* Mars'n'Dot - Hooray! Two housemates and they're funny as heck AND update frequently!

* Martie - As soon as I found her, I became one of her stalkers - She's also in a bit of a rough patch atm, so if you drop in, be sure to send her teh hugz, but she's also good at the rants.

* Mel (Under-Whimsy) - Well written.

* Melly - Another last night addition -I loved the agapanthus story.

* MelbourneGirl - Another courtesty of Big Blogger, I'm currently very anxiously awaing her knickers poll!

* MelbourneTrainGirl - Beautifully written lyrical observations of Melbourne and her life.

* Michellesarah - Perth blogger whose all growned up with some stories that jus crack me up!

* Mick (O/S!) - Ex-Canberran working in the US who I started to get into jus before he left.

* Miscellany - Another addition of last night and I really liked what I was reading, so looking forward forward to more updates.

* Momo - The famous Momo that I only found after finding her other site and not making the connection between the two (and the other abandoned one)!

* Mr Da Stu - I love his uni observations and his occassional posts otherwise.

* Ms Cynic - Another 'smarts' with humour and very well written and topical.

* Ms Fits - Yup - I'm on the bandwagon - always enjoyable.

* MsNewlyWed - I stumbled across this site and decided to link it just for the stories about what happened before her wedding - insane!!!

* Nadstown - Lovely and funny, she's good with the words.

* PetStarr - I think this is another one found via Steph, I loved the fancy dress costumes post!

* Rach - One of Stephs as above - she's straight to the point!

* Rom - Fairly recently found helpdesky Qld librarian type!

* Ruby - Now about the boob job, but I fell for her haircut post.

* Sarah - Vegan Cookbook author in Canada.

* Scottie - Another quality over quantity type of poster - he's another amusing anecdote teller.

* Shauna - Expat to Scotland - she tells funny O/S culture stories

* Spirit Fingers - Packed with pics and tongue in cheek commentary on fashion roadkill and celebs.

* Steph - I jus love to read what she's getting up to (altho I unfortunately didn find her until another TSSH raid) - awesome.

* Susanne - I love Susanne - I really like what and how she writes, and her Friday Five are a real find.

* Sweatergirl - Fantastic with the gossip - I obsess over sites filled with celeb pics!

* SydneySpy - I wish I wend to Sydney Uni so I could get even more out of it!

* Tammiodo - Another Big Blogger housemate - funneeeeee!

* TCWH - Honest and Hilarious teacher O/S (found courtesy of TJ!)

* Teo - Canberra WOW nerd I also found via TJ.

* The Food Whore - Funny chef stories!

* TOBYToby - awww - he's so angsty and lovley, and I love the format he follows.

* TokenWoman - She's on the edge of a hiatus, but another one I started stalking as soon as I found her - and she's super lovely happy atm!

The 'Other' Ones

* Babysitters Club!!! - BabySitter club recaps!!!

* Bubble Cam! - You can press the button to work a real live bubble gun!

* Defamer - The first celebrity gossip site I ever found.

* Found - Found things from around the world - now I keep my eyes peeled!

* Foundphotos - Similar concept as above, but found on peoples computers! I SWEAR I found someone I know in one of them, but he denies it's him...

* Go Fug Yourself - Deliciously catty appraisals of celeb fashion.

* Overheard in New York - I've only recetly found this stuff - it's a concept my dad often thought about and I LOVE it! They should have one for every city in the world!!!

* Perez Hilton - I'm a bit love/hate with Perez - his stoppid software keeps crashing my FireFox!!!

* Pink Is The New Blog - I love Love LOVE Trent - He's the original and the best!

* PostSecret - An amazing concept - I wish I had a secret to Post and a creative bone in my body.

* RiotACT - The first Canberran site I came across on the intenet - good for local info.

* Saddest thing I own - Hasn't been updated for a while - ppl post in a story of the saddest thing they own and why - draws you in.

* Shoe Blog - Mannolo he loves the shoes!!!

* Sperminated - Pregnancy blog of Sweatergirl as mentioned earlier - Interesting reading (tho still fairly new!)

* Spin Starts Here - I'm not a fan of the raid campaigns, but I'm obsessed with the Neighbours recaps.

* TV is my life - BEVIS' brainchild - he must spend so much time on this - he's so in depth!

I Heart

* Desci and Bob - The site for Desci (and her bfs) Podcast!

* Dawn & Drew Show! - The first podcast I ever listened to and became obsessed with!!! GO THERE NOW!!

* Home Star Runner! - When I worked overtime for a little bit I just sat and watched these NONSTOP - I gotta get back to into it!

* Vegan Freaks Forum - Worldwide vegan forum.

* Vegan Lunchbox - Vegan mum making lunch for her vegan boy.

* Vegsource.org - More localish vegan forum full of lovely vegan people.

* White Ninja! - I luvbster White Ninja - not everyone's cup of tea, but most of them crack me up!

Shh!...Napping...

* Angela - Went on hiatus almost as soon as I found her!!!

* Bevis - He's on and off hiatus atm - he's a bit busy!

* Emotioneric - I read the entire site as soon as I found it - I WISH it were updated!!!

* Fop - I still check back every week to see if the site has somehow been ressurected.

* Karma to Burn - I love the karma points.

* Ms Misanthropist - Another that went on hiatus as soon as I added her.

* Pop Goes Canberra - I really like it when it's updated!

* Things I Hate about my Flatmate - I can relate to some of this stuff!

* This is My Computer - HILARRYIOUS!

* TJ - The first blogger I ever read, and as soon as I found it I read it ALL. I just wish it wasn't broken, coz I can't even get my fix via archives!

* To blog or not to blog - The other blog of Mick that's O/S atm.

* Treading Pugwall (WTF Pugwall) - The Students 'Other' blog.

* Two Minutes Happiness - Momo's old blog (but not the OLD old one).

ENJOY!!!

Saturday, August 05, 2006

Confetti!

We decided to relax today and pop out to Manuka for a sammich and a movie.

The (my) chosen one?:

The premise of the movie is that there's a magazine running a competition for the most 'original' wedding theme - three couples get their wedding paid for and covered in the magazine, and the winner also gets a house worth half a million pounds.

I really enjoyed this film - 'Best in Show' is one of my favs, so I'm a fan of the mockumentay.

I'm also a big fan of 'Tim' from The Office (UK!) aka: Martin Freeman:

"<3's"

Without any further ado, lets get the rest of the ticks and crosses outta the way:

Ticks - fantastic casting - everyone was convincing and realistic
Crosses - sometimes so much Penii, vag*na's and titty-boos can be distracting!

Ticks - apparantly largely unscripted (hence the realism)
Crosses - I laughed out loud like a Nelson in the theatre twice - making me sound like a Googly-moog.

Ticks - some really hilarious moments and some really touching moments
Crosses - a couple of painful/cringeworthy/sad moments

Enny says: Highly recomended - 4 stars!!

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Clicking thru the 'Explore Blogs'

...on the blogger homepage and was hypnotised by this.

(courtesty of here!)

Scheme Meme Spleen

Nicked from Tammiodo - Help yourself!!

(I think the pre-bit is sposesd to say: One word for:)
(I've smooshed some words together to make "one")

yourself: reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-t

your partner: CouchAndBlanketHog

your hair: TowelTurbaned

your mother: DrunkEyes

your father: RedCheeks

favourite item: MyLappy

your dream last night: Ican'tRememberButMyBossDreamtIwasReallyThinAndBitchyAndRunningAwayFromHerAtTheTrainStation

your favourite drink: Redeye

your dream home: WellMaintained

the room you're in: CozyAndWarm

your pleasure: HappinessMakesMeHappy

your fear: YouNameIt

where you want to be in 10 years: MarriedKidsHouseHappy

who you hung out with last night: MyMartialArtsStudentsAndTheHunsFamily(andTheHun)

what you're not: SuperWoman

your best friends: GoodToTalkWith

wish list item: iPodThatWorksUnplugged

your gender: SheGirl

the last thing you did: KickboxingShoweringCooking

the last thing you ate: TofuAndNoodles(TooMuchTofu)

your life: NotAllThatEventfulButLuvverlyAllTheSame

the last person you talked to on the phone: TheHun'JustBecause'(Ican'tHelpIt,It'sWhatGirlsDo!)

who are you thinking of now: JayneFromFireflyAndHisWinterHat

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

EnnyPen 101 - Week Three

The headband girl? SoooOOOooo surly!
And she smokes - but she's the type of person that you tend to look at and go 'Hrm, she only smokes coz she thinks it'll make her cool'. But she IS smart - I'll give her that...

I did learn about this tho:

HrrRRRRmmm interesting!

Basically, it's a diagram to explain why we get jealous at work.

It's good to be in class and understand what's being taught, but proddly not so good to understand so well that you blush and cringe and crouch back in your seat...

Sunday, July 30, 2006

This is the dawning of the age of a-weariness

One of my martial arts students turned 18 last week - a lovely affable lil fellow who really has come a long way, both training-wise and socially.

And as The Hun was dropping me off at Magf's house (to have her fiance drop us off at the 18th) I realised how old I'm starting to get...

Of the friends around our age, we have:

Six sets of friends that are homeowners

Two sets of friends pregnant


Three sets of friends married

Four sets of friends engaged

...and so on and so on.

And as Magf and I walked down the drive and glared at the swarm of 'tweens that rushed us, we realised that we were gonna be the odd ones out.

Zip forward to lunchtime today as I was hugging the toilet bowl and dry retching, I had two thoughts:

'WTF am I supposed to do?! I haven't spewed in over 5 years! What happens now!!!'

and

'I really am too old for this nonsense'.

So with another Monday comes another set of renewed promises to cut down the drinks, eat better and exercise more.

Lets see how long this one lasts.

Starting tomorrow.

(also brought on by perousing the archives for objectional text and realising the large number of alchohol related posts...)

Saturday, July 29, 2006

So I've been thinking...

There's been a lot of these types of stories around the traps.

And combined with recent E V E N T S, I'm a thinking I'm a gonna go thru the archives and make some amendements.

Stay tuned for minor changes!

Friday, July 28, 2006

Did you hear the one about the Public Servant that looked like a backpacker?

Well, you can hear it here first.

On Thursday I did something 'unusual'. Something I felt pressured to do, something that I knew would cause some reaction, something that I wasn't entirely comfortable in doing, something that I may only have done only once or twice before, but something that I did nontheless.

Wednesday night as I prepared my hair turban for bed (I'm a night-shower) I got accosted:
"You are not going to spend $160 on a haircut and then pull it back like that. Get the hairdryer and sit down and we're going to blowdry your hair. NOW."

So I did what I was told (Enny's a good girl!).

And I wore my hair out on Thursday.

I HATE wearing my hair out.

I hate the way my waves and kinks in the wrong places, I hate the way it sticks to the back of my neck and tickles and itches under my chin, I hate the way it draws attention to my under-chin-softspot and I hate the way that it was like the second coming of the Messiah.

Before lunch, I had no less than 11 individuals comment on 'the hair' (note: individuals; there was quite often more than one comment per person).

I don't know that I've ever been spoken to by 11 individuals about work!

There were a few different types of comment... "your hair's out!" "you look so different!" "who are you? where's enny gone?!" etc etc.

The most 'popular' comment (as in most heard, not as in my favourite) was "it looks so much better" (often with the disclaimer "why are you pulling that face?!").

But the most memorable was when I walked in to a team meeting just after it started:
"Don't we all love Enny with her hair out?" stated my bosses boss.
(agreeance from four other team members in meeting)
"Yeah" she decided she needed to follow up with, "she doesn't look like a, y'know, backpacker now".

Dubble-yew-tee-eff?!

Checkit:

Hair down

Hair Up

Backpacker.

'Splain?!

For further consideration: do you know how much pressure I felt under to wear my hair out today? So I did. And it didn't look as good as yesterday (The Hun didn't blowdry my hair AS thoroughly as I'm guessing he thought the 'compliments' were enough to magically make me competent as a girl and able to do my hair myself) and I HATE knowing that all the 'commenting' people were looking and thinking... THAT'S my NEWEST thing I hate about wearing my hair out...

My hair is up as I hit Publish Post.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

I've got a new hobby!

...or, to put it a lil more accurately, I can justify one of my old hobbies as a new one.

Background story: As I think I've mentioned before, my mighty tuff roadbeast's lease finishes up in early October:

(not my actual car)

I've been doing a little research over the past few month and was 'guided' towards the following:

(Japan made, v safe, value for money, roomy on the inside, good warranty).

All the important stuff is done - I've faxed off the order form (note: request for darkest possible tinting), picked out my decals n stickers from eBay and MOST IMPORTANTLY have booked the middle techo guy to set me up with a new pumpin system for my....

NEW FOUND GIDOL OBSESSION!!

I've oft sung the praises of car-eoke - that is, singing like a madwoman in the car, circa Alanis Morissette in that 'Ironic' filmclip:

(not a good part to re-enact on the parkway)

But I was over at Clokeeeey's and cackng myself over the clips there, and remembered reading about the Google Idol clips, so went a searching...

Some of my favs:

Das Trio - "Thousand Miles" - if only they practiced the words more! I love the angsty pillow hugging and attempted leap of death...

Anything by Lynne and Tessa (Barbie girl is here) (they even have their own website!) - I'd love to be the cool skinny one, but I'd more likely be the plumper one relying on her boobs to get the attention... (mind you, she's a better mimer - you just know she's the brains behind it all)....

And for good measure, checkout Hips don't lie (my cousin has that wig in bright red!) and the Happy Dumbos!

Homework:
- Wanna buy my old car?
- What's your fav Gidol vid?
- What do you reckon would be a goodun?
- Wanna join me?

Enjoy!

EnnyPen 101 - Week Two

'bout as exciting as it sounded last week.

I couldn' do my reading as it sent me to sleep. Twice. In bed, highlighter in hand. So las night was spent in a mini-frenzy of trying to scan thru the book to find the answers which worked MUCH better for me.

Both tutes went well enough - it was good to have two people I knew in the first one (eldest bro and The Huns sis) and I think I was able to sound knowledgable enough.

Ditto for the second tute (with the exception that the only people I recognised was the boy from my group work last semester, and an annoying headband girl from the first tute who waved her hand to answer all the questions. And there's no tute mark for the course. And she's v surly looking. And STUNK of teh sm0k3.).

Apologies for the LAME - I'm feeling a bit tired, promises to do better nex time etc.

Friday, July 21, 2006

Enny celebrates the big 'twenty-five-oh' with a slap in the face and unforgettable story

That's right! 250 posts! Go me!

And I had planned to share just an unforgettable story, but I will intervene with my slap in the face before finishing with the story, so that I can get it out of my system and never need speak of the events of the past week again (not to mention ever have to think about it again)(But y'all jus know it'll reappear in my planned 'hypotheticals' series) (skip after the slap if you have no interest in such petties) (and skip this entire post if toilet humour is not your thang)...

***** START SLAP *****
SO.

{Deleted by the Author - sorry dudes!}
This forum is good - somewhere to get thoughts out where they can't hurt. But I might need to change the address - I think there's value in total anonymity.
I'm pretty sure you can guage how I felt when I read that. And how I feel now. And in my heart of hearts I'm pretty sure she didn't mean it the way that if feels (if there's a lesson to be learnt here then I'm choosing to ignore it at this stage). But that will stay with me for a very long time. And I guess that due to my lack of total anonymity I can't really say any more on it... So if you're reading? Be sure to send me a postcard a tell me about how good it feels. FFS.

***** END SLAP *****

And without further ado - would you like to here a story to stay with YOU for life?

Someone* once told me something that I don't think I will ever forget - Rarely a day or two goes past that I don't think of it in one way or another - yet I've never told anyone else...

But I think it's important to mark 'special occassions' with things like this:

"Enny, do you want to hear something you'll never forget?"

"Sure!"

"When I sit down on the toilet for number twos, I have to spread my butt cheeks apart."

"ARE YOU SERIOUS?!"

"Yeah! Now I can't go do it without making sure I'm spread out properly!"

"WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME THIS?!!"

"Because as soon as I was told, I could never forget it! You'll see! "

"...Thanks..."

Happy 250 to me
Hapy 250 to me
Happy 250 dear Enny
Happy 250 to meeee!

* Bonus points if you can guess who told me!

Thursday, July 20, 2006

This is not a diversionary tactic

Seriously!

There's no WAY I'd instantly try to post something upbeat immediatley as pennance for my emo teen-angst (perhaps mars'n'dot are looking for more housemates?!).

My issue is that I could feel my belly jiggling when I was at kickboxing tonight.

I've done the right thing - I've joined the gym - but that doesn't stop the 'naughty' snacks.

Waking up and starting the day on a healthy note - PButter on toast, juice, vittymins, redeye, air-popped popcorn... salad for lunch, mandarin, corn biscuits...

AND THEN?

Half a packet of v. chocolate biscuits.

And again the next day. And with v ice cream for dessert.

And today was going well until the kettles chips at 3pm. And the salted mixed nuts after work. And the Ali Baba WITH CHIPS and a cruiser for dinner.

People - please help me?

I hate looking at my bright red man arms in the gym mirror, and feeling my belly wobbly when I run or get kicked or do situps...

(PS - I get my gym program on Sunday, but because this is not a diversionary tactic I need some input)

(PSS - Thanks for being a friend)

(PPSS - Would you like to come round for some v chocolate biscuits? I PROMISE they taste like real TimTams....)

It hurts...

... to see someone hurting...
...and being torn between wanting to say something ...
...and knowing that you said that you wouldn't...

***Extended Remix Version with Directors Commentary***

It may now be evident that the events of the last week have started to take their toll on the little 'community'.

What started as a whisper and built up to breeze, arrived as a tornado on Friday. I'm no meteorologist, but there were two or three aftershocks felt through the community, affecting different parties at different times.

And when it seemed that the dust had settled?

You. ain't. seen. nothin. like. it.

In some ways, it's good that it's not all about me. It's good that it's not about this.

But in other ways - it's very Very VERY bad.

I know I was naive to believe that when it all began that things would be fine - could carry on as normal - that it could even make things better!

But then, I am the worlds naivest, most gullible and mentally underprepared lil thang that e'er traipsed these lands.

The fallout has shaken everyone.

Four parties moving together - terrified and angry, hurt and excited, so so honest yet so so opaque.

And when they were about to meet in the middle?

I put up my hand and did the only thing that would surely put it all to an end. Not a happy ending, not the ending the naive me had hoped for, not rainbows and puppy dogs and sunshine.

It was either all in or all out.

And the four corners backed away - heads bowed, tear stained, exhausted and unsure. Two by two returning to how it was before, and none really the better for it.

And this is the new 'end'.

An end that is from the wrong book.

An end that is not an end, but no more a start or a middle.

An end that is not the end.

And still, there is a breeze. A breeze coming from a different direction.

What is? What caused it to stir up? Where is going? Is it strong enough that I should notice? Is it too strong that I should have noticed earlier? Strong enough that it catches my eye but is disregarded as just another breeze. or so strong that I should rush out to greet the storm.

It pains me that all are left so unsure - it pains me that it has gone this way - it pains me that this really is the most unsure, confused, concerned and helpless I have EVER felt in my life.

There are news walls in the community - it has been a week of frantic action - constructing, deconstructing, shifting and reinforcing.

So although there is a wall there - I'm unsure of how high and how strong it is.

If I attempt to climb over, is it going to be the final straw?
Can there be a final straw when it seems that it can't get any worse?

I know there are lines that I can never cross again - but in a world of darkness and shifting mists, how do you know if you're too close or too far?

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Tagged!

Another Five Things meme, this time from the Delightful Jen (she really IS delightful):

The Five Things Meme

In my handbag
- Broken crappy unportable iPod
- Spiffy can't-live-without-it organiser (paper based but leather (so will replace only when completely wrecked))
- Oroton coin purse (so cute - a gift - leather (so will replace only when completely wrecked))
- Nokia flip phone
- PSP (Lumines battle anyone>!)

In my fridge
- Icky stifry made with the wrong mixed veggies that I hafta have for lunch tmr as celery makes The Hun gag
- Redeye
- Cruisers
- Floradix Florivital
- Vegan cheese slices

In my closet
- An empty CK mens trunks box (to perve on)
- My Riggadoon doll, 'Rusty' (anyone else have one of those?!)
- Four formal dresses
- An alarming number of girly potions and makeup for someone who only wears makeup quarterly and...
- TOO MANY HANDBAGS

In my car

(Ugh - what's NOT in my car?!)
- Martial arts stuff (including uniform, belt, sparring gear (inc insta-bust chest guard!), two jo's and a briefcase)
- Empty Redeye bottles
- Several socks and shoes
- FULL SIK SUBWOOFAH
- Empty packets of noodles, sultanas, skittles, bottled water (you get the picture...)

First five to nominate get to do it - even if it's just in the comments!

I wasn't kidding about the increase in hits...

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

EnnyPen 101 - Week One

Yes it IS that time again already!

Uni has started again (only one sixth of the way thru my degree!!!!), and with it has come the first tinge of excitement, only to be smothered by the damp dark dogbreathness that it really is.

The tinge of excitement was at the way my lecture today was much better than expected - I thought the course was gonna be about memorising theorists and diagrams, but it seems to be more about TEH PEEPS so I'm looking forward to it.

What squashed it? Realising that whilst the course is more about TEH PEEPS and psych-type stuff, I was sandwhiched tween eldest bro (who's gf is a psych-type) and The Huns sister (who is a psych-type). Me? Durr... Jack of some trades, master of none.

Then there was the additional joy of having to hand over almost $200 for textbooks, which is taking me $200 further away from an iPod that works.

Additionally, uni is spread over two days this semester (impractical!) with a 9:30 - 2:30 stint on a Tuesday (with a one hour break for leering at barely-legals in the refect) and an 8:30 - 10:30 blargh on a Wednesday.

AND it seems to be following the typical plan of 'one interesting and one boring/one good and one bad/one thought based and one fact based', the lecture I have tmr is for a course that appears to be maths.

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahths.

So on top of all that I'm driving an extra almost 100km a week just for uni travel, I'll be whittling down any flex I've managed to scrape together and I'm getting tired of the PussyCatDolls CD that I can't help but pump each time I get into the car...

Stay tuned for next weeks THRILLING episode...

Sunday, July 16, 2006

Housekeeping - Hooray for Bullet Points!

  • After a brief stint as a hermit, I've hung my home sweet home sign up back on the wall at enny-pen.blogspot.com. This is my place and I'm not about to move, lease it, be evicted or do that thing where the people come round and deem it unsafe and put the sign on the door to stop people coming in. And thanks for the support and kind words I've received.


  • Want ppl to leave your party? Try hitting them in the eye with a newspaper - it works a treat (ask The Hun)!
  • What's that song with the line 'All my friends are getting married'? Magf is engaged!
  • And is there a song with the lyrics 'All my friends are having babies'? Mrs Batman is havvin a lillun! Feb '07. All together now - Awwww.
  • And is there a song that goes 'I got told both of those pieces of news within five minutes of each other'? No? Mebbe I should get Erica to compose it for me.
  • Donations/dastardly plans for my 'save $5000 and then be allowed to buy a new iPod that will work without a plug (ie a PORTABLE portable music player)' fund would be much appreciated.

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Coincidence?

Is it? That the same day that the whole anonymous blog thang falls to sh!t is the same day I record the highest amount of hits to my site?

Who knows?

(besides EVERYONE else?)

Ooooh yeah - I've been drinking.

So why not ask me how my week's been?

What? You just did?

Well, lemme tell you.

I've been moody all week. I've been tired, cranky and potentially hormonal. I'm not losing weight - if anything I'm going up - and so I've been entertaining the thought that maybe I'm pregnant (v not likely) and then I feel guilty coz my 'occassional' cruiser with dinner has been happening more and more often so if I DID get accidentally pregnant then my baby would be brain damaged and I'd never drink again.

So besides stupid random thoughts as above, my boss has been on leave, so I've been busy.

{Deleted by the Author - sorry dudes!}

I've been moping around the house feeling sorry for myself - The Hun has an icky chest cold, and is unhappy with his job (rightfully so) so the more upset he gets, the more upset I get. I seem to spend my time getting outta bed first, getting ready in the cold, making lunch, going to work, coming home, checking the net for 30 mints, going to martial arts, coming home, cooking dinner and then going to bed while The Hun watches Le Tour and falls asleep on the couch. I spend my time ranting all my issues to everyone but him and then I go nuts at him that we don't talk about anything important anymore. 5 days a week. Then we do nothing all weekend. And I get told off for the house being messy and not doing anything. Wah wah wah etc - you get the picture.

And of couse it's all exagerated, coz that's what I like to do.

AND NOW, following up ramble styles from yesterdays post - I'm even more despondent.

So eldest bro's gf has read the blog occassionally.

Middle bro only reads it when he has nothing else to read and thinks it's a good opportunity to make me look like more of a prick than I already appear (RL and otherwise).

Youngest bro dun give a f()ck about it and is the only one I told.

And eldest bro gf told me eldest bro knows about it but dun read it, but then tells her that he only told me about the 'L word' thing because he read it here.

Yeah, see that? I'm not even colouring them orange I'm that frickin emotional about all this bullshit.

What I hate is the feeling that my space has been encroached.

And I don't care if that's not a word.

And I'm not THAT frickin thick - I KNOW it's on the internet so EVERY frickin man and his dog can read it, but that's not what it was about.

It wasn't intended for people I know. And it wasn't intended for people I know to tell other people I know. And it wasn't intended for the other people I know to then use what they know and tell others who don't know to make it look like I'm off blabbing every little snippet. And it wasn't intended for me to have to explain to others how someone found out something that I was sworn to secrecy about that they were sworn to secrecy about. And then to all sit back and have a frickin tea party discussion on how superior and super secret and cool I think I am in bloglife when I'm just a piece of sh!t in RL.

So now what? Do I have to be looking over my shoulder? Do I not talk write about anything that actually happens? Do I not get the opportunity to say what I really think anymore? Do I instead write hypothetical essays that don't indicate who or what or where or when it may be related to RL (as suggested by The Hun)? I'm not shooting down his idea, but the reason I started this whole shebang was because I thought I'd had plenty of interesting stories to tell, not because I'm an awesome writer who wants to be published and is blogging to keep up the practice. I'm not doing it for the love of the frickin written word. It's because I like the opportunity to express and share and meet new people, get new perspectives, read new things.

It makes me mad. There are so many issues in the issue that make me mad that I can't even talk about because f()ck knows who's reading this and is going tell whoever else f()cking knows.

If there are ppl I know reading, then that's fine. I'd rather I know and have some discussion on it so that I have the opportunity to say 'if you want to read, that's fine, but you'll know more about me then you want to and that's YOUR choice. '

F()CK you for every time you sat back and laughed at something I thought.

I don't want to hafta frickin censor myself.

And the thing I hate Hate HATE is knowing that people I see or speak to weekly, biweekly or more have known about this the whole time. And not said a fricking thing to my face.

The thing I HATE most in Rlife is looking the fool. Especially when it's to more than one person. Especially to people that I thought would tell me sooner and not betray my trust. Because if they really knew me like I thought they did, they would know it's the one thing that would upset me the most.

OBVIOUSLY.

Friday, July 14, 2006

HEARTATTACKED

I was having lunch with a friend from highschool a month or two ago - she's the one with the baby (must remember to give her a nickname!) - and we'd just settled down to eat in the foodcourt when she realised she had no napkins for the messy lil boy.

"No worries" I said "I'll get you some".

And I did.

When I sat down I pointed out to her that we'd walked right past a lady laying in the middle of the foodcourt, surrounded by ambo's and concerned onlookers.

"We were so caught up in lunch we didn't notice! How rude!" she observed.

Since then, I've noticed that they've placed defribillator machines all around the shopping centre.

HOWEVER.

Today I discovered a better way to shock your heart around (in an 'OMG I THINK I'M GONNA THROW UP MY HEART' kinda way).

Get an email from eldest bro's gf confessing she's been reading your blog for some time, after middle bro told her there was stuff about her here.

Have more, will post tomorrow.

(PS - suggestions for how to deal with middle bro would be VERY much appreciated - if you're reading this one buddy boy, beware....)

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Hold the phones

I have an update.

(Permission to unbait the breath you're all holding)
(You'll need it - it might be a lil lengthy)

{Deleted by the Author - sorry dudes!}

PS - do u think I cursed the Pink Floyd guy by using his album cover?!

Sunday, July 09, 2006

FeeeEEEeeelings

With the end of the first semester of 2006 comes a gamut of emotions.

Relief at the thought that I need never open a Marketing or Economics text anytime in the forseeable future.

Nerves as Eldest Bro reads my results over the phone.

Elation at marks higher than P's (Credit for Eco, Distinction for Mktg).

Jealousy at Eldest Bro's two HD's.

Retrospection (shaddup - it IS a feeling) on whether I shoulda studied harder.

Dissapointment as the realisation settles that I've never received a HD.

Comforting Evil Glee at the thought that his high scores were not earnt entirely alone.

Confirmation that Eldest Bro and I will be in the same tute for the same course next semester leaves me feeling.....?

Friday, July 07, 2006

Looking for perspective like that Pink Floyd cover...

You know: one thing goes in, lotsa different things come out...?!

Nayways, I was just wondering what people would have to say/think about this.

I have a "friend of a friend" (it's not me!) who has been in a relationship for about 18 months. I introduced them at a party (yes!! me!!!) and they hit it off pretty much straight away, although there was some intervention on mine and gf1's behalf to get them to 'work it out'.

{Deleted by the Author - sorry dudes!}

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Skip this one if ur over the vegan thang

Check out my recent emails with a Subway (eat fresh!) rep:

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From: Enny
To: Subway Peeps

Hi,

I was just wondering which (if any) of your breads are suitable for vegans?

Kind Regards,
Enny

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From: (Subway rep)
To: Enny

Yes they are vegan friendly.

Kind regards,
(Subway rep)

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From: Enny
To: (Subway rep)

Hi (Subway rep),

I'm presuming the Parmesan Oregano bread isn't vegan due to the cheese.

Can you please confirm for me which breads do not contain ANY animal products?

Kind Regards,
Enny

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From: (Subway rep)
To: (Other Subway rep)

Ummm… can you help me…?

From: (Other Subway rep)
To: (Subway rep)

The only vegan friendly options are:

White, Wheat & Honey Oat

From: (Subway rep)
To: Enny

FYI - Please see (above)

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From: Enny
To: (Subway rep)

Hi (Subway rep),

Thanks for that - Also, it might help to take the Honey Oat off the vegan list - the majority of vegans won't eat honey!

Thanks again,
Enny

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*rolls eyes in superior elitist manner*
*conducts internal monologue about how SOME people JUST DON'T GET IT*
*hunts kitchen for those vegan choccie biscuits*

Sunday, July 02, 2006

Blast from the Past

I was shrugging my way down the aisles of woollies tonight and recognised someone across the tomatoes that I hadn't seen for years, Years, YEARS.

I worked with him for a few years, when I was a casual and going to uni. He was a few years older, into a bit of pot and lanky, but he was a good guy at heart and always good for a chat.

The place was always a bit of dive - a collection of randoms from all walks of life. Of particular note were two girls who lived together and worked together and only hung out together. Their pay combined was enough to cover the rent, some pot and a few Cadbury Breakaways.

I noticed him spending more time with the girls, hanging out with them more in and out of work, and spending more shifts shuffling around in a bit of a daze.

There was rumour that he'd cheated on his girlfriend - the sister of one of the other staff - with the shorter and 'smarter' of the two girls. His girlfriend of years had found out and dumped him. Nothing was said to him but his behaviour was noted - he was sadder, more withdrawn and quieter. I'd make an extra effort to try and talk more, keep him involved and keep him in touch, but never talk about any of the issues - how could I?

I came in early one afternoon, on a day where he started at lunch and worked through until 8. The manager had also arrived and told me that I had to do the washing up first thing. I must've looked puzzled - each time he did the day shift he was always sure to do the washing up for us - but did it without asking.

As I was washing, he came around the back of the store to wash his hands at the sink next to mine, and I was the only one to see the bandages on his wrists.

"What have you done?! Why?!"

"Please don't tell anyone" he said "it's nothing. I couldn't do it - it looks worse than it is. Please don't tell."

It wasn't long after that that he left. He couldn't keep working with the girl that had ruined his happiness - a moment of weakness on his behalf, an opportunity that came without remorse for her.

I'd often wondered where he was. What he was doing. How he was going. In the years since I'd seen him I'd run that scene over and over through my head.

I was so glad to see him, so glad he saw me, so glad I could finally put my worst fears out of my head.

"I almost didn't recognise you!" "Time has ravaged me, huh?"

We were able to chat quite openly, interupted only by customers trying to get to the zuchinis behind us. He'd lived with the two girls for about a year, but got sick of the drama. They'd stolen a lot of his stuff, then lied to the police when they were called in to assist him in getting it back. His last moment of triumph was telling the taller girl what the other really thought of him as he left the house for the last time.

He's moved onto bigger and better things, a job that challenges him and keeps him learning. He ran into the short girl that ruined his life - his job took him to her job. The first thing she asked was "what are you doing here?!" his reponse: "trying not to kill you". She changed jobs, but his job took her to her new job as well. They still don't speak.

We did the catching up thing "Where are you living?""Who do you keep in touch with?""Do you remember?""Are you seeing anyone?"

It was not long before his shopping mate met up with him again, paid groceries in hand.

"It was good to see you again!"
"Absolutely. I'll see you around, yeah?"

And although we didn't swap numbers or details, it was one of the rare occassions where I really did mean it

Friday, June 30, 2006

So, how was your day?

I:
- Drove to Batmans Bay alone
- and was running late, because I was
- Stuck behind a truck on the clyde where I was in first gear AND braking, as well as
- Being stopped twice for roadworks, and
- Stopped once for sheep crossing the road.

Did I mention, I was going there:
- For a funeral? And
- I hit a bird on my way there.

Once there I:
- Stood awkwardly in my typical fashion as others grieved openly and
- Kept hitting grievers with my mansize shoulders. Also,
- The Hun's ex was in attendance and
- Was called up for support for The Huns sister while she read a poem,
- whilst the best support I could manage was to nudge her with my man shoulders.

I also,:
- Realised half the family there didn't remember my name and
- offended The Hun's gramma by not staying overnight (and in retrospect feel I should), whilst
- feeling rude for not eating at the wake as all food was animal affected and,
- listened to The Hun's ex chat along fine with all the family, whilst I was left
- wondering what thoughts/comparisons were going through everybody elses heads.


I then:
- Drove home alone and
- Had to drive an interstate visitor around a bit then take him to dinner in the Civic foodcourt where I
- Lectured him on his relationship (he's M5 from here) and then
- Found a hair in my vegetarian Pide.

Since then I've:
- Finished my tub of icecream and
- Sat on my ass whilst I
- Should be cleaning; and will be
- Playing tourist host tmr whilst I
- Should be cleaning, so will proddly have to
- Wake up early.

*sigh*

Thursday, June 29, 2006

*Sighs of relief*

Hello,

I was just wondering if you could tell me if Red eye (particularly Platinum) is vegan friendly?

Kind Regards,
Enny

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Hi Enny,

Yes our drinks are Vegan friendly as the Taurine we use in our products is synthetic and not derived from animals.

Thank you
Theo

*parties*

Nickname games

Borrowed from Ampersand Duck!

YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME
(grandfather/grandmother on your father's side, your favorite sweet/lolly):
Eva Sweet William

YOUR FLY GIRL/GUY NAME
(first initial of first name followed by "izzle",
first two or three letters of your last name followed by "dizzle"):

Eizzle Penizzle (blog name)

YOUR DETECTIVE NAME
(favorite color, favorite animal):
Purple Meerkat

YOUR STAR WARS NAME
(first 3 letters of your name- last 3 letters of mother's maiden name,
first 3 letters of your pet's name repeated twice):
Ennall ElvElv

SUPERHERO NAME
("The", your favorite color, the automobile you drive):
The Purple 200sx

Hrm... I'm sure yours are funnier....?!

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Could it be?!

Socceroos penalised by FIFA's payback policy

THE Aussies should have known it would end this way. It was inevitable. The seed for Australia's 1-0 World Cup loss to Italy in Kaiserslautern on a blatantly incorrect penalty kick awarded by Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantalejo in the final seconds was sown in South Korea four years ago.

Monday's devastating blow to the Socceroos was a make-up call.

Anyone with any suspicion of just how things are manipulated at soccer's highest level, including the outcome of games, needs only to look back to 2002. That's when Italy was robbed blind in a 2-1 overtime loss to South Korea in a second-round World Cup game that was refereed atrociously by Ecuador's Byron Moreno. The South American was so bad that Italians named a row of public toilets after him in Sicily.

The loss eliminated the Italians and — much to the delight of soccer's movers and shakers — sent co-host South Korea on a run that took it to the semi-finals and an eventual fourth-place finish.

Given the massive public support for the team, keeping South Korea alive as long as possible was very much in FIFA's interests. So Italy paid the price. This time around, the price has been paid back.

Things are all square with Italy. Australia will get the make-up call next time around, at South Africa in 2010, assuming it qualifies.

That's how it works.

It's about making hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate sponsorships and television contracts. Fat cats greasing fat cats. It's not really about sport or sportsmanship. Only the naive believe that.

Think this is the rambling of a conspiracy theorist? Think again. Listen tothe Italians in 2002:

This from Francesco Totti, who was ejected in the game against South Korea: "It was a scandal. The truth is that he (Moreno) had his mind set against us — this was a desired elimination. By who? I don't know — there are things greater than me, but the feeling is that they wanted us out."

Or this, from Franco Frattini, then a minister in the Italian Government: "The referee was a disgrace. Absolutely scandalous. I've never seen a game like it. It seemed as if they just sat around a table and decided to throw us out."

And finally this, from then-Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni: "I said that it would be tough, that we had additional opposition. I am not talking about a plot but about an additional opposition."

Flash forward now to Monday afternoon in Kaiserslautern. No contact is made when Australian defender Lucas Neill slides to make a blocking tackle on Fabio Grosso. If anything, Grosso has taken a dive. But referee Cantalejo points immediately to the penalty spot. There is only time left for the kick. No time for Australia to reply.

And who steps up to take it? None other than the formerly affronted Totti, the victim of 2002's "scandal".

Totti scores, and Italy goes through to the quarter-finals. Australia's first World Cup finals in 32 years are over.

Australia's coach had this to say: "If you see the replay, there is no doubt that it was not a penalty."

Australia's coach is Guus Hiddink. He was on the other side of the "conspiracy" in 2002. Back then, he was South Korea's coach when Italy was stiffed.

Honest. You can't make up this stuff. Only FIFA has that talent.
(via email)

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Jus for fluffy

(who I'm so thankful to for asking me to do this - when I asked my workmates to do this for me they jus laughed...)
Blue outlines, yellow eyes....

NOW do you feel a lil less devianty?!

Saturday, June 24, 2006

Alphabet Soup

Stolen with jus a lil shame from Boysenberry:

Alphabet Soup

A - Available: No ~ sorry Mr Da Stu ;o)
A - Age: 24
A - Annoyance: Lack of compassion

B - Best Friend: Gf1 and Gf2
B - Beer: Ick - none. But if I did, I think I'd like the Blonde Beer
B - Birthday: March 27

C - Crush: Italian Soccer Team/Christiano Ronaldo/75% of all Rugby Union Players/75% of all World Cup Players (except that other plumpy Ronaldo)
C - Car: Nissan 200sx
C - Candy: Skittles!

D - Day or night: I'm cheerier in the morning, but I'd still rather sleep in
D - Dream Car: Realistically: MazdaSP23, Dreamland: Lotus Elise
D - Dog Or Cat: A miniature black pomeranian named Buddy, please

E - Easiest person to talk to: erica!
E - Eggs: No thankyou
E - Email: EnnyPen@gmail.com

F - Favorite Month: December (Christmas, Summer, Lazy at work, New Years...)
F - Favorite color: Purple (have you noticed it's proddly the most used here?!)
F - Favorite Memory: Playing 'cooking show' with my cousin and 'families' with my bro's

G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Neither thankyou
G - Giver or taker: Taker *cheeky cringe*
G - Gum: Wrigleys Eclipse

H - Hair Color: Browny-Reddy with foils needing updating and a caramel wash needing refreshing...
H - Height: 177cm
H - Happy: Yessir!

I - Ice Cream: So Good Chocolate Supreme (it really is!!)
I - Instrument: Piano/Keyboard, tho I'd love to be a drummer (if only I had rythm slash coordination!!!
I - Idol: Ooh... idols to have dinner with would be the Dalia Lama or Missy Elliot...

J - Jewellery: Six earrings and a bellybutton stud
J - Jail: Only to pick eldest bro up ;o)

K - Kids: None *yet* I'm hoping for boy, girl, boy
K - Kickboxing or Finger Painting: Kickboxing!

L - Longest Car Ride: Mebbe four hours to coast, otherwise an 11 hour coach trip was unforgettable (not in a good way!)
L - Longest relationship: app 3.5 yrs
L - Last Kiss: This morning (I won't cheat and try to nick one now)

M - Milk flavor: Chocolate soy
M - Most missed person(s): My Pa and my dog Tom
M - Movie Last Watched: Stick it (Also saw Keeping Mum and Fun with Dick and Jane within the last 24 hours!)

N - Number of Siblings: Me and the three boys
N - Number of Tattoos: One made of two main ones, made of ten seperate parts total
N - (nick)Name: Enny

O - One wish: All my dreams to come true!
O - One Phobia: Only one?! I'll sum it up as 'being afraid' (heights, speed, tincans, scary movies, etc etc)
O - One regret: Not finishing my longest relationship when he cheated

P - Pet Peeves: Attitude
P - Part of your appearance you like best: Eyes
P - Part of your Personality you like best: 'Humour'

Q - Quick or Slow: Slow

R - Reason to smile: Almost anything!
R - Reality TV Show: BB
R - Reason to cry: Misfortune, hormones, stupid movies where the stupid woman kills a dog and then it's lonely old owner

S - Song Last Heard: 'Flame Trees' Sarah Blasko (lurve it)
S - Season: Summer
S - Shoe: 9ish

T - Time you woke: 9am
T - Time Now: 10:13pm
T - Time for bed: Tonight? 1ish, I think

U - U love someone: Yes
U - Unpredictable: I'd describe it more as 'random'

V - Vegetable you hate: Most of the green ones!
V - Virgin: Not for some time now...
V - Vacation spot: I'd love to see Vegas, Japan, NY, Italy and France (and now that my parents are back from Tahiti, I wanna go there!!!)

W- Worst Habits: I can't tell you all of those!

X - X-Rated Porn: Only for research purposes ;o)

Y - Year you were born: 1982
Y - Year it is now: 2006
Y - Yellow: Look at the stars, look how they shine for you...

Z - Zoo Animal: Meerkats!
Z - Zodiac: Aries *baa*

Friday, June 23, 2006

Now, be honest with me...


How long did it take you to see the dolphins*?

*Research has shown that young children cannot identify the intimate couple because they have no prior memory associated with such a scenario. Children see nine dolphins. This is a test to determine if you already have a corrupted mind. If it is for you to find the dolphins within six seconds, your mind is indeed corrupted.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

This is our last goodbye

Dear Tiffany,

I'm sorry the time came for us to part.

It all happened so fast.

I've been so used to just having you there - no matter where I was or what I was doing, I knew you'd be there - almost looking over my shoulder. Two peas in a pod.

But then you started to change - aspects and dimensions of you started to change - almost out of nowhere. And I was instantly wary - I'd seen changes in others before - why? What caused you to grow further away from me? I may never be sure.

So I booked us an appointment to see what we could do about the change in us, but there was no other option. We coudln't keep living like we were - something had to be done.

This afternoon was stressful - I knew we needed to part company, but a large part of me didn't want to go through the pain. And in retrospect - the time spent thinking about it was worse than actually doing it.

And as I lay on my side, feeling the weight of a body against me, hearing the breath in my ear - I closed my eyes and tried not to think about you, about the pain. This was it. It would never be the same again.

It could feel you drifting further away from me, but not really feel anything at the same time. I was numb.

And as I walked back to my car, shaking, there were no tears - just the realisation that the right thing had been done.

And now? The pain is starting to set in - the smallest movements and thoughts bring sharply to my attention that you are no longer there.

And I'm sure in the near future I'll reach out for you and only find an empty space - and I dread to think of the pain that will follow.

I really do feel like I've lost a part of me - without you here, a part of me missing. And I don't know when i'll feel whole again.

~Enny

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Pencil it in

1pm tomorrow Tiffany (as it is now lovingly being reffered to at work) is being removed.

The surgeon is a lovely lil man out at O'Conner, who has reassured me I won't feel a thing (after the ansithetic).

Ticks for the fact that there won't be much hair removal at all;
Crosses for the fact that it's being sent of for test (just in case).

I'm taking the afternoon off work, but don't stay tuned for much else other than 'ooch ooch ooch'.

QUESTION: If I have the opportunity to have a look at it, should I?!

Monday, June 19, 2006

Happy moments

I was heading off for my exam this morning jus before 7:30 and noticed that the traffic was congested.

This isn't unusual down Conder way - the selfish Gunghalites (Gunghalanites?) have taken the funding required to double lane the roads down Lanyon way, so come 7:45 on a weekday morn, a steady weave of traffic takes to the back streets to avoid getting stuck on the main road (Hint to Gov'mt: a sign installed in someones lawn reading "local traffic only" will not be enough to convince people to sit on the clutch for an extra 7 mintues each morning).

So after trolling the backstreets, I came to the portion of main road that's usually uncongested and noticed I was riding the clutch.

"What is this?!" I whinged to myself as I banged on the steering wheel and weaved around my lane "I have an exaaaaaaam today". Traffic crawled on and I still couldn't see what was happening.

And then, a gap ahead - cars resuming normal speed.

And what could it be?

A kangaroo laying nearish the side of the road.

Not injured or distressed, just taking in the sunlight and the courteous slowing down of the traffic passing him by.

Lovely, lovely people jus being careful and considerate for the lil fellah.