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The moon is getting smaller!
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This makes the dragon sad.
Every year, the moon is moving 3cm further away from the earth. Thats quite a distance in my oppinion!
When I was young, I remember the moon being much bigger than it is now. It's nice to know it's not my imagination, but that doesn't stop it being sad... What happens when the moon abandons us and goes off on it's merry little way? What will the american space program have to aim for then?
I mean, we've already littered all over it, and there are some people that want to blast more junk into the surface of it (at $1000 a gram)... surely we can't let it wander away in that condition.
Personally, I think that as soon as humanity manages to set up a permanent base on the magnetic poles of the moon, we should immediatly start on building retro boosters on the dark side so we can blast that giant hunk of rock back into a closer orbit with the earth.
If it escapes us, not only are we sending out a terrible message to any other life that is out there, but we'll also lose the greatest atractor in our night sky. We're already killing the stars with light pollution... and if the moon goes, what is going to affect the tides? The ocean will become alot more boring!
As will humanity! We'll no longer have such a visible excuse to blame all our crimes of passion on, no longer be able to scare each other with tales of werewolves on the full moon.... Having one's beast called out whenever mars is closest to earth's orbit is a little weak... I can just see it now...
"Which one is mars?"
"That little dot in the sky..."
"That little dot?"
"No, that other little dot... the red one..."
"... they all look the same colour to me...."
"... Yeah..."
"... So... when are we supposed to be attacked by this werewolf?"
"Um..."
Say it with me people!
Bring back the Moon!
Every year, the moon is moving 3cm further away from the earth. Thats quite a distance in my oppinion!
When I was young, I remember the moon being much bigger than it is now. It's nice to know it's not my imagination, but that doesn't stop it being sad... What happens when the moon abandons us and goes off on it's merry little way? What will the american space program have to aim for then?
I mean, we've already littered all over it, and there are some people that want to blast more junk into the surface of it (at $1000 a gram)... surely we can't let it wander away in that condition.
Personally, I think that as soon as humanity manages to set up a permanent base on the magnetic poles of the moon, we should immediatly start on building retro boosters on the dark side so we can blast that giant hunk of rock back into a closer orbit with the earth.
If it escapes us, not only are we sending out a terrible message to any other life that is out there, but we'll also lose the greatest atractor in our night sky. We're already killing the stars with light pollution... and if the moon goes, what is going to affect the tides? The ocean will become alot more boring!
As will humanity! We'll no longer have such a visible excuse to blame all our crimes of passion on, no longer be able to scare each other with tales of werewolves on the full moon.... Having one's beast called out whenever mars is closest to earth's orbit is a little weak... I can just see it now...
"Which one is mars?"
"That little dot in the sky..."
"That little dot?"
"No, that other little dot... the red one..."
"... they all look the same colour to me...."
"... Yeah..."
"... So... when are we supposed to be attacked by this werewolf?"
"Um..."
Say it with me people!
Bring back the Moon!
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What I did on Monday
7 min read
Warning, this is long. I don't blame anyone who doesn't want to read the whole thing, but it's not often you'll get to read a firsthand account of the worst storm WA has had in 50 years.
Well, Monday started out pretty normally. I caught the bus and train into work, ran around like a semi-headless chook and then caught the train and bus home. This is where the fun stuff started.
While on the bus, it started to rain, which was a really good thing, seeing as how the pressure that had been building since Sunday had been playing hell with my already tender head. So yes, the rain was all well and good, but then ... the thudding started. It was only a light crack at first, but it was quite obviously hail. Small chunks of ice falling from the sky like over eager snowflakes. The size of nerds (if you don't know what nerds candy is, look it up). I thought to myself as I got off the bus; it's not so bad, I only have a 5 minute walk home. Little did I realise.
Moments after I'd gotten off the bus, the weather turned. No longer was it simply raining with a sprinkle of candy rock sized hail, it was now BUCKETING down! Laced heavily with high speed golf ball sized hail! Within seconds I was wearing more water than was falling from the sky. My boots squelched, my clothes were plastered to my body and my hair was making it impossible to see. My hand bag had quadrupled in weight and my shopping (which I was now regretting) made it impossible to shield myself from the turbo golf balls of pain.
What had started out as a nice quiet five minute walk home had suddenly turned into a painful slog through rain so heavy it was like trying to breathe in the shower while being beaten with a cold golf ball in a sock ... over and over again.
Why didn't you stop under a tree I hear you say? Didn't make a difference, all it did was make me a non-moving target with hail coming down out of the tree as well as on an angle from the weather. Surely there was a veranda or a porch you could have stood under? No, no there wasn't. The closest thing to shelter on my way home would have been the ex-church within spitting distance of home. Not really worth it.
So yes. I get home only to find that I now have a moat. But hey, it's just another puddle to wade through. My boots can't get any wetter, nor can I. I notice the heavy rubber door mat that was sitting in front of my door is now on the other side of the drive way. By the time I get the door open and manage to balance on the doorstep to get my boots and socks off, I'm so very glad I've been using a towel as a draft excluder. I wring out as much water as I'm able because water in floating wood floors = bad. Little do I realise that it doesn't really matter.
First things first, I strip off and put my clothes in the washing machine to spin off the extra water that I couldn't ring out. You know you've been rained on when you have to put your clothes in the washing machine to make them damp... I squeeze out my boots and put them to dry in the laundry trough. Then I dry off, get dressed in something warm and dry and try to relax.
Then I notice that the pitter patter of rain that I'm hearing is too loud to be just outside.
Now begins the fabulous game of 'Find the Leak!'
The first leak was found in the kitchen window, water streaming down on the inside of the glass. Oh what fun. I go to find the shamwow to stick under the window to catch the water, and find the second leak... A veritable Niagara Falls on the inside of the window just behind the computer. I turn the computer off and pull the table away from the wall in order to try to save what I can. Luckily It was turned off before the rain started.
Then the power goes out.
I go to get a bucket and discover that there is water coming in through the laundry sliding door now too. Not through the door itself but where the door frame joins to the wall itself... just like the kitchen window and the computer room window. Oh hurrah. I go to find another shamwow to stick in the laundry to find yet another leak in the spare bedroom. The one used for storage... The one full of my boxes with books and stuff.
I drag the boxes away from the drips to the other side of the room and stick another bucket under the leak (coming through the ceiling AND the window this time).
I go through, check the rest of the house, luckily I find no more leaks. By this time I'd been home for a grand total of twenty minutes. Secure in the knowledge that the rest of the house is leak free, I get down to the business of getting water out of carpet.
Two hours, five buckets and four shamwow's later, the rain and hail has stopped and the leaks have eased off to a light drip. So I go out to empty the moat. When I open the front door, I find that I'm a quarter of a centimetre from having water coming in through the front door... Joy!
Personally, I was just glad that we hadn't gotten that last quarter centimetre of rain.
Draining the moat is a lot like draining the lizard... only with a broom. I rescue the door mat raft and put it up to dry and go about clearing the debris from the holes in the driveway that allow the water to drain and then spend the next fifteen minutes sweeping away at the debris so that the water can continue to drain.
When I get back inside, I realise that my right hand feels stiff and sore, so it's time to check for hail injuries. One chicken egg sized welt on the outside edge of my right hand, two smaller welts on the inside of my right forearm, one on the outside. A welt on each breast, one on the back of each shoulder, and one on my lower back, left side. I am slow to bruise, so I know that by about Wednesday, I'm going to look like I've been in the wrong end of a fight.
Tuesday! Still no power, so I check with the neighbours to see if they have power. They do. So I know it's a problem on my end, so I go around turning off and unplugging everything in the house and garage. I find that the last thing that I unplug, the garage door mechanism, is full of water... That would be the problem then.
So yes. I have power once again, so I go back inside and turn things back on. Like the fridge. Then I turn the modem on so I can have a phone once again. Unfortunately, the computer is on the same power board as the modem and phone. I turn the power board on and the computer goes PHUT!
Now I have a large, pretty purple door stop that used to be a computer.
I'm glad I have friends who are willing to lend me a laptop.
Well, Monday started out pretty normally. I caught the bus and train into work, ran around like a semi-headless chook and then caught the train and bus home. This is where the fun stuff started.
While on the bus, it started to rain, which was a really good thing, seeing as how the pressure that had been building since Sunday had been playing hell with my already tender head. So yes, the rain was all well and good, but then ... the thudding started. It was only a light crack at first, but it was quite obviously hail. Small chunks of ice falling from the sky like over eager snowflakes. The size of nerds (if you don't know what nerds candy is, look it up). I thought to myself as I got off the bus; it's not so bad, I only have a 5 minute walk home. Little did I realise.
Moments after I'd gotten off the bus, the weather turned. No longer was it simply raining with a sprinkle of candy rock sized hail, it was now BUCKETING down! Laced heavily with high speed golf ball sized hail! Within seconds I was wearing more water than was falling from the sky. My boots squelched, my clothes were plastered to my body and my hair was making it impossible to see. My hand bag had quadrupled in weight and my shopping (which I was now regretting) made it impossible to shield myself from the turbo golf balls of pain.
What had started out as a nice quiet five minute walk home had suddenly turned into a painful slog through rain so heavy it was like trying to breathe in the shower while being beaten with a cold golf ball in a sock ... over and over again.
Why didn't you stop under a tree I hear you say? Didn't make a difference, all it did was make me a non-moving target with hail coming down out of the tree as well as on an angle from the weather. Surely there was a veranda or a porch you could have stood under? No, no there wasn't. The closest thing to shelter on my way home would have been the ex-church within spitting distance of home. Not really worth it.
So yes. I get home only to find that I now have a moat. But hey, it's just another puddle to wade through. My boots can't get any wetter, nor can I. I notice the heavy rubber door mat that was sitting in front of my door is now on the other side of the drive way. By the time I get the door open and manage to balance on the doorstep to get my boots and socks off, I'm so very glad I've been using a towel as a draft excluder. I wring out as much water as I'm able because water in floating wood floors = bad. Little do I realise that it doesn't really matter.
First things first, I strip off and put my clothes in the washing machine to spin off the extra water that I couldn't ring out. You know you've been rained on when you have to put your clothes in the washing machine to make them damp... I squeeze out my boots and put them to dry in the laundry trough. Then I dry off, get dressed in something warm and dry and try to relax.
Then I notice that the pitter patter of rain that I'm hearing is too loud to be just outside.
Now begins the fabulous game of 'Find the Leak!'
The first leak was found in the kitchen window, water streaming down on the inside of the glass. Oh what fun. I go to find the shamwow to stick under the window to catch the water, and find the second leak... A veritable Niagara Falls on the inside of the window just behind the computer. I turn the computer off and pull the table away from the wall in order to try to save what I can. Luckily It was turned off before the rain started.
Then the power goes out.
I go to get a bucket and discover that there is water coming in through the laundry sliding door now too. Not through the door itself but where the door frame joins to the wall itself... just like the kitchen window and the computer room window. Oh hurrah. I go to find another shamwow to stick in the laundry to find yet another leak in the spare bedroom. The one used for storage... The one full of my boxes with books and stuff.
I drag the boxes away from the drips to the other side of the room and stick another bucket under the leak (coming through the ceiling AND the window this time).
I go through, check the rest of the house, luckily I find no more leaks. By this time I'd been home for a grand total of twenty minutes. Secure in the knowledge that the rest of the house is leak free, I get down to the business of getting water out of carpet.
Two hours, five buckets and four shamwow's later, the rain and hail has stopped and the leaks have eased off to a light drip. So I go out to empty the moat. When I open the front door, I find that I'm a quarter of a centimetre from having water coming in through the front door... Joy!
Personally, I was just glad that we hadn't gotten that last quarter centimetre of rain.
Draining the moat is a lot like draining the lizard... only with a broom. I rescue the door mat raft and put it up to dry and go about clearing the debris from the holes in the driveway that allow the water to drain and then spend the next fifteen minutes sweeping away at the debris so that the water can continue to drain.
When I get back inside, I realise that my right hand feels stiff and sore, so it's time to check for hail injuries. One chicken egg sized welt on the outside edge of my right hand, two smaller welts on the inside of my right forearm, one on the outside. A welt on each breast, one on the back of each shoulder, and one on my lower back, left side. I am slow to bruise, so I know that by about Wednesday, I'm going to look like I've been in the wrong end of a fight.
Tuesday! Still no power, so I check with the neighbours to see if they have power. They do. So I know it's a problem on my end, so I go around turning off and unplugging everything in the house and garage. I find that the last thing that I unplug, the garage door mechanism, is full of water... That would be the problem then.
So yes. I have power once again, so I go back inside and turn things back on. Like the fridge. Then I turn the modem on so I can have a phone once again. Unfortunately, the computer is on the same power board as the modem and phone. I turn the power board on and the computer goes PHUT!
Now I have a large, pretty purple door stop that used to be a computer.
I'm glad I have friends who are willing to lend me a laptop.
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It's .... ALIVE!
1 min read
*crack boom*
Yes, thats right. I'm back online once again.
Hurrah for internetz!
Yes, thats right. I'm back online once again.
Hurrah for internetz!
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They're coming to take me away (ha ha)
1 min read
Rather, I'm taking myself away.
Thats right. I'm moving... once again... and though I'm sure no-one will notice because of my sketchy ninja hiatus', I shall be absent for at least a week, at most, three weeks...
Don't ask, I'm not exactly sure either... I do know it's the telephones that is making me dissapear for so long, but why it takes three weeks to connect a line and enable internet access I don't know.
Either way, I'm dissapearing...
*poof*
Thats right. I'm moving... once again... and though I'm sure no-one will notice because of my sketchy ninja hiatus', I shall be absent for at least a week, at most, three weeks...
Don't ask, I'm not exactly sure either... I do know it's the telephones that is making me dissapear for so long, but why it takes three weeks to connect a line and enable internet access I don't know.
Either way, I'm dissapearing...
*poof*
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For the Halibut
6 min read
1.This survey gets a little personal; can you handle it?
I've had worse.
2. If you married the last person you texted, what would your last name be?
Groom... but I'm pretty sure there are laws about marrying my mum...
3. Were you happy when you woke up today?
No, but I wasn't unhappy either.
4. When were you on the phone last? And with who?
Yesterday, Anne.
7. What are you excited for?
I'm making an All Hallowed Eve costume.
8. What were you doing yesterday?
Making a fall for said costume
9. Honestly, who was the last person to tell you they love you
Fifi
10. What's the last thing you put in your mouth?
... A spoon.
11. Have a best friend?
Yes
12. Are you scared to fall in love?
No, but It's not something that I want to do.
13. Do you think teenagers can be in love?
*shrug*
14. Last person you wanted to punch in the face?
Someone who shall remain nameless
15. What time is it right this second?
10.23.00
16. What do you want right now?
My own space
17. Who was the last person you took a picture with?
Anne
18. Are you single/taken/heartbroken?
Happily single, and planning to stay that way
19. When was the last time you cried?
... I can't remember
20. Do you have a good relationship with your parents?
Not really.
21. Do you find it hard to trust others?
Yes. Yes I do.
22. How fast does your mind change?
I don't change my mind... Okay, sometimes I do... Pretty often actually.
23. I bet you miss somebody right now?
I miss Lisa...
24. Can you honestly say you're okay right now?
*thinks* I've been better, I've been worse... so Okay sounds about right.
25. Why do you think so many people cheat?
Because they're people.
26. Tell me what's on your mind?
I have to go to work; I'm glad mum has finally come to her senses; I wish she wasn't so passive aggressive; Love is supposed to be blind, not stupid; My head hurts; I need to finish my fall; I need to finish that dragon for Timothy; Blah; I want the pain to stop; I need to call Bankwest again; Stupid bank, how can they lose over $3000 of my money; I need a hat... etcetera etcetera
27. What are you looking forward to in the next three months?
sIn Halloween party,
28. Have you ever worn the opposite sex's clothing?
Yes.
29. When did you last talk to your number 1 top friend?
*thinks*
30. When is your next road trip?
Never had one, likely never to have one.
31. Do you have someone of the opposite sex you can tell anything to?
Yes. A Cabbit.
32. How's your heart?
Stop spreading nasty rumours about me. I don't have a heart.
33. Have you ever felt like you weren't important?
Yes, but it isn't an unpleasant feeling.
34. Do you think somebody's in love with you?
I hope not.
35. What are you planning on doing after this?
Feeding the dog.
36. Next time you will kiss someone?
... What sort of kiss?
37. Have you told anybody you loved them today?
Nope.
38. Who do you not get along with?
Quite a few people, but most of them don't realise it.
39. what does you 3rd recent text say?
I don't know! I clear out my text history on a regular basis.
40. What are you wearing right now?
Skirt, bra, socks.
41. You're locked in a room with the person you last kissed, how is it?
A bloody mess?
42. When's the last time you had a grilled cheese?
Too many years to remember?
43. What's your fave boy and girl name right now?
Lillian and Matthew
44. How did you feel when you woke up?
Didn't I already answer this question?
45. Do you wish someone would call or text you right now?
Hell no! I hate the telephone.
46. Do you crack your knuckles?
No, but I do pop my fingers.
47. What were you doing yesterday at midnight?
The same thing I do most midnights.
48. What are your LEGAL initials?
Sounds like cock.
49. Whose the first B in your contacts?
I don't have a B in my contacts.
50. When was the last time you laughed really hard?
About a week ago.
51. Your number 1 top friend walks out of your life, do you go after them?
No. If she chooses to go, there is nothing that I can say to stop her. I will be around if she ever comes back though.
52. Last awkward moment?
When I told my mum to stop telling me about her partners penis. It was awkward for her, not for me.
53. Are you afraid of the dark?
No.
54. Do you have good vision?
If I have my glasses on... Yes.
55. Have you ever kissed in the rain?
Yes.
56. Have you ever slapped someone?
Yes. They bled.
57. Are you Irish?
One Quarter.
58. Do you use chapstick?
Yes.
59. Do you have any scars?
Yes. Lots.
60. Is there someone you will never forgive?
Yes.
61.Are you dating the person you last held hands with?
No.
62. Name the last person to text you?
Anne.
63. Would you marry someone 8 years older than you?
How old am I at the time?
64. Can you go in public looking like you do?
Yes, but I would likely be arrested for indecent exposure.
65. Have you ever kissed someone whose name started with a J?
I can't remember all the people I've kissed.
66. What side of the bed do you sleep on?
The middle.
67. What's the first thing you'll do on your wedding day?
I'm not getting married again.
68. What's one huge pet peeve?
The terminally stupid.
69. Has anyone put their arms around you in the past 5 days?
Yes.
70. Do you miss the way things used to be?
No.
71. Has anyone ever told you they're in love with you?
Yes.
72. Song you're thinking of right now?
Dream a little dream.
73. Want someone back in your life?
Yes.
74. Will tomorrow be better than today?
I don't know, it's not tomorrow yet.
I've had worse.
2. If you married the last person you texted, what would your last name be?
Groom... but I'm pretty sure there are laws about marrying my mum...
3. Were you happy when you woke up today?
No, but I wasn't unhappy either.
4. When were you on the phone last? And with who?
Yesterday, Anne.
7. What are you excited for?
I'm making an All Hallowed Eve costume.
8. What were you doing yesterday?
Making a fall for said costume
9. Honestly, who was the last person to tell you they love you
Fifi
10. What's the last thing you put in your mouth?
... A spoon.
11. Have a best friend?
Yes
12. Are you scared to fall in love?
No, but It's not something that I want to do.
13. Do you think teenagers can be in love?
*shrug*
14. Last person you wanted to punch in the face?
Someone who shall remain nameless
15. What time is it right this second?
10.23.00
16. What do you want right now?
My own space
17. Who was the last person you took a picture with?
Anne
18. Are you single/taken/heartbroken?
Happily single, and planning to stay that way
19. When was the last time you cried?
... I can't remember
20. Do you have a good relationship with your parents?
Not really.
21. Do you find it hard to trust others?
Yes. Yes I do.
22. How fast does your mind change?
I don't change my mind... Okay, sometimes I do... Pretty often actually.
23. I bet you miss somebody right now?
I miss Lisa...
24. Can you honestly say you're okay right now?
*thinks* I've been better, I've been worse... so Okay sounds about right.
25. Why do you think so many people cheat?
Because they're people.
26. Tell me what's on your mind?
I have to go to work; I'm glad mum has finally come to her senses; I wish she wasn't so passive aggressive; Love is supposed to be blind, not stupid; My head hurts; I need to finish my fall; I need to finish that dragon for Timothy; Blah; I want the pain to stop; I need to call Bankwest again; Stupid bank, how can they lose over $3000 of my money; I need a hat... etcetera etcetera
27. What are you looking forward to in the next three months?
sIn Halloween party,
28. Have you ever worn the opposite sex's clothing?
Yes.
29. When did you last talk to your number 1 top friend?
*thinks*
30. When is your next road trip?
Never had one, likely never to have one.
31. Do you have someone of the opposite sex you can tell anything to?
Yes. A Cabbit.
32. How's your heart?
Stop spreading nasty rumours about me. I don't have a heart.
33. Have you ever felt like you weren't important?
Yes, but it isn't an unpleasant feeling.
34. Do you think somebody's in love with you?
I hope not.
35. What are you planning on doing after this?
Feeding the dog.
36. Next time you will kiss someone?
... What sort of kiss?
37. Have you told anybody you loved them today?
Nope.
38. Who do you not get along with?
Quite a few people, but most of them don't realise it.
39. what does you 3rd recent text say?
I don't know! I clear out my text history on a regular basis.
40. What are you wearing right now?
Skirt, bra, socks.
41. You're locked in a room with the person you last kissed, how is it?
A bloody mess?
42. When's the last time you had a grilled cheese?
Too many years to remember?
43. What's your fave boy and girl name right now?
Lillian and Matthew
44. How did you feel when you woke up?
Didn't I already answer this question?
45. Do you wish someone would call or text you right now?
Hell no! I hate the telephone.
46. Do you crack your knuckles?
No, but I do pop my fingers.
47. What were you doing yesterday at midnight?
The same thing I do most midnights.
48. What are your LEGAL initials?
Sounds like cock.
49. Whose the first B in your contacts?
I don't have a B in my contacts.
50. When was the last time you laughed really hard?
About a week ago.
51. Your number 1 top friend walks out of your life, do you go after them?
No. If she chooses to go, there is nothing that I can say to stop her. I will be around if she ever comes back though.
52. Last awkward moment?
When I told my mum to stop telling me about her partners penis. It was awkward for her, not for me.
53. Are you afraid of the dark?
No.
54. Do you have good vision?
If I have my glasses on... Yes.
55. Have you ever kissed in the rain?
Yes.
56. Have you ever slapped someone?
Yes. They bled.
57. Are you Irish?
One Quarter.
58. Do you use chapstick?
Yes.
59. Do you have any scars?
Yes. Lots.
60. Is there someone you will never forgive?
Yes.
61.Are you dating the person you last held hands with?
No.
62. Name the last person to text you?
Anne.
63. Would you marry someone 8 years older than you?
How old am I at the time?
64. Can you go in public looking like you do?
Yes, but I would likely be arrested for indecent exposure.
65. Have you ever kissed someone whose name started with a J?
I can't remember all the people I've kissed.
66. What side of the bed do you sleep on?
The middle.
67. What's the first thing you'll do on your wedding day?
I'm not getting married again.
68. What's one huge pet peeve?
The terminally stupid.
69. Has anyone put their arms around you in the past 5 days?
Yes.
70. Do you miss the way things used to be?
No.
71. Has anyone ever told you they're in love with you?
Yes.
72. Song you're thinking of right now?
Dream a little dream.
73. Want someone back in your life?
Yes.
74. Will tomorrow be better than today?
I don't know, it's not tomorrow yet.
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