Just some random crap that I will add to now and then:
- I think I need to somehow get over the idea that I still have the metabolism of a 20 year old.
- I can neither confirm nor deny that I won a burping competition on a camp that was made up with 90% of good country kids. I may have also been the teacher.
- I started this talent young – when mum and dad picked me up from hospital after getting a lazy eye operated on, I was having a burping competition with the boy in the bed across from me. I was 6.
- Glee is my new fave show
- I just downloaded some Milli Vanilli from itunes. I know, I know. But I was 11 and I just really liked the songs.
- When I was about 8 I had a fear of choking. So if I had some particularly tough or stringy meat I would just chew it. And spit it out, delicately, onto the side of my plate. (Don’t keep reading if you’re squeamish) One day, my uncle ate said meat. ‘Mmm, this is tender!’ he said. My parents killed themselves retelling this story when I saw my uncle again, some 20 years later. He didn’t care ‘Food is food’ he said.
- I LOVE Star Trek. Voyager and DS9 are my faves. It is the future I wanna live in.
- A nickname my father gave me when I was young (which made me cry I might add) was <first name> Bossyboots Grumblebum < surname> Did he mention this in his wedding speech? Of course!
- When I worked at Kmart doing night-fill, we would pass the time by trying to think of the most obscure shows we watched as kids. I could never find anyone who had seen this. 3 years later I find out it was my husband’s favourite show. Right under my damn nose!
- I am a list writer and over-planner.
- Because of aforementioned list writing and over planning I am never late for anything. If I am late people immediately assume I have died in some hideous list writing accident.
- I talk to my dog in lolcats
- It took me till I was at least 12 before I would buy stuff through a check-out instead of making my sister get it.
- I have been learning hip-hop dancing for the last 4 years.
- I LOVE fart jokes. And there is nothing better than backing up to my Beloved and letting Fluffy off the chain.
- I wanna be friends with Nathan and Nat.
- Whoever says they don’t pick their nose or pee in the shower is LYING.
- When I was younger my mum thought there was something wrong with me cos I read so much. Back of Cornflakes packets included.
- I have mega yuppie-guilt …..
- ……yet I have three things from here. (Well, not technically. Last seasons)
- I think that somehow having a stupidly priced hand-bag makes me a better person than what I really am.
- It wasn’t until I started teaching that I realised that I like kids as much as I like English.
- I have only just been able to order my own pizza over the phone. I am graduating to taxis next. Ooh, I just ordered Thai Food. Who’s a big girl, then?
- I have been to Tanzania.
- During my trip to Tanzania, I started writing a journal. I now have 64.
- Ice cream is my favourite food.
- I am very open and often replay conversations fearing I have offended someone/said too much.
- I have never seen ET
- Or Pulp Fiction
- Me, my mum and my sister loved this show and still tell each other ‘Don’t be ridiculous!’ with the accent. This is for my mum.
- My sister, myself and one of of my besties used to rollerskate around with home made pom-poms to Debbie Gibson’s Electric Youth when we were 11.
- I had really bad acne from about 12 – 15. But I NEVER picked.
- I also had braces with night-time head-gear and all. So did my sister and her friend. Sleepovers were like an odd switchboard operator meeting.
- When I was 7 while we were on holiday, someone broke into our home and set fire to it. That set me up for a good three years of weird lil kid behaviour.
Weight loss happens when you’re not thinking about it. The more you want it, the least likely it is to happen. Lately I’ve learned that if I’m stressed at work, eat a banana for breakfast, chocolate for lunch and cake for dinner, I lose the poundage. Makes no sense and it pisses me off. It also helps that my personal trainer is HOT!!!
But then again, you could be losing muscle, rather than fat. I go through fits and starts of mega panic and motivation. Meh. Now I want chocolate cake for breakfast! Grumpy
Um, I’m a total Trekkie, and I used to work at K-Mart too. Did you major in English too? Weirdness.
Why yes, yes I did – Literature and Creative Writing. Not weird – just mega matching awesomeness
hiya Bee!
ive just been cruising around your website tonight. its fab!! congrats on the novel too!! i would love to read it, when it finally hits book shops
) um, i hope you are happy and healthy and that everything is going great for you. hello to everyone at school.
irene
ps. i used to love debbie gibson too. i had her album on vinyl and not long ago i downloaded ‘electric youth’ for old times sake. rock it!!
Irene!
Lovely to hear from you! How are things in funky ol’ Melbourne? Glad you like the blog
lol – I will even sign you a copy of my book when it ‘comes out’ heh heh. I downloaded Electric Youth too! Awesome, huh?
Burping contests… how I miss those… I used to have them with my sister and three older brothers constantly when we were kids. Great time. I would read your book, so cheers to that!
Hi Maria! Welcome and thank you for commenting
Lol – I will let you know if the book ever sees the light of day 
For awhile,I thought i was concerned Star Trek was a perishing franchise. Then JJ Abrams came along. Great touch. The scene with kid Kirk was a tad too quirky in the film, though it was very popular in the trailer. Star Trek XI breathed new life into this beloved Roddenberry universe. I’d like to see all of this Enterprise cast return for extra outings. I spent my youth with the original series. Heck, my dad got us a color TV just so we could enjoy Star Trek every Friday evening. Now, I’m stuck on these new famous actors. In MHO, they’ve breathed life into their characters and made them their very own. I, personally, am longing for more.
I am pretty sure this is spam. It is getting sophisticated these days, no?