Of all the foolishness I could choose...

...I chose this:

Lucky November is a quiet one at work for me.

So...laugh at me, support me, heckle me, tease me, or perhaps join me?

I'm so vain.

For the first time in any time, I actually have a toothache. So sore I can't sleep, and my face swelled up this morning so I look like half a chipmunk. Or half my face looks like a chipmunk. Or my cheek has swollen up to look like the cheek of a chipmunk.
Whatever.
You know what I mean.
And I felt ugly.
I very rarely feel ugly. Dumpy, yes. Comical, often. But I usually still feel cute.
It wasn't a fun trip to work this morning. And by the time I got there I turned around and went back the other way to see a dentist with an emergency appointment.
The painkillers I've now got have a great side effect – everything is sooo funny.
Today in the library a bookshop owner was chatting to an author, and then asked me who was doing the introduction for this author's booktalk. I said it was the library manager, and he said to the author “Oooh the big kuana!”.
“the big koala?” asked the author.
I had to run away ‘cos I was laughing too much and I couldn’t correct the bookshop owner (he meant’ big kahuna’ for those wondering) ‘cos he’s a humourless bastard and likes to big-note himself in front of authors.
It probably wasn’t as funny as I thought. Everyone looked at me weird when I recounted the tale in the lunchroom.
It must be the painkillers.
I’ve got some serious antibiotics to take as well. Anyone want to go drinking?
Hahahahahahaha

Ha

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
*breathes in*

infopimpology

Stolen from GDoll :-)

Let others know a little more about yourself, repost this as your name followed by "ology."


MOUTHOLOGY
Q. What is your salad dressing of choice?
A. Bit of lemon juice, olive oil, balsamic and mustard shaken up

Q. What is your favourite fast food restaurant?
A. Local Thai

Q. What is your favourite sit-down restaurant?
A. No real fave

Q. On average, what size tip do you leave at a restaurant?
A. $5 maybe

Q. What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of?
A. it’s boring but: Choc’late!

Q. What are your pizza toppings of choice?
A. those gourmet indian chicken ones

Q. What do you like to put on your toast?
A. butter and vegemite

TECHNOLOGY
Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer?
A. 2 surgeons in masks and gloves – “Boolean Operators”

Q. How many televisions are in your house?
A. 2 (1 in storage)

BIOLOGY
Q. Are you right-handed or left-handed?
A. Right

Q. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
A. Yes

Q. When was the last time you had a cavity?
A. First time ever this year. Woot!

Q. What is the last heavy item you lifted?
A. Large boxes of books today

Q. Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
A. Nup

BULL[CRAP]OLOGY
Q. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
A. a small maybe. very small.

Q. If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
A. Amadeo

Q. What color do you think looks best on you?
A. Red

Q. Have you ever swallowed a non-food item by mistake?
A. Mistake and on purpose. Ha.

Q. Have you ever saved someone's life?
A. Maybe.

Q. Has someone ever saved yours?
A. Nup.

DAREOLOGY
Q. Would you kiss a member of the same sex for $100?
A. I'd do it for free if they're not evil.

Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000?
A. Doubt it.

Q. Would you never blog again for $50,000?
A. I could do that.

Q. Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000?
A. Sure. But which mag?

Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000?
A. I could.

Q. Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human life for $1,000,000?
A. No.

DUMBOLOGY

Q: What is in your left pocket?
A. dog treats

Q: Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie?
A: Wha? I don’t really watch movies much.

Q: Do you have hardwood or carpet in your house?
A: Wood.

Q: Do you sit or stand in the shower?
A: Stand. Though there is some forehead on the wall action if I’m sore from the night before.

Q: Could you live with roommates?
A: Maybe. More likely if not plural.

Q: How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
A: None.

Q: Last time you had a run-in with the cops?
A: Not since I was a teen I think.

Q: What do you want to be when you grow up?
A: A Geomorphologist!

LASTOLOGY
Q: Last Friend you talked to?
A. Zen-dog

Q: Last person who called u?
A. My Ma.

Q: Person you hugged?
A: Mr M

FAVOURITOLOGY
Q: Number?
A: 3

Q: Season?
A: Autumn

CURRENTOLOGY
Q: Missing someone?
A. Indeed

Q: Watching?
A. snippets of things when I walk past the boy and teev

Q: Worrying about?
A. My memory loss

RANDOMOLOGY
Q: First place you went this morning?
A: The backyard with the dog to look at the morning sky. Such a nice habit of ours.

Q: What can you not wait to do?
A. Go to bed.

Q: What's the last movie you saw?
A. Can’t remember

Q: Do you smile often?
A: In certain settings

Q: Are you a friendly person?
A: When I’m not being a cold bitch.

Q. What's your favorite soup?
A. Miso

Q. What do you think of your friends on the internet?
A. Nice things mostly :-)

clicking versus typing

In the spirit of pictures telling a thousand words and me not feeling in the mood to type much. Here are a few of my favourite photos from a recent trip to Armidale to see my step-ma graduate (with a doctorate of philosophy no less - we are so very proud).


A sign in a park in Singleton. Whe we looked up at the Bunya Bunya Pine we saw...














A massive bat colony stretching through the park.













A small detail from the frenzy of butterflies and bees we found in a park in Tamworth.










More later when blogger decides to co-operate...stay tuned for lettuce growing in the lawn, bees in the lavender, coal trains, and tales of thunder and bodices.

long weekending

Aah. I visit that Facebook thingo, but usually end up just looking at the screen bemused.
I think I prefer a blogs simple joy of text in sentences in a straight line.
Started the long weekend early because I just couldn't face work on Friday. Normally love it. But was a drag of a week and I had nothing rostered on so rang in with the non-commital words "I'm not going to be able to make it in today I'm afraid". Hmm, will ahve to think of a reason before 8am tomorrow eh.

Had a marvellous night last night. Gurlesque then Bad Dog. Enjoyed wearing the new vest I'd deconstructed. And I think the less girly look went a way to getting a few more looks than normal *weeee*.
Funnily enough, the vest, pleated skirt and boots was almost the same outfit that a butch friend was wearing.
Saw many social crushes about which was yummy. But think my brain couldn't put it all together and decided to switch off, and I couldn't co-ordinate sentences (still having trouble typing here) and kept wanting to go to sleep. *aargh*
Home by dawn. Crashed for a few hours, and am now wide awake and wanting to talk. But there's no-one about - even the dog is fast asleep. It's hot, windy, dry and sunny and I keep imagining that if I stepped out onto King St it would be deserted like a post apocalyptic landscape. Will go hunting-gathering soon, but am faintly scared.
Strange post-party brain *grins*