Nut and Bee lust.
8:34 pm, January 5th, 2009 |
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Every time I receive a newsletter from Nut and Bee, Jarod has to restrain me from buying all the cute things.
Annette’s Sketchbook Sweeties are absolutely adorable. I already have eight of them hanging on our walls (unfortunately, in out of the way places due to the whole ‘no putting holes in walls while renting thing’), and have been wanting to add to the collection for ages.
Although, until we get walls we can poke holes in, I’ve had to settle for a notepad and a bunch of stickers. Still, it’s a win in my books. :D :D
A side of Train we hadn’t seen.
7:39 pm, January 4th, 2009 |
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So, we took Train to the vet today. We’ve been talking about doing it for a couple of weeks because her 1 year vaccination was due. Being the responsible pet owners we are, we clipped her claws in preparation of a little bit of anger and took her along to the vet.
During the short car ride in she was fine, mewed a little in a curious way but seemed okay. Once we got into the surgery, she got very, very quiet. Little did we know what was to come.
We took her in to the examination room, and she refused to come out of the carrier. That was an easy fix - the roof easily unclips. Turns out, that was a bad move.
Angry kitty had come out to play, and was not going to have a bar of any kind of check up or injection. The Vet did his best to win her over, but gave up and asked a nurse for assistance. He suggested to bring some gloves in, but she declined. Little did she realise what she was in for.
She put a towel over Train in an effort to get a hold of her (and to calm her down with darkness) and Train went mental. Not just a little mental, but totally fucking out of her little kitty mind mental. She was screaming and growling like an angry bear and waving her claws and teeth at everyone she could. The nurse decided perhaps the gloves were a better idea after being punctured with the aforementioned claws, and came back in to pin her down for the injection.
Train was so scared/angry that she lost control of her little kitty bodily functions and so not only did she get her nails clipped and a vet visit, when we got home she also needed a bath :(
The Vet was kind enough to provide us with a prescription for Valium ’so we could prepare Train for next time’ and we were sent on our way.
She’s totally fine now, doesn’t have a problem with us touching her or going near her, but geez, we’re going to have to prepare for the next visit. Thankfully it wont be for another year.
I don’t think I like the new Doctor :(
10:59 am, January 4th, 2009 |
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Matt Smith has been named as the actor who will take over from David Tennant in Doctor Who - making him the youngest actor to take on the role.
At 26, Smith is three years younger than Peter Davison when he signed up to play the fifth Doctor in 1981.
Smith will first appear on TV screens as the 11th Doctor in 2010.
He looks a bit… emo.
Oh noes, no power.
4:23 pm, January 3rd, 2009 |
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Posted in girlthings, internets, local, photography by Liz
There’s a reason I couldn’t be a journalist, and that’s because I’m not that good at writing things as soon as they happen. Things generally sit for a day or two. If someone pokes me in that time, then I might write about it, if not, it generally gets forgotten.
But, on Thursday night, there was a power outage. It was near midnightish, and neither Jarod and I could sleep. So, we used the internets on our phones and discovered, thanks to ABC Online’s superior news coverage, that we could blame a Marrickville Chocolate Factory for the no powerness. (Or, perhaps the fact it was next door to an electricity sub station).
On Jarod’s super early bike ride the next day, he rode past and took a photo or two:
Apparently around 35,000 homes were affected, but all was restored by 6am.
The Camera Blackboard
6:38 pm, December 31st, 2008 |
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2008 in review.
9:26 pm, December 30th, 2008 |
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I figure that I should probably do a filler post as the ‘last for the year’. I know I wont do it tomorrow — I’m not one of the lucky ones that has time off.
But anyway.
2008 in Summary:
January: Unemployed! I do miss it a little, but I don’t miss the no-money-coming-in thing.
February: Started with LEGO.
March: Spent lots of my pay on aforementioned LEGO.
April: Missed the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Tried to ignore the coverage as much as possible.
May: According to our Google calendars, we wormed the cat. How exciting!
June: We started this blog, and I made the first post. June was also the month our hot water heater and electricity decided it wasn’t going to play fair.
July: I left LEGO and started with the mysterious Alliance.
August: Jarod created the LEGO Olympics. You may say that this should be in Jarod’s summary, but I don’t think you realise how much time, effort and table space was put into this. There was a very valid reason I made him pack the LEGO away at the end of the Olympics.
September: The second annual Train Day occured! Oh, and it was our one year anniversary. Aww.
October: Jarod finally got to meet my parents (lucky him) and I was no longer 21.
November: I got to see Emma finally get married. Through the lens, and all. (www.mrandmrshancock.com).
December: Jarod and I have now lived together for a whole year. And I keep forgetting special anniversaries like that. At least Jarod knows he’s pretty much guaranteed to look good when he remembers a date.
In 2007 I traveled a whole bunch - Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide… and this year kinda sucked that I only got to go to Bathurst, and that’s mainly because I wouldn’t have missed Emma’s wedding for the world. I didn’t get to see all the lovely people I made friends with in all those lovely cities (well, except Brisbane, I don’t call that city lovely), but thanks to the internets I can still say hi.
I have grand plans of going to Melbourne and Perth next year (along with our Brisbane trip for another wedding in Jan), but we’ll see how that goes. Apparently when it’s not a company business trip it costs money and you have to take annual leave. Aww.
Hope everyone has a fantastic New Year.
See you all in 2009.
Hair Tie Catching Machine.
9:10 pm, December 28th, 2008 |
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We’ve already blogged about Train’s super ability to catch hair ties when flicked in her direction, but only tonight did we try take decent photos of it.
See how much kitty anger she has inside?
And can you imagine what those claws do to flesh?
Aww.
2:50 pm, December 27th, 2008 |
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One year ago today, Jarod moved in with me. I thought it was sometime next week, until he went and got me a pretty necklace while I was otherwise distracted at the shops.
Somewhat unfair, seeing as we agreed not to get each other anything for Christmas, yet I still end up with pretty things. But I’m not about to complain…
Train Got Christmas Presents!
9:17 pm, December 25th, 2008 |
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From Smudge the Dog no less!!
Wtf, Virgin?
8:15 pm, December 20th, 2008 |
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I’d been with Vodafone for what seems like forever. They’ve always treated me nicely, and I’ve never had a problem with them. I even managed to pull Jarod over to them. Then we decided to get new phones, and went out and assessed all the carriers. Virgin came out on top because we could call and sms each other for free. Winner!
I figured I wouldn’t notice any difference, seeing as both Vodafone and Virgin piggyback off the Optus network. And, to begin with, I didn’t.
Then I got an email that said the following:
“Hey, just wondering who is this? I went to gmail on my ph and it logged into ur account.”
At first Jarod and I assumed it was spam or something bizarre like that, but curiosity got the better of me and I replied asking for a few more details. Turns out this guy was legitimate, and he too was on the Virgin network. Alright, I thought, I’ll just keep changing my password every couple of weeks, and change my settings so my Gmail app sends all it’s stuff over a secure network and we’ll be fine. Perhaps the thing that controls the packet data had a hiccup which ended badly.
But then a couple of days later I went to log into facebook for the first time on my phone (sad, I know). To my surprise, it had prepopulated with someone elses email address. Luckily for them, it hadn’t saved their password.
Today, I sent an MMS to Jarod with a photo of Train (sending a test message to see if the MMS was set up on my number). A couple of hours later I got a message from someone saying ‘Who is this?’. Apparently they’d received a photo of a baby from my number. Jarod still hasn’t received anything.
So, wtf Virgin?? If it wasn’t for the fact I don’t particularly want to pay out my contract right now, I’d be switching back to Vodafone. At least they didn’t share my log in details with other people, or send incorrect messages to people I don’t even know. Seriously.
And, no, I have not yet contacted Virgin customer service as I believe it will be a huge waste of time to get through to someone on the frontline who will probably tell me that nothing is wrong. I will probably go into one of their stores during the week and see what they have to say. But yeah, if you’re considering going to Virgin… don’t.
Kitty Bath Time.
9:58 pm, December 15th, 2008 |
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In an attempt to make the blog slightly less tarnished after that post, I should also mention we bathed Train the other day. Oh the hilarity!
We came out unscathed, but she refused to look at us for the rest of the day. And also covered our bathroom floor in water while trying to escape.
