Back from the Dead

As if being the Snot Queen wasn’t enough, I had to catch the mini-flu… so dubbed because it was like a 24-hour version of influenza. Fever, vomiting, bowels turned to water… then incredibly aching joints. Then wake up the next morning feeling almost fine. Weird. No complaints, though, because otherwise I might get the proper [...]

Feminine

For decades I’ve been looking for a definition of ‘feminine’ that doesn’t:

Demean women
Force women into a false mold
Contain more flaws than strengths (see 1)
Contain characteristics which men commonly have too

And you know, I’ve never found one. Except for the bleeding obvious physical differences, and relatively minor hormonal urges. Women are more likely to seek children. [...]

It’s Gettin’ Hot in Here

I gotta start keeping a couple of bottles of water in the fridge.
This afternoon I noticed I was really, really thirsty. So I grabbed a glass of water straight from the tap, filled my mouth up good… and spat it out. Damn. What kind of baked-brain twit manages to drink out of the HOT tap? [...]

RIPPED OFF!!!

Remember those free Tim Tams?
I just got an email from Arnott’s.
“Whoops!” they said.
“We stuffed up!” they said.
“We’re doubling the packets of Tim Tams we send out due to such demand!” they said.
“But you’re not one of the lucky ones, sorry!” they said.
As if I care that they’re sending out more than they’d planned to if [...]

Slap My Ass and Call Me Cindy

I’m in shock.
I’m confused.
I just stepped on the scales.
I discovered that I’m 5kg lighter than I was last night.
FIVE KILOGRAMS?  You’ve gotta be joking.
2kg and I would’ve thought, “Oh yeah, normal weight swing.”
5?
OK, I’m getting boring now. I’ll stop.  I just wanted to share that with y’all, though.

Revelation

I was reading WiddleShamrock’s discussion of being ‘in recovery’ when I realised just how I’ve been looking at my past. As if there was a ‘me’ back in the day who was slim, muscly, energetic, balanced, sensible, fun… What a load of bulltwang. Sure, there were times when I was more energetic. Thank God. [...]

Ledger Stand-in Found – But There’s a Twist

Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus To Continue Without Ledger.
I’m intrigued despite myself.
Even though it sounds a little Dr Who-ish

Awwww…

I’m a sucker for cute fluffy things. I saw this one last night on the way home from work. I couldn’t resist tormenting it till I had a photo:

For those who aren’t au fait with Brisbane wildlife – this is a baby bush turkey.  They’re a nightmare for gardeners, and they’re aggressive to a fault [...]

Writer Girl

I’m feeling very proud of myself at the moment, because my inspiration came back and I’ve written 3 stories in the last week-and-a-bit! Welll… 3 pieces of stories, anyhow. 2 of them aren’t really whole stories.
Alien is about a guy discovering that his girlfriend is really … *insert scary music* I’ll let you guess what. [...]

And I’m Rich. Again.

A widow from the Ivory Coast – at least that’s where her financial advisor lives – wants to invest $25 million in my ‘company’, by which I assume is meant my blogs.
I’m set for life. Even if that million euros from the online lottery takes a while to come through!
On a serious note: If you’re [...]