Woah, back home then out again!

It seems that my whole world is upside down! I got back from a great weekend down the Eyre and spent the week at work being a goood kid and now I'm out in the country again. This time its with the other family! The kids and I have just come back from dancing up a storm at the pub and having a great time! Mind you it looked like we weren't going to make it at one stage!

We had car troubles from the start, and with the amazing rain we have been having the roads were slippery to start with! We got nearly outside of town when it all started, the wind screen wiper on the driver side stopped working, and we were right at the beginning of the freeway! So we had to pull over and fix it! So I, wearing my 'this is what a feminist looks like' t-shirt is under the hood with a car full of people waiting to go.

We had to pull over several times before we had reached the edge of the city limits. One of those times we had found a stable that opened onto the road and pulled into that to fix it. In the end it was when we had pulled into a truck stop and a nice guy from Beaurepairs (spelling?) helped us by taking off the loverly wiper and replacing it with the other one. Thanks a lot mate!

After a few hours driving, going the wrong way, detouring etc. We finally made it! Yay! 15 mins before the kitchen closed at the pub. So I got my birthday dinner after all! Now it's nearly one in the morning and I'm not in the mood for sleeping but had to leave the pub cos kids can't stay there after 12. Oh well, we only have to get up early in the morning to go to mass any way!

Nite nite all, sweet dreams and all that! Keep your fingers crossed, we have to drive back tomorrow!

--shanchan

Bus trip from hell...or not!

Well it's somewhat late and we're only half way to Ceduna and the little lass with me is no nearer to sleeping. I know that I need to sleep too, but can't seem to find the ability to.

My cousin who is travelling with us was late as per normal. I shouldn't have been surprised by that!! But then we get told that we can't sit near each other!!! That totally sucks!! I know that is just a small thing but it would have made things so much more fun. Oh well, could be worse. He could have been left behind!

Anyway, I'm going to try to sleep now, and see if things don't look rosier in the morning!!!

--shanchan

Off to the country, tra la la! tra la la! tra la la la la!!!

Yay! It's that time now, we're off to see the wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz!

I have just sid goodbye to the first of the family to leave for the front! And later today, child no 1 and I will be climbing aboard the bus with a couple of others to go to Ceduna to visit my granmother for her 80th birthday!!

A truely auspicious occasion!

so, ja ne

be good!


Ceduna.net

Ceduna on Wiki

Uke or Seme??? Which are you???

Flaming Uke
Take Are you a Seme or an Uke? today!
Created with Rum and Monkey's Personality Test Generator.

One of the easiest uke to recognize by sight. Your flamboyantly gay behavior makes it easy for seme to prey upon you, and that is exactly what you want, and you usually have a few tricks up your sleeve as well. You most often have colored hair, designer clothes, and eyes that are constantly roaming, searching for the perfect partner for you. You are best paired with the Chibi Seme, as you don't mind what they look like, as long as they're a seme.

*Sigh* it appears to be official!

Little red

This has to be the cutest picture I have come across in a while! Enjoy!
--shanchan

Desirable things!!! - 2007 Booklist

Can I admit to being totally in love with books???

I suppose there is no point in denying it! I have through various methods come up with my wish list for this coming year. Please note that this is a work in progress and will be expanded as time goes on....


Blart by Dominic Barker
Goblins of Labyrinth: 20th Anniversary Edition by Brian Froud
Bareback By Kit Whitfield
Complete Wrecks Unfortunate Events Box Set by Lemony Snickett

I think that's enough drooling for now!

Will Farrell....Phantom of the Opera????

Musicals have died today....

Ero Games - a history

An article on the history of ero games and an interesting theory as how the computer market developed because of them.

I'm not sure that I would say that this is all true, but it's bizarre enough to be true!

Eroge

Fab AMV!!!

Check this out!!!

This would have to be one of the best AMVs I have ever seen!

Unshelved comic strip

I've just found this comic strip all about a young adult librarian!!!

It's great!

overduemedia.com/archive

New Layout!!!

Well after about 3 hours coding I have finally finished my new layout.

I use a template that I got from Blogskins.com by Photokicho! There are a few funny quirks to it but I'm hoping that it's not too hard to navigate through it.

If there is too much of a problem with it, I'll just have to re-do it with a new template or something. We'll see how it goes.

Hope you like it and have fun!!!!

Buh Bye!!!

Top 20 Sci-Fi of all time

1 Frank Herbert: Dune
2 Orson Scott Card: Ender's Game
3 Isaac Asimov: Foundation
4 William Gibson: Neuromancer
5 Robert A Heinlein: Stranger in a Strange Land
6 Ursula K Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness
7 Larry Niven: Ringworld
8 Robert A Heinlein: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
9 George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four
10 Dan Simmons: Hyperion
11 Douglas Adams: The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
12 Joe Haldeman: The Forever War
13 Frederik Pohl: Gateway
14 Ursula K Le Guin: The Dispossessed
15 David Brin: Startide Rising
16 Walter M Miller: A Canticle for Leibowitiz
17 Harlan Ellison [ed]: Dangerous Visions
18 Ray Bradbury: The Martian Chronicles
19 Alfred Bester: The Stars My Destination
20 Arthur C Clark: Childhood's End

Taken from Newsline Spring 2004 Issue

Well I'm not sure that I can agree with that list entirely. There is no mention of Andre Norton, the definitions used are not listed so I would have to say that it's not really definitive. I would have a few different authors in my top ten list.

Also, although not having read many of the ones listed, I have read enough of some of the authors listed, more specifically Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov, Robert A Heinlein, Arthur C Clark, & Ray Bradbury, and cannot honestly say that I enjoyed their work in anyway. There was a lack of believable female characters or none at all. Some times the females were in such a oppressed/subservient role that I couldn't even finish the books.

Now I'm not saying that in women's writing things are any different for the men, for example Daughters of a Coral Dawn by Katherine V. Forrest, that they were often written for a select audience and not "commercial" in any form. Mind you Daughters is a classic example of lesbian pulp fiction so I think that would say it all!!!

You know lifes little bumps has hit you when....

you have nothing better to do with your time than to google your name and those of your family and friends.


Me
Breandan
Eilish


Oh God I'm bored!!! LOL

The Earth is not safe enough!!!

My work mates and I have been in hysterics over an article that I read today.

Apparently there is a company in... wait for it... America! That has the ultimate data backup storage idea, yep you guessed it, on the moon!!!

I mean, how ridiculous can you get? What is going to happen to the Earth in the next ten years that is going require storing data off planet?

As they say... only in America!

myneedleisbiggerthanyourneedle

It must be my sense of humour but I laughed when I saw the title of this blog. All about a bloke who knits! not too bad, now we just have to get him posting a little more of his fascinating stuff!!!!!

myneedleisbiggerthanyourneedle

Signs - Sources not verified but damn they're hilarious anyway!!!

Friends don't let friends take home ugly men
Women's restroom
Starboard, Dewey Beach, DE


Beauty is only a light switch away.
Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, NC


If life is a waste of time,
and time is a waste of life,
then let's all get wasted together
and have the time of our lives.
Armand's Pizza, Washington, DC


Remember, it's not, "How high are you?"
it's "Hi, how are you?"
Rest stop off Route 81, West Virginia


Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.
The Bayou, Baton Rouge, LO


At the feast of ego everyone leaves hungry.
Bentley's House of Coffee and Tea, Tucson, AZ


It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.
Written in the dust on the back of a bus,
Wickenburg, AZ


Make love, not war.
-Hell, do both GET MARRIED!
Women's restroom
The Filling Station, Bozeman, MT


If voting could really change things, it would be illegal.
Revolution Books
New York, New York.


If pro is opposite of con,then what is the opposite of progress? Congress!
Men's restroom House of Representatives,
Washington, DC


Express Lane: Five beers or less
Sign over one of the urinals
Ed Debevic's, Phoenix, AZ


You're too good for him.
Sign over mirror in Women's restroom
Ed Debevic's, Beverly Hills,CA.


No wonder you always go home alone.
Sign over mirror in Men's restroom,
Ed Debevic's, Beverly Hills,CA


A Woman's Rule of Thumb: If it has tires or testicles, you're going to have trouble with it.
Women's restroom

Carrot, Egg or Coffee? - Yea olde inspirational email

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes, she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see."

"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft.

The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.

Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.

The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?"

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity - boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.

The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.

The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water instead of the water changing them.

"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?"

oh no more bloggy things!!!

You Are a Skin Deep Sweetheart

You may be supermodel gorgeous or a plain Jane. It really doesn't matter, because you're confident and secure. You don't go out looking like a slob, but you are low maintenance. You have better things to worry about than whether your nails are the right shade!

Are You Obsessed With Your Looks?

yeah I know.....I need to get a life!!!

More blog things

Your Ideal Relationship is Casual Dating

Maybe you're looking for love... But mostly you're looking for fun. You could get serious with the right person. For now, though, you're enjoying playing the field.

What's Your Ideal Relationship?

Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me

LOL

Read what you like into that one!!!

Nah really it's this really great flash animation.....

Check it out-------->Here