day 171

That mark on my leg (which is bigger in real life), that was made with my own foot. I love soccer. I also kinda love my wicked ankle tan.

day 170

Its amazingly difficult to take a picture of any part of your body that isnt your face without it looking A) inappropriately sexy, or B) strangely gross.

day 169

I think I got a bad name around the family as Maya hogger. Maya Is just the cutest kid you have ever seen and she has developed an appetite for my jewellery. We get along like a house on fire, unfortunately the rest of the family isnt too pleased that we hang out so much. I think they're just jealous that Maya doesnt eat their jewellery. (note that im not wearing my necklace: its in her hands)

day 168

I hardly know who I am anymore! today I played soccer with a bunch of NINE year olds, DIDNT knock any of them over, and THREW THE GAME so I would lose.  I have never singley done any of those things, let alone all of them together. I think all the children liking people I hang out with are starting to rub off on me.

day 167

Everyone gives you 101 tips on how to survive year 12 and exams. They nelected to mention how to cope after year 12...

day 166

This is what rope burn looks like. What burns most about it is the fact that I will be belaying again tomorrow and the next day. ouch. Helping teach a kid how to ride a bike is an immensely fulfilling thing. I explained dynamic stability and momentum to an eight year who not only understood (after some explaining), but said back to me later on “yeah, I put my foot down on that corner because I didn’t have enough momentum up.”  Teaching can be great sometimes.

day 165

I have a new favourite toy. Its called a heat knife and its amazing. I used it to cut the end of some climbing rope today and it took all my self control not to cut absolutely everything in sight. I could have had so much fun with it!!

day 164

I was told today that I look graceful when I play soccer. This is probably the highest soccer compliment I could ever get. For the first three and a half years of soccer I felt and probably looked like a giant clumsy troll whose torso wasn’t quite in sync with her legs. Also, our flat is being renovated.  Also, ugh! Beau is soo rude. everytime we play pool he throws the games so they last longer, which on the one hand irritates me because its a bit patronising but on the other hand is good because the games last longer. we were playing yesterday after work and I wasnt really concentrating and he beat me. without me sinking any balls. Of all the shots in all the games that he could've deliberatly missed, that black ball would have been my preferred one, but no, it went straight in. Luckily his mum was there and so long as she was present and on my side there was no way my pants were coming off. I dont think he is going to forget easily though..

day 163

Alli sent me link of people who have gotton old photos of themselves and re-enacted them. Its a really cool idea and I have thought about maybe doing this before however i wanted to only have photos on this blog that were taken on the day. so the young photo is not separate but a part of todays photo. make sense?
I was a hell of a lot cuter back in '95.

day 162

Elisey-Poo loves me! She is coming for dinner. I discovered a very important aspect about myself today. I am a wind-up doll. I love people and I am animated around them. shortly after there is no-one around I sit around, motionless and slumped, with a sad, rejected face.

day 161

The mice died. It was to be expected. I bought a new pair of sunnies! they are great. Now i am off to celebrate with Jordy because she got a house. Woo!

day 160

I was sick as a dog at work today. when I got home a took a rest in the coolest place in the house- the kitchen floor. I was fast asleep when dad got home. It must have looked a fair bit like I was unconcious, judging by the tone of his voice when he woke me up. I thought it was morning when I woke up so imagine my surprise when I was on the kitchen floor. Im feeling better now, which is a relief.
and the mice are STILL alive! now im just waiting to see if they eat each other. is that barbaric?

day 159

the mice were still alive this morning when I checked them! It made me so happy, hopefully they can survive another night. on a completely different note: apart from their ability to kill their riders, motorbikes have much the same effect when put with guys as babies do.

day 158

I found some tiny day old baby mice in the grass at work today. The poor things were still translucent and pink and were about to die of sunburn. Dave G and I rescued them and I made a little nest for them in a plastic container. everyone at work was less than impressed that we were rescueing mice. Dave justified our actions by maintaining that it is entirely possible that they are baby antechinuses, which are native. Whatever they are, it is highly unlikely that they will survive the night.

day 157

Happy valentines day! I believe this is my 18th year of being single on valentines day. although there was one interesting year in 2007. Today I got to use a camera that can be put under water. It was so scary. before I put it under I honestly believed I was about to destroy a work camera.

day 156

I practised being invisible in the kitchen today. Bryan was REALLY angry at Beau. no-one was really sure why. A couple of times I'd look over to see if Beau was just going to burst into tears, I know I would have.  Today I discovered the secret to getting a guy to profess his love. Buttt, Im not telling what it is.

day 155

I went up the pubs tonight for jacks birthday. I cant say I particularly liked the experience. It was good to catch up with my friends though. I also am quite proud of myself, the sign on the pub door said 'no singlets no thongs.' I was wearing both. The bouncer studied my ID for about 48 seconds though, do I really have that much of a baby face?

day 154

I love rubiks cubes. I haven't timed myself doing one in about three years because timing puts me off. I think it takes me about two minutes though. my collection is up to about 23 different kinds bought across three continents.

day 153

PAID! I got my first pay for my new job. I opened my account and squealed with excitement. so, my shout at the pub tomorrow night. woo!

day 152

After work today, I know everything there is to know about Ned Kelly.

I found the best pool playing buddy! This photo was taken while Beau was teaching me how to play competitively. We had just had a heated discussion about the way I should stand so I could have a straight shot. He maintained I could put my hip closer to the table, I was sure I couldn’t defy the laws of physics. In the end I got angry and smashed the ball as hard as I could. It went straight in.

day 151

I HATE yoga! I went for the first time this evening and it put me in such a bad mood that all i could do for the rest of the night (what was left of it after yoga finished) was stomp around the house yelling at people. I decided to go to bed before I could upset anyone too much (mission failed) when I remembered that I had to do a photo for the day. I grabbed my camera and burst into tears. This photo wasnt set up.

day 150

Im quite proud of this photo. I got home from soccer practice and needed to take a picture and I started experimenting with the flash. first I put my finger over it so everything went red. Then I got more inventive and covered the flash with a blue plastic white tape dispenser (which I may have accidentally stolen from Patto in about year ten). the effect is a bizarre blue filter over my picture. I am going to experiment with this concept more when its not 10.30pm.  

day 149

Im not sure in which universe this is considered summer! Sure, on tuesday when it was 40 degrees it felt like summer but now its sunday and the temperature is TWELVE DEGREES! Any wonder im freezing my arse off.  Also, strangely, I feel like i am back in year 8 again. i have no idea what is causing it, maybe the weather?

day 148

This is the definition of Multi-tasking. I am rubbing together oil and flour whilst changing a song on my laptop with my toe.

day 147

I get paid to go creek walking. Is that not the coolest thing? also, see how that picture has a the ball on the end of the thing? I had just caught the ball on the stick when the photo was taken.

day 146

Daryl, Matt and Adam drove 50km and surprise visited me tonight! We had dinner at the pub and played some pool. I love my friends, they are officially at the top of my favourite people list right now. I cant really describe just how happy it made me. I met the guy who made Harvie Krumpet today at a work conference thingy.

day 145

I got cheated on with a Llama. Who knew wednesday nights could be so fun? Chilling at the pub until the early hours of the morning. Things got ..intereseting.. after about the 5th game of pool and we are now all much better aquainted..
The photo was taken before the pub visit when I was cooking dinner. It is so fricken humid right now that there was and is a film of sweat on EVERYTHING!

day 144

Thats right, my mummy still takes photos of me on my first day. Today it was my first day of work although i wish it wasnt. 40 degrees is too hot to do anything except sit in a bucket of ice.