Splishin’ and a splashin’

/ Lisa

Today was hot, like actual. I lounged around a bit on my bed with a nice breeze coming in my window, but it was not enough.

I donned my new fancy-pants togs that I bought a few weeks ago and jumped in the pool. Devine.

I skipped the walk today, because my exercise was in the pool. I made sure I was swimming the lengths for about half an hour. It was kind of hilarious getting out though, with my bung knee and back currently. It was reminiscent of a beached whale flailing around on the shore. It helped my togs are blue.

Seriously, flailing.

That’s really the only exciting thing that happened today, if you can call it exciting. It’s more mundane. Or just a bit like “OMG I CAN SWIM!” Congrats you’re like 95 per cent* of the population!

Did you know di-hydrogen oxide contributes to 99.9 per cent** of all drownings? I think we should get it banned. That’s some killer statistics there. You’re probably wondering what contributes to the other 0.1 per cent. My vote goes to mercury. That shit is fierce.

*I made up this statistic.
**This one too.

How… meh.

/ Lisa

Turns out staying up till 5am watching videos of people popping boils and cysts on youtube does not make for a very productive day.

I caught the tale end of the John Barrowman documentary, I love him. It breaks my heart he is gay. Then watched Nancy Drew of all things. Never been an ND fan, not having read the books or anything, so I was a bit miffed about the entire movie. I also caught Greek. It’s such a good programme, but I hate how NZ television only ever plays it on weekend afternoons. Some programming choices shock me. It’s not just Greek.

Then I shocked myself and actually did some exercise. Yes, I actually went for a walk. Took me 30 minutes too, so I’ve met that requirement for the day.

Naturally with exercise, comes music. Listened to one of my playlists of songs that I named “over and over”, because I can listen to them over and over without getting sick of them:
1. When I look at you – Miley Cyrus
2. Poker Face – Glee Cast
3. The Flood – Escape the Fate
4. Monsters – Matchbook Romance
5. Swing Life Away – Rise Against
6. Teenage Dream – Glee Cast
7. Man in the Mirror – Michael Jackson
8. Brick by boring brick – Paramore
There is more to the playlist, but that’s all I got through on my walk. It was hot and the sun was shining. Didn’t want to spend too much time out there.

Watched some Scrubs, because me and Scrubs are synonymous, then fell asleep watching the news. #fail

Now I’m watching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. It has to be my least favourite movie and book out of the seven. I still enjoy it, but not favourite.

Perhaps tonight I should not stay up late watching videos of boils and cysts being squeezed on youtube. It takes it out of you. It even took my funny sarcastic ways. But there is something strangely satisfying about it seeing one being squeezed, because you don’t get that many yourself. Haha. Maybe I should stop talking about cysts.

Tomorrow I aim to bring the funny back somehow, but tonight, I’ll finish watching HP then maybe try watching 10,000 BC, but it may be a bit out of my taste range. Also going to try and finish reading the 5th Percy Jackson. I’m so close!

I did say my life was thrilling! /sarcasm

Can I hibernate ’till next year?

/ Lisa

Oh my god. I think I might just burst.

I’m pretty sure I ate too much roast chicken and potato salad. I couldn’t even have seconds on dessert.

It’s been a fairly lazy day. Didn’t get up until after midday, then I kind of sat around doing odd bits and pieces.
I spent a bit of time googling to try and find out how to change the URL on my wordpress blog, but when I couldn’t figure out an easy way to do that, I decided to just change over to blogspot with it. Importing the past posts was relatively easy.

So Music and Cupcakes is now over here too. Yay!

Ended up finally catching Marie Antoinette on tv today. Thought it was cool, with the modern aspects added in. Reminded me of A Knight’s Tale. Caught some of The Goonies too, now that’s a blast from the childhood!

Finally I decided I wanted to smell like a peach again, so showered at about 3pm. Yes, I know this in mundane, but I swear you all love it.

I then got in the kitchen to cook some eggs! Only I did it wrong and hard boiled them instead, because that is what potato salad calls for. Also cooked the potato. Essentially made the potato salad.

God I’m awesome.

Did you know potato is one of those words, that if you say it over and over, it loses all meaning?
Just like spleen.

I was then a good daughter and hung out with my parents a bit. We ate cheese and listened to “Love Never Dies” by Andrew Lloyd Weber, then watched teh news.

Had roast chicken done on the BBQ for dinner with THREE types of salad and steamed pudding for dessert. Had ONE TIME cider. I am sufficiently stuffed and can no longer move.

I might just have to go hibernate until next year.

Anywho! I am quite impressed with my new yellow nail polish from Glassons. It is yet to chip on any finger and it’s been on for about 48 hours now. Most excellent.
Currently watching King Kong, never seen it before. May put on Star Trek though because when I woke up today I had that “Star trekking across the universe” song stuck in my head. Ugh.

Only hilarious in small doses.

Happy New Years, bitches.

/ Lisa

I have done absolutely nothing today.

I had great plans of cleaning my room. It’s still a mess.

I have watched Eureka, Scrubs, Frasier, Scrubs, The Biggest Loser and now the news.

One good piece of personal news is that I have a job interview. First one for the New Year. It bodes well, I think.
It’s in Wellington and that’s all I will say for now. And yes, it is journalism related.

Got a bit drunk while out at some of my parents friends’ place. Four ciders is nothing to frown upon. At one point Mother told me to stop drinking. I just laughed. I am not going to stop drinking because Father is cracking open another one? Why do I always have to be the one that ends up being sober. Screw you Father, you’re driving.

And that he did.

Turns out I had drunk more than him, haha.
Also the only thing I had to eat today was dinner. Probably not the best thing to do when drinking… whoops.

So now I am once again sitting alone in my room, watching C4’s countdown to 2011 and my parents have gone to bed.
Does not bode well.

Forever alone.

Anyway, this poor tipsy one is going to snuggle down in bed and ring in the new year with a good book and twitter.

This post has been bought to you by Isaac’s Cider and the number four.

Happy New Year, bitches.

What’s the probability of finding a turkey five days after Christmas?

/ Lisa

Father wanted another turkey for New Years day. This was my goal for the day – turkey hunting.

I was so rudely awoken by Sister calling me at 1.20pm. Yeah… let’s just not talk about that one. We already know my schedule is rather loose thanks to a life of the unemployed.

I had heard there was a rad sale going at Glassons currently, so I headed over to Napier once I was not yelling at the world for making me get up.
Success! I found what I was looking for. Three long singlets each priced at $10 each and some awesome nail polishes – neon pink and yellow. *insert evil laugh here*

I then wandered down to Diva, and making my way between the number of tweens wearing cunt scuffs in there, I managed to find a couple of things I had been looking for. Found a very cute ring with a teacup on it. Very Alice In Wonderland and a necklace with, not really sure how else to describe it but, a pocket watch. It is very cool. [Side note: pictures will be up on tumblr.] Oh, and a headband with this really cool purple beaded thing on it. Headbands are cool. Blair Waldorf says so.

On my way back to the car, I realised I had not actually eaten all day. It was probably about 4 o’clock. Unless my stomach is really going hard with the rumbling, I kind of forget to eat. I should really do something about this. Food and I have a love/hate relationship.

So what do I do? Four cheeseburgers please! Totally could have gotten something better than that, but my thinking was that I could eat them without it getting messy while I drive back to Hastings. I was totally thinking. There was only one way to describe those cheeseburgers – the onion was strong in this one.

Yes, that is a Star Wars reference. I am a g33k.

To Pak’n’Sav I went and managed to find almost everything on the shopping list, while fighting through Hastings’ finest.
A side lol: the person in front of me at the checkout had locked her car keys in her car and called a locksmith to come and open it for her. It was going to cost $90. Fuck that, call the AA, woman! Anyway, she didn’t, because the checkout operator offered to break into her car.

Hastings: where a checkout operator is not just a checkout operator, they can break into a car for you!

Alas, they did not have a turkey. To New World I went.

And you guessed it – no turkey.

Onto Countdown. Right again – no turkey.

I then wandered across the road to the Mad Butcher. And again – no turkey.

I finally called Father, because it was his idea and said: “I have been to three supermarkets and am now at the Mad Butcher. No turkeys. Pick something else.”
His reply: “Just buy chicken then.”

YOU COULDN’T HAVE SAID THIS LAST NIGHT WHEN WE WERE WRITING THE SHOPPING LIST AND SAVED ME THE TROUBLE OF THREE SUPERMARKETS!?

Of course not. That’s not what Father does.
So I bought chicken.

Finally I got to come home. I then sat down with a nice cold bottle of water while Father unloaded the groceries. I’m sitting in my room hoping he’ll pick up on the fact I am not cooking dinner. Frankly, I can’t be bothered. Exhausted.

Tonight I foresee me watching The Princess Diaries 2 and Sister Act 2. Then probably some Scrubs season 3. There will be some amazing quotes. I especially love the one from Princess Diaries:

“I look like a moose.”
“But a very cute moose. Make all the boy mooses go WAAAHHHHHHHHHH.”

Oh, and the probability of finding a turkey five days after Christmas?
Zero per cent.