Stand for something or fall for anything

So I changed Clouds's name yesterday back to his original name that came from the breeder - Amir. It's a much better name. It's a man's name. He's not much of a man... Kind of a pansy. But he might be one day!!
At least people won't look at me like I'm 10 when I tell them his name...

He had his 3rd birthday on Halloween. I made him a cake and I made him wear a party hat. Jason thinks I'm a cruel mother. Just wait until I have a real child. They're FUCKED.



Pretty much being blackmailed into spending xmas eve night at Jason's parents - again.
For the past 4 xmas's we've spent together, we've stayed xmas eve night at his parents house. This year he's decided he doesn't want to and we'd just go back early morning at like 6am for the usual family crap. He told her this last night when we were there for dinner and she got the shits and said that "Santa won't know where to go, so he might not come at all".
Fuck. You.
What happens when I want to finally spend a xmas morning with MY family like I've totally stopped doing for your stupid traditions. What about when we just want to spend a xmas morning together, or when we start a family.
We see his family EVERY YEAR without fail. I only get to see mine every second year, and that's generally the year that all the cousins are at their partners place, so I pretty much don't get to see my family at all, and if I do, it's only a few of them.

Why are inlaw's so...... shit?? I've never had any other problems with his family apart from at xmas.

FML.

This guy is awesome. He tried to pay a bill with a drawing of a spider.

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JANE'S ADDICTION FORCED TO CANCEL AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Blue Murder regrets to advise that all dates for the Jane's Addiction Australian tour have been cancelled due to the hospitalisation of percussionist Stephen Perkins.
Hordern Pavilion patrons can return their tickets to the point of point of purchase for a full refund, or mail them in to:
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Or visit the Brisbane City Box Office at Shop 95, Elizabeth Street, Brisbane QLD.
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EDIT: IT'S FOR A MOTHER FUCKING ELBOW INFECTION!!! WHAT A DUMB SHIT!
They better re-schedule this tour, I was so amped for it.

I start my new job next week! Yay!
It's been good. I've had a week holiday between all my jobs haha. It rocks pretty hard.

Krudd stimulated me :D

And it was good.

Jane's Addiction is touring!!!!
Goes on sale on Friday for $90 a pop.
Totally worth it though.

I was retrenched on Monday after being at work for half an hour and then spend the rest of the day crying as I said goodbye to 70 odd people. I hate leaving a job where you've got heaps of friends and you've been there for ages... Always end up crying like a lame-o at each and every persons desk.

Tuesday was spend going back and forth all freaking day with the recruitment chick from old job redoing my resume and getting agency contacts and calling Centrelink. :( That made me incredibly sad in the pants.

Wednesday my horse that NEVER bucks, bucked me off, now my back is KILLING me.

Today was a good day. I got a new 6 week temp job and my horse did AWESOME in his dressage lesson. Now my instructor's bummed out coz she gets so excited when she teaches me coz Sam always comes on so far with each and every lesson. But it's gonna be on hold with me for 6 weeks, but Sarah's going to ride him for me which is good.

Friday I have to go to Sarina Russo and have a stupid interview for the dole there then call Centrelink and tell them about temp job. And DYE MY FREAKING HAIR. I've been putting it off for a week.

Saturday we have to vote :( Then trail ride with June and Sarah and Sarah's riding Charity who's been lame for a year which is YAY!

Sunday is my cousin's wedding. Who gets married on a Sunday???

Monday start new job.

A rather up and down week...

Saw the Watchmen on the weekend.
It was pretty good, but it went for 3 hours... And there was FAR too much blue cock for my taste...

Horses are stupid.
Well he's only really stupid in April because he's costing me a fortune. His bloody tetnis and strangles shots, chiropractor, dentist and shoeing is due then. Nearly $400!!
Also it's mine and Jason's anniversary so I need to save money for that and also to buy him something AWESOME which I have no idea what that will be...
And it's my cousin's wedding in 2 weeks so I have to buy new shoes to go with my dress, a bra to wear with my dress and get my hair cut and coloured coz I suck and have waited too long to get that done. This is crap!

Four Year Strong are releasing a varsity jacket but it's only available at the American Taste of Chaos. Lame!! I want one. It would be pretty bitchin.
So... if any of you American's in my flist are going to Taste of Chaos and want to buy me one I'll be your BFF!!!!!!! And give you a couch if you want to come to Australia!! Cmon.... free couch!!! You can't pass that up!

Jason's going to be a teacher.

He got in to the course online to study part time starting semester 2.

I'm so proud of him :)

Now all he's going to have to do is figure out he'll be a poor student and not be able to buy xbox games since he'll drop back some hours at work and then fight the urge to spend those extra hours he has at home studying and not playing xbox.

I think study might be tuff for him lol.

But I am so proud. He's finally figured out what he's going to do with his life and it's starting to come together for him. We have to put our travel plans on hold and we're not going to be buying a house this year like we planned, but I think that's a sacrifice we can live with :)
Since he's going ahead with his study/life plan thing-a-ma-jig, he's made me promise that this year I'll start my horse riding instructors certificate. Yep. Do you have $5000 I can use to pay for it??? And $500 each year after that to have insurance??? It's something I've wanted to do for a long time, so I think this year I might at least start it. I don't care how long it takes me to finish it, as long as I start it this year and complete at least 2 units of it, I think I'll be happy.


Soundwave was good.
So thankful it wasn't another 40 degree day like last year lol.
It kept trying to rain but it failed miserably so it was just stupidly humid instead.
I woke up that morning coming down with whatever god-awful sickness that Beck has - THANKSSSSS -_-...... I hardly ever hang out with her and then when I do, she makes me fucking sick. Bitch.
By about .... 12pm I had a massive headache which by the time NIN came on, was about to turn into a fucking migrane so I was banished to the grandstands and left before the encore. Way to enjoy their last tour Bree...... I wanted to kill myself for leaving early.
But then of course sitting through that SHIT that Jason calls music by HORSE the Band made it even WORSE. Mathcore = worst NOISE I've ever heard in my life. Just thinking about it my head hurts....
I did enjoy NIN's show better this time around. He was depressed, but it wasn't a "woe is me" depressed, more of an "end of an era" depressed. Which I would be too, he's been in it for longer than he hasn't!!
MOTHERFUCKINGLESSTHANJAKEPIKED!!! EVERY time I've been so excited for LTJ, they've piked or I didn't have the money to see them. I can't believe it happened again this year. I've met them, just never seen them play lol.
I spent $100 on shirts... But one was for Jason coz I rule.
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster were fucking AWESOME! Dallas Taylor has the BEST facial expressions out of ANY front man, hands down. The security guard at the front of the stage kept trying to keep him behind the barrier but he's all like "get fucked mate". He did 2 stage dives, threw the mic at the crowd and Jason managed to grab the cord and he wouldn't let go so he had a tug-of-war with the dude trying to get it back. He also got a hi-five from Dallas..... Lucky bastard! Then at the end of the show Dallas lept off the stage and ran on people's heads til he fell over and the security guard dragged him back lol.
New Found Glory was great and they'l be coming back this year so I'm heaps looking forward to that.
I only saw about 15 minutes of Billy Talent's set coz I decided to go to merch, but I didn't get to the one at the main stages early enough and I'm so kicking myself coz I wanted a Talent shirt and also a new NIN one. Very annoyed about that.
The Amity Affliction has grown SO MUCH since I last saw them! I remember when I booked them back in the day for BAD magazine and they were a shitty little band just trying to get noticed by ANYONE.... NOW they can book pretty much whatever they want!! I'd love to see them big enough to go overseas one day though. They just get better and better every time I see them.
Ashley didn't try and down me in a bottle of water like last year so I stayed dry all day. Until I told Jason that a dagwood dog was just a sausage on a stick with batter... He "didn't like my answer" so he dumped his water (that I just got for him) on my head. Seriously, what's not to like about that answer??
Bloodhound Gang were the biggest disappointment. I was excited to see them, thought they were gonna bring lolz, but all they did was wank on stage for an hour. I wanted to kick them in the face. They played some good songs, but I thought they would actually be funny on stage. WRONG!
Dillinger Escape Plan got bottled - LOL!


Tracy's amazing with Sam too. Last week I started float training with him, just feeding him lunch on the float. I tried to at least get him to put his feet on the tailgate, he wouldn't have a bar of it. He didn't touch any of his food either. He sat in the corner until I had to take him home.
Tracy finally had time to do some training with him today and I send her a message at lunch to make sure he's not trying to kick her in the head or something and she tells me she's walked him on and off about 3 times with no fuss. What the hell. She is AMAZING. I suck arse at ground training, something I REALLY have to work on, I've always been better at training from their back like training for jumping or just general schooling or sporting. Ground work I think is Tracy's forte.
Sam puts on a real good show when he doesn't want to go on the float. Nearly double barreling my friend in the head, bucking, rearing, breaking halters and leads... Today he gets on no worries!! I'm very impressed.
I don't care if she's going to be the only one that can ever put him on a float for the rest of his life! So long as he gets on one.
Last time I put him on he fell and got stuck behind 2 others and we had to get him off in the middle of the road, I was such a mess after that... So I think he may associate that fall with me loading him... Poor traumatized pony...
He's toally rocking the shit out of his dressage lessons too. He's such a different horse and we've only had 3 lessons. After the first one we had Pony Club a couple days later and he was even jumping differently and all we did was slow down his trott.
Lyn made me put my stirups down 2 holes too :( my next lesson she's gonna make me go down 2 more :(
I'm taking Tracy's horse Bourbon in combined training on Saturday. I hope to god he doesn't act like a tool and throw me off... Lately he's been bucking and having temper tantrums for no reason and nearly throwing Tracy off and he actually got Sarah off the other week. I don't deal with bucking horses (coz I've never had to.) The first bucking horse I delt with was Tracy's old clydie and that was just got his saddle didn't fit. He never got me off though which makes me feel better about dealing with Bourbon's possible tantie on Saturday.
Hopefully soon I'll be able to start competing with Sam... I miss ripping that clown around a course.

I think that's just about covered my "life" to date... I haven't left out anything really important...

Peace out!!

So in the last month I've now had THREE (count it THREE) fucking phones die on me.

My 5 month old Nokia, my back up 3 year old LG (the screen went and turned my world upside down face!!) and I borrowed my flat mates old Sony Ericson which the screen turned a certain shade of white this morning and now gives me nothing.

Chances are Jason won't be taking his phone and I won't even be with him the whole day anyway so I can't give you that number.

If I can score my sisters boyfriends old Nokia tonight I will have a phone tomorrow.

If you wish to catch up for many beers, try give us a call and I hope that I have a phone to answer!!

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I just ate a piece of rump steak that was bigger than my large dinner plate...




I feel like shit......

You know it is a real Australian summer when ...

 

 

 

 

 The best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.

 

 Hot water now comes out of both taps.

 

  You learn that a seat belt buckle makes

 

a pretty good branding iron.

 

 

 The temperature drops below 35C and you feel a little chilly.

 
 You discover that in February it only takes

 

2 fingers to steer your car.

 
 You discover that you can get sunburned

 

through your car window.

 
 You develop a fear of metal car door handles.

 

 

 You break a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m.

 
 Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is,

 

"What if I get knocked out and end
 Up lying on the pavement and cook to death?"

 
 You realise that asphalt has a liquid state.

 
 Farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice

to keep them from laying
Hard-boiled eggs.

 
 The cows are giving evaporated milk.

 
 The trees are whistling for the dogs.

A dream job looking after a tropical island in Australia has attracted over 11,000 applicants -- including Osama bin Laden who failed to make the shortlist.

A spokeswoman for Tourism Queensland said the group had received over 11,000 video applications since advertising the A$150,000 ($96,000) "best job in the world" as caretaker of Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef .

One of the applications was a 30-second prank video showing the world's most wanted man, with nonsensical sounds dubbed over his real voice.

Using subtitles, bin Laden argues his case for the six-month contract, describing himself as "outgoing," "familiar with sandy areas" and experienced with "large scale event coordination."

He lists his interests as arts, crafts and renovating. Videos showing bin Laden speaking are widely available on the Internet.

A spokeswoman for Tourism Queensland said a person using bin Laden's identity had lodged an official application with required video that has made its way onto video sharing website YouTube, but the application has been rejected.

"While Tourism Queensland encourages people to be creative in their applications, they have to meet the selection criteria, including appropriate content, if they want to be considered for the job," said the spokeswoman.

"The 'Osama bin Laden' application was submitted via the www.islandreefjob.com website but it was rejected because the content was not deemed to be appropriate."

The $1.7 million "best job in the World" marketing campaign has attracted huge international interest, with applicants from 162 countries responding to the opening which closes on February 22.

Queensland's Tourism Minister Desley Boyle acknowledges the campaign was aimed to lure visitors to the islands of the Great Barrier Reef but insists the job offer is also genuine.

The successful applicant will have the chance to live rent free on Hamilton Island for six months in an oceanfront villa, spend their time exploring the islands of the Great Barrier Reef .

I got sun burned.
All because Sam was being a shit yesterday and wouldn't stand in the shade for Mike.
He took an hour to get his shoes on instead of the half hour it SHOULD take. By the time Mike was doing his last shoe he just had jack of Sam running around him and jumping away and twitched his lip and yelled at him to stand up. Then he got that ashamed look on his face that he gets when he knows he's in a heap of shit and then stood there like an angel.
Charity (the horse that went lame from the old farrier last year) has been given the OK to take for a ride at a walk to see how she goes :) If she's ok after that then we can start legging her up and getting her fit again :)

Got the Dragon Boat Regatta on tomorrow at South Bank.
Our last training session last night was epic. We had 2 races with one other team that was training at the same time that's in it tomorrow and the first race we beat them by one length and the second race we started a length behind and still beat them by a length.
We're going to pwn.

... rocked.

Otters are so fucking cute.
When I get my own house I'm making an Otter enclosure and it will be bitchin.

So apparently on Tuesday Sarah had to get the vet's assistant out (coz my vet's still bloody in America...grrr...) coz Sam got kicked by Charisma and fell into the barbed wire fence.
I hate that bitch. I really fucking do and I can't wait until the day she leaves. I will dance in the streets. I really will. I did it when Claire left last year. The random Irish transport guy thought I was nuts lol. Don't blame him...
The only reason the vet had to come out was because after Sarah had cut him loose and pulled all the barbs out, there was one that was stuck right in him. So he had to be sedated. He always has to be sedated when I'm not there to see him stumble around like a loser :(
But he's ok. He's a tough horse. After he sobered up he wasn't even lame :)
I miss my pony. I haven't been able to walk for a week coz I got bucked off a pony that was apparently broken in - NO IT'S NOT!

I'm going to Underwater World tomorrow :) Jason likes the water a lot. He bought some David Attenborough dvd set I think it's called Blue World or something... It's all about under the sea!

I'm going to go and try not to go out of my mind from boredom in the last hour and half of work...