My brother arrives in just over 24 hours.. in anticipation I am busy cleaning and unpacking - having recently moved.
The cats go into boarding tomorrow.. I think Im going to miss them - dare I say it.. for someone who was very concerned about living with cats.. and being very allergic to them.. thats a turn up! Infact I am over my allergy to them.. completely.. just from being around them.. I have built up antibodies to them..
Im very impressed with that.
Speaking of Taxi's..
The first heavy rain we have had in months.. Annabelle and I try and get a train home from work.. and find that the rain has caused havoc on Sydney Rain - so rather then waiting 40 minutes for a 20 minute train ride, we figure we will get a taxi home.
How hard would you expect that to be? When I eventually do get a taxi to stop, and I tell the driver the destination, he gives me some story that he has a booking soon and he cant take me where I need to go. Obviously he was looking for a longer fare then the $20 one I was about to give him.
So I told him what I thought of him.. calling him very nasty names, advising him that his practise is illegal and slammed the door.
Tip #1 - when telling taxi drivers your destination, say I would like to go to X via Y. When you get to Y, tell them you have changed your mind and you will be departing here.
PS: We did end up getting a taxi :)
Bit of an afterblog here..
A week or so back we had our quaterly 'old work' get together. A group of us who used to work together always try to get together for dinner every 3 or 4 months.
I must admit on mostly its a fabo time.. and this round was no different.. thanks guys for making it a great night out (again).. highlights included:
- Nelson's ability to pick a great bottle of wine (reasonably priced too!) - not bad for someone who doesnt normally drink wine. Wish I could remember what the name of the bottle was..
- Teena's remarkable display of balancing her dessert in one hand, until she dropped it.. smack on her lap. Nice one... we want to see the photo's teena.
- Teena's underpants. Dont ask I dont know why.. infact I didnt remember until she reminded me.. yes she took it upon herself to show everyone the picture on the front of her underdaks! Nice one.. no we dont want to see the photo's.
Thanks everyone for a great night :)
PS: Was a bastard getting home.. I was originally impressed that I would be part of the "taxi loop" having just moved to the 'inner west'. But no! No taxi wanted to stop for us.. so we resorted to trains.. over 1 hour later..
You know its summer/Xmas time when:
- You stub your big toe
- Its so hot that you cant move
- The newspapers are twice as big as they normally are due to the xmas advertisments
- There are more people in the shopping centres then there are on the roads
- There is nothing on TV - except re-runs of the Monkeys and Hogans Heroes
- You are broke
Was my birthday last week.. infact today brings to a close, what is known as "Birthday Week". I have a theory, and that theory is that your birthday celebrations should extend for 1 week, starting on your birthday.
My birthday was low key, which is what I like.. Im not really into being the centre of attention.. which may surprise some of you.. but its true.. I also finished up at work last week.. and again.. I slipped away without telling many people.. I understand a few people are a wee bit pissed off that I didnt announce my departure.. but they need to deal with that not me.
Eitherway, if they want to email me they can :)
I cant remember if I have blogged about this yet.. I know I have been planning to do so for a while.. but as most of you know.. I have been too busy to post anything of late.. but anyway..
Its inevitable america will to go war with iraq. The situation there really is no win. Eitherway, Bush will push for war.. lets face it, if Iraq declare that they dont have any weapons of mass destruction.. like they have now done.. what does that prove? Its harder to prove you dont have something then it is to prove you do have it.. So the repeated "we dont have anything" is just going to be interpreted as lies and the fact that they are not complying as requested.
If the weapons inspectors dont find anything, it will again be interpreted as Iraq's failure to allow freedom to the inspectors and their willingness not to disclose everything.
If Iraq do say that they have weapons, then thats an invitation for america to do what they want to do.
Nothing like a good war to boost the economy or secure a presidency.
By the time you read this I have probably moved and all I need to do is unpack. But that could take anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 years.
Made up a new word the other day, Steal and Pinch = Stinch. Use it sometime.
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