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http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/8527325/ Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:55:10 PDT When I Had You With Me, by The Beautiful Girls

The Countdown Begins
The last bottle of medicine is finished, so now I have 6 weeks of current/strict eating until I can, "If I want, begin to introduce other foods again, one every 3 days." I've figured out a plan as to what I'll do, even a rough order of foods to introduce (starting with the basics; milk, eggs, sugar, wheat). Every day I'll keep track of what new food I ate, what quantity, when, and also what condition my hands are in. Possibly a small photo-journal, too, so I can catch myself and look back if something goes awry. That's the plan for now, we'll see how it pans out though.
2nd May edit: sickness got worse soon after finishing the medicine, due to a few factors, so the countdown has been reset. Not sure how long it will take. Alas.

Winterwood, by Don McLean

Tagged
I got tagged by ~ApocalypticRaven from her journal, to write 6 strange habits/things about me.
1. I like buying underwear. Currently, I have about 30 pieces of underwear (not inclu. bras). A secondary weirdness is that there's around 10 that I hardly wear.
2. When setting the table for dinner, I start at one end and work clockwise.
Pyramid Song, by Radiohead

3. I still have my Physics, French and SOR writing/note books from Yr 12 (year 2004), just in case there's something in there I'll need later.

Like how to conjugate avoir in le subjonctif, the equation for Centripetal Force, or what my notes on Ethical Egoism tell me. Yeah. [I thought I also had my Economics book, but I can't see it on my shelves.]
4. I have a Queen size bed, and have taken to sleeping on the left side so that when Jackson sleeps over, I don't sleep-kick him off my bed just because I'm used to having it all to myself. (Sorry hunny

I didn't mean to!)
Land Locked Blues, by Bright Eyes

5. I prefer warm-to-hot showers over room-temp-to-cold ones. I like to rug up in the cold, or have my windows open at night in Autumn/Winter so that I can snuggle under my doona. I like it to be cold around me so that I can feel warm. I'm a Spring baby; does this have any connection?
Rejoicing in the Hands, by Devendra Banhart

Love and Some Verses, by Iron & Wine

(...yeah, it's taking a while to think of #6)
6. I have an odd-shaped pillow, made out of a yellowy foam stuff (very unlike usual pillows), with the middle third being lower than the outer/edges, so that the edge supports my neck/spine properly. If I sleep on any other pillow, then my neck hates me severly the next day.
The Denial Twist, by The White Stripes

There you have it. Consider yourself tagged, if you want to do this too

sliding around on a quad, hanging on to you

Gagging Order, by Christopher O'Reilley

ps.

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if I remain passive and you just want to cuddle,
http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/8423939/
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Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:54:13 PDT

if I remain passive and you just want to cuddle

then we should be ok, and we won't get in a muddle

cause we're seeing other people

at least that's what we say we are doing

good times, my friend, good times. hands are on the mend in total, though at the moment they're not so grand, but i think they're on the mend from the current bad state, so overall i'm positive. sure, i woke up today with a crazy left thumb, all itchy and the skin had come off and i was leaking plasma + blood etc, but things are on the mend. my hands have broken out in lumps again, though that's probably my fault from something i've eaten, so got to make sure i stay strict on foods, but on the mend, getting better every day, stay positive and one day i'll be right.

i've got a rough time limit on when i can try to introduce/eat other foods again 8 weeks, approximately. i'm excited, and have figured out a list of foods/food types i have to try, like milk, eggs, sugar, wheat, preservatives etc., all the way down to alcohol, ham and food colouring, to see if i'm allergic to any of those. it'll take me about 5 weeks to go thru that list, and then i have another list of "foods i really want to eat". like a ball of peppermint lindt chocolate, some really good quality vanilla icecream, apple and pistachio cake from work, passionfruit sponge from work (with cream and icing!), and various other things.

apart from that, hmm let's see.

a gal from primary school called me tonight, that was cool, we haven't spoken in about 5 years or seen eachother in as long. a few weeks back, a friend signed me up on www.WAYN.com (ie. "where are you now"), and i thought, "heck, i'll see if anyone from primary school is on here", as i basically lost touch with my group after grade 7 was over. so i had a look, yes she was there, so i sent her a 'request for authorisation' or something, she sent me one, and then i emailed her back saying hi what's up what's been happening? she knows where i live, cos she used to come around and play when we were younger, looked me up in the phone book and bam gave me a call tonight. i was surprised to hear from her turns out that her and two of the guys from 'our group' go out sometimes, so she said next time it was happening she'd let me know. cool stuff, she's still a nice gal, got her head screwed on right, doing criminal justice at uni and wants to be in the federal police, is in the youth orchestra, does tai kwan do, pretty cool stuff.

so yeah. how's life for you, dears?}

]]> ~nous-sommes-vous System running on Version 18.5.10.02 http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/8339546/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/8339546/ Sun, 02 Apr 2006 01:36:46 PST G Clifford 1987 [Version 18.5.07.01]
(C) Copyright 1987-2006 Clifford Corp.

C:\G>Scramble System\ChaosAndOverrun.exe
'chaosandoverrun' is not recognised as a stable file or program.
C:\G>Scramble System\Shutdown48hrs.exe
* WARNING: System will shutdown in 48 hours if protective measures are not taken.
C:\G>Move system to R:\J\Safety\Farm
* System essentials moved sucessfully
C:\G>exit
R:\J>Safety\Farm\Farm.exe

G Clifford 1987 [Version 18.5.07.02]
(C) Copyright 1987-2006 Clifford Corp.

R:\J>Safety\Farm\Lovers.exe
R:\J>Safety\Farm\QuadRiding.exe
R:\J>Safety\Farm\Relax.exe
R:\J>Safety\Farm\EatWatermelon.exe
R:\J>Safety\Farm\EatPopcorn.exe
R:\J>Refresh both systems
* Systems refreshed sucessfully.

G Clifford 1987 [Version 18.5.10.01]
(C) Copyright 1987-2006 Clifford Corp.

R:\J>Move both systems to ..\Home
* System essentials moved sucessfully.
R:\J>exit

G Clifford 1987 [Version 18.5.10.02]
(C) Copyright 1987-2006 Clifford Corp.

C:\G>Home\Home.exe
C:\G>Scramble System\ProlongShutdown.exe
* System shutdown prolonged sucessfully.

love, i ~.

]]> ~nous-sommes-vous give me your hand, and take what you will tonight http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/8280987/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/8280987/ Mon, 27 Mar 2006 04:05:08 PST Icing, on a cake, or a serene, translucent lake.

Daaaaaaaaaria, I won't be soothed,
Daaaaaaaaaariaaa...

>

Phew! Got a li'l carried away there.

So yeah, my skin condition symptoms are slowly getting better. The scratches, marks, holes, sores, whatever on my legs are healing. My hands are smoothing out again and not flaking as often/much, the inside of my elbows have been a bit itchy but I can live with it for now. My arms have calmed down almost to normality sans elbows, my neck is fine, though shoulders are a little bumpy. My face had a bit of a mishap (not sure what from) but I think it has peaked and will start to calm again.

It's great to wake of a morning and find that not as much skin has come off during the night.

Oh and the song that suddenly appeared up there was Daria by Cake.

Been listening to some very good music lately. I suggest mellow Iron & Wine to anybody and everybody, especially the albums Our Endless Numbered Days and In The Reins (with Calexico). Great voice, wonderful music, nice lyrics. There isn't a fast paced song in sight, and it's just beautiful all round. Go find some.

I'm also looking forward to the Sigur Ros concert coming up soon, and am proud and ecstatic to say that Jackson will be joining me (voluntarily!).

lift me up, lift me up...

]]> ~nous-sommes-vous there are times that walk from you http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/8269616/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/8269616/ Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:10:20 PST _{_{_{_{_{_{_.}}}}}}

like some passing afternoon,
summer warmed the open window of her honeymoon.

]]> ~nous-sommes-vous i hear the cotton woods, whisperin' above, http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/8200643/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/8200643/ Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:50:31 PST "tammy, tammy, tammy is in love".

_{just an update-journal ahem, let's see what's been happening...

we lie still on your bed, the room is lit only by the telly,

and it's a perfect night for feeling melancholy.

i quit and was fired from my job.

this isn't quite as dramatic when one realises that my parents are my employers. they've been very lenient and understandably understanding about me/work/skin condition etc. but it got too much, i feel i was stuffing too many people around, and about a week ago mum and i had a chat.

the scene is set, with mother and daughter waiting in a doctor's room...

daughter: "i think i should quit."

mother: "yeah, that's a good idea."

scene fades to black.

although, due to lack of staff/such short notice, i've worked 3 shifts this week, but i'm now no longer on the roster. thankfully.

does my lover feel, what i feel, when he comes near?

my heart beats so joyfully, you would think that he could hear,

there are plans in the works for Jackson and I to go to Japan in early 2007, for a few weeks of awesome and powdery snowboarding. this'll be interesting, as i'd budgeted on having a $700-a-fortnight income, and now... well, basically, now i don't have that much income coming in. so we'll see what happens. it may work yet; i figured out i need to put $300 away a fortnight to have enough for the trip and it's costs, as well as the extra gear i still need (boots, more clothes, goggles etc), plus a bit to spend each day over there.

i can't say that you are pretty, that would make me a liar,

but you turn my legs to spaghetti, and set my heart on fire.

i've figured that i need some kind of creative output; my camera has been broken for 2 months or more, and while i haven't gotten it fixed ($$!) or bought a new one ($$$!!), i've been getting back in to vectors. so... there must be something in me that needs to get out, which i'm okay with. also, wondering if i should take up some other hobbies. Jackson was looking around for what things snowboarders do in the 'off' season. surf, mountain bike, skateboard, and there was something else i think. hmm. pity they all cost a decent wad to get the gear. except maybe skateboarding, but then again, i like having my bones intact.

and my dignity.

(i'll come running with a heart on fire)}

_{_{Header is completely my own, based on my vector, which is originally from this drawing. Used with expressed written permission.}} ]]> ~nous-sommes-vous you know i'll do anything for love, http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/8086594/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/8086594/ Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:42:25 PST but nina what were you thinking of?

_{AAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last night, I went to the Jens Lekman gig with Jackson.

Wow.

Wow wow wow wow WOW.

I mean, I knew I was excited about it, and all that jazz, but it was wonderful. He's come a long way for his live shows, if you want my opinion; I've downloaded some of recordings of his earlier live gigs and he's refined it, he knows his music, he knows what he's doing and that it's his show so he can do what he wants.

"Oh honey you cut off the tip of your finger, I bet that's gotta hurt."

You put your arms around me...

His support act was playing first and I saw a guy standing in the hallway to the toilets (right next to the stage), watching the support playing. Just standing there, next to a bunch of people sitting next to the wall. I saw him and thought, "Hey, that's... I bet that's Jens right there..." so I kept watching him and stuff, and then the support guy said, "Jens, would you come up on stage?" HA! I knew it! Awesome night.

Can you hear the beat of my heart;

(bomba bomba bomba bomba bomba bom bom)

Now I know what people mean by an "intimate gig". The room wasn't huge, but it was long, and he started the gig in the middle of the room, walked a bit, stopped and sang (Happy Birthday with some of Are Birthdays Happy at the end ) and then made it to the stage.

the Jehovas, in their pull-overs,

are no Casanovas like you and I.

He played some songs I hadn't heard before, with his ever amusing ad-lib and talking thru songs. Also, also also, any Architecture in Helsinki fans out there? The female singer was sitting on the floor by my feet the whole night! At one point, Jens goes, "Is [Amanda? I can't remember] here?" she stood up, and he says how she's the singer from Arch in Helsinki and then she went and sung, "You Put Your Arms Around Me" with him. AH!! I have been waiting to hear that song for so long, from when he was last in Australia and he sung it live on Triple J. It hasn't been released on any record/EP/etc (until now; read on..) Wow. After they'd sung, she came and sat down and I lent over and said, "That was amazing! I've been waiting to hear that for a year!" and she said, "Yeah it's been a dream of mine." Very cool.

f-word, f-word, pardon my French

but it's BS, BS, can't you hear this thing;

So... yes... an amazing night. He was brilliant, with his eukalale and his guitar and his voice and his passion. Great great great! I also now own an exclusive DVD-EP of his! The Kullaberg DVD-EP. He only burnt "a few copies" and it'll be properly released in October (he asked people to, "wait a little while before putting it on the internet" ) but it's got 5 songs (3 I've never heard, and Arms Around Me ) and I'll be watching it so so soon. $20, pretty damn sweet. Jackson bought one of the "2006" shirts, pretty cool. When I bought the DVD off Jens, I basically introduced myself and said that I'd sent him an email last year about the Arms Around Me song, asking when to be released etc. He asked when it was, I said he was in Glasgow at the time, and he said something like, "Oh yeah, that sounds familiar", nodding and smiling at me As in, he remembered my email Even if he didn't and just lied about it to please a fan, then at least he had the kind heart to do so So I thanked him, for the great night, and he said, "No, thank you." and I, "No, thank you." joking around and I warned him that I'd win in that one A great performer and person

When people think of Sweden, I think they have the wrong idea,

Like Cliff Richards who thought it was just porn an... ]]>} ~nous-sommes-vous OMGCOLLABORATIONPLZ + blue http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/8052422/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/8052422/ Sun, 05 Mar 2006 02:07:43 PST

Uh, I mean, does anyone want to do a collab? Preferably, you draw something that I can vector, though I'll also consider photographs. Check out below for the vectors I have done of other people's work, that I've posted on dA:
2004:
2005:
2006:
and and AND!!

I've improved over time. And now I'm looking for fresh meat

Any givers or takers?

*

Other news
Hands/arms flared up, cos the skin docs who did the allergy testing didn't mention sugar, preservatives etc as Bad For Gaby. So I was all, "SWEET!!! I CAN EAT STUFF AGAIN ". To cut the story short, I can't Bad bad bad. It was tastey while it las... ]]> ~nous-sommes-vous give me all your injections + update http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7968239/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7968239/ Thu, 23 Feb 2006 07:21:34 PST

News, 23/02
Hands are looking good. I think that having the worry/stress lifted has helped, and I'm almost finished the process of moving back upstairs, as I've been living downstairs for the past 5 months or so.
Also, I'm interested in doing a collaboration. "You draw, I vector" is my thought so far. Draw just the lineart, or a whole coloured picture (not too complicated tho), and I'll colour/vector it. Anyone interested?
For trivia, as of today (23rd), Jackson and I have been "Jackson & I" for 2.5yrs wow. Muchos lovin'

yay!

_{Olds, 22/02

Went to doctor today (Wednesday), well, actually ended up seeing 4 different people.

1 to test how much electricity I had in me, basically;

1 to prick my skin and to inject me with stuff;

1 to put my hand over a laser for 3 mins to see my "skin carotenoid score" (antioxidants, maybe?);

1 to make sense of the other 3's findings.

1. The electricity guy was really nice, but he was having trouble finding a point on my fingers to put his measuring device on. The eczema was so bad, it was interfering with his readings. In the end, he used a point on my left big toe. I held a positive charged cyclinder in my right hand, and he had the negative part on my toe, and he measured this that and the other when various chemicals/foodstuffs/etc were put into the machine. Interesting.

2. The lady who pricked me, first up she put 56 drops of chemicals/foodstuff-essense on my skin, then got something sharp and pricked each part so that it'd seap into my body ("scratch test", I think it's called). Almost 12 hrs later, two of the dots STILL hurt. These are, fancy that, two things I'm badly allergic to. Later on, she got my upper left arm and injected chlorine and something else, differing strengths, into 12 areas. Ouch. First injection wasn't so bad, but the 2nd one, I said semi-quietly, "Oh fuck, that really hurt" but I'd hardly gotten thru half the sentence before I had tears in my eyes. About 8 others were about that painful too. Yeah, so, I'm also allergic to chlorine, that's why it hurt so bad.

3. Some other lady made me put my hand in front of a blue laser (biophotonic scanner), just sat there for 3 mins talking about stuff (my eczema, how much fruit and vege I eat, etc), so that was the least painful and also quickest part of the day! Jeepers. I scored in the middle of the average (36'000). This is good, considering the condition I'm in/I've got, and I'd feel a lot worse if my score was lower. However, it'd be grand if I could get into a higher bracket.

4. The skin specialist, who I also saw first up before all the tests, was quite old and rambled on a bit and didn't always hear what I said. But... at least he's good at his job. So, I'm still off the dairy and eggs and grains for now, and time will tell for all other things.

In conclusion,

House dust mites (really really allergic!!), house dust, bagweed mix (wtf is this?) or ragweed mix (bad printing maybe?), chloroform, chlorine, car fumes, diesel, all dairy and eggs. All bad for me. I also need to take some B Complex things, some Zinc, some Evening Primrose Oil, and I think that's it. Next appointment is in a month.

The weirdest thing to happen today? When the skin doctor said something along the lines of, "Before you see me next time, have a Diet Sprite"... me, "Huh ?". I mean, considering everything I've done, everything I have and have not been able to eat, this guy's telling me to drink a diet soda before I see him?

Turns out, it's due to something in the drink that I may or may not react to, that he's going to use when I see him. Something like that. Some reason that makes sense, basically. It was just... strange!

So, today, wow wow WOW, I finally ate some rye bread, toasted! I haven't had that in a fair few weeks (after being told that yeast = bad), and I had some with some dairy-free butter this afternoon and it was great. The texture in my mouth, the tastes so different to fruit/vege/meat, I swear I could have eaten a whole loaf of it http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7922994/
Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:35:33 PST

Operation Blue Hair}

Class: Vector
Layers: 53
Hours: Numerous
Satisfaction: 99 to 100%

]]> ~nous-sommes-vous sexiest thing ever - edit http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7868103/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7868103/ Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:19:47 PST

and

and

AND

I got my snowboard!
Sexiest thing ever I don't want to be colourist but white is styyyyylish!

Seriously. That is one damn fine inanimate object. (The bindings suit it quite well, too.)

Pictures ~~later~~ now up !

ilove!

Burton 2006 'Feelgood' 156 snowboard, a rarity in white.

Burton 2006 'Escapade' large bindings, sexily in white.

Click links to see pics.
Top of board. Mmm, graphic goodness. Yes, those are reflections. This board is sleek.
Top again. Handmade in Canada! Also bought there.
Sidewall. Do as commanded; Feelgood.
Info on the Feelgood from the Burton website.
Info on Escapade from the Burton website.

All that's left to get now is some boots! Supreme anyone?

...

]]> ~nous-sommes-vous My baby just cares for me http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7826069/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7826069/ Wed, 08 Feb 2006 02:25:05 PST
My body did have a reaction to eating cheese the other day, which sucks. However, things are looking up again. My skin isn't completely healed from the sunscreen reaction but it's looking so much better than it used to. So, that's life, take what you can get and all.

Work is going fine. Getting a decent number of hours per week, and hopefully I'll be able to get every 2nd weekend off, working in a rotation with another person. That'll be great. If it works out, then that gives me Freedom To Do Things On The Weekend With Other People. Eg. friends and boyfriend.

cos i'm so busy so busy thinkin' bout - kissing you,
and how i want to do that without entertaining another thought

Jackson + Feelgood 156 snowboard + Escapade bindings come back on Saturday... yay!!! That brings it up to just under 5 weeks that he has been out of the country, which is pretty crazy. I had a good, friendly hug with someone a night or so ago and realised how important physicality is to me. Don't underestimate the power of touch and something as simple as a heartfelt hug. Someone at work today remarked that I was looking better, so I'd say that having that hug drug injection helped.

Music wise, I'm off to 2 3 (!!!) concerts in the next two months. And I'm quite excited!
February: Tomorrow! Josh Pyke, formerly Night Hour, is playing and I have decided that I'd like to be there! He was live on Triple J today and yeah that was enough to get me at his gig.
March: Jens Lekman, whom I sadly missed last year as I was underage. But this year, POW! I am so there.
April: Sigur Rós! I'm glad that I don't have to travel interstate for their show, and pay an extra few $hundred just to get there, stay over and have a ticket to see other bands that don't interest me
September: By scheming with a few ladies, we've managed to score ourselves tickets to Ben Folds. He's playing with an orchestra, I think I heard. I have no doubts that it shall be a grand night out!

in 2000 years this place will be covered by ice
and the scientists who dig us up will be in for a big surprise

Don't expect to see me online this coming weekend.
I'll be in the arms of the one I have missed dearly since he last walked out of reach.

The Jehovas in their pull-overs are no Casanovas like you and I

]]> ~nous-sommes-vous say cheese! http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7758228/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7758228/ Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:26:05 PST Try to not consume bread, sauces, most spices, dairy products, alcohol, coffee, sugars,
preservatives, colours, yeast, nuts, juice, wheat or pig for two to three months.

Then, in the last one month of those, have nothing except rice, meat,
vegetables and fruits (and not being able to certain fruit or vege, either), and very
few spices (I think cooking oil is okay too).

One day, after those three or so months have gone by, you get told you can slowly
be 're-introduced' to dairy.

I had a slice of mild cheddar cheese yesterday

and it was heaven.

_{Now I sit and wait for the terrible reaction from my body as it thinks "Should I

break out? Should I make her wallow in pain? Would red dots be more dramatic,

or maybe become intolerably itchy over every inch of her healing body so she

scratches until she peels layers of her ever-thinning skin off? The liquid white circles

under the skin are so tempting, though the splotches I managed the other day are

so haute couture. Her chest hasn't quite healed from the sunscreen reaction, that

was beauty I do take credit for, so maybe that on a larger scale? Her hands aren't

100%, so I could always play with those! Oh I do so love this time of trepidation!"

Bring it on, bitch.}

]]> ~nous-sommes-vous News and Olds http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7726366/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7726366/ Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:24:41 PST

News for nows...

... ... ... ...
I am now the proud owner of a custom-painted Burton Feelgood 156 from Canada. FUCK YEAH! Jackson's keeping an eye out for some large Burton Escapade bindings and then I'll pick up some boots (maybe some Emeralds?) over here. All gear is 2005/06 stuff. A Feelgood ES would be fcking sweet as, but I've got to get a bit more hardcore before I can master that beauty Anyway, the 2005/06 Feelgood ES doesn't look half as sexy as 2004/05, so I can wait for nicer graphics, as their technology will only get better.

My parents, little bro and I went to the beach last week (16 - 20 Jan), and I had a huge allergic reaction to sunscreen, which has stopped me working for the past week (21 - 28 Jan). The reaction was really bad all over my face, neck and chest, and it spread to my arms (insides, outsides, forearms and upper arms), shoulders, back, stomach, feet as well.

My hands are improving. Keri Lotion, which I thought was good for them, is actually very bad. We live and learn.

Basically, I'm only eating meat, fruit and veges due to how bad things have got with my hands. That's medical advice, not me being stupid.

My face, neck and chest are slowly getting better from sunscreen reaction, at least.

I took my parents skydiving the other day; it was dad's Christmas present and mum's birthday present. They enjoyed it immensely Might put up some pics.

Woo!!

Enjoy your summers while they last, oh Southern Hemisphere! And as for your Northern people... If you live on/near the snow and wouldn't mind having me stay there for 2 weeks in Dec 06/Jan 07, let me know

Booyeah!

http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7589719/ Fri, 13 Jan 2006 05:48:15 PST tag-zero, and seeing as he'd probably try and do something horrendous to me if I don't fill it out, I'm now going to fill it out.

for my actual journal, if you're interested, go to "in all her 400cc glory"

1 Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4
8 x egg whites } 3. whip, fold in to choc mix.

2 Stretch your left arm out as far as you can.
Christmas card from an artist/painter, book "The Twelve Days of Christmas", and "the little book of etiquette". I'm in the office, not my room.

3 What is the last thing you watched on TV?
The last 20mins of "Murder She Wrote"

4 Without looking, guess what time it is
11something pm?

5 Now look at the clock. What is the actual time
11:39pm

6 With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
Very faintly... I can hear the dishwasher.

7 When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
9:10pm, getting out of the car from coming home from work.

8 Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
the computer?

9 What are you wearing?
Oh my Um, light pink Bonds hipster underpants with red seams on the outsides/edges, a black 3/4 skirt, a black button up shirt with short sleeves and a white collar (ie. work shirt and work skirt), and an Elle McPherson (spell?) skin coloured bra.

10 Did you dream last night?
Yes. I dream pretty much every night.

11 When did you last laugh?
Nothing spectacular in the last hour or two, but some time between 3pm and 6pm, I had a fair few laughs at work.

12 What is on the walls of the room you are in?
The room I'm in? Well, I'm in a room that doubles as an office for a couple that own 3 small businesses, so there's a 3m cork board with numerous things on it, most of which I don't care to describe, plus some photos and calendars and stuff.
So, instead, my bedroom (where I'd normally do this from, if my computer wasn't broken):
- a motion detector
- a thermometer (going from -40C to 50C, and/or -40F to 122F) that was bought from Mitre 10 at Jindabyne, NSW
- 5 hooks to hang pictures/things from
There's a mirror leaning up against the wall, which has various pictures and little bits of writing stuck on, but I'm not counting that. Oh well!

13 Seen anything weird lately?
yeah, this
Or, yesterday at Brunswick St Station, I saw Tobi-Ann, a girl I went to primary school with. Don't think she saw me tho.

14 What do you think of this quiz?
I was expecting it to be pretty bad/long/whatever, due to Ants telling me it took him about an hour.

15 What is the last film you saw?
Valiant. A movie about pigeons and falcons in WWII.
Anyone running out of ideas?
Nah, didn't think so

16 If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
A plane ticket to Canada (leaving, oh, tomorrow), a house perched on the snow in Canada, a season pass, a 2005 Burton Feelgood ES (156 or 158 I think), some Emerald boots, whatever bindings they have for chicks, and the other clothes I need for snowboarding (pants, gloves, goggles). Fuck yeah.

17 Tell me something about you that I don't know
A few years ago, my brother ran over my head with some rental iceskates, accidentally, and I got some stitches in my head. However, there's still a bump where the stitches were, and if I push/touch it then it hurts. I wonder what has happened there?

18 If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
Make mountain passes hella cheaper.

19 Do you like to dance?
At clubs? Nope. Proper dancing like The Foxtrot and The Tango type? Nope. Silly dancing for short periods of time? Yeah.

20 George Bush:
..?

21 Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
not sure.

22 Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
not sure.

23 Would you ever consider living abroad?
Hell. Yes.

24 What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
"No hard fe... ]]> ~nous-sommes-vous in all her 400cc glory http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7514527/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7514527/ Sat, 07 Jan 2006 05:05:04 PST
Feature: I can't help it. This shot, this, it just, I mean I, um...
Full view! I love snowboarding. Thank you, =lisak10, for this.

Now to return to our more regular program.

I spent a few days in northern New South Wales with my boyfriend, at his dad's property. Three orchards of mangoes (soon to be ripe), a bunch of cows, two unrideable horses. A few hundred acres I think, and some machinery. Speaking of which, I learnt to ride a motorbike (400cc trail bike) on Wednesday and it was pretty cool I'm proud of myself. I fell over once, because I'd stopped and the ground wasn't level and honestly I can't hold that bike up by myself (when only 1 leg is on the ground, with the other thrown over the other side ). I also rode the quad bike a little more aggressively than I have previously Time was also spent lazing around on the couch and watching TV, lazing around on the bed, going for rides on bike and quad, and just doing whatever really. Very relaxing.

The now-they're-better-now-they're-not hands are doing okay; they were screwed the other day, all flakey and itchy and bleeding, but are calming down again. I find if I keep them moisturised then they do okay. I can hardly stop itching, though I know that I have to. A "New Year Resolution"/goal of mine is to have them a-okay and fixed by June 2006, which I really hope I can pull off.

Speaking of June 2006, I got an email back from the Canadian lady I met the other week, and signs are good so far. Her sister in Canada wants to know if I specifically want to be in the city (Toronto) or up at someone's cottage/very flexible. Any Canadians that can give me a hand there? I'm looking at either nannying or helping at a Summer camp; should I try for city or cottage?

Work is good; getting some good experience which I think will help me later if I want to stay or progress in the hospitality (and waitressing) area. I got paid the other day and it's nice to have money coming in again. Start saving up for a trip to Canada That's my other New Year Resolution (I only made 2). To have visited Canada by 31 Dec 2006! Or, if not Canada, then to have gone overseas for some snowboarding holiday. Here's hoping, ey, and planning o'course

~~Of travelling, Leah is back on Sunday!!~~ Woo! Party time, right? It's been 11 months since we've seen the likes of her in Australia, and she'll be most welcome back ~~Jackson is leaving soon, too, for his kick-arse month long stint in Canada~~ What a blast that'll be! I think he's trying for something crazy like 10hrs a day on the slopes; good luck, that's all I can say! But he's got some good gear so he'll do okay (oh Burton, we love you so).
edit: Jackson left on Monday, at about 7am. At this current moment, he's probably still in the air, on his way to Canada, in a white aeroplane with a giant red maple leaf on it. See you when you get back, my sweet love.

I'm an engine driver, on a long run.

_{Hot:

Eating yoghurt with/through a straw

The first f... ]]>} ~nous-sommes-vous Goodevening http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7428279/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7428279/ Tue, 27 Dec 2005 03:59:21 PST excerpt from "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" by Death Cab For Cutie:

If heaven and hell decide / That they both are satisfied / Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs /
If there's no one beside you / When your soul embarks / Then I'll follow you into the dark.

bloody hell, go download/buy it from somewhere; it's beautiful..

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Mood: better
Listening to: Death Cab For Cutie: I'll Follow You Into The Dark

So then!

I hope you all had a wonderful non-denomenational holiday on the 25th of December. ie. Merry belated Christmas wishes The day went well for me; relaxed at home with family, and at around midday another family came over. My food intake was a bit limited, as I'm still not allowed to eat wheat, sugar, pig, etc, but all is good.

Been working; Monday and Tuesday were being paid at 2.5x the regular rate (due to public holidays), which means, I made a week's worth of wages in 2 days! Yay! Apart from that, work is going well, I think I've picked it all up well, and now I'm being taught to close the shop of an afternoon, which I'm also picking up decently.

Hands are doing okay; got some more medicine, just the mixes now, not the marine oil or liquid zinc thankfully. But it could be March or April before I can eat other food, I believe the natropath did say. I've held out fairly well so far, so I think I'll be able to go that far again.

I've been listening to some music lately, thanks to recommendations from various people. I like Death Cab for Cutie, Animal Collective, and The Decemberists, and others. I am still very much in lust with Sigur Rós, the music, not necessarily the people. Thusforth, I am still looking forward to going to their gig on April 15. Anybody have musical suggestions for me? I'll trade you suggestion for suggestion.

Leah is coming back from Japan soon, which means two things. 1) Leah! Yay!! !! It has been so long! 2) Jackson leaves very soon aftewards, for Canada, for a month of snowboarding. Please, if anyone out there is a terrorist or associated, and you happen to be looking at Canada (why would you? It's such a lovely place, so don't!), then please especially avoid it during January and February. Thank you very much

Speaking of Canada, I have recently met a lady who is from Canada, and her sister might be able to hook me up for a Summer Camp over there (June - Aug timeframe) ie I'd be helping out, not attending to learn. No real details yet; I've sent my details (like a pre-resumé) to the lady I met, who will hopefully send them on to her sister. I'm hoping I can go over, as that'd be hella sweet and then it'd be easier to return (thanks to "having contacts" over there and all) So we'll just see how that turns out.

New Years Eve soon! Which means obligitory going out and partying, obviously Anybody doing anything cool, mildly interesting, freakin' hot, crazy go wild, boring, sluggish, or really just anything for NYE? I perhaps will be enjoying a cocktail party at home with my parentals and various friends of theirs, or going out with the usual [male] suspects.

Until then, bon voyage!

love.
Because life becomes what you focus on!

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]]> ~nous-sommes-vous honest http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7342861/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7342861/ Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:25:30 PST Mood: better
Listening to: 5 stacker CD player full of Sigur Rós

Just saying hello, taking the camping journal off the main site.

Ahem.

. Hands went into relapse, but are coming back online so to speak. 'Boost Juice' company doesn't say it, but there's preservatives in their juices. Preservatives = Kick in the guts for my hands' wellbeing.
. Speaking of wellbeing, I'm seeing the natropath on Tuesday, and he'll tell me to slowly introduce various foods back into my diet, and then I'll find out what it is that sets me off onto a pain tangent.
. Approx 3 weeks until one good friend returns from overseas after being there for a year basically, and another good friend goes overseas for a month just after that.
. I finally have a job again. Cashier and so also some waitressing for my parent's tea house. My hands are doing well with it, and having a purpose to my day is helping to lift my moods.
. Sigur Rós are coming to Australia, but even better, they're coming to my town So, needless to say, as soon as their tickets went on sale, I bought one. Now alls I need is someone to go with, as gigs probably aren't as fun when going solo. Hmm.
. Brother is home from the Navy for a month. He came home on Friday and has spent most of his time out, seeing friends, clubbing etc. Still, hello again.
. My hair is getting long at the back again, so I think it's time for a trim. For those of you who have come to the story recently, I shaved my hair back in March for the "Shave for a Cure" for cancer etc.. I've had a few trims since then, but only now is it really getting length on top. Yay!
. Due to how much I like making drinks, and have done so for the past few years, and that our old juicer is, well, old... My parents have invested in a new juicer For that, I am happy! Apples, oranges, pinapples, lemons, watermelons, no fruit is safe (vegetables are though, as I'm no fan of vege juice!)

Perhaps that is all for now. One can never really tell.

Love.

_{Hot Or Not:

Hot:

Lego's Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick movie. Funny and clever, go see it!

Having a job

The weather

Not:

Itchy hands

Air con (I'm glad it's not hot!)

Terrible employees}

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When was the last time you participated in a revolution?

]]> ~nous-sommes-vous faire du camping http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7216871/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7216871/ Sun, 04 Dec 2005 04:15:37 PST

Mood: tired

Short Version:
Went camping over the weekend with my boyfriend. Had a great time.

Long Version:
Friday afternoon, we became the proud new parents of a tent, 2 sleeping bags, 2 sleeping mats, and 2 cotton covers (to put inside sleeping bag so wash sleeping bag less often). Thank you, Mountain Designs; oh how we are brand whores unto you.

Saturday morning we set off around 9am for Mt Barney, or was it Mt Maroon? Drive: approx 2hrs. Gosh that Landcruiser is faithful, and excellent. Eventually we get there, and up a very steep incline (signposted as "4WD ROAD ONLY" for a damn good reason!). Find a nice grazing area for the car. Off we trek!

Destination: Upper Portals, 4km. Whoo-ey! After steep decline (to the depressing knowledge that we'd only have to climb up it on Sunday), crossing over rivulets (stepping on rocks, getting my boots soaked, thoroughly ruining some flora (we used plants when rocks were scarce)). Quite the hike, but damn excellent. We reach what we assume are the Upper Portals of Mt Barney (maybe it is Mt Maroon?), and get particularly close to nature in an attempt to cool off in the water

Hey kids, don't start your treck at midday! Silly, silly us.

Later, set up the tent, no probs.
Dinner: bugger, forgot the rest of the food. Oh well, it's 1 take away container of rice and two apples between us. Yum. Still hungry.
Sleep: Sun went over the mountains around 6:30pm, so we were in bed quite early. Slept well.

Sunday:
Breakfast: Not happening. Still have 1 apple and some rice left, but it didn't get eaten. We set off, started our trek back to the car around 5:45am (check out these plants; we could see the heat coming off them, the air was that cold).
Trekked back to the car. A fair few uphills (and upmountain too), had to re-cross all the rivulets, etc.
About ³/₄ the way back to the car, we're trekking up some mountainside (steep!), I'm sick of focusing on putting one foot in front of and higher than the other. So I start thinking of/in French, making sentences, wondering about conjugations and what verb takes what verb when using the past tense. During a 2min rest, I share this multilingual idea with Jackson, and we start tossing French and German between us. The rest of the trek flew by with relative ease and quite a few laughs (Mon petit amie est très beau, et j'aime toucher son derrière! ) Oh the good times.

Speaking of good times, I've probably never been so relieved to see the Landcruiser, grazing right where we left it and still in top condition. An excellent, excellent, excellent weekend!

_{Hot or Not:

Hot:

- Waking during the night, poking one's head out of the tent and marvelling at the star-filled sky.

- Hands and general spirits improving. "Getting away from it all" is like a Reset button.

- Is it public nudity if you're in a State/National Forest?

Not:

- Getting Gore-Tex boots filled with water. Sure, Gore-Tex keeps the water out, but when it gets in thru the hole your foot goes in, it stays in!

- Dirt bikers ripping up the ground. That and they aren't meant to have bikes in the park.

- Wearing shorts, and getting cuts on my legs from the shrub/forest/plants/things we walked thru.}

what a freakin' great time!

]]> ~nous-sommes-vous ben lee review, skin condit http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7163910/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7163910/ Mon, 28 Nov 2005 02:54:23 PST

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Ty... ]]> ~nous-sommes-vous revolution! and skin condition http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7153115/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7153115/ Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:04:20 PST

Mood: Musical

in love with music

Brief journal:
Friday: went to Epicure concert - mediocre
Saturday: lazy day - good
Sunday: Pete's birthday today and Ben Lee concert tonight - great
Start a revolution! Comment on more stuff! Click the stamps!
Skin Condition: improving.

Long version:
25th Nov: Friday
Ants, Pete and I went to The Zoo and saw Epicure. Like the lead singer said, they sucked last time they had a gig in Brissy, and he was hoping they were better this time. Well... I beg to differ. They didn't start out too flash hot, and they were decent by the end of it. Definitely a band who's better recorded

sorry to say. Had a good night tho

I thoroughly enjoyed the company, having not seen Pete in like a year, and Ants in like 3 weeks

(omg Whitlams

yeah we rubbed that in Pete's face too, that he didn't come).

26th Nov: Saturday
Had a day at home with my little bro, was good. Did some housework, finally saw Star Wars III, and went for a swim. A good day indeed.
Last night I made my first tutorial, after conversing with a certain `lemontea about a Photoshop vector method. Tute can be seen here!

27th Nov: Sunday
Had another day at home with the little bro, and

happy birthday to Mr Pete D ~khao-pete go give him some shugar, peoples!
Tonight, I'm off to the Ben Lee concert with Courtney (~blue-rose)

oh I cannot wait! No doubt there'll be a review up here tomorrow

Go spread some community lovin'!!
Click the darn stamps at the end of this journal! You'll get a whole lot more enjoyment out of dA if you go visit random deviants and deviations

If you think dA is getting boring, or you think that you're over it, or you think you're not being recognised, what you forget is that you need to get out there and comment, get back in the commmunity! So, click the damn stamps! Start a revolution, and spread the word! I'd love if you put the stamps in your journals too (or just words, if you're not subscribed) so that others get the idea.
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Skin Condition: Improving
Face: stopped peeling, looking great and feeling smooth again.
Hands: slight improvement; no longer cracking up more, just need to recover now. Still hell itchy.
Knees, feet, calves, elbows: improving, most dots gone.
Back of hands, wrist: still rampant with red dots and itchiness.
Jawbone: really itchy last night, now covered in scratch marks

Conclusion? The natropath's stuff is working, for which I am very glad.
I've also found that I don't have to pay $500 for an allergy test

thankfully! I have to get a referral from a doctor (so will need a consultation = $) and then send that off to the hospital. They'll assess it, then stick me on a waiting list to get the test done for free. For $500 that I'd have to pay myself, I'm willing to wait a few weeks to find out what I'm allergic to! That's another load off my shoulders.
_{Background journal reading, to assist in understanding this part: 2nd Nov: http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7127821/
Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:32:45 PST

Mood: in need of some lengthy, quiet, all encompassing, warm, care-full cuddling.

The Pastry Chef Apprenticeship is now a thing of my past. I'm not one to quit easily, meaning, this decision wasn't a flippant, "Oh I don't care about the committment I made" situation.

Today at 2:30pm I was meant to have a meeting with my trainer-to-be, but by 12:30pm I'd decided that I was not going to continue with the apprenticeship. I let go and had a bit of a sob on mum's shoulder; it's been building up inside me the past few weeks, and to be honest, it's not even half gone yet.

So, that's over, almost before it began. Having all this time away, I've just become unenthused about it, very "blah" about a lot of things actually at the moment. I was questioning whether or not I really wanted to do it, and so, decided that no, I wouldn't. There's plenty of work for me to do in other areas of the business for now, and also I can think about other career paths. It's a weight off my shoulders, in no way the end of the world, and I just have to look after myself and get this fricken skin problem fixed.

Speaking of which, I'm hoping to get one of those allergy tests done, where the poke stuff into you and see what you're allergic to (basically). One place quoted me $500 for it, with results within the day I get the test done. I'm going to ring around and see what other prices it's being charged at.

I just want to know what it is.

_{Background journal reading, to assist in understanding this entry:

- 2nd Nov:}new opportunities

- 23rd Nov: *sploads*}

Other news: Music:
Ben Lee concert this Sunday, going with Courtney. I can't drink but it should still be a good night.
Downloaded a heap of Sigur Ros music, legally, off their website.
Sigur Ros is coming to play at the East Coast Blues and Roots Festival in 2006. How anyone figures them to be Blues and Roots is beyond me, but I'm willing to accept it if it means one of my favourite bands is coming to a state near me.

with love, dear ones,
because sometimes that's all there is.

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]]> ~nous-sommes-vous *sploads* http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7110985/ http://nous-sommes-vous.deviantart.com/journal/7110985/ Tue, 22 Nov 2005 02:57:07 PST

Mood: Blank

blazé (blah-zay)
Listening to: kate miller-heidke: space they cannot touch
Reading: terry pratchett: thud!
Watching: the life aquatic with steve zissou

over the past week i have not been working my usual pastry chef job because the eczma on my hands has gotten worse. this sucks, well, a lot.
my hands/fingers/skin have split, cracked, bled, been itchy, red, sore, and my fingers are swelling up again. not only that, but the eczma/something has spread onto my feet, bottom of calves, knees, back of hands, both my forearms, a little on my upper arms, part of my neck and also face. tiny dots, raised skin, redness, or all of the above.
have i already mentioned that this sucks?

so today i went back to the natropath. the cause of all this is that i produce an excessive amount of IgE (immuno globula E or something?) which creates something or attacks this and that and all in all leads to me having inflammation and a higher sensitivity to pain. i've been given some medicine (a specially made, personally tailored mixture of liquids), some liquid zinc and some marine oil. also been given a list of things i can't eat for at least the next 15 days. white flour (bread, pizza bases, biscuits etc), sugar (biscuits, lollies etc), alcohol, ham and bacon, colours and preservatives, and unfiltered water. this is due to them making the inflammation worse. there's something wrong with my liver (congestion of bad stuff, basically) and i need to drink minimum 2.5L of filtered water every day.

also, in the natropath's list of instructions, is that i'm to stay away from the aggravation area (ie. pastry chef work) until my skin/condition is basically perfect. then, i'm to go back and work, and if things start to go bad again, i'm to find another career path.

on the bright side, at least i can still eat meat and drink milk, unlike last time the natropath put me on a clean-yourself-out-damnit food regime. and maybe this is my body's way of saying "pastry cheffing is not for you". mum suggests it's gradma's spirit telling me, "get out of it while you can!" so who knows.

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in other news

ben lee concert this sunday. hopefully it will be good.

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with love to all
because everyone needs it.

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