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I'm uploading a few deviations today..

...will try to get through some messages and submissions tomorrow...

..and, hopefully, I'll be back on top of my DA-stuff-doing game real soon!

XD

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/22618495/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/22618495/ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:45:46 PST
Sing, kittens, SING!

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/22386320/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/22386320/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:36:54 PST Rant

Reflexive pronouns.

God love 'em - I know I do!

But what really gets my goat. (I love goats, too). What reaaally.. shits me is, well, besides the general misuse of words and grammar, more specifically, is the misuse of reflexive pronouns!

GAH!

The misuse of reflexive pronouns smacks of self-importance. I can almost hear the user clawing up the ranks, trying to sound formal, above their station. Even if unintenitonally, it drones through.

Irritating.

And in turn I irritate you: my readers, my co-workers, my friends, my neighbours.

I've heard many - far too many - higher-ups during the years I've been working saying things like "If you have any questions, come and see myself" or "See either so-n-so or myself".

And these people liase with multi-million dollar clients. And them fools don't say nuffin' neither.

To drive my point on home, I quote from some book on 'The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Grammar & Punctuation by Jay Stevenson'

"Reflexive pronouns sometimes get misused by people who want to sound forml. Check out this sentence:

The company placed complete trust in myself.

I guess this is supposed to be kind of official sounding, but if you talk like this too much, people like me will laugh at you. And then myself will make jokes about how important yourself must think you are by making ordinary personal pronouns reflexive all the time.

But that's just myself."
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Rave

On a lighter note, my beloved former flatmate Josh, his sweet lady-friend, Bree, the Dane and I went to the pictures last night where we saw 'Slumdog Millionaire'.

Now, I'm not one for going to the theatre as all the spending and the sitting and observing and the glayven and the hey-hey quite frankly aren't me.

I don't enjoy spending money, the noise and certainly not to sit in the one spot for more than an hour... But by gar was I more than pleasantly surprised! SUCH! A! GOOD! FILM!

I... can't really be stuffed going into detail so you really ought to check the link provided as, heck, when've I steered you wrong? If you liked the cinematography in Trainspotting, 28 Days Later or.. others, you'll enjoy this. And it's a nice cultural change.

Besides that, I'm currently reading 'The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck and loooving iiiit (even if he didn't want the reader satisfied!). Review to follow.

Eventually.

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/22026357/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/22026357/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:50:52 PST
My folks are visiting - from Denmark!

Haven't seen them in over a year and by gar I'm excited!

They've been around much of Melbourne (which is HUGE) in two days, so they're pretty stuffed. They're allowed an evening to recharge before we hit the town - and surrounds - once again.

So! Expect a whoooole bunch of Melbourne/Victoria based imagery to be uploaded.. in due course.

In the meantime, here to entertain you is my cat Dré playing the spoons while he affectionately headbutts a marshmallow...

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/19324549/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/19324549/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:42:37 PDT
I went IKEA yesterday with by the intention of buying a bed.

Note: The intention of.

So! Went to IKEA, ate some wonderful cheap and filling food, sought a bed.

I had my eye on this cheap, white, minimalist deal.. but the boy decided it was too "flimsy". "The plyboard won't support me", said Mr Luxury.

"It'll hafta!" replied Mrs Frugal.

Anyway, in the end I found a bed not advertised in the catalogue, priced $120 over my budget.. and even I loved it. So, we decided yes, we'd buy it. Stuff it, better this than a bed with wheels that we found part by part along the roadside.

Went downstairs, picked up what we thought were the necessary pieces as advertised on the tag-thingy..

Went to the checkout where the young stoner gave the box (containing bed frame) a funny look and yet scanned it, charging us the price of the bed.

Now, husband had called friend to assist us in getting this home and we waited til our mate turned up. Our friend turned up, cocked his head and said "That it?! - Let's have a look.."

Turned out it f**king WASN'T the whole bed!! It was THE FOOT-END!

Huffing, I stalked back into IKEA, dragging the wheely doohickey with bed pieces on it, taking it into the 'Refund' area; took a number..

Long story short - so far at least - they'd sold the REST of bed, parts 2 & 3 (we had bought part 1,) to SOMEONE ELSE! They'd made this error TWICE!

Okay, okay.. deep breaths... sorted that out, sort of.

Refund came in the form of a bundle of cash - I paid via card, am not comfortable with carrying a mass of cash, but whatever. But.. they only refunded me the bed-frame itself - for which I'm paid in total and only received part thereof.

"Umm.. I don't want slats and a steel rod.. can I have my money back?!"
"Oh.. okay.."

Thankfuly the girl at Refunds was on the ball (by this point) and refunded the rest of the money - VIA CARD!

IKEA.. and to think I once loved you..

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/18522028/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/18522028/ Tue, 27 May 2008 05:27:44 PDT
Sorry to all of you who've left me messages, favourited my work and added things on which I should have commented by now. I've been fairly busy of late and the laptop's been gathering a fine film of dust.

Not that I haven't been thinking of you all!

But, as soon as I'm over this hill of work/paperwork/giraffes elbows/etc I'll be back and faving/commenting/thanking like a mad woman.

Til then..

xoxo

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/18267099/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/18267099/ Sun, 11 May 2008 03:37:30 PDT Now, I don't know everything there is to know about cameras, and am mucho thrifty to boot... *gesticulates* anyway, I explain below:

Friends kept insisting that I buy myself a decent camera - perhaps a digital SLR. "You have to invest to get something good!"

Buuut when it comes to possessions, I follow 'the more *, the more *' principal.
I fear that the more I pay for a camera, the more likely it is that I'll lose it/break it/have it stolen.

But I digress..

So! Dan began, got as far as "So, I saw this camera I thought you might like and you really ough to upgrade.." when I said "Buh-buh-buh-buh-buh! I can manage with this.. thing for the moment!"

And then he showed me the s5700 in a Kmart catalogue. $229. Nice features (more than enough functions, anyway!) I was sold!

It may not be the fanciest camera out there, but it craps all over my old camera (sorry, old camera) and it's well worth the price.

And I loves it *smiles adoringly at the camera from across the room* *waves* "Yooou!"

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/17875031/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/17875031/ Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:08:48 PDT
Wish I could freeze time..

I feel as though I'm at the acme of Happy and I don't want to come down.



]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/16793334/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/16793334/ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:39:05 PST How does a Deviant become a Senior member?

The lovely Ymefreak messaged me a little while ago and asked why, seeing as I'd been a member of DA for 5 years, I wasn't yet a Senior Member?

Now - I'd never given it much thought, but she got me thinking. So I hunted around on DA - in the forums, in the FAQ and all - but didn't really find a definite answer... I originally thought you'd have to be at least subscribed to get any status so it shows how much I know about the nuances of DA.

Can anyone reading this clarify this for me? Really curious now!

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/16468163/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/16468163/ Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:57:27 PST
For the past few days I've been watching this clip over'n'over 'cos it's bloody HILARIOUS!

If you grew up in Australia during the early- to mid-eighties, you'll remember Peter Russell Clarke, the TV chef on ABC - but even if you didn't, I think [especially if you find bloopers with profanity funny] you'll enjoy this.

I used to watch this AWL the time! PRC was an institution in my younger days - and today, thanks to YouTube, he's a potty-mouthed knee-slapper!



Here's the blooper clip.. don't click if easily offended: [link]
And the follow up interview on JJJ radio: [link]

Tee-hee!

"Where's the cheese?!"

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Oh, also, this guy, an gun-shop owner from Michigan (?) has become famous in Australia for his ability to 'hand-fart'!

These ads for shoes are the funniest:
Dunlop Volleys: Mexican Hat Dance
Dunlop Volleys: Pachelbel's Canon
Dunlop Volleys: The Can Can

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/16324369/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/16324369/ Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:30:39 PST

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/15801701/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/15801701/ Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:37:13 PST
But it'll be a while longer before I do get around to answering, and I just wanted to say so.

My dad passed away, very unexpectedly, while on holiday in France last week and we only got to know about it yesterday.

He went to study French - he wanted to return home and teach.

He was only 52.

He was supposed to be home tomorrow morning. He had Xmas gifts and all.

In the meantime, I'll be handling all sorts of arrangements - fighting the urge to pick up the phone and dial Dad's number to ask his advice - and making some huge life readjustments, including taking my sister on as it's just us now.

I just needed to say it. Say it to an objective audience. I don't know why, but just writing this helped a little.

I just wish I'd gotten to say goodbye.

I hope I haven't upset anyone - though thanks for taking the time to read this.

- E

-------------Update-----------------

Many, many, MANY thanks to all of you who've taken the time to say the kind things you have. I am really touched by you kindness! It's lovely to know that there are people out there with such good hearts. Thank you all

Also, a warning to anyone travelling with travel insurance - be *very* careful and examine your contract very carefully. It's taken my aunt and I a month of battling to have my dad's remains repatriated (brought home) and there was even talk of him being buried in a pauper's grave in France! I won't even get started on the hell we've gone through, what with the bureacracy and double-talk...

Let this be a warning to all who think that travel insurance is what it claims to be. I'd hate to hear of anyone else having to go through this nonsense

xo E

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/15401467/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/15401467/ Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:17:06 PST Murphy, use ... you are a elf ... uncontrollably ... I think ... a we nam-yo ho renge kyo.

Yeah!

So I'm back on DA, back in Australia, have internet, a place to live and a kitchen with a door! (A small domestic thrill)

All I need now is that elusive 'job'! And that's the crappiest part of moving long-distance. I love work, but I can't stand interviews... or worse yet, being on the dole

Wish me luck! Applying for what may be my dream job tomorrow...

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/14781567/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/14781567/ Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:56:48 PDT
By which I mean 'I'll be back soon'
Very busy at the moment, back in Australia, looking for work, a flat and five minutes to get a bit of reading in! Gah! Haven't read since the plane and even then it was only some tatty, day-old Norwegian tabloid newspaper I rescued from the bin at Charles De Gaulle (smells!) Airport.

In the meantime, thanks so very much for the comments and faves and all! Am most keen to get back to DA and look at your collective works! Woo! *jigs*

Anon!

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/14203448/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/14203448/ Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:53:20 PDT
Grunk has some really shocking morning breath...which isn't that much different to his noon, afternoon, evening or night breath.

And I've been watching BahnTV, a channel that shows solely train journeys filmed through the driver's cabin window, for about ½ an hour now and it is, by far, the most entertaining thing on telly!

*nods* An' that's the origin of that..

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/13539510/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/13539510/ Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:13:55 PDT
Can you translate [make sense of] it?: Hagger Nigh Tell...

It's a poem, in Strine, and here's the translation:


How can I tell?

How can I tell if I'm really real?
How do I know if I'm here?
Cos' I only know what I think I feel,
And maybe I'm not even here.

I might be no less, and I might be no more
Than a shadow with idle fancy (?)
Perhaps I'm the moon! Can I tell for sure
That I'm not just an ant named Nancy?

I could be just really a loaf of bread,
Or a horse, or a bird called Gloria.
I might be alive - but I could be dead,
Or a phantasmabloodygoria.

How can I tell I'm not in a dream,
Cooked up in a magic spell?
Cos I might be exactly what I seem,
But how can I really tell?

One can always tell; you can always know
If you're real or your only dreaming;
You lop off the top of your nearest toe,
and you wait for the sound of the screaming..

And this is interesting:
'..Consider the following real life experience of British novelist Monica Dickens, as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald on 30 November 1964. Monica was signing copies of her latest book at a bookstore in Sydney, when a lady handed her a book, saying "Emma Chisit?" The author dutifully wrote, 'To Emma Chisit' inside the front cover of the book and passed it back. ..'
L-l-l-l-link!




NB: How hi-frikkin-larious is the mood emoticon?!?! EEE!!!

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/13488511/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/13488511/ Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:32:22 PDT I thought it was a large, reddish dog!), and then fled into the dense shrubbery between the tracks and the road.

*chortle* Shubbery..

Anyway, I don't know where she'll go from there, as the road is enveloped by fields. Perhaps she'll turn around and head home. I don't know - I know nothing of deer!

That.

And I just read .. something.. what was it.. yes, 'Catcher In The Rye' by J.D.Salinger - one of those classics educated elders insist you read at an age at which you wouldn't quite grasp it.

Or so I reckon.

But it was quite good - left me hanging a little, but perhaps that's cos I'm not quite up to grasping it

I'll re-read it at 40...

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/13002948/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/13002948/ Fri, 18 May 2007 15:47:18 PDT It's called 'Let's Talk Strine' and was written about 40 years ago by a guy whose pseudonym was Afferbeck Lauder. [and may well still be!]

Anyhow...

He wrote a few books in 'Strine' ['Australian'], and in order to understand the text, it needs to be read aloud. Hell, even I had trouble translating the following - and I've been told I have a broad accent. How much sense can you make of this poem, if you read it aloud?

Hagger Nigh Tell?

Hagger night telephime reely reel?
Hadder Y. Noah Fimere?
Car sigh only nowered I thing ky feel,
An maybe I'm knotty veneer.

I mipey no lesson I mipey no more
Than a shadder we idle fancy.
Prabzyme the moon! Can I Telfer Shaw
That I'm nodgers a nant named Nancy?

I coobie jar sreely a loafer bread,
Or a horse, or a bird called Gloria.
I mipey alive - but I coobie dead,
Or a phantasmabloodygoria.

Hagger nigh tellime notonia dream,
Cook tarpner mare chick's pell?
Cos sigh my pig zackly what I seem,
Bar towg nigh reely tell?

Wunker nawlwye stell; yegger nawlwye snow
If you're reelor yerony dreaming;
Yellopoff the topoff your nirra stow,
A new wafer the sander the screaming.

Keen to hear if anyone can make sense of it Either way, here be the translation!

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/11897577/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/11897577/ Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:25:49 PST
- Homer S.

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/11755606/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/11755606/ Sat, 10 Feb 2007 04:36:18 PST
Shame on me

But I will reply as soon as I can - believe you me! *narrows eyes* *points at random*

Also, got a ridiculous amount of photos (up toward 700) to sort through after my travels - and I was only gone 5 days. Hope there're a few worth posting.

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/11577628/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/11577628/ Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:19:23 PST
Hoping Aussies the world over are enjoying or have enjoyed Australia Day, and that non-Aussies, too, have had a great day! Cheers!

*does stereotypically Australian things* *rides a kangaroo to the shops* *kicks a kid in the bum with an oversized boot* *plays knifey-spoony* *cuts down Tall Poppies* *plays the wobble-board*

GLEEE!!!

Oh, and the book I've just finished reading:
The Crowned Heart (or Madwoman of the Sacred Heart ) - [link] is just BIZARRE!
An intense read, though it goes on a bit in the middle, with a good storyline. Excellent drawings, too. I love the final section.. it's just so great

Story by Alejandro Jodorowsky, drawings by Moebius (known from Heavy Metal magazine). Blurb is via the link - go, look, see a bit of skin! *grin* (My cover shows boob! )

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/11335719/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/11335719/ Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:32:02 PST
The story, albeit verbose, spans only 127 pages (in my paper-back copy). Said to be based on 'The American Way Of Death' by Jessica Mitford, which, too, is a *very* good read. The lady goes at undertakers with teeth bared! Love it!

The Loved One, a reference to what corpses are referred to at Whispering Glades, deals with Dennis Barlow, a 'Britisher' in America in the late 1940s. Dennis works as an animal undertaker, at a pet funeral parlour, Happier Hunting Grounds, in Los Angeles. He lives with Sir Francis Barlow, an older man, British, who, upon being sacked from his position as a scriptwriter for the movie industry, hangs himself.

Dennis goes to Whispering Glades - a massive, decked out funeral parlour/cemetery. He meets Aimée Thanatogenos (Aimée - Love, Thanatogenos - Spirit of Death)... and from there on, it gets even better!

I shan't spoil it for you (though I've given away some good bits - sorry)... although, here's a quote - a poem Dennis wrote, an irreverent attempt at prose to mark the passing of his late housemate...

"They told me, Francis Hinsley, they told me you were hung
With red protruding eye-balls and a black protruding tongue;
I wept as I remembered how often you and I
Had laughed about Los Angeles and now 'tis here you'll lie;
Here pickled in formaldehyde and painted like a whore,
Shrimp-pink incorruptible, nor lost nor gone before."

I implore you all! At least give it a look!

Evish



*narrows eyes* You're not getting out of it, EsquireJess! I HAVE A COPY! *waves it*

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/10609936/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/10609936/ Sat, 04 Nov 2006 04:07:02 PST
Phew, I thought the net would never be reconnected and the symptoms of DA-withdrawal would do me in! Symptoms included: darting eyes, diminished appreciation for art, the shakes, the fries!, excessive thumb-twiddling... I could go on!

*beams* *runs around the screen*

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/10402041/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/10402041/ Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:11:49 PDT
O, si vile, si ergo,
Fortibus es inero!
O nobile, demis trux.
Vadis indem? Causem dux.

Isabili, heres ago
fortibus in ero
noces mari Thebi trux
vatis enim pax a dux?
O sibile, si ergo.
Fortibus es in ero.
O nobili, deis trux!
Vates enim? causa an dux!

Oh see, Billy, see her go!
Forty buses in a row!
Oh, no, Billy, them is trucks.
What is in them? Cows and ducks


I say, Billy, here's a go, forty buses in a row.
No, says Mary, They be trucks.
What is in 'em?
Packs of ducks!

Oh see, Billy, see her go!
Forty buses in a row!
Oh, no, Billy, them is trucks.
What is in them? Cows and ducks

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/10347419/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/10347419/ Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:43:14 PDT [link]

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/10272110/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/10272110/ Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:13:04 PDT
My very good friend, Jess [link] , whom I've known since I was 12, managed to contact me via my DA site. I haven't been so stoked in a LONG time! We'd be so close, and shared a bond built on bizarre thought processes, grog and common crushes.

And as soon as we renewed contact today, it's as though not a day has passed. We'd didn't stop for air, so to speak, and must have typed at least a small paperback's worth of yak.

I never thought I'd find a friend like Jess again.. and it turns out, I did!

So that explains the weird dialogue in my journals and messages, if you were curious. You... nice you!

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/9942872/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/9942872/ Sat, 02 Sep 2006 17:06:32 PDT Peaches!

If you haven't heard or heard *of* her, you're missing out! Peaches is an electroclash artist from Canada - and is a former school teacher!

Yeah, her lyrics are quite lewd - and they're great. If you have the nerve, try and listen to some of her music Hasn't steered me wrong yet and I'm very fussy about what I hear!

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/9814127/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/9814127/ Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:53:54 PDT
[link]

Didn't know what it was at first, but I was blown away when I realised it was all paper!

Really nifty - have a look!!

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Also, I've made a quiz. I was just that bored. And if you, too, are just that bored, perhaps you might resign yourself to having a go!

[link] ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/9758568/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/9758568/ Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:13:38 PDT ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/9701844/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/9701844/ Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:57:54 PDT ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/8793644/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/8793644/ Tue, 16 May 2006 23:13:02 PDT

Ahahaha... bottom.. ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/8317889/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/8317889/ Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:13:57 PST Round.. the beginning of May, I reckon. Weeee!

Haven't had a landline since being renting a room in Strettle St, therefore I've had no decent internet access. Net-cafe-time is too fleeting to get everything done, so prepare to be inundated with deviations. Over a year's worth!

And, finally, I'll have the chance to respond to all the messages & a stack of the deviations that've been waiting - oh, I feel terribly rude not having done so yet, but I'd rather not do anything by halves

So, yeah! Prepare for stuff... and things! And watch Family Guy on Thursday nights..

and

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/4992578/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/4992578/ Sun, 03 Apr 2005 21:36:12 PDT

'I dance, I dance, I dance,
around the mexican hat,
I dance, I dance, I dance,
and that's the end of that,
or is it? I guess I'll keep singing,
my cell-phone appears to be ringing...'

Been watching a shedload of Simpsons in my absence.. trying to fill my DA-void ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/4273093/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/4273093/ Sat, 08 Jan 2005 20:56:52 PST
Paranoid? Maybe a little..

Good reason? HECK NO!

That's the last time I have international guests come to stay.. at least at Dad's!

Well, living the transient life for a bit now, with occasional computer access [as dad's nicked mine..] but the main thing is, I'M NOT THERE!

Anyway, my point was that ...err.. I'll be back soon-ish!

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/4235210/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/4235210/ Tue, 04 Jan 2005 05:50:00 PST

This is not directed at anyone, I'm just dismayed to see the state of my suburb and the creek, with the dumping places bypassed by the councils on the grounds of 'inappropriate size', not our area, etc. That, and stupid, lazy pricks who toss their refuse any old where. It's like Mesopotomia in some areas..

Anyway, I'll recline now *tilts* ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/4152110/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/4152110/ Sat, 25 Dec 2004 07:22:48 PST I'm mildly suprised that I've stuck with this for so long. Mildly because tomorrow, I'll have higher expectations of myself. I'm ambivalent about that. [Or lackadaisical. Erh, I feel an attack of thought-analysis coming on! ]

Oh, and my net's working for the moment, so, I'm back

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/4108753/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/4108753/ Mon, 20 Dec 2004 07:18:31 PST May not be on DA for a short while due to lack of a functioning modem! Crap, and I still have to pay for internet...

Well, I'll endeavour to hunt down some fresh internet with this internet divining rod I found on the nature strip *brandishes IDR* so I'll at least be able to comment on awwwl your deviations!

Ta!

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/4032331/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/4032331/ Fri, 10 Dec 2004 03:49:10 PST
What I want to know, as Google, suprisingly, yielded SFA, is I'm being had or not

Oh, and no more 'Neighbours' til next year - and they're recycling *more* of their original characters, by the looks. Poor bastards, must be scraping the bottom of the barrel - moreso!

Meh, I'm hanging out to see who comes out of the closet on The Simpsons.. my bet's are on Lenny Lenford! ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3922296/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3922296/ Fri, 26 Nov 2004 06:28:59 PST




I'm overtired to the point of being wide awake ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3881121/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3881121/ Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:34:04 PST
I greeted him in the usual manner, booming "EHHH DRÉ!" to which I get a headbutt in reply. As he ambled over to the Whiskas, a glint of light reflected from his neck. He was wearing a tatty, pale spew-green collar, with orange and white diamantes studded all round, bearing a crumpled and worn metal tag that said 'HUGO'. [Turned out to be an old Hugo Boss zipper tag]

"Where'd he get that?" I asked, incredulous.
"Oh, we thought you'd put it on him" said Dad, laughing.
"So, you're Dré here, Hugo down the road.."
"Aristotle at number 97, Sooty at 19.."

He must get around... I just don't see when he has the chance!
He's constantly sleeping, and that's exhaustive in itself, so he sleeps some more to recuperate. Today, he's behind next-door's bins, yesterday, perched tentatively on top of the water heater..

Dré, we hardly know ye!

Dré|Hugo: [link]

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3875853/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3875853/ Sat, 20 Nov 2004 02:42:51 PST I found some books today, in the midst of cleaning up, but as conditioning would have it, I don't want to read any fiction because I don't believe I'll glean any new information.

On the other hand, I had a 20 minute break from sorting stuff to pore over a mini-copy of 'Hop on Pop' [Yay Dr Seuss!]...
I'm actually in the middle of another book, on death-clocks [rigor, algor and livor mortis, etc], and it's fairly interesting... but I'm still on edge!

|!!! miniwhinge ahead - avert your eyes if you're easily burdened!!!|

Being at a dead-spot in life is so not my thing.

I'm waiting to begin studying again and have just quit my newsagency job after enduring two years of bullshit, bullying and boredom.

My days are erratic and structureless, back living at home, hand-to-mouth and skint after the bills are paid. It's crap when I drift back into reality. Hopefully, though, my fortunes are changing! I have no idea whether or not they are, but it pays to be optimistic.

That ate into some time - also, my foot's asleep, so I have that to attend to..

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3838293/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3838293/ Fri, 19 Nov 2004 07:37:15 PST
"Yarra Valley Water acknowledges the receipt of your application.

YVW is under no obligation to accept your application and will endeavour to notify you in due course if your application is accepted."

I included the above in my message to them, via their site, and added the following:

The above need not apply in this situation. The apparent lack of adequate contact details in regards this matter are the responsibility of YW.

My tap water tastes [and smells] of creek. Why? I have yet to hear anything on the matter via news reports, so I thought best to ask the water works themselves. I guessed it had something to do with the heavy rainfall of late, but I'd rather have YW clarify it, for peace of mind. I'm located in Darebin.
--------------

My sister dashed in before to tell me she'd heard something on the news, but said that they were vague and unrevealing.

Wankers.


UPDATE:

Emailed them, as shown above, got a half-arse reply that COMPLETELY omitted any mention of 'why' the water tasted so foul. Wrote again, alerting them to this - they knew, but I'll play along..

Finally! : 'The change to the taste of the water resulted from work Melbourne Water carried out to install a new valve on a large water main that transfers water from the Mitcham Reservoir to the Preston Reservoir. This process caused natural biofilms inside the pipe to be stripped off which reacted in the water to cause the unpleasant taste, however, the water was still safe to drink.

The pipeline was taken off line again on Tuesday and Melbourne Water
carried out some high-flow flushing to ensure the pipe was clean before
bringing it back on-line on Wednesday.'

So! ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3813236/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3813236/ Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:19:05 PST
Heh! I thought I had more than that!

Changed my mind at the last minute and got another tongue piercing.
I reaaaally don't like to go the "professionals" at Ice, but I had to *shrug* Anyway, as usual, I'm getting pierced by a brand-spankin' new employee, fresh off Ice's conveyer belts, who's as patronising as all get out.. [as they all are, there].

She noticed that I had another hole already in my tongue *gasp*, and became pretty damned huffy!
She stopped abruptly, held my tongue out and glared at it as though I'd written 'YOUR MUM' on it.

"Oh. You've had it done before.."
"Yeah. And I'm here to get another." [And I shall - I've payed already..!]
"Hmm.. umm..ahh..." etc

A lot of deliberation and 'establishing her prowess' as a piercer followed.

Ice's problem is they don't want a lawsuit on their hands, which is fine, but perhaps hiring competent staff would be a start. Advertising "We do all piercings" and denying anything they can't hack is nonsense.

But that's what you get when you train your staff using the 'monkey see, monkey do' method.

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3780742/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3780742/ Sun, 07 Nov 2004 22:05:45 PST Give me your opinions on my work. I need to know what people think, as I'm starting an education in Graphic Art soon.
Make your voices heard - tell meeee! ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3719884/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3719884/ Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:24:09 PST [link] and god DAMN it was.. well, interesting? Cool is too dramatic a term..

I guess I'm hyped up!

And I found this [link] the best place for comprehensible explananations. Some of the other pages were gobbledygook!

If you read this, and do the test [Odds: 1,000,000 to 1], tell me what you thought, or even what you got ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3639875/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3639875/ Thu, 21 Oct 2004 04:46:46 PDT ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3624359/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3624359/ Tue, 19 Oct 2004 04:10:43 PDT
Opskrift: Kalkun med whisky

1] Man køber en kalkun på fem kilo (til seks personer) og en flaske whisky.
2] Dertil salt, peber, olivenolie og spækstrimler.
3] Kalkunen belægges med spækstrimler, den snøres, saltes og pebres og
overhældes med lidt olivenolie. Sæt ovnen på 200 grader. Skænk så et
glas whisky og drik en skål til det kommende gode resultat.
4] Læg kalkunen i en bradepande og skub den ind i ovnen.
5] Skænk to hurtige glas whisky og drik igen til det kommende gode
resultat.
6] Indstil termostaten efter 20 minutter på 250 grader, så den får et
ordentligt pulver.
7] Skænk yderligere tre glas whisky op og drik dem.
8] Efter en hal tsims tid vænner du fulen og blir ved mæ at hllde øje med
stajninngn.
9] Griw vissskyflaschken å tsa en lill EN.
10] Efter ænnu en hal tsims tschid schlændrr du laaaaangshomtr hæn til
åvnnnn å vænnnr kaaahaaalkunnn PASCH PÅ att du hik brændr hånden på den schkide åvvvn.
Å sschhå tsar vi ænnnu fæææhææm-schyw sjisskkywusser mænns piiihiiipfuglen schtajer widre iæææn trææhææ tsimer (schhirka - åp i røwwwen mæ det!)
Huuschk å piss vær tiiihiiinde minut!
Kaaahaan de overhOOOvedt la saj gør schå kryw hæn til
åvvvn å prøvv å riwwwe kaahhhallkunnn UD!.
11] Tsa så ænnnnu en schlllurrrk og
prøvvvnåkkkkngang å få kræææet UD! Samml så den satansforbanddde
piiihhhiipfuuul op fra gåååhååålllwwet og smid den påå et faahhad. PASCH
på a du ikkk gliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiderr på det skidefedtede køøøøkngål! Kann du ikkkk uuundddgå de, schå
prøvvv igen (åååopppogssccchtå dengikscchkuikkk tihihihaihi......schku åssspissslimajet).
12] Tag en lur.
13] Spis næste dag kalkunen kold med mayonaise og aspirin. ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3615784/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3615784/ Mon, 18 Oct 2004 02:23:50 PDT I've hit 150 submissions. I'll have to break out the cordial, methinks!

PS: Excuse the deviation inundation ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3547909/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3547909/ Sat, 09 Oct 2004 07:13:50 PDT
Yes, another three years with a cleaning aid mascot [link] at the helm of our nation...

Good thing o0kamikaze0o has a 'bordering-on-disturbing' sense of humour like mine, otherwise I'd still be demanding an explanation from everyone I see

*snort*
[link]
[Click, for the love of God, click!] ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3525217/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3525217/ Wed, 06 Oct 2004 08:54:13 PDT

"I kid! I kid 'cos I love!" - Krusty

Have a look at her slowly, but surely expanding gallery, if you have a spare minute

[link] ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3434795/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3434795/ Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:57:46 PDT takes sooo long to flick a switch at the local exchange, and they charge $100 AUD to do it. I'd've done it the day I moved (I've moved!) and not have charged them a cent

After a knife-edge week, I can only liken not having an internet connection to slow and painful torture, possibly involving some tooth-extraction.

'There is no emoticon for what I am feeling!' - Comic Book Guy

TGFInternode! ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3214839/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3214839/ Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:31:35 PDT ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3088716/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3088716/ Tue, 10 Aug 2004 06:23:02 PDT :woot:

Think I'll have a lie-down...! ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3055090/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3055090/ Fri, 06 Aug 2004 04:32:30 PDT Bought a Theremin from Jaycar today - only problem is I have to wait til tomorrow to use it cos they didn't include a 12V adapter!

Theremin info: [link] ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3016882/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3016882/ Sun, 01 Aug 2004 08:14:38 PDT
I mean, it really ought to be a state holiday by now. I've been around long enough.

And I'm not getting any younger...

*thinks*

I'm off to try on cardboard party hats...

]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3001037/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/3001037/ Fri, 30 Jul 2004 02:51:59 PDT
*doffs hat* ]]> ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/2969809/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/2969809/ Mon, 26 Jul 2004 04:21:04 PDT ~phlufii http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/2793607/ http://phlufii.deviantart.com/journal/2793607/ Sat, 03 Jul 2004 08:05:57 PDT ~phlufii