The end is nigh!

That's right, you heard me! End of what you might ask...

End of the year that is 2009 (thank goodness!)

End of Movember (Australian men can stop looking so seedy & just be plain creepy now)

End my rope (note to self - go to Bunnings)

End of my sanity(who am I kidding I never had any anyway)

End of my life (no comment)

(not in that exact order)

I don't know about you but I'm excited about the start of December because my brand new diary/organizer for 2010 starts on December 14th. Wooo! *stationary geek out*

In other news, a slightly (massively) annoying workmate has made an unannounced appearance back at work after a hiatus of a month due to injury. So now I'm stuck with the task of doing their work whilst being on the receiving end of some rather heated death stares and also typing CTRL, ALT DEL for them because before mentioned injury prevents them from doing so. Awesome.

I'm desperately trying not to be so very unhappy about this latest development, but it's hard when you have several people lording it over you constantly crowing "have you done this yet?" "have you done that yet?" Especially from before mentioned staff member who hasn't even been here, lumping me with their job and so sashaying around the office like they own the place again.

Man this entry is depressing... here's something to cheer you up.

Everybody loves dancing animals!

Moving on up

OK so I know it's been a while since my last post, but then again in all honesty I KNOW no one actually reads these, so technically I can be as lax as I want....and I can also say whatever I want to...like...

the other night I had a dream that I was a piece of pasta that had the ability to fly and my sister was a little hippo toy and we were being chased by an old tiger and I had to shoot her in the buttocks with my pasta arms in order to release a balloon so she could float to safety.

True Story.

In other news I have recently moved abodes and now happily reside in a little cottagey looking place with a lovely family that live in the property behind me. No more nosey old people, no more annoying little poodle and no more creepy old man chomping my underwear with his horrid false teeth.....wait, WHAT!?!

Yes I am very happy in my new house, so happy I might just die happily there. Provided I can obtain the perfect armchair in which to happily pass the rest of my life in. They even have chickens! Providing me with a lifetime supply of eggs....ahh the bliss!

I've been in the fashion of making mixed cd's lately...and posting them to people I haven't actually met in real life. So if you want a cd from me, including all original cover art and containing songs you might not like or understand just let me know. I can hook you up.

Well that's all I could be bothered writing for now, plus the monotonous job of billing our clients is calling me.

Adios xo

Tis be change in the air....arr!

So a few exciting things have happened recently, these being as follows:

1. 
   
   Laneway Tickets - obtained


2. 
   
   New House - approved


3. 
   
   Finders Keepers Markets - attending

1. I successfully maxed out my credit card this morning purchasing tickets to St Jerome's Laneway Festival, which is in January. The line up is so remarkable to me that I have decided that I'm not even going to bother going to Big Day Out. So HA!

2. I've recently been looking for a new residence, seeming as the old people living upstairs from me have decided that 10pm is the PERFECT time for piano and guitar playing, complete with singing/yodelling. Yes, time to move. So i found a rather nice little abode which i inspected on Tuesday and by Wednesday I was approved! *New house dance!!!*

3. Finders Keepers Markets - there's these MAD markets on tomorrow and Sunday in Brissie and I'm really looking forward to trying my hardest not to spend money i don't have on things i will need so very badly. Also Pikelet from Melbourne is playing and since i love her but have never been lucky enough to see her perform live I'm practically wetting myself in anticipation! WETTING.MY.PANTS.

That is all.

These are my depressions

After an entire week of being let down and trodden on my obscenely rude people I'm now going to blog about it. Yay for you!

And if you feel the urge to tell me to get over it, don't. It'll only make me angry and possibly dislike you.

I've been wallowing around in a funk for the past few days, relaxing in my melancholy thoughts, relishing my bouts of insane sadness and also enjoy a good deal of alone time. This all sounds unhealthy but don't worry I usually snap out of it sooner or later. Or when people stop being jerks and hating me in such a public fashion.

On another note, it's Friday! Cause of hope for the working masses and harbinger of the end of the week! Yay!

I started reading 'the picture of Dorian Gray' last night. I'm not too far in but there's a bit too much "man love" going on for my liking. Chapter One you suggestively worded minx you! I hope it doesn't disappoint me because I've been looking forward to reading it for some time.

Is it just me or is it a bit depressed in here?

Always remember to smile, it's SO VERY IMPORTANT!

Ello Poppet!

My nickname is Poppet. Which got me thinking....what is a Poppet? I.should.not.have.asked.

Apparently a Poppet is a freaky little person thing....there's a whole site dedicated to them to.

http://www.poppetplanet.com/about.html

Seems as though a person could really get into this whole Poppet thing.

I'm also a type of valve....not as exciting.

But anyway, with my thirst for Poppet knowledge well and truly quenched I think I might stick to making Poppet my own thing. I do my art work and also this blog under that name. I like keeping some anonymity about myself...plus I don't want old school "friends" finding me on the web and wanting to catch up. (So rude!)

In other news, I learnt how to use the old sewing machine that I scored off an old lady who lives near a friend of mine. Needless to say I now want to be a fashion designer when I grow up. I've successfully made a pillow and have now moved on to designing a t-shirt and crafting the ultimate pair of music festival shorts. (St. Jerome's Laneway here I come!)

So that's about it, I've had a terribly boring week at work so far and it doesn't look like it's set to improve any time soon. Hmmm, might be time to take a holiday me thinks!

Happy Hump Day! (the good kind not the kinky kind....sickos)

So I've finally become victorious over my dreaded head cold of DOOM! Note to self: buy a better immune system.

On another note: POSITIVITY!

I had my quarterly staff review yesterday and when given the chance to make comment on the office as a whole I said it was a melancholy dreary mess at the moment and that the staff require more positive reinforcement. And to my surprise my boss actually agreed with me. And he even wrote it down "positive communication required" TAA DAA! I really feel sorry for the accountants here because they are always bashed for not being productive enough, or being constantly reminded that we're not making money.....so hopefully this will make a change for the future....a more positive future!

My own efforts to make a more positive atmosphere consist of making funny photos and emailing them to people...ala below

Haha it's a baby cockatoo with it's hands on it's hips screaming SHERYL!!!!

In other news I bought this rare beauty from the RSPCA Op Shop yesterday for the bargain price of $3. It's in mint condition and will hopefully help me with my penchant for old school photography that I've been having lately.

It also came with film still in it, which of course I will be getting developed. Fingers crossed for someones happy holiday snaps, or a random collection of pet photographs, or something else cool like that. Fingers not crossed for happy couples, photos of people parts, or any other degrading and generally distasteful photography.

PS if you have seen the purple pen in this photo please let me know as it has gone missing and I miss it a lot. It's my favourite. Honestly who's steals pens!?!?!

In leaving I present you with this...http://www.artfulplayground.com/ an awesome blog I enjoy and think you might too...spread the word good peeps!

Holy priceless collection of Etruscan snoods, Batman!

Yes I am STILL sick. Yes I STILL suffer from copious amounts of snot pouring out of my nose. Yes I got down on the ground in the fetal position and whimpered.

In other news..... not much else has been happening. I finished reading Frankenstein, and if you're in the market for a very poignant and depressing read by all means go ahead and read it. It was interesting to find the the monster was never actually given a name (commonly it's mistaken that he is in fact Frankenstein), and he could also speak quite eloquently and was highly intelligent. I enjoyed the relationship he held with his creator Frankenstein. all in all a good read. Depressingly good.

I'm a little bit over this week already, to the point where everything is starting to get on my nerves. Just little things.....on...my...nerves!

I think I might go calm down for a bit.....

Head Cold of DOOM!

OK for the last week I swear I've lost about half my body weight in snot. I am not kidding. My work bin was FULL of tissues, and now my nose resembles some parched, red patch desert, instead of a member of my face.

I've also discovered my penchant for having a bit of a whinge when I'm sick. After spending a few moments taking little steps down the hall at work whinging "mimimimimimimimimi" I felt better. Does whinging really work? hmmm...

In other news, I successfully purchased tickets to Big Day Out yesterday. They sold out in about 23 minutes flat, so you can call me "quick fingers McGee" for managing to scathe through and obtain them, much to the delight of the 3 other people relying on me. (heaven help me if I failed!)

Surprisingly I have no plans for the weekend, but considering I still sound like a congested black lung sufferer, I may just stay at home and do the whole "R & R" thing....maybe.

I have to go now and attend to the ritual that is blowing my nose....i.e. blow nose into 3 or 4 tissues painfully until finally empty of copious amounts of snot, apply moisturiser to the destructed area that use to be my nose, rinse and repeat. (Did you know that toilet paper is WAY softer than the average tissue? Why does my posterior get such valuable treatment whilst my nose is left to be ruinously scraped as if with sandpaper?!?!)

End Rant.

Chunk! Chomp!

OK in first admission the "superhappyfunworkfunction" wasn't THAT bad. I even got 105 in the first game, needless to say it went downhill from there and the majority of my time was spent either dancing around like a loon or high fiving other fellow staff members to make them feel better about their abilities of knocking down some wooden pins with a great big heavy ball.

In other news I went to the doctor today, nothing alarming I just needing a prescription filled...BUT! I did get her to look at my ever annoying sore throat. After some rather weird open and chomp mouth exercises while she held my face she told me it was in fact my jaw that was causing all my pain and discomfort (well not ALL my discomfort because a lot of that comes from finding myself in social situations, and I just can't handle that)

So no more excessive chewing, no more yawning and no more crushing human skulls with my teeth in the search for salty, soft brains...(sorry I'm reading Pride & Prejudice & Zombies at the moment...it's having an influence on me)

If it doesn't get better soon I'll have to have physiotherapy ON MY FACE... and possibly some sort of mouth guard ...thingy.....sexy.

Anyways, it's Monday....I'm suffering...

Adios

Superhappyofficefunday!!!

So...for the first time since I started working here we're having a work function. On a weekend. Involving teams. And sport.





Now don't get me wrong, nothing excites me more than hanging out with accountants and other socially retarded people, but I can't help but think I should have tried to dodge this bullet. Dead relative? Important religious gathering? Cleaning and re-ordering my sock drawer?





Any and all of the above?



At any rate I get to spend 2 - 3 hours with people I see every day and attempt to have some sort of upper body strength in order to thrust a heavy ball down a waxed wooden alley and knock down 10 white wooden pins.(Are they even wooden anymore?)

This is going to be fun.



(If ANYONE comes up with a viable excuse why I can't make it, even if it's a last minute excuse I can text to my boss an hour before the blessed event, I will seriously love you forever)

In other news, something that's actually fun! My dearest Mumsy bought a Wii. That's right, dear little technologically disadvantaged mother purchased a big scary game console with big scary cords, and big scary controls. Guess who spent their entire lunch hour setting it up for her. :\

It was all made worth it just watching her and my sister try and bowl in Wii sports. Ahh the hilarity that ensued. I'm giving serious consideration to going round there tonight to watch my dad's attempt.

Perhaps there shall pictures to share with the big wide world.

Woot!

Weekend Shenanigans!

Monday once again! The weekends seem to be somewhat fleeting nowadays, made all the more so missed by the fact that they are spent HAVING FUN!

My weekend consisted of the following:

Climbing a tree with a workmate

Magical Mystery Tour

Getting lost out in the bush AND almost running out of petrol

Illegal waterhole swimming

Drawing in the trees

Eating someones dinner right under their nose...AND getting away with it

Superhappyphotoboothfun!!!

Sleeeep

The cutting and constructing of 12 new artwork collages http://xoxoxoe.deviantart.com/

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imitating my license photo

Miming along to a street busker singing Mr Brightside by The Killers IN PUBLIC

consuming copious amounts of dust through my mouth and nose

a load of washing

almost driving into a curb a HUGE DISGUSTING spider crawled over the front of my car and then tried to get in through the only crack in my window

and so forth

Le sigh...the only thing that has cheered me up today is meeting a senile old man in reception who said "you're a lovely looking lady who can make me a cup of tea!" LOL....senile.

Anyway I'll leave you with one of my masterpieces (for those who couldn't be bothered clicking my art link above...tsk tsk.)

Enjoy

Casual Friday!

That's right folks it's Casual Friday! after spending the entire week trying to think of something interesting to write about I've been reduced to talking about what I'm wearing today...I'm so sorry.

It's not so much what I'm wearing but what Casual Friday denotes that I'm going to ramble on about. Going back to the wonderful (sarcasm) days of high school, Casual Dress Day was the most stressful day any uncool gawky little nerd like myself could experience. "Where am I going to find COOL clothes to wear?" "Am I going to go down in history as the dorkiest dressed teenager ever?" and so forth. STRESS!

Needless to say Casual Dress day still holds the same stress for me now, but I'm coming to the acknowledgement that my work mates simply don't care what I'm wearing. Really, they don't give a fig. On average it takes me longer to get ready on Casual Friday because I'm trying to choose something that's appropriate, "cool" and will show my workmates what I'm really like outside of the office. And even though I now realise that they're accountants and they don't care or have very much fashion sense, I STILL go through the "what am I going to wear?" crisis.

So it usually gets me thinking about clothes and how they demonstrate to the world around us "who we are" and "what we like". My fashion sense is somewhat screwy, and I usually end up looking like some sort of "rock chick" even though I perceive myself as somewhat a mix of several genres. I spend a lot of time gawking at other people too, especially at shopping centres and public places of interest. This is not me admitting that I'm a freaky creeper, I merely take in what people are choosing to wear on any given day or occasion. A lot of the younger people are adopting the "indie" style and it leaves me wondering whether there will be any originality left one day. Everyone wears Ray bans, everyone wears converse shoes, everyone wears skinny jeans, plaid shirts, vests, boho headbands, the list goes on. And anyone who dares to show some originality in their wardrobe is either dissed and dismissed by the fashion world, or quickly copied and mass produced. I sometimes find myself caught up in the latest "cool" fashion trends but can't help but feel that I'm somewhat betraying my "inner self" (whoever THAT is). The HORROR!

Bleh. I don't honestly know why I'm ranting about fashion. It's not a passion of mine and it's not something I put very much thought into. I just think about it most of Casual Friday, when I freak out about my appearance the most and wonder what the world thinks of me.

Feel free to let me know what you think

New Moon Rising

No this not a blog about twilight or anything twilight related. So if you're an awkward and overly emotional teenager who is emphatically in love with some guy called "Edward" my advise is to stop reading now...

This blog IS about the concert I went to last night...that being the first gig of a national tour for Wolfmother. Now I like all types of music, and I've seen well over 40 bands to date...but one of my fondest gig memories is the first time I saw Wolfmother perform at the Brisbane Riverstage. Getting kicked in the face has never been so much fun!

So needless to say I re-lived some of those fond memories (with one of the original group I went with all those years ago) and yet again Wolfmother did not disappoint. Even with a new line-up (including one very good looking new guitarist!) their sound is still strong and they deliver a fine live performance. Nothing gets the kids more excited than the first few bars of "Woman".

Having a very survivable position in the mosh means I'm alive and well enough to tell the tale, and thankfully I didn't have to put up with too many drunken mingers trying to hook in. Eww. One thing I do have to mention is that the guy in front of me had THE MOST MAGNIFICENT HAIR I'VE EVER SEEN!!! My friend and I spent a good part of the night just entranced by it's aura, staring at it's perfect bounce and volume. I was even dared to touch it, which I actually achieved (*touch* to be read as, practically burying my face in it and smelling it) No I'm not a creeper I swear.Really.

Anyway song wise the set list was well awesome including the "classics" (Dimension, White Unicorn, Colossal, Mind's Eye and Woman) and some of the new material (New moon rising, Back round) from their album "Cosmic Egg" which drops next month.

All three times I've seen these guys they've closed with my all time favourite "Joker & the Thief" and it gets me EVERY time. My incredibly sore neck today is proof that I indeed rocked out with the best of them to that magic finale!

So needless to say I'm tired (lots of driving, lots of walking and lots of rocking out) but thankfully it's Friday. Friday 2.25 to be exact. 5 mins left of lunch and then 1-2 more hours of work...depending if I can sneak out at 4pm or not. (it's an option here....i LOVE my job!)

Good weekends to all!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWvdKPpVWzw

Middle of the week blues

So instead of going outside and enjoying this blessing of a day I stayed inside (a more and more common activity for me lately) yes I stayed inside this hideously green colored, air conditioned, business tomb and stared at my monitors, trawling the Internet for entertainment. Sad I know.

BUT! thankfully enough I stumbled across a gem of a website I had earmarked a while back. I can promise that about 87% of those viewing it won't like it...so you know it's good,right!?!

It's a Tim Burton website with short stories and illustrations that I just adore, so if you're like me and bored out of your tiny skull have a look-see...

Enjoy!

http://homepage.eircom.net/~sebulbac/burton/home.html

Love...or something like it

So I went to a wedding yesterday where two of my best friends finally became husband and wifey. I must say I'm not the overly emotional type who bawls at weddings, but my left eye did have a bit of a session in the vows (which made recording rather awkward, my apologies about the quality of that section of tape)

I don't like being all philosophical about "finding the One" or "love at first sight", after my rather atrocious attempt at relationships I actually prefer nothing better than NOT thinking about such things. BUT considering this was a day celebrating THEIR love and not the lack of MINE it was a really enjoyable day.

After being to more weddings than I have fingers I was prepared for the usual love and marriage wah wah wah that goes on. But once I arrived and started with the hugging and the kissing of all my old family friends my cynical side took a backseat.

(This all sounds like such a clinical breakdown of such a beautiful event...BLEH!....but I don't want to be all gushy either.)

To put it shortly, I've never been to a wedding that has "felt" so much like the couple getting married and I've never in my life seen two people that have been more happy to be married. It was without a doubt the most perfect day for them.

I have to admit seeing my childhood friend get married was so weird! I still remember when we used to ride on one Rollerblade each down to the shops and dance in front of a crowd for money.(no shame) Having known the bride and groom very closely for so long it's easy to say I know them quite well, and there is no doubt in my mind that they are so very happy together which just adds to my joy for them.

So now I'm back at work after my wonderful jaunt in the countryside to witness the most romantic union I've ever seen and I can't help but think maybe true love does exist. If not for everyone at least for them. And I pray it is that way always and forever.

(Love to Dane and Girly, husband & wifey)

10 things you must to EVERY day

This advice can be taken as pure and simple FACT. (or for those who know me better and realise i make things up on a constant basis.....NOT FACT)

1. Make sure you get some 'me' time

(not me as in Poppet, YOU as in...you...otherwise you spending time on me is just weird)

2. Spend 20 minutes every day planning tomorrow with a detailed to do list

(seriously...only my MUM does things like this, personally I say save that time spent making your to do list and tomorrow will come quicker, in which you can fly by the seat of your pants!)

3. Drink three litres of water daily

(and spend the rest of your day running to the loo)

4. Take a nap in the afternoon to recharge

(Honestly the boss is NOT going to mind if you drool all over the clients financials)

5. Slow down - take some time to smell the roses

(if you don't have roses within your vicinity then you'll have to settle for any other flower type, local bakeries or the workmate next to you)

6. Do one thing every day that scares you

(I personally get this out of the way nice and early by looking into the mirror pre-makeup)

7. Do at least half on hour of exercise per day

(Scientists say that half an hour is just enough to make it seem as though you're sweaty/out of breath enough to seem as though you actually exercise more therefore attracting the opposite sex by exuding sweat/pheromones/look-at-me-I-exercise-smells)

8. Don't skip lunch

(because skipping is for little girls)

9. Be sure to get eight hours of sleep every night

(unless you're one of the 98,000 people who stay awake because of Twitter, Facebook, Ipods, barking dogs, insane neighbours or insomnia)

10. Check Facebook in case someone you don't like has updated about something you don't care about, in which case you can leave a lame comment about or simply "like"

Having all these things to do I've now realised I'm about 8 hours behind schedule and didn't plan yesterday what I was supposed to do today...!

Toodles

Monday-itis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Like_Mondays

Most of us (especially the office workers out there) lament if not loathe Mondays. They signal the end of the blissful, at times domestic, weekend spent doing odd jobs around the house or for the clever folk, escaping from said domestic duties to the beach or some other desirable location.

That being said, the time space continuum being what it is, Monday's are inevitably...inevitable!

So if you're one of the millions who struggle through this workweek commencement spare a thought for others who don't have weekends to enjoy and escape, like Batman. Fighting off the likes of the Joker and....sharks....throughout the week non-stop!

I hope you enjoy and relish your Monday!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0qNGYxUwmU

Family Photo Time!

http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/

So some of my friends have been putting up links to this site. There have been claims of grown men crying over the hilarity/absurdity of the photos contained on this glorious web-gem.

I myself enjoyed it but having worked in a stuffy accountant's office for so many years my sense of humour whilst in the work place has somewhat diminished and therefore there was no crying with laughter on my part.

And if you want to see this little fella to the left and his oh so charming family I suggest you give this website a look-see! Nawwww!

OMG Blog!

Oh Hai! After reading about and admiring the many, many interesting folk on the interwebs who blog I decided that maybe I should give it a go! (please lower your expectations now)

Despite the fact that I am in fact employed full time I tend to spend a LOT of time browsing around finding things to look at on the web. SO! Maybe, just maybe I can culminate (big word of the day, use it wisely) all the grand things that I run my eyes over into one spot...?! Yes? (NO!)

Anyhoo, taking into consideration I'm new to this I ask for your mercy and kindness....and please if I'm boring/unacceptably uncool....just leave...just go man...just go.....


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