Traits

My three worst traits….

  1. Jealous. I can get really jealous, really easy.
  2. Bad tempered. I simmer on things then snap. Not a good thing.
  3. I can work too hard. When I’m coding web sites I tend to get lost in code and ignore everything else. This only happens after Miss K has gone to bed now so ignoring everything tends to b hubby (who does the same when he’s programing) and the clock meaning late nights and early mornings.

On my soapbox

(and I’m behind on posting daily again)

You know what really gets my goat? For one that saying – what does it even mean? Well there you go. Public service for the day

Back to the matter at hand – if you’ve follow me on Facebook you’d have seen this post Thursday night

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Backstory – Shane Crawford did a walk from Melbourne to Adelaide last year to raise money for Breast Cancer. Thursday on the AFL Footy Show he announced he was doing a bike ride from Melbourne to Perth, again raising money for Breast Cancer. This started my little rant on Facebook. I do think breast cancer is tragic and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy BUT I get so sick of hearing about it and all the fundraising centred around breast cancer.

You hardly ever hear anything about other cancers (maybe with the exception of skin cancers in summer) and that really annoys me. It’s like all other cancers are lesser cancers. According to the Cancer Council website the most common cancers in Australia (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) are prostate, colorectal (bowel), breast, melanoma and lung cancer. These five cancers account for over 60% of all cancers diagnosed in Australia. Why don’t we hear more about these other types of cancers? Why don’t we hear more about other women’s cancers like cervical & ovarian? Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer and the sixth most common cause of cancer death affecting women in Australia.

I’d love to see more companies/sports clubs/celebrities/TV shows stand up and say there is more than just breast cancer and we’re here to support & raise money/awareness of these other types of cancers.

When events like White Shite Day, Afternoon Teal, Frocktober, Relay for Life and others get more national coverage it’ll be a great thing.

Do you support and cancer fundraising events? If so which ones?

Snap, snap

I borrowed Dad’s DSLR over the weekend to take some snaps for a client and while at the footy. It’s made me realise I really need my own DSLR cause there’s some things where the iPhone camera (& my point & shoot) just doesn’t cut it.  So camera people – come at me with your suggestions. I’m looking for something that I can shoot fast moving sports with (think car racing, footy, wrestling), macro and your standard everyday photos.

Anyways, here’s some of the shots I took over the weekend.

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20 years of Hottest 100

(I could have been serious but I decided to have a little fun with today’s topic – Get real. Share something you’re struggling with right now.)

How do you pick your favourite 20 songs from the last 20 years? Narrow it down even further to your favourite 20 songs from the last 20 years of Triple J’s Hottest 100 (yup the hottest 100 has been going for 20 years!). I’m struggling still. Maybe 1 song from each year? Other notable favs from each year in brackets

  • 93  Nearly lost you – Screaming Trees (No Rain – Blind Mellon; Would – Alice in Chains; Rooster – Alice in Chains)
  • 94 Closer – Nine Inch Nails (Andres – L7; No excuses – Alice in Chains; Gallows pole – Page & Plant; Masses Like Asses DEF FX )
  • 95 Queer – Garbage (Vow – Garbage; Time Bomb – Rancid; Better Man – Pearl Jam; More Human Than Human – White Zombie; Baby did a bad bad thing – Chris Issak)
  • 96 I’ll be your Magick – Def FX (Ballad Of The Skeletons – Allen Ginsberg; Mother, Mother – Tracy Bonham; Only happy when it rains – Garbage; Lay Lady Lay – Ministry)
  • 97 I go off – Diana Ah Naid (ADIDAS – Korn; Prefect Drug – NIN; Cows with Guns – Dana Lyons; Eat Me – Arkana; #1 Crush – Garbage; Strip Search – Faith No More) 
  • 98 Throw Your Arms Around Me – Paul McDermott (Sex & Candy – Marcy Playground; Dragula – Rob Zombie)
  • 99 You shit me to tears – The Tenants When I grow Up – Garbage; All the small things – Blink 182; Stripped – Rammstein)
  • 00 Teenage Dirtbag – Wheatus (Minority – Green Day)
  • 01 Cherry Lips – Garbage
  • 02 Loose Yourself – Eminem
  • 03 Are you gonna be my girl – Jet (Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes; Zebra – John Butler Trio)
  • 04 Coin operated Boy – Dresden Dolls (Somebody told me – The Killers; Common People – William Shatner; Girl Anachronism – Dresden Dolls)
  • 05 Figjam – Butterfingers (BYOB – System of a Down; Filthy/Gorgeous – Scissor Sisters; Why do you love me – Garbage)
  • 06 Smile – Lily Allen
  • 07 Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger – Daft Punk (1234 – Feist; Tick Tick Boom – The Hives)
  • 08 Another way to die – Alicia Keys & Jack White
  • 09 Love Lost – Temper Trap (Bonkers – Dizzy Rascal; One way road – John Butler Trio)
  • 10 Big Jet Plane – Julia & Angus Stone
  • 11 Somebody that I used to know – Gotye
  • 12 Thrift Shop – Macklemore (Love Interruption– Jack White)
  • 13 ???? who knows 😉

Could you pick just 20 songs. Give it a go over at the Triple J page. I struggled in the 2000s, some years more than others.

Fast 5 Favs

My five favourite blogs right now (in no particular order) & why I love them

  1. Autocratik – Dave’s a fellow RPGer from the UK. He’s written stuff for Conspiracy X (one of my favourite games) and Doctor Who: Adventures in Time & Space RPG. Currently writing his own RPG. Just nice to read a blog about one of my other favourite things to do (the majority of the blogs I read are fellow parenting blogs or craft blogs)
  2. A Vegas Girl at Heart – One of my favourite Project Life blogs. Melissa also does some great Project Life freebies.
  3. I’m cheating with this one cause it’s 3 of my favourite comic blogs – Two Lumps (if you love cats, check it out); The Devil’s Panties (cause she’s just funny & I can relate) and Weregeek (cause I’m just a geek)
  4. JustJenn Recipes – Food, Hello Kitty & Star Wars…. do I need to say any more
  5. Shimelle – I pink puffy heart Shimelle. I love her classes and her blog has lots of inspiration for scrapbookers

When I was just a little girl…

Tell a story from your childhood. Dig deep and try to be descriptive about what you remember and how you felt.
I kinda struggled to find a story from my childhood that I wanted to share with you all. I thought & I thought and then I thought ‘why not look through some old photos for inspiration’ and then I found this one
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That’s me & my brother sitting on a cage, made by Dad, and containing the 2 chickens we were looking after. Dad worked at on of the local colleges and as part of one of the subjects (Ag science?) They bred ducks and chickens. From what I remember they bred them, raised them then slaughtered them. After that I have no idea what they did with them – I never asked.
Anyways, back to my chickens. I can’t even remember how we managed to get 2 little tiny balls of yellow fluff to look after. I do remember they were both called Matilda though. Can’t remember the reason behind the name either. Eventually Dad had to take them back and I think I wasn’t very happy with that.