Yeah, I've been slack with LJ :( I blame working full time! All I want to do when I get home is watch TV and catch up my flist which doesn't often happen anyway. But I still loves you!

I'm feeling mopey. Just now. It's been a good day, but I'm just not feeling great at the moment. Probably because I have "friend" this week as Steff affectionately calls it (I swear we're in sync now...)

Work in general has been great. I'm very happy to be in a stable, (somewhat) rewarding job. I just want to be paid more now *rolls eyes* but yeah. The boss is happy to put me into the Dispense Tech course next year, so yay :) Hopefully more training will allow me to move to a different pharmacy in future... but I won't tell him that yet lol he should totally open one up in the city!

I still can't believe I've been sucked into a life in pharmacy...

Now, I'm going to go through my diary and quickly update on my life OUTSIDE of work. With PICTURES!

( what's up pussycat? )

And that was my month!

Really want to start making icons again! I've lost my routine and can't find one to fall into yet :(

I'm looking forward to:
Seeing The Vaudeville Smash again (I WILL BE A GROUPIE ONE DAY)
Seeing The Dan Banks Band again
Seeing Jay Brannan! XD
Going to the Meredith Music Festival
Seeing Patrick Wolf (at Meredith and his own gig THE FOLLOWING DAY)
Seeing The Editors (I don't even know who they are... but a gig with Erin always rocks!)
Seeing Ronan Keating! (WHHHEEEEEEE!)

AND YOU WONDER WHY I'M BROKE.

Hello, it's been a while...

Work; has been pretty good. I'm officially the Stock Controller now as well as Zone 5 Leader (whatever that means). I need to work on actually remembering reps' names and faces. The data controller decided to resign today. That troubles me. Thanh has about a month to find a replacement though because I definitely do not want to do both of the jobs again (plus our merchandiser will be on leave for most of November! Argh!).

I get along with our new(ish) storegirl, Steff, very well. She's pretty psycho and unlike me but she's appointed me her new best friend :/

Boys; bah.

TV; so this season, I've picked up Vampire Diaries because of how fucking hot Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley are. It's b-grade Roswell-ian vibe pisses me off though.
Flashforward hasn't grown on me yet - I'm just not very taken by it... it's still "background" TV for me.
Following Heroes again. Thanks to Star Trek and Pinto I'm totally into Sylar again and I love the potential Peter/... deaf girl? relationship! Too cute!
Watching Glee too. Love the songs. Hate most of the characters lol.

Other; YAY! It's the weekend! Hopefully hanging out with Erin and her mates tomorrow and Sunday! ARMAGEDDON!

I'm dressing up :) But it's a surprise! I'm pretty excited! I really hope the weather will be alright though!
Anyway, I was checking out cosplay costumes from DragonCon on Flickr and heeey I hope I find some of these hot geeks!

Hot Dr. Who
Hot Sabretooth
Hot Harry Potter

I was stopped at a red light under a bridge on the way to work today and saw this old man carrying a bag of bread wandering through the traffic, one car in front of me. I thought "SIGH, another creep in Ringwood - what's new" but then I saw him come to the other side of the road and he was actually helping a Mother Duck and her 10 or so ducklings across the road!

I was all NAAAAWWWWWWW!

And the little ones couldn't climb up the curb and so the man held down his hands to give them a leg up and a few of them scattered in fright and I could hear Mother Duck going QUACK QUACK QUACK LET HIM HELP!

But they are okay.

NAAAAWWWWWWW!

- So, The Vintner's Luck premiered recently at TIFF. I'm still waiting on the critic reviews to roll in. Twitter isn't helping.

( Spoilery? )

- Saw (500) Days Of Summer yesterday. I loved it so much. Lived up to my expectations and I fell in love with Zooey Deschanel even harder. Plus Joseph Gordon-Levitt is ♥ *sigh* how he has grown since 3rd Rock! And Mysterious Skin in fact!

What an interesting week it's been!

- Had to call emergency yesterday morning. Mum woke me up at about quarter to 6 by knocking on her headboard! I thought Dad had locked himself out or something and was knocking and mum was just lazy. But turns out that mum had tried to open her eyes but when she did, the room was spinning severely. And she couldn't move her head because it made her nauseous. So we called the ambulance and got taken to the hospital. I stayed with her the whole day (saying the same things and answering the same questions to doctors/nurses). We had such a shit nurse at one point.
Anyway they said it might've been an inner ear thing but then saw her ECG had an abnormality. I went home and slept and came back this morning and she was all better! After the meds and that. But they still don't really have a cause, so next week, she's got to book an ECHO to check that she didn't have a mini heart attack or anything (her mum died of a heart attack).
So we're home now, and she seems fine :) I hope everything'll be alright when she wakes up tomorrow!

- Work is a bit of a bother. I'm just a bit in the middle of things at the moment. I don't know when I'm supposed to be doing Stock Receiving or if I should be learning the Stock Controller role... the current Stock Controller just suddenly took 3wks leave because of the stress (and she's, like, 2 months pregnant). So yeah, I'm not stressed per se, just a bit here and there in my head lol
My boss? Now he IS stressed which is understandble!

- Considering my mum's health, it means I can take her car tomorrow and drive to work. On my own. LOL. Let's hope I don't end up hospitalised!

- oh btw I got an iPhone! It's very pretty, it's name is Dexter and he lives in a sock at the moment until I get him a case. And I am addicted to TapTap.

- The rest of this week should be good. Work's going to be hella busy tomorrow then I'm going to a friend's "Nerd Up" (Wii-ing and Rock Band-ing). Then Saturday should be some retail therapy (need to get a wedding dress for my boss/cousins wedding!) and Jesse's dinner party (that's a whole post in itself). Sunday shall be father's day yum cha with the family!

- I just bought New Moon tickets! Fucking $41. Includes ticket for the midnight screening at 12.05am the 19th Nov, "limited edition" popcorn/drink combo (what does that even mean?) and the New Moon edition of Girlfriend magazine. I had enough money on my card just for 4 tickets lol so Sophie, her mum, and Jesse (see? whole post...) are coming with because they said yes last time I asked (and couldn't get the tickets because of shit seats). The cinema I chose is like 5 minutes from my house... so that suited me fine haha I do need to work THAT day!

Anyway, I am really tired from the hospitaling as much as I would like to update more esp. about how amazing that last episode of True Blood was (AMAZING!). But yes, I am tired. And poor. Poor and tired.

[#001-018] Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, Pinto (magazines, sdcc, 4 animated) *#13 manip not mine!
[#019-020] Milo Ventimiglia & Adrian Pasdar
[#021-028] (500) Days Of Summer, Zooey Deshanel (magazines, promo)
[#029] Michael C. Hall (ew photoshoot)
[#030-031] Neil Patrick Harris (magazine, himym)
[#032-034] Gaspard Ulliel, The Vintner's Luck (photoshoot, promo)
[#035] Mika (photoshoot)
[#036] The Vampire Diaries (promo)
[#037-039] Stephn Moyer, Anna Paquin, True Blood (promo, magazines, 1 eric northman animated)
[#040-046] James McAvoy, Gerard Butler/Katherine Heigl, Jason Bateman (candid, photoshoots)
[#047-050] Merlin (s2 promos)
[#051-069] Robert Pattinson, New Moon (trailer, photoshoots, 2 animated)

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- Work has been more or less swell :) I'm beginning to be phased into the Stock Controller position. Sitting in with Steph to see reps and that. Implemented my first planogram today! It's going to be an exciting change. All I hope is that I am capable of this job - because it would be très embarrassing if I fail.

- Getting an iPhone 3GS tomorrow! Hopefully! If they aren't sold out! I had to increase my credit card limit for it though lol plus, I paid for Meredith tickets this month and my WDTV... it's been an expensive month! But I'm so excited about getting an iPhone!

- Been off OA more than on lately. haha. Got a few guys on MSN from there I chat to, but most of them are pretty boring, or absent most of the time. One guy keeps (interstate) just goes ON AND ON about this girl he likes. I really don't mind "listening", I just get frustrated because their "relationship" is just fucked up and he just can't let it go *rolls eyes* he's quite a looker too and I'm sure he could find himself someone appropriate (and sane).

- My impossible crush still makes giddy *sigh*, my uncle keeps asking me if I've hit on him yet. Haha, I don't want to get sued for sexual harassment ;)

- TV shows are coming back this month! I have so much less time to watch them though... working FT and all... but watch them I shall!

Speaking of TV,
True Blood has been amazing. I can't believe the season's almost over already! I can't decide whether I'm Team Bill or Eric now. I hated both of them in the books (although I don't like the books in general...) but in the show... Team Bill/Eric. THINK OF THE POWER DYNAMICS.

OK. I'm sleepy. I shall leave you with this picture made of INCREDIBLEAWESOMESEX

Look at him.

Patrick Wolf.

Is playing Meredith Music Festival!

Which Erin is getting tickets to tomorrow! YAY!

I am trying to get the Friday off work... but it's Christmas Catalogue Friday... so... *crosses fingers*

I'M SO EXCITED!

Three days of music, the countryside, booze, indie music I have mostly no idea about and hopefully lots of randoms! XD

- We were meant to see Cookin' On 3 Burners at The Evelyn. But I was late, and they sold out! So instead, we went to Lygon St to the Comfy Chair (sweet venue!) to see The Vaudeville Smash. Jesse talked them up a lot and they did not disappoint!
Totally awesome funk/disco/pop sounds with a wonderful falsetto-ed lead singer :) They should totally be charging for their gigs! And get a CD out already! I must say, they are way more amazing live than those demos on their MySpace. And the crowd? Oozing cool with people who could really bust-a-move *jealous*
And the crowd was also ridiculously good looking.
Met a few of the band members after. One of them was grabbing his mates' balls. I liked him.

So yes, check out The Vaudeville Smash.

- Had my little "Teddy Bear Picnic" this afternoon with a few friends and LOTS of sugar for my 22nd. Good seeing people again. Played Wii, Articulate, Pictionary and ATE. We had fairy bread, gummis, Tiny Teddies and, like, EIGHT pizzas.
Pressies: monies, Borders voucher, The Care Bears Movie HEE!, Order Up! (Wii game), chocolate (I do not need more), Sarah Blasko's newest album, a copy of Stand Up by the Dave Matthews Band and some awesome earrings from Mouche!

I don't believe in BFFs anymore, but Erin comes close I think. I'm doing so many awesome things with her! Like the 40 Hour Famine/Movie-TV Marathon next weekend and HOPEFULLY the Meredith Music Festival in December (hell yes I am spending ~$250 on a weekend with bands I don't know!) and haha maybe another Blues Cruise! XD

Anyway, think I'm just chilling tomorrow I think. I'm a bit pooped and feel a sore throat coming on due to the amount of junk I've eaten today haha. Might hang with my little cousin (as our other little cousin is going on a "date" *sigh*).