So this week has been a very unfun week for me.
Last Friday, was the last day of classes and the due date of all 4 of my final assignments. -lucky me.
But I'd finished them all, and handed them in. I was even moderately happy with them. lol.
Then as soon as its all done, I develope a cold. I argue that my body was fighting it off for me so that I could finish my assignments, then once I relaxed, my immune system gave in.
So I was poorly - odd word to use, but it fits..., all weekend. I didn't even get any real time to rest. I worked a few hours on saturday, only 3 so I was fine, but it didn't do my cold any good. Then Sunday I went over to chaddy with mum. I didn't get much, a pair of comfy shoes for work...they look like nurse shoes..which is probably what I should have been wearing all along anyways. I also got 3 more seasons of ER to watchover my break.
Monday I had to get up REALLY early to go to the hospital for my tests. Mum came with me and we went in on the train, and got there a bit before 8:30am, which was whem my first appointment was. It was a blood test, which I was supposed to fast for. So I hadn't eaten a thing since about 11 O'clock the night before.
They had one look at my veins and decided to wait till my CT to take my blood to spare my veins the needles which they can't really take. -my god how am I going to be when I'm 50?!
So since we had some time to kill before my CT at 9:45 which I was also supposed to fast for, we walked over to the gardens and stood in the only spot of sunshine we could find. It was also FREEZING this week, especially the 2 days I was in the city.
We headed back up and they managed to fit my ultrasound in early (instead of waiting till 12 noon), so I went and did that, which was all good.
Then they took me over to get changed for my CT. I hate having to wear hospital gowns...moreso cause changing takes forever. I had my needle put in, I was all fine, a perfect patient. Then she took my blood and left hte needle in my arm...so I couldn't bend my arm, but there was no real pain.
I had to sit around waiting for a while longer with mum....when all of a sudden, I felt really sick and apparently.......
...fainted.
Now can I just say, the last place I wish I had fainted was in a hospital!
They came rushing over to me, and made me get on a trolly. I had to stay there till they decided I was well enough to get my CT..which was about 5 minutes or so.
-I always feel pretty good after I have fainted. Which we worked out was the not eating or drinking for a long period of time. Once they took out my blood it triggered it. It sorta happened once before a long time ago.
I also had a temperature apparently.
SO anyways...they did my CTs, but then made me stay in the trolly bay till they could reach the doc to let me go. Gees. People way to overreact. lol
They arranged to get me some food and drink. FINALLY! and I bounced right back, I was sitting up, cheery, happy....annoyed cause I wanted to go home.
My temp even dropped a bit.
So I finally got to leave the hospital at 10 to 12...so I still ended up leaving before I should have. But then I had to go see my GP. She put me (and my mum) on antibiotics and ordered me to have a chest x-ray cause they thought I had pnumonia.
Docs always overreact.
Either way the drugs seem to have helped a little.
I might not go into what happened when I went back on Tuesday in this post....It could go for a while....as did the day. lol
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Carlie
Friday, June 06, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
12 of 12 - May 2008 Edition!
I finally remembered! lol. I think this is my first one since Feb...which is a bit sad. :(
Anyhoo....
1 of 12 - 10:33am
Checking how much of our 12 gig internet usage my family has used up so far!...over half
2 of 12 - 11:22am
Watching Gilmore Girls, I just bought season 7 and watched all the seasons in order.
3 of 12 - 11:45am
Working on a presentation for my Pop Culture Class
4 of 12 - 12:59pm
Vegemite on bread for lunch. -you've got to be an Aussie to really enjoy it properly. lol
Anyhoo....
1 of 12 - 10:33am
Checking how much of our 12 gig internet usage my family has used up so far!...over half
2 of 12 - 11:22am
Watching Gilmore Girls, I just bought season 7 and watched all the seasons in order.
3 of 12 - 11:45am
Working on a presentation for my Pop Culture Class
4 of 12 - 12:59pm
Vegemite on bread for lunch. -you've got to be an Aussie to really enjoy it properly. lol
5 of 12 - 1:19pm
Watching more Gilmore Girls season 7.
6 of 12 - 2:06pm
Waiting for my tram to work.
7 of 12 - 5:15pm
On break, my nametag
8 of 12 - 5:15pm
Checking how much longer I have left of my 15 minute break
9 of 12 - 8:03pm
Finally leaving work after doing some grocery shopping.
10 of 12 - 8:51pm
Frozen Pizza for dinner (healthy :P) while watching Desperate Housewives.
11 of 12 - 10:17pm
Typing up my handout for my Pop Culture class presentation
12 of 12 - 10:57pm
Homework all done, time to watch an ep of ER
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Odd Things on Campus
I've been meaning to write a post like this for ages. I know it's Uni and everyone here is doing something different, and so a lot of personalities come together in the one place...but I swear there are people around I have never seen people like before.
Everyday there are tons of people in all sorts of people with strange hair colors, styles, clothing etc, whole groups of people I am sure I haven't even seen around the city.
Also today while sitting at McDonalds in Glenferrie Rd, there were two men in business suits eating their lunch, and talking about full on business and economy stuff. I just found it rather amusing and also odd, that these guys were sitting there surrounded by uni and high school students, eating McDonalds and discussing whether China or Swizterland made the better products. I also heard a rather lenthy conversation about socks....
Oh well must get back to my essay. Miles to go before I sleep.....and the comps starting to run out of battery power. -I must remember to bring my cord with me next week.
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Carlie
Everyday there are tons of people in all sorts of people with strange hair colors, styles, clothing etc, whole groups of people I am sure I haven't even seen around the city.
Also today while sitting at McDonalds in Glenferrie Rd, there were two men in business suits eating their lunch, and talking about full on business and economy stuff. I just found it rather amusing and also odd, that these guys were sitting there surrounded by uni and high school students, eating McDonalds and discussing whether China or Swizterland made the better products. I also heard a rather lenthy conversation about socks....
Oh well must get back to my essay. Miles to go before I sleep.....and the comps starting to run out of battery power. -I must remember to bring my cord with me next week.
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Carlie
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Come Back Again
It's been a while, a long while....but finally I'm back. I blame my laptop and youtube for my disappearance of late....also my forgetfull mind for the last few 12th of the months.
This post, is mostly going to be a rant about the lack of opening credits in tv series nowadays.
The other night, after watching/hearing a few random ye olde tv themes on foxtel, and trying forever to remember the opening lines of the Beverly Hillbillies theme (which I never did, and ended up having to 'google')
That night I went to bed, and for over an hour (between midnight and 1am) I lay there singing whatever tv theme I could think of.
I first worked back to the early stuff, and then through more recent things. Most of the old shows had themes, like older movies.
Some shows, such as The Drew Carey Show had multible themes during its run.
Some themes are a total pop-culture icons, such as Gilligan's Island, and Happy Days!
I was thinking about the things that we will remember about current shows 20, 30 years down the road.... that is IF we even remember them, for some of the good ones are only around for 5 minutes, while crappy ones last for ages.
I really miss tv themes on shows, even if the themes were not always as memorable as others.
So these are some of the shows with themes I was singing,
-Gilligan's Island
-Happy Days
-I Love Lucy (music, no lyrics)
-Golden Girls
-Family Ties
-Bewitched
-I Dream of Jeanie
-Cheers
-Friends
-Fraggle Rock
-Full House
-Charmed
-7th Heaven
-Buffy the Vampire Slayer
-Angel
-The Drew Carey Show (the first and last ones...I can never remember the one that came in the middle....that is unless there was 4 and not 3 like I'm remembering)
-Green Acres
-Flinstones
-The Jetsons
-The Brady Bunch
-Raggy Dolls (to be totally childish)
-Scooby Doo
-James Bond jr(....though I seem to remember that one to the tune of The Jetsons...no idea if that one's right or how it's supposed to go if it isn't)
Then there's the others, which I don't recall singing, but being there anyways
-Gilmore Girls
-ER (it's music, it's hard to sing)
-Ally McBeal
-The Practice
and so on...
In fact pretty much any and EVERY show had a theme....now they all seem to have a title screen, with just the name of the show and maybe a second or 2 of some kind of music, eg, Heroes, Brothers and Sisters, and October Road.
After watching season 1 of Brothers and sisters on dvd, I really liked the music they played at the end of the show, and wished that that was used for credits. It is very...Dr Quinn, or Little House on the Prairie though :P
Also Grey's started with a theme, but then bumped it for the title screen.
I guess now they all prefer to use those few seconds for actual show content...
I wonder if we will still know the themes to the old shows after another 20 years. I have a feeling that the really really old ones, like Gilligan's Island, and The Brady Bunch are sticking with us however hard we try to block them out!
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Carlie
This post, is mostly going to be a rant about the lack of opening credits in tv series nowadays.
The other night, after watching/hearing a few random ye olde tv themes on foxtel, and trying forever to remember the opening lines of the Beverly Hillbillies theme (which I never did, and ended up having to 'google')
That night I went to bed, and for over an hour (between midnight and 1am) I lay there singing whatever tv theme I could think of.
I first worked back to the early stuff, and then through more recent things. Most of the old shows had themes, like older movies.
Some shows, such as The Drew Carey Show had multible themes during its run.
Some themes are a total pop-culture icons, such as Gilligan's Island, and Happy Days!
I was thinking about the things that we will remember about current shows 20, 30 years down the road.... that is IF we even remember them, for some of the good ones are only around for 5 minutes, while crappy ones last for ages.
I really miss tv themes on shows, even if the themes were not always as memorable as others.
So these are some of the shows with themes I was singing,
-Gilligan's Island
-Happy Days
-I Love Lucy (music, no lyrics)
-Golden Girls
-Family Ties
-Bewitched
-I Dream of Jeanie
-Cheers
-Friends
-Fraggle Rock
-Full House
-Charmed
-7th Heaven
-Buffy the Vampire Slayer
-Angel
-The Drew Carey Show (the first and last ones...I can never remember the one that came in the middle....that is unless there was 4 and not 3 like I'm remembering)
-Green Acres
-Flinstones
-The Jetsons
-The Brady Bunch
-Raggy Dolls (to be totally childish)
-Scooby Doo
-James Bond jr(....though I seem to remember that one to the tune of The Jetsons...no idea if that one's right or how it's supposed to go if it isn't)
Then there's the others, which I don't recall singing, but being there anyways
-Gilmore Girls
-ER (it's music, it's hard to sing)
-Ally McBeal
-The Practice
and so on...
In fact pretty much any and EVERY show had a theme....now they all seem to have a title screen, with just the name of the show and maybe a second or 2 of some kind of music, eg, Heroes, Brothers and Sisters, and October Road.
After watching season 1 of Brothers and sisters on dvd, I really liked the music they played at the end of the show, and wished that that was used for credits. It is very...Dr Quinn, or Little House on the Prairie though :P
Also Grey's started with a theme, but then bumped it for the title screen.
I guess now they all prefer to use those few seconds for actual show content...
I wonder if we will still know the themes to the old shows after another 20 years. I have a feeling that the really really old ones, like Gilligan's Island, and The Brady Bunch are sticking with us however hard we try to block them out!
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Carlie
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Mind Wipe
Doh! I forgot to take my pics for Chad's 12 of 12 again!
-I blame the fact that I'm on holidays still.
Not only have I forgotten my pics, but I also haven't been writing much here on my blog. I guess my mind is just filled with other things to do.
I've been watching a lot of dvds. I finished Felicity last week. -Loved it, especially seasons 3 and 4....probably cause I hadn't seen any of those eps.
Now I'm onto Brothers and Sisters, which I bought back in December, but I have been waiting to finish Felicity first.
I've also been doing other things. Like playing WAY too much Sims2. I've got an addiction. -Hey I admit it! lol
With the Strike being on, I've been catching up on all my shows. I've only got a few more eps of Las Vegas left (which are fairly recent) to watch.
Hopefully with the Strike being resolved, there will be some new eps of my shows soon. -Especially Heroes and Private Practice which haven't had any new eps since the first week of December.
I've been trying out some new shows. -Some might stick, others will get the boot.
I've also been doing a lot of reading lately. I've been re-reading the Narnia books in order. I've read them all at least twice each, probably 3 times. -I've read the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe way more times than that.
Hopefully I'll get a chance to fit in, To Kill a Mocking Bird. -I aways love to re-read my faves over the summer break....plus I can't really afford any new books.
The job thing is not going well. I've got two, 3-hour shifts this week, which are my first shifts in 4 weeks. -I'm NOT happy.
I've sent out my resume to a few places. Hopefully something good will come from it! -I really really really would love to be able to go overseas next summer, or winter (09). I only need a few more thousand for a trip to LA, and perhaps somewhere nearby as well. I'm dying for a trip before I get too tied down with real work....plus I'd rather spend money on a trip while I can, than spend it on a car, which for now I can live without.
I hate waiting, I don't believe in waiting for things that are important. I haven't really been anywhere, and I want to see places before they're gone, or I'm gone.
Oh well. Uni starts back soon, I'll be spending money on books, and lunch, and coffee. I'm guessing lots and lots of coffee. hehe.
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Carlie
-I blame the fact that I'm on holidays still.
Not only have I forgotten my pics, but I also haven't been writing much here on my blog. I guess my mind is just filled with other things to do.
I've been watching a lot of dvds. I finished Felicity last week. -Loved it, especially seasons 3 and 4....probably cause I hadn't seen any of those eps.
Now I'm onto Brothers and Sisters, which I bought back in December, but I have been waiting to finish Felicity first.
I've also been doing other things. Like playing WAY too much Sims2. I've got an addiction. -Hey I admit it! lol
With the Strike being on, I've been catching up on all my shows. I've only got a few more eps of Las Vegas left (which are fairly recent) to watch.
Hopefully with the Strike being resolved, there will be some new eps of my shows soon. -Especially Heroes and Private Practice which haven't had any new eps since the first week of December.
I've been trying out some new shows. -Some might stick, others will get the boot.
I've also been doing a lot of reading lately. I've been re-reading the Narnia books in order. I've read them all at least twice each, probably 3 times. -I've read the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe way more times than that.
Hopefully I'll get a chance to fit in, To Kill a Mocking Bird. -I aways love to re-read my faves over the summer break....plus I can't really afford any new books.
The job thing is not going well. I've got two, 3-hour shifts this week, which are my first shifts in 4 weeks. -I'm NOT happy.
I've sent out my resume to a few places. Hopefully something good will come from it! -I really really really would love to be able to go overseas next summer, or winter (09). I only need a few more thousand for a trip to LA, and perhaps somewhere nearby as well. I'm dying for a trip before I get too tied down with real work....plus I'd rather spend money on a trip while I can, than spend it on a car, which for now I can live without.
I hate waiting, I don't believe in waiting for things that are important. I haven't really been anywhere, and I want to see places before they're gone, or I'm gone.
Oh well. Uni starts back soon, I'll be spending money on books, and lunch, and coffee. I'm guessing lots and lots of coffee. hehe.
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Carlie
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Lazy Hazy Crazy Days
So it's practically Febuary, schools started back this week. Nikki started High School, and Scott started his plumbing pre-apprenticeship last week.
And me, well I'm still on holidays.
Mum's been home this week, so we've done a few things. I went and got my eyebrows waxed for the first time - it wasn't really painful and looks good!
Other than odd things, I haven't really been up to much. I'm very over movies at the moment. A few weeks ago, I ended up seeing 5 or 6 movies in a week and a half!
As mentioned I've seen the National treasure sequel, 27 Dresses (which I loved!), and P.S I love you. I've also seen Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Juno. ....Alvin and the Chipmunks wasn't great...but wasn't a complete waste of $9.
I ended up getting 2 free movie tickets out of Villages 3 movie reel deal. Though one technically belongs to mum cause she paid for us to see 27 Dresses.
Hopefully I'll get onto painting the dining room and the hallway this weekend or early next week. I'm running out of time before the curtains come.
I've also got to organise my classes for uni, hopefully I'll get a couple of free days for relaxation, homework, or work. Hopefully I'll also be able to find a new job. I've pretty much given up on the idea of Safeway offering me any decent work, and I'm starting to go broke. I keep putting aside money for my future trip..but if I don't get work I start taking money from it - which I really really really don't want to do, cause I'm dying to go overseas!
Wish me luck!
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Carlie
And me, well I'm still on holidays.
Mum's been home this week, so we've done a few things. I went and got my eyebrows waxed for the first time - it wasn't really painful and looks good!
Other than odd things, I haven't really been up to much. I'm very over movies at the moment. A few weeks ago, I ended up seeing 5 or 6 movies in a week and a half!
As mentioned I've seen the National treasure sequel, 27 Dresses (which I loved!), and P.S I love you. I've also seen Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Juno. ....Alvin and the Chipmunks wasn't great...but wasn't a complete waste of $9.
I ended up getting 2 free movie tickets out of Villages 3 movie reel deal. Though one technically belongs to mum cause she paid for us to see 27 Dresses.
Hopefully I'll get onto painting the dining room and the hallway this weekend or early next week. I'm running out of time before the curtains come.
I've also got to organise my classes for uni, hopefully I'll get a couple of free days for relaxation, homework, or work. Hopefully I'll also be able to find a new job. I've pretty much given up on the idea of Safeway offering me any decent work, and I'm starting to go broke. I keep putting aside money for my future trip..but if I don't get work I start taking money from it - which I really really really don't want to do, cause I'm dying to go overseas!
Wish me luck!
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Carlie
Friday, January 18, 2008
CupCakes and Lemonade
...only there's no lemonade. lol
These are the cupcakes I made from that book I mentioned in my pics for Chad's 12 of 12. I made the first recipe in the book, which was for vanilla cupcakes, with buttercream frosting. The cake part turned out great..though maybe a little took thick and heavy, but definately not bad for my first try at the recipe. The frosting however came out all wrong, cause I ran out of icing sugar. The recipe called for 8 cups...and I used all that I had which was 1 full bag and the last 1/4 (all that was left) of another bag. So it turned out a tad runnier than I would have liked, but it still tasted good and my sister Nikki and I decorated them with all sorts of fancy sprinkles we had lying around. - It's my mission to get the editble glitter from a cake shop for next time. (as well as about 3 bags of icing sugar just in case!)
The next recipe is for a chocolate cake. I LOVE chocolate cake!
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Carlie
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