More Christmas Treats! Welcome to Christmas Eve dinner at my house:

You can have anything as long as it's PRAWNS!



Sadly I can't show you Christmas Day Dinner as we ate it too quickly for me to get a picture!

We had turkey and chicken and roast pork and brussell sprouts and roast pumpkin and potatoes and gravy. Yum!

But too much work - next year it's ham & salad.

This is the only time of the year I bake - have some of my Fruit Mince Tarts everyone!

So this year was my 25th anniversary with the Education Dept. yay me

Way back in about March the Registrar mentioned that one of the staff members was celebrating her 25th later that year and they were filling in a form so she would get a medallion and a certificate. When I mentioned it was my anniversary that year they gave me a form to fill out. The teacher they filled out a form for - me I had to do it myself. Kind of like buying your own birthday present, but you know, whatever.

November 12 rolls around. My anniversary. Nothing. The Registrar casually mentions that she saw an announcement about it in the Cleaners Chronicle - which I hadn't seen. I mention I didn't get my medallion or award. She refers me to the Principal who just kind of shrugged.

So I email my School Cleaning Advisor in the Ed Dept. A couple weeks later I get an email from someone else in the Dept. He'd forwarded it to someone who forwarded it to someone else who replied to me. Made me feel fuzzy all over reading those "can you handle this?" notes in the endless forwarding. So the Ed Dept person promises they'll deal with it.

Yeah. Right.

So yesterday was Breaking Up Day. Last day of the school year and I'm sitting in the Staff Room at the Morning Tea. (Only because SMS was down and I couldn't do any work for that hour). The Principal starts handing out gifts to the teacher's who are leaving. Okay.

The sports teacher who has been there ONE TERM gets a gift from the staff and the P&C and speeches.

This woman who has been there like SIX WEEKS - ditto. They both get mugs with the school logo - I have been there 25 FUCKING YEARS and I don't have one of the cheap-ass mugs, but these two bitches do.

Seiously I wouldn't even have remembered the goddamned things if I hadn't been forced to sit through that morning tea. But I was and now I am just... I know we're unappreciated, I know that, but do these fuckers have to rub my face in it?

At least I have 5 weeks before I have to see any of those fucking pricks again. I hope they all have shit-suck-ass Christmases. Fuckers.


*edit* Probably wasn't a good idea to send this to the Ed Dept:

Barbara.

25 years later and my anniversary passes without a thing. You have no idea how very special that makes me feel.

Thanks for nothing.

G. Middleton.

PS - pass along my thanks to Jim and Paul too - it was heartwarming to read how this was passed like an unwanted parcel from person to person. Merry Christmas. Not.

I have the feeling I may regret it. But right now I just don't care.

So the virtual Snowflake cookies were a glitch? Isn't that brilliant - we all went nuts with the freebie and broke LJ notifications. Ha Ha!

I am so glad I got some and quickly sent a few myself before LJ noticed and took it down.

To folks trying to return the favour - DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT! Please don't feel obliged to spend $$!

I love getting something for nothing!

Thank for all the cookies everyone! What a wonderful idea - a really fun and simple way to make someone feel good. Well, worked for me anyway. :-)

Hugs to everyone!!

So, what is everyone doing for Christmas this year?

We're having a quiet one - just the four of us and my sister (who is recently widowed). Roast chicken and pork, some prawns on Christmas Eve, maybe the Boxing Day Sales in the City.

You all?

It's no secret that I adore Asian woman (and guys too for that matter) and I just fell in love with Yuko Takeuchi in last weeks Flash Forward.

Simply the most gorgeous smile I have ever seen.

BEST. ONION. EVER!!!


Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck

Since Halloween is mostly over in the US there are some great deals on amazon.com - so I thought I'd pick up costumes for my dogs. (There's a Christmas Fancy Dress for the Cavalier Club Qld)

Found two adorable costumes - $27 for both which is a bargain. Then I go to Checkout.

Standard Shipping - $52.

$52 !!!! WTF? On two little cloth costumes?

Fuck you Amazon.com.

A Glimpse

A glimpse through an interstice caught,
Of a crowd of workmen and drivers in a bar room

For those interested in the Unseen Academical football cards included in the books from Borders. Picture under the cut. May be SPOILERY!



( Sorry about the quality! )

My review of Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett.

( Spoilers! )

Name a TV show series in which you have seen every episode at least twice:
American Dad

Name a (current) show you can't miss:
Supernatural

Name an actor that would make you more inclined to watch a show:
Colin Salmon

Name an actor who would make you less likely to watch a show:
Nicholas Cage

Name a show you can, and do, quote from:
The Simpsons

Name a show you like that no one else enjoys:
I don't know what everyone else likes

Name a TV show which you’ve been known to sing the theme song:
Family Guy

Name a show you would recommend everyone to watch:
Avatar The Last Airbender

Name a TV series you own:
Stargate Atlantis

What is your favourite episode of your favourite series?
"Turn Left" Dr Who

A show you mean to watch, but you just haven’t gotten around to yet:
?

Ever quit watching a show because it was so bad?
Ashes To Ashes S2

Name a show you aren't interested in watching, not in the least:
Stargate Universe

Name a show that’s made you cry multiple times:
?

Oldest TV show you like?
The Sentinel

Newest TV show you like?
Flash Forward

What do you eat when you watch TV?
Anything within arms reach

How often do you watch TV?
3 - 5 hours per day

Do you have a favorite talk show?
Does The Daily Show count?

What’s the last TV show you watched?
Dr Who there's a marathon on Foxtel

What’s your favourite/preferred genre of TV?
Fantasy/SF

What's your least favourite genre of TV?
Reality TV - blech

What was the first TV show you were obsessed with?
Due South

What TV show do you wish you never watched?
All experience helps us grow - even the bad ones

What’s the weirdest show you enjoyed?
Aqua Teen Hungr Force

What TV show scared you the most?
"Blink" Dr Who

What is the funniest TV show you have ever watched?
Mystery Science Theatre 3000

Which do you think is the best TV series ever made?
I don't think it's been made yet. Sometime in the future someone really good (and British) will make a Discworld series with different characters and adventures each week.

In conclusion: I watch a lot of animation

To Montel Williams:
 

Thank you for having the courage to say what the decent ordinary people in the world are saying. That a rich & famous man is NOT more important than the safety of a child.

And thank you so very much for talking about the victims of TODAY. I weep for the little children too afraid to come forward because someone like Whoopi Goldberg might lessen their suffering by putting it into some insane category. And for the 45 year old women who are still emotionally and mentally destroyed by acts that occurred 30 years ago - who are essentially being told to shut up and get over it.

Polanski is 76 - he has plenty of years left in him to abuse and rape more children. I do not doubt that he has done it before and will do it again - a pedo is a pedo for life.

The victim wants it all to go away - I don't blame her! But she needs to have the courage now to stand up and say that this man needs to be put away to protect all the other kiddies out there who might be his future victims.
 

I probably shouldn't have said that about the victim - god knows the woman doesn't owe anyone anything. But it burns me that the greatest ammunition his supporters have is that she wants it all to go away. Sorry, ma'am.

 

Note to self:  Don't post tongue in cheek defenses of the man who orchestrated the murder of Roman Polanski's wife* on Twitter. Not unless you want to be Followed by CHARLES MANSON!

Note to self #2: SHUT THE FUCK UP!

*Once again my stupid sense of humour has failed me. I was trying to make the point that length of time since a crime was committed doesn't excuse or lessen the crime.

I fail.

Shutting up now.

I just replied to a post on sheafrotherdon's journal regarding Roman Polanski and Whoopi Goldberg's comments on The View. Basically she first stated that she wanted to get the facts straight - that Roman Polanski was only charged with sex with a minor and that isn't rape-rape. It's rape, but not rape-rape.

That's what she said. Now she's explaining that here:

http://theview.abc.go.com/video/hot-topics-whoopi-roman-polanski

She backpedals, completly misses the point about why people are angry at her, repeats the (false) claim that 'sex with a minor' is not rape (It is under California law) and then, THEN...

*takes deep breath*

Makes molestation jokes. Seriously. And they all have a laugh and everything is okay.

I am shaking with rage right now.

Hi,
I signed the petition "Art Does Not Excuse Rape: Polanski Must Face Justice". I'm asking you to sign this petition to help us reach our goal of 10,000 signatures. I care deeply about this cause, and I hope you will support our efforts.

Went to the City today and happened upon the City Farmers Market...

OMG! I bought:

Butter (from Jersey cows. It's yellow!) There is a million miles difference between real butter and margarine. The taste is... god, I am greasy to my eyebrows right now!

Organic potatoes. (baked and smothered with BUTTER!)

Duck pate (which is great on BUTTER &...)

Bread!

Macaroons!

Cheese danish! (Great with BUTTER too!)

Cheese kranski!

A Raspberry tart - sadly probably wouldn't be better with butter - but looking forward to it all the same.

(My sister has developed lactose intolerance - I am overdosing now in case it happens to me too.)

Mum bought Parsley Pork Sausages, tomotoes & apple danishes.

We had Yum Cha for lunch and I won $100 at the casino. Good day, good day.

I am a slasher through & through. Cut me in half and you would see the word SLASH (if you wiped away all the blood etc.)

Merlin is a case in point. We all know that Arthur & Gwen are destined to be star crossed lovers etc, but I've been slashing a long time. What happens in canon can be easily ignored and/or written around by a slash writer.Easy peasy to ignore the inevitable Arthur/Gwen, right?

Oddly enough I find I don't want to. I LIKE the Arthur/Gwen stuff. She is so pretty and kind and sweet, and he is such an arrogant little puppy who needs someone to kick his ass (and Merlin can't/won't do it.)  They're really sweet together!!

On another note: Tony DiNozzo - what the hell is up with your hair in 7.01??

 

Seth McFarlane is in the pilot of Flash Forward? When does that guy get time to sleep??

*edit*This pilot was FREAKIN' AWESOME!

*wants more!*

Joseph Fiennes  looks like Chris Meloni
John Cho is so cute! Wasn't he in Star Trek?
Courtney B Vance from Criminal Intent! Sexy man!
New!Ruby from Supernatural? She's got a funny mouth.
Did I hear Dom Monaghan is gonna be in the show?

Every year about this time my MegaUpload Premium membership runs out. I didn't even realise it until I tried to download something today and got zero speed etc. So, even though I'm super broke right now I HAD to renew - and of course I had to renew for two years - it's cheaper that way.

What is wrong with my priorites?? I have like $50 to last me the next two weeks!

On the other hand - I already cooked the dogs food and filled the freezer - my holidays don't start for two weeks - and $50 buys lots of Home Brand chips.

So - good download speed vs spending money?

No contest!!

Supernatural is back - but no more SGA. *sad face* I know it was pretty crappy by the end, but I sure miss John & Rodney. *sadder face*

Sam at 20 months & Jethro at 5 months: