She of many names

12:21pm: Missouri government plots undercover sting operations against families selling raw milk
http://www.NaturalNews.com/027675_raw_milk_Missouri.html

11:58am: >Floating in a happy bubble<

Could life possibly get any better?

~A~

8:28pm: Teaser pics from the Medieval Fayre





was taking to long to upload them all. go check out my Myspace (www.myspace.com/pixel_muse )

11:42am: Ahhhh... *happy sigh* so things are looking up again. i see a bright future ahead! 

Moved in with my Rowan just over a week ago, and i have to say it is bliss. I was a little nervous, that i would end up tearing my hair out seeing him even more than before, but truthfully, i love it! waking up every morning without fail in his arms, cooking dinner together every night and being all domestic and homey. 

On another happy note - I GOT PROMOTED!!!! i am now a Senior Maintenance Officer and the Head of Certification & Air-conditioning!!! and since we operate Australia-wide that means i'm the National Head of my department! *tingles with excitement* and of course as tradition dictates the Promotion came with... you guessed it... A RAISE!!! 

so i am very much full of happy right now :) 

This weekend = House-warming. i hope you'll all come along - i promise to provide my evil punch and some blended drinks too (most likely Daquiri's). 

anyone have a drinks preference? just so i know for when i buy all the stuff for it on Saturday. 

~A~

12:00pm: TETRIS CHAMPION
 I CLEARED 200 LINES ON TETRIS!!!!

I AM TEH TETRIS CHAMPION!!!!!!!!!

*Insert crowd cheers here*

for those of you who think it's easy, i challenge you to try it! (i mean in arcade mode of course where it gets faster for each 10 lines you clear)

11:51am: Jumps up and down
 okay - mixed emotions right now. It looks like the 2ic in my department is leaving. and she is leaving some rather large shoes to fill. Part of me wants them to come to me & say - 'here's more money do you want the job?'  as it would validate all the hard work i do here. The other part of me is like hiding under the desk and hoping they don't ask as i plan on leaving here to go back to uni next year and would feel bad saying either yes and lying or no and having to really comit to the fact i won't be here next year and telling them i won't be... ie no more squezing of monies out of them to keep me happy as they know i'll be leaving..*draws breath* so ... *ponders* i wonder what it'll be? 

Could this year get any more full of awesome already? I mean fabulous boyfriend who is completely in love and dedicated to me, moving out with said boyfriend to a place of my very own, earning enough *finally* to save up for camera stuff to go back to uni, and now maybe a promotion? 

.....

okay so i don't know why i was ever so down before, life has become one big gigantic AWESOME!!! 

(apologises profusely for being so chipper to those who are not faring so well emotionally at the moment)

~A~

3:16pm: Dying of boredom
 Again - with the boredom at work... I feel like tearing my hair out! a part of me wishes i had taken Jessa up on her offer of a secretarial job with Trilby Misso and the future be damned!!! 

I haven't managed to work at a job yet for more than 2yrs... i know i'm young but it makes me feel like i am mega slack not to stick with anything. I just want to be able to afford to go back to uni and still live the life i want in the meantime... i'm dreaming right? 

*super sigh* this year is starting to look like the same old same old with just a few more fun experiences thrown in. I am going insane, i need to be busy enough to get through this year so i can go back to uni and try to stay working here on a part-time basis. either that or its off to a late-night call centre, which i have heard is even more painful a job than working retail... retail is death! so many rude, obnoxious prats buying crap they don't need and screaming at you when things break because they are too fucking stupid to read the instructions! ....

okay so i am just annoyed because the powers that be here in my little corporate world won't let me do my job properly because all they can see is their bottom line ( which is shoved so far up their asses it's protuding from their nostrils) .... 

think maybe it's time i reviewed my priorities... pretty shiny things or sanity? 

~A~

4:46pm: 08 resolutions
 Somehow i manage to be busy all day and the just around the 4.00 mark i have run out of things to do and am bored stiff. I know i should be working, inventing something to do to keep busy, i am on the company's time after all. But i just can't... i am just so bored and just waiting for all the things i want to do, create & be this year. This will be the year i finally get a tattoo, finally get more piercings, already got a new hair style - that's at least one thing i can cross off the list. 

Damn it, i'm going to do it.... here's a list of resolutions i'll be bummed i couldn't fulfill this time next year:

1. Get at least ONE Tattoo
2. Get my third ear-hole pierced and my inner-conch and my second nose piercing....
3. sign a one year lease for the next place i move
4. go to Melbourne at least once this year
5. go to Sydney to visit teh Laurel every chance i get!
6. complete at least 10 new photography projects both commercial & artisitic.
7. keep falling in love with Rowan
8. get my learners
9. get a passport and *fingers crossed* visit Hong Kong with my dad
10. spend a whole year happy, chipper & cheery with out any signs of depression 

anyways Y'all there they are.... all 10 of 'em..... darn i wish i had made a smaller list!!! 

~A~

12:10pm:

You Act Like You Are 23 Years Old

You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel like an adult, and you're optimistic about life. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. You're still figuring out your place in the world and how you want your life to shape up. The world is full of possibilities, and you can't wait to explore many of them.

12:15pm: Morning to 08
 Morning to you all...

oh god that sounds way more chipper & cheery than i feel right now... but still somehow apt. An interesting night, spent mostly on the dancefloor at faith - if the club didn't have a closing time i think they would've had to peel me off that dance floor against my will :) 

Right now i am about 5 mins away from a Pepperoni Lovers Pizza, watching some Red Dwarf 
snuggled in bed with my boyfriend... *happy sigh* 2008 is off to a good start. 

2007 is over!!! W00T

~A~

6:38pm: Plans for tonight:

Going to Eomer & Jade's 80's Horror Theme Party then off to Faith for some Crazy dancin' and such :) 

so anyone who is out at either of these events i shall you see you there!!! 

Much Love and see you all safe & sound in '08!

xoxo

~A~

9:34am: Work on x-mas Eve - how depressing!!!
I Am A: Lawful Good Human Ranger/Wizard (2nd/1st Level)

Ability Scores:
Strength-11
Dexterity-13
Constitution-11
Intelligence-16
Wisdom-18
Charisma-14

Alignment:
Lawful Good A lawful good character acts as a good person is expected or required to act. He combines a commitment to oppose evil with the discipline to fight relentlessly. He tells the truth, keeps his word, helps those in need, and speaks out against injustice. A lawful good character hates to see the guilty go unpunished. Lawful good is the best alignment you can be because it combines honor and compassion. However, lawful good can be a dangerous alignment because it restricts freedom and criminalizes self-interest.

Race:
Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like.

Primary Class:
Rangers are skilled stalkers and hunters who make their home in the woods. Their martial skill is nearly the equal of the fighter, but they lack the latter's dedication to the craft of fighting. Instead, the ranger focuses his skills and training on a specific enemy a type of creature he bears a vengeful grudge against and hunts above all others. Rangers often accept the role of protector, aiding those who live in or travel through the woods. His skills allow him to move quietly and stick to the shadows, especially in natural settings, and he also has special knowledge of certain types of creatures. Finally, an experienced ranger has such a tie to nature that he can actually draw on natural power to cast divine spells, much as a druid does, and like a druid he is often accompanied by animal companions. A ranger's Wisdom score should be high, as this determines the maximum spell level that he can cast.

Secondary Class:
Wizards are arcane spellcasters who depend on intensive study to create their magic. To wizards, magic is not a talent but a difficult, rewarding art. When they are prepared for battle, wizards can use their spells to devastating effect. When caught by surprise, they are vulnerable. The wizard's strength is her spells, everything else is secondary. She learns new spells as she experiments and grows in experience, and she can also learn them from other wizards. In addition, over time a wizard learns to manipulate her spells so they go farther, work better, or are improved in some other way. A wizard can call a familiar- a small, magical, animal companion that serves her. With a high Intelligence, wizards are capable of casting very high levels of spells.

Find out What Kind of Dungeons and Dragons Character Would You Be?, courtesy of Easydamus (e-mail)

9:08pm:

One more sleep, one more day of answering stupid calls then off on a bus and into the arms of my geekboy!

*sighs happily* 

can't wait to see him, can't believe how much i've missed him! 

guess this must be love!

:) :) :) 

~A~

12:31pm: Check out my pretties! :)
http://howcool.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=39851

http://howcool.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=5908

*claps hands together excitedly*

OMG i can't wait till they arrive! may take up to 8weeks tho :( coz the chunky ones are special order since there isn't any in stock.

Going to Toowoomba this weekend - so i won't be out at the Switch saints & sinners party - miss my geekboy to much so going to go see him :) 

anyways hope y'all have an awesome day! 

Much Love & Kisses

~A~

11:38am: Writer's Block: Warning:
 WARNING: Geeknip is addictive!

:P

~A~

9:09am: WOOT 'PUTER ALL FIXED!
My baby is working again!!!! *grins* thanx Scotty!!! and not only is my lil 'puter working again, she has been upgraded also! i now have two sticks of 1GB ram that both run at 800MB which means my lil 'puter is like twice as fast as it was! *does the happy dance* and now i also have a card reader and a t.v tuner inside her as well!!!! My printer is also working again, we had to re-install the drivers and everything to get it working, and now i can print & scan from home again! yay! (look out for my older film photos surfacing on the net)....

So in all all i am one big ball of happy! and it's only going to get better, i have dinner with the lovely Eomer & Jade tonight which will be quite loverly as i haven't had a chance to catch up with Eomer in god knows how long!. Then tommorow is 

GIGANTOUR!!!!!! OMG it's here!!! after months of waiting it is only one sleep away! this makes me very happy. I am tingling all over with goosebumps. 

Then next week have lots of fun stuff planned, going op-shopping with Flame, hanging out with Renee and doing some photos, Role-playing, working on and uplodaing new pics, hanging out at my dad's, and up for more hanging out with people as well - will also have to go to the dentist *shudders* as i really need to sort my teeth out, the pain is just unbearable... but somehow thankx to pain-killers i have managed to remain reasonably chipper despite that :) 


~A~

10:53am: *happy sigh*
 *twiddles thumbs*

at work, bored and thinking way to much about things...

find myself comfortable and settled in the single life, seeing one boy, going on a date with another tommorow night, pining over another that i'm not sure i should chase and i'm having the time of my life. This is what it means to be young and have fun. I go out with friends and have the sore-head, marks and stories to be told (and sometimes way to much photographic evidence), i do something out of home socially at least twice a week and have started networking and making contacts with my photography. 

Gigantour in 4 days! am very excited about that and plan to have a really really good time, which will probably result in most of Monday being written off in bed nursing a sore thrashed neck. 

can't get ove being excited and happy about life, it's like some kind of shock to me i still find it suprising me. Perhaps being depressed gave me an advantage in that i enjoy life more than the average person now that i am happy? well either way i am loving it - loving it to much for words and constantly that's all i find myself blogging about on this thing! 

*happy sigh*

life continues to be awesome for the Arwench and i hope it always will be! 

~A~

8:29am: Blue Screen OF DEATH!

It's official:

My computer in its last throes of life threw up at me the Blue Screen of Death. I shed a tear and then shut her down.... I sat and thought about all the lovely times we spent together and all the wonderful photos, movies & music i have stored that i may never get back. I have to re-format, re-install windows and if i'm very very lucky i may just be able to save whats on my hard drive. But it will have to wait, my stepfather can't come over till next weekend at the earliest to try and fix her. *sigh* i can't really afford a new computer so i hope whatever it is can be easily repaired. If i lose everything it will annoy me immensley but luckily i have most of the photos i have taken backed up already on discs and anything i downloaded of the Interwebs can be dowloaded again. 

now only internet chats on weekdays during work-hours, i can't even check my hotmail since i can't access it at work!!!!!!

~A~

11:30am: I don't Bite!.... (hard)
 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=318902

LOL

~A~

12:05pm: PixelMuse is here!!!!

add me! :) 

www.myspace.com/pixel_muse

10:50am: Models Wanted
Okay so in the next few weeks i would really like to start doing some more arty photography. I am going to be re-doing and expanding on a series i started at Uni 20 million years ago. If anyone is interested in posing for it, that would be tottaly awesome. 

Warning: Shoot will contain some nudity! i will not take any photos of the model's face as this is a study of the human form, and understand that modesty is a must so i will be 100% proffesional and understanding of the fact that the shoot will take place within the model's comfort zone.

Let me know if you would like to know more!

~A~

11:51am:  Spring is here and i'm on the Prowl....

*meow*

~A~

12:17pm: RED SHOES OF DEATH
Okay - walked up the street to get some yummy 'singapore curry fried rice' MMMMM.

Started raining while i walked - but i missed most of it while i waited for my order... then on my way back down to work my stupid shoe slipped.... i flew upwards and my legs then went two different directions. One ended up under my arse while the other twisted and scraped along the ground. My $14 a pair stockings tore and my knee was grazed pretty deep....

i have decided that the love affair with my shiny red shoes is over - this is the millionth time i have slipped in them and now that i have actually been hurt enough is enough......*stomps foot*

On a happier note:

get to see Pete on Wednesday night *so excited* he said last night that he missed me and was thinking about me all day!!! *gushes* oh this is just too good to be true!!!! *pinches self*....

Thankyou Universe!!! Finally you have given me what it is i have always hoped for! 

:) ;) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

~A~

8:38pm: Smitten :)

*Giggles*

Okay so i really, really like Pete....

*Blushes*

Should i ask him to be my boyfriend?

-------------runs and hides--------------------------

~A~

12:15pm: THE CURE!!!!!!!
OMG.....

OMG........

OMG..........

(still in shock)

I saw The Cure play last night at the Entertainment Centre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Words cannot describe the awesomeness of the experience!!!!

They played 'Grinding Halt' which was tottaly unexpected and half of the other songs off Boys Don't Cry(Three Imaginery Boys) like 'Fire In Cairo' (another favourite) it was so absolutely awesome and fantabulous!!!!

Their closing song was 'Killing an Arab' which is actually banned completely in the UK - i think a few ppl were shocked they actually played it! ( i know i was).

'Lovecats ' was not played-  apprently due to the fact they didn't have a double-bass. 

Shame - but more of a shame if they had played it and it didn't sound right. 

Some dickheads were pushing in front of me earlier in the night - until i pushed them back and in some very forceful words told them where to go! they left to watch from further back, i was not letting anyone ruin my Cure experience.

(my BIGGEST pet hate is ppl who push in front of people at concerts because they weren't smart enough to get there early)  

Didn't go out afterwards - i was WAY tired and my feet were literally throbbing. Curse bought me a shirt so i have something to remember the concert by. Best Birthday Present EVER!!! ( must give my little Bruz big hugs for getting me the ticket!) 

anyways that is all - any of you going to gossip tonight - see you there!

~A~