Reading jael's journal

-God, how long has it been since I've been on NAO, how long has it been since I've been on the computer!

Yes, life in Ausslieland has pretty much taken off for me and it's never been busier. Aside from the initial misery that I know everyone faces whilst moving countries things have been going pretty great. Australia is seriously one of the best places I have ever lived in and with my photography course stressing me out to the limit, I seriously dont even have time to do my own laundry or sleep these days.

I dont think so much its the uni life that I'm in love with (although it may be a big part of it)but more so the people here, I can honestly say that over all the people in melbourne are the warmest that I've ever come across, even though life is laid back here, there is still just so little time and so much more to do.

Hmm... where can I start?

Well firstly, I have vowed never to drink over 2 vodka lemonades any more unless and until I have a friend who would be able to control me when I'm drunk. It goes somthing like this - after going to a friend's party and downing to tequilla shots and being highly drunk (again, I dont drink much and get high 'very' easily) and ended up taking this Brazilian guy home with me... it was one of those things that you wake up in the morning and have an instant cringe. Now he wasn't too bad of a looker or anything but mainly the waist long hair and his constant high pitch end of the sentence tone that literally started to drive me insane. Pretty much the same tone an airhead blonde uses while talking to children.

Now - if that wasnt enough I had to cut my hand while washing the dishes (or those flimsy glasses to be exact) and ended up getting 5 stiches down the base of my palm.
I've gotten bruised and broken a few things but I've never had stiches ever in my life and it was ....utter...and....complete...hell.... I have a very strong feeling the doctor went in with stiches a wee bit too early and christ! i never thought anesthesia shots would get me hyper ventilating!!

Ofcourse my friend Kazuma (whome I had called about an hour later to help me around with some of my stuff) had no problem helping me dress and undress. Who would have thought a bloody cut in your hand would restrict full arm movement!

However, things are okay now and I'm getting the stiches off tomorrow. =D

We all know that no one can vow not to take more than two vodka shots, especially if your invited a good friend's party soo... I ended up getting pretty high that night and.... *looks down shamefully* .....got with another guy.

*sigh* This guy I couldnt help, he was too bloody good looking for me to resist. Though Eric and I may start dating soon with the way things are going now *does a little nutty dance*. It's really been a while since I've actually had a relationship.

Christ, I really miss NAO, it shouldn't be long now that I have the internet at home and I can actually read all the articals rather than skim through the ones that are just relevent to me and keep me updated here.

Life is really a bloody rollarcoaster here, but at the end of the day I have a smile on my face no matter how tired or zonked out I am.

You guys probably have noticed that I'm pretty heavy dutily wired to caffiene at the moment and should probably get back to work instead of writing updates on NAO ;)

Side note - Martin, I know I have a long email (which is in progress) overdue... =)

And hello's and hugs to Rosy, Aynjell and Null, hope you guys are doing well, and ofcourse to the rest of the whole NAO crew :D

Foosh... Aaughh!!... Foosh... Aauuggghh!! - Cold spray deodorant

This post was edited by jael on Mar 17, 2005.

Nice to see you too, jules!

My mind is made up...not like my bed, which is a mess.

rosyxxx *sighs*...

Let me explain something here...

I don't WANT to write lengthy posts anymore. I don't want to be visible. I don't want to step on the toes of my nemesis for now... Call me a coward, but I just don't need the crap in my life.

So, henceforth, unless, I really get the itch to reply to someone, as I did in my first post back on the NAO to zen, who apparently thought I was attacking him -and considering that I attacked everyone in the book I could possibly find who remotely resembled the nut who was harassing me- I could see that...my plan is not to post at all.

Aside: No hard feelings zen, and none toward anyone who unnecessarily got caught in the fray. If you didn't know what was going on, then don't worry about it. Water under the bridge. Beyond that, if you have questions... come find me on the pager. If I know you, I will answer.

Furthermore, I had no intention of posting anything else until I saw that there was still some confusion over what happened more than a month ago, and in fact, STILL think that this post, and the one before it, and the one before it still, probably shouldn't be here... I should just be invisible.... in other words - a lurker!

In other words, what I was for a month.

Don't get me wrong... I do miss posting, and I miss chatting with you all, but I think it is best if I don't post at all, or at least keep it to the minimum.

So, circuitously getting to the point, is it possible for me to post a short "hi!" to my friend jael without six words being rated? I just thought that it would be cute to respond in the spirit of the title to her post: Peek-a-boo!, and to be relatively obscure in my presence on the NAO. I didn't think that six words merited that much notice, over other more worthwhile posts. Maybe this sounds petty, and it is, I'll be the first to admit, but so is wasting time rating only six words that are only saying hello. We've been through this before, people. It's sort of like saying: Hey, I really, really liked your 'short greeting'! It was spectacular, splendiforous, and absolutely stupendous in its ability to get right to the point: "hi".

And yes, I am a smartass. I personally prefer to spend my time rating something much more worthwhile than a simple 'hello' that does not contain anything but niceness. :) I figure, if I am so far up on this site, at least, that if I don't really want to post anymore, I could at least take the time to: read other people's 'good writing' and rate it, to help the newbies gain more ground based upon excellent posts, and to show my support for the great writers and photographers on here.

Not that I care personally for myself about the rating anymore, but reeaaaally. I can't help harping on this point: How do you 'rate' 6 words that are only a "hi"? I see other people communicate here in that way all of the time... and the only time anybody slaps a rating on it[/usually], is if it is a)more than one line, b)spam, c)really funny, or d)really incendiary.

The above greeting to jael was e) none of the above. ;P

Maybe the above 'rating system' that I just delineated is only in my head and no one else's, but, if the common usage is any indication... then I beg to differ.

People, please, spend your time rating stuff that needs a rating. Read meaningful posts and rate those please. Thanks for reminding me to stay below the radar. I will resume doing so. Effective now.

But if you know me, then you know where to find me...

Jael, it really is nice to see you and hear about your exploits in Aussieland. The whole story about the stitches had me in 'stitches'. - go ahead... moan, I know it was a very bad pun- I enjoy reading your posts and everyone else's. Keep us 'posted'. Ouch again! ;P I've enjoyed everyone else's posts, particulary the stuff about the 'Pope' and Jolt Cola... as a matter of fact, I wonder if the Pope has ever tried Jolt Cola?And jael, if you are still there, sorry for hijacking your post. You can spank me later.

And by the way, I can't believe I just wrote this totally useless and 'soon to be ignored' post. I guess that makes me 'hypocritical', which reassures me that I am not that different from everyone else, as I might have formerly and erroneously assumed.

Ah, it is good to laugh at oneself now and then...

As I said two paragraphs and three sentences ago...

if you know me, then you know where to find me...

Jael, I shall, in the future, say hi through the e-mail, if that's cool with you. Didn't really mean to hijack your post, I am just treating this post as if it were one of the only two that 'newbies' get a day... before I disappear again.

I'd love to see your photographs from Australia. If you are knee-deep in photography class assignments, I shall then wait with baited breath for your next installment of photos.

I'm here... I haven't forgotten about you all. At all.

ciao bella, rosy3x

P.S. The above was almost a completely useless post. Except for saying 'hi' to Jael again. How's that for irony? Oops. Sorry... I think I just took the wind out of the naysayers' sails. Punctuation is key. And the key is closer than you might think.

Whatever. I'm just being a smartass again. Nothing hidden here. In fact, I'd say that my dirty laundry has been 'aired out' so much that it should smell pretty springfresh by now... maybe not like a 'rose', but, oh well, what can you do.

Life is short. Photographs are forever. Until they get caught in a housefire...

My mind is made up...not like my bed, which is a mess.

This post was edited by rosyxxx on Apr 28, 2005.