Footy and the Beast...

If there is one actor at the moment I think is a bit of alright it's local boy Eric Bana... He was on Letterman the other night and it's pretty funny listening to him try to explain Aussie Rules to Dave Letterman...

Can't wait to see Love the Beast!

Movies etc...

A few years ago me going to the movies twice in one week would be common practice, but these days... I think I have been to the movies twice... a year, if that!

Last Saturday some of my favourite girly friends took me on "Allison's Amazing Birthday Adventure" which was really just a day of fun, girly laughs. I had three choices, I chose box number three which involved going to see Coco Avant Chanel which was lovely, even if we were running a little late and had to sit in the front row which was not fun with subtitles!

Today I am a bit of a loose end and it's nice and sunny, so I'm gonna take myself on another Yarraville adventure. My sister's keeper is on at the Sun Theatre. It's probably not the sort of movie I would normally go see, but I read the book only a couple of months ago, and I need a good cry!!! (that's why I'm going on my own!) Might have a bit of a wander, some lunch, coffee, check out HausFrau bakery (well I am home alone tonight!!!), add a few titles to my Books to check out in the Sun bookshop... Sounds good to me!!!

Librarians...

Attention Everyone...

The Librarians is back, series 2 starts next Wednesday at 9pm. Keep an eye out for the awards ceremony scene and look out for a certain HotRodLibrarian sitting in the very back row!!!

Thats my bag baby...

Found this great Blog Awful Library Books but was a little dismayed that the first post I see talks about the book on my fabulous library bag...

I think it sounds great... now where can I get me a copy?

Soft Porn + Bad Horror movie Gore = Quality Aussie Drama?

Ive been spending a fair bit of time on the couch where all good pregnant women should be on their week off in the middle of winter with a tub of Ice-cream (for medicinal purposesof course!).

My companion in this weeks non-adventure has been Underbelly:a tale of two cities. Quality Aussie Drama? Well there’s a lot of titties, and the violence is almost cartoon like, though I did enjoy the blood spattered lens during the cricket bat scene!

I’m only half way through so I’m gonna give it a chance, it’s kind of addictive in a car crash viewing kind of way. I really don’t remember the first one being quite this bad... Is it overkill? Cheap bandwagon jumping or just really, really bad????

So many books...

There are so many books on my list of must reads I have now got a book dedicated to them!!! Plus I couldn’t resist the cute “Books to Check Out” Library reference!

P.S. Ive already filled 8 ½ pages from my old lists, and that doesn’t include any of the books I actually own!

Pregancy Brain

You know I never believed that thing about pregnancy brain until I became pregnant myself... I thought it was just a poor excuse for everyday vagueness... No way! I have been the most ditziest, most clutsy, most forgetful, most... um... I cant remember!

A friend told me once that it needs to happen, if your brain actually had to consciously cope with everything that was going on, both internally and externally, it would have a complete meltdown! I mean, think about it, not only are you building a whole nervous system, but your whole life is about to be turned upside down! Things that were once important to you no longer hold the significance they once did, basically you are never going to be that person again and that, for me, was one of the hardest things to cope with!

And geeez I am so freakin' sick of being pregnant! No wonder... I worked out the other day that in the past year, I have been pregnant for 10 months of it!!!! and Ive still got a couple of months to go...

And to top it all off I had to suffer through my first experience of major shopping mall tanties from the Little Miss on Monday! I think it may have been punishment for her staying at her grammies the night before (which she loves... but I seem to get some major drama's every time!) Twas fun... lots of feeling sorry for me looks!!! But after lunch and a big poo it was all over!!!

Still didn't manage to get in the way of some major birthday shopping on my part... including cherry-patterned gumboots, several favourite new outfits (which all consist of PJ's and lots of other fun stuff!!!!

Akky Burfday to me...

Life has a funny way...

So you know how everything evens itself out...

Well today I was crossing the road and found $2 on the ground, I know it doesn't seem like much but I'm a bit broke at the mo so $2 is the difference between a coffee and no coffee and we all should know how important that is! But 3 steps later I step in dog shit... and it was a whopper!

Man it better be a good coffee!!!

Politically incorrect bikkies...

Sorry about yesterdays rant, well not really that sorry coz it made me feel better! Yes he's still being an immature dick but at least not at 5am so I can handle it!!!!

So still hibernating for winter, so along with watching lots of girly TV shows from the 70's and 80's that means lots of Baking/Eating!

Here's one of my mum's specialties from my childhood requested by Lesley...

Afghans (AKA politically incorrect bikkies!)

6oz Butter
3oz Castor Sugar
1/2 Tea. Vanilla
3oz SR Flour
3oz Plain Flour
2 tabs. Cocoa
2oz Cornflakes

Cream Butter, Sugar & Vanilla
add Sifted Flours & Cocoa
Mix with Corn Flakes
Drop one teaspoon full onto tray
Drop next teaspoon full into your mouth
Repeat Pattern...

Bake 350-400 degrees for about 15 mins

Ice with Choc Icing if you want

Impossible to be enjoyed in moderation!

Rant rant rant rant rant

Watch out world, there is an extremely hormonal, overtired pregnant woman coming your way who is PISSED OFF WITH HER BOYFRIEND!!!

Let me explain...

For a start it's 6am and I am wide awake...

I did not get to sleep until after 12 last night after moving onto the couch because I cannot get comfortable with this big fat squirming belly...

Every Wednesday morning he feels the need to pick a fight with me at 5am when he gets up for work knowing it's my most busy and stressful day with work and getting little miss to childcare etc.

And I thought it was only when I was going out somewhere that I might potentially have a good time that he played that manipulative card!

Look don't get me wrong, when its good our relationship is great, but for fucks sake grow up! So you stopped at the 7/11 and bought milk for me on your way home from work, big whoopty-fucking-do! What you want me to do, get down on my knees and praise you for all eternity!!!

I AM GROWING YOUR FUCKING CHILD INSIDE ME!

So grow up and get over yourself, and don't pretend like you don't read this and act all uninterested coz I know you'll sneak a peek!

Sorry 'bout that folks, but geez it feels better!

Now what's there I can eat...

Fab TV chicks

Ive been hibernating for the winter and watching way too much Laverne and Shirley and Golden Girls DVD's!

I love both of these shows for their tough talking chicks and believable characters.

Laverne and Shirley was a spin off of Happy Days, But

unlike HD, where women were either perfect house wives, dates or bratty little sisters, L&S gave us two independent women in 1959, living on their own, working in a brewery and doin' it their way!

As for the Golden Girls, well it's the first... and one of the very few times that older women have been portrayed as Sexual beings! Long before Sex and the City, there were

four man-hungry, fast talking women running around in the latest fabulous fashions!!!

P.S. What would Lenny and Squiggy do?

Bathed in pink...

Went to the Barbie exhibition yesterday... pretty disappointing really!

Went with JA, my ex-toy dept. friend and someone who gets very excited about all things girly and pink! There was some cool stuff, one of however many surviving of the original Barbie, but I would have liked to see a little historical context there, eg. these were the kind of toys/dolls available at the time and why Barbie was such a revolutionary concept!

Highlights included; Elvis and Priscilla wedding dolls, Cher doll with very Cher cheekbones, Twiggy doll with totally different body shape to the regular Barbie. I also loved the old origional Barbie Dream house which was all cardboard and had Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole records.

But the definite highlight was a little story about a boy whose (very cool and progressive) Nana bought him a golden dream barbie for his 5th birthday and helped him to hide it from his dad!

The rest of it was a big (expensive) disappointment, including the gift shop, (although there was a really nice girl working there who let us take one of the barbie paper bags each even though we didn't buy anything... It pays to be cheeky!!!!) and I reckon JA and I could have put something 10 times better together... Or we could have just gone to a toyshop and seen nicer ones!!!

P.S. one of the comments in the comments book was "I want to be just like Barbie, hey mum when we get home i'm gonna go throw up"

Yesterday Coles supermarket announced it would be paying the GST of its range of feminine hygiene products.

About Fucking Time!!!

What I guess it actually means is that Coles will be dropping the price by the amount that the tax is, the tax is not actually gone, but it's a step and a really positive message! Before the GST overhaul about 8 years ago, the tax on pads and tampons came under the title of "Luxury tax", Can you believe it?

Never felt too luxurious to me!!!!

MsBullshitFilter...

Ive just discovered a fab new blog... she calls herself Miss Bullshit Filter and she's taking a look at the strange and mysterious world of online dating... check her out!

in 1970...

Our family was invited to a 70's party, (no, not in 1970, more like about 1986) I couldn't have been more than about 11. My (slightly warped) brother came up with the idea we should dress as sailors... because in 1970 we were both Se(a)men!

(No I didn't look like this!)

Travel Pics from the past...

Here’s one of my favourite pics from my Europe travels oh so many years ago. Its my friend G at the East Side Gallery at the Berlin Wall. I really really want to go back to Berlin, and more of Germany too. I found it such a fascinating place, I love a bit of History that I can remember! And boy does that city have an interesting story or two!!!

P.S. Think I'm either getting a bit sentimental going through my old photo's... Or jealous of my lack of recent travel opportunities!

Two Events that might get me out of my Funk...

Ive been hibernating for winter... Been in a bit of a Funk and had a bit of a cold (or could it be Karma from my Swine Flu Rant!!) But I have found two events that may just get me out and about again... any one up for it?

I won I won I won!!!

I won the Tattslotto big superdraw the other night... well I probably should clarify before you go rining me up for a loan... I won $13.20... On a ticket that cost me $13.10... Still a profit so you’ve got to be happy with that!!!