gabe and avoca
despite being quite in the mood to just lie down and pass into an unconscious state of sleep - i decided to post a bit about my friend gabe since he's quite interesting *grins* and just ramble a bit about a fantastic time at avoca beach.
Firstly - avoca - i've returned from there quite early seeing as my option was either one night or five nights. On this one night we managed to eat fish and chips, pizza, pasta, garlic bread. it doesn't sound like much but it was an incredible amount of food for 6 people, or more 4 people seeing as gabe and adrian were only interested in the battered fish.
The waves at Avoca was like freshie - unrelenting, unforgiving and COld!~ The tide was also coming up and all the little holes dug by kids were hidden. When I got up from lying in the warm warm sun, There was also this brown dog by the name of Kolby who was on the beach staring at Gabe and Adrian looking like it wanted to eat them. Anyhow i crawled up to this dog and it uses it's ability to emotionally guilt-trip you into being sympathetic to play with it. I.e. it started sulking and whining like a puppy. So there we were with Kolby's stick - hurling it in the air playing fetch. This is no ordinary stick by the way, it was like 1.4 metres long, heavy, unbreakable to smaller bits, and hurling it was no easy task! In fact I became so weak that when I tried to hurl it, it went like 6 metres and almost whacked the dog because he runs so fast and the stick nearly landed on him. Gabe hurled the stick in the direction warner and holly were sun-baking probably wanting the dog to run or jump over them. The dog was pretty clever i think, despite the oversize stick and dragging it around, it seemed to take care not to have it poke people. aw..
Holly, Warner, Byron and I also stayed up late talking about random things - mostly things about the antics of our mutual friend gabe - and everything we were informed greatly surpasses what we originally knew about him. Things that I cannot say in written text because words just do not capture it. I mean just today when we went to the Entrance and rolled around on the sand banks there, Gabe was trying to jump and flip and consistently we'd hear a *thump!* when he'd hit the sand on his back. Byron was convincing him to do this on a slope because the depth of a slope could give his feet room to land. So there Gabe was on a slope, run, jump, flip, *thump!*. The risk adverse part of me kicked in and there i was standing next to Byron (who was saying "Go Gabe - it can be done") with to hands waving saying "Please don't!" and then Gabe would run, jump, flip, *thump*! the boy is made of steel or something. he also started a sand ball fight and holly and i couldn't tackle him. in fact i don't think we managed to tackle anyone except warner and in those cases we also had to fall in face first in the water.
We also ate ice cream. *grins* I made some sand turtles on the beach (which a passing dog decided to mark as it's territory! buu) We saw pelicans eye gabe like it's food too. *laughs* had sooo much fun!
Oh the only thing that annoyed me at one point in the day when I was trying to take a nap were the cicadas and the constant songs they were singing... Oh and one thing that scared me was the illegal driveway that was at like a 60 degree angle - if i was driving, i would not have driven down that.. Oh and i was making (annoying) sound effects at times when Warner was driving.. it was fun *laughs*
xmas 06
Reserved
*yada..* harbouring some hurt feelings. Some days it’s easier to hide, some days it’s not, and in front of some people it’s easier to hide, and in front of others it’s not. Aih, self control is slightly under-employed methinks.
I think it’s time to be a bit more reserved. Have to practice sitting on my hands before doing anything that may not seem very bright ne. *yosh!*
Not in my brightest or glimmery of moods of late. c'est la vie. This is despite meeting sean for breakfast on xmas morning. Admittedly, I only woke up when he rang and was hopelessly late. He did not admonish me lightly either. His comments were not unfair and were in fact completely reasonable but was not well received. It was such a minor incident and appropriate to friends, but for me it only affirmed that I have fond memories – but perhaps that is what they can only be. Yes, I was so stressed after he rang me, I considered just an apology and a no-show and then I thought no, no this is neural-pathways working and I need to be better than that.
When I say a minor incident I’m referring to his comments and not my tardiness by the way. Yes, my lateness was inconsiderate and hurtful but the comments forgo any amends I can make, and make amends pointless. I bring to these meetings a great deal of apprehension and sadly it does not alleviate. -delete delete madly-
After dinner I returned home and took a nap. I think i must've been grumpy which possibly compounds me thoughts... du du du...
Boxing day I persuaded/bullied Veebs into watching Open Season with me in Imax. Woo~~ it was pretty cool. I think I’m easily going to grow on watching documentaries. I liked and enjoyed the film very much. Then we went for a walk around town and watched in astonishment as people had to line up to get into shops like Nine West and General Pants… I was incredibly shocked.
In David Jones, the footwear section was completely raided and the items that riddled the floors, the walls, everywhere wasn’t cheap either. Manolos here and there, Burberry, Bally, you name it – all a tackily embedded in mess. I saw a pair of shoes I liked but the price tag I didn’t like. *laughs* there aren’t many price tags I do like too. I don’t want to spiral downhill in a life of credit *nods*. Come 2007, it's time to be stingy again~~ *grins*
Headed to beaches with Gabe, Holly and Warner. not sure how long i'll be staying. Don't think i've packed enough for a long stay. which way to avoca...?
dinner again
Attended my dad's work dinner the other day. He'd booked a room which had karaoke - so needless to say Jade and I were singing to our hearts content. We realised that we sound very very similar *laughs*
Before jade got there, some younger friends were there too and it mean I had to sing 'twinkle twinkle little star', 'mary had a little lamb' 'santa claus is coming to town', 'little drummer boy' - you name it!! and others with the kids. Then when jade arrived, she had to sing 'do-re-mi', and 'yellow submarine' and i laughed so much because they were l-o-n-g songs and i was so thankful i escaped that. *then* jade and i hogged the microphones for a while, and the kids were like 'we want to sing 'we will rock you'" so we're like Allrrighhht bring it!
then my dad wanted to sing random songs .. anyway, *I* had fun. Some of my dad's friends looked at us - i think we were a bit loud since it was a small room. I think i have photos - don't want to look at them just now..
Hope you're all well, wishing you a festive, warm, safe and merry Christmas and all the shiny and sparkly things you could wish for! *hugs*
dinner
had dinner with the girls (rita, loksee, donna, bronwyn and laura) at spicy island again. we wore our kinds from our xmas bonbons kindly provided by donna, read jokes with great gusto and ate HEAPS all for $14~~ bargain! total bargain!
when we were leaving loksee said we should sit outside next time so as not to disturb anyone - but we werent loud.
it was so relieving after a hectic day at work. I ate like 10+ lindt chocolate balls at work and had mochas. Was answering strings of phone calls for people 'checking status of application' *grimace* THAT is not a query worthy of calling about!!!! where am i going to start to check for the status - pile loads of applications EVERYWHERE.
thank goodness for ability to multi-task.. now i just need a better memory to remember all the things i was half doing.
phone
my mobile phone has 13 numbers in it. These are people I frequently call. Um. It means that I can't call you out of the blue without your number. Too tired to chase you for it though. I'll wait til you call.
I'm going to put the Darth Vader theme on my phone for unrecognised numbers *grins!* and put it really realLY LOUD. When i get around to it..
holly
Happy Birthday Holly~~
how did the splendid party start?
Jim, Pat and I walking to karaoke bumping into
Holly and Raf on the way.. walking down the street randomly talking until i broke into song "the animals came in two by two hurrah!" *hurrah!* Holly of course, talking loudly in a unrestrained manner *grins* (well you were Holz..) which is fine with me. *nods*
how did the spendid party end?
Um. i wouldn't know because i didn't stay out til 5/7am like the others. I went home in a huffy mood at 1:30 - could easily have broken out into tears - i've said it once, i'll say it again I Blame Tequila and the horribly generous servings people pour. let's leave that at that.
the middle bits:
Oh the drama. My gosh. dunno where to begin. Holly (and gabe and warner) gave me a HUGE box of lush goodies.. i'm like.. how am i going to use all this? is this a comment against my water conservation character? Totally awesome. In return, i of course gave holly a hastily package thing. I wasn't so much as lazy as having run out of time, so into a work envelope it went. I'm really happy she liked the eyeshadow and lipstick i picked! in terms of colours and brands, it tends to be a personal thing.
For those who know of these kinds of karaoke parties - yes it was like a riot in there. constantly annoying people by making them sit in uncomfortable positions to squeeze past them. As usual ice, liquor, everything spilling here and there. Loud noise... mm. yes all that kind of thing.
I already emailed the few pictures i took. mm.. *joyce goes off to find a snack*
birthday
happy belated birthday to me. *grins* a belated post..
On the actual day I was just working, and after work had snacks in the library. Then went to an internet cafe for the third time in my life to locate patrick (level 50 something on his game) and assisted him in killing time before jim, janey and he went out on their Friday night things.
A week later, i celebrated by having dinner at Chedi (formerly called Thailand) at Newtown. We sat on cushions and I was the only one to exclaim every so often that my legs were aching. The food there was okay - I liked the grilled chicken and the vegies with peanut sauce, oh and i liked the fish souffle in coconut milk as well.. thinking about it is making me hungry..
I had a lot of fun -mm trying to think of some highlight moments such as wendy spraying foundation on judy's face and everyone gasping and waving the plumes of foundation away from the food..
After this, patchouli and i joined jim et al at karaoke. Some strange moments there. Then Nat and I went to scary canary.. i'd never been there as a club. strange place. We managed to jump the queue when i went up the bouncer with my bags of left over cake going 'pleease..can you do something about this line, my friend and i have waited for ages'. Red rope was raised.. then nat haggled for an entry discount.. and please, i don't want to drink Jaegermeister ever again..
I haven't been out for a long time.. so my brother was calling my friends at 2am seeing where i was. *blush* *laughs*~~
Then saturday I made it in time to scribe and then I went to mind a table at marigold. That was at 1pm. Jim and janey came at like 2:15. He should eat more and get more meat on them bones! Then we went to watch Borat. (oh dear..) The vulgarity in the humour was a bit over the top for me. but it had some parts that i didn't mind. I wonder if the first equestrian animal on the movie was a donkey.. seemed like a horse.. but maybe it was a donkey.. gee.. i dunno..
After i returned home, i just switched off. then i woke up with aching pains in my neck. *grins* how silly..
Then yesterday i received a call from gabe telling me he'd come by to drive us to the beach. So off we went. now i have a tan line - a wet suit tan line.. and not being a strong swimmer, being tossed by non-stop waves and continually dragged by the surfboard and gabe giving looks of ever patience and yet impatience to hit his own big waves, I gave up.
I did try swiming out and after about 20 stokes got really tired and then all the big waves got to me. I went to lie on the sand.
gabe said "I've never seen someone give up so easily" Gabe it was dangerous!!! I can't even see properly *grins* It's kinda fun to be tossed by waves IF you remember to take a big breath in..
Oh - mental note - the keys to home are in the boot of his car.. (argh!)
