All's Quiet on the Blogger front

WOW, blogger-land is so quiet these days, wonder whats going on? Once upon a time i could log in and miraculously all my favourite bloggers had updated their pages with interesting, quicky or beautifully insightful things.

They must all be away on holiday.

Cause it's cute

I didn't put them in there, and YES i remembered to get them out before I used it! :)

Yarrr!

TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY - SEP 19- every yeaRRRRR

I AM SO EXCITED!

"Talk like a pirate" Day is coming up soon, and I can't wait.
It's serioulsy the ONLY day I get excited about (aside from pay day of course), bugger Christmas and Easter when you can run around "Yarr-ing" and "Shiver me timbers-ing" for a whole day!

Sadly though, it's falling on a saturday this year, but I've convinced my workmates to "observe" it on the friday!

So I've been busy cutting out eye-patches and bodgying up parrots.
Maybe I'll effect some kind of Pippy Longstocking outfit - hey, she lived on a pirate ship didn't she?

Check out the Official Pirate Day Website at the link below!
www.talklikeapirate.com

I ADORE

Words cannot express how much I truly adore the fabulousness that is Stevie Nicks.
I see these images and wish I had ethereal dresses and a tambourine!

Ian Kenny and Dickhead Crowd Surfers

I really think my assertion that Ian Kenny is the new Iva Davies is 100% spot-on.



Thursday night hubby and I went to the Birds of Tokyo concert, and although I would have ratherd (is that a word - is now) that we were going to a Karnivool concert. I'm still enjoying BOT.



I feel bad for the first supporting band though, the guitarist was OFF HIS FACE (way to impress people - IDIOT) and the sound techs should be ASHAMED of themselves.



I've never heard anything so bad and distorted. Everyone was complaining.



The vocals were way too low and the drums were way too high and it was LOUD - not in a good way either.



The second support band was Numbers Radio, not really my cup of tea, and again, way too Loud and distorted, we hung out outside and played pool until BOT came on.

Talk about a full-house! Everyone was going mental and having a great time - such a great time in fact, that people were crowd surfing.

Now might be a good time to point out that this was at an INDOOR venue, approx. 30m x 50m (i.e SMALL). It also might be a good time to mention that this was close to midnight and almost everyone was well marinated by this point.

So picture this, a SMALL CLUB, FULL OF INEBRIATED PEOPLE and dickheads crowd surfing overhead.

RECIPE FOR DISASTER

A few people were treated few small cuts on the head and bumps.

To their credit though, the bouncers did have their hands full and did eject these idiots as soon a they got their hands on them.

Back to the concert, Ian Kenny was AWESOME!!! Despite the fact (or rumour, either way) that BOT had to cancel a concert a few days prior due to Ian having a sore throat, he pulled it off and rocked out.

So BOT is the "Commercially Successful" and PC band, I still however prefer Karnivool and recommend EVERYONE check them out.

However, Birds of Tokyo are fantastic live and a must see. Now if only Muse come to town...

What part of IT DOESN"T WORK don't you understand?

So here in Aus, we have something called "The Australian Broadband Guarantee" - basically, it means that SOMEONE has to provide Broadband to your home or you can become eligible for subsidized satellite broadband.

The house my hubby and I live in is about 50 years old, and the telephone cabling is probably the same age, we also live on a floodplain.

So, needless to say, our telephony service is less than great. Matter of fact, we can't even use the landline phone because of all the noise on the line, no worries, we mostly use our mobiles anyway.
So we had the Internet only plugged in, and even though our connection speed was slower than dial-up, at least we had Internet.
Until about 2 weeks ago.

We've called our ISP, they outsourced to Telstra, who of course, claimed that the fault was beyond their line of demarcation (Explain then why the next door neighbour whose service is also fed out of the same pit has THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM) and that we would then be charged for any repairs.

Well, TO HELL WITH THAT we thought. So we called around to find out if, due to our situation, we'd be able to get a non-line-based solution.

EVERY OTHER ISP has tried to sell me line based broadband even after I've explain the line issues.

I
AM
SO
FRUSTRATED

Another ISP has offered to "TEST OUR AREA" for wireless BBand, but for them to even come out and test, we have to sign a contract.

OK, rant over.

I really just want to check my Facebook and be able to pay my bills from home when it's convenient and my colleagues aren't looking over my shoulder. is that too much to ask??

Jersey Lovin

I think i may have solved my fashion crisis - or at least come up with one (ish) workable solution.

The backstory of this is i live in the tropics, yes, Sun, sand, Reef and Backpackers. As such, the town where i live is SUPER CASUAL. Kind of good when one's having a lazy day, except for someone who has a fashion lust and a SERIOUS shoe fetish, a diet consisting mainly of thongs (read-flipflops for non Aussies) and denim shorts with t-shirt is really limiting.

I can only really bust out the boots on our 3 days of winter or if it's raining. Otherwise i get the "What the hell are you wearing???" faces from strangers. BOO!

So, in keeping with the ULTRA casual tone of the town, but also satisfying my NEED for SOMETHING resembling stylish, i think drapey Jersey might be my saviour.

I'm lusting after flowey batwing sleeved jump suits, maxi dresses, wrap skirts with long ties and tops with interesting statement pieces.

There are some great pieces on Etsy but each have certain elements missing.
Looks like i'm gonna have to make them myself .Pity my sewing skills are limited to sack bags and pillow cases. Hmmm.