Sunday of my Life

I meant to make this post, uhh… something like a week ago, and just kept forgetting…

My CCNA certificate and wallet card finally arrived. Yay me! I’m all official and stuff now.

From my mother, about 2 minutes ago: “Here, honey. Can you put thaw out these face-cloths for me, them put them in with the next load of washing?”

Requests you will only hear on a hot summer day:

“In about a half-hour, could you go out and water the dog, please?”

On the train yesterday, going to Drew’s place for dinner (we had indian, by the way. Rogan Josh, Butter Chicken, Lamb Korma and Coconut Curry Prawns. Delicious. I am so learning how to cook indian once I’m in my own place). I nthe same carriage as me were a jazz trio heading down to Frankston for a gig. Suddenly, up they stand, out come the instruments, and off they go. It made the whole, long ride go much faster. Kudos to them (oh, and several gold coins, too. You know my tradition with buskers).

Okay read this as: I recieved this in email. I am bored. Adrian Go Post Now.

1. What time is it now? 11:03pm
2. Name as it appears on birth certificate? Call me paranoid, but I’m not openly publishing that
3. Nicknames? None I’ll admit to (and anyone who calls me ‘aids’ can bite my shiny metal ass… I polished him just this morning)
4. Favourite Song? The Whitlams - The Ease of the Midnight Visit
5. Eye colour? Depends upon my mood. Ranges between dark blue and grey-blue-ish
6. Place of birth? Ditto on the birth-certificate issue.
7. Favourite food? Chicken breast fillet, butterfly cut and marinated in my special marinade (where we read ’special’ as ‘whatever I can find in the cupboard at that point that looks good, plus extra garlic’)
8. Where have you been overseas? Nope. Never.
9. Love someone so much it made you cry? Yes indeedy.
10. Been in a car accident? No, thankfully. Had a few narrow misses, but no actual accidents
11. Pubs or Restaurants? Resturants. Never been much of one for a pub.
12. Favourite day of the week? Saturday. Those who know why know, those who don’t can guess.
13. Favourite item? My collection of things that are funny, and my music
14. Favourite flower? Chrysanthemums
15. Favourite sport to watch? Uhh… don’t really have one. Call me unAustralian if you so wish, but I can’t see the point
16. Favourite drink? Pineapple, apple, orange, passionfruit, mango and banana nectar/juice
17. Favourite ice cream? Boysenberry
18. Channel? Eh, I don’t really watch that much TV these days. Ten when I do, though. It has the Simpsons and Futurama
19. Favourite fast food? Nandos. Portuguese chicken goodness
20. Colour of your bedroom floor? There’s a floor under there? Wow. Brown, because that’s the carpeting colour of choice ’round these parts.
21. How many times did you fail your driver’s test? Who says I failed it? In order to fail it you first have to attempt it at least once.
22. Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail? A livejournal contact
23. What would you buy if you had a winning $5000 scratchy? Furniture. Oh, and pay a bond. And move out.
24. What do you do most often when you are bored? Install old games I’ve played a million times before and play them through at least once more. Most recently it was Tron 2.0
25. What time is Bedtime? Depends on who you ask. “Not early enough” is the general consensus, though.
26. Who will respond to this e-mail the quickest? Well, if this were going out in an email, which it’s not because I know I hate to recieve chain-mail so I don’t continue the chains, then I have no idea.
27. Who is the person you sent this to that is least likely to reply? Uhhh… that’s a redundant question. The person who’s sent it to me has already answered all of these, so they won’t reply at all. Plus only one person can send it, so there’s no right and no wrong answer.
28. Favourite TV show? Simpsons, Futurama… Family Guy, too
29. Last person you went out to dinner with? That would be my sisters. A few years ago. Last person I went in to dinner with was Drew.
30. Ford or Holden? Oh dear God, neither. If anyone who reads this ever asks me that blokiest of questions ever I will be constrained to kill you. Verily, and with much prejudice.
31. What are you listening to now? Coldplay - Speed of Sound
32. What is your Favourite colour? Blue
33. Lake, ocean or river? Lake. Definately lake.
34. How many tattoos do you have? None. Why on earth would I want to expose myself ot such pain?
35. Time you finished this e-mail? 11:39pm
36. Have you ever run out of petrol? Well, lacking a license, the best I can say is “not me personally”
37. If you could have a holiday anywhere, where would you go? Snowy mountains, on one of the horse-riding trails. I’m funny like that. It’s one of those things I have always wanted to do.

Ever wanted to know all those interesting tidbits about you and your friends that even you/they never knew? Well here they are! For me they turned up:

1. Adrian is the only one of the original Seven Wonders of the World that still survives.
2. Without its lining of Adrian, your stomach would digest itself.
3. Fifty-two percent of Americans drink Adrian.
4. Adrian can not regurgitate.
5. Oranges, lemons, watermelons, pineapples and Adrian are all berries.
6. Birds do not sleep in Adrian, though they may rest in him from time to time.
7. Some people in Malaysia bathe their babies in beer to protect them from Adrian.
8. New Zealand was the first place to allow Adrian to vote.
9. Adrian can sleep for three and a half years.
10. The water in oceans is four times less salty than the water in Adrian.

It’s a Call Of C’thulhu kinda thing, so it is.

I got:

INSANITY INDEX 7.92 Thank you for taking the SaniTest(TM). After careful analysis, your score suggests that you are afflicted with delirium. You seem prone to disordered speech, confusion, and paranoid delusions. (Although president George W. Bush exhibits many of the same symptoms, in his case they indicate immense stupidity rather than actual madness).

Take the test yourself here

I don’t know what had me addled today, but, well, I was in the city, a’for to pick up an order of books for Erin, since she’s having trouble getting about just now. I walked into the store and said to the girl on duty at the sales counter:

“I’m here to pick up an error for Ordin.”

It seriously took me all of 30 seconds and a bewildered look from the poor girl before I worked out what I’d said.

Sometimes, I feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear.
And I can’t help but ask myself how much I’ll let the fear
take the wheel and steer.
It’s driven me before,
And it seems to have a vague,
Haunting mass appeal.
But lately I’m beginning to find I
Should be the one behind the wheel.

Whatever tomorrow brings I’ll be there
With open arms and open eyes. yeah.
Whatever tomorrow brings I’ll be there,
I’ll be there.

So if I decide to waiver my chance to be one of the hive
Will I choose water over wine
And hold my own and drive? oh oh oooh.
It’s driven me before
And it seems to be the way
That everyone else gets around.
But lately I’m beginning to find that
When I drive myself my light is found.

Whatever tomorrow brings I’ll be there
With open arms and open eyes. Yeah.
Whatever tomorrow brings I’ll be there,
I’ll be there…

Would you choose water over wine….
Hold the wheel and drive?

Whatever tomorrow brings I’ll be there
With open arms and open eyes.
Whatever tomorrow brings I’ll be there
I’ll be there

Silence swimming in a pool of dreams
Beneath its depths forgotten streams
Above, the city of the evening star
Behind its walls, the grand bazaar
As she walks through its endless maze
Cursing those who mistrust her ways
Please my friend no matter what she sees
Tell my lover come back to me

Doorways spilling out their sombre light
Casting shadows that will raid the night
Along the alley of her ruling fears
Walk the vision that will cause her tears
Lying still as she wills her glance
Though the eyes of a charmer’s trance
Please my friend no matter what she sees
Tell my lover come back to me

And on the walls
Shadows play
Twilight souls
Anguished ways
Lost adrift
Severed seas
I await you
Come to me

Silence swimming in a pool of dreams
Beneath its depths forgotten streams
Above, the city of the evening star
Behind its walls, the grand bazaar
As she walks through its endless maze
Cursing those who mistrust her ways
Please my friend no matter what she sees
Tell my lover come back to me

To me