dirty little secret

All American Rejects were AMAZING!!!!

Tara and i got to our seat at about 8pm.... the seats were awesome! Row A... awesome!
We talked for a little about what people were wearing and why they shouldn't be. ( you see Tara and i are perfect so we feel its okay to pass judgement on others HA HA) And why some people just didn't feel the need to brush their hair! Before we knew it half an hour passed and the lights dimmed and out on stage were AAR... i swear i stopped breathing! They were great, they played all there best songs and i think i fell in love with the lead vocalist Tyson Ritter.. like seriously in love! I didn't get too many pics, apart from my camera being so damn crap i was too busy hyperventilating.


They only played for about 45 minutes but it was totally worth it!
Fall Out Boy came on about half an hour later. In all honestly they too were pretty damn good, i really wasn't expecting them to be as good as they were.
my sister Catherine had bought tickets to see them, you see FOB are her favourite and she has crap seats, so i msged her telling her if she came to door 6 she could take mine and Taras seats because we were leaving.... I KNOW who leaves a free concert early? But Catherine was devastated i had better seats and i got to see AAR so i figured it was only fair.











The weekend came and went way too fast! Friday night We all headed out for Guys birthday... Messy.. that's the only way i can describe the night! i will eventually upload pics but right now i cant be bothered. Tara and i did a few shots and had a couple of jager bombs before settling on something a little less stomach churning... VODKA! Now before Friday night i never realised just how sneaky vodka is... one second your sitting there sipping on a refreshing vodka sunrise when BANG the 6 previous sunrises sneak up and smack you in the face.... before you know it your stumbling around wondering just how your going to get your drunken sorry arse home!
We decided to head home and at about 5.30am we thought hey lets sleep here... we were in fact in one of our friends caravan.... on there front lawn, we really are classy! We thought it was a great idea at the time, i mean who doesn't want to pretend they are camping... right? At about 8.30am that same damn morning Tara decided she is not feeling too well and needed to be sick... so We drive back to my place where she proceeds to tell me how she is dying, the only problem being that i just didn't care!!! i was so tired i just wanted sleep! love you tara!!

I spent most of Saturday feeling sorry for myself and sleeping. Saturday night i got ready to head out for another birthday, however this time i decided to drive because in my old age i just cant do two huge nights in a row like i used to! It was a pretty low key night which is exactly what i wanted and by 3am i was in bed.

Sunday i went along with Ruth to the bushfire fundraiser down at the local footy club. They were auctioning off all sorts or memorabilia with all proceeds going to the bushfire appeal... you see the fires are still burning and even though we have had some cooler weather its just not helping. With more warm weather forecast they just don't know when they will be able to get things under control. They ended up raising about $67,000 which isn't too bad for a local footy club. I caught up with a couple of people i hadn't seen in years and i got to listen to good music with great company so over all it was a very enjoyable day.

I'm pretty sure that's about all i did on the weekend... they need to make weekends longer!
2 days just isn't long enough!
this weekend Rai is coming down from Portland so i get to run a muck all over again! WOOT WOOT!!!

panda eyes

Last night was a big night.... im absolutely paying for it now.
3 hrs sleep and omg i need more!
thought i should probably write a little something down....
Did i mention just how awesome All Amreican Reject were? No? Well they were.
Will bring you up to speed when my head stops hurting.....

HOPE IT GIVES YOU HELL!!!!

holy crapola!!!

So my favourite band at the moment is All American Rejects.... now i have been in love with these guys for the last 7 years since their first album came out. so I'm sure you can understand just how upset i was when i found out they were opening for fall out boy and couldn't afford to go cos i found out so last minute... absolutely devastated!!

WELL imagine my shocked face when this happened...

**ring ring**

ME: Hello?

DAD: Hey leash do you like fall out boy?

ME: yeah they are okay, why?

DAD: what if i told you i have 2 free tickets to their concert tonight....

i was absolutely hysterical. Seriously, like screaming a child in the supermarket whose mother wont buy them a chuppa chup!!!

I had planned on being in bed early tonight cos i start work so early BUT this will be so worth the tiredness tomorrow!!

Tara just happened to be at my place when all this went down so the lucky little devil is coming with me!!!!!

tell you all about how amazing they were tomorrow!!!!

AAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH IM SO EXCITED!!!!

sickly sickness

Today i feel like arse.... i feel soooo damn sick.
Recently my hours at work have changed and i now start work at 6.30am every morning which don't get me wrong is great, i finish work at 2pm twice a week and 3pm the other three days. HOWEVER getting my body to adjust to getting up at 5.30am is taking a little longer then i expected, especially when almost every night of the week you have plans. This means bed usually doesn't happen till after 11pm, and then who ever falls asleep straight away? You have to wind down. This is what i think is my problem... lack of sleep.
It would seem this lack of sleep has finally caught up with me, i cant remember ever being so damn tired, not to mention that i think i have caught some sort of bug... this morning at work i almost had to use the rubbish bin as a bucket! So the rest of today has consisted of me feeling sorry for myself and sleep. I better get better by the weekend, i have a huge one coming up and really don't want to miss out....

I'm going back to bed..
all sympathy would be greatly appreciated!

T to the OLMIE!!

Early Saturday morning... i mean like 5.30 early i was forced to get up to get ready to head off to Tolmie for the weekend. We were going up there for the Tolmie sports day and because Allies boyfriends parents own the local pub up there. The trip to Tolmie takes about 2 and a bit hours and believe me its a boring drive, at least i think it was, considering i slept a most of the drive i really cant be too sure. Mum was a little worried about Allie and i heading up there because of the bushfires. Tolmie was under no threat from the fires, but we did have to travel through a couple of towns that have been on evacuation alert. We travelled along the highway and drove through where the fire had jumped the road.... everything was black. By the time we made it to Yea the smoke was really thick. The photo below was taken just past Yea, It was so smokey that the sun looked more like a street light.



I have never been to Tolmie before and was a little surprised when we got there and Allie said "So this is Tolmie" my jaw dropped... down the main street was a general store no bigger then my living room and a pub! I guess i should have realised just how small the town would be when allie told me that i would have no mobile phone reception.... EXCUSE ME??? How was i going to survive?


We headed off to the sports ground to have a look around, All the roads except the main street were dirt ones. Ha ha, i really was in the bush. Now you see i have been a city slicker all my life so this was a little new for me. Don't get me wrong i love to go camping and have a good time, however i also like to paint my nails, i straighten my hair just about everyday and most of the time i don't leave the house without at least mascara on! So for these lovely country people i was a prime target for them to hang shit on! lol!



We walked around the sports ground for a little while and sat down to watch the wood chopping, oh how i was impressed!! Not only did this guy chop the freakin crap out of this log, but damn he was hot!!! i think i spent most of the day drooling over him.


We ran into so people Allie knew so in between chatting i found a plaster fun house... as if i could walk past and not paint something!! It took me about 10 minutes to pick my lovely little turtle and about 2 minutes to decided painting was not as fun as i remembered.


They also had this thing called "Bash the rat" i so wanted to have a go but everyone doing it was 10 and under. I i thought i better save myself the embarrassment and not have a go.
This guy rolled a potato down a hole on a box and when the potato comes out the bottom you have to go nuts and smash the crap out of that damn potato with a plastic pipe. Looked like so much fun!!!

We found a table under an umbrella so we sat there to get out of the sun for a little while. We were minding our own business when a lady decided she was hot and started to take her jumper off.. the next thing i know her t-shirt almost comes off with her jumper and her BOOBS that's right BOOBS are out and about for everyone to see!!! She quickly pulled down her t-shirt and said and i quote "You win some you lose some" AH YEAH I KNOW WHAT YOU LOST...... YOUR BRA!!!! Firstly why wasn't she wearing a bra and secondly why wasn't she embarrassed?

We hung around to watch Matt in the three man race. The race consists of 3 parts, wood chopping, running and the horse riding.
First up The wood chopper has to chop as fast as he can through his log, then when he is through he must tag the runner The runner then runs over and collects his 27kg bad of chaff, picks it up, and runs 100m with it. He then throws it over the back of a small truck, jumps over the truck, picks up the bag and then runs and tags the horseman. The horseman then rides down through the creek, then back up over all the jumps, picks up a flag, jumps a couple more jumps then cross the finish line. ( i hope that makes sense) Matty and his team won it which was pretty damn cool of you ask me.

Once the three man race finished we headed off to the pub. I had the greatest time, everyone was so friendly. The locals are awesome and by about midnight everyone was somewhat drunk... all except Allie and I that is.

After the pub we went off to the dance (yep they had a dance going on) to see if Rhys and Ryan needed a lift home.... I'm so glad that we did because i have never laughed so hard in all my life. I stood at the door laughing as everyone did these lame barn dances. It was hysterical! Even more so because most of the guys were drunk and could barely stand up properly let alone dance.

It must have been about 12.30am before we decided to leave and head home where we all got comfy and settled in to watch American Pie. No matter how many times you watch that movie it just never stops being funny!

Ryan was the first to pike it then about an hour later it was Allies turn. Rhys and i decided to have a competition, the first to fall asleep was a loser. It was probably about 3am before i decided i just couldn't stay awake anymore, (i mean i had been up for a while) so i headed off to bed... i actually thought i had won till i started walking up the stairs and Rhys calls out from the couch "eat shit loser" DAMN IT!!!! i tried so hard!

We were up again at about 9 this morning ready for the drive home which wasn't too bad.... i mean i slept most of it again anyway.

I had a great weekend and enjoyed everybit of it i just can't believe that i have to go to work tomorrow and do it all over again!!

I can honestly say i cant wait for the next time i head off to Tolmie!!

I can't explain how this makes me feel....

The fires are still burning, however the mild weather is giving firefighters a chance to get them under control. The death toll has almost reached 200 people.
i have added some pics that i got from the net to show you just how bad things are...


This is what over 5000 Aussies will find when they return home


This pic is from the a satellite... the red dots are fires and I'm sure you can see all the smoke


devastation, it looks like a someone dropped a bomb

the sky above the fires

many people didn't see the flames coming, all they saw was this

Flames were 50 metres high


this one speaks for itself

Tonight Amanda, courts and i went to up to Wallan to see if there was anything we could do to help out, whether it be boxing up food or sorting through clothes. They told us that the next few nights they really weren't going to be doing much but if we could come back on the weekend there would be plenty to do. The lady we spoke to then thanked us for offering to help and told us that is was greatly appreciated.

In the last 5 days Aussies have dug deep and so far raised $71 million to help rebuild houses and communities, i can honestly say i have never been more proud to be Australian!!

After leaving Wallan we decided to take a drive so see the damaged caused first hand.

We drove to Wondong and couldn't believe our eyes when we saw a house standing in the middle of a charred block of land... everything around it was black but the house was still standing with no signs of damage, one of the lucky ones.

The air outside smells like fire and the moon is glowing a strange orange colour. I find it strange that every morning i wake up and go to work like nothing is wrong yet so many are suffering... it just really sucks.

i have to start work at 6:30am i should probably get some sleep.

Hopefully after the weekend i will have something a little brighter to blog about... i hope.

WELCOME TARA!!!

Ha ha so because i am so freakin cool, everyone wants to be just like me!! my friend tara has finally given up denying it and has started a blog... oh thats right just like i did!!
Check her out she is pretty damn awesome.....

This little treasure with me here is Tara



lil-tara.blogspot.com

i promise to post something worthwhile soon....



p.s im going to volunteer to help people who have been affected by the fires... so i will fill you in on how that goes tomorrow

Bushfires.....

Along with yesterdays extreme heat, came the extreme winds, that have helped fuel fires all across Victoria. These fires are the worst bush fires in Victoria's history.
So far 66 people have lost their lives, 100's of people have been taken to hospital with burns ranging from the bottoms of their feet from running from the inferno, to people so critically burned they are in intensive care. 2 fires have joined up to make a firefront of more then 100km. 700 houses have been burnt down leaving many people with nothing but the clothes on their back.
The closest fire from where i live is about 40km away, and with more high winds forecast the fires will continue to burn out of control.
To make it worse some of the fires have been deliberately lit.

Tonight it is these people and the people who have been touched by the devastation and the brave people out there fighting it who are in my thoughts and prayers.

a night of extreme messiness!!!

started off well...

Then after a few too many shots things got messy

Tara got stuck trying to get under the table.....

My wonderful drunken photography skills

The night was a blast, the hangover today isnt so much fun. Thankfully the cool change came through, so by the time we were all ready to head out it was only about 30c, not the extreme 46c it had been earlier.

The fisherman must be pissed cos im off da hook

I have to say that tonight was a lot of fun.

My partner in crime Tara

I decided to drag Tara along for the ride because i didn't want to be the only straight chick there, so kudos to Tara!
We met up with Annie and Kate at about 10 and headed off to the "gay bar" I'm not sure what i was expecting but whatever it was this place was certainly not it. I guess most people stereotype gay bars and to be honest, as much as would like to say i don't, i realised tonight that i do, which i am not proud of.

However i am pleased to say that after tonight i have learnt my lesson, and will try my bestest to not stereotype anymore.

We sat in the beer garden knocked back a couple of refreshing bevies and sat around pretty much talking crap... as we do.

Someone makes an announcement that the shows about to start and I'm all like "what show?"

I pull up a chair and sit down not sure what the freakin hell is about to go on but just going with it anyway.... the next thing i know this guy (who is in actual fact a girl with the most real looking fake moustache i have ever seen) comes out and starts miming sex on fire by kings of Leon.... yep you guessed I'm sitting in the audience of a drag king show.

Rocco D'Amore the M.C

I didn't get too many photos because the lighting was crap, crap, crap.

The show was funny and as usual parts that weren't all that funny i found hysterical.

Birthday girl and I

Kate and I

I'm sure you can tell i was in an "i love me" mood and 90% of the photos taken were of me, i have these moods often it would seem.

Its late so I'm off to bed i need to get as much sleep as i can before my mischief continues.... tomorrow night is going to be a messy one i think!

oh one more thing did i mention that tomorrow/today is going to be a lovely 45c? well it is.. SOMEBODY SAVE ME FROM THIS EXTREME HEAT!!!!!

i miss winter.....

what the?

About time....
ahhh the weekend has arrived!!
first on the list of
"MISCHIEF I WILL BE GETTING UP TO" is.....
A birthday party at a gay club.... i have never been to a gay club so this is going to be an expierience.
Im sure i will enjoy myself considering the friends im going with are fabulous.
I will have to fill you in on how it goes!



p.s Does this mean i cant check out all the hot guys?

look back and watch me smack that

So....
Today absolutely blew chunks! Worst day ever, work sucked so bad i don't know how much longer i can hold out... only 38 weeks and 6 days (that's right I'm counting) until my long service comes through and i don't know if i can make it.

This smelly guy comes through and i was ever so polite, i mean i could have told him just how bad he smelt and pointed him toward the deodorant isle but no, for once i was nice. However the end of the conversation went something like this..

Me: next time sir you will have to go through a bigger register as this one is 15 items or less and its unfair on people waiting behind you. Have a nice day.

Smelly guy: There was nobody waiting behind me when i got here so lose the attitude.

Me: I didn't have attitude.... however NOW I HAVE ATTITUDE Nobody there or not it doesn't change how many items you can bring through and next time you wont be served

he then went on to tell me i was a bitch and a couple of other choice word... UM BITE ME!

On a brighter note i came home from work and cooked an amazing pasta bake... sooo cheesy!! Have i told you how much i love cheese? Well i do!
I then headed off to my Zia's house because my awesome cousin Elyse got her braces off... that's right, no more brace face


Awww check out these pearly whites!

I was fairly excited to see her teeth as i remember how excited i was to get my damn braces off my teeth.
They look so lovely.

Also a HUGE SHOUT OUT to my dear friend Annie who turns 27 today! Happy birthday munchkin hope you had a great day!!


Kate/bestie and the birthday girl.... ohhh!!

Well that's all i got!

I HAVE ARRIVED!!!

Guys i finally made it!! Its going to take me forever to work this whole thing out because lets face it im computer illiterate.... so bare with me!
Oh and Alicia #2 thanks for changing to white cos i really like this black background i got going on!!