28.11.04

so i had vegeminte on toast for the first time since being here, nearly 2 months, wow i cant believe i was surviving without it, and well turns out i wasnt coping as good as i hoped. i burst in to tears. damn spread.
smiles all round now tho
please please please let them give me a cell phone tomorrow, after many trips to Social Security i sodeserve it. i need to sms. i need texting back in my life. but then againNOBODy text messages here, havent noticed it one little bit. tisk tisk get with it.
Man i really need to start planning some travelling trips.

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27.11.04

*SKOOL SKOOL*
gobble gobble and what a festive Thanks Giving i did have. started off at home with 'the family' watching Macys parade in Pj's and making pumpkin pie. (the pumpkin comes in a can!! too easy and suprisingly yummy) Then i treked out to meet Juana and her son (yes yes) and we went to her inlaws for turkey. oh man that was entertaining, and pretty laid back. Yes Uncle Corky did infact know Elvis, and has proof, i was too excited. Although it ws nice as pie to be be invited to their dinner thingo, the boy and i couldnt wait to escape so while Juana stayed to clean up, we drove back to where they were house sitting and watched telly.... or did we?? thinking there was some snogging going on, hmm whos room was that anyway? i am totally excited but weird about it.
and then i shared a bed with his mum... funny stuff
I watched the Terminal...i cant believe it. as that was one of the inflight movies on the 12 or so plane ride to L.A. and i went out of my way NOT to watch it. i wasnt...i shouldnt have.....oh but i did. lets not talk about it.
i cant believe people deep fry turkey, yep yep like a roasted one isnt enough. god some of the food here is bizarre.
oh god 'he' was wearing a t shirt with a clown on it, i couldnt close my eyes for one second.

man its fun being this cool, and am so not gonna call him :)

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24.11.04

so arent you just the happiest person evr to know that i just go tdrunk and a lift home with someone that was so so happy to learn that i had not only heard of The Streets but actually loved their guts out!!! Could she be the closest thing i have found to "normal"??
had dinner, drank wine, went to a movie, drank wine, drove me home....umm friend for life. she is British......oh i gotta love her.

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23.11.04

say what?
why oh why do people associate Australians with putting 'shrimp on the barbie', umm dont we call them prawns. man i sound so oz saying 'prawns' and as deliciously tasty as they may be, i think that word should be banned. its not a nice word.
so found outi have Thanksgiving off work but now feeling the pressure...what am i to do. do the family thing and celebrate it with the family i am staying with or go with Juana to her family dinner thing. "He" said he would go if i go, hmm will there be wine?? do you feel like getting nasty...
i bought a Christmas CD from Starbucks (oh gosh i could throw up just thinking of the smell of that joint) on Sunday, its the greatest. think i will be sending it home to mum. i owe her as she just sent me a package which cost her 77 bucks in postage, oh i am hoping its as big as it sounds. who cares i just hanging for the video enclosed as she taped Australian Idol and Merrick and Rosso for me. impatiently awaiting its arrival.
how come i never got in to That 70's Show before now, i love its guts out.
was i speaking weed on the weekend? who was that with? hmmm

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22.11.04

umm did i just get accused of having yet another blonde moment?? umm i forget as i may be drunk, well thats what others say but i just say i am the happiest girl in the world coz i got taken to this party today as a fill in, and ended up walking away pissed. thanks for the wine Birthday girl.... well they say i could be pickled i just say that i am happy i finally discovered Skittles Bubblegum, oh the tastiest thing ever. you heard.... TASTY!!!!
hmm still pplaying gams with this guy, that although i thought wasnt my style, turns out its so my style. as long as i have the upper hand always i am keen, and that goes without saying right??
this man was wearing eyeliner at he party today, love him but fear he could break his wifes heart!
Pete wants to be me!!!!!

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21.11.04

ok so i had the blondest moment over while out the other day. i had to ask some guy at the bus stop how much a 'nickle' was worth. i could've died. i guess its my own fault because up until now i have avoided using coins when purchasing things at the store or wherever, so i didnt have to deal with the whole different money thing, and so i was in my happy little 'note using world', and coins and their values hasnt been an issue until then. oh hang on i have befriended the wonderful 'quarter' but thats it. i love quarters, a 25c coin is brilliant. so thanks to the dude that explained that i infact needed two nickles and a dime to make 25c!
i was having this drama all because of my kind heart. On my way to the bus i gave some homeless guy half of the coins in my purse, leaving me with no quarters. he blessed me, oh i loved that man, but wow back off!! Not only was he speading some holiday festive cheer, and making me feel good about myself, he, in the end, was teaching me a life lesson.
i am so queen of the roads here, on the road again glory glory so happy to be back. i have found my radio station too so getting behind the wheel is my own little retreat. umm the radio station is a little RnB but will do for now. i miss the J's
i am dying for my day off tomorrow, its going to be the best thing ever!!
oh thanks giving is just sround the corner, how very American. lets say tropicana americana

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15.11.04

P.S.
is Kevin better then Omar??

touchtyped by kate at 2:47 PM ♥

Hire Shoes
ok so i just went bowling and of course i got suck with the shoes that had the fluro orange laces. i pulled it off well. had to borrow my friends socks too, hmm testing the boundaries of this newly formed friendship. i got one strike and won one whole game. so i am quitting while i am a head. we had to leave a shoe behind the counter as like a deposit for the hire shoes, and i was like umm can you just take both so i dont have to hop with one foot. think my accent charmed me out of that one.
Got a tincy boozy tonight as we hit the bottle shop and bought some Aussie wines, oh my god i never wanna say cockatoo ridge again. felt like i was home for a brief second, oh except i wasnt drinknig from a cask, out of large blue plastic cup, in the back the car. oh minging in the middle of the night, nothing better.
So i have plans to go out Lauras house on Wednesday night where she is cooking dinner for friends. Yay i get to meet some D.C people. She is british and works in the Senate. thats really all i know about her.
ok so my boss' brother lives in Holliwood and directs movies. too kool for skool!!! he knows George Clooney..impressed. i need to meet the mysterious brother named Bing....

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11.11.04

so i dont know why people feel compelled to tell others what they hate during the day but any whooo i tried cookie dough ice cream today, and i just finished off a toss salad that had dried cherries in it... delicious!! the ice cream was totally unlike what i expected but i loved its guts out...
My visit to the SocialSecurity office today was not only unproductive as i had insufficient paper work with me, but it was also hideously hilarious. What an interesting bunch i people i came in to contact with. a little too closely in some cases. There was this middle aged woman that told everyone that sat down, that there was a "cutie on duty", meaning the fat dude on reception. People were cheering while watching Divorce Court, hmm very appropriate public viewing. There were people that hadnt showered for weeks, there were two ladies washing there lips and inhaling some liquid out of a bottle, and there was some chick that sat next to me and half her butt check was, no joke, on my leg. "please call my number please please" "number 49!!! please please" oh god and i have to go back there still. i totally needed retail therapy after that ordeal.
oh life in america is treating me mean, keeping me keen....
I saw a chipmunk.

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9.11.04

Being the outsider looking..cool
think i got a little narkie at my boss today, opps. Are you having a bad day, she asks me, i clearly answered that by NOT answering that. All is cool, but dont talk about priorities lady. auuuhh a sigh of relief coz i think that brief moment today makes this officially a job. love hate relationship building after 3 weeks. oh god three weeks, thats almost a month, thats nearly only 11 months left,good or bad thing? i feel numb as it is too cool to call.
My weekend consisted of just the Sunday which was very sunny indeed. i was out with Juana for the whole day which ended by us and her daughter grabbing a quick Margarita before they dropped me off. nice. wasnt so keen on the bar guy that dropped my I.D. into the tray off slops, told him to lie to me so he said it was H2O and polished it up for me. I watched football, which after watching it all day i thought i would have some idea but no no i havent a real clue about it. but i guess it was skool to watch. but then again i dont think it is skool to watch.. Whats with me going to church? i did it again. oh holy man i forgot to mention that people actually take their own tamborines to jingle along with their singing to. i so want one, need one, gots to have one! Visitors were asked to stand and get greeted, oh i escaped it the first week but not this week. this dude in front of me was so keen to get me to stand , twisted my arm in fact. oh i made it quick believe me. never again. i am my own little celebrity there.
Another mention about the fashion i am bringing to the country. i say watch and learn baby. at least i am getting the stereotype off us all dressed in 'crocodile man' like outfits. i think it was said in a positive way, but how will i ever know.
Saw this boy again, and the fact that i found out he has just started seeing someone, didnt put me off but he was going around singing this song all day...think that was the clincher. No one will ever find out what the actual song was, but it wasnt good. He played that 'so into you' song for me which i thought was sweet, but hey what did he just make a joke about my feet possibly being smelly. think i just inherited a brother... will see. he still abit cool. o o o o he said i can drive his car. who me? yes you .. now get into my car. the Cadillac is the biggest thing i ever seen :)
kisses kisses and some good ol truckin loving xx

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7.11.04

if its your birthday today, i'd like to say.. i hope you have a hapy happy day!!! horray
hip hip horray Brookie babe, thinking of you, loving that you are now as old as me, once again. wait for it.. heres one big ol CHEERS TO YA MO FO HEAD! for ya
...*!!(clunk)*#@...
you are fantabulous and i love ya

touchtyped by kate at 2:00 PM ♥

SHOCKS ALL ROUND
well life isnt really suppose to go on like normal with me gone, is it? been gone three weeks and it has already changed more then i ever thought possible. Firstly i heard and have confirmed that someone i have been friends with throughout my melbourne life, (who i have always known to be gay, oh so very gay in deed) is in actual fact engaged to a chick now. umm excuse me. getting married in January. oh wont mum and dad be proud
Then i get a 'i've got some news for you' phone call from my sister(A), tellin me that she is having a baby. i instantly put up the walls and have been having a hard and selfish time dealing with it. clearly i am happy for her and to be Aunty to another wonder, but c'mon, how can i be jumping for joy when i am going to miss out completely on the whole process of this thingy. i am so sad about it inside, and for the first time in my short 3 weeks here i so wanna be home right now. i wanna be there for her, i wanna be there for it all, i am so far away. i mean couldnt they wait until i was at least living nationally..??.....? but happy sad happy sad. processing time for these two lots of huge ass news definetly needed.
getting confident driving now.
i was asked "do others dress like you in Australia?" umm what do you mean.. is everyone as cool as me? the answer .. well the question really is, are you cool enough to hang with a girl like me?? i think we all know the answer to that.
Heading out tomorrow for a day of faith, fun, films and some 'make it up as you go, always ad a layer, never go wrong with black, and big earings,' ozzie fashion!!! Cadillac picking me up nice and early, whoop dare it is....
If i promise to go to church on Sunday,will you go with me on Friday night??

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5.11.04

STILL EATING CANDY
i visted this place called Friendship heights which was my first taste of shopping here, and it seems as if i have been out of action for abit and bought up big. 3 knits and one T, quite happy about it all. i found some bargin basement, well in actual fact, it found me.
whats with all these dollar bills i have gathered? and coins, who uses coins these days?? i was asked today if i had a penny and i said no even though my purse is buldging open. i felt to much pressure..
it rain so much today after many days of almost perfect weather. so much water, and so clearly i decided to take the car out for another test drive, this time with my boss. i did good baby i did real good. so i actually have to go get a DC licence in order to get my name on this families insurance, like the International Drivers Permit isnt enough. and excuse me excuse me i have to sit for a test, so not skool skool.
so this new Spanish friend of mine called today. i am nervous about seeing him again, thinking i might be suprised at how 'not as cool as me' he is. thinking i could have been dellusional from all the preaching that day. time will tell, i might just be using this way of thinking as a defense mechognism for a cover up for my fear of rejection. hmm i have issues no matter what country i live in.
hmm Bush won the election, i wish i knew more, i just dont.

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1.11.04

well i sure am beat after all the festivities of Halloween. trick or treating sure takes it out of ya. i conned the 4 year old to share her candy with me so i think i did well. there are so many strange treats in their baskets, i do believe i just ate a peanut butter cake which was pure peanutbutter covered in chocolate. wow settle down. There are woods around the corner form here, and tonight i got that Blairwitch , horses hair feeling while strolling the streets. we put our clocks back so this was at about 530,...winter is approaching ya'll.
yes i carved jackOlanterns lastnight, and roasted the seeds today for the neighbourhoods annual Halloween BBQ out front. i really am all baked out right now.
Oh you have no idea who i have been mingeling with, not minging but mingeling with. well the other week i met my bosses friend who is the Australian Ambassendors wife and tonight she rocked in with two friends of hers that really wanted to meet me. well how do you do.... i felt pretty spesh!! i am a novelty, its great. i will let you know when i am ballroom dancing with the president. hmm as for Tuesdays election, oh its all very exciting.
i need to stay up tonight and watch Letterman oh i just have to, after all he could be the reason i moved here in the first place.
SPOOK YA LATER

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