Crazy Fun Friday Things

Its Friday y'all and here's more hilariously goofy stuff from http://theambiguityreport.tumblr.com/ which is awesome, fabulous and must be checked out! Why are you not there yet?

.... and what would Friday be without a couple of cartoony words of wisdom from the insanely talented folks at Vimrod? Not the same that's what so here they are....

Hands Full of Glitter and Tofu : 2011 Day 265 - I Slept

Yes people after a frantic week, including a Wednesday to remember (more on that soon but for now it has to be all tantalisingly secret squirrel-ish!), I was so tired that I eschewed shopping at MYER for new Christmas ornaments (shock horror and gasping disbelief!) and headed home to eat chocolate, lentils for dinner (not together although I was so tired it is possible I did do just that), watch an episode of Warehouse 13 season 13 (just for the record, Aiden - my house mate - we watched episode 2; we keep forgetting where we're up to!), and head to bed by 9pm, asleep by 9.40 and pretty much sound asleep for almost 8 hours.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

(Yes I will take any excuse I can to feature cats in just about any blog posting!)

Hands Full of Glitter and Tofu : 2011 Day 264 - Zara Zhoushes Up Her Hair

Zara, my gorgeous cute niece, now has hair long enough to style sort of, and she is making the most of it. Looks like she is employing her girly girl genes to great effect!

Hands Full of Glitter and Tofu : 2011 Day 263 - Sushi After a Busy Day

It was a typical crazy mad Tuesday, exacerbated by being off sick yesterday getting my tooth all fixed up, nice and proper like (yes not sure why I lapsed into English accented colloqialisms at that point but it seemed like fun...still does really) so stressed and exhausted by the end of it, what did I do?

Why I went shirt shopping at David Jones, where I discovered a fantastic designer by the name of Nigel Lincoln (thanks to the very lovely Jeannie, DJ Sales Assistant extraordinaire), who's shirts fit beautifully, look gorgeous, and could well become my next sartorial love affair. I followed this up with sushi at Makanai on Pitt Street with my beautiful guy and life was suddenly, deliciously good.

Hands Full of Glitter and Tofu : 2011 Day 262 - Crown Me With One Last Crown

The dentist's waiting room - today was my last visit to the dentist for some time I hope. I got a new crown moulded and lasered and put in place over 2 sometimes painful hours (not so much the tooth but the apparatus to suck all the liquid out when kept digging into my soft pallette).

While the tooth was created in a whiz bang German-made machine, I sat back for 40 minutes of non-invasive reading, although it was odd to sit back in a dentist chair and just read

Here I am in the bastion of pain and soft pallette bruising

I tried to make the sterile dental instruments look vaguely arty and stylish. Not sure I succeeded but I had fun with Instagram trying!

Then it was off home to nurse my sore and battered mouth - my dentist is awesomely good, and very gentle but even so all that poking and prodding, no matter how well done leaves you feeling a tad brusied. I did stop off on the way home to get smoothie supplies so I didn't have to trouble my mouth too much with chewing, and then I sat back, watched The View, napped, read and updated my blogs. Sore mouth aside, it wasn't too bad a day really.

Hands Full of Glitter and Tofu : 2011 Day 261 - IKEA gods

A gorgeous sleep in then I chilled on the couch watching Wacky Races (which I hadn't seen in years) and reading Saturday's Herald while Steve called his mum and dad to see how she was after she fell and broke her arm on the previous Thursday (she is OK but uncomfortable and quiet immobile)

Then we attacked the IKEA Besta unit aiming to get it finished once and for all!

The drawers were done the day before and lie ready for insertion into the Besta (think they're called Inreda)

I am now a dab hand at screwing things in (no jokes please of the innuendi variety, though they would be fun), having been schooled by my gorgeous guy in the proper technique

Yeah man! We're building IKEA things!

The finished item with the TV and stereo in place (blue plastic film is to protect the white gloss look of the shelves)

....and finally, the It Gets Better video has been publicised by Same Same, a major gay website and yours truly made the page. Not the best photo granted but then my personal vanity isn't the issue, and saving LGBTI kids lives is, so any publicity is wonderful!

Hands Full of Glitter and Tofu : 2011 Day 260 (Saturday 17 September) - Manly Night Out

Started the day off with brunch with Waz @ Straits Kaffe in the Motto building, Erskineville

 I read the paper for a little bit while Steve called his folks in Melbourne (his 78 year old mother had fallen a couple of days previously at their holiday home @ Phillip Island and broken her arm, poor thing) then I napped while Steve constructed the remaining drawers of his IKEA TV entertainment unit, after which we put some more of the actual unit together before...

The hazards of kneeling on the carpet to lift the unit without seeing a stray screw that shredded my knee

 ... we caught the train from St Peters (see immediately below) to Manly for a birthday dinner at the 16ft Skiff Club (with the world's most stressed and rude doorman who initially wouldn't let us in due to a capacity crowd watching the World Cup inside) for Steve's old work friend, Ann who along with her partner, Jeff, is absolutely delightful. Steve once worked with most of the guests, all part of a project years ago where they became quite close, and they were all so friendly, warm and welcoming. It became quite obvious why they got on so well.


We drank lots of wine, caught the ferry there and back (on the way back with Gary and Janet, and another Jeff), enjoyed the peace and calm of being out on the Harbour, had some brilliant, conversations, and got home very late (try 1 a.m.) from an awesomely enjoyable night.

Friday funnies!

Yet more fabulous funny stuff from http://theambiguityreport.tumblr.com/ which is awesome, fabulous and must be checked out! You have been warned!

...except this one which is from the gloriously funny people @ Vimrod. Check them out too!

Hands Full of Glitter and Tofu : 2011 Day 259 - Big Day! Relaxed Night...

BIG DAY on campus my friends!!

The video that I was filmed for, and appear extensively in, has just gone live on the net, and I couldn't be more proud of the brave people who appear with me, and the fact that I got to participate in something that means so much to me.

If it just saves one life, it will be totally worth it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b8RnlpuJXo

We also made it onto the Herald-Sun's website which is exciting (and amazing given it's a Murdoch publication!)

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/optus-it-gets-better-video-thought-to-be-an-australian-first/story-fn7x8me2-1226138916720

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Artwork on the street

I went out walking this morning, despite how tired I was (mainly because it does refresh me and makes my work days that much more bouncy and productive...plus I ate Thai last night!), and found this adorable piece of stuck on art work on the brick walls of the railway underpass on Coulson Street. These pieces never last long, thanks to passing vandals and snails, so like many pieces before it, I have photographed it to preserve it for posterity since one of the things I LOVE about Erskineville is that fact that, gentrified or not, it still has a loveably unkempt charm about it....

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Bye Bye Ngaire (pron Ny-ree)


One of the joys of the last few years has been getting to know my cousin Ngaire (pictured below with her sister, Moirag) far better than I did growing up (my Dad, fostered at a young age and bounced between relatives wasn't especially close to his family for quite some time, meaning we mostly saw my mum's side of the family). Our catch ups are always fun, and full of laughter and intelligent conversation, and she is also one of the loveliest people I have ever met into the bargain.


Sad part now is, although it is an awesome step forward for her, is that she is leaving Sydney for 12 months to work in a school in Arusha, Tanzania, that caters to young adults who would otherwise not be able to afford to go to secondary school. It is an inspiring endeavour, and I am so proud of Ngaire for wanting to be a part of it. To send her off, she organised for work and uni friends, and family to have drinks and pizza with her at The Roxy in Parramatta. While the music was crazy loud - loved the songs but we were right near the speakers which made talking a challenge at times! - the vibe was fun, food awesome, and I also got to meet her wonderful friends, and get to know my cousin, Moirag, and her partner, Pam, a whole lot better. We also got to ride out to Parramatta and back (my gorgeous guy's old work location from years back), which was fun, especially on the way back with some of the crazy and harmless people who get trains late at night.

Pizza and wine (which thanks to a ditzy barmaid came in a champagne flute at one point)

My gorgeous guy and I

Me, Ngaire and my gorgeous guy

Fun with Instagram 1

Fun with Instagram 2 (on the train home from Parramatta)

Fun with Instagram 3 (also on the train)

Redfern station very late at night - thanks to Instagram again