09:41pm 28/02/2008
  Am getting ready to start biffing some real estate agents and buy drinks for others.

I have one week to find somewhere to live before I have to move everything out of mums unit ready for settlement. If I don't, I'll be staying at my mums which is a good hour drive away from work on a normal day and probably a bit more with the work traffic. And apparently my brother and his girlfriend will be living there at the same time in between this weeken and them moving to europe.

AGHH!!

Anyway...I had organised quite a few viewings with one real estate company. And so far they have cancelled every single one close to the last minute because "the tenant will be home." This particular girl is a biatch on the phone, and I was thinking she sounded much younger than me...then I remembered from working at the paper that the majority of the girls who do the rentals are usually 17/18 straight out of high school and suddenly real estate agents didn't seem so scary. So I stopped being sucky uppy and got tough and when she cancelled on yet another viewing, I let her know I was frustrated and suggested that it may be better for her to first find out when the tenants won't be home before organising viewings. I don't know that it helped my case in getting a house with them but for some reason it's made me feel much more confident dealing with them all. After all, if nobody needed to rent houses, what the hell would they be doing for a job?

I had a viewing organised (for a house we were quite keen on ) this afternoon and when I called to confirm the poor girl on the other end apologised about a billion times before explaining that the owner had randomly found his own tenant and only called her ten minutes ago to inform the real estate, and told them to cancel the five or six people viewing the house in the afternoon. The girl said she'd rung a few already and everyone was really angry. I felt so sorry for her, and then instead of just leaving it at that, she asked if there were other properties I was looking at, I told her what I was after and she said they'd just had a new one put on today that fit my criteria and would organise a viewing for me. Lovely!

If I could buy my own home I would, but based on my salary alone I'd have to buy out in the middle of the bush somewhere.  There's a new property share thing available through the government which I'm told I earn too much to do, but I read somewhere I was eligible, sooo if I could do all that in a week that would be awesome :P		  
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09:41pm 25/02/2008
  Just returned from the Grandparents after an awesome home cooked meal of lasagne, garlic bread, fresh salad and desert of strawberries, peaches with cream and brown sugar all caramelised on top...and my mandatory guava vodka cruiser they always have waiting for me.

Godfrey of course, had a giant bone to take home. The mozzies have been utter arseholes this year and I just had a tree he likes to dig around treated for termites so I made him eat it inside instead of in his normal outside spot. He eventually disappeared under my bed, growled when I shoved a towel underneath him and I didn''t hear boo from him for a good forty minutes...

...until a moment ago when a giant belch erupted from the hallway and he staggered into the room licking his lips and wagging his tail, then jumped onto my lap and began snoring within a few minutes.

Fkn love my puppy :)		  
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MEN?!!!!!!!!!!   
12:38pm 16/02/2008
  I just...GAHHH!!!!!!

Long story but basically, have repeatedly made it very clear to the ex that I never want to be his gf again, but happy to stay friends because we get on quite well when we're not dating.

Apart from every couple of weeks when he's convinced himself that we're going to get back together then gets upset and angry and says he can't hang out with me anymore. Then two or three days later hes messaging me as normal and saying he's sorry he was being stupid. Repeat cycle.

Éarlier this week, we had the whole can't hang out anymore talk. Well, he talked and I sat in complete silence because I'm so utterly sick of repeating myself and it was easier then getting involved a lengthy conversation that went round in circles and made no sense.

Then a couple of days later I told him I'd applied for the job in Karratha. Response was "Well that just made my day fucking suck."  Followed an hour later by a call demanding to know "What is it exactly you're running away from Jo? ME?" and I had to point out yet again that despite what he convinces himself, my life and every decision I make are not that significantly influenced by him.  So then I had three or four more calls later again doing the can't hang out speech until I turned my phone off. Next day he was normal(ish).

Last night we had originally planned to catch the new train to Perth and have tea at a cafe we like, but that was cancelled during his "can't hang out anymore" speech. He texted me Thurs night to say "Sorry I still would have gone to the cafe but the guys want to rehearse" (he's in a band).  And I didn't bother to point out that I had no intention of going after his frequent speeches. I had this awesome plan where I'd stay calm and quiet and not bother to argue or try to make him see sense and just gradually fade out of each others lives.

So last night, I was in a nice warm bath, reading a book and relaxing when he texted to ask what I was up to that night. I didn't want to hang out with him, but also didn't want him to think that because he'd cancelled on the cafe I'd be hanging round waiting for his call, so I fibbed and said I was catching up with my friends from Perth. He sent back that that was very...sudden. I didn't reply.

Fifteen minutes later, he sent me another text asking if I had been speaking to his best friend. I didn't bother pointing out that I've only ever met the guy twice, once for about twenty minutes, the other time less than five, have no idea where he lives or his phone number and hated him. Just said no, and asked why.

Ex replied with "just curious". I asked if he was going to bother telling me why.

So he replies by saying that his best mate was asking the other day if the ex and I still see each other and if this chick the ex dated after me but broke up with knows that we still see each other. And then ex went on to say it just seemed a bit of a coincidence that I said I was seeing from friends from Perth, which is where his best friend lives and that his best friend has done this shit to him before.

So...ex is implying that I am fucking around with his best friend behind his back, based on me saying I was catching up with friends from Perth.

WHAT THE HELL??

Wound up telling him flat out not to contact me again, that he was getting weirdly obsessed and creepy and I was really offended that (a) he'd think I do that and (b) he'd think I'd even consider getting with his best mate who I've referred to on more than one occassion as "a fucking ugly feral".

But of course everything is my fault. I've had texts since 4am this morning telling me this.

Karratha is sounding better and better!!!		  
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12:09am 14/02/2008
  From my Grandad, in reply to me asking him his opinion on applying for Karratha job.

"If
one day
you flew away
we would still be here
for you.

Unless
someday,
we fly away."


I still want to bawl my eyes out. I love them so much.		  
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Just..WTF??   
11:40pm 16/01/2008
 
mood: predatory
We have me, m0j0.
we have m0j0's ex boyfriend, R.

m0j0 and R dated and lived together happily for six months in 2006 before breaking up. They spent most of 2007 fighting, breaking up, trying again, fighting, etc. At the beginning of 2008, they decided finally that we would just be friends as they just didn't seem to be able to work as boyfriend/girlfriend. They maintain a close, semi fragile friendship.

Go back a few years before m0j0 and R met. A party has just wound down at R's house and he climbs into his bed to discover a female friend of a friend -- let's call her FM -- in there hoping for a bit of action. R is not too keen on FM and lets her down gently, explaining he's not into one night stands and would just like to be friends. FM cries for a bit then leaves when it becomes clear R is definitely not going to sleep with her.

Back into the future and m0j0 and FM meet once or twice at large group gatherings. m0j0 mentions to R the weird interest FM appears to have in m0j0' and R's relationship, R tells m0j0 about the party years ago and m0j0 understands.

FM works at a local food shop round the corner from m0j0. One day just before New Year, m0j0 and her (male) best friend of almost fifteen years, MM, go into the food shop to get some dinner to go with their beer. m0j0 doesn't recognise FM unless R is there to point her out and  forgets that FM works at this food shop. m0j0 takes no notice of who is serving her and goes on her merry way with MM.

Fast forward now into the new year, to the present day and m0j0 receives a strange text from R saying a bird (FM) has told him that m0j0 is seeing someone else, and please let him know if it's true for his own peace of mind.

m0j0 is definitely not seeing anyone else and rings R to assure him that this is a load of bullshit. R tells m0j0 that FM has been telling all of R's friends that she, FM, served m0j0 at the food shop and that m0j0 was with another guy who m0j0 introduced to FM as her new boyfriend.

...
Cue...

WHAT. THE. FUCK.

m0j0 reiterates to R this is a bunch of bullshit and that she doesn't even remember being served by FM last time she was at the food shop, let alone introducing a supposed new boyfriend to FM! m0j0 also points out that she wouldn't recognise FM if she banged head on into her in the middle of an empty street.

R believes m0j0 and explains that FM had told this lie to R's best friends, that R's best friends thought m0j0 and R were trying to date again and that he should know if m0j0 was in fact seeing someone else. m0j0 understands R's friends intentions and knows that they would never deliberately try to cause trouble, so m0j0 is okay with this.

However, m0j0 is extremely pissed off that this stupid, psychopathic minger with stalker tendencies has the audacities to spread such giant whoppers around. m0j0 will be going to the food shop tomorrow evening and asking to speak to FM. From there, m0j0 will calmly explain that her personal life is absolutely none of FM's business whatsoever and that she would appreciate for FM to cease spreading lies about matters that are none of her concern, and if any futures stories of utter bullshit are to come back to m0j0's ears, m0j0 will be back at the food shop to biff the shit out of FM.

:)		  
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Godfrey Almost Becomes Pelican Food...   
08:31pm 14/01/2008
  It's a nice afternoon at the beach, warm with a bit of a breeze. Godfrey is bolting all over the place, distinguishable only by the sand being kicked up behind and around him. A group of five or six pelicans stand at the shoreline, their giant leader casting his eye over their territory.

Seagulls overhead begin to dive into the water, scooping up fish and flying away with their food. Unwilling to let their lesser brothers get all the food, the pelicans begin to wander into the water; their leader stays on the shoreline.

Having happily chased a few straggling seagulls into the ocean, Godfrey looks up to see the lead pelican regarding him with a serious eye. Godfrey, always playful, gives an excited "wuff!" and wriggles towards the pelican on his belly, tiny round posteria pointing directly up in the air, quivering with excitement as he attempts to sneak up on the lead pelican...yet not realising that the pelican can see him perfectly well.

At approximately five metres away, Godfrey lets out another excited "wuff!". The lead pelican has now decided he's had enough of this cheeky little puppy and spreading his huge wings wide, charges down the beach towards Godfrey.

Godfrey freezes for a moment, sheer panic in his bones as the giant puppy eating pelican advances...then he turns and bolts as fast as he can towards the safety of his mums arms; she'll scare that stupid pelican away for him.

And she does.		  
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12:08am 13/01/2008
  Don't pay money to see American Gangster. :|

Aside from being a complete waste of three hours, it's one of those movies where they think the characteristics of a 'bad guy', cop or anyone trying to be tough is the amount of times they yell "fuck! fuckin! fucking! fucker! motherfucker!", there's one or two random shots of sudden "intense" violence that I can only imagine have been put in there to get the teenage male audience describing how awesome it was. The majority of the dialogue is long winded and meaningless, the plot tries too cover too much with the result that nothing gets covered enough and there's way too many shots of Denzel Washington doing a serious angry face in the parts where long winded dialouge, random acts of violence or "fuck" don't seem too fit.

American Gangster, you get no stars from m0j0. You sucked donkey dick. Please refund my fourteen dollars.

<3 m0j0 and Godfrey :)		  
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