OrganiSed Chaos

I haven’t been sleeping particularly well the last week or so which in turn means I’ve been up at some strange hours.
At one stage the other night I flipped the tv on to try and find something that would help me drop off.

Now, I like to think I’m a reasonably intelligent person, so I appreciate the need a business has to get their message out there in order for it to flourish. Realistically , it’s about making money and running a successful business is it not? But I’m not talking big companies here, I’m referring to the twits that continually bombard you with saturation ads, saying the same thing over and over and over and over again. The ones that have the blonde bimbos happening with their tits hanging out? You know the ones I mean I’m sure. INFOMERCIALS….those ones that seem to think every person on the planet is a sucker…

Hell, with some of the ads running around these days, I’ve almost been tempted to race to the phone and buy some of the most bizarre things you ever heard of! They make them sound so good and so appealing that for a split second I almost believe I really do want a gadget that will pluck my eyebrows, shave my armpits and wipe my butt with the push of a button, and all for just the low price of ONLY 6 monthly payments of 9.95 with a kidney as the final payment! But wait!!! There’s more…if you call NOW, you can have another gadget that will wash the dog, do the dishes and take the kids to school, absolutely free AND they’ll throw in the obligatory set of steak knives. But wait…there’s STILL more…they’ll throw in (at NO extra charge) a doofy that will peel, core, slice and cook the vegies just cos they’re nice guys! AND if you pay with your credit card you get a .000002% discount and they’ll send them RIGHT NOW. (Of course you will, because any company worth it’s salt will have some poor unsuspecting soul sitting in a garage at 3.00am just waiting for MY call so they can despatch whatever crap it is you’re trying to convince me I can’t live without won’t they!!) Do I look like a idiot? Do you really think I’m giving you my credit card details? I don’t think so Tim. This is when reality sets in!

The sad part about these shows is people must actually buy the crap they peddle because they just keep on peddling it! I have a message for these people…GET A LIFE…if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is! I don’t like to burst your bubble, but if it was THAT good, would it be THAT cheap? Would it be on at the ungodly hour of 3.ooam? You are not going to become slim and svelte in 2 hours with the machine they’re trying to convince you to buy. Eat sensibly, do some damned excercise, that would help in the short term if nothing else. There is no such thing as a frying pan that can cook 16 courses in one go. If these things were as good as they claim, they’d be in real shops, with a real price tag. You get what you pay for. In this case CRAP!

If you don’t want to back to bed, or read a book, that’s fine, but for the love of God, if you’re not going to change the channel, STEP AWAY FROM THE TELEPHONE!!!

*I do have to say however, those steak knives could be useful people, because the time is coming where if they keep broadcasting these moronic bloody info shows people will need them to slit their wrists. Even on pay tv I couldn’t get away from them. They have not just 1, but 3 entire channels devoted to this crap. Yes, I know, all I had to do was change the channel, which I did, but I could see a post coming from it. Besides I wanted to see exactly how stupid these people think the general public is…and I take exception to the level of intellgence these ads assume*

Wouldn’t it be nice to find a genie in a lamp and get the 3 wishes you hear so much about?? I could be typical and say I want world peace, but as most of you would know, the very last thing I am is typical No, I have greater aspirations than that people. Don’t get me wrong, it would be good, but like I said, too typical for my taste.

My first wish would be to be able to sing properly! You read right…SING. When I (try to) sing I really DO sound like a pig being slaughtered pork chop by pork chop!! No exaggeration at all. Anyone who has heard me attempt to sing will attest to this fact. It would be an act of humanity for those who are anywhere within a block of our bathroom window when I’m in the shower too. Bonus for them…

Second would be the ability to teleport. How wicked would it be to be able to whip across the oceans to wherever you fancied going for a lazy Saturday? Lunch in Paris? Dinner in Milan? Nope! The first place I’m headed is to a REAL baseball game! Yes Annie, bad seats, warm beer and lousy hot dogs included. There are few things I’ve ever seriously wanted to do that I haven’t, and this is one of them. To see a proper baseball game. I LOVE baseball. (Don’t understand the bloody stats, but love the game all the same)

My last wish? Serious consideration was needed here because it is my last wish after all! (If I thought I’d get away with it I’d ask for 3 more wishes, but I don’t think that one would wash!) Money? Doesn’t make you happy, merely makes your passage through life easier. Stunning beauty? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I’m told how beautiful I am on a regular basis. Nope, I want to be a man for a week! Strange you may think, but I reckon it would be great to see it from the other side for a small while. I’m not convinced I’d last a week, but I’d give it a damn good try. Besides, I’ve always wondered what it would be like to have the freedom to pee wherever and whenever it took my fancy instead of having to find a damned toilet! Truth! As a woman there is NO way I’m standing up to have a shot with the boys. There are a lot of other reasons too, but this is the first one that comes to mind.
Now, your 3 wishes would be???????

Well, the day has (almost) arrived, and it will have by the time most of you (including A-pop) read this. For Australia anyway, given we’re in front of most of you..in time if nothing else that is…

It’s Marks’ birthday, and not just ANY birthday but his 50th. Most seem to think it’s a milestone, but both of us tend to think of it as just another birthday. So why make a point of saying he’s 50? Because until May I get to give him hell about being the old fart is why. Then I catch up with him and it’s his turn…

Just for you sweetie, here are some of the famous people you share your day with, and some of the events that happened on this day in history:

Lee Marvin 1924, Margaux Hemingway 1955, Prince Andrew (Britain, Duke of York) 1960, Nicolas Copernicus 1473, Merle Oberon 1911, Micahel Nader 1945

1861 Russian czar Alexander 2nd abolished serfdom

1864 – The Knights of Pythias was founded in Washington, DC A dozen members formed what became Lodge No. 1.

1878 – Thomas Alva Edison patented a music player (the phonograph)

1942 – US President Roosevelt signed an executive order giving the military the authority to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans.

1942 – Approximately 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin.

1986 – The Soviet Union launched the Mir space station.

1987 – A controversial, anti-smoking ad aired for the first time on television. It featured Yul Brynner who died shortly after of lung cancer.

1945 – During World War II, about 30,000 US Marines landed on Iwo Jima.

I hope your day is wonderful, I’ll try and make all your dreams come true, and I’ll try even harder to make the night one of your most memorable

Remember I love you with every fibre of my being, no matter our differences, and in spite of anything else. This is only the 13th birthday I’ve been lucky enough to help you celebrate, but I know there will be many, many more. You are the light of my life.

Happy birthday my love

When I first started the nook I did a post about my brain refusing to stop. It was constantly searching for something to post and was actually keeping me awake at night it got that bad. How things change! The last few weeks I’ve struggled to find 2 words to put together let alone enough to post and the fact that I CAN’T find anything to post about is now keeping me awake!! I’ve been trawling the net looking for something to jump out and say “pick me! pick me! you have a strong opinion about me!!” Nothing. I’ve been listening carefully to conversations around me (not quite eavesdropping!!) to see if there’s anything happening around the place that’s getting up my nose, but most of what people are talking about is bland and boring. (Hmmm, what does that say about the people around me??) Even A-pop has been reasonably, well, i was going to say normal, but that’s not the right word on thinking about it, perhaps I should say…..oh, I don’t know, I can’t even find a word for that!!

This is the problem. My head isn’t functioning in it’s normal manner! I’m leaving comments that have been misconstrued (unlike me, i’m normally very clear in what I have to say) and nothing is grabbing me enough to talk about it. There’s millions of things happening in the world that I could hold forth about and not one of them has stirred up enough emotion in me to post about it. I can’t even find a funny picture that’s amused me enough to post!

I don’t know what’s happening in my head lately and I hate that! I really do. Is it because there’s so much going on in our lives and I’m using everything I have there? Is it because I’m boring? (God I hope not, that the last thing I’d want to think I am!) Are my thought patterns taking some kind of hiatus and have decided to go to the Caribbean for a few weeks? Or am I simply tired of everyday life and just don’t give a shit any more?

This is so unlike me it’s not funny because I normally have a really good idea of what’s happening in my head, but not recently!!! Perhaps I just need to take some time out, who knows. But I do know I have to get my head together because I need the bloody sleep!

I’ve had a few new blogs coming into my reader recently. They grabbed my attention when I was stumbling one night and I subscribed to them, so I’ve been reading, reading, reading, as one does. The other night I did the rounds to each of them, made a comment, saying how much I had been enjoying their blog via the reader (which was the truth) and I would be back to keep reading on the site. I went back tonight (3 nights later) and NOT ONE of them had even acknowledged that I’d been, let alone responded!

Call me pedantic if you want but NOTHING pisses me up the wall more than bloody ignorance. If a person is good enough to make a comment is it not simple manners to acknowledge? Do these people ignore someone if they say hello to them? If it’s a complete stranger on the street, I could understand it, but HELLO???? it’s a computer monitor with words on it!! Do they think someone is going to come through the screen and take to them with an axe?? Is it really SO hard to be polite? Even if one had said “hey, I have my regulars, thanks for the visit and the comment, but don’t bother coming back” at least I know they actually SAW the comment.

It would appear as if the bad manners i referred to in a recent post has extended to the blogosphere!! No freaking way i’m going back, and they’ve been taken OUT of my reader! They can stick their blogs where the sun doesn’t shine….

Billy Connelly is my favourite comedian of all time. I can’t get enough of him, he’s got a turn of phrase that has the ability to destroy me and I’ve nearly actually choked a few times…no bullshit! He has a term for people who have little personality and even less enthusiasm about life…he calls them beige. He hates beige with a passion. Beige cardigans in particular!

There have been several enquiries regarding my new avatar. I found it on a great site that has so many pages, I haven’t gone through them all yet, and I’ve already been through 80 pages! I picked it because it’s not static…I’ve had several, well, a lot of, avatars in my short time on this blog. I have yet another one for Kel’s blog, one for when I comment on others blogs, and this one is for when i post or comment here, but only when I comment outside a comment. This is THE only one I’ve found that has me inclined to keep it because I don’t get sick of looking at the same thing ALL time. At first glance it can be quite, different, for want of a better term. It’s not all women, it’s a combination of men and women, and yes, it’s close to being soft porn. Some of my readers will LOVE this avatar! For my regulars, you can probably guess which ones, others may frown a little bit, but will get used to it with time.

I chose this particular one because I don’t want to be beige! I have a passion for life, my family and many other things and besides, it amuses my somewhat warped sense of humor to visualise the looks on people’s faces when they realise what it is.

I also chose it because it changes all the time. Yes, it only has so many slides and they repeat, but for the first time I have an avatar that hasn’t bored me shitless inside half a day. The last reason is, it reflects the ever changing horizon of my life. There have been many changes in our life during the last couple of years, it has seemed never ending. This avatar is never ending and seemed appropriate somehow