tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47683311549328677152024-03-05T22:10:12.521-08:00Conflicted State of AusmericaThe goings on of a spunky American on your favorite island continent. Alright, fine, favourite.Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-4777704951133301992013-05-22T06:18:00.000-07:002013-05-22T06:34:00.130-07:00Morgenstern, my journey with IPL begins and HOUSE CHICKENS!So I was reading<a href="http://gothytwoshoes.blogspot.com.au/"> this blog here</a> because I have nothing better to do than cyber stalk people that I don't know IRL but are somewhat close to me (helloo gumtree, I know <a href="http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-balingup-bunbury/l3007992r50">what</a> you guys are selling!) So yes, I'm reading this blog and it appears to me that I've neglected something important. Apparently everyone needs to know what I'm currently listening to. So here goes. I hope you all knew I was this weird before posting this.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psg9JbXYXJQ&list=FLifkJesTDRgkSXFKLhbaiLw&index=177">Brain Error-Nekromantix</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W8ICBHnRE4&list=FLifkJesTDRgkSXFKLhbaiLw&index=82">Jonathan Davis/TheCure-Make me bad & In between days</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YPCdJbZYXo&list=FLifkJesTDRgkSXFKLhbaiLw&index=87">Die Antwoord-Expensive Shit</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mfdp1MMJm4">Rammstein-Gib mier deine Augen</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrlTlp6Etfc&list=FLifkJesTDRgkSXFKLhbaiLw&index=119">Oomph-I'm going down</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKCqrkEZBT0">Oomph featuring Nina Hagen-Fieber</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dLmSVcyxtw">Apocalyptica featuring Nina Hagen-Seemann</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjjIna3j1Nc&list=FLifkJesTDRgkSXFKLhbaiLw&index=126">Devin Townsend Project-Vampira</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12UK2shv_nM&list=FLifkJesTDRgkSXFKLhbaiLw&index=132">Feuerschwanz-Zehn kliene Ritterlein</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGpdKNoeIZA&list=FLifkJesTDRgkSXFKLhbaiLw&index=42">This 'Nosferatu Tribute'</a><br />
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That is a pretty strange mix, I'll admit.<br />
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Music has always heavily influenced my life in many ways. I must say that Rammstein has had, by far, the heaviest influence on my life so far. Where would I be if I hadn't heard the song <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxroiTRg7Tg">Amerika</a> when I was 16 and asked my uncle why they sang about my country that way? For certain that song opened my eyes to corporate greed and how it had taken over the world, made me doubt a little bit that not everything was apple pies and sweetened iced tea.<br />
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The song that's been overplayed and exhausted in my house and is finally coming to the middle chorus in my life is <a href="http://herzeleid.com/en/lyrics/reise_reise/morgenstern">Rammstein's</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWEsylsyFSw">Morgenstern</a>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><a href="http://herzeleid.com/en/lyrics/reise_reise/morgenstern">"</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She's so ugly that it gets dark</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;">when she looks into the sky</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;">Then the light is frightened</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;">It shines into her face from below</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;">So she must hide during the day</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;">She just doesn't want to scare the light</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;">She lives in the shadows until the glow fades</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;">She sees a star shining in the twilight and pleads</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;">Paint beauty onto my cheeks</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Morningstar, oh shine</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;">onto the visage of mine</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;">Cast a warm light</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;">onto my frightening face</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;">Tell me I'm not alone</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;">Ugly, you are ugly<a href="http://herzeleid.com/en/lyrics/reise_reise/morgenstern">"</a></span></div>
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This is my song, especially at the moment when I'm dreading tomorrow.<br />
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Tomorrow I'm going to my first appointment for IPL to get the hair removed from my face and I'm not so sure it's going to be a walk in the park. It's definitely time for it, Janine and Alan have stepped up to help me on my journey into hair-free land and I could not be more grateful. It is ungodly expensive and the manager of <a href="http://www.smoothsynergy.com.au/">Smooth Synergy</a> assured me that since the hair is caused by hormones that it is definitely not 100% but it will cause a huge reduction and she would know because apparently she could have grown a goatee in high school. Well that is definitely reassuring though because her face was as smooth as a baby's bottom, let me tell you.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">END DEPRESSING POOPSIEDWABBLES</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b> /l、</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>゙(゚、 。 7</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b> l、゙ ~ヽ</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b> l、゙ ..ヽ</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b> じしf_, )ノ</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">THIS IS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY BURDEN </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">(bird+chicken=burden)</span></b><br />
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Once Upon a time there was a mob boss named Little Boy and a mob wife named Bearded Lady. They loved each other in the way that only chickens can love and took many dust baths together through out the day. </div>
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Lady was one tough little chicken and was top girl in the Naked Neck pen, even though she herself was indeed not so naked. She protected her eggs and once she found out her spot was discovered she quickly found another place to lay in peace.</div>
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Until the Giant Human Person came along and found her secret nest, chock full of goodies!</div>
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Blackie has become the resident house chicken and lives in her own private condo above the rabbit's hutch. She comes in through the door at 5:30 each night and peeps loudly on the kitchen floor until we give her her own private dinner. That night it was bits of bread with milk and tea. All over my floor. -loud beak wipe-<br />
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Megan also gets fed and spoiled to hell sometimes;karma for years of canned tuna with ramen noodles. Thanks Sun and Christine, we had a great night :)<br />
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Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-13101763435636502442013-05-15T23:38:00.001-07:002013-05-15T23:42:33.228-07:00The best anti-depressant is chicken shit.Sometimes life is pretty <strike>shitty</strike> <strike>poopy</strike> <strike>meh</strike> BLEH.<br />
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Mind you, my life has vastly improved at a substantial rate the last few years. But for awhile there I just didn't want to get the fuck out of bed and if I did get out then all I'd want to do all day is crawl back in and wait for my sub conscious mind to make acid dream fairy tales for me. For a few years I was in alot of pain from an old neck injury and it all escalated to the point where I tried to quit my job and could only work 1 or 2 days a week at one point. Even then I'd be down and out with massive migraines, popping panamax candy pills 3 times a day and relying on a steady supply of vodka to help me forget how much I hurt and to help me sleep.<br />
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I was not good company at this time. My husband is a brave man but sometimes I think I really exhausted him. Thank god I have alternatives like work husband (Joe), cat husband (Crunchie), rooster husband (Little Boy) and chiropractor husband (Ryan).<br />
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Thank the gods that my chiropractor fixed me, after months and months of treatment that started at twice a week and are now once a month; finally! I'm super excited to be testing my strength as of late and was able to haul dead trees around the property last weekend, carry 25 kilo bags of chook feed and carry in the gas bottles, all without screaming "JARRAD!" Which became Connie and Fiona's favorite line before they left for Gingin :P<br />
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Anyways, I went to my doctor to be taken off of the sleep aid/pain killer/mild anti depressant (Endep) that she'd put me on and asked for a real anti depressant. Going off of Endep was a step in the right direction as I found out that it was keeping me from really being awake at all. I felt groggy and depressed for the first 6 hours of every day and while it did help me communicate more, it was only really effective for the last half of the day. So I went off of it with my new script in hand and waited for the drug to wear totally out of my system, taking about two or three weeks where I developed an awful stutter as a side effect of coming down.<br />
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So did I really need an anti depressant? I didn't want to and became quite stubborn to the idea as I came more and more into myself. So I'm naturally shy and a modest, moral, yes-man. I've been making the point to become the loudest, most out-spoken and most sure of myself person that I can be. Baby steps here, baby steps.<br />
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So I sit here with an unopened white box of Escitalopram next to me. It feels like a small victory to me. I feel like I'm growing into myself. Growing up to be the person that I am meant to be.<br />
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Alot of people ask me why I don't go to school and don't I want to be a teacher or doctor or a lawyer? These are not the things I wanted to be when I grew up. When I was growing up I wanted to be safe, married to someone I loved with my own house and a big backyard and have lots of animals. Guess the fuck what?<br />
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I have everything I've ever wanted. Even if I don't have some crazy glamorous life style I feel like I'm living the dream here. Surrounded by too many highly flammable trees and way too much chicken shit.<br />
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^Chickens are nature's anti deppresant^</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I put the plastic egg in there and a week later they seem to get the point.</td></tr>
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Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-81948406278709890542013-04-28T02:02:00.000-07:002013-04-28T02:02:35.622-07:00Sometimes Etsy is just really freaking awesome<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Now Megan aren't you totally broke and sometimes even thinking of scraping up your own chicken shit into bags and selling it as garden fertilizer? Well, that is sort of correct..the huge purchase of a car a few weeks ago has left us eating rice and noodles b-b-but..this sign was just so freaking cute!</div>
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A few weeks ago I made <a href="https://www.etsy.com/transaction/125708375">a custom order on Etsy</a> because I saw this lady doing signs super super cheap ($4, can't beat that) and I have no talent whatsoever so I'd rather buy these sorts of things. I got two signs actually, one got thrown in as an extra gift, pretty lucky! I think she felt bad about the crazy shipping rates.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Because I'm so classy I put them up by my front gate. Sort of matches :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking this picture was hell for Jarrad. "Left, down, up, down alittle, up."</td></tr>
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In conclusion: if you're as talent-less as I am and you just love this little chickens to death then you should go buy or just order a sign <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/snozilla">at this Etsy shop</a>. The shop owner was a joy to chat with and copied the chickens from pictures I'd sent her off of my blog. Accurate down to the last little feather, I'd say.<br />
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So yeah, stop buying things online because that makes you poor :/<br />
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Someone buy me <a href="http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/772454/vote-for-new-chillin-with-my-peeps-shirt-colors">this shirt</a> when it comes out so I can further terrorize my workmates with my chicken obsession. I'd like 7 of them please, one for every day of the week :)<br />
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Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-18863644052943670352013-04-14T02:28:00.000-07:002013-04-14T07:21:55.401-07:00Instant Karma:What Happens When You Leave Your BFFL Behind/Chicken DramaI left my best friend behind when I traded her and everything else in my life to be with my husband.<br />
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I thought there was nothing left in America for me, there is. When people ask when I'm going back I usually say, "Never, there's nothing there for me anymore." But there is, and she's more important to me than any family I've ever had. There are alot of things I wish I'd said and done and alot of things I wish I hadn't. Having no car really brings a strain when you're trying to move to a new country and I really stressed our friendship to the limits in the last month I was there. I'm really trying to drive now, Jarrad and I bought an automatic last week and I'm trying my best to get over my stupid fear. Whenever I call her she seems really distant, maybe she grew out of using the phone, maybe she grew out of me, I don't really know because I haven't spoken to her in months now. I have alot of nightmares about calling her or showing up back in Ohio and trying to track her down and it's hard. It's hard to make real friends in a new country. I'll always be different here, a little bit alienated from everyone else, need just a little bit more zest to socialize with people.<br />
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So my karma for leaving her behind is me working at the packing shed, where I make easy friends with back packers who leave in 2-3 months time. Lisa, the German girl who was staying here moved out last week and it's been a bit rough adjusting to her sudden loss. No longer can I 'Google der Vogel' or 'Fick die Pflaume.' I can however, share this wonderful recipe she taught me, called 'drunk ass cupcakes.'<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Harry totally made me Kimchee and I love her.</td></tr>
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My methods of coping have been extreme and have driven my husband to the limits of his sanity. Every weekend is now spent shoveling gratuitous amounts of bird shit and recording the latest escapades of Crossie, Straighty, Blackie, Whitey, Big Red, Frizzle the frizzle, Star, Spangled, Penny, Oscar the Oosker, Raggedy Anne, Things 1 and 2, Baldy, Little Boy, Bearded Lady, Bitch and Runty. Jarrad has had enough of the birdy shenanigans. He is up to his neck in chickens. It all came to a head when he caught me trying to glue feathers to his ass at 3 AM this morning. No matter how loudly they crow, humans are not roosters.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My new favorite couple, Little Boy and Lady, sharing a meal.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Star and Spangled, also known as Dumb and Dumber. Sure looking like cockerals :/</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Red, looking extremely magnificent. Them feet feathers.</td></tr>
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Sometimes things are not always right in Chickendom. I also have a flock of Araucanas but they are extremely raggedy looking at the moment so I'll post their pictures after they feather up a little bit more and I get rid of their scaly leg mites. Chickens are not always easy. The avian respiratory infection swept through our little flock and even though we went to the vet the very next day it still killed little Patches, who we buried under the lime tree that she used to dust bathe under.<br />
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We missed Patches for a night and found her the next day, as Red went looking for her and got stuck behind a gate but made a whole lot of racket. Jarrad found her by nearly tripping over her, as her eyes were completely swollen shut by the infection, she'd been so blinded that she couldn't find her way to food or water. When we picked her up she was light as anything. We settled her back into her cage where Blackie found her and they started to desperately communicate with chirps and whirs. Blackie showed Patches where to get food and water as we looked on and they slept together in a corner over night. In the morning I made the vet appointment and packed Patches into the carrier before noticing that Blackie had been quickly and heavily infected over night. Together they went to the vet. Together they lived in the carrier another day before Patches passed away. Blackie is the happiest and friendliest little chicken you've ever seen now. Her and Crossie run together with the main goal of stealing all the grapes and driving the naked necks out of their god damned minds.<br />
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Baldy is our other survivor, who at four or five weeks old stuck her head through the cage and scalped herself from head to neck so badly that you could count the vertebrae. We weren't sure if she'd survive but with love, betadine and Hydralite, has come through to make the most mischievous bird you've ever seen. Baldy belongs to none of our 4 flocks and prefers to roost in the tree outside our kitchen window at night, about 6 meters off the ground, the little shit. Baldy has even coerced Frizzle into roosting with her, though Frizzle only gets 3 meters before getting caught by the human giants and rammed back into the silkie cage, thought the lady doth protest very loudly.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blackie, our little fighter. Survived an upper respiratory infection. Would like to know what that camera is please.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RIP Patches.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Treating the chickens for scaly leg. Ew, Vaseline. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frizzle and Baldy. </td></tr>
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But chickens are not always sad, where there is death and pain there will also be found life and joy. See below for references.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crossie dust bathing with Whitey and Straighty.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Boy, waiting at the door for expected treats. Knock-knock.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fuck Cirque du Soleil.</td></tr>
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Last but not least I'd like to give a congratulations to <a href="http://mirasolechickens.webs.com/">Emily</a> who made 40$ on this beautiful splash cockeral at the Brunswick poultry auction. Totally jealous but I'm up to my neck in chickens now. Anyways I got Frizzle, Penny, Star, Spangled and Lady from the auction. That's enough birdys!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bring moar bridys.</td></tr>
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Also go see <a href="http://makingatreechange-janine.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/some-stitchy-updates-and-my-new-babies.html">Janine's blog</a> because <a href="http://moohappens.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/chicken-brain.html">Henrietta</a> had babies! That would be Wyandotte, Orpington, Silkie crosses o.-<br />
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Alsoly alsoed; if anyone cares, Lady is a bearded splash araucana crossed with silkie, as you can see by her circus freak 5 toes :)Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-8674847707467252382013-03-04T04:28:00.001-08:002014-02-07T18:57:52.484-08:00Where the hell does IGA chicken come from?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>IGA roast chooks are Steggles brand</b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/business/steggles-free-to-roam-chicken-cramped-in-sheds-court-20130709-2pnlv.html">http://www.smh.com.au/business/steggles-free-to-roam-chicken-cramped-in-sheds-court-20130709-2pnlv.html</a></b></div>
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Why am I only paying 11.99 Australian dollars for a butchered, seasoned, cooked chicken?<br />
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When I bought my 4 week old naked necks they cost me 20$ each, the 4 week old silkies 10$ each.<br />
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What do they have to do, what kind of chicken do they have to raise, factory standards apply, what kind of laws and regulations govern a system that makes a 11.99$ chicken available for me to grab off the shelf and feed to my family?<br />
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I am passionate, but also quite lazy, so I'll take you on a short journey of the links I've followed to try and get a straight answer.<br />
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<a href="http://www.iga.net.au/igafresh/index.cfm?page_id=2708">IGA Sustainability Consumer Information Page </a><br />
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"<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Metcash supply fresh chicken products direct from suppliers to IGA stores that choose to purchase them"</span><br />
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On this page IGA goes on to say that they, themselves do not raise nor cull the chickens. Okay, that figures, they'd have alot of work on their hands. So who supplies the chickens, where do they come from? Aha, these guys!<br />
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"<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It is important to note that IGA stores are independently owned and operated, and service the needs and wants of their consumers. Each store makes their own purchasing decisions, which is driven by customer demand and delivering a range that suits their needs and the needs of local towns and communities. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Consumers can also ask their local IGA directly if they would like to see a certain product in store."</span></div>
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Okay, will do, buddy. Next time I go in their I'll point to their "Fresh and loca produce!" sign and ask them if they also supply local meat products. </div>
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<a href="http://www.metcash.com/about-metcash/our-businesses/metcash-food-and-grocery">Metcash Food & Grocery</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<span style="line-height: 15px;">MF&G is a marketing and distribution specialist, supplying dry grocery and fresh foods to independent grocery stores."</span></span></span><br />
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So these guys are just a huge distribution center, basically. I'll assume that means they get the food from a hundred or so other sources, buy it, ship it, package it as cheaply as they can and sell it to other retailers.<br />
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<a href="http://www.lenards.com.au/Location/Lenard-s/Media-Resources/Lenard-s-and-IGA-Unite-to-Strengthen-Fresh-Offer.aspx">Lenards and IGA</a><br />
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And then you have this page, which seems to state that Lenards chicken is also supplied by Metcash. But if you go here<span style="background-color: #666666; color: #444444;">:"</span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">You are here: </span><a href="http://www.lenards.com.au/Location/Lenard-s/default.aspx" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Home</a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"> > </span><a href="http://www.lenards.com.au/Location/Lenard-s/Chicken-Facts.aspx" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Chicken Facts</a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"> > Our Freshness Guarantee </span>Okay, well here they just go on to say " <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.35em;">At Lenard's Chicken we use only the best and freshest. In fact, we take it so seriously that we guarantee it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">That's why we use healthy barn-raised chickens, with no added hormones or steroids.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And because we make our products fresh right here in store with quality, naturally delicious ingredients, we ensure you get the very best every time.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">So if you're not satisfied that we're delivering on our promise, ask for your money back.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.35em;">For more information on our chickens, our ingredients or nutrition please ask our friendly staff in store or reveiw Product Details here online."</span><br />
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Well that doesn't tell me jack shit either, and these people really seem to be giving me the run around.<br />
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TLDR: Most IGA's get their chicken from Metcash(basically a big warehouse) and we dunno, lol, where these chickens come from and some IGAs don't get their chickens from Metcash so just ask your local IGA manager today!<br />
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In summary, I get no real answer. Until I find out how and where these animals lived and died I won't be purchasing whole roasted chickens from IGA, and will be encouraging others to find out their own truth.<br />
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Edit: I've taken a moment to write a quick note to the CEO of Metcash, let's see what he says. I'll keep you guys posted :)<br />
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"<b>Hello CEO of Metcash,</b><br />
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<b>I was simply wondering what you could tell me about where the company (who I understand supplies my local IGA) gets their supply of chickens from and what sort of further information I could get about the topic. For example; how are the chickens raised, what breed, what is their age of slaughter, are antibiotics used and what are their living and slaughtering conditions?</b><br />
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<b>Thanks in advance.</b><b>"</b>Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-91459636547183682862013-02-12T22:34:00.001-08:002013-02-12T23:01:16.186-08:00Coming out of the closet (bathroom) with my beardSo recently, if you are one of the 7 people who follow and actually read my blog, you may know that Jarrad and I purchased a house together. What you may not know is that we've invited backpackers to stay in our spare rooms. We have Lisa, a really sweet blonde German girl, and the two recent additions of Connie and Fiona, who I'm pretty sorta sure are Tai girls. They are also awesome because they love Crayon Shin Chan and recognized the figure I have in my room of him.<br />
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So I've been sprouting hair in the oddest places since I was about 11 but no place has been odder and more horrific than a manly little beard I've got going on, for reals. I was totally addicted to shaving when I was in my teens, and while you'd think this would help, it only serves to make the problem more obvious since industrious shaving habits create awful red razor burns and hair that grows back much thicker and much faster. If you check out the pictures of myself that I've posted on my blog you can sort of see the irritated areas around my neck from shaving but if I don't shave I would never ever leave the house. When there was no one else staying here I would plan my week around shaving my face, since leaving it for a day or two lessens the irritation caused by shaving religiously every single day. At the height of my obsession I would shave twice a day and still not go outside more than I had to.<br />
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It is really embarrassing to notice people looking. I was always called names like 'wolf girl' and 'ape girl' in school, before I learned to bleach, wax, or shave. The new backpacker lady staying, Fiona, seems to be quite curious, as I can totally see her checking me out out the corner of my eye. You sort of have to build up an immunity to people looking and sometimes I will just tell people outright like, "Hey, I have PCOS and I have tons of hair in shitty places because of a hormonal imbalance -insert awkward and comforting smile-"<br />
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When I was in Armadale there was a woman there that I chased down because she didn't shave and was around my age. I thought she was super super brave because of it, but she turned out to be a really ugly personality on the inside and I really felt sorry for her and tried to become friends only to be shut out in the cold by her. I understand that though. Sometimes I just wanna lock myself inside and never come out again. When I catch people looking while I'm waiting in line a McDonalds or someplace it is really hard to know what to do. Do I wave at them? Do I fucking smile or scowl or shrug? That is alot of the reason while I wear sunglasses in public places, I don't want them to know that I know they're looking.<br />
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So get rid of it, you say? It's expensive, I hear, and doesn't always work. Two weeks before I got married I let it grow out, hiding inside the house the entire time, and then took a train into Perth city to try and get it waxed. That was probably one of the hardest things I've ever done, going out with it very obvious looking like that. I remember huddling up in my hoodie and avoiding eye contact with everyone on the train. The waxing people were super friendly but no matter how hard they tried the hair just would not come out of my face and they finally stopped when it started taking skin. So then I had to march my ass through town and get back on the train with a super red neck and chin with awful, thick hairs sprouting out of it. Really wanted to pass out or something. So if you check my wedding photos the skin damage is there, though Michelle, Jarrad's bestie, did photo shop some for us :P<br />
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Anyways! There is no way to really wrap up this post, except to give the awkward smile I give when explaining the furrball issue :)<br />
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Also I'm super tired of explaining my anosmia to everyone, I can't smell!<br />
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P.S: Plucking doesn't do it for me, try plucking a hair from your husband's beard and see how he reacts to it.<br />
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P.P.S: Crunchie has also found something he really really likes about the new girls.<br />
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The two partridge girls (hopefully, am I right?) have come to us from <a href="http://mirasolechickens.webs.com/">Wendy at Mirasole Chickens</a>, the same place Janine's silkies and wyandotte/buff orpington cross came from! The other 4 girls came from a real nice lady named Jaq Dhalstrom on Walkabout Farm in Donnybrook. One of the white silkies, fondly named Crossie, has a crossbeak and we got him/her for free so hopefully it doesn't die on us. Been reading up that you can shave their beaks back a bit with a fingernail file so hopefully that will do the trick. The cross beak isn't so bad that it can't eat or anything, a perky, happy chook.</div>
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So overall things are doing pretty well.<br />
It seems like we'll never be finished doing anything in the house or on the property since we are not exactly break neck pace sort of people. Speaking of breaking necks I'm going for an MRI on Wednesday to see if there's anything causing my headaches and neck pain! It's probably all muscle related but wish me luck anyways, and pity me for having to take my tongue ring out and rejoin the ranks of the normals! Feeling quite exhausted of being in pain all the time, putting on a great big happy face at work, when I can work. I wish I could do a bit of writing but I'm feeling a bit sapped. Depressed! DON'TEATALLTHECAKEDON'TEATALLTHECAKE!Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-20043876062210289752012-12-02T22:03:00.001-08:002012-12-02T22:03:23.511-08:00Crazy Naked Chicks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This weekend we picked up Transylvania naked necks from <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/chookloop/">Chookloop</a>, a hour and some drive all the way out in Yarloop. The lady that owns the nakeds, Cathy, urged me to buy a lotto ticket because we ended up with four pullets and just one cockerel. Pretty freaking lucky, eh? This is my first flock so any advice is like, totally welcome. I thought I named the little boy James Bond because he has a bow-tie on his neck but I keep calling him Boyfriend and Preacher, which makes the girls his choir girls. I swear to god they never shut the hell up. They're always; "Peep this!" and "Peep that!" I'm trying to sleep for chrissakes. They're currently staying in the house until we move to the new property at the end of the week, or next week, or whatever. Jarrad wants to move on the 15th I think, but we GETTHEKEYSONTHE10THWOOOO!!!</div>
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Jarrad hasn't really been taken with the chickens at all. I am like totally excited though because they'll be the first thing in a long time that I get to watch grow up (except Evangeline. And the Janine's silkies.) Haven't really been working a lot because of some poopie doodle neck pain shitcrapfuck going on so I'm stuck inside with the peepers. Perhaps a valid time to box up my bookshelf :P<br />
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WE GOT A HOUSY, YAY!<br />
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Might be awhile before I update again. Maybe some pictures from the work Christmas party, which is going to be awesome this year! Except that Janine was invited along so I think we all have to sit on our hands on the bus ride up the Perth -pout-Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-22024482558232803652012-11-15T23:36:00.002-08:002012-11-16T00:00:07.028-08:00Chicken Brain My brain is currently obsessed with chickens. I pester the shit out of them in the day time and dream of them at night time. I swear to god I heard myself give a residual cluck as I woke up this morning. (Spoiler: we might have a new housy soon so there-will-be-chickens. Many many chickens!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Look Renfield, I'm drinking wine and eating chicken!"</td></tr>
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So the pastry thingies turned out awesome. I took them into work where they were quickly set upon and devoured. So freaking easy I even decided to make them again, though the next batch was lemon butter and peaches, mmmmph!<br />
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Jarrad and I went to the 2012<a href="http://www.bullandbarrel.net.au/"> Dardanup Bull and Barrel festival </a>with cages in tow, thinking there would be tons of livestock, as was previously described to me. Unfortunately there wasn't huge variety in poultry but we did snag four beautiful silkies and a wyandotte/orpington mix from M<a href="http://mirasolechickens.webs.com/">irasole Chickens</a>. I'm pretty sure that like three of the silkies are little boys but the lady gave us a discounted price on them and we've been able to rehome one of the boys because a workmate lost her silkie roo to a fox :(<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not sure if this is Petal? She was the mascot for the tent.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bringing the birds home.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And bothering the shit out of them, literally.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Megan spoils the silkies.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And makes noises so they stretch their dorky necks up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty sure they were posing for me.</td></tr>
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I thought I'd do a little entry about Janine's chickens. Well...the OTHER chickens. They're all her chickens because we bought the silkies for her as a present. I don't really remember all their names so you'd have to hop over to <a href="http://makingatreechange-janine.blogspot.com.au/">her blog</a> and bother her about them. They really are handsome birds though. Oddly enough Debbie's property is for sale and can be <a href="http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/kirup/property-for-sale/kirup-syrup-original-farm-16-solar-panels-/1008491725">found on Gumtree.</a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Debbie's driveway. Jelous.</td></tr>
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Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-36540894653606214832012-09-22T04:10:00.000-07:002012-09-22T04:24:41.542-07:00"It's a bakery :D!"Total sob story, I don't think we can afford to see <a href="http://fluffyguy.com/">Gabriel Iglesias</a> when he comes to Perth in October. That's like when I found out that Repo played in Toledo a month after I left and Andrew Zimmern was around AND THEN I MISSED RAMMSTEIN PLAYING IN PERTH BECAUSE I NEVER READ THE PAPER. And them's just the breaks.<br />
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Today we're making this:<a href="http://www.thefreshloaf.com/recipes/blueberrycreamcheesebraid" style="color: #ff9933; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;" title="Blueberry Cream Cheese Braid">Blueberry Cream Cheese Braid</a>dadadaDAAAAH!</div>
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I've been looking a lot lately into making my own sourdough starter but I've been sort of cowed by all the information out there and all the forums littered with bread fanatics freaking the fuck out about pineapple juice versus water and unbleached white versus rye flour and catching wild yeast versus using plums or grapes and yadda yadda yadda. It's enough to make my head spin like The Exorcist. Just make a loaf of fucking bread for christ sakes, it can't be that hard and long winded. </div>
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And here's the halfway point. As I'm typing this these suckers are in the oven and hopefully on their way. I didn't refrigerate them overnight but did so for only 6 hours. They should be fine, eh? Slow rise my ass, I say. Aw well, we'll see if they fall flat or not. In the mean time enjoy some local port and cheese that we got from Balingup this afternoon. Plum port from <a href="http://www.fruitwinery.com.au/?page_id=4&category=8">the Fruit Bat place</a> (it's cheaper than the site list) and some cheeses from <a href="http://www.cambraysheepcheese.com.au/">Cambray Sheep Cheese</a>! Delicious.<br />
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Now I'm off the read The Sandman, since Rachel lent it to me. Just finished reading Linsner's Dawn comics, which were totally mind blowingly awesome. Must get the rest of The Walking Dead and iZombie when I have moneys :o!<br />
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Kirup has had the flu. No really, like everyone that lives here has had it and after two weeks full of cocky sounding "not me!"s I came down with it hard. Like hardcore. Like really sick, crawling around the house moaning like a banshee. Needless to say Jarrad was not amused at the guilty-for-not-working text messages which appeared on his phone as the following:</div>
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There's been alot of playing Rift on my time off, alot of getting back into my tiny mouse sized dwarf Silver. There's been alot of thinking (but not actually doing) about writing about Zen and her escapades again. There's been alot of sadly watching Anthony Bourdain but not being able to keep food down.</div>
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Here are some things I pulled off my camera for your entertainment (the 3 people who read this blog.)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bad weather, obvsly really long time ago :o</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what happened to Christine's tube. Bun love you long time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bun also love Skittles long time. Sometimes when I leave the screen door open they escape together.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crunchie love me long time. Sick face pajamas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nicole and Elbows' alpacas escaped into our yard! Hide the childrens!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A house in Balingup with a giraffe statue in the yard. Story please, somebody.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the way to <a href="http://www.smallwaterestate.com/">Smallwater Estate</a>, their dams. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a tikka masala thing I made. I thought it was pretty but Jarrad was all; "Garnish? Are we a fancy place to eat now?"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeah sorry, vanity whore here, but my hair was awesome today.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That is two french braids tied off, then made the pony of them into 1 braid and looped it under and over. Fabs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More of that drive, Pokemon Snap style :D!</td></tr>
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<li>And 50 Shades of Grey is a steaming shit heap :) After awhile I told Jarrad that, and I think maybe he thought I was just feeling guilty about reading uhm..what is this fucking thing classified as, because I sure as hell wouldn't call that erotica. Romance novel? Anyways I started calling out every time I read the shit that was annoying me. So I laid in his room while he played his spaceship game and every time read the line I would be like; "Holy crap..." or "Holy cow.." or "Oh my" or "Wow..." It actually sort of reminded me of this <a href="http://i.imgur.com/uiLqn.jpg">post </a> and <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/gnpgs/he_had_a_dick_attack/">this post</a>. For real. The exclamations were about every second page through out the first half of the book. It looked like the author got her shit together halfway through. Just really horrible. I understand that the concept of BDSM is new to some people (under 13 who haven't heard <a href="http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDkQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKdS6HFQ_LUc&ei=77JVUObZK8mciAf1n4DQBg&usg=AFQjCNFz1Qnw0ZlliQgnptUkJD5LeD7X8Q">Rihanna's song</a> about it) but I don't know why this woman has exploded onto the best seller's list, honestly.</li>
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<li>By the way that Tasty Edibles place in Greenbushes is awesome. He does real sourdough bread, heavy and crunchy, and he let me see his yeast. I'm seriously nosy, my mother in law was with me and I was like, "WHAT DOES IT SMELL LIKE, SMELL IT!" at her which totally garnered a weird look from this amazing chef guy. I was all, "-sweetest smile- Sorry, anosmia, can't smell a damn thing!"</li>
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<li>Also I've been eating into the Vampire Academy novels like crack cocaine. Ugh, why are they so good?! The house of Night books were a huge disappointment though, it's so easy to see they were written by two different people with a huge age gap. There was a word they kept repeating that annoyed the fuck out of me but I forget what it was, maybe something like, "It smelled delicious." Also annoying because the teenagers referred to each other as kids like; "I love that kid" as the main thought about her boyfriend. Maybe I'm wrong and it's an 'Okie' thing to do but it really rubbed me the wrong way. And I know people can write proper books together because I finally got around to reading the Acorna series last year when I remember Other Megan reading it when we were about 11 years old. See? I get around to things eventually!</li>
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<li>Another also! Neweys, the official veggie shop of Kirup, has been selling amazing ass brussels sprouts as of late. I do have an aversion to most things that are green, partially due to the anosmia cutting my sense of taste by an estimated 30-40%, but not when they are slathered and made love to by some bacon. Which is why I will never truly be bffs4ever with the vegetarian at work. At least he's not a god damn vegan, I can't even look those people in the eye. Maybe it's because I assume they can smell my carnivore stink from miles away. So anyways, <a href="http://cookingforassholes.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/roasted-brussels-sprouts-ii.html">eat the brussels like THIS!</a> And rub it in your vegetarian friend's faces :)</li>
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Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-78369045705257408092012-05-26T23:57:00.001-07:002012-05-27T00:03:49.582-07:00Where art thou, Moosie-o?I dunno, I just been busy, doin' stuff. You know.<br />
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But now I have like, no work because the apple market is screwed up so between Pilates classes and like, 2 work days I find myself with a fair amount of sudden free time. To write! Hee-heee! So yes, speaking of dropping Zen off at the orphanage I've actually been writing a little story about how she began. (After changing my mind about it like 5 times) <a href="http://www.fictionpress.com/s/3024458/1/Blood_and_Coffee">Hooray, story! </a><br />
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Also I thought I should post the really important things you've missed in my life! You know what that means..pictures!
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This is the <a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/early-american-eggnog/detail.aspx">eggnog we made over Christmas</a> last year for the work Secret Santa and then later for family Christmas and then another freaking batch for Secret Santa with the friends. (Jarrad insisted -.-; )! Because 1.It sounds right 2.It's American and so am I? 3. It has more eggs in it than the other recipes I've seen so far. So screw all the people who are afraid of salmonella poisoning and don't understand the sciencey reasons behind it being safe. (Alchohol 'cooks' the eggs or some shit, like ceviche and lime) So yeah, I'd braved the expensive alcohol and daaaaangerous eggs. Anyways, to the eggy pictures!<br />
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Jarrad and I being drunk assholes. We were at the pub and our friend Lucky was like, "What, you have faerie wings?!" So we just had to be like, "Hell yeah, wanna see?"<br />
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Janine making a mess at Christmas time. Though I thought it was quite colorful :P<br />
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Colin the Carrot making chaos at the packing shed on one of the last days Kim was there.<br />
Her blog can be found <a href="http://www.a2wheeledadventure.com/">here</a>! Kim has amazing motorbike adventures with her fiancee all over the world.<br />
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The beach at Bunbury, also taken the last day Kim was here.<br />
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Soundwave 2012 was freaking awesome! I got to see my favorite bands I never thought I'd get a chance to see. Other than falling out of love with Mr. Marilyn Manson I saw long time favorites Coal Chamber, Trivium, System of a Down and Sisters of Mercy! And new favorite The Devin Townsend Project.</div>
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But I couldn't handle the eternal heatwave and packed bodies that is Perth.(My toes were sun burnt! )<br />
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The ferris wheel as the sun went down over Soundwave.<br />
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A picture of the yard how it is just this morning. Everything be turning green, yo.<br />
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So yes, life so far this year has been extremely pleasant and laid back. Hopefully soon I'll get the pictures of Balingup Farm and Field Day off of Janine's camera and up for your viewing pleasure. </div>
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<br />Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-88608414437760689892011-11-11T06:51:00.000-08:002011-11-11T07:47:15.585-08:00A Farewell to my Favorite VampireI know it's been awhile, it's just that I have IRL stuff now and everyone should be happy for me :D<br />
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Still resisting everyone's calls of "Join facebook!" (It wants me to capitalize it. No chance, spellchecker.)<br />
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This is a nostalgia post. And also a chance for me to pop the search keywords into the internet.<br />
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So today I found myself searching myself again. This happens once in awhile since, secretly (not so secretly?), I am sort of a self important egotist. (But seriously isn't that why people blog, because who reads this shit anyway?)<br />
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When I was a lonely, scared little girl in foster care I developed my very own alter ego. Someone who had been through mostly the same shit that I had been through but was strong enough to fight back. Who was lovable and cute but who also had tiny little fangs and tiny little claws for fighting back. I didn't realize it at the time but this character was my escape. I wrote stories about her, drew pictures of her and her made up friends, and eventually she grew and grew until it seemed that sometimes I /was/ her. I wanted to be strong and be able to fight the dark and those who meant me harm, etc.<br />
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So the vampire Zenite Sanka was born.<br />
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When I was out of foster care and living with my mom for a year until moving in with Jane I discovered I could escape into my little vampire girl on the internet, through the wonder of AOL roleplaying chat rooms. Oh the fun I had with numerous other lively characters. We created a chat room together called "The Vamp Hunters Pub", originally made by our friend Mace, who played a jaded, grizzled old hunter that he dubbed Wyatt. We played together almost every day, typing out scenarios that left us lost to our minds and the keyboards for hours into the night. We met nervous werewolves, quick thinking mages, halarious drunkards, quiet priests, randy demons and all flavors of supernatural that people could dream up. I made friends with Hunter Wyatt, Hunter Jordania (Jordy luls), Vampire Anthony, Marcus the Mage, and Lobo the Werewolf. Serious friends. Anthony and Lobo's mun and I used to do three way phone calls once in awhile and shit on into the night about how life sucks (we were angsty little teens at the time.) The mun that played Wyatt recently got into contact with me and we ran a small roleplaying session on MSN, though it wasn't the same and we quit after awhile.<br />
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A large portion of my life belongs with the character that I think it's time to hang up. I'm pretty sure I'm strong enough now that I don't need to imagine her anymore. But still, she's left a fingerprint on the internet that I had to smile about. I had to type this blog post because I feel just so restless about it. Reading the old roleplaying sessions that I happen to have saved makes me feel restless and creative and I have no outlet. Or at least I feel like I have no outlet for what used to be a roleplaying addiction, luls.. Oh, also I feel like I should mention me murder killing my Queen of the Damned and Music of the Succubus Club CDs whilst I was in my teens. Pretty sure I played them until they melted off my CD player (Sorry Megan :o! )<br />
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Without further delay, the relics of a buried vampire.<br />
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<a href="http://vampiriciust.tripod.com/">Vampire Anthony's Site</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.angelfire.com/fang/vampyrezenite/">Zen's tiny blip</a> (When I was bad at the internetz)<br />
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<a href="http://thegothicmirror.tripod.com/">Zen's Old Old Old Bio</a><br />
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Also it's not weird that I roleplayed. If you'd never heard of it then I'll have you know there are plenty of <a href="http://boards.4chan.org/tg/">adults that still do this</a>. Albeit in nerdier and more complex ways now that they are older, ways that include number crunching -shudder-.Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-60988324554571293692011-09-24T00:11:00.000-07:002011-09-24T00:23:37.582-07:00Bunnicula Strikes AgainOh Jesus, I haven't posted in a month and finally when I do it's pictures of animals?<br />
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I have become the crazy cat/rabbit lady.<br />
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</tbody></table>A tidbit of information since I have a migraine from shitty because pillows>neck>head>etc. (MiL brought me back a new one today from the 'Big City,' because she cares <3)<br />
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I recently (acshully like a month ago, lol living in the country sucks for mail) won a bid on a Zune HD 64 gig media player. I am like so excited and waiting for it to come in the mail soon, like..next week sometime. But I did get my chain mail links in the mail, see I'm gonna try and make a chain mail bracelet 'cause I think I'm up to the job an stuff (if I get bored of it maybe the husband will do it.)<br />
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Sad that the most exciting thing I have to do is wait for the mail to come. Backpacker Laura said if I plan on living in Kirup for a few years I should make some babies to pass the time. Personally I disagree with the idea of popping out a baby just for something to do like, "I'm bored, jeez this would be so much better if I had someone else's shit to clean up every few hours." So no, still no baby plans.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monday approaches...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-11151598390963932472011-08-29T06:48:00.000-07:002011-08-29T07:00:18.152-07:00Weekend of the Balingup Medieval Fair!<a href="http://www.balingupmedievalcarnivale.com.au/">Obligational link to the fair's website.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scenery from the drive</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These scarecrow guys were all over the town</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Commercialization >:o</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He is pissed like because I bought mead then didn't want it "DRINK IT :D !"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A taste of Mexico, err...Spain!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A real live blacksmith. His hands were black from working all day ._.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PARADE!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smug look w/smoothie :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The burning of the dragon Saturday night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scenery from Sunday morning.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Belly dancin!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yep, he's definitely dead. Skin and bones.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parade day 2. Better position.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WHOAMGZLOOKOUT</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skippin ladies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plague men, my favorite costumes there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Volunteer drummers :D !</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camel train, cho-choooo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://greycompany.com.au/">The Grey Company :D</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My goofy ass pals :P</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back to Monday :( </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-54802508819419712332011-08-23T03:09:00.000-07:002011-08-23T03:17:48.847-07:00Pictures instead of wordsAlot has been going on lately so I am, alas, too tired to even tell anyone about it.<br />
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Instead I will lazily update my blog with pictures :D<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dat sheep at one of my back packer friend's places she is staying at . P.S Sheeps are really loud.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dem apple buckets at the sorting table.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In case you really wanted to see them</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harry cat lazing in front of the fire</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Milly cat was running from the bunny and flew up the tree o_o</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Milly is trying to eat my flower arrangement D:</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bun having a chillout on the rug</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Experimental lemon/orange cake thingy. First cake made without any recipe!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Version 2. Now with added cointreau!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paste sauce of awesome, fresh and home made.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some trees and shit where we were exploring</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weird cactus growing out top of a car thing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kirup Cabins! Curently for sale for about 1.5 million</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of pretty views :)</td></tr>
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<div>AND YAY THIS WEEKEND IS THE BALINGUP MIDIEVIL FESTIVAL THINGSHITSTUFF :D !!1</div><div><br />
</div><div>Also the Boyanup end of month farmer's market, so the weekend really can't come soon enough. It's like, 'One more apple day, tomorrow is Wednesday then Thursday then Friday, please god no more apples o_o..'</div>Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-57251369260731255402011-07-26T23:23:00.000-07:002011-07-26T23:30:28.480-07:00The Curious Pie Case #1 (Donnybrook Bakery)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sometimes I wake up and feel just like my cat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tripping out of bed and dragging my little body to the shower I found myself making morning grunting noises like, "Why the fuck am I awaaaaaake?" I probably looked like I was cast in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096071/">Serpent and the Rainbow</a> or <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1520211/">The Walking Dead</a>. After said refreshing shower I was able to pull on my, "I need to look awake now" face and charge ahead towards getting dressed and cleaning all the poopys (6 cats, 1 rabbit.) As always my cat Crunchie was there to remind me that it was 10am and this is how I felt on the inside after reading until 3 am.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">BUT WAKING UP WAS WORTH IT!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ADVENTURE WAS TO BE HAD!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The magical words my mother in law piped up;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Megan let's go to IGA, we need bread."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">READY THE CAR JEEVES, WE'RE GOING TO THE BIG CITY!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So here is my official little review of the Donnybrook Bakery beef pies, which we carted home due to el grandmother piping up, "Let's do some pies!" Yes, let's, good idea, I will eat some pies. Oh also we saw this neato <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/07/a-stormtrooper-is-walking-across-australia-for-charity/#more-462922">storm trooper guy</a>, Jacob French, marching along for the <a href="http://www.mousedroid.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6298">Starlight Children's Foundation</a>. Everyone was like stopping him and stuff and he was barely able to move through town but he is like hella brave and I wish I'd bought him a cup of tea or something but I was busy ordering my pies. GO JACOB, may the force be with you, etc >:0!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The pie itself was not exactly exciting but had a very tame sort of taste to it which allowed the small amount of onion in it to become the forerunner in palate. Not very salty and not very strong, the pie relied more on it's pastry components to bring it alive, doughy and flaky the pastry was what you'd expect from a quality bakery. Being an American I've not experienced a lifetime of pies so my taste for them might be a bit off. I have noticed that alot of pies are either a bit too greasy or the crust way too hard for me, like the crust from the magic mushroom place in Balingup. The pastry from the Donnybrook Bakery was the softer sort that I like but perhaps a little too doughy. Overall I thought it was alright but could have used more salt/meat and became the pie that you'd eat with tomato sauce.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That little chocolate chip muffin was amazing (see, I ate half in the car D: ). The chocolate was not any store bought chip I've ever tasted so I would like to know where it came from, extremely flavorful and cocoay (<--that's not a word.) The muffin came with a buttery rich cake appeal with no overwhelming sweetness. It was rich enough that it took me some time to get through, mmmhmm :3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've not tried the Swiss rolls we'd bought (there's no room left in me!) but they look delicious and will provide incentive to eat all my dinners and pretend to not be full afterwards, as you do.</div>Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-7415771361272489082011-07-21T06:25:00.000-07:002011-07-21T06:27:22.225-07:00Whereupon I Have Been AsleepI have been sleeping... There has been internet silence from me for about 2 months now and the break has been nice, extremely refreshing. I got a little jobby putting apples in some boxes, pulled many weeds, rediscovered the nostalgia of pokemon and have tried to make nice with the my new neighbors (especially the local butcher who carries a quality of meat to die for. Well, the cow died for it.)<br />
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Yes finally, we have landed in Kirup! (See el mother in law's blog for more details -lazy- D: )<br />
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There must be pictures somewhere, ffs... -scrounges around madly- ...AHA!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sorry for the small update but it's past 9pm and way past my new country bed time. I shall make effort to dig out more pictures! Must snap anything that moves! I'll take a walk tomorrow and pretend I'm playing Pokemon Snap, "You were close, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL!" :P</div>Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-53376479972025266472011-05-21T15:31:00.000-07:002011-05-21T16:15:31.449-07:00Chicken Ass<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">First off a great recipe, as expected, by Rachel Ray: <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/late-night-bacon-recipe/index.html">Late Night Bacon</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And with that out of the way! As previously mentioned (at least I think) I am a sort of casual 'foodie.'</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Foodie is a pretentious sort of term, like hipster, which basically means I am a living, breathing, Hungry Hungry Hippo.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Also previously mentioned in this blog, I love Anthony Bourdain and have accidentally encountered him in my cyber space foodie fap sessions. Seriously, it was an accident like;</span><br />
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<a href="http://boards.4chan.org/ck/"></a>> <a href="http://www.notquitenigella.com/2010/08/02/anthony-bourdain-interview/">http://www.notquitenigella.com/2010/08/02/anthony-bourdain-interview/</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Because apparently Bourdain thinks it's the funniest food blog there is out there. I was dubious but started my skim reading scroll down the page whilst rolling my eyes at too much foul language and an elitist sort of attitude. And then I slowed down..and started reading and realize this person was taking seemingly unreachable foods and translating them into foods that were as easy as falling off a log. Sidenote the terminology in Hebrew; <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: x-small;"><em>easy peasy</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: x-small;">- (Bekalley kalloot)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: x-small;"><span dir="rtl" lang="hb" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/easy/easy2_hb.mp3" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">בקלי קלות</a> </span></span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Because that is exactly what it looks like. Chicken that was forcibly drowned in red wine and molested up the no-no end with garlic mushroom stuffing but after it's trauma still looked good enough to rip apart with a fork. After all it's been through, all the PETA alert worthy trauma I would eat that poor, unfortunate chicken. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lots of pictures incoming sometime soon about kitchen and bathroom construction. Oh boy they look purdy! Speaking of getting ready for the big move I've called it quits with Rift (teh game) in favor of rushing around and slapping paint on the walls/throwing things in boxes/holy shit this house is broken/etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Hey baby, nice melons."<br />
(Watermelon pun, srsly, look they're right there!)</td></tr>
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</div>Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-31027542898750060052011-04-21T09:17:00.000-07:002011-04-21T09:22:24.473-07:00Casual Gaming and Making it Work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Just making a quick opinionated post about gaming on Rift.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I like Rift because there are alot of stupid little achievements you can do to make you feel all accomplished. For example there are some where you angle yourself juuuust right and jump off the top of a tree and have to fall towards bouncy red mushrooms to survive the fall. Stupid things like that. I myself prefer artifact hunting, these tiny little sparklies along the road that you pick up and put into collections. Looking at the game, the scenic views from a mountain top or taking a swim around the beautiful underwater terrain can be fulfilling. These are things that I pick on the game that take VERY little time to do and can be stopped at the drop of the hat because we are moving two houses and sometimes I have GOT TO GO :) !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div>I decided to make my own little guild, Order of the White Turtle, when my home guilds kept falling apart due to people getting pissed off at each other over raiding times and raid loot and burning out because their girlfriends were leaving them and they'd be calling off work to game, etc. So I made a casual social guild and I let everyone who joined know that I would not always be on and that I'd even be leaving in a month or two. We have a ventrilo server (a voice chat program) and since the guild and it's laidback social style have become so popular there are usually about 10 of us from different parts of the world all having a good chat once in awhile. Since I'm on only a little bit each day I have choosen 4 people in the guild to be co-leaders and they are very helpful and friendly to the point where we all sort of know a bit of each other's lives. </div><div><br />
</div><div>I have to say I didn't expect it but knowing these people has given me a lot of the confidence back that I had lost while working retail the last few months. They're very strongly spoken, bright personalities and it feels good to talk to people from back in America sometimes, they can be cocky and aggressive but also supportive and kind. It also helps me realize that I prefer a sort of leadership role, or to feel like I'm involved in a community and thus I've decided that I'm gonna try to dive into the community when we move down to Kirup. Hopefully we'll be able to get involved in the renaissance fair goings on that they do every year, even if it is only helping set up the grounds.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Other sexy mountians</td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Etsy results for today's search: "<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1993121332">R</a></span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/68542494/reserved-for-beth-one-of-a-kind-dream?ref=sr_gallery_30&ga_search_query=renaissance&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade">enaissance"</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seriously? I'd totally work it though. Breakneck heels are a nice touch.</td></tr>
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</div>Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-22514468007625036822011-04-17T22:34:00.000-07:002011-04-17T22:34:50.046-07:00Babies EverywhereAhem, I'd like to clarify my earlier post a little bit.<br />
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I was a bit freaked out, here we are cleaning the house and the phone rings. "OMG HOW FAR ALONG IS SHE?" My husband spazzes into the phone, prompting me to peer around the corner and raise eyebrows at him.<br />
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Well that's confusing because my one sister in law (sort of sister in law I guess) is already like 20 weeks along and we've totally known about her for awhile now. So I wait for him to get off the phone, flapping my arms at him like, "Hurry up and tell me O_o!"<br />
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Turns out the OTHER sister in law is pregnant now, which leaves me as the only one out in the 'I Swallowed A Watermelon' club. Amazing dilemma. So I've been thinking about this for a day now, had a good long night to sleep on if I really wanna get pregnant now so our little ones can grow up together and have decided that no, I do not. Because they are about 5 years older than me and both have stable careers already, etc and I know that they are both planning on having more children. So maybe I can like, hit them up on the second wave. PLUS! They'll be able to share old baby clothes with me already. Uh-huh, I know, thought this out didn't I?<br />
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So my resolution is no babies. Not yet :)Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-20493186242477266872011-04-15T22:59:00.000-07:002011-04-17T22:35:49.712-07:00Dear mother-in-lawNo.<br />
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In 2007 a young woman named<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sophie_Lancaster"> Sophie Lancaster</a> and her boyfriend, Robert Maltby, were chosen as random targets of discrimination and a vicious hate crime was committed against them as they were walking through a park. A group of teenagers that were hopped up on alcohol beat Robert down before turning on Sophie, who dropped to cradle and protect her boyfriend's head. Sophie and Robert were mauled, their heads stomped on before the attackers fled the scene, the ambulance had a hard time even discerning if they were male or female. The attack is said to be provoked because the young 20 year old couple was dressed in an alternative gothic style.<br />
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Sophie died 13 days after the attack, she was subject to a coma and the family decided it was time to let her pass.<br />
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The 15-17 year old attackers have been sentenced to jail for a period of 16 years.<br />
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Living comfortably everyday is something to be considered a blessing, it is extremely hard for some of us to imagine that such hate crimes could be possible in this day in age. Random, senseless, violent, thuggish acts of prejudice.<br />
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<a href="http://www.sophielancasterfoundation.com/">The Sophie Lancaster Foundation</a> was founded in her memory and is introducing tolerance programs into schools along with campaigning for the UK hate crime legislation to include people from 'alternative lifestyles' or of 'lifestyle and dress.'<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm sharing this information in the hope that her story spreads. In the hope for us to raise our children with beliefs of tolerance. To keep alive the memory of a young girl who only wanted to express her creativity through her appearance. Please help us live in a culture of love and understanding, not of hate and intolerance. Let history not repeat itself. Not ever again.</div>Zennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05141132383448444336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768331154932867715.post-65411674114860367912011-04-04T18:41:00.000-07:002011-04-04T19:14:19.167-07:00Exposed, oo la la.Haha, precious title, am I right? I'm so funny, I know, you don't have to tell me -wink-<br />
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Ahhhh, we're ripping out the kitchen! Jesus Christ, there is red dust flying all the fuck over and sticking in my hair and under my nails and I'm only supervising! We had to hire the best plumber/tradesman in the area over the weekend who, for an exorbitant fee, came and ripped apart the kitchen for us. Well if you call making dinner once and a while exorbitant, he is like, actually my father in law BUT I DIGRESS!<br />
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</tbody></table>After a whirlwind of sweaty men and chisels it has become apparent to me that we are not having homemade pizza tonight. I will exist solely on coffee and turkey sandwiches for the next full week. Day 2 of this predicament finds me with the wide eyes, the shakes, and a swollen waistline. This new kitchen had better look fucking fantastic and this new oven better pop out pizza that would throw <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvazQUYG1kE">Emeril Lagasse</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCtM95_Ftjo">Paula Deen</a> into a catatonic state of euphoria, in fact it should make the pizza itself...in under 20 seconds...and wrap it up in a bow for me...with a side of cheesecake.<br />
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</div>Before making the giant leap to Australia I lived in small and simple Maumee Ohio in a glorious apartment above Dale's Bar and Grill. Which was, by the way, awesome. I could call down there at like 10 in the morning for a tuna salad sandwich with chili cheese fries and they'd be all, "We know that's you, come down in 10 minutes luls." After a while they figured out I was a creature of habit and just assumed my order was always going to be the same (which is it was, eh-heh..) A bit pathetic but true. Maumee is a beautiful city.<br />
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</tbody></table>I've come to the conclusion that due to my homesickness I now really want to have a little piece of my old self and old memories (fond years after I left my aunt, poor living but I loved my city) by maybe when and if we ever build a home I could have an exposed brick kitchen or bathroom. Or maybe the whole damn house, just pretty red brick everywhere but you know maybe that would be hard to decorate around. It'd have to be ultra modern or extremely rustic me thinks. Either way this is my newly realized sort of dream. Like I don't care if it really happens but it'd be really super, get what I mean? More like a fond idea, yeah...<br />
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Now some random shots I saved off google image search of exposed brick work, woo!<br />
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