Back on track

[pride_of_erin]

Hello thar my lovelies - I have returned from my sojourn in Self Pity Land. I don't reccommend it, the food's terrible. *g*

Anyhoo, I apologise for my last post - I shouldn't be dumping my crap on you guys, just because I had shiteful day. But I am immensely grateful for all the kindness people gave me - you have no idea how much it helped, so thank you. Cuddles and kisses to you all.

I'm feeling much better - more in control again. I just keep saying to myself, "My fucking life, goddammit, and I shall do whatever I bloody well want with it - criticisms and guilt-tripping be damned."

Now back to the fun stuff in life - since when do unpaid accounts get 100 icon spaces, and why was I not informed?! I rarely go to my manage userpics page, 'cause, yeah, three spaces - what's the bloody point?, but I went to temporarily delete a couple of pics and replace them with Christmas ones, when lo and behold it says Currently uploaded: 3 out of 100. I am like, "Bzuh? ...the fuck?" So I try loading a 4th pic and it works! Cue Erin having a aneurysm from the excitement of finally being able to use all the pretty and funny icons out there (rojimouse, my little Photo Shop goddess! I am gonna suck you dry! *g*). Extra iconage is verrah, verrah happy-making - I just hope it's not a fluke result of the icon troubles that have been plaguing LJ recently, so they end up being taken away from me. That would be most uncool.

EDIT: Oh my God, I'm clearly an idiot - I just checked my user info, and apparently I now have six months of a paid account. Which accounts for the extra iconage. Which means some glorious angel has given me this wonderful, wonderful gift and I had no freakin' idea - thank you, mysterious benefactor! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!

Look at my cute Christmas icon, made by the wonderfully talented and genrous doctorevel! Inspired by the "Gonna have a ho down", "Who you callin' a ho?" exchange between Lee and Dean on Oz S4 DVD commentary. I <3 it muchly.



50 of the most random things you prob. never needed to know about someone. REPOST WITH YOUR ANSWERS.

1. Your name spelled backward? Nire.

2. Last incoming call on your phone? Um… Nan, I think.

3. What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer? On my frigging 4th attempt to download a McShep vid now (stupid connection).

4. What's your favorite restaurant? Italian at the Park.

5. Last time you swam in a pool? About… 2 years ago.

6. Have you ever been in a school play? Lots! I ruled at memorising long-ass Shakespeare monologues, although by all accounts, my Blanche DuBois was a little substandard. Meh - I did the accent better than anyone else.

7. How many kids do you want? Shyeah - that would be a big ol' ZERO.

8. Type of music you dislike most? Techno house music crap.

9. Are you registered to vote? Yeah, since it's illegal not to vote in Australia.

10. Do you have cable? No. *weeps*

11. Have you ever ridden on a mo-ped? Nope.

12. Ever made a prank phone call? No, I'd be too embarrassed.

13. Boyfriend/Girlfriend? Not at the moment.

14. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving? Hell freakin' yeah to sky diving; bungee jumping - it would depend on the location.

15. Furthest place you ever traveled? About a couple of hours north of Surfer's Paradise (I need to get out more).

16. Do you have a garden? No, plants hate me.

17. What's your favorite comic strip? Don't really read comics - oh, wait - what's the one with the snakes? That one.

18. Do you really know all the words to your national anthem? Pretty much - I'm a tad unsure of the second verse, but plenty of people don't even know we have a second verse, so it doesn't matter.

19. Bath or Shower, morning or night? Shower. I kinda alternate between nights and mornings. At the moment, it's nights.

20. Best movie you've seen in the past month? Haven't seen any new movies in the last month.

21. Favorite pizza toppings? Ham and pineapple.

22. Chips or popcorn? Popcorn!

23. What color lipstick do you usually wear? None or just clear lip gloss.

24. Have you ever smoked peanut shells? Buh?

25. Have you ever been in a beauty pageant? As if…

26. Orange Juice or apple? Apple

27. Who were the last people you went out to dinner with? The family.

28. Favorite type chocolate bar? Mars Bar.

29. When was the last time you voted at the polls? I can't bloody remember - when was the last election? Feels like I'm dragging my arse down there every five minutes.

30. Last time you ate a homegrown tomato? Don't eat tomatoes (blech!)

31. Have you ever won a trophy? Yep - for Drama in high school and for Physical Culture when I was little.

32. Are you a good cook? I've had the mechanics of boiling an egg explained to me about five times and I still forget - what do you think?

33. Do you know how to pump your own gas? I don't even know how to drive.

34. Ever ordered from an infomercial? No.

35. Sprite or 7-Up? Sprite. Actually, I don't think I've ever even tasted 7-Up.

36. Have you ever had to wear a uniform to work? No, but I've had to wear some hideous ones to school. (Green and white striped, potato-sack-style, button-up smocks are incredibly flattering - NOT).

37. Last thing you bought at Walgreens? What the fuck is Walgreens?

38. Ever thrown up in public? Spewed all over the table at a restaurant when I was three. And I hurled in the middle of a university lecture two years ago - good times.

39. Would you prefer being a millionaire or finding true love? True love. Preferably both.

40. Do you believe in love at first sight? No - it's lust at first sight; you can't truly love a person unless you know them.

41. Can ex's be just friends? Depends on who they are and what their relationship was like.

42. Who was the last person you visited in the hospital? My sister, when she had a baby last year.

43. Did you have a lot of hair as a young kid? At times - and there were other times when it was all hacked off, boy-style - I alternated.

44. What message is on your answering machine? voicemail? I think the message on my mobile is something along the lines of, "This is Erin's phone, I can't answer it right now, so leave a message after the beep - 'bye."

45. Where would you like to go right now? New York City.

46. What was the name of your first pet? The first (and only) pet that was all mine and not a shared family pet - a mouse named Zachary. Then we found out it was actually a girl when she got knocked up, so I changed it to Zacharina.

47. what kind of back pack do you have, and whats in it? I don't have one.

48. Who is your best friend of the opposite sex? Don't have one - all my male friends seem to have disappeared into the ether over the last year or so - very sad.

49. What is one thing you are grateful for today? The unconditional love I get from my parents. Doubly so, since I don't get it from anyone else.

50. What do you think about most people? They're too freakin' judgemental.

Comments

[evelina69.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that you are doing a bit better........ And hey if your coming to NYC, I'll be your own person tour guide.

So you are just a couple of hours away from Surfer's Paradise. Does that mean you live in Brisbane perhaps?

[pride-of-erin.livejournal.com]

I've been wanting to go to NYC since I was about six, it always just seemed like the coolest place in the world to me. Whenever anybody asks me that question, "If you could go anywhere in the world, where would would you go?", my answer's always been New York. Unfortunately, their response is usually along the lines of a disapproving, "Oh, but New York is so [insert any number of stereotypical flaws that most big cities have here]." Like they think I don't know about the bad stuff - sheesh, I know, I don't care, I wanna go for the good stuff. As soon as I have the cash (after moving out on my own), I am so there.

So you are just a couple of hours away from Surfer's Paradise. Does that mean you live in Brisbane perhaps?

Oh no, that's just the furthest away I've travelled - I'm actually about hour south of Sydney. We went up that way to visit friends who moved up there, plus my oldest brother lives in Surfer's.

[evelina69.livejournal.com]

As someone who has lived in New York City my entire life AND someone who has spent 5 months traveling Australia I have experienced both. And thats the point, both are worth experiecing. The best piece of advice that I can give people is don't believe the hype. New York City is full of amazing people and shitty people, its filled with tons of remarkable things to experience and some frustrating things as well.....

Its like anyplace else... has its up and downs. But absolutely worth experiencing if you can.

By the way, I think everyone to take a trip down to your neck of the woods. Australia is an extraordinary country filled with the kindest people I have met anywhere in the world.

[pride-of-erin.livejournal.com]

By the way, I think everyone to take a trip down to your neck of the woods. Australia is an extraordinary country filled with the kindest people I have met anywhere in the world.

Well, thank you on behalf of my country :o)

I love talking to Americans who come here - we usually end up making fun of each other accents and the different names we have for things (I met this one girl at a playground who thought it was hilarious that we call slides, 'slippery dips' - still not quite sure why that's so funny, but we had a good laugh). And of course there was the guy who was stunned that we have Simpsons repeats on TV every night of the week - that was hysterical; he just kept saying over and over in this awed voice, "Every single night?" LOL.

[evelina69.livejournal.com]

Oh please, I thought "slippery dips" was hystercal. The first time someone said "good on ya" to me or "she'll be right," I looked at them in a very very bizarre fashion. But now all the lingo is second nature. My partner is actually Australian. I brought her home with me. Then of course came the experience of someone pointing to the bathroom and telling me that I needed to use the one marked "Sheila" or however that was spelled.

I got the art of ordering a beer down pat before I left and STILL crave a good VB!

[rileyc.livejournal.com]

Yay on feeling better. Remember, we're here anytime you need us.

Glad you're enjoying the lj paid benefits.

And Walgreens is a chain of pharmacies here in the States, where you can get your prescriptions filled and stock up on all sorts of junk.

[pride-of-erin.livejournal.com]

And Walgreens is a chain of pharmacies here in the States, where you can get your prescriptions filled and stock up on all sorts of junk.

Ah, I see. Thanks for clearing that up - I'm usually pretty savvy with our cultural differences, but that one had me stumped. I was thinking, "Um, is that like Walmart?..." I had no clue.

[ralu-1982.livejournal.com]

Wait a sec, you're *forced* to vote in Australia?! Jezz... Why? Is there a government explanation behind this law or is it something deeply rooted in Australian culture? Don't get me wrong, but it's like living in a communist country - "everybody stand in line and vote!". It's weird.

Anyway, glad you're your old self again. Happy Erin's nicer than Angry Erin. Oddly enough though, both Erins are fun.

[pride-of-erin.livejournal.com]

There's no explanation for the voting thing (and yes, it is pretty ironic that we're forced to partake in democracy, or else be hit with a huge fine) - I think it is deeply embedded in our culture - I was really surprised when I found out other countries have voluntary voting. I thought, "How can it possibly be a fair vote if not everyone has voted?" Which I suppose is the reasoning behind it down here. Plus most Australians are pretty apathetic about politics - if there wasn't a law to make you vote, I doubt you'd get more than 20% of the population bothering to do it. I sure as hell wouldn't.

Happy Erin's nicer than Angry Erin. Oddly enough though, both Erins are fun.

LOL - oh, yeah, I'm a barrel of laughs, either way.

[bundy1988.livejournal.com]

How the fuck did you make your page like that fucker. I want it I want it. Show me the way!