Floraish

..but first, a rant.

So the last few experiences I have had with fast food ‘restaurants’ have been shit. Actually, unbelievably shit. I mean, sure you go in with low expectations to begin with because let’s face it, multinational billion dollar companies choose to hire 15 year old bums with absolute zero understanding of customer service; but even after all this, I’m still getting terrible service and food quality. I mean, maybe because I worked at fast food and prided myself on doing a good job and back then, work ethic and morale wasn’t at an all time low, sure you get a few bad apples, but the whole fucking store including the manager? Come on!

Case in point: At a well known fast food chain which I won’t care to mention (but starts with Mc and ends in Donalds), I waited in their drive thru queue for over 15 minutes. For two shakes. TWO MEASLY FUCKING MILKSHAKES. Why didn’t I get out of my car and go into the restaurant? Because they have some shitty rule in place that they only have skeleton staff during graveyard and everybody goes through the drive thru. Even people walking, yes, those wankers. In fact, they were the ones holding up the line. Stoners probably feeling the munchies and ordering 15 burgers each. Fuckers. By the time I finally get my shake, they’re not even the right flavour and they were served to me with a grunt. Sigh. Other tidbits, which I can’t be bothered raging about, but this has caused me to reconsider my already limited visits there to be non existent.

ANYWAYS

Christmas is over! So are Boxing Day sales. Bring on NYE!

This year Erin, Steve, Deegan and I are going to the Regatta for their NYE Moulin Rouge party.

Should be a good night. Original plans WERE to go to Rydges and rock their rooftop party, it’s on level 12 and would’ve had eye level fireworks. Sigh. Oh well. Still get to go out and dress up

Side note: Can’t stop listening to Empire of the Sun. God damn catchiness!

Christmas has crept up on us again this year! It’s crazy!

I hope everybody has a great day with their family and significant others.

At work at the moment. Having a bitch about NYE. Had all these great plans, now they’re gone.

I don’t wanna do anything now.

On a somewhat positive note, for $8 I scored: 300gm serve of pasta, 2 nectarines, 1 banana, 1L of full cream milk and 700gm loaf of bread. No idea why everybody is complaining about the cost of living. The pasta is my lunch. Fruit my afternoon tea, and the milk and bread will be enough for the boss and I’s breakfast over the next 2 days.

It’s almost the end of the year. Here are some things I have done since last posting:

• Organised an OCAU BBQ

Well so I did! It was a hot day, but it was awesome. So very awesome! Jo came, my brother came, and Steve came too! I think all up, about 25 people showed up, with a few pikers here and there. It was the best. I didn’t cook either, but I did do lots of other running around and stressful shit, I felt that I didn’t need to.

• Toned and slimmed

Well gym is going great. Except now since it’s a small gym, they’ve closed for the Christmas period beginning yesterday!!! WHAT?! Where will I burn my calories now?! Actually, doing yard work and stuff is pretty crazy, more below.

• Become somewhat of a horticulturalist

Only somewhat. I bought a whole bunch of the prettiest flowers the other week from Bunnings and it took me about 2 days to prep the soil before I planted them. It’s NOT as easy as it looks. I have a couple of strawberry plants, a capsicum plant, some roses and a few other cool things (which the name escapes me) to look after. Hopefully pics to come, but since my dad broke my camera when he went to Mackay a few months back, don’t hold your breath.

Also we bought a new lawnmower which has height adjustment, which I swear to god is the best thing since sliced bread, so I’ve been doing weekly lawn maintenance. I fully think the old people across the street are jelly as.

• Started Summer Semester

And I hate it. I really do. If not for the fact that it was shaving a whole semester off my life next year, then I wouldn’t bother. Finding it hard to be motivated now when all my uni friends have graduated and I haven’t. Actually, it’s about time Greg graduated (4 years) but Megan and Aaron are in my cohort, and left without me

• Kicked arse at my job

Well yes, I have. I’m good. I know it. You know it. My boss knows it.

• Joined a Lion Dance team

Only as a support member, well, more like unofficial secretary of the club. Which is cool. I like it. I did a whole mailing campaign the other week for promotion, and it caught a few bites, which is cool.

• Signed up for an Annual Pass @ Wet’n'wild

Lex has one too. It’s gonna be AWESOME! We already went on Friday which is cool, they have a new ride there called the Kamikaze, which is not as frightening as it sounds, but mega fucking cool!!

• Enjoyed Sunnybank Sunday traditions

Well every Sunday, at some point of the day, I have been to Sunnybank for food. Steve and I started it in a bid for him to try new things. It was awesome and we soon discovered we really liked a couple of places in particular; Hot & Sour (aka Shanghai Restaurant) and Coffee Square (which isn’t a coffee shop as it’s name would suggest). Anyways, we always alternate between those two, but I think tonight we will be going to Coffee Square as we went to Hot & Sour the last 3 times in a row. Oh and we always get the same things too :blush:

Well that’s about it for now, I’m off for a swim

Love.

Love.

Love.

Nudie.