Manda Propaganda

Petty Grievances And Tiny Delights

Manda — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:41:46 +0000

Yet another list… because I am not in the mood to structure paragraphs.

The following things annoy me:

My brother is once again friends with my ex-husband on facebook
Despite my best efforts, I am still not divorced from said ex-husband
My flatmate will clean her own mess in the kitchen but not put a glass I used in the dishwasher, despite the fact that I constantly clean up after her - childish much?
And she constantly short changes me on our bills… half of $425 is not $207 for fucks sake!
The more guys I date, the more convinced I am that all men are either selfish, untrustworthy, ignorant, rude, condescending, intolerant, mysogynistic or worst of all… BORING!

The following things please me:

My Jane Austen note cards arrived today and they are so adorably quaint I could just die!
I am over half way through my 18th book for the year
I am so glad my sister has a Blackberry now - using the BB messenger to chat to her is crazy cool
I have a bag of mini M&Ms… awesome!
Tomorrow will be a day of lunch and movies and girly indulgence with my 2 favourite women, and I cant wait!

People I Dont Miss…

Manda — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:55:35 +0000

I’ll start with my parents, who were never really around anyway. Their absence these days is barely felt and I worry how disconnected I will already be when I lose one of them for good.
There is the girl who used to be a close friend, but who chose a boost in self-esteem over our friendship. I’m better off without her.
There is the guy I would have given everything, who pretended to be a friend to me but was manipulative, self serving and a really crap liar. The hole he left in my life has been filled with the happiness he was preventing me from reaching.
There is a part of me that gets left further behind each day. The part of me that was wound up tightly, afraid to let go of the old, and therefore unable to grab on to anything new. The part of me that needed to be angry and sad to feel special, believing that my negative energy was stronger than my positive could ever be. She is disappearing, and I dont miss her at all.

Dull List Of Things That Are On My Mind

Manda — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:44:30 +0000

The title says it all… here we go:

Last week I ordered a ladder shelf on eBay. Its a shelf that looks like a ladder. Duh. Once it arrives and gets assembled, its gonna go at the end of my bed, and I have already decided whats going to go on each of the 5 shelves. From top to bottom: candles, speakers, books and letter writing stuff, uni stuff, printer. I am more excited about this than I probably should be… its just a shelf after all!
The speakers that go on the second shelf are a junky crackly pair my ex gave me years ago. I am watching a gorgeous bluetooth laptop speaker on eBay at the moment, and once I sell some more of my clutter, I will be able to buy it.
Ditto with the printer. I want a sexy wireless bluetooth one.
I’d like to take the day off work on Friday but we are short staffed since that chick finished up last week and we dont have a replacement yet. I wish they would just hire Heath and be done with it. I’d love for him to come work with me.
I did my second ever uni assessment last night. I think I did well. Despite scoring only 6/10 on the mock assessment I was reasonably confident on 7 or 8 of the 10 questions in the real one. Should get results next week.
I read “Room” by Emma Donoghue in less than 24 hours. What a book! Highly recommended.
Started reading “Candide” by Voltaire straight afterwards. This is my 17th book for the year. One more and I break last years record. Nice!
If I can stick to my budget for the next 2 months, things are going to be very peachy indeed. However, “sticking to my budget” involves resisting book buying binges… damn you Book Depository and your free shipping! Damn you to hell!
I made a list of “32 Things To Do Before I Turn 32″. I wont be publishing it online, but the idea of doing even half the things on it is very exciting…

Birthday Party

Manda — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:35:42 +0000

Yesterday was my nephews 1st birthday, so my sister and I arranged to host a party for him at her house.

We ate fairy bread, watermelon, chicken nuggets and more cubes of cheese than is generally advisable. We went to the park and played on the swings, made a menagerie of balloon animals and danced around covered in streamers.

While Nathanael looked like the Mayor of Munchkin Land in his tiny suit and tie, we dressed Scarlett like Dorothy, complete with home-made ruby slipper tennis shoes, then wrapped my brother in foil to fill the role of Tinman. Tamara wore a long wig and striped socks as the Wicked Witch and along with a balloon Toto, we went to see the Wizard.

I asked her what she was going to ask the Wizard for and she said she would ask him for a brain. I told her she already had a big brain because she was smart and good with her shapes and colours and always remembered to use her manners. Acknowledging this, she decided to ask her a heart instead. I asked her what I should request from the Wizard… she said “You can ask for courage.” How apt, I told you she’s a smart kid!

Nathanael is almost walking, but apart from “brm brm brm” doesn’t seem to show much interest in talking. While at that age, Scarlett was tearing around and getting into everything, Cookie is a lot more sedate. Maybe its his natural temperament, or because he’s a boy, but he is just such a cool dude, content to hang out and let things happen around him, preferring instead to jam pikelets in his mouth until he vomits.

Happy birthday Cookie Boy! We love you very much <3