Power-Holiday Catch Up

Well my 5 day 'Power-Holiday' was wonderful but seemed to go so so fast... But let's get straight into the big daily catch up on food and activity...

Saturday (6th) - Day 1... well I spent the whole day watching Star Trek and doing housework.. I listened to some music & I read a bit... I basically was a lazy bastard all day long and it was wonderful... However, a day of watching Star Trek does not make for a fascinating blog entry... How many of you would be interested on my opinion of the use of the Borg in Star Trek Voyager? Probably not many of you... so we'll leave it alone. 


Sunday (7th) dad, grandma and I headed over to the Penguin Market. Nothing much changes there does it? But, again... it is nice to be out of the house, so we walked around the market for a while and then headed over to Ulverstone and had lunch at RA's. Was yummy... I maybe not have picked the healthiest item on the menu (Carnivore Pizza) but I did order the small size - and it was still a struggle to eat it... I spent the afternoon up at my folks place catching up with mum and my sister for a while... was a pretty good day...

Monday (8th)... We drove to Launceston in the morning and the rain was So So So Bad... We could barely see out of the windscreen. I'm thinking to myself the concert is going to washed out... we're going to be standing in the pouring rain for 6 hours and it's going to be horrible... We should turn around... this is gonna be bad!!! So, we got to Launceston and the time came to head out to Josef Chromy Winery and the rain stopped and the sky started clearing up! A miracle! By the time David Campbell came on stage around 4... the sun was out and it was HOT! Tom Jones hit the stage around 6 and sung for just over 2 hours and it was wonderful!! Sitting out in a winery in the sun, drinking wine, eating cheese and snacks and soaking up the wonderful sounds of Tom Freakin' Jones! Was such a marvellous fabulous day...

Tuesday (9th) was David's 26th Birthday! Happy Birthday!! We spent the day catching up with David's brother & his wife... and then David's mum took us out for a delicious meal at the Cock 'N Bull... a few glasses of scotch & a $80 win on the pokies later... we made it home... 

Wednesday (10th) we had to come home. But first we went out for breakfast at Cuccina (THE best place for breakfast!!)... with David's sister Meagan! (Hi Meagz!) Bit of gossip and some massive and awesome food later... we hit the shops! Did a little bit of shopping because, it's not like we're flowing with cash... but you know... And after another mid-afternoon coffee & gossip with David's folks it was back on the road again for home... Got home a little late and were naughty and got take away for dinner - but who really wants to cook after that kind of day?!?! So we watched a movie called 'Fanboys' and went to bed... 

Thursday (yesterday) was weigh in day - 145kg exactly... a 0.9kg loss from last week!!! Wowsers! With all the excess of the last few days I was kinda expecting a gain... but nope!! Must've been all that walking around and doing stuff! But then it was back to reality which means BACK TO WORK! Erk... My 6 hours shift seemed to go for 10 and it was bad... People are so arrogant and rude and so very stupid. Why can't people just be nice?? I mean, I know that automated machine is annoying... but, seriously... Is it MY fault it's there? Can I change it or remove it? Is it my fault it offered you the Commonwealth Bank when you asked for the Police Station?? No.. It's yours.. because you DON'T LISTEN to the instructions the machine gives you!!! If you use the machine properly it would probably fucking work!!! FUCK!!!

And today... well, after my very stressful six hours back at work I had another day off!! Lazy I know.. but, what can you do? So I watched a movie I've been meaning to watch for a while.. Milk. Anyone seen it? No, DO IT! It's a biographical movie about Harvey Milk and it is really really great! Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man to be elected into public office in the US. I had heard his name and knew he was an important gay politicial.. but his impact on society in the 70's was incredible. If you haven't seen it, watch it and let me know what you thought of it... if you have already seen it... what'd you think?? 


So I haven't done much today at all... I've done a little bit of housework and been inspired by that movie and not much else at all... 

I'm going to leave you tonight with a request... Please leave a comment and tell me what your favourite movies are and why and what feeling do they leave you with?? For example... I love the movie 'The Laramie Project'. It's a true story and the dialogue used in it are the actual words from people in the town of Laramie who are interviewed after a horrific event happens there. Knowing that the story and the words are real (even though it's actors speaking them) just gives me this sense of injustice and anger and sadness... There are other examples I could use I guess, but I would love to know what movies make you feel something lasting?? Or is it just me that takes movies so seriously?? :P 

Gazzy