Fire!

Okay I admit it. I have a a bizarre desire to watch fire. Big Fires! If I hear more than one emergency vehicle, no matter the time, I'm likely to jump into the car and chase the vehicles in the hope of of seeing a good fire. Extreme rubbernecking!!! Don't get me wrong, I don't want to start the fire, nor for that matter do I want to put it put (that's a job for the professionals, and what an awesome job they do) however I will go out of my way to watch a good emergency.

Yesterday for instance, I played golf, had a reasonable game, managed to get 28 stableford points but I was a little distracted. I had received a text stating there was something happening and an hour or so later, I could see a helicopter hovering and smoke in the distance.

On the way home from golf, the road was blocked and I could see several fire trucks and police cars, and the smoke. So I made my way around the back streets, and I got as close as I could. I was mesmerized by the fireys in action, impressed by the salvo's and their awesome food truck and I managed to get chatting to a woman who actually worked in the factory that was ablaze!

I spent about 45 minutes there, ah good clean fun.

One of the best Christmas days I had ( cos I don't really care about them so much!) was when the power line from the post to the house suddenly removed itself and landed on the iron fence. We called the fireys and had them come around and cordon us off. There was a cute firewoman there too. It was so exciting!!! I even kept some of the tape they cordoned us off with!

Maybe I should date a firey!

Anyway, that's my confession. I feel so much better now :)

Blog after Blog...

I read blogs, but only a few. Some in the paper, some I randomly stumble upon, and Dooce, I always read hers. So this week from Dooce, I found PilgrimGrl who is quite inspiring despite the curve balls life has thrown at her (she's kinda cute too!). Long story short, Jana had what she called a meme on her posts. That is - using a list of questions as triggers, find a pic on flickr (1st page only) and then add it the URL to a mosaic (which I will work how to do in a moment!). Anyway here are the questions:

1. What is your first name? (Lyn)
   
2. What is your favorite food? (Chocolate)
   
3. What high school did you attend? (Ashwood)
   
4. What is your favorite color? (black)
   
5. Who is your celebrity crush? (Eliza Dushku)
   
6. Favorite drink? (bacardi)
   
7. Dream vacation? (island)
   
8. Favorite dessert? (lemon meringue pie)
   
9. What did/do you want to be when you grow up? (journalist)
   
10. What do you love most in life? (family)
    
11. One word to describe you. (funny)
    
12. Your Flickr name. (boffin66)

So here's the meme (mosaic thingy) - it's an image!

Not sure why No.10 didn't work - and here are the links so you can go view the other works of each photographer - all power to them!



1. Inish Boffin 29, 2. Prenent un Bany. Taking a Bath., 3. Watching the fireworks, 4. Journalists Memorial, 5. Lemon Meringue Pie Cupcake, 6. If at first you don't succeed..., 7. Mojito Power, 8. eliza dushku, 9. Through the Clouds, 10. 29/01/08, 11. coffee and chocolate mousse cake, 12. The Lyn valley

Cya

Another weekend passes

So far this weekend, have achieved little with much to do. I rested last weekend so that is not my excuse and slept late today despite having gone to bed early for a Friday nite - went at 10pm, couldn't sleep, got up at 12.30, had a hot chocolate and played poker on FB until 2.00am when I lost my dough (free though it is!)

My intentions for this weekend were as follows:
• Build a bookshelf for Mum
• Pull down the rickety shelter in the backyard (it has a serious lean post windy days and may end up falling over next door’s fence, though I guess I could call the landlord on that one!)
• Retrain myself using access – need it for the new job, told them I could do it but it’s been a while since I trained it so I need to get my head around it again
• Remind myself how to use Lotus Notes – same deal as access!

So far, I’ve bought the wood for the shelves and that is all, I guess I’m feeling less than motivated as I sit here with the headphones on, listening to fave music (Zero 7 at the mo) and avoiding the world I guess.

I feel like I’m in limbo again and I don’t like it much. So much I want to do and so little time.

Ah well 3 weeks til next semester’s study starts and I run out of time again!

Smoking

I’ve always liked the way smokers who roll their own, smoke.

It’s the way they hold the smoke between the first two fingers, and the accompanying habit of using the thumb and first finger, whilst still holding the smoke, to remove loose tobacco from their mouth. Their tongue darts out fractionally to push the offending strands of tobacco out which is then grabbed by the pinched thumb and forefinger. The tobacco is then disposed by rubbing the fingers into the air beside them.

Whether there’s a sexual connotation to that I don’t know, however I’ve never really been a ‘rollie’ smoker. I can’t be bothered fiddling around with them.
Though I am told there are far less chemicals than those found in tailor-made cigarettes. I guess rolling your own makes the act of smoking far more a choice than a habit or an addictive need because of the effort. But it’s only a guess.

I often find myself checking out a rollie smoker.



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