Archive for January, 20102010-01-27T07:17:53ZF, Y

I had the strangest dream.  To cut it short for you it was a mash up of living in tents on a small island of rock, cars made out of squishy fluffy material, having the ability to smash plastic cups that appear to be made out of jelly into a pancake and lots more very unusual things happening.. LOL

I wrote the full version, recollected to the best of my ability into my dream diary.  I can’t wait until the diary is bigger, than I can publish, market and sell it =)

From January 25th to 29th, certain Australian websites will “blackout” in protest of the governments proposed internet censorship. This website will be one of those websites! I have also changed my Twitter and Facebook profiles to reflect my disgust that the Australian government is going ahead with this, proven to be useless, filter. And to think, I actually helped vote this out of touch government in. They may be doing some good things but when it comes to technology, they’re all dim-witted idiots. Well, mainly Conroy and Atkinson really.

I urge anyone with a Facebook profile, a Twitter profile or a personal website to join in the campaign next week by going to The Great Australian Internet Blackout website and do your part for this worthy cause. Imagine an internet where Google or Youtube or Wikipedia was banned. Steam and other digital download services removed from the face of the Australian internet! The only thing stopping our internet from being censored worse than the Chinese is us. We need to show this government that they are out of touch with the digital and technological world and stand up for our rights for once.

http://www.internetblackout.com.au/

Over the years I have experienced and seen other experience all sorts of relationships.   And what surprised me was how many relationships went sour because of the little things.  As the saying goes ‘it’s the little things that count’.  Most things in life have instructions or rules or guidelines of which we have to abide by but it’s oddly enough the most natural thing to human beings and the most difficult and complex does not come with a manual of any kind….  Love and Relationships.

From closer inspection of relationships I put together some simple rules or guidelines that have been proven to make things much easier.

1. Honnesty – What’s the point in lying to your partner?  It’ll only get you into bigger trouble later own the track when all is revealed and there will go any form of trust you had.  Honesty also leads into being open and communicating with your partner.  Talk things through if something is wrong but yes you both are allowed a cooling off period if you had a big fight with them.  Everyone needs time to clear their head.

2. Assumptions – NEVER assume anything.  Your partner cannot read your mind and vice-versa.  This is the biggest starter of fights and arguments.  For example don’t assume your partner knows to get milk on the way home, even if they are the ones whom finished the old carton, or don’t assume your partner is happy to go out camping on the weekend just because nothing was planned (make sure to ask first).  And the biggest one.  Don’t assume they are annoyed at you just because they are cranky.  There could be many reasons.  Try asking if they are ok or what is wrong.

3. Affectionate – be affectionate toward your partner, things as small as a kiss on the way past the couch or gestures as big as snuggling on the couch instead of relaxing in your own on the recliner when watching telly.

4. Help – Help around the house is not as hard as it sounds.  Lets say you work all day and your partner is home all day.  Just put your clothing in the washing basket, it’s not that hard, wipe your crumbs off the bench if you made a sandwich, put your glass in the kitchen when you are done.  The little things make such a difference.  Oh yes, I almost forgot, make sure they know you appreciate the work they do at home to make sure its clean and tidy.

5. LOVE – last but not least is the L word.  Tell them you love them and do it often.  Not overdoing it but often so your partner knows they are special.  Because as soon as you loose that special feeling, that’s when people leave or cheat because that is what a human is after in a relationship.. to feel they are special to the other person.

For Christmas my m um bought me a basic sewing machine.  I haven’t used a machine in over ten years and the training I did receive back then in school was minimal so I do not remember much.

I haven’t done much on it yet.  I felt rather proud of myself last night getting it all threaded up on my own (with the aid of youtube).  The instruction book you get is alright but it seems to skip steps.

I then took one of my fiancé’s hankie and sewed it together, doing a test run.  Needless to say it was a success but he can’t use the hankie for it’s original purpose any more.

My goal is to be able to repair clothing and make cute little crafty things.  I will try to keep this blog updated with photos of things I do with the sewing machine.

Ok, so we are into the new year.  I can’t believe how fast 2009 went.  Last thing I remember it was November XD  Where did my December go… did you take it?? *gives you shifty eyed look*

Every year for a few years now I have made up a slogan for that year.  This year it’s 2010 – year of commitment.  It’s a year where we are to keep our goals and resolutions, where we aim to set ourselves up and complete things we start.

For me this means paying off the evil credit cards and opening a savings acc for the wedding, getting a part timer, working towards getting my name out there for my design stuffs, get fit again, reduce the amount of added sugar in my diet and a whole lot of others that are more personal.

The theme is commitment because last year there were many things I started but did not finish and I plan on fixing that lazy streak.  My usual excuse was that i couldn’t be bothered and I am tired of not getting anything done.

So, here’s to a more productive year, happy new years everyone.