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It’s been a while since my last update on anything really, except facebook. I haven’t been feeling very social at all which isn’t like me.

Life wise… not too much has happened which is nice. Uni has gone back, I am enjoying my subjects so far and really look forward to my Typography2 assignment: a Magazine. It will absorb a lot of my time but will be worth it. As usual, money is tight but one gets that when study doesn’t allow you to work. I tell people that you get used to not having money but some days it does get to me, especially when I want some new jeans and I have to budget in for a few months in order to have the money to get them.

In sad news I lost a family member to cancer. I will not be able to make the funeral but the family know I send my love.

Creatively I have done squat all over the past three months. I have been feeling down and haven’t had the urge to be arty. I am trying to bring my mood back up so fingers crossed, you might see me pump something creative like out soon.

Anyway, I am heading off to play Pharaoh for a few hours.

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.

Ook, just under 400 days now (that’s just under 2 years).

So, I finally have my bridesmaid list final and official.

The concrete list is as follows:
Maid Of Honour – Miss Christine Cummins
Bridesmaid – Miss Mariko Hulme
Bridesmaid – Mrs Joanne Matchett-Murphy
Bridesmaid – Miss Kara Jackson

All four of them are so very special to me in their own ways.  Christine I have known for near 14 years now, Mariko and I met on a forum, lived together as house mates at one stage and have been so close ever since, Joanne and I met on the same forum as Mariko and I did and have been developing a stronger and stronger friendship every day since.  The three of them are pretty much considered as sisters of mine.  And Miss Kara is my Niece, my brothers oldest child.  She’s my world and would be lost without her.

Basically the theme colours will be a nice almost pastel yellow and white… Hopefully.  Unless I change my mind before then XD…again!!

I am constantly trying to validate to myself that it’s worth cutting corners elsewhere so I can have the reception in a place like a club or RSL or somewhere so we don’t have to worry about catering or cleaning up etc. but there’s that little voice in my head saying that I should just give up and go the cheaper option.  My dream wedding, even on a budget is to have it at a nice clubhouse of some variety which is why I don’t want to give up on the idea so easily.  Rodney isn’t particularly fussed where we have it which is good, gives us more flexibility and range to look into.

I am lucky however.  Joanne has offered to make the cake which is fantastic.. no-one makes Cake better than Jo…and the design is a bit of a surprise.  My dress my MIL is making, and hopefully she won’t mind modifying Kara’s dress a little.  Kara has asked if her dress can have a few little alterations, and what my little girl wants.. she gets =)  The invites and trinkets I will get together with my girls to do and I am going to ask my cousin’s husband Allan to do the photography for me.

There’s probably more I wanted to update on but am too tired to do so atm XD