Kat's Journal

It was quite hilarious listening to Mark Webber celebrate his Grand Prix win. I wasn't sure if he was celebrating or having really good sex. :D Congratulations to him though! It's been a long time coming.

And I have to say I love watching England openly celebrate and be proud of a draw. It shows good signs for the Aussies for the rest of the Ashes.

Wow. Live Ashes cricket from the UK. (Cardiff! Hee! Wonder if Captain Jack and the rest of Torchwood will show up... oh yeah, I've gotta stop mixing fandom with life. It doesn't work that way unfortunately.) Pity that the first time we get live Ashes cricket in god only knows how long it's on SBS, which is the channel I get the worst reception for.

And in further random news, we got the slip of the tongue that amuses me the most on days like this - apparently the forecast for this morning was continuing frog and frost. Gotta watch out for those frogs.

I think I'm finally awake... at 6pm. *lol* Last night I went to Essendon's celebration for the 1984/85 premiership teams. It was a great night. Very hilarious, lots of stories told, some of which tall tales, some of which were not. They had every players from those two teams there except for Mark Harvey who couldn't make it because he had to coach Fremantle in Perth today and Neil 'Nobby' Clarke, who died a few years ago. Even Bomber Thompson turned up though apparently he left early. He was drinking though. Not that I blame him. I'd imagine being part of a group including Terry Daniher, Paul Van Der Haar and Bill Duckworth would make it difficult not to drink.

The food was spectacular as it always is at the Palladium, which is pretty impressive considering there were 1750 people there last night. Poor Tim had to keep everyone under control and keep the night moving. He mostly succeeded. We were only running 30 mins behind schedule by the end. I also picked up my book - Glory & Fame: The rise and rise of the Essendon Football Club - and my DVD double pack of the grand finals.

What I ate:

Entrée - Traditional forest mushroom risotto with grilled lamb fillet, aged parmesan and rocket salad
Main - Grilled beef fillet on sweet potato and parsnip crush, warm bean and lentil salad with green beans and baby carrots.
Dessert - Classic dark chocolate creme brulee with vanilla ice cream and Italian crostoli

And we ended the evening by watching the last quarter of the 84 Grand Final. Good stuff and practically everyone stayed and cheered. Not surprisingly, we won! *lol*

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I found a very good example of why proofreading is good and not all things should be translated phonetically.

There's a Thai restaurant in the area that put out the usual takeaway menu... you know the type. But I want to know what kind of restaurant this place really is because as one of their entrees they offer Wantons. Eight of them. Eight wantons for your pleasure.

They also offer a dish they call Yum Pet. They say it's duck but a dish called Yum Pet? It seems cat and dog might the other white meat.

They also lie blatantly with a dish called Yum Toa Fu, which features... yes, you guessed it... tofu. I'm sorry but no dish with tofu in it can call itself Yum.

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A meme, stolen from aphephobia, because I'm procrastinating from studying.

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In today's interesting news... I have applied for a new job. Or an old job. Or rather a job I'm doing 2 days a week now but will be doing 5 days a week if I get it. Applications close next Monday so I should know either way shortly after that.

I suppose I should be confident since it's a rather varied but in some areas specialised role and I actually know how to do it but I always like to sort of downplay that sort of thing so I don't get my hopes up.

Of course if I do get it, I may have to consider moving since Thornbury to Prahran is not a long journey but if you hit peak hour, it can be a time-consuming one. Either that or I actually get my act together, get my licence and get a car. That might be the better option because renting when you have a pet can be a frustrating experience or so I've been told.

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*does the proud sister dance*

My brother came SECOND in the Traralgon Marathon!!

I am so fucking annoyed right now. I came out from the shower to find that Carys had pretty much tipped her entire bowl of water all over the kitchen floor.

Anyone got any ideas on how to stop her from doing that?

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Thanks to sabrinanymph for pointing me in the direction of this. It's brilliant.