the musings of a girl

Moved

2006-07-30T09:41:30Z

Yep, that's right. I went and did it! You can now find me at
mixedllollies

Egg!

2006-07-29T12:39:36Z

Meme + Frank

2006-07-28T10:34:45Z

"Hi, my name is FRANK, and I'm a JERK"

Courtesy of memethesheep

hardcandy vs. mixedlollies

2006-07-25T09:57:09Z

Okay. So LJ is sooo annoying me. Turns out I had to pick the two most common LJ names (I'm exaggerating but whatef.) to make my username. I can't find a variation of __hardcandy or __mixedlollies that I like that is free... And I have to pick one out of the two anyways...
Any ideas?

I think I'm going to move

2006-07-25T09:14:27Z

I want to change my LJ to something new. I want to lose this LJ, and the me that is assosciated with it. Is this a bad idea? Coz I'm going to as soon as I think of a username.

Ideas

__against
againstyou
dontyouwonder
dont-you-wonder*
shrouded
_hidden
dontlookback_*
soar-like-you-mean-it
soarlikeyoumeanit
soar_like_you_mean_it
_impressioned
6pence_apiece
6pence-a-piece
6penceapiece
mixedbag
mixedlollies
__mixedlollies*

* = ones I really like

More Indesiciveness

2006-07-25T08:30:03Z

I. can't. spell. Well I can't spell indesiciveness, anyway. Yes, this is indeed another stupid post in which i bicker about my layout and my blog and life in general.

Okay. Let's move to Topic 1: My Layout. I decided that I didn't want to put the aforementioned (mentioned a very long time ago) 'Paint My World' layout up. So I'm deciding whether to do any of the following layouts:
, or .
I THINK I'm GOING TO USE THE LAST ONE, BUT THE LAYOUT ONLY WORKS IN IE.
On to Topic 2: My Blog. I came to the conclusion that this is probably causing more pain than it's worth, and my friends don't even look at it. *glares at all of them* They don't have LJs. *glares again* But I don't think I'm read to give it up...

Topic 3: Life. I can't even have a decent conversation with my dad, without someone saying the wrong thing, and the other person getting really upset. Most of the time it's me saying things wrong and getting upset. Meh...

So where will life lead me?

Photos, Photos, Photos

2006-07-20T13:05:21Z

Yay! Photos! Bit's and pieces. I'm gonna put them under this lj cut:

She is so cute!
<loving this dress. this is such a crappy photo, but it's halter neck, and has a very small flower print. And pockets. Love those.
Don't you love this scarf I found on the net? It's made from scrap fabric.

I was gonna put some shots of me and my family at King's Park on here too... But then I'd have to make it so only people I know personally could view it. And they don't have ljs.... *glares at them all*

The Ironicy Of it All

2006-07-20T09:13:31Z

Is ironicy even a proper word? I don't think so.....
It's ironic. I had thought that Geoffry, my former neighbour-from-across-the-park and brother's friend's brother, was a dickhead.
I had liked Jason, my brother's friend's brother and neighbour-from across the road.
And as I'm typing, Jason is playing the PS2 and tormenting his brother, Reece. Just before he was being a wanker and making fun of the way I ran to the phone. He just made fun of the 'German Ancestors' that I don't even have.
Meanwhile, Geoff K has been dropped in the city, where he court two buses to the beach to go surfing for the day. Hot? Duh....
Jason is leaving. Score.
It's raining. I love rain.
Mum is shopping at Garden City. I bet she called us, but Tom was too lazy to go get the phone himself, so I had to run from my room, and I missed it.
Tom's playing World Cup Soccer on the PS2. Alone. Coz Reece and Jason have both left.
Ellie is peering out of her kennel at me. Making me fell mean. Stupid guilt-tripping doggy that is so cute and I love her to death. I should go and see her. But it's so warm in here and so called out there.
Damned rain.
Ah well.
I've set some goals! Woohoo! My long term to do list is now as follows (in no order):
1. Learn to surf. *sigh*
2. Learn the electric guitar. (even though there's no way I'm gonna get to do anything but stupid classical guitar.)
3. Plant a pineapple or herbs or vegies. Except ellie would dig them up.
4. Buy this really hot dress from Sunnygirl. I'd show you a pic, but the Sunnygirl website appears to only have a splash page without any real content.

evilrandomness @ 2006-07-12T17:31:00

2006-07-12T09:58:46Z

Hello! You know what? I'm a bit pissed. Why? Coz "There's A Good Reason These Tables Aren't Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought of It Yet" by "PANIC! At the Disco" is too long to put in the music section... good reason too... How long is it?
But anyways, went to Cyn's and Lois' joint sleepover party last night. Friggin' awesome.
I saw PIrates 2 on Saturday/Sunday (can't remember). It was really really really really really really good. Go see it. Will Turner is hot. So is Depp, but he can't match Will (in my opinion). Went shopping that day with everybody too. Except I picked out Tanya a top that I should've got myself. But I couldn't coz I picked it for her. Then Shay went and bought the same top anyways after I'd gone... It's like, wtf?
Went shopping yesterday toos. Got black skinny legs, black pants, this black "Princess Kate" Tee, and a white and black polka dot top. I think I've got what I want for the social. Except shoes. Cyn's got like 7cm high heels. Mum doesn't trust me with heels. She probably thinks I'd kick someone in the shins with 'em or something...

Some Sites To Interest The Nerds Out There Like Me Who Have No Lives

2006-07-08T00:27:54Z

Well anyways. I like long titles. Felt like it. Don't know how much it will screw, but whatef. Whatef or Whatev: Whatever. (Me trying to start a trend and being lazy)

Pentacom.jp - Gorgeus Bits and pieces such as a sticky note program, a diary program, cursors, icons, and everything else you never thought of. Kawaiiness. Be warned: Quite a bit of it's in Japanese. Half of it's not, so it's fairly ease to figure out what you want.
Craftster.org - Totally amazing bits o' craft by regular people. Some very inspiring works in the features section.
GirsArePretty.com - A blog that updates everyday with quirky little explanations about random situations the reader may get into.
Liberta - Gorgeus site with an awesome layout, with heaps of content such as her opinions on web trends to brushes to layouts to tutorials to web reviews etc. Loved by me.

Yay! Just waisted 'nother post. Anyways, I'm going to see Pirates of the Carribean 2 today in about an hour and I'm not even out of my bed! Should really get up shouldn't I? :)

Blah

2006-07-06T13:59:33Z

Okay. So really short entry coz it's like 10PM and I'm tired. Anyways, I just finished my English essay. Well, actually I finished that at like 8.30pm. But I had to do all this shit.
I heard Over My Head by The Fray on NOVA finally. It's awesome.

Oops. Mum's home. Go to fly....

I Like Fridays!

2006-06-23T10:03:10Z

Okay. Well, actually, I ♥ Fridays. So relaxed. Plus it is my birthday tomorrow! I am excited. Ooooo...
I'm reading Parenting Class by IcyPanther on FanFiction. Ha, that's three links in a row... The fic is really hilarious. I kept putting off fanfic, coz I'm lazy, but I'm getting back into it.
Was listening to Perfect Strangers by INXS, from their latest album, Switch. I really like the chorus. Check it out if you haven't heard it.
I need to make another To Do List. Here's a very spontaneous one:

Read 'Parenting Class'.
Finish the fanarts for Potter Addicts.
Finish the fanfics for Potter Addicts.
Write the third chapter of my fic. (Not telling you da link!)
Help Cyn start her WordPress.
Work out the colour scheme for my W.P.

Listening to Deceptacon by Le Tigre. It has a really cool chorus. It's really lively and funky. Oh, it's stopped. It's taken my like three songs to write this so far (one other INXS song). That's kinda sad. Oh! Stairway to Heaven! Rock on Led Zepplin...

That's enough for now. I'll probably post again later tonight.

Update on My Life

2006-06-21T08:26:45Z

Don't you just hate PowerPoints? Well, even if you don't, I'm sure that you would be bored sick by a 59 slide presentation. Oh my gosh... And the sad thing is, it was my group's presentation that was 59 slides.
The Penrhos vs. Wesley netball match was at lunch. The guys ares s'posed to wear skirts, but half of them don't. Wimps. It wasn't all that exciting 'till they got some music pumping, and the croud to actually cheer. As always, Penrhos won the match.
I have a packet of 5 Chupa Chups in my locker. They're mine. Don't even think about it.
Right now I'm listening to Such Great Heights by The Postal Service. Actually, not true. I was just listening to it. Sweater by Eskimo Joe is playing. Hilarious. Such Great Heights has such a good chorus.
I reckon I'm getting these earrings for my birthday. And a card with my name on the front. Coz that's what we got for someone else I know, today. Well, that's what my mum got. Plus a mobile dangly thingy. But I won't be getting one of those, seeing as I don't have a mobile, and can't be bothered wanting one.
Well, now Tainted Love by Soft Cell is playing. S.O.S. (by Rihanna) is a great song, with a good beat, and it almost matches the original (they use the same background music), but I have a soft spot for the original version of a song. Like Rogue Trader's Watching You is crap compared to the original, My Sharona, which uses the same background music. But Such Great Heights is a cover. Iron & Wine originally sang it. Love the Postal Service's version, though.
Like the long entry? And PS: It's my thirteenth in three sleeps! Taking it's time, ain't it?

B'Day in One Week

2006-06-17T11:50:00Z

It's my birthday in 1 week! Yay! It's very exciting. Well, actually, I'm not that excited. But I should be, so I'll act like I am. I think I'm getting:

Singstar Rock. I admit that I can't sing, but it's fun all the same.
Eskimo Joe's Black Fingernails, Red Wine Album. It rocks.

That's all I know I'm getting so far. Oh, and I get the day off piano, which is big. Coz I very seriously want to give up piano.
Oh, I'd like to point out, I am turning thirteen. Coz I kinda forgot to say that earlier when it was more appropriate. Not that it matters of course.
I tried to get a countdown script, but of course LJ doesn't do PHP or CGI or anything. So I'm gonna put a link to a page with the countdown.

COUNTDOWN

Poems

2006-06-17T11:37:47Z

Okay. I'm only uploading these coz Cyn is making me. So please, just don't comment at all. Well you can... Each paragraph is a completely new poem.

You tore my heart apart
You left me life this
You put me through this
You are the one I love

Wading into this mess
Struggling to find a way
Could you help me out?
Could you save me?

Everybody is changing
Even you I cannot recognise
Will you leave me behind?

I just made your life so much harder
Do you realise that I hurt for you?
I want to make things better
Do you understand?

That noise in my head
Ringing Ringing Ringing
Why must not I have control?
It is hardening my shell
Ringing Ringing Ringing

My First Review

2006-06-11T04:59:19Z

I just went and reviewed BeDelicious.nl. My review is at YourSite.nu, and below.

Layout
Your site loads quite quickly for me, and it works my screen resolution (1024 x 768 pixels). It looks like you’ve put a lot of effort into it. The colour scheme works really well together, although it may benefit from a bit more colour. I am automatically drawn to the header image, which I think is gorgeous, and I like the way you have a sidebar to make sure that everything is organised, and the way that your link images have a hover effect with the arrow.
On all pages the page continues quite a while down in blank space. Is this intentional? I would suggest removing the blank space at the bottom.
In the exit section, it reads “You can also visit these site”. It should be “You can also visit these sites”.

Home
The Welcome is a great introduction, but I feel that it makes the page look messy with the countdown and vote buttons right there. You could consider putting them in your sidebar.
You don’t have many entries in your blog, and they are close together in date. This would suggest that you have been unable to do anything to your site for a while. I like the date format, but I don’t know why you also have it written below the post, in the “Posted:” line. I would also recommend that you reverse the order of your blog updates, as when you have many entries, your visitors will find it very difficult to find the most recent one.

The Girl
I appreciate the way that you have the page divided into sections, with links to the individual pages, so that if I wanted to view your name meanings, I didn’t have to view facts about yourself. I like the way that you have a section for your adoptions in there, so that they aren’t all clustered in the homepage or something.
In the Short Facts section, you have spelt October as “Oktober”. I am unsure whether this is how it is spelt in the Netherlands, or whether you are not completely competent in English, or whether it is a simple typo.
I checked out your photos, and I have to say, your dog is very cute. You have alt tags on your photos, but they don’t seem to show when I hover over them. I also liked the borders around the photos and the way the popped up in a new window that was the right size for them.

Visitor
I liked your adoptable, it was quite cute. You do need to put more on there though, which I know you will do, as you have typed “Coming More Soon”. This should be “More Coming Soon”.
You’re avatars are very cute, I am tempted to save some of them for later. You have a nice little collection, and you have split them into categories, so that I can see that you have not made the images, but cropped them to 100 x 100 pixels. Again you have the error “Coming More Soon”.
I liked your button templates, and the information you gave about them. It might be worth giving similar information for all your other bits and pieces.
I liked the wallpapers, especially the city and stripes ones, but it was sort of irritating the way you called them “Desktops” instead of “Desktop Wallpapers” or the like.
The fonts were cute. I liked the ‘Scramble’ one. It might be useful to put a link to where you got them from, as I’ve seen the fonts before, so they are obviously not by you.
Your reads were very cute, are they written by you? If not, you would need to link to where you got them. I liked the “Advantages of Being A Woman”. One minor error you made was that you put “101 Ways to Annoy People” as a link, but inside, it read “100 Ways to Annoy People”. Is it 100, or 101?

The Site
I liked reading the “About the Site”, but I would like a bit more info about how you’ve improved at coding, or making graphics, etc.
The rules are very much out of the way, if you were looking at graphics and took an adoptable or similar, chances are that I might not even see the rules about linking back. It would be wise to put the rules where they are more relevant.

Rules
I’m glad your repeated this section, otherwise I wouldn’t have noticed it. The information there is very light hearted.

Overall
I really like your site, and with time, I’d probably come back to it. Well done!

Am I Satisfied With My Blog?

2006-06-10T13:06:40Z

That question is really annoying me. I am not completely satisfied with my blog. Not everything is completely perfect. It is not entirely me. The debate going on in my mind is something like this:

What I Like:

My layout. It is gorgeous, even though I did not make it.
The simplicity and ease of an LJ.
The fact that this is the blog I've had for the longest.

What I Dislike:

The fact that the content is not particulary interesting. It is not the sort of thing you would continually come back to.
The layout. Well, the fact that I didn't make it. I don't know how to. I've tried, and it's screwed up.
The flexibility of a free LJ account as apposed to WordPress. WordPress needs a knowledge of PHP, a PHP client, PHP Apache or whatever to write PHP, a large download of files, your own hosting. But It's damned more flexible than LJ.
The fact that nobody really comments. I have no visitors.
The way I portray myself in this blog. I'm not the most interesting person in the world, but I would like to sound a bit more like my happy, slightly interesting, weird self.

So you see, the cons outweigh the pros. I think I'll stick to my LJ, if I get around to making my own layout, writing some fanfic or decent poetry, and reviewing some other sites.
If anybody has any thoughts on this, please comment. I'd like a different perspective on this.

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Kate!

2006-06-04T06:02:39Z

Native Americans never actually ate Kate; killing such a timid prey was thought to indicate laziness!
White chocolate isn't technically chocolate, because it doesn't contain Kate.
Kate has four noses.
In her entire life, Kate will produce only a twelfth of a teaspoon of honey.
It takes more than 500 peanuts to make Kate.
The International Space Station weighs about 500 tons and is the same size as Kate.
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching Kate!
Early thermometers were filled with Kate instead of mercury!
A lump of Kate the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
A Kateometer is used to measure Kate.

Mid Term Break

2006-06-02T09:30:05Z

Hey. I've got the day off today, coz my school has borders, and they all go home for the long long weekend. Today, I went to DWP for hot chocolate, Han's Cafe for three types of curries, and the movies. The movie was R.V., which I must say was really bad, but I'm not to bothered with the quality of the movie coz I'm in a good mood, and I saw it with Grace.
Yesterday was Grace's birthday celebration. We had soo much food, and then Laura and Lu had a joint bday party in form time so we had even more food! Omigosh!

So anyways guys, keep sane without my company, and try not to stuff yourself like I already have!

PS: Isn't my userpic luscious?
PPS: I liked my other heart one too.
PPPS: Free accounts only have a 6 userpic max!
PPPPS: I keep forgetting who makes my icons and then I can't use them!
PPPPPS: That's coz I never label them when I save them.
PPPPPPS: That's coz I'm lazy.
PPPPPPPS: I also had my eyebrows waxed for the first time, but you don't want to know that, coz that piece of info is for stalkers.

Fanlistings

2006-06-01T12:58:24Z

Okay, so I just went and joined a whole tonne of FanListings, and there are too many for my links list. So they will be put here. This list contains fanlistings I've joined that have been approved, and those that haven't been approved. It's too difficult otherwise.

tristan & isolde movie fan
pete murray fan
indie music fan
earthsea trilogy fan
harry potter fan
switchfoot fan
alternative music fan
eskimo joe fan

To be update soon.

evilrandomness @ 2006-05-30T20:41:00

2006-05-30T12:46:09Z

Alright. Remind me that Thursday is Grace's birthday celebration. Well, her actually birthday is on the Friday, except we won't be at school to celebrate it, because we have Mid Term Break!
I do like a good old Mid Term Break. And this time, Mum's gonna be home on the Friday, so I will actually get to do something. Tom's a bit annoyed coz he has to go to school.
Had F.P.S. this arvo. We had chips, and popcorn, and gummy worms, and cranberries! Don't you just love it?
And I realised that I swore so much in the entry not last, but the one before that. Oops. The Y.M.C.A. needs to hold a meeting. Will remember to remind Tanya.
So, byebyes, and have a good time. Don't do a depression and have a sad resentful spree. It's not worth it. Trust me.

Y.M.C.A.

2006-05-29T11:48:39Z

Cue the Y.M.C.A. Village People song. Well don't cue it, coz I don't feel like dancing right now. I am now part of the Y.M.C.A., or the Youths Musn't Curse Anybody society. We are against the use of profanity in your everyday lives. So, if you're ever about to swear, think of the Y.M.C.A., and be polite. Please. Do a Y.M.C.A. dance if you please. Just refrain from swearing.

evilrandomness @ 2006-05-27T13:11:00

2006-05-27T05:12:15Z

Sometimes, I want to run away. I want to leave this place, and never come back to it. I want to give myself a new identity, to forget everything that has happened in the past. But where would that get me?
I know I'm a fucking little piece of shit with no care about anyone else's feelings. So I'm told. And of course, that's supposed to make me feel just great.
Sometimes, I think that maybe I should take my own life. Then somebody would know how I felt about myself. But no, that would not work. Once again, I would be thought of as a fucking little piece of shit with no care about anyone else's feelings.
Maybe I am one. I don't know anymore. I seem to have no clue about myself. I seem to be a girl (duh). I don't seem to enjoy what I do. There is always something about me that I absolutely hate. Always.

So I right this, in the hope to console myself. But it is not working. I'm still a fucking piece of shit with no fucking care about anyone else's fucking feelings.

My Bad Mood

2006-05-25T05:44:49Z

Okay, so right now I'm in Tech Skills. I've just had English, where I found out that my picturebook was crap. I actually tried on this. Seriously... Obviously, I should just give up on ever doing well, and go sit in the fridge with a paper bag over my head and die.

I am not in a suicidal mood. Suicide should not be taken lightly. Just like not getting your book entered in the comp shouldn't be taken lightly. It's a big deal!

I am not obsessive. I am not compulsive. There is nothing wrong with me. At all. I swear. I am perfectly normal. Average. There is nothing special about me. Nothing that makes me stand out from anybody else.

I'm watching this train screenmate from petacom.com or something, and thinking about how the worl is going by without me, as if it does not care that I am so far behind that I cannot possibly catch up.

My Layout?

2006-05-25T03:06:16Z

Hey. I really need to know what you think of my layout, and if it needs changing. I'm trying to make one myself, but its taking a lot longer than expected, and I'm lazy.

Anyways, here are some that I like:

There's some alternatives. I'll probably come up with sommore soon.