Lori

My Darlingest Kitty Cat

2006-04-20T12:46:03Z

So this is Lord Buderim - otherwise known as Buddy. Buderim, because he's Ginger.

Overseas

2006-01-10T19:34:06Z

In Ireland. Just putting in my travelblog address if anyone is interested in what I've been up to.

Lauren and Jacki's adventure around Europe

Anyway...Have to go and eat now.

Hope you're all well.

Lauren x

Another Update...Isn't that great?

2005-10-06T08:46:04Z

I've been so quiet lately, it's weird. Anyway, only 7.5 weeks until I'm overseas! Isn't that just completely mad!? I'm so excited.

In other news, I've met a lovely boy. He's so gorgeous, I just want to eat him up with a spoon. His name is Jon and he's super nice. We met on Saturday night for the first time properly - I stayed out dancing with him till 6am. Madness. Then we went for a date on Sunday afternoon to watch the Rugby League Grand Final. Then we went to lunch and for a swim on Monday. Then last night we drove down the beach and had a massive walk and dinner. And today, he bought me ice cream and we went to the pool again. It's great. He bought me ice cream because today I had to get a filling. Eck. I haven't been to the dentist for years - and it completely sucked. So he was lovely and bought me something I could eat without chewing because my face was completely swollen up. Hahaha.

That's about all the news I have. My life is boring ATM.

3 days until my 21st birthday.

2005-08-24T01:13:28Z

YAY. I shall be 21.

That's really all I have to say...I am a sick, sad little girl.

Oh. My. God.

2005-08-17T04:24:50Z

I'm actually updating. It's a massive thing for me to be doing, as I haven't in soooo long.

Firstly: I have my ticket to London in my hot little hands. It's the sexiest goddam thing I've ever seen. *kisses all over it* I'll be getting into Heathrow at 10.35am on the 29th of November 2005. I'll be getting back into Australia on the 16th of January. 7 weeks of overseas goodness! Gah. So excited!

Also: It's only 10 days until I'm 21. How exciting is that? I know. I'm having a masquerade party, which should definitely be something fun. I'm looking for a dress to wear, but God knows where I'm going to find one - I've looked heaps of places...nada. Going to check Ebay, I guess.

And: Uni's alright, I guess. Boring like you wouldn't believe...but only 6 weeks to go...and then a 4 month break. Sweet as. I have an assignment (3500 words on the American Civil War) due in a week and a bit. That's cool though. Plenty of time.

Ugh. I guess that's about it. Well, should be off to work on my assignments. I hope you are all well and stuff.

I've got a bad feeling about this...

2005-06-10T14:46:07Z

My brother, sister and I went to Blockbuster last night. He went to the gamey bit. We went to the movie bit. He got 'Knights of the Old Republic'. We got 'A New Hope'. The family that geeks together stays together, I think.

In other news, it's my best friends going away party tonight. Should be fun. I have nothing to wear, however, so I don't know. Icky. But on the upside, there will be much vodka flowing and many drinking games being played.

I hope to see Cute Glasses Boy out tonight, because he is cute.

Exam on Monday. *hurl* Australian War and Society. The three topics that I've chosen are The Frontier Wars, The Colonial Wars and Conscription. I hope I do okay. I did my essay on Colonial wars...so I'll be fine in that. Little bit scared of the others.

Have to go to work now. Ickity.

MAS*H Moodtheme up for grabs.

2005-06-05T17:04:44Z

Okay, because I have very little life, I actually finished my M*A*S*H moodtheme. Fantastic, huh?

So here it is, 132 moods in a neat, tidy little package.

Preview, full preview, instructions and link to zip under the cut.

Full preview + LJ's FAQ about moodthemes + The Zip (right click: save as)

Instructions

01. Download the zip file.
02. Upload the CONTENTS of the zip file (extracted images) to your own server. A good free webhost is Photobucket, I use it myself.
03. Go to the LJ Admin Console
04. Type: moodtheme_create "M*A*S*H" "M*A*S*H moodtheme by loridarling"
05. Click Execute.
06. You should see this: Success. Your new moodthemeid is: ***** <-- it will give you a number here
07. Write down the number.
08. Open the installation code to your mood theme in Notepad or Microsoft Word, it's included in the zip file.
10. Replace 12345 with the theme number LJ gave you from step 6.
11. Replace the yourhost.com with the URL you uploaded the theme to.
12. Go back to the Admin Console.
13. Copy/Paste your new installation code into the box and press Execute.
14. Scroll down and check the installation. If something is in red, look back over your code and make sure you put in the correct information, or that you didn't leave any extra spaces in the URL. Execute again.
15. Go to Modify Journal.
16. Select your brand new M*A*S*H mood theme from the drop-down list.
(These instructions were modified from the ones found in moodtheme)

Moodtheme Manager
Is super easy and self explanatory. The LJ FAQ should tell you everything you need to know for this one.

I'd love credit in your userinfo or somewhere, especially with a link so people can find and take part in the M*A*S*H goodness.

Whee!

2005-05-23T03:46:54Z

So much has happened since I last updated this thing...must have been at least 2 weeks ago. Anyway, have been super busy.

I'm having so much fun teaching. I love it. I want to stay. I have two days to go and I'm sad. Not fair. Like the kids. Like the other teachers. Grr. Wish I was finished degree.

Star Wars. Love. That's all I'm going to say until I see it again. Love. And Obi Wan rocks my socks.

Well. That was a pathetic update, but I just renewed my paid subscription, and felt that my journal needed a little Lauren love.

Oh, and my icon? Pretty! I have no idea how I got those colours...but I shall try again.

Well, isn't life just flamin' rosy?

2005-05-10T04:41:17Z

So tired.

Paid LJ ran out. Too poor to buy. Must stick with Free for some time. *shrugs* It really doesn't bother me too much. It's the icon space I miss the most.

Am taking year 8 religion at school at the moment. We did Adam & Eve/Creation today and are doing Noah - The Flood tomorrow. Can't wait till Moses. Get to watch The Prince of Egypt. Excitement.

Am going to Edinburgh for New Years. Yay. New year in Scotland. Shall party.

I have to go to sleep. *is ded*

Fear the dark side...

2005-05-02T15:58:45Z

OMG I am such a Star Wars Geek.

In honour of that fact, I made 10, count em, 10 Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith icons. Unfortunately, the only HQ images I could find were on this Natalie Portman site...hence the Padme overload. If anyone knows anywhere else with good piccies of other characters, I shall be forever in your debt.

Take, Credit, Enjoy.

Textures are from julia_thorne13. Brushes from inxsomniax

I'm going to England!

2005-04-29T23:19:56Z

Huzzah!

I'm so excited. I'm leaving in the first week of December and spending Christmas and New Years in Europe!

I feel like dancing around. In fact, I think I will.

Anyway...it's going to be fantastic. I can get flights to London for $1498, which is pretty damn cheap considering it's so close to Christmas. The plan is now to make sure I save every penny I can.

*is ded from excitedness*

Update alert.

2005-04-19T23:47:32Z

Well. It feels as if I haven't updated in years! In fact, it's been about two weeks from memory.

First things first. New Pope. As a Catholic, and a liberal one at that, I'm not sure about this Rat-man. I can't have someone with a name like that dictating to me. On the other hand, it's not as if I haven't always done whatever the bloody hell I've wanted before, so new rat pope shan't deter me from my course of drugs, sex, alcohol, support for gays, and constant use of contraception. *shrug*

Also, spent today on North Keppel Island at the education centre there. It was fantastic, and I've put my name down to go back for two weeks in September for this middle phases of schooling clinic that's happening. North Keppel is such a fantastic island, and it's all national park and green zoned, not to mention surrounded by the Barrier Reef. God I love where I live.

I'm starting my prac tomorrow, which is going to be so much fun. Going to teach at my old highschool...what a trip! Anyway, I have to be ultra organised and get my history presentation on conscription done tonight. Gah!

I'm also feeling extremely happy...just bouncy and great...and I'm working on a new layout for my site...which is always fun.

Obviously, I have nothing better to do with my life...

2005-04-06T19:43:27Z

So I present you some Dirty Dancing 2 icons:

Feel free to use. Credit appreciated.

And Ooooh LOST tonight!

Memes...because I have time to kill before uni starts.

2005-04-05T22:27:46Z

You Are Pretty Logical

(You got 50% of the questions right)

You're a bit of a wizard when it comes to logic

While you don't have perfect logic, you logic is pretty darn good

Keep at it - you've got a lot of natural talent in this area!

How Logical Are You?

Unsurprising...I thought I'd get less.

You Are Best Described By...

San Giorgio Maggiore, Twilight

By Claude Monet

What Famous Work of Art Are You?

Ooooh Teh Pretty!

You Belong in Australia

Ace!

Sunny, upbeat, and cute

You make the perfect surf bum

Now stop hogging the vegemite!

What English Speaking Country Do You Belong In?

Too Bloody Right. You know, Doug Scotland disliked Vegemite. How dare he? No wonder it couldn't last. Black yeast extract puts a rose in every cheek.

You Are the Very Gay Tinky Winky!

Purple with a gay pride symbol... how could he not be gay?
And that red purse is divalicious!

What Gay Childhood Icon Are You?

Gah!

You are

What Rejected Crayon Are You?

You Belong in 1973

1973

If you scored...

1950 - 1959: You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in!

1960 - 1969: You are a free spirit with a huge heart. Love, peace, and happiness rule - oh, and drugs too.

1970 - 1979: Bold and brash, you take life by the horns. Whether you're partying or protesting, you give it your all!

1980 - 1989: Wild, over the top, and just a little bit cheesy. You're colorful at night - and successful during the day.

1990 - 1999: With you anything goes! You're grunge one day, ghetto fabulous the next. It's all good!

What Year Do You Belong In?

Loz Out.

I make this crowd bounce like bedsprings on a honeymoon

2005-04-05T15:30:18Z

Well. I haven't done a real entry for ages. This is mostly because my life is boring. Really.

I have a major crush on some guy at uni. I don't know his name. All's I know is that he rides some sort of motorbike and has glasses. Not a hell of a lot to base a crush on...but meh, I don't care.

I have an assignment about the Sudan Crisis, the Boer War and the Boxer Rebellion due on Monday. Yuck.

I can't wait until Saturday! I'm so excited. Parties are super fun!

Another meme and some griping.

2005-03-30T16:17:07Z

I just started this detox program by Blackmores.

I had to drink digestive bitters. I almost spewed. I didn't mind the tablet forms of things too much...but that bitters...ew. I had to coat my tongue with Golden Syrup in order to take away the icky. From now on, I think I'll combine it with about a litre of juice before I even think about drinking it. *retches*

Anyway...it's supposed to give me glowy skin and stuff, so I'll take it on. I like glowy skin. Also, will rejuvinate my liver...it needs it. Poor darling.

I also bought the cutest goddamn dress for my friend's 21st, which is next weekend. It is quite possibly the shortest dress evar. Sweet. ^_^

Ok...now a meme. Gacked from wenelda

Track 1: Your favorite song.
Track 2: Your Earliest Memory of A Song
Track 3: A significant song from childhood- elementary school, let's say.
Track 4: A significant song from middle school.
Track 5: Your first kiss or first slow dance, whichever one applies or you choose.
Track 6: A significant song from high school.
Track 7: A song that you sang along to the first time you drove on your own, with the windows down and the wind in your hair and the stereo turned up really loud.
Track 8: Your senior class or senior prom song
Track 9: An important song from graduation or summer after graduation.
Track 10: A song from your first year in college.
Track 11: A song that reminds you of your first love.
Track 12: The song you listened to after your first real breakup (Come on, admit it. You had one.)
Track 13: A song that describes your relationship with your current love/crush/infatuation/fixation.
Track 14: A song that you think describes you pretty well during this time period.

1. This Old Love - Lior This is by far my favourite song at the moment. I chop and change. I have issues.
2. I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles My parents listen to The Beatles all the time, but this is one of the first that I can remember.
3. Mouth - Merril Bainbridge Woah. I loved this song.
4. Josie - Blink 182 This song was huge at our school.
5. All My Life - KCi & JoJo With a boy called Greg. He was lovely. I'm surprised I actually remembered this.
6. Where's Your Head At - Basement Jaxx Er...I just remember that song.
7. Never There - Cake ...I love that song.
8. Amazing - Alex Lloyd We had many songs though...this is just the one I remember.
9. Love at First Sight - Kylie Minogue Oh. I don't know...
10. By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers They played this song all the time...everywhere.
11. Into Your Arms - The Lemonheads I'm a sap
12. Walking After You - Foo Fighters *sads*
13. Ms Unavailability - Claire Bowditch I think it speaks for itself.
14. These Days - Powderfinger These days turned out nothing like I had planned. Damn straight.

Meme. Because I suck...and I have nothing else to do.

2005-03-30T03:32:48Z

How many total songs? 2224 songs, 5.9 days total time, 8.86 GB

Sort by Song Title
First: -00Ghost27 - John Frusciante - Shadows Collide With People
Last: Zombie Girl - The Spazzys - Aloha, Go Bananas

Sort by Time
First: That Guy's a Fuckwit (Hidden Track) - Grinspoon - Easy (0:04)
Last: 240 Years Before Your Time - The Black Keys - The Big Come Up (23:20)

Sort by Album
First: 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the life of - Arrested Development
Last: Youth and Young Manhood - Kings of Leon

Top Ten Most Played Songs
I don't know...it's all my sister's crap.

Ten Recently Played Songs
The first 10 songs on Blood Sugar Sex Magic - The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Find "sex," how many songs show up?
23...most on Blood Sugar Sex Magic. 8 with 'sex' in the title.

Find "death," how many songs show up?
7... Death of Seasons - A.F.I. All is Full of Love & Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie. Homecoming: The Death of St Jimmy - Greenday. Join Me in Death - H.I.M. Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town - The Panda Band. The Life and Death of Mr Badmouth - PJ Harvey.

Find "love," how many songs show up?
143. And if you think I'm typing that many out...you're dreamin'.

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In other news: am addicted to deadmentalking. The funny cracks me up.

Memes

2005-03-27T21:24:59Z

Stolen from ryttu3k.

A - Accent: Australian
B - Breast size: You really want to know?
C - Chore you hate: Washing up
D - Dad's name: Kenneth
E - Essential make-up: Lipgloss
F - Favourite perfume/cologne: Estee Lauder Beyond Paradise
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Hometown: Rockhampton
I - Insomnia: No
J - Job title: Student/Receptionist
K - Kids: Nope
L - Living arrangements: Mum, Dad, Me, 2 brothers, 2 sisters, 3 cats, 2 barramundi, and 1 turtle
M - Mum's birthplace: Alpha
O - Overnight hospital stays: Once. I had an operation to remove a sewing needle from my foot. I suck.
P - Phobia: Ants.
Q - Favourite quote: "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely." - George Orwell.
R - Religious affiliation: Catholic
S - Siblings: Four
T - Time you wake up: Usually at about 5:45. I do things in the morning.
U - Unnatural hair colours you've worn: Er...white blonde.
V - Vegetable you refuse to eat: Zucchini.
W - Worst habit: I don't know...
X - X-rays you've had: My foot, for above needle in foot.
Y - Yummy foods you make: I make a mean pizza.
Z - Zodiac sign: Virgo.

IN ONE TRY type your name with your:

Fingers: Lauren
Chin: lqaur5nj
One finger with eyes closed: lsirenm
Cheek: p;Z9b547 j
Elbow: p;lswaiurtf
Palm: ljuufde
Back of hand: pol,zaju7rfd
Tongue: lauren

Gross! I just licked my keyboard.

Which reminds me, on Saturday night, I had a big piece of glass sticking through the bottom of my shoe, and this guy chewed it out for me. Ew. He like, ate the bottom of my shoe. Obviously a health hazard.

So drunk it 's crazy. don't press the space bar involuntarily

2005-03-26T09:29:16Z

Well. Am drunk beyond imagining. Vodka is goog.

Mesaged cute Brad. Will regret this in the mornig, as is seemingly asleep. Happy eatser flist. Happy eaaster and I hope you have a lovely day.

Unfortufnately...it seens I shall have a hangober and weird rememberancecs of space bars.

I apologise of nasty spelling and grammar.

Because I am teh bored.

2005-02-21T15:30:12Z

So, basically random 20 songs. I choose my favourite line. You guess the song. Fun, huh?

~~1. "I'm on fire and the day is feeling hopeless."~~Something Corporate - Break Myself guessed by jennilee
2. "I would paint my reverie, if that's the only way for you to be with me."
3. "If only I could be as cool as you...as cool as you."
4. "Through the wind in the trees, Mother Nature she speaks."
5. "And I fell out of fashion, like an old song."
6. "He's the one who must decide who will live and who will die, but he never sees the writing on the wall."
7. "I take a walk, the streets are busy tonight and I am searching for you, waiting to brush your shoulder."
8. "I'm walking down the line that divides me somewhere in my mind."
9. "Your loyalty is not to me, but to the stars above"
10. "Standing in line to see the show tonight and there's a light on."
11. "Me and my baby doll never went to the beach."
12. "Comparing knives, shooting dice, and working on your plan, to become the Aussie version of the Wu Tang Clan."
13. "Around here we say birds not bitches."
14. "My first customer was Megan, she came in for a hamburger with the lot - no meat. Hey, that's a salad roll I said, and we started going out."
15. "There's a light, a certain kind of light, that never shines on me."
16. "There's battle lines being drawn, and nobody's right if everyone's wrong."
17. "Try to sell something that just can't be bought."
18. "A voice says hi, hello, how are you? Well I guess I'm doing fine."
19. "The darkness helped until the whiskey wore away."
20. "While we, the peaceful majority, sit back and anticipate now"

Lots of those songs are by Australians...so...well...some people may have absolutely no idea. YAY.

Breathing in, my sleepy girl

2005-02-20T23:50:57Z

This would have to be one of my favourite Whitlams songs...it makes me sleepy and gives me warm fuzzies. Just so you know.

Also. I just finished my Australian History exam. It was easier than I thought, mainly because the 800 word topic was one that I had done for an assignment. Phew. That was lucky, and thank god it is over. OVER! That means this weekend I can go out and have fun instead of staying in and reading about Telecommunications and Transportation as I did this week. Whoo. Rock.

I'm tired, but I'm going to the gym soon...I think I'm addicted, though not in a supplement guzzling epo injecting type way.

Before I go...I shall do the Ship Meme that I have seen everywhere...Yayness.

1. The pairing you first fell in love with: Draco/Hermione

2. The pairing you never expected to love as much as you do now: Remus/Hermione

3. The pairing everyone else loves that you don't: Ron/Hermione

4. The pairing you love that everyone else hates: Well...I think that there's a bit of controversy up there about Draco/Hermione...but I'm such a fucking romantic sap that I couldn't care less. Draco/Hermione 4evah. *gurgle*

5. The pairing you used to love but don't any longer: It's not so much dislike, but I just haven't seen any good recs for it. Remus/Sirius. Most of the fics I stumble across are complete drivel, and I don't have the time, nor the inclination to wade through it.

Well. That's about it for today. So, so tired. I'm just going to go and exercise and try not to die. Ciao.

Icons. Because I can.

2005-02-10T19:37:22Z

Lost (Jack and Claire) and Emmy Rossum.

Funness.

So, like, Credit and let me know what you're taking and stuff...ok?[/perkiness]

It's naughty to be here...

2005-02-09T18:26:50Z

It is. I'm supposed to be writing my essay on Catholicism in Australilan Politics - but I am teh lazy.

Since our last episode, many things have happened in Lori's life.

1. Lori's cousin informs Lori that Shane has been messaging her saying 'what would you say if I said I cared deeply about you'. Lori is a bit unsure as to the veracity of this, as Shane would not say he cared about anything, as he is the epitome of apathy. But still, it niggles. Lori writes rude message to Shane along these lines - "Would you please stop propositioning my cousin, as it makes you look pathetic and me look stupid - a state of being that I wish to avoid." He rings Lori. Turns out Lori's cousin has been the one doing the pursuing, not Lori's ex-boyfriend. This seems definitely less dodgy. Lori breathes sigh of relief.

2. Lori decides that bum, which was once the size of Spain, is now quickly becoming the size of Russia. Suck. She quickly decides to go on a diet for Lent, and joins the gym. Horror. Also, has wager with friend. Could lose $50. Contemplates starvation. Quickly decides against it.

3. Point number two almost flounders when she has cravings for the Ash Wednesday salmon sausage rolls that her old high-school dealt in. She waited for Ash Wednesday every year just to get those sausage rolls. Mmmm. Salmon. Brother would not bring her one home. This is a good thing. Diet still on track.

4. Lori could be getting 4-6 weeks full time work soon. Rock. This puts her in good stead to be going to New Zealand to ski in June. Excellent.

5. The weather has decided to become unpredictable. It's raining. What is this water falling from the sky?

Thus ends this episode. Drama, drama, drama.

Well. I have to go and write about the crazy Catholic/Labor relationship that started the conscription debate and thusly, created the breakaway group from the Labor party, who eventually became the ~~Liberal~~ Party. Funness ensues.

Well, I'm off.

2005-01-21T12:10:47Z

The plane leaves in an hour, so I'm off to the airport.

I'll see you when I get back!

Busy, Busy, Busy.

2005-01-19T23:29:53Z

Well. Have been incredibly busy today.

*Finished assignment - 16 pages and 3,500 words later, I have a report on classroom management and discipline strategies. Boredom ensues.

*Made D/HR soundtrack for hp_soundtracks. It can be found Here.

*Did layout for fadedroses101.

*Made pasta for lunch and corned beef for dinner.

*Went to the bank, the library and my mum's office.

*Ran brothers and sisters around everywhere.

I'm so bloody ridiculously organised and terribly terribly nice to people. Well done me.

Also, fear Shane is becoming an alcoholic. Not that it's any of my business anymore.

I've got so much to do tomorrow too, before I go away. Jeebus. No rest for the wicked.