Jersey Shore

I hate to admit to this. Particularly as for so long I have been in blissful (and proud) ignorance of the 'characters' of this show, what the hell the show was about (hint getting drunk and being as vile as possible) and how to decipher their Jersey-speak.
But this all changed over the Christmas break, there I was staying up too late and I flicked the station over, where they play some riveting car crash television late at night. Suddenly a diminutive little girl with big hair was handing over her hoop earrings and telling someone to 'hold these for me' and then promptly engaging in a awkward girl fight with someone called Angelina. I was hooked. I needed to see the rest of the fight. And so on and so on. Yes I feel my brain cells diminishing with every episode but sometimes you need that switching off of the brain reality television provides.

His only redeeming feature seems to be his abs

So yes, now I am part of an elite group of people who know what grenades are when referring to women, and what DTF stands for. Of course I never said I liked the characters, they are truly vile at times, the men sexist disgusting pigs, the women caricatures of .... etc why am I even justifying myself? We all have our embarrassing habits.

Reverb Part 2

6.  Who was important to you? 
My family is always important to me, even more so since I moved out with my boyfriend nearly 2 years ago. I talk to my mum or dad usually everyday, and while my brother and I have had our differences he's usually there for me. Of course my boyfriend is also important, he's helped me through some rough times and visited me twice while I was in hospital overnight.


7.  What do you hope to remember? 
Be careful - really careful - when  handling kittens with ringworm. Or you will get it yourself, and be forever known as wormy. Even though it's not actually a worm, and no however many times you tell people that it won't matter.

8.  Where did you spend money?
Um where didn't I. From my complete inability to take a packed lunch to work; to possibly needing to take out shares in Subway in particular their chocolate chips cookies (is that possible, I'll have 12 million shares in baked goods) to the never ending process of trying to make our small tiny house with a huge backyard livable (new fly screen door, new floorboards, new rug, another 30 square metres of grass that we laid rather lumpily, numerous plants - some which have survived).

9.  When were you most scared?
Probably the few times Sabrina the cat stayed out all night. Or thinking about possibly having to pay some student loan debt back in 2012.

10.  What questions did you ask?
Why am I watching Jersey Shore?

11.  Who surprised you? 
 That I got through an operation. I haven't been in the hospital since I was 8. I was totes nervous.


12.  What did you learn?
Community is an excellent show.  And I have friends who will still come out with me to a club for my birthday even though they all think we're too old. My boyfriend can make an excellent pool cake.

Reverb 2011

Stolen from Reno, the Girl and maybe a little late but what the heck. It's time for some reflecting, feel free to ignore.

1.  Where did 2011 begin?
2011 began with another year in the boring job I was boringly comfortable with. Still fostering animals, about to celebrate my 27th birthday, but with only 1 permanent dog and cat in the household.

2.  Who did you meet?
Through my new job I have met a lot of cool new people. Became better acquainted with someone I went to high school with and still kept in contact with 'my girls' (10 high school friends I still regularly see and have monthly catch ups with).

3.    What books did you read?  
A lot, and re read a through for when I wanted comforting. But new ones included (what I can remember) the Hunger Games trilogy, The Slap, The Woman in Black, Fast Food Nation, The Seance, Don't Look Now and Other Stories, The Year of Magical Thinking, The Giver, Fade.

4.  When did you struggle?
 I really struggled while recovering from my knee operation and have still in some ways since even though now I can walk pretty well, I still cannot run, jump and play team sports. Not working for 2 months and having very little money was challenging.

5.  What did you discover?
I can live on little to no money but not for long and I really should take control of my debt. I can do things I'm scared of and live to tell the tale.


Part 2 soon if I'm still feeling reflective.

Just because.