OK so on paper it sounds really good - I am 21 and run my own business as a make-up artist, and own a home with my partner of nearly 4 years. Good right? I sound kinda successful?
Out in the real world - I am nearly 22, I am living out in a shit hole of a small town. I just quit my job and am trying to set up a company which I've already closed down once in an industry I have not worked in in nearly 2 years. I still have a decent debt on my one house that I own with my partner of 3 years who I fight with constantly (that's a healthy thing, I like the fighting).
I have my high school reunion in exactly 1 week and I'm starting to get scared. I think I've gone over the kind of school I went to once before but to recap - Private all girls school, snobs, feminists and all round spoilt petty bitches. Of course there was exceptions to that but they were few and far between and had usually gone through so much shit keeping the friends they had that they didn't want any more.
I don't know why I am going back, quite a few of my friends aren't going for the sole reason of why go visit the people that we tried so hard to escape from for 5 years. All of the people that I want to catch up with I have on Facebook and the others? Well its like when you see some thing really gross, you really really don't want to go there but some masochistic part of you wants to look.
So I'm doing the best I can, I'm putting on my armor. Hopefully there will be less that can be picked on if I wrap my self up in something I know and try to hide the little holes of failure that creep through. I started today with my nails, this weekend will be the tan, next week will be the waxes, scrubs and hair.
Wish me luck!
Thursday 24 April 2008
Friday 18 April 2008
Retribution
**UPDATE*** So as my last day progresses on these are a few of the things I have heard that have been said about me:
I
am bulimic, that is why I cant keep my food down.I faked going into hospital last month just to have a few days of work.
There is nothing wrong with my stomach I should just get over it and shut up
I am a slut
I do no work at all, the other girl has to do work for two people.
And there is more to come....
Any advice on how to return the favor this thing has persented me would be muchly appreciated!
I
am bulimic, that is why I cant keep my food down.I faked going into hospital last month just to have a few days of work.
There is nothing wrong with my stomach I should just get over it and shut up
I am a slut
I do no work at all, the other girl has to do work for two people.
And there is more to come....
Any advice on how to return the favor this thing has persented me would be muchly appreciated!
Saturday 12 April 2008
60!
Yep this is my 60th post, pretty pathetic for how long this blog has been going but still pretty funky!!
I've not really got much to say today. I did the whole IM QUITTING thing over on my flickr YAY I did a trial for the wedding make-up today, came out rather pretty I think. I've just emailed the photos to Big Sis to see what she thinks, hopefully she likes it. If you didnt catch it over on Flickr I reactivated my ABN this week, I am officially a trading make-up artist and I am soooo excited by that!!!
Im starving so Im going to go make a chicken sandwhich and make me a cocktail, hey its 4:30 on a Saturday arvo, you're lucky im not slurring my typing already!!!!
ill leave you with this hilerious email I got from Potato Head this week. I sent him my list and these were his replies... well I found it funny :)
Monthly Challenges
46. Work out 3 times a week for 1 month (check, makes you feel good)
47. Walk every day for 1 month Run or walk on your hands)
48. One month without TV (excellent)
49. Record total amount of money spent on food for a month (no way you will stop eating)
50. One month without sweets/desserts (No way, sugarrrrrrrrrrr goooodddd)
51. Photograph my outfits everyday for a month (Boring)
52. Have a dinner containing at least 3 vegetables at least 6 days a week for a month (pooo)
Miscellaneous
53. Learn a language – even if just basics (Spanish )
54. Go to the Saturday fruit markets (You will need to as it is all you will eat)
55. Buy a piece of Victoria Secrets anything (Nice, get the wings)
56. Subscribe to a photographic or nature magazine (Nat geo)
57. Plant a herb garden (Grasshoppers eat it all)
58. Read at least 1 book per month (puts me to sleep)
59. Rent and boat for a day and take Boy on a cruise (after I get my boat license) (go fishing)
60. Set up Make-up Company and begin trading again ( done nice work)
I've not really got much to say today. I did the whole IM QUITTING thing over on my flickr YAY I did a trial for the wedding make-up today, came out rather pretty I think. I've just emailed the photos to Big Sis to see what she thinks, hopefully she likes it. If you didnt catch it over on Flickr I reactivated my ABN this week, I am officially a trading make-up artist and I am soooo excited by that!!!
Im starving so Im going to go make a chicken sandwhich and make me a cocktail, hey its 4:30 on a Saturday arvo, you're lucky im not slurring my typing already!!!!
ill leave you with this hilerious email I got from Potato Head this week. I sent him my list and these were his replies... well I found it funny :)
Health/Food
1. Try 10 new fruits/vegetables I’ve never tried before or thought I didn’t like (tropical fruit world down the coast) Emma and I can take you.
2. Buy proper cupcake making things and make fancy cupcakes (yum)
3. Do 50 push ups (boy style) in a row (I am push up king, lets do it together, will be hard)
4. Do 50 sit-ups/crunches in a row (easy)
5. Hike 6 mountains (can repeat if necessary) in 12 months (mount coolum, Mt warner, Mt Barney, Mt Adam he he he he )
6. Eat only raw foods for an entire day (easy, fruit , sashimi, water )
7. Buy a piece of exercise equipment and use it properly Running shoes
Giving to Others
8. Make a decent donation to a charity (decent compared to your income)
9. Send my mum flowers ( suck up)
10. Donate blood every 3 months for a year (once the anemia clears) (needles yuck)
11. Make a donation to a local charity (Adam holiday fund)
12. Write a letter to both grand mums (on old paper)
13. Spend one day being a “servant” to Boy (Why??)
14. Send a small gift or letters to flickr/blog friends (Ah nice)
15. Buy birthday presents for everybody in both families (make them, it's more from the heart)
Writing/Blogging
16. Post a real blog (not just from Flickr) on ChickenTherapy at least once a week (blah blah blog)
17. Write a short piece of fiction (You do that everyday when you email me)
18. Write a letter to each family member (who can read) (count me out then)
19. Handwrite a blog entry and scan it to the blog ( then people can copy your handwriting and steal you money)
Arts/Theatre
20. Attend a Concert (easy, done)
21. Attend a play (Frankie)
22. Attend a musical (boring)
23. Attend a non-mandatory lecture or seminar (Pole dancing not included)
24. See an exhibit at the art gallery or museum (Andy Warhol was good)
25. Go to a wine tasting (that is a lot of fun)
Travel and Vacation
26. Travel out of Australia (Check)
27. Go camping for more then 1 night (spiders everywhere)
28. Ride a roller coaster (3 times in a row)
29. Visit one of the Islands in the Whitsundays (Hamo)
30. Stay 1 night at the Harbor and have dinner at one of the good restaurants (Whatever)
Trying New Things
32. Wear a skirt/dress every day for a week (Your a boy)
33. Build something (With wood and nails - A bird box)
34. Sew something ( buttons on)
35. Wear fingernail polish for a whole week (Toes and feet)
36. Help Boy out at work for a day (???)
37. Get my boat license (way overdue, got mine when I was 16)
38. Get a new piercing or a small tattoo (no tats, Go the nipple piercing)
Arts, Crafts, and Photography
39. Attend one of those pottery classes/days (boring and too expense to set up for yourself at home)
40. Support a craftsperson—buy something handmade (either in person or online) (hand crafted food)
41. Document a “day in my life” with photos (not the toilet bits)
42. Do a photo essay of some of my most sentimental possessions (not the toilet bits)
43. Find a local photography group/class and go to at least 1 session (strange lonely people go to those you will get stalkers)
44. Learn more about the DSLR (??????? camera talk)
Monthly Challenges
46. Work out 3 times a week for 1 month (check, makes you feel good)
47. Walk every day for 1 month Run or walk on your hands)
48. One month without TV (excellent)
49. Record total amount of money spent on food for a month (no way you will stop eating)
50. One month without sweets/desserts (No way, sugarrrrrrrrrrr goooodddd)
51. Photograph my outfits everyday for a month (Boring)
52. Have a dinner containing at least 3 vegetables at least 6 days a week for a month (pooo)
Miscellaneous
53. Learn a language – even if just basics (Spanish )
54. Go to the Saturday fruit markets (You will need to as it is all you will eat)
55. Buy a piece of Victoria Secrets anything (Nice, get the wings)
56. Subscribe to a photographic or nature magazine (Nat geo)
57. Plant a herb garden (Grasshoppers eat it all)
58. Read at least 1 book per month (puts me to sleep)
59. Rent and boat for a day and take Boy on a cruise (after I get my boat license) (go fishing)
60. Set up Make-up Company and begin trading again ( done nice work)
Thursday 10 April 2008
Wednesday 9 April 2008
i suck
i do, majorly. I didn't post last week. I'm sooooorrrryyyyyyyy! I kept meaning to then this horrible black cloud would come over me and all would be bad and I would just want to curl up in a ball and go to sleep. mackay is not my friend. I'm hating it here. We're flying back enough that missing family isn't a big thing but just the people are backwards. See where as I know I haven't seen much in this world, they think Mackay IS the world. Its very depressing.
Plus my work has banned any non work related Internet so I have nothing to get me through the hell of work.
Blah blah blah Arly is sad, now shut up.
Ok.
So I didn't post last week but I will post three, yes you heard right, THREE times this week to make up for it!!!! One extra post free of cost just for you my readers!
We flew down to Brisbane on Saturday morning for the Millencolin concert. If you dont know who Millencolin are check them out this second, awesome Swedish semi-punk bank. Very fun.
So we're sitting on the plane its just starting to take off and "SHIT" Boy is all, "omg what??? Did the wing fall off???" and I'm all "omg.... i left the tickets on the fridge" Great big stress out. By the time we land in Brisbane we've calmed down with the resolution that I will go in to Ticketec, ask for the tickets to be reissued and if not then buy new ones. Well.... Concert is sold out. Great. Oh and the Tivoli doesn't reissue tickets. After bursting into tears in the ticketec office and begging the lady to double check she calls head office, stays on hold for half an hour and in the end yes they could reissue our tickets at the gate if we go an hour early. All good!! The concert rocked, I have many a bruise from the barrier! AND I got the set list WOOOOOO
I also spent the weekend dress shopping with Big Sis. She chose her wedding gown and omg I cried when I saw her in it. I cant even describe how stunning it is... I'm so proud of her :D
And I think we chose the bridesmaid gowns. We're going for black because the reception is black tie and she wanted something we can wear again. I think its going to be a corset which is white with black lace over it and a black satin belt with a floor length black satin skirt. And seen as its in the middle of winter we need some little fluffy thing to keep us warm. Not sure about that yet though.
Oh and last big news - I AM OFFICIALLY A TRADING MAKE-UP ARTIST AGAIN! See I trained with Napoleon back in 2004. Absolutely loved it. But in order to buy a house I needed a full time job (being 18 the banks don't have much faith in you) so I had to put the company on hold and go work behind a desk. After a while I gave up on my dream and deregistered my company. I cried a lot that day. But ever since when someone would ask me what I "was" I always said "I'm a make-up artist but I'm working in admin at the moment" The admin bit always made me feel kinda dirty and wrong.
So last post i wrote about how scared I was about doing the make-up for my sis' wedding but something has clicked in me. I AM a make-up artist. This is what I've always loved. Talking about it gives me a rush and changing someone from drab to stunning is just a feeling I cant explain. So yesterday I reregistered my ABN and went to Napoleon and restocked my bases. I'm going back later this week to buy some new colours and omg I cant explain the excitement.
Ohh and thats two more crossed off my list :D
Plus my work has banned any non work related Internet so I have nothing to get me through the hell of work.
Blah blah blah Arly is sad, now shut up.
Ok.
So I didn't post last week but I will post three, yes you heard right, THREE times this week to make up for it!!!! One extra post free of cost just for you my readers!
We flew down to Brisbane on Saturday morning for the Millencolin concert. If you dont know who Millencolin are check them out this second, awesome Swedish semi-punk bank. Very fun.
So we're sitting on the plane its just starting to take off and "SHIT" Boy is all, "omg what??? Did the wing fall off???" and I'm all "omg.... i left the tickets on the fridge" Great big stress out. By the time we land in Brisbane we've calmed down with the resolution that I will go in to Ticketec, ask for the tickets to be reissued and if not then buy new ones. Well.... Concert is sold out. Great. Oh and the Tivoli doesn't reissue tickets. After bursting into tears in the ticketec office and begging the lady to double check she calls head office, stays on hold for half an hour and in the end yes they could reissue our tickets at the gate if we go an hour early. All good!! The concert rocked, I have many a bruise from the barrier! AND I got the set list WOOOOOO
I also spent the weekend dress shopping with Big Sis. She chose her wedding gown and omg I cried when I saw her in it. I cant even describe how stunning it is... I'm so proud of her :D
And I think we chose the bridesmaid gowns. We're going for black because the reception is black tie and she wanted something we can wear again. I think its going to be a corset which is white with black lace over it and a black satin belt with a floor length black satin skirt. And seen as its in the middle of winter we need some little fluffy thing to keep us warm. Not sure about that yet though.
Oh and last big news - I AM OFFICIALLY A TRADING MAKE-UP ARTIST AGAIN! See I trained with Napoleon back in 2004. Absolutely loved it. But in order to buy a house I needed a full time job (being 18 the banks don't have much faith in you) so I had to put the company on hold and go work behind a desk. After a while I gave up on my dream and deregistered my company. I cried a lot that day. But ever since when someone would ask me what I "was" I always said "I'm a make-up artist but I'm working in admin at the moment" The admin bit always made me feel kinda dirty and wrong.
So last post i wrote about how scared I was about doing the make-up for my sis' wedding but something has clicked in me. I AM a make-up artist. This is what I've always loved. Talking about it gives me a rush and changing someone from drab to stunning is just a feeling I cant explain. So yesterday I reregistered my ABN and went to Napoleon and restocked my bases. I'm going back later this week to buy some new colours and omg I cant explain the excitement.
Ohh and thats two more crossed off my list :D
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