oh and..

.. it'll grow out before my brother gets married in april 2010.. and if it doesn't i can dye right back over the top..

so..

should i?

oh man decisions decisions..

I want to dye my hair

I haven't dyed it since i shaved it on nov 27, 2007. That's more than 13 months WITH NO HAIR DYE IN MY HAIR. I kind of like my natural hair colour but man i miss my purple (sound familiar Jacq? lol).

I have a caramel colour just waiting to be used.

Should i?

I dunno.

Really.. should i? I think I should.. it'll only be a few shades lighter than my natural hair colour.. i dunno.. gah - i've never gone lighter unless i know i'm gonna stick a purple or something ontop of it.. the temptation is too great! i shall decide tonight.

boredom + muppet = oh crap

Jay got it right when she said I need a new job, and quickly! Boredom consumes me at the moment, and it sucks butts thru a king kong sized straw!

If you know me, you know when I get bored, I become destructive, I get frustrated with the way things are and want to change them. Sometimes that destruction ends up something creative. This is what's happened this weekend pretty much.

I woke up on friday morning and decided that I wanted my dining table to look different. So I took my ass off to Men's Church (Bunnings) and dragged LaLa along with me for the ride. Actually, she drove, I went for the ride, but you get my point, don't be pedantic (coz I know if LaLa reads this, she's going to point out that she's the one who was driving so IN FIRST NER) lol.

Anyhoo, once LaLa's visit ended, and she headed off for home, I went spaz at the table with the sandpaper, got B ready to go to her dads, took her to her dad's then came home and continued with the sandpaper. Once I was happy with the sandpapered table (ie: there was no more shiny stuff left) I wiped the table down a billion times to remove all of the dust (did you know that sanding = dust? far out) and then put down my first coat of primer.

This is when the reality of what I was doing hit me and I went "ohfuckwtfamidoinhere?" and had a bit of a panic attack - I've never painted a table before, how the hell am I gonna make this work? What if I screw it up? WHAT IF JANE FINDS OUT? SHE BOUGHT THE TABLE FOR ME SHE'S GOING TO KILL ME IF I BREAK IT!!!!!!! *dies*

Anyway, I got over it, I figured if I fucked it up, it was just a matter of ringing my darling father and saying "Daddy, come fix table plskthxbai!!" The worst thing I figured I could've done would've been to sand a hole in the table or something.. I dunno. Paint doesn't scare me, it's easy to remove.. holes in tables on the other hand.. wow. Anyway, I digress..

I did the first coat of primer, freaked out, used a whole sample pot (haha i'm a tightass i bought sample pots coz it's cheaper than buying tins.. but they're perfect for this job, the right amount of paint) i stepped back to admire my handiwork, slapped my forehead and went "oh crap".. it looked hideous. Argh!

I thought, at that point, that maybe I should give up before I totally screw up, but you know me, I persist. I decided to pack it in for the night and start up again the next morning.

So I wake up this morning, do some housework, and wait for my brother and his girlfriend to come over. We had a chat, and the whole time, I was itching to get back to my table. I had ideas of what I wanted done thru the night, and how I want the table to look. AS SOON as they walked out the door, BAM I was at the paint and the roller and getting the 2nd coat on. It only takes about 10-15 minutes to paint the table so I figured, I'll do the 2nd coat, get started on my other brother's birthday cake, and once that was popped into the oven, the 2nd coat should've dried so I could do the 3rd. I have to do 3 coats. I don't know why this is, but I HAVE TO DO 3 coats. Is this normal? I dunno.

I got all that done and then decided that was it, let it dry and get some more housework done.. blah blah boring mum stuff.. blah blah.. housework clean woohoo.. ooh cakes are cooked HOLY CRAP this cake is gonna be huge.. blah blah whatever.. you get the idea (the cake pics will come in time, relax, just right now, I'm focusing on my table!)

I've now, at this very moment, painted 3 coats of undercoat.. hey, if an undercoat goes ontop of another undercoat, does that make it an overundercoat? and what about the 3rd layer? does that make it an overoverundercoat? I dunno.. So there's 3 coats of the primer/undercoat, and I've just finished doing the 2nd coat of the color (British Paints .. sure can!)

If you want to see the work in progress, the pics are here. I'll be working on the table some more tomorrow, so there'll be more pics to add obviously :D

Oh and cake pics too.. there WILL be cake pics. But that's a whole different blog :D

Oh, I have a song for her -

..and then today..

Jay says:
so details fill me in now...
muppet says:
oh
work details?
Jay says:
yea
muppet says:
gimme a sec
i have a bird on my head and a cat in my lap and they're trying to kill eachother
so one's goin in the cage, the other's goin in the laundry, lets hope i put the right one in the right spot 
okay
i'm waiting for someone to come jump on me
far out they drive me nuts
ANYWAY you know how she went off at me on the phone yesterday?
WELL
IT SEEMS THAT SHE WAS YELLING AT THE WRONG PERSON
OH
DEAR
ME
coz i spoke to sharon about it and said "look i'm sorry for any confusion but i did let you know i was taking yesterday off, and i let you know nearly 3 weeks in advance.." and she said "yup that's right." so i told her i'm not available for the 9th of dec and she said no worries she wrote it down and she's put it in her diary too or something
AND THEN i said "and i'd just like to find out what dates i've been late on, apart from 2 days i can't think of any days i've been late.." and she just looked at me with a wtf face and went "um what?" so i told her about the conversation i had yesterday on the phone and she was DISGUSTED
and she said that obviously, mariane had her lines crossed because there was someone else that had been coming in late every day, and leaving early and taking lots of time off, but it WASN'T ME coz the only days i've had off, she's been well aware of and she has no idea why mariane would call me and say such ridiculous things to me
so today i called westaff, and she's so bloody lucky that she wasn't in the office coz i was ready to go off
so i'll be calling her tomorrow morning as soon as i have a break if i feel like wasting my time, and demanding an apology from her for being such a bloody moron
SO I GOT INTO TROUBLE
FOR NO REASON AT ALL
 
You have just sent a nudge.
 
muppet says:
hello?
am i talking to myself, are you there? hellooooooooo
Jay says:
im reading dude ssh
muppet says:
sorry
 
Jay says:
ok ok so yeah what a idiot she is
muppet says:
AHAHAHAH YES
EXACTLY
SHE TOTALLY SCREWED UP AND I'M GONNA GET HER
the end
she fucking yelled at me dude
for no bloody reason
if i'd done something wrong, i'll cop it on the chin, you know that
but ffs i did NOTHING WRONG i've been at work EVERY DAY (for once in my life) except the days i've MEANT TO HAVE OFF hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Jay says:
lol yeah i know u have
im actually quite proud of u 
muppet says:
hahahah dude
I'M PROUD OF ME
and i was tossing up this morning
should i be a shit and take a day off or not
but i decided to go in anyway and actually had a very productive day
i got my stats and i'm totally kicking ass
AND the stats show how many hours you work and whoa who woulda guessed, i got all of my hours yeah?
idiot woman
Jay says:
lmao
muppet says:
so
Jay says:
yay you for showing em 
muppet says:
essentially
SHE IS GOING TO GET PWN3D BY ME
AND I'M GONNA MAKE HER APOLOGISE
or my name isn't Tanja Genovese
Jay says:
yeah you show her who she's chosen to mess with
muppet says:
ooh i don't think she realises she's picked the wrong temp
i'm a temp-for-life temp lol
which means i'm gonna always temp even tho i want proper job lol
so she's screwed
i was telling ange and aggie at break time and they went ballistic
apparently everyone knows who she is and they all hate her ahahahahaha they call her the whippet
or the greyhound
Jay says:
haha
muppet says:
and this is coming from the PERMANENT STAFF DUDE
i'm gonna totally bloody give it to her
sharon was not bloody impressed with what i told her
and she said she'll probably have words with her about getting her information right
SO
SHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
it sucks to be her
lets sing our avenue q song "IT SUCKS TO BE YOU..SUCKS TO BE YOU.. IT SUCKS TO BE YOU..SUCKASUCKASUCKASUCKASUCKS TO BE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU"
 
Jay says:
 
sucks to be yoooou on avenue q sucks to be you hahaha 
muppet says:
ahahahah exactly
sucks to be you..ooh wait 
there you go
you suck it sucks to be you ahahahahahah 
Jay says:
lol
muppet says:
i'm gonna give it to her so bad dude you don't understand i'm rabid at the moment
i turned around and said to sharon "well at least i had something NEW to bitch about to my psych yesterday"
Jay says:
lol
muppet says:
it's true
even kaylene my psych couldn't believe the attitude and the unprofessionalismsnssnsns so ner to her she's screwed dude
she messed with the wrong temp 
Jay says:
yes indeed she did!
muppet says:
okay and now
i go finish dinner  
that's about all i have to report, and i'm pretty much gonna just copy paste this conversation into my blog i think hahahaha
Jay says:
lmao sure why not

I am SO ready to quit

Okay, I've been quiet for a long while, but there's been nothing to moan, whinge, whine or carry on about.

Now that I'm back in my old old job (oh yeah, I don't work at the bank anymore) I have whinge material.

I am rostered off today. That usually means that I don't have to go to work because, as I said, I am rostered off.

Apparently, it also means that I have to put up with idiot reps from the agency ringing me AT HOME and asking "Is this Tanja? Where are you?" Er, you rang me, why not tell me where I am?

The conversation went like this:

A: Why are you not at work?
m: Coz I'm rostered off
A: for what reason?
m: because I have a psych appointment?
A: Why wasn't I notified of this?
m: because I told the company and figured you'd be told, and I forgot
A: is this an ongoing thing?
m: yes it is
A: Why wasn't i notified of this?
m: because I thought I could work around it? Because I didn't think it would be an issue
A: From now on, any medical appointments need to be made AFTER HOURS (she actually raised her voice at this point)
m: Um no, psych appointments can only be made during the day, none of this after hours rubbish, I rescheduled all of my other appointments, but this one is impossible to reschedule, I've told the client this, and she said that's okay
A: (complete change of subject) Oh and you're taking too many days off work
m: I only took one day off, that was the monday between the weekend and cup day, and the client said that was ok too, as they'd given all the staff the option to take the day off or come in..
A: (changes subject) You're coming in late every day
m: um, no I'm not
A: Yes, you are, every day you're late
m: Um, no - you spoke to me early on about being late, I was late twice, and I've not been late since
A: I did not
m: Yes you did, you came in to the office and you spoke to me about my starting time, and I've made every effort to make sure I'm on time every day. The latest I get in is at 6:55 and I'm at my desk by 6:58, which is still before
A: No, you have to be at your desk 5 minutes before start
m: No, I don't. I start at 7. I am logged in and working by 7. Therefore, it doesn't matter what time I sit at my desk, just as long as I'm logged in and keying by 7.
A: Well just see that you do and stop taking time off goodbye

FUCK

OFF

seriously, just fuck right off. I went to a funeral last friday, so I left work early - I wasn't even going to go to the funeral because I've only just re-started in this position but hey, bah. Fuck them - I'm looking for a new job, and as soon as i get one, i'm handing my crap in and i'm telling them to gdiaf asap plskthx.

Why is it..

.. that as soon as i wander off to the toilet, the kitten and the bird follow me and squawk and mewl at me if i don't let them in?

and why is it, that my bird and kitten both sit on my shoulders and try to kill eachother without realising that MY FUCKING HEAD IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM BOTH?

.. and WHY is it, that the bird attacks the cat and dive bombs her when she's playing quietly? does he WANT her to come and try to eat him? omfg! *faint*