katysam

Today's post is brought to you at the all-new early time of 6:00PM.

Except to me, 6:00pm it late because I'm still stuck at work. I've been here since 7:50am and now I'm waiting on someone to assign something back to me before I can leave. Because I didn't want to waste my time and I wanted to use it productively, I've been reading my flist. You may even see the odd comment from me! \O/ *facepalm*

I'm pretty much on my own for the next two weeks while work!bff is taking holidays. There is a third person who 'works' with us but, yeah, ... let's just say I'm pretty much on my own. It's been a busy few days and I don't think it's going to let up any time soon.

Yesterday morning I did get find about 20 minutes to start decorating the Christmas Tree for my desk. It's a work in progress but here's a sneak peek..



No photos of Winnie to share today but perhaps I'll post tomorrow and start a tradition of 'Hey, Wednesday! Winchester!' Or, you know, not... :)

This is quite possible to fasted LJ entry I've ever done. Any spelling or grammatical errors are entirely mine.

Happy Tuesday!

I was listening to an interview with Misha Collins over at Slice of Scifi and I learnt something I don't think I knew. Actually, it's kind of weird because the more I think about it the more I think perhaps I did know but perhaps I've forgotten somewhere along the way...

Anyway. One of the interviewers mentioned that at the end of 'Red Sky at Morning', the second word Sam says during the ritual at the graveyard is 'castiel'. Of course, I had to check myself - and yep - he says 'castiel'. What's doing with that?

( A short clip from 'Red Sky at Morning... )

Random stuff today.

1. Last night's episode of Supernatural on Aussie telly was 4x08: Wishful Thinking.
   Three things about 4x08:
   
   a). I'm pretty sure waiting for a 7ft teddy bear to pull the trigger is never going to get old
   
   b). Teddy Bear Doctors!
   
   
   c). Does anyone else think that at least one person in the writer's room suggested Todd chase the bullies with a little help from Falkor?
   
   
   
   
   
2. The other day I got this comment in response to the Jensen Ackles on Good News Week video I posted on YouTube earlier this year:
   
   

   jellahd: Aww i love the video, he's married to stephanie ware, so this video is an fake!!! I've never heard jensen say anything about dating anyone. Everyone knows that youtube carry alot of fake videos, it's sad because alot of people can't separate the fake videos from the real videos.

   
   A couple of people responded saying it's the real deal to which the user responded with:
   

   jellahd: I've already did...you pothead. But it seems to me you haven't used your brain to sit here and try and spread false rumors on jensen like that. He's married people , he said it himself all over the interviews and here in canada too.

   
   That's bizarre, right? I mean, Paul McDermott - the host of Good News Week - may worship at the Shrine of Jensen Ackles's Ass' but I don't think he's going to go through the effort of fabricating an entire episode of GNW.
   
   The funniest thing is that no where during his appearance on the show does Jensen even mention dating anyone or a girlfriend. *scratches head*
   
   Demons I get. People are crazy.
   
   
   
3. (  This week's photo of Winchester is a little video. )
   
   
   
   
4. Happy Tuesday!
   

★ I have new friends! Hi there sin_of_pride, emotikka, powerof3, and honeyone! I update my journal fairly randomly but I always update on a Tuesday. Always. Anyway, welcome!


★ My favourite singer in the whole wide world is Richard Marx. I've loved him since I first heard 'Don't mean nothing' on American Top 40 with Casey Kasem back in 1987. I've seen him live three times - he doesn't tour Australia too often - and I have all his albums. Or at least I thought I did. I was kind of mortified to find out he'd released two albums on 31st October that I hadn't even known about let alone purchased. How did that happen? Suffice to say, the situation has now been rectified and I am now the proud owner of two new Richard Marx albums! \O/ I haven't listened to them yet but it's a bit exciting :)


★ Winchester is settling in just fine. Can you tell?



( More Winnie photos this way... )

★ I have a new layout - katysam.
It's frustrating me at the moment because I don't understand Internet browsers. The header looks fine in Firefox and Google Chrome but in Internet Explorer, the bottom is cut off. :( Also, layers and CSS in LiveJournal Land is very very confusing.


★ I've started watching Kyle XY from the beginning again. It's adorable how innocent Kyle is to begin with. He's so sweet I just want to wrap him up and take him home. I finished watching season two a couple of month ago and I wasn't looking forward to waiting until 2009 to see Season 3. Turns out I don't have to wait. I just checked IMDB and it says episode 3x01 premieres on 21st November 2008. That's in ten days time! *glee*


★ Happy Tuesday! :)

I really wanted to share this little video with you.

On Sunday night Lisa, Scott, their son Ryan, Trent, Carolyn,their son Campbell, Emma and I went to see Australia beat England 52-4 in the Rugby League World Cup game played in Melbourne. Ryan, who is 2.5 years old, loves watching rugby league but I think his favourite part of the game is the singing of the Australian National Anthem before kick off. Sorry, it's a little hard to hear him because of the crowd noise but I still think it's adorable.

The Australian National Anthem - Advance Australia Fair - performed by Ryan, aged 2.5


Advance Australia Fair Lyrics ... so you can follow or sing along ;)
Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are young and free;
We've golden soil and wealth for toil,
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in Nature's gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history's page, let every stage
Advance Australia fair!
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia fair!

Thank you Flist!

I was spoilt with virtual gifts from munibunny, raputathebuta, whimsywinx, tariel22, and ckll, LJ birthday posts from vella_amor_dm, kros_21, rose_janice, bobbinrob, chasingangel82, ckll, goodbyetoyou, tariel22, cologne_chick, deluweil and deansam67, and extra paid account time from munibunny.

You guys are so ace.
Your kind words and birthday wishes made my day!
Thank you. *smishy hugs all round*


I had to work today which kind of sucked. In fact, I'm thinking of starting a petition to make it illegal to work on one's birthday. Anyone want to sign up?

It wasn't all bad though. I got some cool presents from work!bff.
Do you think he knows me a little?
( A Very Supernatural Birthday! )

Other pressies from my family included an iTUNES voucher which I'm going to be used to get Pink's latest CD (I'm seeing her when she tours here next year), a JB HIFI voucher (might get a USB HDTV Tuner for my laptop...) and money.

For dinner we had Toad in the Hole which is probably the closest I'm ever going to get to having 'Pig 'n a Poke!' Hey, they both have sausages in them... *lol*

Happy Tuesday Folks!

I don't have to go to work tomorrow! *twirls*

My little niece is in her final year of High School and I'm having the day off to attend her graduation. Since she is 17 and lots taller than me I guess I shouldn't really call her 'little' anymore. She makes me feel both old and short! XD

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In the afternoon I'll probably have a wander around Knox City (a shopping centre) and, if I can make an appointment, I'll get my eyebrows waxed. Exciting stuff, huh? XD

This weekend,a friend and I are flying to Newcastle for another friend's 50th Birthday party. We know him through work and I was pretty chuffed when I received the invite to his birthday shindig. We are flying out of Melbourne at lunchtime on Saturday, the party is Saturday night, and we fly out of Newcastle at 6pm Sunday. Therefore we have the whole day Sunday to do some touristy things. \O/ Mini!Holiday FTW!

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All photo ops for J2 in Australia next year have now sold out. WOWZERS! I am so glad we booked when we did!

BTW, my handy dandy countdown tells me it's now only 178 days 11 hours 13 minutes and 11 seconds.

Yeah, I should probably stop with the countdown updates now... :)

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EDIT: Link to a Jared interview from Spike TV Scream 2008 awards.
It's non-spoilery and you need to watch it to the end! ♥
Thanks bobbinrob for the heads up. :)

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Happy Tuesday everyone! Have a great day.

Believe it or not I did actually get some work done while I was on my own in the office yesterday but my mind insisted on wandering a little bit during the quieter times. More specifically, it insisted on wandering to Supernatural related stuffs--I'm shocked at this unforseen turn of events!--and I got thinking about 4x04 and Dean's use of a particular nickname. It seems to have caused a little controversy with some people thinking it's kind of adorable while others think it should never be spoken of again.

Well, here's my take on it. Sort of.
Warning: Contains spoilers for Superatural 4x04



( Did you really just call me 'Cas'? )



In other news--Jared and Jensen are going to be in Sydney, Australia, for a HUB Convention in April 2009! OMG! *does happy dance*
Team!Shortbus - Can we skip the movie that weekend and go see the boys instead? Please? :D

1) I made it back to Melbourne - my favourite place in the whole wide world - last night! Why is it the trip home always seems so much longer than the trip up?


2) Thank you for all the messages of commiseration over the weekend after my beloved Storm's capitulation in the Grand Final. *hugs you all*


3) We began daylight savings on Sunday morning. This year it changed a month earlier than normal which is all kinds awesome because we get a whole extra month of it still being light at 7:00pm or later. Anyway, because there was a change to the date my phone didn't automatically update. *sigh*

( Drama did ensue and an interesting discovery was made )


4) My Pushing Daisies season one DVDs and my Kyle XY soundtrack arrived from Amazon today. Kyle has me captivated. I love him and his little show. And what's not to love about Pushing Daisies? I'm looking forward to reminiscing with Ned, Chuck, Olive, Emerson, Vivian and Lily.


5) Happy Tuesday!

We sucked out loud.

Manly Sea Eagles 40
Melbourne Storm 0

Time to drown my sorrows...

Is it Thursday yet? *sigh*