Tina's wanderings around the world

Ooh, two entries in one day, I'm on fire! While I remember, I wanted to ask a favor of anyone and everyone who reads this. Pretty, pretty please! I'm going to apply for a partner visa in February/March so I can get a real job instead of being limited by this "work for one employer for only six months" rule. It's time for me to move on from admin and get a challenge (though I'll be doing plenty of navigating to figure out just what kind of a challenge I'll be looking for). :) Part of the application involves showing that we come in a pair, and we are recognized as a couple by other people and one physical form of evidence that we can show of this "recognition" is mail. Envelopes, invitations, cards, letters, you name it. So while we're in the Christmas season, I would be very, very grateful if you wouldn't mind shooting a letter or a card in the mail addressed to Marcus and myself: Tina Ferguson and Marcus Montana 123 Mitchell Road Alexand...

Howdy do, pilgrims! Again, I have been very absent from the world of blogging, but I finally got a slow day at work (and the boss is out "sick") so I get to amuse myself by my means until there's actually work to do. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay! I'm still working at the Audit Office, which, although there are three lovely ladies to work with, has become dull. When I say dull, I mean it has become extremely difficult to not scream from all of the ridiculously mundane tasks I am performing. Lately my most time-consuming tasks have consisted of working in our Access-like system (which is SO slow) and either updating contact information or (you ready for this excitement?) going into a file, copying a number, and pasting it into another file. Whoop dee doo, I almost can't contain myself...from internally combusting! Poor Marcus got the crazed email that formerly would have been an in-person rant to my gals at work about how I can't stand it anymore. I'm finally hitting my ...

I just got the following email from Neighbor Jason, and it made my day: So I saw Dave M at the Lighthouse the other day. We spoke of Subaru ’ s, Obama and the many ways to keep your hands clear of sweat when onstage playing guitar (he liked my anti-p e rsp i r e nt on the wrist idea) . I also mentioned that my friend dreamt of making cookies with him and noted that she actually makes a fine batch. He said, oh I love cookies, send her over my way. Too bad you moved L Hope all is well down under! Damn it! :)

It is officially November 4 th , both for you in the states and for me in Australia. Election day. I hate the fact that ridiculous sums of money are spent during the campaigns in the states and during each election year I find that it is such a shame that all of that money is spent on trying to influence people to vote for the right candidate and trying to sway, convince, and manipulate people to “do what’s best for the country”. That money could be put to such useful endeavors, like feeding, clothing, and sheltering people in poverty-stricken areas of the world. Why is it that people will spend so much money in the effort to convince everyone else that their perspective is right and the other person’s is wrong? Or maybe it’s just to spread the word. Or maybe it’s a trade of money for power. Whatever. I understand that at this particular juncture in time, it’s a “necessary evil” and people haven’t been creative enough to do it another way. My French friends Cami and Anthony, some of my...

Hello and happy, happy, happy Halloween! A day or so late, but it doesn't matter since Halloween has a tendency to stick around for a while afterward with mountains of candy and piles of dress-up clothes floating around for a week or so (or so) after the event. I admit, I was frightened that this Halloween wasn't going to be as festive as I usually crave it to be. The candy is easy--but there are no Halloweeny-decorated wrappers. There are people that dress up--but only the young ones in unspecific areas that are accompanied by parents as they trick or treat and the only people of my age dressing up are all getting hammered out in the clubs. The skank rule definitely applies. So I prepared for Halloween in my own Tina-like fashion, getting Marcus on-board, and I discovered a $2 shop (because they don't have just a plain ol' $1 store!) that was rife with Halloween paraphernalia and I stocked up: witches hat, sequined bat wings, feather boa, cowboy hat...then I made a sto...