A Time to be Happy!

My very first cassette tape/album was 'A Time to be Happy'. A Christian-themed children's tape full of songs about happiness and love and being good and sharing etc etc. My dad bought it for me from a man outside BiLo (when it was still called that) in Footscray. I even remember that it cost $5. I played it over and over and knew all the words. The first/title song of the tape went like this:

"The time to be happy is now.
The place to be happy is here.
And the way to be happy is to make someone happy and we'll have a little heaven right here!"

With that sort of brainwashing, no wonder I was such a good kid :P By the way, if you are reminded of Rod and Todd from the Simpsons, you're not the only one. We played the tape last night and it had my sister rolling on the floor laughing her head off...

It's been a bit intense these last few weeks.. so here's an update:

The fundraising dinner on Friday night was a great success. I don't know how much Miss blu has raised yet because she's buggered off to Sydney for a rest up, but I believe everyone had a good time and it was a thoroughly enjoyable evening in spite of the few hiccups we had.

Lowlights included: The excruciating heat and stuffiness because the air-con had died (with such great timing), things running a bit later than scheduled, the auctions not going off for as much as hoped, and the not-so-nice grey-haired teacher dude behind the bar who patronised and tried to dismiss me when I asked him for my change.

Highlights included: Seeing everyone dressed up! The food, the date auctions, especially Miss blu going off for a whopping $500! Lots of laughs, seeing some friends I hadn't seen in ages, meeting a little Mr wiggles-fan who danced and sang to me, escaping the heat and talking to Miss red on the balcony, aaaaand well, everything else was quite good.

Other news:

After many tears and many sleepless nights (probably more to follow), I have finally accepted the fact that I will be back at uni next semester. Very disappointed but oh well, accepted. Now just a matter of telling the folks...

It's getting way too hot here.

I will possibly be going to Queensland for New Year's with the popstar. Depends on price and availability of flights and accommodation of course, but mostly it depends on whether or not we will be going via Sydney...

Le Petit Prince is drawing nearer. Scary.

I got a brief introductory lesson in WoW today.

Two more shifts at the Red Cross!

and other stuff I don't particularly want to talk about here...

hope you're all doing well

xx