Pozdravujte ode mě Babička

With news that můj babička is unwell, Otec said he can’t sleep at night with his dcrea being in hospital last week and this week his matka.

Můj babička claims she is strong but she irons her nightdress before she goes to bed and has an overnight bag packed should she need to go back to hospital, with of course her makeup and hair products.

Babička expressed she will be cooking for me in a couple of years when I go back to Česká Republika.

He did have the most hilarious dream that both my mum and I were overseas and we asked him to cat-sit while we were away, divorced since I was 4, he was laughing, saying the cat fur was bothering his eyes and he ended up sleeping in his car. Ahhh.. Our trip to Dubai UAE must be on his mind.

Where do you go when google has null effect?

I’ve tried countless variations of my “search”. After 10 pages of search results, Nothing! Nada! Zip!

What do you do when google lets you down?

What a dress! Phenomenal.

Melania Knauss in a Dior Haute Couture by John Galliano gown:

- 98 yards of satin
- 550 hours of embroidery
- Valued at $200,000.

A review of the last week (in hell)

I hope never to experience this again. The operation went well "they" say, "they" didn't tell me anything afterwards, many phone calls later I have my next appointment with the Oncologist - April 5th, I am assuming since he doesn't want to see me until then, I don't have cancer, I. Will. Keep. Telling. Myself. That.

The support of my friends was over-whellming, flowers, magazines and a few visits. My family... Different story (the 1 subject I wont write about).

I had a fleeting thought of giving a review on all the movies I watched over the 5 days where I challenged myself to move from my bed to the lounge...

- Crappy, time wasting Johnny English
- Exciting Two Hands
- To Be And To Hold - I couldn't get into and can't find any refrence on the internet?!?!
- I could have danced all night, and still begged for more... My Fair Lady - one of my all time favourite movies
- Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 - dirty disc, therefore missed the last few chapters :-(
- How sexy is the protagonist in Auberge espagnole, L' / The Spanish Apartment!
- Gorgeous Sweet Home Alabama
- Thrilling Kiss The Girls - when the movie is better than the book
- Hilarious Dave
- Sweet Legally Blonde
- The 80's hit Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- A total waste of time, TV movie - Locusts: Day Of Destruction
- Beautiful Trois couleurs: Bleu / 3 Colours: Blue
- Radiant Trois couleurs: Blanc / 3 Colours: White
- Luminous Trois couleurs: Rouge / 3 Colours: Red
- In her Shoes that made me wish I had some relationship with my sister
- Ha! True Lies
- Quirky Elizabethtown
- Lovely Suddenly 30
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels that made me reminiscent of the French Riviera (subsequently went through all my photo albums)
- Hide and Seek - thriller that I worked out the punch a little too early in the movie to make it enjoyable
- Shi mian mai fu / The House of Flying Daggers, Monkey Magic-esque
- The Pacifier- I love Vin Diesel, such a bad actor he's good

I watched numerous episodes of Sex and the City and of course the Roosters triumph over the Raiders.

Recommendations Please

I'm going to be trapped at home for 3 days minimum, moving only from my bed to the lounge.

DVD recommendations please...

This is Me tTday

Heroin chic minus the drugs, I feel deflated, I hardly wanted to get out of bed. I walked to my car in the rain, my hair is all stringy, I’ve cried already today so my eyes are puffy, mascara running and I decided to wear flat shoes because I just don’t think I could walk in 4” heels today.

The first words spoken to me this morning is “don’t forget to call the hospital, you’ll have to be there at least an hour before the appointment” FUCK OFF! I know this, I wish she would stop telling me what to do, just because she works in a hospital doesn’t mean she should talk to me in such a derogatory manner, yea, she is my mum.

Some fuckwit wouldn’t let me into the traffic today, usually I just pity them, its one car coming out of a small cul-de-sec – I’m not going to hold you up. I yell at the top of my lungs “You fucking cunt” and realise its now my problem.

I’ve been at work 10minutes and can’t concentrate further than making my desk tidy. I have so much to do before taking 3 days off to recover.

J. isn’t at work today, so the only person I can and want to talk to (over google talk) isn’t there, I’m “busy” as far as messenger is concerned, it is going to stay that way all day.

I’m not looking forward to tonight, mother dearest is going to try to “prepare” me for the morning to come, no matter how much I try to explain to her its not helping she just continues with the “be strong” bullshit. I don’t think she really understands, (well she doesn’t understand me at all) I would rather slay 200 people in cold blood than go under the knife tomorrow.

Great… The TAB guy just called and said he wants to take me out for lunch today, how can I explain to a guy that I don’t know all that well that I’m just not in the right frame of mind to be social and honestly, I look like shit today.

Why are People so Fucking Unreliable?!?!

I make plans with with MFL over a week ago to go out for gelato / coffee today after work. I speak to him 10mins ago and he cancels! Great reminder as to why we broke up.

I Hate Hotmail!

Grrrrr... I have a hotmail account because I've had 5 jobs in the last 4 years, I prefer not to have my friends interrupting my working day with pointless jokes and ramblings etc. In my second last, no last real job... Um yea... In 1 of my jobs the director could also access my inbox (I know not legal - care factor zero)

I log in and I have 78 new messages, 7 personal.

If I action each and every email in my inbox, my name would be" hey *insert address here" I would be debt free, have a big penis, enlarged breasts, be working from home making $10,000 per week while watching Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson in some kind of fuck fest, getting toey as all as I would have consumed copious amounts of viagra "on trial", listening to my free ipod and of course found all of my school friends that I've lost touch with over the years not remembering who they are because of all the discounted med's.

Points of Note from the Weekend

+ After work drinks on Friday with J. and JYat the Royal Hotel in 5 Ways Paddington. The best hug from J, hug, cry and a meaningful conversation, I don't know what I would do without her - Love that girl. J and JY agreeing over who is going to bite my arse first! Hmmm... Interesting.

+ Brunch with Dr D at Bills Woollahra

+ Saturday afternoon relaxing alone at home watching Kate & Leopold and She's all That and flicking on the highlights of the Commonwealth Games

+ Saturday night J's 28th birthday drinks at The Eastern Hotel followed by K's 21st birthday party at Karaoke world - I've been there 3 times and to this day I still don't fully comprehend the concept of singing in a booth to a group of your friends?

+ Sunday morning the usual thing (one of the few issues I don't publish in my blog)

+ Sunday early afternoon watching footy Roosters v Storm I left with 20mins to go 4-20, what's going on boys? Was so tempted to ask them when I saw about 8 of the boys on my way home last night - its just not in me to wind down my window to ask if they had a come back. 18 - 22 :-(

+ Sunday late afternoon I went to my first movie of The French Film Festival with J., Anthony Zimmer when I say with J., I arrived right on time, my ticket was with the usher who directed me to cinema 2 and I couldn't find her, we both watched the movie alone in different cinemas who knew they were showing the movie in 2?

+ Sunday evening a cocktail at The Vanilla Room Leichardt

Brunch with Dr D

My 2nd date with Dr D. it took 1 year and 2 months to get there. We met at 10.00am for brunch, my most ultimate favourite meal of the day as I can usually be there for 2 hours. We said our hello's and bumped into an elder couple whom he knows and pleasant introductions were exchanged, then to my horror he said to the lady, "Your husband told me you were good in the sack" I know I looked blank, shocked, they all laughed, I went along with it. He then said "We best go as I want to try and seduce this young lady - not that she will let me" - that's right buddy. Not even 10m further up the road I bump into a professional acquaintance, (oh, no not while I’m with Dr D) Kiss on the cheek, explanation to my work-a-bouts and an introduction, Dr D "Are you to together?" S.D "No, we work together" Dr D "Sure, that's what they all say when trying to get into your secretary's pants" they all laughed, I quickly bid S.D farewell and I knew my face was red as anything. I was regretting this.

We went to Bills Woollahra, pleasant enough conversation over a bowl of cereal, I still can't believe I ordered cereal, this guy is a personal trainer, I'm not interested in him AT ALL and yet I don't want to be scoffing down eggs Florentine in front of him!?!? (No wonder why guys can't work out us girls).

He was entertaining and not overtly profane in his manner, almost pleasant. But, I was no fool, I still had my defences up and ready. He made his intentions known, he would like to get to know me better and it hasn't changed for many years.

It was all ruined by a text message:

"Good afternoon mademoiselle N, I know we haven't chatted in a while, lol,however it is such a lovely autumns day, I thought this worth sharing. Also just to remind you if the moment beckons, I look forward to a wild raunchy dialogue traversing your entire gorgeous form. I know, I know BAD BAD boy, mwah D :-) "

Why ruin the day? Looks like he will have to wait another year ;-)

Spotted!

A girl walking in Surry Hills at lunch time wearing black stockings with white shoes! Fashion police where are you?

I was Decribed as "Aloof" Again!

I never minded being called aloof in the past, a little unapproachable and indifferent but as... above, apart, casual, chilly, cold, cold fish, cool, detached, distant, dog it, forbidding, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, haughty, incurious, indifferent, laid-back, offish, on ice, reserved, secluded, solitary, standoffish, stuck up, supercilious, thick-skinned, unapproachable, unconcerned, unfriendly, uninterested, unresponsive, unsociable, unsympathetic, uppity, withdrawn - NO!

I'm First Up...

I called my Oncologist Tuesday to confirm my appointment. I'm first for the day at 8:00am. I wasn't given any more details. The receptionist was less than helpful, verging on being rude.

To say I'm scared is an understatement, I'm terrified - no I'm fucking terrified.

I know rationally it's a small procedure - a cut, remove, and stitch up and go.

As far as I'm concerned it may as well be open heart surgery, the anxiety has set in more than I could have ever thought.

My nights are sleepless, my thoughts are many, my attention is at maximum 5 minutes, I feel all tight all over, I've cried twice at work already today over nothing and it's still a week away.

I have so many questions, they are all unanswered. What time do I arrive? Do I need to fast? If so, how many hours in advance? How do I get in contact with the anaesthetist? Is the anaesthetist aware of my fear? Can I have the gas? Do I need to have the needle? I can't see that needle! Can I go out and get blind drunk the night before? How long am I going to be "asleep"? Why isn't anyone giving me more details! How much is it going to cost? What augmentation will I have? Will I just fall back onto shape? How long until I get the results? How long until I can lift something heavier than 2 kg without experiencing pain across my left chest? What if it is the big "C"? What happens next? What if... What if... What if...

I was told to call again on Monday to find out more details. Monday. How am I going to keep my wits about me until then? I’m paying for one of the most expensive surgical oncologists in Sydney to look after me, I’m in safe hands I keep telling myself, the doctor has probably done this more than a 1,000,0000 times. This is his job. But still I’m scared.

Anyone I tell of the procedure ahead of me, they all know "someone" who has had it done. I want to make it clear - I don't care! This is me! This is my first operation. I don't know what to expect, its all outside my comfort zone, my phobia of needles may be irrational, I know it’s irrational, but that’s me, that's who I am. I have been told to see a hypnotist, that wont work, I can't even meditate - it's all bullshit.

I want this damn thing out of me.

I want this episode behind me and just a bad memory. I want to be the person I was before it was discovered.

A Night at the Art Auctions.

What a wonderful way to pass a night I attended the Deutscher ~ Menzies Fine Art Auction. With over 300 pieces going under the hammer.

Art collection is definitely going to be researched; it’s the fastest appreciating investment in Australia.

Collecting would be one expensive hobby / investment. The purchase price plus 20% buyer’s fee plus 10% GST.

I would only ever buy at auctions Robert Dickerson's in gallery's in Paddington are selling in excess of $19,000 and Lin Onus over and above $400,000

My favourites of the night:

Robert Dickerson - Sold $9,000
Woman in Blue
pastel on paper
75.0 x 54.5 cm
signed lower right: DICKERSON

Jeffrey Smart - Sold $65,000
Second Study for The Dome 1977
oil on canvas
31.5 x 35.5 cm
signed lower right: JEFFREY SMART

Lin Onus - Sold $230,000
Water Lillies and Evening Reflections, Dingo Springs
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
182.5 x 244.0 cm
signed lower left: Lin Onus

Bill Henson - Sold $19,000
Untitled 1998/99 1998-99
type C photograph
103.5 x 154.0 cm
edition: 2/8
inscribed, numbered, titled and signed below image

Stupid quote for the night: Overheard the lady siting behind me

"They don't give you much time to think purchasing each piece"

IDIOT! There were 300 art works going for sale and wouldn't one think if they were going to be a buyer on the night they would know which piece they were going to buy and set the budget already? IDIOT!

Did I Say That?

I was told by my great friend L. the reason I wasn't invited to a BBQ she had at her place a few months ago, I didn't even know about the BBQ and it was mostly her fiancé’s friends. Well it came as a huge surprise that I didn't receive an invitation as she regards me as her "best friend" she is getting married in August, not having a bridal party but I’m unofficial bridesmaid, the one that tells her she has lipstick on her teeth or a hair out of place.

3 years ago at Muz’s birthday dinner at an Indian restaurant with a group of Muz’s friends there was a girl sucking on her fingers after each bite. Apparently Allegedly I made a comment to Dave about how repulsed I was at being exposed to that slurping, sucking, popping sound, I'm unsure if I extended it to loosing my appetite? Well, this guy “Dave” told the whole party what I had said; now none of them like me. Ha!

My issue with this revelation is: Why am I being ridiculed for an under the breath comment on being disgusted on this persons table manners and the issue not being HER bad manners? The funny thing is the only thing I remember of the night is the venue.

L. told me that I have some work ahead of me to get along with these people at her hens night in a few months!

Road Rage at it's Most Humorous

The road rage incident started with a glance and quickly became one of the more bizarre pursuits on Sydney's roads.



Inspector Trusty suggested the driver of the Suzuki may have been suffering from delusions of grandeur during the pursuit.

"When they were stopping at lights he was the one revving up. He must have been
delirious if he thought he was going to drag [the Lamborghini] off."

The high-end Lamborghini, one of only 60 in Australia, can reach 100kmh in 4.3 seconds and has a top speed of over 300kmh. The Suzuki Swift hits 100/kmh in 10.0 seconds and has a top speed of 190kmh.

Sniff-Sniff, Cough-Cough

My personality changes, I sneer instead of smile, I feel like I’m missing out on living (if I could call this excuse for cruising through time living) I resent my friends for making plans I can't attend. Selfish, yes. I'm sick. The flu-ish, stuffy head, running nose, dry throat, croaky voice.

I wasn't feeling 100% on Friday, a couple panadol and cough lollies, sharing a couple bottles of champers I was fine... Hang over on Saturday, Lisa and I had a 3 hour brunch, well brunch, lunch and afternoon tea at D B's. Marginally better, then I get the phone call. My mum had a fish bone stuck in her throat, I met her at the hospital, we were in the COLD waiting room for an hour before both of us have goose pimples over our skin, mum is drinking cold coke, too cold (apparently drinking coke would help - coke apparently dissolves the bone slowly) I left the hospital to get jumpers for both of us, it was too late, heavy head by 8:00pm I left to put on some trackies and call it a night. Mum is OK, the bone removed and she will be eating soup due to discomfort.

My plans for Sunday were thrown into disarray; I wanted to go to the beach, then the Art Gallery then the footy. (I know - what a combination) All I could fathom was the gallery; the Self Portrait Renaissance to Contemporary Exhibition was fantastic.

Yesterday I came to work, coughing splattering everywhere, I couldn't construct a sentence, I called it a day at 11:30am, I love my friend J., she offered to bring me chicken soup *squeals* I was home and bored within minutes. Day time television is crap! When did it get this bad? I watched 2 movies, The Last Castle and Clueless, slept and back at work today, still not 100%.

Oh No I Didn't Just Hear That!

Dinner with my nephew and sister and mum. My nephew, at the ripe age of 10, says "he looks like he had crystal meth" OMG! I'm shocked, my mother bemused, my sister laughed - what's going on here?

I Love Seafood

Hairy lobster - Divers have discovered a new crustacean in the South Pacific which resembles a lobster and is covered with what looks like silky, blonde fur...

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I’m in dire need of some new pants... These may do the trick

The Race was all in her Hands...

My friend H. raced her old man's car last week.

Totally amazing, on the day she did about 9 passes the first shocking due to nerves. She beat her Dad which was an 18 second pass. Apparently it was because he did a burnout for the full 1/4 mile.

Her best run ended up being 14.600 - very proud.

Dr D Quotes

“Hmmm… youre smart, I’m smart, youre fun I’m fun, youre very attractive I’m not bad, your great in the boudoir I want to be, lol mwah Dr D :-)”

One again... Hold me back! Doesn’t this guy get the hint?

What Happened Overnight, I will Never Know.

I was dreaming happily in a far away place then suddenly I awoke! I was sleeping on my back (which I seldom do) my mouth was dry, my throat was tight. I turn over to the side and try to get back to sleep, I’m coughing unbelievably so, I can’t be sick? No. Thoughts running through my mind:

+ Too much champagne, its dehydrated me
+ Sleeping on my back, no saliva to moisten my mouth
+ I swallowed a bug

Naturally after the thought of a bug, spider or cockroach crawling on my skin let alone in my mouth I couldn’t get the thought out of my mind!

I got out of bed at 1.30am had a glass of water, went back to bed, tossed and turned, bugs, spiders, cockroaches.. I got out of bed again, this time I had to get it up – yew!!! I admit I looked for legs and no, I didn’t see any.

It took me more than an hour to get the images out of my mind and get to sleep…

The TAB Open all Hours

His behaviour has improved slightly from the “drop by” at 11.58pm 2 weeks ago. He called Saturday night after 11.30pm, waking me up – yes; miss out almost every night had hit the wall and was home at 10.30 after dinner on a Saturday night…

He said “I haven’t heard from you for a while” WTF! It had only been a week! I don’t even talk to me best friends that often – back off buddy!

Reflecting on that – If he was a guy I was interested in I would want to talk to him everyday and wouldn’t complain about being woken etc…

My Picks for the Oscars

2006 Oscar® nominations:

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line
David Strathairn in Good Night, and Good Luck

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
George Clooney in Syriana
Matt Dillon in Crash
Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain
William Hurt in A History of Violence

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Judi Dench in Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman in Transamerica
Keira Knightley in Pride & Prejudice
Charlize Theron in North Country
Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams in Junebug
Catherine Keener in Capote
Frances McDormand in North Country
Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain

Achievement in art direction
Good Night, and Good Luck
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pride & Prejudice

Achievement in cinematography
Batman Begins — Wally Pfister
Brokeback Mountain — Rodrigo Prieto
Good Night, and Good Luck — Robert Elswit
Memoirs of a Geisha — Dion Beebe
The New World — Emmanuel Lubezki

Achievement in directing
Brokeback Mountain — Ang Lee
Capote — Bennett Miller
Crash — Paul Haggis
Good Night, and Good Luck. — George Clooney
Munich — Steven Spielberg

Best foreign language film of the year
Don't Tell
Joyeux No'l
Paradise Now
Sophie Scholl
Tsotsi

Best motion picture of the year
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
Munich

Adapted screenplay
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
The Constant Gardener
A History of Violence
Munich

Original screenplay
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
Match Point
The Squid and the Whale
Syriana

3 Men and a Lady at the White Lace

I was awoken by my rooster like alarm at 4.45am on Thursday morning. There’s nothing worse than waking up before sunrise.

Off to Mackay North Queensland I go. This is my first overnight work excursion, I was overly exited being invited along, my traveling partners were my boss, an urban designer and a landscape designer, all great guys, all married, all with kids. All stayed with me at the White Lace Hotel overnight...

Back to back meetings and a site inspection saw me covered in mud, rained on, thrown around like a rag doll in the 4WD, squealing about my love of cows on the land, trekking through wet lands and teased about my “girlyness” I must say attending meeting in jeans and work boots is a different and interesting experience. 8 male consultants and little me around a board room table discussing a land development knowing my experience and knowledge is inferior and being complemented on my idea/opinion on one matter made me all giddy inside – I love that feeling when in a new job and have that first positive feedback not only from your boss but 2 other consultants individually *smiles*

The dinner meeting with our sales people based in Mackay was eye opening, dinner with the locals. A couple bottles of red wine and great bowl of pasta at one of the best Italian restaurants in the region followed by a couple ports and sharing an apple pie with the landscape architect, It was a big, long day. Up at 4.45am back to the hotel at 12.30am local time (1.30am Sydney time).

Topics covered:
- Work experience
- Ideas for our development
- Climate
- Sociology of Mackay
- Marketing ideas
- Food
- Wine
- Favourite animals and what that means
- Marital status
- Mardi Gras
- Camel Toe (Time to go)

Early start again the next morning, 6.30am breakfast meeting, then the drive from Mackay to Whitsunday, another site inspection trekking up and down steep clayish will be driveways, another 4 meeting and the return flight home, finally arrived home at 10.15pm so tired….

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Hello Ethonel...!

I filled up my car yesterday $78 later (ouch)

There's the great new 98% ethonel. All I can say "Giddy up!"

The Last Night of Summer

I said good bye to summer with my girlfriend over our last summer cocktail at The Eastern... Until next year (Unless I can organise that Hawaii holiday in August)