So, um...

I know I said we were going to have a chat about our Christmas plans. But then I had dinner, took a nap and watched a James Bond film. Priorities.

Forgive me? I've been sick...

Hey everyone!

I hope you're having a wonderful Christmas. I certainly am. But that's another story for another post. Right now, I just have some changes to talk about.

First up: You may have noticed that their aren't anymore ads on the blog. That's because I will (all going well) be getting ads through project wonderful from now on. I can choose how big I want the ads, and what I want to allow. It's a much better system that Google Adsense, and I recommend it to everyone thinking about getting ads (or advertising, which I'm also doing).

Nextly, I've changed some other stuff up in the colour schemes and stuff. It's barely anything, though, so you probably didn't even notice. I'm still really happy with the swirly stuff going on in the background.

I do apologise for the lack of posts this month. Christmas kind of snuck up on me. I'll try to post about what happened over my Christmas soon after this post, and you can expect a post on the 1st of January.

That's really all I've got happening at the moment. Merry Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus/Any others I can't think of Everyone!

HOLY SHIT!

Guys! I have a store now! If you'll direct your gaze upward, in my page bar, you'll see a brand new link  to my store. It has some stuff in it, and I'm adding stuff all the time.

Honestly, this is mostly a dumping ground for my stupid humour. But, really, if you like my blog, you'll  probably enjoy some of the stuff in the store.

I've also updated the Awesome Button, so don't forget to click that too!

Important announcy things

I just remembered that today was the day I'm telling you who one the Christmas giveaway.

The winner is:
Kat! "Then one foggy christmas eve Santa came to say, "Rudolf with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

I'll send off her prize tomorrow (Monday). Congrats and thanks to everyone who entered!

My first (and probably last) promotiony thing

Hi guys.

I know I'm not usually the sort of person who does this, but since many of my friends here are also bloggers, this giveaway is something you should certainly look into.

Rainy Kaye (Blogger, writer) is holding a giveaway for what I assume will kind of be like an ad on her blog (I'm a little fuzzy on the details). She gets a heap of traffic, so it's totally worth it to enter. But you also shouldn't, because I want to win :)

Anyway, just click here to get whisked away to this awesome competition.

Things that make me stupidly happy

We all have those things that can cheer us up, even when we're in the worst of mood. Some we can explain, some we can't. This is a list of mine. Share yours in the comments!

Escalators:
Not all escalators. Just certain ones. There's this one company here in Australia that makes elevators and escalators. They're the ones I like. Why? Because their name is Schindler's Lifts.

Mr Blue Sky by ELO:

Just listen to it. Happiest song ever.

Travel mugs:

This is one of my inexplicable ones. I'm happy when I drink out of travel mugs. Possibly because it's usually 5 am and the start of a road trip, but even when I'm late to work and so must drink my morning coffee on the go.

Tim tams:

Do you American people have timtams? If not, remind me to send you some. They are a chocolate biscuit that's coated in chocolate, and I have a massive sweet tooth for timtams. There's like a million different varieties, but I'm a classic girl.

Climbing trees:

This one can be traced back to my childhood, when climbing trees was badass because you'd get in heaps of trouble from the teachers if they caught you. I was one of the awesomest people in my school (before I was the weirdest) and climbing trees still makes me feel badass. It's one of my favourite things to do well drunk.

That's all I can think of now, but this is another list I'll absolutely be adding to.

Don't forget about my Christmas giveaway. I'm totally adamant that this competition is going to go well. Just be the 7th person to email me your favourite Christmas carol (or last person, if we don't have 7 entries) before the 9th of December and you can win a heap of awesome stuff! 

38 fucking degrees!

That's how hot it was in Melbourne today. That's 12 degrees below half way to the boiling point of water. Yeah, Americans. Don't laugh at celsius. It'll fuck your shit up.

Anyway, I'm laying on the sofa (with Jae on the other one) with a portable airconditioner and 3 fans working to keep us cool enough to get to sleep. Why? Because the air con in our building exploded from overuse today. I've got a 2 litre bottle of ice behind my pillow and a sock full of ice down my shirt. Last time Jae tried to take my sock I growled at him. I'm pretty sure my cat has melted, and I'm having trouble writing in full sentences.

The worst part is that this is an omen. The first days of summer (technically not even summer yet) being like this means that we're going to have some 40+ days in January. *Le sigh*.

Don't talk to me about wasting energy. We had a guy come visit our building and talk to all of us about other ways to keep our apartments cool without using too much power. Then we invited him up to our apartment (just after the air con incident) and let him make full use of our fans, air con and fridge full of beer. Apparently the poor guy had to walk around handing out pamphlets.

The air con exploding was quite spectacular. It had stopped working, and so a few of us went to see if anything was the matter with the main unit. Then some one turned on their air con and it went bang! No-one was hurt, but there was a lot of smoke. Now we have to wait for a new air conditioner, because this is the sort of thing that makes tenants leave.

I've added some new stuff I bought to the giveaway prize list, so go check that out!

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to refreeze my sock.