Underoos and International Guests, March 2011

[Guitarista]

Underoos and International Guests, March 2011

Morning all,

Yeah, yeah, i know. Enough of the p.m's and p/call's/text's ok? Now look, just calm down everybody.

I'll answer all your questions as best i can.

1. Yes, i can confirm that i will be racing in the celebrity grand prix. (The magnificent Renee Geyer as my 'coach')

2. No, i will not be appearing on Brian McFaddyn's next album.

3. Yes, i am writing tunes for Delta's next record.

4. No, i have not been out on the town till the wee hours with Uncle Jack Charles in Melbourne all week.

5. Yes, i am losing my marbles.

A marvellous day to all and especially the oft neglected, but never, ever, forgotten, 'sundries'.

Now get out there today and go hard!

[tawnyfrog]

Underoos and International Guests, March 2011

MrG - I don't know how you do it all. You're a gem. What about old Sid though?

So where was everybody yesterday? Have you got a note from yer mum?

Overcast, grey and drizzly here this morning.

Have a good one

[myhappyplace]

Underoos and International Guests, March 2011

Morning Mr G and Tawny and whoever else is awake and about to check in...

Been up since the non daily light saving crack of dawn - well not really - was starving coz I finally decided to drag myself off and have the blood test doc gave me last AUGUST and had to fast. Excuse for not doing it....hundreds, shit scared springs to mind - not of the test mind but the results, but now it is done and dusted. What is is, cant change it, so we will see.

Beautiful day have been doing weird yoga tape I dragged out for my non class days. What is it with celebrity tapes, they just cant SHUT UP! I have now muted Geri Haliwell and its sooo much better. Skipping off to school soon for an hour kiddy thing, will check in later. See yaz!

[byebyebridgetjones]

Underoos and International Guests, March 2011

Mane`
I am doing a little personal marathon of 'Tangle' the series.
Well done again Film Victoria.
Re Melbourne: How can one feel 'homesick' for a city one has never even been to
Not up to much today as sliced half of finger off last night whilst processing dinner avocado. I'd put photos up but you'd spew.

Here is my morning offering from Caroline Knapp, dearly departed author of "Drinking, a love story"




......is that in some deep and important personal respects you stop growing when you start drinking alcoholically. The drink stunts you, prevents you from walking through the kinds of fearful life experiences that bring you from point A to point B on the maturity scale. When you drink in order to transform your self, when you drink and become someone you're not, when you do this over and over, your relationship to the world becomes muddied and unclear. You lose your bearings, the ground underneath you begins to feel shakey.
After a while, you don't even know the most basic things about yourself - what you're afraid of, what feels good and bad, what you need in order to feel comforted and calm - because you've never given yourself a chance, a clear, sober chance, to find out.


I'll leave you with it.

[Charlotte's Web]

Underoos and International Guests, March 2011

Interesting stuff, Bridge. I may see if I can find a copy of this book.

Personally, I am thoroughly pissed off. Son is still sick. I know he can't help it but all this week he has been getting up at about midnight and 4.00 am with ridiculously high temperatures. This morning (at 4.23am) I was so glad I was sober. I don't think I could be doing this otherwise. It's like having a baby again.

At last the air-con engineers are booked in for next Tuesday. Yippee! And Brisbane is going through an autumn heatwave. It's been low to mid 30's all week.

And now I am so unmotivated to do anything. I'm back at college this evening. It's going to be a drag to get there but I'll be fine once I'm there.

Sorry - just moan, moan, moan from me today.

[Miss Behaving]

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Moaning here too! Had one of those work trips away where everything seemed to go wrong - manage to munt the drivers door of the rental car backing into a bollard (in the middle of no-where with no other traffic around :upset::upset, person I went with wouldn't stop talking, lost the car keys in the middle of a shopping centre (trousers that day didn't have a pocket!), door keys at the motel kept de-activating itself, plane back cancelled and didn't get in until really late last night ....... and no I'm just really tired and really grumpy!!!

But I did have a really really magic evening on Tuesday, watching about 50 little blue penguins come up out of the surf at dusk and wander up into their nests, including seeing a chick come out of its nest about 2 metres in front on me and be fed by its mum.

[Charlotte's Web]

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Sorry to hear about your week, Missy.

I'm feeling like the worst mother in the world. Decided that son should try a couple of hours at school. (He agreed to this.) Husband and I felt that some time in air-conned classes with his mates might perk him up a bit. I told the school secretary to call me if things didn't work out that way. And now I think I should have kept him here. :upset:

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Fuck.

I was hoping to bring the tone up, but I've just heard this morning that my best friend attempted suicide in Queensland last night. Just found a suicide note on my email time stamped 4am our time. Alcohol related of course.
Being monitored in hospital as we speak.
I just had the most dreadful conversation with her partner. He knew she'd passed out drunk, but when I phoned in tears he checked the bin, and there was a pack of 70 xanax. Empty. I told him to phone the ambulance.

I just hope we were in time.

Sorry to drop it on here, but it's sit and wait time and I'm driving myself batshit.

[Angelcakes]

Underoos and International Guests, March 2011

Oh good Lord I was still the construction worker.
Much better now.
Back to read.

[Angelcakes]

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Shit Bridge, that's heavy. I'm so sorry you have to go through this with her.
Fucking alcohol.
Keep us updated & major cyber hugs for you, beautiful lady.

xo

[byebyebridgetjones]

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I'm really shitting myself actually.
The worst thing is that we've enabled each other for 20 years. So I suppose it's called guilt as well.
Alcoholics of a feather flock together.......
There's more.
She's seperating from her partner at the moment. There's a child custody battle going on.
Now what's going to happen ?

[Miss Behaving]

Underoos and International Guests, March 2011

oh lordy Bridge, that is terrible.

Your friend is in hospital and getting all the care she needs. What are you doing for yourself in the mean time? (shitting yourself doesn't get you far, neither does worrying about their child custody issues)

xx

[tawnyfrog]

Underoos and International Guests, March 2011

Geesers Bridge - let's just hope they can tidy her up and that there's no residual long-term damage. All things crossed.

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Might not be that simple. They assumed it was just another alcohol pass out. They didn't phone the ambulance until I called. I suspect about 8 hours passed without medical attention. One of the kiddos is my God daughter.
And all I want in the meantime is a bottle of Vodka and some peace and quiet.
How fucked up is that ?

[tawnyfrog]

Underoos and International Guests, March 2011

byebyebridgetjones;1083372 wrote:
And all I want in the meantime is a bottle of Vodka and some peace and quiet.

I can understand that but you won't have any peace and quiet until you know more. And you also know the Voddy won't help one bee's dick.