Daily Prompt – Ready, Set, Done #6

Our ten-minute free-write is back for another round! Tap away on whatever comes to mind, no filters attached. (Feel free to edit later, or just publish as-is).

Sarah woke to the sound of the rain outside her window. She rolled over to her side to look through the droplet-covered pane of glass, staring at the gloomy grey morning outside. ‘great’, she thought to herself, ‘i really don’t want to have to go out into that’.

Daily Prompt – 10,000 Spoons

…When all you need is a knife might not be ironic, but it is unfortunate. Add your own verse, stanza, or story of badly-timed annoyance to Alanis Morissette’s classic.

– Turning up to the gym with everything except your runners.

– Turning up to the gym without a change of clothes after your sweaty workout.

– Leaving home extra early, only to be caught in traffic / have public transport delays, and end up being late anyway.

– Getting excited about going out for waffles, only to arrive and the store has closed.

– Planning a day out in the sunshine, only for it to turn nasty and rain instead. Or, being at home sick when the weather is perfect outside.

– Going out to a club, only to not get in after waiting in line for 45mins.

– Going out for an all-day breakfast, which they stop serving at midday.

– Hosting a party that everybody says they’re going to, and nobody turns up.

– Double-booking yourself for two events, and being forced to choose. Only to then have the one you choose fall through, and the one you gave up fall-through as well.

– Buying two tickets to a show, and nobody wants the other ticket.

– Buying an expensive pair of headphones, and they sound cheap and terrible.

– Buying a brand new car and crashing it on the way home.

– Getting ‘bumped up’ to an earlier flight, only to have it grounded.

– Arriving interstate, only to find your luggage is in a different state. Then buying emergency clothes, and having your luggage turn up at your hotel… after you’ve already returned home.

– Planning, booking and paying for overseas travel, and your employer cancels your leave approval.

– Having all your bills fall due on payday.

– Paying for express international shipping, and it takes 4 weeks instead of 4 days.

– Being dumped on your birthday.

It’s all a little too ironic.

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Daily Prompt – Now? Later?

We all procrastinate. Website, magazine, knitting project, TV show, something else — what’s your favorite procrastination destination?

Hmmm… Well I have a few of them, because I’d rather be procrastinating than actually doing what I’m supposed to be doing.

Daily Prompt – Frame of Mind

If you could paint your current mood onto a canvas, what would that painting look like? What would it depict?

I’d paint something abstract, and use colour to represent mood. But how do you convey the feeling of people-catching-public-transport-are-so-fucking-stupid-it-makes-my-brain-hurt’?!?!?

Daily Prompt – Sleepy Time

More and more of us go to bed too late because of sleep procrastination. What are the nighttime rituals that keep you up before finally dozing off?

I’m what is referred to as a ‘night-owl’, because I like to stay up late at night. However, when you also have to get up early in the morning, it’s becomes a bit of a nightmare.

9 June – Bite Your Tongue

Are you good at holding your tongue, or do you need to say what is on your mind?

Oooohh… that’s a tough one. I’m very good at biting my tongue when I need to, but in doing so, my brain almost explodes from all the pent up rage, and everything that I really want to be saying to that person. Part of the problem is being so opinionated, and living in a world where I’m not meant to voice my opinion. Ever.

Daily Prompt – Showdown at Big Sky

How do you handle conflict? Boldly and directly? Or, do you prefer a more subtle approach?

I’m one of those people whose bark is worse than their bite… I tend to talk a big game, but don’t necessarily have the follow-through to back it up.

If anything, I’m more like a pussycat – I avoid conflict as much as humanly possible, because I can’t handle it too well… unless I’m pretty pissed off about something and ready to tear into somebody that I don’t necessarily know… then I’ll tear them to shreds.

One Of Those Days

Have you ever had one of those days?

Those days where for some unknown reason, everything seems to turn to absolute shit, and by about lunchtime you regret getting out of bed, and wish you had’ve just stayed there.

I’ve only been up for a whole 25mins, but I’m already regretting it.

It started with me throwing my eyelids open as I lay in bed, shouting out a long and panicked FFFFUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK!!!! see it was 7:59am, and I should have already been halfway to work. That, and my alarm went off at 6:30am!!

…great. Ugh.

I think I then got ready in the fastest possible time in the history of, well, ever, because I was dressed and out the door within minutes. I double checked my bus options and powered down to my alternate stop and caught the bus.

…which was like stepping into a sauna.

Turns out the heater on the bus is on. Mainly because the driver turned it on, and then accidentally broke the switch, so he can’t turn it off. So now we’re all sweating like pigs. Oh did I mention there are no opening windows on this bus??

…awesome.

Oh, and to add to this glorious start to the day, the bus is full of teenagers.

*cue loud groans of frustration and over the top eye rolling*

At this precise moment I contemplated getting off at the very next stop, but then that would require waiting another 18mins for the next bus, and at this rate, I’d be lucky to make it to work by 9am.

I don’t think you can possibly imagine how much I cannot stand teenagers in general. They’re just so… Feral. Blocking the aisles, being loud and abusive, climbing over seats, hitting and punching each other…. And that’s just the girls. It’s like these kids have just been collected from some kind of uncivilised remote island and they’re being let loose in society for the very first time.

They remind me of that scene from Planet of the Apes where the apes break free and go wild and terrorise the city… That’s what they’re like.

And I’m pretty sure they’d love to fling handfuls of their own shit at each other.

All I wanted was for the bus to crash and explode and end my misery. Not literally of course… But fuck, just get me off this bus ride from hell!!

Bus arrives at the train station, and then all of a sudden the fresh air hits me like a slap in the face! Ahhhhh what a relief!! I make my way through the station to my platform and when the train turns up, I choose the carriage, walk through the doors and instantly regret it, and weigh up whether I have time to jump off and race to the next carriage before the doors close.

Why?

BECAUSE SOME DIRTY FUCKER CANT CONTROL THEIR BOWELS AND FARTED ON THE TRAIN JUST BEFORE THEY GOT OFF!!

You bastard!!

10minutes later, the stench is still there, lingering just long enough to piss everybody else. One woman pulls out her ‘perfume’ and begins to spray it around her… Then like a series of dominoes, a few other ladies do the same.

It’s like walking into the perfume section of 😜Myer (big Aussie department store).

…sometimes I think I prefer the stench of an anonymous fart – only because now the train smells like candy-scented hooker which, let’s face it, is just as bad.

I get off the train, walk through the station and head down to the tram stop. Normally I’ll walk from the station to the office, but I’m running late today, so I’ll catch a tram. 2 minutes. Great.

So the tram turns up and it’s packed. Like, I’m talking packed. Sometimes I think we could give the Japanese a few tips on how to squash people onto public transport. I’m not sure what it’s like in other cities, but here in Melbourne, when it comes to people catching transport, particularly trams, they just seem to lose all sense of logic and rationale and become so completely fucking stupid. As a relatively normal person, if I see a packed tram coming towards me, then I know that I simply can’t get on it and just have to wait for the next one. Others, however, either completely ignore that fact, or treat it like a challenge. I think there’s enough room in the corner for one shoe, so that must mean I can get my entire 100kg+ body in there as well! because that’s clearly how it fucking works. Dude, just wait for the next one. These retards make my head hurt.

Needless to say, I didn’t get on the tram and had to wait for the next one.

Now I’m ten minutes late, I’m sweating in all the worst places and don’t have a change of clothes and I smell like a hooker… And I haven’t even gotten to the office yet… It’s not too late to turn around and just go home, right??

Daily Prompt: Never Surrender

Are you stubborn as a grass stain or as easy going as a light breeze on a warm day? Tell us about the ways in which you’re stubborn — which issues make you dig your heels in and refuse to budge?

I’m a Scorpio… being stubborn is just part of who I am.

Ironically, it’s a trait that I really cannot stand in other people.

When I find myself in that kind of head-space where I’m being stubborn, it’s usually for a reason. Unfortunately, however, there are also moments when I’m being stubborn because I’m behaving like a child, and refuse to budge on whatever the situation is.

Somehow I have a tendency to find things that make me draw a line in the sand, and refuse to budge from my side, regardless of whether the person on the other side is making a convincing and compelling case otherwise.

As I’ve become a bit older, my stubbornness and refusal to budge is becoming more social / political.

For example, take our current government in Australia. It’s being run by the Liberal party, and lead by Tony Abbott. Tony has done nothing but completely tear this nation apart piece by piece, and as somebody who voted for The Greens in the last election (I usually vote Labour, but the previous election was just ridiculous, and I didn’t even have a vote of confidence for the Labour Party, hence why I voted Greens), I find that I simply cannot even talk to people who admit that they voted Liberal. I just cannot do it. I don’t understand how these people could WILLINGLY
vote in this government, and somehow be okay with Abbott being hell-bent on total destruction. I would love nothing more than to see him overthrown. But for those out there who actually VOTED him into office. I cannot respect you. It’s because of you that this clown is in power. It’s because of you that he is now ruining this country. It is because of you that I am embarrassed to call myself as Australian.

But it’s not all about politics and social justice issues… it can be ridiculously minor things.

If I decide that I don’t want to do something… I can guarantee you, you won’t be able to change my mind. Alternatively, if there’s something that I want to do, then you can be damn sure that I’m going to go out of my way to make sure that it’ll happen. If it comes at the cost of neglecting other people, then that’s just unfortunate. And if you’re going to try and prevent me from doing something that I want to do, then you can be damn sure that I’m going to make sure that I do everything in my power to ensure that I make it happen. Even if it means upsetting other people around me.

When it comes to Hulk and I… well… it can be tough. Hulk is perhaps the most stubborn person I have ever met. Generally speaking, everything is black and white – shades of grey simply don’t exist. If you’re not Hulk’s friend, then you must be Hulk’s enemy. If you’re not with Hulk, then you’re against Hulk.. etc etc.

However, there have been countless times when Hulk has been wrong, but refuses to accept it or acknowledge it. Hulk’s arrogance can sometimes be astounding, to the point where I simply cannot believe that he reaches some of the conclusions / decisions he does, and I most certainly don’t understand them. I still haven’t quite worked him out yet… and sometimes I wonder if I ever will. He’s a hard nut to crack, that one!

In saying that though, so am I. I can be just as equally stubborn, however, although Hulk may think that in certain situations I’m behaving like him, I don’t see it – regardless of whether I actually am or not. Sometimes I know wholeheartedly that I’m behaving like a dick, and that I’m doing so intentionally… but let’s face it, it’s merely just a new way to describe childish behaviour.

In my life there are certain people, and certain situations that really push. my. buttons. When this happens, I tend to shut down and go into my own different space… whether it’s out of frustration, or anger… a pissed off Scorpio is certainly not somebody you want to be around, let alone on the wrong side of. I have a tendency to completely flip my emotional state 180-degrees in a heartbeat. Most of the time I can be nice, and sweet, and generous and caring… however, if you push my buttons, that part of me flies right out the window.

So if you ever experience me saying “don’t poke the bear”… that’s usually your cue to walk away — coworkers of mine – take note!!

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Mar 10: Life Changing Blogger

How has blogging changed your life? Tell us one thing that is different now than from before you started blogging.

 
When I first set out on this blogging venture, I certainly didn’t know what I was getting myself into. I had no idea what it could / would turn into, and over the past couple of months, I’ve managed to write over 220 posts, and I’ve challenged myself creatively, and I’ve also allowed myself to share personal memories.

I never imagined any of that happening. This month, I’ve really struggled to find the time to write my posts, and have a constant backlog of posts to write and publish, and this has a much greater presence, and priority, within my life.

I’ve noticed that when I don’t have an opportunity to write, I get quite frustrated, and almost restless… It’s created an obligation in my life. And when the backlog of writing increases, and that hole begins to get deeper and deeper, there’s a much stronger desire to get everything up to date. However, there are two different approaches I wish to take – one of them really wants to give each post my full attention, and write them properly; but at the same time, I want to just write them quickly, and smash them out one at a time in order to get myself back up to date… but the latter would just disappoint me, and it would require editing and re-writing further down the track (providing I can be bothered).

Ultimately, blogging has ignited this spark inside of me. This spark to write. Write about all different kinds of things, and it’s a journey that I’m looking forward to exploring further over time.