There was a horrific murder that happened in Perth yesterday where an 8 year old girl was found murdered in a disabled public toilet in a shopping centre. Her 14 yr old brother was waiting for her outside and eventually went inside to see why she was taking so long and found her.
Read more about it here.
It's so horrific and tragic. I can't believe how someone could have done that to such a sweet innocent little angel. The world is such a scary place.
Keep little Sofia in your thoughts and prayers. :(
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Sunday, June 25, 2006
I have been blessed, I live only for your happiness...
Guy Sebastian was performing in the city and it was a free little gig in the city centre so he could give Sarah (his partner on the singing show) some singing experience. So we decided to go down (one of my bestfriends, Caro and I.). I was sick, of course, but I convinced myself otherwise (yep, priorities are all wrong.) I hadn't seen Caro for about 2 months so I was also looking forward to seeing her and a friend of mine had come from Sydney for an extended weekend and she was going to come as well, we would meet her there. I was pretty excited. We had no idea where we were going, but a call from my friend provided me with some rather vague (but as it turns out, accurate) directions. We arrived and I said hello to my friends and hung back with Caro for awhile until the gig began.
Guy performed "Oh, Oh" (It's a funny kinda song, basically telling girls to stop being such skanks, put your clothes on, I like you better when you're classy. etc) and then, a song from his new album called "Trade This Love" (It's a pretty cute song. I have to admit, it's grown on me.) and Al Green's "Let's Stay Together", then Sarah came out and they sang the songs They've done on the show together-- "Dancing Queen", "From This Moment" and the song they'll perform tonight, "I'm A Believer" it was pretty fun.
What I love about Guy, is that he never treats me like a "fan" but always talks to me like I was actually a person (duh, I am) I always refrained from butt kissing or any of those, "Omgz I luvvv youuuu will you marry mee!!!" fan moments (I'm not really the star struck type -- when people act like that, I get embarrassed...) Anyway, when I came to Christ very early last year, Guy and I had a conversation about it, backstage after a concert. It was an intense conversation, and one of the hardest convos I've ever tried to have. I walked away feeling like a moron and was put off talking to him ever again. (He didn't make me feel stupid, I just had a severe case verbal diahorreah and blurted disjointed sentences about ... who knows what, and I'm sure he was confused -- but a lot of what I was trying to say was to do with him, his beliefs and so forth.)
Anyway. I've been to about 5 or 6 gigs since then and I've had plenty of opportunity to say hello, but I haven't been able to force myself. I wrote him a brief email a few days ago (before the gig) explaining that it'd been over a year since I'd actually said anything except a communal hello (and even then, I'm not even sure he heard or knew I was there) and explained in about 3 or 4 lines, my reasons -- and he replied to me on Thursday. The email was so kind and gracious and it made me feel so much better about the whole thing. (I was aware that it was a much bigger "thing" in my head) Basically, I had to come up and say hello to him next time... Well, that happened to be friday.
After the show, he came toward the front and signed some stuff for people. He was standing beside me and I waited patiently, and gave him a soft little poke in the ribs. He glanced at me, but don't think right away it registered that he knew me. He kind of laughed, and then he was done with the person beside me. I said "Hello" very shyly (I was so freakin' nervous). For a split second, I thought that he wouldn't connect me with the Jess that he sent the email to-- but I was quickly put to rest. He said, "Heyyyy Jess!" and gave me a big squishy hug. :) I said, Hello how are you, and then he mentioned, "I saw your myspace page the other day..." hehehehehe. And basically it was all just a very quick few moments, because there were loads of other people who wanted photos and autographs but I felt really good about finding the courage to actually speak to him again.
Afterwards, we hung around for a bit to talk to my friend who was in from Sydney and Jen who had come along too-- and I had a few words with another friend who was there. It was nice to see him again too. Although, I'd seen him the weekend before (but didn't get the chance to speak). When we left Caro and I went to have lunch together and then we took the long journey home. And I got home, and uploaded some photographs that I took. I'm having problems uploading them. Why is blogger photo uploader so tempremental?
I resolved that I need to read my bible more. I also need to be praying more. I've gotten a bit lazy lately and I know God wants to hear it from me just how I'm really doing. :) God has been real good to me lately... I need to stop often and never take it for granted.
Anyhoo, I'll be back with some profound thoughts later. Aren't my pictures pretty? Oh and P.S does anyone know how I can add like a song on here for people to listen to??
Thanks :)
Guy performed "Oh, Oh" (It's a funny kinda song, basically telling girls to stop being such skanks, put your clothes on, I like you better when you're classy. etc) and then, a song from his new album called "Trade This Love" (It's a pretty cute song. I have to admit, it's grown on me.) and Al Green's "Let's Stay Together", then Sarah came out and they sang the songs They've done on the show together-- "Dancing Queen", "From This Moment" and the song they'll perform tonight, "I'm A Believer" it was pretty fun.
What I love about Guy, is that he never treats me like a "fan" but always talks to me like I was actually a person (duh, I am) I always refrained from butt kissing or any of those, "Omgz I luvvv youuuu will you marry mee!!!" fan moments (I'm not really the star struck type -- when people act like that, I get embarrassed...) Anyway, when I came to Christ very early last year, Guy and I had a conversation about it, backstage after a concert. It was an intense conversation, and one of the hardest convos I've ever tried to have. I walked away feeling like a moron and was put off talking to him ever again. (He didn't make me feel stupid, I just had a severe case verbal diahorreah and blurted disjointed sentences about ... who knows what, and I'm sure he was confused -- but a lot of what I was trying to say was to do with him, his beliefs and so forth.)
Anyway. I've been to about 5 or 6 gigs since then and I've had plenty of opportunity to say hello, but I haven't been able to force myself. I wrote him a brief email a few days ago (before the gig) explaining that it'd been over a year since I'd actually said anything except a communal hello (and even then, I'm not even sure he heard or knew I was there) and explained in about 3 or 4 lines, my reasons -- and he replied to me on Thursday. The email was so kind and gracious and it made me feel so much better about the whole thing. (I was aware that it was a much bigger "thing" in my head) Basically, I had to come up and say hello to him next time... Well, that happened to be friday.
After the show, he came toward the front and signed some stuff for people. He was standing beside me and I waited patiently, and gave him a soft little poke in the ribs. He glanced at me, but don't think right away it registered that he knew me. He kind of laughed, and then he was done with the person beside me. I said "Hello" very shyly (I was so freakin' nervous). For a split second, I thought that he wouldn't connect me with the Jess that he sent the email to-- but I was quickly put to rest. He said, "Heyyyy Jess!" and gave me a big squishy hug. :) I said, Hello how are you, and then he mentioned, "I saw your myspace page the other day..." hehehehehe. And basically it was all just a very quick few moments, because there were loads of other people who wanted photos and autographs but I felt really good about finding the courage to actually speak to him again.
Afterwards, we hung around for a bit to talk to my friend who was in from Sydney and Jen who had come along too-- and I had a few words with another friend who was there. It was nice to see him again too. Although, I'd seen him the weekend before (but didn't get the chance to speak). When we left Caro and I went to have lunch together and then we took the long journey home. And I got home, and uploaded some photographs that I took. I'm having problems uploading them. Why is blogger photo uploader so tempremental?
I resolved that I need to read my bible more. I also need to be praying more. I've gotten a bit lazy lately and I know God wants to hear it from me just how I'm really doing. :) God has been real good to me lately... I need to stop often and never take it for granted.
Anyhoo, I'll be back with some profound thoughts later. Aren't my pictures pretty? Oh and P.S does anyone know how I can add like a song on here for people to listen to??
Thanks :)
Saturday, June 24, 2006
I'm sick again, weeee.
Okay so I'm generally good. I do however, have a nasty cough and I'm quickly and very surely losing my ability to speak. This is a result of said, cough.
I have, however, despite tragic and probably very much-needed bed-rest, have a really great day. But I can't be bothered writing a whole "thing" on it right now cause I'm extremely tired, my head is killing and I need some of that really strong decongesting nasal spray, a couple of panadols and a good sleep.
I don't know how I'm going to manage that since I'm a little wired from the ventolin. (is it just me or does anyone who uses asthma inhalers get palpitations or REALLY fast heart beating to the point they feel like they want to be sick?) And so I need to go and try to get some decent sleep.
I just wanted mainly to take this moment to Praise God for everything that's been going so extraordinarily well in my life right now (despite the illness). I'm heading up to Sydney on the 3rd or 4th of July, for 5 or 6 days to see Darren Hayes in concert, to see my bestfriend and to see the boy that I'm quite desperately in love with (who, by the way, is also very homosexual =() and also to celebrate my mother's 50th birthday.
After that I'm considering hanging out in South Australia for a week. Maybe.
I just felt the need to thank Jesus for the amazing day, the amazing week and the amazing people in my life. =)
I have, however, despite tragic and probably very much-needed bed-rest, have a really great day. But I can't be bothered writing a whole "thing" on it right now cause I'm extremely tired, my head is killing and I need some of that really strong decongesting nasal spray, a couple of panadols and a good sleep.
I don't know how I'm going to manage that since I'm a little wired from the ventolin. (is it just me or does anyone who uses asthma inhalers get palpitations or REALLY fast heart beating to the point they feel like they want to be sick?) And so I need to go and try to get some decent sleep.
I just wanted mainly to take this moment to Praise God for everything that's been going so extraordinarily well in my life right now (despite the illness). I'm heading up to Sydney on the 3rd or 4th of July, for 5 or 6 days to see Darren Hayes in concert, to see my bestfriend and to see the boy that I'm quite desperately in love with (who, by the way, is also very homosexual =() and also to celebrate my mother's 50th birthday.
After that I'm considering hanging out in South Australia for a week. Maybe.
I just felt the need to thank Jesus for the amazing day, the amazing week and the amazing people in my life. =)
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
It Takes Two Babeh
So, I went to It Takes Two last night to see Guy Sebastian ... and it was a lot of fun, as I thought it would be. My friend, Jen gave me a ticket and we went with two other friends who I haven't seen since late April.
I haven't ever been to a studio taping before so it was all really interesting. I wasn't that excited til I got there. Jen and I got two front row seats on the balcony which was so cool cause we could see the stage so well. We were puppeteered a lot, told when to clap, when not to clap, to clap in front of our faces, and not down low, all that kind of stuff. I saw another one of my friends there too waving over at me multiple times through the show which was kinda funny and nice.
The show, if noone knows, is about established singers duetting with celebrities who aren't singers and they are supposed to teach them to sing. Each week one couple gets voted off. Guy was paired with an Olympic swimmer, Sarah Ryan. She seems really lovely and looks to me a lot like Uma Thurman. I think secretly she loves Guy in a giggly school girl kinda way too. She gave him googly eyes a lot during the night. There are other singers that I really like who were there too, including this absolutely stunning R&B singer, Jade Macrae. I would go as far as to say she's the most beautiful looking girl I've ever seen. I hear that she's really lovely too. She was wearing a very Tina Turner dress, with huge afro hair and I couldn't get over how gorgeous she looked.
So Sarah and Guy sang "from this moment" which was my brother's wedding song. I feel sorry for Sarah. Everyone bags her singing out, but she's the only one besides maybe one or two other contestants who have actually never had any singing training what-so-ever, so everyone kind of picks on her and how bad she is -- but considering she's had no training as a singer at all, she's doing really really well. I could never perform as well as she did. Guy is such a sweetiepie. He's definitely the type of Guy you'd want to bring home to meet your Mum after church on a Sunday morning (he'd come to church too, because he's a devout Christian) ... He was really supportive toward her the whole night -- she was obviously peaking it. He was all, holding her hand, patting her shoulder, putting his cute little arms around her -- I like those kind of boys.
Anyway, here's a short video of their performance -- you can hear the nerves in her voice -- but gosh... as soon as he grabbed her hand. I secretly wished that it was me. =[ and that it was me that was being serenaded. I don't blame her notes for being off -- I wouldn't have been able to even open my mouth after having a voice like his belt out after my crap.
I haven't ever been to a studio taping before so it was all really interesting. I wasn't that excited til I got there. Jen and I got two front row seats on the balcony which was so cool cause we could see the stage so well. We were puppeteered a lot, told when to clap, when not to clap, to clap in front of our faces, and not down low, all that kind of stuff. I saw another one of my friends there too waving over at me multiple times through the show which was kinda funny and nice.
The show, if noone knows, is about established singers duetting with celebrities who aren't singers and they are supposed to teach them to sing. Each week one couple gets voted off. Guy was paired with an Olympic swimmer, Sarah Ryan. She seems really lovely and looks to me a lot like Uma Thurman. I think secretly she loves Guy in a giggly school girl kinda way too. She gave him googly eyes a lot during the night. There are other singers that I really like who were there too, including this absolutely stunning R&B singer, Jade Macrae. I would go as far as to say she's the most beautiful looking girl I've ever seen. I hear that she's really lovely too. She was wearing a very Tina Turner dress, with huge afro hair and I couldn't get over how gorgeous she looked.
So Sarah and Guy sang "from this moment" which was my brother's wedding song. I feel sorry for Sarah. Everyone bags her singing out, but she's the only one besides maybe one or two other contestants who have actually never had any singing training what-so-ever, so everyone kind of picks on her and how bad she is -- but considering she's had no training as a singer at all, she's doing really really well. I could never perform as well as she did. Guy is such a sweetiepie. He's definitely the type of Guy you'd want to bring home to meet your Mum after church on a Sunday morning (he'd come to church too, because he's a devout Christian) ... He was really supportive toward her the whole night -- she was obviously peaking it. He was all, holding her hand, patting her shoulder, putting his cute little arms around her -- I like those kind of boys.
Anyway, here's a short video of their performance -- you can hear the nerves in her voice -- but gosh... as soon as he grabbed her hand. I secretly wished that it was me. =[ and that it was me that was being serenaded. I don't blame her notes for being off -- I wouldn't have been able to even open my mouth after having a voice like his belt out after my crap.
If he was singing to me like that, by the end of the song we'd be married, with children -- living on a farm with lots of acrage and about 30 baby animals. I love boys that can sing. Nice, affectionate boys who can sing. I definitely walked away with a renewed huge, fat crush on Guy Sebastian.
He came out after the show but a lot of people jumped him so we kind of just waited back and didn't try to push our way to talk to him. I couldn't be bothered with that crap. I'd prefer to wait when he's in the mood and has the time to hang out and about and chat.
I luff him.
Saturday, June 17, 2006
So, this should be fun....
I got tickets for "It Takes Two" and I'm going to tomorrow night's episode. It should be pretty fun! I get to see Guy Sebastian live again, and another two singers (Jade Macrae & Paulini) that I really like.
I'm on a diet. Yesterday I went searching for clothes to wear. Clearly I need something flattering to wear out ... and yet, I have nothing. So I tried on some clothes yesterday and no joke, my hips looked 12 meters wide and it made me really, really sad. I almost cried. I decided I need to lose weight. A fair bit of it. I want to lose ten kgs at least. This morning I went and bought healthy groceries so I can stick to my diet lol.
And so I still have nothing to wear tomorrow.
I guess I'll be rifling through my closet looking for something flattering. :( I also think that I'm suffering from the worst PMS in history.
I might try to take some photos tomorrow and share them on monday when I get home.
http://www.justonelung.com/mj/ -- check out how hilarious I am.
Anyhoozle, I'll keep you all posted as to how it all goes down!
xoxox
Jess
I'm on a diet. Yesterday I went searching for clothes to wear. Clearly I need something flattering to wear out ... and yet, I have nothing. So I tried on some clothes yesterday and no joke, my hips looked 12 meters wide and it made me really, really sad. I almost cried. I decided I need to lose weight. A fair bit of it. I want to lose ten kgs at least. This morning I went and bought healthy groceries so I can stick to my diet lol.
And so I still have nothing to wear tomorrow.
I guess I'll be rifling through my closet looking for something flattering. :( I also think that I'm suffering from the worst PMS in history.
I might try to take some photos tomorrow and share them on monday when I get home.
http://www.justonelung.com/mj/ -- check out how hilarious I am.
Anyhoozle, I'll keep you all posted as to how it all goes down!
xoxox
Jess
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
I'm back, I'm back, I'm back.
Well, well, well... look who came craaaawling back.
I'm such an absolute retard. I wanted to change some things on the page and I went right ahead and changed the template without actually bothering to save all my old links and stuff -- so I lost all of my awesome Catholic resource links, all my blog buddies and all of my fancy shmancy introduction stuff -- and I made myself very sad.
But anyway, I just finished redoing it all and here we are... *deep sigh* back at blogspot where I can actually post things without being restricted because wordpress is tempremental and anal retentive. Now it's late and I'm tired and I don't want to look at blogspot anymore.
I'll have you know I had grandplans of typing out my the testimony that I gave before the diocese the other day, but now that's all been shot to dirt cause I'm far too tired and I'm about to go give Sheyney a call because we haven't spoken in an entire week and I miss her soooooo much.
So here we are, back at blogspot -- never thought that would happen, did I?
God Bless!!!
I'm such an absolute retard. I wanted to change some things on the page and I went right ahead and changed the template without actually bothering to save all my old links and stuff -- so I lost all of my awesome Catholic resource links, all my blog buddies and all of my fancy shmancy introduction stuff -- and I made myself very sad.
But anyway, I just finished redoing it all and here we are... *deep sigh* back at blogspot where I can actually post things without being restricted because wordpress is tempremental and anal retentive. Now it's late and I'm tired and I don't want to look at blogspot anymore.
I'll have you know I had grandplans of typing out my the testimony that I gave before the diocese the other day, but now that's all been shot to dirt cause I'm far too tired and I'm about to go give Sheyney a call because we haven't spoken in an entire week and I miss her soooooo much.
So here we are, back at blogspot -- never thought that would happen, did I?
God Bless!!!
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