Australian Dreams

RIP Eight Belles

2008-05-03T22:34:11Z

Eight Belles
Filly
Top Contender
Finished 2nd in the Kentucky Derby today
Collapsed only seconds later with two broken ankles
Immediately euthanized

RIP Eight Belles, you were brilliant.

Abby Story - A Proposal

2008-05-01T04:38:21Z

For those of you that have read/been reading my Abby story (aka my novel in progress), I have a potential title and forward that I'd like your opinion on.

Ok, so, I'm really corny lol, and I like to make little ties to my idols in everything I do (including naming my pets lol) and because I didn't base any of the characters in this story around Delta Goodrem (AMAZING Aussie singer trying to break into the US market), I wanted a way to kind of give her props and help promote her. I've been picking out songs that I would want to be in the film version if I convert this to a screenplay, and I noticed that like, all of them were Delta lol and I was like okay, but then what do I do with the book to include her? So then I was listening to my CD, and I was like "hey, this would be a perfect song for during the credits" and then I remembered that I still needed a forward for my book, and a title, so I'm considering taking those from a Delta song (I'd have to get permission when the time comes obviously lol).

So I was wondering, what you all think about "Brave Face" for a title, and the following for the forward:

Feels like i'm running
With my high heels on
And they're chasing us waiting
For it to all go wrong
You're my umbrella against their
Sticks and stones
As long as we keep smiling
They'll never know
Put your brave face on

(it might not be broken up exactly like that, I just copied it from a website cuz I'm lazy lol)

Story Update

2008-04-29T00:30:51Z

I've now added chapter 11 to my novel in progress.

New Pictures!!!

2008-04-28T00:29:00Z

guess who's a blonde now!!!

me and emma at stars on ice:

me in the car today:

me after stars on ice:

Horse Sport, Here We Come!!!!

2008-04-09T04:27:11Z

EEEEEEEEEEEEE I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE STORY OF HOW I BROUGHT MY PONY BACK HOME TO CANADA IS GOING TO BE FEATURED IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF HORSE SPORT!!!! I'm so excited!!!!!!!! Kelpie is going to be so happy when I show him the article, and it'll really help my application to get him in the Jump Canada Hall of Fame. I owe him my life, I'm going to make sure everyone knows how special he is, and that he'll never be forgotten.

thanks for everything, princely. I love you <3.

Fanart

2008-04-02T21:51:01Z

Time for a fanart update!

[1-41] Nicole Kidman
[1-3] Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban
[20-23] Australia (the movie)
[24-25] Batman Forever
[26-39] Moulin Rouge
[40-50] The Golden Compass
[49-53] Daniel Craig
[54-57] Ewan McGregor
[58-61] Instant Star / Alexz Johnson

Banners and Wallpapers also included.

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and lastly, some icontest results. I can't remember if I've posted some of them already so I apologize if I did:

Randomness!!!

2008-03-29T06:13:15Z

it's late and I'm bored and don't want to go to sleep yet, so you get random stuff from me lol. aren't you happy?

Firstly, have a listen to Delta Goodrem's new single, it totally rocks. And the video is cute and funny and has her fans in it, which makes her even more awesome lol.

now some meme stuff I'm stealing from lizetm

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lol I think being short, trampled, and having issues with using children as weapons may have set me back lol.

34% Geek

not having watched barely any sci-fi/fantasy films is definitely all that kept my score from being WAY higher lol.

Movie Meme

2008-03-27T20:47:07Z

Movie meme I stole from snapdragonrose

1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times.

The Interpreter

2. Name a movie that you've seen multiple times in the theater.

Invasion

3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie.

Nicole Kidman

4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie.

Jim Carrey

5. Name a movie that you can and do quote from.

Just about any Nicole Kidman movie... so let's piiiiick.... Moulin Rouge

6. Name a movie musical that you know all of the lyrics to all of the songs.

Chicago

7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with.

Chicago lol

8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see.

The Human Stain - absolutely the most beautiful tragedy I've ever seen.

9. Name a movie that you own.

Margot at the Wedding

10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops.

CHER!!!! I love her. And she won an Oscar :). Moonstruck is pure brilliance, love it.

11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in? If so, what?

Nope

12. Ever made out in a movie?

Nope

13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven’t yet gotten around to it.

Oh dear... see, if it's out and I haven't gotten around to seeing it, it's probably because I forgot I wanted to, which makes this question rather difficult lol. Umm... oh! Juno.

14. Ever walked out of a movie?

Nope

15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater.

A Walk to Remember. OMG I bawled through like 75% of it.

16. Popcorn?

Duh lol.

17. How often do you go to the movies (as opposed to renting them or watching them at home)?

Rarely, usually only if Nic's in something.

18. What’s the last movie you saw in the theater?

The Golden Compass I think.

19. What’s your favorite/preferred genre of movie?

Comedy. I cry too much in dramas lol and then I feel sick after. ooo or thrillers, I like those too.

20. What’s the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?

It was something disney. The first one I remember is Aladdin, but that wasn't the first one lol.

21. What movie do you wish you had never seen?

Closer. It was not what I thought it was AT ALL. I made two of my friends go with me and they were like omg Kelly, why did you want to see this and I was like IDK!!! There was so much awkward sex stuff. Like, we actually had our heads down on each others' shoulders cuz we didn't wanna see any more lol.

22. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?

Either Moulin Rouge or Margot at the Wedding

23. What is the scariest movie you've seen?

I don't really get scared in movies. The only time I can ever remember being scared while watching a movie was when they find the girl in the closet in The Ring, but the rest of that movie bored the crap out of me.

24. What is the funniest movie you've seen?

Talladega Nights. I never get tired of it lol. Shake N Bake baby!

Vote!!!

2008-03-26T01:14:35Z

FOR THE LOVE OF DANIEL, PLEASE PLEASE GO VOTE HERE

remember how much you love me? good, then go vote lol.

Gilly LIMS

2008-03-22T21:18:09Z

The Gillian Anderson LIMS group gillian_lims is now accepting sign-ups for round 3!

Posters

2008-03-21T03:25:06Z

I'm really bored, so I decided to make some "motivational posters" as my friend informed me they're called.

OMG - AMAZINGNESS

2008-03-17T05:29:16Z

OMG, ok, so as most of you actually don't know, nicole_nut and I are friends from a Nicole Kidman forum, and we're also huge Keith Urban fans. Ok, that park you knew lol, but what you didn't know, is that we have plans to meet on April 9. Our plans were already going to be uber sweet, but after tonight, they just got like, a billion times more amazing!!!

I've finally gotten a bit of good fortune. It seems I used up the last 19 years worth on my BSE in Toronto, and I must have banked up some good karma since then because I can't believe this has actually worked out for me.

One of my best friends in the whole world is my fellow monkey, NKUlover, who I met a couple years ago on a Nicole Kidman site. Last year we started to talk more and really became friends, but unfortunately, like almost all of my friends, she lives in the US and I live in Canada, and my province does not border her state. Because we're a good drive apart, I wasn't sure I'd ever get to meet her. Then I saw an opening.

My mom told me that we could get tickets to see Keith again in Rochester, but we had some financial misfortune and she broke it to me the day of the show, that we really couldn't afford to go and get last minute tickets. She said if I REALLY wanted to, she would take me, but we really didn't have the money right now. So I said to her, what about a show that's further away in April? That would give us time to save.

I knew my friend was going to the State College show, so we decided on that one, but of course I had missed the presale and there were no tickets left. I'd been searching desperately and not having much luck, and I was starting to lose hope that I'd ever find ANYTHING reasonably priced, and even if I did, I'd be way up in the nosebleeds and wouldn't even get to spend the show with my friend. Then one night, as I was going to bed, I got a mville e-mail about the baltimore show and I went hmm I wonder if she's going to that.

So after some frantic txting, pm-ing, and e-mailing, I left messages everywhere possible for my friend to get the next morning. I said perhaps if she was getting tickets, she could persuade her wonderful mother to get 2 for me and my mom, and then I would pay her back. Being wonderful as previously described, her mom agreed, and though we're sitting way up in the 300's, we were able to get seats together and my mom and I will be making the haul down to Baltimore so I can meet my best friend for the FIRST TIME EVER!!! And we'll even get to enjoy Keith together. Even if we're way up in the rafters, it's still going to be the best show ever.

I managed to find an auction for a set of tickets that were in the centre floor section, which is split on either side of the catwalk (AKA - the best place to sit) and it wasn't on ebay, it was on a broker site, which normally don't do auctions, so it wasn't really known about, so we watched it until tonight, just before it closed, and I snuck in and put in a bid, and WE TOTALLY WON THEM!!! And it was totally a great deal too! So now we're sitting in row 11 in the middle, right where the freaking catwalk is!!! And best of all, we don't have to sit with our parents!! lol. It's gonna freakin rock!!!

High School Times

2008-03-16T02:35:10Z

I just found my grad video on youtube, felt like I should prolly post it lol.

M&M Milestone

2008-03-16T02:00:13Z

Today, the pony Emma and I own together, M&M, wore a saddle for the very first time!!! He was such a champ. He didn't do a single solitary thing the while time we were putting it on, not even when I tightened the girth. He was just happy we were telling him he was good for some reason lol. So we took him outside to lunge in the round pen, and he was still sooo good. Like, he tried to buck a bit at first, but he'd only try for like, 2 strides and then give it up, and by the end he was trying even less. He just trotted around like a pro, his very first time under saddle. Hopefully he's this easy to break to ride too lol.

Now, being a very proud momma lol, I of course took a bunch of pics of him wearing my little pony saddle lol. I'll be good and just post my fav ones tho lol.

I Love This Guy

2008-03-15T04:27:13Z

ok, I seriously love this song, it's amazing lol. this guy is freakin hilarious. his other vids are good too; I'm also a big fan of his song "high as fuck".

Quizzes

2008-03-14T20:14:48Z

More... QUIZZES!! yay! lol.

Starting with one I stole from snapdragonrose and continuing on... well, for one more lol.

you are darkslategray
#2F4F4F

Your dominant hues are green and blue. You're smart and you know it, and want to use your power to help people and relate to others. Even though you tend to battle with yourself, you solve other people's conflicts well.

Your saturation level is lower than average - You don't stress out over things and don't understand people who do. Finishing projects may sometimes be a challenge, but you schedule time as you see fit and the important things all happen in the end, even if not everyone sees your grand master plan.

Your outlook on life is dark. You're generally a pessimist and everyone knows it; you're the one the come to when they don't want the sunshine blown around, they just want to straight truth. You can miss good things in life if you make up your mind too early though.

the spacefem.com html color quiz

that's pretty good actually. except saying I don't stress out. I stress like 24/7 lol. but I do think that most things other ppl stress about are stupid lol.

You enjoy staying in your own little world for hours, doing things that other people don't always understand. The finished product can be wonderful but you have to do it on your own time, without outside pressure. When you're bent on something, no one else can distract you.

Our Potentially Ridiculous Hobby Suggestion For You:
Knitting
If you think knitting is dorky, you're right! But it's also easy and productive, and the supplies can be obtained very cheaply (check thrift stores for needles).

Your scores:

24.61

22.28

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I was actually thinking about learning to knit. Maybe I really should. Then I can make my friends sweaters they don't want for xmas like Mrs Weasley lol.

Icons

2008-03-14T19:12:25Z

Lots of new icons over at my journal!

[1-37] Nicole Kidman
[38-46] Daniel Craig
[47-54] Ewan McGregor
[55-73] The Golden Compass
[74-91] The X-Files

Teaser:

click to see the rest

New Fanart - Part 2

2008-03-14T18:17:54Z

Here's the larger stuff!