Her Valentine

My project. I'm going to send cards to people and instead of saying 'be my valentine' and all that kind of stuff, it's going to say 'you are loved'. To remind people that even if they dont have a 'lover', theyre still loved. I have a list of people that I need to make cards for and find addresses for. Luckily, this town isn't very big so it shouldn't be too hard if I look in the phone book. My sister is going to help me find addresses for people, she said I was doing a good thing, but I still had to bribe her. Mum said it was a horrible thing sending fake valentines to people. She has some trouble understanding the meaning of love.
I burnt my hand making dinner last night and all she could say was "sorry, I don't have time to care right now, I'm too busy." atleast I got a sorry.

I heard a conversation between mum and father the other day. They were talking about a guy that works for them.
father said "I dont know what were gonna do about Andrew"
"he doesn't seem too well" replied oh so wise mother
"the other day he said something about starting to feel depressed"
"he did act a bit like that"
" I think we'll have to get something in writing saying that we acknowledged the issue"
My parents are lovely people. When the best person that has ever worked for them is becoming depressed, all they care about is saving themselves.
Because if you say "Andrew, I'm acknowledging the fact that youre depressed" It's all just gonna fix itself.

Any way. Onto Australia Day. I still have the Australian flag that was violently tattooed onto my arm by father. It wasn't airbrushed or anything lol. We had pancakes for breakfast like we always do on Woody, well fathers pancakes which are yummy coz theyre more like crepes. But this time , the people we were with brought the shaker pancake mix, coz they always have to be better than us. It was disgusting! But they were all like "I like this better than the other stuff" and "we should bring this next time" !!! But seriously everything anyone does they have to do it their better way.

Anyway I spent most of the day in the water or jumping off the pontoon, into the water. It got to 45 degrees Celsius, which I think is about 120 F. But the water was so choppy and the swell was huge. So you got a bit seasick if you stayed in the water too long.

But then there was a big pack of dolphins :D

I got some good photos and ate lots of chocolate, so all is good.

<3

Sorry, have no time.

I'm off to Woody Island tomorrow with shitty boring people. Originally we were all going together tomorrow but the other guys decided to go today without telling us and rang when we got back from town asking us to bring all shit for them. A lot has happened since like Wednesday but I haven't enough time and the computer keeps turning off on me, again. 

Anyways, we have to be at the jetty before seven coz thats when the boat leaves, so I'm gonna have to get up at like 6! so I should probably go to bed.

Coming back Tuesday arvo. 

Have a good weekend and pretend to celebrate Australia day, lol.

p.s I found out that we only have enough lamingtons to have one each :( and I've run out of choc milk and books to read :( and my AP magazing isn't here still :(

lamingtons!!!!!

this is from wikipedia :)

coz i just looooooooove lamingtons

I remember in primary school we had the best lamington drives. we got huge boxes of them to sell, but mostly we ate them :)

A cream filled lamington

Two traditional lamingtons

Lamingtons are a sponge cake (or, more traditionally, butter cake) in the shape of a cube, coated in a layer of traditionally chocolate icing then desiccated coconut. They are sometimes served as two halves with a layer of cream and/or strawberry jam between, and are commonly found inAustraliasian outlets such as coffee lounges, lunch bars, bakeries, and supermarkets. The strawberry variety is more common in New Zealand, while a lemon variety has been encountered in Australia. ^[1]

The chocolate coating is a thin mixture, into which cubes of sponge cake (one cookbook states 4 cm per side) are dipped, and the chocolate is absorbed into the outermost layers of the sponge where it sets. (Similarly, the strawberry jam or chocolate icing is absorbed into the sponge.) The cubes are then covered with coconut and left to set.

They have traditionally been popular as fund raisers for Australian youth groups such as Scouts, Guides and churches to the extent that such fund raisers are called "Lamington drives."

The cake is supplied by commercial bakeries in large slabs and cut into about 40mm cubes. Teams of volunteers work together, dipping the cake into the chocolate icing and rolling it in the coconut. Generally they are packaged up into one dozen lots for distribution within communities which have been solicited for orders ahead of time.

In the early twenty first century these type of community bonding events are becoming obstructed by food handling regulations.^{[citation needed]} Commercially produced versions are also sold. In Australia, they are seen as a typical Australia Day food.

Friday 21 July 2006 was designated as National Lamington Day in Australia.

In September 2006, the National Trust of Queensland named the Lamington one of Queensland'sfavourite icons.

[edit]Etymology

Lamingtons are most likely named after Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, who served as Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901. However, the precise reasoning behind this is not known, and stories vary. According to one account, the dessert resembled the homburg hats favoured by Lord Lamington. Another tells of a cook of lord lamington accidentally dropped a block of sponge cake into a dish of chocolate. Later on It was discovered to be very nice with desiccated coconut sprinkled over the top. ^[2]

A 1981 report in the Brisbane Courier Mail states the following: A colleague ... swears this is really how the lamington came about. At one stage when Baron Lamington was Queensland Governor, there was a large amount of stale cake in the Government House kitchen. In an attempt to make it palatable, the cake was dipped in chocolate and then tossed in desiccated coconut. The parliamentarians liked this 'gateau' and ordered their cooks to obtain the recipe from the Government House cook.

Ironically, Lord Lamington was known to have hated the dessert that had been named in his honour, once referring to them as "those bloody poofy woolly biscuits".^[2]

Most of these reports amount to hearsay, and some border on the absurd. The most probable version of events surrounds the visit of Lord Lamington and his entourage to Toowoomba's Harlaxton House. An industrious cook, lacking some ingredients, came up with the "lamington". Tea and lamingtons are part of the festivities that follow Australian Citizenship ceremonies.

and a recipe!!!

The easy way

Ingredients

• 1 slab sponge cake (one day old)
• 4 cups icing sugar
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 - 3 cups desiccated coconut

To make the icing

• Cool the cake for at least half an hour in the Fridge or Freezer, then cut into squares or fingers
• Combine the Sugar and Cocoa in a large bowl
• Heat the milk and butter in a saucepan until the butter is melted.
• Add to the sugar/cocoa mixture and mix to a fluid yet not runny consistency

To put it all together

• Make a production line of Sponge Fingers, Chocolate Icing mixture in a bowl, coconut in a shallow container or plate, and a cooling rack with paper underneath.
• Using a fork dip the sponge fingers into the icing, roll it in the coconut covering it well, and then place on to the rack to dry.
• Once they have dried, place in an airtight container and leave to "mature" for at least a few hours, preferably overnight, before eating.

To make the sponge cake if you really want to

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup castor sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups self rising flour
• 1/2 cup milk

Method

• Grease and Line a Lamington Tin (11 x 8 x 1.5 inches)
• Cream the Butter, Castor Sugar and Vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs one at a time beating together as you go.
• Fold in the Flour and Milk, alternating as you go.
• Pour the batter into the prepared tin, spread evenly, and bake in a Moderate Oven (375f/190c) for 30-40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
• Allow to stand for a few minutes before turning out on to a cooling rack.
• Leave to cool then store in the Fridge overnight.

and that is how you make the best little cakes in the world!!!!!!!

if you were a butterfly, where would you flutter to?

ffffssssshhhhsssssffffff (that is the noise that a weird tired annoyed overheated person makes when she decides to start writing a blog entry) Why hello there people, rather, extremely awesome person of the world! hows it hanging? hmm that sounds slightly odd. but anywho... I learned something amazing today. I can slightly walk in high heels lol. Because you see, mother bought me a dress to wear to my cousins wedding. It's this awesome one that isn't what I'd normally wear. probz coz I don't wear proper dresses. like I wear silly ones that make me smile, but not nice proper ones. And I also got some shoes to wear with it. They are awesome. they're heaps 1920-ish and kinda high heeled. And I, megan something something, could slightly walk in them! 

I think I have some sort of fake pregnancy thing going on. Because obviously I can't possibly be  pregnant (unless I'm gonna have another Jesus) But like every morning I get sooooooooo sick!!! like blah... sick, I haven't been like that sick for ages. But I'm fine the rest of the day. And everything heaps smells bad. :( oh joy! 

hmm diddley-oh! I got the bible according to Spike Milligan in Perth. This entry seems slightly religious, but NO. Oh, it is hilarious!

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2. and darkness was upon the face of the deep; this was due to a malfunction at Lots Road Power station.

3. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light, but Eastern Electricity Board said he would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.

4. And God saw the light and it was good; He saw the quarterly bill and that was not good.

5. And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night, and so passed His GCSE."

umm-diddley-umm-dumm... arrgghhh I'm sooo bored that I'm resorting to stupid-non-words to provide some sort of weird entertainment. Oooo Oooo Oooo... we're going to Woody Island for Australia Day long weekend :0 and be very Aussie by swimming all day everyday and having a BBQ every night and eatting lamingtons. Mac dictionary doesn't thinnk lamingtons a word!!!!! But It So Is. You know what a lamington is right? the awesomest thing ever!!!!! when Mr. Lamington I think it was accidentally threw his piece of sponge cake and it bounced from the choc sauce into coconut. that was based on a true story anyway. something happened and this high-posh dude dropped his sponge cake in chocolate sauce and some how it also got covered in coconut and the dude realized that it tasted legandary... and the LAMINGTON was born!!!!!!! the best thing is an icecream lamington sandwich. can you guess what that is?? lol anywho... my sisters going to celebrate happy croatia day instead coz she's wants to be anti-everything that anyone does. my english teachers son was called keratia pronounced pretty much like croatia lol and I'm soo bored I am now filling you with use less weird things I remember. One more thing that is a certain fact... YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!!!! you know that that compliment could only be meant for you!! 

biyassssss xoxo

"the lord is well pleased with you."

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I want to write, I have that feeling, I don't know. But I type words, then I realize, that's not what I want to write. I really do not know. Things, I think, aren't so bad. But why do I feel like everything is getting worse. My best friend since year 2, who I haven't spoken to for at least 6 months, texted me on tuesday. She apologized to me for not talking to me as much. OK, she wasn't ignoring me, just not talking to me. We both had different friends, and at the time different ideas. I had emailed her a few times, she replied with "I can't be bothered to read it, so thanks for sending it. Catch up with you soon" So I gave up then. But then she texted me. I can't describe how happy I was. I'd missed her so much. But she's not coming to my school this year. She's going to bored at a school 6 hours away. And I was so excited just to hear from her, But my friends now don't like her. I don't know why. So I was trying to tell them and they all had disgusted looks on their faces, like why do you want to be friends with her still? And I do really want to be friends with her. We use to have sleepovers like every second weekend. And we'd stay up all night, just talking. Sometimes about important stuff but mostly about TV shows and guys and all that stuff. But with my other friends, they don't talk, the prove points or have better stories than everyone else. It's just always a competition, to be better, smarter, just always trying to win. Even though my old friend ditched me for a while because she was trying to be cool or something, I don't know, she's still my best friend. We've done pretty much everything together. We use to get told off in year 2 because we'd always be together. I remember once the teacher got angry at us coz we were holding hands too much. No we are not lovers. Best friends.

okay sorry for babbling on.

There's only 2 weeks left until I have to do year 10. I really am actually quite scared.

Mind disappearing disease

I'm slightly bored, like always. But it's that bored when everything you think of becomes so insanely boring that you just sit and wait for something to happen. I'm pretty sure that the computer is going to turn off on me soon, so...

I'm going to perth tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

there's more I want to say, but, I just don't feel like it really. Stupid! Stupid! horrible boredom!

p.s I need new words, I have no good ones.

"when i die, i want to be empty-handed.  not because i had nothing, but because i had everything, and i gave it all away." 

I couldn't think of anything that sounded any good at all

but you get that when you haven't slept for 26 hours. Had a party last night for new years. I can't be bothered writing, but I promised myself I would do writing or drawing or something like that every day for the rest of the holidays (1 month) So basically we had way too much coke. blew up 40 balloons, but ended up with only about 10 coz we let them go outside. Covered the back lawn with party poppers and glow sticks. Covered ourselves in the glowing stuff that is inside of the glow sticks, they kept breaking on us. Covered the road in front of our house with party poppers. We had to celebrate new years twice, of course, because of stupid daylight savings, and also because we forgot about the real one and didn't realize it was 2009 until 15 minutes after 12. We went to bed at 2:30 after my parents came home. Two people went to sleep, but the rest of us kind of forgot. After a long time of trying to wake the others up, we gave in and went to the beach without them. We wanted to see the sunrise, but it had already come up when we went at 5:30 so we went down there anyway. So yeah that's pretty much it. 

2009. fuck. I want time to stop so badly. I don't want anything to happen. I don't ever want to have to go back to school. 

I want to start again, but I cant, it's all going to be the same, no matter how hard I try. Everything around me is the same, everyone still thinks the same, in black and white. It's hard to tell the truth when everyone is trying to prove you wrong. But maybe I'll just have to try harder. 

My best friend is in Perth. I miss her so much. She's not coming back until the 13th and I want to talk to her so bad. 

Umm, new years resolutions. I haven't even done that yet, but I suppose, tell the truth, don't judge and, of course, eat less.

Looking back at 2008, I did nothing. I'm going to do more this year.

Happy New Year.