A True Blue Friend!

How do you treat your "friends"?
Are you willing to sit there listen to them and give them comfort even when they're not making much sense?
OR do you know they have a problem,and will probably chew your ear off for ages (with their nonsensical imaginings and paranoia)and when the phone rings,you're awfully sorry,you'd love to talk ANY OTHER TIME,but right now you have a pressing engagement?
(Maybe you need to wash your hair or watch the latest episode of your favourite T.V. show!)

Maybe we all do that at one time or another!

But, I believe a true friend is someone who invests in you.....not money,but their time!

When someone is obviously tired but they still give you their time ,they are sending a very positive and comforting message to you! That they care enough about your feelings to give you that time and not a lot of people will drop everything to do that for someone.Those that do are indeed very special people and if you should have one in your life,count yourself,truly blessed!

It has long been said that,"time is money", maybe in some cases it is,but the sort of time I'm referring to is love.

We also need to make this time reciprocal,there is no take and take.....it MUST be give and take,otherwise,it is simply an accquaintance and not a friendship!

Investment of time is also crucial for both parties to learn about each other and allow a friendship to develop.
None of us are perfect and we often judge others on first impressions! We are usually very quick to judge someones character,based on the tiniest snippet of that person,from some high minded assumption we have made!! (You know what happens when we assume,more often than not,we make an ass of ourselves!)

I am extremely lucky to have a friend such as this in my life,and yes I did assume and was totally incorrect :(
The interesting thing to me is quite a few make the same assumption as I did!I was as I said,an ass in doing this (and so are they!)

Thankfully with time,comes knowledge and understanding and I am now privileged,to have one of those time investing friends in my life.It seems YouTube gatherings can come in useful,for an abundance of reasons! :)

Well, the One I attended in Melbourne last December, certainly had a major impact on my life. Apart from being a blast,it introduced someone into my life I just cant/dont want to imagine being without!

Let me just say in closing,you will NEVER know someone,by what you assume about them (after all,that's what's in YOUR head!)You will only ever get to really know them,by investing the time to get to know them!

AND Pauly,you are not just a True Blue Australian...................................
You are a True Blue Friend and I'd like to thank you for putting the time in!

Russell Morris : 'Rachel' - music video

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8TH 2008.
**I'm blogging this video,because I thought I'd watch it for memories sake.....then I found myself crying and feeling the very same emotions I had all those years ago!
This song was released during the Vietnam War.We did feel helpless,particularly young men.
My mother and I broke the law more than once hiding concientious objectors who'd been involuntarily "conscripted",by the Australian Federal Government! Their system of calling up our young men (The women escaped conscription,but many went as nurses) was to have a lottery,much like Tattslotto! They would,as each month came around,put all the numbers of the days in that month into a barrel,then pick out 19 random numbers,if you were between 18 and 25,and you're birthday came out,you were a soldier! You had no choice.What made people take so much action on this war,eventually resulting in forcing our Government to extricate us from it,was that we saw it in all its horror every night in our lounge rooms.Who would want to send a son to do that to anyone,or want any of that to happen.I'm proud of my mum for getting involved when I asked her..and if the Gobvernment want tocome and arrest me now....well bring it on!!!!!
One thing I didn't mention is that the voting age was 21 years.Dont forget,they were taking 18,19 and 20 year old boys,believe me they were boys at that age then.You weren't able to vote on issues but they could pluck you out and use you as war fodder.........No just didn't seem a fair system to me,still doesn't,because it wasn't!
The moratoriums were wonderful experiences in people power and it works,it could work again.Unity of belief is a powerful tool!
I know this song will sound old fashioned to most of you,but try to listen to the words (Iknow Russell and there is a "Rachel")she did come home,not the same as when she left though!
I'm 55 now and have some friends that remain damaged from their exposure to the war in Vietnam,they also remained very confused,as they didn't know about it and certainly none of them will talk of it.There are others who were just too broken to go on.....the impact is immeasurable!
Please be gentle with any Viet Vets you should meet,
(we weren't very respectful of them when they came home that first time,they were spat at..justbecause they'd been there!)
It's up to you guys now but give them some peace and their dues,they've well and truly earned them.Pray it never happens again!
**Listen also to"I was only 19." by Redgum.

Do you have keyboard impressions on your face?

Why am I walking around with keyboard impressions on my face?
I mean am I the only one or does it happen to you too?
You're sitting there at the pc merrily surfing the net.......and you wake up with a start as your head hits the keyboard BANG!!!!!
You give it a rub and reach for your cup of coffee..it's stone cold,check the clock and find it's some Three hours later!
Oh dear have I let the internet take over,to such a degree that I fight sleep off,just to be there a little bit longer?
I dont know about you,but I'm going to bed now..I've been here too long,lol!

RIP DUSTY

Recently I lost my cats because they ventured into a neighbours yard.The person who helped me through my loss the most has now ironically,lost her dear little dog because he did the same thing! My heart goes out to her!

Aint No Secret About It!!!!!

Recently,while I was confined to bed ill,I watched the D.V.D. "The Secret".
This is how I felt about it!

Nearly there Eek!!!!! I cant think of what to do..but then I never can!

http://www.youtube.com/gleegirloz
Well hard for me to believe but I celebrate my One year making videos for YouTube and Live Video!
I still dont even know why I started,but it has been beneficial to me and my personal development in oh so many ways!
I'm trying to nut out what sort of video one makes in celebration,but I think I should do as I normally do and just let it come out spontaneously!
Well isn't that what a vlogger is (sorry Angry Aussie Yologger!LOL!)
someone who just lets it all out on camera.....thinks out loud,I guess!
Anyway,we'll see what comes out on YouTube on the 23rd of August..It will
no doubt be as much of a suprise to me as anyone else!
Just the way I like it..spontaneous..um,wish me luck guys!!!!! Cheers Glee.

A thank you poem 4 my friends by gleegirloz (Schmaltzy)

Recently I was in need of a great deal of emotional support! My friends didn't let me down and this poem is by way of a thank you!

I wish my old neighbours would come back!

I am a cat person,you probably already know.
My new neighbours tell me they are cat haters, arrggghhhh!!!!!
My darling cats used to go into their front yard as they had been encouraged to do by the previous tenants,who loved them!
Instead of talking to me and letting me know they objected..these people,got traps and handed my babies over to the council.
Anyway 2 of them ended up at the pound.When I went to retrieve them,I was told they were deemed wild and had been put to sleep immediately!
I was under the impression,that cats/dogs got 8 days for someone to come and claim them.
Let me inform you what I was told:because of the current economic situation they can no longer afford to do this and only kittens,and pretty ones at that,will be kept.
I'm building an enclosure for my remaining 6, and they will NEVER be out of my yard again! Please have your animals microchipped.The sad part is these awful people have caused 4 families in our street to lose their much loved pets.You see wild cats know not to go into these traps..and these fools still have the same problem they had with wild cats fighting in the night,when mine are all safe inside.When I hear cats outside I always think mine will be blamed..it happened!
For Lulu,who was affectionate and friendly and foolishly trusted all and sundry and for Bubba who I delivered 18mnths ago and nursed through illness,who I carried around in a "pouch" and who sucked my thumb (hence the name),I love you,miss you and apologise to you for the stupidity of others.We will all be together again one day!
I hope they feel the pain they have made others feel!
Needless to say,I'm heartbroken and my animals are fretting! :(

One of those days

Oh did I have a day of it today
All because I had to go for a simple Doctors appointment
you'd think,that should be easy enough,BUT, well,sooooo very much happened and I will tell you all about it,but a bit later,cos I just realised it's after 5 am and I'm still up
Boy I really need to stop doing that So if you dont mind I'll sleep first,then come back refreshed to tell you of all the adventures I had (yes there were many) today
Um that would be yesterday now I guess Yes I MUST sleep first Does time escape you as it does me? Night,night,Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz