Happy Jealous

I am a mean evil bitch at times.  But I also think that I can be a really good friend as well.

Until I get a case of happy jealous.

Do you know what I am talking? Let me explain.

Friend A just (insert item or life experience that I want here).  I am very very happy for my friend, truly.  But I am also jealous. I want the thing the have, the life they lead, the job they do or travel they have done. I then spiral for all of about 5 minutes on how my life could have been if it was just like theirs instead of mine.

Then after a pause it's over.

It's really weird and it's not something that you share with your friends ever because how you would feel if this happened.

"Hey Mouse, guess what we are having a baby!"
"Wow that's great. I am so happy for you, but I am incredibly jealous, I wish I was having a kid instead."

What the?!?! Who would say that out loud. Definitely not me....out loud. 

I do have one friend that I have explained the whole concept of happy jealous too and she totally agrees.  Fantastic! I'm not the only self-centred sicko in the world.  "I am so happy for you, well happy jealous"

Now you are really going to hate me.

Because not only do I get happy jealous, but having friends that are happy jealous of me, is one of the greatest feelings ever...

Musical Snob or Slut

Are you a musical snob or a musical slut?

I am a musical slut. I love all types of music, really all types of music, so much so that you will find me one minute cranking System of a Down and then playing Katy Perry. I am only a little ashamed of my musical choices but really anything with a great beat that makes me feel good, and that's all it takes to make me fall in love.

I have quite a few musical snob friends, you know the ones that will never listen to a top forty beat and worst nightmare would be sitting in a Delta Goodrem concert.  But these people are here to help the world get experimental with their musical taste. Pushing you out of your little music box and introducing you to things that cool people listen to before the bands themselves become cool.

So which one are you, a snob or a slut, can you be both snobbish and slutty?  I personally think everyone should slut it up and share the music love.

So my favourite song at the moment.  Do it like that by Ricki-Lee. I'm pretty sure I just heard my musical snob friends shudder. Who cares. Sit back and watch her dance around in her undies. I will be doing the same to this song this weekend.

Putting Myself On An Orange Ban

Like most girls I love to shop, but what I love to shop for are dresses. It wasn't until the last five years that I have embraced the dress. 

You see before this I was the ultimate tom-boy, so much so, that when my mother took me on a shopping trip when I was 15 and asked what I would like to wear to a school dance, I requested a pair of Adidas tear-aways and an Umbro soccer top. I seriously thought I was the coolest person there, with my long corn row braids, I was channelling Left-eye from TLC (well that's what I thought), while other girls flounced around me in their dresses or cute summer tops.

Image from A Matter of Style: DIY Fashion Blog

Times however, have changed, and even after a extensive wardrobe clean up I still have around 20 dresses in my cupboard.  Out of all of those dresses 6 of them are orange. Orange isn't exactly the most flattering of colours but I love it.  I have orange dresses, tops and jewellery.
So because of this I have recently put myself on an orange ban.  Do you ever have to do this, put yourself on a colour ban? Before orange it was purple, and before purple is was green. So as you can see I'm heading towards a full rainbow here.

As orange was my colour of 2011 what will be in my colour destiny for 2012.  And what will I have to ban myself from buying next.

A Sad Time for Disco

In the last few day two great Disco legends have passed.  Donna Summer and Robin Gibb.

It's a sad time for Disco, but when times like these happen I find it's always better to look back on the good times then to dwell on the sad.

So hope this helps everyone shake their Monday-itis and brighten your day.

Carmen Smith Dumped

That's right people, I watch the voice and I'm not ashamed to say it.  I am not alone, 3 million people watched the Voice the other night and Stick and I were two of them, although he had no choice really.  In a world where the other musical shows do my head in, The Voice was one I really got into.

Until today.  Today they kicked out my favourite person in the competition. A woman whose hair followed my mantra, "It's all about the volume".

Image from Ninemsn.com.au The Voice

The reasoning behind the exit, was that she recently appeared in Guy Sebastian's new video clip and it has The Voice fans in an uproar.  Comments from articles and on Twitter have people screaming for more blood, saying others like Glenn and Prinnie should be dumped as well as both have worked as back up singers for other famous Australian popstars, including Delta!

What do you think should happen? I am hoping they change their minds and bring her back. It's unfair to let us fall in love with her talent and then take her away from us. I feel like a little kid who has just lost her favourite toy. So today I am telling myself I will not watch the Voice (stomps feet) anymore.

 But in all reality, especially with my well known lack of self control, I will be there watching it with all they other people who want to get the full story on the drama.

A Very Good Place to Start

For those of you that already follow my other blog Bread And Sniff It, you are probably thinking "Why oh why do I have to hear Mouse blabbering on about more crap? My newsfeed on Fbook is inundated enough with her blathering".

Well I guess it's because my other blog is all about food, and this blog, well it's going to be about me. My life, things I love above and beyond food. Sometimes I feel restricted in my other blog and is this one I want to roam free, like a horse.

So a warning for all those who will read this if there are any.  I will swear, I will post things you don't want to hear about and some things that you do. it's just a bit of fun. Tune in if you want to.

So let's start with some Mel facts.

• My nickname is Mouse, I've had it since I was a kid, I don't know where it comes from. It could be that I looked like a mouse when I was little, or that it sounds like Mels or well who knows really.
• I'm bossy and opinionated, I talk WAY too much and have the worst habit of constantly interrupting people mid sentence.  I am trying very hard to stop the last bad habit, although I am not doing very well at it.
• I recently got married in March 2012 in Rarotonga to a wonderful man who most of you know as Nick (aka Stick, Worm Boy)
• I have two dogs a male Rottweiler Puku (my good dog) and my female Beagle (literally a bitch) Billie.
• I live in Mackay and work in IT. I am a hard out nerd and proud. I manage to take books to what my friends think are the most inappropriate places, but if it's a good book nothing will stop me from reading it.

That's all you need to know for now. You will everything else out later.  For now, I am not even going to let anyone know about this blog.  Let's just keep it a secret between me and the internet.