Sunday, April 30, 2006

Apparently, this is my Life Rating. Pretty good I'd say, apart from the romance department... hmmm.

Here Are Your Results:
Life:
7
Mind:
6.8
Body:
7.5
Spirit:
7.5
Friends/Family:
5.9
Love:
3.1
Finance:
7.4

Got this off my friend Kyra's site. She's very funny and a little quirky and I just love her. Check her out if you get time.
http://kyra-belmont.livejournal.com/

posted by Lucyspeak @ 6:31 pm 2 comments

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

ANZAC DAY

It was nearing darkness when the allied troops sailed quietly into the shores of Gallipoli. The plan was to capture the peninsula and open the way for the Allied navy to take Constantinople as a distraction for the Russians to help clear armed pressure from the Turks. It was going to be easy with the vast beach and slight dunes of the Gallipoli shores, but under the cover of darkness the ANZAC's couldn't see that they had landed at the wrong spot and were about to be ambushed. That there were no white beaches or flat shores, instead, there was only massive cliff faces, on top of which perched the enemy... awaiting the arrival of the allied forces.

Almost as soon as the boats came ashore the ANZAC's were met with constant enemy fire. They ran from the boats unprepared, terrified and confused about the mistake that had befallen them, and over the course of the next 8 months 20,000 men from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps would dig miles of trenches, unable to make any ground on the enemy..... and almost 10,000 ANZAC's would give their lives for the sake of a lost cause.

Every country has a similar story to tell. One of failure, which ultimately becomes a story of heroes and legend. Interestingly, it is said to be very "Australian" to make legend of an honourable failure, like the one at Eureka and the defeating of the rebels, or the story of Ned Kelly, a fugitive fighting a corrupt government. Australian history is full of these legends. But the story of the ANZAC's carries something much more than these other stories, these were real people, men, boys... who left their homes to fight an overseas war, and gave their lives to ensure that home... stayed home for the loved ones they left behind.

When the war started in 1914 both Australia and New Zealand were in their infancies and Australia had only been a Federal Commonwealth for just 14 years. Many Australians were fighting for two causes, their Empire, and their Commonwealth. In the end, it would be the Empire that would let down so many of its loyal and courageous ANZAC forces and prompt mass resignations from British Parliament. The landing at Gallipoli was not only a failure, but a complete disaster, so many soldiers lost their lives and so much dispair and heartache, and blood.. would be shed. So many husbands, sons, fathers and brothers would perish during the first few hours and days of the landing that it would be hard to imagine how anyone could go on knowing they were defeated from the moment the boats were in sight. After 8 months of having their backs to the water and their lives on display for the taking, the Allies were forced to retreat, if only taking satisfaction that it was due to a stalemate and not an outright slaughter that retreat would allow them to see another day.

Today, ANZAC Day is arguably the single most important recognised holiday on the Australian and New Zealand calendars. It stands as a memorial for not only the 10,000 lives that we lost on the day of April 25 in 1915, but also for any man or woman who commits themselves to their country's defense, and gives their lives to ensure it stays free. For the soliders of the Kokoda Trail, for the brave men of Changi, for the soldiers that fought in Vietnam, for the lives that are lost in wars faught everyday against our enemies, for the un-named soldier who can never return home... and also for the everyday person, who can take comfort in the fact that they are safe, and are sleeping happily in their beds tonight thanks to men and women like the ANZAC's, who will never be forgotten, will be honoured with a moment's silence on the day, and will perpetually be thanked by making our counrty what it is today... great!

We will remember.

posted by Lucyspeak @ 6:39 pm 1 comments

Here is the second drawing Blogger wouldn't let me post.

posted by Lucyspeak @ 11:06 am 16 comments

Monday, April 24, 2006

Lately I can't find the words I want to post with, so I thought I'd just post some artwork. I haven't done any artworks since July 2004, but I have recently been inspired again. So here is one. I am VERY rusty and I can't quite get things right... but they'll do for now. It's good to be back. I tried to upload two of them and I tried all night and all morning but Blogger is being a shit and wont let me... not to mention the layout of my blog has decided to change itself! Anyway... hope you like this rather rough sketch.


posted by Lucyspeak @ 11:48 pm 0 comments

I have complete writers block. I have no ideas, no words, no sentences, no paragraphs...nothing. This sucks.

posted by Lucyspeak @ 10:21 pm 0 comments

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Was on Zeph's site and thought this test was funny, so here is my nerd rating.
Your Score Summary
Overall, you scored as follows:
93% scored higher (more nerdy), and 7% scored lower (less nerdy).
What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:Definitely not nerdy, you are probably cool.
posted by Lucyspeak @ 1:48 pm 9 comments

Monday, April 03, 2006

The Roaring 20's
My lovely sister has just left a message complaining that I don't blog much. Well, okay, I don't. I am guilty of neglecting my blog. BUT, I do have a very good reason. I am a very busy woman.
You see, in between working a 9 hour day and travelling to and from work for an extra 4 hours a day for 5 days a week, there's not much room left for "me" things. So that normally leaves weekends, in which I have to fit parties (very important), my photography work, my homework and that all important thing we all like to call sleep. I like sleeping, don't get me wrong, but I actually see it as a complete waste of time. For those 8 hours we're supposed to get, of which I only sleep about 4, I figure I could be doing something constructive or fun...like going to a 1920's theme party for my friend's 27th!!
I love that kinda thing so when I got the invite it was "cancel all plans and pen it in" because I wasnt going to miss getting to play dress ups! I took the day off on friday because I had to have my vaccinations for my looming trip (which hurt like a beacth and made me terribly ill all weekend!!) and spent the rest of the day running around trying find a dress that fit me and a suit for my friend. If you ever have to buy or rent a suit for a man and they are not there to try it on you're going to have one hell of a problem on your hands....MEASUREMENTS. Luckily the hire guy let me take the suit to my friend to see if it fit, which it did.
We met my friend Carmen at her house so we could do our hair and makeup. With a little wine and some good company we cooked up a nice little pre-party party which ended up making us about an hour late. Fashionably darling.
It was one of the best night's and it's always good to see my friends whom I'll miss tremendously when I leave for my trip in June. So at the moment we're all trying to see each other as much as possible. With the Chicago soundtrack blasting the neighbours awake all night and cap guns firing constantly we must have been really loud because someone ended up sending a taxi to the house...hint hint... but we just sent him away because he didn't like posing for a photo and none of us wanted a taxi.

posted by Lucyspeak @ 4:41 pm 0 comments