Hey guys,

I don't normally ask this, but with everything that has gone on in the last few months, I feel I need to turn to you guys for help.

Just to recap... Dad took the car to the mechanic the other day and the mechanic, after looking at it, said that it would cost at least $1500 to repair (for reference, the car is only worth about $500)

Not only did the drive shaft get bent, but apparently, when the accident occurred, the engine was moved about 2 - 3 inches towards the drivers side of the car, one of the engine mounts is twisted, and another nearly snapped completely off.

Now normally, I wouldn't be asking you guys for something like this, but, as I do look after both my aging parents (whose health is failing and both cannot walk for longer than about 15 minutes before having to rest up for the remainder of the day), and due to the location I am in, we need a car to get around in.

I'm just throwing it out there to see if anyone is able to help us out in raising some money towards a new car. We are looking at a 2nd hand one that is $1300 but coming up with that sort of money on short notice is quite hard.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, or if you know anyone that could help, feel free to link them to this journal.

Thanks in advance.

Many hugs,
~Frank

Well I has good news. What the docs thought was a tumor (and a potentially cancerous one) turned out to be nothing more than a bit of fluid, which they drained this morning when I went for my specialist appointment. Apparently the fluid density was that dense that it showed up like a tumor on scans, and the increasing pressure of the fluid was causing a lot of my pain. I will still be in pain, but hopefully not as much.

On top of that, they are going to remove all four of my wisdom teeth :w00t!: and it should be done within the next 8 - 10 weeks. Hopefully sooner.

Thank you to everyone for the messages of support and concern. It is very much appreciated. Gives me that feeling of being all warm and fuzzy inside. But then again, that could just be my breakfast from this morning...eh, either way, ey? ;) :)

As mentioned on my Twitter last night, I had to be taken to hospital in an ambulance after passing out due to vomiting and severe pain from my wisdom tooth.

They did a scan, and it looks like I might have a tumor growing in that area.

Tomorrow I go for a consultation at Ipswich Hospital to find out when I actually go into surgery to have the tooth removed. But I will have to also find out whats going to happen with this tumor.

The biggest concern is that, should the tumor be malignant, it may travel into my brain, so it is potentially life threatening.

So....yeah. Nothing else to say really except that I'm scared.

Here's hoping things are not that bad. But knowning my luck, well...it probably will be.

They shall grow not old
As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
And in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest We Forget...

Today marks 94 years since the greatest military failure in Australian & New Zealand history. So many soldiers lost their lives during World War I on the shores of Gallipoli in Turkey. This link will give those of you who are not as well informed about the national holiday as those of us from Australia and New Zealand information about the day and the holiday.

Lest We Forget

Its been over 2 weeks since I last posted a Journal, so I thought I would update you all as to what has been happening.

Firstly, I made it to Queensland ok. Currently living with a very good friend of mine on the Gold Coast (Southport to be precise). Got up here Saturday of last week. Was a long flight, but good (even after being moved from the very back row to the front)

Secondly, I'm starting to resettle in up here. Met up with a few furends the last few days, and saw the oldies on Monday/Tuesday. Was good. Looks like I will be moving up there to be near them, particularly with my now failing health (stupid diabetes) Well...I'm not really diabetic, but I do have to keep a very close eye on my sugar intake for a while. I'm very close to being diabetic its not funny (or for some of you, maybe it is :P)

I would love to catch up with those of you who are in QLD at some point.

Anyways, not much else to say really, except that I miss my friends from Melbourne.

Love to you all!
Sid.

Can someone tell me why packing to move house is so tedious?

Went to work today.

Everything was going fine.

Found out via text message that one of my best friends was caught in the fire at Kinglake and never made it out...

Then got a phone call at 11 saying that 2 of 4 of my cousins were coming down to visit me on Wednesday were visiting friends in Kinglake last week and were caught trying to excape and perished in the blazes...

I thought the Victorian bushfires wouldn't affect me.

I was wrong...

I'm gonna go now...

I...I just don't know what to do right now...

I'm lost...

I can't explain it right now.

I need to go.

I need to isolate myself for a time.

Dunno how long it will be.

I'll be disappearing.

Be safe whilst I'm gone.

Don't worry about me. I'm just a depressing emo. Not worth your time worrying.

lore AT sacredlore DOT com << Email may get checked...dunno though.

I just...

Ok, I am so over this heatwave. For 5 days now, the mercury has exceeded 38C (around 100F) with yesterday (Thursday) and today topping out at just over 45C (113F). Guh...I hate summer. I really do. To top it all off, Connex (the owner of the rail network here) ended up canceling in excess of I believe 1000 trains in the last few weeks alone, because of heat stress on the rails, broken air conditioning (or lack thereof), or just a lack of maintenance.

Ah well, shit happens I suppose. Now I just hope I can survive this heat so I can go to NZ in a few months time...

More commonly referred to as Australia.

To you Australian's that read this journal, hope you had a great one. If you're American and want to show your support, just say "G'day Mate" to someone. ^^

My day was quiet, with shopping and cold chicken sandwiches.

Anyways, work now.

Toodles

Good evening everyone. (or morning or afternoon, depending on when you read this in your little corner of the world).

Well, it's been a hectic month so far, and its only just the middle of January. I've been offline fr nearly a month, and without DeviantART and IRC, I've been pretty much going CRAZY!

So lets backtrack to November... thats when this all began...

Firstly, I quit my job at Pokémon Australia, as you know, because they weren't giving me enough hours.

Then I broke up with my boyfriends, because I wasn't comfortable in a three-way relationship.

I then went through depression something chronic, and thanks to a few particular people, I didn't try and stab myself IN THE EYE!

Then MiDFur came and went and it was a blast.

The Sunday after that, a guy who I'd know for about 6 or 7 months asked me out, and I said ok. So I'm currently dating him. Although he lives in Newcastle.

On Christmas Eve, I moved from my old place into a new house about 20 kilometers away, to the suburb of Glen Waverley. Its a very nice house, I will say that, and I get the whole upper floor to myself. ^_^

New Years came and went, and I had a wonderful time...just a small gathering of friends at the new place.

Didn't end up going to Brisbane because my plans all fell through.

Last week, contracted a 24 hour stomach bug. I would not wish that sort of pain and horror on anyone (well, maybe one or two...)

Then on Wednesday, I find out that my boss from my Pokémon job had a stroke at the end of last year and went into hospital, but is now at home. So, because there is now no one in the department, they have asked me to come in to assist them with stuff. So I go in on Monday for that.

Yesterday I wasn't feeling well so I rang up work and called in sick until 2pm. Went to the doctors and found out I had Laryngitis. (Fun! >.> Went to work and got sent home.

To top it all off I now have a head cold.

So this year is getting off to a good start...

Anyways, talk to you all soon!

~Lore

For those of you who are not aware, on the 24th of December I moved house. As a result, I do not have internet at my new house yet, so do not worry about me.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year, and I will hopefully talk to you all again soon!

~Lore

Greetings all. Sorry I haven't been around much. Been really really really busy. Work and my security course are draining me of all my energy.

Well MiDFur has come and gone. It was a fun weekend. Tuesday - Friday I had work then my security course, which is on the opposite side of the city to me and my work. >.> so thats lots of fun.

Anyways, I've gotten myself a new boyfriend, whose name is CJ. I love him heaps, and I'm even flying him down here from Newcastle in New South Wales down to Melbourne for New Years Eve. It shall be fun *evil grin*

Also, by the 9th of January, I will have moved out into a new place, so if I am suddenly more offline than normal, you know why.

I think thats all for now.

Merry Christmas everyone!

~Lore

Connex. Fuck You. Shape up or ship out. If you can't (or won't) run trains towards the city after 11pm Monday to Thursday from one of the most dangerous suburbs in Melbourne, then you are fuckin cock knuckles. You made me waste $50 on a fucking cab!

Well, it's Tuesday morning, and it has been a looooooong weekend. I am completely drained, and yet, my intelligent work has decided to put me on every day between today and Christmas. Real nice. I'm going to be a zombie by the end of it. If not, I will be dead. Which may or may not be a good thing. Who knows.

Anyway, just to recap from my last journal, Friday was officially the first day of MiDFur X ("MiDFur" being the Melbourne in December Fur Meet) and I must say that it was a blast.

But maybe I should back up a little, to Thursday.

Well, Paul_Fox, Stripe Husky, Sarsketch, SashaDee and Alexander the Lion all arrived at my place at 5am Thursday morning. After a brief round of dozing and hugs, we headed over to Chadstone so I could get new shoes. Then we came back to my place for a bit before heading out to the Victoria Hotel, where I met a lot of new furs, as well as 2 The Ranting Gryphon and Uncle Kage (CEO of Anthrcon in the USA). They are some awesome people! After this we went out and grabbed some Nandos and ice cream at Melbourne Central before returning to the hotel, then heading home.

On Friday we met up at the hotel at 2pm, and registered then mingled. I bought a SHITLOAD of stuff from the dealers den, then we had the official announcements, just prior to which I finally got my fursuit. Sadly, the suit is a little tight (fucking weight) but I at least have a partial. It is awesome! There will be photos up soonish. Anyways, the whole first day (which consisted of the Meet N Greet and Skydeck tour) finished up at about 11.30.

Saturday consisted of us riding the train in the rain to the hotel and hanging out with people before going downstairs to check out the dealers den. Much fun and love to be had. I bought LOTS of stuff! Including several commissions.

After the many events on Saturday that I cannot remember because it went like a blur, we had the Gala Ball, where the events leading up to that were quite interesting. Basically because of the lack of ventilation in my fursuit headpiece, I went looking for plastic tubing to place in the muzzle. When I got back I found out that my fursuit, bag and all my clothes for the ball were locked up downstairs, and after about 2 hours of trying to organize to get it out, we finally found out that we couldn't. So I sighed and went off to the ball. Had dinner, listened to the absolutely awesome 2 the Ranting Gryphon and Uncle Kage, then went back to the hotel, realising that my house keys were in my backpack downstairs, so the others staying at my place and I were stuck. So we found some floor and crashed on it.

Sunday involved myself, Micky and Treemeadow having breakfast, then us lounging around the convention hall. I sat in on some panels and bought more things. Then we had a fursuit walkaround and parade, and yeah, the night ended with me, once again, crashing on Micky, Marko and Treemeadows floor because it was too late. BTW, for those of you who went to MiDFur on the Sunday night and listened to 2 and Uncle Kage... "I want video of ALLLLLLL of it!!!!!" LOL

Monday came around and we art jammed a bit after going to breakfast with Kyle, Micky, Fluke, Steps and Neelix. Was very nice. I have found myself confident enough in my drawing to propose an art trade with Kraden. OMG I need to do well. Anyways, I had to leave at 4pm so I could attend my security course.

Anyway, thank you to everyfur who made it to MiDFur X and I hope to see you all again next year, or sooner!

Now, this exhausted Wolgon must go to work. Back into the normal scheme of things already. I really should have taken today off...

~Lore

MIDFUR X IS HERE!!!!

So Friday was officially the first day of MiDFur X ("MiDFur" being the Melbourne in December Fur Meet) and I must say that it was a blast.

But maybe I should back up a little, to Thursday.

Well, Paul_Fox, Stripe Husky, Sarsketch, SashaDee and Alexander the Lion all arrived at my place at 5am Thursday morning. After a brief round of dozing and hugs, we headed over to Chadstone so I could get new shoes. Then we came back to my place for a bit before heading out to the Victoria Hotel, where I met a lot of new furs, as well as 2 The Ranting Gryphon and Uncle Kage (CEO of Anthrcon in the USA). They are some awesome people! After this we went out and grabbed some Nandos and ice cream at Melbourne Central before returning to the hotel, then heading home.

On Friday we met up at the hotel at 2pm, and registered then mingled. I bought a SHITLOAD of stuff from the dealers den, then we had the official announcements, just prior to which I finally got my fursuit. Sadly, the suit is a little tight (fucking weight) but I at least have a partial. It is awesome! There will be photos up soonish. Anyways, the whole first day (which consisted of the Meet N Greet and Skydeck tour) finished up at about 11.30.

I will update later tonight about todays events!

GAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

Well I enjoyed my time in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast...except that I lost my $200 pair of glasses and my MasterCard.

Not happy.

On a brighter note... 3 DAYS TIL MIDFUR!!!

Well I won't be online for a few days. Tonight I'm flying up to Brisbane to visit my best friend for her birthday. It shall be fun.

A word of caution - NEVER FLY JETSTAR! EVER! They charged me an extra $80 for one bag to be put underneath. $80! Granted, I'd left changing my ticket to yesterday, but still... Ah well. They are a stupid airline anyway.

I apologise to everyone whom I watch for the short comments, or, more accurately recently, lack thereof for a few days. I have 1600 deviations to filter through, which will no doubt jump t about 2000 by Monday (depending on how many image dumps you guys do).

Anyways, I need to head to work.

See you Monday!

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