look into my pies... you are feeling sleepy sleeeeeepy

[sarah_orange]

Ta All

Pie party was ace - even the stress wasn't too bad really. and there aren't many pies left now at all which is scarey as there were millions. special pie honours go to mof for her WWE belt pie, Alex for pie with gadgetry, Ian for his first ever pie (and it wasn't cherry ;) ) and geof/kath for very silly marshmallow pies.

particular thanks go to Geof, Spider, Ian and Red for tidying up afterwards and to everyone who embarked on their own pie-baking oddessy. there was a point in time where my kitchen was like a hiterto undiscovered circle of hell, reserved for those who hate pastry ;)

there were 5 fruit crumbles. 5! and all of them different! excellent.

sorry to anyone I overlooked/didn't spend enough time with - parties are stressful things - I tend to go into hostess overdrive mode and become extremely flitty.

black tag grading didn't go super shiningly - won't find out if I passed until tomorrow - I wouldn't be suprised if he failed me as I suspect he may be less forgiving these days and black tag is a serious concept. hey ho - am attempting not to worry about it too much.

Got to sort out some holiday insurance this week - and buy extra socks and pants and start packing. only a week and a half to go. EEEEEK!

Comments

[iicatsii.livejournal.com]

I've stolen a few pies for work!!!

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

were they borgias corned beef ones? I ate the last of her sausage and egg one yesterday - it was well nice.

[iicatsii.livejournal.com]

I did something a bit naughty!!! I snuck downstairs yesterday morning (well I say snuck, I woke Red and Kath on my way to the kitchen!!!) Cut bits of a few pies and hid them as I knew as soon as people woke up and realised there was food still downstairs they’d go for it!!!

It saves me buying stuff for dinner this afternoon…


Borgia's pies was brilliant!!!

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

and her mousse - and we haven't even started on the cake yet...

[iicatsii.livejournal.com]

The chocolate flan thing??? That was nice!!!

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

think that was naomi and neil's flan.

so much food...

[malcav.livejournal.com]

Pie pie pie pie!!! Was really good party. And did not descsend into debauchuary as they normally do. Which was a bit of a shame but I did see boobs 3 times and 1 arse. Or possibly more than 1 arse but only figerativly.

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

;)

[zheers.livejournal.com]

debauchuary after pie? By the sounds of it the lack of debauchery relects the quality of pies.

Party control through forced eating...

[milfos.livejournal.com]

Cant think whos boobs your saw, still coming down from the sugar rush from that marshmallow pie.

[iicatsii.livejournal.com]

hey!!! I was the only arse at that party and don't you forget it!!!

[malcav.livejournal.com]

no you were the bigest arse he he he

[mofette.livejournal.com]

I liked that chilli pie, I need some more! :D

[malcav.livejournal.com]

me too will have to do some more

[stonehorse.livejournal.com]

Thanks for a revealing night.

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

ok ross I thoroughly investigated what had been said after you left (hurting beckie on the way out - nice one) and all that was said was that you always seem to go out with women that ~you~ describe as messed up. how is that something bad to overhear? something ~you~ yourself have said being repeated.
there is criticism that can be levelled at all people and sometimes it stings to hear it but it pisses me off that you, after being drunk and a tad offensive to some of my guests, then take umbrage at someone for simply repeating your own observations?

so here's some real critism from me to you: calm down and be less defensive - if you ever want your friends to be honest with you then you have to accept that you're not perfect and you might not always like what they say. no one appreciates a drama queen.

I like you ross I just wish you wouldn't drink, it usually doesn't make you into a nice person.

[stonehorse.livejournal.com]

Ok, a few things. I didn't know that I hurt beckie, if I did this was by accident.
As for critism, if it's to my face I would have dealt with it better, as would anybody, say it to my face not to my back.
Offensive, ok I was, but please note that the person I was offensive to was offensive to me first, the person in question I find to be ok around when it's just I and the person, when others are around the person is quite off with me and verbaly malicious. Only natural that I give back what has been given to me. Yes I know I can have a very hurtful tongue, but so can others in the things and/or treatment towards me.

I do believe more was said. why, well the first things that Moffette said to me was that she was trying to defend me as people were having a go at me.

As for being less defensive, yeah I guess your right. but just remember that that same defensive nature is what enabled me to survive all the abuse I had to endure as a child, (oops I'm being a drama queen again). You yourself said I have a lot more to deal with then most people, in fact if I recall correctly you did say that you haven't met someone who has so much to deal with, which does make me emotionaly unstable at time (drink won't help!) and sometimes very responciable.

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

yeah I know - I just worry that you shouldn't drink cos it doesn't seem to make you happy just destructive.
we're all daft and offensive when we're drunk but I know you tend to let things affect you more deeply and carry all your hurts forward with you. you were a star for large portions of the party and are always a rock in a crisis, I just don't want you to take a small drunken incident at the end of a party that went mostly well, as the basis for further issues.

people like you, frankly if they didn't they wouldn't have spent so much time worrying about you when you went awol a while back and we wouldn't have made the effort to bring you back into the fold when you were ready to join us again.

anyhoos, I hope you calm yourself and remember that life doesn't have to be a battle for you anymore :)

[stonehorse.livejournal.com]

Sarah, I've just had my family renounce me, just come to realize my mother does have munchosan sydrome by proxy (or how ever it's spelt.), I'm in serious need of (over due) therpy, and I suffer from manic depression....life for me is a battle. oh and I'm debt upto my eyes.

In time I'll calm, I know I deal with my own personal issues in a (self) destructive way I hate myself for it...it's just the way I've learnt to deal with it.

Sorry to bring this thread down, and ruin an otherwise good party by acting an arse.

Take care.

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

no worries ross I just didn't want you taking the cloud with you - people do care - sometimes it's hard to let them.

hope to see you soon, maybe friday?

[myz-lilith.livejournal.com]

There was a point recently where I was actually ~hoping~ to have a proper face-to-face talk about you about some of this stuff. You were posting very nasty things online, in (as you later said) the hope ~someone~ would read them. Which on it's own is pretty childish and not hugely productive in the long run. However what annoyed me was these "attacks" were so wide ranging they were insulting a lot more of my friends as well, and not just the person you were hurt by. Whatever the rights and wrongs were with Alex (which I have no idea btw) your lashing out could potentially have really hurt other, completely innocent people.

The reason I never did call you on this is that more recent posts seem to suggest that you've got a handle on all it by yourself, and have started to deal with it in a mature way and were generally doing well, so I didn't think it would be very helpful at that point to dig my oar in...

But seeing a friend doing something stupid and potentially self-destructive is frustrating, and I still need to rant occasinally or I'd explode!

I'm sorry you overheard things that were hurtful to you, and that we didn't stop to think that you might overhear and be offended (I blame da alkyhol!)... but that's not all people think about you, at any other point you could have walked in on a conversation about your good points, or about someone else entirely. The main thing to remember is, nobody was saying you were a terrible person... in fact it was quite the opposite, discussing how you're actually basically a nice person and that it's a shame you sometimes do fucked up things and end up hurting or being hurt!

[cyborg-geisha.livejournal.com]

Was great to see you, sorry I was all tired & antisocial, wah! xXxX

[tinksdarkerside.livejournal.com]

Was great to see you, as always! Wonderful pies and lovely people.

Fingers crossed for your black belt grading. xx

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

tag! black tag!

now you've scared me!

[tinksdarkerside.livejournal.com]

oops, Stoopid Tinks!

Me sorry....

*stands in corner*

[sarah-orange.livejournal.com]

is there pie in the corner? can I come too?