image via I find myself really hating keys at the moment. I am in the disability field and in most of the places I work, every door I pass through needs to be locked behind me. It's unbelievable how annoying I find this. It's necessary for a huge variety of safety reasons and it only takes a few seconds to lock or unlock a door, but all those seconds add up. It sounds like such a small thing to get annoyed about, but venting my frustration on locks and keys means [...]
via designspiration After a day consisting of a semi sleep in, a thwarted attempt at breakfast at a new cafe in town, a three hour trip to the city, a late lunch, a visit with relatives, some cricket on the telly (four wickets in one over!), catching the first half of Heart vs Glory, a teary sendoff at the airport and a three hour drive back home... it's nice to know that a long shower and a hot cup of tea can still provide something vaguely resembling comfort in the absence of your [...]
We don't have an art supply shop in my town. We have Maccas and KFC and Bunnings and Big W and Just Jeans and Sportsgirl and Jay Jays. We have two second hand book stores and a couple that sell fabrics and threads and a candle shop and one music store that's fairly tiny, but employs people who have pretty good taste and so you can usually find what you're looking for. We also have Target Country, which is pathetically small and I swear the only stock it carries is all the stuff that's been rejected from proper Target stores in [...]
How in the world can this beat this or this or this? via And the sounds and smells! The turn of the page and that musty old book smell. The creases and blots on the cover from the last time you read it. The dust jacket with its own personal inscription from a loved one. Keep your fancy little e-readers, kids. I [...]
I've taken to calling my little two door Hyundai rust bucket 'Babe' whenever I press down upon the accelerator. A swift pat on the dash, a sharp intake of breath and a decent gap between oncoming vehicles and we're sweet. Pray for us both, won't you? Totally unrelated track that I stumbled across again the other day and thought was worth a repost: Spaceships - Patchwork Filed under: Leftovers Tagged: my car needs [...]
image via Earlier this year a friend and I started a book club. There are only six of us and we don't always have everyone present at our get togethers, but we talk books and movies and work and life and we drink wine, always wine, and we eat yummy things. Last month we read 'The Picture Of Dorian Grey' by Oscar Wilde. Except I didn't finish it. Shhhh. I had a block. I started it while sitting in the car waiting for the clock to tick over before work and when the [...]
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow. ~ Mark Twain This is advice that sadly, I follow to the letter. Today I'm throwing open windows and putting fresh sheets on the bed. I am washing clothes and posting letters and taking photos of my breakfast. I am deleting emails and returning library books and talking on the phone to my sister. I am procrastinating. My kitchen is an eyesore. I am houseproud but strangely unwilling to do the work that results [...]
I received three red roses yesterday. They were waiting for me when I got home. Due to a snafu at the florist's they were delivered two days early but having just had a fairly blahhhh start to the day, the timing could not have been more perfect. I am a ridiculously girly girl this week. I am smiling at strangers and helping people work out how the hell the bloody parking meters in our town operate and offering my newspapers to my neighbour to save her a trip to the newsagent. I am grinning at [...]
I had to catch a taxi to work this morning because I met some friends for drinks at 3:00 yesterday arvo and somehow didn't make it home til midnight, sensibly leaving my car down the street. I got in the cab today feeling all kinds of miserable because my head hurt, not so much with the effects of the copious amounts of wine I'd accidentally consumed the night before, but because I couldn't remember whole chunks of conversations, and the bits I did remember were just downright embarrassing. And I was sick, and at some point I know I was [...]
Odd Spot from The Age on Tuesday: German police called to a weekend traffic incident found Jedi master Yoda from Star Wars at the wheel, much the worse for wear after Halloween celebrations. The green-costumed driver had his licence confiscated. "In this case, the force was not with him," police said. Totally unrelated yet very enjoyable slice of coverage: Heart It Races (Architecture in Helsinki Cover) - Dr Dog Filed under: Leftovers [...]
More journal pages. Okkervil River and The National. It had to be done. A Stone - Okkervil River Gospel - The National Filed under: Leftovers Tagged: journals , mp3 , Music , Okkervil River , The National
Have suddenly discovered art journals, via the magic (and serious time sucker) Pinterest. Check these out willya? Wow. Inspired, today I thought I'd give it a go, and splurged on some new stationery. This is something I try not to do too often because I bloody love the stuff, but I was quite restrained today. I came away with new fine liners, some funky textas and some watercolour pencils. Nothing too fancy or out there, and more than capable of carrying out my fairly modest artistic ambitions! I've started two different journals today, [...]
I could tell you all about my uneventful yet totally lovely morning OR I could just post a few of the tunes that soundtracked it. All unashamedly nicked from Captain Obvious , and all unashamedly wonderful. Marie (Jack Nitzsche Cover) - Family Band I was deep in study when this came on, but it pulled me right out Love The Way You Walk Away - Blitzen Trapper Just the right amount of [...]
Spent an hour today studying. That was enough. Had forgotten just how blahhhhhh study can be. I've been procrastinating long enough though - I was awarded a grant to complete this course almost a year ago and I've only just started the damn thing today. Sigh. Self motivation has never been my strong point. Ran 4 k's this morning. Want food but am not actually hungry. Have to work in an hour. Listening to Grouplove's 2010 self titled EP. Really like 'Colours' and 'Naked Kids', but 'Cruel and Beautiful' has stolen my heart this afternoon. Big [...]
I want to rearrange the furniture in my lounge room, but we had a mouse plague here a few months back and while I can't smell anything resembling death or decay, I am still slightly concerned that I may find something lurking behind the couch and if I do find it then I will obviously have to get rid of it and I still can't erase from my mind that time where I knelt down on the floor to fix my hair in the mirror that should be wall mounted but isn't yet and when I dropped a bobby bin [...]
Pet hate: When you finally get around to taking your car in for a service and you use the guy your dad recommended to you and you drop it off at 8am and you're assured by the woman at the counter that it will be ready by 3pm when you have to work but when you ring at 2pm to check on it the woman can't seem to remember who you are or where your car is and finally informs you that they haven't even started working on it yet and do you think you'll be able to organise another [...]
If you are an Aussie girl who grew up in the 802s and 902s, chances are you read the ridiculously prolific Robin Klein at some point throughout your childhood. Ahh, I just loved her books! They usually had a female protagonist who was fairly poor and curious and feisty and stubborn and blessed with a beautifully overactive imagination and I just adored every character she wrote. Vivienne from All In The Blue Unclouded Weather and Erica Yurken from Hating Alison Ashley - both of these girls were scrappy and flawed and full of stories that may [...]
Last week I sent out a plea on Twitter for some podcast recommendations. I got a handful of suggestions, much of them music related but there were a few that were not and of these, Radiolab (suggested by Anthony from God Don't Like It ) was an instant winner. Radiolab is an American radio show that airs all over the country and tackles both big and not so big issues in the realms of science and philosophy - I use these descriptive words because they use them on their 'About' page , [...]
Ah, blog. Hello again. I have a lot of time on my hands lately. Earlier in the year I found myself working around 50 hours a week for nowhere near enough money, despite promising myself this time last year to slow down, to not work so much because for some reason I'm just not wired to work standard full time hours (let alone an extra 10 on top of that). Somehow I forgot this around February, and before I knew it I'd signed a full time contract, was working extra hours in a second casual job as [...]
Fuck, it's cold this winter. I use the expletive because it really is bloody fucking cold here this year. I know this because I bought a new coat last year that I reckon I only wore three times. This year that beautiful gorgeous smoky-grey fitted lifeline has never left my side. Or my back. I need sunshine and warmth and blue sky and usually in this neck of the woods the days may start frosty but burst into full sun by 10am. This winter though the heavens remain stubbornly grey and gloomy. And the wind! It's [...]
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Sunday #148
Watch Fred Armisen’s SNL farewell with Carrie Brownstein, Kim Gordon, J Mascis, Aimee Mann
