Catch up
Published 26 January 2009So in the last week or so I’ve gone back to work, decided to try to get into freelance work properly, spent $200 at Ikea and avoided housework as much as possible.
Here’s what the last 9 days have been like on the Twitter 365 challenge:
1. 26/365: doing the karen cheng in the new ikea mirror, 2. 25/365: RAH!, 3. 24/365: it’s hot, don’t talk to me, 4. 23/365: heatwave, 5. 22/365: my getting-ready-for-work face, 6. 21/365: my mouth is full, 7. 20/365: preventing a wardrobe malfunction, 8. 19/365: finally homeward bound, 9. 18/365: clinging onto the last moments of holiday-mode
And the phoney 365 challenge:
1. 26/365: leap of faith, 2. 24/365: my pet pirahna, 3. 23/365: elvis checking i’m not taking him to the vet, 4. 22/365: things made of plastic, 5. 21/365: inappropriate use of v for vendetta mask, 6. 20/365: work, 7. 19/365: barefoot after wearing heels all day, 8. 18/365: elvis clinging onto the last of the christmas tree, 9. 17/365: that’s a bloody long massage!
So yes, I’ve decided to try things properly with my creative bits in web design, etc. Not that I’m a legend in that department, but I know I can do a damn lot better than some other stuff out there! Hard to believe that people charge for the technicolour yawns they call a site design.
Phoney 365 challenge – days 3 to 16
Published 17 January 2009Has it really been just over 2 weeks? Feels like forever!
1. 16/365: Bear on patrol, 2. 15/365: taking photo of bikini girl diguised as taking photo of friend’s baby, 3. 14/365: personal infomercial for my vaccum cleaner, 4. 13/365: where i demonstrate why my cats misbehave, 5. 11/365: lunch @ Bank’s Thai; best massaman beef in sydney for only $8!!!, 6. 12/365: killing the earth by driving into the city, 7. 10/365: babycake leftovers, 8. 9/365: companion, 9. 8/365: damn flowers, 10. 7/365: size matters, 11. 6/365: icy poles = awesome, 12. 5/365: better in the dark, 13. 4/365: Elvis’ red friend, 14. 3/365: stories
Chivalry alive, then dead again
Published 16 January 2009Something Manda twittered this morning reminded me of what happened on the train from Newtown to Central on Monday:
Getting on the train at Newtown: chick with suitcase twice as heavy as she is gets help from a bloke to lift the suitcase onto the train
Getting off the train at Central: same chick gets no help from the handful of men beside her waiting to get off the train; in the end I helped her to lift the suitcase onto the platform. The nearby men were long gone before the chick even had a chance to thank me.
Nom
Published 14 January 2009Remember that day I went to Cupcakes on Pitt and absolutely hated it?
You see, that day wasn’t completely wasted. Leigh and her friends took me to Max Brenner, the shop full of chocolatey awesomeness. I had a thick white hot chocolate, a hot choc of quality and awesomness not tasted since I was in the UK last year*. Seriously, this is a damn good hot chocolate that should be consumed by all and sundry.
But even better than the white hot choc (I know, is this even possible?!) was the mini cheesecake:
This cheesecake was AMAZING. Just the right amount of chocolate on top to complement the best cheesecake I have ever, ever eaten. Just looking at this photo I am transported back to that cafe and I can forget that I ever ate those crappy cupcakes from Cupcakes on Pitt.
This is where I’m going for my birthday this year. Turning 31 is reason enough for me.
* I am so glad that I can still say that I was in the UK last year; doesn’t make it seem as though it was a lifetime ago (even though it was, dammit)
There is someone new I'd like you to meet.
Published 13 January 2009Oh hai!
My name’s rah and I finally got my hair done today:
Half head of foils and a trim courtesy of Natasha at Strawberry Snips in Enmore. First time I’d been back since Tanya sold off the business last year and I’ve come away very very happy :o)
For those curious souls, this cost me $165, which is about right for this area. BUT! I have a funky membership card that collects 10% of credit with every visit to use on future hair remodelling projects.
LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.
Kudos to the Nikon remote, too – the new must-have tool for self-portraits!
My NEW site!
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all"
—Dale Carnegie
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