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Published 30 August 2009This is why I love living in Sydney’s inner-west:
So the sprayers have repainted a wall so they have a blank canvas. But they haven’t had time to come back to finish the job.
Promise to show you the finished product (whenever that may happen!).
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I can get married now I have my new Gmail account
Published 26 August 2009When Dan put my ring on my finger, my brain immediately went into Bridezilla-mode:
- Who do we have to invite?
- How long have I got to lose the fat?
- How the hell are we going to pay for this?
- Etc, etc etc – thoughts that occupied my brain to the extent that I had trouble sleeping for at least two weeks. I was even incapable of napping while we were on our beloved holiday!
Not long after that, my brain went into nerdBridezilla mode:
- I need a new Gmail account!
- I need a new domain for my blog!
- I need a new domain for my business!
- I need a new Twitter handle!
It turns out that my married name* is more common than Kane, so it’s limited my options when choosing a new Gmail account name. Gmail is the centre of my online universe, so picking an appropriate account name ranked pretty highly on my list.
Do I go with my nickname for a Gmail account? Maybe the new business name**? Do I spell everything backwards?
I ended up grabbing 2 Gmail accounts, one featuring my full name including my middle name and one featuring my nickname. At least I have 18 months to work out which one I’ll use :)
Now I just need to work on my colour-coded wedding invite list. It’s colour-coded based on importance of particular groups being invited (i.e. red = must invite, yellow = if we can afford it, etc.)
* Yes, I’m going to be all traditional and take on Dan’s surname. Is that considered old-fashioned these days? Meh, whatever. Being a Kane girl has been a hard slog for the last 31 years and I think I’ve earned the chance to graduate to a new surname.
** New business name yet to be thought-of. Suggestions welcome!
Oh, and I saw Bob Carr stack it on the stairs out the front
Published 23 August 2009This week I got to have dinner at NSW Parliament House as part of a function I went to in The Stranger Room.
I’ve been there a couple of times now, and I always love how all their crockery and cutlery is monogrammed. Even the butter dish!
Here’s my dessert coffee:
And yes, I really did see Bob Carr stack it on the stairs out the front of NSW Parliament House. Admittedly there were a lot of us in his way on the stairs and he was very polite and humble in his stack.
Why can’t he be premier instead of Rees???
THIS is what the internet thinks of me?!
Published 22 August 2009Personas is a component of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit, currently on display at the MIT Museum by the Sociable Media Group from the MIT Media Lab. It uses sophisticated natural language processing and the Internet to create a data portrait of one’s aggregated online identity. In short, Personas shows you how the Internet sees you.
So how does the interwebs see little ol’ me?
There’s a bit of balance across a heap of topics (how very Gemini of me) and the big red bit makes sense considering I used my (waiting-to-be-renamed) online moniker. I also tried out my REAL name, but it was right off the mark — a large chunk was dedicated to sport. Excuse me? Ummmm, no. Interestingly, Stilgherrian had a similar experience.
You should go and try it out, if only to watch it look you up. I was mesmerised.
Dance Your Ass off with Zumba Fitness
Published 18 August 2009
Did you guys see that one episode of Dance Your Ass Off that aired in Australia? I was glued to the television, mesmerised by the tassels, the torn fishnets and the jiggling fleshy bits! Even more amazing was how much weight the contestants lost in their first week on the show!
I’m not one to go along to a dance class and make a fool of myself in front of a room full of strangers. I’m so uncoordinated that it’s best that I don’t inflict it on other people…
A friend suggested Zumba Fitness as an alternative to stacking it in a dance class — and it looks pretty good!
Zumba Fitness is the brain child of Alberto Perez, a celebrity fitness trainer and choreographer. Zumba Fitness draws inspiration from traditional music such as cumbia, salsa, samba and meringue and has created Latin dance moves to create Zumba (Spanish slang for “to move fast and have fun”).
Here’s a video featuring the moves used in Zumba Fitness:
Zumba Fitness costs $149.85 from Guthy-Renker and includes 6 workout DVDs and handweights to use while busting out your new moves. At first I thought the price was steep, but thinking about how much I’ve spent buying a Nintendo Wii, Wii Fit, EA Active and even handweights for the Wii… I would have saved a bit of money with Zumba Fitness!
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