Tuesday, March 1, 2011time to get upI'm just getting myself motivated to get out of bed and get going for the day. I'd rather put in a solid hour writing. I think I need a new project to start working on each day. I need to get the creative juices really flowing again. Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, February 26, 2011energy expenditureI spent the weekend in Sydney. It was interesting going back after living in a country environment for the past four monthes. Sydney, or more specifically inner city Newtown, was intense, busy, crowded; marvelous to behold but it also took a lot of energy to negotiate with all that reality. I lived... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, February 15, 2011primitive cryI went for a ride last night and, later, worked out I'd gone 22 kilometers. Not bad for an after work activity. There's a certain magic in pushing to get up a hill and then letting go and flying down the other side. There were a couple of moments when I felt like letting out a great primitive cry of... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, February 13, 2011OK for a MondayOn Friday I had an interesting conversation with a senior manager. Basically the line was "tell us what can be changed so you will stay in this job." It is nice to be wanted but this particular workplace is so toxic I'm sure it would glow in a pale green manner in the dark. I've decided the worst... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, February 10, 2011morning routineIt's raining outside and I would dearly like to spend a significant amount of further time in bed. I'm still in bed presently having just had a coffee and toasted ham sandwich for breakfast. Radio National is playing on this laptop. The current story is about the health benefits of fish oil. Fish... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, February 8, 2011history repeating and repeating and ..One of the more confronting things about long term blogging is the fact that you have a public record of the psychological ruts that you repeatedly find yourself in. With me it's the general state of being unhappy in employment. When I first started on Blogit I was working in a human resource role... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, February 6, 2011the pleasure of cyclingI never had a bicycle when I was a kid which meant my childhood didn't quite have that literally free-wheeling spirit that other kids had. On the weekend I bought a bicycle. It isn't something I would have even considered in all the years that I lived in Sydney. The streets are mad in Sydney and... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, February 5, 2011a universal conspiracy involving suicidal faunaSomewhat strange and random things have been happening in my life lately. It's as though life is finding a variety of opportunities to trip me up and reintroduce me to the earth. Kaboom. Sometimes literally. I was driving along this morning and being kind of careful because I had a flat tyre... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, February 1, 2011cyclone yasiThe weather has been mad all this summer starting with floods in the town where I live and then massive floods up in Queensland. I really feel for the people in north Queensland tonight. Such a massive cyclone on the way and due to hit the coast in four to five hours. It's bigger than the cyclone... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, January 31, 2011a hot nightIt's a hot and humid night in the bush outside Canberra. The cicadas are working up some background noise outside and there's a documentary about Gandhi on the television.Politics and the vibrant colours of a place I've never seen. In some ways I like the heat of summer nights. There's not enough... Sign in to see full entry. |
