Thursday, September 28, 2006aspirations, musical interludes and horse loveThursday: nearly the end of the week and this weekend is a long weekend. Oh to have a job which wasn't just an annoying and overly long intermission between weekends! Oh to have a job with some impossibly aspirational sense of nobility! Oh to have a worklife that lends itself to becoming a an... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, September 27, 2006a cellular dilemma even if you're not Pussy GaloreAm currently procrastinating about whether or not to buy a new mobile phone (aka cell phone). My current phone is held together with sticky tape and can take pictures provided you attach the camera part to the phone, crank a discrete handle and whistle dixie backwards. I'm sure it was very high tech... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, September 26, 2006google-worthinessEvery now and then I'm filled with a kind of outreaching inclination to see what happened to the people I grew up with. Last year's twentieth anniversary school reunion came and went and I felt no compulsion to take a trip down to Tasmania. I can't say I'm interested in stilted conversations wherein... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, September 23, 2006how the west was lostI've just finished watching Ken Burn's documentary series on the West. I've never known a documentary to bring tears to my eyes the way this did: predominantly in listening to the stories of the Native Americans and, most particularly, the story of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce. Of course the whole... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, September 22, 2006that rollicking leather kicking time of yearWinter has drawn to an end and it's now that time of year: footy finals time; the season when the boot's applied to the leather for the sake of grabing the cup. I joined a crowd last night, though it wasn't a sell out - just a bit over 60 000, who hooted and hollered as Sydney won it's way through... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, September 21, 2006communing with a variety store of spiritsToday, as I was sorting sick leave forms into alphabectical order, I taught the Thai girl some further Australian English. To people she disliked I told her it was quite in order to tell them to "bugger off".. it's a common form of expression in Australia... so she promptly told the next person who... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, September 17, 2006NEW PHOTOS ON DOWNUNDER VISIONS AND NEW REVIEW Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, September 16, 2006a little valley on the busWhen I was on the bus yesterday, two girls were having a conversation a few seats behind me. "Like you know I'm still trying to like find my way around since I arrived in Australia?" "Yeah, like have you been to Botany Bay?" "Botany Bay like what is that?" "I think its like a bay or something!" "Oh... Sign in to see full entry.walking, past life, greetings and stuffFirst of all I extended a belated Happy Birthday to Melody (see CunningLinguist). I will dedicate my next exotic dance routine to you... I've crashed out this early evening as I did a little coastal walking in the morning, took some photos, waited to see some handgliders who never came, sat at a... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, September 12, 2006an anniversary in the world of blogI was just looking back through my posts and realised that 13 September will be my second anniversary of online writing. Two years! It's interesting to have a written record of the territory that's been covered over a period of two years. When I look through the surges of enthusiasm, the deep... Sign in to see full entry. |
