Moving to a foreign country is strange, here are the chronicles so far. It’s not easy, especially when you feel like a dinosaur out of sync with the rest of the world! Sunday 12th I was far too tired from the long flight, the age it took to get through the airport, as well as [ Read More ]
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Well, it’s been a while. I guess I can make excuses about work, life, and all that jazz… but it doesn’t really make any difference. Long story short, I’m back. Or I’m going to try to be. Current Goals: Retag all untagged entries Clean bathroom Find bracelet Reinstall windows (long term) Set up iPaq again [ Read More ]
Okay, so I’m a girl, and, despite my occasional claims to be a nerd, I delight in beautiful things, some functional, like these adorable measuring spoons (“Bird Measuring Spoons“): Or some not so practical, like my obsession with Carlton Pottery “Walking Ware” series: (I only have one piece (well 2) so far — adorable bookends… [ Read More ]
Found a quote in an email I sent a while back, still strikes a chord with me. [Update: I've found the full reference and updated it.] Then Almitra spoke again and said, “And what of Marriage, master?” And he answered saying: You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together [ Read More ]
This comment in a post I read online look me by surprise: Their love wasn’t – isn’t – just an act of the emotions. It is an act of the will. They didn’t FALL in love, they voluntarily STEPPED into it. And in love they intend to stay. I’m not sure what my complete reaction [ Read More ]
Categories: personal
I’ve always been a fan of the despair.com take on inspiration posters: I’ve even tried my hand at one or two in my time, helped by the fd’s flickr toys: But these are pure nerdy for those who know far too much about the show, check out the posters on echosphere. PS. I hope the [ Read More ]
My dad has a bundle of tapes that he can’t play any longer because he only has a CD player in his car — so my job of the day was to figure out how to get them onto CD for him… the old “buy the CD” doesn’t work with some of the more… out-dated… [ Read More ]
I went to the gym yesterday, not an unusual act, I’ve been getting there at least 3 times a week for the last few months, but I decided to run yesterday — normally I have a weights routine that I follow. It’s been a while since I ran properly, last year in the big shed-a-loada-weight [ Read More ]
Categories: personal
Just had a nice weekend, everything about it was good, except the occasionally dashings of pain from my wisdom teeth, one of them is almost up and the poor skin is a little bit achey. List of things that combine for a good weekend: Cinema Going (The Return) — little bit drawn out, but not [ Read More ]
Categories: personal
To say that I am an avid reader is possibly an understatement. My parent’s used to comment that I eat books and there always seemed to be 4 or 5 lying about at any time… so why not share? I looked for a neat plugin for WP and I found one, Roblog’s “Now Reading”, had [ Read More ]
