For Kaleah, because she asked, and for me, because it’s a bloody good recipe that I’d probably lose and never bake again. And for that, my family would almost certainly kill me.

Banana, Coconut and White Chocolate Cupcakes.

Preheat oven to 180˚C. Lightly grease cupcake holders.

Sift together 2 cups plain flour and 3 ½ teaspoons baking soda.

To the ( Read more... )

I am not a summery girl by any stretch of the imagination - I like coats, and scarves, and fingerless gloves, and tights, and leggings, and cardigans, and layers, and rainy days, and being able to cover up my tattoos for work without feeling overheated and gross. I do not like shorts, or bikinis, or the sun, or sunburn, or tank tops, or being a ( Read more... )

Female, childfree, unwed, migrant, atheist, redhead, intelligent, pragmatic, left-wing, union-supported, effective communicator Prime Minister. It actually fucking happened, and I couldn’t be more ecstatic.

Julia Gillard, Prime Minister Designate, will soon be sworn in as Australia’s first female Prime Minister. By Australia’s first female Governor ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: this isn’t aimed at anyone at all. It’s just a rambling mess that set off in my brain after reading some stuff and the inevitable festival reminiscing thanks to the Triple J broadcast of Sydney’s BDO today. Chill, people, it’s too hot to take things personally.

( it's also no coincidence that i'd turn straight for pretty much any of the powderchair boys. )

Fiji was lovely. It was exactly what the whole family needed; seven days of doing absolutely nothing and just relaxing by a pool, watching sunburnt Brits and Botoxed Yanks swim while the family went snorkelling and I slowly got drunk under the humid Fiji sun. Perfect antidote to what was, overall, a shitty 2009 ("shitty," by the way, is the ( Read more... )

"A dragon isn't a vegetable, is it?" - Shannon

( Ten Things I Learnt Whilst House-Sitting, Special Edition. )

I've been trying to summarise my year - do one of those '2009: A Year In Review' type things, in which I gaze back at the past twelve months and discern the important events and lessons learnt. But for whatever reason, I can't do it right now. This year hasn't been the greatest of years, but it hasn't been the worst, and I suppose there's just too ( Read more... )

Xmas was lovely this year. We did the big family thing a week or so beforehand, so Xmas Day itself was just my parents, my sister and I. Ah, bliss. Slept in until 9:30am, lazily opened pressies, cooked food that we wanted, and spent the afternoon watching tv and bludging about the house. No early morning craziness, no screaming children running ( Read more... )

I don't go for ancient wisdom
I don't believe just 'cos ideas are tenacious
it means they are worthy
I get freaked out by churches
Some of the hymns that they sing have nice chords
but the lyrics are dodgy
And yes I have all of the usual objections to the miseducation
Of children forced into a cult institution
and taught to externalise blame
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