I did three years of Japanese language in high school. Enough for a passing familiarity and not enough for any depth ( Read more... )

It's taken me a long while to realise that I am a still fidgeter ( Read more... )

It's a funny thing, but I see supermarkets in a whole new light lately. Not as sources of food, but instead, as marketing vehicles to push low-quality calories at us ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to try run-commuting for ages, and now that I am living out past Parramatta, some 27km from my workplace, it seemed a good time to try ( Read more... )

I'm trying to write some 100-word story, just for practice.

Story #1: Wonderwear

My smart-clothes became problematic once my underpants knew more about the primaries than me. They harangued me to vote Aster, when my sentiments lay naturally with Goff: they quoted policies, vote history, and threatened to drop at inopportune moments unless I ( Read more... )

I just completed an activity with Runkeeper http://runkeeper.com/activity?userId=5968218&trip=716796358

4.75km, 35min. 4min run:1 min walk intervals.

I just completed an activity with Runkeeper http://runkeeper.com/activity?userId=5968218&trip=715344719

It finally stopped raining and I got my 8km run done. Woo!

I just completed an activity with Runkeeper http://runkeeper.com/activity?userId=5968218&trip=712608018

4.59km in 35min, as 4min:1min intervals

1. I am so glad that we live in a time of fabulously coloured amazing textiles. Have you looked around at how bright we are? We're amazing! I was surrounded by vivid purple, turquoise and pink today as I got my coffee, and it made me so happy ( Read more... )

1. I've been trying hard lately to not get sucked into the negativity vortex that can overwhelm me at work. It's very easy to feel resentful and blamey, but its harder to think about things cheerfully, resolutely, purposefully and above all positively. I managed yesterday mostly by putting on my headphones and getting shit done ( Read more... )