Hello Live Journal and welcome to 2005.

For those of you watching TV in Australia I hope you like the new channel 7 promos.

I think I love you
So what am I so afraid of?

I've been doing some thinking of late, about the state of our commodity driven lives. All the "sales" advertising about what we need this holiday season to make our lives "complete". Some people are buying into it, actually lots of people are doing the sheep thing. Here I sit typing this at 01:00 on a Friday morning, not any Friday but Christmas ( Read more... )

5. Tutti-frutti PuddingThrow it together in minutes, bang it in the oven and forget about it ( Read more... )

4. Melon Salad With Lime, Vanilla & MintThis salad is simple, it's refreshing but depends on sourcing the sweetest, ripest melons. The syrup can be made ahead and warmed through with the mint at the last minute ( Read more... )

3. Barley-almond Tabouli With Spiced Prawns (Yank=shrimp)A twist on tabouli by using barley. Serve as a starter or as part of a BBQ ( Read more... )

2. Roast Chicken With Green Olives, Almonds & OreganoJust smash everything up, dunk the chicken in the marinade and cook it in one dish. Simple ( Read more... )

I know North America has basically celebrated their respective Thanksgivings and thus the main festivities are over, but the world's main religions will be celebrating over the next three months. Food plays a part in those celebrations be you Christian, Jewish or Muslim. So I thought I'd share some of the simple recipes you can do at home for ( Read more... )

I rolled right out of bed this morning...and onto the floor. Not good. animator brought me some coffee, real coffee, not that luke-warm dirty water that passes for coffee in this city. I want bacon & eggs but HE says no because I am getting pudgy. If he had said the "F" word, F A T, I'd have slapped the bitch. I need to find a gym because 45 minutes of sex ( Read more... )

My soul-mate of the past decade is a certifiable Cirque du Soleil nut job. He can watch performances all day. He'd give up his left nut (why is it always the left nut?), to be able to perform as part of one of the productions. The company is currently managing nine productions on three continents.

Quidam was created in 1996 and finally made its ( Read more... )

Happy birthday and congratulations on the promotion to a_trick_mindHe's so cute and a doctor too. Oh, not THAT kind of doctor, but he's experienced, he's been playing doctors & doctors for years. He'll make a great husband one day. He already has? Bugger, where was I when all this was going on ( Read more... )