He's a friend of my cousin L. We went to L's goodbye party - he's leaving for the navy - and just clicked. We talked for hours about a heap of stuff - you know those conversations that just flow and damned if you can remember much of what you talked about, just that you had a really good time? I haven't connected with someone like that for ages - ( Read more... )

I'm up at 830 on a Sunday, drinking a protien shake for breakfast while I boil eggs to go with my camspicu (that's bell peppers in Amercan :p) for morning tea for my volunteer work with the elderly. When did I become so respectable ( Read more... )

It's 10:45pm on June 30th. I've read 273 books. I read seven books yesterday and five today. I was aiming for 275 but unbelievably, I'm actually sick of reading. It won't last for long - give me a day or two and I'll want my books back. Besides, I think 273 books in 6 months is a pretty good - if somewhat chronic time-wasting - achievement. ( Read more... )

I'm really into this Emglish Historical writer, Posie Graeme-Evans. I had a feeling she's Australian 'cos she's Tasmania-based - yeah, yeah, you don't have to be Australian, or even Australian BORN to live in an Australian state - but I couldn't place why her name sounded so familiar even before I stumbled across her on the bookshelf in the library ( Read more... )

So, I added the cream, and... bad idea. It probably didn't help that I added a 600ml carton to about 2L of soup. (I'm used to making pumkin soup for the extended family, like, 10-14L at a time). It tasted like an unholy alliance between soup and a profiterole. I tipped it down the sink and started again.

It's simmering atm. I cut the leek and spring ( Read more... )

Well, er, it turned out to be potato, leek and pepper soup 'cos a) I'm a total slut for cracked pepper and b) our cracked pepper container - it's a brand called g-fresh - is one of those ones that you take the lid off and have a big hole from which to pour (join your thumb and a finger together, that should give you an idea) and, well, my wrist ( Read more... )

So, my goal is 300. I've done 234. Granted, for the last eight weeks I've had not much else to do and I speed read something chronic, but still...

So, I put my hair in a highponytail, and... totally cute. All the swinginess of a high ponytail without the peskiness of hair on the back of my neck. (Maybe it's just those hot summer nights, but I hate hair on the back of my neck, making it even sweatier. Don't mind it in winter, though it still bugs me when it falls in my face.) And it seems to ( Read more... )

(OK, you're only likely to get that if you've seen Homeward Bound. But anyway, I totally forgot the coolest redhead of all. Of course, she isn't exactly know for keeping it short, but still...

I'm thinking of cutting my hair short - shoulder length or shorter - and dying it red, When people ask, the only celeb I can think of is Clara Bow, who of course is only photographed in back-and-white. But people who get it say 'of course, you could totally do Clara'. If anyone can think of a celeb that rocks short red hair, let me know ( Read more... )