Monthly Archives: November 2009

Building a fence: A photoessay.

Posted on November 30, 2009 by

[Alternative title: Building stuff with two people who have no idea what they are doing.] Rhys and I are getting a puppy on Friday (yay!), but we live in a house that, for reasons unknown to us, doesn’t have a … Continue reading →

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Where is Perth?

Posted on November 30, 2009 by

Woke up this morning to a hazy Perth skyline. Rhys and I stayed at my folks’ place, and even as we drove down the freeway back to the Southside (yo), the city was shrouded in a smokey white blanket. I … Continue reading →

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Six months in crappy iPhone photos

Posted on November 27, 2009 by

I’ve downloaded MarsEdit to try blogging away-from-Wordpress, so this is kind of a test post to see how it goes… and so far, I can’t work out how to include links, which is why MarsEdit remains unlinked. Go on, Google … Continue reading →

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A pretty damn good week, I say.

Posted on November 27, 2009 by

Hey there! This week? It’s been awesome. I’ve finally managed to be both productive and chilled out at once, and I’ve done some quality writing. For the first time, I can really see that I’m getting somewhere with this thesis. … Continue reading →

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Canon Powershot SX200 IS

Posted on November 26, 2009 by

I just bought a new camera. I know if there’s something I don’t need it’s another camera, but to be fair, neither of my DSLRs have video capacity, and we’re getting a puppy next week, and puppies are cute and … Continue reading →

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‘Tis the season, I guess.

Posted on November 25, 2009 by

So – it’s a month until Christmas. Am I the only person who hasn’t given a second thought to Christmas this year? Our tree is still in the box where I left it in January after pulling it down, and … Continue reading →

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Rantypants Wednesday.

Posted on November 25, 2009 by

Oooh — there’s nothing quite like getting your ranty pants on. I’ve just written a glorious 1200 words for my thesis extolling the potential evils of accepting payment in exchange for blogging. My position on this has been well and … Continue reading →

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Caring too much about what the others might say.

Posted on November 24, 2009 by

So, as far as “opinion of self” goes, I’m feeling pretty good at the moment. Crises of confidence and intellectual doubt aside, I’m coming up on having lost almost 5kg since returning from South America, and that’s pretty awesome. I … Continue reading →

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Dinner at Matsuri

Posted on November 19, 2009 by

Yuuuuuuuuuum. I had one of my never-ending cravings for sushi tonight for dinner, even though I’d planned to cook kangaroo sausage casserole. However, I received my tax return today (yay!) so we decided to go out for dinner before going … Continue reading →

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Why?

Posted on November 17, 2009 by

Why are people so noisy in the library? I am in here to use the SUPER MEGA AWESOME big iMac to do my work on. I need one – I need one NOW. I’ve been wanting a screen for my … Continue reading →

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