92 hours.
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92 hours without chocolate, and i haven’t killed anyone yet.
the hardest moment – so far – was at 3pm today, my first day back at work. what is it about 3pm on a weekday that makes me people go crazy?
as the great liz lemon once said: chocolate! chocolate! chocolate! aaack!
tonight.
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tonight – my last free evening before returning to work tomorrow – will be spent with andrew bird. at the sydney opera house. i am so, so excited. i can’t think of a more magical venue for him to play.
i first saw him live in 2007, at NIDA for spunk’s 10th anniversary show, and also at the basement, where i snapped this photo of him:
then again in 2008, where he played at the famous spiegeltent during sydney festival, and did another show at the vanguard in newtown a few days later.
and now, in 2010, at the sydney opera house. i’ve heard he’s broken his foot and will be on crutches for the whole show. awwww.
oh, be still my heart.
Tags: andrew bird, music, squee
and i don’t feel any different.
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how was your new year’s eve? i always find it to be a bit anti-climactic. it’s usually a fun night, but the effort of trying to get home always ruins the evening for me. so this year (last year?) we kept it simple. we just made up a picnic and took it to the park down our street, which has distant harbour views.
with a new year comes new beginnings. even if you try and avoid it, you always end up cleaning and organising and planning for the year ahead.
so this is the new year
and I have no resolutions
for self assigned penance
for problems with easy solutions
– the new year
last year, my resolutions were simple:
- see at least one new movie every month
- make at least one new recipe every fortnight
- do at least one load of washing every week
i completed the first one with ease, the second one lasted about two months, and the third one didn’t even make two weeks. this year, i’m trying a different approach. i guess i don’t want resolutions as such, i just want focus. so my things to focus on in 2010 are:
- fashion. i have no problem with the way i dress, i quite like it in fact, but i always err on the side of caution. in 2010 i want to choose adventurous over safe. make some bolder choices, instead of just secretly wishing i did. i’ve started following some fashion blogs to get inspiration – so if you can recommend any, please let me know!
- nutrition. in order to fit into those bold fashion choices, i need to make better food decisions, so i’m having a monthly focus. january’s is chocolate – i’ve survived 21 hours of no chocolate so far, and it seems to be going ok. i hope the remaining 792 hours are just as easy. a heads-up that’s february’s will be ice cream. prepare to feel my wrath.
- entertainment. i’m keeping the movie one again – we had a lot of fun planning our monthly movie outings last year, and usually combined it with dinner out at a new restaurant. so that one makes the cut again. i’d also like to see a few more gigs than i did last year. i have 5 or 6 on the list for january, but nothing really planned for after that. i guess i just want to make an effort, and see some new things that i know i’ll enjoy.
and also, i’d like to blog more… hehe. happy new year!
Tags: new year, photos, reflection
a day of reflection
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my most listened to artists from 2009:
i started tracking my music in 2004, and this was the first time that spoon didn’t top the end of year list. my apologies, spoon. we’ll try harder in 2010. i am, however, greatly amused that a novelty rap act is my 3rd-highest. ah, here’s to maturity, eh?
upcoming adventures.
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in exactly 12 days, i will be on a plane that is just about to land in tokyo. tokyo!!
i’ve had a love affair with japan for as long as i can remember, probably dating back to the exchange student who lived with us for a year when i was about five years old. this is me in the kimono she gave me, which still hangs in my wardrobe today.
we’re going for three weeks, and the itinerary is: tokyo > osaka > fukuoka > hiroshima > kyoto > takayama > nagano > tokyo.
i’m looking forward to kyoto most of all, but it’s a shame we won’t be there in march to see the cherry blossoms. we’ll be seeing a sumo tournament in fukuoka, a monkey park in nagano, and the ghibli museum in tokyo, and… so many other things. i’m so excited!
i’ve been passing the days by listening to this song over and over. it has nothing to do with japan, i just love it.
things i love
Posted by shan | Filed under etsy, me, music, stuff
felicia day, the guild, and jed whedon. all together!
you need to watch the guild.
my dad
father’s day is 6 september in australia and new zealand (and maybe a few other countries as well). i have a couple of father’s day cards for sale in my etsy store.
which is why i’ve re-branded my etsy store, to smallstakes.etsy.com. the name comes from one of my favourite spoon songs, small stakes.
sunshine
which is rather convenient, because spring is most definitely on its way.
Tags: etsy, felicia day, spoon, summer, sunshine, the guild
stocking up.
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i’d heard that paper magnolia were having a sale over the weekend, so i went by yesterday to check it out. i was pretty impressed by how cheap their cardstock was, so stocked up on a few different colours and sizes that i don’t usually buy. It was only when I left that I realised I’d bought 200 cards! oops. since i was in the area, i stopped by amazing paper as well, as i hadn’t been there in a few months. i now have so many new ideas for cards and bits and pieces! i’ve made a few already, and they’ll be up in my shop soon.
new aussie treasury!
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i scored myself a new treasury west tonight, something i haven’t done in a long time.
it features purple and yellow items from the wonderfully talented Aussie DUSTers team. Please click and comment, if you can! http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=59752
Tags: dust team, etsy, treasury
friday nights by the radio.
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it’s pretty obvious, but… i like spoon. a lot. as is evidenced by my last.fm page:
music plays a pretty big role in my life. it always has, and i suspect it always will be. you know how sometimes you’ll hear a song, something you’ve listened to numerous times previously, and all of a sudden it just hits you. that has been happening to me all week, but with spoon. with songs i’ve listened to and loved a million times over. with these two in particular:
when asked, i always reply that chicago at night is my favourite song ever. and it is. but i don’t think i’ve really listened to it in a long, long time. and now i’m smitten all over again.
rain, rain, go away.
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how depressing is this?
this is what it looks like from my kitchen window right now:
it has looked like this for most of the last fortnight, and will continue to look like this for most of the next month and beyond.
so, this is where i am:
in front of the heater with my gold sequined peter alexander slippers. ahhhh, bliss.
the only redeeming things is that at least it’s not that cold. it’s cold, but it’s not obscene-cold. we spent the recent long weekend in canberra and it was just absurdly cold.
so, now i shall spend the rest of my weekend cooking. tim has just moved in with me, so we’re getting a weekly food plan sorted. i’m going to make a chicken pasta bake that we can both take for lunch on the days that we don’t have leftovers. and then i’m going to make some toblerone cookies. yum!
Tags: complaints, food, rain
