Tag: random life

Yesterday Matthew and I arrived home.
Relativley un-eventful flight, watched a couple of movies, played some blackjack and poker, looked down over the sea and land, deciding where we were and then confirming it with the map on the tv, playing with my camera taking long exposures.

Sean picked us from the airport, then we were homeward bound, looking at the sights, seeing what had changed. After putting on some washing, I headed back to Sean’s place to get ready for a day at the races – Brooke had given us member’s and gate entry passes, so we were able to enjoy the day in resonable style, placing bets with Brooke’s father or the counter in the bar, cheering on the horses, consulting the form guide to decide the best choice and then sometimes winning 🙂 A very, very fun day out until the flight caught up with me and I started falling asleep on my bar stool :O, After the last race of the day, Sean and I decided to skip dinner out and just go home so I could sleep and sleep I did for 12hrs or so.

Today was cricket as usual and a fun day it was, apart from the fact that it was the semi-final (they lost), Brooke, Emma and Donna all came out for the afternoon when the boys were batting, I had gone and vistited Barb and her family while they were fielding. So a girlish afternoon was had in the very warm winter sun.

Just had dinner, dreading going through my photos tommorow and heading off to bed.

scraping in with the nick of time.

Enjoy the last couple of minutes of your birthday Karyn!

Happy Birthday! The last year or two it has been great getting to know you and your family 🙂
Hope the day was happy 🙂

I saw this little quiz on Lindsay’s blog – What drink are you? So I thought that sounds like a fun little quiz, I wonder which drink I will be?
Helen, you’re a Margarita Chiquita

No doubt about it, you’re a fun-loving mamacita. And no drink suits you better than a saucy margarita. From frozen and frothy to easy and on-the-rocks, you’ve always got good times on your mind, whether you’re out to dance the night away, spice up a fancy dinner party, or add some flair to your knitting club.

And even when you just need a relaxing night at home, you can always find a way to keep things interesting. Like your sassy signature drink, you brighten up any occasion and remind people that any event — from a backyard barbeque to a mani/pedi extravaganza — is better when you call it a party. Olé!

So it looks like my fav drink is my signature drink too 🙂 Though I much, much prefer on the rocks to frozen. What umbrella drink are you?

Had my 3rd exam today that was worth 70% of my marks for the subject, think I went ok, though am dissapointed with the lecturer that all the stuff he said to know for the exam was not on it 🙁

Karyn is doing it, I decided I want to do it, so this list will grow and grow till I reach my target. According to the date calculator I have until March 11, 2008 to complete this list or at least make a fair attempt at it.

1) add some more RAM into my computer Done – see this post
2) address dress standards with the local clubs
3) be a tourist in my own city with my camera
4) buy a funky dress for B&D’s wedding Skirt bought from FCUK in London.
5) check out local digital printing options
6) clean my fan done just before I left for Iceland.
7) continue to pass all my assesmentPassed all subjects Sem 1 2005 🙂
8) craft more creations
9) create a wearable art dress
10) decide on a major Doing the dual – IR/history&politics
11) do some early morning portraits in the city/valley
12) do some serious exercise regurarly
13) do something drastic with my hair A cut in London and then colour from Kaliope
14) don’t leave dirty clothes round my room. doing pretty good oct ’05
15) drink a Ravenswood Zinfandel California Vintners Blend again
16) drink some Jever again
17) exercise
18) explore more world and jazz music
19) finish my degree
20) finish the quilt – done and entered in the quilt show (oct ’05)
21) get a new camera bag
22) get a new pair of sunnies
23) get a webcam Yep see here
24) get more yellow patterned paper
25) get pink nail polish.
26) get some new funky bed linen Got some for my 20th bday
27) go back to Hohenkirchen
28) go back to the SF bay area
29) go to a dropkick murphys gig
30) go to the races Tats day, the day we came back from Iceland
31) have a better food variety in my diet – should be at least 25 different items a day.
32) have some more work published overseas
33) hook up with the melbourne peas in december 05/jan 06
34) improve my essay writing
35) keep track of the books I read
36) keep up to date with my readings
37) learn a whole lot more Icelandic
38) learn some more PHP
39) meet some internet buddies met Ali oct 20 05
40) move out of home
41) pick up some wacky things from an antiques shop
42) play a game of netball
43) play footy again
44) play the bassoon again
45) procrastination is something I wish to reduce
46) see a wallabies game
47) see the doc about my poor feet – the pain has to stop
48) see u2 in concert
49) sort out some way to display my photos
50) go to the next Bomber’s game in brisbane
51) track down my Aunt Pauline or her daughters
52) update my photo blog more often every day now 🙂
53) use my quadcam camera at last finished a roll and got it developed – sept 05
54) visit the op shops more often
55) visit the reading room at the British Museum UPDATE – missed out on my last trip to London due to the damm bombers on July 21.
56) work on a another book
57) update the front page of my site. all done and much better now
58) create some business cards.
59) apply for icelandic citizenship UPDATE – Ran out of time to do this on my last trip to Iceland
60) buy an item of clothing either from 66° North or from cintamani
61) print some of my photos for my walls
62) exercise more restraint on junk food
63) return to Iceland again
64) become semi-profecient in Icelandic
65) put a message in a bottle and give it to the waves
66) make something from driftwood
67) work on getting contributions for my book
68) go to the rugby world cup in france in 2007
69) get my veggie garden back in order
70) build something
71) have a successful beach combing day
72) take a sailing trip
73) visit another glacier
74) explore Australia
75) visit a distant friend or two
76) buy a car
77) start cycling again
78) decide on a plan of action for my fake tooth
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101) do everything on this list

I want to stay up and create but I start work in 8hrs, (5am) didn’t get much sleep the previous two nights so my body is screaming that I should go to sleep, but my fingers are itching to create.

A pretty pointless entry but hey.

Whilst you are here, go check out this layout list of super cool layouts from EK.

Sean and I went to see Mr and Mrs Smith after cricket this arvo (they won). What a total crack up, loved how stoic and 2d they were between each other at the start of the film – total crack up and hey any movie that has Adam Brody as well as Angelina and Brad in has to be good even if just for viewing pleasure.