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The other week I posted a spiel titled ‘A week without TV’. For those that are interested, I’d like to report back that my week without television was hugely successful. I did not watch television once. Er, well, ok…. So there was the one time that I came home from silly season hoo-har all up-to-the-gils-tipsy and I . . . → Read More: On not watching television I joined Stumble Upon to day and found this by Racquel Aparicio at her site www.raquelissima.com Beautiful isn’t it Did you like this? . . . → Read More: A pretty illustration Facebook regularly prompts me to view photos of a friend that has passed away. When I do click through I struggle to work out how I feel. Obviously I feel sad, but I often feel a mix of emotions including surprise, confusion and the strangest sense of hope. I can only describe it as a hopeless . . . → Read More: Mourning in a digital age Today I Feng Shui my home office and I also colour coded my books. Despite the fact that I’m working away from my home office for the next 14 weeks, I will still need to do work after hours and on weekends. The first time I Feng Shui-ed my office, I was amazed at how . . . → Read More: Colour code your books With most of the pubs in the innerwest having gone to the shitter, I was excited to visit this beaut bar ‘The Green Room Lounge’ in Enmore. . . . → Read More: The Green Room breaks the Innerwest’s bad pub drought Yesterday I found out that I’d landed a short term work contract. With a fridge full of fresh food we decided to stay in and celebrate. It was the perfect night in with all the flavours of Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Switzerland and New York. . . . → Read More: The perfect Friday night in Christmas time, sparkly gifts and blingy lights on every corner. The silliness is seeping in. Big boxes of Christmas branded Maltesers catch my eye. Flashing “Season’s Greetings” ornaments wink at me from shops. Beautiful shoes adorn most windows. Shopping centers that I never visit have a sudden appeal. Everything is a Must Have. Yes. Must have . . . → Read More: Christmas Frugal Fun – This year I ‘make do’ Today I feel small. You know the feeling. It often crops up when you are tired (and in my case today, a little hungover). Plans for the future seem impossible. The projects that you are working on seem too hard. All of your skills dissolve. The world feels like a massive place. I call it smallsville. And . . . → Read More: Today I feel small Earlier in the year I visited the National Gallery in London. I spent half the day trawling through the great halls of art, utterly in awe of the huge rooms, the atmosphere and the incredible scope of artworks. It was by far my favourite gallery that I visited while in Europe. Today I stumbled upon the handwritten . . . → Read More: A few things that I loved at the National Gallery, UK So now that most of the ‘good shows’ are over for the year, aka Packed to the Rafters, I’ve decided that it is time to give up TV for a WHOLE week. Why you might ask ? Why would I want to give up TV for a whole week? Well, several reasons. You’ve probably heard them . . . → Read More: A week without TV (part 1) Today I left a job that was wearing me down. I picked up the phone and said ‘No hard feelings, but I’m feeling burnt out and I’d like to leave before I catch on fire.’ It was that simple. No regrets. No stress. Just finito. . . . → Read More: Today I quit Ever since I got back from a fabulous month of holidaying in Europe, aka a month of pasta-bread-cheese-wine, I’ve been struggling to get over the horrible FLAT BLAH feeling that IS post Europe holiday. Now it has been more than a month since I returned, so I’m thinking that it is not just a case of . . . → Read More: Have you got the FLAT BLAH feeling? Wikipedia defines a ‘Drop Dead’ or ‘dead letter box’ as a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet. The term is usually associated with spies and espionage. Think James Bond. Recently, I learnt of the German artist Aram Bartholl who has taken the concept of a ‘Drop . . . → Read More: Dead Drops
Have you ever gallery sat for a day? Well, today I’m gallery sitting at Oh Really Gallery In Newtown. The guy that usually looks after the gallery on Sundays wanted to go to Newtown Festival and he was looking for someone to help him out and he asked me nicely, so I thought why . . . → Read More: Access All Areas – A day in a gallery How It Feels by Brendan Cowell My rating: 4 of 5 stars After spending four days with Brendan Cowell’s main character, Neil Cronk, it has taken me a week to figure out what sort of head trip Cronk took me on. All I can come up with is that it’s a bit like sex with the ex. Oh . . . → Read More: It’s a bit like Charles Bukowski meets Judy Blume on crack. |
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