Hello, new people I have friended, or people who have come across me. Feel free to friend me back, or not.

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I love documentaries. Love 'em. Recently I saw two - one American and one English - that really stuck in my mind. They were not about similar incidents but they're both about families, people trying to make sense of the inexplicable, and most of all about the illusion of perfection and the pressure to keep that appearance going at all costs ( Read more... )

OK, I missed the first few days, but I was sick and therefore have an excuse! Still sick actually, but not so badly. But i know I need to get back into the habit of writing and this is as good a way as any ( Read more... )

We have a long weekend, meaning today is a holiday for Australia Day (although the day itself was actually on Saturday). Yay holiday ( Read more... )

Fairly horrible stressy day today. But! It ended with unexpected niceness from someone I have been in a massive grump with lately, and I feel better about that person now. Also I have red lipstick which I bought yesterday, which stays on forever and is red! (I very rarely wear lipstick ( Read more... )

I can't believe I will be on holiday this time next week. This is the first holiday I've been on where I haven't felt holiday-like at ALL in the leadup. Possibly it's because this one will begin with A Boat rather than A Plane and that is something I'm just not used to. (We are going to Tasmania, which for those of you not familiar with Oz ( Read more... )

Good grief, how swiftly the time goes. I can't believe it's already February ( Read more... )

Google Streetview has updated for Australia. Sadly, it is no longer possible to take a StreetView stroll down the streets of Marysville and other affected areas as they were before the 2009 bushfires. Spookily, though, the labels are still there, so you can see what B&B or local business or charming little shop used to be on some of those sites ( Read more... )

This is National Missing Persons Week in Australia. The theme this year is when someone goes missing, more than one person is lost.When someone goes missing, it affects family, friends and colleagues; current estimates are that 12 people are affected for every missing person. Many of those individuals will be affected by “ambiguous loss” - with no ( Read more... )

Rohan and I have this weekend morning routine. It began when we started downloading Merlin on the Sunday morning after it had screened in the UK; Rohan would do the downloading, extracting and so forth, and I would cook him pancakes. We would eat the pancakes and then watch Merlin. Recently I discovered that buttermilk makes pancakes better, and ( Read more... )