December already
Over the last month, I have been:
- attending my Department’s Christmas Party. Food was good, but the band was way too loud. When you have to shout at the person next to you to carry on a conversation, it’s not working. The afters party at Mooseheads was even worse. Top floor (which we had booked out) was jam packed, and the DJ was so loud that you practically needed sign language to communicate;
- baking slices with home grown apricots and cherries in them;
- tending my cherry tomato and potato plants;
- farewelling a couple of friends from trivia who are off to Jakarta for a three year posting;
- catching up with friends for various coffees, lunches, and ice creams before the Christmas break.
2014 has been an eventful year. MH370, Sochi Winter Olympics, civil war in the Ukraine, Ebola crisis, World Cup, MH17, and Peter Capaldi making a hit as the new Doctor.
Closer to home we had the Mr Fluffy asbestos issue, the Martin Place siege, and the encroaching hipsterisation of Canberra (Bent Spoke, Restaurant 86, Hopscotch, Elk & Pea, I’m, looking at you).
Personally in 2014, I developed a “Game of Thrones” addiction, found an amazing new hairdresser and learnt how to straighten my hair, grew a new wisdom tooth, wrote seven short stories (one of which was shortlisted in “Writing Magazine”), started planning a novel, called 000 for the first time in my life, taught myself how to ice cookies, met Thomas Keneally, and traded in my car of 13 years for a new one.
I also attended events of loved ones including a 90thbirthday party, engagement party, and wedding. I went to Wagga Wagga and skied Mt Buller.
Best books I read in 2014 were:
- Bird Box (Josh Malerman);
- The Watchtower (Elizabeth Harrower);
- Warrior Scarlet (Rosemary Sutcliffe);
- On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan); and
- How To Write (Harry Bingham).
Best movies I watched in 2014 were:
- Up In The Air (2009);
- The Field (1990);
- Miller’s Crossing (1990);
- The Blue Angel (1930);
- The Intouchables (2011); and
- Lawn Dogs (1997);
Best TV shows I watched in 2014:
- Game of Thrones;
- Walking Dead; and
- Doctor Who.
- attending my Department’s Christmas Party. Food was good, but the band was way too loud. When you have to shout at the person next to you to carry on a conversation, it’s not working. The afters party at Mooseheads was even worse. Top floor (which we had booked out) was jam packed, and the DJ was so loud that you practically needed sign language to communicate;
- baking slices with home grown apricots and cherries in them;
- tending my cherry tomato and potato plants;
- farewelling a couple of friends from trivia who are off to Jakarta for a three year posting;
- catching up with friends for various coffees, lunches, and ice creams before the Christmas break.
2014 has been an eventful year. MH370, Sochi Winter Olympics, civil war in the Ukraine, Ebola crisis, World Cup, MH17, and Peter Capaldi making a hit as the new Doctor.
Closer to home we had the Mr Fluffy asbestos issue, the Martin Place siege, and the encroaching hipsterisation of Canberra (Bent Spoke, Restaurant 86, Hopscotch, Elk & Pea, I’m, looking at you).
Personally in 2014, I developed a “Game of Thrones” addiction, found an amazing new hairdresser and learnt how to straighten my hair, grew a new wisdom tooth, wrote seven short stories (one of which was shortlisted in “Writing Magazine”), started planning a novel, called 000 for the first time in my life, taught myself how to ice cookies, met Thomas Keneally, and traded in my car of 13 years for a new one.
I also attended events of loved ones including a 90thbirthday party, engagement party, and wedding. I went to Wagga Wagga and skied Mt Buller.
Best books I read in 2014 were:
- Bird Box (Josh Malerman);
- The Watchtower (Elizabeth Harrower);
- Warrior Scarlet (Rosemary Sutcliffe);
- On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan); and
- How To Write (Harry Bingham).
Best movies I watched in 2014 were:
- Up In The Air (2009);
- The Field (1990);
- Miller’s Crossing (1990);
- The Blue Angel (1930);
- The Intouchables (2011); and
- Lawn Dogs (1997);
Best TV shows I watched in 2014:
- Game of Thrones;
- Walking Dead; and
- Doctor Who.