i think this video clip would have to be the bizarrest one i have seen this week. i spied it while have a pint at the tin billy on my way home from queensland transport to get my shiny new license - more on that when i can be bothered, have more time, or aren't waiting for jamming partner's to get off the phone so's i can bang my drum (on which ( Read more... )

not all the much to write about today. have had a decidedly lazy day, with a hint of creativity. the creativity refers to the song i've just finished writing. i'm in the midst of tiding up the composition and cementing the structure, but i like how it sounds. it's fun and kind of boppy. of course the content is generally of a slightly opposite ( Read more... )

i'm in the process of doing at the least, two things. the first of which is typing this entry. the second being that i'm consuming my second small glass of wine in celebration of senator barack obama winning, not only his place in the whitehouse as the american president, but also his spot in history as the first BLACK american president. i spent ( Read more... )

today was melbourne cup day. for those who don't know anything about it, you're not really missing much. it's a horse race. that's right. a race involving horses. better still, if you happen to be victorian, the state in which melbourne is the capital, you get the day off work to bet on the ponies, sip champagne, nibble on canapes and, if you're a ( Read more... )

i have a shiny new windshield on my car now. not exactly the best thing i wanted to start november off doing, but unfortunately, due to the 36cm crack down the centre of said windshield, i had very little choice in the matter. however, it now means that my car has had three brand new shinys added to it since i bought it three years ago. soon to be ( Read more... )

if a shepherd's pie is a pie made with lamb, what's a shepherd's pie made with kangaroo called?

i'm in the midst of my first ever shepherd's pie making experience, and as i don't particularly like lamb or sheep meat, but adore the flesh of the comely kangaroo, i'm using macromince©. so, aside from creating a culinary first in my life (and kitchen ( Read more... )

okay. so i is/has been watching/watched jurassic park at least once/now. i'm now planning to tear it apart ( Read more... )

well, it's time. nablopomo is upon me. so here be the first of a month of daily entries ( Read more... )

because i like challenges, i've signed up for NaBloPoMo. only because i know that, at this stage, i don't have the writing abilities to attempt a novel for NaNoWriMo.
in light of this, i shall be blogging on a daily basis (with substance and hopefully with interest) from November 1.
feel free to sign up for the challenge yourself, and hunt me down ( Read more... )