Waking up strong in the morning...

Rocks fall, everybody dies! Or, 2012 take two

2009-11-23T16:08:53Z

I didn't end up going to see 2012 last week, so prk & I shall be turning up for the 2012 7:45 session at Carousel. If you're interested in joining us, comment here so we know to keep an eye out for you :)

Gelaskins, also 'Hi secret actual-santa person!'

2009-11-22T14:15:07Z

Oh, my. WANT so much. Actually, so many of these are gorgeous. Whadaya think, secret slashgroper santa person? Would it make it in time? *grins*

ETA: Just checked the finer details, and $30 for a skin, plus $20 shipping tips over the Slashmas budget even before the exchange rate. Sadface!

So, my wishlist yadda, yadda. :) I'll probably be adding to it a bit over the next few days, but not all that much.

Supernatural 5x10 (spoilers)

2009-11-20T17:14:45Z

Oh, my heart. Alona Tal, and especially Samantha Ferris, did you act the hell out of that. *cries a little* I get that the storyline is narrowing back down to 'the boys are all alone, again' but that hurt, and was also the best damn way they could have gone out, barring actually being there for the final showdown.

Seven Deadly Sins. I know nothing about it, except it has Samantha Ferris in second billing. We should watch it.

Also! Crowley! Hat tip to you, dude. You were fabulous. I want to see more of you.

2012

2009-11-16T04:26:40Z

So, *coughs* Anyone want to come with me to see 2012 on tight-arse Tuesday? Say, Carousel 7:15 session?

Random things list

2009-11-15T01:46:45Z

Shine shoes
Hem pants
~~Package for A’s books~~ Done - ~~now to wrap & send~~ Done!
~~Box for Meghan’s things~~ Done OMG, at last! Now to fill rest of box & send
~~New headphones~~ Mum offered me near-new ones.
Spare set of summer sheets
~~New Moon (organise tickets)~~ Seen!
Freeze gym membership
Change mobile phone company... but who to?

Aww, yay!

2009-11-12T04:33:52Z

Legal ceremonies for same-sex couples

The ACT Legislative Assembly has passed a Greens bill allowing same-sex couples to recognise their relationships with a legal ceremony...The bill will become law in about two weeks.

Also: ABC poll
Should the Federal Government overturn the ACT same-sex legal ceremony bill?
Yes 28%
No 72%
764 votes counted

*happy little smile*

I'm not even sure how to title this

2009-11-11T15:21:27Z

Nohari window

2009-11-11T08:50:03Z

Okay, as the mirror to my Johari Window, I offer my Nohari Window. Again, be as anon or as known as you wish, it's all about learning what messages I'm actually putting out into the world.

My Johari Window (withthanks to stephbg)

2009-11-09T15:45:07Z

How it works: I've chosen six terms from a grid to describe myself. You can go here to choose six terms you'd use to describe me, identifying yourself or not, as you wish. Then we see how much my self-perception matches what I'm putting out there in the world. *grins*

A day on the green: Kasey Cahmbers, The Whitlams etc Today

2009-11-08T00:44:10Z

I know it's way short notice, but anyone want my ticket? ($80 bucks, generously does not include costs of 'handling' or petrol costs for you to pick it up *grins wryly*)

I impulse bought, but the thought of staying home is far more appealing for various reasons, and Ticketmaster, naturally enough, appears to be glad to accept impulse purchases, but not impulse refunds.

Dear Flist! Microsoft Publisher 2007 help

2009-10-20T06:33:54Z

Okay, I'm trying to print a single A3 page in Publisher. I've selected the A3 Portrait (29.7 x 42cm) option, typed in my text which appeared to be all on one page and just fine, but when I go to print preview it displays as spread over four sheets. wtf? Any ideas?

In sum:
Selecting A4 Portrait gets a display of one sheet in Print Preview, but A3 displays 4 sheets, and insists on printing four, and setting margins only understood to itself. Help?

(Note: I can't use Word, alas, because of font issues -- I grabbed a font from the internet that watermarks in Word, but not in Publisher or Photoshop, thankfully)

Roman Polanski link

2009-10-08T13:47:11Z

Excellent points made about the original trial here.

A week in the life of (vol 2.2)

2009-10-02T17:50:49Z

Sunlit wall - 7:24am

Current reading love - 8:29am

Delivering Tape - 9:06am

Snack experimenting - 11:02am

Clear kettle <3 - 11:08am

Baby tapes - 4:09pm

Side 1 - 4:43pm

111 - 4:48pm

Oooh! - 4:57pm

Day's word count: 346 (running total 536)

A week in the life of (vol 2.1)

2009-10-01T13:28:55Z

On the way to work - 8:40am

On the way to... somewhere else - 8:45am

Pretty books! - 12:50pm

Committed! - 12:57pm

Lights out! - 4:12pm

Use of wet concrete FTW! - 4:42pm

Day's word count: 187

Quote: who have come alive...

2009-09-30T13:56:10Z

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
- Dr Howard Thurman

Long term goal #1

2009-09-28T13:16:14Z

I will design and knit at least one pair of socks, and enter them in the 2010 Royal Show.

Posted without context, and without attribution

2009-09-18T10:28:04Z

"I wouldn't have the first idea how to wield a frog sexually!"

Blah... and baby things!

2009-09-05T15:49:12Z

My mood's been all over the place today: anxiety, bad self-talk and resurgence of the reflux, and it's all happening with a whole day buffering between me and Monday. On the other hand, I drove out to a hospital I had no idea was down the road, had a blood test and stopped by the shops for a paper and processed protein, all utterly painless and without too much forethought (this is worth noting). There was also discussion and love with samvara, though, which helped. And there are baby things!

Rescued baby duckling! and Baby Mongoose! Seriously, watch that video. If you don't spend it going "D'awwww!" you have no soul, cos I said so. :P

Homebirth in bed ad

2009-08-29T13:28:15Z

Given the fabulous discussions last night on homebirth etc, I figured this was a good time to repost this:

Vid: The Obamas - Hey, I love you

2009-08-29T12:40:23Z

I found this wandering through flists' of flists:

Vid by sdwolfpup that put a stupidly happy smile on my face. Excellent, excellent use of still images.

Meme: favourite songs starting with L, from LJ user frogd

2009-08-15T13:43:30Z

In the order iTunes sorted them:

Little plastic castle by Ani Difranco
A jaunty song of Ani going: “Woha! Guys, relax!”

from the shape of your shaved head
i recognized your silhouette
as you walked out of the sun and sat down
and the sight of your sleepy smile eclipsed all the other people
as they paused to sneer at the two girls from out of town

Lover’s Spit (Beehives Version) by Broken Social Scene
Not so much the lyrics, but the slow, slow pace of the version. This was my comfort song during my Master. It helped me concentrate.

The long way round by The Dixie Chicks
The Dixie Chicks still firmly and politely declining to apologise, and going off to do their own thing. I can’t remember if I heard this song before ‘Not ready to make nice’, but I remember hearing this one for the first time on the bus heading out of the city and being utterly transfixed, and deciding in that moment to go out and buy their album.

Well, I fought with a stranger and I met myself
I opened my mouth and I heard myself
It can get pretty lonely when you show yourself
Guess I could have made it easier on myself

Lullaby by The Dixie Chicks</b>
I know, I know, the timelines totally don’t match. But I can completely see Mary singing this to Dean, and then Sam, when they were babies.

How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough? Is forever enough?
How long do you want to be loved?
Is forever enough?
Cause I'm never, never giving you up

Lion’s teeth by The Mountain Goats
So many of The Mountain Goats’ songs are quietly, utterly brutal. This is one of my favourites.

The king of the jungle
Was asleep in his car
When your chances fall in your lap like that
You've gotta recognize them for what they really are

Love love love by The Mountain Goats
Also lyrically brutal, but with gorgeous, quiet, flowing music.

King Saul fell on his sword
When it all went wrong
And Joseph's brother sold him down the river
For a song
And Sonny Liston rubbed some tiger balm in his glove
some things you do for money
and some you do for love love love

I confess to not being dedicated enough to upload all of these, but if you want one, leave a comment and I’ll upload it, just for you. :)

Dear Kamikaze remix person

2009-08-10T10:59:19Z

Dear Kamikaze remix person,

I don't know if you'll ever see this, but on the off-chance, I figured I'd write and say 'hi, I realise in retrospect I haven't so much given you a fic to remix as an idea to play with'. Or at least, I hope that's how you're viewing it... To that end, have fun with it! Or write something deeply angsty. Hey, that's fun, right? *coughs*

Take it wherever your muses decide to run away with it. Which is sort of the idea of remix, but sometimes it helps to hear that. *grins*

Right!

2009-08-09T13:15:07Z

This morning I went food shopping and did a fridge clear out. This afternoon I went and saw Coraline 3D which was gorgeous. I'm not quite convinced that 3D is worth the money, or the effort that went into producing it, but I appreciated the advance in tech that means you don't have to wear red/green glasses.

This evening I was suffering mild going-to-work-tomorrow anxiety, which nosedived into a sulk when I realised a perfect job was closing tomorrow that I'd only just found out about.

Pah, says samvara, you've written hundreds of those! Hand in a crap one! which inspired me enough to open and word document and start hacking and pasting. So now I have a mostly complete (crappy) three page selection criteria and a filled out vacancy form attached to an email to my work-self which reads 'call them an hassle them about submitting via email'.

Which has been a rather awesome exercise in 'anxiety that makes me freeze, or fret uselessly' versus 'using controlled adrenaline to get things done'. Take note, self.

Also, notes to self about the last few days:
Saturday was racing to brunch with mum after waking up Late, OT, buying new sheets (Holy Sheet is now Bedlam, which I'm a little sad about. Same store, but I liked the other name...) and shaving my head with samvara's assistance.

Friday was conducting a highly successful expedition to Lush.

Thursday was struggling to get going, but got out of PJs and the house by 2pm, dropped off candles to FP, found mini-USB cable, etc.

Wednesday was taking it gentle in the morning at work, and freezing and calling a taxi to take me home from work with a quite spectacular little case of vertigo. Huh.

Google Maps: Bull Creek stn to Garden City

2009-08-07T03:30:50Z

Remember the 'swim: 3,000 miles' directions from New York to Onslow?

There are still little gems hidden in there. Selecting Bull Creek stn to Garden City by walking gives you the shortest option of 215 days 13 hours, and suggests you...

(click through to flickr for the larger size)

Oh, Google, I love you so much.

Soul food

2009-08-02T13:05:58Z

I've been having a stressful time of it at work, almost all of it due to 'I avoided it until it stopped going away, which it then blew up in my face' sort of issues. I'm still in the thick of it, and I'm not sure what happens next.

Either way, whatever is going to happen, and whatever I can make happen, regardless; the world goes on, I'll still be here, my friends and beloveds and home will still be here. This is just a blip of a couple of weeks on the radar.

Things that have helped me keep perspective over the last week, and reminded me that the world is an okay place:

My housemate black_samvara for being unbelievably supportive, and amazing, and *flaps wordlessly* along with prk, transcendancing especially. I don't know what I did in a previous life to deserve you guys, but I'm glad I did it.

Fand by Laney Cairo. Magic and calm and peace.

On a similar note: This Australian Story, about a man who has fathered six kids for five mothers.

The songs of Lisa Mitchell.

The songs of Josh Pyke