I'm Much Obliged For Such a Pleasant Stay

Been awhile...

Thought I would give the blog a bit of a rest from the photos while I tried to figure out what to do with it. I don't think I am coherent or succinct enough to have it as a rambling kind of blog where I talk about my day to day life, which was the original plan. The List part of the blog will still continue and this will hopefully get me to knock more of it. I did do some List stuff throughout the photo project I just did not give an in depth analysis. Maybe people want to read an about how eating a sweet from some random bakery made me feel.

I am also trying to get cracking on the other 2010 New Years Resolution which was to travel to all towns/suburbs in NSW beginning with the letter A. So far I have done 19 out of 122 places. So trot on over to Adventures with the Silver Bullet and, hopefully, find out something interesting about NSW.

- A

Of Our Elaborate Plans, The End

Final few days of the 365 project. Thought I would be able to finish of the whole project by posting everyday. Obviously that plan fell through.

A staple for my High School lunches was a frozen Orchy bucket. Ma works at Little Bro's canteen so I am still able to get my fix. In preparation for the coming run I thought I should stock up on 'ice bricks' to keep my pre and post run snacks cool.

Bit of a pain to eat - 08/02

Maybe I'll write a more in-depth post about this at a later date. Basically I have been wearing this around my wrist for a year. I'm aware that it is a just a length a wool by I have managed to instill so much emotion and meaning into wearing it that I do feel a bit odd when I have to take it off (mainly Netball related).

Loopsy - 09/02

Got the Laser serviced. This gave me the opportunity to hang about King St and do a few things I have never found the time for. Such as a visit to A Coffee and a Yarn in Newtown. There is some knitting supplies there with wool and books. I just wanted to sit down have a coffee and get some done on a scarf that I had been working on for awhile. E gave me the wool over a year ago, a wool she had dyed herself and I wanted to make a good scarf for myself with. It has been on needles for at least 6 months. They have lesson and a drop-in style assistance thing every second Wednesday.

Stockinette - 10/02

With the run the next day I thought it best I do absolutely nothing. Lay about and did some reading of some books that have been sitting on my table for ages. I got this books as a 2009 Christmas present from P. So far it is good. A little violent, didn't know what I was expecting though.

Capote - 11/02

I took the first photo of this project at the opening ceremony of 2010 Chinese New Year Celebrations. So maybe I should have ended this project on the 11th February. I think it would be more exciting to finish off with a more momentous event like a 5km run with 10 obstacles through mud. The Warrior Dash had it's first Australian event at Glenworth Valley on the 12th and I thought I'd give it a good Aussie Go! 

It was hard! I found it pretty hard anyway. I didn't do any training because of my injuries in the past few weeks. I think I found it particularly hard because I don't really like to run, I get bored, the only way I find I can power on is by listening to music. Electronic equipment not exactly advisable when you have to walk through mud and swim across creeks, although some ran their cameras anyway.  

Some random Warriors - 12/02

I think I may do it next year... perhaps. Def will train leading up to it and not wear long pants next time. Not exactly definite plans but I'll put it on the To Do list.

- A

Now to figure what to do with the blog for the next post

This Jam is Red Hot, When We're Rockin' The Spot.

I have been watching a whole mess of movies of late. I also have a list of movies to watch... I have a lot of lists. I think Swing Time made it to the movies list because I had heard it was one of the best films Ginger and Fred had done together. Interesting factoid (to me) I never knew they could sing. I have also not seen many of their films, maybe this is a well known fact. Also, I couldn't take a photo of their dancing, it looked to grainy. This is one of the quieter, romantic, moments of the film.

Romance - 31/01

Went to go visit Ms Television and baby Gg. It was possibly the hottest day of this millennium!!! It was a mega hot heat wave anyway. The Laser overheated just past the major servos on the M4, forcing me to pull over and sit in the 42C (107.6F) heat waiting for the car to cool. After all this flurry and finally meeting Gg and catching up with Ms Television... I didn't take a photo. So, instead of my highlight of the 1st of Feb being the first meeting with Gg it is the engine of my car. Poor form.

 The Beast - 01/02

The past few years I have made a few batches of Lemon Butter. Haven't done so this year. Actually haven't cooked that much at all in the past year. I used to cook heaps, and bake heaps. Think that was one of my New Years Resolutions one year 'Cook More'. I know it was on My 30 Days Has September list, although I didn't do it then either.

Waiting for their Butter-y friend - 02/02

I bought some cheapo chocolate. It had me confused. I could not open it. It was in cased (trapped) in this plastic covering. It as crap, it was cheap, it confused me. Life is a little hard at times.

 

Turned out to not be so tricky after all - 03/02

The heatwave continues. Sydney did not do that bad in the crazy weather stakes compared with parts of Queensland and Victoria. I do not do well in the heat. I didn't leave the house unless absolutely necessary. Because of my self imposed imprisonment (not so bad with pay TV) I noticed our lounge room blind which looks like one someone had in my family. Cue: long tangent trying to think of who had this blind. I just remember laying down and looking up at it. Perhaps covered by some dodgy lace.

Autumn leaves in scorching Summer - 04/02

Late housewarming in Darlinghurst. Way to hot in that house for me. Walked to the other side of Hyde Park to catch a bus. In front of the War Memorial in Hyde Park there is a reflection pool which looks all the way down the the other end of the park. I thought it would be a nice photo. Did not notice the Police van hanging about. Oh well Sydney, Hyde Park, Saturday Night... what did I expect???

On another note. I went to the Museum inside the Memorial. I thought I had talked about it on here. Can't find a post about it though. There is a video and a small museum within the memorial, check it out if you are ever walking through the park.

Havin' a chat - 05/02

Nearing the end of 365 project. Chinese New Year celebrations begin. I started this project as a Chinese New Year resolution because I missed making the resolution in time for beginning of 2010 and I need to have a momentous start date. I did not go to the 2010 Twilight Parade so I didn't know what to expect. It was fantastic. It really helped to have a guy next to me that seemed to know all about the parade. Commentating the whole thing he was. There is Miss Chinese Australia, this is the main Television station in Hong Kong.

Year of the Rabbit - 06/02

I had been using a different moisturiser. This made my face go all weird and 14yr old boy like. Well, that and work and the heat and possibly a bunch of other reasons. Stayed at home (out of the elements) and tried to fix it with a face mask. Really doing the big stuff in the final days of the project.

 

Stink-eye - 07/02

Lovely way to end a post. Me giving you a mad stink-eye.

- A