I went to the Beach Day Out concert in Raglan. It was held on the playing fields at Raglan Area School. This might not sound very impressive, but the fields are on a finger of land that juts out into the estuary, with splendid views of the surrounding water and hills. Much more grand and [...]
There’s an interesting piece in The Observer where Zoe Lazarus, a trend analyst, talks about stuff. The bit that stood out for me was this paragraph: “The Germans are quite stylish now, but the Austrians and Kiwis are generally the last to pick up on stuff.” Well, how about that? (OMG, how embarrassing!) I’ve always [...]
I got two (2) Christmas presents, and they were both things I wanted. – A 10 gig iPod. – A George Foreman grill. I’m very excited about getting the George Foreman grill (or the “Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine”). I’ve heard they’re very versatile, and will surely do a better job than my difficult [...]
Last night, while hangin’ with my homies in my favourite IRC channel, I commented: I’m waiting for the news item reporting a local low-income family who has their house broken into (under mysterious circumstances) and has all their Christmas presents stolen, then a variety store chain gives them hundreds of dollars worth of cheap shit [...]
Today was very ordinary. I returned some videos, checked my post office box, went to the gym. I went to the German cafe down the road and had coffee and a vanilla slice, because I thought I ought to do something sweet and celebratory for my birthday. I also explored the scrapbooking supplies shop, which [...]
When I drove to the gym today there was a red Ferrari parked in the space next to where I normally park. I excitedly parked right next to it. It made my tiny Daihatsu Charade look like a behemoth SUV in comparison. I also noticed that the gear stick of the Ferrari was tiny. I’m [...]
Lately whenever I go to Ponsonby (which isn’t all that often) I seem to come across thirty-something parents with small daughters called Ruby or Lily. What’s it going to be like at Ponsonby Primary School in a couple of years time? “Ruby T, stop hitting Lily B! No, the other Ruby T.” I know names [...]
It turns out that I now have an entry on the Internet Movie Database. Yes, I am immortalised there for my part as Waiting Room Woman in Andy Conlan’s brilliant 2003 short film “Soulmate”. I had no dialogue, but I did have to giggle with excitement, which was difficult to do on cue, until Andy [...]
At the gym today I was reading a magazine and noticed someone had scribbled a note on one page. It said: [name] book First draft – Write with my soul and heart. Don’t think – write. Second draft – Write with my mind! K’Lee goes to my gym, but she wasn’t the author.
The Small Print Zine At the Small Print zine fair, there was a zine making table for people to create a page or two for a collective zine. Moira collected up all the pages and make them into a zine and posted a copy to me. I contributed two bits. “Miss, please take a letter”, [...]