This one had me stumped for a while, since I dislike collections of physical objects. I decided to collect the “Samurai Kids” series by the brilliant and compassionate Sandy Fussell (books have a clear and excellent function, so I like collecting them), but then I had another idea. As you know, I recently had aContinue reading “S#93: Collect Something Interesting”
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S#2: Sushi
This certainly was a long time coming. I don’t like salty food. Salt – sure, I like it. But I hate olives, anchovies, pepperoni, and all that icky stuff. I also loathe spicy food, and have never voluntarily eaten anything that was pickled (yuck!). So I had a fairly good idea of what my reactionContinue reading “S#2: Sushi”
S#19: Bells
Today I wore bells around my ankle (not bells technically – two bracelets hooked together – but they jingle). Every time I move, they make noise. The best part is how both my cats (who each have a bell of their own) freak out every single time. Torturing cats: It’s what I do. – – –Continue reading “S#19: Bells”
YA steampunk trilogy *swoon*
As you can tell from the title, this trilogy is good. Really, really good. Well, probably. See, only two of the books are out so far. It’s theoretically possible that the final book in the series will RUIN EVERYTHING. But, to be honest, I don’t think so. Before I get distracted: The books are stunninglyContinue reading “YA steampunk trilogy *swoon*”
T#256: Text to movie
I used the site http://www.xtranormal.com/ to make a movie. Click through to http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/8228129/ to watch it. In other news, I’ve now made the donation to Heifer International. I rounded up the number of comments (at $1 per comment) to $300 and donated that. Name Qty Price Total Give Where Most Needed 1 x US$300.00 US$300.00 Product Sub Total:Continue reading “T#256: Text to movie”
#255: Play Date
Today I introduced my 2-month old niece (she of the dark hair) to my friend’s 3-month old girl. They cast many suspicious looks at one another, and my friend’s baby kicked my niece in the head. Kids can be so cruel*. Tomorrow: I’ve written a rom-zom-com (romantic comedy with zombies. . . well, one zombie)Continue reading “#255: Play Date”
#102: Write a twitter tale
Clearly, this is something I do rather often. Still awesome, though. If you’d like to do so yourself, here’s what I’ve learned (mainly by doing the opposite): 1. Readers need to clearly understand what’s happening – no matter how tiny the “chapters”. 2. Readers need to be emotionally involved (no matter how tiny the “chapters”).Continue reading “#102: Write a twitter tale”
S#4: Share the cookie wuv
This was one of those times when I used my skills of interpretation. The task of today’s awesomeness (from steffmetal.com) was to take a batch of cookies to the “local metal bar”. I interpreted “local metal bar” as “parents house”. it might sound like a leap, but check out this individual: She’s -underage -has a skullContinue reading “S#4: Share the cookie wuv”
2010 blog stats
Crunchy numbers About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 26,000 times in 2010. If it were the Taj Mahal, it would take about 3 days for that many people to see it. In 2010, there were 378 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog toContinue reading “2010 blog stats”
#254: Visit a pet shop
It’s like a free zoo and aquarium, but cuter. If I had any artistic skill whatsoever, I’d love to be the person who paints the hermit crabs. Wouldn’t you? This is definitely recommended for playing along at home.
#252: Tattoo War
Ever woken up on New Year’s day with a champagne headache and half a dozen pirate tattoos? I know I have. It started off so civilised. I put a pretty thing on my sister’s ankle. I put another on the arm of She Who Must Not Be Named*. CJ “volunteered” for a pirate flag. And thenContinue reading “#252: Tattoo War”
S#84: Notebook
I know! I promised you a photo of my secret tattoo. It’s coming. Probably tomorrow. I left all the fake tattoos with my sister, which delayed things. Don’t get too excited, by the way. The real one’s nowhere dodgy. Honest. How was yesterday on the internet, by the way? I missed it. I missed itContinue reading “S#84: Notebook”
#253: Tattoo a baby
How could I not? This entry comes slightly early, because tomorrow (30/12/10) I will be visiting Real Life – which means no TV and no internet. Scary, I know. It’s definitely the hardest awesomeness from the steffmetal.com list – seven days of RL. I’m spreading them out, rather than attempting to spend aContinue reading “#253: Tattoo a baby”
#105: New cat toy
For Christmas, my parents gave me not one but two cat toys. Indah was unimpressed. Ana is a different creature. She likes to kill, kill, kill. She also likes to lurk, then kill. Then lurk some more. Once the killing was done, she was able to chillax (purring loudly).
#251: Presents!
I recently received a large pile of loot. This is literally half of the loot under my parents’ tree (and no, they don’t have children living with them). Among my loot this Christmas was: a new printer (ours broke months ago) a new phone (mine was held together by sticky tape, and would crash periodically)Continue reading “#251: Presents!”
S#24: Candy to a stranger
Hello. My name is Louise Curtis, and I’m an awesomeaholic. Since late March 2010 I’ve done something awesome every day, and blogged about it. Many of those awesomenesses were derived from a list at steffmetal.com/101-ways-to-cheer-yourself-up, including today’s one: Leave a present for a stranger in a public place. I dreaded this one, because I hadContinue reading “S#24: Candy to a stranger”
“Meg the Egg” full story
And yes, I know it’s weird. . . 4 Mum walked in on Hugh and I kissing. “Sex ed clearly isn’t enough,” she said, and gave each of us an egg with a drawn-on face to look after. She said it was the latest technology, and it would teach us about parenthood. Hugh freaked outContinue reading ““Meg the Egg” full story”
#250: Gratuitous Baby Photos
It’s Christmas Day (still!) and it’s also the day CJ helped change a pooey nappy for the first time. Awwwww. This is him holding our niece for the first (nice) time (about the third time altogether). The second one of that group of photos was taken mid-smile. And here, since it’s pretty and was taken today,Continue reading “#250: Gratuitous Baby Photos”
#120: Midnight Mass
Last night, based on what seemed like a great idea nine months ago, CJ and I went to midnight mass. Some of you will recognise this particular Jesus statue and my own penchant for Catholic ritual from http://shootingthrough.net/2010/10/18/215-ritual/. I like the idea of staying up really late on Christmas Eve for something that goes againstContinue reading “#120: Midnight Mass”
#247: Sarcastic Christmas Letter
The Year of Internal Parasites Alternative title: Hey kids! Travel is ever so fun! January Went to China (cold) and Indonesia (hot). Walked the Great Wall of China in the snow, and accidentally trapped CJ in a windowless Indonesian toilet. Oh, and we got horribly ill – also in Indonesia. February Still sick, especially inContinue reading “#247: Sarcastic Christmas Letter”