Author Archives: Felicity Banks Books

#227: The Lying Down Game

Ben suggested this (can’t you tell?) http://www.lyingdowngame.net/ http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lying-down-game And here’s a picture from way back in August last year, when the first twittertale came out, and was illustrated by Mel Pearce. Captain Sol plays the lying down game too. http://shootingthrough.net/2009/09/29/worse-things-happen-at-sea-whole-story/ I have another Benism planned for tomorrow, which I’ve begun preparing. My fingers are burntContinue reading “#227: The Lying Down Game”

#71: Learn to spell “unneccessary”

unnecessary Phew! That was tough, man. You can tell I had quite a brainstorming session when I began the Daily Awesomeness scheme. This has always bothered me. And now I know the truth: Two ‘n’s, one ‘c’, two ‘s’s. A reader just submitted a giant and inventive list of awesomenesses. Here’s a few samples of whatContinue reading “#71: Learn to spell “unneccessary””

#226: The perfect avocado (and, hooning)

Avocados are a temperamental and capricious fruit.* Today I opened one, and it was perfect. That happens rarely, my friends, if ever. In other news, moments ago I found myself pulling up at traffic lights with music on (always) and all my windows down (it was hot). Next to me I heard the unmistakable guffawingContinue reading “#226: The perfect avocado (and, hooning)”

#231: Cut your own hair in a fit of rage

When I cut out chocolate I: 1. Lose the will to live 2. Cry a lot 3. Get headaches 4. Struggle to stay awake during the day (which leads to insomnia, then a vicious cycle) 5. Write less 6. Get gross skin (you’d think the opposite would happen, but it doesn’t – the effect ofContinue reading “#231: Cut your own hair in a fit of rage”

#35: Cook with butter

I’m so depressed by the lack of chocolate in my life that I currently struggle to stay awake. Fortunately, I have a trusty envelope of Easy Awesomeness, which I cracked open today and found this gem. I’ve also been mainlining “Gilmore Girls”, and the food onscreen has been making me hungry. So today, for theContinue reading “#35: Cook with butter”

S#49: Get mentioned on TV

Yep, today is a day of double awesomeness. An infamous twittertales blog entry was just described by the unforgettable Chrissie Swan on “The Circle” TV show – with my full writing name, and the fact that I blogged about it. Here’s the original hilarious tale: http://shootingthrough.net/2010/01/11/january-11-toilet-travails/ PS: Technically, this entry is “Achieve a lifelong dream”.Continue reading “S#49: Get mentioned on TV”

S#25: Watchword

My mission, from steffmetal.com: “Change your passwords on your email, your bank, your paypal account, everything, to words that make you smile. Banana, elocution, duped, muggle, flippant, pumpkmen, snooty, sneed, salacious. . . the possibilities are endless!” For obvious reasons, all I can say is that I did. Feel free to play along at homeContinue reading “S#25: Watchword”

S#88: Facebook Friends

Steffmetal.com suggested making a facebook friend into an actual friend. This works great for me, because I release my twittertales on facebook as well, which means I have a ridiculous number of facebook friends, and I haven’t the faintest who most of them are. A couple of days ago, someone initiated a conversation with me, and IContinue reading “S#88: Facebook Friends”

#146: Barefoot for a Whole Day

Well, I did it. I gotta admit, I thought my feet would be way dirtier. I guess the late-stage grass and/or carpet neutralised some of the filth. In the morning I hung out washing, then took CJ to the Carillon island (at one stage he attempted to carry both me and all our picnic suppliesContinue reading “#146: Barefoot for a Whole Day”

#222: Kidnap Your Date

You know it’s gonna be a good date when you take your partner in the car looking like this: I took a circuitous path to the secret location, and CJ was soon lost. My cunning plan was to walk him onto a certain island at just the right time, leaving the blindfold on until a certain sound happened,Continue reading “#222: Kidnap Your Date”

S#26: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

If the rain in Canberra continues much longer, we’ll all drown. The sky is bleak and the wind is cold. So much for Spring. All my instincts are telling me to get back into bed, avoid all possibility of exercise, and eat nothing but chocolate. But I won’t. The next-best option is sitting on theContinue reading “S#26: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”

“The Captain’s Daughter” so far

In theory, I post the current twittertale so far each Friday (immediately before posting that day’s awesomeness). Today, I actually remembered. The Captain’s Daughter 1 I curled my toes around the narrow foot-rope, and dug my nails into the knot tying up the sail. No good; I bite my nails too much. On the upContinue reading ““The Captain’s Daughter” so far”