I just committed a crime. Don’t tell anyone. The penalty for theft in Australia is up to seven years in jail. You’ve probably heard of “black gold” (oil), white gold (for jewellery) and yellow gold (that’d be the normal type). For many months now, I’ve lusted after green gold – mint leaves. I discovered earlierContinue reading “#6: Steal a plant”
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#10: Anticipation
I believe happiness comes from having most – but not all – of what you want. As humans, we’re built to need work, but we need our work to have a point, whether it’s re-tiling the bathroom or bringing forth the zombie apocalypse. We also need at least some of our goals to be definitelyContinue reading “#10: Anticipation”
S#70: Light a Fire
Fire. It creates heat and light, and makes food taste better (and kill you from food poisoning way less often). It’s romantic, it’s primeval, and it’s even more strangely compelling than daytime TV. Last weekend CJ and I went to a party. The vast majority of my friends are geeks (especially fantasy and computer geeks),Continue reading “S#70: Light a Fire”
#150: Wear a Tiara
While looking for Winter clothes in the mighty I-can’t-even-remember-what-I-shoved-in-there-last-September drawer, I discovered my tiara. How could I not immediately choose to wear it? I wore it to a friend’s party, to civic, and to work (to which my student said sarcastically, “Pff. Nice TIARA.”) Play along at home: Self-explanatory. Bonus points for boys. Tomorrow: SarcasticContinue reading “#150: Wear a Tiara”
#152: Get in Healthy Weight Range
One of my New Year’s Resolutions (remember those?) was to get in the healthy weight range and stay there for twelve months. I discovered a patently incorrect BMI calculator online that said I’m all good if I just weigh 78 kilos (I’m 175cm). So that’s the weight I’ll be going for. Right now I weighContinue reading “#152: Get in Healthy Weight Range”
#151: Watch “Iron Man 2”
Mmm. . . geekalicious. Don’t worry, this entry is spoiler-safe. I really, really liked “Sherlock Holmes”. (I don’t name my fish after just anyone.) It’s the best movie I’ve seen this year by quite a bit. So I couldn’t help comparing Iron Man’s sequel to Robert Downey Jr’s other 2010 movie. And, not surprisingly, it wasn’tContinue reading “#151: Watch “Iron Man 2””
S#75: Build a Fort
Step 1: Oust previous occupants of land. Step 2: Build Fort (with awesome weighting and entrance facilities). Step 3: Open skylight (somewhat easier with a glass-topped table like this one). Step 4: Allow previous occupants to destroy your new home (it’s only fair). As happens ominously often, this rule applies equally well to either petsContinue reading “S#75: Build a Fort”
S#74: The Old Fashioned Way
As you know, soup grows in tiny little tins on a soup tree. The tins ripen and turn metallic, and then they’re picked and sold in the tin-tree aisle of your local supermarket. Today I chose to make a different kind of soup – the kind from Actual Vegetables. I confess I’ve made home-made soupContinue reading “S#74: The Old Fashioned Way”
S#41: Wear a Mask
Masks scare me. Seeing someone in a mask scares me. Wearing a mask scares me. Sometimes, hearing other people talk about a mask scares me. So tonight I went to a mask party. I borrowed CJ’s mask for this photo. . . But actually wore this eye patch: CJ made it look debonair. Our hostContinue reading “S#41: Wear a Mask”
#144: Three days without junk food
As the minimally observant would have picked up by now, I have a weakness for chocolate. So this week I picked three days, and went absolutely without chocolate, lollies, or any kind of junk food. (Most of this week’s entries were done a while ago, knowing “Three days without junk food” was coming up.) IContinue reading “#144: Three days without junk food”
#149: Alien Creatures (aka Go Fish!)
Getting fish has been one of the most expensive and traumatic things I’ve ever done, but it’s also been one of the most rewarding. On Wednesday I went one step further and bought two bottom feeders – one eats algae (not that I have any – yet) and the other eats snail eggs (which IContinue reading “#149: Alien Creatures (aka Go Fish!)”
#51: Guilt-free candy binge
Mmm. Play along at home: *self-explanatory*
#108: Take someone on a date
My husband and I celebrate our monthly anniversaries. It’s one day a month where we have to do something awesome together and/or I get an excuse to forget about dinner plans and dishes and just enjoy food that appears like magic on the table in front of us (and he gets to not do as manyContinue reading “#108: Take someone on a date”
#3: Go mad in a lolly shop
You’ve gotta love the SERIOUS lolly shop. I don’t mean the confectionary aisle of the supermarket (treasure trove of wonders, yes – but still not the same thing). I mean THE lolly shop. The one with peculiar feasts from distant lands, and with lollies you’ve never heard of before. And with strange items in jarsContinue reading “#3: Go mad in a lolly shop”
#148: Nerf Duel
Ben suggested I conduct a nerf duel, using historical rules of combat. But historical rules are always either: a) stuffy (like, I’d need to be a nobleman, which would require quite a bit of lifestyle change). b) bloody (and it’s REAL hard to draw blood with a nerf gun). Nevertheless, I got me some guns,Continue reading “#148: Nerf Duel”
S#65: Personal Manifesto
Steff Metal (of the infamously awesome list) wrote: 65. Write a Personal Manifesto Who are you really? What are you about? What makes you tick? What morals and beliefs do you follow? Write yourself a personal manifesto – who you are, who you want to be and how you’re gonna get there. I’ve been lookingContinue reading “S#65: Personal Manifesto”
#118: Collage of Awesomeness
This is an idea from lovechelsealauren.blogspot.com (thanks Chelsea!) I’m rubbish at collages (virtual or otherwise) but I quite enjoyed suddenly having a visual representation of some of my best awesome moments from the last little while. So here it is! The links to the relevant blog entries are: #132: Try, try again S#81: Ice Cream ParlourContinue reading “#118: Collage of Awesomeness”
#123: Edit a steampunk novel
Editing a novel is a mammoth task, and as a result it’s very satisfying to get to the end. I was lucky enough to edit a young adult steampunk novel which was well written and entertaining, so it therefore qualifies as today’s Daily Awesomeness. Here’s a steampunkish picture to give you a little hint ofContinue reading “#123: Edit a steampunk novel”
#132: Try, try again
Awesomeness isn’t awesomeness without a risk. That means that sometimes I’m going to fail – and if I’m brave enough, I’ll fail badly. Remember when I bought fish? https://shootingthrough.net/2010/04/01/s78-adopt-a-pet/ I mentioned several times after the above entry that I hadn’t killed the fish. It turned out I’d spoken too soon. All but one of thoseContinue reading “#132: Try, try again”
#142: Reverse Burglary
Today’s awesomeness was sneaky. I broke into the home of a friend and, instead of stealing from them, I added two items to their home. 1) A large stick of hard candy that says, “Your souvenir of Blackpool”. 2) A jar of lollies with my victim’s name as the brand name. But I hid them. What is more, IContinue reading “#142: Reverse Burglary”