Ben sent me a huge list of suggestions, and this is just the beginning (Reverse Burglary and Secret # 6 are coming very soon). Feel free to post these anywhere you like, just link back here when you do. Play along at home: Make your own de-motivational poster today!
Author Archives: Felicity Banks Books
S#81: Ice Cream Parlour
I have a confession to make: I don’t like ice cream. For me, it’s simply not unhealthy enough. There’s not enough sugar, colouring, flavouring and chocolate to make even high-quality ice cream cut it for me. But I have solved that pressing concern. Some of you are familiar with Jigsaw, Goodberries or Cold Rock iceContinue reading “S#81: Ice Cream Parlour”
#82: Buy Boots
People who know me in the 3D sense will know that I bought my first pair of boots about five years ago now (and left them – frozen, defrosted, frozen again, and holed in numerous places – in China this January). Way back when I bought them, I’d been thinking about buying new boots for some weeks,Continue reading “#82: Buy Boots”
#142: Make home-made lemonade (with SCIENCE)
Yes, yes, I know – Monday’s predictions of this week’s awesomeness were wildly innaccurate. Shut up. Every time I see the brilliant yellow of supermarket lemons I think, “Mmm. . . lemonade. . .” Today, while doing the classic “just a little shop on my way home” thing, I saw lemons on special and grabbed twoContinue reading “#142: Make home-made lemonade (with SCIENCE)”
#89: Take St John’s Wort (and complete twittertale)
On Tuesday I began taking St John’s Wort, which is a herbal remedy for anxiety, depression, or manic depression. Being herbal, it’s pretty mild – but it’s sufficently hard core that it shouldn’t be taken if you’re pregnant, trying to be pregnant, or trying NOT to be pregnant (by which I mean that it makesContinue reading “#89: Take St John’s Wort (and complete twittertale)”
#138: Poetry Reading
My plan was simple: entice people into my home, then strew poetry books around and begin reading aloud. Keep reading until someone else started reading. (Thanks to reader W for this suggestion.) The plan worked better than I expected. It turned out we (“we” meaning my husband, CJ) had half a dozen poetry books –Continue reading “#138: Poetry Reading”
S#69: De-Clutter
It’s been at least six months since I dared look at the single shelf that holds all my jeans, non-hanging skirts, and non-hanging shirts (and, evidently, a good number of hanging skirts and jackets, too). Horrifying stuff: Motivated mainly to find a particular skirt long since lost in the melee, I emptied out the shelf (mainlyContinue reading “S#69: De-Clutter”
#144: Go somewhere I’ve never been (Pine Island)
Most of this article has been moved here, where I get paid per reader (hint hint). I have enjoyed clambering on river rocks in ankle-length skirts since I was ten years old (there are photos of that somewhere). There’s something about it that’s just scary enough to be enjoyable and adventurous without actually risking majorContinue reading “#144: Go somewhere I’ve never been (Pine Island)”
#134: Play with a cat
‘Nuff said. I spent about half an hour looking at this photo and giggling, and I giggle again every time I look at it. No cats (or fish, or glass items) were harmed in the making of this picture. Play along at home: Find a pet (or, in a pinch, a small child) and amuseContinue reading “#134: Play with a cat”
S#63/7: Cello and Piano performance
Wow! Number 63 (Experience something new every day for a week) took a lot longer than a week. Today I returned to ABC’s Sunday Live for the last time this year (next month it’s in Melbourne). Myself and CJ and another friend watched Cellist David Pereira perform with Timothy Young on piano. (They also had aContinue reading “S#63/7: Cello and Piano performance”
S#63/6: Live Music at an Irish Pub
Today was an out-and-out awesome fail. The pub itself (King O’Malley’s in Civic, Canberra, Australia) is awesome (I even wrote about it here). CJ was awesome, smiling tolerantly as I fished ice cubes out of my Baileys and spat them into someone’s discarded Guiness (because no-one, NO-ONE, dilutes my Baileys). There were fire twirlers outside,Continue reading “S#63/6: Live Music at an Irish Pub”
#7: Look after your car (and twitter)
For today’s daily awesomeness, I got a full service for our car. That’s $400 BEFORE they find anything else wrong. So it’s a horrifying sort of awesomeness. But the constant nagging fear of, “I bet there’s something wrong with the car” is, for the moment, gone. Today’s service was particularly awesome because I lost controlContinue reading “#7: Look after your car (and twitter)”
#95: aka SECRET NUMBER FOUR
#95 is “Give away money”. Is there anything more fun (well okay, probably spending it yourself, but that’s covered in SO many other posts)? Pick an amount of money that you can live without, and give it away. You can give it to a charity, put it in a Salvos box, take a homeless personContinue reading “#95: aka SECRET NUMBER FOUR”
#56: Spread Good News
Some of you already knew (the secret’s officially out), but here’s some good news I’ve been bursting to share for quite a while now. . . my sister is pregnant! Now obviously, I’m delighted for her, her husband, and their child, whose life is pretty sweet so far. But there’s another side to my delight,Continue reading “#56: Spread Good News”
#123: Yum Cha
This is another idea from the sweetness that is http://the-creamy-middles.blogspot.com. I moved the article here, for money 🙂 Play along at home: Go to yum cha (I went to Ginseng in the Hellenic Club) but remember it’s usually a lunch thing, and not happening all the time. Alternatively, you can make your own by buyingContinue reading “#123: Yum Cha”
#124: Frolic in a Fountain
This is inspired by http://the-creamy-middles.blogspot.com. Thank you! At the beginning of the day, I was scared the cops would take me down and/or put me in the slammer/big house/bad man can for today’s dastardly deed. When I looked at the colour of the water (and saw no glimpse of the bottom) my fears changed. IContinue reading “#124: Frolic in a Fountain”
#131: Take a nap
Today my car is broken (despite having a major service under two weeks ago), and needs a new part. Today I went to the shops (because we were utterly out of bread) for a “few things” and ended up spending $100. (I looked at the receipt to figure out what happened, and realised that most ofContinue reading “#131: Take a nap”
s#63/5: Duntroon Military Band
After three seconds, I understood why parents buy violins, tubas and – yes, even drums – for their children. This was an awesomeness activity that literally had all the bells and whistles. During one piece a grey-haired man from among the nine percussionists played both a gong (one of two) and a bicycle bell. (It was laterContinue reading “s#63/5: Duntroon Military Band”
s#63/4: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Who needs hallucinogens when you have this film? This was quite a strange film. I saw it with two friends, and between the three of us we figured out MOST of the plot. Wikipedia filled in the rest (and kudos to whoever wrote that. . . presumably someone who asked the writers a whole lotContinue reading “s#63/4: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
S#63/3: The Front Cafe Gallery (and twitter)
For today’s “new thing” I visited the Front Cafe Gallery in North Lyneham (Canberra, Australia), which I’d walked past but never visited. I’d read online that a photographer named Beth Jennings was exhibiting this week (until 27 April, in fact), and I walked in with a little trepidation but an open mind. Beth Jennings isContinue reading “S#63/3: The Front Cafe Gallery (and twitter)”