Category Archives: Daily Awesomeness

#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”

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”

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”

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”

So once again I didn’t achieve the planned awesomeness due to illness (it should get better from here on in, though, and I WILL finish a full seven New Things these holidays). Instead I dragged myself to a nearby fish and chip shop and ate sweeeeeeet delicious lard. Mmmmmm. Play along at home: Eat something you shouldn’t*.Continue reading “#129: Fish and Chips”

Observant readers may notice that “cheese party” and “self-defence class” are not the same thing. I was sick today, so I’m using awesomeness I prepared earlier. Specifically, last Saturday. Many of the awesome items on my various lists are the kind of thing that people think of like so: “Hey, wouldn’t it be cool ifContinue reading “#128: Cheese Party”

Two confessions: First, I did this last Saturday, not technically today. Second, my original plan was much more elaborate, but I realised it was cruel to animals, so I didn’t do it (I was going to sneak my fish into a friend’s house and put them in his drinking glasses – inside the cupboard). SoContinue reading “#110: Play an elaborate prank (aka Secret Number Two)”

I have a friend who is six years younger than me. When she turned sixteen (four years ago) I went to her party, and played DDR (“Dance Dance Revolution”) for the first time. This is what the game looks like (the screen shows moving arrow combinations, and you step on the corresponding foot arrows inContinue reading “#127: Unusual exercise”

There’s something about singing. It lifts hearts, it alters moods, and it connects worshippers to the god of their choosing. My father has recently joined the Canberra Choral Society, a large and professional group that has been running for over half a century. They performed live and free on Easter Sunday, featuring Karen Fitz-Gibbon (aContinue reading “#126: See a live choir”

The best part of being able to drive is that when you drive, no-one can hear you sing. I took advantage of that fact on my half-hour drive home from work today. Singing does some kind of chemical thing, and almost always makes me feel better – and it’s a much easier high than aContinue reading “#36: Sing”