Fighting Tiger

I’m not sure if you’ve ever noticed this mental phenomena or if it even has a name, but hopefully I’ll describe it in a way that makes sense.

You might regularly pass along a street and so the facades of buildings…

On the windowsill of my room in Merihaka I have a temporary garden of lettuce, parsley and thyme in jars, mugs and reused plastic containers struggling to survive out of their traditional hydroponic environments.

At times I miss Adelaide horribly. I…

Yesterday I was the angriest and crankiest I’ve been in recent memory.

Seriously, it’s fortunate that I live alone otherwise I’d probably be up for manslaughter charges as a result of me destroying anyone who crossed my path earlier in the…

Even though I’m fairly close to the North Pole and Santa’s alleged hangout, I just don’t feel very Christmas-like at the moment. I’ve made cards and bought presents, but it didn’t help. I’ve made the best cookies in the world,…

Time is flying, so surely that means I’ve been having fun?

What started as a survival technique 6 months ago (stop somewhere, recover, think, get a job for the summer) is now just everyday life.

I have: furniture; books; clothes; things I…

Lately a lot of my new music has been discovered via Library 10, mp3 blogs and mix CDs received from near and far. I’ve also started a regular regime of listening to the 13.3GB of undiscovered songs lurking in my…

I’ve realised that I have so many ideas and that I lack the motivation and faith in my abilities to invest the required time, money, effort and patience to bring any of them to reality. I’m afraid that by focusing…

1. to run a vego friendly teahouse with my friend Pete who’s moving back to Melbourne from Japan in December. I know what I would call the place, I know what I want it to look like, I know what food…

• Clipper Organic Indian Chai (my regular tea, drunk with organic milk / soy milk and honey)
• Some type of liquorice based herbal chai tea from Yogi Tea
• Nettle leaves from Ninnu (picked before Midsummer ‘05 leaving tingles on one’s hands). High in Iron.
• Red cardboard…

Mum sent me an email after my last post which contained the rather telling line:

Is it possible that some of your indecisiveness is due to depression?

Which led me to reflect on my lack of exercise, the desire to curl…