june 29, 2004
bearhug
I'm keeping a fairly low profile at the moment because apart from work I've been spending a lot of time at home hibernating and reading books. While maybe not distressing, the thought of sitting in front of my computer when I get home (after 9 hours of staring at a monitor) is too much to bear.
Many of my non-working hours seem to be spent in the vicinity of the Central Market, either buying fresh produce or eating at anyone of the amazing Chinese restaurants on Gouger and Grote Streets. Considering that I intend to move to the city, I'll be surprised if I ever eat at home knowing that the Hong Fat BBQ Restaurant or Ky Chow is open.
If you haven't eaten at any of those restaurants and you live in Adelaide you really are missing out on some of the best food ever. (I have a sudden urge to buy Salt and Pepper Eggplant from East Taste to consume as a journey-home snack, but I'll make do with a banana).
If the weather was warmer I'd be making the time for regular yoga practice at home, but I have finally been to a couple of yoga classes and I'm appreciating the discipline of holding a pose for longer than I'd prefer. The best thing is relaxing at the end of what feels like minutes, but is really seconds of discomfort.
There's a lot of things I'd be doing if the weather were warmer such as walks, gardening, fixing up an old table, photography. But as I said I'm hibernating...
...Must go home to eat, read and sleep...
pipstar @ 08:05 PM | link | Comments: *****
june 22, 2004
pink and green
Forgive me, but I almost fell off my exercise ball / computer chair with embarrassment.
This could have led to an unfortunate near-death incident like the other week when Beni lost his balance and smashed into the glass partition wall which promptly cracked in half. By coincidence (I think not), I was asked if the hacky sessions (played near a similarly constructed wall) could be moved outside of the office a mere two hours later.
Of course we now actually receive the benefits of rather chilly fresh air and the occasional ray of sunshine whilst playing hacky. Unfortunately the bets on who broke the glass wall first are now off.
But back to why I almost fell off the ball... I just realised that things magazine linked to me. And while I was awfully chuffed I was also (as I mentioned earlier) embarrassed. Because being linked from a blog held in high regard when you have no fresh updates is a bit like taking a lovely gentleman home and realising that you're wearing your daggy knickers.
So I've updated.
Coincidentally Fiona and I skived off for a slightly longer lunch break today, during which I happened to buy new knickers and a couple of tops. Which reminds me that I should really share a picture of my swish new coat a la the great clothing decision 2004.
Maybe I'll get around to painting it and scanning it in tonight.
pipstar @ 04:38 PM | link | Comments: ***
june 17, 2004
pebble
I've been reading the Things Magazine weblog for quite a while now, but I've never properly delved into the archives of the Magazine.
Two articles which have captured my attention are Pocket Sized Pleasures (about beach pebbles) by Christopher Stocks, and Adieu Paris by Markus Nummi.
Which reminds me; I've got a number of beautiful bits of shell which I collected at Korora Beach in Coffs Harbour. Rather than collecting an indiscriminately large amount of individually beautiful shells or pebbles, I decided that it could be more fun to choose the items based on specific parameters. That day I chose smooth white pieces of shell which had worn down ridges (the valleys of the ridges were coloured a red-orange).
I should really display them somehow.
pipstar @ 05:03 PM | link | Comments: **
june 15, 2004
ikea!
If I was depressed (which I'm not, the last post was a blah sunday morning reaction) I would have recovered with the news that IKEA is opening a store in Adelaide.
I'll have to wait until 2006 and by then I may not even be living in Adelaide anymore. But it's good to know that I won't have to travel half way across the country to buy designer goods at prices for the people.
pipstar @ 11:41 AM | link | Comments: *
june 06, 2004
here i dreamt i was an architect
For so long I've thought about doing other stuff, that I should have started studying architecture when I left high school or that maybe I'd be better off had I gone into some responsible, allied health field such as physiotherapy or something. But right now I am so incredibly happy with what I get to do that I wouldn't want to be doing anything else at this point in my life.
It's possibly a little pathetic, and maybe a little presumptuous only two weeks in, but I am so happy about my new job. I find that proper programming (as opposed to scripting) is enjoyable, and I've already learnt an incredible amount, the people I'm working with are fantastic and we play hacky every day!
(and there you were thinking that we only play computer games)
Apart from eating and sleeping, there's not much for me to do at home. And it's very cold. Even with the heater on, reading or sewing or using the computer means that my hands become numbed, and I got so used to living with the lovely Shae in Coffs Harbour that it feels incredibly lonely in this house.
I'd hoped for a lot of stuff coming back to Adelaide, that my Excellent Grown Up Job would start and at the same time That Ultimate Person would rock up and say "By the way, that Perfect House over there? We get to live in it! Let's go make babies!".
Well you know what? The Trifecta♥ of life stuff? It is bullshit, and at the same time so very important to me right now.
I am so very ready to have comfortable silences, to steal the food of someone's plate, to debate the merits of lounge-room layouts and video rentals. I am locking eyes across a see of yum cha attendees at a young man near the door, a stranger with an amazing face and as he leaves I am considering running out onto Gouger St and finding him so that I can thank him for making my day with his smile. I am flirting like there's no tomorrow, and confusing people who'd be better off remaining my friend because that thing which is so often called a spark just isn't there.
I am tired.
My House is cold and lonely. My Nesting instinct is strong, but I don't want to make a mistake with my heart or anyone else's. Luckily I am doing work that I love. I can't wait for Monday.
♥ The Trifecta - house, boyfriend and job - first came to my notice in the first couple of episodes of The Secret Life of Us. Kelly made it seem so simple, but you know what people? It isn't, and quite frankly there has to be more to life. Today I seem to have forgotten what that other stuff is.
pipstar @ 01:43 PM | link | Comments: **********
june 04, 2004
photo friday: landscape
nemrut dagi, turkey
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