Back to (back) bibs.

Reversible unisex bibs made for some friends having as yet gender-unknown babies. I actually bought the fabric new, which goes against the way I want to produce these, but I was in a hurry to make them and not having anything suitable in my stash I had no choice.

I've since scored some cool pieces of fabric from a local charity op-shop, one where you can still come away with a bag of stuff and only $3 poorer...a rarity in these days of op-shops knowing their hip value!

The definition of tragic and pointless:

A fat guy in a fluoro vest wandering morosely up and down in front of a 24-hr McDonald's shifting lawn clippings and leaves about with a leaf blower...ON A VERY WINDY DAY!

And what's more, some idiot pays for this service!

Tagged!

I got tagged to answer (answer? fill out? how does one respond to a meme? what is a "meme" exactly?) by this lady.

So here are my responses...

What was I doing 10 years ago?
Oh god. Erm...
Possibly moving from a share-house in Northcote to another in Clifton Hill; halfway through my BA in Linguistics; smoking a lot of dope but planning to quit; going to raves and indulging in other substances; wearing lots of glitter, bindis and fluoro accessories (dear God!); making a set of costumes for my ex-sister-in-law's dance production; pining over my socially-awkward archaelogist housemate, and generally thinking I was pretty clever and street-wise! (Which clearly I so wasn't!)

Five snacks I enjoy in a perfect, non weight-gaining world:
1. hot jam donuts
2. white christmas
3. lashings of gorgonzola (more of a non-tight-budget world)
4. pork crackling
5. King Island Belgian Chocolate cream dessert (Dad bought me some after Jethro was born...mmmm!)

Five snacks I enjoy in the real world:
1. seasonal fruit
2. toast with avocado and black pepper
3. sushi rolls
4. turkish bread, dukka and olive oil
5. jerky

Five things I would do if I were a billionaire:
1. build our house and fit it with the best of everything we want (yoga studio, totally self-sufficient, orchard and gardens, lap pool...)
2. buy a really cool car and get it greened up so I could drive it guilt-free
3. buy a few homes around the world, including one in Rio, so I could be near my brother
4. do something philanthropic, like set up community wind-farms or solar-power a school or something
5. um...I dunno, it's been so long since I fantasised about having squillions of dollars. I just want enough dollars to get by without stressing. So, maybe another atruistic thing. Definitely something towards a more sustainable environment.

Five jobs that I have had:
1. chamber-maid (for one lousy, tedious, stressful day!)
2. child-care worker
3. dish-pig
4. life model
5. graphic artist

Three of my habits:
1. finishing other people's sentences (often wrongly!)
2. looking for errant curly hairs on my scalp and plucking them out (like a simian looking for lice - one of my least attractive traits!)
3. making to-do lists

Five places I have lived:
1. a dome in Hobart
2. North Fitzroy with her
3. Northcote
4. Clifton Hill
5. Preston
....basically, within pages 29-30 of the Melways!

I'm s'posed to tag five others to do this, but I can't really think of five other bloggers, so I might just let it end here.

I expect I'll get 7 years bad luck or something.

More white noise in the blogosphere.

I have created yet another blog.
Why?
Because I'm anal, and I like to keep things organised nicely. This blog is for fads and general life rambles and activities, Stella is for Stella pictures, Buttons is for badges and the new one is for my list of things good about Tasmania. This new venture is my self-prescribed therapy for dealing with increasing feelings of angst and panic at moving house/ moving state/moving back(wards?) / moving to an island.


The idea is to catalogue all the great cafes, shops, venues, natural wonders and gold in them there hills that I come across once I move to Hobart, as a reminder to myself that whilst it may not be Melbourne (which is a good thing, really!) it does have plenty to satisfy needs for good food, cultural diversity (I'm not sure about this one, but I'm hoping!) and entertainment.

I secretly hope that it might even become a bit of a hipsters guide to Tassie! (Which would mean more secret hoping that I am actually a bit hip myself!)