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All Praise The African Queen... wait... what?
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“Colonial”-Themed Wedding Included Authentic All-Black Servant Staff
A tipster urged us to take a look at the wedding photos of Dave & Chantal, who got married in April 2010. The theme of the event? Colonial Africa. Wait, what?
The bride interpreted the “Out Of Africa” aesthetic with vintage accessories:
Antique travel chests, clocks,...
Swings and Roundabouts.
Well, I’m over the rants. I’m over the urgency of this whole time-pressure explosive invention called a wedding. I’ve ticked a few boxes this week, and dealt with a few pressures, so am feeling much better.
I emailed my mum to stop her harassing me about random non-urgent things like oh, the seating order for the old people in the ten seats we’re allowed at our ceremony...
July 2011
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ONE DAY, I WILL DRIVE A FERRARI DOWN THIS. THAT IS...
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Stelvio Pass, as seen over at Endless Pedal.
June 2011
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May 2011
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Today, in the realm of psycho puppy.
Today, I have been herded to within an inch of my sanity. Having a part border collie, part blue heeler, part labrador puppy is no joke. Do not expect to be able to watch TV in peace, do not expect to be able to walk your suburb without drama, do not expect to have skin on your heels or your hands.
The small furry madam decided that this morning would be a psycho, spaz, overly energetic,...
April 2011
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Scary, grownup things.
I met my friend, Aurelia for a late lunch today, crammed in amongst the million other things I had to do - my family is leaving for Noosa tomorrow, where my mum is showcasing her business at a conference, so between placating my stressed father, packing the caravan, finishing the website and putting together Ikea furniture, I somehow made it out to eat.
Aurelia and I go way back, about ten years,...
March 2011
4 posts
Birthday wish list.
I’m not a big fan of birthdays. I feel like I’m still nineteen, and intend to stay that way for a while. Nineteen was a good year - post highschool, old enough to party, young enough to party, old enough to start to understand why older people know better.
Every year, people ask me what I want for my birthday. Now that I’m living on the other side of the world, all I want is a...
Day 6 (part 1): Write Thirty Interesting Facts...
1: I’m back doing the tumblr challenge, after a month’s hiatus. I found the last post (Day 5: A Time When You Thought About Ending Your Own Life) so difficult and depressing that I found it hard to motivate myself to keep going with the challenge. And to have to write a list of thirty things the day after that? Way to go, Tumblr, thanks for that.
2: I am an eccentric. I don’t...
Welcome home.
So, I made it back to Australia. As some of you may know, I’m home to have the pin out of my arm that was inserted as a result of a bicycle-assisted argument with gravity. I now know that, as much as I love living in Texas, I am and always will be truly Australian. On the train on the way home, the bogans were out in force, the roadworks were progressing with an agonisingly slow pace, and...
February 2011
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Puppy Proofing Fail.
Witness the power of The Face Of Innocense.
Today, instead of leaving our puppy Maeby in her crate for six hours, we decided to be responsible parents and give her the run of two tiled, fairly sparse rooms. We thought that with very little she could destroy, food, water, two bones, a ball and two chew toys, that she would be sufficiently amused. We were wrong.
I came home to this:
Yes,...
Project Drexel Chair
So about eight months ago, I discovered at a thrift store in East Austin, a set of four Drexel Heritage Chairs in rather bad shape. Some had cracked wood, they’d obviously been in the smoking section of a hotel, and they’d been broken several times and badly patched up. I brought home the best of a bad bunch, for the princely sum of $1.50.
I loved the curved, carved legs with their...
Poor, doomed ranga child is a doomy doomed doom... →
Baby born with a full head of Elvis-style ginger hair
Rachel's Expression Of Love - Oven Baked Brisket
Today being Valentine’s day, I am being an especially nice girlfriend by making my lover the thing he loves best - brisket. In lieu of a smoker, I’m preparing to oven bake a large chunk of delicious meat. I’m going to post my recipe as it evolves, as created from a conglomeration of online recipes.
At 11am, Valentine’s Day, prepare your weapons of attack:
One very big...
Craigslist Randomness Of The Day
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1oz skunk...
I feel like chicken tonight...
I’m not the best cook in the world. In fact, until recently, I’ve always found it rather difficult. I also have a bad habit of taking things to heart when they go wrong - this combined with a fundamental lack of patience makes me a poor choice in the culinary domain.
Last night’s chicken mole tortillas with black beans, tomato and zucchini were a roaring success. That is, once...
January 2011
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Day 5: A Time You Thought About Ending Your Own...
As someone who has clinical depression, before it was treated, I admit I had considered suicide. But the thought of people having to clean up after me - and really, death is a very messy thing - made me reconsider. It was more that I was desperate to disappear and stop messing things up for everyone else than a desire to actually die.
Its a funny thing, depression. Desire diminishes to a point...
Things That Have Ceased Working As Intended As It...
This is my first US winter, and as such, it is highly evident I need to man the flipping heck up. It was FREEZING today. Yes, literally, ZERO DEGREES CELSIUS. So it has become apparent I am not so great at dealing with these kinds of temperatures. I have compiled a list of small but irritating items which are not helping with this issue.
1 - Chuck Taylors. These are not suitable winter shoes. I...
