It’s one week into the New Year and I’m feeling damn inspired; the most since my autumn crack-up, maybe even the most I’ve felt in any New Year. Thankfully, this time the inspiration has been chummed up with a rather healthy bellyful of willpower. Something I’m normally frustratingly unfamiliar with – I’m typically an enthusiastic starter of things, but rarely make the first bend, let alone finish. Not sure why, but who cares – this year willpower is upon me and I must say I’m rather enjoying the company.
Miscellany
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Nov 07
Nov 07
Confessions of a night school drop out
Having moved to a new town, and with time on my hands, I felt the time was ripe to enrol myself in a night school class. I confess to fancying myself as a linguist, though I really shouldn’t as my conversation skills in reality only extend to please and hello in about 5 or 6 languages, a paltry collection of Japanese phrases and just enough Italian to get by and crack the odd joke.
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Mar 07
Mar 07
Changes at FlatWhite.net
Hello! We’ve added a couple of new sections to the site today that we hope you find interesting. The first is called Guest Baristas. We’ve had a few people ask if they can contribute to the site now and then, and this is a place for just that. If you’ve got something you’d like to [...]
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Mar 07
Mar 07
New best thing
The title of ‘best thing’ can be an ephemeral one. I can recall bestowing this title upon such random (and frankly useless) objects such as a fab faux 70s plastic beaded curtain that I bought from iko iko on k rd about 10 years ago (looked great with my orange op-shop curtains), and a netball-sized mirror ball purchased from the Thursday markets at Auckland University (anyone remember those awful Hannibal Lecter tees with the ‘tastes like chicken’ slogan?).
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Feb 07
Feb 07
On Yer Bike
Last year cycle imports to New Zealand outstripped car imports. To do my bit for the statistics I went out and purchased a bike. This was something of a step since my last bike was a 1950s BSA that I bought off a guy from Raglan when I was at Uni. Arriving home with my shiny new Marin commuter bike I felt a sense of excitement. Not only would I be doing something for the environment, but I may actually lose the Christmas cheer I have been carrying around with me for the past month or so.