are we there yet?

Ok so I know I really need to blog before I go but suddenly there are so many things to tell or at least cool links to share, that the task gets increasingly daunting as the days go by and the easiest way to procrastinate is to, well, simply not do it at all.

But there are some big goings-on in the life of A:

1 My parents are moving to Australia

2 I'm going to Egypt for a week on Saturday to do some diving. WHOOPEE!!!!

I've also got tendinitis where my biceps tendon attaches to my shoulder but that's not so much big news as my being a cripple. I haven't climbed in a week and with another week off for diving it should come right.

Ooh and also- my sister met Giovanni Ribisi. I got a text from her saying that she was talking to him in a bar in Wellington and that's all I know. I'm SO jealous. I hope he was interesting to talk to.

Fluffy Stuff
This is a link to a crazy animated gif.


I came across some paintings which I really like. And I mean really REALLY like. I think they look awesome and I might almost be tempted to get one but 1-cost 2-it'd have to be shipped from the states 3-I think I'd like to see my art in person before buying it. Still, I think they're amazing. I think finding one to fit a room might be a bit of a mission because they're quite intense but I am totally and utterly in love with the style at the very least. I love the bold shapes of the strokes, the ways the colours mix and yet sit as blocks and the way it all feels so chunky and textured and alive.
Read more about how the artist does them here.


This little guy is so cute!

disturbing meat art
And yet somehow cool.

I've found a new cooking blog
And how could I not love it, given that it's called Yumsugar.


It even had a sister site called Geeksugar. That is like so totally me.

And this is another cool cooking blog I found. Lovely pictures. Although this recipe on Baking for Britain is on my hitlist. It looks AMAZING. All that fruit, yumyumyummy.

Right- for now I think that's gonna have to be it. I'll try to post as soon as I'm back from Egypt.

inferiority complex

Two of my friends are all off having adventures. Like big fuck-off huge amazing adventure-of-a-lifetime adventures. Of course I'm jealous. Of course I sit in front of my computer reading their blog feeling like I'm wasting my life and not living it at all when they are building memories of a lifetime. So of course I'm going to use this forum to complain about it.

They are traveling from the UK through to Thailand and doing the whole thing by train over 3 months. This is mainly because Lauren has issue with flying but it's an awesome way to do a trip and see a lot of countryside.

One of my favourite segments so far has been from the entry on Mongolia. Lauren has an acerbic and cry wit and the best of times and I like that when she gets going, I can hear her telling the story and see her facial expressions as I read it. Sue is a blonde which on the Asian continent would seem to be quite the novelty. Here is my fav snippet so far:

Next morning after breakfast we had all signed up for a horse ride. They kitted us out in helmets and chaps, gave us saddles and then we watched them corral the horses and put the saddles on - there was a LOT of nervous laughter at this stage. We all hopped onto a horse and were away - at this stage we noticed Sue had her own person Mongolian Herdsman who had a firm hand on the reigns of Sue's horse. I only started to worry when I noticed them riding away into the sunrise. I am not sure what happened for the time Sue was away from the main group but when they returned the herdsman refused to let go of Sue... and her horse....
At one stage we heard singing (a traditional Mongolian courting ritual) and when Nick went up to see if Sue was ok (I was too busy trying to get my horse to go slower) he got the "leave my woman alone" stare from the herdsman. Sue denies the romance but the whole group could feel the magic in the air.

After the horse ride and lunch we headed out to see the Nomad family in action (Sue paying particular attention, so that if her Mongolian romance worked out she would know her place as 3rd wife).

You can read their blog at Where in the world is Sue? but I must warn you, I'm not fussed with the setup by the people hosting it. I find it annoying to get only segments of entries as tasters and when you click through to read an entry, you're left stranded with only the back arrow on your browser to get you back to the main entry list. DUMB. And annoying.

I do have other things to blog about but for now work calls.