In each glamourous life, a little laundry must be done. So that’s why I’m sitting in a hot little laundromat called Lavapiumone in Bologna on a Monday night.
From the pictures it looked pretty nice. Clearly it was a promo shot. I was really supposed to go to LaveLave but somehow missed it altogether. It had seats. Continue reading
I think I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow I’ve been praying’ for
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.
Johnny Nash – I can see Clearly Now
Good Morning. Let the stress begin…
My first inclination is to describe 2015 as an “annus horibilis”.
Certainly there were enough bad things going on to warrant it. Continue reading
“Am I the only sane person here?!!? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!”
Mugatu, Zoolander
I’ve been riding the transit system on the damp coast for about 2 decades (yikes!) now and I’ve come to realise that most people really are like lemmings – where one goes, others follow. And it doesn’t matter how foolhardy the act is, people will follow, not once stopping to think that perhaps they shouldn’t. Continue reading
Dreams Road Sign
You ask me what’s my pleasure,
A movie or a measure.
I’ll have a cup of tea
And tell you of my dreamin’
Dreamin’ is free.
Blondie (Dreamin’)
When I think of all the dreams I’ve had over the years, I wonder why some came true, some didn’t and some didn’t quite turn out the way I wanted. Continue reading
He did things that only Superman could do
Things that sis and I could not believe were true.
Harry Connick Jr., He is They Are
My dad has always been my superman. There wasn’t anything that he couldn’t do. He could fix anything and build something out of any kinda material. He rebuilt our entire house!
He could climb mountains and swim oceans. He was the coolest dad on the block because he raced motorcycles.
So cool, in fact, it saved me from being stuffed into a locker in grade 8. Turns out the grade 12s had heard of my dad and thought I was cool because of it. Whew! Continue reading
Making New Year resolutions is a bit of a double edged sword. On the one hand it can be the spark that you need to go out and achieve some goals to better your life. On the other hand it can create guilt and feelings of failure when you look back at the year past and realise you’ve not ticked off one thing on your list.
So, how to create resolutions that inspire and not depress you? You can’t make them too airy fairy, like “I want to be a better person” because there’s nothing to achieve. How do you measure “better”? Continue reading
So after the big 51, I decided to get outta dodge.
But where to go? The possibilities were endless but, alas, the funds were not. So it had to be quick and cheap. There was a trip to Palm Springs for $700 for 5 days but I didn’t really fancy frying in the desert by myself for 5 days.
In the end, it was an overnighter to La Conner, WA. Why? I’d never been there and it seemed like a nice quiet place to chill out. Continue reading
The 50 – 50 list was languishing a bit so I decided, with some prodding from Agent B, to get on with it. So, here is the latest items I’ve managed to cross off the list.
