That’s What Your Mum Said

Why was I not informed that the third season of ‘Californication’ is airing? WHY?

I love the bits out of this show as it has everything the partner and I want (his ultimate man crush, besides Richard Dawkins, is David Duchovny).

Too excited.

When I see things like this I realise I will never create anything this cool. Ever.

Megan over at not martha put a butt-load of effort into this meat hand and I really have to say it paid off. I want to make one but I don’t know if I have the patience. My Mum on the other hand… (bahaha, get it – HAND)!

Kelly at MagnetoBoldToo has been baking in a fashion that would make pastry chefs cry like a baby and kill for  her talent. I am so jealous of her amazing skills but I have already told her she is baking for my birthday next year. I will have the hamburger cupcakes please. Send them in the mail goddammit Kelly!

Over at Coilhouse Meredith Yayanos has written of the battle that artist John  T. Unger is currently involved in. He is being sued by a copycat artist to have his copyrights for his work overturned. This is a sad situation for an artist who produces amazing work. When I am a little bit comfortable and have some land I will be buying a firebowl and relaxing in front of it with lots of wine. Have a look at Unger’s work at Artisinal Firebowls.

One day I will do something great, and then you will all be sorry!

A cold snap has brought out a bit more domesticity in me than spring usually warrants (I should be outside riding my bike or swimming). Here is an idea of my past week (or so):

I bought cushion covers and pulled potatoes from the garden. Granted, the cushion covers are kick-ass and modern, but they are such a domestic item. Potatoes are the mumsiest vegetable I can think of. Oh, as well as brussels sprouts. Fucking brussels sprouts.

Obi decided to take a bath. In dishwater. Dishwater that was very deep and very sudsy. I think he totally misjudged how deep it was and when I found him (after becoming a little suspicious of the splash followed by silence) he was swimming, trying to keep his head above water. Damn cute and but distressing for the poor little guy. He sat in the sun for about an hour and a half with his eyes closed drying out and calming down. I was doing the dishes after making these cookies. The dough was darned delicious. I didn’t have enough white chocolate chips so added dark chocolate as well. Epic win.

I know that knitting is a winter past time and that I will undoubtedly curse the wool when the temperature is 45 degrees Celsius (it happens here people) but I can’t help it. The wool is such a lovely colour teal and the pattern not only looks awesome but is quite easy to knit. I got the information from this page.

What have you all been doing to channel/pay tribute to your Mummies?

Found at this awesome site

In approximately 5 weeks, I will be changing my hairstyle from my current burden (above) to something insanely different for me (I also included the picture cause I love the kick-assin dress). I have had enough of the terrible cycle that is dying my hair and I want my natural colour back (as a good friend called it, international mousy brown). I want to save money and not worry about stupid unimportant stuff like regrowth and killing my hair with toxins. The only way I know how to do this is cut it quite short and start again!

I have enjoyed being blonde and red and the in between colours and I might even cave and get some highlights in the future. But a full colour? Not any time soon.

I am uber excited. My poor Dad is a little concerned but he is a traditionalist and gets sulky when I dye my hair anyway, so once it grows out again he will be satisfied. The partner is also a little concerned. Being the crafty critter that I am, I decided to show him the style I will be getting in the following form.

I knew she would convince him. ThankYOU Natalie.

I wish I could tuck my head into my back and ignore the world sometimes. I guess that’s what blankets are for.

“Our goal is not simply to reduce carbon emissions.
Our true goal must be to pass on to our children, and our children’s children,
the safe climate that has nurtured us and made human civilisation possible”.

I have been a member of the Australian Greens Party for over a year now and I am extremely proud to proclaim it. Everything that they stand for aligns with my beliefs in the way that Australia, and even the world, should operate. In particular I strongly agree with their policies on education, health, sexuality and gender identity and human rights. Of course, the founding premise of the party was to protect the environment and this is why I am writing about the Greens for the Blog Action Day topic of Climate change.

This week the Greens released their answer to Kevin Rudd’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. The Safe Climate Bill sets some exciting but realistic targets for the nation and ensures that Australia would be a leader in saving the planet from the destruction caused by climate change.

Please click through and have a read. It would also be awesome if you could send a letter to a local media outlet and help to spread the word of the Greens. The planet will thank you!

The partner and I are heading to the South Island of New Zealand late November/early February for a road trip. We were planning on doing both islands however we only have two weeks and there is just too much to see in that limited time. We will go back within the next few years and do the North Island without doubt.  Being the uber-organised person that I am, we still haven’t booked flights/campervan/activities however I plan on getting it all done this week. Hey, I did book 2 nights accommodation in Christchurch so get off my back!

Basically this is a shout-out to anyone who lives in or has traveled to NZ for some information and/or hints. What should we do? Where should we go? At the moment our only must dos are glaciers, wineries, lots of tramping (walking my dears, not whoring), bungee and shotover, wineries and general sight-seeing. And wineries. So please help; all suggestions will be taken and seriously considered.

You could say that I am a fair way behind when it comes to pop culture and cinematic releases. I am only just watching ‘Weeds’ (fecking brilliant) and I rarely know the songs that my teenage nieces sing to me.

However last week I made a very small effort to catch up a little and since the partner was at work it seemed apt to watch a girly film.

That was the first mistake.

I decided on ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’ based on a handful of factors including my giant crush on Scarlett Johansson, my respect for Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Connelly and the opportunity to explore why I just don’t really like Jennifer Aniston.

That was my second mistake.

There was so much about this film to hate but the punch in the face was the insanely weak female characters. These ladies are good, strong, capable actors yet they chose to play ridiculous women who sit about wondering why the men in their lives don’t pay them attention/call them/marry them/respect them. In particular, the character Gigi as played by Ginnifer Goodwin was banal. She was clearly an intelligent and attractive young lass who had a good career and a cute little apartment, but she spent the two hours (too fecking long) of the film whining like a little bitch that no man loved her. Perhaps it was because she was a stalky McStalk-face and thought that every man who gave her a sideways glance wanted to form a steady and solid relationship.

Also, how dare a director manage to make Scarlett look plain! She is sex on a stick yet the idiot that dressed her in this film made her wear really unflattering clothing that was dowdy and boring. Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster for Woody Allen and his vision for Scarlett. Mmmmmmmmm.

GOSH! How did this film become popular? I really felt like I had wasted a large portion of my life that could have been spent feeding orphans or gardening. Being the self-flagellating idiot I am, I watched the entire thing just to see how everything was resolved. Of course, all of the idiotic, weak women found idiotic mysoginistic men. The only two characters who didn’t end up happy were the cheaters. Of course. Because the film wasn’t fracking obvious enough.

Give me Starbuck any day

This comes courtesy of the ‘Q&A‘ mashup website and made me so very happy last night. Enjoy.