Sunday, November 22, 2009
79 - enter canon photo5 competition every year (1/2)
i will run into the competition twice in these 1001 days. these are my entries for 2009 - unfortunately i was stuck for ideas on the splat category and didn't submit anything.
75 - drink 1L water a day
it has been sooo hot in recent days and our aircon was broken, awaiting a spare part that needed approval from our landlady for purchase. so i drank water whilst i sweltered. overwhelmingly greater than 1L for at least a week. i think i can tick it off now. yay?
Saturday, November 7, 2009
my review system
just to clarify:
0 i want my life back
* terrible, but i guess it was an experience...
** if life was facebook, and facebook had a DISLIKE button, i'd click that
*** good. i'm glad i read/watched/ate/[verbed] it.
**** oooohhh... that was cool. something that made an impact. or maybe it was just really funny or had hugh jackman in it.
***** all time favourite! on par with indiana jones and the last crusade or to kill a mockingbird or mum's beef stew noodles.
0 i want my life back
* terrible, but i guess it was an experience...
** if life was facebook, and facebook had a DISLIKE button, i'd click that
*** good. i'm glad i read/watched/ate/[verbed] it.
**** oooohhh... that was cool. something that made an impact. or maybe it was just really funny or had hugh jackman in it.
***** all time favourite! on par with indiana jones and the last crusade or to kill a mockingbird or mum's beef stew noodles.
45 - watch all quentin tarantino movies 5/10)
reservoir dogs
***1/2 loads of tension, gore, humour and surprises.
as of today, tarantino's directorial accomplishments include:
1987 my best friend's birthday
1992 reservoir dogs
1994 pulp fiction
1995 four rooms (only part of the film)
1997 jackie brown
2003 kill bill vol 1
2004 kill bill vol 2
2005 sin city
2007 death proof/grindhouse
2009 inglourious basterds
so i've seen pulp fiction, kill bill 1 and 2,* and sin city. and tonight, i add reservoir dogs to the list.
loved the opening scene, talking about the meanings of songs. reminds me of my own conversations (did you know whitney houston's 'saving all my love' is about adultery?! and that 'careless whispers' is so confusing i'm going to say it's nonsensical). anyway, i was thinking, 'hmm this ain't so gory. i have been misled about this tarantino fellow...' and then -CUT- to scene of mr orange writhing in his own blood in the white leather back seat of a getaway car.
i liked this film, thrilling ride, had to think but not too hard to follow. i always like it when the story is leaked (coherently) in bits and pieces.
* incidentally, here is an example of an 'oxford comma', preceding the 'and' before the last item in a list for the purpose of removing ambiguity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma
***1/2 loads of tension, gore, humour and surprises.
as of today, tarantino's directorial accomplishments include:
1987 my best friend's birthday
1992 reservoir dogs
1994 pulp fiction
1995 four rooms (only part of the film)
1997 jackie brown
2003 kill bill vol 1
2004 kill bill vol 2
2005 sin city
2007 death proof/grindhouse
2009 inglourious basterds
so i've seen pulp fiction, kill bill 1 and 2,* and sin city. and tonight, i add reservoir dogs to the list.
loved the opening scene, talking about the meanings of songs. reminds me of my own conversations (did you know whitney houston's 'saving all my love' is about adultery?! and that 'careless whispers' is so confusing i'm going to say it's nonsensical). anyway, i was thinking, 'hmm this ain't so gory. i have been misled about this tarantino fellow...' and then -CUT- to scene of mr orange writhing in his own blood in the white leather back seat of a getaway car.
i liked this film, thrilling ride, had to think but not too hard to follow. i always like it when the story is leaked (coherently) in bits and pieces.
* incidentally, here is an example of an 'oxford comma', preceding the 'and' before the last item in a list for the purpose of removing ambiguity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma
Sunday, November 1, 2009
22 - get a tripod
one of the canon photo5 briefs this year was to take a bokeh effect photo. a tripod was highly recommended. who am i to question canon? so i bought one yesterday - love it. it's quite light, it has a ball head for 360o in three dimensions and height-wise is taller than me :) nice sturdy rubbery feet too, and a little spirit level.
in the end i didn't bother taking the bokeh photo (issues with canon website plus laziness) but i played around with a few shots in our backyard. i'll post them tomorrow.
in the end i didn't bother taking the bokeh photo (issues with canon website plus laziness) but i played around with a few shots in our backyard. i'll post them tomorrow.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
18 - day spa
otherwise known as a D-A-I-Y-E spa.
went to daylesford for a weekend of pampering - late afternoon drive through scenic towns such as woodend (twinge of townal-inferiority on benalla's behalf), gorgeous holiday cottage with an outdoorsy indoors spa in which we soaked whilst watching zoolander, bric-a-brac shopping, awesome chowder, mini golf, lookout tower at wombat hill, dinner at the swanky lakehouse where i had the best cocktail ever (bombay blossom if you're interested, it's a gnt with elderflower and coriander), and finally the day spa treatment the next day.
how was it? meh. nice, but i didn't feel thaaat much better afterwards. the massage wasn't hard enough on my neck and shoulders, the jets in the spa were nice and strong but only lasted 20 mins, i realised i prefer diy facials and the scrub was good but not $280 good. conclusion - i'm glad i did it, but i don't think i'll be going again. i'll just rent a cottage with a spa and spend the rest on a good physio.
ps. i still like benalla.
went to daylesford for a weekend of pampering - late afternoon drive through scenic towns such as woodend (twinge of townal-inferiority on benalla's behalf), gorgeous holiday cottage with an outdoorsy indoors spa in which we soaked whilst watching zoolander, bric-a-brac shopping, awesome chowder, mini golf, lookout tower at wombat hill, dinner at the swanky lakehouse where i had the best cocktail ever (bombay blossom if you're interested, it's a gnt with elderflower and coriander), and finally the day spa treatment the next day.
how was it? meh. nice, but i didn't feel thaaat much better afterwards. the massage wasn't hard enough on my neck and shoulders, the jets in the spa were nice and strong but only lasted 20 mins, i realised i prefer diy facials and the scrub was good but not $280 good. conclusion - i'm glad i did it, but i don't think i'll be going again. i'll just rent a cottage with a spa and spend the rest on a good physio.
the daylesford day spa
our own spa at 'home'
ps. i still like benalla.
Friday, October 30, 2009
37 - read 20 new books (2/20)
"George's Marvellous Medicine" - Roald Dahl
** 1/2 interesting, but i don't like reading lists much so it lost half a star.
good to know i have approval to continue indulging my inner child. you may be wondering, 'why roald dahl?' well, apart from his sheer brilliance and the delightful associations with my childhood, it's because we have a discounted books catalogue at work and i recently bought the box set of 15 for around $50. i shall treasure them for ever.
i thought this book was a little rude actually :P i mean, sure grandma was an unrepentant meanie, and there was a disclaimer about how most grannies are actually sweet old ladies, but it still seemed a little harsh. oh well, i guess she brought it on herself.
** 1/2 interesting, but i don't like reading lists much so it lost half a star.
good to know i have approval to continue indulging my inner child. you may be wondering, 'why roald dahl?' well, apart from his sheer brilliance and the delightful associations with my childhood, it's because we have a discounted books catalogue at work and i recently bought the box set of 15 for around $50. i shall treasure them for ever.
i thought this book was a little rude actually :P i mean, sure grandma was an unrepentant meanie, and there was a disclaimer about how most grannies are actually sweet old ladies, but it still seemed a little harsh. oh well, i guess she brought it on herself.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
37 - read 20 new books (1/20)
'The Giraffe, The Pelly and Me' - Roald Dahl.
*** very amusing.
is it cheating if i read kids' books? i am arguing that the genius of roald dahl is for all ages, thus it is not...
anyway, i just read 'the giraffe, the pelly and me'. it's about a super-efficient magical window-cleaning company and a boy with dreams of owning the best sweets shop in the world (admirable aspirations).
i wonder how much roald dahl influenced jk rowling?
*** very amusing.
is it cheating if i read kids' books? i am arguing that the genius of roald dahl is for all ages, thus it is not...
anyway, i just read 'the giraffe, the pelly and me'. it's about a super-efficient magical window-cleaning company and a boy with dreams of owning the best sweets shop in the world (admirable aspirations).
i wonder how much roald dahl influenced jk rowling?
Friday, October 23, 2009
33 - learn US states
will you forgive me for the lengthy absence? i have been busy.
just realised that a lot of my goals actually require quite a lot of effort, though are inter-related so i can kill a couple of birds with one stone (eg run 5km lose 5kg), but very difficult because it requires consistent prolonged discipline, eg a change in lifestyle such that i drink water instead of caffeine/alcohol, and not just on days when i eat chinese takeaway or kfc where the msg/salt content impels me to do so.
anyway, something somewhat more achieveable is learning the names and location of the states of the united states... i've been testing myself with this cool online game and set myself the target of consistently getting 90% + on level 7 over several weeks before i could tick it off.
i'm pretty sure it's now in my medium- if not long-term memory now. so whoohoo!! now all i have to do is learn where major cities belong :S
just realised that a lot of my goals actually require quite a lot of effort, though are inter-related so i can kill a couple of birds with one stone (eg run 5km lose 5kg), but very difficult because it requires consistent prolonged discipline, eg a change in lifestyle such that i drink water instead of caffeine/alcohol, and not just on days when i eat chinese takeaway or kfc where the msg/salt content impels me to do so.
anyway, something somewhat more achieveable is learning the names and location of the states of the united states... i've been testing myself with this cool online game and set myself the target of consistently getting 90% + on level 7 over several weeks before i could tick it off.
i'm pretty sure it's now in my medium- if not long-term memory now. so whoohoo!! now all i have to do is learn where major cities belong :S
Thursday, September 24, 2009
23 - get an ipod
this is the story of how i was coerced into doing this 101 thing.
i'm a total apple newb, and it became shockingly apparent this year as we travel long distances in the car and as a passenger i am occasionally asked to adjust the songs, forcing me to ask questions like 'how do you go to the next song?'. so my friend convinced me that i should get an ipod. i went online and wanted mine inscribed, but couldn't think of a non-lame message from me to me, so she offered to 'buy' it for me in exchange for some other similarly valued gift, and my participation. what was the inscription?
i'm a total apple newb, and it became shockingly apparent this year as we travel long distances in the car and as a passenger i am occasionally asked to adjust the songs, forcing me to ask questions like 'how do you go to the next song?'. so my friend convinced me that i should get an ipod. i went online and wanted mine inscribed, but couldn't think of a non-lame message from me to me, so she offered to 'buy' it for me in exchange for some other similarly valued gift, and my participation. what was the inscription?
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