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How was your weekend?
I’ve never really liked vacations and I think I’ve mentioned this a couple of times. As an adult, did you realise that there are only two kinds of vacations you take- the first one being the leave days you need to get rid of and the second being the kind that happens when you’re actually… Continue reading
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It’s annoying because it’s happening in real life and no one is doing anything about it
The government/military villain who is responsible for the whole fiasco- a monster running amok, an alien gone rogue, a star witness on the run– and is now stopping at nothing to hide the deed and eliminate those who are out to expose the truth. Well guess what? There are actual real life governments who are… Continue reading
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We were rooting for you!
Susan Orlean called her a jerk. Joyce Carol Oates (lady, why are you still using X???) called her out for showing “haughty superiority” and using the “crude language of MAGA folks”. And I think they’re both right. What is wrong with her?? All that education doesn’t really make you empathic does it? While the world… Continue reading
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Do we still enjoy using apps?
Or are they just a necessity (like banking apps, Uber), a way to pass the time while in the toilet or waiting for the bus? Here’s my FIVE:1. Spotify2. Candy Crush (my go-to app while in the can or at the bus stop)3. NY Times/ NY Times Games4. Snapchat5. Claude (not a push-over like ChatGPT) Continue reading
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Spring!
I started some form of spring cleaning yesterday and all I accomplished was digging out these pair of I Love Ugly pants that I purposely bought for one occasion and have never worn since. The occasion was my New Zealand citizenship ceremony where the advisory was ‘wear something from your culture’. Didn’t have a traditional… Continue reading
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Rain. Art. Lots & lots of books.
When did we become such fair-weather weekenders? The forecast for Saturday was 30 mls of rain, but the last thing you wanted really was staying at home fretting about not being able to put the laundry on the line, or taking a look at your socials and seeing a couple more grim videos of the… Continue reading
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Creativity takes courage- Henri Matisse
Sometimes I wonder if ‘picking up a hobby’ is truly ever random, or incidental. I think the passion (and the latent talent?) has been there all along, waiting for the right moment. L and I were actually talking about this today and about where we’re at with our art. She’s miles ahead and has developed… Continue reading
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Took me 3 business days to get to the office
My dad never drove and we never really got to know from him directly as to why. He had a driver until the day he died. Hitching a ride with him probably gave me five-year’s worth of second-hand smoke (his driver also smoked), but that aside, I LOVE being driven. It’s the dream isn’t it… Continue reading
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Teddy and the MET
The book was The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. It had the virality of Dubai Chocolate. The NYTimes loved it. It was on everyone’s list. It won the Pulitzer. But I couldn’t even get past Chapter 1. There is something about Theodore Decker’s tone that bugged the hell out of me, and I just couldn’t get… Continue reading
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