Author: Cate
Finding those everyday sparks - the ones that make life funnier, scarier, happier, nicer, weirder...
Here’s looking at you, Syd
Today is just one of those amazing days when you look around the harbour city and think, where else would you want to be? After weeks – months – of unseasonal weather (cooler, wetter and much sadder than summer should be), today is just perfect. Strong blue skies (not that wishy washy blue of nanna’s cardi, but the deep blue of – say – Jake Gyllenhall’s dreamy peepers) and warm sunshine, like Mother Nature is saying TGIF. Weather like this makes everyone happier – as I waited for a mid-afternoon ferry, a group of Korean women in their 70s started line dancing at the wharf, sort of like a bizarro elderly Asian Billy Ray Cyrus flash mob. Unfortunately, I was in shock at this unexpected sight and wasn’t quick enough to catch them with my camera (or my stick). Crazy politicians, public transport iss-ews and world beating housing costs aside, so lucky to live in such a beautiful town. Especially on a $10 postcard-pic day like today.
Barking mad
It’s probably a bit of a worry that this obscure video popped into my head today, over one year after the story first appeared on tv. Maybe it was because I had to sit through a meeting with an idiot for more than an hour this afternoon and I only wish I could have interrupted his ramblings with something like this. Sure, not entirely professional – but it’d be memorable and would definitely have stopped him talking. Inspiring stuff – there should be more of it, I say!
Life-changing necklaces
So we all heard about how Angelina used to wear that vial of Billy Bob’s blood around her neck – soooo romantic. But if you don’t have a significant other / blood donor, what can you wear instead of silver or gold to make yourself stand out from the crowd? Sure, some hep cats try leather or studded dog collars or even new-age fooey crystals. But today I’ve found something even better – plants. Yep, you can turn your neck into a little nursery with these amazing ‘wearable planters’ by Colleen Jordan (thanks Fab.com). Presumably, it’ll help if you’re a sad sort of person, prone to outbursts of tears to keep your little plant watered. I’m easily inspired, so the HBS (hair brained scheme) that I draw from this is the limitless potential for funk-tional neckwear… If I could work out a way to make a small oven that looks fashionable and warms, rather than burns, the wearer – hello, on-the-go baking of teeny tiny cookies! Or a small freezer that doesn’t turn the wearer into an eskimo (sorry, I think there’s a new politically correct term for the people we knew as eskimoes, but I don’t recall what it is) – hello, portable teeny tiny ice blocks for summertime fun! Or, pending RSPCA approval, what about a portable kennel for your teeny tiny designer colloodle or labhuahua – hello, overpriced & peculiar looking precious pet on the move! That’s it, I’m heading for my craft box – this idea is a good ‘un…
Mug shot
When I first saw these mugs in the kitchen cupboard at my new workplace, I couldn’t quite believe it. Who knew that mugs with handles like that even existed? And why? For blinged-up rappers, maybe. Or high flying investment bankers. The part of my brain dedicated to hair brained schemes (HBS) started whizzing…Paint them gold, add some bedazzled jewels and there you have the perfect mug for any company CEO. Or Kardashian. Like, totally.
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