tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20081841389196809982024-03-13T19:45:13.053+11:00deconstructed attentionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-30200726586819497532013-04-29T10:01:00.003+10:002013-04-29T10:01:17.949+10:00Quick QuestionAre there any <i>purely</i> secular events?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-565135762823919782013-02-21T03:51:00.003+11:002013-02-21T03:52:18.618+11:00<div><p>So I have like an hour to kill waiting at this freezing train station because I'm a silly head and misunderstood the time table.. I think it must be about 6 degrees, so different to yesterday! Today I'm trying to get to Arlington and would you believe that the town/suburb has no public transport at all? It's so strange for me, I'm so used to just being able to jump on a bus or a train to get somewhere.. Arlington says you can drive or catch a cab.  I'll just get as close as I can then get a can I guess. </p>
<p>Yesterday I went to the mall and got a Sim for my phone, I've been texting Aidan which is pretty cool, sounds like things are a lot colder up in buffalo! </p>
<p>I found these amazing products for sale in the inflight shopping magazine on the airplane.. I am writing thus on my phone so I'm not sure where it will attach the pictures.. Anyway, fingers are freezing, time to finish this and put my hands in my pocket.</p>
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Who cares, I will have to find a REALLY awesome book to read. Any suggestions?<br />
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Anyway SO in about a weeks time I will be flying to Texas for three weeks of delicious fun and not getting lost/murdered. It's been a busy lead up. I spent three weeks working in Canowindra with the Watermelon harvest to save money which was a fun challenge. One of my arms at least feels quite gunny and strong now. One armed pushups? It was really neat being there, meeting some new people, getting to know better people I'd met previously, swimming in the river, drinking lots of tea, eating lots of melon.. I had a gig at Taste Canowindra on the 27th which was a lot of fun! I love playing there - especially since I score a free lunch for doing so!<br />
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I introduced myself to Charles Williams (the Inkling and peer of C.S Lewis, not the bad-crime-fiction writer) while I was there. I started with 'Descent into Hell' which follows the lives of a few different characters connected to the production of a play. Its hard to explain but it's kind of about their interactions with and responses to fear and oblivion and deception and grace.. Heh anyway, one of the more impacting quotes that I'm just going to throw out there without explaining the context is:<br />
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But please don't read 'Gomorrah' and think this quote is supposed to be some comment on homosexuality. Because it's not. When I was looking for the quote on the internet I found it on some guys blog who was using it like it was and it made me cranky.<br />
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ANYWAY it was a pretty interesting book, if a bit didactic at times. I was confused sometimes about what was actually happening in the narrative because he weaves together different levels of reality and experience into this big colourful picture that is quite easy to get lost in - but I wonder if that's his intention. I also enjoyed the way Williams portrays the horrific in a way that throws true goodness into sharp relief. Maybe I'm just a wuss, but I've never much enjoyed horror for the sake of horror.<br />
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So yeah, worth a read I say. I've just finished 'War in Heaven' which was much more straight forward than 'Descent into Hell.'<br />
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Since I got home I have been moving house - I now live with Dad and Jo and Rachel and Kaitlyn! W00! And working on some stuff for Yak the student magazine and seeing Samara and Jethro who visited for a week and practicing music for a friends wedding reception and hanging out with Gilbert a bunch. He has made so many great improvements on his boardgame in the last few months. It's actually really exciting to watch this thing taking shape and just getting better and better.<br />
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At the moment also I am trying to decide what to do for a self-directed project this semester. I'd love to do an animation, or stuff for the boardgame, or typeset a small book, or.. a billion other things..<br /><br />But writing this just reminded me of something I forgot to go do so I'm going to leave this unfinished and go and do it. <br /><br />-Han<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-24615584632911822332012-12-30T10:19:00.001+11:002012-12-30T10:19:13.159+11:003D Animation AssignmentI intended to post this aaggeess ago but never got around to it. This is an animation assignment I did this year using Cinema4D. I've never done any 3D stuff before and had to learn Cinema4D as I went. Dang thing nearly made my head explode but it was still a lot of fun.
We had to create a 30 second animation of a Rube Goldberg machine - a chain reaction type machine. It had to include an object from a kids bedroom, a kitchen and a garage/shed.
The music is Cats on Mars from the Cowboy Beebop sound track. I think I used the song another time on some other video of trumpet running around in her little rat ball..
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I've just never really noticed that line before, at first it strikes me as quite a peaceful description of Marys experience, but I do wonder what she thought of. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-46408237475454227482012-08-10T23:59:00.000+10:002012-08-10T23:59:37.492+10:00baseballIt's been forever since I did any sort of substantial blog post.. I still haven't put up those Iceland photos.. Or had a photo night.. I should really do that soon.<br />
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But ANYWAY.. So one of my last days in the U.S.A happened to be the 4th of July.<br />
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I really wanted to do some of the stuff TV tells me is super American to do.. So I went to a Minor League Baseball game! I did the Hotdog and a Beer thing, I yelled 'CHARGE' at the appropriate time, I rooted for my team (they lost..) and then I got all emotional about them loosing... I came SO CLOSE to scoring a stray ball! The guy hit it, I saw it coming towards me, I stood up, I took off my hat, It bounced like a couple metres away from me and shot off in some other direction. That would have been SO cool.<br />
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Anyway when I got back to the place I was staying my host took me up onto the roof of his house to watch 4th of July fireworks. Holy.. Moly.. People were setting them off in their backyards, on the street, in parks... Everywhere. It was like a 360 degree firework thunderstorm. The bangs and cracks had already been going for an hour or so, and they continued after we got back down off the roof a while later.<br />
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I loved the heat in Minnesotta after the mildness of Europe. I relished dripping with sweat.. I probably wouldn't have enjoyed this so much except that I had an airconditioned room to retreat to :)<br />
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Anyway so that was a fun day.<br />
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Just me getting used to flash.. He's saying 'No'Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-30632568704807924052012-08-03T11:22:00.001+10:002012-08-03T11:22:49.028+10:00flllaaeesshhSoo I'm back at Uni and that means I'll be back to posting silly pieces of work up here yaaay!<br />
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Here's an amusing flash thing I had to do today.<br />
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heheheheheheheheheheh...... I love my degree... <br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-69738436129726581672012-07-03T05:54:00.001+10:002012-07-03T05:54:13.039+10:00Mall of AmericaI'm sitting in a food court at the Mall of America, trying to have a cultural experience. I wonder how big this place is in comparison to the new Charlestown Square? No joke you guys there is an amusement park inside this mall.. <br />
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I really like the place I'm staying at.. The host is super polite n helpful. There are two other guys there too who are helping him work on his house. One of them is like 50 and plays all sorts of instruments the other one is younger n does metal work stuff. Im excited to go to the 4th of July celebrations! Fireworks and stuff! Will try to take pictures.. <br />
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Im so glad I don't have cash to blow.. It is kind of cool though, the range and choice is just so much bigger. I bet I could find the right pair of shorts here in no time. <br />
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Nothing to this post really, just sitting around feeling tired n over stimulated by all the sights n smells. The saturation of lies in this place is oppressive. <br />
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Anyway! Err back to it!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-56482941096269229572012-06-28T01:00:00.000+10:002012-07-05T14:07:47.962+10:00The ManorGreetings from the Manor.. Last night I stayed in one of the coolest houses I have been in! Highlights include:<br />
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<li>Scary looking but adorable Doberman called Scorch</li>
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I want to take loads of photos to show, but then this is someones house and I don't know if that is polite or not? Anyway the dude who owns it has been working on it for the last 4 years and has done a great job. He's a super leather-working handy man and a great host.</div>
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Anyway yes I am here in the USA.. Ready to get acquainted with the local culture.</div>
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This morning I saw a great band play, went to a big flea market, accidentally attended a protest and finally managed to find the bottle shop. Our host has a bike I've been using which is just a bit too if for me and which has a boy-seat so I'm pretty sure I have a bruised ass.. BUT it's worth it. I love bikes. I wish I had stacks of cash to fill up on music with. I don't know whether to try that putrified shark stuff yet........... I probably will.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Reykjavik Reykjavik64.143693 -21.929143tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-26743055696053948662012-06-22T05:36:00.001+10:002012-06-22T05:36:23.749+10:00ermahgerd Reykjavik!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-90092644972561519552012-06-21T06:11:00.002+10:002012-06-21T06:11:28.522+10:00LondoneTomorrow I'm leaving London for Reykjavik! As depressing as I found London at times I am a bit sad to go. It is an interesting place with endless, interesting things to see and do. I've been enjoying hanging out on the roof of Rachael's building and looking at the city from up there. I was just out there and saw 4 planes, a blimp and a helicopter, which made me happy for some reason. I also ate dinner and had a nap up there yesterday, hoping that the door wouldn't somehow get locked behind me.<br />
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The sun finally came out the last day or two. Hyde Park smelled like roses and fresh cut grass.. Pity an approaching migrane distracted me so much :(<br />
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Rach and I went to a place called Brick Lane on Monday; a neat suburb with this weird mixture of hipsters and what Wikipedia just told me is Bangladeshi folk. We went to a cafe decorated with bookshelf wall paper, cartoon doodles and pictures of 90's celebrities. It really reminded me of Suspension in Newcastle. Oh yeah, they also call a flat white a 'fat wife'.<br />
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Last Sunday we went to an exhibition at the Natural History Museum called <a href="http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=animals%20inside%20out&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CFIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhm.ac.uk%2Fvisit-us%2Fwhats-on%2Ftemporary-exhibitions%2Fanimal-inside-out%2Findex.html&ei=MC3iT8GkEcjX8gPms_DVDg&usg=AFQjCNFOMCK8QA4SYDh7kgXbfxaN8mXn2w" target="_blank">'Animals Inside Out'</a> which was fascinating and nauseating simultaneously. Google it! It's pretty cool.<br />
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Anyway yes Iceland tomorrow! Via Munich :/ It's a bit silly how it's worked out but good thing flying is still a fun novelty to me!<br />
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Just realised I have NO IDEA how it works transferring between different flights when it's all been booked separately. I guess I will work that one out tomorrow :| Wish me luck!<br />
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I'll leave you with a cool picture I took from the roof the other night.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-62582126975164581152012-06-13T03:13:00.000+10:002012-06-13T03:13:07.742+10:00the Grant Museum of Zoologythe <a href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/zoology" target="_blank">Grant Museum of Zoology</a> is where I went today! And it was awesome and nauseating simultaneously. The most interesting things I saw were:<br />
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<li>A domestic Pig Embryo</li>
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<li>Indian 1 horned Rhino Skeleton</li>
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<li>a Quagga (Type f Zebra)</li>
<li>Mole Skeleton</li>
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Anyway it was COOL!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-56819956644261771332012-06-09T19:35:00.001+10:002012-06-09T19:35:09.695+10:00PretI'm sitting out the front of Pret - a food franchise thingy here in London- scabbing on their free wifi and waiting for noon. Today I want to check out a biscuit festival (yes a biscuit festival) and another greeny festival some where near by. Turns out there are loads of fun free things to do in London! Especially around the queens jubilee and the upcoming Olympic games.<br />
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I wish I had a guitar though! That'd be perfect. Would love to sit in the park and play guitar. Except the weather is a bit sad. I'd probably get rained on. <br />
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Later today I fly to London for a few more weeks of fabulous-ness, except this time I WILL be wiser with my money *sigh*. Then on the 21st (I think) I fly to Iceland - w0000!!!!<br />
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I'm missing home.. The other night I was dreaming I was trying to shove Trumpet (my pet rat) into my mouth because I was so happy to see her?<br />
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Anywhee thats all for now I suppose. GOODBYE SWITZERLAND!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-26477907137300059652012-05-30T18:47:00.000+10:002012-05-30T18:47:30.341+10:00ItalySoooooo I went to Northern Italy on the weekend to camp with Nat and the girls + 2 other families. Before we left I had like.. wilderness and dirt and going to the bathroom in the bushes in my mind.. Turns out we went to a shmick campsite with a heated pool and wifi? Hah.. Anyway I had a greeeaaat time. The high light was the 30km bike ride through beautiful countryside, ending with a long, fast windy section down a hill leading into the town centre where a fantastic market was taking place. Oh my goodness housemates you would have really liked this market. I couldn't stop thinking of you guys and also Belinda and Jasmine Koit.<br />
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I awkwardly tried to take pictures with my DSLR while we were riding which was fun and which yielded wonky slightly unfocused fruits that I will treasure anyway. Here are some of the other more in focus pics.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coolest campy car thing ever</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taya's swag which she kindly let me sleep in</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bad-Ass biker kids</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a freakin CASTLE</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I found evidence of Quidditch </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also still laughing at both of the girls faces in this photo..<br /></td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-33503964596683858212012-05-29T06:44:00.005+10:002012-05-29T06:44:56.303+10:00DachauI visited <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_concentration_camp">Dachau</a> while I was around Munich the other week. I don't really know what to say about it and it feels a bit odd just posting a bunch of snap shots that I took, (Here is a photo of me in a gas chamber???) No. It was confronting and disturbing to say the least and although I left feeling depressed and with a resounding 'WHY?' echoing in my head, I am definitely glad that I went to visit. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-21206679864454054602012-05-21T00:24:00.000+10:002012-05-21T00:24:29.033+10:00WellWell I haven't posted nearly as many times as I planned to.. But that is probably a good thing right? It means I've been doing stuff.. Right?<br />
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Only three weeks left in beautiful Monstein and inevitably I feel like I haven't taken advantage of the opportunities to explore as much as I could have! But you know.. I think I'm ok with that. I know when I need to chill out and I'm glad I didn't send myself insane trying to do too much. (Thats what I'm telling myself anyway)<br />
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Last week I did go for a hike up a nearby mountain and that was ggreaaatt!!! Cant wait to do that again next weekend..<br />
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1. This is actually much yummier than it looks..</div>
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That is all.. Another post re: the trip to Munich coming soon</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-85834730490628434752012-05-11T05:37:00.002+10:002012-05-11T05:38:45.447+10:00London-ee BitsOther than running face first into a pole whilst walking distractedly by Big Ben, I had a pretty good time in London! My newest aspiration is to either build a very large nature spot in my backyard back home in Australia and then fill it with squirrels and pigeons OR to become a Squirrel myself and infiltrate their ranks.. They're seriously such great little animals! I still like Rats more, but they're up there! I bet they're a huge pest to some folk, but to me they're still innocent and adorable..<br />
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What else happened.. Squirrels have taken over my brain and I can't remember..<br />
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Oh yeah! I saw Buckingham Palace!</div>
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And THIS! I could not believe it when it landed on my hand!</div>
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The weather was really nice the first day I arrived, which was LOVELY! I wandered around the gardens near the palace taking pictures and being a tourist.. Sadly, after that it got cold and wet and miserable. I spent so much time on the underground (subway) getting from place to place. I actually really like the underground system, it was sooo easy to get where I needed to go.<br />
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The first night I was there I went to see Les Miserables! It was really excellent.. The set design was neat too - the stage had a circular revolving platform built into the floor (a turntable I guess) which just meant people could move around a lot more.. And .. ah I can't even explain the sets properly.. They were just really smart and looked really cool. Nice work John Napier (I think?)<br />
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I also spent an obscene amount of time in two different comic books shops and ended up spending toooo much money *sigh* but it was WORTH IT!<br />
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Thanks all for now..<br />
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If you can be bothered sitting through 8 minutes of me talking to myself / animals there are some cute bits in this video..<br />
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I like your Tube system.. I like your efficiently presented maps and time tables. I like your pretty parks and your free wifi at Starbucks. I like that you drive on the left hand side of the road and I like your hairstyles. I like that you have special seats designated for the elderly on the trains and buses with politely worded signs encouraging people to be considerate. I like that people obey these signs. I like Big Ben, but it's not as big as I thought it would be. Buckingham Palace isn't that amazing looking a building, but I like it too. I like Westminster Abbey but I don't like that it was closed to pesky tourists today. I like all that you have lots of Musicals and I like that you have Porridge at McDonalds. I like how easy it was to find my way around and I like how cheap the beer was that I just drank. <br /><br />Your kebabs are a little salty though...<br /><br />from<br />HannahUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-51575403973955072522012-04-30T06:58:00.001+10:002012-04-30T06:58:49.169+10:00Parts of my conversation with the border security lady at Gatwick airport went something like this:<br />Lady: and where are you staying while in London?<br />Me: with some people I found on the Internet<br />Lady: and what's their address?<br />Me: I don't know.. <br />Lady pauses for a while<br />Lady: and when do you fly out?<br />Me: next Sunday<br />Lady: can I see your return ticket?<br />Me: *genuinely confused* um.. No.. It's all on the internet.. Um..<br />Lady pauses for a while again. A sigh.<br />Lady: do you know the name of the people with whom you are staying? <br />Me: umm.. I think her name is Eve???<br /><br />Long story short I got a (very kindly done) schooling on what I have to BRING WITH ME next time I fly.. I must have looked innocently bewildered enough that the nice lady took pity on me and let me into her country.. Nice lady..<br /><br />Then there was some fun trying to locate my lift! An exercise which was complicated by my phone running out of credit. <br /><br />But alls well that ends well and I ate a kebab and got to chill out in a really cool Victorian style house. The hosts are really friendly and very helpful. <br /><br />That's all for now. Cheerio!<br /><br /><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008184138919680998.post-12490013615698215702012-04-24T17:01:00.001+10:002012-04-26T06:42:54.580+10:00thankI'm sitting with my back to the fireplace, a warm cup of coffee steaming by my side and fluffy white snow falling silently outside. I am still not used to snow not making a sound as it falls.. It just kind of creeps up while you're asleep and gathers in little clumps on the ground, on the roof tops, on the branches of the trees..<br />
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It's funny how some days you can wake up feeling so positive and thankful and other days wake up so grumpy and irritated by everything. I suppose there is a chemical reason for that? I wonder what it is.. I feel positive and thankful today though :) </div>
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This Sunday I head over to London for a week to hangout with my friend Rach! I'm really excited about that. Except for being a bit broke.. But I will have enough for food and I will have a place to stay.. I will have my camera and the company of a friend so it will be great!</div>
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Question: Why do animals sometimes act altruistically?</div>
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I'm halfway through listening to this Radiolab episode which asks the question: If natural selection is about ensuring your own survival, why do we see some animals sacrificing themselves for others? </div>
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I haven't finished it yet.. It's interesting so far though. Taya and I were listening to it before and she was asking a lot of questions :) It was cool! We were also talking last night about the Big Bang and I was trying to explain why I believed the theory and why I think it doesn't have to mean that the Bible is wrong about where stuff came from. The funny thing about kids though is that they kind of get bored halfway through your explanation and just decide not to worry about it any more. Which was a relief for me because I don't know if I was making any sense.. </div>
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