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365 in 2013

20 May

365 in 2013

Sunday: soda with Amy
Sunday
Soda floats and catching up with Amy – she was in town for her Masters graduation. What a smartie.

Monday: heading home from dinner
Monday
It’s often hard to tell where the mural ends and the graffiti begins.

Tuesday: sun and haze
Tuesday
Sun and haze across Wellington harbour.

Wednesday: I hate this sign.
Wednesday
I hate this sign. So damn hard.

Thursday: packing with glitter is never appreciated
Thursday
New specs arrived from BonLook. They packed the box with glitter. Opening that at my desk was … an experience.

Friday: pretty dawn
Friday
At certain times of the day Wellington is really quite pretty.

Saturday: road trip to Foxton
Saturday
Craig and I drove to the bright lights of Foxton for second-hand furniture shopping. I resisted buying these old western novels and also a Nelly Furtado vinyl.

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14 May

365 in 2013

Sunday: brunch near the motorcycle shop leads to looking at motorcycle
Sunday
Of course when having brunch within sight of a motorcycle shop we have to go and look at the motorcycles.

Monday: Cut Off.
Monday
Beautiful sky and the Town Hall buildings.

Tuesday: poetry on the Waterfront
Tuesday
Poetry near the lagoon. Wellington’s waterfront is really quite lovely.

Wednesday: heading to Back Benches
Wednesday
Heading to Back Benches. It was a Wednesday after all.

Thursday: on our way to find out we'd bought a house
Thursday
Meeting Craig on our way to meet with the mortgage broker. We didn’t expect to find out we’d got the house. But we did. Best meeting.

Friday: celebratory meal
Friday
We’d gone unconditional on the house and I was changing jobs. Craig and I went out for a celebratory meal.

Saturday: heading to Vista Cafe
Saturday
Ridiculously painfully hung over (we’d celebrated the house with friends. A lot) I walked, slowly, along the waterfront to meet my mum and sisters for lunch.

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Sunday
Checking out the house again. Thankfully we still liked it.

Monday: the evenings are so dark
Monday
My first day at my new job and Wellington was deluged.

Tuesday: along the waterfront
Tuesday
First House sitting day in the new job. It was very very dark along the waterfront on the way home.

Wednesday: along Lambton Quay
Wednesday
Dead eyes and woollen hats.

Thursday: new Katherine Mansfield statue
Thursday
There’s a new Katherine Mansfield statue at Midland Park – the woman of letters. It’s brilliant.

Friday: rain rain go away
Friday
More rain! More rain. It’s becoming winter.

Fever Hospital: lights and peeling ceiling
Saturday
I talked my mum and sister into touring the abandoned Fever Hospital with me.
More on that anon.

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Fever Hospital

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29 Apr

365 in 2013

Sunday: family dinner at SMK
Sunday
Headed back to a grey Wellington and went out for dinner with my family – where we arrange the bottles on the table by height.

Monday: death's head butterfly stabs
Monday
A wee stylised Acherontia Styx friend for Grumpy Cat.

Tuesday: the feijoa that haunted my day
Tuesday
This feijoa sat on my desk all day – it wasn’t mine and I felt bad just eating it. I lasted 6 hours before I gave in and ate it.

Wednesday: lived like a Friday
Wednesday
The night before ANZAC day so of course we treated it like a Friday night.

Thursday: a no-good very-bad ANZAC day
Thursday
Which was then followed by a no-good very-bad ANZAC day. I hid from the world and then drank a glass of wine.

Friday: backup lights in the beehive
Friday
Walking down the beehive on a Friday evening – they were doing work on the Saturday and had installed emergency lighting so they could turn the main lights off. I mean, I presume.

Saturday: flowers at Laura's and a Jewish honey cake behind it
Saturday
Laura had Kim and Kate and I around to watch The Hour (yes, again) but just a few episodes this time. She made delicious Jewish honey cake.

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I really really should get better at the self portrait part of this. It’s just, the light in our room is so terrible. It’s only ever too bright or too dark.

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22 Apr

365 in 2013

(two weeks worth because I am the worst)

Sunday: sisters
Sunday
Charlotte, Jayne, and I all caught public transport out to the Hutt Valley.

Monday: that is not plastic
Monday
Plastic? That is not plastic.

Tuesday: winter is coming
Tuesday
Winter is Coming.

Wednesday: signing my new contract
Wednesday
I have a new job! I still don’t talk about it online! But I have a new job!

Thursday: a terrible day assuaged by drinks with friends
Thursday
I’d had a no good very bad day so I went to drinks in order to get my grump out all over more people than just Craig.

Friday: apocalypse skies in the morning
Friday
Apocalyptic dawn on Taranaki Street.

Saturday: beerz & burgers & bowling
Saturday
Craig getting, probably, another strike. We went out for beers, bowling, and burgers.

Sunday: Wellington graffiti
Sunday
Graffiti? Mural on Dunlop Terrace.

Monday: beginnings of rainbow cake
Monday
Starting the first layer of the rainbow cake I made for the Marriage Equality debate.

Tuesday: rain. Again.
Tuesday
Heading home in the rain.

Wednesday: 77:44 Marriage Equality Cake
Wednesday
A rainbow cake for our Marriage Equality debate watching celebration. So gay.

Thursday: 77:44 Marriage Equality Newspapers
Thursday
So pleased.

Friday: flying into Rotorua
Friday
Flying into Rotorua. Teeniest plane ever.

Saturday: Lake Okareka is so pretty
Saturday
Lake Okareka in Rotorua is just beautiful. Such a fan.

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8 Apr

365 in 2013

Sunday: eggs for brunch
Sunday
Easter Sunday brunch was eggs at Floridita’s.

Monday: fish & chips & Game of Thrones
Monday
A cold grey Easter Monday topped off with fish and chips and Game of Thrones with friends.

Tuesday: back at work
Tuesday
Truth in advertising on Willis Street.

Wednesday: RAINBOW!
Wednesday
Cruise ship at the end of the Rainbow.

Thursday: pretty alley way
Thursday
There’s just something about the light and this alley way.

Friday: rowing off into the sunrise
Friday
In the early morning it appears the rowers are heading off into the sunrise.

Saturday: THE PLANT IS STILL ALIVE
Saturday
Given my less than green thumbs I am thrilled my dinosaur’s plant is still alive.

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1 Apr

365 in 2013

Sunday: darling husband wore my favourite t-shirt
Sunday
On our way home from weekly dinner with my family, Craig wears my favourite of his shirts, and cleans the windscreen of our rarely used car.

Monday: heading home after seeing my Petra
Monday
An old friend was visiting from Melbourne. We caught up for drinks and I walked home via this giant statue.

Tuesday: dawn on the waterfront
Tuesday
It is getting darker in the mornings. I don’t mind this so much as I get to see dawn on the harbour more frequently.

Wednesday: golden light makes graffiti lovely
Wednesday
This car park building, despite the lovely graffiti, never looks as good as it does in the light of golden hour.

Thursday: my favourite shop in Wellington
Thursday
Brown and Co is quite possibly my favourite shop in Wellington. Ostensibly for the “masculine” design aesthetic, the menagerie of taxidermy and overpriced toothpaste in glorious packaging speaks to me.

Friday: 12 hours of The Hour
Friday
Good Friday. Three friends and I gathered together to watch all twelve episodes of the inestimable BBC drama The Hour. We drank whisky and ate snacks and swooned over Freddie and Bel and Hector and Marnie and Lix and Mr Brown.

Saturday: free beer
Saturday
I woke at 7am to a text advising me I had a free beer. I woke again at 9 to a text from Laura telling me it was she who had signed me up and would I like to meet her for a beer?
Free is my favourite amount to pay for Heineken. So we met for beer and to set the world to rights.

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25 Mar

365 in 2013

I am currently sitting silent, communicating with Craig through exaggerated expressions and notes written on my iPhone. I’ve managed to break my voice.

Saturday: St Patrick's Day tattoo from Craigy Lee at ALC Speakeasy Tattoo
Sunday
Craigy Lee at ALC Speakeasy did flash tattoos for St Patrick’s day. A wee spot of good luck on my ankle.

Monday: a dinosaur planter given a pretty plant and silver paint
Monday
I bought a wee dinosaur planter. He was in a bright bright blue colour that wasn’t quite my style. I rather like the silver makeover I gave him.

Tuesday: a special delivery of Marmite! I had missed it so.
Tuesday
Deliveries spread* around the complex and it was ever so exciting. We each got a wee pottle of Marmite hours before it was on sale to the general public.

Wednesday: headed to the supermarket for cold medication. Praying for a miracle.
Wednesday
Admitting that maybe, just maybe, I was coming down with a cold I trekked to the supermarket.

Thursday: sick day
Thursday
And then a sick-day. Bed, terrible crime shows, and Things and Ink magazine.

Friday: I should have gone straight home after work
Friday
I really should have gone straight home after work. I had one glass of wine and it hit me like a truck. I went to bed and slept for twelve hours.

Saturday: cider and custard square
Saturday
Kim and I went to watch Laura get her nose pierced. We then retired to Meow for a beer. I also had a custard square and it was an excellent decision.

* pun wholeheartedly intended.

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18 Mar

365 in 2013

Sunday: Driving back into the City
Sunday
Driving back into the city after family dinner. The sky stretching forever.

Monday: they've stopped turning the hall light on outside my office
Monday
The light in the hall outside my office seems to be either off or extraordinarily dimmer now. I’m already around a corner from anyone else. This just seems ridiculous.

Tuesday: chalk graffiti on the waterfront
Tuesday
Chalk graffiti along the waterfront.

Wednesday: all of a sudden there's a shopping cart in our carpark
Wednesday
All of a sudden there is an upside down supermarket trolley in our apartment building’s carpark. There are hooligans in the building.

Thursday:
Thursday
I went to my tattoo artist to get the heart tattoo on my thigh coloured in. This painting was on the stairwell where I paused halfway on my way down post-tattoo.

Friday: S'mores Pie!
Friday
S’more’s pie! Purchased from Dough Momma this graham cracker, chocolate ganache, and … marshmallow? pie was kind of incredible but SO so rich.

Saturday: had to go back to collect the pie
Saturday
and then I had to go back to work to collect the pie because of course I did.

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12 Mar

365 in 2013

Sunday: bright sun at dress rehearsal
Sunday
Wellington has had some crazy amazing weather. It was blazing hot for our dress rehearsal.

Monday: brighter sun
Monday
Palm trees (Cabbage trees?) and Parliament House.

Tuesdau: I can never eat before a show
Tuesday
I can’t eat before a performance. I force myself to eat an apple but that’s about it.

Wednesday: terrifying craft at After School Care
Wednesday
Terrifying terrifying Frankenstein’s monster kind of craft at the after school care.

Thursday: accidentally looking like a creep
Thursday
Accidentally looking like a creep because I didn’t realise there was someone in the water.

Friday: I expected more of you Hutt Council
Friday
Oh, City Council! I expected better of you.

Saturday: final show
Saturday
Sunshine and strange clouds before our final performance. Au revoir, Eastbourne.

Sunday: high tea
Sunday
High Tea at Hippopotamus to celebrate Mel’s birthday.

Monday: au revoir photo card
Monday
I finally said goodbye to my National Bank photo eftpos card and upgraded to an ANZ debit card.

Tuesday: census
Tuesday
Census! I kind of love the census. It’s like taking a test where you know all the answers.

Wednesday: accidental drunk
Wednesday
Catching up with former colleagues pretty well always leads to me getting untowardly drunk on a week night.

Thursday: blonde stranger outside the gallery
Thursday
Blonde stranger, blonde building, green sign, green grass.

Friday: brendan playing the accordian
Friday
Went to Daddy O’s to watch Brendan and Jesse play some excellent music.

Saturday: beautiful painting from Devon
Saturday
A beautiful watercolour by Devon Anna Smith.

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Mussed jewellery

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25 Feb

365 in 2013

Sunday: Ella was at rehearsal again
Sunday
Ella the dog is a bored audience member at rehearsal.

Monday: love the design on these postcards that are showing up around the complex
Monday
These excellently designed postcards in favour of marriage equality keep showing up around the complex. Brilliant.

Tuesday: waiting for a bus to rehearsal
Tuesday
No time to go home between work and rehearsal.

Wednesday: I adore this ridiculous lamp at Mojo Wakefield
Wednesday
I kind of adore/abhor this ridiculous lamp in the window of Mojo Wakefield Street.

Thursday: an excellent excellent poster
Thursday
Exquisite design wins me over every time. Adam Page’s poster is exquisite.

Friday: accidental dance party
Friday
We ended up at Laura and Tim’s for an accidental dance party. I, drunkenly, took this photo of their poster & exposed brick wall.

Saturday: Enrapture, tape art installation in Civic Square
Saturday
As part of the Fringe Festival, this tape art installation called Enrapture is taking place in Civic Square.

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