BOOKLOVE

bookshelf
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this is my bookshelf. i got it for my 21st, and it was the best thing my parents could've given me. i love my books i do. and on top is my most precious plant, begonia angelwings. grown from a clipping, it just keeps getting bigger and healthier. on the first shelf is a few of the bowls i've made at pottery. and then books books books. mmmm.
blogpeeps, i've been getting into some handmade postcard swaps over at nervousness.org ...another way i push myself to get creative. the thing is, i really like this one and i'm not sure it'll end up in the post.
in other exciting news, i'm late for work, it's cold, and my throat is sore. i'm not enjoying winter, no no. not at all.
oh, and i booked another ticket to auckland (and back, sadly) for august. so that's something to look forward to.
how are you all?

REAL LiVE CREAViViTY

detail clay stuff
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not just talk, me. see i actually do stuff sometimes.

edit: and what's more, i have a buyer.

WAiAMAiHEA?

coming home
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the *only* good thing about leaving auckland and coming back to christchurch was this view.
i've had such a perfect trip. wonderful company (!!!), good food, plenty of time doing nothing nothing nothing. but never a moment of boredom.
*sigh*
i don't want to be back home.

don't make me go home, i don't want to...

AUCKLAND COFFEE MANiA SPEAKEE

hello blogpeeps.
i'm in auckland sitting on michelle's couch with her laptop, and a belly full of coffee. so good to be away from christchurch and work for a bit, just chilling out and visiting people and wandering.
i feel like i could quite easily just forget to get on my homeward bound plane. settle into this noisy city and stretch my wingies a little. but not yet, no not yet. back to the cold south for a few more months, save some money, and have a full-family christmas (a big deal this year as potentially all six of us kids will be home, first time since i was 9) before making like a shepherd and getting the flock outta there. probably to sydney for a few months before heading over to the UK. *ramble ramble ramble*
but, as i prove over and over, plans are often changed/broken/metamorphed into something entirely different.
anyways, let's not go getting deep and meaningful.
i might go and see my bros today. when i said to my father, before leaving chch, that i might not see them he got all upset like and garbled something about "disfunctional" and "you have to be the cement". well you know what? fuck right off! i've been cementing this insane family together for years and i'm over it. i no longer care if A hasn't spoken to B since 1994, and C is secretly planning the demise of D. *g* gotta love family...
shit i am talking nonsense. i think it's the excitement of typing in bed! wheeeee! or perhaps it's the killer-coffee.
hey people, i've had a few creative ideas while i've been here. my problem is that i have these ideas and i don't tend to follow through on them. but i want to change that, i want to actually do some of the stuff that lurks around in my head. eyes peeled, people, i might just suprise us all.
x

off to aucky to see mich... yay!

*

thank you all for your comments and support on my last post. it really does mean a lot.
on saturday tracey and i decided to end our relationship. initially her idea, but when i got honest... my thoughts lately have been very much focussed on whether or not i was wanting to be there anymore.
there are many reasons for which we made our decision. i don't want to write about them yet, but i think i will soon. (and i don't mind you asking questions)
so, where are we at now? well, i'm not too sure. we are still in love (sometimes i think more so than ever) and still want each other emotionally/mentally/sexually.
we think we've made the right choice, but there is still a lot of confusion in both of our hearts over it.
we've settled on trying for a slow parting. no sudden wrench.
how does one fall out of love deliberately?
people, if you have any advice for me please do share it.

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tonight my girl went to councelling with her ex husband. which is a good thing. they've got shit to sort out, especially as we plan on leaving town in a few months. best to make a start at the healing before we go.
but do i feel good about it?
hell no.
i'm shitting myself. not because i think she wants him back, but because maybe she doesn't want me around while she gets her head/heart around that one. am i just a hinderance to her now that the initial sparkle seems to have diminished somewhat?
you know what? i'm bloody miserable at the moment, so there.
i'm *so* looking forward to my [however shortlived] escape to auckland.

iLLUSTRATiON FRiDAY ~UNDER THE SEA

pink fish green fish
swim fish
splash splish

*overtired*




"What did you do today?" I hear you ask.

Well, I sent a bucket of tahini to Mt. Lyford.
And I renamed Lisa's child. PoobyRoo she shall be from now forth.
And I came home and made dinner (mac cheese with no mac and no cheese as such).
And I booked a flight to go visit Michelle in Auckland for a few days in a few weeks, coz she makes me smile and I loves her. Lots.
And now I plan on putting on a load of washing and going to bed. Pottery tomorrow, first of this term.
*s*

ps. fb is back-ish

iLLUSTRATiON FRiDAY ~ROBOT

robot
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i've been listening to the flaming lips these past few days.
yoshimi and those pesky pink robots, y'know.