Crapola

Hey! So I know I said I was going to post the Cosmo month stuff - but this month I have a couple of limitations which is why I'm not doing it. Living Cosmo, that is.I'm still recovering from a period of unemployment/minimal employment that left me pretty poor. So I figure I'll do Cosmo … Continue reading Crapola

I’m going to live Cosmo… again.

Not sure if you remember, but the last time I started this experiment a year and a half ago I decided to try and live the life as dictated by Cosmo magazine for a month and see what happened. Well, I thought I should give it another go for 2014. Starting from tomorrow I shall … Continue reading I’m going to live Cosmo… again.

Thinking Clearly

I got up at 7am without an alarm going off. I'm probably going to be on time to work, and I feel suspiciously like an adult. I'm not, of course, and will always be a hyper, cat-and-food-obsessed child in adult's clothing, flitting from shiny thing to shiny thing. You ever sometimes feel like you have no idea of what … Continue reading Thinking Clearly

A Guide to Undercutting the Airline Industry and Getting Stuff for Free

Hey. Fly much? I do. And I don't like paying for stuff that you really should (and used to) get for free. Or well, at least included in the price of your ticket. So say you want to fly to see someone in the Gold Coast and you live in Melbourne. Only, it's kind of a … Continue reading A Guide to Undercutting the Airline Industry and Getting Stuff for Free

Fast cars and not enough hot water

Sometimes I get really profound thoughts in the shower. I'll be shampooing my hair and all of a sudden the smell of the shampoo or an outside sound will thrust some really obscure but immediately incredibly relevant thought into my head. I'll mull it over if I've time (if I'm not hastily preparing for work), … Continue reading Fast cars and not enough hot water

Stickability

Sticking at something isn't easy. We all wander around making upwards and downwards comparisons between ourselves and others and it's all pretty easy to cherry-pick the best bits of someone else's life for the purposes of you making yourself feel like shit. The only problem with this is that we usually only see the best bits. … Continue reading Stickability