No one stands out for me.
There are a couple of people I know who are very kind and gentle, very sweet and one has simply the most amazing singing voice and I think those people are just the cat's knees and the bee's pajamas. But I don't find any one person to be the most attractive.
And that's that done. What next?
Showing posts with label 30DayChallenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 30DayChallenge. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Twenty-Nine: Somewhere You Want To Visit
Scotland.
Ham Hill (UK)
Egypt.
Greece.
Turkey. (esp. ANZAC Cove)
Italy.
New Zealand (Wilts. UK)
... and many more!
Ham Hill (UK)
Egypt.
Greece.
Turkey. (esp. ANZAC Cove)
Italy.
New Zealand (Wilts. UK)
... and many more!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
28 - A drawing
Hmmm, so, I am not an artist. A writer perhaps but not an artist. I was planning on scanning in a very basic primary school-level sail boat, but today I actually have something I almost like.
I doodled it while in a lesson on The Laws Of Armed Conflict. You know, rules of engagement, Geneva convention, war crimes kind of stuff. (I'm not showing off that my work is awesome, at all. Honest.)
Here 'tis. Incidentally, the cover on the pad which I drew this on states that the pad is a:
Ah the military!
I doodled it while in a lesson on The Laws Of Armed Conflict. You know, rules of engagement, Geneva convention, war crimes kind of stuff. (I'm not showing off that my work is awesome, at all. Honest.)
Here 'tis. Incidentally, the cover on the pad which I drew this on states that the pad is a:
FIELD MESSAGE BOOK
(For the use of officers and
non-commissioned officers)
This book is ruled in 6mm squares.
Ah the military!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
26: A Picture From One Of The Greatest Days Of Your Life
This is all getting a bit too silly. I don't actually have a picture of the night I went to bed when the family were staying with Nan and Grandad in Christchurch and I went to bed only to find the toy stuffed snake in there which I just wanted and wanted and WANTED and now it was MINE forever and mine for real, and noone else's and it was mine and I will call him Max.
So here's a photo from the day the RNZAF Women's Cricket team finalised their undefeated tour of the English Services Tour of 2010 by winning the match against the RAF.
So here's a photo from the day the RNZAF Women's Cricket team finalised their undefeated tour of the English Services Tour of 2010 by winning the match against the RAF.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
XXV - One Of Your Most Prized Possessions
"One of..." Well that's lucky, at least it is not expecting me to pick a favourite this time.
Oh.. and just because I haven't strictly stuck to any of these challenges, here's a second of my favourite possesions:
Oh.. and just because I haven't strictly stuck to any of these challenges, here's a second of my favourite possesions:
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
30 Day Challenge Number 23 - Favourite Music Video
Is this Challenge kidding me? Favourite Artist, Favourite Song, and now favourite music video? Have I not made it clear enough that I love too much music to have any one favourite?
Fine... random video which came to mind:
Fine... random video which came to mind:
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Thingie Number Nineteen: - Something Which Made Me Smile Today
My bike has been sitting in the garage all winter, so when I tried to crank it up the other day for a possible ride the battery was flat. I've been meaning to connect it to the car for a week or so now, and today I finally got a round tuit. So I smiled when, after 20 minutes, I finally got the beast rumbling.
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Another thing which made me smile was watching an episode of Doraleous and Associates from the Escapist Magazine web page. This particular episode was called Hero Punctuation and included a parody of another video series which features on the same site. It's all in-house jokes really, but it cracked me up. It's a great site.
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Another thing which made me smile was watching an episode of Doraleous and Associates from the Escapist Magazine web page. This particular episode was called Hero Punctuation and included a parody of another video series which features on the same site. It's all in-house jokes really, but it cracked me up. It's a great site.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
17: A Childhood Picture of Me
This is the only one I actually have. Everything else is safely stored with my Mum.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
15 + 16 = 31. Does that mean I'm done?
15: Current Grades
Awesome. I'm cleared for promotion and have finally enrolled in my introduction to massage courses.
Horrific. I have failed my fitness test and been kicked off an exercise as a result.
16: Future Tattoos
Something involving a gecko, perhaps. Or Ouroboros - but not a circle on a flat piece of skin. I want the snake to circle a limb, but I'm not sure which just yet. Also I'd like something with the three Gaelic words for Serenity (suaimhneas) , Courage (misneach) and Wisdom (gaois), probably within a Celtic motive of some sort.
Awesome. I'm cleared for promotion and have finally enrolled in my introduction to massage courses.
Horrific. I have failed my fitness test and been kicked off an exercise as a result.
16: Future Tattoos
Something involving a gecko, perhaps. Or Ouroboros - but not a circle on a flat piece of skin. I want the snake to circle a limb, but I'm not sure which just yet. Also I'd like something with the three Gaelic words for Serenity (suaimhneas) , Courage (misneach) and Wisdom (gaois), probably within a Celtic motive of some sort.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Fourteen: Favourite Purchase Ever Made
This one is easy. My Bowers & Wilkins B&W604 Speakers.
Worth NZD$6,000 , and I paid NZD$2,600 - ex-floor demos from Stereo World (so they were already run-in).
They sound so beautiful. I can't stand mini-systems and home theatre now. They're just not the same.
Worth NZD$6,000 , and I paid NZD$2,600 - ex-floor demos from Stereo World (so they were already run-in).
They sound so beautiful. I can't stand mini-systems and home theatre now. They're just not the same.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Number Thirteen: Favourite Memory
I don't think I have the ability to sift through all my memories in my life and pick a favourite. But here are a bunch along the theme of 'home' which includes the land of Mesopotamia (New Zealand) and The Tui Station, and my family.
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The sound of the Nor'West wind roaring through the trees which surround the playground. We are trying to play scrag rugby but we can't hear each other because the wind is so loud. We hope we get to see one of the trees being blown over. We abandon the scrag for a desperate competition to catch leaves. The grass is green and the trees are brown. They rise so tall above me, they are like the edges of the world.
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Us four kids riding double and bareback on two of the horses. We're going to the river to swim and lie in the sun. This morning we watched Dances With Wolves, and now we are giving each other 'Indian names.' The horses are labelled "Dappled Ears, Shits A Lot" and "Farts A Lot." My sister's is the only name which sticks - "Deceitful Family Relations."
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The feel of warm mud giving way to cool between my toes as I stand in the creek at the bottom of the hill. The summer day is warm and the air is for once thankfully still. It must still be the morning - a weekend - because the wind isn't up yet. The hills are golden and the grass is green. The sky a magnificent blue. I feel sheltered by the mountains.
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Me and my sisters and brother, Mum and Dad, ten o'clock at night in the middle of winter playing Mafia. We're laughing, laughing so hard! Play acting, deceiving, tricking, convincing, every one of us determined to win the game. No television, no radio, just us. Just fun.
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My sister and I dancing to ABBA's Mamma Mia after watching Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
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The tailing gang. Slow, boring, hard work. But fun when everyone has to tell a story or make up a joke. Laugh together when the lambs knock someone over, drink billy tea together at smoko time. Six people vs. two lambs. The lambs win. We'll pick them up again when it's weaning time.
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Kate Bell has to keep Fella the horse cool every night. When it's not too cold for us she rides him bareback down to Deep Creek. We go too. Toby loves getting into the water with his ears forward and eager steps. Fred isn't so fond of it, but he'll follow the others just to make sure they don't leave without him.
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Mum, Dad, Mel, Ju, Adrian, Me, Andrew, Marian, James... it's the last weekend we will ever be at the farm. Vodka, baileys, beer and rum bottles litter the huge oak table. We've played Mafia again, we've laughed at each other and with each other. It could be a sad time, but it's the best time. We talk about lists of things we should do before we die. We take photos. We find old B&W's of Mum and pretend to be her. We drink more, we laugh more. We love. We are family. We are home.
This is my favourite memory.
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The sound of the Nor'West wind roaring through the trees which surround the playground. We are trying to play scrag rugby but we can't hear each other because the wind is so loud. We hope we get to see one of the trees being blown over. We abandon the scrag for a desperate competition to catch leaves. The grass is green and the trees are brown. They rise so tall above me, they are like the edges of the world.
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Us four kids riding double and bareback on two of the horses. We're going to the river to swim and lie in the sun. This morning we watched Dances With Wolves, and now we are giving each other 'Indian names.' The horses are labelled "Dappled Ears, Shits A Lot" and "Farts A Lot." My sister's is the only name which sticks - "Deceitful Family Relations."
---
The feel of warm mud giving way to cool between my toes as I stand in the creek at the bottom of the hill. The summer day is warm and the air is for once thankfully still. It must still be the morning - a weekend - because the wind isn't up yet. The hills are golden and the grass is green. The sky a magnificent blue. I feel sheltered by the mountains.
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Me and my sisters and brother, Mum and Dad, ten o'clock at night in the middle of winter playing Mafia. We're laughing, laughing so hard! Play acting, deceiving, tricking, convincing, every one of us determined to win the game. No television, no radio, just us. Just fun.
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My sister and I dancing to ABBA's Mamma Mia after watching Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
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The tailing gang. Slow, boring, hard work. But fun when everyone has to tell a story or make up a joke. Laugh together when the lambs knock someone over, drink billy tea together at smoko time. Six people vs. two lambs. The lambs win. We'll pick them up again when it's weaning time.
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Kate Bell has to keep Fella the horse cool every night. When it's not too cold for us she rides him bareback down to Deep Creek. We go too. Toby loves getting into the water with his ears forward and eager steps. Fred isn't so fond of it, but he'll follow the others just to make sure they don't leave without him.
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Mum, Dad, Mel, Ju, Adrian, Me, Andrew, Marian, James... it's the last weekend we will ever be at the farm. Vodka, baileys, beer and rum bottles litter the huge oak table. We've played Mafia again, we've laughed at each other and with each other. It could be a sad time, but it's the best time. We talk about lists of things we should do before we die. We take photos. We find old B&W's of Mum and pretend to be her. We drink more, we laugh more. We love. We are family. We are home.
This is my favourite memory.
Friday, July 23, 2010
The Twelfth Thing - Where Your Family Is From
On my Mother's side:
England, Scotland, Guernsey, Germany, and in New Zealand: Wellington & Christchurch.
On my Father's side:
Ireland, England, and in New Zealand: Mt Somers, Geraldine & Mesopotamia.
I grew up on my father's farm called "The Tui" Station, near the head of the Rangitata River in New Zealand. I lived there from age zero until I left school and joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 2001. The station was sold about the middle of 2009. Check out the sales pitch and amazing Youtube video here.
I still watch it when I'm lonely for home.
England, Scotland, Guernsey, Germany, and in New Zealand: Wellington & Christchurch.
On my Father's side:
Ireland, England, and in New Zealand: Mt Somers, Geraldine & Mesopotamia.
I grew up on my father's farm called "The Tui" Station, near the head of the Rangitata River in New Zealand. I lived there from age zero until I left school and joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 2001. The station was sold about the middle of 2009. Check out the sales pitch and amazing Youtube video here.
I still watch it when I'm lonely for home.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Thingie Number XI - Recent Picture of Yourself
It would be approprite, I think, that for Number XI the picture should be from my recent cricket tour.
But which one? I have no action shots from the games because no one took them of me. More correctly, no one took many of me while I was playing and the ones which were taken didn't come out well.
So instead here's a picture of me and the wonderful Hayley (Kia Ora Hails, snaps!!) in our No 1's after a crushing defeat of the Royal Air Force.
But which one? I have no action shots from the games because no one took them of me. More correctly, no one took many of me while I was playing and the ones which were taken didn't come out well.
So instead here's a picture of me and the wonderful Hayley (Kia Ora Hails, snaps!!) in our No 1's after a crushing defeat of the Royal Air Force.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
8th Thingie - Pictures of my Room
WTF?
Alright then...
The wall wouldn't look so bare if the paint on it was strong enough to hold up the poster of Corpse Bride. That shit fell down in the middle of the night.
Alright then...
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Thingie the Seventh - Favourite TV Show
This is a hard one because I actually don't watch a lot of TV.
When I was staying with my sister in the UK she got me hooked a little on two shows - Outnumbered and Ashes to Ashes, but the appeal of neither of these shows followed me home.
I like Comedy, so my favourite shows number from that selection. Family Guy, Black Books, Black Adder etc.
Outside of comedy a friend has gotten me into Dr Who which is great stuff, but at the moment I'm still reliant on his generosity in order to see any of it. I should really ask for some for my birthday or something.
I think my favourite TV Show is probably Green Wing.
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When I was staying with my sister in the UK she got me hooked a little on two shows - Outnumbered and Ashes to Ashes, but the appeal of neither of these shows followed me home.
I like Comedy, so my favourite shows number from that selection. Family Guy, Black Books, Black Adder etc.
Outside of comedy a friend has gotten me into Dr Who which is great stuff, but at the moment I'm still reliant on his generosity in order to see any of it. I should really ask for some for my birthday or something.
I think my favourite TV Show is probably Green Wing.
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