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Winter cleaning

June 4th, 2010 @ 17:06

Very old photo of my bedroom. Basically the same as now except the duvet cover is different and so are a few other things. Do you ever feel like you just have to change something about your living spaces? I don’t have the luxury of being in my own place so I just have my [...]

We are in the the universe

November 20th, 2009 @ 17:11

“Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body, the atoms that construct the molecules, are traceable to the crucibles that were once the centers of high mass stars that exploded their chemically rich guts into the galaxy, enriching pristine gas clouds with the chemistry of life. So that we are all connected to [...]

In which Sam discusses her cluckiness

September 3rd, 2009 @ 13:09

Roughly about twice a year I experience anywhere from a few days to several weeks of intense ‘cluckiness’. That is, intense feelings of wanting children, of wanting to be pregnant, of wanting to be around children — especially babies — and wanting to ‘fluff’ my environment to make it homely and nice. Because it happens [...]

Wretched Rival

April 12th, 2009 @ 15:04

Well, curse auto-bidding on TradeMe! I really, really want this dress I’ve been bidding on but someone else has now put on an auto-bid, so my winning it is basically impossible. Insert tears, whaling, whinging and stomping here. It’s the best retro dress I’ve seen in ages, that should fit me, and I so desperately [...]

Witness to something awful

April 3rd, 2009 @ 17:04

I went grocery shopping with my mum over at Glen Innes because we were meeting one of my my sister’s and her kids at Spotlight, which is just down the road. Glen Innes is a shit-hole and one of the more unsavoury areas of Auckland, though it’s situated next to some of the most expensive [...]