Things I Love: quad paper

Things I Love:
  • quad paper
  • scrunched up notes
  • invisible tape
  • old yellow'd tape
  • brand new erasers
  • staples
  • drawing on brown paper
  • bags with string handles
  • duplo
  • My Mac
  • satin finish book covers
  • pencil marks
  • watercolours
  • stick figures
  • doodles of daisies
  • reading the telephone book
  • corrogated card
  • high gloss paper
  • crazy friends on white horses
  • my mobile's ringtone
  • emails from old friends
  • white socks
  • the new MSN
  • button rollovers
  • watching music videos
  • printing everything
  • sticking hi-gloss printed CD Labels to disks
  • cutlery
  • Gordon Harris Art Supplies
  • Compulink
  • lists
Read More

I am looking for a

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. Henry Ford The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. Lewis Thomas (1913 - 1993) The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. Scott Adams (1957 - ) Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845) Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977) What's another word for Thesaurus? Steven Wright (1955 - ) If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. Quentin Crisp An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations. Charles de Montesquieu (1689 - 1755) You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do. Olin Miller Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid. Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856) Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff. Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993) Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) I have seen the future and it doesn't work. Robert Fulford Never confuse movement with action. Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961) You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. Jack London (1876 - 1916) Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. Jerome K. Jerome (1859 - 1927) Americans have different ways of saying things. They say 'elevator', we say 'lift'...they say 'President', we say 'stupid psychopathic git'....Alexi Sayle My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them. Penn Jillette (1955 - ) Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious. Brendan Gill Hell, there are no rules here--we're trying to accomplish something. Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931) Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) (attributed) The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. Ellen Parr I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. Winston Churchill The fewer clear facts you have in support of an opinion, the stronger your emotional attachment to that opinion. Anonymous Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment. Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945) Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months. Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. Edgar Bergen (1903 - 1978) (Charlie McCarthy) Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious. William Feather (1908 - 1976) Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss (1904 - 1991) It'shard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything. Unknown
Read More

It seems all I can

It seems all I can manage to do lately is Stupid Stuff. I shopped online and managed to buy tickets to Romeo and Juliet and grab the matinee and not the evening performance. Stupido, Michelle. Its those suckimoto dropdown lists in IE.. I have the same trouble in the Articulate and think I've grabbed one chatters name but have actually activated another. Yes, I am shifting the blame to Microsoft! It is NOT user error!! And today, shopping at Westfield, Pakuranga. I thought we had four bags. Greg thought we had four bags. And that's the mistake that caused all the rest. That simple mistake. We bought clothes. I have to help him or he just buys things that don't suit him. They ended up in bags and I carried them. Then we went to the Library and mooched around - I looked at art books and comics while he scanned all the shelves for some particular fitness book. We left there, and went to his place. I dump the bags on his bed and say.. "I thought there were four bags" to which he agreed and we realised, given these facts, that I had managed to lose the bag with his shirts in it. Yes, I looked and yes I found my clothes, but I thought he had two more shirts and they must've been in that missing bag. So, feeling like a twit for managing to lose a whole bag, I drove back to the library to begin retracing my steps [this is a really boring story isn't it?] I scanned the aisle at the library looking for the distinctive Farmers bag. Not seeing it anywhere, I asked at the counter, and they hadn't seen it nor had it been handed in. Next stop [but i have to get it off my chest] the foodcourt - we'd had a coffee and I thought maybe the slippery plastic bag might have fallen under the table. No, the cafe people hadn't seen it and when I asked the clearing-away people they couldn't recall it either. dang. Only other option, check at information in case one honest helpful person had rescued the bag and handed it in. Waiting in line while the woman in front of me agonised over which seats to book at The Civic (Information booth doubles as a Ticketek counter) finally, asking the boy [they're all boys when you're my age] if a Farmers bag had been handed in: he checked, no.. he phoned upstairs: no. I left my business card and he said he'd call if it was handed in. Home again to Greg's house [don't worry, it's nearly over] and feeling stupid and vaguely sick thinking I should have just had Greg throw his money into the street for all the good that shopping expedition had done him. I decided to go home - said my goodbyes and put my hand in my pocket to get my car keys to find - they weren't there. What? they had to be there where the hell were they, then I realised.. my CELLPHONE wasn't in my coat pocket either. Holy Hell what was going on. I had NO recollection of where the hell they might be. First the Bag, now my keys and cellphone. I start swearing at myself, visibly and vocally aggitated at my stupidness. I look in his truck [I'd been driving that around] I looked in my car. I looked in the shopping bags. Nothing. Greg decides to help out and goes to look in the car. [cos we all know I can't see a bloody thing when I'm looking] and finds my keys and my phone, they'd fallen down the side of the seat, I guess they'd slide out of my coat pocket. Well, if those were that easy to find.. what about the fourth shopping bag - we got the receipts and checked off the items [might've been a helpful problem solving step in the beginning] to find that all items were accounted for which meant - there was no Bag Number 4. the sick feeling left my stomach and the stupid feeling remains. Hours of running around and pointless drama. Stupid Michelle, truly stupid. My mind has left me for greener pastures.
Read More