Overheard

Her: Yeh, that was a pretty good movie. Him: Yeh, not too bad. Her: I really thought he should've died though. Him: Really? He lived for ages you know, went back to the States to race his bike lots of times after that. Her: Nah, he totally should've died. Would've been a much better movie if he'd died. Besides that guy - the guy who played him... Him: Anthony Hopkins? Her: Yeh, he's so old it's probably his last movie anyway. He totally should have died. Would have made the movie much better.
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My Joy Manifesto

  • Brown paper bags - especially previously scrunched-up ones.
  • bulldog clips - the smaller the better.
  • sparkly things - earrings, tiarras, spangled tops, bright bottoms, twinkles, dangles, crystals.
  • the way colours glow when the rain stops at sunset
  • button rollovers
  • buttons in general - a jar of buttons collected over generations.
  • pixelated images - zooming in on a photo or creating a tiny images of blocks of colour.
  • blurry stuff
  • colours that sit next to each other on the colour wheel - like blues and greens, or yellows and oranges, or reds and pinks and oranges makes my mouth water.
  • I can make people laugh sometimes if I time it *just* right.
  • the smell of a new Mac laptop
  • satin finished paper
  • yellow everything!
  • facing the wind on a mountaintop or ferry deck or street home.
  • getting soaking wet on a walk home.
  • a deep warm bath
  • pigment suspended in water on crisp white handmade watercolour paper
  • russian fudge melting in my mouth
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Quarterly Review

Manager: so, why aren't you sleeping? Michelle: I don't know. Manager: Well, what are you thinking when you wake up? Michelle: *thinks* I'm not telling you that. Manager: Okay - when you wake up, where are your hands?
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