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Jan
23rd

Sat

I wonder if Billy knows?

E: Daddy, what's this song called?
Me: "1979", by The Smashing Pumpkins.
E: Who's playing drums?
Me: A man called Jimmy.
E: Who's playing guitars?
Me: Well, a man called James is playing guitar, and a lady called D'arcy is plaing the bass guitar.
E: Who's singing?
Me: A man called Billy?
E: What's he singing?
Me: Well, words I guess.
E: Why is _he_ singing?
Me: Because they're his words. He wrote them.
E: Why did he write them?
Me: It's how he chooses to express himself. The songs are about what he's thinking about. Okay?
E: Okay.
E: <big pause>
E: I think he's thinking about formula one cars.

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Jan
21st

Thu

People who scratch and run in carparks are scum of the earth.

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Jan
18th

Mon

You can make up all kinds of friendly tricks. Just don’t get caught in the endless cycle of guilt, avoidance, and pressure. When it is your time to write, write.

— Natalie Goldberg, “Writing Down The Bones”

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Jan
10th

Sun

Willem is a very fortunate man

— Director Lars von Trier on Willem DeFoe’s apparent substantial ahem, talent, as it were.

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Dec
3rd

Thu

I just used Google Earth for the iPhone to show Elijah where Santa Claus lives.

Yeah, the future is pretty cool.

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Nov
23rd

Mon

Last night’s beef rogan josh, cooked from scratch, using the Jamie Oliver iPhone app. This thing makes it ridiculously easy to cook meals, has instructional videos for things like proper cutting technique and step by step photos. Well worth the $10 I paid for it.

Oh, and oh so yummy.

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Nov
20th

Fri

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A few weeks ago, the lorikeets came back for a visit and brought all their friends. There were at least 7 in that tree at one stage.

Sadly, I haven’t seen nor heard a single lorikeets since.

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Nov
3rd

Tue

Belly

Elijah: Daddy, you have a belly.
Me: Yes matey, I have a belly.
Elijah: It's like the Fat Controller [knowing nod]
Me: I am well aware of my need for a new exercise regime, thank you. It's time you had a bath, smart guy.
Elijah: Can I pat it? Like a drum?
Me: [long pause] Okay. Just one go. Then it's bath time.

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Oct
13th

Tue

Elijah and I spotted this yesterday on the walk home from the train station.

If you can’t see clearly, it is a flower planted inside a cardboard coffee cup and has been propped up against a fence at the intersection of a highway and a busy feeder road.

When I walked past it this morning, it had already been knocked over and trampled on.

A small piece of guerilla gardening for sure, but it definitely brightened up my our evening.

Thank you, Phantom Planter.

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Oct
3rd

Sat

Incidentally, an update...

Helen is really busy, as usual. The hard slog with auditions is paying off in interesting and exciting ways.

Elijah goes to the local child care three times a week and is loving it. We are not loving the different behavioural habits he is learning quite so much.

I have work :-) I have been working full time on a temporary basis for about a month now. I hope to have more exciting news soon but am awaiting official confirmation first before blabbing to the world.

All in all, life is the best it has been for the family as a unit since we got here. It looks like life is starting to settle into place now.

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