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The Prestige
I’m home sick again today, so I watched one of my favourite movies on DVD, The Prestige.
I once mentioned to someone that I really liked this movie and it turned out he was studying it as part of his film major - incidentally the same major I did three years ago. This won’t make any [...]
filming on saturday
On Saturday I’m helping out with a church filming project. Reading through my script, I’m supposed to be playing an Asian lawyer who is uptight, controlling and a clean-freak. I can’t help but think this character is a bit of a stereotype. Hmmm. Oh well.
Moving on, not only is the role the total opposite of me, [...]
not roles, but love
Sam is working at a Pablo and Rusty cafe over summer, which means he’s out of bed by 4:45am every morning (yes, you read that right). This has left me somewhat bereft of my morning coffee, as Sam always makes it for me before I go to work.
This morning, it occurred to me that making a good flat [...]
Linguistic quirks
As a Christian, there are certain phrases and sayings that instinctively make me feel uncomfortable.
Specifically, these phrases: “God is doing amazing things in this place”; “I need to find my God-given purpose in life”, “God really was here tonight (speaking of church)”, “dream big for God” and “blessings” as a greeting or farewell (this mainly makes [...]
Help!
My mum and brother Nic are away for Christmas this year - mum visiting my sick grandma in Jakarta, Nic travelling around the States with his mates. This leaves Sam, me, my other brother Micah and my dad for Christmas. The first time it’s only half a family for Christmas (sniff, sniff).
I volunteered to cook dinner. [...]
Basil and beef lasagne
Lasagne is one of those dishes that looks simple, but is actually quite time consuming to make and seems to require dirtying a lot of pots.
Anyway, I didn’t have enough mince on the weekend, so I made up my own hybrid vegetable/beef lasagne recipe. It was really nice and simple (well, relatively simple for a [...]
Girl With a Satchel
While researching a story for my magazine on girl bloggers, I stumbled across http://www.girlwithasatchel.com/.
I was quite excited when I read this blog. I’ve always thought there was a lack of modern, yet meaningful content for women online and in the media - of Christian writers whose worldview is shaped by Jesus, but have “world-savvy” content, thoughtful insights and [...]
The Howard Years
Sam and I have been watching The Howard Years on the ABC on Monday nights. So far, it’s been really interesting viewing. The documentary maker (I think it’s political reporter Fran Kelly?) has done a really good job at moving swiftly through the issues in a creative and insightful way. There has also been a [...]
The Week
If you’re interested in politics or just want to appear up-to-date with current affairs at the next dinner party you go to, I really recommend a new magazine that’s currently out called The Week.
In the tradition of The Bulletin, The Week covers mainly politics, current affairs, culture, arts and a small section on People News (i.e. posh talk [...]
It irritates me…
…that the media are so vicious about what Michelle Obama wears.
It bothers me because she can’t seem to do anything right. If she wears something expensive, they say she’s not “down to earth” enough. If she doesn’t wear something trendy, they make really nasty comments. For goodness sake, she’s a successful lawyer, mother of two and now [...]
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