Aloha,
I had a long list of things to do today and the last on the list (and the most important of course) was to write an entry, but I was so busy I didn't get time, but everything else on the list is crossed out, So, I'm just writing to say that I made up a new header kind of thing - it's currently a very low res version and I'm just testing it out to see how I like the layout of things, so it's likely that it will change, aaaanway. Will write tomorrow :)
Sweet dreams,
B.

^ This looks strangely delicious. I think I might try it. My dad used to have pear and apple on peanut butter toast.

C and I are about to go out for breakfast in Redfern. This place has had a bad reputation, but it's much lovelier than is given credit for. So many gorgeous terraces and old buildings. We're staying with C's friend Mel in her huge, gorgeous shared terrace. We slept in a massive loft. Yesterday when we got in off the train we had lunch at a kebab shop and talked to a young guy with a pony tail carrying a baseball bat. C said "Do you need that around here?" and he laughed and said "Not before 7.30" (apparently a friend had given it to him). Then we sat in the park and witnessed an almost accident, where a man nearly rear ended a lady's car and then proceeded to get out and yell in her window so that the whole street would hear; "Where did you get your license?!". Then we saw a thin hunching man in a knitted jumper being pulled along the street by his primary school daughter, who stopped at the park and sat down and wouldn't move, with her father trying to reason with her that he'd take her to the park tomorrow. Eventually she went with him, but later we saw her hiding in a shop and her father was standing outside with his bread calling "Beatrice! Come on, we've got to go". It was very cute. Aaaanyway, only a few more hours with C before he flies away, then back home to the cats. I left the house really messy, so I'll have something to occupy myself with, and Paige sent me up a copy of Dexter Season 2, so I'll get straight onto that. I MISS YOU ALREADY C ♥

Today I spent $17 on stamps. Eep. I didn't know it was possible. Today I'm feeling drained of funds (only bills in the mail today) and the dreary weather, which I usually love, is making things feel a bit down today. C and I went up to post mail and looked in two op shops on the way back. We saw a huge old low dressing table with a great big mirror which would be great for the spare room and a really interesting decorated old wooden record player/tape player/cd player for $50. C wanted it so bad. It would be perfect for our house. Buuuut, we didn't get either. The day before yesterday C and I went to Office Works and I bought some new textas and stickers and a date stamp to go with the purple ink pad I have. I need to find more things that need date stamps. I've been date stamping all my mail. I also sent out two mix cds to recipients in the UK and US for a swap I'm doing via Swapbot which requires you to make a mix cd full of songs that have names in the titles. I should receive two in return. Here's my tracklisting:

1. Patricia's Moving Picture - The Go! Team
2. Sarah - Bat For Lashes
3. I Have Forgiven Jesus - Morrissey
4. I Had A Dream, Joe - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
5. Fred Jones, Pt. 2 - Ben Folds
6. Cath... - Death Cab For Cutie
7. Mr E's Beautiful Blues - Eels
8. Jesus The Mexican Boy - Iron & Wine
9. Noah (Ghost In A Sheet) - Fionn Regan
10. For Emma - Bon Iver
11. Samson - Regina Spektor
12. Simeon's Dilemma - Why?
13. Casey's Song - City & Colour
14. Bella - Angus & Julia Stone
15. Judy And The Dream Of Horses - Belle & Sebastian
16. Son Of Sam - Elliott Smith
17. I'll Have To Dance With Cassie - God Help The Girl
18. Alison - Elvis Costello
19. A Postcard To Nina - Jens Lekman
20. The Ballad Of Love And Hate - The Avett Brothers (I stretched it a bit with this one, 'Love' and 'Hate' are the names of characters in the song).

Want a copy? :)

Here's the packages I sent out (When I sent them out they were covered in gorgeous stamps. At $5 each to send I don't think I'll be doing too many of these swaps):





My next swap involves making postcards out of cardboard food packaging.

Here's another letter and some postcards I sent out:




I'm meant to be folding and hanging up the huge clothes pile in mine and C's room, but I've been putting it off all day. He can't pack his stuff up for going away until it's done, so I have to do it. Tomorrow we're catching the train to Sydney to stay with one of C's high school friends, and then he'll catch the shuttle bus to the airport in the afternoon and I'll train home. Might go out to see a band I like called The Heartbreak Club on Wednesday night and then one of my best friends, Paige, is holding her birthday 55th Anniversary of Lassie's Television debut celebrations in Newcastle on the weekend which should be lovely to attend.

Here are some interesting blogs I've subscribed to lately:

♡ Eat Drink Chic
♡ Only On A Windy Day
♡ Sending-Postcards
♡ You Are What You Love
♡ The Lovely List
♡ Just Something I Made

Today was Australian Father's Day. I never really know how to commemorate these dates in ways that aren't cliched or make me feel kind of melodramatic or awkward - I didn't even remember it was Father's Day today until I was going through my Google Reader and a whole lot of bloggers were posting their tributes to their dad's and some of them were so lovely. My dad has been gone for almost nine years, I miss him a lot, I love him a lot and I think I'm more like him than I probably know. He was in my life for just over ten years and left some really lasting memories. He didn't like hallmark occasions, and wouldn't have wanted me to celebrate father's day even if he was alive, but this is just my small gesture today. I hope he's in a good place :)