This week I:
+ Watched my first Star Wars movie. Yes, I am late to the game and yes I enjoyed it (and yes, I started with the originals first).
+ Ate some delicious potato and leek soup at Sara's house.
+ Rode my bike in 100km winds to drop off an assignment. Scary!
+ Freaked out about my last few assignments.
+ Gave my friend Michael dating advice (I know, right, me?!).
+ Watched Penelope with Sara (I love that movie and that lady!).
+ Couldn't keep my hands or feet warm.
+ Made a bunch of rainbow collages for an assignment - excited about finishing them.
+ Went to work three times.
+ Stayed up really late and then slept in most days.
+ Watched a so-bad-it's-almost-good Australian movie (lots of guffawing and cringing).
+ Had a big, ugly old migraine and slept for about 15 hours.
+ Made some more collages.
+ Started some fun DIY projects involving vintage handkerchiefs and handmade pom poms.
+ Began a new book lent to me by a work friend.
+ Felt excited about going on holidays in two weeks.

+ Sirin Thada

+ I want to attempt/devour Calivintage's sandwich cake - it looks so good!
+ I found this really great list by Julien Smith called 20 Things I Should Have Known At 20 - my favourite is probably 'instead of getting status through objects, do it through experiences'.
+ I am really intrigued by this new website called Wander. It launches in a few weeks time and in the meantime I've been contributing to their 'Wander Weeks' feature, answering some fun questions with photographs - you should too.
+ You should definitely watch this video about the world's oldest backpacker - his name is Keith, he's Australian and he's 95. Makes me want to get my stuff together and finally get travelling.
+ I think Caitlin Shearer's artwork is awesome.
+ I giggled at this Rookie mag article on 'things to keep in mind before you embark on your imaginary romance with Morrissey'.
+ I've just started to try out an app called Leap which is a way to create challenges around your interests and goals. It doesn't have amazing reviews, but it's quite interesting and I always find I am more likely to complete my goals if I have other people helping me to be accountable.
+ I'd really like to try this lamp restyle DIY by Elycia on One Sheepish Girl.
+ 33 animals who are extremely disappointed in you.

It was C's birthday yesterday. I always find it so hard to buy him gifts because he never seems to want anything and never suggests anything! But I had one present in mind this year that I knew he'd love - a tiny camera to put on Morrissey's collar to see where he wanders off to.

The camera costs about $30 and you can find them on eBay if you search for 'Pets Eye View'. The camera clips onto the pet's collar and you can set it to take a photo every 1, 5 or 15 minutes. The picture quality is obviously not amazing and the memory card is tiny, but we have had so much fun in the last 24 hours seeing where he wanders off to and what he looks at. We're going to try to put it on his collar for a few hours every day we're home. Here are just a couple of the pictures.


+ a street over from ours



+ hiding in the foliage

We've often felt like Morrissey must have a daytime owner and a night time owner (us) because he spends so much time out and when he comes back he's rarely very hungry. A few days ago I walked to the supermarket (a block away) and Morrissey followed me to the end of the curb as he always does but (thankfully) refuses to cross the busy road. As soon as I got into the supermarket I got a phone call from a woman who said she had just found Morrissey trying to get into her house. I grabbed my groceries and wandered back out to collect him (the lady was pretty smitten with him and kept saying how gorgeous "she" was). I started walking home with him and another lady, one who lives in my street, walked by and said "Is that your cat? She comes into our house all the time and we feed her!".

So, my cat seems to pretty much invite himself into everyone's houses and eat their food and has everyone convinced he's a girl (he does have a pink collar - I just thought it would be funny to emasculate him). I can't seem to stop him from wandering, but I thought it might be fun to at least have a little peek at his adventures.




+ someone else's yard

Some things I now know about my cat:
+ he likes sky gazing
+ he likes to watch cars and people
+ he likes to sit under cars
+ he likes to sit in foliage
+ he sits in the business behind our house's yard for hours on end

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