february

only halfway, today's the 16th.  there's still time to complete my end of feb phd goals and get back on track blogging.  this is a motivating thought.

1 february F

photos:  http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/hawkers-market.html

2 february S

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/brunch.html

3 february S

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/cricket.html

4 february M

5 february T

6 february W

7 february TH

photo: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/fringe.html

8 february F

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/comedy-on-beach.html

9 february S

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/margaret-river-day-1.html

10 february S

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/margaret-river-day-2.html

11 february M

12 february T

13 february W - super hot.  flatmate adventure to kings park.

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/kings-park.html

14 february TH - woke up to haze and the strong smell of bush fire. hub= school work. gym.

15 february F - day at the hub.  wrote, read, double checked references, revised.  same old thing.  juliana and i got take away catalanos (yummy italian in vic park) for dinner.  all of the tables were reserved although only like 3 had people, so we didn't stay.  ate at her place instead.  was a nice dinner and chat.  then as i had missed the bus by 5 minutes, i decided to walk until the next one, except then i figured because i was already at the coles that by the time the bus came it would take about the same time as me walking the rest of the way. so i raced the bus.  interestingly, i watched it cross the intersection of hill view and berwick as i was a block away.  so it beat me by about two blocks.  feel okay about that; it was a nice walk.

16 february - today.  so far i've done laundry, cleaned a bit, answered emails (what? i actually had emails from people?), went to the body balance class at the gym, wrote my ethics attachments, and returned to this blog.  oh and i went to the retirement community op shop on my way to the gym.  pretty sure the old ladies were real skeptical of me.  would like to go to the proper op shops to look for potential awesome dress deals - but would have to have day time hours to do so.  maybe someday in the future...

january

a new year, and a renewed hope/spirit/drive to make progress

31 december M:
NYE

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/nye.html

1 january T:

2 january W:

3 january TH:

4 january F:

hopman cup

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/hopman-cup.html

5 january S:

6 january S:

7 january M:

8 january T:

sushi?

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/sui.html

9 january W:

10 january TH

11 january F

12 january S

13 january S

14 january M

15 january T

16 january W

17 january TH

18 january F

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/out.html

19 january S

20 january S

21 january M

22 january T

23 january W

24 january TH

25 january F 

26 january S

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/australia-day.html

27 january S

28 january M

29 january T

30 january W

31 january TH

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/burritos.html

on being home, the rest.

M 17 december
T 18 december
W 19 december
TH 20 december
F 21 december
S 22 december
S 23 december
M 24 december
T 25 december
W 26 december
TH 27 december
F 28 december
S 29 december
S 30 december

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/annual-pics.html

photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/craft.html

the neglect was worse than i thought

eek. dear blog, i thought i had at least blogged through going home for christmas.  sadly i think i only managed to weakly get up to the point of me going home while home for christmas.  well, that's a shame.

neglect

i realize i've been neglecting the blog.  it's not that i don't think about you, dear blog of mine, because i do.  i often have grandiose ideas of going home at night and filling in some updates.  but alas, i find that after typing/writing/trying to write manuscripts all day, i just really don't have the heart to type more.  sure, you say, it's different than academic writing.  tis true, oh blog, but it's more writing and more staring at a screen close to my face.  i'd like to recount the really great week i had in january (great for phd reasons none the less; and, seriously, WHEN does that happen) and i'm hoping i will in a recap as that time has come and gone.  this past week i felt really overwhelmed.  actually on friday the 8th it was bad.  this week, i guess slightly better.  but it's at this point where the progress i'd been making is coming back on top of me, begging for revisions and improvements all at the same time.  it's suddenly and overwhelmingly a lot.  so there's that to write about.
but i've also done fun non-phd things too that i'd like to share with you, oh blog.  like last weekend's wine (and other food) tasting adventure.  and the crazy bushfire smell and haze this week.  and the fact that i've gotten to chat with dear friends online recently.  or the fact that alison is flying into perth today.  and that brittany is in bangkok traveling through thailand on her way here.  these are good, important to note, things and that i've been neglecting the process of writing, posting, and processing.

so while i can't promise an improvement, i'm at least going to take baby steps to fill in some details.  hopefully then i can come back and flesh out at least some of the good bits.  because i really do want to follow through and maintain you, blog, i really do.

phd warning

http://liv.dreamwidth.org/389934.html

article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21030666