Day 82

i wear glasses....sometimes. this has been more apparent lately by the increasing soreness in my eyes after long periods of being on the computer, oh and people going 'you wear glasses now?'. whoops. considering i have had glasses for nearly 10 years now, i'm thinking i don't wear them as often as i should. the truth be told i know i should wear my glasses more often.....but along with wearing glasses for 10 years, i've had the same pair for 10 years....which may explain why they don't work so well anymore....especially after all the computer work i have been doing over the past few years. note to self, must book optometrist appointment.

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Day 81

a few months ago i posted something i never thought i would utter in my life time.
well here is the reversal, almost. and again i utter something i never thought i would....he was using his nail polish!

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Day 80

i am seemingly still struggling with inspiration to push me forward with my photography. i am not quite sure what it is still and why i am struggling so much, but it is starting to get rather frustrating.
today i tried a new technique to maybe help with that.... subliminal reading.
will let ya know how it goes.

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Day 79

going away is great....a few days away from reality and the norm. coming back is not so much fun... unpacking, reality and chores.
when my bags goes through security i'm surprised they don't rip it open and rummage through it with the amount of power cords that are always in my bags. laptop, camera battery charger, battery charger, two cellphone chargers, camera cables....oh and more.
although i take all that stuff with me, i still get home and have to charge everything up...in my mess (that i have momentarily forgotten about whilst in another city!). damn trips away.....they just play with ya state of mind!

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Day 78

last year for my final assignment i created period lounges.....60's, 70's, 80's etc. if i was completely honest with myself, they were pretty cool!!! it wasn't necessarily my photographic ability that made them so, but more my 'collaging' ability, that pulled a number of elements together to create the striking images!
of the two series' i completed for my final assignment, this ended up being my favourite, over my death series, which i had always expected to be my favourite as i was working on them.
the lounges seemed to resonate with people more, with a lot more comments received for that series'. i even managed to sell some of the series to a friend who appreciated them so much that she framed them with the most amazing frames. I finally got to see the finished product today. likey :D

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Day 77

this evening i got a lil flashed up... put a dress on, and make up(that took longer than 2 minutes - not much more mind you)....straightened my hair a little and toddled off to my friend dave's end of cricket season dinner.
it was a pleasant little black tie affair at rocco in ponsonby....good company, good food and good wine(so i was told).
it was for dave's corporate twentytwenty cricket...they apparently are in a world-wide competition(of sorts) and ended up ranked pretty bloody highly out of 1500 teams...something like 24th...highest score ever, held a team to the lowest score ever...had one of the top batters, top all-rounders....yeah was pretty impressive(dave you are allowed to correct me).
anyway - it was a great evening surrounded by a great bunch of people....my first 'event' out since the 'no drinking' rule had been enforced....have to say sitting at a table covered with wine bottles was trying at times.....especially as i was the only one not drinking....guess i gotta get used to it!

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Day 76

going up to auckland means fun times - well 'catching up' times that is for sure. it actually is usually a mad panic of flying around spending an hour here and an hour there with various friends. this weekend i was going up for a friend's end of season sports dinner...but more about that tomorrow.
tonite i, finally, got to meet my friend nikki's sisters and have a great nite to boot. my gosh did we all have so much fun.
the evening started at one of the blister's for burritos and the precursor to the events ahead at the comedy club...although personally, i think it was the main event....well on even par at least. i have not laughed so much in such a long time.
the evening started with a presentation by nikki, to adam, of a "man badge"....which was awarded to him for 'treating lilmac like a princess'. noice one nik...i was already in tears after that.
between the eight of us at dinner, we had more than our fair share of hilarious stories to be told!
once we got to the comedy club it just kept going. we decided we'd s at the back, to avoid being 'picked on'...well actually it was just that we were such a big group and late! besides that so did not work.....i affectionately became known as 'kirsty from chriiiiiiiist-church'(you really have to hear it - kinda sounds like a witch)...and nikki became known as 'informative woman', after one semi-monotone & somewhat serious explanation of...something, i forget already...there was so much more after that.
the show we went to was a late night gig on as part of the international comedy festival in auckland. we had no idea who was going to be performing until we got there.....i have to say we had a pretty great bunch of comedians....nice one!
dan nightingale was our compare for the evening....the lovely gentleman who gave nikki and i our alter-egos
joining him for the evening were:
hannah gadsby
brendhan lovegrove
jason cook
oh and another kiwi and an aussie whose names escape me.....obviously not as great as the others.....maybe

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