Where oh where has the week gone? Suddenly it is Saturday afternoon and I find myself in a Malaysian restaurant in Hoboken. My first proper trip out in a week, and there were shrimp dumplings and tofu to celebrate. I’ve been under virtual house arrest studying all week so every day ran into each other. [...]
Archive for the ‘Navel gazing’ Category
Recent Netflix Rentals
Posted: 12/08/2010 in film, Navel gazingTags: Amanda Palmer, Cate Blanchett, dorian gray, eileen atkins, films, how to lose friends and alienate people, johnny mnemonic, mark strong, ridley scott, robin hood, russell crowe, scott pilgrim vs. the world, simon pegg, toby young, William Gibson
I should be studying but my brain isn’t quite engaged, and I am spending the whole of tomorrow in the city so I’ll have plenty of time to catch-up and post to my seminars then. I’ll be specifically hunting out cafes without wifi because the internet is just to distracting for the weak willed. Today [...]
I have a touch of the insomnias at the moment. Starting to get real familiar with 5am. It’s dark, there are sirens in the distance, and as soon as I stir my nose starts running. So on top of insomnia I have this weird sinus thing going on. I can’t tell if it is a [...]
I am making my second roux of the day. This is how I roll now. Gone are the planning meetings, hundreds of unanswered emails, back-to-back conference calls and quarterly reports. Now the only fires I put out are actual fires (think tea towels resting on a hot stove top). After spending five years of stretching [...]
Holding pattern
Posted: 09/08/2010 in classics, Navel gazingTags: classics, fall, pumpkin spice latte, school
I am in limbo at the moment. September is that kind of month. Fluctuating temperatures have me flip flopping between switching over wardrobes or hanging on for that Indian summer (that is always promised). Those pumpkin spice lattes that I desire right up until my first sip when I remember why I only have one [...]
But instead I am contemplating going to yoga class as warm up for tonight’s pilates class. It’s just too hot and stuffy in the flat, and I might as well enjoy the gym’s AC. I am starting to go a little stir crazy in the flat.This obviously means it’s time to start looking for that [...]
Project: De-clutter
Posted: 08/24/2010 in Navel gazingTags: books, de-clutter, home, unemployment projects
I find myself wanting to exist in two homes at once: one lined with books and the other spacious and minimal. It is possible to have both if you have a large enough home except the reality is that I live in a one bed flat and can’t see myself living in anything bigger than [...]
The Long Weekend
Posted: 07/03/2010 in Navel gazingTags: leverage, netflix, spartacus, the girl with the dragon tattoo
It’s the 4th of July weekend and I intend to do as little as humanly possible because it is hotter than Hades. That being said my plans for the weekend: Only eat meat on the bone Read ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ in air-conditioned cafes around the city Sleep late Drink my body weight [...]
