Francesrosey

It has now occurred to me how much I am running out of time.
26 Days left in Christchurch

I desperately need to sort all my junk, which is beyond hard to motivate myself to do. I want to spend as much time as possible in the presence of people who are important to me and I’ll miss like crazy when I’m gone. I think ideally it will be one on one time, and perhaps involve mini road trips to places I’ll miss when I’m away.

I’m going to try and organise to get a “family portrait” of sorts with all the people I will miss. It might be hard to get them all in the same place at the same time though. I know I discussed with Timmy once, that before I leave we would take a picture with us in it together. I think I’d like a picture of the family in front of the log cabin.

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Here I am with two of my favourite people in the world on New Years day. Out of the 6 people who I could not live without in this world it makes me sad that I’ve only seen two of them since New Years Eve.

I should say that I do have a world of people who are incredibly important to me, outside of the 6 I’m thinking of. I’ve actually spent a lot of quality time with some of the others over the last few days and I think I’ll miss them terribly also.

I started packing boxes over the last couple of days. There will be a garage sale at the Log Cabin on the 16th.

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Things I learned after midnight.

The third point, is something I perhaps should have realised a long time ago, but I have pinned so much of what I want to happen in my life on time. Letting things evolve and grow. I don’t want knowing this to ruin hope.

So aside from these things, New Years was amazing. The people who put the effort in, made an amazing night. I kind of wish I’d drunk less, and brought a warmer pair of socks.

Tommorrow I’m taking Josh to the carnival. We’re going to take an awesome road trip. I think Rose is coming with us. I’ll see who else I can round up. Its been nearly 6 years since I last went. The carnival is so traditional. Fingers crossed the weather will hold up Read more →

Its all booked, paid and the passport is off being renewed as we speak.
I quit work today also. Via email. What a cop out. There was no one there to tell face to face though. I would have told someone if there had been anyone around. I tried to be gracious in my resignation. I’d like a good reference, one that will get me a sweet job in London for a few months anyway. I arrived home from work to see a festival of drinking in my lounge.
Tim had friends over. That said, most of these folk are my friends too. They had wisely, or perhaps quite unwisely invested in 2 slabs of Southern Draught. I’m sure its a fine drop.

Hollan had consumed surely, more than his weight in beer and was in rather a cheerful mood.

It was nice, despite being bitterly cold, it was a hark back to the old days of the Log Cabin. Back to last Summer’s drunken haze.

Unfortunately I am succumbing to a headcold. It is not party time in my nose and ears. So I lay down and popped a few pills before returning to the social activity in the lounge.

Post Die! Die! Die! I surveyed the aftermath. Well some of it. The floor is sticky, there are a veritable $3 worth of recycling aluminum cans strewn across the floor.

Tomorrow is GlasTomBury. I am sure it will be a most entertaining New Years Celebration. Maybe my last in Christchurch for a while. Depends if there is anything worth coming back for.

(Did a Google search for Southern Draught, all I got was pictures of horses)

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Just a selection of favourites:

fran is a cute girlfriend
fran is what i mean
fran is suffused with intelligence and at war with stereotypes
fran is available for media interviews by calling
fran is a great lover of music and this has provided much of the inspiration he needed for his own work
fran is now the family matriarch
fran is a gardener
fran is voting fish 10/17/2002
fran is going to live through it
fran is now above the age of 18
fran is rapidly approaching landfall
fran is available for private lessons only at ballroom city 207
fran is used to being in control and knowing what to do
fran is going to be in her cousins wedding
fran is a little nervous
fran is the most intense hurricane to make a direct hit on north carolina since hurricane hazel in 1954
fran is a warm
fran is “the hobo minstrel”
fran is actively involved in the community
fran is delighted
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I like this a lot.
Thanks Joff.
To see more of his cool pictures from around Melbourne go to:
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http://www.cosasminimas.com/
Really cute Spanish designer. Blanca Gomez.

I’m back in Christchurch, I’m glad I stayed as long as I did in Auckland. I actually enjoyed being there, waking up in the mornings to a cup of tea by my bedside.
Also, swimming at the beach every day… just heading down the hill to the beach, and lying in the tepid water.
Strange, I usually hate being up there and itch to get home.

As the plane left the airport, I realised the next take off from Auckland I would experience would be the one which would take me on my trip around the world.

Anyway. Home in Christchurch, its bloody cold in comparison to Auckland. I have a list of tasks a mile long to complete but I just want to be social.

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I walked home from town with David.

Tonight we ventured down an alley way we’d never noticed before.

I love walking home with him. We always have these conversations and he draws out of me things I wouldn’t admit to other people.
I like his honest views on life and the universe.

I’m really going to miss the 15 minutes every few months that we spend dissecting our crushes and irrational thoughts on life.

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J’adore by Heather Amuny-Dey

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A couple of nights ago I was ranting like a crazy woman about a film that used to play at Christmas time when I was growing up. All I could remember was how much I disliked it and there was a character always saying “You’ll shoot your eye out”.

So today I was blog-trawling and found someone had posted it. I now know the movie was called “A Christmas Story.”

According to IMBD, the 1983 movie is about a kid who wants a BB gun for Christmas. I vaguely remember this part.

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