#34 and #7 Food

Status: In Progress

You can keep tabs on my progress with 101 recipes here, but I thought a little more detail might be in order. Generally the recipes are doing well - exploring new ingredients, making use of the recipe book cupboard. On the photography front, I'm mixing it up between the iPhone 3GS and a Canon P&S. So, many would argue this doesn't even really rate as 'photography' per se. But hey. The Canon has better macro focus, but the iPhone has cool inbuilt lomo effect through Instagram. Tips welcome!

#34. 11/101 Panna Cotta

#34. 12/101 Jamie Oliver tomato pasta

#81. Create a website

Status: Complete

Deep in the really exciting tasks at the moment, aren't we. And yes, if I'm perfectly honest, my current writing style may be slightly influenced by boredom + O.C. Season 1 + rekindled love for Seth Cohen. Sigh.

I created a website. Other than a blog. For my Dad. It's cool. It has a picture. And a photo. And an address. I'm proud. But not proud enough to embarrass him by linking to it. And I doubt many of you guys are in the market for a Brisbane-based management consultant.

#72. Fix line spacing

Status: Complete

Not sure I can take that much credit for this one. I think it kind of fixed itself. But yes, I now have a basic-looking second blog with no strange gaps all over the place. I think I was meant to be writing creatively about the boring tasks. Maybe the next one? Not really happening for me right now.

#21. Doormat

Status: Complete

Wow. So now we get to write next to the picture. Fancy. This is my doormat. Exciting, huh? I thought so...

Splashback

Status: Complete

So glossy. So black. So clean-able. Between the generally horrendous builders; finding a replacement glazier; measuring up; finding an electrician; sourcing black plastic powerpoints from 6 suppliers; finding a second electrician; remeasuring; finding a plumber; remeasuring... And then suddenly one Saturday morning, I filled my house with ridiculously efficient tradesmen and wound up sitting, drinking coffee, taking in my completely finished renovation at 10am. I almost teared up, but the tradies were cute and I thought they might judge.

#48. 10.10.10

Status: Complete-ish

I didn't really celebrate per se. But I remembered it was 10.10.10. I looked for cool events and was dismally disappointed. There was a vague eco-friendly scavenger hunt in a nearby park that I walked past, but... really?

I drank a toast to my senior maths teacher, who used to do something cool (cool for a maths nerd) with the date every day and hoped he was appreciating the day somehow. I also remembered thinking as a teenager that one of these 'cool' dates would be a good time to have a baby. Funny those moments, no?

Book #5. Washington Square

How have I not discovered Henry James sooner?

"If the only office of a son-in-law were to dine at the paternal table, I should set a high value upon your brother. He dines capitally."