Mar 26, 2016

Currently...

My friend Pandora runs a blog on which she assiduously posts every Sunday.  Once upon a time I had this level of discipline - okay, I didn't, but I did post every week - but I possess it no longer. However I do enjoy her Sunday meme posts, most of which come from Sunday Stealing.  Sunday Stealing posts are a good way to keep a blog up to date instead of letting it languish a month or more between posts - as I am wont to do lately.

So, this week I am going to try my hand at a meme post, this one called 'The Currently Meme', courtesy of Sunday Stealing.


Currently, I am...


Reading
Bazaar of Bad Dreams, by Stephen King
Fool Me Once, by Harlan Coben - the latest in the ever-growing genre of 'well-off wife finds she can't trust her seemingly perfect husband and her life has been a lie'
Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, by Johann Hari. I thought we should legalise drugs before, now I'm doubly convinced

Writing
Project plans; blog posts; a short story that is going nowhere

Playing
Fetch and tug of war with the dog every morning

Watching
11.22.63
Better Call Saul
Politics in Australia, with trepidation
The Trump Show in America, with horror

Trying
To keep up

Cooking
A roast dinner every Saturday. I have just decided that this week. I did a chicken roast last Saturday which the kids loved and I quite enjoyed it myself.
But not this Saturday as I'm planning a family lunch for tomorrow.

Drinking
Pinot Grigio 
Coke Zero
Coffee
Lots of water to make up for the rest

Calling
The shots, when I can.

Pinning
Hairstyles. Dream on, frizzy-haired me.

Tweeting
#Fairfax #fintech

Crafting
Nothing. I have zero interest and less talent.

Doing
Too much and not enough. The modern existential dilemma.

Going
On holiday to a little rental beach house on the Peninsula in two weeks - can't wait.

Loving
The free trams in Melbourne CBD.

Hating
Knee-jerk politics.

Re-discovering
Season 1 of Fargo on Stan. I forgot how good it was. Every actor in it is fantastic.

Enjoying
Silly YouTube videos: The Community Channel, Everything Wrong With, and Brent Rivera.
Perfect weather in Melbourne last week, and a mild (late) start to autumn this week.

Thinking
How to marry agile cloud-based small-vendor project management with big-client requirements. 
The implications of the current tech bubble (If even I spent 20 minutes this week considering building a service app then trust me, we're in a bubble).

Feeling
Optimistic - despite the bubble, despite Trump.

Missing
Blog reading. Have to find time.

Hoping
The Americans don't elect Trump - but also that they don't elect someone who turns out to be awful just to avoid electing Trump.

Clever :)

Listening
Too much Radio Nova thanks to the kids. Why was everyone doing covers of Justin Bieber's Love Yourself which is a terrible song? I don't get it. Thankfully some new songs hit this week. 

Celebrating
The fact we can afford to go on a little family holiday for the first time in two years.

Smelling
Mould in the crockery cupboard again - time for a clean and those way-too-expensive damp-soaker thingies.

Thanking
The state government for awarding the paramedics a pay rise. Everyone working in emergency services and health should get a big pay rise.

Considering
What the hell to get my husband for his birthday. He's impossible.

Starting
To relax after spending the day cleaning and preparing lunch and an easter egg hunt for all my family on Easter Sunday.







8 comments:

  1. Nice work, but which peninsular? While it was alien to me, I now like western peninsula.

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  2. Nice work, but which peninsular? While it was alien to me, I now like western peninsula.

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    1. I had to Google western peninsula.... We're going to the Mornington one

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  3. An interesting meme.
    YES on the political front.

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    1. I like a short meme. Politics are horrible currently. The optimist in me thinks a change had got to be close.

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  4. I'm glad I can bit a small amount of inspiraiton.
    Good post.

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    1. thanks - I might be hooked now, have done this week's now too.

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  5. Roasts are great to centre family to joining family for an evening meal. My niece who was supposed to organise the easter egg hunt became quite grumpy and it was left to her mother. It was silly fun, but still fun. Once you reach a certain age, it is impossible to buy a present for your partner. You can only offer to pay for something.

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