Irrellievancy

May 29

(Source: insane-troll-logic, via mindlessmunkey)

May 24

Peach, my pet mouse, eating stuff and making a mess.

fuckyeahlisasimpson:

ratchetart:

may 1o.

Does that Lisa shirt say, DORK MAGNET?

I need this because of reasons.

May 23

We Like Bikes: It was pretty good!

After six months of planning, We Like Bikes finally happened on Sunday May 20. It didn’t go horribly wrong. Hooray!

My favourite bits:

• Simon the unicyclist making balloon animals for a huge group of very excited children.
• Turnstyle’s bike bus (pictured above) touring up and down the bikeway.
• Random cyclist groups appearing to check things out, including the Griffith University Bicycle Users Group.
• Nearby residents watching the bands from their balconies. I was scared they’d come down and complain about the noise, until they started taking photos and applauded after the songs!
• An older lady with Miss BB Le Buff’s School of Performance whose act was 60s go-go dancing.
• Vulcana Women’s Circus performing with their Group Bike - three girls dressed as ninjas on a stunt bike doing cool martial arts moves.
• A little boy bopping up and down in a very serious fashion to Greshka.
• Apparently a passing CityCat stopped to watch the bands.
• A family stopped to watch Wayward Smith and they had a puppy and I played with the puppy. PUPPY!
• A lady dressed in a polka-dotted pink dress with pink sunglasses and a customised pink retro bike. We gave her the prize for best bike of the day.
• Favourite moment: The group bike performing around Greshka - an upbeat gypsy folk band - with the bike bus stopped nearby, and a large group of cyclists laughed and clapped from their bikes. It was a perfect moment, like a tiny mad circus had suddenly appeared on the bikeway

I’ve made a Flickr group that you can join and add photos to if you were there on the day - hopefully more will be added over the next few weeks.

Thanks everyone for their support. I couldn’t have done it without you!

May 17

Look ma, I’m in the paper! Andre from Greshka, myself and my bike are in City News this week to promote We Like Bikes. It’s all happening on Sunday May 20 at the Teneriffe bikeway. There’ll be music, performances, workshops, fun times and you can win fabulous prizes!

Check it all out at http://www.welikebikes.com.au/

May 16

betweenthedogandthewolf:

Musgrave Park ”I don’t want to go somewhere else” 

(see story)

Perhaps I’m just stressed and overemotional, but reading the ugly mess unfold on Twitter this morning put me on the verge of tears all day. It’s not fair.

May 11

The A-Z of Being a Woman -

G is for “Gynaecologist,” a medical specialist for the lady parts. One day I met a gynaecologist whose name was “Dr Vigana”. It was a special day.

I think this is the most sensible, accurate, and least rage-inducing article on women I have ever read.

(thanks heavypetal for the link on Facebook)

May 09

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May 05

Saturday Night’s All Right

Hi internet friends. Why do we post about the stuff we’re doing at home, then put ourselves down for being at home on a Friday and Saturday night?

Today I slept a lot, drank tea, ate some cheap burritos, re-read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and fixed my laptop which I thought was dead, and felt like a TECHNOLOGICAL WIZARD! I’m backing up stuff on my hard drive and let me tell you, after a few days of no computer, it’s pretty damn exciting. I’m listening to some mixes of a cover band I recorded last week and am feeling proud of myself because it doesn’t sound shitty.

And I guess this is the point where I say something insecure like “woo yeah I party pretty hard on a Saturday night, LOL JK I AM ACTUALLY ASHAMED OF HOW NERDY I AM” but forget that! I’m not ashamed at all. I’m having a great time. I’ve had a busy, stressful week. Lazy home times rock when you’re sleep-deprived and have been running around doing stuff. And since when was I not nerdy anyway? I wouldn’t have fixed my laptop if I was out doing cool person stuff. *

So let’s do it, internet. Let’s stop being insecure and embarrassed about having an awesome time at home. That’s where the internet, books, TV, food and bed is and you don’t generally get hassled for not wearing a bra.

Doing what makes you happy is cool.

*I’m not entirely sure what cool person stuff is and I DON’T CARE