Autumn

I was walking to work today in the blustery wind and rain with the music from my mp3 player enveloping me into my own autumn music video. That's when I experienced the freshness and beauty of autumn - not for the first time, but each time is almost always just as moving as the first. An amazing feeling.

The street I walk down every morning is lined with huge trees, the leaves ranging from a light green to burnt orange to yellow - most on the ground now. The few leaves that remain on the trees, cling to the branches flickering, jiggling and dancing around like they're alive and excited about something.

Autumn is one of those seasons where the beauty of nature really stands out. So much that it's hard to ignore. It brings you down to earth and prepares you for the brisk weather that's about to follow making you think of snug jumpers, thick socks and jackets and time all cosied up indoors.

Autumn makes me gooey on the inside :o)

Half-Nekkid Thursday!

First HNT for me!!!

And if you'd like to know more about me...

Your Personality Profile

You are funky, outdoorsy, and down to earth. While you may not be a total hippie... You're definitely one of the most free spirited people around. You are very impulsive - every day is a new adventure. However, you do put some thought behind all your actions. Still, you do tend to shock and offend people from time to time!

The World's Shortest Personality Test

A bit of fun

Came across these little test things that you can enter into your blogs and thought "Wow! That's cool!".

I'm all very new to this blogging business so get excited about the smallest things I find! Anyhoo, here's a cool little left brain / right brain test I did. Looks like I'm almost a pretty balanced person ;-)

You Are 40% Left Brained, 60% Right Brained

The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning. Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others. If you're left brained, you are likely good at math and logic. Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet. The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility. Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way. If you're right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art. Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports.

Are You Right or Left Brained?

Life chuggin' along nicely

I don't mean to gloat but seriously, someone is looking out for me these days! And there are a lot of freaky things going on!

Firstly, an old flatmate that I bumped into at a gas station a while back (after not seeing her in six years) bumped into me again the other night while I was out on a date. I told her we needed to meet up for a coffee sometime because someone was trying to tell us something. Coincidence again, jeezus! Oh and another friend I hadn't spoken to in almost 10 years rang me from Australia to wish me a happy birthday. Hmmmm people from the past, people from the past. They're all coming outta the woodwork all at once.


I also get an email from the tertiary institute I studied at telling me I had won an award for top student in Technical Writing. Stoked!

In addition, have been on two dates with the same guy in the last week - and have another one tomorrow. Things are looking good, I like him, I think he likes me, so you never know where it may go :-)

Happy happy joy joy! Happy happy joy!


Damn I feel like a cigarette....

Smoking...

I have tried to give up smoking for years now. It's hard, but increasingly I am feeling a sense of urgency. I need to give up. None of my friends smoke, no one at my work smokes and, after recently jumping back into the dating scene, promoting myself as a smoker is rather embarassing - it also limits my options. On top of all this, smoking kills - we all know that one - and this year I would have been smoking for fourteen years, which is a hell of a long time. I have a bad cough and I will probably get lung cancer in my thirties if I continue to smoke.

This year, I decided that by the time I was 26 I would be a non-smoker. Well, I turned 26 last Wednesday and continued to smoke. What the hell is wrong with me? I have a stop smoking book, you may have heard of it Allen Carr's Easy way to give up smoking. I was meant to read it before my birthday but there was always something else better to do.

Well, last night I smoked the last cigarette in my packet and thought to myself, this is it. No more. As you can imagine (if you know what it's like to be a smoker), I am having intense cravings right now. But that's ok. Although I didn't read the entire book, I did get up to the point that explains cravings and how just one little cigarette can ruin everything as far as cravings go. It's basically just a nicotine "top-up" that depletes within an hour or so giving you more cravings. The book has a good analogy on smoking addiction. Carr compares nicotine addiction to wearing extremely tight shoes all the time, only to feel the pleasure and relief of taking them off. I like that one ;-) If you don't get it, think about it harder - sorry, I dont have the patience to explain it at this point in time.

So... any happy thoughts or energy sent my way to keep my head screwed on the right way would be greatly appreciated! Hopefully, in my next post I will be a full time non-smoker ;-)