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southbound sunday

Posted on January 13, 2011January 31, 2011 by bekswhoknits

After a surprisingly good night of sleep, it was Sunday.
I lied in bed for a while hoping to high heaven that my leg was rested and stretched enough to bear weight. When it got too hot to lay in the tent anymore I had to get up, fortunately it was slightly healed and with the help of some voltaren gel it was right for the rest of the weekend.
The Silents were due on at 11:35 so we had some time to kill.
Which the boys spent sitting around in a circle, taking turns spinning a stick, and who ever the stick pointed at, the person who spun the stick got to throw the stick at that person’s shins.
I thought it was the most ridiculous game i’d ever seen, but other people who heard that anecdote didn’t seem to think so.
Maybe you just had to be there.
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southbound saturday

Posted on January 12, 2011January 31, 2011 by bekswhoknits

After a not-so-trashy new years eve in a Bunbury caravan park it was off to Southbound!

I had to drive as my boy was feeling rather poorly (self inflicted so he gets no sympathy), and driving his beast is always a bit nerveracking for me. It’s not something I particularly enjoy but we arrived at Sir Bovells Park, Busselton in one piece, and rather far away from the entrance.
Lugging three days worth of clothes, tent, bedding, and other miscellaneous items 400m into the campground is not fun. But we eventually got through the bag check unscathed, and parked ourselves under a tree. We made friends with our neighbours and chatted until the first band (The Ghost Hotel) was due to begin. BFF (for this weekend she was known as Marnie, as she got really sunburnt like our friend Marnie did last southbound) came with me and we left the boys at the camp site.
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hot and bothered

Posted on January 11, 2011January 11, 2011 by bekswhoknits

so i got home this afternoon, hot, cranky, like my car had been trying to strangle me.
i found the most flowwy dress i own ( a $10 temt number) – realise that it had shrunk in the wash and now hardly covered my butt, so i had to put a pair of shorts on underneath (my current dotti go-to denim shorts).
and it didn’t look too bad so i took some pictures…
unfortunately my hair got in the way of most of them – but i still love the way my bedroom wall looks in photos.

it’s nice and summery.
and it’s waay too hot and i’m still too cranky to write any more…

plus i’ve been really crook for the last week – so crook beer doesn’t taste good (shock!) so all my energy is going towards coughing at the moment.

and now i’m going to sleep…

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merry christmas, happy new year, and all thatjazz…

Posted on January 7, 2011January 12, 2011 by bekswhoknits

Happy new year oh faithful blog.

And what a way to start the year.
Southbound festival was magnificent. And 2 days of caravan park camping before that with my boyfriend and my best friend (and boyfriends brother but he’s pretty ok) were pretty awesome too.
Now I’m giving my liver a bit of a rest.

I have no new years resolutions because I don’t believe in them. I just fully intend to write more, take more pictures, and get more sunshine.
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2. Birds of Tokyo – Broken Bones(230)

Posted on December 29, 2010January 12, 2011 by bekswhoknits

i’ve kinda gone off birds a bit, after sspu supported them?
yeh i’m not going to get over that one very soon.
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3. British India – Frozen on the Inside (170)

Posted on December 21, 2010January 12, 2011 by bekswhoknits

“and i just want you to know, and i just want you to know
here they complain that the city has changed, but i wouldn’t want
it to stay the same anyway”
all of these songs are just so
personal, it proving really difficult to write about all of them. i
guess they’re in my top 20 for a reason. i forget how old i am some
times, it feels like this song has been with me for years.
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19. Muse – Uno (132)

Posted on December 21, 2010January 13, 2011 by bekswhoknits

this really makes me feel old.
i can remember being on year 11 camp and drumming this out on my legs until they bruised, just trying to get the right rhythm
i can remember the thrill of hearing showbiz on the radio because it was my favourite song and i didn’t think i would ever hear it on the radio because they were just some random english band i was interested in
talking about muse is like opening up a minefield.
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my new favourite thing

Posted on December 21, 2010January 12, 2011 by bekswhoknits

this is one of the most gorgeous dresses i have ever owned.
it’s so floaty and beautiful
and it would look really good in winter with some patterned tights underneath – but as it’s the middle of summer it was just my bare legs…
i really love how much fabric is there…
its really playful
i only bought it last week so i haven’t really had a chance to play with it styling-wise. but it was the perfect dress to throw on in two minutes flat.
on our way home from the cricket i decided i didn’t want to cook dinner so we went to our local pub but didn’t want to lose the taxi – so it was an outfit change on the clock. and it still looked wonderful (even with my strange cricket tan lines – i had a bit of trouble with applying sunscreen everywhere)
i bought it coming home from the doctors last week, there’s a gorgeous shop called avenue apparel on my walk home – and i just happened to spot it.
and i’m glad i did!

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