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Word of the Day

24 November 2006 by kristarella

Sycophant n. A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favour by flattering influential people. From Answers.com I always wonder what this word means. I guess it’s not used much in the circles I rotate in but it’s in movies. Today I heard it again in Batman Begins: “you sycophantic suck-ups…” Now that I know what […]

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Microsoft Firefox? I don’t believe it!

23 November 2006 by kristarella

When I first read yesterday morning that Microsoft had released their own Firefox I was shocked. I was really very confused and quite worried. I thought, what about Mozilla? Microsoft could not do something better than they could. What about the name? Surely Microsoft would have to buy the name and that couldn’t go under […]

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Skanky weather

22 November 2006 by kristarella

Today’s weather was skanky! It wasn’t one of those postcard blue skies, random cloud, beach-worthy warm Sydney. It was 38 degrees Celsius (that’s 100.4 F), the sky was a kind of greyer shade of brown. It was gross. Thankfully, being only Spring, the air-con in the lab hasn’t died yet so it was quite comfortable […]

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Torchwood

21 November 2006 by kristarella

Warning: This post contains spoilers. Hubby and I have been watching Torchwood for a few weeks now. I quite like it. I don’t think it’s quite as good as Doctor Who. I’m also wondering how the heck Capt. Jack got off satellite 5 after the Bad Wolf brought him back to life. I thought the […]

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Everybody hates Mondays

20 November 2006 by kristarella

I don’t really know if everybody hates Mondays. I don’t remember hating them. Today I get to do something that I should and that are boring but I’ll feel better for it (de-hair my legs, do the dishes, do supermarket shopping). The weekend was a bit weird. Saturday was good but I kept getting upset […]

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Dali

17 November 2006 by kristarella

I realised that I haven’t posted much about myself lately. I’ve posted a lot about events (work mostly), and abut my computer but I thought I’d post some random things about me that you may not know. They’ll be in the “Me Stuff” category. For some time my favourite artist was Salvador Dali. He was […]

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A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying t A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying to paint ❤️💚💙

#watercolor #watercolour #christmas
I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! S I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! So glad my friend asked me to make some cards for our church helpers, because it set me on a roll!
#watercolor #watercolour #christmas #christmascards #watercolorcards
Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Title Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Titles! I was a sub for @jamesxuereb.me in the Blue Flame Dragons thanks to his sprained ankle; we won first round and came fourth overall!
I did a bunch of judging and officiating, which was really good.
I didn’t place in my individual events, but had a very fun final round of kumite (sparring).

#gkrkarate #karate
More stamping tonight. Even better than last night More stamping tonight. Even better than last night’s!
Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’d done some pages in other ink colours before I dismantled the stamps 😂
Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit the @legocertifiedstores_anz Wicked display!
#wicked #lego #afol #sydney
A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample ca A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample cards. It’s going to be for mini paintings and collages. Sometimes it’s nice to start with a colour rather than a blank white page!
A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel Smith and Schminke Horodam watercolours. So soothing! I love some of the granulating colours!
#watercolours
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