I'm doing 28 things
Worry? Me, worry?!
4 years ago
Let’s just say that it helps if you pay your bills on, or close to, time…
Misrule's Life List
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1. Finish my Grace Cossington Smith jigsaw puzzle
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2. Live long enough to see the downfall and public shaming of the Howard government
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3. Improve my Grammar
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4. Publish some fiction
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5. Go on an African wildlife safari
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6. take a photography class
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7. Figure out how to legally download mp3s
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8. Cross the Nullabor
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9. Be more politically active
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10. Write to a refugee in detention
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11. Ride a Harley
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12. Teach my parents how to use the computer
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13. Finish my Masters
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14. Travel to Egypt
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15. Become a morning person
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16. Live by the beach
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17. See more movies
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18. Live overseas
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19. Get my photo blog up and running
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20. Afford a nicer and bigger flat
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21. Hear my nephew perform in one of his ensembles/orchestras
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22. Write a paper about Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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23. See myself on the 43 Things homepage
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24. lose weight
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25. Read a Russian novel
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26. Kiss in the rain
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27. Become a better cook
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28. Start a writing group for teenagers
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Recent entries
All I need is loving you and music, music, music
4 years ago
Back in the halcyon Napster days, I gleefully downloaded masses of MP3s, not being aware of the copyright issues. Which was pretty stupid of me, because I work in publishing, and at one stage was responsible for checking music copyright on a project I worked on. Admittedly, I did mostly download ancient 60s and 70s songs I would never have bought on a whole album, so I figured I wasn’t really ripping anyone’s royaltys off. But that’s a fairly dodgy argument, in all fairness.
I’d be more than happy to pay for downloads, as there are so many individual songs I’d love to have, but iTunes isn’t available in Australia yet, and as far as I can work out, you have to subscribe to MSN in order to download from them (and I am more than happy with Ozemail). So, how does an honest music fan of dubious, if eclectic taste fill up her iPod?
Got there!
4 years ago
right up to and even when I got on the plane, I wasn’t sure that I was going to make it to CLNE (Children’s Literature New England)—but get there I did! It was a great experience, which I have blogged about fairly thoroughly at
http://www.misrule.com.au/serendipity
Hopefully, I’ll make it to the final CLNE, to be held in Virginia next year—another Thing to add to the list, perhaps!
