10 mins
(new) Collective Nouns
A mangle of laundresses.
An harassment of pick pockets; a blossom of horticulturists; a consideration of judges; an aggregate of statisticians; a juggle of clowns; a shuffle of zombies; a tumour of operations directors; a stitch of surgeons, a tumble of farm girls; a wobble of Weight Watchers.
Colour – I like a good swatch!
Five colours I like from COLOURlovers
Colour is everywhere – it’s the way our brains figure out the light. It’s how we figure out where stuff stops and starts without touching it. It’s all about proportions, about edges, about tones.
I love that time of a rainy day, when the water stops falling from the sky and the sun is sinking low, diffusing through the saturated cloud layers. That is the time that colours show their true selves. They vibrate and hum along-side each other for those few brief moments.
That is the time for honest colour.
Watch for it.
My Day: now with bullets!
- woke up (6am)
- turned off alarm
- slept
- woke up (7:30am)
- got up
- showered
- washed hair
- dressed
- dried hair
- brushed hair
- wandered aimlessly (a few minutes)
- left for work
- walked to work
- crossed Smith Street
- used ATM
- walked up Moor Street
- crossed Brunswick Street
- walked up Moor Street
- crossed Nicholson Street
- walked up Carlton Street
- crossed Rathdowne Street
- walked up Grattan Street
- crossed Lygon Street
- walked up Grattan Street
- crossed Swanston Street
- walked up Grattan Street
- crossed Smith Street
- arrived at work
- started my computer
- left my desk
- went to Production meeting
- participated in production meeting
- spoke on queue at production meeting
- returned to desk after production meeting
- prepared for Drupal briefing meeting
- listened to colleague’s advice for meeting
- printed out agenda
- printed out sitemap
- greeted meeting participants as they arrived
- started meeting
- outlined preceived outcomes
- met
- reiterated actual outcomes of meeting
- finished meeting
- returned to desk
- emailed fox and willo
- listened to colleague reiterate her extreme dislike for drupal
- watched colleage demonstrate the reasoning behind her extreme dislike for drupal
- returned to my desk
- wrote up notes from meeting
- filed notes from meeting
- checked my phone
- replied to a text
- emailed fox and willo
- emailed manager
- emailed fox and willo
- wrote up notes from meeting
- decided to go for coffee
- left the office
- wished I’d brought an umbrella
- got slightly wet waiting for the traffic lights
- crossed Gratten Street
- ordered a latte at Brunetti’s
- left the office
- returned to the office
- drank coffee at my desk
- emailed fox
- talked to colleague about actionscript 3.0 course
- listened to colleague justify deciding I should be the first aid officer
- explained to colleague I was already the Head of Sexual Harrassment
- wrote to fox
- didn’t listen to colleagues talking
- felt hungry
- drank coffee at my desk
- decided to go for lunch
- left my desk
- left my office
- left the Medical building
- left my office
- walked to the Campus Bookstore
- purchased June copy of desktop magazine even though I didn’t really want to read it
- purchased July copy of desktop magazine even though I didn’t really want to read it
- purchased a 0.9 repelling pencil
- purchased a refill container of 0.9 / 2B leads
- purchased 10 clear sleeves
- nearly purchased a red Moleskine diary for 2009
- fondled the red Moleskine diary for 2009
- paid for the items I had decided to purchase
- placed items in a carry bag
- left the book shop
- left my desk
- walked to the cafe
- chose the fruit salad (mostly watermelon)
- chose the chicken and avocado roll
- was asked if I’d like my roll toasted
- I said no thank you
- payed for the fruit salad and chicken/avocado roll
- picked up my fruit salad
- asked where my chicken / avocado roll was
- told it was toasting
- reiterated had requested it not to be toasted
- smiled graciously at apologies
- received another chicken / avocado roll
- left the cafe
- walked back to the Medical building
- returned to my office
- sat down at my desk
- consumed 1/3 of the chicken and avocado roll
- ate all of the fruit salad
- flicked through the desktop magazines
- confirmed they were just as dopey as they always are
- thanked goodness they weren’t too expensive
- confirmed they were just as dopey as they always are
- sat down at my desk
- emailed fox
- started writing this list
- got tired of that
- emailed fox
- watched an improve everywhere video
- sent it on to a someone who might appreciate it
- emailed fox
- returned to my office
- worked on designing interface for project with new repelling pencil in my Moleskin e sketch book
- emailed fox
- put headphones on and listened to muxtape
- sketched ideas for interface
- received a text
- replied to text
- sketched ideas for interface
- emailed fox
- sketched ideas for interface
- recieved text
- went for coffee
- didn’t get wet going across the road to brunetti’s
- purchased a latte
- crossed the road back to work
- returned to my office
- didn’t get wet going across the road to brunetti’s
- answered a personal email
- sat at my desk trying to figure out design of interface
- said goodbye to colleague
- noticed it was 5:10pm
- emailed fox
- worked some more on the interface
- received a phone call from Fox
- arranged an arrangement with Fox
- said goodbye to Fox
- worked some more on the interface
- said goodbye to colleague
- decided to leave work
- turned off lights
- left the office
- locked the door
- left the Medical Building
- crossed Elizabeth Street
- turned off lights
- caught a tram
- bought a tram ticket
- sat down
- waited for the Lonsdale Street stop
- got off the tram
- crossed Elizabeth Street
- walked to Little Lonsdale Street
- walked up Little Lonsdale Street
- entered Horse Bazaar
- removed my coat
- removed my scarf
- removed my cardigan
- removed my wallet from my bag
- approached the bar
- waited to be served
- said hi to Fox as she arrived
- said yes to Fox when she asked me to order her a Pip Squeak
- said hi to Fox as she arrived
- ordered a glass of Coopers pale ale and a Pip Squeak when I was served
- waited to be served
- pushed my way through loiterers to get to the back of the bar
- put the drinks on a table
- put my bag on one chair
- put my coat on another chair
- sat on a third chair
- talked to fox
- said hi to Will when he arrived
- said hi to Willo when he arrived
- told Willo we’d saved him a seat
- told Will he was out of luck, seatwise
- told Willo we’d saved him a seat
- settled down to listen to Justin from Google talk about Android (amoung other things)
- listened to Justin from Google field questions from the floor
- applauded Justin from Google
- pulled my moleskine from my bag to take notes
- Willo drew a cock and balls in my moleskine
- I laughed
- Willo drew a cock and balls in my moleskine
- listened to randoms talk about their mobile products for 5 minutes a piece plus questions
- took notes
- applauded when it was finished
- put on my coat
- put on my scarf
- picked up my bag
- left Horse Bazaar
- went to a 7/11
- purchased a tram ticket
- walked to the tram stop
- caught the number 86 tram
- validated my ticket just as the tram inspectors boarded
- talked too much to Fox and Willo on the tram ride home
- made Fox roll her eyes when I told her about Willo drawing in my Moleskine
- disagreed with fox when she says it’s the only thing he can draw, because I’ve seen him draw a frog
- left the tram outside Safeway supermarket on Smith Street
- Entered Safeway Supermarket on Smith Street
- bought 10 slices of pastrami
- 1 litre of milk
- 1 tomato
- paid for items at the checkout
- walked to our apartment with Fox and Willo
- arrived in our apartment
- sat on the sofa while Fox and Willo cooked their tomato soup
- didn’t want tomato soup
- screwed new filter I’d purchased before going to Horse Bazaar but failed to list earlier to lens of camera
- fitted new lens cap I’d purchased before going to Horse Bazaar but failed to list earlier to lens of camera
- heated up left over pasta from yesterdays dinner
- added four chopped up slices of pastrami to the mix
- sprinked with parmasen cheese
- ate left over pasta from yesterdays dinner
- told fox I hadn’t managed to do my pocket today because the list was too long
- fox rolled her eyes
- so I decided to just get on with it and write it
- and I did
- the end.
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