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Saturday, 28 August 2010

Friday, 27 August 2010

  • Curse you 'Inception'

    Ross took TK and I to see the Christopher Nolan Movie 'Inception' for his birthday.

    A few nights ago I dreamt that I had to carry a ladder around in my dream because my ex-husband was trapped in the sky, and I had to help him get into my dream so that he could escape back into his own dream.

    *shakes fist* Curse you 'Inception' like my brain needs an invitation to make my dreams more 'interesting'.

     

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

  • Dachshund U.N.

    On Saturday, Ross and I went to the Dachshund U.N., which was part of the Next Wave Festival.

    It was part art instillation, part performance art and totally fun. We had a blast!

    The artist (Bennett Miller) had created a scale replica of the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, and filled each seat with a Dachshund -- 40 or 50 of them! 

    I've read a few reviews for it today, most of them were good, however, I did read one that was bad, saying that the dogs seemed 'stressed' and that they had 'lost their dignity'. I certainly don't agree with that writer, however to be fair, we went to the 2nd performance, and she'd gone to the first, so maybe the doggies on that day were stressed. I don't know. But I do know that if I was a Dachshund owner (which I'm not, but I would like to be!), I wouldn't have come back for round two of the event, if I thought my dog was A/ stressed and B/ being made fun of.

    There was a really good 'vibe' on the day we went, the owners and the dogs all looked happy, and any dogs that seemed unhappy were quickly swapped out.

    Here are a few of the photos I took:

    Dash_UN_03

    The whole set up:

    Dash_UN_06

    A close up of the 'speaker'.

    Dash_UN_05 

    This guy was the 'speaker' when we arrived, he was really funny -- he's actually barking at a photographer
    who was trying to take his photo, but check out his tail mid-wag! LOL.

    Dash_UN_07 

     *ruff*

    Dash_UN_04

    This old doggy looked very proud as she wheeled out to the podium, however she didn't look
    very comfortable when she was up there, so they switched her out pretty quickly.

    (I'm not actually positive it was a her!)

    Dash_UN_01

    I didn't take this photo, it was on a newspaper website. But I loved the fact that Indonesia and
    Burkino Farso seem deep in debate, whereas South Africa and India are planning an escape!

    DOGS-AT-THE-UN

    Garbon might actually be asleep! hehe.

    Dash_UN_02

    It was a beautiful day in Melbourne!

    Museum Victoria Website (Dachshund U.N. page)

    Video about the event.

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Friday, 23 April 2010

  • Old people, bless them.

    Yesterday I was sitting in the waiting room at my Doctor's surgery waiting for my appointment, when a woman with a blue Mohawk came in and sat down near me.

    An older man nodded to his wife and said, quite loudly. "Well would you look at that!"

    His wife looked up, and exclaimed "Oh goodness! Why on earth would you do that to yourself."

    I felt bad for the woman and her Mohawk, but she kept her head down, pulled out a pink DS and started playing a game.

    Later, when I was at home with Ross I pondered on if the older couple didn't think anyone else could hear them, they had to be in their mid to late 80's.

    Ross thinks that maybe they just don't care who can hear them.

    I guess there is some sort of a nice link there, clearly someone rocking a blue Mohawk doesn't care what anyone else thinks.

    I wonder, if I make it to their age if I'll care what anyone else thinks.

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Monday, 15 February 2010

  • Dear Xanga...

    Dear Xanga.

    Just a quick note to thank-you for the gift that you gave me 9 years ago.

    Love,

    Davena



    Long-time readers (and I'm fairly sure, I only have long-time readers now days) will know that I met my husband Ross, via xanga.

    As of today, we have been a couple for 9 years.

    Then:

    2001_03_ross_dee


    Now:



    He could even be getting better with age.

    He's alright, for an Aussie.


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  • I'm a quirky kiwi chick who likes to paint in my pyjamas. I left New Zealand in Jan 2002, coming to Australia - to live with the guy I met right here on xanga in jan 2001. I'm a wanna be artist girl, almost all the paintings and jewellery I post here on xanga are for sale, if you are interested in any of them, just email me -- deevaa@deevaa.com