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19November2009 08:16

listening to jay-z's latest album; helping that _empire state of mind_ was my soundtrack to NYC — "these streets will make u feel brand new"

19November2009 07:34

RT @ellyhart Yet again, scientists prove alcohol is good for you http://bit.ly/YTqFP #pseudoscience

17November2009 00:10

finding it very hard to focus when my mind is still somewhere over the pacific — the soul travels much slower than the body

16November2009 08:43

this change at the day's end is the part I love about sydney's summer weather; and the pale sunset in the storm's aftermath is beautiful

16November2009 08:23

just realised I spent, for 3 weeks in the usa, about half what I spent for a year in france; I now feel faint, and the jet lag isn't helping

15November2009 23:58

out of jury service; will have to perform my civic duty next year

15November2009 20:20

just discovered commbank put the cost of overseas cash withdrawals and credit payments way up (to 3% from a flat fee and 1.5% respectively)!

15November2009 06:42

colourful plastic money feels strangely cute/unreal after handling the us's weird paper money (tho it was vice versa when I first got there)

15November2009 03:59

got home to a letter summons-ing me to jury duty - tomorrow!! and they knew (from last excuse), I'd only be back today; sneaky

15November2009 00:13

back in sydney! off to mum and dad's for some real food and decompression

13November2009 15:16

starting on the long trip home; free wifi at boston airport thanks to google

11November2009 20:59

in boston; the best word to describe this place is "cute"; found a delightful jazz lounge with live music every night

07November2009 18:13

no wifi at the hotel so checking in from a cafe; washington DC is gorgeous — lots of opportunity for beautiful photos

04November2009 04:15

I've one more day in nyc and I've seen everything I wanted to see and spent enough money shopping — what should I do now?

03November2009 02:53

kinda related, I'm developing a sneaker obsession; bought new nike runners (lunarglides — nice) and various (4 so far) pairs of other sneaks

03November2009 02:50

thanks to hotel gym and crazy nyc streets, discovered treadmill running; still getting used to it, but sure beats not running cos of weather

01November2009 05:41

have to say, halloween is- odd; though I do better understand the custom having been here for it

01November2009 05:39

about to go back in time again — daylight savings ends here tonight; think I want that extra hour for sleep though, so turning off, and in

31October2009 04:42

saw wynton marsalis last nite (very cool jazz), tegan & sara tonite (incredible — see them live); got thievery corp tomoro nite; love nyc

29October2009 22:41

enjoying spending lots on shopping/food/concerts, but it's the completely free little magic moments that are making me want to move here

29October2009 22:31

I plan to! RT @johnaugust RT @ManMadeMoon Dear BitTorrenters. pleased MOON is popular: 40k active seeds! [...] please buy the DVD as well?

26October2009 23:11

thought I just loved NYC, then I discovered shopping in soho, and ayza: wine and chocolate bar; now I'm smitten, and spending too much money

25October2009 00:37

got soaked on the way home tonight, so I should hate it, but I'm loving this city — and I've never fallen in love with a city this quickly

23October2009 01:48

been up 31hrs now and badly need sleep, but walked a cpl blocks up and down 42nd st and I'm loving nyc already! (people here walk like I do)

22October2009 23:20

arrived safely and checked into the hotel in nyc — beautiful view; chrysler building is half a block away outside my window

22October2009 00:11

but first, travelling into the past — it is now late wednesday afternoon to prep for LA time

22October2009 00:04

about to go into flight mode — will check in on the other side

21October2009 23:01

took a while but I'm all checked in and cleared security — now in the qantas club lounge for breakfast (thanks todd!)

21October2009 07:42

work email account deleted from the iPhone — I am now officially on holiday

19October2009 10:03

must remember to keep mouth shut while travelling: http://xkcd.com/651/ "you can't arrest me if I prove your rules inconsistent"

19October2009 08:14

I've an ever-growing shopping list that I'm trying to put off till new york 4 days hence — now thinking I'll travel with just an empty bag

18October2009 11:44

world's funniest island offered a few good laughs, but if it's setting the bar, makes me pity the world's unfunny islands

17October2009 07:55

awesome breakfast late on a saturday afternoon — this is why I love surry hills!

16October2009 01:56

accidental eye contact in the lift — quick, look away, pretend it didn't happen

15October2009 20:36

enjoyed Rabbit Hole at NIDA last night; thx @jessicasutton and twitter-provided serendipity

14October2009 05:54

foiled; plane aborted takeoff and we're milling about canberra airport while they reboot the plane — the first resort of tech support

14October2009 04:34

flight to sydney cancelled; lucky we got to the airport early and just made another plane; wouldn't be happy with virginblue if 5 mins later

12October2009 08:27

bumpy ride to canberra and now the cab situation is dire, and there's a storm rolling in; missing sunny sydney!

10October2009 00:52

"Wave's UI is a communications program for folks that don't carry on conversations" http://bit.ly/2LFhRz — looking forward to trying it out

09October2009 09:50

did enjoy dan hill's closing #keynote; especially loved the idea of making the invisible data in our environment visible #wds09