Sas' Magical Mystery Tour

January 20, 2009

day one

John Campbell’s ebullient reporting from Washington has been a lovely build up to this auspicious day. Perhaps a decimated economy, a couple of clusterfucked wars and [...]

January 19, 2009

the almost ex-pat

Seven days. Seven days until I won’t live in Welly anymore. I won’t even live in New Zealand anymore. I love Welly. Every time I land [...]

bye bye georgie

This sketch is by Ross MacDonald. It is part of a montage by artists from the February 2009 issue of Vanity Fair. The Economist has a [...]

January 18, 2009

the ball carrier must stay on their feet

John Key broke his arm over the weekend. It is not known if he was practising for the ‘rolling maul of initiatives’ at the time. In [...]

the passing of the original champagne socialist

Sir John Mortimer 1923-2009. Obituary via the Telegraph.

January 15, 2009

friday five: bush stats

Five: Total value of U.S. government contracts in 2000 that were awarded without competitive bidding: $73,000,000,000. Total in 2007: $146,000,000,000. Four: Months before September 11, 2001, [...]

January 14, 2009

cows are from space. yes they are.

So apparently Darwin was wrong and cows are from another planet. ‘This book proves beyond doubt that the common origin of all species was divinely revealed [...]

lungs intact

I just ran 5km in 44 minutes! And the best bit is I didn’t feel like I would at any moment find my lung wobbling in [...]

January 13, 2009

guilty pleasures

Only 13 sleeps to go. Just thirteen nights until I am reunited with my secret UK boyfriends: Paul, Andrew & Alan, my British-Tele-Man-Sandwich of choice. My [...]

January 12, 2009

five questions

Yesterday I rowed 4000 metres in 20 minutes and I was puffed but not poleaxed! I really really WANT to be healthy and fit and strong. [...]

January 11, 2009

Watts once said: any attempt to define oneself is like 'trying to bite ones own teeth'. Anyway. I am an ENTP, a Four, a Libran and a Water Ox; scatterbrained, organised, coulrophobic, messy, hopeful, sarcastic, optimistic, romantic.

I ♡ freshly ground black coffee, travelling on trains, white roses, hugs, finishing crosswords, steak medium-rare, a well-turned phrase, big-brained scientists, the departure lounge, my homemade marmalade on toasted crumpets, hand-written letters, the possibility of aliens, the possibility of god, remote New Zealand beaches, jazz trumpets, the colour red, rom-coms, the information superhighway, organic shapes, the poetry of ee cummings, the Bach cello suites of Yo-Yo Ma, ad-free content, picnics, pay day, and a good night's sleep.

I live London with the techie beekeeping paramour (ash) and the furs (rex & badger).