Jordandchan

We’re off on holidays, and I have more books to read than I will be able to fit in.

I’ve narrowed it down to the following list (in no particular order, except dimension.…)

• Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
• Smithereens -  Shaun Micallef
• iPod, Therefore I Am - Dylan Jones
• Songbook - Nick Hornby
• The Laws of Simplicity - John Maeda
• The Vertical Self - Mark Sayers
• The World Top Photographer’s Workshops: Fashion and Advertising - Magdalene Keaney
• Pioneers of Modern Graphic Design - Jeremy Ainsley

That should keep me busy…

I had to put a jumper on today.

Or a sweater, a jersey - call it what you will. Either way, it was cold enough to require an extra layer. After struggling with the heat throughout most of summer, it seems the change of season has happened quite literally overnight.

There is a chill in the air, the house is cooling down for the first time in months, and I love it.

There is a recruiting ad for the Australian Navy that has been on air for quite a while now; Painting Navy life as non-stop excitement and fun

I stumbled across an interesting article by a Christian writer from Melbourne talking about how the way the Armed Forces are being marketed and perceived is an interesting indicator of the way marketers are starting to use this idea of Self Actualization and Improvement as a motivating factor.

Check out the article - From Duty to Self Actualization. It seems to me to just another way in which our world is becoming more self centred in the way we make decisions. There is no longer any overwhelming sense of duty or service in a lot of young people. It has been replaced with the responsibility to “Be All You Can Be” as the slightly older recruitment ads for the Australian Army used to say.

What do you think about this trend?

He can still be a ratbag at times, after all he is still just a kitten, but most of the time he is adorable.

my husbands birthday today

funny to think that 9 years ago it took me 4 weeks to figure out what to get him for his birthday because i liked him but didnt know if he liked me - and i didnt want to look like and idiot - but i didnt want him to think that i didnt like him - but he was so young - but it was only a few years - and what did i get him… a jigsaw puzzle.
it all seems a little symbolic now - looking back over our relationship to this point - that it was a puzzle to begin with but slowly we are building something awesome and sometimes we get it a little bit wrong and try to make things fit that dont - but we are working together at our life and i wouldnt have it any other way.

Love you - Happy Birthday

I’ve been contemplating…

so my last blog regarding my birthday was a peek into how i’ve been taking the realisation that im going to be 30. Now it has become a free for all for everyone i know to start making jokes about it and im left with the decision to make whether i will let this upset me more or whether i will laugh along and actually try to ‘enjoy’ the experience.
i was having a hard time looking at the whole thing based on my own expectations of my life and i guess i’ve realised that i cant do that - its not up to me - and im not going to question God as to why i dont get my own way. so i guess i’ve come to terms with the fact that right now i am where i am supposd to be, working where i belong and am married to arguably the best husband in the world.
so yes - im still a little terrified about being 30 - but when it happens i will be with those i love the most and those whole love me - and most of them are older anyhow - haha.

only a few minutes to go…

update: They WON!!!! 3-2 in overtime - yay for Canada eh???

i just dont want to be 30.

there, i said it - i dont want it! i dont want to go up a bracket in the age question of surveys, i dont want to be ‘grown up’ i dont want to be any closer to ‘middle age’ even though its a good excuse to have a crisis and buy a Harley - i dont want a party - i dont want to acknowledge it and most of all i dont want to have to admit that i dont have it all together - that i still dont want to settle down - that i need to feel younger than i am or somehow i might realise how much of a waste my life has been…

time - stop - now!