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In the garden…

colin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:16:32 +0000

The garden has undergone a transformation over the last few weekends – what was once weed infested has now been cleaned out and the vegetables are starting to enjoy more space. Kirsten had planted these tomatoes prior to me moving in and they’re enjoying the sunny days we’ve been having!

And the male…

colin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:13:31 +0000

And the male of my new neighbours, it’s interesting that the male of the species is always more attractive…

New Neighbours

colin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:20:18 +0000

One of my new neighbours, I’ve moved again and these little ones keep popping up to say hi. I imagine they’re more interested in the bugs and berries but then chirp at me now and then – actually, they might be telling me off – but I’ll pretend they like me.

Changes…

colin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:16:12 +0000

I’ve packed in writing my website by hand and reverted back to the bog simple Word Press – this new fan-dangled version is pretty slick and as I’d prefer to work on content then the ‘back end’ as they say, I’m happy to be in a simple CMS land.

There’s some great themes available also – so I imagine I’ll spend the next year playing with those before chucking it all in again.

In other news, in less than 2 weeks we’ll be living in Australia again – Sydney to be exact. The plan was to return to Toronto but work didn’t pan out as rapidly as I had hoped thus we are going to hit the beach and sun for at least the next year – sounds terrible, doesn’t it?

I’ve a week left at Weta, and although it’s going to be a lot of work I wish the team well with their current project. As of March 16th I will be gleefully employed at Animal Logic – the studio behind Happy Feet.

Until next time – enjoy the rest of summer for those in the southern hemisphere – roll on spring for those in the north!

Feeling a bit violated….

colin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:04:00 +0000

Our house was broken into yesterday, in broad daylight. Laptop, cameras and other gear, all 300 of my DVD’s and various other things are now no longer ours. All materialistic, everyone is safe, but now we’re both feeling rather dissilusioned and violated. It was as if we were in a movie, everything thrown about the house – ransacked.

We’d like to move now… ah, moving… life can be a bitch, but these help build tolerance and helps put things into perspective.

Self Publishing and Bruce…

colin — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:51:00 +0000

Soon I will be gripping a throttle and motoring through town on my very own motorcycle. Over the last few weeks I took a basic handling course ( required in NZ but also very helpful to build my confidence handling a bike ), studied the road code, nailed the written test to acquire a learners license then bought a bike!

I’m a fan of the classic looking bikes and found a fun Yamaha SRV 250 that was in need of a home! I’m hoping to pick it up from the shop tomorrow and will post photos asap.

I’ve also picked up my investigations into Self Publishing and it seems likw Lulu is a good option for a first timer such as myself. Now I just have to finish my manuscript!