Butterflied ears
Nov. 18th, 2009 02:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todayiamadaisyToday while I was out and about I ran into a friend of my mother's, who recently fell off a ladder and dislocated both shoulders. Both arms are in slings. How awful (and awkward) would that be?
I have been given five questions by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
land_girl, and here are my responses. Feel free to ask for some of your own, etc., etc.
1. 5 things you like about your job
1. The Limbs and Things catalogue. Today I worked with a tray of twenty rubber ears sitting on the desk next to me, spread out in a tray like a butterfly collection.
2. It's non-profit. The world is a better place with us in it. (To be honest, I think the the world would manage to struggle on without us).
3. My colleagues, even the one who occasionally drives me up the wall.
4. There is nothing more satisfying than when I run my BAS report (which shows any goods & services tax we owe the government, plus any tax from employee wages) and it adds up perfectly. Data entry is boring, but the outcome is beautiful.
5. I have freedom to choose what I do and when, within reason. This is particularly welcome after doing timesheets in five-minute increments when I worked in an accounting practice.
2. What you are wearing, and why
Grey suit trousers, an asymmetrical black mesh tunic (one side's just past my knee, the other is mid-thigh), a normal-length olive mesh top over that, black man-style lace-ups, a wooden pendant shaped like a fox and my black-framed glasses that make me look intelligent (and/or pretentious). I'm wearing this because I'm not long home from work and haven't changed out of my work clothes yet.
3. What you would miss about Australia if you weren't there
Waking up to magpie song. I couldn't find a video that does justice to just how loud they are.
My friendly neighbourhood magpies are having a bit of a sing as I type this.
4. Make, do or mend?
I like making and doing, although I am not fast, so I couldn't, say, whip up a make-shift rocket to blast my way out of a bank vault in an emergency (should the need ever arise). My making and doing is more about luxury items in that respect.
I grew up on a farm and I think that has had a huge impact on the way I approach things: reusing and repurposing, rather than throwing them out. Although, having said that, I think I keep too many things, and it is nice to have shiny new things. So, yes, I try to find a balance.
I mend clothes in the sense that I'll replace a button or stitch up a hem that's come undone, but I refuse to darn socks. Life is too short: buy some new ones and use the old ones to tie up the tomato plants.
5. Describe your nearest Sunday afternoon walk
Leave my house, turn left, walk up the hill and down the other side and turn right. Go under the railway bridge. From there, you can go straight ahead and meander through the old cemetery, or cross the road to the recreation reserve by the river bank. Either way, it's but a short-ish walk from there to the bridge or the beach at the river mouth. It's all very picturesque, but mostly uphill on the way back.
I have been given five questions by
land_girl, and here are my responses. Feel free to ask for some of your own, etc., etc.1. 5 things you like about your job
1. The Limbs and Things catalogue. Today I worked with a tray of twenty rubber ears sitting on the desk next to me, spread out in a tray like a butterfly collection.
2. It's non-profit. The world is a better place with us in it. (To be honest, I think the the world would manage to struggle on without us).
3. My colleagues, even the one who occasionally drives me up the wall.
4. There is nothing more satisfying than when I run my BAS report (which shows any goods & services tax we owe the government, plus any tax from employee wages) and it adds up perfectly. Data entry is boring, but the outcome is beautiful.
5. I have freedom to choose what I do and when, within reason. This is particularly welcome after doing timesheets in five-minute increments when I worked in an accounting practice.
2. What you are wearing, and why
Grey suit trousers, an asymmetrical black mesh tunic (one side's just past my knee, the other is mid-thigh), a normal-length olive mesh top over that, black man-style lace-ups, a wooden pendant shaped like a fox and my black-framed glasses that make me look intelligent (and/or pretentious). I'm wearing this because I'm not long home from work and haven't changed out of my work clothes yet.
3. What you would miss about Australia if you weren't there
Waking up to magpie song. I couldn't find a video that does justice to just how loud they are.
My friendly neighbourhood magpies are having a bit of a sing as I type this.
4. Make, do or mend?
I like making and doing, although I am not fast, so I couldn't, say, whip up a make-shift rocket to blast my way out of a bank vault in an emergency (should the need ever arise). My making and doing is more about luxury items in that respect.
I grew up on a farm and I think that has had a huge impact on the way I approach things: reusing and repurposing, rather than throwing them out. Although, having said that, I think I keep too many things, and it is nice to have shiny new things. So, yes, I try to find a balance.
I mend clothes in the sense that I'll replace a button or stitch up a hem that's come undone, but I refuse to darn socks. Life is too short: buy some new ones and use the old ones to tie up the tomato plants.
5. Describe your nearest Sunday afternoon walk
Leave my house, turn left, walk up the hill and down the other side and turn right. Go under the railway bridge. From there, you can go straight ahead and meander through the old cemetery, or cross the road to the recreation reserve by the river bank. Either way, it's but a short-ish walk from there to the bridge or the beach at the river mouth. It's all very picturesque, but mostly uphill on the way back.