Island, Abandoned

  "One can never know for sure  

  what a deserted area looks like"  

  - George Carlin  

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Let's eat, drink and be merry

50 Books Challenge

In 2012, I've decided to take part in the 50 books challenge.

It's simple enough, finish 50 books from the 1st of January to 31st of December. After I finish a book I will write a post with thoughts, criticisms, and my general experience reading the book. I will also be posting a 'book poster' which will add a visual touch to the blog post, as well as an Instagram of the book cover. 

I may succeed, I may fail or the world may end (see Mayan calendar apocalypse).

Now I must confess I've kind of cheated already.

Bad start, I know, but technically it's not cheating. I think.

The books I'm reading this month (December 2011) I'm going to hold off finishing until January next year and since I'm over halfway through about seven books already, I'll be able to get a massive head start during January. 

So, it's not cheating. Just very cunning.

Have a Merry Christmas and a safe, wonderful New Year.

Links:

Most recent blog posts 

Goodreads account

List of the books I've read so far

Image edited by me. Original image here.

The Sweet Spot

  So there's a place near  

  where I live called  

  'The Spot'  

  and there's a  

  coffee/cake/pastry shop there called  

  'The Sweet Spot'  

  They had rows of  

  scrumptious looking cakes.  

  It took a while for me  

  and my friend to decide.  

  I had the banana,  

  she had the raspberry.  

  And we both had  

  deliciously frothy  

  cappuccinos paired  

  with a macaron.  

  First time I tasted macarons.  

  Yes, I know.  

  Where have I been?  

  Really did hit the spot.  

  (Sorry, couldn't resist)  

That's A Wrap

  Christmas yet again.  

  The things I love most  

  about this time of the year  

  are not the presents, or the food  

  (though those are good too)  

  but all the  

  wrapping and decorating.  

  The secretive wrapping,  

  like you're bundling up  

  a joyful secret.  

  All the pretty lights  

  and tacky, shiny things  

  and the miniature  

  baby Jesus.  

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Outpost Street Art Exhibition // Part 2

  Part two.  

  Part one here.  

  ...As the storm brews from the west  

  and the winds blow dust   

  into our poor little eyes  

  we take refuge inside.  

  There we find a man  

  hanging from the ceiling,  

  Mother Monster plastered  

  on a heavily graffitied wall,  

  and most would miss a tiny  

  drawing of a man waving.  

  Burst of colours would  

  jarringly meld with the  

  browns, the rusts, the siennas  

  of the industrial space,  

  including a dazzle of  

  pink from Pola's now  

  famous tights.  

  After all the pretty, ugly  

  things are seen.  

  We head back to the most  

  beautiful harbour in the planet.  

  Where we fill our bellies  
  with pies with faces on them.  




  Have a great week.  
  Love, Jesue  

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Outpost Street Art Exhibition // Part 1

  My friend Pola and I  

  hopped on a ferry to   

  Cockatoo Island.  

  It was sunny at first.  

  But the dark grey clouds  

  loomed above us.  

  We saw street art in  

  abandoned factory buildings.  

  There was a house with skulls,  

  robots made from bits of rubbish,  

  wrecked Holden Commodores,  

  an entire room splashed with colour  

  and t-shirts that glowed.  

  There was mixed media  

  and graffiti art inside  

  a creepy, dark tunnel.  

  But once outside,  

  the clouds got darker and greyer...  

  To be continued.  

  Part two here.  

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