farken ace » February 21, 2010

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February 21, 2010
15:59
jojoeffe: RT @science RT @health: Scientists say teaching stroke patients to sing helps "rewire" their brains http://bit.ly/coXEqh
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jojoeffe: RT @science RT @health: Scientists say teaching stroke patients to sing helps "rewire" their brains http://bit.ly/coXEqh
15:56
jojoeffe: @franthestrange you gotta keep your strength up.
» ‎ Twitter / jojoeffe

jojoeffe: @franthestrange you gotta keep your strength up.
15:53
jojoeffe: So very happy to have our Pam home again. Almost as much as our Dark Lord of the Underworld.
» ‎ Twitter / jojoeffe

jojoeffe: So very happy to have our Pam home again. Almost as much as our Dark Lord of the Underworld.

15:05
fatboycosmo: Home from another day with Grandma. Quite tired and with a very sore shoulder from a too heavy bag.
» ‎ Twitter / puppydeluxe

fatboycosmo: Home from another day with Grandma. Quite tired and with a very sore shoulder from a too heavy bag.

13:57
Comment on such a lovely place by Fiona
» ‎ Comments for the twinkle in my eye

Flowery things can be quite scary! I don’t blame her. Orla got a satin dress from her grandparents in Ireland for Christmas, apparently she tried it on once (while i was at work) and then subsequently hid it so well that i still can’t find it!

12:30
Occupational Therapy, Boys & Motor Skills
» ‎ About a Boy

This may be a terrible thing to admit, but I think I am becoming less and less interested in edumacational-type topics now that we are living in Sydney. The beach is where it is at for us at the moment (in terms of family life outside John’s work, which is otherwise a high priority in our [...]

12:21
First contact
» ‎ David

I signed up as a volunteer with a community legal service this morning. The legal service is situated on the fringe of the Melbourne metropolitan area. I expect to work my first shift next week or the week after. I will be the first point of contact for any member of the public [...]

11:47
jojoeffe: Mmm lamb kebab from Halal Kebabs on flinders lane just down from Swanston. Too busy nomming to tag.
» ‎ Twitter / jojoeffe

jojoeffe: Mmm lamb kebab from Halal Kebabs on flinders lane just down from Swanston. Too busy nomming to tag.
9:10
jojoeffe: Andrew from Melbourne water is my hero :)
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jojoeffe: Andrew from Melbourne water is my hero :)
8:47
jojoeffe: Looks like it's back with the old gang on both projects. I guess it's a big gang...
» ‎ Twitter / jojoeffe

jojoeffe: Looks like it's back with the old gang on both projects. I guess it's a big gang...
8:46
jojoeffe: @middleclassgirl snork :)
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jojoeffe: @middleclassgirl snork :)
8:46
jojoeffe: @diparkhouse I think only one of my cats could be bothered cleaning it out, even if they all had thumbs. I should teach him to use the loo.
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jojoeffe: @diparkhouse I think only one of my cats could be bothered cleaning it out, even if they all had thumbs. I should teach him to use the loo.
8:43
jojoeffe: @FionaBM Someone should make a Twibbon for #EndHumidityNOW :)
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jojoeffe: @FionaBM Someone should make a Twibbon for #EndHumidityNOW :)
8:17
jojoeffe: @Lilylauren not being late is acceptable, however you can be polite and wait for ten or fifteen. After fifteen I leave.
» ‎ Twitter / jojoeffe

jojoeffe: @Lilylauren not being late is acceptable, however you can be polite and wait for ten or fifteen. After fifteen I leave.
8:12
jojoeffe: Bugger. Left my glasses in the car. The ones that let me see the screen without seeing double.
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jojoeffe: Bugger. Left my glasses in the car. The ones that let me see the screen without seeing double.
8:05
jojoeffe: Oh Notes... please start for me...
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jojoeffe: Oh Notes... please start for me...
8:03
jojoeffe: OH: "d'you know what... D'you wanna know what?"
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jojoeffe: OH: "d'you know what... D'you wanna know what?"

6:06
fatboycosmo: Reading: Forget celebrity goss, this mag plays it smart and cool http://bit.ly/9e4kjp
» ‎ Twitter / puppydeluxe

fatboycosmo: Reading: Forget celebrity goss, this mag plays it smart and cool http://bit.ly/9e4kjp
5:55
fatboycosmo: A bit bleary-eyed this morning. Bleh!
» ‎ Twitter / puppydeluxe

fatboycosmo: A bit bleary-eyed this morning. Bleh!

February 20, 2010
22:00
My Twaddle on Twitter for 2010-02-22
» ‎ Mark O'Meara: the blog
- @FionaBM Happily, our kids will probably sleep until around 7. All the same, I should get myself to bed soon. Just have trouble settling. in reply to FionaBM #
- Just woke from a nap. I really needed that. I might be about five steps closer to being sane now. #
- Those birthday parties at play centres are great for kids but the noisy makes is exhausting for this grown up. #
- Experimenting with Tweet Deck. It hold lots of streams of information which is either good for my brain, or it isn't. #
- @FionaBM I also feel like it might be too much for my brain to take in. I'll give it a week or so and see if my brain can adapt. in reply to FionaBM #
- I just looked at the dishes,; they were oppressing me. I'll have to oppress them back in a little while. #
- @jojoeffe Very wise, I am sure. Not sure if I can solve my dishes problems that way for very long. in reply to jojoeffe #
- @fatboycosmo plastic dishes break , too. You just have to drop them with more force, which is getting to be work at that stage. in reply to fatboycosmo #
- @fatboycosmo You're right, they would be a massive amount of work to break. Far better to just wash them and be done with it. in reply to fatboycosmo #
- I have written the instructions for my classes and prepared all the stuff for RedSpaceRocket. Almost ready to go back to bed. #
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19:39
jojoeffe: @johncarneyau @middleclassgirl you are both made of teh awesome! thanks
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jojoeffe: @johncarneyau @middleclassgirl you are both made of teh awesome! thanks
19:34
jojoeffe: @markomeara kinda defeats the purpose. I found that the glasses are thinner these days than they used to be.
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jojoeffe: @markomeara kinda defeats the purpose. I found that the glasses are thinner these days than they used to be.
19:27
jojoeffe: @FionaBM buwhahahahah
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jojoeffe: @FionaBM buwhahahahah
19:26
jojoeffe: @stilgherrian ooo lemme guess - it's a Chinese restaurant?
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jojoeffe: @stilgherrian ooo lemme guess - it's a Chinese restaurant?
19:26
jojoeffe: I don't think I"m hiring a car to go from Dubrovnik to Paris... the daily rate is fine but the one way drop-off fee is about $2500...
» ‎ Twitter / jojoeffe

jojoeffe: I don't think I"m hiring a car to go from Dubrovnik to Paris... the daily rate is fine but the one way drop-off fee is about $2500...

18:15
fatboycosmo: Reading: ::Traffic Warden - David Tennant, via @meetmeatmikes http://bit.ly/bJrbwe
» ‎ Twitter / puppydeluxe

fatboycosmo: Reading: ::Traffic Warden - David Tennant, via @meetmeatmikes http://bit.ly/bJrbwe

18:12
Comment on Menial Meditation by Mark
» ‎ Comments for Just Nicky

This all sounds good. Having said that, I am going to wash the dishes AND listen to some podcasts. I feel I can be me doing both those things.

17:58
Menial Meditation
» ‎ Just Nicky

While washing the dishes one should only be washing the dishes, which means that while washing the dishes one should be completely aware of the fact that one is washing the dishes. At first glance, that might seem a little silly: why put so much stress on a simple thing? But that’s precisely the point. The fact that I am standing here and washing these bowls is a wondrous reality. I’m being completely myself, following my breath, conscious of my presence, and conscious of my thoughts and actions. There’s no way I can be tossed around mindlessly like a bottle slapped here and there on the waves. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness, A manual on meditation.

Last Sunday, for the first time in a very long time, I spent several hours ironing clothes. It was really enjoyable and calming. With something easy to watch on the television and lost in the details of each item I was pressing, I found a kind of meditative state and was completely unaware of how much time was passing.

On Friday we got some bad news about a family member (I won’t go into detail here: it is neither my story to tell, nor the point of this blog entry). It came from out of the blue and, as these things are wont to do, has knocked us rather violently sideways. It’s the kind of news that has the potential to overwhelm the hearer and it’s very hard to keep your mind off it. Yesterday I found myself phaffing on the internet, trying unsuccessfully to find something to take my mind off it and, instead, becoming steadily more and more miserable. When I thought rationally about how I felt, I was reminded of the quote above by Thich Nhat Hanh and realised that ‘washing the dishes’ (although I never actually do) was what I needed.

Today I made an effort to keep myself occupied and away from the computer as much as possible. In reality I didn’t do all that much. I haven’t cleaned the house from top to bottom, or completely re-organised the garage (I’ll save them for another day). I read the newspaper, did some washing, made our bed, wiped down the kitchen benches, continued in my half-arsed attempts to get Leila’s toilet training started and spent several more hours ironing clothes.

The whole time that bad news was present, humming away in a corner of my brain in much the same way that my tinnitus does. But, because the rest of my brain was occupied and absorbed in what I was doing, it stayed in it’s corner and hummed relatively quietly. And so, I was not sent mad by it. I even came close to regaining that meditative state while I was ironing.

So, what is my point? It’s that there is a peace to be found in the mundane and menial tasks we do day in and day out. That giving ourselves over to those tasks and focusing on them is a form of meditation that I can do many times in every day. And it just might be the saviour of my sanity.

17:55
fatboycosmo: @markomeara melamine certainly does, but I doubt you'd manage to break those cheap plastic bowls and plates the kids use for sandwiches.
» ‎ Twitter / puppydeluxe

fatboycosmo: @markomeara melamine certainly does, but I doubt you'd manage to break those cheap plastic bowls and plates the kids use for sandwiches.
17:46
fatboycosmo: @markomeara @jojoeffe too many of our dishes are plastic for that to work.
» ‎ Twitter / puppydeluxe

fatboycosmo: @markomeara @jojoeffe too many of our dishes are plastic for that to work.

17:35
jojoeffe: @markomeara if you drop a glass you don't hav to wash it. I've dealt with two this weekend that way...
» ‎ Twitter / jojoeffe

jojoeffe: @markomeara if you drop a glass you don't hav to wash it. I've dealt with two this weekend that way...
16:16
jojoeffe: @gilfer on twitter, at least...
» ‎ Twitter / jojoeffe

jojoeffe: @gilfer on twitter, at least...
16:12
jojoeffe: Splat Kitty by BenMcfuzzylugs on Etsy http://bit.ly/caUIxn
» ‎ Twitter / jojoeffe

jojoeffe: Splat Kitty by BenMcfuzzylugs on Etsy http://bit.ly/caUIxn

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