Day 334 - The best typo, guilty pug, light writing proposal and Snowflake's weird sleeping positions

On this hot day of 38 degrees I...

...could not stop laughing at this hilarious typo.

...found this picture of the guiltiest looking pug and wondered what it's done. That face!!

...came across this pretty nifty light writing proposal which was shot over 3 nights using long exposure, which the final image made up of approximately 800 individual 10 second exposures. I absolutely love proposals that have incorporated a lot of thought and effort as it's always amazing to see how love can motivate and inspire someone.

...watched Snowflake sleep on her back and air her belly in various weird positions (why does she always touch her paws together?! So weird...)

until she caught me staring. So I stopped for a little while, until she fell asleep again.

Day 329 - Dumb Ways to Die

This is THE CUTEST video I have seen in a long time! I love how they've managed to make a morbid subject so damn cute!

Props for this awesome safety video, Metro.

Day 322 - Waking up to Snowflake, cauliflower trees and Middle Fish

Here are a few things that made me smile today:

1. Waking up to this.
   
   I want to document and record this so that I can remember in the future when I look back and reread this post. This is the sight I've been waking up to most mornings - Snowflake's eyes half open half shut, her oversized flabby belly flopped either alongside me or on my face or right next to my face. I'd open my eyes and see her lying facing me like in the photo above, her eyes fluttering as she drifted in and out of sleep. And she'd be purring loudly like a machine. It makes me smile something big every time.
   
   But it also makes me worry.
   
   You see, Snowflake has never been an affectionate cat until recent years. She was the most ferocious and feisty cat that wanted to eat my hands for dinner up until about 2 or 3 years ago when her age seemed to suddenly kick in and she practically mellowed overnight. I've always thought oh yay she's finally mellowing, she's finally being a nice cat. But over the last few months she's been RIDICULOUSLY nice and overly affectionate, always wanting to crawl onto my lap, sleep on my chest, sleep on my neck, and then even on my face. 

Her (positive) personality change got me thinking... is she dying..?? She's 9 year old but has never gotten sick. Does she realise she's dying so she's being super nice to me?! I've even started wondering about what I had to do if she died.. who would I call? Who would take her away? Do I bury her? Where do I bury her? Who do you call for these things?!

I know this all sounds a bit morbid, but I want to remember this. I want to remember waking up next to her almost every morning; I want to remember seeing her sitting by the door waiting for me as I walk through the door in the evening; I want to remember her purring in my arms as I hit the snooze button and give her a good morning hug; I want to remember her always insisting on sitting on my lap while I get ready for work, but is so smart that she gets off my lap immediately when I do a special signal; I want to remember her always being there for me.


2. Marvelling at trees that look like giant cauliflowers with Dad.



3. Middle Fish's Thai milk tea comes in this cute aluminium bowl, and they do really delicious curries.

Day 302 - Coffee, fatty bacon, poorly photoshopped cat wrapping paper, job title: rock star, some stage of Project Home

On this beautiful sunny Sunday I...

...let out a heavy sigh. Oh coffee how I love you so, don't ever leave me.

...had a healthy dose of mushrooms and fatty bacon. ALL THAT TASTY CRISPY BACON FAT OMG

...giggled hysterically at this wrapping paper of a bunch of poorly photoshopped kittens that all look very sad to be put together. (Of course I bought it, it was only $1!!!)

...laughed and wished that I could put down 'rock star' as my job title.

...completed stage err I don't know 30? 500?! of Project Home. Yay!

Day 291 - Sheep alpaca, nice email, cute stuff at Daiso, Frankie's 50th issue and being catnapped on

Here are a few things that made my heart sing today:

1. Hahahahaha this kills me.



2. Getting this in an email from someone lovely at work just about made my day too.
   


3. Daiso, you and your abundance of cute stuff kill me.

I mean, you can buy chair socks here. Chair socks!!



4. Wooooooooow I wish I had taken the plastic wrapper off my Frankie magazine sooner, their cover for their 50th issue is INCREDIBLE and easily the most amazing cover I've ever seen. It looks stitched - it feels stitched - but it's not stitched. I can't stop touching it!
   


5. Shhhh Snowflake's sleeping. She pinned me down to make sure I couldn't go anywhere awww.
   

Day 276 - Kitten lost in a husky and gadgets with faces

I started my day right when Soon Yang sent me this keyuuuuute picture:

Source: 9GAG

Then Brett sent me the article of 19 Gadgets With Happy and Sad Faces that just made my day!! My favourite is:

Source: plindberg

I love that there are so many crazies out there that derive so much joy from faces in places!

Day 265 - Taylor with a smiling koala, pretty flowers, Lomography and mini LC-A

I love...

...this adorable photo on Taylor's Instagram of him holding a koala. The koala has a smile on its face!

...these insanely pretty flowers that are adorning Swanston St. Me likey! They made me so happy that I jumped up and down and clapped like a 4 year old at the sight of them!


...Lomography. (But I don't love crappy photos taken with Lomo cameras being passed off as being "artistic Lomography". A shit photo is a shit photo, Lomography is not an excuse! Grrr)

...that my LC-A now has a mini me.

Day 243 - Stage 27 of Project Home in progress

Why do birds suddenly appear,

every time you are near?

Day 202 - Cat pyjamas

Cute cat pyjamas made me laugh today...

...but so did weird and downright freaky cat pyjamas!

Day 198 - Bedtoppings.com.au

Stumbled upon Bed Toppings. Everything on that website is so fun and adorable I can feel my innards combusting and squealing from all the cuteness when I look at them!

There are sheet sets to turn your bed into a chocolate bar...

Or a tin of sardines...

Or my favourite, a bed of leaves and garden flowers, complete with a snoozing cat!

And what I love most are the smileys - the smiling chocolate pieces, the smiling sardines, the smiling flowers, and this smiling cat for their About Us page! Awww!

Day 197 - Ducks at Quanjude and Mamak is coming to Melbourne

We had lunch at Quanjude, where I had the honour of consuming the crispiest and fattiest roast duck skin.

The adorable duck crockery of these peking duck specialists made me giggle...

...and so did watching my little niece eat (and like - she nodded furiously) her first peking duck. The girl has good (and expensive) taste!

Mamak is finally coming to Melbourne!! We spotted this while walking down Lonsdale St, I had to hold back the cartwheels!

Day 188 - They've arrived, Oly OMD camera, Cougar in a blanket and weird Engrish

1. Pe Yang and Mom are here!! 


2. I got a new friend today:



3. There's a Big Issue seller whose cat Cougar sits alongside her. I usually stop to give Cougar a quick pat and scratch on the head and a few rubs on her nose when she's not surrounded by cooing passers-by. Surprisingly there was no one crowding around her today so I managed to get a quick snap of her in her blanket. I can't believe she sleeps through all the commotion!



4. So apparently these clips will make the house indispensable. Mmmkay!

Day 183 - Suited animals and having an amazing housemate

1. Suited animals are funny!



2. I'm certain I have the best housemate in the world. Not only did I come home to these - my 4 Ikea Billy bookshelves all assembled, built and lined up in a row at attention (he built the first one a few days ago and did the rest when I wasn't home)... 

...he also made me yummy beef taco as my pre-dinner snack!

Jackpot!!