hello again.

so its been over a year since my last entry. it seems like forever ago that i posted... its like exercise. you love it when you do but as soon as you stop its just easier not to anymore, the more you think about not doing it makes you not want to sooooo much more  and the next thing you know you are sitting on the couch watching re-runs of adventure time, eating half a kilo of frozen mango while your bike collects dust in the shed.... 

alot has transpired but i thought i would start off small. 

i need to preoccupy myself.. i have a game on my phone. its called covet fashion...mind you it has only been 2 weeks since I've started playing. 

First of all you need to understand that unlike Mick i am not a iPhone gaming person. the extent of my iPhone usage is the camera, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Catch of the Day, my alarm clock, gospel library and the calculator. i didn't get into candy crush, flappy bird or sadly to say angry birds for that matter.. i can count on my hands a toes the amount of times i played it.

The only game i have played and was slightly "addicted" to was a game called cookie dozer (see picture provided below, to fully capture the lameness) the main aim of the game is to make cookies fall over the edge.. you get point, other desserts are introduced and they are worth more. 

Not sure what attracted me to it, or how i found it for that matter.. possibly because of the content, the fact that they are condiments of the sweet kind.. but mostly i have put it down to nostalgia. Growing up and going to FENACLE ( a local festival in karratha that spans over a weekend in august) had machines just like this one, obviously not filled with cookies but 20c pieces. they were a hit, everyone loved them. you would scope out a good machine with your stack of 20s and wait behind the person on it to get a chance to have a go. Always spending more then you would ever win but still go back for more because it was awesome. the suspense... to see if your strategically placed coin was going to be the one to send the rest flying over the edge. i loved it. 

 

but like i was saying i was introduced to a new game called covet fashion. where you build up a wardrobe, enter events with the clothes out of your wardrobe to fit the brief. you can choose hair, make up, accessories and use items from friends closets all to increase your style rating and a chance to win a piece of clothing to add to your wardrobe. Within the first night of having the game on my phone i had spent more money ( I'm talking real money, out of the bank account money, money i slaved in the hot sun for money) on the game and building up my repertoire of outfits than mick has ever spent on all of his games combined in the last 6 years! probably not the best comparison because that total probably comes to $10. Still! i was ashamed. i kept going.. under the realisation that if i stop now, the money that i had spent previously would be a waste... 

i would stay up longer then usual to compile outfits to enter events.. countdown until the results would come in to tell me what others thought of the look. I even started seeing people at the shops as these walking figurines from the game.. thinking about how i would have done the outfit differently, in my mind sourcing things from my closet to really set the look off... out of control. so i stopped cold turkey. and i feel good. i can get back to the things that matter.. likeeeeeee everything and anything else. 

i took photos that i have been meaning to do for a while. my inspiration came from a book i was given a few years ago called 'Little people in the city' from a  a photographer by the name of Slinkachu. It is amazing, seriously. i love the creativity that goes into every shoot, and the scenes he creates to photograph and leave for people to find, if they are looking hard enough. 

so this is the spot that inspired me. I love moss at the best of times but in karratha.. i didnt think it was possible This would have to be one of my most favorite places in karratha. I see it everytime I go to the hardware store. doesn't look like much but i adore it.. is that weird to say? The aircon drips onto the concrete and what is left behind is mossy goodness. People use it as an ash tray but it still makes me smile. I decided to add my own touch to it and leave for the smokers and passers-by the next day. got a few weird looks from people driving by on a sunday afternoon, didn't bother me much though. 

i haven't been back to see if they have been removed. i know if it were me i would absolutely love to find them. i hope that it added humour to somebodies day if only for a moment. 

i could get use to this. that is one less hour not on that retch-it game. small wins!