My housemate and I had our rental inspection today (nailed it! “Excellent” ticked all through the report; pat on the back, pip pip!) and, as a result, there’s space to move in my room for the first time in six months. To be clear, my room has never been unclean (I’m far too paranoid about [...]
by Hannah on March 9, 2012
During my primary school years, my best friend and I used to play Barbies a lot. It’s a testament to the power of childhood imagination that we found our storylines endlessly fascinating, despite that fact that they were all variations on the same plot. Good Barbie meets Ken. Good Barbie and Ken Fall in Love. [...]
by Hannah on September 12, 2011
Last month, I was contacted by a fellow chocoholic and asked whether I’d be interested in checking out the first edition of a new fortnightly magazine series called Baked and Delicious. Interested? But of course! It’s been years since I’ve allowed myself to buy a cooking magazine, due to a teenage tendency to buy too [...]
by Hannah on February 4, 2011
I’ve been feeling a bit worn out lately. The heat is like a giant octopus sucking the creativity out of me through its tentacles. That’s how octopi work, right? They feed off the life-energy of fellow sea creatures by wrapping said sea creatures in tentacle hugs, squirting ink all over them, then stealing their auras [...]
by Hannah on December 13, 2010
Do you remember the time I was a TV Star? I do. In fact, I was sure that my celebrity status would lead Oprah to invite me out for dinner when she arrived in Australia last week. Sadly, she’s been too busy climbing bridges, being really really loud, and talking to the Prime Minister to mention that I’m one of [...]
by Hannah on October 21, 2010
I’ve never been shy about expressing my love for the people I care about. This might have stemmed from a chapter of Sideways Stories from Westside School, in which a boy discovers that when you tell someone that you love them, you yourself fill to the brim with even more love that you felt before. [...]
by Hannah on September 5, 2010
Advice That Certain People Who Write Essays Would Do Well To Note: 1. It doesn’t matter whether a sociological theorist is “pessimistic” or not, or which year s/he was born in. It does matter, though, that you understand that “rationalisation” relates to disenchantment and bureaucratisation, and not to people thinking logically about their life choices. [...]
by Hannah on July 9, 2010
These are naughty cookies. Or, more correctly, I’m a naughty cookie baker. Not because I (once more) deviated from a written recipe in order to encompass the shortages/advantages of my still-growing pantry, but because cookies, by their very nature, are antithetical to what my doctor told me I should be increasing in my diet: saltiness. [...]