{"id":138,"date":"2023-11-28T10:05:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T10:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/?p=138"},"modified":"2023-11-28T10:49:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T10:49:24","slug":"tues-28th-nov-to-begin-a-day-at-10am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/?p=138","title":{"rendered":"Tues 28th Nov &#8211; To begin a day at 10am"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What a luxury to do nothing until 10am. Not even a fortnight into my innumerable weeks off (that&#8217;s a lie, you can count them, and the number remaining is ever diminishing), I have perfected the art of clearing my mind and looking out the window. The biggest test for these skills was the XPT return trip, but I need to keep practiced and game-ready for the 20 hour train trip we will endure (enjoy&#8230;) in Vietnam. <br><br>Hours dribbled by. I walked around Queens Park. Walking around Queens Park is really a concession to the day that not much is going on and you don&#8217;t have much enthusiasm to change that course. A day full to the brim with energy would lead to a cheerful stroll along Centennial Park. A day of sunshine and laughter would start at Bronte and end at Coogee. Today was a sullen trot around Queens Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Old resurfaced album: Pocketknife &#8211; Mr Little Jeans. This album includes a cover of The Arcade Fire&#8217;s The Suburbs. I was thinking of the original when thinking of the TV series Catastrophe. The song plays in the final scene of the last season, and gives substance to my belief that this light hearted, playful show concludes with a powerful scene of self-afflicted and homicidal tragedy. I don&#8217;t find this a happy song.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ToNBGOoE3S4\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ToNBGOoE3S4<\/a><br><br>My biggest achievement today was doing holiday related shopping at Bondi Junction. Which is an excuse to buy more books, as is every day in my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_093326709-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_093326709-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_093326709-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_093326709-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_093326709-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_093326709-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The books I already own just would not have worked for this trip. I needed new, specifically bought books. One day I&#8217;ll meet someone that understands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_0602343582-1024x641.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_0602343582-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_0602343582-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_0602343582-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_0602343582-1536x961.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_0602343582-2048x1281.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With such a testimonial from BEE, I didn&#8217;t need to look at the price tag.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_0933491152-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_0933491152-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_0933491152-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_0933491152-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_0933491152-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_0933491152-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_0933491152-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This sexy case is going to take me around Asia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_093307575-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_093307575-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_093307575-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_093307575-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_093307575-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231128_093307575-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mimi bought me this pasta back from America, and I am paring it tonight with my favourite from last year&#8217;s Gewurzhaus advent calendar (<a href=\"https:\/\/gewurzhaus.com.au\/blogs\/recipes\/speedy-spaghetti\">https:\/\/gewurzhaus.com.au\/blogs\/recipes\/speedy-spaghetti<\/a>) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_20231127-142202-461x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_20231127-142202-461x1024.png 461w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_20231127-142202-135x300.png 135w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_20231127-142202-768x1707.png 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_20231127-142202-691x1536.png 691w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_20231127-142202-922x2048.png 922w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_20231127-142202.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Found this book when trying to buy Mum Adam Liaw&#8217;s Tonight&#8217;s Dinner cookbook. I asked for it at Harry Hartog in Bondi Junction today and the shopkeeper said &#8220;We&#8217;ve never stocked that book&#8221;. I felt very pleased with myself. Can I please have for Xmas?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Randwick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holiday","category-summer-2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions\/147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}