Why does human hair just keep growing? I can’t think of any other animal that has hair that seems to have no maximum length (except maybe horses’ tails? Do they keep growing, or do they stop when they get to a certain length?). What’s the evolutionary advantage to having hair long enough to sit on,…

…but as everyone else seems to be stealing this questionaire from each other, I thought I’d have a go too: Things you may not have known about me: A) Four jobs I have had in my life:1. Making sandwiches for the Otago cricket team (ok, it was only for one weekend, but it gave me…

I’m sure somewhere in this diary I’ve mentioned bookrings (where a book travels from person to person along a predetermined path, finally returning to where it started) and bookrays (like a bookring, but doesn’t return home at the end), but I don’t think I’ve ever explained bookrelays. The concept of bookrelays, like many things in…

Yesterday’s little pre-booksale meetup actually ended up turning into a whole series of meetups. MrPloppy and I had arranged to meet lytteltonwitch and alkaline-kiwi (a visiting bookcrosser from Greymouth) at Starbucks for lunch (not our usual choice of dining establishment, but it’s in the Square, so easy to find for someone from out of town)…

Updates on my current cross-stitch project are going to be pretty boring for a while, I’m afraid, while I work on the border and calendar section:

Ok, I’ve decided that there can be such a thing as too many meetups. Although it was really nice to see everyone today, I was really too tired after yesterday to properly enjoy it. Plus the cafe was really crowded, so we all (me, lytteltonwitch, alkaline-kiwi and friend, otakuu and children, and awhina and the…

For the first time in my life, I made a 111 call last night. The neighbours across the street had been having a party (no, not the elderly couple with the nice garden, next door to them), and at about 1.30 am, once the music had finally died down a bit and we’d got to…

After all too short a break from study, Semester 2 has started, which means my next Spanish class has started. I feel like I’ve already forgotten everything I learnt for the exam, so I’ve been struggling a bit to keep up in class, but it’s slowly starting to come back to me. This semester is…

I’m really impressed with how it turned out. It needs to be stretched properly, of course, but I’ll leave that to the professionals when I get round to getting it framed (which could be a while, given the cost of framing!) – I’m not as brave (or skilled) as Kimi to attempt it myself.

Just a bit (ok, quite a lot) of backstitch to go: In other news, the other day I got a catch for a book I released over a year ago. I haven’t been doing a lot of releasing lately – a combination of lack of time, lack of motivation, and horrible weather – so I…