5 point turn



1. Listening to: Last Fm. Type in "Funk" and you'll hear what I am cooking to . . . 

2. Reading: As its the weekend I'm into "The Weekend Australian's" political, culinary, artistic and travel pages. On the book front, I just finished "A generous orthodoxy" by Brian McLaren. On the one hand I want to jump up and down and rejoice that someone wrote this book, on the other I sort of yawn and think "most of my friends think this way already" - but maybe that's just us . . . . 

3. Clothes: Loving my retro Adidas trainers and dark blue knit polo shirt. Off to Buy some Doc Martens yet again tomorrow .  Loved the Ben Sherman shirts I got for Christmas.

4. Today: I went to Perth Zoo with the wife, the kids, the mates n the family. Good time.

5. Plan for this week: Monday is Australia day, a  National holiday so we'll watch the fireworks with the rest of Perth, then a quiet Tuesday before I go back to work on Wednesday.

Tagging Browny, Alan and Brian to play along. Choose your own five and fill us in!

Peace everyone.

Comments

Mark Brown said…
Nice. Tag taken.
4:12 AM
Anonymous said…
Done!

Check it out: http://bryansherwood.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/01/5-point-turn.html

Pax.
1:06 PM
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