http://obnoxiousowl.com Take my advice, i dont use it anyway. Fri, 18 May 2012 03:30:12 +0000 en hourly 1 ObnoxiousOwlhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObnoxiousOwl/~3/y_MU944fMEA/ http://obnoxiousowl.com/2012/4487/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 12:19:14 +0000 Tammy http://obnoxiousowl.com/?p=4487

Do you guys ever feel like you've lost your zest for life? No seriously, I'm not going emo on you or anything I just kinda feel a bit 'blah' you know?  Not depressed or unmotivated just a little 'meh'. 'Blah' and 'meh' are such beige words...inoffensive and kinda unnecessary, that's how I currently feel.  Work is cool, its challenging and I really want to do well and not let people down and life in Melbourne is going swimmingly but I just feel as though I'm existing lately. It could be because I haven't travelled in a minute but sometimes I think that my life as a gypsy was more filled with drama than it was exciting. No it's not because of that because I like Melbourne. It fits like a hoodie right out of the dryer on a cold day. It feels right.

Maybe it's because up until now my life has been a perpetual Seinfeld episode and I'm not even kidding.  I sometimes think that I may be the kind of person that gets high off drama.  I am trying to become a person that can take things in their stride and just be cool and not over think things. Fuck those guys! I'm so jealous of them.  Sure, they're prolly imploding and may be rocking themselves to sleep every night while they cry and wank simultaneously but at least they LOOK like they've got their shit together right? I don't know, just a thought.

Actually, I know what it is. It's this, this place where we all are right now, this black hole that lures you with it's seductive ways only to spit you out when it's finished with you and won't even miss you when you're gone. The Internet.  It's so fucking self important. It even insists you spell it with a capital letter in Microsoft Office. Does it ask you to spell 'book' with a capital? Or 'newspaper'? Or 'film'? No. No it does not.   These things are not important according to this soul sucking abyss of a bastard. I feel two faced for even tapping such 'tings when I think about how much space I've occupied online. When I think about the little world I've carved for myself here. I am now the OWL, or the OWL lady or that OWL blogger. I don't even like Owls! I mean, they're OK.  They're cute and they have big eyes which I like, because I have big eyes. My nan, bless her heart, used to call me a little Owl because of my peepers but I'd much rather have been compared to something more tropical like a parrot, or something quirky and feminine like a flamingo. But no, I'm the Owl lady. Which is about two seconds away from being a cat lady. Sweet. I guess I could be a penguin? I dunno, whatever. Owls are cool. ANYWAY, I digress...

The World Wide Web. As I was saying, I've done OK by it..I guess. I read back on some of these posts and you could probably see me cringe from space. But it's like looking back on photographs of yourself as a kid when you had a spiral perm (Loooooord knows why I permed my already curly hair?!?) and rocked dungarees with only one strap done up, Timbaland boots and a BOYZ 2 MEN tshirt. Sure I looked wack but at the time?  Woooooo child, I was rocking 'dem dungarees. I thought I was the shit. It's like this blog...everything made sense at the time.

So yeah, feeling unzesty. I haven't bought new threads in ages, I'm not even pumped to get my nails done, I have 3 half read books next to my bed...no actually it's 4! (I just checked) Oh my God, the 23 year old me would hate me so much right now.  It's kinda weird though because I'm not even that active online as much as I used to be, ya know?  I'm not saying I'm online instead of reading words printed on paper, I'm saying that the internet has turned me into a somewhat jaded and diluted version of my former self.  There is just way too much info on here and I'm a sucker for it.  Nothing shocks me any more, nothing begs for my attention other than all those unread books and the list of movies I've been meaning to watch that I've written in my journal.  I did go see Prince the other night though and that was awesome.  I left feeling inspired and fired up and happy. All great things to feel. But then I can't rely on Prince coming to town whenever I'm feeling 'eurgh'.  So how to break the cycle?  How to rewind a bit and get back to basics? I don't reckon it's something you can wean yourself off, I reckon it's flat out cold turkey steeze I gotta get with.

This is cool, doing some posting. This is normal. But what I should do when I'm done is close the computer, get into bed and finish that pile of books. I actually have to do that because 2 of them I have to give back to friends. So this is me, logging off. I suggest you do it to.

Bye.

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YouTube footage of him is rare but somebody awesome sent me this. What a guy.

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READ IT HERE

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Winter is rearing it's head over in the Southern Hem and we don't even care because we love it! OK we don't we hate it but it's not so bad when you get to wear colourful tights! I just copped some from WE LOVE COLORS because they are offering free shipping to Aus until the 15 May if you spend over 50 bucks.  Yeah I know this is a late post, but I only just found out myself! Plus I'm not a fucking fashion blog so hit up Vogue some shit if you want to be in the know.  Anyway, I love their range of rainbow hue'd nylons so much I guess I can forgive them for spelling colour incorrectly.

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Today I had big plans to meet some deadlines because they have been making some really loud WHOOSH noises as they go over my head and quite frankly, its deafening.  I scribbled a massive 'to do' list, went to the grocery store, made an omelette, got the odd job guy in to do some um, odd jobs around the house like change the bulbs in my impossibly high ceilings, fix the toilet roll holder...that sort of 'ting. Then I sat down in front of this computer and watched MasterChef for the last 2 hours. Believe me, the irony that I procrastinated to write something about procrastination is not lost on me.

Last Wednesday me and Alex went to the Wheeler Centre to listen to Australian writer Kathy Lette talk about her new book.  *side note* Alex and I are working on honing our craft and keeping our little minds stimulated with some culture besides drowning ourselves in red wine and gossip. Anyway! Kathy Lette! She was great.  Having not grown up down under, I had no clue who she was but Al is doing a great job of introducing me to the Aus literary world - and she did good introducing me to Kathy.  She is hilarious and candid and besides having a few outdated references, she is pretty on point with things.  For example, she brought up the whole 'women are great multi taskers' thing. Is it really that much of a great thing?  No it most fucking is not. Like she says, that just means we are expected to do so much more and why? Because we can.    In all honesty I am really jealous of men's tunnel vision.  They get shit done. Don't get me wrong, we do to but it takes a little longer and we get about 10 things done and they are all 'OK' whilst most of the time, the male human produces one thing and one thing only but my God will the standard be top notch.

 



Like now for instance, it has taken me about 40 minutes to write the above. Why? Because I stopped to sweep the bathroom, water the cactus, make a cup of coffee, like someone's instagram photo and put on a load of washing. I hate myself.

For the majority of my childhood I'm pretty sure I used to think my name was actually 'FOCUS' because that was yelled at me more than 'TAMMY'. Every night before I go to bed I half heartedly punch the pillow because I didn't even make a dent in my mountain of 'to do's but I pretty much smashed my 'don't's'.  I read books or articles and think, 'Wow, I could write like that!' But I don't. I just don't.  There is a reason why masturbate rhymes with procrastinate.

Apparently being a procrastinator is nurtured. And like most things, it stems from childhood.  A particularly controlling parent keeps children from learning how to regulate themselves and from internalizing their own intentions and/or procrastination is yet another form of rebellion.  But come on, blaming one's parents is just so 2003 girlfriend! When I turned 30 I was done blaming Mum for putting me on a diet since I was six or Dad putting the fear of God in me about money.  Your mind, unlike your body, should get better with age and a true adult takes some responsibility for things. SO THERE GOES THAT IDEA.

Other symptoms of procrastinators: They lie to themselves by saying they will feel more like doing whatever it is they need to do tomorrow. CHECK!   Their booze consumption is higher than most because of problems with self regulation. Well...I don't actually drink that much but when I do I go ham so CHECK! Procrastinators tell themselves they work better under pressure so they leave things till the last minute. SEMI CHECK! (I only work well under pressure because then you have no bloody choice to get shit done.)

AARRGGHH! I just checked twitter/facebook - cue self loathing.

So what now? A lot of psychic energy. That's what.  I mean I guess I could beg the dodgy Vietnamese doctor on Victoria Street for a Ritalin prescription but that's not exactly ideal. That's a short term answer to a long term problem.  Google tells me I need 'Cognitive Behavioral Therapy'  but they can get fucked.  I tried therapy last year and all the shrink did (his name was Dr Squirrel by the way, not relevant to the story, but it's getting a bit serious so I thought it needed some comic relief) anyway, all he did was take one of his little books off his little shelf and read what was 'wrong' with me. Yeah thanks for that mate.

I know what's wrong with me! I am God damn petrified of failure and ironically, the thought of success brings me to my knees as well. I mean, it's a lot less scarier to allow people to think I lack motivation than I do ability...you know? So I need to get over myself basically. Get out there. Take risks. Give it my best shot. Keep my eyes on the prize. Block out distractions. Finish this book I'm writing. Do some research for work.  Return emails. Go to the gym. Reaffirm my reasons for wanting to do things.

And I will do all of that, in a minute...

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STICKERZ

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I am such s sucker for an AM 90, athough I haven't actually copped a new pair in ages.   These new hyperfuse are pretty crazy. They kinda remind me of the South African flag...



Kinda?  No doubt these are Olympics inspired.

I usually enjoy a block colour but I could fuck with these guys.   Every 5 seconds I make a stand 'no more trainers Tammy, you're 5 foot nothing and 30, more heels!' but God dammit, there is something to be said for not wanting to saw your feet off at the ankles on a night out.  What do you guys think of them?  Yay or nay or mabes?

Watch this vid...I like where Nike are going with this whole 'Tales from the Kitchen' 'ting.  Good looks!



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