I Wish I Could Apparate

June 4, 2012 in Entertainment, Film & TV, People, Self, Travel, Work

I can’t tell you the number of times that I’ve been sitting there and have thought to myself “I wish Harry Potter were real”. Go ahead, mock me, but how amazing would it be to live in a world where magic like that existed? Where instead of the regular post, you received mail by Owl; imagine how much more exciting online shopping would get! But the thing that I wish existed the most (besides Sirius Black) is the ability to apparate. Not teleport; apparate. I’m a really lazy person. I don’t exercise, but it’s OK because I have low blood [...]

Confessions of a car-free life

March 8, 2012 in Lifestyle, People, Society, Work

I don’t own a car. There is sometimes that awkward moment at the end of Friday night drinks where a colleague asks me “how are you getting home Rose?” and I go “the bus, I don’t own a car” and suddenly they look at me like I’ve just announced that I secretly like Julia Gillard. I’m guessing it’s the same look Kylie gets when they ask for her mobile number and she tells them “actually I don’t own a smart phone.” The horror. The funny thing is people think I’m some kind of crazy environmentalist which is not the case. Or [...]