Singular Scene

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In January of 2006 I asked the question... "I might, but would you?" And sought cyberspace's advice as to whether I'd be so smart as to embark on a course of study. I did, and it finished at a graduation ceremony in April of 2008 when I walked off the stage with a Bachelors Degree in Theology.

Within weeks of that event I asked the internet (er.. Google) about "Post-Graduate Courses Sydney" or some such thing and came across a course that sounded interesting. 2 years and a month later I walked off the same stage with a Masters' Degree in Digital Communication and Culture.

You find yourself playing with all sorts of mind bending, time wasting, applications... this is one of google's...

You can find the application here http://www.youtube.com/searchstories  Please make one for me and post a link in the comments, I'd love to see what other people come up with!!

* I had a couple of slow days of work last week and as I was not at the home office but at an agency waiting for the job to come in I kept busy by surfing the web... this was merely one of the time wasters I found!

I've told the story before, somewhere in this blog's archives, but a long time ago someone gave me a laptop.  It was a faith story, a God story and blew my mind a bit that someone would do that for me.  How that came about was a helluva story too...

To cut what is long story short to get to the point of THIS story, I had the computer on my dream board for a while and was really focused on it, praying about it, (to use a 'Secret' reference, sending  the desire out to the Universe if you will) and sure enough, the laptop I wanted came via a very good friend in the US who supplied it with all I needed and MORE!  In what has been a full circle I paid that laptop forward the other day to someone who needed it and am glad that the blessing just keeps going!

The dream board hasn't had a lot of attention lately, it hangs above my bed so I look at it now and again and after making a fortuitous purchase on ebay today I realised I've actually come into possession of almost all the items on the board in one way or another over the last couple of years.  Guess it's time to update it...


The only items remaining are the camera, the lens and the European travel... that's pretty good going!!

The Adobe Creative Suite was a leaving gift from my old workplace... I got the CS4 version... so that image has been up there a really long time...

The MacBook was also gifted to me when I left the church. I've since updated it with a brand new MacBook Pro... which I LOVE with all my gadget loving little heart.

The iPod became a redundant desire with the advent of my iPhone (which I also love more than any inanimate object should be revered, but seriously, is an iPhone inanimate? I don't think so...)

The Flash was a purchase again, quite some time ago when I did a dance school photoshoot.  It doesn't get nearly used enough... but then, neither does my camera...

The printer was a necessary purchase to complement my business and today I'll go and collect the matching scanner...  The office now has all its electronica complete!!

Which brings us to the last item. The red sofa. 

I had a win on ebay today in what was one of those 'down to the wire' heart pounding auction finales...

The story of the sofa is this.  It's an ikea ektorp 2.5 seater sofa bed which I've had my eye on for YEARS.  I've sat on them every time I went to Ikea and never been able to find the requisite $1200 to buy one.

I've had a saved search on ebay that alerts me everytime they come up for auction and this week it did.  Right price, right place, not quite the right colour, but that's easily remedied.

I went looking for covers online only to discover that this model of sofabed has been DISCONTINUED. I nearly died of shock... so the stakes on the auction went right up (for me at least).  And today I sat at the computer staring at the clock having been outbid once already and dropped my highest bid bomb on the auction with 3mins to go and won...  I got the sofabed for $550, 100 under my maximum price.  Colour me relieved.

There's an outfit in the US that makes custom covers for Ikea furniture and I'm waiting on swatches to see which fabric I'll order. In the meantime the white sofa will be covered to keep certain kitty's fur off it!! (Yeah, I know, good luck with that...)

I don't think the dream board is magic; furthermore, in recent years I wonder what God really thinks about my materialistic desires... I DO think that putting the board up and keeping a certain amount of focus on the goals I'm working towards seems to be making those goals achievable...

Roll on Thursday when I get to pick this baby up!! (And here's hoping it's been a non smoking house... it is in Redfern after all...)