Virgin, I bow before your ineptitude and poor customer service. I hope you are feeling very proud of yourselves.

i have a shocking memory for lines from a tv show (sorry to sam and hamish in particular who know the good ones but just get a blank look from me because i don't remember the...

this weekend is bathurst! cars go round and round.

it won't come as a surprise to you as you already know i am a rugby fanatic, so the last four weeks of the rugby world cup have been brilliant. except of course for the mostly...

i am part of a small family - there are only three of us - and sometimes i like to borrow someone else's family.

So possibly I am the only person that this bothers, but what is with men who have pants too short?!

years ago, when I was in grade four, i wrote a list (in very neat cursive) of all the different words for said.

There are words, aren't there, that just make your heart sing? That sound fabulous as you say them.

Don't you sometimes wish that feelings were a little easier to control?

if you, like me have been following the recent Murdoch saga, you may or may not have been suprised by some of the responses at the recent parliamentary committee.

I have a TOTAL girl crush on the fabulous Emma Watson.

As a mad keen rugby fan all my Christmas' came at once on Saturday night.

As a renter, I have known for a while that renters are seen as second class citizens.

there are couple of things that have popped into my inbox in the last week or so and i just wanted to share them with you.

i took a holiday away for the first time ever. i know. kinda tragic. almost thirty and this was my first trip.

man or woman, I believe that at some point in our lives, and indeed maybe at more than one juncture, that saying is for us.

I vote to ban scoop necks, short necks, round necks, turtle necks.

i have been incommunicado, i know!

things that make you go hmmmmmmm.

I certainly do love them. I take photos of them whenever I get the chance. In fact, I am taking a short trip to Canberra in the next few weeks and I definitely plan on hitting up...

i know it has been more than a week since the Oscars, but this is the first time I have had to chance to sit down and corral my thoughts.

i am very excited ... i start a new job in about a months time. i have been in marketing and communications for the last decade or so, and while I have loved it, i need something...

I was asked the other day to write a list of the little pleasures I have in life, and I thought I would share them with you.

That moment in a movie when two people are blissful in a relationship and the film maker wants to demonstrate it.

I read a story the other day, and posted the link on my facebook page about the ridiculousness of using a male to model women's fashion.

sometimes ...

on the weekend i went with my mama and my sister to see tamara drewe (it's a movie).

they say that a change is as good as a holiday. so i guess the four hours i will spend at the hairdressers on saturday morning will be like a holiday!

many of you know that I am catholic - a catholic who goes to mass every sunday. yep, one of those! i was at a youth training day on saturday and heard the amazing fr richard...

many of you will know of the fabulous website howstuffworks.com - last week i was introduced to their podcasts. i am addicted!

with yet another story today of charlie sheen's out of control binges, i have to ask - what is it going to take to get him off our screens?

i must admit that this time of year never grows old - i love awards season! it is a bit like being a kid in a candy store.

my lovely friend brett has travelled extensively, and seeing my photos of waterlilies, he sent some of these through to me, and I had to share with you all. thanks brett! they...

it has been wonderful the past few weeks with the warmer weather (finally!) - the butterflies have been bursting from their cocoons. barely a day goes by when I don't see at least...

sometimes, and other creatives will relate to this, you just have too many ideas running around your head! it is hard to pick one to focus on.

We watched this week as our town of Brisbane went under, becoming part of 75% of Queensland that is flood affected. It has had an enormous physical effect on Brisbane, but also...

we got spoilt yesterday at work because uncle dave (aka my boss david) let his lovely wife bring in their cat, audrey, for the day!

this is my excited face! my family (on my mother's side) are having a reunion! it has been 130 years since we set up camp in northern new south wales and we are having a shindig.

i have been silk painting madly and want to give you a sneak peek of my new silk creations.

It is funny isn't it, we just get into the habit of doing something and only when we take a step back do we realize we are caught in a vicious cycle.

I got home one afternoon this week to see a mama cat and four kittens playing in my back courtyard.

this is my cranky face - between vodafone and my iPhone, effective telecommunications seem out of my grasp for now.

I am not sure exactly what my life would look like at twentynine and a half, but I can tell you I didn't think it would look like this.

Google, the search juggernaut (a word not used often enough) is again making changes to the way we think of search.

my mama has been taken poorly

i wrote this a couple of years ago, and for the same person today it resonates.

i have been tossing about two posts recently - the agony and the ecstasy of social media and the nature of compelling people. and i think that they are not two different blog...

more and more of us are shopping online more and more frequently. bricks and mortar retailers are concerned that online retailers (particularly those from overseas) have an...

i read there is a new trend for what we call men .... gentlemen. who'd have thunk it?!

i went shopping last week and it was heinous. simply heinous. i hadn't been shopping in a while. i had forgotten that it can be so traumatic!

my dream job would be to work for tony cochrane (he runs v8 supercars). i mean, the guy is a visionary and he absolutely knows his target market, so it seems like everything he...

i haven't been posting much lately sorry lovelies. there has been rather large upheavals in my life. but am now in the right mind space to share.

although i used to call myself a movie buff, i don't get to the movies much these days but i definitely made time for this one!

I am having a wee launch party on friday night and i am getting everything ready, check out the inspiration wall.

There are so many instances where companies or people don't understand social media, but use it anyway. But worse still is when they don't understand their audience, their...

yep, there are several signs that the world is ending soon. Not least of which is that the Commonwealth Games chief medical officer has suspected typhoid.

so if you haven't heard today about the wrong winner being announced for Australia's Next Top Model you have been living under a rock. But was it an accident or a clever ploy?

i really love my girls ... georgiana and lillabeth. so i made them some friends. coming soon to my online store!

i realise that this is something i need to learn. i have been trying for a while, but i always slip back into the 'yes' mode.

stoopid computers and software at the moment. I have more than enough to do in my life without everything taking 6 hours!

always a tough one, isn't it? and then there's the question of different colour for hands and toes or the same?!

read this.

I think the original saying is about clothes maketh the man, but definitely more and more style (or lack thereof) maketh the woman.

I absolutely love discovering something new about someone ... and love it even more when the thing I discover is creative!

So unless you have been hiding under a rock, you are aware of the runaway success of Masterchef. And it's new spin-off, Junior Masterchef.

nature is really quite cool.

it sounds kind of rockstar ... shoot and shoppe. But for me it has just been a hard but satisfying slog.

it is awesome to be surrounded by women who are doing the lady-craft thing with such finesse and beauty. I would like to introduce you to some of my faves. Check them out and...

last friday i attended a going away drinks event - i hadn't been to the restaurant before, but kinda knew where it was. I know I am out of the loop - the whole area has been...

It has taken me a while to get round to the scared part. For ages I was focussed on the bit where we haven't had a hung parliament for 70 years.

Well, not really him, but his little Australian clone, with his mother driving behind me this morning.

I have always wanted to learn to felt so I tried to book myself into a course, but they were full. So I went online, watched a video on youtube and taight myself to felt on...

I thought I would give you a sneak peek at the colours I am working with for my first range.

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some of my favourite reads at the moment are a bit like popcorn - they give you that little salty hit and then they are forgotten. But I say that is not all a bad thing.

I didn't get as much time as I wanted to do silk painting on the weekend (the drying time between layers really cramps my style!), but I am working with a great colour palette.

So, as I alluded to in my last post, the world of textiles is really very cool. And very inspiring for me.

The lovely Lisa (my boy's sister) was married last weekend and it was just beautiful! I do love weddings, and this was fabulous!

As I mentioned in a previous blog I am sewing a dress to wear to the lovely Lisa's wedding. I am in love with it! It has inspired me to work more with textiles.

I love this article that appeared in today's Sydney Morning Herald.

a few weekends ago we had a family reunion at the botanical gardens. And while it was great to see everyone, I wasn't missing the opportunity to photograph the flowers and...

Yes, yes, Bad Kate hasn't been blogging much lately. Not for lack of love or inspiration, just well, I have a lot going on!

I love winter! I love layering clothes, the shape of the clothes, the look of the clothes, the accessories ... it is all winter wonderful! (I also like the colours of nature and...

Communication problems happen all the time, in all sorts of situations and relationships. But how does one sort them out? And what impact can they have?

the results of my silk painting on Sunday ...

I got the very exciting news this week that I have been extended for another six months in my contract role.

I saw the new Russell Crowe film, Robin Hood, last week and I surprised myself by loving it (you see, I am not a Russell Crowe fan).

I almost fell of my chair in shock this morning. Seriously. Anthony Mundine is describing rugby league players as slave labour. Excuse me, but WTF.

Well the dinner for eight ended up being a dinner for six because illness. But woot! it was a fabulous evening!

I am the proud new owner of some beautiful new silks and silk paints, ready to create something wonderful!

I have talked previously about being a nerd, and generally I don't break the rules. But boy, sometimes I would love to, or at least have someone stop those who do!

I love picnics - this possibly makes me a nerd in this day and age, but I don't think you can go past a picnic!

So we have had a quick look at blogging and how you can do it from a micro business perspective. Let's take a look at twitter (and I can feel many of you shuddering!).

A while ago I was reading an article about the 10 essential virtues in a person.

i am a bit of a foodie. I just love good food. And when I was cleaning my studio out, I found my book of grocery lists.

I was watching the movie hes just not that into you the other day and it prompted me to think about several of the messages in the movie.

It's a bit like a drug there might be something better out there.

I am on my gen y soapbox again. This might become a regular thing!

We have looked at the concept of social media and some statistics behind the massive adoption rate of different forms of social networking. Now let's look at how to start a blog...

Today I look at who social media and social networking has infiltrated our lives and the way we live them.

I love entertaining. The process of choosing guests, putting together a dynamic group of people. Selecting the meals and matching the courses together, even only subtly. It might...

well, not really noobs, but for those among us who want to or need to get into social media and aren't really sure where to start.

This one isn't mine, but written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio. "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It...

It is one of those things we wonder ... what do people really think we are like? How would they describe me to someone. I am about to find out!

I think the combination of my marketing background and my strong personality means that I definitely believe in the concept of personal branding.

I first wrote this post for my lovely friend's site, but I thought it was worth republishing here as I am just about to get into the swing of entertaining again. Guests, be...

It is amazing how little you can do if you just do, well, nothing. And how much you can do if you just add one little thing a week to your life.

It seems it is a topsy turvy world. In most species it is the male who has got the 'pretty', who has got the 'fancy', the male who has to do the work to to attract the female.

Yep, that is the message to myself.

How wonderful was the fog to wake up to this morning?

Last week I was at an industry breakfast, and as the workshop was concluding, one of the men on the table turned to a school girl who was representing school interests and asked...

(and this is a very good one)

Don't you just love colour?! That blast of colour that makes you smile, takes your breath away?

Several years ago I read a wonderful article about the skills that women should have in this day and age. It was a mixture of quaint and necessary.

With the start of the new year, I have been refocusing on what I want to achieve this year. Not 'resolutions' per se because I have a phobia about resolutions, but making sure all...

because they say a thousand word, I have included some of my favourite images from the year that was.

With the year drawing to a close, I hosted an Open House for my family and friends. It was lovely to spend the day with so many wonderful people.

yep, that is right. the story of my emancipation. it has been a long time coming. and this is only the start.