I spent a fabulous weekend writing for NaNoWriMo (up to 2240 words!), and hanging out with my fabulous best friend, who was visiting from Melbourne. We went to the National Art Gallery today, and oh, how beautiful it was. It made me crave being artistic. It really did.

I am quite busy at the moment. For the next few weeks I am helping out the organisers of the Youth Contingent of National Walk Against Warming, I am helping paint a banner for the Free Burma Protest, working full time at the Newsagency, trying to spend time with new friends and old, its Spring Out (Canberra’s Queer Festival), I have my novel for NaNoWriMo, and I need to get in touch with the wonderful women at Canberra Rape Crisis Centre about their website.

ITS GREAT!

Unfortunately this means that until the end of November, I am unlikely to be updating this blog with more than infrequent, and light posts.
However, so I don’t forget, I really wanted to write a list of specific posts that I would like to cover, so that you can all start salivating over them. (This blog is starting to get a reasonable amount of traffic given its only three weeks old).

1. Foster Care Availability in Australia. (I read the other day that in 2001 there were 17 000 children in need of homes, and only 9 000 foster carers!)

2. 2007 Election is on the 24th! There is a WORLD of stuff to write about here!

3. Book Reviews
– Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office
– Greylands
– Girl Genius
– White Tiger 1-6

4. Critique of the ‘Child Protection’ Situation in the Northern Territory

At the moment I feel excited to simply be alive. The world seems particularly full of possibility. Full of art to be created, and stories to be written, and ideas and events, and so many things to investigate, and participate in.
I hope everyone is having a fabulous November!