Halo clinic - Week Five

Week five has been conquered! It was a good week. I caught up with my mates for the $15 steak at The Odin and we brainstormed how I could gussy my halo up for my friend Neil's wedding in February. Other topics: Dominating the photobooth. Tearing up the dancefloor with The Robot. Charging through the crowd for the bouquet. The usual.

All of these plans come to naught because after today's halo clinic, I have a finish date, and it is six weeks away, and is the day before the wedding!

Not exactly halfway through yet, but this was too good to wait a week.

But I know-- I have only been in the halo for five weeks! And 12 weeks is the recommended period of time! To which I say: Keep your doubts to yourself, haters! I'm blowing this thing! And then I'm having a shower!

That may have been the highlight of the clinic, but plenty of things happened today!

Alright, Stop! Shower Time.

One good thing about having been on a months-long camping trip prior to breaking my neck, is that I had already come to terms with an intermittent shower schedule. Compared to some of the roughest, hottest, filthiest terrain that Australia has to offer, the amount of filth I develop sitting around the house is negligible.

Still, I wish to retain a 'social life' and 'basic human standards', so foregoing showers completely isn't an option. After four weeks, I think I've found my groove.

Under the jump is my routine. I don't talk about anything funky, but you probably only need to read it if you have a halo brace and are trying to do things independently because you are hardcore and don't need to lean on anybody.

This is probably going to be my first move after the halo comes off.

Halo Clinic - Week Four

Officially one-third of the way through!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year for 2015!

Do's: Have fun.
Don't: Break your neck.

I didn't attend any New Years parties because Halo + Crowds = Eyepatch and/or concussion for unlucky person/peoples.

I have been watching a lot of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

That's cool though, my whole life is a party.

Wishing everybody all the best for 2015!

Dropped on head, still got it!

Yesterday, my friend Sarah organised for a group of us to do the latest room in the Mystic Clue Room Escape experience in Canningvale. I have done one of these rooms before with another group of friends. While it was a fun experience, we needed heaps of help solving the puzzles. Not that they were that difficult, or that we were that dumb-- we just way overthought some of the solutions. Each time we figured it out, we had a "Duh!" moment.

The Bat room promised to be a little bit different, with gears, sensors, and mechanised puzzles. I don't want to give too much away. It was exactly that. But there were delightful surprises. And great atmosphere. And very satisfying solutions.

We figured it out in 45 minutes with no help, and so were very happy escapees.

2014 Retrospective

I have been wracking my brain trying to think of a succinct way to sum up the year, and I'm not coming up with much. Obviously the last month has been dominated with my new crogan status (crippled bogan, I've inherited the title from Trish). But the other 11/12ths of the year was generally delightful!

Merry Christmas!

Styling by Jesse K. Halo & dress are model's own.

Wishing everybody a very Merry Xmas and holiday season! Hope you ate yourselves silly. I certainly tried to.