Up the Irons! for March 18, 2010

Up the Irons! for March 18, 2010
March 18th, 2010 | Up the Irons!

I haven’t done an Up the Irons! since Feb. That doesn’t mean I don’t have lots of things to be thankful for.

This week, a bit Steff Metal Up The Irons! to:

\m/ Amanda Palmer, who kicked ass yesterday and gave me a hug \m/ the cute little wooden shelf in my office that’s too tiny to serve any real purpose apart from a shelf for my drinks! \m/ My beautiful desktop iMac, propped up on old archaeology textbooks – no more hunching and bad posture \m/ Unser Baby Katze – Levi, our baby cat. She’s so cute. \m/ Breaking 800 Twitter followers – I love you guys! \m/ Getting a free breakfast for national Walk2Work day – a muffin the size of my head (no kidding), an organic blueberry yoghurt, a fresh squeezed orange juice and a banana \m/ Autumn FINALLY closing in (my favorite season of the year) \m/ Future plans with friends: a “petite” party, the Genitorturers gig, Behemoth and a day-long creative orgy (an orgy of creativity, that is, not a creative orgy) followed by a folk rock band \m/ love is in the air! A friend’s wedding this weekend! \m/ reaching my goals in my writing \m/ receiving emails from my writing idols \m/ writing long, exciting blog posts \m/ Organising friends to see the Sweeney Todd production coming to Auckland in June \m/ Apple Crumble \m/ cleaning the oven (I found the burnt chip that was making all the smoke happen :) \m/ vegetarian curry \m/ discovering a rhubarb plant in the back garden \m/

What are you thankful for this week?
Steff

3 Responses and Counting...

Beatrix 03.18.2010

You know what? I’m pretty flippin’ thankful that I stumbled across Steff Metal yesterday. Do you sometimes feel that once you’ve made a decision about something the universe gives you what you need to make it happen? I decided I would pursue my writing as a career and then I stumble across your site! I think that you’re just what I needed.

ahem. I am also thankful for Kitkat chunky, coke zero, post-it notes, forgiving friends, free time and new opportunities.

Thanks Steff!
steff

@Beatrix, yes, I feel like that ALL THE TIME. So I’m glad you found me and I can be part of the universe’s grand plan for you. What sort of stuff do you write?

I am ADDICTED to Kitkats. I’m normally quite restrained around chocolate (not like CDH, who is a fiend), and it’s not even my favorite chocolate, but if you put a block of Kitkat in front of me, I’ll just gobble it until it’s gone. And I’ll look down at the crumbs and say “Oh, how did that happen? Now I need more Kitkat.”
Beatrix

I’m all about the non-fiction: history, art history, social history, biography, all that jazz. I’ve just had a sudden turn around from “you can’t do that” to “I bloody well can do it, and I will be successful at it.” My head is still spinning it has been that fast.

So, thank you for being part of that!