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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
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thiel
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In the park I took my shoes off and started spinning, fixing my eyes on the lemon in my right hand. Everything blurred except the lemon and a fly. It took a while for things to reassemble.
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[in the photobooth.]
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Monday, December 14th, 2009
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thiel
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In a shot glass I mixed two-thirds rum to one-third lemon juice, and skulled it. Julien insisted that they did something like this in the Dominican Republic. In any case, the combination worked for me. Refill.
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[in the photobooth.]
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Sunday, December 13th, 2009
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thiel
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I tested an expensive sanitary napkin by squeezing a lemon over it and watching for leaks. It was a first, for me, holding up the pad and watching the liquid disappear like magic.
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[in the photobooth.]
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Saturday, December 12th, 2009
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thiel
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At the shopping centre a person dressed as Santa was handing out sweets from a basket. I approached with a lemon and placed it among the treats. "A healthy option," I explained. Santa said something like "ho ho ho" and offered me a chocolate by way of exchange.
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[in the photobooth.]
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
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thiel
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At the market I found a ride designed for children. For two dollars the machine moved a chair in slow circles, spinning in time with a clown. I placed a lemon on the chair, inserted a coin, then stood there staring like a weird parent.
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[in the photobooth.]
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Monday, December 21st, 2009
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pickl
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All resistance is gone
wasted on
yeah, I miss her.
I'll chase dream after dream
unable
since she's gone.
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[1 kiss .|. in the photobooth.]
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
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thiel
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In an effort to force myself to relax I placed a lemon on my belly while lying on the bed and let it go up and down, up and down, up and down, more and more slowly.
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[1 kiss .|. in the photobooth.]
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
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thiel
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During a day of training at Scienceworks Museum I visited the Sportsworks exhibit, which featured a machine measuring the speed at which yellow balls were pitched. I substituted a lemon and managed 49km/h - fast enough to break the fruit against the wall.
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[1 kiss .|. in the photobooth.]
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
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thiel
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So stressed was I by depending on other people to arrange finances for my home-loan that I lowered myself to the floor, squealing like some other species. Usefully, there was a large lemon within reach - I stuffed it into my mouth as if it were a mute, and I a trumpet.
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[in the photobooth.]
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
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thiel
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Sarah filled a plastic bag with lemon juice, before dinner, then pierced the bag over my ear. I'm not sure how loudly I squealed as everything was muted. I thought about my brain. Later, I could hear very clearly, as if the world had been amplified.
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[1 kiss .|. in the photobooth.]
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
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thiel
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At a South Melbourne fish-and-chip shop Julien poured vinegar over a slice of lemon, saying: "I wonder how this tastes." Answer? Exactly like an oyster, so we did it several times. In fact we repeated it the following evening, at dinner, inviting our guests to suck. Why pay more?
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[1 kiss .|. in the photobooth.]
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Saturday, December 5th, 2009
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thiel
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At an arcade in Box Hill I played Tekken 6 as a girl character, using a lemon to press "punch" and "kick." I won the first round, easily, although my opponent was hardly moving. The use of a tool seemed to activate special moves in which my character became a violent butterfly. In round two I was not so lucky, as my opponent could suddenly fight. I left quickly to avoid inserting another coin.
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[in the photobooth.]
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
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thiel
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While standing in a bath-tub I broke a lemon over my head, letting its juice cascade down my face and body. It stung me, and blinded me; but, later, I smelt good.
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[6 kisses .|. in the photobooth.]
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
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thiel
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I had the hilarious idea of attaching a lemon to my phone charger and plugging it in. By morning the connection was completely destroyed, clogged with pith, juice and peel. I had to buy a new one.
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[5 kisses .|. in the photobooth.]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
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thiel
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I made hummus from scratch and by hand, beating the garlic and chickpeas together in a mortar before mixing through the oil, tahini and lemon juice. It made three cups of paste, which were quickly eaten.
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[2 kisses .|. in the photobooth.]
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
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thiel
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I attached a lemon to the back of my bicycle with a long piece of string, then rode off through the park, looking back - like Achilles - at the carnage in my wake.
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[2 kisses .|. in the photobooth.]
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
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thiel
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While walking in Middle Park I saw a home decorated with a Christmas wreath across the road from a tree bearing lemons; so I picked a lemon, crossed the road, and added it to the wreath.
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[in the photobooth.]
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Sunday, November 29th, 2009
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thiel
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At twilight I dropped a lemon from Melbourne's Princess Bridge, like a suicide. It met the water with a plopping sound, went under, then resurfaced for its last ride out to sea.
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[2 kisses .|. in the photobooth.]
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Saturday, November 28th, 2009
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thiel
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I pushed my bike-lock through a lemon and attached the fruit to an unmovable chair.
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[in the photobooth.]
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
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thiel
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I washed, dried and flattened a piece of lemon peel for my fashion-designer friend, who stuck it under his machine and sewed black shapes across it. After a few minutes of pure concentration the peel looked - fashionable!
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[in the photobooth.]
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
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thiel
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A colleague told me about a fail-safe tip jar: she'd seen a lemon floating in a jar of water, on which guests were invited to balance their coins...
I recreated this game at work, the next day, failing noisily, then enjoying the similar failures of colleagues, volunteers and curious passers-by. We had to keep scooping out the wet coin, since nobody could make it stay.
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[4 kisses .|. in the photobooth.]
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