I was saying G’day to the good people over at Motto Agency yesterday and it struck me how amazing the internet really is. Yesterday was of course Australia Day… and I was discussing this fact with the innovative duo who just happen to be half a world away in South Carolina. [It was raining... and we had Bob Marley in common. Grin]
Motto Agency is a brand strategy and design firm who also happen to be reggae aficionados. [Just knew I liked these people the minute I heard Bob Marley on their homepage] As it turns out they were celebrating right along with we Aussies on our national day…
“We’re celebrating Australia Day here too… Motto style. We have our sunglasses on and the movie Australia is on loop in the conference room! Enjoy the festivities!”
To me… these are the small conversations that glue this big [cyber] world together.
Hangin’ in there
Like I said… yesterday was Australia Day… but I won’t be commenting further about that. I believe I well and truly covered our National Day way back in January 2007… leaving pretty much nothing left to be said for the rest of the decade!
Reading back over the archive… I had to laugh how I really came out swinging from that very first post three years ago today [give or take a day or two]! Ever the emphatic idealist!
Here is the link for those of you who are up to it! Grin.
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Copyright © 2007 Jean Burman
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So yes… it’s been THREE YEARS since this blog began and I can hardly believe it. So much water has gone under the bridge since then… so many topics hashed and re-hashed… and so much has changed.
In those early days I wondered what on earth I was going to talk about each and every week from that day forward… but you know what? So far something has always turned up. Sometimes just in the nick of time! Grin.
And I’m happy to report that life not only goes on but just keeps getting better and better.
And the best is yet to come!
So thank you for being here with me… and living it along with me. It’s been a whole lot of fun!
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Happy Birthday to your blog, Jean! I feel we are co-conspirators, since we both started about the same time. I can empathize with that feeling of not knowing what’s coming next. When I got up to my first hundred or so cartoons I figured I was about dried up, nothing more to comment on via humor and drawings, but here I am almost at 1200 without missing a day and I still get panicky at the thought of not having any more ideas. Keep up the great work!
Thanks John
Yep… it’s a long time to be paddling upstream eh? But would have to agree it’s a worthy assignment [even if the way forward is never clear] But I guess therein lies the magic. And the faith. That there will always be something to write about… and talk about… and that the well of inspiration and ideas really is potentially endless [even though we might continually question it!] Blogging is nothing… if not a supreme leap of faith!