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Shauna Reid

Welcome, weary traveller! I'm Shauna Reid, an Australian writer who moved to Scotland nine years ago in pursuit of adventure and kilts

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2001

Oh you shouldn’t have

28/Dec/2001

I thought I was the recepient of the Crappiest Christmas Gift 2001 with my "Just Roses" gift pack of soaps and accompanying bottle of Massage Oil… … but then I got back to Canberra and saw my flatmate's boyfriend had scooped the pool with his elegantly framed Biker Teddy print.

Ho Ho Ho

24/Dec/2001

Merry Christmas everyone. I'm off to the Motherland now. I didn't quite get time to email everyone and leave comments etc, so sorry if you were missed. I've made some great friend thanks to this silly site and I'm thankful for you all. Have a good time, be merry, be happy. I plan to get Read More

Showdown

23/Dec/2001

There's a stand-off happening in our backyard right now. It's Harry… … versus the Blue Tongued Lizard. So far they're just lookin' at each other. I'll let you know if there's any developments.

The Day I Found Out About Santa Claus

20/Dec/2001

It was a sweltering January day like any other, in the Orange City Centre undercover car park. I had just stepped out of the vehicle when mum decided she wasn't properly between the lines, so she readjusted the park and promptly ran over my foot. Perhaps it was the dull throb of pain or the Read More

Doggie in the Window

20/Dec/2001

When I lived in Reid, our yard was more like a jungle, and we had two storeys, so we could go days without seeing Harry. But now we're in a plain old house, and the windows are often at Harry eye-level. He sits opposite the kitchen window and stares at you while you're cooking dinner. Read More

Return of the Mothership

19/Dec/2001

After few days of mooching around feeling pathetic and sad, I'm rejuvenated. The meeting did not go very well, but I just got my hair cut and I feel good so that's what I chose to focus on for now. Woo! On Monday we got tarted up for my sister's graduation. Although she graduated last Read More

Fries With That

14/Dec/2001

Oh ho ho! So it seems the Big Boss has been whisked away more important things, so the meetings have been postponed until Tuesday! Bloody hell. I don't think my butt would squeeze that well into the mouth of a cannon, so methinks I'll have a looky elsewhere. My brain is turning to mush here Read More

Shitscared

13/Dec/2001

10AM tomorrow is my allocated time for Discussion With Important Dude about The Futureā„¢. The agenda revolves around the following four questions: What do I do in my current role? What would I like to do? Where might I do it? What do we need to do to make it happen? Answers are as follows: Read More

George

12/Dec/2001

Amusing stuff on Smokehammer: The Prime Minister Tony Blair today broadcast the following statement on the death of George Harrison. "George Harrison was a lovely lovely Beatle. He hated any kind of war but I know that if he were alive this afternoon he would have unreservedly backed military strikes against the Taliban followed up Read More

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