the end of the world

is not due for another three years... but looking outside today you think it was now. Sydney is trending on twitter, and dust storm photo's are all over flicker and face book. it's like the rangapocolypse out there.



when i woke up this morning at about 7am, the light coming in my window was very yellow. so rather than press snooze i woke up and got out my camera. i didn't take this photo, this is one from designdyke Dan Warby. it looked my car had a new paint job over night. the roads are covered in dust, the trees are brown, and it's horrible to breath, esp as my lungs are still not 100% with the tail end of bronchitis. i can't explain how it feels to be out walking in a world that is normally bright, with blue and green tones, to have the whole thing turned orangey yellow. if you were colour blind, you wouldn't notice it, it would just look like a really thick fog that makes you sneeze. it's a very fine dust.

this apocalyptic outside world is making me feel a little weird. hard to describe, maybe trance like. time is moving slowly, but i am working efficiently. sounds are removed, like there is a greater distance than usual between myself and my colleagues. and all because the world outside is dusty and apricot coloured.

that is all