Comments on: 10 Years Ago

By: Larissa Holland

Larissa Holland — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:47:28 +0000

this illustrated narrative is:
a) so nicely drawn
b) hilarious
c) delightful
d) creating a bond between us, because I confess I am an indifferent housekeeper, although I’ve never lost a cake. I did melt a pot once though.

By: livebird

livebird — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:06:14 +0000

That’s too funny! Ten years ago I lived in North Fitzroy, just around the corner (maybe we once stood in the same line at Piedies?) and we suffered terribly from slugs in our complete dive of a terrace. You’d get up and find slivery trails all over the carpet, up the walls… and there were always one or two in the shower. Once I found a crazy black tropical worm (I know that because I was studying zoology at the time) in the shower, which I put in a jar and took to my invertebrate zoology lecturer and he said “What the hell? These are found in Queensland rainforests, not North Fitzroy student slums!!” The worm spewed out copious quantities of slime and fell to pieces.

But we would never, NEVER have lost a cake…

By: Ward

Ward — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:04:27 +0000

OH, I love this meme, Claire! And thanks for tagging me — I definitely want to do this one, I just need to find the time. Plus, I’ll have to hit up Andrea for the details to ‘98 — she’s got a better memory than I do.

Expect my entry soon!

By: mary jo

mary jo — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:17:53 +0000

omg, i love this! if i wasn’t so intimidated by all the talented illustrators, i might try it. yours is wonderful!

By: Juni

Juni — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:09:05 +0000

Oooh.. slugs and wet walls.. how terrifying.. Very interesting cartoon nonetheless.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:47:56 +0000

Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you. I needed a laugh today. It really resonates for me!

By: beth

beth — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:20:29 +0000

you lost a cake in your kitchen! love it

By: lynne

lynne — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:21:25 +0000

Lol I lived in a place once that had slugs in the bedroom. They used to crawl over my shoes and leave patterns and a few times I even stood on them bare feet Erughhhhh. In the same house one morning I even mistook a dead mouse for a teabag but that’s another story ( no I didn’t dunk it in my teacup!).

By: Melissa Gaggiano

Melissa Gaggiano — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:44:51 +0000

Hey there Claire,

Okay, I just need to say “You lost a cake!?!” As for all that other stuff, I think we all go through that in our early twenties. It is almost a requirement, or some sort of rites of passage to slum in front of the tv, turn the kitchen into a plate fortress, and to co-exist with some form of insect life.

Although I was not tagged, I felt inclined to create my own rough 10 panel comic strip. You can see it at my blog:
http://emjietreasures.blogspot.com/

By: elissa

elissa — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:32:09 +0000

I have a friend who once woke up thinking there were mice munching next to her head. It was slugs eating a legal file she’d brought home from work!

Still, it can’t beat squalor so thick you lose a cake. That is impressive.