A few of the ridiculous things that have caused me to have tantrums and spiral into a dark fog of short-lived self-hatred tinged with self-pity

1. Failing to light a fire while camping in a New South Wales national park in 2002.
   
2. Backing into a tree in a car park (see here) in the Philippines in December 2005.
   
3. Allowing myself to be bitten by a water fowl at Cleland Conservation Park, Adelaide, in December 2005.
   
4. Attempting to make a pavlova for a bring-a-dish-representative-of-your-own-country dinner at my neighbour’s apartment in the Philippines in 2004 (see here).