Carousel -- Week Ending 21st March 2008

[ 20 March 2008 ]

It’s a very varied Carousel this week — from bondage to Guy Kawasaki & through to self-transformation! Hope you enjoy it.

<3 Radio New Zealand interviews Molly Crabapple of Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School! Seems appropriate, since I’m from New Zealand & I’m going to be at Dr Sketchy’s modelling next week! (Come & see me!)

<3 250 Things I Have Learnt That Will Make You A Become A Highly Successful Speaker from Eric Feng.

<3 Hindsights, from Guy Kawasaki’s blog ‘How To Change The World’.

<3 BDSM Scenarios: Ideas To Spark Your Sex Life. Blush!

<3 5 Steps For Transformation from We Like It Raw. This is awesome, highly recommended, run your eyeballs over it!

<3 10 Ways to Control Your Cravings — awesome tips for anyone trying to go raw, vegan or vegetarian who is simultaneously hankering for steak, cupcakes or bread!

<3 Wardrobe Essentials For College Girls & Get Ready Fast – 7 Quick and Easy Hairstyles are two excellent articles from College Fashion!

<3 Unhappy Meals by Michael Pollan. A very interesting (& long) article on what we should eat, though if you just want a summary, it is…

“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”

<3 In Love With A Japanese Guy by my super friend Deanne! This is the story of her meeting her Japanese lover, as well as tips for dating in Japan. Deanne & Masao are so cute together that it actually hurts! Doki doki!

<3 Hot Sapphic action! Thanks, k17k! (Not safe for work.)

<3 Dumb Little Man to the rescue, with 5 Reasons You Should Quit Your Job & Protect Yourself Against Energy Vampires. (The last one is especially good, with some excellent tips.)

<3 I love Seth Godin. I haven’t read his blog for a while, it just temporarily slipped off my radar, but this morning I went through his most recent posts & found a whole lot that are fabulous! Voilà — Why bother having a resume?, Persistence, The long slide to gone & The forces of mediocrity.

<3 How To ‘Work a Room’ Better Than Obama from We The Change.


This video is mind-altering & life-changing!


Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala <3


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  1. Thank you very much for posting the Temptation article. This is something I really needed considering I’m a veg and some things seem irresistible, making it hard to say no (I’ve managed to do it so far). I’m also trying to create a healthier diet. Thanks again!

    <3 taylor · Mar 20, 06:56 PM · #

  2. Gala, I watched the Jill Bolte Taylor video earlier this week and it was so moving, I’ve found it hard to stop thinking about. What an incredible woman she must be. I’m glad to see it being promoted around the net because I think we could all learn a little something from what she has to say!

    <3 Bansidhe · Mar 20, 07:25 PM · #

  3. that article about resiting cravings is fabulous! it actually made me put away the packet of cookies i was about to demolish! xxx

    <3 sophie~ · Mar 20, 07:28 PM · #

  4. thanks for sharing “in love with a japanese guy” from deanne! they look absolutely darling together! i just want to shrink them both into barbies, and play doll house!
    i want my own japanese boyfriend now! * pouts *

    <3 Joyce · Mar 20, 08:08 PM · #

  5. That video made me cry. Not in a sad way, it was just … overwhelming. And the way she spoke, the emotion in her voice … well. I think I have to watch it again.

    <3 Natalie · Mar 20, 08:32 PM · #

  6. what a great video, it made me so glad to be left handed and therefore a right brainer! thanks for sharing :]

    <3 kim · Mar 20, 08:50 PM · #

  7. Michael Pollan is pretty damn amazing—-I highly recommend his most recent book, “In Defense of Food”!

    <3 Comrade GoGo · Mar 20, 08:59 PM · #

  8. i love the BDSM article!! i’ve seen it before through the lj community sextips…the person who wrote it is a poster on that site and always gives helpful advice :D

    <3 emily · Mar 20, 09:14 PM · #

  9. My aunt had a stroke a few weeks ago, so that video hit home quite a bit. Two particular things sprang to mind whilst watching it. One: if the general public actually knew the tiniest fraction about the physical, intricately complicated workings of the brain & listened to people like Jill Bolte Taylor, religion and pseudoscience as well as selfishness and anti-altruism (libertarianism and objectivism if you like, two amongst the most disgusting schools of thought) would be no more, and indeed, the world would be a much, much better place. And two, this is why people take drugs and this is why people have mental illnesses. We’re nothing more than our brains, our consciousness is our brain. It’s very frightening yet comforting at the same time.

    <3 nana · Mar 20, 10:18 PM · #

  10. wow that video was amazing and surprising. reminded me of beat poetry, very beautiful.xo

    <3 cookie · Mar 20, 10:40 PM · #

  11. That video was very informative! what an inspiring woman.

    Nana above said ‘And two, this is why people take drugs and this is why people have mental illnesses. We’re nothing more than our brains, our consciousness is our brain. It’s very frightening yet comforting at the same time.’
    I couldn’t have said it better myself.
    Thankyou for the links too Gala :)

    <3 zombella/stefania · Mar 21, 12:14 AM · #

  12. this article about the energy vampires was very interesting and useful for me. i knew some persons who act like energy vampires, and i tried several years to help them out untill i realized it would never ever help them out, cos they LOVE their probs too much. some of them went to a doctor and spent much money on psychoanalyse, but they decided to keep on moaning to the doctors as well. best advice is to go on a distance to people who dont want to help themselves. that dont mean to be cruel or helpless to good friends who have an actual problem. but if somebody only exist for a problem and dont stop moaning about the same things again and again and dont want any solutions: RUN! we all have our problems, we all need our energy for ourselves.

    <3 Artemisia · Mar 21, 01:15 AM · #

  13. Wardrobe Essentials for College Girls!! Such a good link!

    Thank you!

    <3 Juls · Mar 21, 03:14 AM · #

  14. i was going to get rid of my credit cards, but then i found this website. i want one of everything

    www.elsewares.com

    <3 sarah · Mar 21, 06:26 AM · #

  15. Fabulous, tear jerking, breath taking video! Thank you.

    Thanks for linking us too…it’s all about the love!
    You know we love you
    @3@ chu..o..chu

    <3 sushi zume · Mar 21, 09:41 AM · #

  16. the video was really interesting to watch, and i think it’s really nice that she shares such a change of her consciousness and the reflection on it with the rest of the world.

    The BDSM link was not one for me ;) I think I am a really open minded and a curious person, but sex and submissives really puts me off; but I think it’s very interesting that there so many different orientations concerning sexuality!

    <3 marly-anna · Mar 21, 10:08 AM · #

  17. I LOVE the Unhappy Meals article, it is long but definitely worth reading. The thing I found most interesting was his explanation of how the complexity of natural foods have an effect on our bodies. It reminded me of something I read in a raw food blog or article, roughly that we can’t understand exactly what happens when we eat an apple. All fruits and vegetables are superfoods. And it’s definitely good advice to avoid eating things that your great great grandmother would not recognise as food!

    <3 >Heather> · Mar 21, 10:47 AM · #

  18. omg, I red the “unhappy meal” article a loooong time ago, I posted something on my blog and I really wanted to link it, but the link was lost! Thanks a lot for posting it, now I can read it again and post it on my site! :)

    <3 fran · Mar 21, 01:55 PM · #

  19. The video was very overwhelming, my mother had explained her experience of having a stroke like that. Where everything was clear in her mind but everything around her a blur, a mess of things too huge to comprehend. And speakers message is soo moving. thank you for posting it up.

    <3 steph · Mar 21, 02:33 PM · #

  20. What a beautiful woman Jill is, the video was awesome in it’s true meaning and I too was overwhelmed with tears at the end. It’s the truest message in a most honest form and I really appreciate you putting it up for everyone to be inspired by :)

    <3 Chrissie · Mar 21, 08:34 PM · #

  21. Damn, Gala!
    I’m trying to get an assignment done that is already overdue and you’re getting me all hot and heavy by showing me some sapphic fun.

    I’m going to go have a cold shower now..

    <3 Song · Mar 22, 02:21 AM · #

  22. That video was perfect Gala. I’m going to have to show this to my mom, who’s going through a difficult time right now.

    <3 Retro.Bunny · Mar 23, 11:40 AM · #

  23. Oh wow, the hairstyle article linked to a youtube pencil-bun tutorial! Woohoo! I’ve got a ballpoint through my hair right now :D

    <3 Nadine · Mar 25, 01:24 AM · #
 

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