Carousel -- Week Ending 24th April 2009

[ 24 April 2009 ]

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<3 Hello. So the first order of business today is my impassioned plea to get you to vote for my AMAZING friend Neil’s FANTASTIC blog, 1000 Awesome Things — which you have seen me mention a million times — to win a Webby award. Here are some reasons why you should vote for him.

1. His website rules, makes people laugh & is a celebration of the small, wonderful things which make our lives so much better. That’s the sort of thing the internet needs more of.
2. He’s really excited about being nominated, & it’s totally cute.
3. His name is Neil. How many people do you actually know with the name Neil these days? Not too many.
4. He once called me on the telephone & introduced himself as “Neil… from the internet”.
5. He is from Canada.
6. I am going to stay at his house sometime next month & if he thinks I have been helpful to him in winning a Webby award he will probably be much nicer to me, & may not lock me in his basement with nothing but a water dish for company!!!

Okay, now that you have been convinced by my winning argument, please go here & vote! Once you’re done clicking, please close your eyes & imagine me grabbing your face & smooching both cheeks. MWAH!

Alright, now onto the rest of this guff…

<3 Overheard in New York delivers. I cannot tell you how hard I laughed at this.

<3 Hagebutten picks the best of street style. Lots of yummy pictures for your perusal!

<3 There was a conference the other day in New York featuring a whole lot of clever people (as conferences tend to do). Well, Linda Tischler put together the major points of the conference into an article: 13 Tried & True Practices For Making Ideas Happen.

<3 Sean Bonner is cool. Changing the world in 5 easy steps – Do something you love rather than something that pays the bills & Guilt are both good reads.

<3 Boardgame cakes from Cake Wrecks!

<3 Dear Man Whose Marriage I Wrecked, via Nightmare Brunette.

<3 Sassisam posts delicious underwater photography.

<3 Violet Blue participated in a sexual education course about stereotypes & assumptions with regard to sexual orientation the other night — & took photos of the brainstorming that went on. It’s extremely interesting. For example, some of the assumptions about a bisexual female: “pink underwear, gay for pay, Burning Man, tattoos, can’t decide, confused, pedicure”. Straight female: “gold digger, uptight, repressed, cougar, waxed, pointy-toed shoes”. Pretty eye-opening, actually!

<3 Ten by Dallas Clayton. You have a point there my friend.

<3 Want to find out what kind of girl (or guy) the object of your affections is into? Check their Venus. My Venus is in Leo & for the record… yes. Yes, yes, yes. My Venus is in Leo & I always go for loud performers, anyone who dominates the room, leader of the pack types. Cannot help myself!

<3 Death to unicorns! ...Did I say that out loud?!

<3 My friend Ms Fitz is a stylist in Australia & her blog is a fabulous show-&-tell of all the shows, shoots & brilliant things she gets up to. It’s very colourful & very inspiring!

<3 Old faithful Steve Pavlina wrote Productivity 101. Stuff we all already know, but need to be reminded of.

“The people who are doing what they love were also scared. They could all come up with the same excuses. But at some point they decided it was unacceptable to have their lives dictated by fear, so they opted to face their fear and push through it. They decided to overcome their problems instead of turning them into excuses. Those who remain stuck still allow their fear to rule them.”

<3 Beautiful Agony: facettes de la petite mort. Otherwise known as… orgasm faces. Shhhhh! (Thanks, Natalie!)

<3 Hold The Line by Major Lazer feat. Mr Lexx & Santigold is great. Listen, listen!

<3 My friend Dawn has a cute Tumblr.

<3 Girls Are Pretty is quite amazing.

<3 Easy (*cough*) Weight Loss by my friend Peter.

<3 Spin interviews Cat Power. This is a really old interview, & I have loved Cat Power for years, but I never knew much about Chan herself. In this she talks about going to rehab for alcoholism, having hallucinations, learning to look after herself & moving on & up. Pretty incredible stuff.

<3 GOOD IDEA!


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  1. Bless Overheard in NY … nothing like a bag lady/hobo face-off to brighten your Friday!

    <3 Sal · Apr 24, 10:27 AM · #

  2. Your entry made me laugh a ton. LOL to the overheard in ny thing. A manager was telling a similar type subway story this morning. xo Cari isnotfashion.blogspot.com

    <3 isnotfashion · Apr 24, 10:40 AM · #

  3. cake wrecks! the candyland cake was me and my twin sisters birthday cake from 2 years ago! charm city did a great job with it. there’s still a piece frozen in our freezer…we couldn’t bear to eat all of it, i was too pretty.

    <3 erin · Apr 24, 10:47 AM · #

  4. it was too pretty*

    /typo

    <3 erin · Apr 24, 10:49 AM · #

  5. “5. He is from Canada. 6. I am going to stay at his house sometime next month”

    Does this mean you are coming to Canada?

    <3 Danielle Meder · Apr 24, 11:08 AM · #

  6. I always end up adding at least three or four of the sites you feature to my Google reader. I think Carousel will eventually spell the end of my free time! :D

    <3 Vixel · Apr 24, 11:10 AM · #

  7. Danielle Meder — YES MA’AM! Toronto! Ahoy!

    <3 Gala · Apr 24, 11:17 AM · #

  8. !!! I didn’t know the 1000 Awesome Things guy was Canadian! As a Canadian that makes me like his site even more (which I already like a heck of a lot!) Also my twin brother’s name is also Neil and I know a least 4 other people names Neil :)

    <3 kristin · Apr 24, 11:21 AM · #

  9. Lots of great things on here! Can’t wait to check it all out. And I LOVE the picture you posted. So interesting and beautiful!

    positivelypresent.typepad.com

    <3 Positively Present · Apr 24, 11:23 AM · #

  10. voted!

    <3 smallpaperbird · Apr 24, 11:38 AM · #

  11. “Dear Man Whose Marriage I Wrecked” is written by Jeffrey McDaniel, who teaches poetry at Sarah Lawrence College, where I go to school. He (and his poems) are amazing.

    As are you, and your site, as always Miss Gala

    <3 Michelle · Apr 24, 01:21 PM · #

  12. Toronto would love to have you – and if you have time when you come, I’d love to take you out to brunch & introduce you to a few of my favourite Toronto bloggers.

    BTW, I’m not a total stranger – I said hi to you last fall when you were picking up your media pass at Bryant Park.

    <3 Danielle Meder · Apr 24, 02:37 PM · #

  13. Gala, how do you find out where your venus is in?

    <3 Keri · Apr 24, 02:54 PM · #

  14. Keri — You can find out by having your chart done. There are a bunch of websites which will do a chart for you for free if you just tell them your birthday, birth time & location! You should find a few with a bit of googling!

    <3 Gala · Apr 24, 03:08 PM · #

  15. My boyfriends name is Neil! He is very proud of his name. :)

    <3 lilah · Apr 24, 04:43 PM · #

  16. wah that beautiful agony site is incredible, omg. people have really strange ideas, i’m still fascinated

    <3 tippy · Apr 24, 11:43 PM · #

  17. You always find the most amazing blogs! I can’t tell you how many I now follow after you have linked to them.

    <3 Tammi · Apr 25, 01:06 AM · #

  18. That top-image is amazingly pretty love the colours & dots (dots are great), i’m gonna print it and stick on my notebook, where is it from anyway? Fashion editiorial?

    <3 amika · Apr 25, 03:59 AM · #

  19. Gah.

    What does it mean if their Venus is in Capricorn?
    (Also theyre Sag w/ Moon in Pisces)

    <3 Maeghan · Apr 25, 05:59 AM · #

  20. Diplo and Switch are such gold – the Major Lazer album is going to bang.

    <3 Abjekt · Apr 25, 10:47 AM · #

  21. I like the way you end your week … lots of gems.

    <3 J.D. Meier · Apr 25, 09:46 PM · #

  22. aww i love rove too, especially old-rove as seen in that clip. I see new-rove and i just want to hug him and cry a little >

    <3 Arwen · Apr 25, 11:25 PM · #

  23. The “Dear Man Whose Marriage I Wrecked” poem was funny because of the last few lines. In Japan, you can absolutely pay a person to hold your hand in a park. You can also pay a man to go shopping with you or pay a woman to stroke your hair while you lay on her lap and sleep.

    All of these things are not uncommon. Japan is such an interesting place.

    <3 julie · Apr 26, 04:46 AM · #

  24. NAAWWW I miss Rove! I’ve been living outside Australia for 3 years and I bloody miss him so much!!!
    Thanks for that – I was well overdue for a good hit of Rove McManus.
    xxxx

    <3 Evie · Apr 26, 01:58 PM · #

  25. From easy (cough) weight loss! Haha! I love this!
    ‘If you have to eat what everyone else is eating or get piss drunk to be social you should probably work on your personality.’

    Really good tips and honestly I did something very similar and the results were awesome!

    <3 Nelly! · Apr 27, 02:31 AM · #

  26. Thanks for the blog love!!
    xx

    <3 Ms Fitz · Apr 28, 08:43 AM · #

  27. Wow, that is amazing! I live in Toronto! It would be a surreal experience to see you somewhere.

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