Carousel: Week Ending 4th December 2009
[ 4 December 2009 ]
Chanel Iman by Mark Seliger in Vogue Deutsch.
Real, honest female orgasm advice — to a girl who’s never had an orgasm at all — from my girl Violet Blue.
A short & sweet interview with Betsey Johnson:
Examiner: You have been in the industry for a very long time, yet you’ve managed to stay ahead of the trending curve — how?BJ: I don’t know a trend from a turkey! I pedal my own bike. Everything should be timeless, in it’s own way. And everything looks good in black!
I like Sandra Juto‘s Flickr photostream very much. She has a blog, too.
The confessions of a semi-successful author is not very uplifting but it is certainly an eye-opener.
Fck Yeah Girls With Short Hair is a suuuuuuuper resource for anyone who is a) thinking of taking the plunge or b) on the hunt for a new haircut.
Fck Yeah Glasses is pretty cute too.
In which I plan to cope with my mad family at Christmas is about Sarah Wilson’s holiday expectations.
Buddhism teaches cultivating cheerfulness as opposed to happiness. Happiness is an imposed, lofty ideal. But cheerfulness is something you can add to a situation, build up in layers comfortably. You can cheerfully do your best while wearing a silly paper crown and trying to get Uncle Pete to pass the bloody gravy; a Happy Christmas is an unachievable absolute. As the Tibetan monk Rinpoche taught, cheer is inherent in us all and we can choose to turn to it, even in the midst of an all-out festive barney. In choosing to do so, we access our true nature.
Pharrell Williams designed a… tank chair? I don’t know what else to tell you!
DEALBREAKER: Your Misuse of Quotation Marks. Oh god.
Four Things 50 Cent Can Teach You About Connecting with Your Audience.
5 Things Super-Happy Couples Do Every Day & 8 Things No One Tells You About Marriage from WebMD. Why yes, I do find relationships endlessly fascinating! Thanks for noticing! Hee.
Susan Miller’s horoscope forecasts for December. Still the most comprehensive & in-depth forecasts on le web!
Now that Steve Pavlina’s on the prowl, he’s learning about fashion!
Moleskine Roundup: What Sort Of Moleskinneur Are You? Megan sent this to me & said, “I would assume you’re the collage but I could also see you as the jetsetter!!” She is mostly right! I am a lovely, raucous blend of the self-actualised, collager & jetsetter. Hee. How about you?
Wanna help a girl make her way around the world? Nonpareil Baaarooke needs you!
Susannah Breslin (heart) writes about self-publishing her novel.
Jane from Sea of Shoes posted photos of her fitting at Chanel & tour of Coco’s apartment. Hello dream come true! & look, she is standing on THE infamous staircase! Ahh, bless.
Back to 1920s is a great outfit. Very inspiring & beautiful!
Personal flair via The Selby.
More brilliant make-up tricks from Zoe. What would we do without her?!
The Nice Jewish Guy 2010 calendar is now available! Hahah god that is so cute. Who’s your favourite? My money’s on David or Dave. Bathrobe? Bookshop? Sold.
Anna Inghardt takes beautiful photographs.
Apartment Therapy’s house tours are like pornography for the interior design obsessed. I would count myself among that group. Alysia’s treehouse by the lake is so delightful. Here. Have a browse through.
An interview with Leo Babauta, being minimalist. He runs Zen Habits — you know the guy.
Minimalism isn’t about having or doing nothing — it’s about making room in your life for the things you love doing the most. In this way, by getting rid of all the clutter in our lives — physical clutter and commitments — we are freeing ourselves, so that we can focus on what truly matters, and not all the extra crap that people tend to do and have for no good reason.
Everett: Can you recommend one simple way that our readers can start to cultivate a minimalist work schedule?Leo: Start each day by asking yourself: what’s the most important thing I can do today, that will have the biggest impact on my life? Do this first, before you do email or meetings or read stuff online or Twitter or anything else. Only when you’re done should you consider other things.
Who lives here? Who can afford to live here? An interactive map of income demographics & rent in NYC.
Don’t Tag Me In This Photo. Everyone needs this shirt, I think!
Gritty Banter: Having Fun On Stage With Fugazi, “Ayn Rand Assholism” as Institution/Ideology & Better Than Coffee: The Maori Legend of the Kiwi. Thanks Coilhouse! Mmmmmmmwah!
Also, P.O.S. has been nominated as Rapper of the Year by Spin magazine! SO GOOD! No one is more deserving. Vote here!
Violet Blue on Oprah!
Oh my god, cute. Thanks Jenny!
Have a brilliant weekend! There’s a chance of snow here in New York & I couldn’t be more excited about it! Stay warm & have fun whatever you end up doing!
RADICAL self-love & stardust,
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Not sold on that hat from the “Back to the 1920’s” outfit
Looks like the twisted roots of a plant thats been yanked from an undersized pot
...What?! Haha. Weirdest simile ever! Anyway I like it, SO THERE!
Ah! A very good Carousel – just the thing to lift the mundane Friday school day!
And that David Bowie letter made me smile so much!
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My mom’s been talking about joining JDate so I just bought her that Nice Jewish Guys calendar for Hanukkah! Thanks for the link!
Hello!
I love your blog, it is so happy-making :D
I am a part of a charity website called socialvibe, and one of the street team orders is to write to your favorite blog and ask if they would feature the site. It’s a great organization, you should check it out. www.socialvibe.com/
Here’s how it works:
Once you sign up you are asked to choose two sponsors, and a charity or cause. You then do daily activities that involve promoting those sponsors, which involves posting links on your website. You get points for initially posting the link, and points if it is clicked on. The amount of money donated by your sponsors is based on how many points you earn. After you reach 2000 points socialvibe sends you your pink ball, which is a fun little bright pink ball with the socialvibe logo on it. It’s all very cute.
Emily — HAHAH that made me laugh really hard. She will be delighted I’m sure :D
I use Socialvibe – it’s okay, I’m not sure you’d want to post the links here but Facebook might be alright, if you were considering it. It works better when you have more friends on there, a bit like Facebook – boring if it’s just you!
(Just a side note; I sponsor To Write Love On Her Arms, they help depressed people get their swagger back..plus it’s a totally sweet name!)
;)
I’m currently high on chocolate, Christmas shopping and the thought of the weekend starting NOW. This post was the cherry on top. Thank ye, me dear.
Thank you for great tips!
I finished the first of my two final exams today, so I finally have time to do some net surfing this weekend! Great! :)
These are so great—I’ve been considering self-publishing my novel and the links by authors hit the spot. Thank you.
Oh man, Gala, I wish you could see my Moleskine! I LOVE that cartoon. I am definitely a mix of: jetsetter, defensive, over prepared, self-defeating, self-actualized, collager, freeform & formal!
I’ve gotten a lot of advice on the self-publishing thing…and a lot of well known authors and poets whose circle I was able to infiltrate via a New York City MFA program advised against it. Of course it has it’s success stories, but overall, it’s book suicide.
Good call on the Nice Jewish Guys calendar! My roommate’s friend was dating one of the nice Jewish guys, so we went to a calendar signing here in LA. And really, they all are pretty darn nice. :)
Alzy — I think a lot of it depends on what you’re trying to achieve. Some writers want the glory of being picked up a publisher & being stocked in Barnes & Noble, while some just want to get the word out. Additionally, if you’re in it because you want to make money, it seems that self-publishing is the way to go these days (especially if you do it through Amazon etc.). Some people get huge advances but they seldom get another because most books don’t sell enough to make it financially viable. I just think all those old models are flailing for a reason, & I think that new, better ways to do things are showing up all the time. There are no guarantees in anything, though, of course!
THANK YOU for the short haired girls tumblr! Going in my google reader for inspiration. I’ve chopped my hair back symmetrical and I am trying (TRYING!) to grow it into a very short flapper esque bob…the idea of a purple flapper bob gets squeals from everyone I mention it to, but I’m not sure if I have the patience to have hair even that long. I’m something of a short hair addict. So at least this way, if I fall off the wagon, I’ll have some cut haircuts to use!
Good lord, that post Steve Pavlina wrote was long. The man has good insights sometimes, but long-winded much? I’ll need to get a cup of tea before I read it all…
Love the WebMD relationship articles. I think the back to the 1920s outfit is adorable, except the idea of an all-white outfit kind of terrifies me – it would be pristine for about 2.5 seconds if I wore it, haha.
I’m something of a cross between self-actualized and collager moleskiner, except I don’t actually use Moleskines very often…it’s weird. It’s like, it’s so nice that I don’t WANT to write in it. I have about a bajillion and a half spiral notebooks I use instead. (Really, Matt jokes about how I should open a notebook store. I have a full sized one for general ideas, a tiny one for general ideas, several 3-sectioned one for specific things, and a daily planner. IT’S BAD.)
Gala! Everything in the internet is connected through you. I went to that moleskine comic’s website, and clicked a link from their gift ideas post, and what did I happen across?
feedstore.muledesign.com/produ…
Hey lady, I’m super grateful for the timing of this post. I had a shitty morning (I got stuck on the skytrain – Vancouver’s subway), and am now on lunch break from my 6 hour long drawing class. Plus my lunch wrap is really disappointing (was supposed to be teriyaki chicken but it’s more like teriyucky chicken). Anyhow, this just made me feel better, so thanks :)
GALA YOU’RE THE BEST!
THANK YOU so much for posing my link! I’ve already recieved a few emails from your lovely readers!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU :)
Your love & sequins podcasts have inspired me to take charge & try for things I would normally look at as too much of a challenge. My enthusiasm in this competition is partially down to you and your beautiful words :)
x x x
Brilliant Carousel! My favorite in a loooong time I have like 3804 tabs open now ;D
i think you would REALLY love this tumblr.
iddohim.tumblr.com/
constant pictures of unexpectedly attractive men (can we say bernard the elf from the original santa claus movies?).
check it out, so gooood.
Thanks for the mid-list author story! I was just talking to my grandma today about getting published – my dad runs a print shop and made my dissertation (in creative writing) into a book to give to my family! So I guess I’m self-published already….Anyhow, that’s rather what I expected the story of a published author to be, very few authors get so lucky as to be comfortable in their writing life. All the more prepared now to have a many-fingered pie though.
xx
Thanks for the link about the Super-Happy Couples tips…I think the stress of the holidays and usual “What have I achieved this year?” had made me gone a lil loco on my bf lately. Reading that article made me realize how grateful I am for his daily affirmations of love and the lil things he does to try and cheer me up — the next time we’re together, I’m going to build my own ‘igloo’ of pillow and blankets and tell him how much i adore him!
hehe the video for the nice Jeiwsh Guy calander was classic! i think i might just get myself a copy!
Gala, I have a question about Love & Sequins. I’m not sure how the second option (10$ per month) works. If I subscribe now, do I get the previous chapters or what? Please explain me.
Thank you for the link to Susan Miller’s page….i have never had such a timely and accurate forecast! :)
Wowhowow!! i want a My Little Pony Collection like that (selby)
The Moleskine cartoon is awesome, i think i’m a Collager slash Self Actualized but with extra foldable maps a page full of lists.
My Moleskine is coming to an end this month and there is just toooooo much choice to pick a new one. Seriously, i’m utterly confused by all their new diary-designs, everything seems so appealing.
& thanks for the Short Hair tumblr i would love to go short but maybe after winter..
The Nice Jewish Guy calendar…swoon! I’m soaking up the Happy Couples guide as best I can – it just snowed here in Boston (NYC as well?) and with the grey days and holiday stress, I’m going to need all the help with that I can get. :V
i like that article about marriage. i haven’t read it all yet but it seems pretty spot-on.
and i think this paragraph explains why the concept of soulmates is a bit of a mindtrick:
“When you get married, you think that as long as you pick the right guy — your soul mate — you’ll be happy together until death do you part. Then you wake up one day and realize that no matter how great he is, he doesn’t make you happy every moment of every day. In fact, some days you might wonder why you were in such a hurry to get married in the first place”
personally, i am SO much happier having a marriage which works through a combination of hard work AND love, than if it was all about soul mates. i don’t think i believe in soul mates, because as romantic as the idea is, i think my husband can be difficult, and i know i can too. soulmates implies that it’s destiny and it’s simple, but it’s not. there are so many choices in marriage/relationships!
This calendar seems oh-so-Gala to me:
www.fashionologie.com/6467997
Just came across your blog thru finalfashion & I just have to write because I love your blog! Its so freshingly (if that’s a word) cool!
Danielle — Ah, yes! I had totally forgotten about the Vogue Paris calendar, it’s always brilliant. Thanks for the link!
Minimalism isn’t about having or doing nothing — it’s about making room in your life for the things you love doing the most. In this way, by getting rid of all the clutter in our lives — physical clutter and commitments — we are freeing ourselves, so that we can focus on what truly matters, and not all the extra crap that people tend to do and have for no good reason
strikes me as odd that you would post this Gala…...
Gala Daaaaaaarling, I tardy thank you for picking up on my existential musings on my site sarahwilson.com.au…sorry I didn’t say so earlier xxxxx