DELIGHT or SMITE? (August)
[ 3 August 2007 ]
DELIGHT
Heart-shaped lockets! Fill them up with pictures of people you love & wear them around your neck.
Sticker photobooths, especially the ones you need someone Japanese to help you use! I love them so much, & recently rediscovered them in Sydney. The flashing lights, neon colours & seizure-inducing atmosphere is one to be relished. & remember, when you’re decorating your pictures, more bling is better!
Having oversized baggage but not being charged extra or being scolded! Best ever.
Realising that even the most successful people (e.g. Madonna) are still just people. See also: realising that even the most incredible people (e.g. Gwen Stefani) were just like you, once.
Having time to yourself to chill out & plan your next move.
Pictures of glamorous club kids as inspiration.
Encouragement.
California. I am in the midst of a gripping obsession with all that is Hollywood-related. The city of angels, where dreams come true — or are dashed forever. Plastic surgery & self-indulgence in a city that holds 100,000 homeless. Constant sunshine, palm trees, convertibles & mysteries in the Hollywood Hills. I am dying to rent a house & spend a few months there, I just want to immerse myself in the madness.
Throwing little parties in celebration of life, & all that goes with it — hand-picking the guests, designing an invitation, creating a playlist, & pacing in anticipation before anyone arrives!
Big hair. Yesterday, today, & tomorrow. Wearing my hair up in a pomp makes me so happy!
Designing yourself a signature that any superstar would be proud of.
Thick pumpkin soup with lots of pepper & toasted bread. The best thing about winter, I swear.
SMITE
Hotel beds with no support, which leave you with an aching body.
Uncontrollable air-conditioning which gives you a sore throat & an incredible case of dehydration. Argh!
Fake laughter. (Words cannot describe how uncool this is!)
Judging other people for how they look.
Not packing enough underwear when you go on holiday, but somehow packing the exact right number of vitamins?!
Procrastination! (I put off buying tickets to Gwen Stefani & now the only seats available have restricted viewing & it’s not worth the money, AAARGH!)
What makes your DELIGHT versus SMITE list for August?
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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Delight:
Taking time to enjoy the sunsets
Reading books that change your life
Smite:
When people have their “cranky days”
I’m not very smitefull I must admit, but I suppose that’s a good thing
Delight:
Having only 8 more days left of an awful job!
Starting school/training/new job.
Taking off work tomorrow just because I can! =] THREE DAY WEEKEND!!
My Nintendo DS. teehee!!
My boy!!
Smite:
The awful week I’ve had at work. Bleh!
The 8 days left of work at that terrible place. =[
totally agree with you about the heart lockets, and especially the fake laughter.
i say delight to rain!
i say smite to rude neighbors.
first of all. UHM HI PUMPKIN SOUP WITH PEPPER AND CRUSTY BREAD...my favorite meal. DEEEELIGHT.
also in that catagory
cozy blankets and hot room yoga! not at the same time, obviously haha.
and smite: people who jump to worst case senario conclusions and hot sticky recycled air, that you have to share with 37 other beings.
love love love toootles
Delight: YES YES YES to sticker photobooths. where is one in Melbs. Lets go!!!!
Smite: Boring Passport Photos (It’s hard not to make faces sometimes) and having to pay twice as much for a foreign consulate issued passport coz my one is all filled up :/
Moni — What did you read that changed your life?!
Jamie — Congratulations on your new job & escaping the old one!
Aimee — I went to school with this girl who would flash you a huge smile & then turn it off. I really disliked it. Why not be genuine?
chanel — I am a complete soup fiend, so I hear you! I also love yoga, I miss it! I went to pilates yesterday but I don’t know if it is my thing, it was kind of boring, but today I aaaache so that has to be a good thing.
nicOla — Yes! Okay! Let’s do it! There’s a shop which has them on Swanston Street! Between Lonsdale & Little Bourke… But really I want to find PHOTOBOOTH HEAVEN. The place we went to in Sydney was INSANE.
Delight: Yummy cheap champagne for a po’ college girl.
Smite: Icky wine mouth in the A.M. :(!
Delight:
+ Blueberry season
+ Luna bars
+ Cupcakes (so evil)
+ Job falling in my lap
+ Nut and Bee orders
+ Upcoming girl snogs
+ Warm weather, the sun staying out late
+ Pride festivities
+ Framed photos and art on my walls
+ Good roommates
+ Harry Potter
+ My dog, of course
Smite:
+ People who don’t recycle – especially when there is a recycle bin right beside the dumpster and they still throw recyclables in the trash – GRR
+ People who play loud music really late
+ Being deprived of affection for a year
+ No more Harry Potter books
+ Mosquitoes
Gala—
Don’t rent a house, just come stay with me!
We will go on crazy h-wood adventures.
Delight
-finishing off my beautiful, oversized sweater vest
-Rowan knitting patterns…Sooo pretty
-finishing assignments
-old skool PC games
Smite
-snobs, especially geek snobs :(
-Spanish tutorials
-no time for reading for pleasure
delight:
Harry potter!
Its Friday afternoon (where I am :0)
Carpooling with a friend who makes the trip shorter
Smite:
Yes agree with opium, very sad no more Harry Potter :(
Not paying your cellphone bill and getting cut off and then your friends think your being rude, aaay!
CAlifornia: Don’t just stay in LA, san fran is such an awesome city you would luv haight ashbury.. do the big sur drive, some of the most stunning scenery I have seen EVER. In LA check out ‘Its a wrap’ it is a clothing store where all the clothes from tv shows and movies go.. oh and shopping on Melrose :)
Delight —-> Hoopdancing, new snazzy bicycles you can wear skirts & dresses with, air conditioning, hippie dresses.
Smite —-> Being sweaty while non-exercising, ug!
Gala! Have we tried asking melbournemaniacs? Whatever, I don’t know the place on Swanston but lets try it. Email me. – Pre-Submission Edit – posted on maniacs!!!
Delight: Finding out an hour ago that my sister is pregnant – Aunty Nadine! :-D
Dancing.
Marvelling at the awesomeness of my friends.
Getting a photo published in the local paper yesterday.
(Harry Potter.)
Smite: Oh . . . can’t be arsed with this list. Too busy thinking about my new niece/nevvy instead!! :-D
Delight:
* my Prom photo being the the regional newspaper! I feel like a freaking Celeb! * Cream crackers, cream cheese and tomatoes. Newest and best mis-night snack ever! * Rediscovering the fact that I love crafts, and that my ancient sewing machine actually works fine! (I have you to thank for getting me started Gala. I’m new determined to fine a way to save my favourite t-shirts from extension. *Paid sick leave from my hellish kitchen porter job.
SMITE:
-> Having to tear my left crueshal Ligament (spelled wrong but I just kinda sounded it out. Its the one in you’re knee!)in order to get paid sick leave.
-> Being babysat by my granny while mom’s at work due to aforementioned injuries!
-> Embarrassing situations at big social occasions. Or even emotional situations. Hate it. And it always happens to me. (Yes that ones Knee themed too. This all happened at my friends sisters wedding. I was mortified!)
delight: – new piercings! so love. – madame fling flong on King St Newtown, and their cocktails in. sugar encrusted glasses – taking photos in public bathrooms (more fun than it sounds)
smite: – new piercing pain – getting caught squee-ing over random people in public – misjudging the weather and ending up cold and wet.
DELIGHT
● The song San Francisco from This World Fair (http://www.myspace.com/thisworldfair)
● http://blog.akutoulovesyou.com/ – The Akuto Loves You blog has a whole mess of awesome electronic music, a secret passion of mine. Plus, Akuto Loves You is one the most beautiful website I’ve ever seen, period!
● Amazon.com wishlists…I’ve been working on mine for a few days, and I even visited yours for inspiration. :)
SMITE
● Not having a job. I need to go on the prowl!
● Negative reviews of products on Amazon.com – I take everything into consideration, so after a while I just get confused. I need to trust my own opinion more.
● American cell phone companies. We get horrible service, even worse customer service, and ugly phones! :(
Delight!
-The colour Purple, not the movie, the actual colour. Not lilac, or lavender…full on aristocratic PURPLE!
-My fab new gold star necklace with little diamante’s
-Finding the perfect purple and gold striped hijab
-Going to the Sunday Market
- French Men in their impeccably crisp italian silk business suits, riding mopeds.
-Sneaky Sound System
-Cherry Bakewells (they’re so cute!)
-Organizing the gorgeous
-Re-reading all the Harry Potters!
Smite!
-long winded car trips, trains or boats are much more fun!
-Rascist/Bigoted People
-Being in love with a person who loves you back, but knowing that if we have a relationship it will be doomed to complete and horrendous failure.
-Waking up late!
-Not having a camera or pencil and paper to sketch down a beautiful scene.
Delight: * Finally discovering eyeliner perfection * Blogging
Smite:
* This goddamned awful itchy rash I’ve got and have endured for days. It won’t go away and itches almost constantly, in at least four different places! ARRRGH
I wrote just half of the list, sorry :)
Delight
+ long pearl necklaces
+ storms when you’re lying in your warm bed
+ wearing your hair in a ponytail
+ hearing what your friend dreamt last night
+ Chinese restaurants
+ having someone to look up to
+ going to shops just to look
+ neighbour’s baby: he’s got some lungs!
+ hugs! of any kind
+ Russia: the culture, the arts, the language
+ embarrassing moments: I just laugh
+ pancakes in the morning
+ nice people in general
+ watching fireworks on the roof
Delight:
* cake and tea in bed with my lovely and wonderful girlfriend…all day.
* Alain de Botton and Michael Onfray
* Op shop skirt with expensive boots and looking (I hope) awesome.
* Flavored yoghurt with cornflakes and croissants for breakfast
Smite:
* My inability to gain weight, and having to start a horrible supplement thing
* Being bad with money
* Overcrowded tutorials
* Hel Looks is still on holiday, and Vogue Forums being down.
(By the way, Gala, you were mentioned by a few people – including me – as an inspiration in a recent thread on Vogue Forums!)
Here is a delight, that will help you on your delights:
the Witch Baby series by Francesca Lia Block! They’re that perfect balance of Shangri-L.A. (Los Angeles) being the perfect beautiful melted ice cream place and it being a little bit vicious and soul hungry.
Smite:
paralyzing dreams and waking up freaked out.
www.mischiefmydear.com/dramatispersonae.html
Delight:
* perfect, sunny summer days
* my two dogs laying at my feet
* earl grey tea
* my iPhone
* the sound of moving water
* lots of candles
* surprises!
* old photo albums
* dropping a carfull of stuff at Goodwill
Smite:
* rude people
* reckless drivers
* onions
* laundry
* dog hair dustbunnies under my tables ;-)
* shoes that squeak on store floors
Smite—-
Hothothot days =(
Friends all managing to disappear at the same time !
BAD HAIR DAYS D=D=D=
Messy rooms
Running out of peanut butter
DELIGHT ! [always end on a happy note =)]—-
Techno music !
Blaqk Audio !
Leggings and cowboy boots !
Baking cookies and cakes !
SHOES
Unicorns, flamingos, and rubber ducks
Delight: Visiting Buckingham Palace and a boat ride on the Thames.
Self-hypnosis MP3’s – I’m using them for everything and they work.
Being able to go for a walk again – without getting practically drowned.
Smite: Bad customers who won’t pay bills from over a year ago.
Horrid blog spammers.
PS: I know what you mean about the false smiles. A girl who used to work in my office was like that – she’d smile, but if you turned round quickly, you would catch her giving you v mean looks.
+ Elite Beat Agents. Saving the world…through DANCE!
+ Having a tonne of authors I love bringing out new books.
+ Finding exactly the right shampoo.
+ Going to the dentist for the first time in three years…and not needing any fillings!
+ Lemon meringue cake.
+ Cooking for everyone.
- Wisdom tooth pain
- Buying interview-appropriate clothes without feeling like I’m dead inside.
- Wanting to buy a super-cute bike, then remembering there’s nowhere in town I could ride it safely.
- Being too scared to drive anywhere.
“Realising that even the most successful people (e.g. Madonna) are still just people. See also: realising that even the most incredible people (e.g. Gwen Stefani) were just like you, once.”
i LOVE this sentiment. people have a tendency to hold successful people up on a pedestal…and fear or worship them. while they deserve recognition for the hard work it took to get them to this level in life, we still need to treat them like human beings.
we have the same issues with the “higher ups” in corporate life. don’t fear your bosses! respect them, but they’re people….JUST LIKE US.
Delight:
Live music that unexpectedly blows you away (!!!)
Feminist lecturers
But being able to walk across the road to a convenience store at 1am and buy more tea when I run out :-D
Thinking productively; learning something every day
Smite:
Not being able to afford to go to the dentist – it shouldn’t be so expensive to look after your teeth! Argh.
Coveting epic amounts of vinyl while having no spare cash (moremusic moremusic moremusic)
Aw, I am a native Californian and the may you speak of it makes me feel so proud. (However, California IS more than just Hollywood!)
^ And I did mean “way,” not “may,” haha :)
YES to LA…
If / when you make it out there, I will so join you! Portland is only a 2.5 hour flight away! It’s sooo surreal in LA and all the fancy cars blow me away and standing 20 feet away from Paris Hilton while watching Courtney Love play was unexpected…it’s hot and dirty but the city has a strange way of growing on you! The contradictions are inescapable. Let’s rent a glass house in the hills.
delight:
hearts: the book “a confederacy of dunces”
hearts: going to the habachi dinners for your sixteenth birthday!
hearts: cute school inspired bags from fred flare
hearts: fruit punch mixed with ginger ale
smite:
:( summer reading
:( not being able to drive-its lame!
:( crazy parents that are super strict [they blocked my texting! how rude.]
:( friends that refuse to pick up the phone-but will respond to texting [see above]