Interview With Gala Darling: Part One
[ 16 December 2008 ]
Hooray, hooray! It’s our second birthday!
So, wow! What a curious bunch! First of all I have to say thank you for your involvement, & for being so interested in my life! I’m extremely flattered. I have way too many questions for one post, so I’m going to break it down & spread it across a few days.
A whole bunch of you emailed me to say that you hoped I answered my own self-deprecating suggestion questions, so here we go!
Why do you hate bananas?
I can’t really explain it, I just always have! They make me frown! My father hated bananas until he was 35 & then became obsessed with them. He eats them constantly, I think he is making up for lost time. Maybe I will follow in his footsteps. Tune in in ten years & I’ll give you an update!
What’s the deal with you & Nubby being married?
Well, we’re married, but not legally. Star performed a real wedding ceremony for us at our birthday party on the 13th of September 2008. However… Nubby has a boyfriend (who is thankfully not the jealous type!), so I guess it’s fair to say we haven’t consummated our love! Yet! I will knock her up one day, I swear!
What are your plans for 2009?
I’m still plotting it out, though I can tell you that 2009 will include relocation to the United States, lots of travel (New York, NY, Los Angeles & San Francisco, CA, Miami & Orlando, FL, New Orleans, LA, Minneapolis, MN, a bunch of crazy places in ND & SD, Las Vegas, NV, plus maybe Tokyo, Paris & New Zealand… I would also like to do some kind of tropical getaway, mmmmm tropical), & some sweet personal triumphs. Mostly I am looking forward to settling into my own place in New York City, making some bling & devoting myself to some exciting new projects!
You say things are your favourite all the time, do you actually know what that word means?
Maybe not… !
If you didn’t live in New York City, what would be your second choice?
Oooooh! Good question, Gala! Too good for me to answer. I actually don’t know. Probably somewhere else in the USA, I am really over the antipodes in general. Maybe if I wanted to scare the crap out of myself I’d move to Paris or Berlin!
Why are you so obsessed with Virgos?
They’re analytical, exacting, perfectionistic, creative, eccentric, articulate, thoughtful, “deep”, hard workers, authentic & genuine. They do things to the best of their ability & it shows. They have high standards & are extremely observant. They’re great problem-solvers & adapt to all sorts of social situations. Oh, & they have amazing sexual energy. (Raunch!!!) They’re the undisputed best star sign. God, why would you even ASK that, Gala?!
Why do you stand like that in every single photo?
Because it’s cute. & it makes your legs look longer. THE TRUTH COMES OUT!
Who is your nemesis?
Anyone who tells me to turn my music down! Or anyone who tries to get other people to live their way. Chill out!
Is it going to rain on Tuesday?
Probably not.
Will you adopt me?
Sure! Just don’t expect a hot cooked meal every night…
Okay, now to your actual questions! Ahem…
What colours have you dyed your hair over the years? (Brie)
Black, white, pink, red, blue, purple, green, brown… I haven’t gone orange (bleh!) but I have gone a rusty kind of auburn colour! In fact, here, I made a handy little chart of my major hair colour progressions. I have not included all the different combinations, lengths, styles, ridiculous shaved bits, etc., because… it would be the biggest picture the world has ever seen.
What’s your natural hair color? (Elizabeth L.)
Dark brown; the same colour as my eyebrows, though it hasn’t seen the light of day for a long time!
What label(s) do you use to identify your sexual orientation? (Kate)
I don’t really use a label to identify my sexual orientation, because that’s not really important to me. Though I would say “straight” isn’t something that resonates with me! I don’t really understand people who feel that they can only express physical love towards one sex. To me it’s all about the person, I don’t care if they’re a man or a woman or an in-between. (My first ever crush was on Jessica Rabbit.)
If this isn’t getting too personal, what’d you study at uni? (a)
I wanted to be a criminal psychologist — what?! I think because, like every other angsty teen, I was obsessed with serial killers — & I took courses in Psychology, English, Statistics (blergh), Computer Science & Sexuality. I wasn’t at university long, though. I actually skipped the last year of school & went to university early, which was a mistake. Basically I spoke to the dean of my year because I went to an all girls’ Anglican school which I really, intensely disliked, & told her I wanted to change to the local public high school. I was just over it. She said, “Why don’t you just go to university early? I’ll write you a reference, you’re ready”. I was so excited by the idea of getting out of the school system a year sooner than I expected (!!!) that I said yes, but I didn’t really have any reason for going, other than thinking it was “what you did”. Silly!
What is a typical day like for you? How much time do you spend at the ‘pute? (Jules)
Honestly it depends on the city I’m in. In Wellington, where I am now, I wake up at 7.30am & spend pretty much my entire day in front of my laptop, with long phonecalls every night to my friends in NZ who work 9-5. I go out maybe two nights a week. In New York, I also wake up at 7.30am, but my day is structured differently. I do my best writing in the morning, so that’s when I get all my content together. Then I would usually go & meet someone or go shopping in the afternoon, & then meet someone else or go out for a meal or a drink in the evening. When I’m travelling, which happens a lot, my schedule is completely off. I snatch any spare moments I can (on planes, in airports, first thing in the morning before anyone else wakes up) to write, fossick around for a wifi connection, & spend most of my day doing something else!
Have you ever thought about publishing a real, physical iCiNG by Gala Darling book full of all your style tips and little answers to life? Because it would quite possibly be my bible. (Dayna)
I have! In fact, that’s something I want to work on in 2009. I have a very clear picture of it in my head, & dude, it is going to blow your socks off.
How much money do you earn?
How much money do YOU earn?! Golly.
What is the age range of your site? I don’t think that it is really 18-30. Your wise words reach those beyond 30 I am sure. (Che)
I have had email from girls as young as 12 & women up to the age of about 70! (If you think you’re iCiNG’s oldest or youngest reader, HOLLA!) So the range is much broader than 18-30, but I would say the majority of my readers are within that age bracket.
I am also curious about you and Nubby. Your tattoo kind of looks like you two but I think you got it before you met. Was it visualisation that became real? (Che)
Yes, I’ve had that tattoo for years (since I was about 21 I think). I can’t say for sure whether it was a visualisation that came real — strange things happen with my tattoos, where I get them for no particular reason & then parts of them start to become eerily applicable to my life. So, maybe!
If you could be any colour crayon, what would you be and why? (Melinda)
Either electric blue, purple or hot pink. My Little Pony colours!
My $64 million dollar question for you is: Are you & Tim Kern an item or not ? :) Or is it Mr Crunk that now rings your bells? And what’s with the Tim fetish? :) (Jenny)
Oh my god! Hahah! I don’t have a Tim fetish! Here is my official statement: Tim Kern & I are not an item, & have never been. We were “dating” — weird term — seeing each other, whatever, but now we’re not. Ditto on Timmy Crunk, in fact! They are both awesome guys & very very good friends of mine. They are eerily similar too, I think if they met the world might implode.
I’m sure this has been asked, but besides from what your real name is, what inspired you to change it? (gia)
I never liked it, so I decided to do with it what I do with anything I don’t like — which is do something about it!
Care to share details on the worst date you’ve ever been on? (Jessica Elle)
Sure, why not?! This is a story about the ONE date I went on in New York.
I met a guy at a fancy party — we were the only people with visible tattoos there, so he made a beeline for me. We started talking & flirting & he was really cute, he was black with sleeve tattoos & stretched ears (why is that SO CUTE on a guy?) & a fetish for high-end luggage (oh, who knows), & he asked me for my number. I gave it to him because I was so caught off-guard, & didn’t actually expect to hear from him. He called me the next day & asked me to go out with him, & after much deliberating, said yes. (I thought, even if this is a total disaster, at least it will be interesting.)
I caught a taxi to his friend’s place where they were having a party. I get there & he is pretty boozed. He tells me he is a personal trainer & insists — INSISTS — that I touch his stomach. It is impressive. I ask him how many sit-ups he does a day. He says 200. One of his friends — another personal trainer — says, “Oh, you’re from New Zealand? How long have you been in America? Your English is pretty good!” I look at him, dumb-founded, & ask him what language he thinks we speak in NZ. He has no idea. I am afraid.
The party was wrapping up so a bunch of us went to catch another cab to some other party. It turned out to be me, him & about four other guys — too many people to fit in one cab. They will usually only take 4 passengers. They were all personal trainers — so weird, so not my thing — so you know, they weren’t small, squishable guys. Their plan was that we would flag a cab & get in & I would sit on someone’s lap or something. About five cabs were like “NO I’m not taking all of you at once”, but eventually we got some guy who just wanted the fare & let us in. The guy I was there with wanted to see the sports results on the touch-screen thing, so he was pressing the screen, but kind of pounding it, not really touching it. The taxi driver got pissed off, & was like, “STOP THAT”, so the guy I was with apologised. But then… he punched the wall between us & the driver REALLY hard! I don’t know why! The driver went nuts & was like, “GET OUT OF MY CAB”, so we got out, grudgingly.
So we’re all walking up the road to try & find another cab, & then we realise that my guy (I don’t remember his name, oops) isn’t with us. We turn around & see him crouching down behind the cab, & as it goes to pull away, he PUNCHES the back of the cab REALLY HARD! & the driver slams on the brakes, & my guy (oh how embarrassing) jumps up & yells, “RUN!” His hand is bleeding & has bits of glass in it, I’m wearing heels & trying to walk quickly, the driver is yelling bloody murder & saying he’s going to call the cops. So this ridiculous motley crew that is our group basically takes a bunch of crazy side alleys & we can hear the taxi driver yelling after us, but eventually we lost him. Phew.
My crazy date is trying to hold my hand but I’m so not into it because a) he is crazy & b) he is bleeding, so I talk to one of his more sane friends. We eventually get to a club in Chelsea which is packed out, & they are playing bad music. We dance, a bit, but I’m really just thinking about how I want to leave. Crazy boy has finally gone to wash his hand & I am not as leery of him as I was but I still think he is nuts & am totally not interested. He is flirting with me & telling me how hot I am & I’m laughing nervously, like, “Haha, yeeeeeah…” He kisses me & I say something like, “Hey, you’re cool but I’ve got to go”. I leave. He texts & calls me a lot. I never respond.
I saw him about a month later on an opposite subway platform, & hid behind a pillar. Awesome.
What’s your fail-safe way to grab a guys attention? (Jessica Elle)
Punch a taxi. HAHAAH! No. Just be yourself! If they don’t see you for how amazing you are, who cares? Move on!
Part two coming soon… !
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Wow, that was some date O_O!
Anywhooo… I loved the answers to your own questions XD. They were hilarious.
Ohh an iCiNG book, I’d buy it. It should be pink, sparkly and full of cupcakes, well that’s how I picture it.
Dark brown hair + Gala = ??? I can’t picture that, to me you are a natural pink head n_n.
Loads of kisses.
i loved this! :D
Hahahaha this is fantastic!! I laughed so hard while reading your date story hahaha!! Can’t wait for part deux!! :D
Absolutely loving this post, especially the hair chart! I am obsessed with dying my hair too but I have let it grow out for about 6 months now. It’s pretty yuk but I’ll see how it goes!
This is so awesome. You’re such an interesting person!
man.. that date story is so freaking scary… how can someone even think of punching a taxi? that’s like beyond crazy. I mean of all of the things in the world you can punch.
Woah that date was hilarious – though freaky at some points ! && I reckon you look much more gorgeous and flattering with crazy hair colours ! :D
and i’m totally going to buy iCiNG – if it publishes as a book! :D :D xx
Julie — I know, brown hair is totally not me at all. I don’t like it!
Ruthie — It’s definitely good to give your hair a break from insane colouring regimes! Just wear hats, scarves & turbans in the meantime!
Amelia — I KNOW. What a nut-job. So incredibly unusual. I guess he was just all hyped up & trying to impress me or something? Funnily enough, violence doesn’t crank my handle! Hahah!
oh dude THAT IS THE WORST DATE I’VE EVER HEARD OF. jesus.
& unnatural dyes, strangely, look more natural on you than browns and blacks!
Hmm, you might bet email from girls as young as 12 & women up to the age of about 70 – but don’t forget you must have a bunch of guy readers too (I can’t be the only one lol)
I love how you changed your name, was it Hundertwasser who thought that names should be like clothes, and you should change them as you also change as a person (or your mood?) whoever it was it’s a great idea :)
LOL! That date story is crazy.
And how cute do you look in these pictures! If you publish an iCiNG book – I am sooo buying it!
ohhh man, and i thought the time a guy dropped me home after a pretty one-sided but not utterly terrible date and then turned up two hours later, stoned out of his mind, wanting to have sex, was bad.
i was 15 and living at home.
mean times.
but cab-punching? holy shit. that whole night just sounds so awkward and weird.
i too hate bananas, but once a year or so i get the urge to eat one and they’re always just as bad as i think they are the other 364 days. why.
as a virgo i am feeling pretty sweet right now.
i love your bad date story! all the answers are really cute. although i have to argue with you and say that libras are the best star sign ever ;p but virgos can be a close second since they help clean up the unorganised libra-messes that get made~
i had a date where a guy took me to the cinema and then announced he ‘could only buy my ticket since it was tightass tuesday’. oh the charm! i’ve had so many weird encounters with guys it’s not funny, i’m like a magnet! and the even sadder thing is i’ve had a boyfriend for the past seven years but the weirdos still keep coming for me >.> we should form a support group!
I personally have never felt compelled to punch a taxi. A taxi driver, maybe… But then, he was probably having steroid rage.
Mathew Sanders — You’re definitely not the only guy! They are shy about commenting though… I love you for coming out of the woodwork!
bluebird — Haha, I love that! “I’m stoned… Wanna bone?” GOSH. Romance++! I really think that being single is great if ONLY for the experiences & ergo stories you get to tell. Though actually I love being single, hahah. & yay Virgo power!
Tim Kern — HAHA, ‘roid rage! I didn’t even think about that! Honestly I think he was just a bit jumped-up & trying to impress the super-weird girl sitting on his knee. Oh, men… Why do you act like this?
Haha, I’ve had some bad dates too!
I was on one of those friend-dates when you go out with a mate & I was with my friend Simon.
These drunk guys came up and they’re like, dude, your boyfriend had an orgy last weekend with two 15 year old chicks.
& I was like dumbfounded and Simon was just laughing his little afro-head off.
& I’m like he’s not my boyfriend and Simon was just cracking up.
He’s like: ‘Hey, I didn’t know that! Wow! I’m such a stud!’
xD
/dance/
x
haha, i love this post! thanks gala :D
also, i am a leo/virgo and i have to say we are totally the best (but i have to say that…it’s my leo side ;)
Number 1. I despise bananas and it sort of makes me feel better that you don’t like them either!
Number 2. My roomie is a Virgo and she’s the most wonderful person I know!
Number 3. You’re finally coming to my city !!!(Minneapolis)... I was wondering when you would since you love Atmosphere and Rhymesayers so much!
Number 4. I live in ND right now and there is not too much to do but there are lots of oversized statues of farm animals sprinkled all over again.
Number 5. I hope when you come to my neck of the woods, I get to meet you! You’re so very inspirational to me!!
Fabuluous hair !!^^
This was lots of fun to read! I love your collage! Can’t wait to read the next part :P
ooh, this is great! it’s fascinating to find out new things about you :) and OMG at the bad date story… punching a taxi? WTF??
Thanks for the part one, I enjoyed reading it!
And god what a date! I’m surprised you stayed there even that long. I guess I would have ran away after the first party and “try my stomach” -part. Hrrrr….
Ooh, it’s awesome to see all your hair colors in one place! And I had a really good time reading about your ridiculously crazy-bad date, although I’m sure it wasn’t a whole lot of fun for you at the time!
Can’t wait for the next installment!
I loved this post!
I feel the same way about bananas. I just hate them, for no real reason. When I was in school, I once got a textbook that someone had scrawled “BANANAS ARE EVIL!” in the inside front cover, which was awesome. So it became my new reason for telling people why I hate bananas: I hate them because they’re evil. Why are they evil? Because they just are.
:)
Thanks for sharing all of this with us. I’m very much looking forward to Part 2. You look so hot in the top photos!
“Even if it’s a disaster, at least it will be interesting…” is right!
What a scary date! If you havent done it before, maybe one day ask for people to contribute their craziest date stories. A little played out, I know, but do stories about the wierd people in the world (including ourselves!) really ever get old? ;)
Oh Gala you’re brilliant.
You talking to yourself in the first part of the interview made me giggle. :)
And the story of the nasty date!
That’s nuts!
Sounds like a really bad episode of a sit com or something!
Hehe!
You poor girl you!
At least it really was interesting!
Can’t wait for part two!
xxx
Wow, that really is a weird date! Awesome answers and I’m so glad you answered your own suggestions too, I was terribly curious about the marriage thing!
Looking forward to part 2!
I’m thrilled to hear that there’s a book in the works!
As for that date . . . sounds like he had a serious case of Roid Rage! I learned about that on 21 Jump Street (thank you, Johnny Depp).
its Tuesday and raining! you fail! Lol
Punching things really does get a lot of attention. I punched through a glass window, got a lot of attention telling the story, and still get a lot of attention for the nifty scar xD
“I don’t really understand people who feel that they can only express physical love towards one sex. To me it’s all about the person, I don’t care if they’re a man or a woman or an in-between.”
WORD. :D
oh, marry me, Gala :) heehee
anyway, the date! that story cracked me up. I’d be scared out of my wits if I was you!
Oh an icing book?
I know what my friends are getting for Christmas next year!
Have I told you lately that I love you? Have I told you that there’s no one else above you?! I can’t wait for our travels!
The funny thing is, Lee doesn’t believe in marriage, doesn’t seem fazed that we’re married and no matter what I tell him about you, I can’t seem to make him jealous! Maybe it’s about time that me and you shack up, have a few elf babies and a cute little dog in a sweater?!!!
“like every other angsty teen, I was obsessed with serial killers”
I just read that, giggled, and went “yep”!
Anyways, you are a lovely person, and good luck with your plans for the site for 2009!
I love doing pictures like that to catalogue my different hair colors. It’s really amusing to see yours!
That date story is… wow, damn.
I am now quite exciting for the iCiNG book, I’m sure you’ll have people asking you about it constantly until it is available, and then asking you constantly after that for your next one. :)
The purple was lovely on your face, the blue was cool too, but in the end, to me, you’re so pretty in pink...
you have no idea how much i am laughing at that date story, gala. ye gods.
also iCiNG BOOK YES YES!
Haha, I think next time I take a taxi I will probably think of your date story and have a laughing fit.
So the banana-dislike also includes Banana Milkshakes? wowieee i couldn’t live without those mmh
Oh my LORD, Gala – promise me you’ll come to New Orleans for Mardi Gras!! I will absolutely die if I don’t get to meet you before I leave here in May!
I promise none of my friends will punch a taxi. Get insanely drunk, yes, but no taxi-punching!
Gala, I am glad to find someone else who has such a distaste for bananas. I find them utterly disgusting and that disgust is increased tenfold due to my severe allergy to them.
I hope to be able to catch you around either Orlando or New Orleans (hopefully my soon-to-be home!) in 2009. Also that date story is ridiculous. That boy sounds mentally unstable and I can’t blame you for never speaking to him again. Can you sayroid rage?
Oh my gosh, the taxi-puncher story killed me! I can’t believe he kept calling you afterwards.
SO fun to see the rainbow of fruit flavors that your hair has been!
Oh Gala, I would gladly punch a taxi for you!
And I went through a serial killer stage too!
Oh, how broody we all think we are at one time.
wow, that date story is a lot like one i had
hahahaha! wicked.
oh, i love you.
ps: brown hair = no.
I can’t wait for Part Deux! I think you look best with either the dark blue or the hot pink hair, they’re both gorgeous. Dark purple would suit you too!
Wow.
I want to take you unicorn riding into a secret bit of Paris that no one but the super-fashionable know about and have high tea with you before the mayor of this beautiful land comes out with Biggie and they both present us a prize for being awesome.
Yep, that’s how I feel and I’m not changing it.
Vixxie.
wow, your date story was such a horrific adventure! i don’t think i’d regret it if that happened to me because it seemed like a once in a lifetime moment, but i would be stunned for days…
i was actually more impressed by how you just went on a date with a stranger and went to a random party. i’ve never done that! :| i’m still working on going to parties. >_>
oh man, that definitely takes the cake for worst date EVER. what a nutter!
loved the hair chart too. someday i just need to bite the bullet, strip out the black and start dying my hair fun colors again. i’m too boring and sensible now!
Ohhhh.. thank you so much for answering my uber-nosey question, Gala: Sorry for being so nosey :) Your date in NYC sounds bloody awful and I’m pleased that you were able to depart from the scene relatively unscathed! What an experience, tho. Phew. You have been living too many lifetimes already. I’m glad I’m not your mother :) (me waves to Mama Darling).
Oo thanks for answering my question, I’ve always been curious.
And…a physical, holdeable, page-turneable iCiNG??! So exciting!
“Your English is pretty good!” – hahahahahaha! Awesome story.
Are you going to NASA when you’re in Orlando? (I live in a houseful of boyz, and sometimes boy-stuff is just really interesting.)
Can not WAIT for the iCiNG bible! Will you autograph mine?
I love how you hid behind the pillar, it reminds me of an episode of friends when Phoebe is stalking the stalker.
That first photo of you? saucepot.
This interview with yourself is so cute! Does it feel weird asking and answering your own questions?
please please publish an icing book.
Wow, that guy sounds crazy! It’s SO strange what people do thinking they will impress someone.
Must say that the longer hair styles (below your ears at least), and without the bangs suit you much more! Softens your features in a beautiful way.
Lucyyy — That is completely awesome, hahahah.
e — Haha! I have my Mars in Leo, so I feel you!
Tomi — I have met some quality people this year who share our banana loathing, so don’t feel alone! & yes, yay! Minneapolis! My friend Jake has offered to be my official tour guide & then we’re roadtripping to North & South Dakota to look at weird landmarks! So excited! I will let you know the dates I’m going to be around!
sushirobot — I know. So shameless… I am amazed I lasted as long as I did, but I was gruesomely intrigued!
dee — Bananas ARE evil! Amen!
Persephone — Thank you sweetness!
picaropicara — Aww! Too cute! Yup, it would be pretty great… Let’s see how we go!
Nubby — Maybe I need to come to your idyllic little home & insist on getting into bed with the two of you every night! HAHAH! Also, oh my god, you + me + elf babies + puppy in a sweater sounds like my idea of heaven!
Jami — Yeah, probably! That’s a good thing though because it will keep me on track. I have been meaning to do it for ages but it always falls by the wayside because there is so much else going on…
Kori — Hahah. Yeah, I don’t recommend punching any taxis! It doesn’t go well!
Amika — Yes, even banana milkshakes. I don’t even like the SMELL of bananas, it’s rough!
Ambrrr — I would love to be in New Orleans for Mardi Gras! My friend Angeliska is like “Cooooome onnnnnn dowwwwwwwwn!” & I am so tempted! I have loved NOLA for a long time!
kaeti — HAHA, I know, right? “Hmmm, why isn’t she picking up the phone? Surely she was impressed by my manly display of taxi-punching!” HAHAHAH!
Ashley XOX — Broody is such a good word & totally describe angsty teens to a tee!
Vixxie — You are painfully cute.
jeane — Life is way more exciting if you take silly risks!
Nadine — NASA? Hmm! I hadn’t thought about it! I was going to go & kick it with Mike Dooley & probably go back to Disneyworld, hahah! & of course I will autograph it! I’ll even put on lipstick & kiss a page!
Freya — Um, kind of, but not really!
Annie — I will do my very best!
Funny story!!!
I read this and then the lunch bell rang at my high school, so I went to go eat with all my friends. I had your whole banana question in my head and I didn’t know how someone would not like bananas!!!! Then my friend was talking about how she had to watch a sex ed video in her health class. I then asked if she learned about condoms and “the man’s banana”! I will never live that comment down for as long as I live.
I’m with MadMad!
ITS TUESDAY AND RAINING!!!!
Hahaha.
oh my gosh, that’s such a crazy date story!
ahh!!
Hahaha, that’s some classic roid rage!
Hahahaha
punch a taxi
ah shitcha hilarious Gala.
More of these ridiculous anecdotes please!
Aw I love this post! I like your hair colours & styles, it’s cool to see you with more than just pink, although of course that is a legendary colour on you. (Mine is green at the moment, I wondered if you had tried it!)
You know, the Virgo qualities sound a lot like Geminis, which is what I am – but I guess we’re similarly mutable. Hard-workers, creative, adaptable, sexual… it’s a team effort to make the night sky shine so bright ;) In fact Virgo sounds like the gorwn up version of Gemini (I’ll admit it I am a big kid)!! Although I’m on the cusp so I’m a bit Taurus-y too… I think every star sign thinks they are the best because they most admire the qualities they are said to possess.
Ohh iCiNG book, way to combine several of my favourite past-times!! The rest of yr 2009 sounds exciting. I want to travel but I am a poor student, I will am likely to visit New York (Gala home-turf) & Berlin though, two firsts for me :D
&&& everyone has said it but that date is INSANE, I’ve never heard anything so bad. We’ve all got one terrible date in our past though, right? Mine was a guy who drank whiskey, made jokes about Nazis, forced me to stay at house & then kept me up until 6am listening to him talk about his ex-criminal homies. Then proceeded to wake me up at 9am so he could shower & watch a film for his class. I like boys in makeup but he took longer in the morning than I do: we didn’t leave until 1pm!
xox
Gala, you are so awesome! You OOZE awesome from your pores!
an icing book? I can hardly contain myself…
-here it’s still tuesday and it SO rained, then hailed…then flurried..then it unleashed all ass kickin blizzadry on us. =(
My mom said i looked like a snowman when she opened the door.
-Bananas suck.
-i totally support an icing book. SERIOUSLY...do that. now! i want.
-i completely agree with the sexuality answer. I’m always trying to tell people that love is love….i believe sexuality is fluid. It’s about the person. But umm, when asked my orientation I simply state “I’ve been disoriented thank you [snap]” im so dramatic.
WOW, what a seriously bizarre date! Ahem. Anyway… iCiNG book = OMGASM! Seriously. Please do it! And I also agree with your thoughts on sexuality =)
I JUST FOUND BABY GALA!
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i love you
You are insanely fabulous! I love your question answering!
I would marry you if you weren’t married to Nubby!
And I agree that there is something dissatisfying about bananas.
Jamie — Sorry!!!!!! I am not the weather man! ;D
Francesca — The green was over the period of my 21st birthday, & it was a mistake! I was trying to go blue, but that’s what happens when you put blue over untoned, yellow hair… Sad times! It looked AWFUL! Your date sounds like it was pretty bad too, but I love stories like that… The wonderful diversity of human experience ;>
Ophelia — ME EITHER!!!
harley — I’m sorry it rained on you, little snowman! It’s so good to hear other banana haters come out of the woodwork, for a long time I felt like the only one!
Darcy — Hahah, whoooooah!
eugeniah — I love you too little one!
Leena — That is SO cute. Thank you!
O no, you don’t like banana milkshakes either! They are my favourite. It’s so hard to get one that tastes like real banana though and not sweet fake crap.
Ah more haircolours than me…I stayed always within the red/burgundy colour specturm.
I loved you included photos because I also added that but it would have been more than one question.
YAY two of my questions! :D
Oh my god, Gala. Your date totally tops anything I thought was bad! Funny read though… it’s just a shame it happened to a lady as lovely as you!
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hilarious date. thumbs up!
aw bro don’t be stink about the antipodes au!! :D
aw, cool interview questions! i’d love to ask random people about that to know them better~! XD and the worst date ever is so… hysterical. omg, a guy who punches cabs out to be dumped at once! XD (just like guys who treat anyone to twilight so they could kiss and grope them. urk on twilight and said guy XD)
Can’t wait for part 2!
I went on this date once with a guy I’d met at a club. When we met we chatting for about 20 minutes and swapped numbers, and that was it. We went for a drink about a week later and about 10 minutes after we sat down he said “So, are you my girlfriend now?”
Please don’t hate people who ask you to turn your music down! Please! You never know what kind of day they had, and loud music might just be the one bit that makes them blow up.
I had to leave my last apartment and quit my job because of my neighbour’s constant loud music. Even after several polite requests and an official letter from the building management, he would not turn it down; I could no longer enjoy any time spent in my flat, couldn’t sleep, and ultimately ended up depressive and back to my mum’s…
Happy Anniversary!! I can’t wait to bump into you at Disneyworld-in a totally non-stalkerish way:)
OH MY GAW...that date story is bananas. Punching a cab?? HELLO STEROID CITY!!
Haha I guess some boys never really do grow up! Thats ridiculous, I’ve had some guy friends doing drunk and dumb things that coulda gotten me in alot of trouble. Makes for good stories!
great date story.
i think my favorite color on you is pink. it really makes your eyes stand out. have you ever thought about adding light pink highlights to it? i think that would look so fabulous, though i’m sure you don’t really need more people giving their opinion on what they think you should do (especially since you dance to the beat of your own drummer).
i agree with sid.
i hate dealing with people who blast their music (especially when i used to live in the dorms). playing your music too loud is something that is so blatantly disrespectful of everyone who is forced to listen to it & it’s presumptuous to assume that other people like your music or even want to listen to music. sometimes quiet is nice!
I really don’t want to go to uni and get in a ton of debt but feel like it is the ‘right thing to do’ as people say it means you are more likely to get a job. Really, I just want to be self-employed like you Gala. You are such an inspiration.
I took an online test thing and it told me I was going to take over NZ with a rusty shovel. xD