Things I Love Thursday
[ 19 November 2009 ]
Love time! Let’s be lovelicious & moonstruck & bewitched & smitten & enamoured by our lives! Here is my heart-bursty list of the week!
Le Dish — yesterday, today, tomorrow. He is my favourite person by a country mile!
IKEA! Oh IKEA, I do love you. You may have noticed that I move quickly. Last Thursday I said I was obsessing over interior design, & then on Saturday we woke up early for an IKEA adventure! By Sunday evening my office was complete. (They delivered on the same day we went, AMAZE!) & with that…
My new office, of course. My desk is 5 feet wide & metal, like a butcher’s table. I have a nice tall bookcase (the Billy, bien sûr, in white) which holds books, magazines, sequinned hats, multiple fuchsia skulls (some glittery, some not), sparkly helmets, & Alexander McQueen stilettos. The whole thing is very exciting, since I have not had a desk since May 2008. For the last year & a half, I have just been writing wherever I can (coffeeshops, planes, strange couches, tiny kitchen tables, etc.). CAN YOU IMAGINE THE HORROR. The whole having-a-place-to-put-all-my-belongings thing is totally thrilling, & has inspired much productivity.
Oh & by the way did I mention that The Dish & I have been living together for a month & a half now & it is totally blissful happy-times?! !!!
Browsing for vintage typewriters on eBay — Mmmmm. I especially like typing in “pink typewriter” or “Olivetti” & seeing what comes up. I am sure you will also be delighted to hear that I am now the proud owner of one (1) blue Smith-Corona & one (1) Olivetti Valentine, typewriter of my dreams. YUMMY!
My rainbow maker! I bought one with two crystals on it. It attaches to the window with a suction cup, & it is solar-powered. When the sun hits it, the motors start & cause the crystals to turn. This means… dancing rainbows all over your room. AMAZING! You can find them easily on eBay by just typing in “rainbow maker” & they look like this… You need one, obviously!
Meeting Sam! He is in town to cover Red Bull’s BC One (which incidentally, I also covered!) so we finally got to meet after almost a year of online nattering. I met him for a drink on Monday, a wander on Tuesday & BC One last night. I love him. I do. Can we keep him? Does he really have to go back to London tonight? If I stage a protest, will he stay? Psshhhaaawwww. Don’t go!
Tim Burton for MOMA. Ahhh, so good, still thinking about it. Seriously good.
Honourable mentions: Having my lunch delivered from new different exciting places all the time (my new favourite is Curly’s Vegetarian Lunch, it is delish); Mexican hot chocolate (again); that the newest Palm Pre commercial features Doot Doot by Freur which is a great, great tune!; brunch with Neil; laughing & laughing & laughing; talking incessantly about how I love Dr. Drew & then having The Dish call me DR. SHREW!!!; making little beds for Hank so he looks like a dog burrito; wearing a suspender belt + stockings + leg-warmers; the Soho Grand hotel (pretty); adding to & re-arranging my vision boards; packages full of silver stars which explode all over my house; The Dish’s best friend, Hugh (he is rad); Destiny’s Child #1’s (heeeeeeeeeeeeeeee); going to Red Bull BC One last night & watching amazing b-boys, as well as getting free drinks, free tacos from Chipotle, & performances by KRS-One & Talib Kweli!!!; mustard (“sexy mustard” too!); sleeping cuddle pile (bedtime at our place is like Where The Wild Things Are except less hairy); stripes; vitamins; weirdness… & of course, the Johnny Depp encounter I mentioned yesterday. That ish is going to be close to my heart for a long time.
“Just because I’ve become spiritual doesn’t mean I can’t love crocodile.” — Tom Ford
Hahah. No, wait! Let’s try this one instead.
“When you let go of the need for any & all outcomes, life becomes a creative, magical adventure.” — Deepak Chopra
Okay! Much more appropriate. Your love lists, MERCI BEAUCOUP! Imagine me like a headmistress with my hand outstretched for your homework as you exit the classroom. Here’s to a hypothetical A+ in the love stakes! Go to the head of the class!
Love letters & feather headdresses,
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ok so we totally need to see photos of your desk area. sounds faaabulous. mine certainly needs a girly revamp and thou hath inspired me with your words alone. Pictures would make it even better!
Aaahhhhh!!!! Congrats on Le Dish and your blissful domesticity~!! Here is to many more to come. :)
My love letter to The Universe:
Carl Sagan. His Cosmos series is beyond elevating and enriching, it’s a beautiful philosophy
My Wild Thing (boyfriend)! He has take to shouting “I’LL EAT YOU UP I LOVE YOU SO!!” and chasing me around the house. It is great fun!
Chictopia.com, where I finally have the impoetus to post daily outfits. The community is so supportive and nice!
Matcha tea. Delicious. Calming and energizing at the same time! I’ll call it “centering.”
Clean clothes. I just did the laundry after 3 weeks of putting it off. XD
Knowing I am on the right path! I’m living my life to the best I can now, I am doing what I love and I am working to my dream!
:) Thanks for a great start to my day Gala!
Aww, you and The Dish are lovestruck! :’)
And I’m getting a vintage typewriter for Christmas hopefully! Know any good places to get them? :)
And where on earth do you get these luverly pictures from?! :D
Helena xoxo
Does the rainbow maker distract you at all? I ask because we just put up lots and lots of metallic prismatic shiny snowflakes at work and they are already distracting me! : )
One of the things I love this week is this mix:
tweexcore.wordpress.com/2009/1…
The girl who made it says:
“I know what you are thinking, but this is not that sort of mix. “Pretty” does not mean all pastels and soft edges, girls with big brown doe eyes in vintage floral dresses….No. This is about a girl with complexities and aspirations you can hardly imagine. One who takes risks and smiles at the consequences. One who is at once in charge of her independence and sexuality as she is vulnerable. Shy yet aggressive. Subtle but bold. One who seeks the thrill of tottering at the edge between this and that. A girl who stays up all night waiting for a phone call and dismisses it when it does come, a hopeless romantic with a filthy mind. One with a sardonic wit and a tender sweetness. One who goes after what she wants and dismisses anything in her way. A feminist with a heart that can be melted with a single glance, a prototype with impossible to classify tendencies.”
AHH lovely!! I’ve been listening to it non-stop.
You can find the rest of my TILT at my blog:
www.emfry.wordpress.com
p.s. IKEA rocks & congrats on the living situation w/ Dish going swimmingly : )
sigh you make thursdays magical.
My Grandmother has an old OLD typewriter that she writes all her letters on to this day. She’s leaving it to me. I couldn’t be happier (though of course I hope I don’t have to worry about it for years to come)! My Grandmother is awesome!
I second the desk pictures…!
This is a bizarre question, but when you talk to The Dish, do you call him “The Dish” to his face? I.e., “Hey, The Dish (Hey, Dish?), where should we go for dinner?” Or “Stop hogging the blankets, The Dish,” etc.
Today I love:
Early morning prayer meetings.
Breakfast at Big Mike’s. (Mike is a tall, burly black guy who listens to rap whilst cooking things like chocolate chip pancakes and breakfast burritos. Derricious!)
Taking the day off from class.
Studying for Marketing midterm #3 in a sunroom filled with a collection of giant rocks.
Rain streaming down slanted windows.
Inspiration and motivation to rearrange & redesign my dorm room, thanks to cabin fever.
Bunny, you sound so excited! It’s infectious!
Biffle – as in Best Friends For Life. Cute!
The name Quinnifer – I mis-heard ‘Qinn Fabray’ as ‘Quinnifer Bray’ (I am SO addicted to Glee – I really, really like it). So I was playing around with the whole Jennifer/Guinevere spectrum and I came up with Quinevra which I like even better. So if you need to name a pet/plant/child/character, go right ahead. You’re quite welcome.
Love’s the only rule – I CANNOT listen to this song without grinning like an idiot. Bon Jovi 4 eva!
Show’s over – much to my surprise, my concert ran very smoothly and was a huge success. I’m so relieved, because DAMN it was hard work!
Starting new ballet grades – this is my favourite time of year. My dancers go up a grade and I start teaching them new syllabus-work and it’s all fun and exciting.
“making little beds for Hank so he looks like a dog burrito” yeeeesss! I do this to my chubby beagle and cats all the time. If it’s a cat you call it a purrito.
~ Being =] and
Oh I bought a Olivetti valentine this summer, love it! It’s a bit of a challenge to write on it being used to soft keyboards, but it’s so worth it!
Rainbow maker – SOLD!
Love reading your TILT,though sometimes hard-pressed to come up with my own. So,here is my first attempt.
I love the fact that my near 3 year old son is already showing a fairly wicked sense of humor. When his dad teasingly asked “Hey,remember me?” Dash quickly quipped “Momma?” then broke out in a fit of giggles over his own joke.
My husband and I have been married 5 years, together over 10. I love that we still flirt,surprise each other,support each other,and can still cut a mean jitterbug together.
My new work place is the type where we all show up half an hour early to have breakfast together,ogle each other’s ensembles while sharing appreciative murmurings. I love that my co-workers are eager to share their knowledge and non-judgemental over the things I don’t know.
Mostly,I love myself. For swallowing my own ego and admitting that perhaps even after 20 years in the same industry I don’t know enough. Finding a shop full of mentors and asking for help. For realizing that good isn’t good enough. I want to be great! For being willing to start over from the bottom up. One step at a time,pacing myself,and growing!
Thanks Gala! That felt good to write out. I appreciate the inspiration.
+ budgeting + making egg rolls + red lips + christmas music + puppy snuggles + giving advice + conversations without walls + not shopping + chocolate shortbread + hanging out with aunts, uncles and cousins + cooking with my mom + new art for my walls + tv dates with the boyfriend + freshly washed hair + purple eyeliner + my fridge and cupboards full of groceries + fresh strawberries + reading every night +
A rainbow maker sounds like a fabulous idea!
-trying new lipsticks (I’m on a dark and/or strange lipstick kick. on my list of things to find: purple so dark it’s almost black, high gloss black lipstick, dark dark red, some sort of pastel, and a crazy pink) (the turning of the seasons seems to have turned me into a bit of a goth)
-watching my cats play with each other and then playing with them. animals are SO funny, with their little personalities and facial expressions.
-the fact that it is mid-November and still regularly hits 75 degrees here! so glad we moved to Texas!
-I have 3 pairs of boots winging their way to me…I got them all from eBay and paid less than $90 for all of them! (in fact, I think it was less than $75…I am a bargain hunter EXTRAORDINAIRE!)
-redying my hair! dark purple again!
Here’s my assignment Ms. Darling! :D
-Personal days:
Tomorrow is my first personal day of my professional life. I decided over the weekend that I didn’t want to work a full week, and I have 5 to use before the end of the year, so BAM 3 day weekend! :)
-6 Months:
Saturday is my 6 Month Anniversary at my job. In the past few weeks, I think I’ve finally felt really comfortable here. I have fun with these people. it makes the next year seem more bearable.
-SAE Institute NYC:
I went to their Open house last weekend and saw all their pretty things. Mixing boards, recording equipment, and software galore! I’m so glad I like it, because if all goes as planned I’ll be a resident of NYC this time next year! Horray!
-The boy:
I haven’t seen him since Halloween and I miss him like mad. I’m taking my personal day and extending my weekend with him! He even just asked me to have lunch with Him and his Advisor tomorrow…I feel like that’s a step in the right direction…next up, his sister then his parents haha :) But seriously. I’m SO excited to see him again!
-Party Planning:
My B-day is a month from tomorrow…Thus begins the party planning. Date and activities are picked, now I have to figure out the most important part…WARDROBE! Right now I’ve looked at so many things, I have NO CLUE what I’m gonna wear…but it WILL be cute! :) 2 weeks to figure this all out! haha
-Omegle Hunts:
There is a website called Omegle, where you go in and just talk to a random “stranger” My twitter feed has been going crazy with people that are like “I’m on omegle COME FIND ME!” In the process, I found some people who know who I am and were incredibly sweet and complimentary. It kinda made my night. Plus someone just burst out “Die in a Fire!” on one of the random chats and it made me bust out laughing. BEST OMEGLE CHAT EVER! hahaha
Words cannot describe how much I love the fact I will be seeing my parents tomorrow, first time since July! And their first time in Australia!
Also, catching glimpses of my hair makes me squee in delight at the sheer awesomely epic blueness of (part of) it. Yes, I went to Wildilocks! A cute girly there said she dyed your eyebrows blue, I think my hair is about the same shade as your bluey-purple hair of yore. I LOVE IT.
I love my friend Eva who is very ill, I love that the documentary about her has been broadcast on national television in Canada and I love the awareness it is raising (www.65redroses.com)
Oh and let’s not forget the fact I have my summer holidays ahead of me, WHICH I LOVE. Bliss!
-My horoscope telling me that “Today is the first day of the rest of my life”, it’s true, it’s exactly how I feel. It makes me feel good to think what’s happening in my life is aligned with the cosmos.
-Impromptu(liquor fueled) dance parties in my friends house that last from 2am til 8am.
-Being single! I’m a serial monogamous who’s been in back to back relationships since I was 17. It’s strange and exciting to be 25 and single and I’m very much enjoying my girlfriends and kissing cute men on dance floors.
-I’ve recently recommitted to my life. No more sulking, life is what you make of it and it’s about time I turn mine around.
mine is here !
The rainbow maker looks magical!
Phonographs, giant quill pens, random firework displays outside my window, constant rain (Noah’s ark style!, tickle fights,sweetcorn, alchemical symbols, playing old games (Zork Nemesis, Lands of Lore & Kyrandia squee), Lady Gaga’s forthcoming album, game soundtracks, going to the garden centre and buying disco ball baubles and venetian mask Christmas decorations, cupcake teapots, herbal tea, medieval castles & wall torches, my new favourite solution – potassium permanganate (mark my words, my hair shall be that colour one day), coloured flame candles, The Cable Guy (sooooo funny. I INSIST you all to watch it, le New favourite TV programs – Eastwick, Project Runway, Gok’s Fashion Fix, & America’s Next Top Model, The Vampire’s Assistant movie, Evanna Lynch (a.k.a Luna Lovegood), Lisa Kudrow, Fable, Frosty autumn/winter mornings, Hello Kitty, Chococat, Cinnamoroll & the rest of the Sanrio brigade, Kate Bush, LED multi coloured drinks fountain, Sherlock Holmes, and finally orbing/zorbing/sphereing
Making a cuddle pile with the kitteh and the mister
Having 10 heaping days off! Starting in one hour!
Repainting two walls in my apartment and having it make all the difference
Shipping off my calendar orders to the printer! Squeee!
Seeing two Chi-town friends this weekend and showing them all that the Twin Cities has to offer
Finding out that my ex-boyfriend is seeing someone new and feeling really, genuninely happy for him
My mister landing his dream job. With the feds. In DC. Goodness but I’m proud of him!
* Zumba (I’m so bad at it technically, but I have more fun than anyone in my class :)) * My first ever boyfriend (even though I’m 22) * Taaitaai (some sort of Dutch spicy cookie you can only buy in the wintertime ) * Dressing in purple (because you reminded me of one of my favourite poems again : )) * braids * hugging *supercute pictures * being productive *winning tickets for a dance performance
late night stickam chats with random (& creepy) people, not sleeping enough & being all giggly because of it, attacking my boyfriend in closets ;D, energy drinks, cigarettes(!), horoscopes that come true, accents, snuggling under the blankets when it’s cold & of course, your existence :)
haha! delightful! ohne zweifel: gala darling. is it strange how HAPPY i am about the month and a half bliss?? that’s so super nice.AND BUTCHER’S DESK YESSS
i’m so in love with love.
i love love. it has brought so much..love snowballs. amazing.
wonderful phone calls
hearing BEAUTIFUL words from the people i admire the most in the word. luckyyyyy
music blowing my mind, good hip hop, good guitaring, good hearts and voices
writing. it’s addictive
terry pratchett hehehe
thinking intensely on something as specific as colour, particularly if raspberry jam is a colour or if it’s the raspberry jam itself that i actually like. oh god. i can’t go back into the hahaha
I LOVE people’s enthusiasm for inventing an alter ego for my party. and their wonderful imaginations
imaginations
rooibos
really naughty words
feeling fast
feeling wistful and baffled
intuition
the most beautiful person i know
writing a terribly loving notice of leave letter
women.
Gala you sound so Gleeful!!!!!!!!!!!
what I love today, hmmm.. 1) going home tmrw to see my old choir! 2)The fact that I will be done my physics lab and math assignment with enough time to dress up and have a fancy dinner tonight! 3)Bill Nye the Science Guy
Allright, since you made me imagine you as a headmistress, here is my assignment.
Ariel Grimm iCiNG Period 13 Things I Love Thursday Since my life has officially become a whirlwind of magic, laughter and adventures, here are the best pieces to share. Recieving money tips for my tarot readings from the King of Pentalces, photoshoots in the forest, finally getting my own domain name (www.entertheforest.org), my kitty cat crazy, making collages, getting my period (every month I find out I’m not pregnat, I feel like I dodged a bullet and can keep living the good life for a while), opening the world’s 1st online 25 cent machine on my etsy, using picnic baskets as purses, watching movies like Victor Victoria and I’m Not There, rose gardens in my backyard, listening to Aqua (my favorite band since second grade, I don’t care what you say, their combination of techno beats with storybook lyrics and raps never fails to get me dancing or smiling), getting smoked out by boys, boys that flirt with me online, logging onto my morning e-mail and seeing inspiring notes from the universe, comments, and free stuff!-the boy. He is endlessly delightful. We’re already starting to be that couple that seems to always know what the other is thinking before its even thought.
-dogs. They’re just utterly fabulous.
-dirty jokes. I’m sorry, but with the right people around, they’re just the best.
-John Mayer’s new album. Holy epic greatness batman!
-leaving good impressions!!
-letting go.
-peppermint mocha frappucinos from starbucks. So worth the walk in the rain.
-headwear in general. I’m rarely without a hat or headband of some sort now.
-tiramisu!
isn’t co-habitation wonderful, gala?! everyday, i’m thankful to be able to wake up next to and have the support of my boyfriend right there with me :) it makes my life happier & brighter. waking up to a brand new puppy that we just got doesn’t hurt either! happiness is puppies & love. :)
I love living with my lover/husband. This morning he sort of poked me to see if I was still alive because I slept later than usual. When I grunted in response he covered me with kisses, aw.
Yesterday was my bf and I third anniversary!! We didn’t celebrated it much because we’re both in the middle of finals, BUT, on saturday we’ll have a proper one :)) Still, we went to a fun restaurant (were you cooked you own food) and had a great time. I’m so happy, I love him so much :)
The smell of my kids when I hug them, in fresh, clean pjs after they’ve been scrubbed, soaped & shampooed in the bathtub! Plus, the bonus of knowing I’ll soon have some quiet time to myself with a nice hot cup of tea! Bliss Oh, & Gwen Stefani’s LAMB shoes, LOL!
1. outdoor ice-skating (including dramatic falling over)
2. banana flavoured chocolate
3. my favourite people visting me this weekend
Aww, I work at Chipotle and I’m actually in charge of giving out free online and fax orders, I totally wish I was close enough to give you free tacos!
anddd a short list!
-my thumbs-cat (or cat with thumbs!!) following me around nonstop begging for a snuggle or a kiss!
-and my thumbs-cat giving kisses!!
-seasonal food at starbucks, gingerbread with cream cheese icing = yum!
-slipping adorable little love letters in my boyfriends bags before he goes off to do army-things for a week.
-strawberry rhubarb!
-working at the same place for a few years and still being able to concoct new foods out of what we have (double decker tacos placed on the grill! hard taco inside a soft one, glued together with sour cream or guacamole!)
-Making guacamole and while doing it, asking if anyone would be offended if I hugged their face with my avocado covered hands =]. Some of the responses are priceless!
-Making up songs about my dog!
* snif * Im sorry I really cant think of anything…
Ive got a throat infection and im at work.. not a nice combination..
making yummy vegan banana muffins.
Lady Gaga preformace on Gossip Girl.
painting my nails red.
apple soy candle.
berets.
Things I love today;
- That people are finally discovering that my blog exists – Beautiful pink roses at work today – Friends visiting me at work unexpectedly – my new vintage archive closet – I bought the first* amaryllis* for this year & they are my favorite flowers
Oh my goodness, I am so happy it’s TiLT!
- Going to advising to sign up for classes. Then getting home and deciding that I NEED to take digital photography, no matter what my logical mind says. Yay for internet registering – I can’t wait for next semester now!
- Pretending to be knighted (or rather, receive the honor of damehood) for my special occasion speech.
- Rose and Tulsi tea. So delicate!
- Going to my bestie’s digital media festival tomorrow night! She’s worked so hard, and I’m so proud of her!
- Watching french films and eating vegetarian cuisine with my Nana.
I finally made myself a facebook after many friends implored me too. i have friends! white chocolate mocha coffee creamer. the used’s artwork. new moon weekend. taking pictures of my outfits and my sister. red pens. talking to matt. his cute love story. gsa. it’s getting dark earlier. thinking about christmas, right around the corner! tights and skirts/dresses everyday. looking like rudolph because i’m sick. looney tunes record store. lovelovelove
Hip Hip Hooray for TILT! I’ll refrain from making an jokes about headmistresses and detention
- Epic mix-CD-making plans – Hearing great news from my friends – Knowing that even though things (aka spirits, finances, love life) are a little low right now, they’ll pick up soon – A great trip to Montreal with my mum tomorrow – Chocolate-covered albums – Girl Talk (both the musician and talking with your best fiends…I mean, friends)
Awh you make me want a typewriter so badly!
-Intense piggyback races ;)
-Laying around in piles in the grass with friends
-Being barefoot
-Ice cream with thick whipped cream
-Falling asleep in maah boy’s arms haha
-getting the read the newspaper every morning
-Learning choreography for bellydance
-Having nice sub. teachers
-Shakira
-short flowery dresses
-borrowed jewelry
-getting compliments on clothes I love, it’s nice to know that other people like them too!
-taking forever to make this list because I want to go over the whole last week in my head & think about everything that went right :)
Things I love Thursday: grey knee-socks, my Dad making me tea in the mornings, playing basketball, the autumn rain, doing well in an audition, learning about the Scientific Revolution, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, freshly laundered clothes, and my old, battered pink cellphone that’s been with me forever.
Things I love:
NY cheesecake & coffee :)
Mum in good health!!
late night hookah lounges that play the best music, meanwhile curled up on the couch with my love.
planning my New Years Eve in NY getaway trip!
making plans to move to NY!
feeling like life is a wonderful, mysterious miracle.
enjoying the beauty of the days as they come :)
“TilT”
- the following colours- pale pink..kinda like salmon I guess but I really don’t like that description.. maybe fairy floss?? any kind of blue, cream, grey and silvery glittery things.
- Roykksops latest album..‘junior’ I’ve had it for ages and not really ‘got’ it until the weathers turned nicer, I have a bounce in my step and walk along with it turned up LOUD on my ipod.
-plans
- My friends being loved up with sweet shy lovely people that love them as they totally deserve. (jairumus and ivypie im looking at you!)
-Roadtrips down the coast in the country, and when the sun sets red light shining through pine trees over the road so you feel like you’re driving through some beautiful other world of rich greens, blues and red flickering light..
-creating deadlines for moving out with one of my best mates, and the little sick excited feeling in the bottom of my stomach about finally finally doing something I’ve been scared of for awhile..
-And last but Not least; the following conversation with my soon to be housemate:
her: Can we please call our place the Maxi-pad? like in reality bites.. god i loved that movie
me: The Maxipad!? ewww but I hate my period why would i want to remind myself of it everytime i introduced someone to the place I lived?
her: Ooohhh cmoonnnn please?! its awesome!
me: Ok well If you try and it catches on and our place gets known as ‘the maxi-pad’ I’m gonna start introducing you as ‘Periodhead’
her: grimaces in disgust * pause* ok I guess you can call me periodhead..
cue uncontrollable laughter until tears flowed down our faces and we choked on our gummy dinosaur lollies
- The manager of our favourite Haifa bar gave me a cocktail he invented himself which was just a mix of Arak & Midori, a neon-looking green thing. I asked him what it was called; he shrugged. I suggested ‘Frankenstein’ because of the toxic greenness, and it stuck! – Making reservations at some awesome looking L.A. restaurants (one has a tree inside, one serves cocktails with liquid nitrogen in them, one has a michelin star & also, Jimmy Kimmel live studio audience! Hahaha) – Organising a ‘one night only’ special appearance in London next week to see all my LDN friends one last time! – One of my Prague photos on Flickr has been shortlisted for a Prague guide due to be published in December. That’s kinda cool. – The list of locations of people who’ve visited Evie Reads recently: Australia, The United States, The United Kingdom, Brazil, Lithuania, Portugal, Canada, Germany, The Republic of Korea. Tres international! I also like seeing what searches led people there – mostly it’s book titles or author names, but someone searched for ‘chimps wearing clothes’!! Hah. – Fresh fruit picked from gardens – making road-trippin’ playlists – As always, my fiancé, without whom I would be lost.
walking in the rain with the new huge shawl-scarf my mother bought me pinned over my hair so i look like a witch.
meeting nice people from halfway across the world via twitter.
discovering exercises i actually enjoy doing (look out world!).italian vocabulary words on freerice.com.
damon salvatore actually being the awesome, sarcastic vampire i fell madly in love with at 14 on the new t.v. series (even though i can’t watch it on hulu.).
getting to attend a convention this week in new clothes, and possibly a pink wig and see my out of town friends. not to mention getting to make meat pies and cookies for them!
fantasia candy cane hookah tobacco.
I’m quite fond of Destiny’s Child’s No. 1’s as well.
The possibilities that a weekend holds (I want to accomplish everything this weekend); shopping (also dreading it, though); the reggae channel; house to myself for 12 days; getting groceries after school on a rainy afternoon; music projects; coming home and not seeing someone planted in the basement and in pain; listening to Jose Gonzalez while folding bedsheets, as the rain pours outside; A Tribe Called Quest’s “The Low End Theory”; “Jah-love”; my secret project; taking time to take care of my cold.
ok even though i’ll probably be late for work i thought i should participate in tilt!
-the deepak chopra quote! yes i think you made my day :)
-intense love/hate boyfriend! in the previous tilt i said we were getting along fantastic then last night=nasty fight! oh well it was quite cute in the end…especially when he said “actually you’re pretty hot and don’t look like your brother but with long hair” aww
-book i’m reading ‘almost french’ by sarah turnbull (yay something keeping me sane)
-end of south aussie heat wave soon! :) thank god
-banana bread
Oh, curly’s! If it’s the curly’s I remember, they gave you crayons and paper and put your drawings on the walls… I want to go back.
I get to cook pies and fun things this weekend; I have no homework; I’m wearing the fuzziest, warmest sweatshirt that my boyfriend gave me; we’re building ping-pong launchers in class and we have the most accurate one so far.
This has been a difficult week, but I still love:
*tshirts with Tiger-faces
*staying up all night talking with my friend Ben
*Wellington city, esp. Sweet Mother’s cafe.
*going across the city at 3am & the Green Taxi company driver asking us where to get weed…!?
*midnight snacks
*Yayoi Kusama exhibition
*Ohakune, Horopito. The Great Outdoors.
*And Maori place-names.
*New Zealand sunshine.
*across-country train rides
*sparkling fresh clean teeth
*anticipation for Where the Wild Things Are movie.
*missing the kids I work with
*not missing the adults I work with
*trolley buses with fern-design seats
*the Great Unknown of my life right now.
very efficiently getting over a sickness (usually i simmer in self-pity for days before admitting defeat and going to the doctor), flirtin’ and dancin’ and kissin’ and crushin’ la la la la la, my psychology of sex class (today we looked at hustler and watched videos featuring an army of naked british men), my ever-awesome mama, regaining positivity after months of anxiety, being 3 weeks away from freedom, no worries, spontaneity, losing thirty pounds since last year (thank you, official doctor scale for reminding me!), etcetera etcetera
Laughing at funny things that happened, then snapping back into reality and realising I’m laughing by myself on the bus, making new friends, college lecturers that spend the whole lesson writing down a loads of bands I should listen to on the back of my assignment brief, decorating the Christmas cake with the theme of ‘Snakes and Wotsits’, the word ‘Wotsits’ looking strange after reading it five times in a row, being unusually happy about everything, trying to communicate with people through windows.
Curly’s Vegetarian Lunch is delicious!
I’m lovin:
Reading, Nanowrimo, Awesome bus rides, Acadmichic, beautiful outfits, warm opaque tights, comfy beds, cookie bars and tea, hot water bottles, writing poety when it’s all dark out, deep berry lip gloss, chocolates, lipstick, mint ice cream, blogging, NANOWRIMO, great support from fellow bloggers, new skin care, and jewelry design!
I think my favorite thing ever [this week] is my commercial design 2 class. There’s an entire row up front of annoying, loud, video-game nerds and we’re waging a war on our teacher’s sanity. Fun times. :D
And also, Tarina Tarantino’s clockwork punk collection.
-the fact that, after 20+ hours spent in lab this week, I finally got usable results! wooo!
-chocolate covered ginger
-yesandyes
-thursday night bar dates
-bach cello suites
-lemon ginger tea
-knowing that next week, I get to see my mom for the first time since she got out of the hospital! and also eat pie! super bonus!
and the fact that, although I’m rather upset by the fact that I was dumped over the phone about 24 hours ago, I also realize that I have been more productive in the past 24 hours than I have in the past… oh, month? which is a brilliant thing for the grad school applications that are due soon…
hmm hmm, seeing many of my favourite people last week: my ex, who is HAPPY now, yes; my old housemate who is one of THE most awesome people in the entire world; my friend who moved to California on Wednesday; my Dad, who is visiting because I graduate tomorrow! He bound my dissertation in hardback as well, so now I am ‘published’, aww. I finally found someone to draw me a vomiting unicorn so this ‘all unicorn vomit, all the time’ can finally be a t-shirt (that has STUCK with me for a long time). Did I mentioned I graduate tomorrow? I will be a bona fide MA. Having one of my MA pieces called ‘a work of genius’?!, the definitely made me smile. Wikkid dubstep night last night, after watching Step Up as well, so we all tried to throw our best ‘street’ moves out there, oh and watched ‘Inglorious Basterds’ again and loved it just as much.
Daymn, it’s been a pretty good week. I am toetally jealous of your office, Ms Gala, you have inspired me to tidy up my desk space.
xx
there really is nothing quite like a new desk! i bought one from ikea also recently, spent hours organising al my “things”, set up my computer … and just like that, my productivity has increased by miles!
bob dylan biopics – using a very mild case of the cold as an excuse to spend all day in bed – accepting invitations – drinking pints in dive bars – loving my job – getting home early – deep purple, glossy nail polish – instant noodles – pale pink floral vintage bridesmaids dresses – elizabeth arden 8 hour cream – planning the weekend – snoozing at my sister’s flat while she’s not in it – compliments – tips tips tips – going dancing – having an innocent, silly crush for the first time in ages – using the word “dreamy” to describe cute boys, despite being mocked by my friends (“some 1950s school girls called, they want their word back”) – reconnecting – sneezing (so satisfying) – steak and ale pies, yummmm – having a social life despite being totally skint – finally getting back on track with uni coursework – not having been forgotten by classmates – makeup free days – “batman” cardigan – ben & jerry’s phish food ice cream, straight from the tub – pretty songs – dressing up – chrismas lights – anticipating next week :D
diy tomato, basil & mushroom pasta – soy banana smoothies – writing about twilight – getting distracted by photos of kirsten stewart in a tank top – drinking pots of soy chai in a cute vegan tea house – meeting rollergirls at cute vegan tea house – plotting zine ideas – ellen degeneres – sumo salads ‘muffin top’ TVC – eco-tweeters – writing for my new site
- PAY FRIDAY IS TOMORROW. I am so thrilled! I am looking foward to buying a new belt. And budgeting. And paying bills!
- NaNoWriMo. I’m going to hit 20k words tonight for my novel and I am THRILLED.
- Positive Doctor Visits! Mostly b/c I wasn’t given useless mecidine, but told to go see a specialist for my ailments. Getting myself fixed up right will be wonderful
- STAR TREK DVD RELEASE!!!!!! Just happened this week and now I can lounge around and watch it whenever I want!
I’m so interested in your desk! I want a butcher’s desk, basically, so bad. But, I have no room for it. Blah! I dunno how you can get away with 1 book case though. Man. I have 2 and a half and I need a third one so bad. But again, no room! One whole wall in my room is bookcases!
Thanks Gala! Woke up feeling quite sick but knew if I checked out the home of lurve (galadarling.com!) I would be feeling a million miles better!! It works :) * Coffee * Doctors * Knowing that ‘this too will pass’ * and even better … a phone call out of the blue from a wonderful friend who brings love to my heart
♥ mcsweeney’s. as a short story quarterly, but as everything else too – i love their humour website, the believer magazine, their publishing house and… everything mcsweeney’s. totally.
♥ podcasts. largely comedy ones – i don’t have much attention span for long audio discussions of deep stuff, but comedy (and smart comedy) can keep me listening for ages. it’s nice to listen to podcasts before sleeping, instead of reading a book if i’ve been doing a lot of reading all day and have tired eyes.
♥ the lucksmiths. oh, i miss them.
♥ daniel kitson & josie long. favourite comedians ever.
♥ second year at university. if only it could last forever. no pressing exams, less crushing anxiety than i had as a fresher… next year i’ll be a finalist though, which sucks.
♥ clean, warm dry laundry. mmmm
♥ living with my boyfriend and just generally everything to do with that/him. naw ;)
- My biggest thing right now is my first ever CRAFT FAIR that I will be participating in this weekend. I’ve been craazy busy prepping for it and I’m so super excited :)
- Also, my awesome boyfriend who has been helping me a lot with this prep and keeping me sane
- the new Star Trek movie finally out on DVD
1. realizing that if you tell yourself its going to be a good day, it usually will be
2. nice boys
3. plaid shirts
4. sleep
5. netflix
6. Nag Champa incense
7. fixing things with superglue
8. listening to classical music on the way to school
9. making fun of poking on facebook and then realizing how fun it is
I woke up this morning from a miserable day yesterday feeling completely refreshed and raring to go and happier than I’ve been in a long, long time.
my favorite things this week: – my brown combat boots. I have not worn them in over a year because I thought they made my legs look really chunky and putting them back on today reminded me of how much I love and adore them (and how good they make me look!) I feel like Sophie Hatter in them.
- cooking dinner/making lunches for my friends is always fun
- writing, writing, writing— getting back to working on my NaNoWriMo novel
- Jessica Brody; I just met her tonight over cheesecake and she is so awesome and funny and I can’t wait to read her new book
- leaving origami hearts with a tip, making paper cranes for people
- meteor showers and midnight beach runs and the fact that the spring is finally back in my step and the smile is back on my face. (:
I got this months (issue 13) hard copy of HI-FRUCTOSE !! It features Lori Earley “Ms. V.” painting on the cover and inside!!! and nice sized smaller ones on the interview pages. I cringed when the girl at Borders grabbed the magazine like it was a worthless newspaper..she almost bent it up. If she would have I would have gotten a new one.
Today I love …Immune system strengthening tea’s, artists, my new ideas, drawing, skeye’s help to get me back on-line, all different colored sparkles, salad, learning that cats can hear rodents talk and can run 30mph!, my warm lt. tan coat, finding a partner in crime to help me with some adventures, disinfecting everything!, making it through the day hehahaha. Thursday’s are my Fridays! ICING!
Johnny Depp voted the sexiest man alive again btw vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus…
1. My new laptop, I love it!
2. Listening to Sarah Bettens’s CD, Shine. It’s the best thing ever
3. Androgynist girls.
4. New Moon anticipation
5. Embracing my sexuality, finally.
6. Being comfortable in my own skin
7. Creative writting
8. TILT’s
This has been such an awesome week!
-Finding a paycheck in my mailbox!
-Making my first sale on Etsy, plus getting orders from my mom’s co-workers (woo extra money!)
-And best of all, the possibility of getting my dream internship next summer, working with theatre and development/conflict resolution!
I second the awesomeness of suspender belts, stockings, and legwarmers. There’s nothing like functional sexy.
I totally LOVE Ikea – it’s like my spiritual home, and having a new office space can be so inspiring, I can’t wait to see what you come up with when writing from it!
My TiLT is here: sparkleandglitter.co.uk/2009/1…
I love sea otters! And this guy I met… hes pretty rad!
Get your leather on! I miss winter :( but on the bright side! Queensland is so hot the pool feels like a heated spa :D and coast trips are a must in an air con car! and I love finishing first year uni!!! :D Its fab.
Love today and tomorrow and tomorrow :D xxxxxx
I love:
- the short letter I got from my grandma. That doesn’t happen too often.
- Cemeteries of London by Coldplay. I just love that song.
- My first thought about a rainbow maker: I should get one for my cat, she would be busy for hours trying to catch those lights :D
- Drinking tea, sitting on my couch under a blanket and not having to go outside to the rain.
- Glee. That’s one of my new favorite tv shows, just great!
- Finally the awkward girl won ANTM, I’ve waited for that about every season (because I can relate to them) ;)
“ You know the best thing about airplanes? Apart from the peanuts in little silver bags, I mean. It’s looking out of the windows at the clouds and thinking maybe I could go walking in there. Maybe it’s a special place where everything’s okay. Sometimes I do go walking in the clouds but it’s just cold and wet and empty. But when you look out of a plane it’s a special world…and I like it.”
-Neil Gaiman
This quote really made me smile. :)
I am currently in my office, trying not to tear my eyeballs out from lack of sleep.
You are very kind with the nice things you say about me. You are, without a shadow of a doubt, awesome. Freakin’ awesome.
Even if you talk like some kind of social leper. TIN.
Oh so many things:
*** Listening to Al Green’s Love & Happiness whilst filled with glee.
*** Unexpected messages from dream boys who make you feel deliciously loved even after years of not seeing one another (and, on that note, when they decide they need to see you: squeals of delight).
*** Being called a “tasty pastry” by someone pretty delectable.
*** On less of a romantic love-fest, meeting new awesome girls by the minute. Always thought I had a hard time making girl friends but it seems easy here. Perhaps it really is the new-found confidence and happiness attracting like-minded lovelies into my life.
*** A break from the law school grind for Thanksgiving this week and bringing some of the lovelies with me for turkey (yumyumgobblegobble)
*** My mom in 5 days (super excited)!
*** The holiday season is upon us which means snow and twinkle lights in the streets and New Years soon and a much longer break from the grind and getting to go home to people and a city I love more than anything.
*** Feeling like I’m heading toward doing exactly what I want to do with my life, being offered a dream opportunity for next semester, and one of the new girl friends telling me about a job that combines all of the elements of criminal justice and advocacy for survivors of dv/sa that are important to me with a location in a city I’ve always wanted to visit.
Oooh congrats on your blissful cohabitation!
PICTURES OF YOUR OFFICE WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED THO, HMM? ;P
I’m a little late but here’s my list
-dealing with stuff I’ve put off for way to long
-My academic advisor getting me a spot in a class I need for next semester
-The Big Band Theory …I love dr. Sheldon Cooper
-Tori Amos’s song Datura
-Strong Black coffee
-Putting my hair up in Braids a la Frida Kahlo
-Completing two essays in the past week and feeling pretty good about them and feeling like I’ve made great leaps and bounds in my abilities
-My Psych teacher
-Perogies at Swiss Chalet…yumyumsounhealthy
-Gustav Klimts work is so MARVELOUS and glittery
-dreaming about having a little cottage by a lake surrounded by sunshine and trees and a beautiful wild garden
-yoga
love and sparkles
Staar
-The week being over
-Volunteering for the Museum of Science tonight! It has been so long and I have missed it.
-Going to visit one of my best friends tomorrow. He is going to make me Cylon toast! WOOT!
-Getting things done. Or at least trying to.
-Thanksgiving break coming up. I am going to my best friend’s w/ my sister and we will have so much fun!!!
-Cradle of Filth, Darkseed, Samael, and of course Deathstars. So much metal!!! :D
-Writing. I am still going relatively strong on my story and I hope I can get a decent amount done over the break.
+ My mom bringing me books,just because she knew I would like them.
+ Making plans for next year. I can’t believe 2009 is almost over.
+ Andes Mint Cookies. Best. Cookies. Ever.
+ Spending time with my parents. They’re pretty awesome.
+ Beautiful World by Carolina Liar. It’s helped me out of my funk.
LOVE=
-the drop in temperature, it’s finally under 30 degrees (celsius) and will remain there for the rest of the week, HURRAH!
-Lounge Room Dance Party in the morning before work.
-New pink pens!
-When friends help you when you do something stupid like miss the last tram home
-Getting my 2010 daily planner!! It’s all smooth and clean and not water-logged…... for now.
-Fake tan
-When it rains but it’s still warm
-Days off for crafty happy time!
1. reading together with my favorite person
2. knowing that my work situation will definately change in a few month
3. making wish lists for my birthday and christmas
4. feeling better (I had a nasty cold)
5. listening to disk records
+ Blue skied Australian summer
+ cicadas and ceiling fans in the crazy humidity
+ Roberto Benigni
+ options
+ discovering great new haunts close by
+ friends back home after being far away for the longest time
+ trusting that things will turn out ok
+ my parasol
+ mangoes
Honestly, what I love most is how much you’ve inspired me in the past year. You have really opened my eyes to a positive outlook and have generally made me blossom into a person I never thought I’d be. You’ve made me make lists of things I love, discover hoop dancing, fashion and so many things about myself I never would’ve realized if I hadn’t just stopped complaining and start learning. Thank you so much! I don’t know you personally, but I can tell you that I already adore you!
xoxo
I made my own “rainbow maker” by stringing old chandelier crystals and glass tubes of pearls from my curtain rod. it’s fantastic, and makes being in my room in the afternoon one of my favorite things ever.
THINGS I LOOOOOVE:
All kinds of Tempranillo last night, TooFaced Shadow Insurance, my hubby’s pumpkin & crab soup, white chocolate mochas, temporary blue hair dye, blue nail polish, wearing men’s ties, men’s shirts (yeah!), your pink eye makeup which I have copied endlessly, my roommates!!, Lars vonTrier, Equus, and faux bois EVERYTHING.