Things I Love Thursday
[ 6 December 2007 ]
Yes, it’s that time again! Time for Things I Luuuuuuurve Thursday! Ready… go!
Susie Bubble’s piece on Matt. This guy is amazing & the way he dresses is totally inspiring. He looks incredible. I have never wanted to be a boy before, but Matt almost pushes me over the edge!
Walking out onto the balcony in the morning & stretching. I also like to think I am giving back to the community by doing it in my underwear. Surely it makes some accountant somewhere rather happy! Haha!
My make-up classes. Seriously, I love them so much. Our last two classes are next week & I’m actually really bummed about it. I feel like I have learned so much (I will write up some stuff for you soon!) & I want to keep learning! Not to mention, my teacher is totally amazing — like a glamorous version of Lauryn Hill, with an Australian/British/Canadian accent. She is inspiring just standing there. She has presence, you know? It is great just to be around.
Make-up experiments a go-go!
Waking up with a song in my head & then making it the first thing I hear when I fire up iTunes. Oh technology, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways!
Gossip Girl, again. If you haven’t seen any of the series, use the internet (& your noggin) to get your fix. You won’t regret it! It is so great. My friend Allan called me yesterday & we just ended up talking about the show… I was squealing so loudly my boyfriend came out to check I wasn’t being murdered!
Making plans. I am a major plan maker in general, but it’s all in overdrive at the moment because of this book I’m reading (which I am going to review for you soon, so never fear!). I am about to make some big adjustments to my lifestyle & I am really really excited about it. They’re not going to be “new year’s resolutions” because really, if you don’t want to start now, you never will. I am starting SOON! YAY!
Saturday! Why? Because my make-up teacher has asked me to help her do make-up backstage at a fashion show… I am gobsmacked & enthralled. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! I will let you know how it goes. Audrey is going to come & take pictures!
Covering a blister with a blue band-aid which is decorated with little ambulances, teeth & crosses. If you’re going to heal, you might as well do it in style!
Honourable mentions: Tupac Shakur (sexiest voice in hip-hop? I’m not quite sure. It’s probably a tie between him & Ludacris.); vegetarian hot dogs & fake bacon; Chevy Chase (I LOVE him); Madonna (“Get Together” may be the best song in the history of the world); talking to my parents on the phone; stumbling into little arcades & finding amazing shops; making photobooth plans; dancing around the living room ecstatically; speaking in my own language of squeaks & mumbles, especially when I’m sleepy; earring shopping (my new mania!); visualising the life I want & feeling it come closer; every nonpareil ever — P.S., this means you!.
“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
Okay, your turn! I love the way some of you save up thoughts all week to spill on a Thursday, it makes me totally gleeful! I recommend putting on some high-energy music while you write your list, it makes it even more fun! GO! Regale us!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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♥Hanging out with friends just playing cards and everyone getting over-excited.
♥Visiting my Mum.
♥Nice sunny days spent reading on the lawn.
♥School holidays!
To the tune of Devo’s GIRL YOU WANT, this Thursday I love….
> handwriting analysis
> Kat von D and her Kat von D earrings
> IM’ing my Momma!
> Snow White icy dessert things, SN2 I think it’s called especially the Silent Hill, it tastes like what “shhh” would if the sound was a flavour.
> Remembering all the other times I thought there’d be no new, lovely people out there to befriend – then meeting some. There is still hope!
> Earl grey tea mmmm.
> Your beauty school pictures Gala! WOW!
* How damn quickly this week is going
* Being in my mates show (at the last minute) and getting to perform alongside my man
* Aldi’s Flirt gum
* My heart shaped sunglasses
* Eating sushi in the courtyard of the theatre before the show
* Two of my best mates hooking up – awwwww!
* Getting a whole week off for free between Christmas and New Year. Whoo hoo!
+ The unpredictable weather… i like being able to wear everything in my wardrobe in two weeks hee hee..
+ Christmas!!! I love the atmosphere and the happiness it brings.. the presents are nice to!
+ Meeting new people! My boyfriends work christmas dinner is this saturday at a super posh resturant (everything will be paid for) and i looked at the drinks menu online & the options appear to be wine, beer or water.. Ne advice on a red wine that doesnt taste to..uh.. winey?
+ My new playlist i made :D its got EVERYTHING
+ Kate Miller-Heidke..i love her music!! hehe
+ The christmas cupcakes i made for Evan’s playgroups xmas party
+ Robot Chicken… gawd tht show is HILARIOUS
+ Starter Wife: i watched the first episode last night & im in love hee hee
+ Gala and all of her wonderful posts! Also Audrey for being the most stylish hetero man in australia!!
x o x Em x o x
season finale for gossip girl?! i don’t think they’re even near that yet, haha. they’re stopping filming for the writers strike but they’re not done the season yet.
i’m a huuuge gossip girl fan, though, and i love it so much…all because of you!
so things i love thursday…
~obviously, gossip girl and all the lovely drama on that show
~my friend sadie because she is a great friend AND we fawn all over gossip girl together :D
~an end of semester in school and managing to pull through with good grades
~my amazing, lovely boyfriend (even though we got in a fight this week) but he made it up to me tenfold
~the weekend arriving soon…and christmas is getting closer by the week! hoorah!
~ seeing the end of the year in sight
~ making up with friends
~ scheming new projects
~ hair coloring
~ snowstorms
~ knitting scarves for Christmas pressies
sarah frost — Oh, thank god, you’re right! I don’t know why I had that idea… I’m going to edit what I wrote ;D
today i looooooove looove love…
-Project Runway, specifically Tim Gunn
-knitting scarves for christmas presents
-pomegrante black currant juice.. delish!
hiphiphooray!
恋 Finland; independent for 90 years today, it’s so naff it’s cool (sometimes)
恋 Rimmel’s “Electric” nail varnish – you’d love it, it’s sparkly midnight blue
恋 Alexander Portnoy
恋 Lounge-jazz/bossa-nova/shibuya-kei type music stuff, aah!
恋 Feeling too overwhelmed by my upcoming move to turn all Scroogey over Christmas…
I love:
- My birthday (its today) but I went home last weekend and had a lovely time and my little sisters gave me lots of homemade cards, pictures and presents and baked me a gorgeous birthday cake as well.
- My family (see above) They are a talented and wonderful bunch!
-Honeycomb and vanilla chocolate – seriously wow!!
-Baking, I am currently experimenting with tiffin.
-My new black dress, I have been looking for a really good black dress for all occasions (from cleaning to partying) for ages and finally found the perfect dress at the weekend. And my Mum got me it as a present!
-Winter, am enjoying the cold clear days and then also enjoy hiding inside with hot chocolate more too
-Finally getting towards the end of my uni work for this year
-Christmas shopping
-Any excuse to wear a) ridiculous glasses – me, flatmate and boyfriend went to see Beowulf in 3D then wore the glasses all the way home :) and b) flowers
jenny x
Burt’s Bees Orange Essence Facial Cleanser I’m officially addicted to this stuff. It smells so delicious I can hardly keep from eating it, and it makes my skin so nice/glowy!
Holiday shopping Fun fun fun! It’s the best feeling when you get someone the perfect present.
Sweaters I bought the most gorgeous teal sweater coat today. Mmm.
Costa Rica I suppose saying I love Costa Rica is premature, since I’m going there in two weeks, but the anticipation is just delicious.
Wednesday Night TV Gossip Girl and Project Runway!
Happy birthday Jenny!!!! Huge kisses!
i love being sent flowers at work with a note that says ‘sorry i don’t know your name but i was working up on level 7 and wondered if you’d like to catch up sometime?’ with a phone number attached … and the guy turns out to be super cute and nice!!
Auugghhhh, Grace, that is totally amazing! Awwwww. Awwwwwwwww!
-Felt, cause I’m a biig craft mood, which makes me happy :)! I’m thinking about opening an online store to sell my stuff :P
-Bicycles! I use a bike to go to the gym; not only I enjoy my beautiful neiborhood, but I get to see horses and polo matches, cause I pass through a polo club, it’s very cute :D
-My bf’s puppy. She is the daughter of my dog, and is veeery cute. The most hilarious thing she does is trying to catch the light of a laser pointer xD!!
-Apricots, finnally! My favourite fruit in the world. Plus, chilean nectarines are the best in the world
-Being in vacations of course! :D
Gala,
how do you put together your photo collages? Do you do it yourself or use some website/program?
This thursday I will love your response!
alicia — I use a web tool: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php ! You can choose the format & edit it to make it look how you want. Pretty cool, huh? xx
Thank you much! I’m in the states so this is a thing i love wednesday.
I’ll bring my list of things i love tomorrow.
-The beautiful reupholstered antique chair my parents got me for my birthday, which was today (by which I mean Wednesday: here it is only half one and I have not gone to bed yet, so that’s what I mean).
-My little brother getting me a book and getting me a card and drawing the cover of the book in the card and making a fuss of me all day and talking books and family with me at half eleven tonight when he was in bed and should have been asleep (he’s 9).
-The cake Mam and little bro made me secretly and that Dad put cream and dragées on to spell HAPPY 16th RUTH.
-The shepherd’s pie Mam made for dinner on my request with RUTH on it in peppercorns. Spotting a theme?
-All my lovely friends.
-My job! I don’t work very much because I am in full-time edumification, but across the road from us in our new town is a tiny independent shop that does books, music, art and coffee and when the owners aren’t free to work they get me in and I hang out with music, books, cake and chocolate and get PAID.
-Breakfast on Pluto.
-My laptop and the internet.
-Babysitting. Especially when the children are wonderful.
-My birthday party this weekend! Oh, so much to do… Gala I’d totally have bought your ebook if I could, but I don’t have Paypal, or anything, and I think my parents, who are very non-fascist really so I don’t want you to get the wrong idea, might think it was a silly waste of money if I explained it to them, because I’m (hopefully!) on track to have a nice party anyway.
-Talking on the phone to my two lovely big cousins (as in big sister, not as in humungous sixteen-tonne cousins) in England, both of whom I talked to on the phone today.
-My beautiful half-wool red scarf I got in the gift shop of the Hunt Museum today with some birthday money.
-A Winter’s Tale which I have just started to read. I intend to learn one of Hermione’s speeches, which my dad recommended to me.
-Latin which I have just started studying again!
-Thin Lizzy.
-Making new friends on the bus like I did last Sunday! It was so cool! Four of us just got talking in the bus station and then talked for three hours on the bus, and exchanged details.
-My collection of pretty flowery china cups and saucers which is delightful and currently comprises ten sauces and thirteen cups and is growing. I get it from the charity shop in town every time I go there. It’s silly and will collect dust, but I don’t do this kind of thing very often, and it is SO pretty, plus I can have afternoon tea parties with it and in the summer package it carefully and bring it on picnics…
-My bed. I’m going there now, it’s thirteen to two and I have a lot to do tomorrow. I’m sorry for bunging up the comments with my humungous dissertation on all the things I love…
Happy birthday to you too, Roo!! Heart heart!
-bundaberg peachee. i am addicted.
-being excited for shows. broken social scene, beirut and iron & wine are all playing the kings arms next feb/march. i possibly will explode with joy.
-girl’s own annuals from the 50s and 60s. i found a stack in the salvation army yesterday and they’re hilarious. how to play good tennis! tea-time conversation!
Things I love
-Finishing the academic semester and still being a Media Arts major.
-Going home for the holidays and staying there for a month.
-Going to see Dane Cook with my closest friends after months of talking about it.
-My mom calling me in the morning to tell me that she loves me and she can’t wait for me to come home. It makes me feel loved!
-Watching my all my classmates films at a screening and realizing how brilliant they all are.
-Reading everything that everybody loves.
coffeenog, smoked fish, first bread of the morning, making the fashion, selling the fashion, living the fashion, fatty bass electro tunes, and listing things that make me happy when i feel sad :)
+ Jesse Lacey
+ smileyface wristbands from concerts
+ new haircuts
+ Christmas cards from new friends
+ optimism
+ flavoured tea
* washing my little dog charli and appreciating her white-again fur.
* wearing comfy clothes cos I’m not going anywhere and the weather is cold.
* feeling like maybe i’ve lost a little weight.
* my big queen size bed.
* the prospect of soon buying some new bright and sparkly nail polish!
* looking forward to cooking a yummy tea with my BF tonight.
* checking your website and finding new posts, especially ones with pictures :P
* my cute bambi printed t-shirt.
*my new houndstooth coat*cameos*hot cocoa with peppermint Schnapps*making a new best friend who is awesome and lovely and completes my little circle of best girls* sea-monkeys!!...even though I know they’re just brine shrimp* the “50% off” sale at the local craft store (homemade rainbow-colored cameo charms here I come!)
Today I love:
-Not failing Vectorial Calculus by my own merits, I’m proud to say that I didn’t have to sweet talk the professor into passing me.
-Gossip Girl, nothing else to say.
-Miami Ink, I love seeing poeple’s tattoos, they are soo beautiful. I wouldn’t get one because I really afraid of needles but I like looking at them, in a no-freak kinda way.
-My new French Connection coat that my Dad picked out for me. It is absolutely gorgeous.
-My puppy Maximus! My life would be a little less sweet without him.
-School vacation!! I have a month and a half for me myslef and I.
-Howl’s Moving Castle, both the book and the movie. I love Hayao Miyazaki’s work!! And I love Howl.
emma rose – white whine and lemonade makes a white wine spritzer.
usually they offer champagne aswell on a beer/wine/soft drink night
(im a bartender)
- People asking me what I want for Xmas. – My children love me. – Xmas decorations. – Sparkly pipecleaners. (see above) – My pruned hedge – big effort, so satisfying. – The glories of nature. – Trying to organise a catch-up with old schoolfriends I haven’t seen for years. – Planning the pirates-themed Xmas parade float (Foofy blouses! Waistcoats! Cutlasses! Arrr!) – Walking 500m to buy milk the other night and taking AGES because I had to stop and say hi to everyone on the way (a big school event had just finished – perfect timing!) – Red! Love the initial photo-montage. – Season finale of Outrageous Fortune next week . . . eek! – “A Note from the Universe” emails. – Being a sprints judge at school athletics days; very demanding but exciting too! – Being forced to calm down and focus on good stuff while I compile this list. Thank you, Gala.
-Having time to watch Project Runway when it’s actually on, instead of waiting for it to show up on YouTube!
-The end of the semester
-Feeling like I’ve actually worked really hard this semester, and knowing it’s paying off.
-My art history class. LOVE.
-Not just getting called back for the first time ever in all my auditions for shows, but making the show! Vagina Monologues, first read through on Sunday.
-Being SO PROUD of my friend for coming out as trans to her dad.
-My friends here (LOVE THEM)
-The amazing upcoming weekend: friends performing in Cabaret, a trip into Boston, Ultimate Frisbee end of semester banquet, and Vagina read through!
-Lighting Chanukah candles with all my friends, Jews and not.
- celebrating my first Hanukkah with my boyfriend, and showering him with presents – the first snowfall of the year – almost being done with the school semester – gingerbread lattes – sleeping in and being held all night – hearing “i love you” – rediscovering old music i used to love (nirvana and jump little children) – planning a trip to montreal over the winter break!
* Getting a really good mark on my Religion exam, even though I’m an atheist and my teacher hates me. Proving people wrong as revenge is good, heheheheh .
* Reading everyone’s Things I Love Thursday lists and going “ME TOOOO!”.
* Getting my nose pierced on Saturday! Because I feel like it. I’m random like that.
* My piano teacher’s quirkiness, hee.
* Holidays. And holidays mean I can wear nailpolish and have crazy coloured hair. Therefore holidays are GOOD.
* Being in a good (but kind of crazy) mood when I woke up this morning.
I got lots of things to love this weeks. It seems like I’ve got an ‘old’ theme going on:
— Retro fashion styles. Its like Ive been sporting a diffrent decade every day this week: 40s, 50s, 60s, 80s, late 1800s, I could never settle in one time period…
— Admiring my mothers deppression glassware collection and having her tell me about each peice with uber pride that I care.
— STARTING A HOPE CHEST!! A hope chest was originally what a girl started when she was ‘marrying age’, that she would fill with linens, kitchen things, and family momentos to become her ‘dowry’ to her husband. Yeah… mines going to be a collection of stuff that I’ll have when I move into my first apartment. I’m hoping ‘santa’ will get me the actual chest…
— OLD LADIES! Especially my favorite old ladies who I eat with on wednesdays (and their constant chatter about sex, how distrustful men are, and their plans to start an old-lady gang to terrorize ‘young scoundrals’, they are so fun!) Ms Emily, this old spunky lady whose daddy was in the mafia, wrote me up some irish recipes to put in my hope chest! And I got another old sweater from one of them. YAY! (they spoil me.)
— My cousin Kara, whose such a great friend, and whose going with me to see the Spice Girls in concert this weekend (and they’ll all be there! Last time I saw them Ginger Spice was missing!).
- Knowing I could come up with well over twenty more things to list. I think I might just die of happiness this week.
<3 Serena van der Woodsen. Blake Lively’s gorgeous, and the character is completely endearing.
<3 quirky cardboard storage containers from my favourite store..
<3 watching an unexpectedly kick-ass Bollywood movie.
<3 ‘Hands Open’ – Snow Patrol
<3 Narciso Rodriguez perfume sample ribbons..
Oh Luda, how I love thee.
-Being obsessed with making christmasy foods that you only eat at christmas like white christmas + ginger bread cookies to hang on my tree
-The Dorothy (from the wizard of oz) costume that I made for a party…I am so proud I made it all by myself.
-In genral making clothes out of recyled fabrics, I think I am going to start selling them on ebay or in a market to make money, instead of getting a ‘real’ job, which I don’t do very well at.
-Learning to surf. I’ve always wanted to learn to surf, I just never attempted it till now. I don’t even notice that its excercise because its too much fun.
&; Reading back issues of Jane magazine
&; Danish shortbread bookies
&; Glow-in-the-dark rollerskates
&; Teal eyeshadow
&; Vintage rings
&; Navy blue dresses with lime green accents
&; Grey wool tights with lemon yellow mary jane heels
&; Shiny [real] plants
&; Wine-red hair
&; Running on the treadmill while waatching Sex & The City
&; White ankle boots
&; Big jumbo hair curlers
&; Hairspray that smells like baby powder
&; Baby oil (does WONDERS for your dry skin!)
Things I ♥ WEDNESDAY [it’s still Wed. here!! It’s 23h47!! ;)]
an arabic little lady cashier running out of her store in the snow because she overcharged me 8.25$ and wants to give me my money back
going to pay my rent this morning & finding I put in an extra 20$, after counting it twice
exchanging the watch I had got for asshole ex-boyfriend for Xmas for a MEN’s watch for ME! at no charge!
spending 3 hours with my friend Renard – the 47-year-old BOY who lives in a forest & bringing him pickles and getting a backrub, being told I remind him both of a mouse and a bird and me going “WHAT A BAT?” and he laughing
finding the movie WASABI on DVD for 8$ -seriously check that out! from same director as The 5th Element, Luc Besson
having japanese lessons mixed in with tunes on my iPod & rockin’ it on the bus
stealing cream for my morning coffee from a coffee shop tray because I ran out of it this morning
walking like I own the world and feeling like a million bucks and men stopping what they are doing on the street to stare at me
parts of my street’s sidewalk being closed off for desnowing of roofs and HUGE, 4-feet long icicles that could seriously stab you
noticing a girl in the bus who has “Ti Amo” written in pen on her sneakers
I recently bought handkerchiefs so now when my nose is runny [all the time in this weather] I no longer look like a slob and can wipe it with style!
*life. seriously! it is AWESOME right now.
*EFT. again! it’s changing my life Gala!
* my guitar tutor Anthony, he’s so much fun & in exchange for a longer lesson today I taught him EFT! hehehe!
* Deepak Chopra – WOW he is an AMAZING author!
* Yoga (of course)
* Ben Harper
* Interesting people talking to me on trams & telling me their whole life story (!?)
* singing… i have decided I need to do MORE of it, & write more of my own songs
*Melbourne-My new home. I am finding I like Australia more every day, and I can’t wait to go to Bondi for NewYr’s!
*my friends, new & old. I admire all of them for not being afraid to be themselves. I am so keen on being a social butterfly lately, & Facebook helps!
*my bike! woo! i love it. I named him Thundercleese, & he is helping me get fit, and is faster than public transport.
*CatPhone- The cat that comes to visit our flat whenever we play music. He’s so cool.
*my Mum. She is SOO awesome, so inspirational & I love her for making me the person I am today. LOVELOVELOVE.
Gala, this is totally OT, but if you haven’t already, you simply MUST try the vegan burgers at Lord Of The Fries. You can get gluten free ones now, too! :D
pay day
sex and the city reruns
friends reruns
*My silver, glittery Nightmare Before Christmas-esque Christmas tree, adorned with my Christmas Hello Kitty ornmaents *RedCurrent on Ponsonby Road – So many gorgeous things for sale there! *Bunny rabbits *Downloading and watching episodes of Japanorama *Learning to speak Japanese *Playing Viva Pinata on my computer *Dancing
* Moving from my mother in laws to my own home.
* Audrey Hepburn x4
* my man
* my family
* chicken
*love
*new clothes
*and a gift certificate that you find after thinking it was lost forever! (to nordstorms no less)
Yay, things I love Wednesday!
-FRIENDS!!! I’m so, so slow to make friends, but I’ve finally got a bunch of close friends here who I ADORE.
-Going out dancing with said friends
-Getting up early on Saturday morning to go to the farmers’ market for lovely winter produce like bok choy and persimmons.
-Painting my nails red cause red just looks so damn good with my newly dyed black hair.
-reading all of the comments about things people love to make me feel all happy and grateful before bed! G’night!
* across the universe! I saw it awhile ago but I’m still thinking about it
* dressing models for the graduate fashion show at my uni. I didn’t even know any of the 4th years, but by the end of the night I was cheering and crying and celebrating with them just cause I’m like that. seriously, I cry with pride whenever anyone graduates in a movie.
*darling harbour at night- there’s a huge ferris wheel there at the moment with lights all over it and they’ve put the christmas tree up (although it’s very modern and ugly) * they way they’ve done up central station for christmas, it almost looks like a european train station!
*having a sucky boring mindless job but having a wonderful boyfriend to come home to every day
*subway cookies!
* amazingly authentic chicken satays from the indonesian restaurant downstairs which remind me of my childhood in indonesia
* planning our trip to europe for next year!
White chocolate chip cookies – Soft, sugary, crumbly & oh-so delicious!
Babies – My friend just gave birth a few weeks ago and I’m going to visit her this morning to finally see the little darling!
Wearing super high wedges, slightly laddered tights & an oversize dress – Olsen style! My new favourite lazy day look.
Energy highs – Getting that giddy feeling in the early afternoon, singing along to my favourite tunes while I work, and feeling amazing that I’m being productive & getting things done! (Probably just on a caffeine high, but, you know, whatever works!)
Russian boys – And why, exactly? Because I met one on Friday night & we’re going for a coffee sometime soon. Eee!
Much love to all!
x x x x x x x x x
I’m a little early since it’s not quite Thursday here on the west coast…oh well :)
Arizona Iced Tea with Raspberry Flavor. Oh my, it certainly has proven to be heaven in a cup. It’s all I’ve been drinking lately (besides my usual coffee in the morning & water throughout the day).
Having zombie movie marathons with some of my friends whose minds are equally as twisted as mine. We all cheer and laugh when someone dies, and we cheer and laugh multiplied by two when someone dies by getting their guts ripped out and eaten :)
Also, on the topic of movies. Watching a movie several times, and never getting sick of it. The past five days, I’ve watched V for Vendetta four times. It’s so thought-provoking and interesting, so I never seem to get tired of re-watching it.
Reading 5 books at a time & highlighting every single thing that I find interesting that I read.
That’s pretty much it. It’s been such a ho-hum week, full of routine and patterns! I need to spice it up a bit.
* New grandmothers – now that is some kind of bliss <BR> * The sounds my dog makes when he’s napping on the couch – absolute perfection <BR> * The way fresh snow muffles the sounds of the city<BR> * LIBRARIES – the best place to nerd it up!<BR> * Hot water – the only way to beat the winter chills…<BR> * People who love the Christmas season more than I do<BR>
Happy Thursday from Canada!
Ah Gala,I am thankful for your never ending georgousness and ubeat attitude – and for you rminding me that it is Thursday!
I am also thankful for the universe for providing me with the things I most want!
Andjxx
that boy is so pretty, and a central st martins kid too! AND a supersuper club kid, i want to marry him!
today i love my SHINY NEW IPOD which is called salvador, my latest installation about the apocalypse which i am crazy excited for, finding a gas mask to use in said installation, my milkybar advent calendar, chris corner, making christmas lists off maccosmetics.com! xo
Hey Gala! I hope you know about this, it’s coming up awfully soon.
(it is what I love, thursday.)
http://forums.koalawallop.net/viewtopic.php?t=1719&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Things I Love Thursday…
- Diet Coke with Vanilla. mmm!
- Pump Water (just to contrast)
- Lucas’ Papaw Ointment
- My hip piercing!
- Christmas and my birthday (19th December)
- Origami
- Cosmopolitan’s “The only safe tan is a fake tan” campaign
- Free gifts with magazines
- My orchid, which I named Beauregarde.
- Cherry’s finally being cheap!
- The Wicked Musical soundtrack
- Compliments
- Bed hair
- Finding my ‘perfect colour, really good, yet super cheap, AND makes me flawless’ foundation
x x
Favorite day of the week! :D
~ CHRISTMAS! Oh, Christmas Christmas.
~ Advent calendars with chocolate inside
~ Hot cocoa with way too many marshmallows.
~ Reading my classmates’ final stories for Creative Writing 310. They’re so amazing! It makes me feel proud to share a classroom with them.
~ “Christmas Song” by Jethro Tull!
~ My roommate and his ridiculous sleeping hours.
~ Completely mismatched bedsheets.
~ Red Dwarf by Grant Naylor. Such a funny book! I recommend it to everyone.
~ The Heroes season “finale”: Sylar has his powers back! Could not be more excited. :D
The Golden Compass!
Getting a bra that actually fits right!
The strange lull between University term assignments ending and exams starting!
The Nu-rave and techtonic movement in France!
Gackt’s new Gundam-central album!
The David Bowie postcard my friend living in France sent me! Mail!
Chai -(tea in English)I drink like five cups a day
Life isn’t all ha ha hee hee (new book I read)
Notes from the universe (thank you Gala)
These shoes
http://www.betseyjohnson.com/Walsh_Shoes/pd/p/3570.html
My newly acquired skill of being able to block out thoughts of negative events/people (seriously it’s such a waste of time and energy) and channel my thoughts towards positive things that make me HAPPY!!
Morning pages (again, thank you Gala for the idea)
When it’s snowing outside and you’re indoors where it’s warm and cozy watching the snow fall through your window, sipping hot chocolate and having a movie marathon
Exam time (weird I know, but it’s the only time of the year I feel productive, and plus there are always holidays right after :-D )
♥Hearing the little birdies chirping outside my bedroom window – oh how nice it is to be in our own home instead of a cramped-in unit!
♥Wearing my favourite colours fuschia and royal blue with sparkly blue eye shadow, fushia toenail polish, dangly earrings & sexy heels
♥Tiny Christmas fruit mince pies with star shaped shortbread on top (of fruit)*drools*
♥Finding Gala Darling’s website on Monday – I am soooo happy I did, Gala you’re amazing and absolutely stunning – I love you’re style!
♥Phili cheese & cucumber sandwiches on soft brown bread & chai tea latte for lunch
♥Receiving compliments from clients even though I really didnt do a great deal to make their day – I’m flattered all the same :P
♥My boy waited soooo eagerly to find out that he actually did get his dream job! (I warn u to stop reading if ur not a mushy lovey dovey :P) I am sooooo proud of him awwww i loves him so much! tee hee gosh I’m such a teenager sometimes!
♥Only 15 more days til we jet off to America (...and counting)
♥Fling & Earl Grey tea for arvo snack
♥Excitment for tomorrow’s work Christmas party!! Yeeha!!
♥Coming home to a backyard crowded with Native birds on the feeder & trees – oh & the lonely yellow headed rosella – I have to say he was a very brave soldier standing up to all those other birds!
♥Watching Jamie at Home relaxing on the couch with a cool breeze drifting in through the open windows
♥Writing comments for Gala and the most wonderful website I have ever come across! Love you Gala, you’re a gem!
Love & Kisses ♥♥
Sammi
This Thursday, I love
- Happy Tree Friends! (yes, I know they’re murderous little animals, but Giggles the pink chipmunk is a bit like me)
- David Jones because they employed me!
- Making friends with the hot guy who works in the liquor department at work.
- How To Marry A Millionaire, the old movie with Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, and Marilyn Monroe.
- Jaffa cupcakes!
- My friends for being so supportive about my breakup this morning.
- And last, but not least, lapping up the iCiNG!
Ooooh thank you for sharing how you do those fabulous photo mosaics, I only recently started blogging and it is driving me mental having to adjust the sizes on photos and get it all perfect to line up at all.
I love my boyfriend for traipsing around viewing apartment shares with me (for me, not us, so it’s not like he has to).
I love the gym I just joined, it has two pools and is nicely tricked out with jacuzzis and such (is that the plural of jacuzzi?)
And I love cookies. Mmmmm, cookies….
- Seeing The Golden Compass yesterday!
And in relation to that…
- My country being mentioned in movies and awesome books being made into movies ;)
- Cab Calloway (and music from that era in general)
- Christmas tea!
- Having a good idea for my end of term project in art school
- First comment on iCiNG! (and I’ve been reading since February, believe it or not!)
- Planning to comment more in the future ;)
- Bob Dylan podcast hosted by Patti Smith!
http://blogs.legacyrecordings.com/podcast/category/bob-dylan/
Gorgeous new friends who make work fun and interesting: here’s to the drinks and swimming and flirting with random boys that we have planned!
Boys who decide to buy you shoes for Christmas, and bombard the poor sales girl with a million questions.
Scoring a free vacuum cleaner. WOO HOO!
Making green chicken curry, and burning my mouth eating its delicious goodness.
My Mum paying for things I can’t afford (namely, getting home for Christmas.) How I love thee, Mummy!
Moving, and all the hope and excitement which comes with that. I’m planning on a bigger and better and more fulfilling future, and I can’t wait!
Rosehip oil.
my new ipod classic that plays 100 hours of video and stores photos and 20,000 songs!
that my uncles are at war to pay me the most for babysitting
my bowling team that is going to state
the fantastiks play on december 26
my aunt having her baby december 29
bright red fingers and toes
the movie Pretty Woman
having only a year and a half left of school with all girls
going to college with boys
that my previously depressed friend just met a handsome young man
the mermaid pins on my purse
the useful qualities of my newish Kavu purse
blackle.com – energysaving version of google
pink smoothies
my funny algebra teacher and his british characters constance and reginald
go-go boots
colored pencils that turn into watercolors
bright green shimmery ink in a bottle
korres all natural greek cosmetics
HUGE earings and short haircuts
doc martens
bold eyeglasses, like catseye
pens that draw 3-d ink
erasers that have koi on them
cute pictures from websites
shading that looks like cloth
funky clips
tahitan vanilla scented candles from world market
adorable school supplies
bright blue eyeliner
platinum blonde hair
(Hey it’s only 11pm in WA – I can still squeeze it in!)
I love coming to Icing and being inspired by Gala. And reading all the posts from Icing readers and realising that I have so much in common with so many different people (I read the posts for T.I.L.T and squeal outloud “OOH ME TOO” hahaha, shame!)
I haven’t had much time to indulge in Gala-goodness of late… Running my own business has been all consuming... But I still sneak a peak everyday and that is what I am thankful for this Thursday.
Kx
P.S. Aussie’s who are yet to see Gossip Girl, it started on Fox 8 this week! Joy!
This week there are a lot of things I love.
* My new leather gratitude journal. I enjoy spending the beginning and end of my days thanking all the good in my life. (there is a lot of it)
*Apocalyptica- My boyfriend is really into metal and after 3 years of dating and hating the stuff, it finally got to me. This band in particular, the instrumentals are beautiful.
*My long hair- It’s finally past that awkward shoulder length stage and not hangs just below. Sometimes it even curls at the ends, which makes me very happy.
*My mum- She is coming to visit me this week for a week. We plan to have a huge early x mas shopping spree and to eat out a whole lot.
*sit ups- I love doing them and how they make me feel. I can do 50 right now.
*Twitter – (ivelostmystar) I’m addicted
Thanks Gala, I had a bad morning and this is a great way to turn my day back around!
+the first official holidays as a married couple with my husband!
+my crazy lab and my kitty that falls asleep with me every night…at one moment I’m petting her and the next we’re both asleep.
+reading lots and lots again finally. Back in bookworm mode.
+the time I get to read on the train each day…two whole hours. All snuggly in my winter coat and hat. (makes me snooze sometimes too!)
+making all my new clothes and bags. Sewing like crazy.
+finding fabric on sale!
+new Amy Butler patterns
+my brother sending me funny text messages so I’m giggling at work.
+emailing with my Mom every day.
+making as many xmas presents as possible rather than buying them. so satisfying. Though not as money saving as I originally thought!
+fantasy books. Magic.
+those little things you see out of the corner of your eyes…
+reading everyone’s lists : )
Things I love today
*Christmas lights *Snuggling in bed *Pink flowers *Jack Kerouac *Bows *Hello Kitty *Dark Chocolate *Listing the things I love *Silence *Walking home at night *Paper snowflakes *Text messages *Secrets *Telephone Calls *Thank-you cards *Getting magazines in the mail *Not having a TV *Vanilla *Ikea *Old Sex and the City episodes *Tea *Friends *Buying Christmas Presents *Yellow *Brett Dennen *Simon and Garfunkel
things i love….<br> – lucius malfoy :D<br> – your olive oil & sugar face scrub working<br> – classes’ end, and thus sleepytime<br> – making unexpected connections with someone you think is a complete & total naff idiot until something comes out of their mouth that’s so perfect you want to kiss them, & subsequently inviting them to tea<br> – york peppermint patties<br> – advent calendars<br> – the colors green & black<br> – the “then things you’re grateful for right now” game<br> – my wall of post it notes with character traits, characteristics, quotes, & ideas on. as they slooowwwllyyy fall off, they eliminate traits that will be a part of me once i move in six months and recreate myself.
- Watching little old ladies giggle as they try and return their umbrellas to their un-upside-down forms in the pouring rain.
... That little scene made me smile so much that I don’t need any more cheering up on this Thursday! ^.@
Painting our new flat and picking all kinds of nice colours! :-)
The page on Matt blows me away.
Miss Lulu is amazing. as are you.
☆ Loving all these posts! They have really cheered me up! Thankyou all you loverly ppl!
☆ Knowing which direction Im going with my art…Fashion! ☆ Taking loads of pictures of our classes peg doll fashion show ☆ Subsequently being called a sweetie by my tutor! :) ☆ Looking forward to my boyfriend coming home from uni for the christmas holidays ☆ Finally making plans to watch so many modern classic films I have missed out on. Seriously, anyone reading my list is disgusted with me! ☆ My beautiful flickr favourites. Ive found so many recently and cant wait to take a few more of my own. ☆ Planning a new look possibly! ☆ Much love to you Gala, you really are a star!!!! xxSOOOOOO excited about you doing makeup backstage at a fashion show!!!!
I can’t wait to see the pictures for that.
Also makeup looks good!!
Hope there are many makeup tutorials to come.
Egypt, skittles, sleeping in, speaking french, ikea, and leopard print.
♥ Coming in to land at Edinburgh Airport at night and seeing the lights of the city. Indescribably beautiful.
♥ Support and encouragement from dear ones.
♥ The joys of a giant mound of whipped cream atop deep, dark, smooth hot chocolate.
♥ Visiting Cambridge and being moved almost to tears by the beauty of it.
♥ My two beautiful botanical art postcards, snapped up from the museum shop!
♥ Taking my first ever daily outfit photo and posting it in wardrobe_remix- and actually feeling pretty and well-dressed in that outfit when I wore it.
♥ Photos from Geliebt (de Profundis). Ethereal, quirky, delicate, adorable.
♥ My wonderful, amazing, incredible parents.
To read this: “every nonpareil ever — P.S., this means you!.” put a smile on my face. Plus, this quote:
“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
is amazing, and I shall be saving it.
“Surely it makes some accountant somewhere rather happy”
Ha! So true!
What I Love Today!!!
♥ hoop earrings – I love them~hahaI’ve begun to wear them lately and I cannot tell you how many compliments I have received—both from friends and complete strangers. They tell me I should wear them more often – and I don’t think that’ll be a problem ;)
♥ mehmeturgut photography – on deviantart.com—another website I am rather obsessed with—this guy is completely insane. You guys should check out his stuff. To me it’s a combination of insanity and reflection. He has this expressive eye. It’s really beautiful. Here you go: http://mehmeturgut.deviantart.com/
♥ singing random kids’ songs – allow me to explain > lately I have been breaking out in random songs from Willy Wonka and Winnie the Pooh, etc. and people stop and go “hey I remember that song!” It’s refreshing to know that as we age and our world’s change around us, that something as simple as “Oh I’m just a little black rain-cloud” can make people smile.
♥ the dictionary – what can I say? I am a complete nutcase that reads the dictionary and thesaurus for fun. I learn words for fun. I think this is why everyday people don’t know what I am saying half the time cause I use all the words.
♥ bakery – today was my first day working in the bakery at the grocery store where I am employed. I have been a cashier for the past 5 months and figured it was time for a change. I loved it – I must say I ate a lot of “samples” >.<
♥ cinnamon butter – sounded gross at first, then I tired it, and now I am addicted. We “sampled” a bunch of bread with it today…haha…
♥ Saturday – I know I copied you but I am excited about Saturday too! I havnt seen my birth-mother in over three months and this evening we finally made plans for me to go over to her house. I cannot wait to see my brothers > they are getting so old now > Ryan is 13 and Jordan is 10. ugh. Craziness.
♥ Bryan – My boyfriend. I am head-over-heels. It’s kind of unhealthy. Hahah just kidding I love him and am relieved I finally stopped attempting to date scum ;)
♥ ANTM – I love this show!!!! I havn’t been able to watch it in a while—I used to watch it religiously—due to unfortunate amounts of homework and dance and other arbitrary things. But last night I watched it and I missed it for a reason hard but wonderful language.
thanks for reading if you did >.< xoxo~luv~xoxo -aLeX+ Watching movies with my Mom at night.
+ Helping my sister with her math homework.
+ Finally taking a step toward my (possible) future. While it hasn’t actually made my decision, it should definitely help.
+ Believing that I can do anything I want to!
+ The Sci-Fi Original Miniseries “Tin Man.” – I love the re-telling of fairy tales, and this is a different take on The Wizard of Oz. I think it’s pretty swell.
+ Interior design.
lemon-lavendar sugar cookies fresh out of the oven! pulling out the CDs of carols! a pot of tea for four! embroidery!
Okay, Gala, seriously, can’t wait to see some of what you’ve learned from your makeup classes! Tell me – what do you do if the inside corners of your eyes aren’t visible? Mine are hidden by a little fold. You’d never notice unless you tried, oh, say, to line the inner corners with a silver or white pencil… =) My solution is just to “do nothing!” but I’m curious if this is more common than I realize and if there are any fab tricks for it.