Things I Love Thursday
[ 4 January 2008 ]
Photo key:
1. untitled, 2. issue3cover, 3. treehair, 4. our pink gingerbread house, 5. bettys butter biscuit hearts, 6. stars, 7. untitled, 8. toffee apples
White — I am just obsessed with it! I really love white rooms with white furniture & really a minimal, but whimsical & pale kind of aesthetic. I think I blame Kris Atomic. You should see her redecorated bedroom. Très fabuleux.
Late Show With David Letterman — I know it is really dorky & probably no one who lives in New York ever watches it. Especially since the studio audience is full of husband & wife teams from Kentucky wearing matching baseball caps & “fanny packs” & khakis & really white sneakers… BUT! I love to watch it, because… & this is even dorkier than the show itself… it makes me feel closer to NYC. I can almost feel the energy of the city coming through the screen. I know this is probably crazy talk, but the show makes me really happy, even when he is interviewing people I don’t care about. It gives me hope & it excites me to think that even at midnight in Australia, New York is still out there — across the ocean, but still there, waiting for me. (Awwww.)
Making myself good, proper meals — One of my goals for 2008 is to eat properly, create meal plans & stock my fridge with Good Stuff™. I have been eating rubbish for too long & I’m sick of it. I am going to be 25 this year (PANIC!), & surely, it’s time to get on with it?! I have been making myself delicious sandwiches (wholemeal bread, hummus, salt & pepper, baby spinach, tomato, cucumber, chicken, parmesan cheese & balsamic vinegar) as well as bowls of yoghurt (plain Greek with fresh berries dropped in it by my loving hands — currently raspberries & blueberries). This stuff is probably obvious to you but to me it is a big deal! Also I am going shopping for a recipe book this weekend with my accomplished kitchen maestro friend. Yay!
2008! Yes, yes! It has been great so far. I have my new Moleskine & my system is to draw a heart, then write a “to do” action next to it, & when I’ve completed it, I shade in the heart with a purple highlighter. I have also been doing yoga regularly — I have been watching MTV Power Yoga & I have a new pink mat for downward dogging on! My ballet conditioning DVDs are in the mail & I’ve been reading great books. I have been eating properly & keeping the house tidy, making big plans & going for long walks. This year is going to be amazing, I feel like I could burst with excitement!
Elle UK — I love it. I really got into it when I was last in London, & I think it is one of the best magazines out there. I’ve been looking through the November edition recently & there is just so much information in there! It made my brain swell with ideas & colours & volume & cacophony. I think Elle UK is a true fashion bible of our time, more so than any other magazine I’ve ever read, in fact. I encourage you to get your hands on a copy soon!
The new iCiNG header! Those of you using an RSS reader to read iCiNG probably won’t know this, but we have a new header as of yesterday! New year, new look & all that! More excitement is coming, this is just the first step! (Watch me rub my hands together gleefully!)
Oprah — She is amazing. She was born to an unwed teenage mother, & at age 14 gave birth to a son who died soon after. She got a job in radio while she was still in high school & co-anchored the evening news at age 19. She then moved into the daytime television arena, & the rest is history. She says fantastic things & is the only black billionaire. What a woman! She is absolute proof that it doesn’t matter WHERE you come from or WHAT your circumstances — you can be as successful as you please. Read more about her here.
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” — Oprah Winfrey
Even better, in the latest issue of O magazine, she has an article called “Awakening Joy”, which is about how to feel happy in your every day life. Along with singing & getting a joy buddy (“a running partner in the pursuit of happiness” !!!), they encourage you to write lists of the things that make you happy! Well, don’t argue with Oprah. Let’s talk happy! Your lists! Go!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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I LOVE the new banner!
Thank you, honeypuff!!
‘‘draw a heart, then write a “to do” action next to it, & when I’ve completed it, I shade in the heart with a purple highlighter’‘
That’s what I do too! except I colour it in black!
We must be TWINS! Last year I would highlight the words, but now it’s all about colouring in the heart…
Don’t feel dorky about the New York thing – I get the same way, and I’m only in New Jersey.
I’ve been trying to start making to-do lists and keeping them in a notebook, and so far it’s going pretty well. I like the hearts idea!
Ooh. Suddenly I’m very hungry for a sandwich.
I love one thing now: today my boyfriend left for two weeks (he’s going to the [INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL] south of my country to a missionary program of our old highschool), and eventhough he left an hour ago and I miss him already-I have lots of time to myself! I’m going to fix my room, which excites me! :D I decided that the fact that he’s gone has a great side too (being with myself and missing him!) so I’m thankful for that :)
Yeah! Hurrah for the first T.I.L.T of 2008!
So far, I’m loving 2008, and am completely, totally, physically and mentally loving the year. I just feel the buzz of it; it’s going to be an exciting year!
And I’m not just saying that because I’m getting a tattoo either, or graduating.
2008 will be a defibrillator to everyone’s souls. :3
P.S. The banner is so Coco Chanel.
Right now, I’m really loving lucid dreaming. I am practicing it, and while I don’t manage to lucid dream as much as I’d like, I really love it when I do. There’s something so amazing about controlling your dreams! Love!
+ setting goals and achieving them (and the prospect of achieving them)
+ my new black flat boots
+ winter and snow
+ stretching
+ having time to do things I enjoy
+ reading
+ finding beautiful images
+ dreaming about great adventures
+ stumbling upon new, excellent music (or interesting music for that matter…)
+ Sweeney Todd !!!! :D (perfect!!!)
* Getting back into my routine
* House sitting with my man and cooking him and dinner and packing his lunch (and sweet sweet kisses as a thank you!)
* Making plans for starting to sell my jewellery
* Planning a trip to Japan and taking Japanese lessons
* Making a list of gadgets (new camera, macbook and ipod) that I want to buy this year and starting saving for them
* Taking fashion risks
I like the new header!! And Oprah is awesome!!
My list comes when it IS Thrusday here in Mexico.
Kisses.
I noticed the new header! I really love it because that dress, and that headband, and those rings just scream ‘royalty’.
Things I love:
Philosophical quotes
Feeling ‘grown up’
Resolutions
Getting manicures
Going to the gym
Reality TV (Project Runway… America’s Next Top Model…)
My father! (whose on deppression meds, cutting back on soda, quitting smoking, just took up a new sport that he loves and is eating healthy. He’s amazingly nicer to be around!)
that food sounds delicious, my dear. i am also attempting to eat better this year, although i am currently munching on white chocolate out of my HUGE TIN of christmas sweeties, so…it’s not going too well!
things i love:
- not being ill anymore! finally!<BR> – top gear…i know absolutely nothing about cars but god damnit, i’m addicted!<BR> – st trinians…what a movie! gala, you’d love it. <BR> – feeling better about my figure even though i’ve put on weight<BR> – getting my own studio space at uni next week!<BR> – getting my hair cut on friday<BR> – being 19 in 13 days! eep. i’m grown up.<BR> – jeff noon<BR> – my new leather bomber jacket<BR> – books for 1p off amazon marketplace!<BR>
xxx
Retro.Bunny — I love your energy. & thank you! Hee!
Kori — I’ve tried lucid dreaming but I suck at it! Maybe I should give it another go!
sophie~ — Ooh, the new version or the original of St Trinians? I have heard a bit of buzz about it & I am so keen to see it! (I have also been finishing off the Christmas chocolate in the fridge…)
Oh and when you get the ballet conditioning dvds I would very interested in what you have to say about them. I used to dance and have been wanting to get a good instuctional dvd for AGES!
LadySmaggle — I will be reviewing them for sure! I’ve ordered New York City Ballet Complete Workout (1&2) as well as Element Ballet Conditioning… I hope they’re fun & a good workout! I’m reeeeally into exercise DVDs now, they’re so much fun. I’ve been doing MTV Power Yoga & it’s good but I’m not feeling really stretched out afterwards, so I think I need something a bit more intense.
- rose macarons – i’ve been making a batch a day
- naughty tea parties!
- riding a bike for the first time in years and years, and planning to steal my mother’s old bicycle, which is pink!
- ditto 2008. it is going to be amazing.
- designating and taking “time out” in a place of expansive gardens, birds and snakes, which i am doing now.
- january, and most of all, my birthday, which is two days after sophie, above. there shall be much icing in the iCing bowl, methinks!!
& good for you for deciding to eat better, darling, and to begin another fantastic year! your excitement is contagious!
oh i love elle uk too, they now sell the us and uk copes of magazines at my work…a general store in the middle of no where of course. and im loving the uk magazines, last months uk vogue with eva green on the cover was brilliant i loved so many of the articles when i usually can’t stand vogue.
the new banner is so classy and gorgous!
TiLt:
!I am chopping all my hair off
!New skirt… high waisted and brown
!I am going to ride my bike to school everyday
!This is my last year at school ever. GRADE 12
!The fact i get to start fresh. Gee i love new years so much
!I saw Knigs of Leon last night… who are my favourite band and IT was a GREAT concert!
Icing… It is.wonderful.
i like your new header. thanks for alerting us little ones that are getting feeds off yr site.
yum. yum.
i love TYEDYING!!! i have been obbssessed this week
which is awful cuz its cold out
so i can only dye for 20 minutes and then it freezes!!
rediculous…
also!
i love SIA music:
http://www.myspace.com/siamusic
YAY! =D
hey gala, good on your for paying attention and care to what you’re eating. i honestly believe that food plays a massive role in our health AND happiness. not everyone is a foodie, but in this country we can get so much amazing fresh, healthy food and i know when i started eating better and paying more attention to what i put in my body last year, my health and wellbeing improved so much! prevention is better than cure and all that.
also – blueberries and raspberries – YES! they are so cheap at the moment. love it!
and ooh, i love Oprah too. some of her shows seem to be getting a little too schmaltzy for me but back in my uni days i was a massive fan ;)
can you give us a review of the ballet workout DVD when you get it? it sounds like fun!
oops just realised someone already requested a review. sorry! sometimes i have to comment straight away without reading other comments because i have so many things to say and i don’t want to forget!
A joy buddy is the cutest idea! The new, much improved, shoulder to cry on!!!
I heart …
... writing really well and exploiting the thesaurus
... advice from old people; the moral of the saga, told by grannies. The voice of much experience is so gentle and loving.
... I LOVE to make great meals for friends. Always. Feeding people makes me so happy.
... Late presents. One the parcels my dearest mom sent from the UK was late and came today.
... watching people grow and succeed. That goes for you too, GALA! But mostly for the small businesses I microfinace in Kazakhstan, Mozambique and Belize. They are growing and developing wonderfully!
... summer! My trees are collapsing with apricots and plums :)
... being back in my beautiful home, all relaxed and motivated after a long holiday.
Things I Love:
1. Horses
2. Friends who really, genuinely do want the best for you
3. OPI Lincoln Park at Midnight
4. 2008!!! I am so over being one of those quasi-depressed-for-no-good-reason people. Now that I have finally decided to be HAPPY, I know this year will be awesome
5. Herm Albright—“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort”
6. Having a clean room finally
7. Han Solo. I’ve been having a Star Wars movie marathon (I am such a dork) and (it gets dorkier) I would marry him tomorrow if he were real.
8. Taylor Swift
9. Free People and Anthropologie
10. Obnoxiously huge rings
11. Agatha Christie and Harry Potter
PS, i just discovered Icing and you should be really proud…it’s awesome :)
still love what your doing! 2008 has started out to be a great year already! my new years was quite and spent it with my mum and brother! i had a painful head ache too because i hit my head while rearranging my bedroom according to Feng Shui! i have started 2008 by organsing a cocktail party in the next week! visiting friends as much as possible (new year resolution: find time!) and making the most out of the little things (got my cosmo mag in the mail today- was so excited!).....i can tell that this year is going to rock!
love you heaps
TilT-
* that second photo of the horse with balloons for a head!! inspires chortling &giggles
*Camille- her music, the funny snuffly/snorty/raspberry sounds she all makes into music, the french words I cant understand but try to sing along anyway..
*the thought of moving out with one of my besties& the silly, scrumptious palace we will create!
*finally sensing freedom & possibilty where there has been only heartbreak & emptiness
*somebody else shouting out their love for Oprah!! she is my idol, I find her so inspirational.
*summer cocktails!!- banana& mango daiquiris in hollowed out pineapples & flavoured vodka creations..mmm
xxoo
my happy list :)
- meeting up with friends in little cosy cafes with lounges – gingerbread! – holding hands – end of / new year sales ($5 shoes!) – hello kitty – “asian photos” you know the photo booths where you put decorate the photos – the ferris wheel at southbank – indie and unknown bands – having movie marathons at home complete with eating heaps of food – ice skating – pretty vintage-ish and cute little colourful hello kitty (and other things) hairclips – galadarling.com of course!
<3
I love:
1.finding my remote control after 3 years
2.the space I have created by throwing out a whole skip of junk
3.finding my most wonderful polaroid camera in same clean out
4.the place that services my car – they found a window to replace the one some jerk broke on New Years eve so it can finally be fixed and I can park my car!!
5.my lovely boy for helping with the clean out – even though he doesn’t even live here
but thats more of an always thing rather than only on Thursdays….
2008 is going to be awesome! I have this whole list of great things to do in my new notebook along with a bunch of goals that make me excited! Traveling more, starting a wee business, eating better and feeling better. 2008 is where it’s AT!
I decided that 2008 shouldn’t start off at a crappy job I work too much at, so on new years eve day I half quit! I say half quit because it will be a way more fun place to be if I’m just there a couple of nights a week (plus the half price food and drinks make it worth staying on board!). So I’m on the hunt for something new and BETTER!
I like being myself, being the only women at my work, and releasing my inner child (alot!)
Things I Love…
The fact that I woke-up happy today
My family
My friends (dogs included)
Sugar cookies
Icing/Gala
“Winter shorts” with stokings
Dog Day Afternoon (Book)
Bubbles!
The fact that my hair is growing! woo-hoo!
Things that are bringing me joy are:
*Frozen Bananas-They taste like ice cream! *Looking through my new recipe book “Sweet”(by the women’s weekly) and thinking of all the treats I can conjure up *Taking photos of clouds *Deciding today is a day that is for my needs *Making Cupcakes aka pillows of sweet, sweet joy *Admiring my rearranged room *Being thankful and Happy even though I can’t control everything and accepting that things can’t always go the way I planned *Gala and your Super Peachy website: D
My Moleskine is looking VERY full with my scribblings already and we’re only 3 days into 2008! I can’t imagine what it will look like on December 31st… then again, it’s always great to keep old planners as an account of what we got up to in a year.
Mid December, I became vegetarian… being a reformed meat eater is akin to being a reformed goth – it’s huge! Having to tell your parents and friends on the other hand is akin to ‘coming out’... it can have very interesting results to say the least. BUT I’ve never felt happier or healthier and am enjoying cooking all over again. Like yourself, I’m at the point where I’m thinking ‘Pants, you’re turning 27 this year so pull yourself together!’ so I’m very happy the way this year has started :)
P
x
<3 cherries
<3 having achieved my ultimate goal of the summer – saving $3000!!! I am SO stoked with myself :)
<3 my first SARK book arriving in the mail :)
<3 my shorts with fidel castro stenciled on them :p
<3 the buzz I’m getting from 2008 already!
<3 banana bread :) I have to get a recipe for it.. that’s why I hopped on the net..
<3 my new trilby hat & pink jandals..
“Of course, my darlings, it is Thursday, & hence… Things I Love Thursday is calling your name! It is whispering, “Oh, Emmy, tell me your secret loves! Share with us!” I advise giving in to the urge!”
I know everybody else probably got that in there cupcake but i squealed hehe XD thts #1 on my TiLT list :-)
+ im also loving 2008, so far ive been eating healthy & cleaning etc…havent exercised yet XD tho i will be doing that tonight heee!
+ Old-school musical comedies like “Hair”, “Rocky Horror Picture Show” & “Grease” also “Kinky Boots” & “Priscilla Queen of The Desert”.
+ Transvestites, ok that sounds really wierd but i just love how they dress, over the top make-up, feathers & sequins…
My new room! I’ve changed the wall color from red to a lovely robin’s egg blue… & already I’ve noticed that it puts me in a better mood. Adding potted plants was another good change.
Some other things I love: *healthy food. It makes me feel so much better & brighter. After only a few days of healthiness, I don’t miss the junk food one bit. *writing & recieving letters. Too many of my good friends have moved away, but the letters I get from them are really nice. Email is good & quick, but letters are like special little presents. *antique jewelry. the bookstore near my house just got a bunch of it, & it’s all superb looking. *my weekly library visits. a new years resolution for 2008 *gala & iCiNG *paint splattered easels *under armour. while not the most stylish thing, it keeps me warm & toasty while i’m hanging around my frigid house. *& finally…ampersands :)
Hi Gala, wondering about the cupcake email when you wrote “Things I Love Thursday is calling your name! It is whispering, “Oh, Miranda, tell me your secret loves! Share with us!” I advise giving in to the urge!”
Why did you choose to use the name Miranda?
I really felt like it was calling to me, so here goes:
My best friend K’s mascara application technique, pineapple and avocado smoothies, the National’s album “Boxer”, the Food Network – (specifically French Food at Home’s lovely host, Laura Calder), sleepovers, kisses, enjoying the last few days of winter vacation, Stella McCartney In Two perfume, pretty lingerie, movie posters from the 1950s, laughing until I cry… and that’s about it for now.
I love iCiNG, I’ve been reading it for a few months now, but this is my first of several posts!
Cheers
I love:
that gala did some fancy mail merging thing with cupcake and it had my name in it! special….
on that same vein, having the people at Gloria Jean’s or Starbucks call out my name. even though they ALWAYS spell it wrong on their little computer thingy, it’s always good to hear ‘Ali! Coffee for Ali!’
my new organiser! It’s light blue leather with lots of sections for different things and I bought a shiny red pen to replace the silver one it came with. I’m gonna USE it and be organised this year!
the anticipation of finding out tomorrow where I’m going to be living – and then moving in on saturday!
going to the park to write blog entries with an old fashioned pen and paper then typing them up when it’s dark and there’s nothing else to do
the amusement my boyfriend gets from my plaited pigtails
coming home from work for my lunch break!
ONE WEEK TIL I FLY TO NEW YORK!!!!!!
just saw your cry for surcease from the heat.
a) carry water. like a real 1.5 l thermos with icecubes… not some dumbo little waterbottle.
b) on really hot days where i knew i’d be exposed to the 43 degree celsius plus summer temps here in the coachella valley. the following items were mandatory
1. a broad brimmed hat… or a canvas bucket… one that you can soak in and fill with water so it drips water allll over you.
2. a dry undershirt wife-beater or tee. usually tee… you’ll see why.
3. an overshirt made of linen or cotton… something casual enough to soak completely in water so that the brutal heat appears to be 30 degrees or so… until the shirt dries… at which point you should re-wet it.
4. i know. it doesn’t sound very fashionable. but when has sweaty and miserable ever been fashionable.
5. wear something flimsy underneath all that so you can blow people’s minds when you aren’t out in the stinkin’ heat.
6. one time on a miami vice dvd (years after i stopped spending much time in the heat) i saw a gal in a maillot with a big white button-up shirt who soaked the shirt in a bowl filled with iced perrier. never tried that… but it might be soothing.
p.p.s. skin cancer… once i had a skin cancer lesion on my arm (about 1 cm) i poured ice-cold beer on it and it started washing off (the hops have cancer-fighting properties) but the beer was alcoholic and was drying out my skin… so i switched to a n/a beer (pabst although there are others that are more expensive) and it completely removed the cancer… although it did wash some cells (that were non-malignant) to the underside of my arm. i spose a scrub afterwards or some sort of exfoliant now would take care of that…. but… i’m not you.
cheers!
Doc
- Getting a surprise visit and then kissed at midnight on New Years Eve by the man that I’ve been in love with since the summertime who moved away after we’d dated for a very short while.
– Cleaning my apartment after it was party central over the holidays. – Pulp and The Kinks – Quitting my job!i love…
-The band Detektivbyrån. Their music is like being in a music box and reminds me of…
-Amelie! I plan to re-watch (for the zillionth time) that again soon.
-My Serge Gainsbourg and Charlotte Gainsbourg CDs
-‘A Bout de Souffle’ (Breathless) and Jean Seberg
-Vintage-y, broken down dolly type things
-My (pretentious!) beret
-Wearing Lolita sunglasses even when it’s cloudy out :)
-Reminiscing about the awesome Dresden Dolls show and the newly acquired set list!
-The heart-shaped lock pendant gift I got from a friend resding on my neck on a velvet chain (she understands my style like no other)
-Waking up to my favourite music, even if it means staying in bed to sing along!
-Feeling infinite.
I TOTALLY watch David Letterman and live in New York! Don’t you just love that he’s obscene and decent all at once? It’s remarkable and yes, it reminds me of the best of New York City. What a beautiful thing!
Gala, you like Oprah! She has the funniest exclamation voice – she SINGS! She’s the ultimate in people who are purely made of love.
My friend just sent me this link: http://www.improveverywhere.com/2007/12/29/no-pants-2k8-details-for-nyc/ that I think is brilliant and sort of like the Union Square pillow fight. Many laughs and general goodwill for everyone!
奈 My AUSTRALIAN VISA, yeah baby!
奈 Homebaked pizza with lots of mozzarella
奈 Watching ads from the 70s and 80s on YouTube
奈 The new iCiNG header!
TiLT:
flirting with cute boys and girls
playing speed scrabble
having a fabulous birthday with family and frends
buying a journal to scrapbook design ideas for redecorating my bedroom
ICING!!! it has made my year 10 000 times more amazing than it would have been without it.
I love:
covers of Beatles songs
Benefit Benetint- what a wonderful product!
reading and rereading old iCiNG articles- I can’t get enough of this site!
sleeping in and not having to rush anywhere when I wake up in the morning
the music of Nat King Cole
looking at the ‘ihearttattoos’ community on livejournal and get pumped for getting my first tattoo sometime soon!
potential boyfriends
tall guys with foreign accents
sleep
wearing black garments
pizza
I’m in love with:
+ slipper socks!
+ masks- uh, why aren’t there masquerades anymore?!
+ being productive
+ snail mail & keeping in touch with people (I resolve to do this in 2008)
+ having time to read
+ neon colors married with staples like brown or gray
Iris is loving…
=) how you customised Cupcake to directly say to everyone who received it, (name) what are things you love? It was so cute and I am obeying orders!
=) that I am going home to melbourne in a week and a half
=) my best friend from melbourne is coming to visit on tuesday
=) the people who work at the vegetarian asian place in the food court always giving me super discounts ($3 for a whole lotta noodles mm!)
=) going camping down south tomorrow for the weekend for Southbound music festival! Groove armada and Kings of Leon etc etc etc
=) that this is now a brand new year, clean slate, fresh page, and everything and anything is possible for us all. Thank you for your reminders every single day so we never forget how special we are!
=) also I do the heart to do list always! Makes things seem a lot more positive. I personally use pink highlighter!
I’m loving: * My Hello Kitty calendar – It features Kitty throughout history in different outfits from 30 B.C.E Ancient Egyptian to “New Millenium Fantasy couture” * Tidying/packing/sorting prior to moving house. * Sending mail – while doing aforementioned sorting I came across a Star Trek postcard which I wrote on and posted to my friends Mum who’s a big fan of it. * Waking up happy every day for no particular reason * Being able to do 100km/h on the way to work in the morning and listening to Punk-o-rama
I am in love with:
- taking silly photographs with friends
- that I am going to Europe next week and my plan to write a nice note inside the cover of one of the books I read on the plane so when I leave it somewhere in London for someone to find it will make them smile.
- my new big-ass sparkly black (faux) fur lined lace up boots.
- Mine and Nico’s new years resolution to ‘Be More Awesome’ (among other silly little ones that make us smile)
- the prospect of Italian gelato (pistachio of course!)
- Madame Fling Flong. Its a gorgeous tiny little bar in Newtown with retro inspired deco and wallpaper to die for. When you are in Sydney next you really should check it out.
- Neutral Milk Hotel’s cd ‘In The Aeroplane Over The Sea’. Truely heartbraking and beautiful.
- Azaria from the band The Follow. This guy has serious style. I am MADLY in love with him and want to look exactly like him. All boys should wear super skinny jeans, button bracelets and girls tees with sequined hearts on them in my (questionable) oipinion!!
I love my dog, even though she dug up the backyard, you gives the best hug and wakes me up by licking my feet. Plus walking her every day for at least an hour is doing good things for my calves.
I love air conditioning because it is so muggy!
I love secondhand bookstores – you find the best things. I just got an old encyclopaedia on Russia.
I love macadamia nuts, apricots and orange juice.
I love the fact that my boyfriend is coming home on saturday after two and a half weeks away. Hurray!
Happy Thursday everyone!
t.I.l.t.:
Recieveing mail from my new pen pal from Poland.
Documenting my day with pictures, even though I look less than boho chic in most of them.
Drinking hot chocolate, the temperature is very low and I’m cold all the time.
My new cupcake baking pan that my mum bought me. I’m ready to start baking those babies!!
Watching The Amazing Race.
The “you are a child of the 90’s if…” list that I got from my BFF Arely. It is hilarious and I totally fit into it.
$ I love 2008 and the joy a new year brings
$ I love Gala and the beauty and inspiration she brings to my life
$ I love my pet cat Skittles
$ I love enjoying the week of no work i have had doing absolutely nothing which has brought me back to childhood joys such as:
$ Playing with Lego
$ wathing the same movies over and over
$ baking cakes
$ I love the bursting joy you get from doing something exhilerating and spontaneous and risky and immature and cute…(I left a note on the cute guy from the gyms car and he actually wants to hang out some time!!!)
This is my first things I love Thursday post and I am officially in love with how good it feels!!!
Thanks Gala Darling!!!
:D
xx
-Kitty
Heya. I made this on Polyvore. Check it out if you want!
Now that I’ve made it I want the outfit haha.
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=581548
Thankyou for telling us all about the site. At first I found it frustrating but then I searched for more specific things and found it much easier.
Hope 2008 is fabulous for you.
xx
Things I Love: – Making extravagant plans for the year ahead! – My diary and organising all my random thoughts into lists – A tall glass of Ciata with lots of ice and a slice of lime – Eating in lovely restaurants by the beach with old friends from high school at 8.00 (yay for daylight savings!) – Reading inspirational books and inspiration sites ..a certain iCiNG site in particular.. ;)
Natalie — Wow, rose macarons! Go you! I am nowhere near talented enough to make something so complex. I bet you’re good at it now, if you’ve been making a batch a day!
BeKah — Thank you darling! & congratulations on almost finishing school, you must be psyched!
lcmo — I agree so much that food makes a major impact on our health. Bodies are like cars; you have to fuel ‘em with the right stuff to get the best result! I do love good food, I am just lazy & squeamish (hate touching raw meat etc.), but I’m going to make little steps & become a competent cook at the very least! Also I forgive you for commenting before reading the other ones, hee hee, you cutie!
Tania — OMG, congratulations on half-quitting your job! That’s fantastic… I wish you every success with your new thing!
Sylvia — Aww, I love you tooooo!
Pants — Yay, vegetarianism! My boyfriend just read ‘Do You!’ by Russell Simmons at my urging & is now thinking that if he truly respects life, he shouldn’t be eating animals. But he’s also thinking about the bigger picture, like whether plants have consciousness etc. Lots of pondering going on around here! Anyway, congrats darling!
EmmaRose — Haaaa! Yayyyy! Glad to make you squeal ;D
Miranda — I used a secret code which puts in the first name of the subscriber… heeeee! Sneaky huh? Anyway, looked like it did the trick & brought you out of your shell! Hello, welcome, please keep commenting! xx
Ali — Haha, I love it when people know your name & you don’t expect them to. There is so much value in using people’s names, it is majorly underrated. When I go to the juice place near my house, they YELL my name as soon as I approach the counter, I don’t even have to tell them what I have anymore! Eep! Juice dependency! Oh & I am SO jealous of your NYC adventure… !!!
weily — Ahh we totally have the same taste. TWINS!
nana — Australia luuuuurves you! Come to Melbourne sometime ;D
grace — I am on a major masquerade kick at the moment too. I blame Gossip Girl!
Iris — You are great for obeying orders. Haha! Lub lub!
Miss Cherry — Your HK calendar sounds AMAZING. I love HK, my boyfriend’s brother bought me a little HK charm with a bell to go on my phone which I display with pride!
stacy without the e — Yay europe! Have you heard about bookcrossing.com? You should check it out!
Kirby — I DIG that outfit! Swimsuit worn as a top = genius! Props!
Things I Love This Thursday
-rasberries with choclate…they are delicious!!
-My cat-she is amazing.
-My engagment ring….it’s beautiful!
-Chanel logo stud earrings….they make any t-shirt look sleek
-aubrey hepburn style glasses-i will always love theses!!!
Twenty-O-Eight! Yay! So this Thursday I love,
. Running! Really, it’s a miracle for me. With my new camelback rucksack I can pack daily supplies and running kit, and make my way home from work an invigorating 9k run! Go me!
. Alexander Technique: I’d always toiled with my running, and checked this out. I feel so much more efficient these days.
. Things I Love Today: my lovely boyfriend has the blues and I’ve adopted Things I Love Thursday into our daily life for a bit. We both feel a bit of a lift and a sense of wellbeing after a discussion of the good things of the day.
.Having an Ocelot Daemon! I’m such a geeky sucker. On the Golden Compass website you can do a quiz to find your daemon. All my colleagues (psychologists!) have done it too – we’re an office of nerdy geeks!
it’s my first time to actually participate! Though I am always thankful to whatever I have.
.New year – I’m so happy for this, I was the only one screaming on the street like a lunatic!
.Gala – :)
.Our cute puppy! I always play with him.
.Finally seeing my close friend Andy!!
.My friends
.Having, finally, full sleeps!
.No stress
I’m all smiles today!! thanks for putting glitters on my day Gala!! The added touches really completes it.
I am loving that this is finally the year I’m going to get to Melbourne, and that I’m slowly coming to terms with the fact that I’ll be in a city with no home, no job and no friends, but that I’ll cope and it could be the best thing I’ve ever done.
I also love that I feel like I’m finally over my ex (finally!)
I LOVE getting your iCiNG update emails…..best way to start the day.
One of my new years promises to myself is to stop being grumpy…which i have been guilty of for a while…...reading your website makes me smile and then i can’t be grumpy at all!
Another thing i am doing in 2008 is trying to learn more about essential oils…i have stopped wearing my favorite perfume which is so hard,i liked ‘Happy’ by Clinique so much but wearing oils instead might be better….we shall see _
2008! It’s going to be a rocking year, I have decided. Am feeling hopeful and pumped up with excitement :) And a big part of the reason for that is you, Ms Gala – your joie de vivre is totally contagious – and I hope this new year brings you much joy!
Today, I am loving my yellow sweater – it’s See by Chloe, with bell sleeves and little patch pockets and it makes me feel just fabulous – yellow is such a yummy colour :)
I am also excited about my plans for the future – courtesy of your article on How to Set Amazing Goals – have just begun to figure out my goals and am so looking forward to actually seeing them happen.
My friendships – last night, I chatted on Skype for over 2 hours with a close friend from Oxford. We now live in separate countries, but talking to him made me realise how lucky I am to have such good friends, even if they live far away.
My flat black patent boots from Dune – edgy but comfortable and so warm in winter. Great purchase. Methinks I am going to live in them this winter!
Wool dresses – I just bought one two weeks ago from Vince, a cool New York label (love New York!) and have already worn it twice over cotton turtleneck tees. Beautiful and practical – think I might well get another and make them my uniform this winter.
All the positive vibes on iCing – makes it the best place to spend my days – virtually speaking! What a fantastic community we have here – awesome!
- Having new exciting underwear, it makes you feel happy and no-one else needs to know! ;)
- Discovering new music that I can play with my window open and let it drift outside {at a reasonable volume – I promise!}
- Maidenhair ferns
- My newly decorated study. I took your advice for stringing up some rope/twine and pegging things to it. I now feel inspired every time I enter!
here’s what I love:
- being excited about what 2008 will bring!
- my new Dali and Mucha calenders
- having more time to trvel this year
- discovering new (or at least new to me) magazines
- massages
- olive oil and sugra scrub for your hands
- lernaing a new language (I’m trying to learn Russian)
- stumpleupon
Oh Gala, you are so AMAZING. I’ve now read pretty much every post on this website (I only discovered it two days ago) and I love everything!
I also love the photos you put together for the TILT posts. I’m gonna print them out and stick them in my diary, as they really do make me happy!
Already you’ve had an affect on my life – * you’ve given me so many fashion ideas and also the idea to not be scared and go for it * you’ve shown me little things that can make me happy * you’ve taught me loads, like how to set goals and how to apply false eyelashes! (:))
Gala for president!
xx
Oh my gosh, the name thing! I totally feel compelled to comment now, like it would be rude not to!
SO here I go….:
-Marie Antoinette
-Masquerade balls
-Robert Rodriguez and his ten minute cooking school.
-Brownies
-Big Silver earrings
-Buffy marathons
What I love:
-Me & my friends getting into universities we want to go to. Even if we’re not there yet, it lets us dream!
-Monopoly. I’ve never had so much fun while feeling like a filthy capitalist…
-Tom Stoppard. I read one of his plays last night (Arcadia) & it is incredible. I need more!
-Amelie. I watched it for the first time the other day… wow! It’s so cute, cheery & idealised but without being too much or overly sugary.
-2008. Going to be the best year ever? Oh, I hope so. I’m ready for it!
Ok so far my thursday hasn’t been that great and it’s only 7:26am so I’m gonna try and think of some things that I love and then it will get better thinking
-teasing my hair into a huge afro-y thing
-coffee
-Friday night being only being about a day away
-working with people I like today
-my ginormous list of goals for this year
-online shopping
-planning a trip to Portland
lol I feel so much better
HOpe everyone has a glamourously wonderful thursday!
rach
I am totally loving:
1. Hats and hair accessories! I bought 3 yesterday all in the sales and they’re fab. One turquoise alice band and one white plastic woven one, and one brilliant beret.
2. My big cosy double bed. Mmmmmm. Nothing like staying in it until mid-afternoon.
3. Snow! It snowed this morning! It didn’t settle but it’s still so exciting.
4. J Pop. IloveitIloveitIloveit. iTunes is my mistress right now.
5. Decoupage. I did a whole mirror! Arts and crafts kick ass.
6. I love your pictures today as well, Gala! Happy Thursday!
Lovin the new header! Very nice pic Gala!
Great list again! I too very much love white rooms. The clean, minimalist look is just so calming and peaceful.
LOVIN & SHARIN...
* Benefit Dr.Feelgood. Absolutely gorgeous on the skin!
* Having a refreshing cool shower right before you get into clean sheets!
* Laughing :)
* Nylon magazine
* Interesting and cool communities like blackcigarette and naturesbeauty at Livejournal
* Pink lipgloss
* I am still in love with the beautiful silver pocket watch my friends bought me for Christmas * 101 things in 1001 days – I’m so inspired and it’s helped me organise some major goals * Marilyn Monroe + Peggy Lee + Eartha Kitt singsongs – Brel Ne Me Quitte makes me weep, she’s so seductive and sad * I’m now out of the closet in my love for classical music – and my friends accept me for it. Man I love my friends and their strange Tchaikovsky ways. * MY TEA PARTY.
This is mostly due to you Gala, but I wanted a tea party for Mr Carroll’s Birthday and lo und behold you had a blog on it. So I’m having a tea party and I’m so unbelievably excited about it.
* Things I Want Tuesdays – Sort of a thieve off you, but nobody ever knows what to get me for birthdays and Christmas and I was in the mood for a list, so I’ve started making them, completely random things like “pretty glass bottles painted for me to drink pink lemonade out of” and it’s so much fun!
*New Years! It’s a fantastic opportunity to restart, recharge and revamp any and all aspects of your life. *Petit fours *Louis Vuitton *Snuggling up next to your puppy in cold weather *Movies that make me laugh so hard it hurts (in a good way) *Burt’s Bees chapstick *Anticipation!! I start at a new University on Monday and I can’t WAIT! *T-shirts, and working on ways to wear them OTHER than with jeans. *The Flash Gordon theme song by Queen. It’s hilariously campy. *Feeling confident!
Hope you all had a fantastic first week of 2008!
I LOOOOVE:
-Feeling totally comfortable in my own skin. This is highlighted as I am returning to school in 3 days and for now savoring time with the people who make me feel best (family! tried&true friends!)
-Spontaneous, dancing study breaks.
-The beautiful, glistening SNOW outside :)
-Spending time at my best friends’ house with their new baby and feeling like nothing has changed between us since we were 9 years old and realized we were bff.
-Doing my best to infuse my thoughts with the freshness of a brand new year and feeling bolstered by reading the iCiNG!!
Have a beautiful weekend xo
- Books! I want books! So many books! And for time to stop for a bit so that I can read these books. Argh.
- A pair of purple boots I saw in the film Velvet Goldmine. I’ve been trying to find a picture of them, but the clip got deleted from YouTube as there is nudity in the same section and of course people are only re-uploading the nudity-part. I want to see those boots! Argh!
- Amelie, of course. In case you’re wondering why all the Amelie love, it was recently shown on UK tv :)
- Warm clothes.
- Tea! I have green tea with cranberry, it is delicious!
Gala…tell me you didn’t mean what you said about Kentucky!!
I’m from Kentucky and most certainly do not wear white tennis shoes with fanny packs. Nor do I know any husband and wife teams that do!
AND...may I point out that Kentucky is the near the pinnacle of the equestrian style chic.
Aside from that I very much do love the David Letterman.
+ 2008
+ The snow!
+ iCiNG
+ Feeling motivated
+ Jose Vanders music
+ Setting goals & achieving them ( & anticipating the achievement =) )
+ Thursdays
P.S .. I lovee your site,stumbled upon it a few days ago & it’s greattt :)
- 2008! (As my friend toasted it: “2007, Never Again!”)
- french toast and coffees with new friends!
- Bob Johnson, founder of BET, is another black billionaire but Oprah’s way wealthier.
- Wikipedia! (See above)
- Pumpkin bread
- Sunshine even though it is so so cold
- Forecast for next week: 40 degrees warmer.
- Finding a denim jacket on uberclearance. I’ve been looking for one for ages. I think it’s so 90s cowboy retrobilly chic. (Now just to wait for spring.)
- Silly drama on the internet.
- cuteoverload.com. omgpuppies.
(Gala, you should definitely try lucid dreaming again. It seems like the kind of thing you’d love. I used to time travel in my dreams when I was a little kid!)
* hot water on my hands & wrists!!! makes me feel warm and toasty all over. :)
* the feel of wind on your face when the sun is shining
* a beautiful sunny but cool day
* baths with bubbles so high they almost overflow the tub
* the first bite of a crisp, juicy apple
* long, passionate kisses from my hubby
you have tiger lily (aka milkpockets aka unicorncake)! i absolutely love her.
This Thursday I love
- a nice cup of Lady Grey tea
- pink orchids
- Sashimi from my favourite Japanese place
- the Spanish love letters my boyfriend sends
- the sparkling lights of my city, that I see after 5pm from my office window on the 28th floor
- the minus 5 degrees outside
- my bargain black Mary Poppins style boots
- my new silver hoop earrings that look like four leaf clovers (altough Heidi Klum designed them)
- the wonderful Mexican man I deeply fell in love with four weeks ago -> he might be THE one
- I love my life and feel like hugging everyone :)
so much to appreciate :)
-kimya dawson. i just saw juno and discovered her through the soundtrack, she inspires me so much! her song writing is so simple yet so authenticly profound.
-the kinks. wes anderson movies have turned me on the songs i wouldn’t have otherwise listened to. this time tomorrow, powerman, well respected man and sunny afternoon give me eargasms
-hemping! i recently took up hemping and i’m making a ton of jewlery.
-birds! i’m getting a bunch of bird ornaments left over from christmas sales and stringing them from the ceiling.
-using my library’s hold system. i can search from any book movie or cd i want from my computer then have it sent to the library down my street. the best part about the cds is i can download them to itunes if i like them if not, just take them back.
-anika! my best bud, we stay up all night talking about all our hopes and fears and do a bit of laughing as well.
-japan! kiki’s delivery service is the cutest movie ever! and i got a bento box!
-dumpster divin! i found a cool old trunk i plan to decopauge with comic scans of V for Vendetta!
-ledgend of zelda: the phantom hourglass. i play this thing all night!
Gala dear, I agree about Elle UK! The website always has info I want and, since I live in London, I will be buying issues soon! :D I am also growing increasingly excited by Grey Gardens style and I got my New York fix AND my Olsen twins fix in one go watching ‘New York Minute’ (eek) yesterday!
Icons, particularly Audrey Hepburn – I looked through ‘Audrey Hepburn, Elegant Spirit’ today, it has a million photos from every part of her life and it’s fascinating to see how she grew to be who she was.
Refashion, the idea of taking the clothes I don’t wear (more than half my wardrobe) and making them into the clothes I want instead of buying MORE. I am going to turn by beat-up ill-fitting cheap old blazer into a Balenciaga-style blazer, inspired by Blair Waldorf. I don’t have a sewing machine so I’m going to hand-sew! Excited!
I don’t syndicate because it’s an excuse to visit iCiNG waaaay too often – love the new header. You look so YOU! :)
+ immense, cozy sweaters.
+ my new nikon dslr.
+ marzipan!
+ miyizaki’s animation.
So much diverese love here..it’s great…makes me happy :)
My loves today are:
* Janet Fitch’s new novel “Paint it Black”. I thought I wouldn’t like it after reading the synopsis on the back but so far it’s a lot better than expected.
*Sweeney Todd. I’ve seen it twice already and am trying to hold myself back from going to see it AGAIN..don’t wanna Sweeney myself out. Listening to the soundtrak will have to suffice for now.
* The extremely cold weather we are already getting here in Florida. Great weather to snuggle up in my leopard print robe with some tea and a good book.
*The new year ahead. Lots of awesome stuff to look forward too. One of them new posts on iCiNG..not to put any pressure on you or anything, Gala…haha ;)
Caroline M — Oh, I’m sorry if I’ve offended you! I have never been to Kentucky & know nothing about it… I just wanted the name of some weird place, Kentucky is what sprang to mind! xx
Things I love today:
(friday, spain)
. over-the-knee socks
. telephone calls
. fairy tales
. fridays
. rain
. yellow umbrellas
- Angelica Huston
- Crying in happiness at weddings
- chocolate cake
Everyone’s amazing lists makes me want to write one!
:3
Um… So far, I’m adoring: **Diana+ Camera. Yes, it’s imperfect. Yes, it’s all plastic. But I love it the way it is!
**Buying a new Look!Book. It’s my version of a scrapbook, with articles I love (iCiNG’s there, of course!) and pictures of things that inspire me. I have a new one for the New Year!
**Journeys. Myself & people around me have been going through various journeys to self-enlightenment, and it’s really great to finally feel comfortable in your skin and to see everyone around you positive too!
**Tank Girl. I know, I’m late, and I just bought the DVD. That girl gave me a paradigm shift! She’s so positive about everything, I love it! Plus, her boots are adorable and so is the Dali balloon on her tank.
**Sewing. I’m learning how to sew, and I can’t wait to make my own clothes that fit a tall girl properly!
**2008, weee hoo!
**iCiNG network. Best people in the world.
It is still Thursday in the US, so!
.:. Raspberry croissants
.:. Old powder blue Schwinn bicycles
.:. Bread and chocolate for breakfast
.:. Writing in bed
.:. Mandarin oranges
I’m loving everything lately! but most of all,
ringing in the new year with all the people i love most in the world watching fireworks from my backyard doing the whole “ooooh.. Ahhhh” thing and talking about our all time favourite fireworks with all sorts of childish Excitement in our voices!
I hope your new years was as fantastic as you are miss darling.
xxx
I’m stuck on loving Bollywood lately. That or having cereal for as many meals as possible. :)
I know, I’m late … ;-)
I love Elle UK, too! It’s great and I’m so happy that it’s available in our library, otherwise I couldn’t read it regularly (I’m limiting myself to buy only one magazine a month, which works … most of the time … ;-)). I also love British Glamour, they have the most beautiful and inspiring make-up stories. The quality of the magazine is very high, and consistently so. It’s my favourite women’s magazine.
I received some great books and magazines on sewing and knitting for Christmas, and I love dreaming about what to make.
Also I love dreaming about what our new place will look like when it’s finally finished. (Which will still take some time …).
And my favourite part and the luxury of luxuries: there’s going to be a small room for me and my arts and crafts! A studio!!! Yay!
-Watching a great deal of Friends. So much that I find myself making Chandler-esque remarks in my head…
-The wonderful snowfall we had yesterday. It didn’t settle, but it was so beautiful whilst coming down.
-The incredible experience of standing outside at a quarter to midnight on New Year’s Eve and feeling completely at peace with the world.
-Spending hours drawing a map of the South Pacific in my Moleskine, and poring over the giant atlas in bed! Travel possibilities are so exciting; the world is so huge and complex it blows my mind.
-My new perfume, Baby Grace by Philosophy. I’ve loved it for years. It is perfect. I think this will be my signature scent.
-Delicious apple & elderflower juice. Mmmm!
-Using rosewater as toner.
-Getting a hot fruit juice to go, and sipping it whilst walking home on a chilly, wet day. Whenever I’m out in town by myself and feel like going to Starbucks, I’m going to get juice instead; healthier, cheaper and a lot more delicious.
-The haiku of George Bruce (one of my Christmas books).
-Reading the Penguin Dictionary of Literary Theory and being really excited at all the new concepts, styles and ideas I come across. Whole worlds open up in my mind whenever I flick through that book. I don’t care how geeky it sounds; I love it.
-Finally, hearing that I’ve been offered a place to read English at Cambridge! It’s my dream course at my dream university, and I’m so excited. YAY!
Whatchu talkin’ bout! I rarely see fanny packs in the David Letterman audience. Most of the audience always looks young to me! David Letterman is great, as is Craig Ferguson. Not dorky at all. Okay, well maybe watching Craig is a tad dorky…
“I have my new Moleskine & my system is to draw a heart, then write a “to do” action next to it, & when I’ve completed it, I shade in the heart with a purple highlighter. I have also been doing yoga regularly — I have been watching MTV Power Yoga & I have a new pink mat for downward dogging on! My ballet conditioning DVDs are in the mail & I’ve been reading great books. I have been eating properly & keeping the house tidy, making big plans & going for long walks. This year is going to be amazing, I feel like I could burst with excitement!”
This is inspirational to me. Your enthusiasm, your excitement, everything.