Things I Love Thursday
[ 13 February 2008 ]
Photo key:
1. tim walker, 2. saturday morning fun reading, 3. senior moment, 4. big city
The massage song — Sometimes when Simon massages my back he sings me a song at the same time. He makes up the words but normally it is basically all the good things about me that he can think of. It’s like a lyrical Things I Love (About Gala) Thursday. Best boyfriend ever. Oh yes.
“Let’s Stay Together” by Al Green. It’s just a great song. Though I think part of the reason I like it is because of Pulp Fiction.
The Gymnast — I’ve been meaning to see this for ages but only just got my hands on it. It is the story of a budding romance between a super-cute Korean girl & a super-buff blondie who is in an unhappy marriage. But this isn’t just your standard lesbian love story, it’s actually about two women who meet while practising aerials (!!!) & their love blossoms from there. It’s so good! Lots of red fabric & acrobatics. It gets the Gala seal of approval. You can see the trailer here.
Elbow patches! I found this amazing Alice + Olivia blue cashmere sweater on Ebay with navy elbow patches & it rocked my world. Unfortunately, I forgot to bid! Tragedy! & it’s a few seasons old so I may never find another one. Regardless, I remain hopeful that I will find something equally fabulous! Keep your fingers crossed for me!
Takashi Murakami — Ah, delicious superflat. Why do I love him so? Viz: 1, 2 & 3…
Many of you will have seen this,
but it is still brilliant.
Mensa — I really want a Mensa t-shirt. I just think it would be funny. I have a weird sense of humour, I guess! I think I would wear it with a high-waisted skirt & Oxfords & glasses & a pencil through my chignon — true geek chic!
Missbehave magazine — I never read Sassy (before my time, unfortunately), but I imagine that if it existed today, Missbehave would be its kindred spirit. Example: the front cover of the latest issue says, “How to get a hot stripper body fast! Without kidnapping!” That is so cool & overwhelmingly awesome that it hurts. It also has features on Heatherette & Moschino. I love it very much.
Garbage & Shirley Manson — While I was never wild about their singles, some of their tracks are gorgeous. At the moment I am particularly loving ‘The Trick Is To Keep Breathing’, ‘Androgyny’, ‘Special’ & ‘Temptation Waits’. & how can you not love a band that give a song the title ‘Supervixen’? Plus, have any of you ever noticed how incredibly foxy & fabulous Shirley Manson is? If not, I present evidence:
“Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy.” — Shirley Manson
Heart-shaped disco mirror balls! This is going to be my next purchase for the iCiNG Bowl. Dancing specks of light around the room? A resounding YES!
Amazing business documents — Miss Nubby Twiglet (go & buy her heart t-shirts!) sent me a mind-blowing PDF about branding & marketing the other day. I have been reading it with rapt attention. It is freaking brilliant. I owe her bigtime!
Chocolate chilli ganache frosting — It’s so not vegan, or even raw (contents: dark chocolate, cream, margarine, chilli powder). But it is tasty! I made chocolate cupcakes with this frosting for Valentine’s Day. I decorated them with little candy hearts, too! Yum. We guzzled them in bed last night!
“Love is the beauty of the soul.” — Saint Augustine
Now I turn the floor to you! It’s Valentine’s Day, too, so make it a super-love-fest! What do you love today? What’s turning your crank? What are your current obsessions? What can’t you get enough of? Spill!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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I love love love Shun, my boy! It is valentines day after all!
I love the internet, and all the discoveries and friendships it has brought me.
I love that I have the day off today (Even if it is because I am sick)
I love red coats, but would die for an electric blue one!
I love that my birthday is just around the corner
I love homemade pizza!
I love 2 dollar coffees
I love the snow that has found Tokyo recently!
I love so many things!
Thanks for bringing us TILT yet again Gala!
I hope you have a a fantastic valetines day
ps: Am going to ask my bf to sing me a song while I get a massage…....
I love when the weather is getting warmer. It’s still crisp and cool but in the sunshine it’s starting to get lovely!
Also:
- making myself yummy food for breakfast
- cleaning my room (!!)
- a free period in which to do my homework
- going out to sushi with someone I love for valentine’s day :)
- checking out books from the library. I checked out the maximum five yesterday and the school’s librarians loved me.
- on that note, revisiting old beloved books.
- and finally, my horse. she is wonderful!
TiLT:
Valentines Day: we don’t really celebrate it, but when I turned on my laptop this morning, my darling man had drawn a big heart and message in paint and put it as my screensaver! And i’m going to make cupcakes with red love heart decorations for him, which is exciting as I haven’t baked for ages because i’m trying to lose weight, and baked treats are too much temptation. Aaahh, love
Getting my study guides for uni. I am doing 2 wicked courses this semester, Social Psychology and a paper on the history of Europe. I love the first couple of weeks when motivation is do high!!!
Reading books on the life of courtesans. Both fictional and real. The extravagant lives, high end fashion and sex. Perfect reading. French Trysts is wonderful.
Reading all the goss from New York fashion week. Who can resist celebs AND fashion.
Annual Leave. For the next week and a half my man and I are free from work, Yay. Lots of activities are planned as well as yummy meals out. And I’ll have time to put all the planning for my design studio into action!
I love yoouuu, Gala!
I love getting an affirming email from someone I vastly admire!
I love Tanya Carlson! I always have and it’s likely I always will. The ONLY piece of designer-label clothing I own is one of her sample-sale skirts.
I love So You Think You Can Dance Australia! So much! My heart pounds, my eyes fill, my limbs twitch.
I love paid work! Especially the highly paid, part-time, casual, low effort kind. (God, I’m SO qualified.)
I love my lovely family-who-live-in-my-house! Beautiful, talented, amusing chaps.
I love all my Conchords-crazed cousins! For some reason. we’re all genetically predisposed to worship their work.
I love an extra-special cousin who handcrafted me a granny-style cushion with ‘Westie’ embroidered on it. The i-dot is a flower. Too much!
P.S – Gala, my man sings me his own made up random songs too, they’re so cute!!
<3 the wedding haze my house is surrounded by..I find it all very fun, & it’s getting me excited about getting married one day haha
<3 planning a huuuuuge trip around the states!
<3 bottles of V
<3 buying stationery for uni with my mum.. I’ve missed it!
<3 henna! ooh can’t wait to try it soon..
<3 the perfume bottles my sister got me from Egypt!! they’re flipping GORGEOUS!
Things I love:
- Gala
- Lelo Lily! One of the best reccomendations you have made!
- My boyfriend
- Cupcakes with pink icing which are festive for the day.
- Random strangers who say they love my smile.
- My new salad. I have named it the Antango. This is a mix between Antonia and Mango. Do you want the recipe? – Planning my non-existent wedding. (This means chatting with friends saying “when i get married I’m going to…” or “at my wedding make sure i don’t…”
- Theme parties
- Take away cappuccino’s
- Meeting friends on Brunswick Street
- Valentine’s Day M & M’s. They are pink, red and white and have little sayings on them. One side says the traditional ‘m’ and on the other things like ‘love’ or ‘sweet’. They are $5 at Coles but by tommorrow i’m sure they’ll be less!
- My new Antango salad. It is a mix between Antonia and mango. Yes it is raw. Do you want the recipe?
I loved walking in to work find a red rose on every girl’s desk, special delivery from the production manager. Such a sweetie – total heart of gold.
I love the pain in my muscles from a really good workout.
I love love love Timtam Love Potion Vanilla toffee. Heaven…I’m usually a savory person, but goodness – these melt my socks.
Sample sales!! I might not even go to any this season, but it is so exciting to research them and read anecdotes of other people’s adventures to them while looking for empty spaces in my schedule to go to one myself!
Speaking of which, there is a Barney’s sale going on now! Technically you could have an impromptu trip to New York and still get the sweater… (hint hint) :>
Mensa makes my heart beat fast! Out of curiosity, do you have a specific Mensa t-shirt you have in mind, or is it just one design?
And also… wearing my old Power Rangers plastic digital watch.
Yaaay, Shirley Manson is awesome!
Things I Love:
- Designing tattoos! I’m having a consultation with my tattoo artist today (about my FIRST TATTOO!!) and I’ve been sketching out ideas all week.
- Things arriving from Ebay! I got a beautiful red Japanese style dress. I wear it with cupcake hair clips and am so SweetLoli it’s amazing.
- Freshly cut flowers in my bedroom. Current favourite: daffodils!
- Going to visit a university that seemed really cool and laid back with an amazing creative writing course and hoping to apply to go there.
- The beautifully eerie fog that keeps descending on Edinburgh… spooky!
- Figuring out how to change the oil in my car. Oh yes, girl power.
- Singing along (badly) to hits from the musicals with my big sister.
- Lush ‘Honey Trap’ lip balm – mmmmmm I have never before been this smooth!
- Lastly and most importantly: seeing my boyfriend for the first time in 6 weeks this weekend. I can’t WAIT and I’m making him special love heart cupcakes :)
I love:
- my amazing, handsome, sweet, wonderful boyfriend. Even though he has to work tonight, we will get to see each other later on and will officially celebrate on Friday night. He has something special planned for me, and I can’t wait to see what it is?
- trying to design an outfit around your ‘geek chic’ article, and planning my birthday around your birthday article!
Other little things: rose-scented candles, Jewish delis, hot chocolate, gray eyeliner, kisses, spooning, red wine, parties with friends.
Valentines gifts to myself and from friends – including a red chili plant and a pink rose (plant, not posy)!
Dressing extravagantly to put out my washing on the line – I mean, vintage aging-divorcee-style rhinestone necklaces, taffeta, stilettos (though the latter is mostly so i can reach the line! hehe). My neighbours now smile indulgently and knowingly at this.
Anticipating lime-tart-making later in the day – Baking spreepalooza!
Fingerless leather gloves – One of the many ways in which I’m going to adorn and contrast with my many vintage dresses. Thanks to Mein Karl (Lagerfeldsssss) for the lightbulb moment.
My very short blonde hair – Okay, so it was a while ago, but I’m still getting compliments on it three months later! Yay!
Rudd’s speech yesterday – and here’s to finally having a government that isn’t afraid to at least attempt to resolve the wrongdoings of its parliamentary antecedents. Sorry, had to put this one in! It’s important!
After the past two Valentines Days being atrocious, I’m making sure Valentines Day is all about doing things I love and loving myself as much as it is about a partner.
This morning I slept in which was a great start. Then I sent my boyfriend a slightly naughty homemard card via email. (I frocked up in corsetry, fishnets and heels the other night and took some photos before making them into a mock postcard with the words “Having a good time. Wish you were here”)
Within minutes, I got a reply saying ‘Gosh… I’ll be right over” which made me smile.
I had a breakfast of sugary sugary apple teacake with icing and danced around the house to Ben Folds.
I had a very nerdy chat with a man that owns a new age/gift shop down the road from me about tin collectable robots.
Now I’m going to make some chocolate mousse and wait for my boy to get here so I can pounce on him and spoil him rotten.
Visitors!
I’ve known Tonya since kindergarten and today she is getting on a plane for the first time, facing her fear, to come visit me :)
Cookies!
I’ve received two shipments of homemade cookies in the mail recently…I feel so loved :)
Right Place / Right Time!
I had the worst time getting quarters for laundry today – the coin machine was broken, the bank on campus was out! – and then a friend walked out of the building next to the bank, asked me why I looked so glum, and managed to dig $3.75 in quarters out of her car…wooo!
* The fact that my boyfriend wakes me up every morning to say he loves me before leaving for work.
* America’s Next Top Model. Im watching episodes from all of the seasons. Oh, Tyra!
* Making Brownie’s for my Boyfriend’s birthday tomorrow!
* An ice-cream picnic.
* Writing a list of 101 reasons I love my boyfriend as his Valentine’s gift.
* Old Photos
* Making origami hearts for my Valentine!
* Reading about Saint Valentine.
I LOVE MISSBEHAVE! I can never find it though…
this week i love:
the violent femmes
waffle pajamas-Ive been sick all week so being comfty is SO important!
Project runway, ive been reading and watching all of the runway spoilers :X
gem-toned eyeshadows
anti-valentines day cookies
down blankets.
~my betty jackson 60s style shift dress, which makes me feel really grown up and chic and its really flattering and comfortable and was on sale! woo wah woo!
~peanut butter and chocolate brownies which i made to bring to my boyfriend for valentines. maybe i had ONE OR TWO myself.
~all the people close to me, who are all just amazing people and would do anything they could to make my life easier and more beautiful and joyful
~having a good cry – things seem a hell of a lot better after one.
~mind.in.a.box – have never ever liked futurepop before but these are in a class of their own, so uplifting without being cheesey or druggy
~hot water bottles. god they are the best thing ever.
~growing up. i feel like i’m at such a great age- 25- its great not being worried anymore about the silly things that seemed so important when i was younger, but still being able to pass for 20 in terms of looks!
love love love :
yes! garbage and shirly manson rock my world – version 2.0 was the very first tape i ever bought with my own money, its worn out from being overplayed when i was young so i framed it and put it on my wall – ah i’m a dork lol
heart shaped pancakes are full of goodness :D
anna sui ooh la la love perfume
and today i’m adopting a kitten from a vet who rescues the kittens that the spca wont take, i think i’ll call it cupcake, i’m hoping it’ll get on with my other cats – chocolate and licorice who were rescues too :D!
opi ink nail polish is the shizzle
happy mistakes – i meant to dye my fringe eletric blue, i put a bit of bleach ontop and now i have fantastic peacock blue green
getting a vintage leather jacket from london for only $55nz
short hair, thankies for the wonderful advice – i came across your article about short hair and got the chop, i adore my new look
-> Chinook winds that bring the temperature from -45 to a balmy +3 degrees :D
-> 77 days until I see the love of my life again. Can’t wait to run and kiss him at the airport!!!
-> Making Valentines Day cookies to hand out on campus tomorrow.
-> The movie “Love Bites”
I love that I have a date today :) First date on Valentines day in 6 years (and that one doesn’t count because I was in hospital having just given birth and can’t really remember it)
so even if the relationship doesn’t go anywhere I will be happy with this one date.
I also love looking up all the great songs that have come out of Gala’s last post.
I love listening to triple j online so I can actually ring in for prizes if I get the urge.
I love that I haven’t dived straight into a big depressive slump because my last relationhip didn’t work – yay me!
I love photosets on flickr of NASA photos, especially of galaxies far, far away.
I love apricots
I love bookmooch.com and postcardx.net and galadarling.com
I even love Kevin Rudd for having the guts to say sorry
I just love everything today :)
Happy Valentines Day all!
PS: Miss Steph – your hair sounds AWESOME!
Sitting on the backstep late at night with a coffee and a cigi in one hand and scratching my puppys tummy with my other! I just love the way he relaxes and then all of a sudden tries to eat my toe, he makes me smile.
The fact that I went to the library yesterday to help my brother choose a book and came out with 7 for myself. Id forgotten how much I use to love the library!
Awesome almost daily converstations with my best friend who lives in Sydney, and the fact we never run outta things to say ever! even if we’v been talking for 3hours, and have never met…
My sisters best friends lil girl! Im offically Aunti Stacey and she loves me ^ _ ^
Deciding Im going to leave my home town and stretch my wings. Planning on moving to Brisbane later in the year ^ _ ^
My favourite pink / black & grey top can be worn by one of my great friends as a dress and looks just as good on both of us, and nobody knows its the same top / dress.
Totally love the fact that mum ruined the suprise for my birthday on monday by asking if my present is ok… which it totally is :D :D
and also that shes going to make sures home on monday (between droppin sister #1 to university 1st year Otago (YAH!!) & being with brother #1 and rowing nationals in hamilton) Im super excited :D
I love iCiNG always coming on to check when the new posts are up :D
Antoinette the Sympathy Girl
I am obsessed (obsessed I tell you!) with limited edition vinyl toys. I honestly couldn’t tell you how many I own. My current obsession is, however, with Antoinette the Sympathy Girl (http://tinyurl.com/2g6kmp). She’s based on a painting by PABLO, was adopted by indie record label Sympathy for the Record Industry (aka Sympathy Records) & later sculpted into a doll by Nathan Cabrera. Here’s her adorable story:
“her name is antoinette, but we mostly call her annie unless she makes a big mistake or forgets to feed the cats. she is very sensitive and cries about nearly everything. she cries when she hears of others misfortunes and tales of lost children or animals being abused. we never let her watch the news and do our best to keep her away from newspapers. she cries if her french fries from astro burger aren’t cooked just right or if the waitress doesn’t bring catsup. she cries when she hears of forest fires and plane crashes and when she sees homeless people pushing shopping carts down the street. she cries if she remembers a sad story or simply thinks a sad thought.
annie also cries if she is happy. she cries if someone brings her a muffin in the morning or if someone offers to share their vanilla malt or give her a sip of their green tea. she cries when she hears of people doing good, unselfish deeds and when people wronged by society are vindicated. she cries when anyone mentions how smart dolphins are and when animals are removed from the endangered species list. as i said annie is very sensitive and has a kind, loving heart.
about her dress, she does have other clothes, in fact she spends most of her extra money on cute dresses at betsey johnson’s, but for some reason she always wears that old blue dress she bought for $2.00 at the long beach swap meet when she knows that someone will be taking a photo. she is a driving force at sympathy and she is the person that selects most of the bands which explains the penchant towards girl bands. everyone on the staff loves her and she is a great source of happiness and inspiration to us all.”
I am desperately looking for an Antoinette so if anyone sees one for sale online or knows someone who has one & would like to sell, please please please let me know! Merci beaucoup!
Gala
I’ll write a wee thing up this weekend & share all that was delightful & wonderous about my trip to Melbourne, but the highlight of my trip was definitely catching up with my friend Gala, who I haven’t seen in a few years. She is honestly the bestest dinner & cup-of-tea companion ever & I love her dearly. <3
Kid Sister
I had the pleasure of seeing Kid Sister live (performing with her DJ boyfriend A-Trak) at Good Vibrations when I was in Melbourne this weekend & oh my god, girl is FIERCE! She performed at the B-Live stage (which was actually a tent) for about 45 minutes & she seriously tore the place up! The punters were plentiful so the tent was literally steaming, but she just had so much energy (not to mention sass!) on stage & her rhymes were absolutely flawless. The highlights for me were Pro Nails (of course!), girl getting her major crump on for the huge tune Switchboard & also when she came down to the front row with her hairbrush after her set & took pictures with an adoring crowd.
HUGE TYPE LOOKS SWEET
I am in love with this t-shirt (http://www.turnnocturnal.com/product/huge-type-looks-sweet). It would be the perfect t-shirt with which to recreate this look that I was loving a couple of weeks ago from the Sex and the City movie set. starlajo & thomasscovell already have one each & I am so jealous!
Cheap travel
My sister, Amanda, has been with Air New Zealand for over a year now & she’s just made me her nominee for the next twelve months! What does that mean? It means I get her staff travel privileges (domestically & internationally) regardless of whether I am travelling with her or not. So for the next calendar year I can fly, for example, from Wellington to Los Angeles for just NZ$500 return! Or from Wellington to London for just NZ$1000 return! Oh my!
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I found something on ebay and INSTANTLY thought of you – so heres something i think YOU will love thursday :)
Item# 260211576866
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Things I love Thursday…
* Making a travel monkey
* Coming back from a stupidly busy morning to find Valentines Day flowers from my man on my desk. Blush!
* Going out for Ethiopian food tonight
* Having something other than tuna on my salad
* Hanging out with my man before he leaves for San Fran for a week
-Getting ready to travel! Today I got in touch with my banks to ensure my debit cards would be good to go in London, and made a taxi reservation for 6:15 am on Friday. I’m going with one of my best friends, and we have an 8:50 am flight and are staying with my former babysitter for a week!
-Project Runway tonight!
-Getting ready for a full week off of school, which will be exactly what I need.
-Bagels & Lox
-Flirting with cute new boys at school on AIM, whether anything comes of it or not. Sure, it’s almost Valentine’s Day and I don’t really have any boys in my life, but that’s really not something I’m too concerned about.
no way!! my boyfriend played a song he wrote me for valentine’s today (even though it is a day early over here) and he called it ‘THE MASSAGE SONG’! because i’m always wanting massages and he said he’d give me one while it played. weird
things i love this week!
-a hazelnut Magnum icecream, a good book & damiana tea in a big blue Lush bath last night, my valentines treat to myself!
-making cupcakes for my girlfriends today, with REAL chocolate instead of cocoa, and icing made with real smashed up berries! mmm!
-going out to meet new friends at a bar tonight to have a drink & listen to live music (maybe we’ll pick-up!? they say it’s the easiest night to do it…) haha!
-beret’s. i’m SO stealing my flatmate’s one today for my cafe job interview.
-Bonnie, my yoga teacher. She knows how much I love it & was kind enough to offer me FREE lessons if I assist her with advertising for the centre…YAY! Thanks Universe!
-I know i always say this but… EFT! and exercise! my bike! swimming! i have had more time lately for all this stuff and i luuuurve it.
x happy valentines day to everyone, and if you’re single SPOIL yourself!
awww super thankies song :D!!
Simon is uber-cute, but I guess you don’t need me to tell you that!
Today I love:
Possets from possets.com
Anticipation of presents in the mail
Anything berry scented
Stacks of jangly Indian-style bracelets
Decent coffee
Boys being cute, even if my boy is in communicado at army training
o0o0o!!! things i love today:
+ this thursday. because of tilt and new episodes of smallville & supernatural!! it’s also valentine’s day which means hearts and stuff!
+ my boyfriend who was almost not my boyfriend after a spat over the weekend.
+ marie antoinette. it reminded me of how kirsten dunst was my favorite actress in my pre-teen years. and it just looked delicious!
+ led zeppelin’s song “in my time of dying” because it’s 11 minutes of coolness and it’s playing as i type.
+ pink & black combos, black & gold combos
+ non-rainy or snowy weather
Raw vegan girl scout cookies! YUM!
x TILT – love it :)
x Telling my boyfriend to ‘‘not be silly and spend any money on me on for Valentine’s Day’‘ (yet secretly hoping he would!) – only to find out he did!
x Going for dinner with my girlfriends tomorrow – can’t wait!
x Lollies. Healthy? No. Love them? So much!
x Searching for a good party dress – fun fun fun!
x Knowing that the weekend is near :)
x My boyfriend making an attempt to make me happy on V Day and booking us in for tea tonight, and not getting mad when I asked if we could change the reservation time
x Having a tea party last saturday for my friends hen party. We made cupcakes and little sandwiches and I felt sick from so much sugar
x Going to a wedding this Saturday (see friedn above) and getting to be pseudo bridesmaid because they’re not having a bridal party :]
x Working somewhere that doesn’t make a fuss about you taking a morning off to go see the doctor
x Hearing other people are happy in their relationships instead of hearing people complaing how crap their boyfriends are or how depressed they are being single
x Knowing that even if I argue with my boy everything will be forgotten by the morning
x Getting some awesome super super cheap clothes on sale due to tips from workmates (a red and white striped racer back singlet dress thing for under $5 from Country Road!!!!)
Things I love Wednesday-Night…! ;D
My New Tattoo
I’m very excited to finally have my design tattooed. It’s simple, but I put a lot of effort into designing it. http://flickr.com/photos/9963570@N03/2264342232/
Fafi’s new MAC collection
Menthol rub… Snuffie nose!
Stritcly Ballroom, a quirky charicature of a movie about ballroom dancing in Australia. Really cute.
Charlie Brown and all of the amazing things he says. My personal favorite is “Nothing quite takes the taste out of peanut butter like unrequited love.” Awwwww! :>
Jason Mraz and his new album. He is the ONLY singer/songwriter I’ve liked enough to buy an actual album from. His music’s the kind where the tune itself is upbeat and catchy and fun, but the words have meaning so you don’t feel TOO guilty about listening to it.
Marine Tech. It’s this class I have to take for half a year, it involves making a model of a boat and it is SO. MUCH. FUN. :D!!! I don’t even know why, but it’s so refreshing to be going around doing things and making an actual boat out of these scraps of wood. It’s great because I have the class in the middle of the day, and I get a nice break from all the lectures and note taking I usually do in other classes. There are so many different ways for us to hurt ourselves in this class, though! How is that funny? I have no idea. D:
Drinking lots and lots of water. I always used to drink maybe one glass of water a day, tops, but lately I’ve been drinking TONS of water and I feel so much better afterwards—more energized and ready to go.
My hamster’s silent wheel. He goes on it all night and his old one squeaked so loudly that people on the other end of a phone could hear it. Solution? A whisper-quiet wheel! I looo-ooove it.
Having weird dreams even when I’m half awake. This has happened so many times. On weekends I don’t get out of bed right away, even if I’m 80% awake already, so I do this dozing on and off thing. I’ve had some really awesome dreams from doing this. One has involved meeting my #1 celebrity crush. xD!
Hot baths. There is NOTHING better than a nice, hot bath after a huge snow storm. I was covered head to toe in snow the other day, and it felt soooo nice to get into that warm water.
Natasja — Dude! Free yoga lessons! That is so cool! Where is your teacher & what kind of yoga classes do you take?
Retro.Bunny — Your tattoo is so cute! Yay crown!
P.S. Sorry, my pictures link was messed up.
Here’s my new tattoo:
http://flickr.com/photos/9963570@N03/2264357454/
x. The weather :) It’s getting cooler and I love the cold.
x. The fact that me going to the gymn regularly for the last week is starting to pay off and my stomach is becoming toned again :)
x. Chocolate. I bought a whole stash of it yesterday!
x. This certain, fabulous, amazing boy who I’ll call F
x. My new Lee dark blue skinny jeans
x. My writing ‘portfolio’ – it’s starting to take shape, finally!
Can’t wait to the the newsletter today! Bye Gala!
Valentines day ohhhh… :)
I love… my marie anntoinette soundtrack, my beautiful new electric blue dress, My new wedges which have silk shoelaces, my decision not to leave the house looking less than glam and chic, Toblerone…hmmm yummmy, work tonight, staying up late to do homework, my little sister. xoxoxo
Green seedless grapes mmmmm so tasty and good
Fresh pow pow and the painless crashes that go with it!
Future plans of where to travel next? The world really is my oyster!
Letters from Nana and Grandad which are wonderfully typed up on their typewriter
Free furniture that people dump on the side of the road, just waiting for a good home
One more day of work till 3 more blissful days of sliding!
-chocolate birthday cake
-going out dancing with my two favorite-ist people ever! (my brother and his fabulous fiance)
-having my brother dress up like a pirate to go out dancing! haha. i think he will use any excuse to go out dressed as a pirate
-having two birthday celebrations in a row and sharing it with my beautiful crazy family!
-red lipstick and red flowers in my hair, goes perfectly with my newly adopted black vintage dress, which was only $4 from the store i work at.
happy valentines day everyone!
This Thursday, I am loving…
My friends, who are funny, generous, and kind. One of them just gave me a subscription to the New Yorker – how awesome is that! Am SO excited.
Amy’s Kitchen frozen veggie meals (Whole Foods junkies will know what I am talking about) – I am working a graveyard shift at work at the moment, and these meals are the single reason I haven’t binged on crisps and cheap chocolate!
Cupcakes – I went to my local cupcakery in Kensington and had the BEST peanut butter and chocolate cupcake last week. YUM!
Juno – awesome, sweet movie. Plus it has two of the stars from Arrested Development (the best TV show ever).
Waking up to my favourite people on the radio.
Going to dinner and a movie with my best mate.
Easy days at school.
Discovering new, fantastic music.
Knowing that the end of the week is near.
Massage song! That’s so freaking adorable!
Today I’m grateful for:
-Friends! I was having a crummy day and three friends invited me to go study with them at a coffee shop, and it was just what I needed to shake off the blues.
-Art! I used to regret not going to art school, but I’m still managing to teach myself a lot even without formal instruction. And it’s so nice to be able to paint as a break from my studies.
-Urban Agriculture! It’s the shit! Everyone should grow a little food…even if it’s just one tomato plant. It would have so many positive impacts! (I’m doing an independent study on it and so am reading about it all day long…)
-Being in my last semester in college and feeling good about the education I received and my prospects for the future.
-Vibrators, eeee! I’m getting ready to order one that is similar to but less expensive than the Lily (the Laya Spot). Glee!
-Having the occasional sad day, cause once I start feeling better, the happiness is extra wonderful by contrast! Yay! Happy Wednesday/Thursday!
Loving the geek chic! Loving BRACES!! I just got them on today. Feeling ULTRA geeky!
I want OXFORDS to complete my look. I’ve so been dying to get my hands on a pair for this winter to wear with mini-dresses and black opaques.
Where oh where in Melbourne can I find some Gala? Preferably not too high or too spiky a heel. Please help :-)
- So You Think You Can Dance Australia: I wasn’t particularly keen on it when I first heard about it but at the moment it’s my current obsession! – Sex & The City: I can’t WAIT for the movie, I have been watching so many episodes lately and I love the girls – Jane Austen novels: They had a bit of revival in my life after seeing ‘The Jane Austen Book Club’ ...next step! Watching all the movies! – Red roses :) They are so lovely, whether it’s a giant bouquet or a single stem, they are the most beautiful thing ever and I love that it’s Valentine’s Day – Icypoles! Especially the ones I remember buying at the school canteen for 50 cents as a ten year old – Watermelon: Fat, cold slices to be enjoyed anytime of the day!
- The Beatles. Honestly, their music was and still is revolutionary. Whenever I listen to them, no matter how angry or depressed I am, I always manage to feel better afterwards. Also they helped me accept my grandmother’s death through their songs.
- Having some idea as to where I want to go in life. It feels really good.
- Baking. What can I say? Being a good chef runs in my family.
- My friends. They keep me sane throughout the day and I love them for it.
- California’s weather. It feels like a mild, sunny summer’s day even if it’s still winter in the states! :)
New American Apparel footless socks! They are incredible, Gala, I swear to you! I bought them in plum and they are amazing!
Getting shoes at %60 off!
Most incredible: finding out my buddy from Argentina is coming all the way to Los Angeles to visit me!!
hello gala! my new years resolution is to become a cupcake baking master! along those lines, i am very curious about this mix between chocolate and chili. i love both separately but never thought of combining them: did it taste good? and, if you wouldn’t mind, what was the recipe? if i end up frosting my cupcakes with it, i swear i’ll put pictures up on my blog! :)
I love my little husband who just gets better and better.
I love Lulu of ‘Cherry Blossom Adventures’ and the first commenter on this post. She’s a sweety.
I love www.Tokyomade.com and Sushizume. HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY Tokyomade. I will be buying from you soon soon soon.
I love that we are going looking at apartments tonight.
I love that we are going to an onsen (spa) complex after the apartment hunt to have Valentines baths together (well seperately)
I love Tokyo.
I love my network
I love the Internet
I love my friends and family
I love my job
Happy Valentines!
Yay For TiLT!
My new job!
Financial Advice!- being trained in finance for my job& getting tips..one of my goals this year was to be smarter about money so it’s really turning my crank (teehee!) learning about investment etc. (never thought I would say that sentence EVER!)
Cute crushes at work- its been day 4 of my new job and already have a crush! im hopeless :D
Heartshaped chocolates given out at work but cupids in red togas!!
Kevin Rudd’s apology yesterday!..words cannot describe how..much this needed to be said & it feels hopeful for the future of Australia..
Wigs – a bright orange bob wig which I thought would be such a laugh ended up looking Amazing so I NEED a new haircut/colour …gala if you read this where did you go to get your haircut with the blue?? Ive been searching galadarling and couldnt find it!? you mention shannon sossamon &someone wrote it was suzani in another post..if you could let me know id appreciate it..
Being on my way to a new year brimming with possibilities!
Im actually sure theres more but Ill feel like a hog otherwise.
Bigfat valentines smooches y’all!
xxoo
I love Valentines, because of all the love going around
I love Heart shaped Helium balloons
I love reading Things I Love Thursday
HAPPY VALENTINES GALA!
HAPPY VALENTINES EVERYONE!
1. my new necklaces
2. nail polish in raspberry and electric blue
3. creating yummy salads
4. having cocktails with friends
5. my plans for the weekend (which are: going shopping, going out with friends in a different city and going to the theatre with my boyfriend)
6. not having to learn
7. my new shirt
8. light yellow eyeshadow
9. backing cake
10.the comic about Kafka’s life which my dad gave to me
And one last thing to add to my list…
Spending the evening with my absolute best friend and having a whale of a time. :D
sunshine!!!!!! It was rainy and dark here for months, and yesterday and today the sun actually came out for more than 5 minutes! Yay!!!
a nice challenge a course mate of mine is a flamenco singer and asked me if I could sew her a flamenco dress. It’s a bit scary, since I’ve never made such a big project with that kind of material, but also I’m quite excited about doing it! We decided to make a toile first and see how it turns out and then go from there.
Chanel make-up Spring 2008 I especially love the picture of Natalia Vodianova, I think that navy cat’s eye looks sooo great!
sewing all kinds of stuff, also children’s clothes, they are so small and cute when finished.
thinking about what to knit in the future and what kind of wool to buy
I found a beautiful book of vintage children’s knits in the library and now I want to make all kind of stuff for my friends’ kids. Or at least dream about how the projects would look
finding/reading great books at the moment I’m reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, it’s really great. When I’m finished (which will be too soon, it’s that kind of book you wish wouldn’t stop so fast, even though it has 500+ pages), I’d like to read The Virgin Suicides. I only saw the movie so far.
Sending (and receiving) Valentines cards. Here in Finland Valentine’s is “Friendship Day”, so the romantic pressure is a bit off, so everybody can enjoy it, which I think is great. Also the Finnish Mail issues special stamps for Valentine’s each year, and this year they are especially cute!
(I found a picture online, you have to scroll down a bit, they are the pink ones with the hearts 4th row from the top on the left, if you click on it the picture pops up in a bit bigger size: puoti.pmk.posti.fi..
re-watching DVDs while doing something crafty. I like the Potter movies because of the knitwear inspiration and also Sex and the City, for the fashion, obviously, and the laughs.
Happy Valentine’s and Friendship Day, everyone!!!
.God
.I’m still in the feeling of reading Regina McBride’s The Marriage Bed. I love it.
.i love the new black blouse i just bought!
.no school because of VD!!
.Gala
.Friends
.having this day all to myself! i love spending time with myself. my friends get mortified of the feeling going out alone, i think it sound great!
Happy Valentines day!
I love…
- Getting an unexpected Valentine card from someone I’ve only been on two dates with (and both this week!)
- Fortune cookies (or more specifically, the fortunes)
- Asian cuisine, it’s become a thing for me and the boy mentioned above =D
- Heart-shaped sunglasses on Valentine’s Day
- Dressing in vintage AND being complimented on it by my date
- Upcoming trips, even if they are to the tropics which are mostly underwater
- Mix CDs
- Cupcakes
- Vintage treasures snapped up for a bargain price
- Bows on clips for my hair!
- And of course, Gala =] ♥
<3 Garbage! How funny…I haven’t been able to stop listening to “Only Happy When It Rains”
<3 Interesting essays to write!
<3 The pale pale translucent dusky pink nail varnish I mixed myself
<3 Reading Week…so nice not having to go anywhere!
valentine cupcakes – my friend and I made then for everyone at dancing today, vanilla with white icing and big red hearts on top :)
pride and prejudice – ohh mr darcy!
the random man who yelled out happy valentines day to me in the middle of the shop tonight! XD
and my friend alex who asked me today to be his valentine, haha he’s a sweetie
I love my boyfriend Michael.
He is preventing me from thinking of anything else right now, and he isn’t even here!
Enough said. =)
Today I Love:
Raful
Diego
Liz
Beto
Dearest
Javi
Abi
Mido
Alekz
Liz
Isaac C.
Isaac E.
Toño
Arely
Rosma
And all my friends jeje.
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you.
Kisses.
things I love today:
-exchanging funny anti v-day ecards with a faraway friend who’s just come out of a long relationship (like me)—all of my friends actually, who are just amazing even if they don’t know:)
-my baby niece who will be born in 2 months time!!i’m making her a cross-stitched blanket, and i can’t wait to go little-dress shopping with her and my sis:)
-speaking of geekiness, chip’s challenge, this crazy old windows game which i’m crazy about and i recently discovered has a whole community of worldwide geeks on the internet devoted to exchanging tips& petitioning the programmer to create a new version!
-planning my next semester, including a nice trip to visit my best friend in spain!
-already excitedly planning my b-day party on gala’s tips—even though it will be in june!but i want it to be a blast!
-an amazing little travel bookshop in my town, with the kindest salespeople ever, where i always have to buy something even if i’m not planning any trip.:)
-my mom baking homemade rosemary bread & buying lindt chocolates for me to celebrate!yum..
-iCiNG of course!
have an amazing week and lots of love!
- Random poetry! A boy I hardly ever talk to wrote me a thankyou poem because I lent him a pen!<BR>- The fact that I don’t have to go to school tomorrow.
<BR>- I’m generally excited about everything for no reason.
<BR>- Crusty bread.
<BR>- New shoes.
<BR>- Spending aaagggeeesss looking at Nick Cave albums in Zavvi just because the guy that works there is good-looking.
<BR>- Fooling around with friends in the art gallery where the lead singer from the Chapman Family works [we get away with it.]
<BR>- Reading free magazines on ‘our’ chairs in the art gallery.
Things I love this Thursday
+I have a moie date to see “Borderline” with an old friend, a journalist who’s 66 years old and used to live in my apt building and we just got back into contact, great friend
+the fact that I am going to the BALL tomorrow!! i.e. a friend of mine is leaving for Denmark and her apartment will be filled with like 40 people and her roommate is…... my new lover and he doesnt know that I know the roommate i.e. he will have a heart attack when i walk through the door
+he will also have a heart attack because of the way I willdress – i.e. dressed to STUN super gown, real red rose in hair… no make up necessary :)
I feel like Marie-Antoinette !!!! I am even bringing my feathered black slippers…. no walking barefoot in my ball gown!! AND I’ll be putting my coat in MR’s room. Not on the pile of 40-something coats that all look alike :)
Her friends are all like 10-15 years younger than me but I love them!! I love hanging with younger people because I am young of mind and they are really cool, open minded, conscious kids! I already made many friends in this group so my [super shy, will blush when I come in] ninja boy will not be able to throw me out!!! hehe
I’m bringing saké & dark chocolate + my own person…. who could resist!
I’m gonna tell the ninja, “Tonight, I am sleeping in YOUR bed” -this hasnt hapened yet, we slept in mine thrice! It’s its turn!
yayyyyyyyy
Bake sales in the lobby of my building.
Anti-Valentine’s Day parties. Last year, the candy heart fight was so spirited that light fixtures were broken.
Homemade zucchini soup.
Paperback novels sent to me (signed!) by one of my favorite authors.
Talented friends who let me bask in their genius, hopefully acquiring some of it by osmosis. (Still waiting, but YOU NEVER KNOW.)
Twilight Walks
Pee Wee’s Playhouse
reading Lonesome Dove, it’s so long & satisfying!
surprising my boyfriend w/a world globe on the dining room table when he woke up this morning for Valentine’s Day
white plastic 60s-inspired jewelry
finding out I have Monday off work paid & I didn’t even know it! now my boyfriend & I are planning to go visit his parents for the weekend, where we will be fed delicious nutritious food by his mom =)
I’m glad you mentioned Shirley Manson, she was my idoooooooool growing up; I met her twice (once when I was 16, once when I was 18), she is the nicest celebrity EVER.
getting a valentine from my boyfriend who doesnt even celebrate valentines!!!! yay! my first valentines card ever!!!
I love getting flowers from my boyfriend who is currently living 3000 miles away.
I love my daddy still buying me chocolate on Valentines Day.
I love sending big packages.
I love that my parents are letting me pick where we are going out to dinner tonight even though its their anniversary.
I love all the sunshine coming through my window.
Gala, have you ever read the book that you put the picture of in “Saturday Morning Fun reading”? Its called manners and its by Kate Spande. You must check it out, its faboulous and Im sure you will love it! I was pleasently surprised to see one of my alltime favorite books on iCing.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
I love that my mom called me at work to wish me a happy valentines day :)
Also that I finally get to spend valentines with an awesome guy, rather than home with my sister (not that my sister’s no fun, after all she’s watching horror movies all night with a friend! but yeah, a guy)
And I love that it’s nearing 5pm and I got my first paycheck today :D
(and baking sugar cookies tonight – we will both love that)
ooh i forgot to do this earlier… here’s my list:
x half term. i like not having to go in for school every day, being able to go to the cinema during the week, having time to read etc…
x ianto jones in torchwood. i think i say either him or torchwood every week, but it’s because he’s amazing. yesterday we had two episodes and in one of them in particular there were a lot of moments where he needed a good hug and a cup of coffee.
x anastasia, the cartoon film. i’m watching it to counter valentine’s day blues.
x reading positive reviews of my very favourite album by my very favourite band in a lot of random music magazines. it’s just nice, they’re so lovely.
x penelope. i saw it the other day, and aaaw. even if a lot of the american accents were prety terrible, i suppose that’s what you get when an american movie is made in london with a lot of british actors.
x hart crane. amazing poetry.
x getting ready to go away for a week to a place halfway across the country… it’s weird, but i really like cross-country train journeys.
~My valentine’s present from my boyfriend. I got brand new sharpies in all sorts of colors! (24 of them), A new shirt featuring characters from the cartoon “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, and a hoodie other characters from that show that says “Together Forever”
~Just the fact it’s Valentine’s Day
~This website my neurologist (Of all people) told me about. It’s called Pandora.com and you put in a song or a band and It loads up a radio station that’ll play bands similar to the one you put in.
~The movie Across the Universe. All Beatles inspired, set in the 70’s. It’s a wonderful movie.
~Taking nice Cozy Naps
~Doodling with my new sharpies
~Wearing the bunny ears I got for Easter.
~Dressing up all girly.
~All my new Thrift store/really cheap clothes.
Camila — Nope… but I just added it to my Amazon wishlist ;D
MayaSaurus — That Pandora thing sounded SO good & then I went there & it said,
“Dear Pandora Visitor,
We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for listeners located outside of the U.S. We will continue to work diligently to realize the vision of a truly global Pandora, but for the time being we are required to restrict its use. We are very sad to have to do this, but there is no other alternative.”
BOO!
Takashi Murakami art style reminds me of Digimon. Sorry, that was the first thing that peopped into my mind when I saw the video.
you collected some great things. (:
do these sweaters have anything special on the front, too? if not, i think you could easily make one of them for yourself. you just need to find a simple black (or whatever color you like) sweater, cut out a circle from another fabric and sew it on (you could even do that by hand). sounds pretty easy, actually.
mine:
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also….Gala…
re: Pandora
you may be able to use it through the facebook app! You’d have to try it, but it might work!!
Things I love Thursday, a day late ;)
* The 3 new bras I bought on Wednesday. It is hard to find nice bras in a 12DD and usually bra hunting expeditions leave me exceptionally cranky, but on Wednesday I wandered into Farmers and they were having a sale, and when I wandered over to the lingerie department, they had a $10 rack with wonderful quality sexy bras on it IN MY SIZE. Bliss. One of the coolest things is – the original price of them added up is $220! $190 saving, oh yeah!
* My boyfriend Mike bringing me flowers yesterday – I have no idea what kind they are, but they look a bit like brain coral and they’re blood orange and FUZZY. So cool. I keep running my fingers over them.
* The baby chinchilla born this morning! My girl Lily gave birth to twins this morning – sadly one was still-born, but the other is happy and healthy and that is something to be grateful for :)
* Baking caramel cupcakes with strawberry icing yesterday and playing with my new icing thing to make pretty swirls. I am so proud of them, and they taste divine. Check it out: i152.photobucket.com…
* Baking a cake for Mike for Valentine’s day yesterday that I invented just for him – Moro Gold cake. It’s his favourite chocolate bar, so I modified a recipe to have melted moro golds and chunks of them in it too, and I decorated it: i152.photobucket.com…
* My very crazy-cute cat Sinamyn
* Hanging out with my dad’s secretary Louisa and her 4 year old daughter Tamika, who are also our cousins, and dad works from home so they’re always there to chat with :)
* The Brak Show. Yes. So great.
* Outrageous Fortune – I bought the season 2 dvd as a joint gift for us for Valentine’s Day.
* My new recipe book – I’m rewriting everything and making it super pretty and aesthetically pleasing. Joy!
re pandora: a couple of similar sites are www.meemix.com/intro… and jango.com – jango is my personal favourite, but i’ve heard good things about meemix too. i think they should work anywhere, but if i’m wrong then i’m sorry!
MY BOYFRIEND!!!
Today he got me the perfect valentine gift for an eco-freindly soul; a lovely (and lively) pink flower in a pot, and a 70% cocoa dark chocolate bar with blueberries that donates 10% of the price of the bar to the preservation of endangered species. It has a sea turtle on the cover which scores bonus points.
I feel cr-rappy today. But here goes, in a hopeful attempt to make me feel better :)
- The AMC Best Picture Showcase coming up next Saturday, right before the Oscars. AMC is showing all the nominees for Best Picture, with a big tub of popcorn and drink, with refills free for 30 bucks. I’m going with a friend who loves the cinema as much as me, yay!
- My clean room. I recently cleaned the floors and removed the place of most clutter (well, at least the clutter on the floor). I feel so much better…I hate having a room that is messy. It makes me feel horrible.
- The L Word. Come on, Season 4 DVD set….arrive in the mail already! You are ruining my L Word marathon.
- Netflix. I’ve been on the website for the past hour reading over movie summaries and watching previews, stocking my queue with lots of goodies.
- Elliott Smith. ‘Nuff said.
- Sushi. Again, ‘nuff said.
That’s my best attempt. Weeee.
Murakami rocks my socks!!!!!!!
i know, Gala – she is so awesome! her name is Bonnie & she runs Resonate Yoga which is all over the place I think, but I go to the one about 5 doors down from my house! in Darebin Rd, Northcote.
She’s helpin me out cos she knows i’m almost jobless :P
www.resonateyoga.com…
& I’m going to the Rooftop Cinema tonight with some new friends for the first time, so looking forward to it!
xxx have a great Melbourne weekend
my photo is here!!!!(big city)
thanks girl.
opsss…your job is great and your tattoo too