Things I Love Thursday
[ 20 February 2008 ]
Here are the things that are making my heart go doki doki this week!
Fleetwood Mac — Especially after coming home from a long walk in the cold with my lover. (Last night we went for a walk to a place that does amazing chocolate drinks.) I like to lie on the bed in the living room, stare out at the night below, crank up Fleetwood Mac & start working. It makes me feel peaceful & energised all at the same time.
The iCiNG Community — It really struck me the other day, as I walked back from the post office, how good we have it here. The article I wrote the other day on A Passionless Marriage was what drove it home to me. A woman in a dissatisfying marriage wrote to me asking for my help, so I wrote her a piece outlining my thoughts on the matter, & the comments were an amazing outpouring of help, advice & wonderful, thoughtful insights. There were words from 60 year old women who have been married twice before, & 12 year old girls who have never dated. I can’t think of anywhere else online where such a diverse but positive crowd come together. I love you guys so much, & it makes me the happiest girl in the world to get to hang out with you every day!
Exploding Dog — I like this one: When I look at you, I get more ideas.
Wearing my hair in a chignon — I can’t explain it. Maybe it’s just that I never used to be able to do it, but I love putting my hair up in a loose bun! It makes me feel very effortlessly elegant & groomed. I am an addict!
This picture is amazing.
Notorious B.I.G. — I just do. He is great. It’s all about booty-shaking bass! I am usually pretty torn between trying to work out whether I like him or Tupac better, though I think I am ekeing over towards Tupac. Tupac was a hot, intelligent, awesome anarchist, & Biggie was… well, a crack dealer. So hey!
Dark chocolate with chilli — I know a lot of people think that sounds nuts, but it is seriously incredible. You don’t really taste the chilli at first, just chocolate, but after you swallow, your mouth fills with an amazing flavour. So good! If you can find some, you should definitely try it.
Having someone else pretty me up — There has been a lot of that lately, & I love not having to think about it & let a professional do what they do best! I had so much fun with Marie when we played with make-up the other day. Today I’m going to get my nails painted & I’m also going to Wildilocks, for more extensions & a trim (not sure how radical yet)! Yay!
Enjoying the calm before the storm — The first week of March is fashion week here in Melbourne & it is going to be intense. I have shows, concerts, seminars & exhibition openings coming out my ears! After that my parents are going to be here for a bit, & then I’m going to go to a seminar held by one of the coolest people ever (Mike Dooley !!!), & after that, I’m modelling for Dr Sketchy’s! Then I will collapse. It is going to be a magnificent, high-energy month!
Cake decoration shops! They are the most fun place on earth. I am going to go scouting for fun decorations for cupcakes. I am strongly considering buying some crystallised violets & some fabulously neon food colouring. Hee!
Honourable mentions: Earrings that make jangly noises while you walk (I love anything noisy that I can wear!); shoe shopping (it’s on the cards!); juices (I am planning on upping my juice intake in a big big way); lovely lovely raw foodists; my boyfriend (his devotion to improving himself in every way improves my life & love for him too); fabulous pink-covered books & sticking jewels on my Moleskine!
“Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.” — John Lennon
Plant some seeds! What do you love today?
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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rainy grey mornings with a cup of coffee, bed and beatnik poetry – well, duh.
going back to work – last night consisted of sitting around for three hours, alternately unclothed and in a kimono, reading tom wolfe and drinking tea while people drew me. I LOVE MY JOB.
getting limber again. another perk of my work (rhyme!) is that’s its also strenuous exercise. as a result my body is starting to get more agile. yay!
playing dress up – i have finally been in the mood to play with my clothes again, after weeks of just wanting to wear rhumba panties and chesty bonds singlets, even when going out.
parties where you don’t know anyone but you and your dear friend are dressed like drag queens and you meet dinosaur boys and people with the word ‘magic’ before their name.
and i wholeheartedly second your dark chocolate and chilli love. i’m off to make vegan chinese dumplings now! ‘ave a loovely thursday, gov!
Thing I love Thursday again! My goodness how quickly the time goes!
Things I love…
* The thought of seeing my beautiful man this weekend. He has been away and I get to see him on Sunday. It’s a good little reminder of how splendid he is when I’m away from him!
* Starting Japanese lessons tonight in preparation for our holiday later this year
* Having some time to catch up with old friends
* Dried fruit and nuts
* My fourth day as a vegan! I was only going to do the diet for a week but I feel pretty damn good so I might stick to it for a little bit longer
* Pilates – although it’s deathly boring and slightly painful it makes me feel INCREDIBLE
* Organic dark orange chocolate. Like regular chocolate only minus all the evil stuff
* Scaring the crap out myself by making serious plans to study gold and silver smithing next year. I’ll be a poor student again!
* How I felt pretty crummy before I started writing the list and now I feel much better! Thanks Gala!
I love…
...gala darling right back for being so awesome and writing such fantastically inspirational things.
...my best friends. I’m lucky enough to have 4. that’s 4x the number of people who love me lots. i’m all about the love today.
...bad days. i was thinking about this earlier, and I realised that bad days always teach me a lot more in the end than good days. and so, i’ve come to appreciate the negative in my life as well. it’s an opportunity to improve, right?
...my little brother. i love him, i just don’t like him.
...Fafi for MAC. I’ll admit it. even though I am a die hard Lancome addict when it comes to all things lip gloss and will be until the day my heart stops, your raving has got me desperately wanting to get my hands on every lip glass in that collection.
and that’s what I’m loving this Thursday!
but what’s this about you modeling? did you mention this sometimes earlier and I missed it, or are you just whetting our appetites Miss Gala?
* Fish and chips for lunch when there’s no bosses at work (and wearing jeans to work as well)
* Having a bitch about stupid people you work with, with the not so stupid peple you work with
* Dirty Sexy Money (the show) I can totally imagine you (Gala) being part of that Darling family :]
* Finding a great and really cheap top yesterday that makes my boobs look big and makes my tummy disappear
* My friends wedding that was amazing and so well organised. She looked so beautiful and her husband couldn’t stop grinning all afternoon and night
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*trying new food...even if its bad I still tried it!!
*latin dance classes...and the fact that I can now do the cha cha and start learning the sexy salsa next week
*drinking coke...instead of coffee (tho not much better aye!!)
*office mike...thats what I secretly call my office crush...certainly makes work more interesting when there is something cute to look at
*realising that I ahve let go of the past...it needed to be done!!!
*my dyslexic typing...it amuses me ahvent you noticed it ;d
*typing on my laptop on the train...it gives me an air of self importance- just like all those men in suits!!
* After reading & getting excited about your article on MAC Cosmetics, I found out that my friend is taking me for a makeover (with MAC!) & photoshoot on my 21st birthday & I can’t wait!
* I’ve started to see a guy & a couple of people have commented that he’s perfect for me :]
* Uni is so much fun at the moment
* Your site – it always makes me so much more positive. Thank you for that Gala :]
+ iCing is what I love, not just at the moment, but all the time!!
+ I just finished reading a summary of I.A Richards Theory of Abstraction and for the first time this semester, I am thrilled about school!
+ Spicy Eggplant with yogurt.
+ The Indonesian language. It’s so funny and a drastic change from my usual Deutsch.
+ A piece of text that is grammatically correct and rhetorically interesting.
+ Project Runway season 4. Christian is my absolute fav.
i love clean sheets and daydreaming about poets in buffalo
Today I’m loving that early spring sunshine, lunar eclipses, slouchy boots, messenger bags, and sushi with friends.
# Getting an interview for the position I want after an extremely frustrating week at my current job.
# Sommerset announcing a reunion tour! (a bit kiwi-centric, and even then not everyone’s heard of them.. but still huge, huge news!)
# Mountain Goats coming to NZ in April – ages away, but pretty damn excited to find out.
# Eating dinner on the front step of my flat most nights this week, watching the city wind down.
# Feist’s new music video with the fireworks and the field and the oil drums.. actually Feist in general.
# Meeting my flatmate for sushi in the sun for lunch today.
# Feeling fit(ish) again, forgotten how good it felt!
* wonderful green smoothies. they’re all i’ve been eating for the past couple of weeks, nearly! soy and loads of spinach and frozen fruit and bananas and pineapples and foraging in the peculiar fruit section of my greengrocers in order to keep away from stagnation.
* the boy in my legendary rome class who looks a good bit like hugh laurie with bleach-white hair. it’s ridiculous and we have a dinner date friday! he wears dior homme suits and elfin shoes and i think he might be the only stylish gentleman in the entire city.
* chinese hats, which are one of the five items on my list of summer staples for 2008. must. find. now.
* athenian blue. it’s such an amazing color and perhaps the most flattering thing ever on me. i’m on a passionate hunt for yards of it in linen form, and dyed slips in that hue!
* playing with new hairstyles. i know the best color for me (honeyed blonde) but i am at a loss for words when it comes to style! i know what i can’t carry off, but i am persistently trying to find what exactly i can do. i am having a love affair with huge piles of romantic curls, but with my facial structure, i’m conflicted. they go great with my aesthetic, but my nature is much more tightly laced and i am not sure that much disorganization in my hair would sit well for long.
* i am also totally digging this fey, romantic, woodsy touch to outfits brought by wild pale curls and piles of hair, and interestingly embroidered and textured fabrics (the color being irrelevant and suited to skintone, it seems) and craving applying it to myself, but i am not the free spirited flower girl much in personality and there’s this weird cognitive dissonance going on. but i’m loving the battle! hopefully i’ll love the result, too… (because my forays so far have been more “not so chic slouchy granny” than “fey and ethereal”)
* burning man, the first day of which is also my birthday. i imagine going will be the best birthday present to myself, ever. playa cake? ha!
* finally getting over the flu. it’s had me out of commission for nigh three weeks. i have been in a medication-fog for the entire time, and i’m getting tired of it.
Things I love today!
1. Fafi for MAC, who doesn’t! Awesome line. I want want want the girls will be girls nail polish, the pink blush, the make up bag, the figurines, the long sleeve top, the lip gloss, all of it! I too am obsessed with MAC Gala!
2. That Im going home in 9 days! I cant wait to see everyone!
3. My new Japanese books. I am going for the Japanese Proficiency exam this year and have told myself I must do at least one hour study a day!
4. New Ebay purchase! The Love and Fafiness Girlie art book. Fafi is an obsession!
5.Sex And The City! They really know how to make a bad day GREAT! Im watching them all from the beginning, up to season 3 now! By the time I’m home, ill be ready for the movie!
Thats all for today… Hopefully readying everyone elses TILT will inspire me some more.
あいしてる ガラちゃんHappy Thursday everyone :)
+ Lunar eclipses!
+ CDs which I can sing along to, every word.
+ Getting to beautiful pictures.
+ Sappy, beautiful, hilarious, wild, un-published, cliche and dorky love stories.
+ Snow.
+ Going to concerts full of beautiful boys and girls and their beautiful music.
+ Technical theatre.
+ Coffee & tea.
+ Guitar.
+ Getting my homework done by NINE AT NIGHT. (!!!)
+ Raw food.
+ The interstate— the place in between places, a world of its’ own.
+ The internet.
+ How full of love for things I seem to be today!
+ Lunar Eclipses =D
+ Finally settling on my spring wardrobe overhaul (Kitsch/Lolita ahoy!)
+ Making a cute stand for my ipod nano…out of business cards.
+ Hello Kitty stamps!
+ Realizing the boy I love, loves me back!
+ Cleaning the house!
+ Being asked by people to have your picture taken, randomly!
Usually, I’d put down a material list, but I feel that if there’s two things I’m happy for this week, it would be…:
- That my skin is clearing up.
This sounds so strange, but after having acne since I was 10 (seriously), I went to a good derm and got some antibiotics and cream for my face. Now, only after a week, my skin is so much clearer that my friends tell me how nice it is. I’m incredibly grateful for this one specific thing, really.
- Random, nice strangers.
Getting off the metro (subway) this week, feeling a little down, I had a friendly man with pale mint eyes compliment my boots. (Yes, the pink moon boots! xD) He chatted with me for a few seconds, then said, “Well, I couldn’t resist, you look like a nice gorgeous girl. Have a great life!” His random act of kindness just brightened up my whole week, really.
You’re modelling for Dr. Sketchy’s Melbourne? Hooray! You + Mel + Sketchy’s is like a convergence of cool!
Watching the Lunar Eclipse!!!!
Thursday? Really?
I’ve never tried chocolate&chilli but I’ve always wanted to.
I love:
- signing up more and more kids for my ballet classes. Everyone is so excited – classes start in 2 weeks!
- shopping for my man’s birthday (including getting him some stuff I want, like FotC on DVD).
- getting the opportunity to go boogie-boarding and body-surfing by myself (no kids) the other day. Mmmm . . . conditions were perfect . .
- wedding photography blogs. Romantic love! Pretty frocks!
- teaching a gym class that some old friends of mine came to for the first time.
- lovely weather and lots of beach time – I’ve been three times this week.
- driving around Auckland and surprising myself by realising it’s not really that bad, once you’re off the motorway and out of the CBD and not in the new subdivisions: Te Atatu, Onehunga . . . some of the trees are really quite lovely . . . And it’s not flat. You can see stuff – the hills, the sea.
- leaning on walls. I’ve been so tired this week! Lying awake making up choreography is to blame.
+ Even though he’s out of a job, having my hubby around 24/7 has been refreshing. Especially the waking up together. Now if only he can get some freelance work so he can stay home a bit longer! (He’s an artist.)
+ Nifty lunar eclipse!
+ Bob, the owner of a restaurant in the town we’ve moved to. He’s a happy older gentleman in a beret who’s willing to make us vegan food! :D
I love my life!
Things that I love
*my sisters and how close I am to them
*having serious conversations with close friends
*Sex and the City!
*Waking up early and seeing the sun rise from your bed
*Hearing my mom’s laughter over the phone
*Learning to do the Thriller dance at my friends house
*Having mini-raves with my sisters
*Roisin Murphy and Daft Punk
*long and silly MSN conversations
*Hard things in life that make me strong
-Valentina
+pole dancing – i just got hired at a bikini bar and it’s so much fun!!! at first i was terrified, but the girls are cool and the customers don’t give a shit as long as your practically naked & genuinely having fun. ;)
clean breakups – i just broke up with my boyfriend of 2 years (who i love to death but it’s just not working!), and now i am enjoying freedom, an enhanced authenticity of self, and a closer friendship with him.
+trader joe’s – their cilantro hummus, thai spicy peanut dressing, everything crackers, tomato soup, & sparkling sake are unique, cheap, & amazing!
+boards of canada – PLEASE do yourself a favor & limewire some of their tracks now!
+sandman comics – i’ve never been into comics but these “graphic novels” are so deep & illustrated so well…i am hooked.
+L.A.M.B. bags – i remember when the first collection of L.A.M.B. for lesportsac came out &, being a gwen worshipper, i ran out & bought them the first day they were available. shit, i still use the heart shaped wallet! ANYWAY, the new higher-end bags are so grown up gorgeous, i can’t wait to get me mitts on a (hopefully very) large model.
+rollerblading videos – devoid of all the dumb skateboarding video cliches, hot & goofy dudes go on epic adventures and take gnarly spills.
+california – i will never leave! california is magic.
+hotchickswithdouchebags.com – stupid, but great.
+diablo cody – this girl is the most hilarious writer: she wrote the movie juno & the memoir of her random year as a stripper entitled “candy girl.” wiki her & read the book! you won’t be able to put it down…
hey Gala, i just blogged my TILT here
http://ohsundayschool.typepad.com/oh_sundayschool/2008/02/things-i-love-1.html
I love..
+having the day off in a week of working everyday at my crappy job in the mall!
+being told that I’m beautiful by a boy that I like/good friend (its a big deal to me, okay?)
+watching the total lunar eclipse thats going on as I type this!
Things I love…
Yay! Just found out I can graduate from uni this semester…I love that feeling!!
Being back in NZ again – so fresh and so clean!
Living with my family again, there’s no place like home :)
aaand an honourable mention for red-fleshed plums…mmmmm the best kind!
iCiNG won’t let me post my TiLT. :(
Anyways, you can find it here:
minxtruck.livejournal.com/1574…
x
oh! Gala – I love my daily Notes from the Universe, so thanks for introducing me… and OMG I am going to the Mike Dooley talk too, awesome!
sleep i haven’t been getting much cos of the heat lately
my heart even though it hurts i am learning that the only way to live fully is to follow it…
having young skin i am so glad i don’t HAVE to wear makeup unless i feel like it.
my nails after years they are actually LONG so i have been painting them different colours every other day.Fun! Today, they are shiny forest green.
baths hanging out in the fluffy sparkly bubbles after a good Yoga session is so amazing!
writing i finished my short story that I was writing for fun, yay!
Renewable Energy I just found out I am starting a new job at Red Energy on Monday, I get discounted Renewable energy & the people seem friendly & fun!
-going to see the eclipse with my friend edd! it was an amazing time. we hiked so so so far up a huge hill overlooking the whole town and drank rum out of a flask. it was just perfect.
-being on good terms with ex-boyfriends and having nice long conversations.
-having expenses end up being less then you thought they would be and having money left over to buy lunch and awesome pens!
-long phone chats with my lovely sister & deciding to move to ohio for the summer, if she does too
-going to see the eclipse with my friend edd! it was an amazing time. we hiked so so so far up a huge hill overlooking the whole town and drank rum out of a flask. it was just perfect.
-being on good terms with ex-boyfriends and having nice long conversations.
-having expenses end up being less then you thought they would be and having money left over to buy lunch and awesome pens!
-long phone chats with my lovely sister & deciding to move to ohio for the summer, if she does too
my massage chair cover…did i say that last week? oh well, no matter-it helps a LOT.-getting positive feedback for my creative writing story.
-wearing bandanas around my neck.
-getting a hat for free that fits me perfectly and i never want to take off.
-my blingy shiny awesome skill candy lowrider headphones in black and gold.
-packages from my florida grandma!
-crazy graphic print hoodies that “ghetto” boys are always wearing. i want one…or a closet full with sneakers to match ;)
the song Konichiwa Bitches by Robyni LOVE ITand you might too…http://youtube.com/watch?v=qd4Su5qmf1o!!! i must listen to this song at least once a day.
-winning in online cribbage!
-cute san-x wallpapers for my laptop
-paying off my library fine and bringing home lots and lot of good books (an ocd memoir and a vegetarian lunch box cookbook among them).
-knowing my favorite tv show is going to start airing new episodes in mid-march :D
* A belated box of Valentine’s Day chocolate from my Mother
*The Lunar Eclipse!!
*Cocoa Camino Fair Trade Chocolate (especially Chili & Spice!)
*Vintage dresses in the mail
*Receiving the news that my offer on my dream house was accepted by the seller!!!!! I cannot believe it and have been walking on total clouds all day long. My mind is already going bananas thinking of colors to paint the walls, where to hang our pictures, which fabulous flea markets to scour for furniture….
*my darling boyfriend and our 5-year anniversary
*our insane, bad, black kitty and his bad moods
*Essie “Vanity Fairest” sparkly nail polish!
-Making things for people that they will like. includes: sandwiches, tee shirts, cards, etc – Sleep. Of which i havnt been getting much, but appreciate it when it eventuates – Heart Sunnies. Once thought tacky, now i HEART!! – Birthdays. Other peoples birthdays is a fun excuse to do great things! – Boyfriends who offer to take bunnies to the vet to cut her nails, coz i don’t have the time. – Friends that still keep in touch and enjoy hearing from me even though im slack, and live far away. – Craft nights – Brak. Although i cant say i love season 2, i wouldnt know!! – Melbourne Central Station. – Madagascar. the movie, melb central station reminded me of NY central station where they go to escape. – Da da da da da da, da da da da da da, dda da da da da da DAH! Start spreading the neeeeeewsAH! im leaving todaaaaaayah! we are a great big part of it…..
Today, I am loving…
- the fact that it’s only one day until the weekend!
- my friends, who are wonderful. Generous in their affections. Kind to a fault. So supportive of me.
- Wool dresses, they are the easiest things to wear over tees and turtlenecks this winter, and they look SO chic. Lovely!
- clear skin. For the first time in YEARS, I haven’t had a pimple in weeks. Excellent!
- my dermatologist, who is awesome, and the reason behind said skin :)
- eating healthy. Been eating loads of veggies and fruit. And I swear, it’s made a real change to my mood, making me calmer than I have been in a long time.
- and, most of all, I love my new flapper-ish haircut! It’s circa Shalom Harlow from the latest Chloe ads. I love it!
TiLT:
-my fab new hair cut. after years of long hair its now in the most gorgeous bob with a side fringe, so cool. i’m so greatful for the invention of the GHD which allows me to do so much more with my hair than I could previously.
-my new sewing machine which I brought today. Yay for making my own clothes…I am gonna look damn good for winter 08!
-my man. we’ve gone through some rough stuff lately, but things seem to be looking up and I love him so much (even though he made me go 4-wheel-driving with him today when I had planned on painting and reading some fashion magazines)
-pushing myself at the gym. everyday this week I have pushed harder than the previous. it feels amazing to know your body is capable. plus the after gym buzz just rocks
-the autumn issue of FQ, i’ve been craving it since early jan. i’m much more of an autumn/winter fashionista
-the outfit i wore to a job interview on Tuesday. black high waisted pencil skirt with a square neck navy top tucked in and my heeled mary jane type shoes. my description doesn’t sound great, but this outfit rocked. i love office chic
-that uni starts on Monday. super exciting
So, this is most definitely my first post, but I must say, this site has been a bookmark on my laptop for months. Just throwing that out there. So, I love that. I love that I just got all of my hair cut from a shoulder-length shag to a boyish-pixie. It’s all GONE!!! I love the fact that tonight was the lunar eclipse and I got off work early enough to see it. B-e-a-utiful. I love my boyfriend and the fact that today is our 9 months. I miss him, he’s gone until Saturday. Pretty much, I love life. Hell, what more do you want than a cute hair do, amazing boy, and MAC makeup being shipped in my direction?!
Life is epic.
Hmm, things I love.
-My mommy. She’s my history teacher at my school and everyone tells me how much they love her.
-Making other people laugh. Its an awesome feeling when you get to feel funny.
-Fantasizing about our new townhouse. Oh. My. Lanta. Its a 3 story, 4 bedroom wonderland full of secret places. I get my own room and I get to color it any way I’d like. Any ideas?
-My new french birdies. Hehe, Adair and Satine. They’re gorgeous.
-And of course…. cupcakes!!!
Have an amazing rest of the week Gala && readers.
I love my new (Gala-inspired) hair extensions! I haven’t had hair this long since I was little. My natural hair is shoulder length, but the extensions come half way down my back. Eeee! I love my new little unit, and I love living on my own and having the freedom to dance around naked and sit on my couch watching television in my underwear… eating a ridiculous amount of chocolate. I love that the play I am in opens next week and that my tummy is so excited it is doing flips. I also love my gorgeous boy who leaves me little notes under the wipers on my car. :)
x. Glittery eyeliner – lately, I’ve been crazy about ‘standing out’ and this allows me to do just that, without going OTT.
x. A new found inspiration from I-dont-know-where, to do well in school and get into Yale.
x. Vans with hearts on them. I’m getting a pair!
x. Starchy tulle skirts :)
x. Being myself!
Moving rooms – in a few weeks we have someone new moving into my sharehouse and I get to move rooms to a much bigger one downstairs, where I can properly set up my home office.
Gotye – I saw him play at the Prince last night and it was all kinds of brilliant.
MAC – went to their stand in Myer today and they helped me with foundation and wicked purple eyeshadows. Rock and roll.
My bright pink hair – I got so many complements on it today despite the fact that the regrowth is showing and I haven’t had a haircut in about 5 months.
Things I Love:
planning on decorating my apartment for next year I keep a whole folder of pictures on my computer of apartments I love to get design ideas. This’ll be the first time living entirely on my own, and I can’t wait to get creative with the new space!
dark chocolate filled with raspberry Definitely brightened my day today.
my new earrings and ring from my BF for valentine’s day They’re really, really beautiful and I feel gorgeous wearing them.
cooking/reading cooking blogs My new obsession. On Sunday I made pasta with meat sauce (not vegan or raw, but still hearty and yummy), and an asparagus and zucchini crudi salad. I was very pleased with the way they both came out.
Other things: listening to music (Au Revoir Simone, Mika, Jens Lekman, Vampire Weekend, Amy Winehouse), planning to buy new makeup, long naps, the boyfriend (as always). And this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqXYwN… The cutest thing I’ve ever seen.
+My independent study with an amazing prof. Where once a week I get to go in and plop down in her office and we chat about something that makes me really excited (sustainable agriculture). I think I mention this every time I post on TILT, but they’re on the same day so I’ve got residual excitement.
+Wearing my hair in vintage-inspired styles. Today I took out the pincurls that I set all day yesterday and last night, and I feel so glamorous with my wavy hair! Now I wanna get some rollers….
+Vintage clothing. I love dressing up and feeling super-femme and like I’m really flattering my figure!
+Princess Mononoke. I’ve been meaning to see it for forever, and I’m finally getting to in my Japanese Art History class and it’s so FREAKING amazing. Mad love.
+The trees starting to blossom. I love California.
+Friends and upcoming weekend excursions. Also having weird, vivid dreams about said excursion all week long. Dreamland is so awesome.
Wow, I rediscovered how great is to put your hair up in a bun just yesterday. Check me out here:
http://sweetfancytreat.blogspot.com/2008/02/wednesday-chain-reactions.html
Oh, and I used your tips you gave a while ago about the cats eye makeup, i’m addicted!
xoxo
TILT: * I love the full moon at 4 in the morning last night * i love being able to help people by just smiling :) * I love my new infatuation (maybe crush) with a very witty, smart boy… and the fact i look at him and he looks at me. And its that wierd look. If this makes sense :) * I love Vanilla Coke * I love dreaming baout the future and all the wild things it will bring me!!!
I love love love ICING!!! so much i visit every day… i also read every bodies TILT’s and well… its my highlight of my day! Gala i think you may just go down in history :) xx
Thursdays!
Having the absolute greatest d&m with a mate.
Having tonnes of really, really good hugs with said mate.
Making plans.
New makeup.
Cleaning out my room and making a fresh start.
Catching up with people I havn’t seen in a long time.
Starting a fantastic project in art.
♥ Red grapefruits! They are SO sour, but they’re so fun to eat, and are also incredibly healthy and the most gorgeous colour!
♥ Buying art supplies: And the sales assistants who are more passionate about everything rather than being pretentious and trying to push sales
♥ Donating money to people shaking tins, especially the ones who look upset because everyone walks past and ignores them. Today I emptied out the change in my purse for one lady and her face lit up – It made my day!!
♥ Vanilla candles: Because they smell so yummy and look cute too
♥ Less socialising: It’s allowed me to finish reading books and go to bed early. Win-win situation :)
♥ Long emails from friends: Due to the lack of a social life at the moment, my friends send emails from their work telling me how much they miss me and updating me on gossip and what’s going on in their life. I love reading them and makes me feel important to them :)
Aw, I’m loving alot this week, and here I was thinking today was the worst day ever when I got up this morning :)
I love iCiNG.
1. Being in the running for a fellowship that carries a 5K stipend to ‘replace lost wages/cover materials’! If I earn my appointment, I am spending my summer writing a book about my band in an apartment that I’m not paying for. Cue amazing life.
2. Oreos being vegan! I haven’t eaten anything this week— literally, anything! I’ve been so sick, and haven’t been able to eat. Now that I’m relatively well, I want to eat North African food and then have junky desserts. So tonight I got rosewater carrot couscous and now I’m trashing it up with Oreos while doing homework!
Likewise, 3. Getting over the flu
4. Going to visit my mother this weekend. I’m about to start a new job, so we’re going shopping for Meredith-is-a-cute-bartender clothing! And I start said new job on Saturday!
5. Giving myself time to do things, and realizing that if they aren’t perfect by somebody else’s standards, that everything will still be ok.
biggie was a lot more than a crack dealer. you should research more before you just put a typical stamp on someone.
1. Finally stopping my Coca-Cola binge! Day three, and I’m feeling so good about positive change.
2. Beginning to write in my 2008 planner.
3. Wishing I kept a journal, but instead thinking out my entries. Feeling artistic and poetic, floating around feeling disconnected, though wonderfully content.
4. The wonderful job I did on my nails. It looks as though I paid money for these babies.
5. Baking. I have some kind of chemical reaction inside just thinking about lining up the ingredients on the bench.
6. Daydreaming that I move away from home, and all the fun I will have buying new/old things at thrift stores.
Yum, TiLT!
I’m loving:
...how I somehow look more put together when I just slip on my snow boots and don’t bother to zip them up or even neatly tuck my pant legs in. It feels so much more comfortable, too, and bonus points for shapely drapes along the calf!
...days that are all full of good things like good grades, good conversations with great people, good time management, and just a general chill flow.
...my new sunglasses! They were US$1 at my local convenience store, and cute to boot, so I bought two pairs. :>
...putting my new short hair up with my sunglasses! It opens up my facial features and frames my hair just right with no effort at all. Major love!
kendra – I’m pretty sure Gala wasn’t stamping our man biggie. iCiNG isn’t meant to work that way!
ansi — No, of course I wasn’t! I love Biggie. (That’s why he’s on my TiLT list!) I just love Tupac more :D
going to Japaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn !!!
Wow, I’ve just really started enjoying Fleetwood Mac too! Have you checked out their Rumors CD.. REALLY REALLY great CD. Love the song “Dreams” and “Second Hand News”
*Being Okay
*My first ebay superbargain!..super stylin dress for $9!..and the anticipation of receiving it!
*The people training me for my new job; so cute, understanding, smart, funny &cool
*Daydreaming..or constantly obsessing about my pending entire new overhaul of my look/lifestyle..
*‘so you think you can dance’...I still think the US version was way better but dancing makes me happy on so many levels
*My new stereo handbag! might have mentioned this before but have started wearing it and love it to bits!
xxooo
I love:
~Making daily ‘To Do Lists’ (the best part is crossing something off!)
~Buying amazing school supplies to take marvelous notes
~Fleetwood Macs ‘Rumous’ CD
~Smiling! (I’ve been making an effort to smile more, it makes me feel great)
~“One Hundred Strokes of the Brush before Bed” by Melissa P.
I love…
+ My 2 new nail polishes (pale pink and red).
+ Cooking, I’ve spent the day cooking for my mum’s b’day party 2moro.
+ Finally starting yoga today! It was very relaxing.
+ Looking forward to seeing Juno at the cinema, sometime.
+ The tiny little chickens running around outside, they must have hatched over night.
+ Cleaning the windows, well perhaps I don’t love doing it, but I love knowing it’s now done.
+ Deciding what to wear to my mum’s b’day 2moro night.
+ My new dark gold sparkley eye liner pencil.
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It isn’t Thursday here yet, but I love!
* the quotes you leave on your blog
* John Lennon(& the Beatles. Period.)
* Rocking out to music
* Getting work done that desperately needed to be!
* Funky t-shirts
* having a creative outlet, like blogging
* the rain today
* love from my puppy
There is an endless amount of what I love, everyday! I could go on and on and on!
I’ve been through you archives(I go through them constantly) and have found numerous posts about blogging/writing. I would love to hear more about developing your own person touches. Do you have any plans for writing more about this particular topic?
Thanks for all the nummy icing.
hugs and kisses,
melissa
Thing i love Thursday!!!!
*My Boyfriend is taking me away to a surprise country this weekend as it is my Birthday so i am really excited about that and today i might go my some new jimjams totake with me!
*Meeting my old work mates for Tapas tonight…..always great fun with them.
*Discovering Yael Naïm, a singer from Isreal….makes me feel happy to listen to her and she does an amazing version of ‘Toxic’ by Britany!
And in general just a lot of excitement for my Birthday…....i can feel it all building!!!!
ARRRRGHGHGGHGHGHGHGGHGHGH
Oh and of course reading iCiNG Gala…...it rocks my world every day…...means now you can never ever stop writing this _
the winter sun – it feels good to see some after those full on snow days
back to school – i lost my scholarship last year & if my aunt didn’t pay the money for school i would not be able to finish it so i also love
my aunt – very much.
crossing the bridge every morning
camelbak – it helps with my weekly resolutions; i can hydrate any time any place, yay!)
hooray for morning exercises
fractal brocoli (_romanesco_ brocoli) !!! amazing. & it’s authentically raw too. you know you know you know what i mean?
full moon
big red diary as a back-to-school present from my beau with a note: “im so proud of you”
vive l’educación!
buying strange cheeses I really love cheese and this week I bought a Spanish stinker made from 3 different kinds of milk and a French cheese with cherry flavour
the library system is so great here, you can borrow heaps of books and also CDs and DVDs and for € 0,50 you can order any item from the libraries in the area to be delivered to your library for you to pick up. This week I got some old Hitchcock movies, Buffy series 7, some beautiful eye-candy books on interiour decoration, a Scissor Sisters CD and a Jane Austen biography (I like to have a big heap of stuff from the library at home, it’s really cozy, somehow, to me).
my new haircut my haircuts seem to be getting shorter and shorter …
Vogue Italia & Paris I looked through these at the hairdresser’s yesterday and there’s some amazing stuff in there! So cool! There’s so much inspiration in those magazines and it’s obvious the editors love fashion, but don’t take themselves too seriously. (Quite different from the USA version!) I especially liked the title shoot from Vogue Italia and the Manga beauty shoot in the same magazine.
make-up inspiration the Fafi for MAC post yesterday really inspired me to be more creative with my bulging make-up bag(s) again and play around and doll up. Yay!
orange jam
hot chocolate with mini-marshmallows
Right now, above and beyond all else I love the pact I made with my best friend to drive across America this summer. We’re going NY to LA in a huge downwards arc! I’ve never been so excited about anything in my life!
Honorable Mentions: my sexy new photography book, scrapbooking magazines, leopard print slippers, the fact that I’ve secretly booked my driving theory test.
I used to buy those Chili Chocolate Tim Tams…I don’t think you can get them anymore though! They were great.
Here they are! —> i74.photobucket.com/albums/i27…
Melissa — Developing your own personal touches in writing, you mean?
- Jetsetting: I flew to Cairns on Monday to visit a friend who I hadn’t seen in seven years, and he’s still lovely!
- Making others giggle like schoolgirls: Same friend as above, enough said XD
- Anticipating packages: I ordered stuff from overseas, and it’s already on its way! Exciting!
- Postcards and letters: I joined Postcrossing [http://www.postcrossing.com/], SendSomething [http://sendsomething.net/] and PostcardX [http://postcardx.net/], and gotten a few random postcards from all over the world, and they’re absolutely gorgeous!
- Invader Zim: “I took it out to make room for the cupcake!” Need I say more?
- “I fucked Matt Damon” (please excuse my French) but this is actually a song. Everyone youtube it! Just so stupid it’s funny! Even the clip is funny!
- rosewater everything! I soaked watermelon and strawberries in it overnight with some mint and gorged it on the train on the way home from the city. This Indian woman stared smiling at me. I probably looked like I hadn’t eaten in days.
- A woman who interviewed me today, Anna.
- My knew ‘death of romance’ pink stockings with silver frill.
- Basil and Champagne flavoured chocolate.
- Aesop scalp conditioner.
- Laying in the dark next to my boyfriend Will. We plan to do this for Earth hour too! It’s in a month and all of the city is meant to try and turn out all electricity for an hour. 8pm – 9pm. Everyone should indulge in decadent darkness for one hour with their lover.
I love:
- black and white.. it’s just so crisp!
- our black and white elderly cat.. .she’s just so cute (and soft… and not crisp!)
- my nails – they’re so long but they need a damn good tidy up
- the warm weather
- having the faith that the shoulder that was hit by our broken down garage door on Monday might just becoming right…
- my husband. He rocks.
- recognising when I’m getting dependent on something (it was MILO!!!) and knowing to take myself off it lol..
- having hair long enough to put up in a cute pony tail with a pretty scrunchie… I’m wearing it like that for casual friday at work!
- going back to work tomorrow after 3 days off.. I HOPE!!
- the fact that the weekend is coming. I wanna bead.
- beads… of which I bought aplenty today on Trade Me (doh…)
- remembering that I have a lot to be grateful for and while I might not be the richest, slimmest or luckiest girl in the world, life is still very good!
‘tis all.
Today I love…
Matthew Reilly books
I must read them all… NOW!
Watching my dog and my sister’s dog (who we are dog sitting for two glorious weeks) run up and down the hallway like crazy banshees.
My boyfriend
He doesn’t mind when I come home from work and swear at him for not cleaning the house, then watches as I maniacally start cleaning, then stops me to give me a huge hug and ask how my day really was, and then offers to go and get thai takeaway for us!
I love him so much!
Jeff Martin (of the now disbanded Tea Party).
Saw him play at The Corner last night… a pure rock god.
Tom Kha Chicken soup
Spicy, sweet and sooooo tasty, collected by my gorgeous boy (see above).
The smell of my new Innoxa hand cream
Lavender, rosemary, geranium, and patchouli. I have alsways loved patchouli since Madonna infused her Like A Prayer cassette cover art with it.
And yes, I said cassette (OMG I am sooo old).
this dinky little dictaphone that i’ve recieved from a friend— its sooo useful! it’s great for those times when i suddenly have a great idea in my head for a song :)
The Vitamin String Quartet— they are a tribute band that cover soooo many bands and artists: David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Dido, Foo Fighters, Muse, and so many more! I think I even spied a Tupac cover one there, too. Not all of their covers are amazing, but its really interesting to hear how they translate the songs into compositions for strings.
bright blue eyeliner that i got yesterday: yum.
The Moldy Peaches— great band :D
...and thats what i’m loving this thursday.
If you like Notorious BIG, you will LOVE this one album of a bunch of his songs remixed with Frank Sinatra! It is complete gold and you must search for it on the internet until you find it. I am not a huge fan of either artist but together, they’re dreamy.
julie — I have that album! I LOVE IT so much! It is amazing.
things i love today…
my not-so-new fringe – it’s been just over a week and it’s gotten past that annoying new fringe stage. i’m in love!
being away from my new husband – this is a weird one, but i’m always comforted by the pangs of homesickness i feel when i’m away. we talk about six times a day, and he always calls me just before he turns the light off to go to sleep. it’s cute and reminds me just how very lucky i am.
thinking about getting tattooed soon – only one week to go! goodness it’s gone quickly! my legs are going to be tattooed cupcake goodness.
planning our move to melbourne – its really happening! after years of talking about it, we are actually going to do it in late june/july. i hope australia is ready for us and our ginger ninja pussycats!
doing my makeup just because i’m bored – sitting in hotel rooms and playing with my makeup and then taking lots of dorky photo booth photos. so vain, but so fun.
growing my fingernails – using a combination of EFT and pretty nail polish, they are actually getting longer for the first time in years. this is so incredibly exciting.
xoxo
1. my new NARS eyeshadow (colour: Cairo)
2. that I don’t know where I’ll be in 2 month or so
3. meeting my friends tonight
4. writing in my moleskine
5. fog
6. receiving emails
7. the smell of spring
8. smoothies
9. Ocean Salt by Lush
10.icing, of course
Things I looooove…
Getting ready for my weekend trip to Munich and Salzburg! Can’t wait to be there!
The fact that one of my best friends from home is coming out to go to Germany and Austria with me, then will be joining me in London for a week. I can’t wait to show her around!
My runs through the park. It’s cold, but it can also be nice at sunset. And I feel my endurance building!
Squeaky Green solid shampoo from Lush. I’m a convert!
Having typing speed races with the whole office (and the fact that I’m number 1 :)).
Flirting through long-distance phone calls.
I’m going home in 3.5 weeks. I can’t wait to eat decent Mexican food, see the family and friends, and find out what awaits me as my life changes again.
TiLT:
-Looking at all the photos of your Fafi for MAC, and drooling over the pretty colours and feeling just a little bit envious that you (and your friend) make it look so easy to do, and knowing that I wouldn’t have a clue where to start! And not minding, lol.
-Wearing my hair in a totally Juno/Ellen Page way and feeling like a totally whimsical, slightly crazy, and completely awesome person because of it!
-Rocking my new red avators (sp?). I never thought that style of sunglasses suited me, I think it is the red frames that make it work. They are totally hot, if I may say so myself, and I feel like I am almost ALLOWED to be an up myself moron when I wear them (especially when I am driving the car playing Timbaland!)
-Which of course reminds me to add Timbaland to the list! If anyone hasn’t got their slimey little paws on Shock Value yet, shame on you. It is wonderful, especially the production, I have never encountered an album that is so completely finished, to perfection!
-Playing with the Dymo label maker my daddy bought. And getting told off for wasting the paper cateridge.
-Encountering a truly insane woman at work today. She usually doesn’t come without her carer, but today she was alone, and in the full swing of her own lunacy. It was highly amusing, although after two hours, it did wear a little thin.
-The look of love my puppy dog gives me all the time.
-Using hair remover cream on my upper lip and finding the perfect solution to waxing. I detest waxing my face. It hurts so much. Nair facial hair remover is a top ten product on my list, I recommend it to anyone.
-Convincing daddy to buy me a laptop.
-Wearing baby blue trackpants.
-Andddd realising it is only one more sleep until I see my boy again. YAH!
Happy thursday!
xo
Hey gala, where are the pics at the top of your post from?
chocolat mousse :D mum’s jsut come for her break from work and we’ve sat eating chocolat mousse it was niceee
~siouxsie! (i’m listening to hybrid as i write this)
~retro futurist fashion. (inspired of course by the fantastic futuristic air hostess dress..)
~spare time, of which i have acres for the next month- just have to make sure i use it productively.
~reading about schopenhauer, and discovering i came to some of the same conclusions by myself, and thus proclaiming myself a genius
~from the same book (john gray- straw dogs) this quote: “In art, and above all in music, we forget the practical interests and strivings that together make up ‘the will’. By doing so, we forget ourselves, Schopenhauer claimed: we see the world from a standpoint of selfless contemplation.”
~did i mention gala in the nuddy! heeeeheeee
Annie — I’m sorry, I have no idea! I saved them randomly & then posted them to my Flickr. The only name I have on them is “Jo Radcliffe”, if that’s helpful! xx
I posted my tilt at:
juliettemaxwell.blogspot.com/2…
Loads of kisses, BTW I loove your new hair!
+ the beautiful moon and the eclipse last night which made me “oooh” and “aaah” even though it was below freezing out here (Michigan)
+ my favorite breakfast: sprouted grain toast with mashed avocado and lemon, salt, and flaxseed oil on top
+ Spring break starts tomorrow and I’m going home to NYC for a week. I can’t wait to hit the museums and see my sister.
*The song One Girl Revolution by Saving Jane, which I fell in love with just this morning.
*finding three jobs that I want to apply for on the online job listing site…I’m only qualified for one of them, but that’s not really the point…I’m going to apply for them anyway.
*deciding that I actually quite like the crappy earl gray tea the coffee machine at work makes, and having a mug of it on my desk.
*I’m off fridays and saturdays, so today is like friday in my world! And tomorrow is pay day!
*Having Whole Wheat toast with Honey for breakfast. Mmm.
...I keep reading about this chocolate/chili combination. I think I’ll have to try it out!
the lovely nurses at frankston hospital, graveyard shift that attended to my very badly sliced up heal! They put up with my screaming with a smile and I was very thankful
the robinson’s bookstore- its a local independent book/coffee store near me and all the cashiers are so helpful and friendly and the atmosphere is always warm.
taking photos of day to day adventures and what ive been wearing and making little story strips and either blogging them or sending them to people
quotes reading philosophical quotes and poems and writing them around my room. No wonder why all of my tattoos are quotes!
Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline & vintage cowboy boots!
Cheap used books with pretty pictures from the 60s & 70s!
Technicolor!
This Thursday I love…
All of my friends on reading week, after not seeing them for so long it is so much fun to just have a girly catch up!
Seeing our delivery guy at work-not in a crush way, in a “he is so nice and makes everyones day way” haha
Getting off work while there is still light out and then going to the park and reading by the water.
Flight of the Conchords-I just bought the DVD so I can finally see all the episodes, not just the songs on youtube!
In Our Bedroom After the War by Stars…bloody brilliant album, it gets better with every listen. I love “My Favorite Book” and “Personals” the best.
Things I love?
My desk! My desk is in the back of the class, and the kids in other classes write on it, so we have an anonymous conversation on it for the last week. We’ve talked about the Beatles, Colonel Mustard, and some really pretty song lyrics I’m pretty sure were made up. Bringing us to
Couplets! I’ve written bunches of them recently. Some are meaningful, but some are bizarre.
“I once new this pretty little hat
For some reason, he always wore an ugly cat.”
Te he!
Bringing lunch! So scrumptious, and a lot more healthy than school food. Today I packed a bag of large marshmallows, and microwaved them for 20 seconds. They grew HUGE, warm, and gooey enough to eat with a fork. Yum! Yesterday I had salsa and warm mac & cheese. Sounds strange, but try it. It’s godly.
Other Fun Food Combinations:
-Chocolate chips or apples or carrots or red grapes and peanut butter. Peanut butter is pretty much the Wonder Snack
-Gouda cheese and chocolate graham crackers
-Vanilla yogurt and granola
Hope everyone else is having a good week too!
Things that get my heart beating doki doki?
Yay! I started a fashion journal this week. I’ve found it really helpful. Thanks for the inspiration Gala!
Fafi for Mac You all know why! It’s the awesomest.
Earrings With dangly sparkling charms on them! I wear them with a skirt and colorful leggings. Ultra cute~!
Japanese Manga books They make me go CRAZY! I can’t get enough of them.
Green tea I feel like I’ve been drinking gallons of it everyday. ^^
iCiNG I have to say, iCiNG is something that truly supports me everyday. I’ve become so fond of it, and I check it everyday!
1) Finally figuring out what the pain through my back and legs is caused by and being treated with warm massage and acupuncture.
2) My boss not being around for the rest of the week.
3) Spring-like weather allowing me to wear cute shoes and jackets while I walk to work in the morning.
4) Reading Break from University.
5) The lunar eclipse party that I hosted last night.
<3 The hat and book I bought myself today :)
<3 Wrapping myself up in a fluffy blanket and drinking tea with cinnamon and cloves in it to cheer me up
<3 Playing funky up beat music whilst I write my essay
<3 My slippers since I mended them the other day, it’s nice to not have my toes poking out anymore
<3 Virginia Woolf. She’s my homegirl.
<3 Seeing friends I haven’t seen in ages! And some of them are coming to my birthday party! Whoo!
Ive heard its not good to drink a lot of juice. infact, its considered somewhat bad? there is so much sugar in juices, and juicing it yourself doesnt help the fact – because for example, it takes 8 oranges to make a glass of orange juice, whereas, you could juice EAT an orange or two and be satisfied.
apparently, if you HAVE to drink juice, you should do it first thing in the morning, so you can burn it off during the day, then stick to water for the rest of the day.
Thats just what ive read a few places though…im not sure how true it is?
Danique — Raw juicing is pretty different to just drinking bottled stuff or the stuff they sell in juice bars. Mostly it is dark green vegetables with a little bit of fruit for flavour. So there’s actually not much sugar at all, just HEAPS of nutrients :>
* the look on my ballet teacher’s face when I can finally do the combination right or remember to lean back with two shoulders, not one
* the beautiful cheesecake I made for my mum’s birthday – with blueberries, strawberries, and rasberries on top :)
*being able to jog for 10 minutes without feeling like I’m about to pass out. I’ve been practicing for track & field for weeks, and I’m finally noticing improvements…including a firmer behind!!
* raw date shakes!! I’ve been raw for a couple weeks (after your inspiration convinced me it was worth it to go 100%) and they’re so delicious!! but it’s hard to find those crazy ingredients in the recipe books sometimes…
yuparoo!!
I’m feeling pretty nice today!
-Celeriac soup. Would have been roasted hazelnut and celeriac soup if I’d been able to find the nutcracker.
-Fleetwood Mac, ditto!
-Scissor Sisters.
-Friends and photos, photos of friends, friends’ photos, sunshine.
-Especially the one where we rearranged the H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y candles on the Happy Birthday Eimear cake to say D A R T H Eimear
-Clothes
-Money
-My job
-Books