Things I Love Thursday
[ 2 April 2008 ]
Nouvelle musique — Wrapping your ears around new music is one of life’s great pleasures, I think. I’m currently loving the Will.I.Am tracks on the Thriller 25th Anniversary Edition (‘The Girl Is Mine’ & ‘P.Y.T.’). I also really adore Janet Jackson’s Discipline, the Hackers soundtrack, Portishead’s Third & Neon Neon’s Stainless Style.
Anything with a sitar! When I was a kid, I knew a woman who was quite spiritual & went to silent meditative retreats & that kind of thing. Often she would visit me & bring me thick sticks of temple incense & tape recordings of music with sitars in it. One of my favourite memories from childhood revolves around sitting in my bed, sunlight streaming in on me, listening to sitar music, incense burning, reading a book. I recently got my hands on Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale’s Breathing Under Water album & it brings it all back to me!
Being in a house with my parents — They’re so cool, considerate, entertaining & gracious. It’s like being in a little hotel — really nice, new, fluffy towels folded for each of us (they even got us a loofah each!), a copy of Simply You magazine beside the bed, a new blender in the kitchen for smoothie-making (!)... Why would I possibly want to stay anywhere else?!
Honourable mentions: Curling up in bed with a scarf; The Goddess Guide (I bought it in the airport bookshop yesterday & read half of it on the plane last night — it’s fantastic!); charming people at duty free (they gave us a 10% discount on the two MAC eye-shadows & bottle of Krug we bought!); tomato juice (still love it!); drinking water out of the tap (you can do that in New Zealand & it tastes just as good as filtered water anywhere else); the wonderfully amazing & supportive Simon, & borrowing clothes off my mother!
Sorry this is so short — we’re about to race off & start doing some frantic socialising! My friend from Auckland (Ana) is in town & I’m going to have dinner with my best friend tonight, so it’s all go!
What has you screamin’ out HALLELUJAH today?
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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Things I Love This Thursday:
- Dealing well with recent breakups: I was dumped on Monday, and he didn’t give me any explanation, but the only thing that went rthrough my head when he bro0ke up with me was that I wanted to shove Mah Jong tiles down his throat until he choked. And now I’m over that, just keeping my distance from him. I think what helped was that I wrote him a letter (which I’ll probably never send).
- Lunch dates with people who I don’t usually see much: My friend Bronwyn is always SO busy, and she’s able to come out for Thai with me today. Yippee!
- Busy Fridays: Tomorrow is hectic – going from north suburbs to east suburbs, then back to inner west – I’m meeting a friend for lunch to discuss her new boyfriend, then heading back to my house (which I OWN – ZOMG!) to meet my friends who are crashing for the night, and then we’re all heading into the city to have cocktails in teapots (how awesome is that?!)
And of course…
- Gala Darling: Awesome posts this week, lovely!
Hmm…I’m not sure..I think:
~Japanese food! Self explanatory, I think.
~Sleep masks. I’ve just bought a purple one off of eBay and am waiting for it to come. And I can’t wait – deep sleep!
~My new hair dye. Not yet dyed my hair but whenever I walk into the bathroom I see it and squeal xD.
~Finally..Modcloth. I love the stuff. I want the stuff. The stuff is in America. Not allowed to order stuff from America. It sucks! But I still love Modcloth :).
*Warm, pretty day! *Clean room and fresh sheets *Listening to my ipod while looking out the window *Making my 101 Things In 1001 Days list *Sleeping in and not having to work today *Chocolate Mint Cookies
Hey Gala
Have a fantastic time in NZ
keep glowing
kym
Things I Love This Thursday Are:
My mother letting me take half the day off school to finish school assignments that are due this evening. Vegetable Chilli. The slight chill in the air. Walking to school. Listening to Brand New. Missing my boy like crazy, I love having someone to miss. He’s only in town, but I haven’t being able to see him much since my parents kicked him out of the house. Purple Hoodies.
Getting back into a decent sleep pattern! Visiting my favourite cafe with good friends for awesome food. Watching The Apprentice in bed. Pre-empting the mango I plan to eat for breakfast tomorrow. It’s going to be good.
Gala – I find it interesting that you enjoyed The Goddess Guide. I ordered a copy a few months ago and was sorely disappointed when I read it so I returned it for a refund. You’re a much better writer in my opinion! iCiNG is everything I wanted The Goddess Guide to be, and more :)
Watching the numbers on countdowns getting lower….and lower….and lower!
Reconnecting with old friends in new and startlingly deep ways!
Fresh starts!
Chuh, Gala you are on HOLIDAYS! Gerrof the computer!!
But really have fun, New Zealand is a beautiful country, and I love Auckland!
Today I love:
~ Finishing and handing in my assignments last night. Sweet.
~ That my boyfriend’s mother asked me to go over early on the day of her 50th Birthday party to help her cook. I’m a shocking cook but it was nice to be asked.
~ Planning my week with extensive timetables and schedules and lists. I like to be organised in theory, even if I never stick to it.
~ Sleeping in, I just got out of bed! Usually I wake up and immediately think about what I have to get up and do…but today I got to lie around in my warm bed for a while.
~ Orange Juice. I swear OJ is to me what coffee is to other people in the morning. I can’t function unless I’ve had a massive glass of it. Much better for you too! I love making my own…but I’m often too lazy. Heh.
~ My best friend Amy. She said she will seriously seriously move out with me next semester if I still want to. I just need a place of my own.
PS – Kaitey, I love ModCloth too, but WOW the shipping is exy for Australia!!!!
This was a bit of a surprise, it’s still Wednesday over here, but I figured I’d post anyway!!
Things I love this Thursday-
*My new skirt – it’s waist-high, which I thought would be awful, black and longer than my usual length. It’s coooool though, I’m looking forward to playing with it.
* Bright tights, even though my mother disapproves
* New Elle magazine
* 3.1 Phillip Lim – out of my reach at the moment, but lovely to lust over
* Finding clothes that I’d forgotten about (I found a body con lycra black and white mini skirt that also I can’t wait to play with!)
* The Legally Blonde book – I’m looking forward to law school
* Making a Lemon Meringue cake that looked a bit… well, rubbish, but tasted good and even got compliments from my mother (who’s notoriously picky)
* Thinking about packing to go back to uni – not ‘cos I lvoe packing, but more because I can’t wait to get back, see my friends and start coxing again!
* Realising what physical objects matter a lot to me and I’ll spend a lot of money on and which really don’t. It’s good to focus :)
* Telling parents of “friends” about what I’m planning on doing next year/in the future. Maybe a slightly bitchy one, but I think a necessity.
Boat Trips on Serene Lochs
We’re heading out to Loch Katrine in the morning to take a 45 min cruise around a tiny island. Will take lots of photos!
Hot Tea
I’m sure that when I next give blood, they’ll get a pint of Tetleys instead. I practically live off the stuff.
Korres Fig Products
This is my new obsession. Seriously love the smell of fig, and Korres just make everything so irresistible.
Twitter
How did I function before Twitter? I’m even dreaming in 140 characters. Sad, I know.
IMax Cinemas
It’s seriously the only way to watch movies. Took the kids to see the Spiderwick Chronicals on the super-large screen, and it was just phenomenal!
And last, but not least…
Meeting My Deadline
I had a chapter deadline for my phd which was due in last Monday. It was completely fraught, but I made it. Feel utterly triumphant and totally exhausted, but extremely thankful :-)
have fun in NZ!!!
things for today that are on my blog too:
* coloured hair * australian street style websites * new ugg boots for winter * venetian masks * long leather gloves * wearing bows
I saw The Goddess Guide when I was at Urban Outfitters and thought it looked totally cool, but their copy was all beat up. Thanks for reminding me about it, I’ll have to get it on Amazon :D
I’m thankful for…
Testing is almost over! Yesterday and today, the juniors (which includes me D:) have had standardized testing for 3 hours each morning! But luckily, tomorrow is the last day and I can say goodbye to the PSSAs…for now!
My school. A lot of students complain about our high school, but it has its charm. Lots of talented kids, teachers that care. The staff felt bad that we couldn’t go home early after the PSSAs (because all the other grade levels come in 3 hours late, as if they’re the ones getting a reward!) so they made it up by serving us snacks during testing, entering us all into raffles for iPods and iTunes certificates, and giving us a fully catered meal on Friday. Our school cares, HOORAH!
My friend, Sadie. Within my friend group, we’ve been having a lot of problems with a certain “friend”. I’ve tried to solve it but the “friend” is just an all-around negative person (as they all are, he used to be different). Although it had nothing really to do with Sadie, other than involving her friends, she stood up to the plate and confronted this boy. I was pleasantly surprised because often drama is avoided in our group but she just wanted to say her piece. I was glad to see she cared so much. No luck with the “friend”, however.
Honorable Mentions My ever-so-amazing boyfriend, snuggling in my comfy cozy bed, taking naps with my boyfriend, school film fest tomorrow (my boyfriend has a film entered!), Japanese class…and the list continues on and on :D
Hope everyone has a LOVELY Thursday! It’s still only Wednesday here so, I’m hoping I do, too!
This one is easy, because today is my….
drumroll…
18th BIRTHDAY!!!
SO rock.
I love:
-The flowers Kelsey got me, Pink lily like things!
-My new purse from Emma, totally perfect for this summer
-French Toast with my 2 BFFs
-Chinese with Blur
-Looking GORGEOUS today and getting all sorts of compliments and ‘happy birthday’s.
-Being forever done with CAS hours!
-anticipation for my family dinner tonight (and presents lol yay!)
^^ happy birthday!!
Hmm… this thursday…
waiting for my lomo actionsampler to arrive, squee!!
sending my mum flowers for her birthday :) :) :)
vitasoy chocolate milk!!
my polka dot skirt :)
the way my hair is crazy and wavy today because I slept with it wet!
Love Song by Sara Bareilles
realizing that I have best friends :)
walking a cutie to the gym!
:/
“drinking water out of the tap (you can do that in New Zealand & it tastes just as good as filtered water anywhere else)”
GASP!
Gala, you make it sound like Australia has horrible undrinkable water?!
i live in Brisbane, and our water is just fine to drink…and i cant ever remember the water in melbourne being gross on any times ive stayed there?
Woohoo!
- Listening to the Nonpareils radio on Last.fm! I’m discovering new music, which is pretty awesome. More people should join so we can get a better mix, because I keep hearing stuff that I know is getting lifted from my playlists! www.last.fm/group/%7B%2Anonpar…
- Having a little dog to cuddle! We’ve been taking care of my late grandmother’s dog (who normally lives with my aunt), and she is rougly the size of a football (American football, that is). And boss of the world. And stealer of warm spots.
- Helping out friends! My friend asked me to do some reference modeling for an illustration proposal she’s putting together, so I had to bust out the camera and take some pictures for her. And, if she gets the job, she’ll pay me to do some more!
- Green lavender tea! I just finished a box of green rose tea (which I think made my TiLT a few weeks ago!), and so today I opened up my box of green lavender tea and it is lovely too.
-getting rid of things i no longer need. it was difficult at first, but it gets easier every day.
-skirt weather fiiiiiiinally!
-all my new icing friends :D
-4 hour ufc marathons (it brings out the competitor in me, haha)
-surprises! im surprising my boyfriend next thursday for his birthday. he lives 2500 miles away, and i havent seen him since january, so im so so excited. hopefully hes not reading, haha.
Yes Gala, I agree with Danique! I think Melbourne has the best water in the world! Certainly the best I’ve ever tasted. Though I do know that city water runs through ancient pipes, so maybe that’s why you don’t like it.
Kayla – Happy Birthday! Being 18 is fabulous =D
Danique – I live in Newcastle NSW, and I’ve always drunk our tap water and found it to be fine….Maybe Melbourne water has something bad in it!
Actually my grandparents house in NZ had a water filter because the water ran straight off the hills behind their house, everyone had one.
>My incredible new bag! It has cats all over it!!
>Home Alone 1 & 2. Just brilliant.
>Nurofen Plus (my new BFF since I have chronic toothache)
>My super nice incredibly pretty dentist.
>Finding a shop selling Urban Decay for 99p and £1.99!!!!
>My iCing Fans UK group on Facebook taking off quite nicely!
-finding another girl in the U.S. who likes The Mighty Boosh.
-Chivalry(it’s a perfume oil.)
-big, big salads with lots of seasoning.
-castle potatoes
-sleeping late.
-new music.
-Jim Sturgess!!
I second Danique’s comment – I’m a Melbournite (Yarra Valley to be more accurate…45 min from Melbourne…5 minutes to vinyards) and I actually prefer our tap water to bottled water, it tastes more like ‘real’ water (I know it’s all ‘real’ water – but I mean more like ‘childhood in the country’ water).
But I am sure (like Kat said) that the pipes in places have more to do with the taste of water in Australia than the actual quality of the water.
Though I swear that when I used to live in a small fishing town that the water always tasted a little sandy.
I love all the people who added me on my live journal from the ‘connect’ icing post. I was plesently shocked as I didn’t really think that people would be that interested in my posts – but there are a few beautiful fairytale-inspired people in the icing pages – and that makes me happy.
Also I’ll second Joanne – strong painkillers and anti-inflamatory gels are a blessing.
I would have to say:
- going to $2 Toffs and buying a bag full of clothes for only $18
- watching the notebook with my boyfriend and both bawling our eyes out
- finding an amzing old treasure chest at the New Harvest Trust and haggling it down to $15
- having a new job in a video store
- hugging my giant easter egg
- finding a new villa so my sister can move in with us
- LOVING what you did on your RSS feed w/ iCiNG treats! (That’s my geek love)
- Loving the intro Seattle gives to springtime. Everything’s green again, and I can go outside without a parka and boots up to my ears. My apologies for your reverse condition!
- OMG: Steamed Broccoli and Tofu in peanut sauce (one cups of coconut milk, minced Thai chilies to taste, tablespoon of red curry paste, two tablespoons of peanut butter, and juice of one lime all simmered in a saucier for a bit) IS AMAZING.
- All of my new iCiNG friends on facebook, LJ, and myspace! How wonderful!
- L-Tyrosine, flax oil, iron and vitamin C. It’s like taking a magical drug that just makes you feel AMAZING. (That’s two “AMAZING“s in one TilT!)
- Deciding to attempt to regulate my blogging schedule by adopting a badge for TiLT and doing it on my own site!
xoxo!
HACKERS!! i just watched/slept through half of that last friday!
i’m not a huge Angelina fan but i just love her in that.
90’s goodness. aka rollerblading galore.
that made my day.
I’ve never commented before, but I’ve been reading for a while, soooo..!
I love:
Shugo Tokumaru – I just got his latest CD and can’t stop listening to it! “Parachute” is really sunshine-y sounding and I love it.
Car rides with my dad – One of the best parts of going home from school for the weekend is the car ride to and from school with my dad. I used to just tune everything out and listen to music, but we’ve been having some pretty neat conversations lately, which I enjoy more than I thought I ever would.
Light yogurt – So. Tasty! And so much better than the cookies and such I usually reach for when I’m hungry.
! Bruises and splinters— in a good way. I’m back in technical theatre work again and it feels super-good, even when it feels like pain ALL OVER.
! Rilo Kiley. Her music is light and lyrical and her voice is pretty and I love it lots from what I’m hearing.
! Taking a day off and sleeping. I didn’t really mean too, but the result of feeling bad yesterday morning was taking the day off and sleeping all the way through school, and it was lovely and just what I needed. It was nice and stress-free.
! My just-finished painting. I did this huge piece of this boy I’m in love with, in hopes it would show, and it totally did and it is the best piece I’ve ever done and I’m so proud of it.
! Road-trips. I am looking forward to driving to Philadelphia this Saturday for college-visiting! Getting up early and getting in the car and driving is one of my favorite things ever, no doubts about it. We get to listen to music and watch the sun come up on the highway.
Honorable Mentions: Third quarter ending, new-and-soon-to-be-ours art classroom with huge walls of windows, hats, libraries, smoothies, fashion blogs, sleep!
- hot chocolate affogato’s
- The book that I am reading “almost french”
- Working the last shift at my old job today before starting afresh Monday
Wow this week has gone by really fast!
Hope you’re having fun in NZ, Gala!! :)
TiLT:
- My new-found energy levels: I don’t know where it’s coming from, but I suddenly have SO much energy, which I’m definitely not wasting and have been exercising my butt off!
- My hair (maybe?): I have a hair appointment in an hour and I’m about to chop it all off! I’ve been meaning to since last year, since my hair was at my waist and I wanted a big change, so I cut it to just past my shoulders on New Years Eve and am ready to take the next step! (And now I can actually use the tips in the ‘Making Short Hair Interesting’ article)
- Hunting & Gathering by Anna Gavalda – Loving it so far, just keeps reminding me of Amelie, my most favourite movie ever
Honourable Mention:
Finally finding the song I heard in the background of a clip on TV and finding it without even having to Google lyrics!!
(It was Paper Aeroplane by Angus & Julia Stone and is my song of the week now!)
1 I LOVE MY JOB. Ballet teacher ye-ah!
2 Compliments on my eye-makeup from a dear friend who used to be a makeup artiste on Shorty St.
3 Spending one-on-one time with my talkative youngest boy – it’s a gabfest!
4 Wide-ranging dinnertime conversations with my kids – last night we got onto cigarette holders (!)
5 Monty & Nerida’s rumba on dancing with the Stars. And Paul Mercurio is always a delight.
6 Looking for the chords to play “Umbrella” on the guitar, I found this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa
7 Trying different looks – I’m having “Lent” on my fave outfits and only wearing my lower-frequency clothes. Yesterday I was a prairie girl in a check shirt, today I’m a rock chick in a concert t-shirt. (see eye-makeup above)
8 Doing the weekly shop at a further-away yet cheaper super market – $100 cheaper. Wow.
9 Counting my physical blessings: I’m lucky to have nice hair, eyebrows, bust/waist/hips, wrists&hands, feet&ankles.
10 Tap water (mine’s out of a rainwater tank)
Things I Love Thursday
Darts Is such a cool fun game! Social and skillful.
Saying Cool Fun Haha.
Japanese stationary shops Don’t tell my boyfriend, but I spent ￥６０００ in there last week. I bought the cutest birthday cards – enough to last a year! And I bought so many cute pad papers. They are beautiful!
Print Club Woooo the most fun you can have taking photos and then drawing on them after! I love it! I understand your obsession Gala! I want one in my house! YES
Japanese manga girls They are sexy and fun! I bought four figurines in Sapporo the other day. Love them.
My friend Yuki She is the nicest girl I have ever met. I don’t know how anyone can be that nice! I love her!
Water So refreshing. So delicious. So good for you!
This website Doesn’t everyone!
Bikes with baskets on the front What a great idea! You dont have to hang your handbag on the handle!
Happy Thursday everyone! This definitely made me better
xxxxxx
Sushi – absolutely love that I am craving foods like sushi rather than chips
Dreams (perfume) by Anna Sui – I think this will be my new signature scent
Fake share trading – playing an ASX game which hopefully will teach me a little bit more about the stock market’s benefits and RISKS
Gabriella Cilmi – nothing’s sweet about me, one of those tunes you can’t help singing along to
* Live bands – Yay for Coheed & Cambria and their opening act Slipping Tongue
* Having loud music in the car
* Gossip Girl – Favourite TV show!
* Seeing my family
* My boyfriend being a cutie and moving around the funiture in our lounge to make more space and easier to use
* Wondering if I’ll spot Gala out and about in Wellington
* Lots of new friends from the connection post anda people reading my blog :]
-Coliflowers: OMG I looooove them! I know lots of people hate them though; in my house only my mom and I like coliflowers, so it’s strange to have them. Today I have some and they made me extremely happy :D
-My new friends: Today I lunched with 3 of my uni friends. One of them invited a guy which is on a wheelchair and talks with this tube on his throat, and is always alone. He appeared to be a fun guy, and it was great to see how happy he was talking with us. Plus, my bf came to visit me and met my friends and found them awesome! It was a very fun lunch :)
-Lemon&Ginger herbal tea: Spicy and soothing!
-Dieting: I’m hungry but feel good, yay xD
-My hairy bf: What better than a guy with lots of facial hair? SEXY
Ah no way…that’s giséle’s book yeah? wow hadn’t realised it has made it over as far as you guys in nz, small world. Anyway I know there’s a load of great tips in there and places to buy that are just amazing (like the handbag portrait painter, I’m still waiting to try her out when I’m over nxt summer) but the layout is what blew me away; It’s just so pretty! I have it on my coffee table with courtney love’s dirty blonde, wilde’s biography and a giant tome of pauline bewicks art [a kerry artist] who is kind of my idol. Aaah if only I could get the v westwood book my browsing table of wonderment would be complete.
here is my Tilt; flowering tea with jasmine [heaven in a cup], my new betseyville be mine bag [happy pre birthday to me!], little girls reaction to my pink hair, rediscovering jeremy irons as I watched most of brideshead revisited along with stealing beauty and lolita this week, places of interest; I went over to the lough crew complex [has 25 prehistoric passage tombs dotted about the place with all this wicked looking ornamentation and it’s really isolated] and then an eight century monastry @ Fore in westmeath, although the highlight of my week was seeing a little baby wild bunny as we were walking down the hill from loughcrew;
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He/she looks just like my dwarf rabbit, gizmo.
p.s. Happy birthday Ms Eighteen today!
Helena Bonham Carter. God damn, she’s got such an interesting gorgeous face and great style AND she can sing (See the Sweeney Todd soundrack for reference, ‘By The Sea’ is awesome beyond belief). She ends up in my look book a LOT.
Yaz. My acne’s cleared up, and I’m not utterly crippled by the monthlies (I used to bleed like a stuck pig and have evil cramps of death).
Dior Midnight Poison. Mmmm.
Ali, I know how you feel! I used to have the same thing… it’s such a relief when you’re no longer stuck in bed for days on end becos of that stuff eh!?
Things I love:
making new friends on the plane. I met this cool chick called Stella, we played cards, made jokes, drank wine, & swapped numbers on the plane. She seems like she’d be a nonpareil also (hehe) but I was too nervous to ask!
my boyfriend (as usual) & my close friends & family. Everyone’s really been there for me lately & I really appreciate them.
Sweet Mother’s Kitchen(gorgeous lil place up the top of Courtney, Gala… you should go there!) they have curly fries, & I had my first chocolate & peanut butter shake, SOOO good!
new flatmate excitement. Justine, my new flattie, is moving in tonight. That means I get to move everything in the house around, and get new drawers & HUGE mirrors from my last flattie, yay!
new music This week i’m loving the new Radiohead album, Cat Power (AMAZING) & Tiki Taane, who I saw play live at San Fran while I was in Welly. Awesome!
water & eating healthy. ‘nuf said.
Breadsticks.
*Well, Im Blake. Infamous bf of Natasja, and unemployed rock star.
*I love… Well The “Girl” Natasja, she is amazing.
*I love Hamburgers and parmigiana’s you know… food in general i suppose.
*ok ill write down some recent things…
*Im going for a new job as a Motorbike mechanic, I LOVE MOTORBIKES! so that would be Mega heaps cool.
*I love jumping into things! like bushes or pools, or like doing flips not to show off, just becouse I can!
*I love drums, im currently paying off a brand new mapex mc birch kit, and its freakin awesome!!!!
(i have a leccy kit atm, just not the same.. but i still love it all the same… SAME!)
——SAME!!!——
OK, now im just spamming… well gotta go to northlands, I dont love them, because their kebabs arent any good but im sure ill find something there i love… Bye!
*(Love movies)
Update: – My NEW short hair!! I haven’t had hair that has been chin-length or shorter since I was about 11 years old! Squeeeee!! :D
support from my friends – have had two instances recently when I barely even said anything& my friends sprung into action! once setting up complicated intercepts on an occaison where an ex showed up.(LOL) And also for an upcoming operation they have given lots of great advice& support.
new American Apparel store!- Apparently the new AA store has opened in Melb! hoping to check it out this weekend for all matter of wintery layers!
plans changing- a trip for later in the year recently looks like it has fallen through so am choosing to see brand new possibilities instead!
Roisin Murphy- going to see her tomorrow night! so excited, been so long since I’ve seen live music and she’s such a gorgeous crazy lady.
happy thursday smooshyfaces.
xxoo
Natasja- Yeah, it’s awesome. I used to play for my school soccer team (can’t anymore, majorly messed up my knee in a game :( ) and it used to be so bad I had to skip out on games because I couldn’t move.
Oh, and I forgot: Arthurian Legends. I could sit and read The Mists Of Avalon cover-to-cover four times over and never get tired of it.
Things I Love Thursday:
* That I’m going to uni next year, and that I’m almost 80% certain as to which hall of residence I’m applying for! And best of yet- it has a darkroom, which apparently no one uses, and which means I can carry on with my beloved photography!
* That my boyfriend comes home in ten sleeps (and counting) – and there are only two weeks (maybe less) until the end of term one.
* That I’ve paid for over half of my Vera Wang Flower Princess I’ve got on lay-by.
* That I’m up to my neck in all my passions: writing, photography, design, classical studies.
* The idea I had this morning which seems to be shaping up nicely, and quickly, and which fills me with joy every time I think of it- namely, that I’m not going to go to my seventh form ball because my boyfriend can’t accompany me, and frankly, I don’t want to go with anyone but him. Instead, I’ll fly to Wellington for the weekend and be with him! It’ll be his 20th birthday, too, and I can finally get the haircut and colour my sister (who works at the luscious Salon Bausch on Lambton Quay, mm) has been promising me!
Suddenly, I figure there’s a lot to be happy about… thanks Gala!
Playing Telephone on the train with my friends. Because all of us are crazy, and perverted, perfectly innocent-sounding phrases like “Last year, I saw something then did something,” ended up as “Hojin and Chris bumped uglies.” Also, “Michael likes men,” somehow got distorted to “Michael likes Korean men”, “Michael likes girly men”, and then finally “Michael is a sexy man.” The last one was my personal favorite, haha. The other people in the train probably thought we were being obnoxious, but I haven’t laughed this hard in ages, and at least we weren’t cursing or talking about the latest STD our girlfriends had contracted. :>
Hana Kimi. I never finish jdramas that I start, I don’t know why—I just never seem to have the time. But I think I’ll be finishing this one. It’s so cute and sweet, full of dorky boys doing random things and, and. It’s a love story. There’s boy-to-boy kissing and beach scenes. One of my favorite Japanese idols in the WORLD is in it. I think I’m in love.
My friends being really sweet after my hamster died. My hamster, Miyo, who was only a little over a year old (they usually live 2-3 years) died on Sunday for reasons my mom and I couldn’t discern. I’d gone home after a day out, slept for a few hours, then decided to take him out to play, and that was when I noticed how strange he was acting. His body was limp, his eyes were half-closed, and his head lolled about, but he was breathing, and then I called my friend to tell her about it because I was really upset. I then noticed he’d stopped breathing, and he died while she was on the phone. :[ When I told everybody at school about it, I expected the customary “Aw, I’m sorry!”, followed by the continuation of whatever conversation we were having, but surprisingly, everyone felt genuinely sorry for my loss, and a few girls spontaneously went over to give me hugs. It made me feel a lot better, and now I love my friends even more. <3
Karaoke. Everyone has been saying how obsessed I am with it, but that’s only because I am. Haha! I love singing. I’m not that great at it, but I love being able to go into a cool room with a big screen TV and belting out lyrics with my friends, no matter how bad we sound. And even better, after I went a few times I noticed that my voice was improving! Yes!
Having the money to get the things I want. I’m a nerd and usually spend whatever money I get on things like books, CDs, DVDs and magazines, and not on clothes or anything aesthetic, so right now I’m looking to buy a new single by my favorite artist and a weekly planner filled with pictures of cute guys. Um, I’ll buy new jeans when I get NEXT week’s allowance. :>
Blake – Haha so cute! Good to read TILT from a boy!
Kayla – HAPPY BIRTHDAY
x. new bedding. violet sheets, electric blue comforter, new bed. it’s all lovely. i just need a platform (looking to make a riser out of pallets spray painted white or pale yellow)
x. my little hanging basket’s first petunia sprouts
x. cinnamon rolls that microwave in 60 seconds (perfect for those shifts that start at 7am)
x. planning a trip to see my friends graduate from college and show up to the exes that are still there
x. freecycle! i scored a box full (maybe 50?) of magazines i like for absolutely nothing.
x. going to shows again. i skipped work to see say anything, saw anti-flag play new stuff sunday, i’m going to see converge next weekend and i’m going to see the dear hunter the week after that
x. new music! new anti-flag (nearly died when they played their new song “spit in the face”), new armor for sleep (i love their death-to-hipsters song “williamsburg”), new panic at the disco (beatles rip-off sounds, but in a good way), “control” by metro station (ridiculously dancy indie pop), weatherbox, the teenagers, the briggs, the street dogs, deerhunter (completely different sound from the dear hunter by the way), atlas sound, biffy clyro. i am absolutely delighted by all the new music i’ve “acquired” over the past week and a half
Things i’m loving today:
1. That Gala is in Wellington. I’m excited at the prospect of seeing her walk down the street! I’m keeping my eyes peeled!
2. That tomorrow is Friday and my Mum and Dad are coming to stay. Yay. I love that after teenage years of hell living at home, we finally get on!
3. Leopard Print. I’m just in love with it at the moment. I have shoes, scarves, a belt…
4. Healthy home cooked meals. Theres only so much takeaways a girl can handle…
Hmm, it’s not quite Thursday here yet but I’ll give it a go anyway :]
Great books — This week, I’ve just finished “Nineteen Minutes” by Jodi Picoult, “Daughter of York” by Ann Easter Smith and “Water for Elephants” by … well I can’t remember and they make me want to read MORE!
Eric Clapton — My boyfriend’s getting me tickets to one of his shows at the end of May! :D
Disney World — I was just thinking about how much I miss it. I went there last May with a bunch of friends and we had a fab time
Reconnecting with old friends — I hadn’t seen my friend Ali since before Christmas!! o__O Awful. But we went to see Horton Hears A Who (which would be on my honorable mentions list!) and caught up. It was a nice week.
I haven’t ever commented before, but I think I’m going to start. I like it! :]
Things I Love:
Looking forward to my 20th birthday next week My parents are sending me clothing money for my birthday yay!
New clothes! Three new American Apparel tops, one new Forever 21 top, and a gorgeous Etsy necklace!
My boyfriend for being so kind, so warm, so sweet, so funny, so generous, so understanding, et cetera, et cetera. There aren’t enough words to describe him.
Cooking I made garlic chicken with rosemary and lemon, and garlic-roasted asparagus on Tuesday. It was delicious!
The weather It’s finally semi-warm and beautiful in DC! Hurrah!
* READING. I’ve finished two books in the past three days, after not having read anything for a month. Now that March is over, I think I am ready to move on from the awful feelings surrounding me that were keeping me from doing what I love most.
* The people I work with who make it worth it.
* Being alone! Spring Break was fun, but I was surrounded by people the whole time, and it was so overwhelming. At least during school, I have the commute to myself.
* Blueberry waffles with real maple syrup.
* Making mix cds.
Olives
Marinated garlic and beers
Talking to friends on the phone
Seeing things others don’t even notice
New mineral makeup & clear skin
My 3 year old boy ….
New Zealand water is the bestest. I feel the need to point out that Christchurch water is better than Wellingtons, or anywhere else in the country for that matter…. delicious mountian glaciers!
Things I love Thursday….
*Missy Elliotts Remix shoes for adidas… makes me want to cry and hurl at the same time
*mash potato
*that winter is definitely coming
*that my bike, my love, is going in for a well overdue service tonight
*scrabble on facebook…
*jermaine from flight of the conchords.. My god how can one man be so hot?
*listening to Beirut whilst cooking dinner
FINALLY getting my degree in the mail. My new job is still awesome after 2 months! :) Drinking 3 bottles of wine with some buddies last night but (magically) NOT having a hangover today. Wearing my pink & green rainboots all day.
DivaCup!
I love the nurse who gave me my first pelvic exam this week. My blood pressure was skyrocketed at first because of nerves! But she came in and this first thing out of her mouth was to tell me about how she prank-called the local (small-town conservative) hardware store for April Fools and asked them if they carried fallopian tubes.
She was kind, informative, and professional. It was the most hassle-free (and fainting-free) doctor visit I have ever had in my life.
Songs with mandolins Like The Battle of Evermore!
My new gold wedges They pained me a bit (it was their first day out) but I got too many compliments to notice.
My mom’s cooking Tonight she did this thing with baked chicken and sherry..I can’t explain it, but the dish was stunning.
The Daily Show Jon Stewart is SUCH a manly man.
Flat irons Teehee.
Possibilites “Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.”
-John Wayne
Boys well, specific boys. Who are adorable with cute-nerdy black framed glasses and plaid button downs. Who keep saying hi to me lately. Oh, happy days.
Spring tomorrow is forcast for the mid-fifties and sunny. I’m excited.
My roomie cause things have been particularly awesome lately for us. I’m just lucky on that front.
- Moving out of home and into my own flat with Boyfriend.
- Completing my homework and handing it in on time. Not fun while I’m doing it but enormous satisfaction once it’s complete.
- Art History scholarship classes.
- New computer anticipation.
- The coming winter! Auckland has been getting cooler/rainier…! Yay!
- My renewed belief in the universe (ask and the universe will answer).
Blueberry-Pomegranate Juice – Frozen (mostly) then mashed up to make a slushy icy desert … YUM!
Thats all for today S
I’m trying to find a silver lining in my storm cloud. My boyfriend broke up with me, my best friend doesn’t want me in his life anymore.
I have reconnected with an old buddy of mine, so it’s nice to have him back. And I found my old globe, so that’s back on my desk this week.
after an awful week….
my lovely boyfriend who puts up with my hissy fits and my dramas and loves me nonetheless.
meeting deadline with ten days to spare! i finished an essay that is due on the 9th of April and it turns out that we got an extention until monday!
my best friend who i can call and cry on the phone to when i’m having hissy fits about aforementioned boy :P
having long hair well, almost ;) it’s growing and it looks AWESOME.
my mum who’s gotten me through this rough week
**Moving into my lovely apartment in LA! It’s a beautiful 1950’s building in a great location on a tree lined street. After some of the dingier places I’ve lived in, I’m particularly grateful for this!
**Kicking Ikea bed’s butt! I put the bed and the bedside table together all by myself. Yay!
**Chocolate mochi from Trader Joes. Mmmmm.
**The new America’s Next Top Model season on Youtube. Having that on in the background made putting together the furniture much more enjoyable.
**Having high speed internet! At my last place, we didn’t have internet (crazy…I know…) and then at my parent’s they only have a super slow dial-up connection. I feel like I’m being spoiled right now!
—-When my kitten carries things around in his mouth, like bringing his toy to me so I play with him.
—- My EXboyfriend who continues to be my favorite person and bestest friend a girl could ever ask for
—- My current boyfriend who puts me through a lot of shit but loves me and treats me right
—- 90s dance parties! I plan to attend one this weekend.
—- New glasses... I just got my first pair of PRESCRIPTION glasses and want four more pairs… clear ones, black ones, red ones, blue ones, old man ones!
—- Having an organized room and apartment and life! hopefully by next week I’ll have figured out how to put all of that back together.
i love my new macbook, central heating and twisties.
things i love
+ my boyfriend who treats me like royalty even though i don’t deserve it
+ cat stevens who thinks he sees the light
+ my best friend who will probably never know he’s my best friend
+ foooood
+ me (i have to fake it til i make it)
Oooohh
~ young love with my boy and kissing in parks
~ buying winter clothing… warm soft scarfs, cute little hats, coats galore….
~ curling up with a book next to a fire
~ having a reason to get up in the cold, COLD morning
~ finishing tasks that needed to be done!
xox
Things I love Thursday!
- Close friends!
Recentely my relationship has been a bit on the line due to my girlfriend suffering from anorexia and mental illness and potentially cheating on me. It’s been really awful, but I have the most amazing close friends helping me get through each day!
- New Fafi Collection by M.A.C!
^^ i have the poster! That’s how awesome I think it is. YAY.
- Creative Writing!
We’re currentely doing it in English, it’s amazingly interesting. Every single thing in the corner of your mind seems to come out.
- Patrick Wolf!
One of the most amazing musicians, I swear.
- Gingers!
So many people give red heads trouble, I don’t understand it! Because it is not considered to be unacceptable to bully someone for having red hair, nobody really does anything about it. But I don’t get it. There are sooo many hot red heads out there!
Think Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge!, Lily Cole, Hayley Williams (Front girl from Paramore), Patrick Wolf, David Bowie, the list goes on!
- Vintage Shirt-Dresses!
SO in love with them right now. I bought one off trade me (NZ equivellent to Ebay). I really must find the time to sew it up, as it’s a bit long/big.
- Spring is finally here and I’m able to wear ballerinas outside again!
- Compliments. I’ve gotten a lot of those from strangers lately. Yesterday the ticket guy on the tram thought I wanted to buy a children’s ticket (which means he thought I was 10 years younger) and two random strangers told me how good I looked. Nice.
- Petit Fours
- EFT once again. It’s changed my life! I don’t have to live with constant pain anymore!
- Why? is playing in Helsinki in May, I just found out yesterday!!
Life is good!
Where’s the surprise!?
My friend telling me today that she was thinking about everyone she knew and decided I was the coolest person she knew. (Which is pretty huge seeing as most her friends are musicians or comedians and she works for the circus)
That made me feel all warm and fuzzy :)
I love the goddess guide – i bought it as a christmas gift for loads of my friends a couple of years ago and its written by an irish girl!
Looking at this: www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live…
my awesome new housemates.
it’s taken a while for everyone to come out of their shells, but now that we have, it feels like i have a new family. we are having a back to the future marathon tomorrow night!
i have mine here!
thisforonenight.livejournal.co…
:D
- I finally started singing lessons after talking about it for years and I’m loving it! – Found an awesome new shade of bright blue nail polish – I didn’t have to work today – I picked up my guitar and started playing again
I love doing these lists; it helps me put things in perspective and to focus on the positive things instead of all the crap that’s happening around me.
Hope you are having the best time in NZ! Take care of yourself xxx
GALA!! I bought the Goddess Guide yesterday on Amazon, I’m waiting for it in the post. It looks amaze! Have fun in NZ! xx
Being finished with coursework for the year! Neither of my departments give any assignments in the final term so I handed up my last essay on Monday. Freedom, freedom! (aside from exams, that is)
Summer is icumen in and the weather is getting nicer which means lunchtime outdoors and the ability to hang around campus after lectures socialising.
My new rule to wear jeans at most two days out of seven. It’s forcing me to rock my wardrobe and be more adventurous. Now I’m actually wearing my lovely skirts and slacks as opposed to slumming it in my usual jeans-jersey-jacket boringness.
My critical and cultural theory course. It has been the best part (academically) of my first year of college. It has introduced me to completely new ways of thinking and forced me to take a step beyond my comfort zone. It has made me more conscious of the ways in which I think and the ways in which I approach reading, speaking and life in general. There are only five weeks of twenty-four left but this isn’t something I’m going to take an exam in and forget, this is going to stand to me for good.
THANKYOU SOPHIA
I am a redhead and used to hate it when people gave me shit. But now i call my self a ginger and embrace it!
Love Love to all the redheads! xxx
— HEROES!!!!!! Hiro & Ando from Heroes just light up my life. Intense passionate love for those two I have!
— So You Think You Can Dance: (noticing a theme? hehe) I love Rhys from the show and the fabulous music picks me up and has me boogying around my house
— Going to the gym: makes me feel like I’m doing something active to achieve a goal of mine, and that’s always an awesome feeling.
— Pushing through all the inertia and making things happen: as small and as insignificant as they may feel
— Being assertive: telling someone ‘no’ for the first time never ever felt so good
— Sleeping in my warm warm blanket: unparallel comfort and snuggly-ness!
— Having the power back on at home: after yesterday’s awful weather, I realised how terrible it was to be without things we totally take forgranted – like lights, let alone the internet!
P.S. Happy birthday Kayla
Short but sweet, as it’s late and I’m sleepy :)
* New Jeans – ebay is still awesome!
* Random visits from people :)
* Getting uni assignments done
* It’s nearly the weekend!
* Hugs
* Mid-Season sales!
Just one little thing that I can think of:
+ My favorite song by the beatles is ‘a day in a life’ and I watched ‘Across the Universe’ last week and out of all the songs they covered, the way the sneak in ‘a day in a life’ is just so clever and breathtakingly beautiful! I’ve been rewatching the clip over and over since friday :)
Have a great time in NZ, Gala :)
Just one thing – THE START OF SUMMER! And the fact that I can now use my new flowery umbrella as a parasol.
Chocolate ice cream with chocolate sprinkles- It’s spring here in Philly and the weather’s been so nice that ice cream trucks are all over the place. Having my first ice cream cone this year was sooooo good!
Yoga-I’ve been attending the yoga classes at a local gym and it’s wonderful and relaxaing. I really feel great afterwards, especially since I don’t have to pay to get in because my bf works there,ha!
My nephew- he’s only four but he’s stolen my heart. I look forward to spending the afternoons with him watching spongebob and falling asleep.
My mother-She spoils me rotten. She does things for me not many other people would, like pick me up from school/work, and wake me up in the morning…eventhough i’m 22, lol. loves her.
~ great gifts from my ount(who is 25, but who cares?)
moleskine, fancy pencil, notebook with little mi
~ what i’ve been eating for last two days
brocoli cream soup with toasted pumpkin seeds and blue cheese.tiger prawns with butter, garlic, chilli, coriander and lime juice. guacamole
~ fact, that my orchid (kika) blossomed with all 12 flowers
looks so amazing and so rich and disturbes me all the time
~ my dachshund brush
i found it after two years
~ music
i have loads of new stuff from my friend
~ spying around in my trench coat
i feel like a secret super agent
~this week dres up friday
theme is mary poppins. anyone want to join me?
hugs,kisses&orchid sniffing!
Joking around with my goofy boyfriend on the phone for an hour, he makes me so happy =]
My two best friends – whenever they get together they call me (I’m away at college) and we all update eachother about what is going on in our lives! I don’t know what I would do without them.
My house at home – I’m going home this weekend I can’t wait! I love waking up in my huge comfy bed at home to the smell of coffee and watching the food network with my mom. Plus, its going to be warm this weekend!
Fruit! I’ve been craving it very much lately (I’m on a healthy foods/exercise kick).
The fact that I’ll be moving back home in 27 days to get a summer job and spend the summer with my best friends, my boyfriend and my family =D
I love:
Having a “Can Do” attitude! Which includes getting myself back into learning about weight lifting, after I’d been slacking off & just walking & jogging for exercise.
The awesome dinners my boyfriend has been cooking…after 4.5 years together, we JUST discovered that he doesn’t mind cooking and I don’t mind grocery shopping and cleaning up…while I loathe cooking (it stresses me out more than ANYTHING!) and he is annoyed by going to the grocery store & cleaning up!! It’s really changed our lifestyle from eating out all the time (often fast-food) to eating at home at least 4 nights a week!
And that brings me to – relaxing trips to the grocery store by myself!
Comfortable shoes!
Bowling!
loving…
...mosaics
...a new house!
...plans
...responsibilities & hard work
...inbox full with important stuff
...the fog
...sex
beep!
Calling my mom who’s away on reha for her bad knee and her telling me all about the new people she’s meeting and sharing her experiences with me.
Spring storms, rain pattering against the window, the roofs I can see from my window shining and wet.
Having pictures of me with my friends to put up on the wall. I’ve been living here for over 6 months and am just getting around to putting photos up!
Watching London sunsets while standing on the balcony of the NT.
Cold green tea, tinned artichokes, shiny big sunglasses, Lush’s Breath of Sea Air, red wine, making plans for my career.
TiLT time!
i heart: .cutting my own hair—kinda looks like Christian Siriano’s? and its turquoise color i also did! hooray for me! .mon famille—my bro just flew off to the US, we’re all happy! [i think]. .the warm weather here in the Philippines .old clothes i can play with .new clothes i’m about to buy [chyeah right] .the iCiNG community—brimming with ideas as always, still growing, and still has more things to be thankful for [hooray for gratitude!] .HOORAY FOR GALA!
A favorite bakery of mine closed years ago, back when I was still in high school, and I always wished it was still around since there’s nothing quite like a freshly baked donut with red bean paste (japanese/french fusion bakery).
Well today I discovered that it didn’t close, it just moved to about a 20 minute walk from where I’m working. Guess who had donuts for lunch.
I love eating while walking along the river, because every animal in a 10 mile radius comes storming at me for nibblets. They didn’t get any, but it’s still fun when canada geese dance around you, rather than hiss angrily at you.
And there’s nothing quite like waking up next to the nicest guy I’ve ever met :3 especially after a lovely night of good food and entertainments.
1. my new job at a fashion pr agency!!!I love it!
2. eating much fruits and salad
3. soy milk
4. watching germany’s next topmodel with my gorgeous friends in a few minutes
5. having great plans for the weekend
no school – i probably said this last week, but it’s pretty great. although i haven’t done any of my homework yet…
national poetry month – writing a poem a day? getting a poem in my inbox every day? yeah! who cares that i’m not actually from america? not me.
the wave pictures – one of the best bands around, i think. excited about the album that i think is meant to be coming out soon…
buying books in london – so i spent money that i was meant to be saving. whatever. books!
Gala, est-ce que vous parlez français? Parce que vous parlez en francais beaucoup, et je m’interesse.
J’adore ton site web.
Grosses bises
xx
- Dancing on Saturday nights. This weekend is going to be tons-o-fun, going for drinks and a late night of dancing with some of my favourite people.
- Art and design inspiration. I’ve been feeling a little blah lately about interior design and art, so I’ve made it my mission to seek out new resources to inspire my creativity. Some of my favourites blogs are Black.White.Bliss, Design for Mankind, Design*Sponge, Decor8, Nubby Twiglet, This is Star, and Sara Lando. I’ve also gotten back into reading Domino (my favourite design magazine, hands down!).
- Sleeping in, cuddling in bed all afternoon, and watching movies. I can’t wait to do this sometime soon on a Saturday. I’m craving a day to relax and just be laaaaazy.
- Wedding excitement. Two of my beautiful friends (both former colleagues) are recently engaged, and it’s so much fun to hear about their wedding plans and share in their fun.
- Live music by local artists. I went to a show last night at the Free Times Cafe, featuring Shawn Clarke, Dave Mansell, and Deb Whalen. It’s awesome to see great acoustic performers in a small cafe venue.
My complete TiLT list with links is here.
Happy Thursday beautiful nonpareils!