Things I Love Thursday
[ 11 July 2008 ]
Nubby Twiglet — Cutest girl on the planet? I would say, almost certainly. If not, she’s a very strong contender. It is so fabulous to meet her after having known her online for years, & even more fabulous to realise how freakishly similar we are! It has been so cool to just sit around & compare notes. But we haven’t had a lot of time to just sit, we’ve been busy! Oh, the things we have done… decadent art deco parties, treehouses inside art collectives, talking in Ukrainian diners until 3am, photo sessions on rooftops, nestling into private boxes at hilariously elitist establishments, giving gay marriage serious consideration & passing out unconscious with the air-conditioning going full blast. I love her. I looooooove her. Also, sometimes she draws on her face by mistake. Le swoon! She just said, “Finally, I found my Virgo soul mate! & we’re getting married in Hawaii!” Oh so cute. Too much cute to handle. I can’t wait wait waaaaait until we can spend more time together. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There are not enough exclamation points in the whole world.
Journalling — Oooooh yes. I am journalling up a storm! I have finally started to put my black soft-cover unlined Moleskine to use. I like to fold the cover back, lean on a hardback book & hold my black pen aloft before I start scribbling. I woke up on Sunday morning with a strong urge to write in my book before I did anything else, & it has been the same every day since then. Now I remember why I used to love doing this. I used to be an obsessive journaller — it was part of my daily routine (& made my commute to work on the bus much less painful, if not downright enjoyable!), & it helped me process a lot of what I was going through. Anyway, all this to say, I LOVE writing with ink on paper, I LOVE filling up pages, & I love the fact that I am taking time to do it — it feels like a really positive step & an affirmation of my commitment to be good to myself.
Entourage — I used to criticise my mother (who has always owned her own businesses) for coming home after work & watching television. I was a self-righteous teenager, oh yes. “Why don’t you read a book?!?” I would exclaim. But you know what? Now that I am in the same position, of working until I feel like I will fall over, sometimes I just need to turn my brain off. Really, off. No thinking allowed. Meditation is cool & everything, but sometimes you don’t want to concentrate on the tip of your nose. So, the best way to do that, for me — unfortunately — is by watching television. Entourage is my new thing. Adrien what’s-his-face is cute. It makes me laugh. I recommend it.
Everything happening for a reason — Sometimes things don’t go to plan, or are difficult or weird. But in my experience, it always works out for the better. I love seeing this demonstrated in my daily life. It fills me with sheer delight! Delight, I tell you… delight!
Sparkly pens — I found a bunch of incredible sparkly pens in a stationery shop the other day & it has whipped me into an ink-fuelled frenzy! I’ve been scrawling postcards, using them on everything & going mad. They are called “Gelly Roll” & I bought two purple (deep sparkly violet & a plain indigo), two blue (dark midnight sparkly & sky sparkly) & one pink, which is more like a fabulous deep raspberry with silver irridescence. Yum. I want to colour my entire body with them, like in that Amanda Lepore commercial (NSFW!) where she covers herself with MAC lipstick. I am a total pen nerd, but I do love them so.
Secret plans! Plotting with various people over big glasses of water & insane meals of every stripe. I keep meeting fantastic people who believe in what I’m doing & want to help me, & it is mind-blowing & magnificent. I am so, so thankful & happy & elated by this life. Honestly.
Honourable mentions: Nicole Atkins (her album Neptune City is on heavy rotation); A-Trak feat. Lupe Fiasco – Mastered; Molly Crabapple & The Box; talking to my friend Jennie in New Zealand on the phone for over two hours & laughing uproariously; fresh juice (my new favourite is pomegranate, apple, orange & spinach — which you can’t taste!); Duffy; Elton John; Kiki de Montparnasse (an upscale erotic & lingerie shop, where they sell duct tape in a range of colours… yes!); lesbian bars; this re-cap of the Sweet Valley High board game!; clunking up & down 5 sets of stairs every day in 5-inch (Nubby measured them!) platforms (buns of steel, bunnnnns of steeeeeeel!); text message marathons; talking to my mother as I walk home at 3am; $1400 phone bills (not mine, thankfully!); Atmosphere (& Jake!)...
...& this photo.
Today is super-special because we have a guest TiLT! You guessed it… here’s Miss Nubby’s list! (Yay!)
Walking through Manhattan at 4am & hearing birds chirping
24 hour cafes
Late night photoshoots on rooftops overlooking the city
Buying Marc Jacobs key-chains shaped like rats
Getting a portrait with Gala & Gilda drawn by Molly Crabapple
Learning the art of walking up five flights of stairs in heels to Gala’s apartment
Having amazing food in every corner of the city
Making plans for the future
The massive accessories section of H&M
Hugging jumbo ice-cream cones
Friends across the cit welcoming me to sleep over
The kindness of complete strangers
& free drinks & dinner!
“Believe me, the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness & greatest enjoyment is — to live dangerously.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
Now… we hand the microphone (or megaphone!) to you! Shout it loud, kitten-face!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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My TiLT this week…hmmm
Sex and the City – I’d never watched it before Tuesday – seriously! – and now I’m HOOKED!
The news series of Mock the Week – It’s not starting until tonight but shh..also, the ad has ‘That’s Not My Name’ playing in the background!
Being more assertive – It feels so good! For the first time in my life I’m saying NO. And I love it!
Planning my life after school – I still have two years until I leave, followed by college? Oh shhh! It’s exciting! Brighton? Paris? New York?
Singer? DJ? Film director? Something else?
It’s exciting. I hate being hemmed in by all the silly rules and regulations, and so I love dreaming about when I have my own apartment (no more everyone elses stuff in my bedroom!), when I’m out of school and away from silly bitchy people, and when I leave this very closed minded town.
Speaking French – I might not be able to say more than about 3 words but I’ll get over it. Au’revoir!
Wow your #3 picture up there is my friend Mackenzie’s picture!! such a small world! I’ve shot with her before!
Ahahahaha! Did you not have Gelly Rolls in Oz or NZ? I remember they were a big hit with the girls in 7th grade. Man, I’ve forgotten about them. I’m gonna go look for my super old stash of Gelly Rolls now!
travel : in 6 days I’m flying to Europe (London, Paris and the south of Spain). How AWESOME is that?? Plus, I need I time away from my daily rutine, so more awesomeness
vacations : oh yeah, the semester ended!! I approved each and every one of the classes I had this semester, I’m proud! :) And vacationing is…so…lazy. love!
my new shirt : an hybrid between a sweater and a shirt, is sooo pretty and comfortable and..perfect!
not much more! :P
Pita Pit! – I’ve eaten there three times in the past week… I’m officially an addict!
My roomate – who is also my best friend. We do cool things like explore for places to go swimming, hunt wild catnip and make coffee at 9 pm and stay up for hours.
My new kitten! Her name is Monster and she really is just that, but she is so adorable. And brave! She is just the coolest because she eats spaghetti, beats up the dog, and will climb anything.
Grand Forks – This city is so, so, so beautiful and there is such a fantastic art scene here. I miss Fargo, but I’m really warming up to living up here.
This week…
Knowing what I want to do in the future: I love making plans
Being jealous of Gala’s fabulous life in New York: It just highlights that if you try hard you can get what you want.
My boyfriend: He is the most loving and reliable person in my life just now.
My best friend laura: For always having the best advice.
Wondering what I will do for my birthday next week: Oooohh its exciting!!!
This week I love:
San Francisco! I’m going there next week from Monday to Friday and I’m SO EXCITED! I can’t wait to see Haight-Ashbury and the Mission and everything.
Spending money wisely Instead of heading right over to the massive sale section and buying something cheap I don’t need, I’ve been making wise purchases of things I really need: a purse, jeans, a scarf, et cetera. I’m very proud of myself for not overspending!
My iPod It was broken, or so I thought. I decided to try and fix it, solo, one last time… and it worked! Now I can listen to David Bowie and watch Sex and the City on the plane next week!
My boyfriend He knew I was running out of clean clothes, so he did some of my laundry while I was at work yesterday. He hung it up to dry perfectly! And he did it without being asked or cajoled into doing it. He is love. :)
Chictopia My #2 favorite style site (after iCiNG, of course!). I love the wide range of styles, being able to search by occasion or body type, and the official blogs, EverybodyisUgly and CoedUgly. I check Chictopia nearly as often as I check iCiNG!
New haircut It had been five months since I had my hair cut, and it was looking ragged. But now it’s two inches shorter, a lot neater, with better bangs. Gorgeous!
The article “Your Most Fabulous Self” It’s been my inspiration all week. Knowing that you believe in me, Gala, really helps me believe in me too!
Chanel nail polish in Gold Fiction and kaleidescope
BOWS BOWS BOWS
dollar stores
99 cent top coat that is simply amazing
interview tomorrow
dressing like a doll
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I’m so jealous you, nubby and gilda get to hang out! I’m sitting in my williamsburg apt pouting right now!!!!
Calzones How can you not like this food? Yumminess in a pouch.
Freshly bloomed flowers Can it get any better than that?
Tony Jaa Man, he’s an amazing Thai actor/martial artist.
Using brand new eye shadow for the first time It’s like Christmas morning.
Entourage – thank you for reminding me of how much I love that show! I’ll start a marathon right now.
Gelly Pens – wow! I haven’t seen a Gelly Pen since middle school. My best friend used to have a gigantic bag of them, my favorite on wrote silver and when you erased it, the silver became a dark blue. Delish…!!
gah. it’s sort of hard for me to want to be positive right now (the police were just here because my mp3 player & digital camera were stolen), but i believe i should give it a go:
-accidentally finding a mall in downtown milwaukee while waiting 6 hours for my bus to leave (shopping makes everything a little more bearable).
-my opalite 2g plugs.
the long nights my boyfriend and i enjoyed together while i was visiting him the past week. we stayed up late watching movies, hot tubbing, making fun of one tree hill (sorry to anyone who enjoys it-i do, but in a snarky way), and drinking too much wine.-sleeping in a bed instead of on the couch or bus.
-buttery garlic flavored club crackers (how long have they been out?!)
-getting my job back (starting next monday)!
-standing as close as possible to the fireworks in Grand Rapids (i love fireworks)! i got hit in the arm with a piece of one, but it was okay.
-my family. i visited them on my trip and spent time at the art fair with my mom. it’s always good to be home for awhile.
p.s. why do parts of my posts always get that strike-through line?? grrrrr…
-the rawness of neighborhoods that have always been and will always be exactly what they are
-paying more attention to my journal (I too am a moleskine afficionado! semipretentious-in-a-good-way-artistes unite! (Dyslexics untie!))
-watching the Tour de France late at night after 140km on my own bicycle
-sticking my head out the windows of trains and watching the sun set
-protest marches
-realizing that I now have an accent in all three languages that I speak, that I cannot do anything about it, and that it’s not something I have to be ashamed of.
-my new H&M hoodie – it has stripes a superlong collar type thing that, when zipped up and pulled over one’s head, gives the appearance of a headless person. I don’t care if it’s from a chain store. It’s awesome, ok?
* Journaling- I love to write anyway. * Myspace- I never knew how handy it was.
Running into all the best people at the bar, and everyone coming over to my house, drinking beer and eating popcorn til 6 AM
Swimming in the lake I grew up on; the way it smells; the way you can make all these movements in water that you can’t on land!
Reading Lonesome Dove
Long hikes in the Pacific Northwest
Impossible but True: The Kim Fowley Story ...some seriously crappy songs, but some SERIOUSLY AWESOME songs too!
Everyone telling me that I will LOVE the town I’m moving to in September (Bellingham, Washington)
Knowing that my life in my hometown is as good as it can be, and that opportunities for movement only arise when there is something bigger & better to come into!
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- justice! i’m going to see them tomorrow and i am going to dance live i have never danced before!
- getting paid! MONEY!
- holga cameras – i bought one and a load of expired 35mm film to experiment with on ebay, so excited!
- the net-a-porter sale, not that i can afford anything on there…
-my new boyfriend. he is proving to be one of the most amazing people ever. we are a lot alike which makes it fun, as well as difficult. he is a poetry writing theatre geek with a gift for pulling me out of my bad moods. he’s terribly optimistic with a side of straight out goofy. (that, and he’s got the most amazing blue eyes ever!)he can finish my sentances and he doesn’t mind how i like to cuddle. he likes taking me to concerts and is perfectly fine with staying up late on the phone with me.
The Blues Brothers I can’t believe it took me so long to watch this movie! M boyfriend warned me that I would fall in love and he was SO right.
Being reminded of important things like the fact that even if you don’t succeed at something it’s not really that important in the big picture, and that things will eventually turn for the best even if it takes some time, and that even when you feel that you’re stuck things are actually changing and you’ll soon be able to make interesting choices. All that by somebody with whom I did an internship, who believes in me and gave me plenty of sound and interesting advice on how to get the job I want.
Banana, kiwi, ginger and hazelnut milk smoothies (and soft-boiled eggs)
My boyfriend being full of projects – he’s currently involved with three killer bands, and the creativity makes him so enthusiastic and sexy.
Modeling for a friend’s fashion show It was based around corsets! And having pro make-up artists and hairdressers to doll me up was great ^^
Books Either novels or serious essays I’m reading for my thesis, I just can’t get enough.
Didn’t want to get up this morning, but then I realised I had to, to post my TiLT! Good (Friday) morning, timezone buddies!
Gala, you are SO cute! Seeing you & Nubby & Gilda together is like the Justice League (Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman/Green Lantern/The Flash etc) of style-blogging! Heehee!
Here’s my list:
OK Go – well, actually, OK Go’s choreographer. She is a genius.
School holidays!!! For now I only have TWO jobs, not four.
Lounging in front of the fireplace, snuggling up under extra blankets, frosty mornings and perfect sunny days.
Outrageous Fortune – especially Judd. I wish he was in every single scene, telling people off and rolling his eyes . . .
These cable-knit lace-up legwarmers:
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‘Cold-call’ emailing nonpareils: shoutouts to Kirsty and Lady Smaggle! iCiNG is a network of positivity-smitten lovelies!
And also, every Thursday night I watch Code on Maori TV, so it’s always fresh in my mind when I write this. It’s fun!
My TILT this week are: Watching the complete Monty Python Flying Circus and laughing my a** off. Getting a book I ordered in the mail, Finally breaking down and getting the statue of Kali (big hugs and kisses to her for sending me the message) and a mini laughing buddha, Knowing that today is the day when my spicy pickles will be ready and cant wait to try them YUM, My awesome kitties and hubby, Raw cacao and My Champion Juicer loving it and the juices I can now make with it.
It has been a super trying day- and I feel likeI might scream…BUT I am attempting to take Gala’s advice and keep chanting everything happens for a reason…
So for this Tilt i love
advice from Gala
reading Gala, Nubby, and everyone else’s tilt lists
dt. coke
so you think you can dance
that someone has a cat named Monster
boy do I wish I had thought of that when I was naming my cat last month!
ahhh, the red haze is slowly departing.
le-sigh
hope everyone else’s day is supercalifragilstic!
Emily, doll, I think the strike-through is caused by hyphens/dashes. Try putting a space after them, rather than having them bang up against a word.
dash at either end, no space- space before and after dash –
Love the pictures! Such cute style!
I am so jealous that you guys get to hang out.
Come september, I will be there for the epic party with you both!
xoxo
Rediscovering old jewelry I haven’t worn in ages, Blue Moon beer— I’m not even a huge alcohol fan but this tastes like it has oranges in it and it’s yummy!! Dance parties to Lady Sovereign. EFT. There was a bit about it on iCiNG ages ago but I finally made myself try it, and it truly is helpful. And finally….my sister. With her shaved head, bright purple nails, and humongous selection of pencil skirts, there really is no one quite like her!
OOH another two things to add to my list:
Getting a really good photo of a rare-ish butterfly – I was soooo lucky! I was walking the dog a pretty butterfly landed in front of my feet, so I took a photo of it (honestly, lucky day to have my camera, I never take my camera with me on walks normally) and when I got home and showed it to my mum she told me it was a rare butterfly :D
The little puff that comes out the top of the talcum powder pot when you put it down – And since it is Lush’s Candy Fluff loads of glitter goes everywhere too! Yay!
So I read how journaling made your commute less painful, and I guess I missed the ‘on the bus’ part, cause the first thing I picture is you driving down some highway, one hand on the wheel, the other scribbling in a journal. Haha what can I say, I’m from the suburbs…
Things I LOVE: my brand new phone (with an insurance policy), the fact that its a payday(!!!), old concert t-shirts, trident tropical twist gum, chuck palahniuk, and the fact that I get to go to dinner tonight with my bffs!!
oh i looove entourage! i’ve re-watched the full first and second seasons on demand and i’m dying for the third.
TiLT:
1) the jonas brothers
2) james mcavoy
3) salt & pepper chips by herrs (i think?)
4) getting questions right while doing SAT prep
This thursday, I love:
Girls that kiss girls especially in public down in south Texas… We’ve come far, but they’re still brave for doing so. :)
Northpark mall It’s the best mall in North Texas, IMO.
Wearing little-girl dresses with dominatrix boots
FUZE fruit drinks
Quotes by Coco Chanel
Watching ballet
Renaissance dancing
Drive-in movie theaters where you can sit on a blanket in the cool night air and take in a flick or three
The Dallas Public library downtown 8 stories tall with millions of stories within!
yay an HONORABLE MENTION! was awesome talking to you then watching that hilarious episode of malcolm in the middle haha if you dont understand… ill tell you in PERSON! ;) xxxxxxxxxx
I just started a blog to keep away the summer boredom at work…so excited to have my first TiLT!! Thanks for being a muse, Darling.
& Maddi, I love FUZE too!!
It hasn’t been a fun week for me, I have a double ear infection and haven’t been doing anything but lying around and watching bad TV, but there’s always room for optimism!!
- Walking my dog barefoot at 11 by myself. It’s so nice to walk the streets in my neighborhood and realize how lucky I am to live somewhere so safe and quiet.
- Giving up meat once and for all. I threw up the last time I ate a burger and the thought of eating meat doesn’t appeal to me at all anymore, it just makes me feel nauseous. It feels good to do something I’ve been trying to conquer for a long time.
- Miles Aldridge!! He is a genius and I’m so glad you like him too! His site is very well organized so give it a click peeps! www.milesaldridge.com/
- Fresh strawberries for sale!! Yay!
- Rockstar energy drink. My first experience with an energy drink – 240mg of caffeine per can eep!
- Getting on track with my diet again.
- Seeing pictures of my dad’s old moustache.
- This picture –
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first of all, coming home from an amazing trip to europe and having such an incredible welcome from my friends and my family
-my friends of course! I missed them so much but weve been catching up and doing some crazy things, dont need nothing but a good time how can I resist!
-the weather right now, it had been a bit chilly but now the sun is shining and the skiy is blue and its beutiful!
-My music, another thing I missed on the trip since i forgot my i pod now ive been listening to it like crazy.
-All my new clothes wee theyre so pretyful and just what ive been looking for.
-The fact that I got to see a friend that i hadnt seen for ten years!! it was so great and hanging out with another friend tomorrow which ive missed so much.
-the delicious chocolate i´m eating as I type this, yuum.
-Of course my girlfriend!! I just love her soo soo sooo much and I missed her to, its good to be able to be with her again.
today I´m loving everything I´ve just been having such a great time every day its so amazing weeee !!!
Your articles and posts this week have been superb!
TiLT
Arrested Development – just getting into this and I love Jason Bateman!
Bourjois Rouge High-Tech Liptint in Rose Pixel – lipstick colour in a lipgloss!
Being commended at work
Presents in the post! From friends, and myself…
I’m going to visit my friends tomorrow and camp out in a garden in a tent. This is exciting beyond belief!
TiLT
Russell Brand- he’s a comedian I highly suggest you check out. I’m seeing him live tomorrow!
Entourage- I’m addicted to this show!
Haircuts- I just got one and I feel so pretty.
Journaling- I just bought a new moleskine this week!
PlayRadioPlay! – Everytime I listen to him (even though it sounds like a her) I get inspired and full of ideas for stories .Now all I need is to actually get off ym butt and write them!
Jolt – My friend showed me this drink .They sell it in this gaming shop..its nerd heaven they have 24 game offs and you pay to sit on the comfy computers and play World of Warcraft .I haven’t seen this drink anywhere else but its designed to keep you up all night as a caffine addict it must really be FILLED with caffine because it made me shake XD
Jed – My new boyfriend .I’m his first girlfriend so he hasn’t realised yet how to play games with girls so he’s really good to me and honest about things.
My ipod – I said this last week but it really is the best thing I own .It kept me company on the long train journey to Jed’s.
Burger King chocolate fudge ice cream – I’m addicted .Its so nice and it has like chunks of tiffin through it .Its orgasmic.
Town – Its the one place where I’m properly happy .I love the shops ,the people just the general atmostphere of Glasgow .Even the drunken neds..they give it character.
Dreams – All my dreams for the future and knowing they might not be that far away..all I have to do is start listening to my teacher :)
Topshop Underwear – All my underwear was scabby and from Primark so my mum treated me to some new pants .We’re always broke so I was really happy when Topshop had a sale on and they had some amazing pants :) Its amazing how good its made me feel even if its only me that sees them..for now ;)
My fave pair are little blue hotpants with tiny pink hearts and a pic of the girl from wacky races on the front and on the back it says “drive me wild”.
On this Thursday, I love:
-being laid off from a job I hated
-Chicago Public Library for having the Red Book!
-My boyfriend
-The mix he made me
-Megabus (www.megabus.com)
-Going home to Detroit
-Old friends
-Farmers markets
-Michigan peaches
-Van Morrison
-cobbler
-Secret wishes of becoming a baker just like Ana Pascal(Maggie Gyllenhaal) in Stranger than Fiction
-Gala Darling!
TILT ...
Planning outfits for the day.
Doing my make-up.
Packing.
Interior Design.
And, finally … going to my art class and learning new techniques
High heels- they just add OODLES of class and SASS to any outfit! They make me feel so feminine and confidant. Like i can just walk into a room, point and a boy and say, “you.” ;)
Detroit- I love discovering the city! It boggles my mind how many creative, wonderful people are there just doing such extraordinary things in total obscurity.
Making art for myself- I go to Parsons in NYC so I spent a good chunk of the year working on stuff for school. Now that I’m on summer break, I finally have time to devote myself to whatever I feel like making without time limits or someone else’s guidelines to follow.
Fresh fruit- I take various fruits with me to work everyday (today it was a plum, a peach, and a champagne mango!) and I just feel so happy and healthy! Some of the moms have started calling me Fruit Girl! XD
-Freshly dried bunches of lavender to put in my room
-Riding my bike everywhere
-Chicago summer!
-Muffins
-Finally getting the hang of my barista job (it’s my second week)
-Drinking lots and lots of tea.. and Kombucha when I can!
-Coming home from a thrift store with 9 books and 2 sweet mugs for only $7!
My TILT for this week:
My new boyfriend: He is absolutely adorable and an exceptional person in his own right, plus he has a pet name for me that I don’t loathe.
His cat: Oh, she is SO CUTE! And apparently she hates pretty much everyone, but she was quite happy to come curl up next to my legs when we were watching Stargate.
Catching up with friends: I managed to finally see some people this week, after having gone away and come back again.
Realising my life pretty much revolves around food and shopping: I tend to catch up with friends over lunch and then go shopping afterwards.
Buying my 50th pair of shoes!!!: I finally managed to snap up a pair of low-top red sequin-covered Converse Chuck Taylors and they are divine! Not what I expected for the big number 50, but I’d eyed off the high-tops last year and then missed out, so when I saw these and realised the display was the last pair in my size, I had to have them.
New places to eat cupcakes: I tend to always go to the same place, but a new place opened up a few months ago (and I even applied for a job there, way back when), but I’d yet to try it, so yesterday, instead of making a MASSIVE trek halfway across the city to my old favourite, I finally tried The Cupcake Bakery, and it’s pretty awesome. Now I just have to choose which one I like better…
I get so annoyed with how our generation has this elitist problem with television. I’ll forgive your ways of the past, though. ;) I have learned so much about life and the world from watching t.v. It expands horizons—it’s not just a boob tube. There /is/ redeemable programming and the rest is just entertainment—and there’s nothing wrong with that. Besides, most of the people I know who write quippy things on their MySpace profiles about how they don’t like t.v., /totally/ binge on it whenever they get near one. Fact. :D
There is nothing embarrassing about liking t.v.!
Sorry to rant on an entry reserved for positive thinking! tsk tsk.
I love:
...Snuggling with my doggie and how he looks at me with his little doggie eyes.
...Speaking of t.v., I love Design Star and whatever the hair-cutting reality drama on Bravo is called. Oh, and Madmen reruns—I’m catching up with last season.
...The sound of tree frogs and cicadas chirping away in the evenings. It’s /so/ summertime.
...Warm nights.
...Warm misty rain.
...And new sneakers! Sneakers need love too. :]
TiLT
‘Your Most fabulous self’ by Gala Reading this made me realise i’m still on my Icing Transformation Challenge! I read this article on TSN thinksimplenow.com/motivation/...
and it made me motivated to make some new plans about me. So project Amika for the win!!
Nailpolish I recently started painting them again and now i bought some new colours (dark aubergine&matte white) I’m longing for some more nailpolish but with a matte finish, anyone knows where to find them?
Jonathan Kroppmann mmm I’ve never heared about him before (sorry Jonathan!) but he just
almostmade me droool.. lol Funny how some eyecandy can make your day instantly better.. Oh you want to gasp and drool too? ;) you go nonpareil!>> einfachLaughing out loud in public Because i’m reading a Shin-chan (japanese child tv) manga or just because i feel like i’m in a bridget jones-moment. Its quite liberating to just laugh out loud, giggling and other people look up at you curious mmh.
Moleskine Weekly Notebook This is voted as the best planner ever for me! I just love love that their is my weeks-schedule on one side and then the other page is free to make notes. Its just perfect and Gala i totally understand your pen-love, i have that too.. My friend she introduced me to the ‘stabilo’ point 88 and they have them in every colour and they just make me happy (insert nerdy grin)
aaand I love my new music ‘Glass Candy’ www.myspace.com/glasscandy, Scents with names like ‘the Heroine’ and ‘the Show Must Go On’, finally being a facebook-member, eating spagetti as breakfast on toast.., the universe for leading me on the best adventures! Thank yoouu
TILT
- Mika… I have recently fell in love with him again. He is so amazing.
- youtube.com/user/whataboutadam – I love what about adam he is amazing. his other youtube Scream0 is also pretty amazing
- Dressing up for not reason
- The virgins suicides: the book and the movie.
- Justin Nozuka – still in love. He has an amazing voice.
I LOVE Nicole Atkins!!!! I heard about her on another blog that I read sometimes. Later, I was flipping through videos on some music video player, I stumbled upon her “Maybe Tonight” video and her voice just BLEW MY MIND. I then went to indie 911 and listened to it in its entirety. It is AMAZING!!!
Now for my list…
Starting back at my volunteer job! I work at this amazing place where I act like a person living in 1815. (I think I’ve mentioned it before…) I remembered everything that I was supposed to talk about and my costume didn’t make me look like I was pregnant! Yaaay!
~Cool breezes
~musique francophone
~the guy I had a crush on last summer. (My obsession with Monty Python is COMPLETELY his fault. Completely. No joke.)
~Juno
~fried potatoes
~Smosh videos on youtube, especially “That Damn Neighbour”
MY TILT (though it is Friday here)
It’s my birthday! :-D
I’m sure there are other things I’m lovin’ but right now I can’t think of anything part from I’m now 18!
RE : Maddi – I agree! Northpark really is the best… They have killer shops, its really well kept and there are always great installation art pieces. And the sculpture garden in the center! Gah I love it!
But anyways…
Vegetarian tacos are truly the best food ever invented! Yummy!
Madonna I’ve been on a huge Madonna kick lately… especially her “Ray of Light” cd. Nobody can beat Madonna!
The Dark Knight is in one week! EEEEEEEEEEEE!
exuberantRe-reading Ecstasia by FLB.... its one of my favorites and it cheers me up with every reading.
Chelsea’s Droog Party My coworker Chels is having a Clockwork Orange themed Droog party. And its a costume party. It will be beond thrilling.
Fairytales I’m writing one over at my blog and its been so much fun. Its inspiring to write a fairytale because it makes you more in tune with your magic side.
Tarot I got a new deck and I feel re-energized when I do a reading now! Lovely!!
xox,
dayna desastre
Ah, gel pens! I remember them being all the rage in my middle school years.
They were an absolute necessity!
I would share my own TILT, but I need to get ready for a class tonight. :X Next time, maybe!
Hooray, I couldn’t wait to get up and do TiLT today!
Bowerbird Vintage!!! Ok, I know I’ve mentioned this fab place in the last three times I’ve posted here, but my new dress arrived today! And I love it! And what was especially lovely and surprising was that when I lifted the lid on the postbox, my dress was all beautifully wrapped in dotty tissue paper, accompanied by a care-card printed on luxurious stationery, and a little gauze drawstring pouch filled with lavender potpourri. It’s these little touches that truly demonstrate a person’s passion for the work they do, and I think it can only tell us that Joanna will be hugely successful!
My flat… I was looking for somewhere to live in Melbourne in a really competitive rental environment, at a time when my lover and biggest support was on the other side of the world, and I was having pressure put on me by work to find a place of my own so they could stop forking out for the motel they were putting me up in after they relocated me! I’m so happy that I found a place that not only was the right price, and really handy to work, but is also the nicest place I have ever lived in.
My guy, and knowing I’ll be spending the weekend with him… I get to cuddle up next to this gorgeous, artistic, incredible man in bed to sleep, and then wake up to fabulous, sensual, loving, giving, pervy, filthy, mega-long afterglow-inducing sex with him the next morning! And the best thing is, I still get to enjoy this and have a little party in my pants thinking about it after a year and a half together!
Books! I haven’t really made any friends in Melbourne yet, but the good thing is that my lack of social life gives me a bit of time to devour the written word in a totally gluttonous manner. Have bumped off ‘Princesses and Pornstars’ by Emily Maguire and ‘Toyboy’ by Holly Hill, am currently juggling ‘The Songlines’ by Bruce Chatwin and a biography of Louise Brooks, and have just received ‘The Omnivore’s Dilemma’ by Michael Pollan and Sera Beak’s book in the mail from Amazon. And next on my list is ‘Sex Lives of Australian Women’ by Joan Sauers.
Honourable mentions – Martha Wainwright (performances on RockWiz and at the Leonard Cohen tribute concert, not new album), Geet Govind incense, finally picking up my funky bright green coffee table from lay-by, finding new blogs, ebay, getting parcels in the mail, and thinking that I will allow myself to have donuts for breakfast just because it’s Friday!
Have hijacked this website for long enough for one post. Love to everyone and have a super weekend!
Getting an email from a reader of my blog Asking for a recipe for four-leaf-clover salve…I wrote the post ages ago and I’d assumed it’s ten minutes of fame was over, but no – it’s still getting love.
Being painted by my friend My best friend is a body artist (far better than my little dabblings) and it’s amazingly relaxing getting wings painted on your back or vines winding over your body. She’s getting ready for a public showing of her work – so she’d getting nervouse – and when she’s nervous she paints!
Lucky me.
Absinthe chocolate Still….Sorry for the repetition, but I do love it most dearly.
Quirky amazing parties that are like dreams Self explained.
- Mathilda from ‘Leon/The Professional’. So stylish and kick-ass!
-Re-watching ‘Amelie’ for the millionth time
-Riding my bicycle absolutely everywhere
-Eating fruit and gazpacho religiously
- Fairy lights in the summertime
-Figuring out ‘Pagan Poetry’ by Bjork on piano
-Seeing all of my beautiful friends
- Vacation from work!!!!!!!!
*The skirt I saw today at Urban Outfitters.
*The skirt that I am going back to buy at Urban Outfitters tomorrow.
*My new skirt.
Baking, Tegan And Sara, Damien Rice, Kate Nash, changing my nail colour every two days, lunch parties, dinner parties, my bed, new shoes, and finding photos on Flickr.
LOVE.
xx
Things I love this Friday
The fact that I will be in Tokyo in two weeks’ time. Yay for spontaneous Grabaseat purchases.
Affixing rhinestones to things and then waving them around in the light and exclaiming “Look! Look at the bling!”
Working with my Dad and hearing so many positive comments about what an awesome manager he is, and how much people respect him. Proud!
Girl Dates with my fantastic flatmate, watching chick flicks and eating caramel popcorn.
My manfriend who makes me laugh every single day.
TiLT:
~ Spending an hour painting a ‘masterpiece’ that looks like crap to anyone else
~ Having millions of possibilities
~ FRIENDS
It’s fab to read about someone else’s irrepressible enthusiasm for life, and for whom so many things are going right! Can’t hardly wait to tackle my own day.
Oh man, I have quite a few things!
1. Bought my first Chanel item. I got Coco Mademoiselle eau de perfume.
2. Buying a lot of wonderful lotions from Bath and Body Works for a fraction of the price! I’m going to smell so GOOD.
3. Journaling – I’m using my first Moleskine, and I love everything about it! And I’m writing in cursive, which is something I want to get better at. It just looks much more delicate and beautiful than my normal writing.
4. New music! I needed new music for a while now, and finally I have some! Yay!
5. Swimming. I love swimming.
Basically, life is FABULOUS!
+How unlazy i have been today and how much stuff i’ve got done.
+Adam Ant, the most beautiful and amazing creature on this planet.
+Adam Ant’s Autobiography, i’m reading it at the moment, it’s so interesting, i love his writing style as well as the things he says. He’s also really organised and has dates of everything and has kept diaries etc with everything in. You can learn a lot from him.
+The 3 plastic animals(Zebra, Elephant, Bear) i bought for 50p each at a charity shop today! i love em! i’m gonna paint them bright colours :)
+50p Romeo & Juliet book i also got from the charity shop, which i am writing in over the text as a journal.
+Zebra print tissue paper i bought today from Partners/Ryman :)
+Cute nice helpful man in the art shop today :)
+Stenberg Brothers (Georgii & Vladimir)
+My sketchbook, and the fact that i’m actually finally drawing in it everyday
+Black&White, i’m a colour FREAK but this week i have really been enjoying simply black and white! or black and one other colour.
+how bright my hair is today :)
+Klaus Nomi
Work!! I started training at the new museum in town and i LOVE it!
The library. Everything is free. (!!)
My friends! They’ve been so sweet about things that have transpired as of late, and it’s so nice to know they’re around.
Congressional records. I’ve been to the main library twice this week to look up filibusters; senators say the darndest things.
My papa. He’s soo understanding and caring.
and riding the bus!! It’s like a free show every night. You see the best people.
MY TiLT
-being with my x-bf..it was such therapy..i loved every moment ‘cuz i actually missed him dearly
-kissing my x…............surely felt like i hadn’t kissed in 4ever
-talking 2 a guy friend online he got such a hot bod…buh he’s 2 young 4 me..lol
-just laying on my mom’s bed having a insy bitsy chat with her, i luv my moms soooo much..L.O.V.E love her
OOOH!!!
Things Jamie Loves:
Getting surprise birthday roses at work!! =]
Actually, having an all around fabulous birthday, despite the 10 hour workday.
Going hiking to a waterfall with le boy tomorrow.
And having a picnic.
God I’m way too hyper…
Rain It’s been raining on and off for the past couple of weeks, I just love sitting on my porch and listening to it!
Poupee Girl- pupe.jp I’m addicted! Must…get…more…ribbons…
Concerts I haven’t been to a good show in a long time, and I went to two nerdy and cute and fantastic shows just this week!
My Things I Love Thursday include:
* getting excited over little things in life
* my purple and blue fabric head band that i brought at a market in Sydney when i was there
* hanging out with my friend’s family and the feeling of belonging to another family
* having all the free time in the world and just sitting with a good book
* catching up with primary school friends and losing track of the time because you have so much to catch up on after 10 years
Thats about it!
xxoo
Mini vacations!- I’m traveling around Southern Ontario for a week to see some old friends and I couldn’t be more excited!
Also meeting internet friends – Just like you meeting Miss Nubby, I am also going to meet up with a friend I’ve know online for two years and it makes me giddy.
Hypnotic Poison by Dior – The smell is so delicious and fabulous, I don’t know why I hadn’t bought it sooner. I can’t stop smelling it. It’s like heroin for the nose!
Designer shoe fantasies – I’ve been going out and trying on shoes by all my favorite designers. I may not be able to afford $700 shoes, but that doesn’t stop me from trying them on and pretending I can. One day…
Raw – I’ve been toying with it for a while, and though I’m still not ready to give up seafood and dairy, I’m incorporating more and more raw meals into my diet every day, and I feel fabulous.
* starting my blog ( intheheadoftheoctopus.blogspot.com )
* going to see my dad skydiving this weekend
* all the festivals here in Montreal ( Jazz Festival, Fantasia ( horror/sci-fi/asian movies), Francofolies ( French bands ), Osheaga ( art and rock music ) )..etc..
* having a fast answer from you and Nubby about a e-mail that i send you
* reading about fashion, tattoos, sign language and graffitti
* shows like L.A Ink, Miami Ink, London Ink…
When I was nine-years-old, gelly roll pens were really popular and I used to use them to draw freckles on my face, because I had always desperately wanted freckles.
Hmm…let’s see…it’s been kind of a not so great week, but I’ll try to think of AT LEAST 5 things.
#1. One week until an awesome concert with my best best friend. We are going to get dirty!! :D
#2. Only 25 more days until Anthony Green’s solo album!!! I have never been more stoked about anything ever.
#3.Planning my school schedule for next year and managing to get Tuesdays AND Thursdays off!
#4. Sewing my own high-waisted skirt out of fabric with the Space Jam characters printed on it. Yes. Space Jam.
#5. Re-reading The Golden Compass. Awesome book. Harry Potter is next! lol
p.s. I think I need to dig out my gel pens. Or go buy some. Or both! :D
p.p.s I seriously didn’t think I would be able to think of five things, but I did! Maybe it wasn’t such a terrible week after all!
Reading through TILT to get ideas
Surprise visits my best friend/soul mate/lover decided to surprise me by wandering into my bedroom at 3am. I opened my eyes and there he was in the doorway. He’s flying back to the other side of the country on Saturday and I didn’t think I’d get to see him again, so even though I’m super tired today, it was great
Enthusiastic people I just had a girl come into my work and say ‘I hear you have a girl on trial here? Well I’m better, you should trial and hire me instead.’ With that kind of confidence she’s coming in next week for a go, I think she’ll do great.
My cat, purry warm bundle of fur = heaven
My new sweater dress, it’s Aztec Rose and it was on special for $55 and it’s warm and cozy and lovely.
Dress Ups my friend has knee high New Rocs with shiny buckles all up them. I’m extremely jealous and I hope I move there/he moves back so I can borrow them.
Kink – let’s not elaborate on this one :)
1. My very first Moleskine – Im totally addicted now.
2. Trips to Melbourne – A week in Melbourne with 7 lovely girls. What could be better?
3. My grey blazer – I looooove it. I wear it constantly.
4. Midnight baking – carrot cupcakes? yes please! nomnomnom.
5. Andrew Bird – I love him and his violin so.
6. Putting off advanced statistics for a year – hopefully it will make the coming semester far more enjoyable!
Finishing things! – Part 1 of my horrendous summer assignment is finally complete.
Packing for adventures! – I’m a little nervous about this particular adventure, but I’m trying to take it as a fun challenge. I think I’ll be discovering a lot about myself on this monthlong trip. (Alas, I won’t see iCiNG for a while… but I’ll try to keep up the TiLT!)
Rapidograph pens! – They are FRIKKIN EXQUISITE. I accidentally drew a self portrait with them yesterday. I started out drawing some random chick, and it turned out to be me! I’m proud of it despite the mangled hands.
Prancing around the house in four inch heels and my orphan dress for no reason! – Because dressing myself is a joy, even when no one is around to appreciate the result.
Cloven grapefruits! – ...Long story.
Oh, how could I forget receiving a pirate headscarf from my boy!
Shhhh, he doesn’t really know he’s “my boy” as such. Such an arrangement is presently impossible, but I’ve told him that I adore him, and that seems sufficient.
Ooooh, and rockin’ out to Common Rider! Because reggae and ska make me dance. Desmond Dekker deserves a mention here too. I won’t have access to my music until I get home from my monthlong trip, so I’m trying for a catharsis before I go.
oh my goodness, gelly rolls ! they were the biggest thing when i was in like, sixth grade (2000-2001, maybe?!) oh i loved them, i had them in every color. i miss them and wish i knew where in the world to find them!
my TiLT —
- finding new bands/artists :]
- random text messages
- getting excited for school
- frosted flakes (teehee !)
- making moneys (i’ve worked every day since monday and don’t have a day off until next wednesday, but it will be worth it because i’m going to chicago! shopping, ahh!)
my tilt:
i was working all of today. but it was GREAT!!!
because i had such an amazing night yesterday, at one of my bosses’ birthday. we were in the middle of the hudson river, on a barge! i was in a sailorette outfit! there was a thunderstorm! i had to protect my make up! but we all had a good laugh, got drunk and had group hugs. i love working at patricia field. it’s really difficult! :)
so we spent all day today looking and comparing photos. while working of course!
psst: when is nubby going back??
*~ Catching up with my two best friends.
*~ Teaching my boy how to bake.
*~ Shopping at the Central Market.
*~ Having stuck to my savings plan for 6 weeks straight!
*~ Buying new bras.
*~ Laughing so hard and talking so much I lost my voice last Friday night, but not caring because I had the best time!!!
x Zoe Foster’s Air Kisses book signing and MAC Make-overs!
x Deciding to live my best possible life
x Opening up
x Writing
x GALA
x Elves*
*May or may not be true.
xoxo
pole dancing
self confidence
Melbourne
gin + orange juice
my amazing boyfriend
making travel plans
work friends
packing! – headed to Austin to visit a friend, and I really love packing, its exciting! and I get to buy silly tiny shampoo!
Employee discounts – $14 jeans today!!
Creep by Radiohead – Came on the radio today. I have been desperately missing my poor stolen ipod and rather resenting the radio where they play commercials and crappy music, but they played this song which was a ray of light!
Ah! Ah! Gelly Rolls! In middle school, it was everyone’s goal to get EVERY color and line them up in rainbow order in their binder. And I’m very proud to say that it’s something I accomplished, and I STILL have a huge fetish for the pens!
Awesome picture by Molly Crabapple, too! What an honor it would be to be drawn by here…I have to ask, though…WERE you judging…?
My wonderful, wonderful boyfriend.
I’ve been quite sick lately and he’s always there to cheer me up. He sends me silly text messages during the day like ‘Mwah! Mwah! Mwah! Love you!’, which make me laugh at the childishness everytime.
Last night he told me how lucky he was to have found me and I melted. Neither of us are particularly romantic people but we’re slowly getting there!
Now we’re planning a trip to Japan and he wants me to take him to Sydney to meet my family and friends and see where I grew up and there are just PLANS and a future! It makes me so excited and also makes me realise, looking back, how unhappy I was in past relationships. Because now, I am so so so much happier and I love it.
It’s his birthday next week and I plan to spoil him rotten.
Things I love this Friday :)
1) I love reading books
2) beautiful fairy lights blinking at me from my room
3) Soy milk and Milo- delicious
4) Chocolate sale
5) my stripy decrepet socks
6) 2 days left of holidays… till i get back to school: I love to learn
7) making a conscious desicion to change my behaviour
8) a boy
haha gelly roll pens! I still have mine all the way back from middle school. When I moved away for college my sister and I fought over which ones I would take. Although nowadays I prefer a good fine-tip black pen because it looks so clean and crisp on the page. :D
i love:
1) my new PINK camera shipping its way to me very soon
2) nectarines
3) swinging on the swings in the park
4) cooking dinner with friends
5) waking up naturally for a change
6) my Film Studies class. I enjoyed taking the midterm…
7) Roses stolen in the dark of the night from bushes on my college campus. haha
8) Reading good books for fun.
The only thing I can think of is my moleskine :P
Hi Gala,
Just thought you might be interested in this (found it on my flickr travels) esp as you’re in NYC!
http://flickr.com/photos/wallyg/10999…”:http://flickr.com/photos/wallyg/1099908046/
Seasame St character cupcakes eeeek!!
Wow first and last TILT from Europe, how I missed TILT!!
Trips – My first trip outside Mexico was with my best friend and you know what? It’s been totally awesome and we are even better friends now than we were before! I went to London and Madrid and I don’t want to leave!
SALES – Sales time in Madrid and they’re rumored to be the best sales in many, many years. I’ve bought so many pretty things and shoes “swoon”
Going back home – The trip was awesome but I’m more than ready to go back home and eat real food and be with my family and my dog. I’ve missed them a lot.
honorable mentions – Stuffed Dragons, Hammley’s, Stradivarius, Royal Palaces, Monasteries, train rides, cute boys at fountains, Gay Pride Week, Chueca, La Gran via, Fuencarral street, Regent street, Oxford Street, El Retiro, British museum…
i loveeeeeeeeeee
-park life ticket
-my new career prospect
-korean bbq
-mums roast chicken
-hot pop blue nail polish!!!
-my aa grey hoodie!
-wet looking leggings worn with everything!
-new sound including sam sparro, katy perry and girl talk
-zooey deschael
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
x
- Vampire Weekend; they’re my new obsession! – My brand new dark grey ankle boots; I have been wearing them everywhere – My new hair; freshly cut, with icy blonde and red streaks – I have never coloured it and I am loving it – Hot pink nailpolish; Too cheery for the crappy weather – Big Brother; as embarassed as I am to admit it, but I am a massive addict – eBay; Buying Lancome make-up and beautifully made charm bracelets – I am so excited for when they arrive at my home!
TILT: * Quoting League of Gentlemen with someone who gets it: there aren’t enough of us around. * Finishing work after 8.5 hours of almost mindnumbing boredom: it almost makes it worthwile :P * My new book, Style Statement: it’s so meaty, I can’t wait to get into it- and I really love the idea of having a phrase that can help me work out who I am and what I’m into… I seem to be quite a contradictory character sometimes so looking forward to finding out more about that! * Cookies and cream ice cream: always. * ThinkSimpleNow.com and the Positivity Blog, both of which I found through this site. I find them intriguing! * Which leads me to my final thumbs-up: del.icio.us. Very useful!
Damn you! Because of this I’ve just planned to go into Manchester and buy a moleskine journal and gel pens. I’m a Fine Art student so the way you wrote about them, made me so enchanted.
Bah! I will blame you for the loss of my money ;)
• Exciting Announcements – Hearing from a friend who is currently living in NZ announcing that her and her boy are coming home in January to get married in a very casual text message. Very exciti