Things I Love Thursday
[ 13 August 2008 ]
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That it’s TiLT day! I woke up really excited at the prospect of writing this list. That definitely deserves a mention!
Roadtrips! I am currently in the process of planning a fabuleux roadtrip across the United States with my friend Jess in May/June 2009. HELLO, I am so excited! California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Louisiana… Oh baby, it’s gonna be good. There will be food, music, live blogging, encounters with natives, way too many photos & videos, & general GLEE! I am so psyched!
“How long could we maintain? I wondered. How long until one of us starts raving & jabbering at this boy? What will he think then? This same lonely desert was the last known home of the Manson family; will he make that grim connection when my attorney starts screaming about bats & huge manta rays coming down on the car? If so, well, we’ll just have to cut his head off & bury him somewhere, ’cause it goes without saying that we can’t turn him loose. He’d report us at once to some kind of outback Nazi law enforcement agency & they’ll run us down like dogs. Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?!”
Planning my birthday party wedding to Nubby! HELL YES! Nubby & I are in the depths of a Virgo-tastic planning frenzy for our joint birthday party, which is going down in New York City in September! If we were in the same physical space, you can bet we’d be sprawled on the floor surrounded by maps, charts, miniature dioramas of Central Park & a big platter of cupcakes. But instead we make digital plans & send them back & forth through the magical internet! We’re also considering showing up in wedding dresses, with matrimonial underthings made by Lou Lou Loves You & hot pink veils by Gilda! & I happen to know a certain fellow who owns a priest outfit so maybe he can officiate?! Anyway, our Virgo extravaganza is going to be a big huge party with cupcakes in Central Park, so if you want to come along, we’d love to have you! Eeeeeeeee! (Oh, & Winona‘s going to be there too… do you need any further incentive?!)
!!!!!!! I don’t think I even need to begin telling you how happy I am to be flying back to NYC in… four weeks times! I’m going to be 25 — scary! I can no longer say I am in my “early twenties”, not that I think I have ever said that… Maybe I need to say it as much as I can in the next month to make the most of it! But whatever! New York! New York! The glee is palpable!
Star & Nubby — My GIRLS! I love them both very much. They are both geniuses, & always happy to help me out, for which I am forever indebted to them. Knowing positive creative people is one of the greatest gifts, je crois!
Aqua aerobics with my mother! So funny. I have been feeling super-sluggish since I got here — it is so cold & I am in the middle of nowhere, pretty much, so there is nowhere to walk to & no motivation to do it! When I was in NY I walked everywhere & loved it. I also had five flights of stairs to traverse when I finally got back to my apartment (which annihilated everyone who attempted them). So anyway, we went to the pool this morning, strapped big polystyrene belts around our waists & made like underwater ballerinas. It was hilarious but lots of fun, & today I’m going to get an actual swimsuit (or as they call them here, “togs”). Ahhh, it feels so good to move!
OkCupid — I signed up for research purposes (honestly!), & now I am totally addicted. Obsessed. Insane. It’s soooo muuuuuch fuuuun… you get to write a profile & answer ridiculous questions & take tests & then get hit on by guys with usernames like “small_dick11” (seriously). It’s hilarious, & I keep meeting people who have good music taste (!) & who actually read books (!!!). Amazing! You should sign up. I love it. Hard.
Hibernating — I am actually really enjoying just staying inside near the fire, writing & listening to music & talking to people.
Secret awesome plans — I know that secret awesome plans make a lot of appearances on my TiLT lists, but honestly… I am always plotting something secret & awesome. It makes me smile. It enhances your life! I promise!
This video of Alex & I.
I have watched it about a billion times!
Honourable mentions: Mosh & Xenia — both so cute!; my Bose SoundDock (about a billion times better than just listening to my MacBook!); Alxndr (who is now in Melbourne but I still adore him!); Meltdown by Missy Elliott; big glasses of orange juice; dreams about Karl Lagerfeld (I dreamt that he & I somersaulted together down a huge, inflatable, spiral-shaped, red & white-striped slide!); browsing Etsy for sparkly neon treasures; knife-fighting weather; hot photographs (not worksafe); the drawer next to my bed which is full of evil/delicious treats; Twitter (I still love the way it connects people together); “Dannevirke” cocktails at Chow (yummy); puffy veins; petite crushes; dissipation of mental fog!; watching Olympic gymnastics & synchronised diving; chillin’ in my father’s ugly long johns/makeshift harem pants; my pink afro in the morning; this post (way cute, thanks Ben!); waking up early; hot fried food on a frozen evening; salacious anything; phonecalls with Bei, Jennie & Helen; sunshine & clear blue skies; Out Here by Pendulum; morning bedhead reports!; alcohol which tastes like flowers; using Twitter for research purposes; bedtime portraits & ridiculous bedroom photoshoots!
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, & that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Okay, babushka! It’s your turn! What are you loving? Your new boots? Lupe Fiasco? Sly glances across the room with someone who makes your heart race? Tell us, share with us, we want to hear it & share in your excitement!
Love letters & feather headdresses,
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Love your list…
I’m happy for these things:
-> My sweet boyfriend
-> Used clothing off Ebay
-> Fall semester almost starting
-> Visiting my family this weekend!!!
Have a great Thursday!
Right now, I’m loving the daydream of meeting the wonderful, all-dazzling, magnificent, gorgeous, ever so inspiring Gala Darling when she visits California! Who knows…it could happen?
And it would be an absolute dream come true!
You continue to be more of an inspiration to me than you know, dear Gala!
I love you-Always,
Kendra Jacklyn
+ giving meaningful gifts to my friends
+ baking a pizza when I’m home by myself
+ creating a separate Twitter account to record brief summaries of my dreams
+ dream jacket for $70
nomnomnom :3,
Egbert
haha! i signed up for okcupid about 5 years ago to take a quiz and got a “haven’t seen you in a while” e-mail from them about a month ago. although i’m in a relationship now, i’m on there taking quizzes like mad and while laughing at the slew of creepers. what’s your name on there? i’ll woo you or something!
this week i really LOVE:
that i finally did my laundry
this photo spread in vanity fair
reconnecting with my old friends from home
and getting my fashion blog up and off the ground and read! it’s here: ryours.blogspot.com/
if you have time to look i would be so flattered.
happy thurs
1-NYC weather is finally cooling down! Not a day above 80 degrees lately; I love it.
2-Leaving post-its for my boyfriend to find: Last Night I left one for him to leave a ‘mix tape’ on my computer for me, I came home and it was waiting on my desktop.
3-Preparing for travel: I feel like traveling cross country is one of the most timeless, romantic things to do. I like to wear my best, most uncomfortable clothes while doing so- Heels, corset, hats, anything of another time. I’m the only one of the train not wearing sweat pants and a hoodie and I love it that way.
elisa — geedarling ;D
Ipsum — I thought the weather might have cooled down, the New Yorkers I follow on Twitter haven’t mentioned air conditioning for a week! :D
.the amazing song you just posted in your twitter
NEW SCHOOL SUPPLIES
I actually hate school but I love buying stuff for it. Go figure!
THE SMELL OF CRAYONS
Whoever manages to bottle that & sell it would be a millionaire
PLACEBO
I have a crush on Brian Molko now, but can you blame me?
FREE MUSIC DOWNLOADS
Hey, I’m cheap.
QUEEN HELENE MINT JULEP MASK
For the first time in forever my face is clean, soft, and not dry! It’s cheap ($2.50 for a large bottle compared to $4.50+ for a medium sized bottle of fancy neutragina), and it smells like mint which is awesome!
hmm it deleted the rest of my list :o
. winking at random strangers in the street
. devendra banhart late at night.
. dreaming of travelling next year to ireland crosses fingers
This Week I love…
1-your list, seriously.Your road trip sounds fun (and brings you to my neck of the woods), Virgo awesomeness coming everyone’s way super soon (because Virgos rule), and only a bunch of other things written down up there.
2-My best guy friend, Ryan, who, even though we will be moving some 1200 miles from each other in a week, will still be amazing.
3-The homemade stationary I made this week to keep me inspired to write my friends and family as I go off to school.
4-Glitter.
Oh, you’re so cute. And I am blushing that I was mentioned twice! Ahhh.
Must get down to business: figuring out where to procure our cupcakes from in NY! Important stuff!
Things I love:
1. Blocking out work noise w/ my personalized red iPod
2. Pulling all-nighters to work on logos for people I adore
3. Walking past cool photoshoots at work
4. Stalking Ebay for a birthday…er…wedding dress! ;)
xo + mucho love from the other side of the world!
I love:
- That the sun is finally out after a week of rain! – Gossip Girl (yeah, I know I’m kinda slow with that one) – Trawling for vintage bargains online – Phone calls to my mother – Actually eating healthily for once, and feeling SOOO much better for it – Watching the entire series of Buffy with my flatmates (3 seasons down…)
+ Chicken Satay sticks from the bakery near my house… my not-so healthy addiction at the moment
+ Lolita Heart-Style glasses from CottonON – I’m not sure how much longer I can do without them
+ Lazy mornings in trackpants – I’d never venture out of the house with them on but they’re oh so comfy
+ Making plans to go to the circus next week! It’s been ages and I’m so excited!
+ Mini breaks – overnighting at a hot pools in about a month or so, and cheap weekend accomodation in Whitianga at the beginning of December… having these makes it easier to get through the winter slog.
+ Berocca … seriously think I might have a vitamin fetish at the moment LOL
Close friends with romantic undertones
I have this very good friends, and while we’ve never dated, we hold intense romantic affection for each other. We’ve openly discussed it, so I promise it’s not in my head ! Haha, it’s just never the right time or place for us to be together, but we do go out as often as we can and spend magical evenings just hanging out and wandering around. If you don’t have a friend like this please get one !
Beards
Très sexy, need I say more ?
Awakening my inner goth
I’ve grown so bored of the same old same old jeans and t-shirts, indie rock and hardcore bands. So I brought out all my black and lace and fancy-smanshy clothing and brought out my old Skinny Puppy, Christian Death, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, etc etc, and I’m remembering why I loved it all in the first place !
Compliments from strangers
Just yesterday I was told I was prettier than Marilyn Monroe ! WOW !
Being a virgo !
You & me, Gala. That’s what’s up. Virgos forever !
Finally finishing “Lolita” – I have never been to the absolute end of the book, though I know what’s in store.
Learning Russian – I’m getting committed this time. By the end of high school in three years, I want to be fluent.
Working on my fall street-performing schtick – I’m going to perform some covers, some original material, and sell handmade postcards!!! Watch out, Harvard Square and the entire city of Cambridge!
Planning to take a super-awesome adventure as soon as I finish high school – in three years, when I turn 18, I am going to find a way to go to Iceland, Sweden, Russia, and Japan on a big adventure.
Finding out that my favourite bloggers have crossed paths – Gala, I interviewed Xenia casually when she was with the band Sky Salt, of whom I am still a fan. Now, as I follow this blog as well as the Doe Deere blogazine, I am ecstatic to find that two minds I have looked up to for years as inspiration have found each other!
Go Internets!
Dry weather! So I can once more break out my trusty and well-beloved red ballet flats – I finally found some proper cherry-red shoe nugget, so they are looking all polished and glossy. Mmm.
Birthday get-together: a few neighbours, an few cousins, good times.
Baking: the birthday cake had to be a brownie, which I haven’t made for ages and I’d forgotten how good it was.
Getting caught in very heavy rain. I was soaked through in seconds – water was pouring off my fringe down the front of my top!
Teaching my ballet girls the kolo ( Croatian folk dance ). They are really starting to get the hang of it, even the crazy pre-schoolers!
All Olympics all the time – Beijing is in a reasonably handy timezone for NZ-based TV-watching. I’m (bizarrely) addicted to rowing. [And have you noticed how the Evers-Swindell twins don’t look at all alike any more . . . ?]
Also, I love your list, Gala! You are clearly Very Excited.
This week I’m loving…
Getting so close to a holiday – I’m heading to the South Island with my husband and a friend to visit another friend and go skiing… I’m excited about it, its just over a week till we leave!
My burlesque classes – we’re working on some new stuff, and just started a new routine to Sexy Back. I’m always a sucker for some Justin, and its such a great song to dance to!
My burlesque girls – we’ve all been doing it together for a few months now, so we’re becoming friends and always have heaps of fun in class.
Summer getting closer… – spring/summer clothes are starting to appear, and I saw a dress I really want in Max’s lookbook for summer… its not out till October so I have some time to convince my husband I really need another dress (this one’s yellow, I don’t have a yellow dress yet!). I so can’t wait until summer, I am not a fan of winter, and this one has been particularly bad.
Abba – I’m going to Mamma Mia with a friend tonight. I grew up with Abba (my Mum’s favourite) and I loved the stage show, so I’m very excited about the movie :)
Your timing Gala – that pull yourself out of a slump article was wonderful – I immediately sent it to my husband and all our friends… and several have already said it was perfect timing for them! I used my own cheer-up trick the other day – I wore really bright clothes all day then changed into more, different brightly coloured clothes for my burlesque class.
I’m having a yucky day, but I need to remember: TiLT will make me feel better. TiLT will help me to focus on the positive. TiLT will help make me a happier person. So!
My new haircut is great. I got it done yesterday, and while it’s pretty similar to my usual (layered and a little below my shoulders) I have longish bangs for the first time in a few years. They hit just below my nose and I’m wearing them all sideswept and falling into my eyes. A few shorter layers up front with them, and the rest is about to my collarbone with long layers all over. I haven’t washed it yet, so we’ll see how it goes curly, but I like it so far!
Replacing broken zippers in cheap dresses. I’ve done this twice so far this summer, taking a cheap ass dress whose zipper broke, buying a replacement, and taking it to the dry cleaners for a fix up. And thus the cheap dresses live on for another season! If I can find the right black cardigan…
My vibrator. ‘Nuff said.
Getting ready to go back to school and it’s oh so close. Thank god for that.
Monster Consultancy – A job that apparently suits me and my lifestyle to a ‘t’. I have been asked to be a consultant for a Spooky comic and after staying nestled in my library amongst notes and old dusty volumes I emerge, show the writer and artist and then am rewarded with previews (as seen on my blog)...though they don’t give nearly enough scope of what’s in store.
Working with friends – The writer is a dear friend of mine, and the artist I have known for a short while…but long enough that they know I’m not going to provide them with any ol’ tacky vampire or werewolf ideas (read ‘traditional’...it’s been done, and aside that – it’s grossly inaccurate) – so they’ve given me lots of weight in the creative process.
Plus ‘meetings’ are more like social catch-ups with lots of art, where we all sprawl around in my lounge on cushions and try not to get too off tangent.
Organic Chocolate I do believe that between this and herbal tea I could live quite happily. I have turned everyone on to it – even stubbon Malik. Though he thinks I don’t know…
My friend’s LJ posts – I looked on my friends LJ and found the quote “Sometimes you just need a Dugong”...and it’s exactly what the post is about. I know some incredible people and that makes me love life even more.
HEY YOU. We def need to hang out when you get here. I can’t believe I didn’t even see you! To be honest, I’ve been completely taken over with my line, work and the girlfriend, but this needs to change. How long are you going to be here this time?
Also, I feel you on the age thing. I turned 25 last month and I remember when I got my itouch and was registering it online. I had to check “age: 25-30” And Sugar and I looked at each other at the same time with an “oh fuck” expression. It was classic.
And I went through an online dating website phase (no joke!) for a few months. I joined a bunch of them, I even accidentally joined a jewish one! I can write about my experiences if you want. It might be fun to do something from a guy and a girls perspective!
I’m totally gonna make you guys wedding/birthday knickers! especially since you’re gonna be 25! I obsessed over my ‘quarter century’ for ages before I turned 25:)
I actually can’t believe you’re only 24!
and ROAD TRIP! amazing, that’s one of my future plans too, my sister made the trip a while back, she flew to Miami, bought a cheap car and drove to California adventuring along the way for a couple of months, arrived, sold the car and flew home! so fun and just imagine the photo ops!
xx
I haven’t participated in TiLT for a while. But I have to now. You made me laugh :]
1. I love your video and the fantastic bro talk at the end (and Cuba Street). I’m glad I watched it this time!
I’m also loving being quite entertained by you, nubby and gilda on twitter and your ever more organised plans to get married. Girl love is a wonderful thing.
2. Chow 2for1 cocktails. Dannevirke is awesome but I love Rosebud more.
3. Battlestar Galactica :S my friend gave me all her downloads to watch. It’s SO much better than I thought it would be!
4. Work functions. Yay for Saturday, free booze, food and an excuse to dress up.
5. Sushi, lollies and chip sandwiches. Cause they are yum.
+ Big bowls of pho with my favourite people
+ Planning my september holiday to the US.
+ The Kiwi Whale youtube video
+ My two year anniversary of my job and the ensuing celebrations
+ Chicken and avocado sandwiches
Thanks for the shout out, dollface. :) I heart TiLT!
Oh man, I totally infected you with the word ‘GLEE’, didn’t I?! hahaha Did you see my post on my visualization of GLEE? Here, view at your own risk!
www.doedeere.com/blog/articles…
xo
Xenia aka Doe
This weeks is all about anticipation –
1. Etsy Love and more – My numerous orders from talented folks I admire: bows from Miss Lou Lou (above), my poster from Nubby just arrived, 3 things coming from Paraphernalia as well as a whole bunch more things from various Etsy artists
2. Fridays off – I have a ton of vacation time to use so I’m taking a whole bunch of Fridays off to just slug around.
3. Kindle – My b-day gift has reignited my thirst for reading. I’ve prioritized other things above it and now I’m diving into a whold big pile of books and reading every spare moment I get.
4. Veggie Love – We’ve switched over to being vegetarian and I just love it. No struggle at all. I should have done this much sooner.
5. Backyard Movie Night – we host this 1x – 2x per month and everyone comes over and sits out in the yard. Last Saturday we watched Nanny McPhee (with matching pink & green cupcakes) and this Saturday is O Brother Where Art Thou. Next month Amelie and then From Hell in October!
I hope you make a swing through the Southland Gala. I’d love to go to tea or something. You’d love Asheville in NC (about 2.5 hours from me) it takes pride in being a “weird” town
Luv
Poochie
-> Getting rid of a boring job.
-> Getting rid of a boring boyfriend.
-> Flirting!
This has been such an absurdly awesome week! Highlights include
Incredible new shoes – they’re a much less expensive (but just as cute!) version of this: www.kitmeout.com/img_assets/ba…
My new driver’s license – At long last, mobility.
SWEENEY TODD – chosen for my school’s musical! I will most definitely audition.
Good food – I had warm, honey-drizzled croissants and fresh fruit for lunch.
Interesting classes – My schedule is full of them.
Shutter shades – I tried some on in Pittsburgh and have since acquired a weird fixation on them.
things I love of the moment:
+ the fact that I am going to college in eight days (squeal!)
+ my mother and her ridiculous need to buy me everything that I might ever possibly (in a very distant future… when will I need a pair of sky-high Corso wedges? dunno) need for the rest of my life, in one shopping trip, because “my baby’s going to live away!” (gack! but I love her).
+ the amazingly random and fantastic things you come up with every day to share with us all! happy early birthday to you and your (also) blushing bride ;)
+ stationery with my name on it! ahh! can’t get enough. It’s very narcissistic and amazing.
Come to Colorado on your roadtrip! It is amazing and there’s lots of nice things to do.
Kinda small this week, as it’s been a hard week, but there’s still things to be happy about.
Arranging to visit friends – a while away but its been too long.
Shopping – essential workclothes shopping…
Drinking Champagne with my Mom and Brother – a perfect way to spend an evening
I’m going to DisneyWorld in ONE WEEK!!!
! Being one of the few people I have ever seen kick pneumonia’s ass six ways from Sunday, starting when I was diagnosed! It’s gross, but soon it will be GONE.
! Listening to wonderful music.
! Excellent literature, including Italo Calvino’s “Invisible Cities” and Stephen Hunt’s “The Court of the Air”.
! Being artistic! I was inspired this afternoon, and now there is art everywhere.
! My room! It is the best. The best of the best. It is like living wrapped in a big, sparkling blanket of feel-good. It now features new artwork, flowers from friends, and a huge art mess! I love it, I love it, I love it.
-making jewelry now that i finally have a decent drill
-the party i’m having in connecticut this weekend that will basically be a last hurrah since so many of my friends are going abroad in the fall
-looking forward to the fall in a strange way and moving beyond summer drama
-challah bread
-staying up late with my boy watching fresh prince of bel-air and making nachos and macaroni and cheese
-finding the most bizarre books at used bookstores
-grumpy old men with hearts of gold in the movies, they remind me of my grandfather
-patti smith
-making myself really good dinners
-rings
-cleaning up my room
-who framed roger rabbit
Aqua aerobics—WITH your mom—so cool! My mom & I are always plotting to go scuba-diving here, since it’s the number one thing ladies like to do in Saudi (besides shopping & bellydancing ;) ..but somehow school, life, and tiresome practicalities get in the way.
THINGS I LOVE:
~Meeting new people—I now have a social circle which introduces me to awesome new strangers all the time :)
~Swings—There was this beautiful swing set within this posh restaurant..& me & my baby niece spent most of the night there.
~Bikers—They ALWAYS seem to be having a good time. For example, the other day I saw this chubby Filipino dude biking amidst the midnight traffic..and he had this happy carefree smile on his face, moving his head left & right to look at the bridges & brightly lit shops..he was so happy & adorable.
~Tea—It’s fun to prepare the old-fashioned way—a spoonful of this ingredient, a pinch of that, the water boiling in a pot (cauldron)—like brewing s potion. And the end result—warming your hands and throat with a cup of perfection—is so so so worth the effort.
~Scones with strawberry jam—my sister’s on a scone-making rampage these days, and nobody’s complaining!
~Internet—I am now learning Kathak dance via expertvillage.com, which is such an ingenious tool!
Bikram Yoga – I had my first class last night, was very dizzy and nauseous in moments there and wanted to die but felt amazing afterwards and am going back tomorrow
my new hair- thanks wildilocks.youse rox my sox.but i wanna go further!! i want more pink. i want shorter. we all know it cant happen with my hair and look decent but perhaps somehow…some day..
my friends gab and ivy went out with them the other night and just hit me how awesome they are, always up for doing something different, always looking for the positive and just super styling chickas,
spring its coming! i feel it! im excited!
Congrats on the going back to NYC gala! my heart leaps for you.
happy thursday moofaces.xxoo
I’m in love with…
+ my boyfriend!
+ drinking tea.
+ wearing comfy clothes around the house (hell yeah Scribbles!).
+ knowing I’ve done lots of study.
+ my chunky red beanie (snood?).
+ dreaming about my perfect house.
+ my delicious big bed.
+ lighting the wood heater.
+ The Jane Austen Book Club (I seriously recommend watching it!).
+ sleeping in.
Garlic noodles!!! We went to PF Chang’s twice this past weekend.
Recording shows on DVR like Tivo, just had it installed yesterday.
Sweet floral verbena lotion.
It is cooling down, although that makes me want to grab onto Summer with my nails!
Dance parties with just me and my little dachshund.
Making new friends!
- the window dressers at my local Vinnies store. They had their male mannequin in a tartan kilt, floral shirt and houndstooth jacket the other day and I noticed this morning they’ve put together a new bunch of kooky outfits! awesome!
- watching lecturers at uni struggle with technology, when everything they try to do on the computer is projected onto a big screen for all to see
- walking home on a sunny day with The Who playing as loud as they can on my iPod.
- toffee apples!
- still being completely on top of uni work, three weeks in (I usually fade after a few days)
Things i love this week
- Baking Cupcakes
- Reaslising that it’s just about friday :-)and that i can sleep in soon
- Looking forward to seeing one of my old friends that i havent seen in years
- Jem on DVD
- Getting the Urge to Splash about in the Rain
- Being Excited that My cousen is having her Baby on my Brithday
- The Dark Knight!!
- Finding this cool ring at Diva that reminds me of a Mermaids tail
- Torrid.com it has the best clothes
日 My San-X character goodies which arrived yesterday (yes I am about 2 years old and yes I am easily pleased)
日 The thought of Tokyo, six months in Tokyo. Like what? I was all geared up for Osaka and now Tokyo. Hmm. In two minds, really. But I don’t know! Ah!
日 The surprise birthday party we’re throwing my dear best friend here on Saturday. It’s going to be a debauched decadent spectacle of ample proportions!
日 Kimchi
日 Wanderlust
Cheers to being Virgo! I have big silver Virgo hoop earrings that I LOVE!
Things that make me happy:
-Completing my Girl Talk discogrphy. “Girl Talk Slaughters Seattle” is pretty good! I wasn’t happy with the new “Feed the Animals” so I’ve been rocking out to my old copies of Unstoppable& Night Ripper
-Buying a one-hitter from the smoke shop!
-Reading Twilight [jumping on the bandwagon]
-Listening to the new CSS cd, “Donkey”.
Gala, I think you’d love CSS if you haven’t checked them out already! Download both of their cds!
My ex-boyfriend and I broke up a little while ago, and I’ve been pretty bummed since. But recently I met a boy at work, who I’ve hung out with a few times. Every time he walks into the foyer at work I get the hugest butterflies. Hee! I forgot how exciting crushes are _
Ever since I read this I’ve had Kate Bush’s Babushka stuck in my head. That’s okay though, ‘cause I love Kate Bush.
I also love…
Baking
My lover
Going to bed early
Getting shit done
Outrageous Fortune
Buying books faster than I can read them, and then rearranging my bookshelves for the millionth time.
gala!
i love the song in your video (of you and alex). who is that? whats the song title? cant get enough!
thanks so much,
kara
your roadtrip sounds like so much fun gala. i cannot wait to read about it.
the things i love today are:
hooking up with old friends
meeting amazing people
female empowerment
day trips to water parks with a group of people
feeling comfortable in a really tiny two piece bikini ;p
secret plans too!!!!—-it is my birthday in september too and i am taking a weekend trip to a new city on the west coast. :)
im also planning a trip for november with one of my girlfriends…exciting and extremely lovable things that make me so freakishly happy
many great days to you gala!!!
♥ a boy i happen to walk by every morning on my way to work. he said hello for the time first time yesterday. shrieks with excitement
♥ eagerly waiting for my purchase from etsy to arrive
♥ costume shopping for alice and wonderland
♥ your blogs
muffins ♥
- josh’s e-kisses – my mums birthday today – family guy/american dad!/futurama/the simpsons/king of the hill olympic marathon – gladiator sandals! – my comfy warm bed I don’t want to currently get out of – dyeing my hair red again – talking to my canadian for hours on the phone (thankgod for skype!) – the living end
I am so overwhelming happy and excited with the new fabulous direction for my life! It’s all starting to happen and it’s great.
I also have exquisite new shoes which were RIDICULOUSLY cheap. They make me breathe funny and get all light-headed when I look at them!
Things I love:
-cool, breezy weather in the middle of August!
- tattoos (got my first in May – I lurve it!)
- oo, oo snail mail!!
-my best friend coming to visit :D
- sleepovers
-packing for university
-the prospect of me starting grad school in a week and a half
-you going on a road trip and thru Louisiana – that’s where I’ll be studying for the next 2 years! I would LOVE to run around with you if/when you get to New Orleans. By then I’ll know all the hot stuff to do & see around town. ;)
- inspirational people of all sorts (intellectuals, artists, ... people like you who exude positivity and determination!)
Come to Austin, it’s the funnest place in history!!! Feed ducks and buy vintage dresses and cavort with vagrant crossdresssers!!!
Iced tea Mmmmm, chilly.
eBay I gots me a motorcycle jacket!
Beastie Boys One day I will meet them, and on that day I will give them a pie.
Air conditioning It’s distracting me from my hideous sock tan.
Yelling Is that a bad thing to love??? I hope not!
c u at ur wedding in nyc, gala!!!!
x
Aww!! Double link love this week! You are the raddest. xoxo
Nubby — It’s all about Sugar Sweet Sunshine…
Lesly — Yay, Skinny Puppy! I have been listening to them a bit recently. I missed their… uh, I was going to say “dulcet tones” but it doesn’t seem appropriate ;D
gia — Lolita is so, so good. & I have known of Xenia for ages, we just hadn’t spoken until recently, haha. I remember her as limecrime on Ebay!
Nadine — I sure aaaaaaaaaam! Eeeeeeeeeeee!
Kirsty — Aw! Thank you for sending my article around, I appreciate it & I’m thrilled it has helped so many people!
Peter Nguyen — You totally snubbed me… Hahah! No, it’s okay. Come to my birthday party! I’m only going to be in NY for 2 or 3 weeks, not long. Well, compared to last time ;> I’d love to read something about your dating experiences, too. Flick me an email!
Ms Constantine — Glad you like the video, hee! It amuses me waaay more than it should.
Poochie — I think we’re going to end up with a lotttt of places on our itinerary!
Saxy — Ooh la la! You saucepot, you!
kara — The song is ‘The Rooster’ by Atmosphere!
Gee — I think we will probably go to Austin, I know a bunch of people there & so does Jess!
Anything with Nona is a BLAST. Nona and I actually just talked over kettle corn and pretzel chips and discussed your upcoming birthday (among other things) and she said I should travel to NYC too for said birthday bash. Virgos UNITE!
In response to the road trip, you have to make it to Portland. All the bad ass people are out here. Nubby, Nona, ME. You don’t know me yet…but we Virgos got to stick together. No road trip is complete without visiting the Northwest. Sit on it and think about it.
Cheers
P.Hobbs
Well, this hasn’t been a great day, so maybe TiLT is just what I need…
~ Amusement parks! I’m going to one tomorrow and totally plan to spin around upside down until I collapse in a heap!
~ My dog, I don’t know what I’d do without her! Right now she is zooming round in circles because she saw a moth and is trying to catch it.
~ The Olympics!! Seriously, how awesome is it to have something exciting to watch every night?! Gymnastics, synchronized diving, beach volleyball, swimming…whatever’s on I love it! Plus it inspires me to work out harder :)
~ My new blunt bangs! Eeeeeee I am so psyched about this haircut because I was terrified to try it but there I was sitting in the chair at the salon and I just gritted my teeth and pointed at the picture of the blunt bangs instead of my usual layers…haha I know it’s not much, but I felt so brave.
~ Change. Change is good, change is good, change is good. I hope.
~ British humor. I’ve been watching reruns of these ridiculous British sitcoms lately and they are about the most hilarious things ever.
~ Writing. I wrote in my journal tonight for the first time in three months. Unbelievable catharsis. And I am going to resume work on the novel I started two years ago.
~ Cleaning my room/desk, getting organized, and tossing loads of junk.
~ My new clothes!!! I got this fab ivory v-neck nop with the prettiest sleeves ever, a nice black cardigan, and a flippy white skirt, among other things.
~ Plans and schemes! You are so right that secret awesome plans make life so much brighter. I just revealed my secret awesome plans (involving travel to Tanzania, India, Russia, and the Ukraine!!) to close family and they thought I was completely crazy, which just made me more enthusiastic. I am counting the days until I can spot lions and zebras and wear saris and hang in Moscow and meet people with pet elephantts.
~ About a Boy, the movie. I like the idea that people are neither islands nor parts of the mainlandl…we’re island chains.
~ The beach. Even when traffic makes the trip extremely long and the weather is freezing, hey, it’s still the beach. And it’s still fun to curl up near the ocean with a good book.
~ My friends, enough said.
- Richard Simmons’ exercise tapes. I threw a funky party with my 2 best friends this week and one brought Sweatin’ to the Oldies 2. I admit, I was skeptical, but it was SOO fun!! And it actually /did/ make me sweat!
- Watching the Olympics gymnastics. (And Raj Bhavsar!! What a hottie! I’m going to marry him.)
- Drawing big moles on our faces and putting on fake German accents (???)
- Last.fm!!! I’ve found so much great music through it it’s the BEST! It’s my new obsession- I always have a pair of headphones plugged into the computer.
- Getting calluses on my fingers from playing mandolin
- Realizing most of my clothes come from the Girl’s section at Target. Cheap + fits better than junior’s sizes (I’m 5’0) + no one else has them = Great!
- Replacing swears with “donkey face” and “penis breath” (The latter taken from E.T.)
- Michigan State – Devendra Banhart, Bang Bang – Nancy Sinatra, 52 Favorite Things – The Unicorns
My new cuddle buddy who scratches my back in the morning!!
Tapioca orbs in mango slush
Being cell phone free
The Goldebriars
My new harp
GALA! i just wanted to tell you that i am in nyc & that i went to the box last night..it was fucking brilliant, i only knew it because you mentioned it on your website but i am infatuated with that place now. i’m only 19 & dont have a fake id but they let me in which is amazing & confusing at the same time – but im not complaining! tuesdays are greeat nights & jeffery tonneson is dj’ing so if you get a chance, go on a tuesday! he reminds me of girltalk, & is absolutely gorgeous & friendly so make sure you hit up the dj booth for some small talk. also, a restaurant that is absolutely fabulous & you would LOVE, is tao, i think its between madison & fifth, but dont quote me on that. i almost expected carrie & her friends to sit at the table next to us so it’s that kind of flair. I LOVE NEW YORK. i decided to move here within the next 4 years. will you be around? we can have tea parties & go vintage dress shopping, what do you say?
xxx sofia
Congrats to you and Nubby!! mwuah! ;)
Things I’m loving this week: – Pineapple Express (James Franco!)
-Spooky week at my blog ( http://www.daynadesastre.com )
-One week until I move into the dorms at KCAI... art school here I come!
-My handmade Guatemalan fanny pack
-Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
-The calla lilies my boyfriend grew for me
-Getting to chill in San Antonio with my boyfriend
-Seeing Courtney Love and the Smashing Pumpkins memorabilia at the Hard Rock Café
-My Life Aquatic shirt and red beanie
-Catching up with old friends
Hey Gala, come to Missouri on your road trip and visit Kansas City!! We’ll go to all the lovely museums & galleries, spike the fountains with dish soap, go vintage shopping at Boomerang, buy hemp britches and vintage Bob Marley tees at Its a Beautiful Day, have lunch at Coffee Girls and go to a fun club!!!
TiLT:
-SKINS! I am replacing sleep at the moment with watching as many episodes as I can
-Being a student again :) Ask me about that again in a couple of months time and my attitude could be the opposite
-Van She – so, so good, blaring out of the speakers in my car whilst driving
-eBay – and finding the most perfect vintage heels that fit like a glove and some beautiful floral white stockings that I couldn’t find anywhere in the shops
-Paying only ten dollars for over $150 worth of books, although it was last week I still enjoy a good bargain!
Owning a book signed To Ebay Patron My english teacher gave me a copy of his new book and his note in the front of the book made my day. I’m going to miss this class. Best summer ever…
Olympics Go China! The diving and gymnastics are absolutely breathtaking. Oh and Michael Phelps. ‘nuff s
Staples I’ll probably go get school supplies on Friday. I loooove Staples. It’s the place of possibility- I know a new school year is almost here when I step into that store. =D
Alone time I just want to sleep in late, do whatever I want, and read, read, read. I have a stack of books I can’t wait to get into. Some alone time before the craziness that is school starts.
Getting soaked in a thunderstorm I was laughing the whole time- I somehow got completely drenched, even with an umbrella. And then listening to Umbrella -ella -ella on the train.
I have to comment about OkCupid! I joined it this summer because a friend of mine raved about it all the time, and I love it so much! I’ve actually met a few good guys on there (and OMG fell in love with one for a little bit heehee). And I love all of the quizzes too!
Ok, for my TILT:
1. University starts back in a week and a half! I’m sooo excited to go back and see all of my friends!
2. Baking. I’m baking a bunch of rainbow cupcakes for my Alice in Wonderland themed tea party Friday.
3. Themed Parties. I got my costume ready and everything! Its a sort of a last hurrah before I leave all of my local friends.
4. Planning. I’m deciding what to do with my life (I keep changing what I want to do, but I think I have a set plan now).
+ scribbing in my notebook all sorts of poems, silly drawings, and random made up phrases.
+ making carrot juice with my juicer then wearing the pulp as a mask while i sip my orange concoction. muhaha.
+ the rural of south korea – lush green mountains, earthy musk, pristine rivers pulsating with fish, and the polyphonic chorus of cidadas. oh! im exactly where i want to be.
+ smiling at strangers and chatting with the elderly.
+ my friends – because they are weird, wonderful, beautiful and brilliant human beings.
+ this video by bjork
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+ rolling around in sand dunes until we’re completely covered, then diving into the ocean with tubes!
+ keeping up my promise of drink 2 litres of water a day.
+ wearing breezy and natural coloured clothes that are as thin and minimal as possible! the summer is blazing here!
+ THIS SONG > Caribou – sandy
+ and of course you and your amazing website! Gala, honestly, i dont know where i would be without you
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-Bob Dylan
-Cruiser bike dates in Santa Monica
-The Olympics
-Little Jackie’s new album (!!!!)
-Making preparations for my move to San Fransisco in January (!!!!!!!)
-Fresh moleskins
-You Are Remarkable blog (thank you Gala)
-Falling in love with my home (Los Angeles) again -Mitchell Davis from LiveLavaLive on youtube, his videos are the best!(http://www.youtube.com/user/livelavalive)
And might I add a huge YAY! I love California and I think you will too it’s completely incoherent in the best way!
+ i had an amazing week going up to boston to meet my childhood friend, alex. it was so relaxing!
+ coming back from boston on the greyhound bu, twittering with you, nubby and loulou and giggling to myself. hee hee!
Tilt
+ Planning possible road trip when I get my P’s next year in January. A bit of a while to go but I had a driving lesson today and am getting more confident with my driving.
+ It is Tilt day…. I’ve been waiting for it for ages…
+ I saw my beautiful best friend on the weekend. Makes me love her even more.
+ Lovely mentions Going shopping for friends birthday presents, making part of her birthday present, red lips, Benny, sunny days, buying new stationary(such fun), hearts, looking through old gala posts and rediscovering the ones I love, good friends
xoxoxoxoxo
Main source of excitment this week: my boyfriend’s band first video!! I helped with making it, and I’m so excited and proud to see it finally out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlM310…
Also, meeting lovely new people, getting new job opportunities, and leaving today to sped the week-end at my parents’ in Brussels.
I went to aqua aerobics with my Mum in NZ too, it was awesome fun!
Oh boy I wish I could be in NYC to come to your party! It would be amazing!
I’m bubbling with excitement right now – TILT is the perfect place to let it all out …
Kittens I miss my darling cat who lives in NZ dearly. So when I found out that there is an organisation in Vancouver that desperately needs fosters for kittens and cats awaiting adoption I couldn’t be more excited and signed up immediately!
Hope it really is a fantastic thing. Dealing with immigration issues is awful. But when you do finally get a good answer from them which is hopeful, it’s fantastic
Life so so simple, but so true!
Other stuff my new cellphone with unlimited web browsing, logo design fun, coke zero, great new job, markets, big city life, making lists for everything, concert tickets, my crafting desk, staying up late designing stuff, first pay of a new job.
xoxo
Oh, lovely, I love when our lives match up! I am in the midst of planning a road trip with my dear old friend that I haven’t seen in a year or so, and it is so exciting. If you ever write any more articles about road trips and traveling, I would love it. wink wink
If we had more money, we would do Route 66. That has been my dream forever. One day, I will. I know it.
+ my summer job being almost over. Thank goodness!
+ the fact that I put on an old pair of jeans that never used to fit, and I looked FABULOUS in them! hurray for new curves!
+ making eye contact with strangers in restaurants.
+ treehouses.
+ the olympics! TEAM USA! I have been glued to the screen every time our lovely beach volleyball and swim team is on! whoop whoop!
+ kathy griffin and margaret cho. these fierce ladies have encouraged me to embrace my inner witty and powerful self. I never realized how afraid I used to be of being labeled a bitch or a shrew. no longer!
+ the fact that me and my friends are still quoting the dark knight. “guns are too quick. you don’t get to savor all of the little… emotions.”
+ being hormonal. tee hee. sometimes you just need to curl up on a couch and bawl your eyes out at some movie or another with your favorite comfort food.
sushi and japanese vending machine drinks. bright red lipstick. smelling like a cupcake. very long walks. seeing friends whom i haven’t been with for several weeks. my brother’s girlfriend.
and galaaa, you are adorable. i love that video. and i think it would be the best thing ever if i could go to your extravaganza. too bad i’m only 18 (well, tomorrow!) and have to go to university in september.
Eeee, I live in Phoenix, Arizona. Downtown right between Hotel San Carlos and the Westward Ho! I absolutely suggest either staying at the Hotel San Carlos or catching one of their weekend extravaganzas at the pool [on a roof!] ;] The place is supposedly haunted, and absolutely vintage and fabulous.
+ people wearing huge glasses on tv, making their eyes look huge.
+ work giving me things to do off site. visiting and driving around.
+ dad calling to find what perfume i would like.
+ mum wanting my photos to put in an art exhibition.
I have simply THE BEST TiLT to share!!
Finding a signed copy of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in a discarded box outside my fiance’s computer store.
I’m still AMAZED by this… four days later!!
soooper cute video. i lol’ed and i awww’ed.
today, yes yes yes, was:
a lovely cold beer when i get home of an afternoon when the light is lilac outside and the birds are out.
a heated apartment. thank god.
finally having the patience to sit down and watch and re-watch films, like grey gardens, dolls, le ballon rouge, etc.
red lipstick. drawing on drafting film in coloured pencil. holographic leggings, 1930’s silk teddies, 1950’s circle skirts. my new bob. anticipating parental presents from russia. listening to a constant combination of venetian snares, gregorian chant and ugly duckling. c’est tout!
Doing a roadtrip across the US is one of my life’s ambitions. I’m very envious!
Me, I love….
Watching Olympic gymnastics.
Lush! Where they always seem to pile me up with freebies.
Trawling Etsy and finding fabulously talented sellers.
How my dog gets crazy excited when I arrive home.
Planning my winter wardrobe updates with help from Gala’s many fabulous articles (I love your fashion advice articles, please do more??)
Yay for upcoming birthdays! This week I’m loving:
—Wandering downtown Portland after class
—Making travel plans
—My brave friends making brave steps toward better lives.
—Getting to know new people
—Spur-of-the-moment coffee dates
—Graduating from college (on Saturday!)
—Hillary Clinton’s autobiography. I’m more than a little obsessed.
Things I’m loving this Thursday
- Watching the sporting events of the Olympics, particularly the rowing and the gymnastics (male, ideally, but female is also breathtaking).
- Cheap dresses and expensive bags, buying them
- Coming home after my holiday/work after 5 weeks of living out of a suitcase and finding I’ve got loads of clothes I’d almost forgotten about!
- Windsurfing. LOVE IT!!
- Cornwall. Linked to the above.
- Pyjamas
- Meeting up with a friend who’s been in Canada for the last year and chatting loads in a nice cocktail bar in York
- Cooking!! I made homemade burgers, bread, wheat/dairy free bread and sticky toffee puddings on the same day. It was a bit of a feast for the family!
- Meal-planning for the following week. I want to learn how to make chocolate profiteroles.
- Looking forward to my holidays and planning them! Well, they are mostly planned already but now I’m down to the niggly bits like choosing what music to put on my mp3 player and what clothes I need to clean and start packing and what books will best accompany my journey. It’s all in the details!
- Nail varnish. I love nail varnish and recently bought a faaaaabulous Barry M red sparkly nail varnish and it is so much love, but it’s a right pain to get off.
- Doing my reading group. It’s not your run of the mill reading group though, it’s a group in a mental health unit in Liverpool and is ran by Get Into Reading by The Reader ( www.getintoreading.org/ ) and doing it actually makes me think my English degree might be worthwhile! I come away from it feeling so good and uplifted, the patients are lovely! I never thought I could see myself doing something this challenging a few years ago.
- Going back to uni. Okay, so it’s over a month away yet but I am looking forward to it and reading my reading list and planning my studies. It motivates me so much more than my summer job, working in a cafe!
Well there’s a song, ‘Better When You’re Naked’ by Ida Maria, and it’s VERY fun to sing and dance to. Clothes optional.
woo, first time TILTer :)
am feeling a bit under the weather right now due to it being ‘that’ icky time of the month :S…but here’s a few things i’ve been happy about lately:
-soy chai latte with cinnamon
-eating really ripe, oozy brie with pretzels
-having new students to tutor
-the colour (shade?) grey-including my new-ish, comfy tee from BNT
-things with bunched up/ruched fabric – new part-time job
-having a great time at my friend’s nuptials, including talking to a waitress with awesome j-rock hair, and dressing up
My TiLT for the week
finally discovering I have culinary skills I’ve been the one cooking this week and I have to say my chow ain’t bad!
Some shoes I have on hold for me at a shoe shop they’re black patent leather flats with a white trim – I plan on wearing them with huge wideleg jeans and trousers with my shirts tucked in =D
Studying Sounds odd I know but I’m doing my degree extramurally through Massey Uni and I have to say that I’m enjoying studying every evening and learning something new!
anticipation Europe trip next year in April, summer (I hate winter dragging on so long!), the future in general
Longer evenings No longer do I drive home at 5pm in the dark! I can even go for my evening walk while its dusk =)
Gala it sounds like you have so many plans! I’m happy for you – and that roadtrip sounds like it’s going to be amazing! Photos every day please!
~my next week trip to stokholm to visit my friend working in a golf-link
~fact that within two weeks i got loads of oldschool, secondhand, beautiful clothes(mostly heart stopping colorful dresses)
~always and forever avocado in every way (i think i’m addicted, hello my name is mimi and i’m a avocadoholic)
~lime and lemon ginger and rosewater flavoured lemonade with pink heart shaped rhubarb icecubes (i think it’s the longest drink name ever:) )
~having my camera again (photomaking frenzy!)
~my brand new burlesque name- Juicy The Savage Frenzy! (from sophisticatesdiary)
almos forgot about drum’n‘rum! wich means drum tobaco rollies and drinking dark rum
charity pancake and bake sale i love pancakes, i love cake and it feels so good to know the money is going to somewhere helpful. tummy and heart fills good :)
going out for breakkie went out for breakie with friends (after a fun sleepless night) at the quarter on degraves street. the eggs benedict was divine!
partying with friends who have known you since you were a teeny 12 year old
trying to make up a random hip hop routine with my friend kelly and having a hilarious time
singing and going through classic songs til 6 in the morning with old friends like songs by oasis, aerosmith, savage garden
realising i have more support and love around me than i thought i don’t need no ex
Being passed up for a promotion for the third time at meh job and deciding to write a kick butt resume and start applying elsewhere. Thanks for writing How to Ace a Job Interview!
Finding Carley’s, this amazing natural soap that has cleared up my complexion quite a bit
Starting my masters program in a couple of weeks
Pizza Hut Cinammon Sticks
Maroonish nail polish
Awesome Olympics
Hopeful thoughts about bumping in to you when your road trip brings you to magical Florida!
OPI nail varnish – i’ve just had a delivery of some cute colours!
12 days til seattle! – i’m delirious – i cant wait to head to the states!!
cupcake royale – the best cupcakes in seattle apparently – i am so going!!
learning new things – since leaving university, i am craving to learn some more. thinking about a marketing course!
stationery – learning new things often leads to buying new stationery for me!! i love fresh pencils, erasers, rulers, multicoloured highlighters!
Bumbershoot Festival – I’m hoping when i’m in Seattle i’m going to go to this festival! band of horses, beck, thao and the get down stay down, neko case!! so excited.
thao and the get down stay down – i love their song ‘bag of hammers’ – it just makes me want to dance around and enjoy life!
sorry this post was a bit seattle overload! if anyone else is going to be at the PAX festival, then i’d love to meet you and go shopping with you! :D
Rainbows – Today I have seen two and the sight of them have brightened my rather dull day… Now can I find the pot of gold at the end of them?
Spending time on my own – I have really needed some alone time this week to sort out my thoughts and feelings about the last week so I have spent most of my free time at home, inside out of the cold, and I have enjoyed every minute of it. Sometimes I just need some “me” time and I am sure that next week I will be sick of my own company and be out enjoying time with my lovely friends which I look forward to!
Cuddling up inside out of the cold – there is nothing better to do than sit inside, drink tea, read, playing on my laptop and watch some telly this week- it’s been a bitterly cold week.
The snow on the mountain – If the weather improves, I hope to get up there after work one day this weekend to have a play in the snow!
Bumping into people – On tuesday while having coffee with my Grandma and Mum, my cousin walked into the same cafe and ended up sitting with us to have her drink. Only in Hobart can you walk into a café and bump into someone that you know!
Graduation – Finally, after 3 (sometimes rocky) years, I finally have that bit of paper (an expensive piece at that too) to say that I am a super star! The ceremony made me feel oh so grand in the gown and cap, and we had a nice family dinner afterwards. Best part was having brekkie the next morning with my family, my best friend and her husband and having a lovely chai latte and eggs Benedict.
Green and Blacks Hot Chocolate – love that stuff, especially on a chilly winters day/evening.
Toasting marshmallows – my sister and I opened a packet last night after the parentals had gone to bed and sat in front of the woodheater with our long skewers and enjoyed the gooey goodness together of toasted marshmallows together.
All of Galas posts this week – I plan on printing them all out and putting them inmy journal because they have all been quite relevant to me! hugs xoxo
I got into Uni!
is alex your boyfriend?? :D
yay!
berlin – i just spent a week there and oh my god, i am in love. such a wonderful, wonderful city!
duty free – i can’t resist it! so much delightful designer stuff…
miss dior cherie – now, i am not usually a perfume person. i don’t mind them but it’s very rare that i fall in love with them…until now. it smells like everything good in the world!
my own bath – i LOVE baths. showers are okay, but they just don’t compare to baths. luxury.
also, the soulwax remix of i sit on acid by lords of acid. can’t stop listening! also, gala, i have finally started listening to atmosphere and you are so right, they’re awesome!
phe — No :> We dated three years ago, though!
sophie~ — Miss Dior Cherie = YES! Boy bait! Yummmmmm! & I’m glad you like Atmosphere. They make me very happy.
oh man oh man oh man!
it’s been so long! i have a long catching up to do!! i can do it!
things to love:
-to God and His undying love and blessings
-yesterday was acquiantance, it was fun! it dies in the middle yet, i had fun playing in the slides!
-with my friend ely!! funny guy
-passed my chem in the pre lims yo!
-having cute praises..heeeheee
-had a confession
-drank tea with a friend
-new book
-and gala! i miss you!
MGMT’s Oracular Spectular album. Ari Gold. All-nighters. Rearranging my bedroom. Baths while listening to music. Straight white teeth. Dior show mascara. Road trips. Las Vegas. Beach houses. Laying on my bed at 3 AM having life discussions with a cute boy and listening to mellow music. Gaining self confidence. Cocoa butter. Flossing. Stacks of novels.
Okay so it’s Friday but better late than never!
My Social Life – It’s suddenly reappeared and I now have 3, yes three(!) parties to choose from this Saturday night!!
My Best Friend – I think I’ve TiLTed her before but she’s only person who has the same crazy ideas I do. So far this week we’ve done a carboot sale in the rain, gotten high and watched French cinema, gone flea market shopping and we’re planning a trip to the seaside, a girly night out, renting a canal boat for a week(!), dressing up in finery and having a photoshoot in a city centre and so many other fun things!
LoveFilm – Cheap DVD rentals and no minimum subscription or late fees or any of that crap? Yes please :D I’m trying to see how many films I can fit into the 14 day free trial :P
My Dentist – I never ever ever thought I’d say this. I’ve had a huge phobia of the dentist for the longest time (I even wrote to Gala and she included it in an EFT post) but I went 3 days ago and for the first time, I didn’t cry at all! I don’t know if it was the EFT or that my dentist is so lovely but something worked. I feel like a massive weight is gone :) Thanks Gala :D
I love pastries. Marie Anntoinette, pink blush, sparkly powder, clean hair, the bright shining sun, love, my friends band in spite of life, planning my summer wardrobe, deciding i couldn’t give a stuff about maths so pfft :) xoxoxo
I totally forgot to tilt
* Twitter! So into twitter right now – totally connecting us all:)
* The fact that my best friend Bunny is moving back nearer to London so that I get to see her more often, hurrah!
* Things going well for Loulou Loves you, my friend who is taking on my PR is going to save my life I think.
* My Kitty, she HATES everyone except me and I get to wake up to purr shaped cuddles every morning, very good for when I have no time to date!
* My mum, who is the greatest person I know.
* Chocolate custard and custard in general. My name is Loulou and I have a problem…
xxx
I’m grateful for my AS results turning out far better than I’d hoped :D
Also pretty high up my TILT list are: * Preparing for Reading Festival (definite case of good things come to those who wait)
* Giving faeries to my little sis
* My Russian hamsters Boris, Igor, Vladimir and Pushkin. They are so funny in the way only small furry creatures can be.
Things I love…
x My corset that I can’t find anything to wear with!
x Super duper amazing steampunk photoshoots
x Having my hair and makeup done
x Looking forward to tai chi and dancing classes
x Finding motivation again…thanks to EFT!
yumm… just the thing to salvage my less-than-awesome morning:
+ good hair days (like today. YES).
+ linguini. my new favorite pasta. so slippery smooth and delicious!
+ japanese food and beverage packaging. need i say more?
+ friends, glorious friends!
+ my crappy phone. now that it’s broken, i can get a fabulous new one YAY!
+ twitter twitter.com/yaymaryann microwhaa? microFUN!
Not like you actually need another spot to land on your wild gala excursion across the great america, BUT!, if you are dying from exhaustion and too many big, drown-in, cities and just want to have a picnic and relax…feel free to stop by Southern Virginia. I’ll give you a tour of my fantastically awesome Brothel-Home. (Hell, I could probably use some help decorating! hahaaha!)
Much love to you dear! I do a happy dance for you!
Things I love on this lovely Thursday:
-Paper Planes by MIA
-getting e-mails from my college friends
-baking tons of cupcakes for my friends birthday
-bonus checks!!
-listening to the radio at work
-finally getting back into a good running schedule
-going to the beach in ONE day!
He signed the letter aaall yoours, babushka, babushka, babushkaaaa…
This week I am loving:
Panic at the Disco – my boyfriend bought their most recent album the other day and we’ve been listening in the car. He’s unsure, I think it’s an interesting development :)
Aforementioned boyfriend – I have been really moody and bad company this week (monthly visitor) but he’s still made me smile like I have no worries at all.
the chance to have my own bedsit in France – I think it would be more beneficial for me to have a room with shared kitchen and shower because I’ll be more likely to interact that way, but the chance still thrills me.
finding my own style – speaks for itself, really :)
swimming – I enjoy exercising surprisingly more than I thought :)
I hope everyone else is having a great week! :D
OMG... Gala, Nubby, and Daddy Likey are in NY in Sept??? Dates please!! Its like a fashion blogger pilgrimage… I will be there Sept 5-10 for fashion week.
right so….I love
Twilight though I am a bit sad its all over…
Fall it’s on it’s way- yes perhaps not for a couple of months…but soon
cheese and ranch dressing and vegan strawberry cupcakes-I’m not vegan but they are sooooo goooood:)
-an inspiration wall. Literally ;) soon to come!
-DIY bag
-cleaning up my bookshelf
-braided hair
-perfectly preserved birthday flower from 4 months ago
-earrings on sale
-lenny kravitz
TiLT collage&post:
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Uggh, roadtrip envy. I never seem to have the means! If you end up in Chicago stop by ;) Also, OKCupid IS totally addicting! When I finally got into a relationship it took more than a little willpower to wrench myself from it. And I know what you mean about the sluggish feeling — home in Miami there is NO REASON to walk or climb stairs like there is back home in Chi-Town (I only have three flights of stairs but my pedometere tells me I walk a minimum of 8 km a day!). I’m making up for it with tennis and gyms.
Things I love this week: – Chestnut Kreme Koala Yummies. YES, they make those! – Delia’s (who carry the sexiest military Fall coat ever… now in my possession). – Old lovers – Douglas Coupland (JPod and Microserfs are killer, highly recommended) – Awkward good-byes
- graham crackers & soy milk
- the fact that my housemates are dog-sitting next week which leaves my boyfriend & I home alone for our second-to-last week before we move to a new town.
- new daily mantra (learned from JZ Knight on Larry King a couple weeks ago, ha ha) “This day has always been filled with joy.”
- the dwindling few Friday nights drinking beer with my friends before my boyfriend & I move to a new town…I’m pretty focused on moving, it’s going to be such a huge change for me! It’s my first time leaving my home town! I can’t stop writing about it.
*peppermint tea made from actual peppermint leaves that came out of an actual garden about a week ago. I want to marry peppermint tea!!
*cheesy power pop that is so awful, yet so good.
*Bob Dylan concert with my mom in 6 days!!
*going crazy with back to school shopping (I have NO room in my closet for more clothes, but I continue to acquire things on nearly a daily basis).
*new books to read!
*my sweet old crippled cat
Things that I love for today (because it’s Thursday here now):
No more little children around!- It sounds bad because I do love kids, but my seven year old nephew was here for 2 weeks, and the day after he left my 7 year old niece is here but only until tomorrow! (When you’re not used to having kids around, and then having them here for THAT long… breaks are good).
Working an extra day this week- I got called in to work for another five hours on Saturday, and normally this would be iffy but I need money because…
I go back to college in just over a week!- This is pretty self-explanatory.
My homemade chocolate chip cinnamon muffins- Scrumptious.
Also: coffee, my boyfriend, and hopefully embarking on some DIY projects before I go back. Woo hoo!
x FINALLY having my a level results! i’ve been waiting for so long, it’s been horrible – but now i have them! they’re here!
x GETTING INTO UNIVERSITY. yes. i’m so so so excited, i’m off in just udner two months and it’s going to be AMAZING, it’s totally what i want and it’s my dream course at my dream place and i’m just so so excited.
x planning the future :D
x window shopping for stuff online. mmm cute duvet covers that i cannot afford!
I wanna go to dat PARTY!!!!!!!
1. the video you posted.
2. taking beautiful photos of the food I make. cooking is so lovely to look at!
3. enjoying my unemployment. because it’s best that way.
4. the way it gets cool at night now.
London Two days of shows, shopping and shuffling on and off the Underground. I can’t wait to go back again.
My new school uniform I bought a new skirt, bag etc and, I must admit, I’m gonna look hot come September!
My orthodontist He reminds me of David Tennant and he was talking about his motorbike today at my appointment
Silly little fantasies London sent my mind whirring with fantasies of me and my long time crush on a family friend
My friends A level results Hearing that every one did so well makes me feel giddy for them :)
Camping! – Spent last week at a camp on an island in the middle of nowhere with the boyfriend and his parent’s adorable black lab puppy. Had an awesome time getting away from it all.
Reading – I’ve finished more books in the last month then I did all last year, I’m pretty sure.
Coffee, oreo cookies and baby carrots – My three favorite things to consume right now.
Listening to my own music – When we were away, we borrowed my parent’s satellite radio, and while I got to listen to all kinds of great music, there’s nothing quite like listening to your own hand selected mix of music, ya know?
The show ‘Greek – Usually, I don’t like shows like this, but I saw the first episode by accident and got sucked into the story. Love it!
Thunder and Lightening – We’ve had a couple of wicked thunder and lightening storms here recently. Awesome!
Gala!!! love your positiveness in this post!! Can’t wait for you to come back to NYC...it’s sad without you…
1. positiveness
2. this cute smiling guy I see every morning in the bus
3. discovering new magazines
4. my new nail polish
5. baking cakes for my friends
6. having the honour of knowing so many great people
7. endless possibilities
8. my new hair colour
9. day dreaming
10.chilled white wine
<3 Being brave and getting my hair cut short and loving it!
<3 Realising that it is only 3 weeks till I move away on my own to a differenct city to start a music management course! Its too exciting!
<3 Dancing round my room to old nineties dance records hahaha
<3 Going on late night drives with my twin to buy cookies haha
<3 Going to london last weekend to see some amazing bands, and also having the most amazing cupcake ever. lilac buttercream icing wins!
The Olympics I love them! LOVE THEM! We’re a bit obsessed with them in our house. We even had chinese takeaway on the opening night. I could watch all day long. Swimming and gymnastic events so far are especially wonderful, but I can’t wait for the track and field to start. Also, I was ill earlier this week (acute sinusitis, urgh) and it meant I had something to watch when I couldn’t sleep!
My mum the nurse my mum is a trained nurse, so it’s always great that she can diagnose anything and pull appropriate pills and creams out of nowhere. When I was ill and crappy she was just wonderful.
Early nights I’d love to be a crazy social butterfly, but most of the time I’m just not. But I don’t mind, I’m a big fan of alone time and I love a nice snuggly early night!
Firemen we took some kids from work for a trip to the fire station today and oh yes now I really do understand the appeal. YUM.
Present giving I bought my boyfriend a psp (3 years tomorrow woop woop) and he was so pleased, it was really lovely.
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it’s all here!
+Studyin journalism. It feels like a dream.
+My new black skinny jeans.
+Eating huge hamburgers with my friend Lifte.
+Flirting!
—curling my hair, a la shirley temple
—thai food
—camping this weekend!
—creating new, exciting projects at work
—celebrating the one-year anniversary of this job, which i love to death
—looking into phd programs and finding a mentor who will support me
Happy Birthday in advance! I hope your 25th birthday is as wonderful as mine was ; ) Be sure to have a bubble machine and wear a Bday tiara :D
Oh, and remember how much I was stressing over getting old? LOL. Well, so far 25 hasn’t been too bad. (See — I even just admitted to the whole internet how ‘old’ I am. That’s a first I think.)
+ I’m leaving for vacation to see old friends Saturday. I need to get away!
+ Two weeks until the first semester of my junior year of college— and I couldn’t be more excited.
+ Twilight, the book. I really only liked the first one, and they may target an age group 10 years younger then me, but they are sweet somehow.
+ Ice cream. I’ve had chocolate raspberry every night this week. Amazing.
<3 Eating sugar free. This means refined sugar and sugar substitutes. I’ve only been eating fruit juice sweetened or the occasional date sweetened things for 2 months now and it feels great.
<3 Naughty dreams inspired by the first naughty flickr picture Gala twittered about. I didn’t want to wake up.
<3 Post-coital strolls at 4 in the morning when it’s just too hot to sleep
<3 September magazine issues
<3 The Perseids meteor showers
<3 cold extraction coffee
I’ve not done this before, but yesterday something happened that made me smile sporadically whether I wanted to or not. So with that in mind, I figured why not state it as a fact and then build on that.
- the wonderful apartment my boy and I found together and the lease we signed today. Fantastic!
- all of the dreams of a future I’ve always wanted, now feeling so close, within reach.
- decorating!! Thinking about how excited this whole thing makes me starts to confirm the idea I’ve had that maybe I need to go to school for interior design.
- stretching and feeling strong, aiming toward becoming a superstar yogi.
- pedicures.
- dinner of steamed greens one night, burgers and beer another.
~Notes from the universe- they’ve been what I needed to hear
~Plans for getting my act together- moving, going back to college, etc.
~Gilmore Girls- I’ve got every season, and I’ve been watching them like mad lately
~Macaroni and Cheese
~Coffee
~Autumn weather-cool breezes, rain, and beautiful skies
things i love this thursday (aka friday)
+ my amazing boyfriend. he’s still away. i miss him!
+ the fact that i’m going to d.c. to visit my friend who i haven’t seen in almost 3 years!
+ quesadillas. omg.
+ the verve. their new album is glorious. richard ashcroft is a living god.
+ the song “waiting 4 u” by chromeo. it’s been my boyfriend the past 3 days or so.
+ ice cold water. 365 days a year.
*Gala coming to California! I think it’s time for a LA meet-up. :)
*A fun lunch with delicious salad complete with raspberries (mmmm) bought for me by a boy I have an itty bitty crush on. Plus I got to visit a new part of town that I liked, and there was lots of flirty conversation and eye contact. It was definitely a good time
*My bed! My bed in my parents’ house is soooo comfy.
*Womens’ gymnastics. I’m amazed at what these women can do with their bodies!
* The Olympics in general. I’m a big fan.
* Chasing down the ice cream cart man (literally) with my best friend to buy ice cream bars to eat on the stairs outside. Goooood times.
-The Hirschorn in Washington D.C.
-The idea of free museums
-ebullient dogs
-trying my hand at the drums
-great books
-chocolate covered coffee beans
-prospects of peace
-getting over myself.
Rough patch right now. But this will work out fine. Obviously.
getting into my MA! this makes me endlessly happy still (one of the bloggers at Dumb Little Man is doing the same course according to her personal blog, I found it before my interview when I was looking for tips from anyone who’d had one!)
earning money on various internet sites that pay you little bits for little things, like writing reviews
notes from the universe – this week they have been doing it for me big time
staying up late, talking to friends on the internet
reading
book swapping, as normal
the book club I’m running on the official Emilie Autumn fan forum, it makes me feel so good
the nutmeg and clove chai I just made myself a mug of…teh sex
exercising big time yesterday, first work out I’ve had in ages and it was faaabulous. Can’t wait to repeat it tomorrow!
daydreaming
I feel kind of guilty about the latter because it is unproductive unless it’s relevant to work, but it’s so fun to sit and dream, and sometimes I mean to read but just sit and dream instead…!
oh whoops, I nearly forgot
SINGING! I have been wandering around today alternately murmuring and then belting out “Yoshimi, they don’t believe me, but you won’t let those robots defeat me…” and I played Singstar secretly for a bit post-workout yesterday.
the olympics – more specifically: rooting for the US team in gymnastics and swimming :D I can not feel more pride for my country than right this moment, those athletes are incredible!
a breather – thank you for the article on ‘how to end a relationship’; I will take the advice to heart and call my ex-boyfriend tonight, I have realized I handled things all too dramatically- not giving him a chance to say all of what he wanted. My bitterness has to be set aside so I can show him the respect and compassion he deserves. This break-up has been super-rocky, yet I still have hopes for us to continue as friends.
vacation to the south (before I start my junior year) – I miss my grandparents that are living in Oklahoma, I have a tender spot for the south. The friendly people, polite traffic “manners”, and especially the super-cheap thrift stores on every corner!
Things I love Saturday :))
getting a mani & pedi
new underwear need i say more?
farmers’ markets gotta support your local food producers!
strawberry bubble bath i found the kids’ bubble bath on sale for just $2 and have been taking hot strawberry baths every night since then
the cheesy extreme makeover – home edition
going to the beach not to tan but just for a walk, and enjoying the last days of summer
my boy he’s adorable & cute and he makes me laugh all the time
I am loving my grey roots! I am transitioning my hair from dyed brown back to its roots, literally! I am letting it grow another month and then I will have enough grey to get it super cute cropped with some blue highlights! can’t wait! yyayayay say goodbye to boring hair!
hah, a few things I’m totally psyched about, a little late..
-sweet, energetic boys with gorgeous chocolate brown eyes
-friendly customers at the shop I work in
-going to the movies
-bright red jeans
-middle eastern delis
-perfume samples
-your article “how to let someone know that you like them”
-crazy dreams
clean clear lake waterlounging on the dock with all my fav friends drinking prosecco and fondly remembering our youth – Style Statement- an amazing book that will revolutionize my life I thinkGreat thrift finds- vintage 60’s mugs from japan, beautiful embroidered pillowcases and a crazy funky pink and turquoise lamp covered with butterflies- must be seen to be believed.
loving
tilt
thank you
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