Things I Love Thursday
[ 3 September 2008 ]
Daphne Guinness.
Blog World Expo — I am in the incredibly fortune situation of being able to go to Las Vegas for this expo on the 20th & 21st of September! I’m really, really excited about going to immerse myself in BLOG MANIA for two days! I can’t think of anything better! God, America is cool. ...But wait! That’s not all! Guess who’s coming with me? NUBBY TWIGLET! It’s going to be our official honeymoon, combining some of our favourite things: extravagance, flashing lights, lunacy & blogging! Haha. Aahhhhh! Virgo Vegas Vivaciousness! I am absolutely over the moooon about the whole thing, because I’m going to see a whole lot of amazing people speak, as well as fuel up on inspiration & insights! Even better, it’s in Vegas! Aaaargh! I have never been, the closest I have been to Vegas is watching National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation (Chevy Chase is pretty much my dream man) over & over again… I hear it is amazing & bright & colourful & ridiculous, so I am totally PSYCHED! Plus I get to see my Melbourne BFF, Darren Rowse! Hee. Yay! We’re not going to be there long — three nights (though I hear that will be long enough) — but any suggestions of must see places are welcome! (Nubby doesn’t know it yet, but we’re totally going to hit up Retro Bakery!)
International playgirl lifestyle! Otherwise known as… I am going to the airport in a few hours! Ooh la la! Even better, during what would be a boring three-hour layover in Auckland, I’m instead going to enjoy the company of one Timmy Crunk — the likes of whom I haven’t seen since August 2006! Too long! (My response to this news was basically “&^*&$^$!!!”) I’ve also appointed myself as the queen of sleeping-while-flying (& I kind of love the image it conjures up, slumbering Gala above the clouds, at a gazillion kilometres an hour), so I am looking forward to reclining my seat & passing out for a good zillion hours before I arrive in my favourite city ever. It is going to be excellent!
Spring — It’s a good season, & it just started here in the antipodes. I saw a pudgy bumblebee the other day, flying around drunkenly, & I smelt honeysuckle as I passed my neighbour’s house… Now I am leaving, but I trust you New Zealanders will enjoy it! & I will be back for the infamous New Zealand summer! Hooray!
Ridiculous manicures — You get the best ones at malls, I find. Not the best quality manicure, no no, but the most decadent, over-the-top & silly. A manicure to make Marie Antoinette proud! My latest? Eye-gouging pink with a sprinkling of clear jewels in white. Oh yes, baby. I hope that after it all starts to fall apart, people find the jewels stuck to ridiculous places & think, ‘What the hell is this?
Anticipating warm weather — ‘Nuff said.
Pole-dancing! Last week I went for a pole-dancing lesson taught by a girl with the coolest name ever (Hester!) & my super-sweet friend Jo. It was so much fun! I loved it! Even though I had to wear short-shorts! It was really great to swing myself around & pretend to be sultry, haha. I have been meaning to try it for such a long time, & now I finally have, & I am totally into it! It was the best type of exercise — so much fun that I didn’t realise how much of a work-out I was getting. I was in complete pain for days afterwards, I couldn’t even lift my arms above my head! I am definitely going to go to classes as soon as I have some semblance of a routine again, hahah…
This song which has been in my head since Monday evening…
Honourable mentions: “Call the cops when you see Tupac…”; Talladega Nights; listening to the top 100 hip-hop singles; Skinny Puppy (Mirror Sawwwww); Enduser; Legendary Pink Dots (playing in NYC in October, hell yes, it’s been years since I last saw them — 2003 in Paris!); Clock DVA (Jeffrey Dahmer’s favourite); a compulsion to only wear sexy black dresses for the rest of my life; Ebay frenzies; cupcake promises; brilliant girl geniuses; Whittaker’s Dark Mocha chocolate (yup, just like last week!); obsessively planning outfits; setting new goals; “I’m tired of using technology; why don’t you sit down on top of me?”; chokers; dancing around the living room playing dress-up; Happy Mess; late night talks with Ana about split tongues (!), lust & Japan!; my father snoring (too cute); imagining a crystal-encrusted bone to go through my nose; actually, crystal-encrusted anything!; time-lapse photography; cupcake hairclips; Kylie Mole (!!!); making huge salads; watching Mike Dooley; assigning myself as Jazzi‘s godmother; deep-fried Mars Bars (oh, my, god); lovely cool awesome people, oh & did I mention I’M GOING TO NEW YORK TODAY?!
Okay, your turn! What are you excited about right now?
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My new sewing machine and the fact that the universe totally provided it for me.
Planning for Christmas and putting things on lay-by now so I don’t end up broke and stressed in December.
Matakana and the fact that people up there leave their doors unlocked for you with big signs saying “There’s beer in the fridge”.
Brand new babies and all their tiny sweetness.
Contact lenses
Using the word ‘spac’ and speaking in an Aussie accent while chewing gum, and writing on my arm in vivid, ever since Gala mentioned Kylie Mole
ahaha shame, i sing that song from the simpsons all the time.
things im loving
* my new haircut. i took a chance on our hairdressing students. it took an hour and 20 minutes, but i now have the best hair cut ive ever had, and it was free!
* im going to get a microdermabrasion next thrusday and im really excited.
* my graduation is now only a month away, i cant wait!
* my dad, not only is it nearly fathers day, but he went on holiday and bought me back the two perfumes i was after
hey gala! i just went to vegas last month for a bachelorette and you’re right, 3 days in vegas is PLENTY! if you are thinking of places to stay, i recommend the Palazzo-its beautiful and still young and fun. fun places to go at night would be tao (tao beach too) and pure. criss angel kissed me at pure, so im biased! have FUN FUN!
I’ve been so tickled pink lately, tomorrow (when it’s Thursday in America), I’ll be posting one on my blog too :D
Gala! I live in Vegas! You definitely need to check out the art district downtown (the Arts Factory and Holsum Lofts are a must). You should also stop by the Double Down Saloon, it’s so unique and welcoming! And if you get tired of the extremes of the Strip, you should take a stroll down Fremont instead. (The Beauty Bar there has competition pillow fight teams!) There are also a number of fun, quirky museums to visit, such as Madam Toussand’s Wax Museum, the Atomic Testing Museum,, and the Erotic Heritage Museum. There’s soo much to do that is completely diffrent from Las Vegas stereotypes.
forcing myself to start going to the Y and swimming, i forgot how much i enjoyed it and what good exercise it is
finally starting to have a slight routine
birthday month! and getting fabulous gifts for my friends :)
startign to figure out what i want to do with life
HAHAHA! Finally, you’re on your way sista! The moment we’ve all been waiting for! Have fun, report report report!
I’m off to sleep now, that list has to wait coz it’s almost two o’clock here – I normally sleep at eleven or so.
VEGAS BABY!
My Goodness Gala you are so excited and you can definately tell in you TILT today!! Such an exciting thign to be reading first thing on a Thursday morning at work!!
I AM LOVING:
Keeping busy and putting out new ideas at my new job (work in magazines wee!)
My kitty Kat Skittles who I come home to every night and who loves me ridiculously no matter what
My old work mates who still keep me smiling although i dont work with them anymore
Finding a new Kitty Friend at my new job!
Managing to score some alright seats at the Sydney Slipknot concert – Im only into a few of their albums but the atmosphere will be insane!!
Ryan Reynolds – Yum!!
My Friend Rhys who is always happy to be there for me and makes me sooo happy!
Unicorns
Hazelnut Chocolate Croisants from a German bakery – Im sorry Gala they kind of almost beat cupcakes!!
The cute guy from work who winks and smiles and waves at me although we have never officially met.
Getting wolf whistles on days when I have dressed up that little bit extra!
Sunny Days – sorry people just getting into winter but Sydney is just getting over it!! YAY!
My body getting sexier and hotter and toned for lazy summer beach days! I prepared myself this year lol!
Living alone – its not so bad really when you have bunches of awesome friends
The Gym and my new friend at the Gym James!! He is Black and he is Awesome and Funny!!
Soo many things to be thankful for today – Can you tell??
Sx.
Yay!! It’s still Wednesday here but what the heck! A long list for this week :D
— HAIRCUT. I have a kicky side fringe again! I’ve missed it and the way it kinks into my curly hair. It looks so awesome! AND while I was at the salon they offered me free highlights in two weeks, so I’m totally taking advantage of that.
— Ordering an awesome vintage style leather notebook with “Evil Plans” embossed on the front.
— Rediscovering old accessories that rule
— Long romantic emails to my boyfriend – the upside of him being away from me for 2 weeks!
— Choosing birthday presents for aforementioned boyfriend. I love trying to guess what things he’ll like :)
— Discovering new spirituality
— The fact it’s been raining so heavily for days! It’s England so everyone’s complaining about it, but secretly heavy rain is my favourite favourite weather, only topped by kickass thunderstorms. I love gazing out at it and dancing around in it and splashing in puddles with sexy boots on!
— Planning a new tattoo. So many options!!!!
the premiere of the 5th season of house, definitely. i’ve just watched the preview on youtube, and i can’t contain my glee.
Not much this week, I’m overall happy, so thanks about that! :D Also: making girlfriends plans, caramel tea (omg), “Train of consequences” by Megadeth, my bf’s growing beard and salad!
My best friends is getting married, i wont be there but I’m so happy for her.
My boyfriend and his funny family
The new Gossip Girl
Spring
I. cannot. believe. that. we. are. going. to. Vegas.
What else is there to live for?!! Vegas + NY back-to-back pretty much tops it all.
Have a safe trip!
Right now I’m loving:
Petites Mango nail polish
My bouncy ball chair
Trading Spouses reruns on DVR
My custom candy necklace that arrived yesterday
The Ting Tings
* Finishing projects so that I can devote myself to other projects! * The new 90210 (super guilty pleasure). * Brown hair with purple chunks. * Rabbits. * Living alone with my hunny. I love our ex-roomie but it’s soooo good to have the place to ourselves.
:) :) :)
I’ve only just dragged myself out of bed and I haven’t had a chance yet to write my TiLT list, but it will appear in my blog in a couple of hours!
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Have a wonderful trip sweetheart, be good, be safe and have buckets full of crazy fun!! xxx
Kylie Mole . . ! Although I always liked Con the Fruiterer best. “Coupla days . . . doesn’t matter!” Height of wit.
This week:
I was given a letter dated 1985 written by my man’s long-gone grandmother to my grandmother. Very special.
Wearing my hair in 2 buns.
An awesome Grandma-made pinny I’ve just been given (my G-ma’s moving into a retirement home). Yeah, it’s precious and beautiful, but I am totally going to cook in it. I love pinnies.
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My new Russian doll bra. (Conchords joke! Tee hee!)
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The ‘Undercover Lover’ episode of Chuck. Adam Baldwin in his knickers! Whee!
Things I love include teaching pole dancing to fun people who enjoy it.
I’m sure you’ll find great pole teachers in NY. Take some lessons there and come back and show me your new skills when you’re next in the country.
Have fun hun! I loved your video from last TILT, you seemed very excited.
Here’s my list:
Green tea
Pomegranates Most beautiful fruit ever.
Happy people especially those who have absolutely NOTHING but are still content…and trying..and living…more than everyone else.
LUSH HAIR CACA WHICH MAKES MY HAIR SO PRETTY AND SMELL LIKE A MAGNIFIQUE GARDEN And forcing people to sniff it haha.
Poetry by Mary Oliver Like little blessings.
The King of Saudi Arabia He is a sweetheart. He does amazing things. I would pen him a song on my ukelele, if I had one.
Essays by a very lovely boy They make me think. Kiss-kiss, boy. You know who you are.
On a side note, I HATE HATE HATE politics, especially when it’s on TV 24/7, and the TV is on 19/7…arrrghhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
**Having a job! I’m back in the study abroad field, and I love it! Also just the fact that money is going to be coming in at the end of the month is EXTREMELY comforting.
**Sexual tension. There is a lot of it at the moment with a boy…and it’s kind of fun.
**Lazy Sundays in the park. At my local park here in LA, there are guys walking around selling everything…ice cream, cotton candy, balloons, pork rinds, fruit, water, etc etc etc. My friends and I bought ice cream and cotton candy. It was so delightful.
**Living with my best friend in our 1920’s apartment. Oh, it may be a bit of a fixer upper (needing a new stove is a bit stressful) but it has a whole lot of charm. And it’s been a long time since I’ve lived with someone who I actually want to come home and talk to.
**My neighborhood. I live around the corner from one of the best delis in LA, a few blocks from an amazing farmer’s market, and the park. Plus, this is one of the real “neighborhood” feeling areas of LA. Neighbors know each other, people chat and nod when they pass each other on the street. Add in the crazy happily co-existing mix of Orthodox Jews and young people…this is the best neighborhood ever.
**Movie theater with $3.50 matinees down the street from me. Plus they show kind of indie movies! So happy!
**September. I like the ever so slight feel of Fall in the air.
**Dressing like Joan Holloway from Mad Men. Heck! I have the curves! I might as well flaunt them a bit…but always in a retro, tasteful way. Joan Holloway is totally my inspiration right now. In fashion…and kind of in life. :)
OH.MY.GOD.
I randomly get ‘see my vest’ stuck in my head! It would happen more often in high school though…
And as for Talladega Nights…Best movie ever made.
(I’m a NASCAR nutter on the inside. I was raised this way. I cannot help it!)
Things I Love?!
Going camping this weekend. Alcohol, SingStar, Guitar Hero, on a lake. (We camp in odd ways).
Trip to Tennessee next weekend for the ‘Rod Run’. (I’ve been every year since I was 3. I’m 20 now! Hehe!)
Prospect of life turning a new page! So many things I’m excited about!
SO MANY THINGS.
hey Gala! YAY have fun, last night I had a dream that you and Nubby were on the train to the city with me, weird!
This week I love:
NEW JOB!!! omg… ok, I am SO excited & SoOo happy that i’ve been using stupid smilies all week… :D
I got offered my perfect job… THANKS UNIVERSE!
-about a week after I enrolled to do Early Childhood Education by correspondence, I randomly got a call from Treehouse Childcare (amazing centre!) asking did I want an interview for a traineeship? Yes Please! I replied.
SO I went there, thinking Oh no, a traineeship is only like $300 a week, a big stretch for me… but would be worth it.
Anyway, it went AMAZINGLY and the lady Rachel thought I was great, she asked me back for a trial day then 2 hours later, called me & offered me a Full time wage (not excellent, but enough to live & still have some to have fun with!) if I continue my study by correspondence but work there full time…
YAY! this just PROVES that the universe will respond when you least expect it, when you let go of your attachment to how the plan will go but still cling to the goal :)
Sorry, that was super long.
Honourable Mentions:
my current boss for being supportive & excited for my new ‘career path’, my friends for encouraging me, Blake <3 for supporting me, Notes from the Universe for egging me on! *“Even when the earth suddenly shakes, tides unexpectedly surge, and all hope seems lost, in the split second that follows I have a brand new plan, I know what we’ll do, and I’ve got the pedal to the metal.
Just get back in your saddle and ride, The Universe”* , myself for deciding to take a plunge (YAY), Sportsgirl – as materialistic as I don’t want to be, their earrings with feathers are completely to-die-for, me & Blake having our own space again since the flatmates moved out – woohoo! This week Rocks.
I’m with you on the weather! First time I’ve really been looking forward to the coming warmer months. The weekend here was so spring-esque. Baby birds fresh out of their nests hopping about in the park. Piles of leaves littering the ground but fresh green shoots sprouting on the trees above them. Seeing people doze in the sun like lizards with content smiles on their faces. Picnics with cheese, wine, chocolate fondu and a bounty of friends to twirl in the grass with.
Contemplating running away from my office job to be a motorbike postie. weeoo!
this photos set
the weirdly vibrant things nature comes up with all by itself
sonic pleasures of the week: beck beck beck, lamb, autechre, sigur ros
the aaamazing thai dinner i had last night with a dozen friends on the latest leg of our “West End” food adventure.
saving $$$ yaaay
giving friends hair cuts (when nervous and inexperienced) and having them turn out fantastic
cirque de soleil soon!
seeing photos of Burning Man from this year, and getting excited about attending with the australian contingent! (2010)
Your Vegas honeymoon with Nubby sounds just divine Gala! I’ll be at your wedding/birthday in spirit. :) # My gorgeous friend NavyWife who overnight couriered some delicious cupcakes to my mother as a get well present! # My gorgeous “nieces” – the daughters of Ms Bee. Childlike innocence is awesome and I could sit and listen to them for hours. I think Baby Bee may even have said her first word the other night… I could have sworn I heard “flower” – what an awesome first word! # Lying on my mum’s bed with her, watching “Deep Impact” and bawling my eyes out and the sad parts… I also love Morgan Freeman! # Uni breaks and the chance to just relax and have some peace and quiet # The beautiful beautiful weather NZ has had for the last couple of days… roll on spring! I can’t believe how beautiful it is as I type this, and I can see a butterfly just out the window!
* Moving house. Stressful, but exciting… * New exercise and eating plan, now that I am not isolated in the countryside and can go to the gym. * Planning my new journal. * Trip to Wellington in the holidays. * The Office, in particular, Michael’s “Prison Mike” * My best friend Josh * My French speaking competition on the weekend, for which I could win two weeks in Paris next year!
C’est tout :)
We’re still a few hours away from Thursday here in DC, but I can already tell I’ll love it. Why? I’m moving into my new apartment! I’m so happy! I’ve already got a ton of art and posters to put up: Across the Universe, Bob Dylan, Kurt Halsey and Andy Warhol prints, et cetera. We’re also thinking of painting a wall with chalkboard paint to color all over it! I can’t wait to decorate.
Other things I love: sesame sticks, red wine, black eyeliner, getting through this long week, pineapple express, Barack Obama!
Argh! you’re seeing LPD!
Yet another reason ye be the luckiest girl to strut the earth.
1) School starts tomorrow! I just came back from an overnight trip with my class- we built rafts and go carts that fell apart. There’s nothing funnier than watching your friends falling out of a broken go cart, picking up the pieces, and running to the finish line, leaving a trail of pipes behind them. There are so many new people, which is such an awesome change. Already friends with a few, but I still need to figure out who’s who.
2) Having almost all my classes with my best friend! I’m gonna drive her craaazzzzy.
3) Wandering around SoHo with my friends on the last day of summer! I spent half the time laughing. I could talk with my friends for years and not get bored. I finally went to Anthropologie! I can cross that off my list of things to do… now I just have to add buy something from anthropologie!
4) Realizing how amazing my friends are when they decided out of the blue to redecorate my room for my birthday. And when my friend katie told me she was getting me a gift card to Urban Outfitters because she knew I never actually shop for myself and only justify spending a ton of money on my friends. My friends rock.
God, Gala, I am so frickin’ excited for you! I’ve been surfing Craigslist obsessively for the past few months, trying to get a feel for sub-leases in NY and LA…ack! Keep us updated! xo
Things I Love:
- retail therapy. I’ve been feeling down of late so I’ve been indulging. – my friends. Some of them have really come through for me. – finding out I have a cracked rib! Haha! I’m so happy to know what’s wrong with me finally.
Aaah. I’m crazy stressed out and such, and I really can’t tell why. School starting up again? Starting the pill and getting crazy mood swings while adjusting to the hormones? Not being allowed to work out while recovering from a groin injury? Must concentrate. I know this list will help.
Wednesday night Project Runway dates with my freshman roommate. It’s nice for us to spend an hour together again. We don’t see each other enough anymore :(
Intro to Women and Gender Studies has me so freaking pumped. The reading list? Incredible. The professor? Marvelous. The number of friends I have in the class? Astounding.
My Comp Lit class also looks awesome, and I had the professor last semester and adore her.
Cookie dough which I totally have in my fridge for ‘emergencies’ and which I am declaring my stressful night to be after I finish this.
Have a great trip Gala! Pity you weren’t in Auckland long enough for an iCiNG gathering of some sort… maybe in summer?!
Recently I’m loving..
Spring! I totally agree Gala, its hit just in the last week. I was in the South Island on holiday last week and we were so lucky with the weather for the 3 days we were skiing, then we got home and it was nice for the rest of the weekend! It was the first time in months we could actually get washing done outside and do some gardening – very exciting!
Holidays We took last week off work to head south and see friends and go skiing. It was cold, especially in Dunedin (not really a fan, I’ve very seldom had nice weather there, even in summer!), but it was great to just relax, hang out with people we don’t see very often, and not worry about work.
Puppies Our friends we were visiting have cute dogs – Papillons, one of which was a puppy (went to his new home in Wellington the day we left)... and the mummy dog had her new baby on Monday just a couple of days after we’d gone! They’re such sweet dogs, although fairly hyper and a bit yappy… but still gorgeous.
Skiing and being adventurous Its a while since we’d been skiing (3+ years!) so we’d been really looking forward to it. We were so lucky with the weather, and fell in love with Treble Cone in Wanaka (our first time skiing that mountain). Lovely long slopes, with big fast lifts and not too many people. On our last day we even climbed the last 100m above a lift up to the top of the mountain! It was all in snow/ice, pretty steep, especially the last few metres which involved inching sideways along a narrow ridgey bit and then climbing a nearly-vertical bit…. The views from the top were amazing though – surrounded by mountains (I love the Southern Alps!). And we made it back down safely – very slowly and carefully, but we were pretty proud of ourselves as it was harder than we’d thought it would be! Especially me, I’m a total wimp so if I’d known it would be that hard and scary I may not have attempted it!
Dancing As always. Now a bunch of girls from my class and I may actually be seriously setting ourselves up as a performance troupe! We’re having a proper discussion with our potential manager on Saturday… ooooh excitement!
My gorgeous kitty She was on her own for a week, with just visitors once a day to feed her. So since we’ve been home shes been very smoochy and extra cuddly – so cute!
-Leonard Cohen
-finding cool things
-running so fast it gets you high
-trying to focus
-knowing that the world probably loves me no matter how stressed I feel right now
-My new friends. We study journalism together and they are amazing! So funny and nice. Really enthusiastic about life. Just what i need.
-Cocorosie and Regina Spektor. Pretty sounds.
-Having a lot of things to do. It can’t be somewhat stressful, but I enjoy writing papers and thinking.
-90210 and Gossip Girl. Enough said.
Things I love this Thursday:
Finally getting Thursday nights off!: I’ve been working the last few Thursdays and I really miss my free time to go shopping.
Upcoming visits from my boyfriend: He’s coming in the last week of September, after all my assessments are due!
Planning to move out: My best friend and I are planning to move out together soon, or when we can afford it.
Marc Jacobs’ butterfly shoe boots: www.net I am in love with them, but can’t afford them!
I’d have to say I’m excited about you coming to New York right now! :)
I hadn’t commented here for quite a while! I’ve been missing icing!
what am I loving…
the moment
I feel so film-ish, I’m currently sitting the entrance of my department, in my staircase (i live in a third floor) sitting with my laptop, currently stealing internet from a nieghbor (i know, i know, i am sorry, but the internet company has taken foreveeeer to come and install)...it is pouring outside and there’s a party nearby with a woman singing opera-like/ broadway musical songs…the last one? the music of the night from the phantom of the opera.
and I love new ideas too=)
* My brand new raspberry pink laptop with silvery keys * Coffee and a fresh croissant for breakfast * Riding my horse bareback * Cold Comfort Farm- one of those books I can’t read in public because I sit there giggling to myself the whole time… * Merry Happy by Kate Nash- listening to this for the first time and I am completely addicted…
Split tongues, lust, and Japan = the book “Snakes and Earrings”, if I’m remembering correctly?
I am, today, loving that the woman who hit my boyfriend’s car 18 months ago (giving me whiplash that required about a year of physical therapy, to the tune of US$15,000) pled guilty to drunk driving.
I’m also glad that the sentence wasn’t too harsh (suspended jail time: she served 5 days and has 6 months if she violates probation, had already lost her license for 6 months from the day of the accident, and owes some fines), because as much trouble as it caused me, I don’t think it should ruin her life completely.
(*)Things I love Thursday(*)
* Making tasty new food out of my new cook book Veganomicon * Finishing assesments on time * New nailpolish from some crazy little cosmetic store * Having tickets to the theatre for tonight * Reading the Nancy Drew books that finally arived from ebay * My new pink polkadotted bedspread * Dark chocolate * Squee Comicbooks * New jeans from Sportsgirl *
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School
My Camera Charger
Cold Rooms
My Hair
Self Timer & Mini Tripod
My friends that I missed over summer vacation
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A few things perhaps worth checking out:
www.seneccaandco.com (The collection comes out in october, and I’m grabbing it allllll up.)
Mickey Avalon – JANE FONDA & MR. RIGHT (he came to my city and it was crassssy, haha, speaking of stuck-in-your-head-subconsciously-for-centuries-break-out-in-song-randomly-songs)
Alexander Wang Fall 2008
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PW6xT… Gorrrgeoussssss.
XXX
today i’m loving:
the afterglow of an amazing andrew bird show tonight at millennium park in chicago
being halfway done with the first week of school
christine fellows cds, and fall-themed mix cds from friends
the end of the summer and the beginning of the fall
I am in love with the spring weather in NZ! I’ve been getting headaches from lying out in the sun too long, but it’s so worth it after a long, cold winter. ;] The scent of flowers is in the air and the ice-cream truck is starting to make its rounds again — I’m so excited!~
Blowdrying My Hair. New Haircuts. Short stories. Shirley Temples. Going Out To Lunch. Shirts Tucked Into Skirts. Foreign Films With Subtitles. Key Lime Pie. Drinking Too Much Water. Blue Mermaid Nailpolish. etc. etc. etc.
Squeal, Gala, you’re coming to my home-town. I’m sure those days will be more fabulous in your presence.
There’s two cupcake bakeries I know of, Mad Hatter Cupcakes and Cupcake Lane, but there as far away from the strip as one can get.
Mad Hatter is super-sweet, they let you custom make your own cupcake with filling and a decoration.
I just realized, I’ve been to busy with homework to do a tilt…
+Band- I am sore, but that’s ok, because it means something’s working. And I’ll take any excuse to play pop tunes as loud as possible and dance like there’s no tomorrow.
+Advanced placement classes. Fun.
+My new glasses- by some strange stroke of luck I found the sweetest pair of cat-eye glasses. They’re a olivey-gold colour and have shell accents in the corners. My dream pair… ^^
+The colour combination of purple and gold
+My bento box
Hee… hope you enjoy your travels, Gala.
+ the verve. yay fourth.
+ boyfriend.
+ coffee.
+ freaks and geeks.
Ooh, heres my short list!
I’m excited about upcoming weddings, Accounting Geek Reunion 2: Return of the Geek 08 (aka a few people from my uni class all gathering together from all over the country), getting a new job which is interesting and fun, new shopping centres opening very soon (too excited!), Wallace and Grommits designer photoshoot for the previously mentioned shopping centre (love Grommits Wayfarers!), finally going forwards with my photography thing, and of course the free paper that is given to me at the train station when I commute. (Its been far too long since I read it, and its great)
* bikram yoga- my god so punishing, so intense, everytime I’m like I wont go back- and I do because I know it’s good for me & is quite exhilirating along with the challenge.
* giving blood- have been meaning to do this for years! and now I have a bandage on my arm & feeling glad that my donation today will hopefully make a small (1/2 litre) difference to someone out there
*Spppppppppppprrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnggg! fully sick awesome. welcome back sunshine!
*daylesford& daytrips
*The Burlesque Hour! my god moira finucane you’re insane…the whole show- an entire hour of just total unexpected freaky awesomeness and grrrl powah! Check It Out!
happy thursday smooshyfaces..xxoo
(safetrip galapants!)
loving: working at a toy store (that really gets into halloween and decorates accordingly!), dollhouse furniture, being motivated, motivated people, huge salads, cleaning my room, decorating.
I’m loving the Ting Tings too!
I am also loving the universe, sleeping in, chocolate biscuits and sunny weather.
*I am super exited about moving to London to be an au pair for the cutest little babyboy ever!
*This evening and night which will be all sparkling, fabulous partying!
*memories from high school brought back from songs
*the autumn which is quietly beginning. crazy colored leaves and that fantastic autumn light!
*green pesto! it is the most delicious thing ever
*having to go shopping for practical clothes
BAAAHAHAHAhaha
Kylie Mole
Gala you are bloody hilarious.
It’s so lame you don’t live in the same country as me anymore; Australia kind of lost a bit of its street cred the day you left. Ha!
Hope you have a good flight, lovely =)
clumsykisses.giraffeonastick.c…
And your nails look so good!
* I love my boyfriend, he’s being so sweet and amazing right now! He made me a mix CD for my birthday last week, and wrote on the cover why each song reminds him of me! Really sweet.
* I love my friends right now, they got me some amazing birthday presents last week and all turned up to my party and we had a fantastic time!
* Last Thursday was my birthday, and being 19 is weird! But the Friday was my party and I’m still getting over how fabulous it was! It was Queens, Kings and Fairytales themed and I made a black forest gateau, which is a chocolate and cherry 4 layer cake which was amazing.
* I start my Fine Art degree on Monday, which I’m nervous about, but excited too! It’ll be so good to see what it’s like at last!
* Moving into my student house on Sunday! I’m excited about this too, I know I’ll miss my boyfriend heaps, but I’m still excited about living with my mates (two of whom are doing the same degree as me).
* My boyfriend’s band have their first paid gig tomorrow, which hopefully I’ll go to. I’m very excited for them!
I am in a horrendous bed-ridden post-anaesthesia state at the moment, and totally hopped up on medication but I just HAD to write the thing I am LOVING this Thursday is the Petite section on Topshop!!
And that they have like ten stores in the Philippines which I am going to in the summer! How do they have it over there and not in Australia! Crazy!
Highlight of my day :)
I LOVE
Adventures in the universe!!!!!!!!! <3
Cheshire cat friends
I love that all anyone wants to do is help you and all you need to do is ask
Mocha soy puddings, vegan yummies
That I’ve joined a band, ahahahaha! We’re going to be FAMOUS
My Bloody Valentine
Big L
Sunshine, trees, parks, alcohol
Letting go
AH! I love The Simpsons, I love love LOVE The Simpsons! :D
Addition: LEMON MERINGUE PIE. The one concession to my healthy diet. I LOVE IT.
You’ll love Vegas. It’s decadent and fabulous and fun. Bit of a money sucker, though – I spent $1000 in two days there, and I didn’t even gamble! Oh, and see the LOVE show at the Mirage if it’s still playing.
And I’ve also had See My Vest stuck in my head this week.
So. My things I love this Thursday:
- Edameme beans. Nutritious and tasty – I can’t get enough.
- Rediscovering black eyeliner, and the sultry look it automatically confers.
- New 90210, and the 9021-Ho viewing party I’m planning on hosting on Saturday night.
- My Democratic National Convention party last weekend.
- Running into ex-boyfriends at parties, and finding it an unexpectedly pleasant experience.
- Verge Arts Festival, now happening at Sydney University.
- Sydney Biennale, closing this weekend.
- Really embarrassing e-book I read last night that will possibly save me a year in therapy.
- Doing my boss’s job this week and kicking ass.
- Free makeover at Napolean scheduled for late October.
- Keeping my room tidy.
- Free Will Astrology. And the Astrology song you linked to today.
- Finally finding someone to take my wardrobe before my lease runs out on my old house.
- New flatmates, and lovely relaxed household.
*Spring!
*Forgetting my grocery list and coming home with bags and bags of fruit- because that’s all i could imagine wanting to eat at the time.
*Teaching my American flatmate how to make Mac and Cheese “from scratch”, she was so excited(adorable!)
*Robin Hobb books – Just finished reading Fool’s Fate
...I cried…more than once..
*Meeting new and unusual people.
*Strange, wonderful dreams that seem more like memories
the complete&detailed list: sweetfancytreat.blogspot.com/
-color coordination with my new mp3 player
-reasonable wheather.
-reading.
-dreams coming true.
-people.
-writing.
-laughing.
-grapes.
-music.
-coffee&cocoa.
-black&white photography.
-achievements&anticipation
-post-its with funny faces
I adore Vegas, I’ve gone many times, but only once since I’ve been old enough to drink and gamble, haha.
You MUST go to fremont street and see the overhead light show, it’s pretty amazing. If you’re staying on the strip, hop a cab down to the stratosphere hotel and go to polyesther’s one night, it’s this dance club with a 60s room, 70s room, 80s room, and 90s room :).
Ooooh, bring us back some cupcakes from the Retro! They look sumptuous.
- Entering hot cocoa season
- Remembering how to layer
- Brick-sized brownies shared with friends
- Loads of fun fall thrifting with money I don’t quite have
Shiny turquoise nails!: I painted my nails with Sally Hansen New Lengths in Seaside yesterday, and I’m absolutely loving it! It’s bright and Shiny and makes me happy.
Coffee: When is coffee Not on my list? Never, that’s when.
Purple!: I own this one purple shirt, and I want to wear it everyday (...but I don’t..I AM wearing it today, though.). Must.Buy.More.Purple.Clothing.
Mini Goals/Personal Challenges: I’ve broken some of my larger goals into small goals for next week and the month of September. I’m excited about starting them!
Fall Weather!: The Weather has turned colder earlier then usual this year, which delights me to NO END! I love the fall, and can’t wait for the leaves to start turning. I just hope this doesn’t mean an early winter..
Fresh Tomatoes, grown by me: I have a tomato plant in a pot on my back deck, and it’s chalk full of cherry tomatoes! Yum!
M.E. I think you have a lovely attitude toward the woman who hit you :)
* Manuka honey (I shouldn’t have hugged that friend who said ‘I have the flu’!)and I swear I feel better than I would if I hadn’t taken it.
* My brother wanting to get together for a family dinner. This is very unusual for him because he has aspergers and is basically a hermit.
* A clean house. I spent half a day cleaning yesterday and it all looks lovely and spick and span!
* Wearing cotton gloves and handcream to bed at night. I swear by this! I’ve always had terrible cuticles but since I’ve started slathering my hands in handcream and pawpaw ointment and wearing gloves, they’re awesome!
* Feeling my love for my boy deepen and grow, and freaking out less about our wedding!
~ Oldies. I love listening to bands from the 50’s and 60’s! It’s so much fun to sing along!
~ The fall. I’m trying to get over my denial that summer is over. I do love the fall with its beautifully colored trees, moments of fog, and of course being able to make new scarves for the season!
~ Concerts! G. Love is less than 2 weeks away! Woo!
~ The anticipation of kissing someone for the first time. That’s all I shall say about that.
~ My new website! So it’s only in it’s very beginning stages, but it feels good to have it finally started!
~ Barack Obama. I feel it necessary to say, following last night’s, er, events.
It’s my birthday :D so most things are to do with that (Despite it being a pretty crappy birthday)..
Being back at school; my new headphones; my iPod docker!; finally having a cover for said iPod so it stops being scratched up; seeing my friends again; being in classes with friends; getting people to call me Kati; friendship bracelets; lindt; glow-in-the-dark socks.
ooh gala, quelle excitation! i’m already looking forward to hearing about all the adventures you get into!
this week, i’m qvelling over…
TiLT I have been making an effort to participate in TiLT every Thursday, because I love the feeling of joyful awareness it creates in my day. And I find myself thinking of things to add to my list all week…it really makes me realize all of the wonderful tangibles (& intangibles) in my life!!
smiling babies The other day I was waiting to cross the street when a small child (probably a toddler) smiled and waved at me from inside a passing bus. SO. ADORABLE. It totally made me smile all day!
lunch picnics Instead of getting the same old sandwich or salad for lunch today, I stopped at Whole Foods and picked up a mini-baguette, some salami, and a wedge of gouda. I am heading outside to enjoy my picnic in the sunshine!
my ipod After having broken earbuds since mid-May, yesterday I FINALLY got a new pair! I am now jamming to all of the great music I forgot I had…the walk to and from work will be 1000x better.
the light of late summer The past week or so I have noticed that the sunlight seems to be getting softer & more beautiful as the summer fades to fall…or maybe it’s just me. Either way, it’s fantastic to watch!
supporting myself Now that I’m working full-time and am getting regular paychecks, it seems completely amazing that I am able to actually pay for things on my own without bankrupting myself. I may be maturing in some respects, but I’m a long way from being a grown-up (cue Peter Pan syndrome, hahahah).
life I said this last week, but I feel I must repeat it. Pure and utter bliss. I am so blessed.
Honorable mentions giant crystal paperweights, having really random songs stuck in my head for days, fresh flowers, fall anticipation, work “dates” with cute but unavailable men, physical chemistry, being outside, my rooftop pool!, all things Duffy, planning my big haircut, incredible opportunities, coffee & tea, experimenting with French cooking, fireworks, vast horizons, and useless information.
what do i love this Thursday?
- my friends, and the fact that they are so damn good at making me smile!!
- the fact that school is actually really fun right now
- having some ‘alone’ time just to sit and think
- Hoobastank! they are epic!!!
- Viennese biscuits, you know, the ones with the chocolate in the middle. WOW! actually, just biscuits in general…
I am loving –
Living in a brand new city that I know nothing about.
Getting lost in this new city, not freaking out and finding my way back to my destination.
The rush from a job interview gone perfectly.
Vegan eateries on every street (Portland is the most vegan friendly city in the US)
My new pink bike that is being delivered today.
My 10 year old son discovering D&D, and wanting to play it with me :)
There are lots more things that I love but right now…those are the things that are making me SMILE!!
BBC2, live Coldplay concert, streaming here at work.. they are soo incredible live, even if their newer studio albums aren’t as good as the old ones…live all their music is great!
my brother’s band opening for Bobby Lee Rodgers and the Codetalkers tommorow and saturday nite
making plans for a trip to London over christmas with my best friend
realizing people are really there for me, in a steadfast kind of way, no matter what i might think
being able to breathe through my back pain today and focus and work anyways
See you so soon Mama!
xo,
Your problem child
-High school! I started today and I love it, I’m meeting a lot of new people and it’s tons of fun.
-Neutral colors! I’ve gone through a bright-color phase and neutrals are amazing to me right now.
-Michael’s craft stores – I bought charms there the other day and made earrings that would have cost about $16 for about a dollar, yay!
my new macbook – i’ve wanted one for so long, i almost can’t believe that i finally, finally have it! it’s so lovely and so much fun, i much prefer it to my old pc already. and it’s so portable! amazing.
handstands – i rediscovered these yesterday and they’re really, er, fun – i know it sounds stuid, but really, they are!
stewart lee – best comedian ever.
Omg! I’m loving everything right now!
My sister’s having her baby soon
my Pharmacy Tech class
the fact that’s it’s Thursday
The L Word
Bones
the fact that it’s almost fall
the fact that I get to wear scrubs to school (they are so comfy)
meeting new ppl
Oh,and of course the great Ms.Gala Darling!
Darling, I really, really hope that we can get together in Vegas, even if just for a wee bit (a drink perhaps?) I would really, really love to meet the both of you. Let’s do it!
Right now I am loving: *Nights curled up on the couch with the window open. *Cookies for breakfast *The smell of vanilla. *Silky ruffles. *Urban foraging of fruit and veggies. *Daydreaming of becoming a food writer. *Running into inspiring people around Portland. *Iced Americanos.
I’m excited about…
The hint of sun that is coming through melbourne skies :)
two months till spring racing carnival!!!
planning a trip to byron bay with my boy
the amazing music festivals over summer
and starting my beauty theropy course next year!! YAY
Have an amazing trip gorgeous!!!
I’ve been looking forward to posting this so I waited until I’d finished my assignment – even though it’s Friday.. I always love treat-based reward systems – otherwise I’d never get anything done! Anyway this is my Things I Love Thursday —
+ That Cherry Ripe is being sold in New Zealand now! My best friend used to send it to me from Australia when she was living there.. I love it!
+ Catching the cable car up to uni.. The other day there was a bus strike in Wellington and I honestly can’t face walking up to Kelburn (walking DOWN is fine.. haha!) so I caught the cable car! It was so old fashioned and lovely — and CHEAPER than the bus, AND more environmentally friendly! It’s the best thing.
+ My dad totally is my favourite person, not only is it Father’s Day this weekend in NZ but he is also paying my horrific VISA bill this month.. He’s the BEST.
+ My ‘Sniff’ tissues I bought in New York at Chelsea Market.. I rediscovered them today, because I have a bit of a cold, anyway they are pink and SO COOL – and totally functional.
+ Proper old-fashioned shoe nugget/polish. I love the way it makes your shoes look so lovely and it just tops your outfit off in the groomed stakes.
Hope you have an amazing trip, Gala.. And if you can’t be good – share the photos afterwards!
x
Its a bit late, but the thoughts have been brewing!
* Our impending holiday to Bali- we leave tomorrow and its going to be great. After a rough couple of weeks my whole family needs this break away together. Bring on the sun, sand and bintang!
* My dad- Last week my dad was diagnosed with early prostate cancer and it has been a big shock to us all. I have always had an incredible bond with Dad and he is my best friend. I love him every thursday, but felt like really making a point of acknowledging him this week. I am keeping positive that after he has had surgery in October that he will be fine and we can just carry on with life as we have been.
* My mates have been great this last couple of weeks so they deserve some special love today :)
- arriving home after being away for four days to sleep deeply in my wonderful comfy bed with my boy :)
- receiving my second scholarship payment in the mail. it’s nice to see a decent balance in my bank account!
- the gorgeous red dress that i found to wear to my mum’s wedding; i only found it the day before the wedding, too.
- falling asleep to the sound of rain on the roof
- ferraro rocher-flavoured gelati. mmm…
- starting to find my way with the new novel i’m working on.
- spring! i can feel the warmth returning..
- earl grey tea. the BEST.
GALA!! thats so cool you’re going to VeGoose, you will love that city, it is TOO MUCH! i discovered your blog of beauty while i was living there (im an aussie girl, back home now!). But while you are there you absolutely MUST go to Los Tacos on East Charleston and have a soft taco because they are hands down the very best tacos in the city, possibly the country even. The mexicans i was living with while there will attest to this too. go to the Paris and stare at the sky, ride the monorail at night and look at the lights, and of course go to the Bellagio and look at the glass flowers on the ceiling of the lobby, they are gorgeous www.bellagio.com/amenities/lob… when i was there i went to a place just out of the city called Red Rock Canyon and went hiking, it’s beaty is harsh, rugged, amazing, and the rock changes color with the setting of the sun. Fo’ Real! ok well im sure you will have heaps of things to do but thats just my 2 cents.
and for my secret TiLT well… i think im in love!! but don’t tell anyone yet!..... but i think he loves me too! :D
Have an awesome time girl xo
yay! you’re coming to Vegas! it’s so funny that you mention Retro Bakery, because i live here and i haven’t even heard of them! We also have the Cupcakery, the Chocolate Swan for non-cupcake yummies, and Ronald’s Donuts, which has a lovely collection of vegan donuts. you should also check out the Griffin, which is my favorite lounge/bar downtown. it’s a shame you guys aren’t going down there more towards October, because every first Friday of the month, all of the art galleries downtown open up at night, and there are live performances and whatnot.
IMHO, skip the retro bakery and hightail it to the cupcakery in green valley… The best I have ever had, nicest owner. I even picked up the hottest dressy apron there.
And Lisa above me is right about the griffin, my very favorite to.. Not very vegasy at all, but you are steps away from fremont street…
Have a wonderful time!
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