Things I Love Thursday
[ 19 September 2008 ]
Having Nubby by my side — I’m so happy to have my Virgo soulmate back! She is amazing & I’m so pleased that we get along like we do. Everything is very easy, & well, we understand each other. It’s almost creepy sometimes but mostly I am just really glad to have someone who “gets” me! It’s cool, too, because we know a lot of the same people (though I don’t really know how that happened), & since we’re both in similar work with similar goals, we can pretty much talk about anything & it’s always interesting & entertaining. Our birthday party was amazing, & the last week staying in the makeshift Virgo Boarding House (hee) has been great, too. We have a hilarious red velvet couch routine & have spent many many hours sitting, talking, walking, shopping, plotting & blogging side-by-side. Tomorrow we’re going to Vegas — woo woo! — but on Monday she flies out of my life for another few months. Pout. Does she have to go?!
The Virgo Extravaganza — I know I’ve already written about it, but seriously, it was good, yo! The weather was really warm & even though it looked like it might threaten to rain at any moment, it didn’t. Everyone was so so so cute & lovely, & we were really overwhelmed by how sweet everyone was. Nubby & Star turned up with a bunch of helium balloons which matched my dress perfectly, & there was lots of hugging & excitement as we caught up. (I hadn’t seen Star in two years!) Timmy took a bunch of awesome pictures of the day, & then he, Nubby, Gilda & I piled into the subway clutching our bags, balloons, roses, cakes & other assorted nonsense (!!!) before going to our hotel. We are definitely thinking about renewing our vows every year, & really, the parties are just going to get bigger & better… Maybe we should have next year’s in the Bermuda Triangle?!
The Hotel On Rivington — We decided that we wanted to stay in a cool hotel for the night of our birthday, & after about a billion emails back & forth, we finally decided on the Hotel On Rivington. It was the ideal choice. Our room was great, with floor-to-ceiling windows & an enormous (& I do mean enormous, it was easily a four-person bed) Tempur-Pedic bed. The shower was AWESOME too, set against the outside of the building with a wall made of glass — which meant you could watch the entire East Village as you scrubbed yourself (& uh, they could see you, too). It was my favourite part of the room, I spent a lot of time there. I want a glass shower, ahhh it was so good! Anyway, the hotel was great — the staff were really friendly & helpful, the room was lovely & the location was impeccable. A+++! Would trade again!
The Garment District — I was in the Garment District last week to go to a Stephen Burrows show (which was amazing — & I was sitting opposite Carol Alt & Jay Alexander!), & when the show (which was brilliant) was over, I crossed the road to go into a trimmings shop. It was amazing. Glittery crystals, sparkly pendants, neon ribbons… It was a magpie’s dream. I spied a bunch of tiaras in a cabinet & told the cute little Chinese lady that it was my birthday & I thought I needed one. She gave me a whole lot to try, & then told me, “That one! I like that one!” Her enthusiasm was totally contagious, & so I bought it. Thank you, cute little Chinese lady. You helped make my birthday even more magical.
Adventures in the Meatpacking District — Last night, after a photoshoot in the middle of the street in the East Village, Nubby & I caught a cab to W. 13th Street to see what we could see. In a whirlwind of colour & madness, we started off on the roof of the Hotel Gansevoort, overpriced drinks in hand. After wishing happy birthday to the friend of an ex-pornstar, we were cornered on the street by a video crew who shone a light at us & asked us questions about our sex life. A few short minutes later, after navigating our way around the cobblestones, an enthusiastic gay guy waved us over & asked if he could take a picture with us. After running in & out of clubs, our feet finally got the better of us & we hobbled home… but not before catching up with the video crew again, & snapping this picture with the host… which I absolutely LOVE.
Honourable mentions: The word “fudge-packer” (oh so funny); blowing kisses to bus-drivers; cups of coffee the size of my head; rooftop pools; birthday cake for breakfast; sweet lemon cocktails; When I’m With You by the Legendary Pink Dots (& yes, I am going to their show!); Las Vegas anticipation; naked gymnastics; Michael Jackson’s Twitter!!!; laughing on the subway until I hyperventilate; compliments from friendly strangers; $10 lattes at The Plaza; introducing Nubby to my shoe guy at Bergdorf’s; aloe vera juice; Marie‘s corn outfit (& watching my wife jump on a bed in it); walking the streets of Manhattan in my Betsey Johnson dress & full transvestite make-up; $1000 bills; dreams of Bob Saget; birthday phone-calls from Mike Dooley; dressing up like babushkas in H&M; gourmet marshmallows; super-long Virgo to-do lists; foot rubs; Nubby’s accent (way too cute); my birthday twin Molly Crabapple!; considering the iCiNG national tour (oh yeahhhh); talking about New York plumbing in Starbucks; “I feel like a corpse.” “You feel like a reptile!” “You feel like a vampire!”; lizard people in general; plotting to club intruders with an obese person’s prosthetic leg (Nubby says, “I would totally do it, it’s like a baseball bat. You can’t throw any of this other stuff!”); picture-perfect suburban America; cute curled-up snuggle-sleep; writing on the porch swing!
“One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.” — Salvador Dali
What are you adoring this week?
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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my macbook, still – have had it for two weeks now, it’s still my favourite thing. probably.
cheesy quotes from amazing songs – i got to choose one to have engraved in the back of the ipod i’m getting for my birthday, so it’s saying ‘i will sing a hymn / for the things we didn’t do’. ah, hefner. i’m not obsessed with apple, though, i would like to point out.
harold and maude – saw it for the first time yesterday, it’s really… nice. surprisingly so, i thought.
bleak house – it’s actually really funny. i didn’t like it last time i tried, but i’ve since tried other victorian lit and now i’ve gone back to it it seems amazing in camparison. i’m just not a big fan of victoriana.
less than three weeks until university – i am stupidly excited.
david foster wallace & reginald shepherd – two great writers. both died too young. RIP.
TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!!! I think I love that most of all this Thursday :D
Also I love your birthday dress Gala, it was stunning. I wish I had a birthday outfit like that, although I am pretty happy with my hot pink pants and silver Converse. Tee hee!
Also: *birthday chocolate truffles
*birthday cake
*birthday presents
*seeing my best friend tonight (I haven’t seen her in FOREVER)
*apparently one of my friends is buying me a parasol? Hooray!!!
*Bedouin Soundclash show last Friday (They were better than their albums!!)
*a whole month of Edgar Allan Poe in my American Lit class (!!)
Lovely! I’m loving …
- not just holding my own, but actually loving teaching in a wicked dicey neighborhood. My students are amazing and hilarious and wonderful.
- Nye’s Polonaise! Esquire’s ‘Best Bar in America’ is, inexplicably, in Minneapolis and we’re going tonight. You’d love it so hard, Gala. Please do stop by when you’re in the neighborhood visiting Slug. Nye’s has been around since 1950 and still has the same decor and alot of the same staff! They have a polka band, piano bar karaokea and great Polish food. It’s a funny/lovely/joyful mix of 60 year olds and hipsters.
- Seeing my wee Mum. She’s a tiny little blonde thing and looks every inch the primary teacher that she is. But she’s a fiesty one! Her favorite TV shows are “Antique Roadshow” and “Arrested Development.” What?!
Things I do not love this Thursday: When my post posts a million times. I’m really sorry =[
* Things I love Thursday on Thursday’s!
yay birthdays!!
Things I love:
my boyfriend coming home from Canada finally, and showering him with birthday gifts like exotic teas and bushcraft knives! And he keeps trying them out and then phoning me excitedly to report back on how much he enjoyed them.
my fringe I missed having a kicky side fringe to go with my crazy curls, and now it’s back my face feels the right shape again
choosing new writing directions fictional prose, here I come!
anticipation of going to the theatre to see Hamlet on Saturday. I’ve got the jittery theatre excitement, I’ll explode when the lights go down and the curtains come up!
making mood boards of styles and fashion ideas I love
making things I made my own jewellery box the other day and it’s fabulous, sooo much better than if I’d bought one! I decorated it with white paint and dark red rose print.
A creative week :)
Gala, I love the pics from your party! It looks like you had such an amazing day! I really, really love that photo that’s just of your legs and shoes when you’re sitting on the rock. It’s very arty and cool.
Here is my Things I Love Thursday:
+ Having money again.. After my big Canada/US trip I was sooo poor but I’m doing all these random jobs at the moment – which are also fun – and it’s a good feeling having money again
+ Tiny rainbows that reflected from my necklace and danced all around the walls and my desk and work last weekend. They were pretty and really cheered me up!
+ Getting tickets to the Sevens for me and four friends! The 40,000 + tickets available for the stadium sold out in TEN MINUTES, but I GOT TICKETS! I feel so superior. It’s not until February but I can’t wait!!!
+ The Bronze Horseman, by Paulina Simons.. Probably the best book in the world, on so many levels. I am re-reading it for about the 100th time and every time I read it I find something that I had forgotten about. Amazing.
+ Reconnecting with old friends – I have a couple of friends visiting me on Labour weekend, who I haven’t seen for YEARS. I’m so excited about planning our weekend!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
This Thursday, I love my newly shorn head :D
I did it on Wednesday to raise awareness for cancer…. and I LOVE it so much. It feels amazing, it looks way better than I ever thought it would, and the best thing is all the support everyone is giving me.
Aside from that, I love my new friends, that it is jeans and sweater weather, and that it is almost the weekend!
AND in less than a month, I will get to see my family for Thanksgiving. So excited!
Warmed Vogel’s & Coffee – they just go!
Kyle’s Smile – Lil boy I have been looking after, passed away last friday night, but everytime i shut my eyes i can see his smile =)
Kobe – my dog and Boni – my friends dog – running around our section at 90 mile an hour
Getting more hours at work – and being trained on the reception side of running a motel!! =) loving it
Girly Pink Nails – which contradict everything else in my life
My Mum – i love the way shes dealing with everything thats happened this year, how strong she is, how i now have a million different siblings cos she adopts everyone of mine and brothers friends they all call her mum even the rugby team she managers.
Our House – the fact that its falling down and in dire need of repair meh – its home and its comfy and its definately lived in!! oh and its YELLOW!!
Realising that falling in love with my best friend is never going to work, and stumbling across a cutie to fantasise a bout instead :)
ohhhh and i nearly forgot!!
FREESIA’S are starting to bloom!!!
- the weather slowly getting warmer… then dropping back to cold again… warmer, warmer, then cold. it’s making me crazy with anticipation for summer!
- planning parent-time in the holidays. I’m going to go home and mum wants to take me to all the new shops she’s discovered lately, then we’re all going on a roadtrip out to woopwoopville for a reunion – it’s the town I lived in as a baby and I have no memory of living there, so it should be fun!
- starting new projects at uni… I’ll be cursing them the night before they’re due, but in the beginning I love planning out what I want to do!
- philosophy melon daiquiri body wash
- lighting my scented candle whenever my boyfriend isn’t home.. it’s like my secret lover!
- passionfruits and mangoes… and looking forward to eating lots of them!
- teenvogue… I like reading them a few months late so the seasons match up.. hehe!
- shrinkydinks! so cool
- being able to make my own swimwear… we’ve been learning at uni and I made a really cute bikini top the other day!
- tomatoes… being a poor student leads to interesting diets and for the last few days I’ve been eating ‘tomato salad’ – ingredients: 2 tomatoes, chopped up. sprinkle with salad dressing. we have no lettuce or cucumber or any other salad ingredients!
- my boyfriend. I was so stressed about this assignment I had no idea how to tackle, and he came home from work and before even taking off his shoes or having a snack, he read the assignment brief then wrote me a step-by-step list of the tasks I need to do… so sweet and so helpful!
**I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again…MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I love the old mom and pop stores that line the streets, especially the shoe store with the shoe boxes that are stored in shelves that go all the way up to the ceiling. I love walking to the outdoor mall and farmer’s market just down the street. I love watching people walk their dogs. I just love it.
** The palm trees outside my bedroom window. I’m on the second floor, so I look right into the fronds. I find it strangely relaxing.
**Friends coming! I have a couple of good friends coming to LA from England in a week. So excited to plan everything we’re going to do!
**My mechanic. My car has hit the age where it needs lots of stuff done at once. Not fun. But my mechanic is way nice, explains everything to me over and over again, and tells me truthfully what needs to be done now and what can wait. I really appreciate that since I’m kind of broke at the moment. And it feels nice to have my car finally being worked on. Yeah, it sucks to have to pay so much, but it’s going to be nice to have it off my mind after so many months of dreading it.
**Watching Peewee’s Big Adventure, one of my fave movies, in Hollywood Forever Cemetary on Saturday, then going out for drinks in Chinatown afterwards. I love my city.
**Chocolates from Italy that a co-worker brought in. YUM
**Having a good friend stay with my roommate and me. We’ve been friends for quite a while now, so I don’t feel the pressure to entertain him or anything…we just hang when I’m off work. It’s kind of awesome.
**America’s Next Top Model and Project Runway Wednesdays! Best reality TV day of the week!
**Playing with clothes I already own to come up with new, sexy ways to wear them. Fun!
**The 24 hour deli around the corner from my house. Too good.
moving to poland! we’re teaching english in a small, southeastern town. awesome.
london! what an amazing city. it has little surprises around every corner.
archaeology friends from uni IN LONDON! it’s like a little bit of north american transported here . . .
food markets! um, borough market? AMAZING.
rhubarb! like the tastiest leaf-stalks EVER that everyone passes over for apple pie. mmmmmmm rhubarb.
Silicon Valley – Oh yes, it’s official. I’m going to California on October and I booked and payed for my flight today. My friends Shana Pol, Largo and maybe Alekz are coming too. Ohh I’m so excited I can’t wait!
My cell phone – I haven’t said this before but my little Motorola W5 rocks. I already configured Twitter to work with it and it never leaves my sight n_n.
Talks with Sara over Twitter – Sara is my Psychology friend. We never see each other except in Twitter.
Things I’m lovin’ today:
+ This damn Hanson Christmas music I’m listening to right now. Haha I know it’s not even Halloween yet. But whatever, some of these Hanson Christmas songs are lovely. And now I miss being in 6th grade. =(
+ My boyfriend who I won’t be seeing tonight….or tomorrow night for that matter. =(
+ Smallville & Supernatural night is back today! OMG! At least I’ll have Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum and Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles to snuggle in bed with. Sort of.
+ Having afternoons off to do whatever.
+ Euphoria by Calvin Klein. The large bottle and the lotion came in the mail for me yesterday! Yummy.
+ My parents for wanting to feed me today…Haha too bad they don’t give a care the other 6 days of the week.
+ Gala’s birthday dress from Betsey Johnson (BJ, haha). It’s so cute by itself but you made it look absolutely beautiful! It was perfect on you Gala! Absolutely perfect.
+ Haha seriously this Hanson Christmas music. Three songs in particular: “What Christmas Means To Me”, “ Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), and “At Christmas”... Haha Zac was still a baby. Aww..
+ OxiClean. Such an effective stain-removing product. It removed black ink from my white tuxedo jacket.
+ Pistachios. So delicious. Best snack ever.
!!!! I am really, really LOVING this Thursday!!
1. Exams are over!!!!! Meaning I have a one-week breather before cramming starts up again. And the best thing is: I am 99.9% positive I aced every single exam! I better have anyway, after the HOURS I spent barricaded in the dorm surrounded by textbooks…as stressful as last week was though, it feels really good to have worked so hard for something and then it pays off :)
2. Taylor Swift “Love Story.” The song/video/everything is so beautiful, I can’t listen to it enough, I’ve heard it so many times in the past two days that I’ve begun humming it to myself in the elevator.
3. Checking off things on my to-do list and adding on lots more: check out the cute vintage shops in my area, hit the gym, read some Agatha Christie’s and Harry Potter and Roald Dahl’s Going Solo, sort things out with the sports team I’d like to get involved with, reconnect with old friends, make some way overdue phone calls, etc. etc. etc.
4. Agatha Christie PLAYS. I’ve been reading her novels for years but have only just started on her plays. So far I’ve read Akhnaton, Witness for the Prosecution (wonderfully twisted), The Mousetrap, The Hollow, and Ten Little Indians (a different ending from the novel version, and I ADORE it!!)
5. Making an effort. I’m new at university and it’s so easy to roll out of bed every morning and slouch off to class, especially if I have a morning class…but I feel SO much more alive and awake and excited about things if I put on a nice outfit and swipe on some lip gloss. So I am determined to make an effort at least a couple times each week.
6. My classes. All cramming aside, I am truly interested in every one of my subjects, and many of my classes relate directly to the path I see myself on in six or seven years…although it is scary to realize how soon the “Real World” is approaching; I just hope I’m ready!
7. Smoothies.
Wow, sorry this is so long, but this have been a reallyreallyreally good day!!!
-crisp weather
-eating huge delicious burritos while watching free films at the brattle
-having things to do at night
-listening to milky wimpshake and led zeppelin all week
-getting to sleep in every day
-finding a really cute tiffany’s bracelet that i got as a present years ago and forgot about and am now wearing every day
-the inexpensive books at a used bookstore i got about lillian gish, elizabeth taylor, and clark gable
-knowing that even when awful things happen in the world there are still so many good people who will be outraged and trying to stop them
-a schedule that lets me sleep in every day
-fall cleaning
-my roommate’s new quesadilla maker
-new friends
-reunions with friends who were away for the summer
-once again, my boyfriend’s new apartment
-stupid internet humor like advice dog
One week til my boyfriend hits Sydney: Eee, I am so excited!
“September Silliness”: Since my boyfriend hasn’t met any of my friends, I decided to hold a get together and my grandparents offered up their suburban mansion (complete with billiard table, lifts and intercom) and boat house!
Wagamama: I’d only ever had the gyozas before (and that in Sydney Airport while waiting for a flight to the States), but now I love ramen!
Hearing from my penpals: It’s lovely to NOT have a stack of bills and instead have pages upon pages of letters to enjoy.
Boost Juice’s Raspberry Ripe: The ONLY thing to get me through work today.
Scanning Old Photos – This is pretty self-explanatory, but it’s been so fun to look at these again! And I’ve decided to make a collage of pictures for my friend who’s getting married next year!
Blogging – I have had a blog somewhere on the internet for a long long time, but the where has changed. I am again getting into it, but I don’t have a solid concept for it yet, so I’ve been keeping it private, haha.
Pale Blue and Hot Pink – It’s a nice color combo.
My hair! – It’s rare when I am actually happy with my hair. I think it’s at a really nice length. However, I was thinking about dying it, but then I decided I really liked the color. I’m so crazy and I just like things natural.
Making collages – I’ve been making fun collages from photos from magazines I like.
Mars Phoenix – I follow it on Twitter (http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix) and there are just some amazing photos. It’s just a really awesome project for nerds like me.
I’m really happy this week!
-DIY hair dye.
-Long bus rides home.
-Finding nice Japanese rock/pop music to hum along to.
-Overhearing silly comments in class (“Wouldn’t it be cool to be like Chewbacca?” or “There were rats the size of cats in the Canadian trenches. Okay, cool.”).
-I think I have to agree with windstruck: Your birthday dress is pretty much the best thing I’ve seen in a long time.
-Discussing novel-writing with my mother.
-Cheesy harlequin novels. Actually, scratch that. Cheesy, Japanese, and homosexual harlequin novels.
-Knowing that the weekend will be soon.
* Blogging! The bug has caught me in a big way (thanks to you Gala). Can’t wait till my own website is up and running.
* Cupcakes and Mace (the domain I just bought). Really loving my name choice.
* Your infectious love for your friendship with Nubby. I’m totally jealous. I want a friend like that.
* Friday!!
* My new sneakers. They have velcro straps and have clouds, rainbows, stars and raised deer all over them (including the soles). The three velcro strips are three different colours. Bright pink, bright yellow and bright blue!!!! – From babycham if you’re interested :D
My sister who is returning home again after 7 years overseas.
Making dates to go to plays with people you hardly know.
Make up – I’m usually pretty low maintenance, so have been enjoying getting out of bed early enough these past few weeks to wash AND blow dry my hair, and put on make up.
Undies with bananas and owls on them.
everyone walks around campus refusing to make eye-contact with each other
today i said a fresh and happy good morning to someone
and she said “ah a friendly face!” made my day :)
1) Freaking out over pics of guys from my old school. A girl from my old school is now at my school… and she had pictures of all my old classmates. Some of them have grown up…very nicely ;) I texted one of the guys- I started laughing when he actually replied. My friend’s invited me to this Mardi Gras at our old school. Time to show them this shy little girl is all grown up!
2) Sleep!!! I actually got 8 or so hours last night. my latin grade suffered because of it; I didn’t really study enough for the latin test, but I’m so happy from the extra sleep that I just! don’t! care! GO SLEEP! Wow, I didn’t think I had that much pep in me.
It’s very short this week, but dinner is calling to my stomach. But the first one has kept me preoccupied for the last few days, so that should count for a lot :)
Gorgeous sunny weather but it helps if it’s on a day that I’m not working. Sigh. But sunny weather = summer on the way.
Spring flowers and all the dairies on Dominion Road having huge amounts of flowers outside their shops.
The apricot chicken dish I made last night Om nom nom.
My work giving me samples of women’s wear and it’s all in my size – happy days….
+ Starting a degree in Fine Art. + Moving to a whole new city. + Drinking white wine spritzers on a boat in the middle of a motorway almost every night + My photography skills + Finding friends in my first week, that I get along with. Added to learning lots of new accents. + Approaching student loan. + Knee high Dr Martens + Learning to sleep in my bed alone while my boyfriend adjusts to the move + Collecting junk for my art projects, I found a balloon race card today + My extra purple hair, Special Effects were surprisingly shite. + Wearing silver stars on my eyes + Coach trips with coach sweets + “Grown Up’s” buying me drinks + My boyfriends salary raise + Leafy surburban streets with dappled light + Picking scabs + Adjusting to the life of a student; pizza in the fridge, evening hangovers.
I think that’s enough..
1. I took a nap this morning!
2. I just ordered myself a 16gb green ipod nano!!
3. I got my hair cut last week and it makes me feel so good about myself. Everyone I know has complimented me on it, and I am managing to accept the compliments graciously, which is something I have always had problems with. Having short hair is awesome!
4.I had blueberry muffins for lunch for two days in a row.
Oh my lord those giant sleeves on your dress! [ dies ] Your good times all sound so fabby – go you!
Here’s me:
Relief-teaching my 9-yr-old son’s class. Obviously they all know me and they are extra-super-well-behaved for me. So sweet!
My kowhai is flowering. I planted it a year ago – it was given to me by some very special people as a farewell gift.
Watching my youngest boy horse-riding. Soaking up the Vitamin D, and the pure joy radiating from him.
Outrageous Fortune – I love make-‘em-laugh-make-‘em-cry TV. Munter and Kasey!!! And HaydenBloodyPeters – I love Shane Cortese. He can dance, and he looks freakishly like my long-gone Pop in his heyday. I think we must be related.
My super-full Trelise Cooper skirt. Watch me twirl!
‘Fresh Feeling’ by the Eels. And ‘White Noise’ by the Living End.
Aaaaand, I made a cut-and-paste archive of all my TiLT lists. Did it last week – took about 1/2 an hour. Really interesting to see things from a tough time of bereavement a year ago, and realise that even though things were BAAAAD, I could still find some positives for my TiLT list (sniff!). And reading lists from 6 months ago, thinking “but that was just the other day . . . !”
i’m readin braughtigan—i think you mentioned him once!
also a lot of people would consider “fudge packer” pretty derogatory…not any different than throwing around the word “faggot.”
*flirting with that cute new boy *wearing jewelry every day *getting compliments from stangers *french beer *vegan food *aspiring tattoo designs.
~grapes and oranges and apples – finally, fruit back in the kitchen!
~my dad’s old science textbooks – they’re interesting
~lucky accidents – my red hairdye didn’t come out as it was supposed to, but there’s a subtle tint in the light which suits my colouring far better :)
~parties with crazy friends – lots of giggles
~my gran – such a sweetheart
~this cute japanese celeb – also a sweetheart
~nice iranian lady at the gym – another sweetheart
~dark chocolate – and the resulting hyperness :)
~ramadan parties at the pool – good food, fairy lights, meeting neighbours
~perfume shops – the little tester tabs you get are super
~brothers – ...such idiots. good for laughs.
~belonging in a place – i do now, tis good
<3 The fact that tomorrow I am going to pretend it is my birthday. I will dress up really cute, tiara and all, and read books and play piano all day. I will read the cards from my last birthday and eat nice yummy food and drink fruit juice. It shall be blissful and I will not turn the computer on, because it will stress me out as
<3 I. Finished. The. Play. Here comes the nervewracking bit where I wait for my director’s verdict…but I am so glad it’s over, or at least mostly over (will probably have to do some edits).
<3 I start uni again next week! Well I have enrollment and induction, that’s close enough. So excited!
<3 My friends. They’re lovely.
<3 Nail varnish. Is there anything more uplifting of mood than a glimpse of nicely brightly painted nails? I think not.
<3 TILT in general – I was feeling kind of down (hence the pretend birthday idea for tomorrow) but this has cheered me up enormously. I may even wear a ballgown tomorrow :D
Things I’m lovin’ this thursday — Starting a new life in a new city | Starting an exciting new degree, at an equally new uni. | Enjoying Canada’s beautiful fall weather… SO HOT and SO COLORFUL! | Foreign friends | Wine and dessert returants | Crazy new friends | Karaoke | Fun housemates | coffee shops | cute boys on longboards all over campus | orange juice | seeing dear friends that have disappeared for months | planning winter vacations to the rockies | loving the new color and cut of my hair | getting all dressed up to go out | cute chefs | making money | spending money | moving along | loving someone who is gone | funny old pictures | spending the day with my closest and dearest girlfriend | red, red, wine. |
*my parent’s clothes
*Martha
*Helena
*SYTYCD Canada
*the bus
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I also love using abbreviations =P (deets=details)
Coronas cant wait to get away from the office have a corona with my bestie and talk nonsense |
My Perfume Collection Ohhh its taken so long to collect but so worth it i always smell yummy | My new cat Jack! hes just lovely and i rescued him | Alphabeat there music makes me smile all the time especially that song Boyfriend! | West Auckland Its home! & plus outrageous fortune is completely addictive!!! | Peppermint Tea YUM!!!!! im drinking it right now! Yana & Alex they keep me sane and look after me when ive had a few too many vodkas and they love to dance gosh i love them Spiderman hes the hottest superheroe (secret obsession)Have A Lovely Weekend!!!
its not related to your post but i just found some pictures of the Burning Man on a website of a Montreal magazine.
i thought it might interest you.
here’s the link : www.nightlifemagazine.ca/photo…
- MY NEW MOHAWK w/ hearts carved in the sides and a dye job of awesome… – the hair show i am in tomorrow because of said mohawk. – random acts of kindness.
Although I’m thoroughly swamped with uni assignments, the highlight of my week was standing in an elevator, feeling all stressed and frenetic, and noticing my earrings were reflecting GIANT RAINBOWS all over the elevator. Made me smile :)
This week I love… * The Coco Chanel Lifetime movie (seriously, when was the last time that a made for TV movie made my heart feel like bursting from happiness?) * sleeping in my new white, black, and gold comforter * dinners at 4 with my wonderful friend, Randi * this amazing art exhibit at my school with drawings of black crows on gold backgrounds and funky people who look like zombies * getting mail…you never know what will be in there * learning to cross stitch! * Project Runway, esp. Tim Gunn * create your own sandwich at Whole Foods
I finally decided to join in the fun and start posting TILT’s on my on blog. You are simply amazing Gala and I always look forward to reading your posts. I feel like a total groupie and it feels good! :D
The weather changing ~ today as I got in my car to go to work, I felt a breeze and I smiled. It is finally starting to cool down and I am able to enjoy being outside. I seriously dislike being hot. It makes me tired and grumpy. The area where I live saw triple digit heat for the past three months. I saw the temperature and it was 55 degrees @ 7am. I think today got to be somewhere in the mid 80s and that made me even happier.
My coworker K ~ This girl makes me laugh so much. I am so lucky that she joined my company over a year ago. I feel like she is the only one that is as normal as I am. She is very laid back and is up front about everything. I feel like I can talk to her about anything that is going on at work and she understands me. She is probably the closest person I have here in town. Last week we started trading days for lunch. I make lunch for us Monday & Tuesday and she takes care of Thursday & Wednesday and Friday we go out. We used to go out to lunch every day and not only was it expensive but unhealthy. We were getting in a rut. The past two weeks I have eating healthier and have actually used my kitchen for something more than storing food.
My friend C ~ she is truly amazing. She knows how badly I want to move back to the Bay Area and she is always full of encouraging words for me. She is always upbeat and gives me great advice about anything and everything that is going on in my life. Last night she called me and told me that she spoke to someone about me and a possible job opportunity. She talked to this individual and seriously went to bat for me. Whether or not this opportunity pans out, its great to know that I have someone like her looking out for me and in my corner.
Dreyer’s Tropical Rainbow Sherbet ~ omg! this stuff is delish! It is a combination of pineapples, limes and oranges which makes a wonderful treat. Seriously addicted to this stuff. I have been eating a scoop of it over fruit (watermelon mostly) and its the best after work treat.
Things I love this Thursday:
~ chocolate from the refrigerator
~cooler, less humid, breezy weather
~ letters
~ funky stationery
~sending people funny comics that I’ve cut out
~my magnetic hematite ring
~ understanding biostats (when everyone else is freaking out)
~watching video podcasts on my still novel iPod (got it this summer as a graduation present)
tilt:
-seeing my parents tomorrow and bringing my dog to a place where she can actually run around in the grass.
-tegan and sara’s “the con” and how freaking cute they are!
-netflix and watching movies in general.
-presents from my amazon wishlist!
-feeling beautiful accidentally :]
Happy Birthday Gala!
Thursday Love:
+ the Gothic Clothing exhibit at the FIT Museum on West 27th St. and 7th ave. If you have some free time pop in, it’s really a hoot. Goth inspired clothing from 1880s mourning dresses to Alexander McQueen couture on display. Plus it’s free!
+ buying new sweaters and leather boots for fall/winter
+ eating healthy
+ David Bowie videos on Youtube; especially “John, I’m Only Dancing” and “Jean Genie” I love the line in “Genie” when Bowie sings; “New York’s a Go-Go and everything tastes nice.” So true!
- The look on the face of the young art student whose first painting I bought on Friday night.
- Art auctions generally, and the fun of bidding with friends after three glasses of white wine.
- The utterly amazing gelato shop near my house.
- And, conversely, deciding to re-embark on the iCing Transformation Challenge I did in April – no junk food until mid-October!
- Having my post on Malcolm Turnbull linked from one of Australia’s biggest political blogs. Like a real blogger, ma!
- The beautiful spring weather Sydney has enjoyed over the past week. No leggings or cardigan for the first time in months!
- Baked dinners cooked by mum and dad.
- Guest-tutoring university students on online media and introducing them to galadarling.com.
- Sending a birthday card to my pet bird, who turned 13 on the weekend.
- Sending text messages to my favourite boys.
- Free movie tickets.
- www.30daysoffashionandbeauty.c… and shopping while drinking champagne and eating yummy canapes.
- post birthday gifts, it makes the celebrations go longer which is always fun.
- helpful shop assistants, beacuse they are hard to come by.
- the weekend is coming and partying has been planned!
- Demeter perfumes I ordered eight mini bottles a week ago and they arrived today! One week’s delivery time from America to Australia is pretty impressive, and the perfumes themselves are INCREDIBLE, with scents like Bonfire, Mulled Cider, Thunderstorm and Vanilla Cake Batter all smelling like the real thing. Definitely want to buy more of them now :)
- The weather It’s warming up more and more. I love not having to wear huge chunky jackets all the time!
- Bonjela mouth ulcer gel. Not the most exciting thing in the world, but damn it makes a difference when you have a sore mouth. SOOOOO good.
- Meeting up with friends. For a long time I didn’t have any close female friends, and since moving to the coast I’ve gradually made a few good girl friends. I love meeting up with them for fun outings :)
- My family. We’ve been through good stuff and shit stuff, but in the end they are my family and I love them.
- My boyfriend. Always, always, always :)
-It’s Spring! (officially)
-Youtube discovery! -Augusten Burroughs and Tegan Quin (from Tegan and Sara)sharing a stage! I was excited – two of my favourite artists!
-Dancing around my 5th floor apartment, in crazy-weird dress up- safe in the knowledge that noone could see me…until I realised that a group of exec’s were having a late night meeting in the building directly opposite mine…and were staring across at me looking utterly bemused!
I lay (out of sight) on the floor and laughed until I cried.
-Vegan festival on sunday!
-Papering a wall of my room with pages from (my mums) old comics.
-Recieving my very 1st A+, in film class (:
-“discovering” Gin Gigmore’s music -it’s really beautiful!
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a day late but just as lovely!
cool breezes make me smile
my new cell phone types in rainbows!! ahhhh!
smiles from strangers what better way to start your morning than a smile from a cute boy while you’re waiting for the bus?!? thanks boy, wherever you are!
letting go of all my pre-conceived notions and just experiencing life – good and bad! i always talk about it, and think i’m doing it, but am i really? i realized i have a lot of mental blocks that are holding me back, but no more! onward & upward!
unexpected compliments everyone loves hearing how pretty they are – no matter who is doing the talking =)
moral dilemmas should i or shouldn’t i? i think i should ;)
delicious sleep i’ve been working SO MUCH lately, that i’ll pretty much take any sleep i can get – but last night i went to bed super early, and i woke up this morning all warm and snuggled into my down comforter like a cocoon! i SO didn’t want to get out of bed – it was amazinggg
honorable mentions cupcakes for breakfast, waking before the sun comes up, growing thicker skin, demanding respect, feeling beautiful, amazing views, the last grips of summer, jeans & sweatshirt weather, daydreaming about the future, scandal & intrigue, learning new things, open flames, schmoozing it up, stolen glances, scarves, slippers, and sending picture messages =)
Another latecomer, ovah heah.
- My first foray into video blogging, comin’ up tomorrow.
- Gorgeous, warm, unseasonable weather
- Finally digging into the piles of scarves my awesome mom bestowed upon me
- Pumpkin cupcakes … I had to buy a 4-pack!
&&&& it’s Friday! But better late than never. ;)
Work & all its fabulousness: Getting paid to make small talk in Spanish with Colombian refugees, happily correspond with both a guy who is travelling the world on his bicycle & a girl who teaches kindergarten in a remote valley in Pakistan, writing articles & watching doumentaries & reading up on international development issues, plotting insanely interactive presentations in high schools & goofing around with co-workers. Pushing just a little bit more for a better world, always. :)
Acquaintances & friends in unexpected places: In the back of crowded city buses & in the entrance of the downtown library, just outside my Russian class, waiting in line at a nearby drugstore. Even in drawn-out (but surprisingly interesting) reunions for work!
Saturday night dinners: The combined prospect of good friends, travel stories & tinto de verano; home-made sushi, maybe, & surely of bit of the nicest sort of nostalgia thrown in as well.
& also: Peppermint herbal tea; crispy September mornings; enthusiastic phonecalls from my little sister; cute boys typing furiously next to me in the library; choosing honesty; highly unflattering yet ridiculously heart-warming pictures; Wednesday macarons; my small, cozy appartment; the cathedral on St-Joseph when the late-afternoon sun glows in its stained glass windows; free coffee every morning; answers I had stopped expecting.
I am major happy this week :D despite having a cold.
The film Notting Hill; Bridget Jones Diary; The Mighty Boosh; home videos of me dancing when I was 2; the fact tomorrow I am officially a singer in a band; my 30 things to do before I’m 30 list; buying CDs; buying clothes; stripey jeans; H&M; ‘Authentic Sounds’ tee; wearing no make-up with a hoodie and jeans; sleeping in a hoodie; being off school.
Also I reckon you should celebrate your next birthday in England so us English virgos (i.e: me!) can join in. And other English people of course. Americans can’t hog you ! (:
-watching documentaries on Hunter S. Thompson. I got Buy the Ticket,Take the Ride from Netflix 2 days ago and love it!
-Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal music video
-Your birthday dress. I am totally in love with your entire birthday outfit Gala.
-German musicals-especially Elisabeth and Der Glocker von Norte Dame
-snacking on dill pickles at strange hours of the night
-Talk Like a Pirate day! Pirates are my school’s (AASU) mascot so I love this day even more.
-being happier that I was at this time last year
I’m a day late, and it’s been a pretty bad week, but I’m going to try and post to cheer myself up…
I love: American Apparel, Molson’s Ice, Dazed and Confused and pretending I’m Milla Jovovich, moderate temperatures, red lipstick, Jenny’s Lewis’ new album Acid Tongue, naps, magazines, free coffee, Charmed reruns, freezing on my rooftop
Things:
will power- I started smoking about eleven months ago and I promised myself I would quit before a year hits. In the last month I went from a pack a day to only one a day. For me, this is really quite astounding.
free-trade clothing stores- I hate malls and don’t do much shopping at brand-name stores. But I found this awesome store that only sells freely-traded clothing, handmade by people who are receiving decent pay as opposed to basically slave wages. Anyway, yay for conscience-free shopping!
weeds- Ah, the show that is. Fabulous season four finale!
giving up romantic cynicism- Being a natural skeptic of all things warm and fuzzy, this was a little harder for me. But being in love is so much nicer…
smart cars- My boyfriend just got one and they are fabulous! So good on gas, and everywhere you go, people want to sit in it [maybe to see if they’d fit]. Also, everytime you pass another Smart car, they honk and wave. It’s like being in a special club. Aha.
1. receiving one of the cutest messages ever
2. loooong phone calls
3. baking cookies spontanously
4. my new dress
5. blue tights
6. smiling strangers
7. weekends
8. wearing my cute Marc by Marc Jacobs shoes
1. my new turtle nose stud
2. Maybelline’s Colossal Volum Express BEST MASCARA EVURRR
3. all my classes!! except for math but that’s a given
4. Provider – N.E.R.D.
5. being back at the weight I was last year
6. thinking about making a beet salad
7. my physical therapist
8. the name Donna
9. brushing my teeth
10. marking a halloween party on my calender
11. making friends with nervous freshmen. they’re so cute!!
12. this video – www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjQliF…
Knitting my mum taught me to knit a few years ago and after a whole lot of scarf-making, I stopped. Although I can still only knit in straight lines I’d forgotten about what a relaxing hobby it is. I bought some really lovely wool the other day and am knitting my boy a nice warm scarf.
Boyfriend he’s just gone back to uni, and so ends another summer together and begins another uni year apart. It’s 3 years apart and 1 to go though, we’re both in our final years! The good thing about distance is that I appreciate him so very much.
Beautiful boots I normally buy cheap Primark boots, so when walking up the hill to university I often end up slipping over, or getting wet feet when the holes start appearing. For my birthday, my mum has forked out for some really nice Red or Dead boots and I love them.
Houmous I just had some carrots for dipping and 3 different houmous varieties (feta, pesto, spicy red pepper) in front of me! Amazing!
Evolving future plans I’ve just found an alternate graduate teaching scheme I’m really interested in. My plans keep changing but I’m more than happy to roll with the punches, I love having so many options.
Master Emily my final year is about to start, this time next year I shall be a Master! I can’t wait to get back to university and see some of my most loved friends again.
Exotic hand ritual my Mum was given a voucher for this for her birthday but then she got warts on her hand (errgh), so she gave it to me! I had it today – my nails look beautiful and I want to spend all my pennies on spa treatments.
Mum my hero.
Argh, your NYC adventure looks super fab, and makes me jealous! My first TiLt! Here we go…
My gorge new APC jumper – stripy with a heart pocket and I love it so much; getting an A+ in my art history test (yay for 15th century Flemish relief sculptures!); listening to carla bruni (she’s wonderful) and the killers on repeat; cheap monday jeans; swimming 1K a day – getting fit again is incredible; likewise, my great new adidas by stella mccartney swimsuit; nibbling on proper curly fries and drinks after awful lectures; gapping a socio tutorial to oogle at the new baby tigers in the zoo; Stephen fry’s podcasts – he’s my dream husband (well, him or Matthew Macfayden :D); waiting for the edge of love to come out (it’s all set in Wales!); looking forward to my trip to M’sia, S’pore and Paris next april!; and looking forward to ribena-soda-lime drinks (my new favourite) with my friends while we watch paris j’taime tonight!!
Wow, this really cheered me up! thanks Gala, this is so much fun!
Okay.
This week has been completely life-altering, in a fascinating way.
College is officially the best time of my life.
I adore it.
Also, I adore this one guy who happens to adore me too. In fact, we both love almost all the same things, and we understand our jokes and humor. I like his friends, his friends like me, and we all hang out.
Oh, and he constantly tells me I’m beautiful or gorgeous or amazing.
It’s so incredible, I’m dizzy!