Things I Love Thursday
[ 21 September 2007 ]
It’s Thursday, so it’s time to celebrate the good things!
On my list this week are… David Lachapelle, beautiful old vintage wallpaper, aloe vera juice (tasty & healthy, bonus!), retro air hostess fashion, girls in hats, this girl, old telephones, Violet Crumble ice creams, long naps, super-speedy morning walks, vibrant blue skies, mismatched saucers & teacups, other people’s birthdays, the way that Anthony on Sex & The City says “Chanello!” when he walks into Chanel, candy-coloured illustrations, bearded ladies, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Ani Difranco’s Canon, tall stacks of neon magazines (Dolly & Teen Vogue!), 5htp, receiving big orders from Amazon, green eyeshadow, boxes of sparkles to add to envelopes, edIT, brightly coloured flowers, glittering swimming pools, describing someone as a “gimlet” (it doesn’t mean anything, it’s just a new nickname!) or an “electric boogaloo”, glossy lips, a fridge full of cupcakes, the fact that helium balloons are only $2.50 each one block away!, amassing treats for someone else’s birthday, clearing out my inbox & big sunglasses.
The last photo in the mosaic is of my dog. My parents had to have her put down on Monday. I’m pretty sad about it. She was 17, not bad for a teeny tiny dog! (That photo was taken with my webcam YEARS ago, in my old bedroom — note the purple obsession.) RIP, little mitten.
1. Smoke, 2. Milla Jovovich, 3. Fabulous Amanda, 4. Amanda Lepore., 5. lavazzacalendar2, 6. Trolley Dollies13, 7. Trolley Dollies04, 8. Art hotel, 9. a little bit of everywhere, 10. The Master Bedroom, 11. nursery rhymes, 12. Sunny Side Up, 13. from after17 issue10, 14. Untitled, 15. 8.11.07, 16. The Four Agreements., 17. discoball, 18. pop, 19. polaroid, 20. permanently disconnected, 21. Christina Ricci, 22. Fafi, 23. strandkai club inside, 24. Clémentine à Paris, 25. cuteblanche
I’ve also been expanding on my vision of the iCiNG Bowl. I wrote in my Livejournal a little while ago… “I like to envision myself walking around the iCiNG Bowl, with a row of ladies in tight sweaters with cat’s eye glasses typing furiously at beautifully restored typewriters. There would be seven of them, & their typewriters would be red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo & violet. Their sweaters would match & on them would be pinned a glittery diamante brooch of their first initial…”
Anyway, my new plan is that instead of a desk, I will sit in a swanboat filled with cushions with my laptop, & I will pay a girl to shine the swan every day. It will lacquered shocking pink with miniscule pieces of holographic glitter mixed into the paint & it will have a handle on the side which, once cranked, would play weird tinkley music. Yes please!
I also adore this video, it makes me smile my face off!
Kisses from Burning Man!
Tell me what you LOVE today!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala 
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Love the song from the video!
that was great =). Today i love having stumbled across this wonderful website!!
It is so weird to me. You are writing things you love Thursday and here it is still Wednesday at 11 PM. Hahaha.
I hope I can find many things to love with tomorrow.
Today I love:
Seeing my friends from high-school
Finishing my term exams
Chcoolate
Coffee with peppermint
Tiramisu
Mini-chocolate cupcakes
My curls
My green boots
Kisses.
Things I Love Today
superman stickers
my new JAG shoes
green hair wax
balloons
fortune cookies
emails
triple tall skim lattes
hurray! i loved the video too it made me smile.
have a lovely day everyone!
xx
Getting a shiny new freelance contract which sees me making a fun tv ad for a good cause!
Choc chip biscuits
Learning to hula hoop
The tasty lettuce I grew
Mochas with real chocolate
French pop music (especially Emile Simon. The song Fleur de Saison makes me so incredibly happy everytime I hear it – http://youtube.com/watch?v=UMDunGVx7uU)
today I love chemistry (of the academic kind)
slaughterhouse-five, by kurt vonnegut
calendars
writing down anything that comes to mind
life in general :)
I’m so sorry about your dog! It’s really hard losing a pet. I had a cat die almost a year ago (he was 14), and I’m still sad about it.
And in terms of things I love, I would have to say my new hat! And buttons! And the fact that it might rain tomorrow and Friday (the Los Angeles area is in it’s worst drought in 100 years)!
Recently I love dancing
-the coreography of Twyla Tharp (whose “Upper Room” my mom took me to see when I was six!), Bob Fosse ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZnFQvlb2OA&mode=related&search= ), and Edvard Clug ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSD7nKIVavU&NR=1 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE_EtgF6WGI&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjenvg%2Elivejournal%2Ecom%2F%3Fskip%3D35)
-my new Techniques of Peking Opera class, where we are learning all of the dance-like postures of the Peking Opera style
-and dancer chic, which I have been working recently as I have two movement-involved classes a week (although advice on expanding this look would be greatly appreciated- I may drop you a line later).
Cool video – love the editing!
Your current trolley dolly thing is leaving me no choice but to to croon, ‘You’re so beautiful . . . you could be an air hostess in the sixties.’ (This week I’m still loving Flight of the Conchords.)
ALSO: sheer sparkly red lip gloss, wearing green (my fave colour), wearing DRESSES, my lovely family, being good at my job, ONE more day till school holidays, the anticipation of performing in dancing concerts all weekend long, singing in the car.
:-D
I had a really rough day yesterday (very sleep deprived, lots of work, all kinds of things went wrong) so I actually made up my list in advance! Hehehe. I wrote the list and stuck it next to my computer yesterday. Well, it worked cos despite everything I was very cheerful all day!
• Catching up with my friends and family
• My Hello Kitty coin purse that Matty got me from Japan
• Pineapple – on pizza, in cakes, on sandwiches. Just love it!
• The rooster that crows every morning as I walk out the door to work
• My long grey cardigan that I bought in Perth a few weekends ago… I want to wear it everywhere!
• The way my boyfriend blames the kitten when he falls back asleep every morning!
• Curly hair
• Spring!
So helpful Gala, thanks :)
Kx
Oooh Ooooh! Can you hire meeee to shine the swan? I promise i will do a REALLY really good job!
hehe.
today i love
-fantasising about going to Burning Man one day
-my boyfriend smiling at me in the morning
-vegemite on toast for breakfast
-it’s a good hair day!
-& its the end of my working week, tomorrow I am going gallavanting in Melbourne and it’s going to be looooads of fun & i’ll leave pools of drool all over Myer!
x have a good weekend darling gala!
old books. blankets. buffy. kisses. babies named alannah. dancing. head spins. stories. dreams. lace. new friends. safety pins. avocado. my best friend. history. period dramas. beautiful writing. bravery. laughing. warmth. hot water bottles. freedom. the clash. my daddy. spring. ginger snaps (the movie, not the food). individuality. honesty. making mistakes. change. boys with black curly hair and green eyes. melbourne. the beach at midnight.
Feeling less sick today (finally!). Finishing an assignment for my Honours. Getting an extension on my other assignment. Seeing the Cannanes tomorrow night. Extended mixes of New Order and Massive Attack songs. Band practice on Saturday. Spending 3 days sick at home (but managing to wear my kimono for all three days). Cupcakes. Smoking on my balcony in the sun. Playing acoustic guitar again. Planning a drunken game of Operation for Saturday night.
- my messy hair – amazing op shop finds – 1960’s hair accessories – homegrown Basil – Beth Ditto – the smell before a storm hits – smiling at strangers – planning my move to Melbourne – making good coffee
I posted a Things I Love Thursday list in your honour, although it isn’t as pretty because it has no pictures.
Sandypandycandy is adorable!
So sorry about your cute dog. :( My cat died a few years ago, and I miss her heaps!
Things i love right now….sleep – randy orton – animals – milky ways – my new playboy lipstick – pink nail polish – music – family.
-Feathers
-Heroes out on DVD
-Naturally curly hair ( I spent five hours yesterday and another two today curling hair for a play! Two more days to go)
-fantasy films. good bad and ugly. I love all fantasy films
-Tulle
And one from my friend K. who loves spooning, on thursdays and every other day too.
things i love today are
1/2choc chip cookie-cats-discounted Ts-sara lee’s absolutely boysenberry ice cream-glitter-super crunchy peanut butter-body jam-soy latte-jimmy by m.i.a! :D
I’m really sorry about your dog. Did you have her for all of those 17 years?
Ani Difranco! Eeee! I love her too! I’ve ordered Canon from my new local music shop and when I get home I’m gonna buy it. Oh yeah.
I
OOPS sorry double post!
I love:
riding my baby pink schwinn
reading before bedtime
painting with my kiddo
exploring the ocean with the fam
curling up with my dog
B-Movies!!
Things I love today include finally having time to cook something complex which will last me for a few days, having a day with no classes, the arrested development chicken dances, and Endangered Species Chocolate—the dark chocolate with deep forest mint (10 percent of net profits are donated to help support species, habitat and humanity! plus it’s yummy!).
Gala, I never got to wish you a happy birthday, so happy belated b-day from Michigan!
Things I love today!
Being taken out for a pancake breakfast – my cowboy boots, which I’ve worn every day for a week now – spending time with my family – my boy, and his rampant cuteness – Moroccan food – shout-outs from the iCiNG bowl – looking forwards to all the amazing things my 23rd year will hold. :)
aahhh…today is exam day..hmmm….so it kinda sucks here…but…
i love my friends today!!! and forever!!
i love my cancer bottle
i love my new calculator
my future clip
my tights
the new shirt i bought
and GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today I love my one year and a half anniversary with my boyfriend!!, facials, cleaning my closet, painted nails
I’m so sorry about your dog, she looks so cute in the picture, love her big hair :)
today, i love…
- freshly painted toenails
- this picture:
(http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/09/i-wanna-be-this.html)
- coffee on chilly mornings (really coffee anytime)
- the return of sweater weather
- hugs from my boyfriend
- long chats with good friends
right now (as of three minutes ago :D) i’m loving Flight Attendant uniforms from the seventies. gotta get me one of those…
you were in my dream last night!
and you had the coolest teal old car…
just thought you should know ;)
I absolutely love these weekly love lists! I will post mine later when I am at home and not using my iPhone on my break at work, hehe. I always go on your site on my phone during my breaks! :D
Today I love —
Spray in “beach hair”
An afternoon cafe au lait pick me up
Warm miso soup
My DIY-ed tank top from Rome (started out as a souvenir T-shirt), which I’ve had for like 5 years now
Trucks with amazing grafitti driving by my office window
Bob Fosse
My Paycheck (generally an all-time love, as Thursday is payday!)
I love that video!!!
And it reminded me of one thing that made me smile HUGE at the burn this year… I got a picture of a girl out on her first stilt walk in the open playa. No idea who she was, but she was so cute and she brought a smile to my face.
Things I love today:
Rows of math problems (Cough. Nerdy? Nah.)
Plaid pants
Green tea anything (Pocky, ice cream, you name it.).
Loud music that makes me forget my stress.
Browsing through your older Daily Outfit Photos.
Thanks for another colourful update, Gala!
PS: You’re right, Micheal Jackson’s “Thriller rocks.
I love Fringe. I love my mother. I love friends. I love my friends, I love having friends, I love plans to see my friends.
I love time’s healing properties. Not even just weeks or years: even seconds, minutes and hours.
I love email.
I love Terry Pratchett books, especially the ones with the witches.
Some years ago, Joni Mitchell loudly said that she was retiring because the music industry was a corrupt cesspool. I really love the fact that she came back and made a new album, saying she probably wouldn’t release it in the conventional way: maybe over the internet. But I especially love the fact that she’s releasing it through Starbucks. Not that I can wait.
that video was so great!
like a burning man street fashion book. and everyone looks so genuinely happy…props to whoever put that together.