Things I Love Thursday
[ 17 December 2008 ]
Starting the day off right with a mix of Notorious BIG & Girl Talk. Oh yes.
Making plans for 2009 — I have a text file called ‘2009’ which I have open at all times (TextWrangler, I love you!), which I keep adding to whenever I have a thought or idea about something I want to do next year. So far I am mostly making travel arrangements, but it is going to expand hugely over the next couple of weeks! It’s SO EXCITING! I am psyched for 2009!
Thinking about making horoscope-specific diaries! Yup. The Virgo one could have extra pages in the front with doctor’s phone numbers & DIY diagnosis information, & lots of pages for to do lists. The Leo one could have a mirror on the inside cover & a space for an ever-evolving list of people to conquer. Sagittarius would have pages at the back & a huge map of the world for travel planning… & the Gemini diary would be twice as big for all the multiple personalities! I really want to do this, & am thinking about making them for 2010. So. Stay tuned!
Moleskine love — I just opened my 2009 diary. I was kind of nervous about doing it. Now I am planning how to pretty it up. Swarovski crystals all over the cover, perhaps?
Unicorn madness…
Ebay lust — Sometimes Ebay is a wasteland of ugly, misshapen dresses. But sometimes you strike pay dirt. There are four dresses on my watchlist right now which I am OBSESSED with. I am probably going to bid way too much for them at the final moment. But I keep thinking about how good they would look on! I must own them!
Magazine features! OKAY! So in January I am flying to Auckland because this magazine — whose name I don’t think I should mention yet — want to shoot me for a feature they’re doing on me! Eeeeeeee! I am so excited, I have never done this before. Do you think I will get to wear whatever I want?! Can I wear ears?! Will they put me in a burlap sack… & throw me in the river?! Am I going to end up looking like a muppet?! Immediate short-term goal: Learn to get comfortable with other people taking photos of you. Squeal! I don’t know when it will be published yet, but you better believe that I will tell you as soon as I do!
Honourable mentions: Writing my bumper end-of-2008 post; Christmas cards with cupcake smudges in them!; planning Grease sleepovers; “Well… I hate to tell you this, but your hair looks like an easter egg!”; talking to Timmy Crunk on the phone (he makes me feel really excitable, he has good energy!); The Beta Band; sweet winks from the universe; frequent flier points; compiling things for my new website; dreaming about eating cupcakes with Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen; seeing rainbows; making bracelets; Brother Ali’s The Undisputed Truth; Common’s Universal Mind Control (not at all what I was expecting but enjoyable in its own way); designing t-shirts & entitling them “the most awesome shirt in the universe”; my mother having glitter on her face from wrapping presents; The Replacements (SO GOOD); calling people “chief” or “boss” (so funny); being called “honey-bunny”; buying horoscope books for 2009; meeting nonpareils in the street who say “you look just like you do on the internet!”; realising there is a unicorn on the front of my passport!
“Don’t carry a grudge. While you’re carrying a grudge, the other guy’s out dancing.” — Buddy Hackett
What made you dance this week?
Love letters & feather headdresses,
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I love this weeks tilt!
I love:
my dad
good white teeth
a boy that has caught my attention
tea
snow
dumplings!
Things I’m loving this week –
- Watching Gossip Girl whilst eating icecream in my pjs (aka what I did on tuesday night). There is no better combination than trashy tv that I’m addicted to and icecream!
- Hanging with Caitey at work! Sure, we pick on each other but deep down it’s true love. We get along like a house on fire and Caitey’s wicked fun! <3
- Purple nail polish! It strikes again! I adore it, still! I painted my nails purple last night.. again!
- IT’S MY BIRTDAY ON SATURDAY! Yeeew! I’m excited and I hope everything goes to plan and everyone has a good time, including me. I also can’t wait to see what mum got me :P
- GETTING MY EYEBROWS WAXED TOMORROW! Havn’t had them professionally done since my last birthday so I’m excited. I’m making it a personal goal to have it done more often. Haha.
- Repeat Offender. What kind of TiLT list would this be without giving them a mention? Even though they announced they’re breaking up I’m still in love with them. Gosh.
- Head scarves and head bands! My collection just keeps growing and it’s great! Mum even made me a paisley head band on tuesday <3
- Re-using old clothes to make them wearable again! Mum and I have been sewing, we made a dress into a top, long jeans in to shorts, hemmed my work pants and … that’s all so far but I’ve got more things in mind! :)
- Seeing The Paper and The Plane tonight with Rachel! Excited!!!
=]
xxx
when you coming to auckland gala? there should be an iCing meeting! :-)
TiLT: – Spending my first summer in New Zealand with my friends and family. I’m always away, and I can’t wait to go down to the beach and roadtrip.
- Spending too much money on Christmas presents.
p.s tim kern’s drawing is amazing, you can tell he’s a tattoo artist haha
fantastic list, gala! i’ve been quietly reading your blog for a few months now, and i love it.
here’s my tilt:
1. my new RED COWBOY BOOTS!
2. daisy by marc jacobs. meow, meow.
3. warpaint, the band that once boasted shannyn sossamon as their drummer (which makes her more hot than ever!)
4. mascara that makes my eyelashes so long they touch my sunglasses
5. reveling in the glory of my birthday week (i love being a sagittarius!)
6. sending lewd text messages to silly boys :D
7. MAN VS. WILD!
8. and the vegan cupcakes i’m making for my journalism class. whee!
keep up the marvelous work gala!
Right now I’m loving my pink knock-off Uggs. They keep my tootsies warm!
Also!
LOVING the unicorn madness! :)
So cool!
And moleskines! NOM NOM NOM!
- FINALLY finding the book ive been looking for for aaages!
- Pay day (wewh!)
- Planning my marla singer costume for a party on the weekend (excitement!)
-Wearing big bows to work.
- Recieving Christmas Parcels!!!
- Cute text messages
- Lots and Lots and Lots of Rain and Thunder! (And walks along the beach where you get soaked because of it!)
- My new Moustache Necklace! holds up to lip GRIN!!
I agreeunicorns ARE pretty damn awesome.-FRIDAY. I had a one-day romance with a gorgeous “older woman” (Meaning she’s two, almost three years older. But hey, it’s alot when you’re barely even fifteen), and I get to see her again. STRIKE!
-You know that time of night when you’re not quite asleep but not quite awake either?
-Joe Hisaishi. Beauuutiful composer.
-Good parodies.
-Snow!
1) starting my fashion blog: smokingcigarettes.wordpress.co…
2) a free soy white mocha at peets today
3) sandwiches!!!
4) pretty little dresses
5) cuddling my boyfriend with the comforter between us
6) my clean house & newly decorated bedroom
i’m totally loving today. the sky is blue, work was cruisy and i’ve been doing the domestic goddess thing baking desserts for all the xmas parties i’ve got over the next few days.
other things i’m loving….
+++Galas parents house. Seriously Miss Darling, your mother has the most amazing taste. Your daily outfit photos are double awesome at the moment with not only great outfits but also wicked backdrops. I think i would die for your Mums kitchen. Mama Darling can I hire you to be my decorater when i’m rich!
+++Having my xmas shopping done and dusted. I am normally a retail therapy addict but xmas shopping is so not cool. Malls/shops always stink coz NZ’ers seem to forget to wear deoderant…eew, and I also prefer to spend $$ on myself, selfish aye!
+++High School Musical 3. I saw it on Saturday and it rocked and i’m not ashamed to admit it
+++British Vogue December issue. I finally managed to get my hands on a copy and it was amazing!!! I loved the Roald Dahl inspired fashion shoot
That should do it for now. Have a wicked weeking icing-ettes x0×0x
Oooh! I love the horoscope diary idea!
What would you put in an Aries diary?
TiLT:
Vanilla Caramel Lattes
Sunshine
Finding Sushi on campus still!
Getting in shape for bikini season
Bikinis!
welllllll speaking of magazine features!!! I did a photo shoot for this high school issue of Atlanta Magazine a few months ago and then somehow wound up on the cover of it. I am a senior in high school and let me tell you it pretty much made every Thursday of this year for me! I will definitely follow up with a link as soon as it goes on the web!!! Other than that, I love making up with my canadian boy, watching movies all day long instead of studying for finals, eating peanut butter covered eggos, and walking outside in a tank top and shorts in the middle of December because its 70 degrees outside here in the dirty south!!!
Grrl, I will preorder my horoscope planner RIGHT NOW. Consider this a commission: I am an Aquarius, rising Libra, moon & Jupiter in Leo, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune in Capricorn, Venus in Pisces, Mars in Gemini, & Pluto in Scorpio (does Pluto still count? Sad dwarf planet). I need a lot of blank space in my planner, but also a place to list ways to be more charming. & a list of emotions to try & experience daily, weekly, monthly (ha!)
Good luck, babydoll!
Stay cool
What would you put in a Cancer diary??
My list for this week – baaarooke.blogspot.com/2008/12…
So much happyness, so much joy and you’ve made me appreciate it so much each week!
x x
I am loving Glitter and bath oil in my bath. It’s so sparkly and fun!
-Winter break in 1 and 1/2 days! Looking forward to sleep and a chance to redo my room
-Walking through the park
-Keeping a daily journal of sorts for almost 3 weeks and counting.
-Insanely cool and weird piano songs
-Hiding out in the LS library (which is against the rules, apparently. oops.) with my friend and just having a really fun time. I love hanging out with one person at a time and being able to focus on that one friend. Only inside jokes allowed!
-All My Sons! Ah such a sad, intense, AMAZING play …
-Being called the messiah by not one, but two people. And promptly ordering them around.
-Ad blitzes.
the scorpio diary would be amazing. i’d be all over that, as i am the exact definition of scorpio-ness.
things i’m totally into?
- secret santa at work. totally lame and cheesey, but so much fun
- creating an entire new universe to write some short stories in with a friend of mine.
- actually updating my blog
- replaying good video games
- 90’s television shows. and i don’t even like television!
- the annoucement of skold vs kmfdm. in fact, i think that made my week.
1 Loving Friday Night Lights. no idea how i got addicted to a tv show about a sport that we dont even play here in NZ!
2 last day of work for the year tomorrow! Holidays here I come.
3 making my annual xmas cd compilation – lotsa covers and reworks, and Bettie Page on the cover, naked cept for a santa hat. Nice.
4 my new fluoro orange bag. Shizz is bright!
5 Swimming in the sea.
This week I love…
Packing to go away: Yay for Darwin (and for those of you reading this and shaking your head in disbelief, don’t knock it til you’ve tried it)!
Christmas presents bought and wrapped: My family think I’m some sort of organisational freak (which I am, surprising since I’m a Sagittarius!), because I always get them done in the beginning of December.
Getting my licence: Or I will, if I pass my test tomorrow. Third time’s a charm!
Simple sheet music: I can now (mostly) play Close To You by The Carpenters!
The long list of things that made me smile this week:
-Finally getting proper wear out of my Coach boots
-Enjoying the snow this week
-Skipping on Monday and then being off yesterday (well today for me)
-The mall! The sales are crazy!
-Getting my presents wrapped at that charity station place
-Buying my sister leopard print vans (I’m so jealous)
-Making perverted home-made X-mas cards
-Watching old Degrassi episodes on demand
-Reading my books of fairy tales when I’m bored
-Drinking lots of caramel flavored coffee
-Vanilla&caramel flavored coffee creamer
-Cutting up my old issues of Vogue to decorate my room
-Taking my vitamins
♠ Sunshine, I worked with the blinds open all day and it was so refreshing.
♠ Watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit again for the first time in years. I still love it.
♠ Adding in plans to my 2009 Moleskine (though I bought and opened mine in August!).
♠ Adding paintings on Etsy to my favorites and getting to see them appear in the little flash promotion thing I have on my site. (Read: I’m easily amused)
♠ Playing with my Wreck This Journal (Almost burning the whole book on accident and having to throw it under the faucet to save it!) and getting crap marker colors all over my hands.
♠ Getting Christmas cards from artists, they’re so pretty!
♠ Coilhouse Issue #2 is so CLOSE. I’m dying from excitement.
♠ Streamlining things to make them easier for me.
♠ Red vines licorice.
♠ Candy canes and peppermint ice cream (not necessarily together).
♠ The UK version of The Office.
♠ Getting to read your answers to your review questions. :)
Those drawings are SO cute!
I haven’t watched Grease since I was the age for slumber parties! Though I suppose we should never consider ourselves too old for a slumber party.
And the idea for horoscope-specific diaries is FABULOUS! I’m a Gemini, and I write things alllll over the place because I can’t stick to just one format. Maybe the Gemini one can have sections that have different themes to them? And a sketchbook section to draw your day? And a section where you have to write in metallic ink? Or a place for stashing slips of paper when you forget your diary! And all kids of crazy ideas to wonder at? Eeee!
- Spring awakening – College winter break – looking to the future: I am trying to figure out how to make my life the awesomeness I want it to be
-My Friend who tell me to just write and forget the career I am going to school for and who tells me that I will find some one to love me for me one day. I love him so much. he is a pretty amazing friend. – planning crazy trips with my best friend: impromptu to trip to Spring awakening even though we are poor. LOL – weekend plans with friends. I love hanging with my friends. – Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, This book is so good and I only have 1/4 of it read.
I replied to your tweet re: the horoscope specific diaries but I’m not sure you got it if you’re not following me.
It said “That is seriously an awesome idea. You should do it!! My Aquarian one will have heaps of blank pages for daydream doodles!”
Also, that Tim Kern illustration is AMAZING. I hope that’s your new tattoo!!
I’m up for the Gemini diary
Anyway things TiLT?
Gala’s Christmas tree. I completly want to go and steal it? Can I? :)-Contacting wholesalers about their pricing plans and devicing an opening date for store next year (looking at Febuary 2009)
the libra diary needs “pro” & “con” columns for decision making!
So many awesome unicorn pictures!
I’d really love to know what the Libra diary would encompass :] please share!
My coworkers calling me “soo cool”.
Getting any extra shift.
Early Christmas parties.
Awesome blue scarf love
Old pants new style
Calling my boss cheeky and speaking to him in Japanese.
New little note book to vent, explore and explode in.
Wicked music on the train.
Sexy boys and girls on the train
Drawing said humans in said note book whilst listening to said music on the train.
Eating pudding.
Cherries!!!!!!!!!
Pink Floyd, Kings of Leon and Leonard Cohen.
Last minute plans
Cuddles.
Eating watermelon in the bath.
Bike riding at night.
My beautiful friends and their mums.
Talking about Smidge and getting high on Dopamines!
I love all your horoscope diary ideas, you’re GENIUSES!
that buddy hackett quote is so damn on the mark!!
• handing in two exhibition applications. a little bit of adrenaline!
• wearing a 1940’s style do-rag in a sparkly lush bath. hell yes!
• my DIY plans, among which headdresses and antlers abound! lol.
• 2009 resolutions! i’m already starting to give some shape to next year, the things i want to do. and they are so exciting, and so HUGE! big ambitions are better than the alternative ;)
• the universe, or whatever you want to call it! every time i think i’m going to be dead broke and have to get a loan, more work, commissions or sold painting money comes my way. i am a lucky lucky lucky kitten. lucky bears repeating.
xo!
what would the aries one have?
this week my favorite thing ever is this semester being over & being able to relax :D
Sweet! I loooooove your idea of a horoscope specific diary. I’m with the Fishes; would love to see what you’d come up with for us!
my TiLT;
- wrapping presents for people who I know aren’t really expecting them… giving is so great!
- lovely boys who blow my mind
- giving people hugs when they don’t expect it
- wearing cute shoes that make me smile when I look down to see soft colour, butterflies & diamonds!
- planning my x-mas/ NYE time off work; friends, fun, sun, motorbiking, cycling, friends, beach, water water water, friends!
Steve mcqueen
Honey bees
Andorra
The sun also rises
warm weather thoughts
My aaron horkey print
Sundogs
My lovely girl friend
- reading Gala’s incredible Things I Love Thursday.
- spending the night sleeping in the arms of a boy I care for, and thinking of the possibilities this might bring.
- also, holding hands on the bus.
- wearing four inch heels and hair extensions to work.
- free movie passes and beauty products at work.
- dancing to the Strokes and turning a hammock into a swing.
- switching off for two weeks over the summer and doing lots of thesis work!
+ 2009 and NYE resolutions! I achieved many of the goals I set for myself this year so I am doubly motivated to attain the same success next year. I haven’t settled on any yet but I have big ideas…
+ My boyfriend bought me the greatest gift of all for Christmas: Chanel. It’s a 100ml EDP Coco Mademoiselle and I can’t wait to open it. Yum!
+ New job. I’m a little nervous about starting, but it will be soo good to have money again, so I can start deciding what to start saving towards. Money=options.
+ Painting my bedroom – two walls are dusky pink, now, and I’m going to get new curtains and bed linen. I have lots of ideas for how to decorate it: it’s going to be quite the artistic den!
+ The photography project I’m working on for my Mum, as her Christmas gift. I think she’s going to be very pleased. It will be very different to the average, general presents (jewelry; cosmetics) my sister and I generally get her every year.
+ It’s my sister’s birthday in a few weeks and she is letting me buy Body Shop products using her birthday week discount! Yay!
+ Finals being over
+ Winter Break
+ www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY8jaG… I think it’s so sweet
+ Wearing layers
+ My new batman sweater from kids H&M!
I think you might enjoy this site, I can’t remember where I found it.
www.allthingscupcake.com/
oh how i love the diary idea! i want a gemini one oh so badly now!
I wanna play too!
Things I Love!
- American Eagle Delight Buckle Wedges from Payless (They aren’t anything too fancy but they’ll keep my jeans and pants from dragging in the freezy freezy snow! I do wish they came in Black and not just brown and olive though)
- The DKNY jeans I bought today for $20 and fit great!
- The straight As I just earned for my first semester in college (not bragging, just REALLY relieved that I didn’t fail any of my classes)
- Framing and wrapping up some of the drawings and photos I made for Christmas gifts!
-Reading Gala’s interview answers! ^^
OH GEEZ TILT! And I’m still in Wednesday!!
*Seeing Twilight again, with my AWESOME 15 yr. old cousin (who is basically my minitwin) and not having to explain EVERYTHING to her (unlike my boy, who had NO clue what was really going on) because she read the book!! =D
*The two amazing rings I bought ON SALE.
BARGAINS = MY LOVER.
*Everything involving Christmas.
I’m SO EXCITED it’s RETARDED.
My next project is to tackle some Christmas cards to mail before it’s too late!
GLEE JOY EXCITEMENT
OK
1. I love how you write about the ebay lusts but don’t show us that which you are lusting after (smart- no one will engage in a bidding war for the hottness)
2. You could rock ears wherever you want girl!
3. Have the hugest crush on you-not calling “no hommo” because it is full on!
4. WORK!
TiLt:
-paying way too much for a hot pink barbie typewriter (ebay!!!)
-entering alot of your giveaway contests
-my best friends showering me with Christmas gifts, and I to them.
-my best guy-friend giving me an Andy Warhol biography (squeel! my idddddooooll!)
-getting packages from penpals i met via internet
-sending out christmas cards all around the world to bloggers i barely know, but yet know so well…
-finals ending soon
-snow days
-houndstooth skirts and bird headbands…
Love those drawings! And hope you win the dresses…
About Grease sleepovers… I LOVE Grease! So much! I’m amazed at my friends who’ve never seen it! In fact I bought a vintage Pink Ladies jacket off ebay about an hour ago, coincidentally!
Kisses!
Stripey Socks/Little Kisses (I’ve entered both as my name previously…)
I so need that first unicorn picture on a singlet! I’d love a mermaid-Gala one, too. That would blow my tiny mind.
I’m so excited about the magazine interview!
Here’s my list:
Staying up late wrapping my kids’ presents. Exciting . . . !
I went to a deluxe lingerie shop (Bendon Albany) and got the whole bra-fitting treatment. Life-changing!
Duets: James Morrison and Nelly Furtado, Anika Moa and Jason Kerrison (isn’t ‘Jason Kerrison’ the best name ever?), Jon Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles, Evanescence. Truly, all bands should have 2 vocalists, male and female. Sounds so good!
Our Star Wars float in Friday’s Xmas parade. I walked the main street in a Princess Leia gold bikini costume. So now I can tick ‘walk through town in a bra’ off my list! The reactions I got from the crowd were awesome :D
Lily Allen’s cover of ‘Womanizer’. I can’t help but love it.
Perfumes: The Guide by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez. Fantastic! (And, of course, strawberrynet.com.)
I am REALLY looking forward to next Thursday – CHRISTMAS WHOOOOO!
$ Shelfari.com – I’ve done this one before on my own lists, but I absolutely love reading more books and just adding them to my list, and making other plans to visit the library and pick up more piles!
$ House – I’ve loved it before and I still do lol I would tap Hugh Laurie faster than a 17 year old girl probably should say.
Scruffy, British, plays an asshole (I love the idea of a good challenge hahaha)
$ OKCupid – Okay, so I joined in about a year ago and it was really just to answer questions about myself and fill out a nice fat profile. (the narcissist in me) BUT it’s kinda even more interesting to meet people that are actually pretty cool! Given he’s 23, I really just see a good friendship here lol And that’s cool!
$ Plenty of others: Pictures on my ceiling; Psyche in a Dress; doing papers with my honest and sometimes sarcastic opinion; making plans to go to City Park and draw people; obscure writings during class; daydreams about Spring Break plans; the urge of productivity calling; strawberry yogurt with chocolate pieces; presents piling up under the pretty lit up tree; new fantasies…
Thursday is always the perfect day for these lists!
I gots to love
*Realising that i would rather be planting trees for 12c each than having the title Engineer – and doing something about it… my resignation has been issued
*Swimming in the ocean – waves and spunky surfers
*Tattoos and all the possibilities!
*Kiddies – even if i am the ‘i never want kids kind of girl’ the simplicity and innocence of their world makes my heart melt
*Realising that being female is being powerful – i dont need to wear jeans and a frown to get respect in a male dominated industry – i just need to be me
*Responsbility – i am noones victim I have created where i am and i can just go and create somewhere else to be simple!
XXX
I love…Madonna, twinkling fairy lights, watching Are You Being Served? in the dim glow with a box of Continental and my favourite people, wet look leggings, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (my favourite carol), my brothers, sparkling grape juice, the lovely roast dinner I made the other night, a new stack of Agatha Christie novels, holding my friend’s baby Eliza – and marvelling at tiny toes!, English breakfast tea, firemen, sheer hold-up stockings, Melbourne Central train station, my new 1920’s flapper style beaded hair band, my new Moleskine (to be forgotten until Christmas!), Burger Fuel spuds with aioli, my gorge embroidered silk top, making macaroons, planning Christmas dinner, rocky road mallow puffs, bacon sandwiches!, the most perfect fruit salad – mango+strawberries+blueberries+raspberries+pomegranate – with a touch of lime!, our beautiful renovated sleep out, and finally, Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes!
Must. Have. Scorpio. Diary! =D Excellent Idea!
Gala – your new website? Have I missed something???
WHOAH. tim’s unicorn + exploding cupcake drawing is phenomenal to the max!
...i am thankful for christmas holidays! leaving for mexico for 2 weeks on saturday. eee.
also, i got to see a bunch of friends last night who are still in high school (i am in university) who i hadn’t seen for waaay too long!
* My new ice skates! They’re blue and fit like comfortable sneakers and I can’t wait to try them out!
* High-fives from beautiful boys
* Strawberry Vanilla Fool tea
* Cancelling on parties to stay home and read comic books/play videogames/drink tea/read iCiNG
-Discovering that there exists a sequel (which I haven’t read) to my favorite novel.
-Being called a “sexy little mongoose.”
-Getting exams over & done with.
-Goofy fractured-fairy-tale Christmas pantomimes.
-My YouTube fans’ involvement in a debate I had with a religious zealot about gay rights: www.youtube.com/comment_servle…
-Oreos!
-SaidTheGramophone’s list of their favorite 50 songs of 2008: tinyurl.com/6fdoz3
-The Mandarin (all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet!).
-Typing up 25 Christmas carols to make lyric sheets for my caroling party, which is in 2 days (!!).
-Stephen Colbert’s Christmas special, particularly John Legend’s song about nutmeg & the following quote: “I’m going to go find a meg so I can nut it.”
-Celebrating the anniversary of my girlfriend dumping me by spending a day in bed with another girl (heeee).
-Eggnog.
-The fact that, as I was typing this, Hugh Laurie on TV just said the word “unicorn.” You’re right about them randomly appearing everywhere, Gala!
-Making ridiculous amounts of Polyvore sets: www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?i…
-The cover of the new Vanity Fair, in which Tina Fey is dressed in a corset in front of the American flag.
-The 4 great cures for my seasonal depression: my SAD lamp, 5-HTP pills, my friends, & improv shows!
gala, idk if this is the kind of personalization you’re looking for, but whenever i get a new moleskine the first thing i do is re-fill it. see, i like the covers and size of moleskines, but the ink i use always seems to smear on the standard moleskine paper. re-loading it with my own paper gives me exciting options. i usually do a mix of pages: some colorful (purple!), some good for watercolour, some nice sketching paper, some lined and some unlined…well, you get the idea : )
i found a “moleskine reloaded” tut online that inspired me.
the gemini diary sounds perfect :)
and what makes me dance? peaches!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJZ4TI…
hmm… is that second unicorny pic the inner-arm tattoo idea you spoke of? or would you not tattoo icing on yourself?
i dig the idea of horoscope diaries. i’ve never been able to keep one up myself, but i’m sure others would love theirs to death. something in me doesn’t like to mess up a nicely bound and very pretty book with my random scribblings. hmm…
what else? ah! girl talk! damned awesomest music to listen to almost anytime! makes me very excited!
and last but not least… new website, eh? this intrigues me…
It makes me smile that so many people like the drawing I did for you. I plan on working on the more finished version soon… :)
Things that make me dance:
Sending care packages
Making presents
Having the house to myself
Rose McGowan’s prosthetic leg
Getting packages
Unexpected visitors at work
Dirty Japanese
Waking up to emails from special people
Asking the roommate to move out
Prioritizing myself.
The horoscope diaries are a fantastic idea Gala, however I’m interested to know what the Aries diary would be like ;)...
I’m lovin’ on tattoo and holiday anticipation; my amazing, talented friends; my new blog header; pizza; and now I’m also adding Heather Joy to that list – damn girl!
I would totally buy a libra diary! It’d have to be pretty (I’m sure they all would be) since we’re apparently a somewhat frivolous bunch!
tilt: mini-vacations to lakes, air, film anticipation, indecisive weather, long letters, brocade, breakfast cafes and wildberry frozen yoghurt!
+My new Doc. Martens!
+Snow
+Christmas
+Elinkan
+Seeing my friends
+Being happy
+The prospect of art projects, and going to get supplies
+Tea and kick-ass samovars
+Reading until the end of time
+Waking up really early
+Sleeping… a lot!
+Girls in pretty dresses.
+Taking the bus downtown, when it’s snowing
+The christmas lights downtown… at night
+THE FREE CAROUSEL IN THE PARK DOWNTOWN, and riding it when it’s dark, when all the Christmas lights are on, with my friend, laughing, feeling silly, and getting our bums frozen
+awesome dreams
+incredible, mind-blowing music
+the classical music station for late-nights, and studying, and keeping me awake and focused (enough)
+my moleskine, with shimmery makeup smudged on the inside cover
+shopping on ebay for the first time (and consequently getting my new Docs!)
+getting Christmas presents for people I love
+the prospect of watching Prince Caspian… soon
+movies that make me laugh
+MY SO-CALLED LIFE :D (currently my favourite show)
+tigerlily
+making beautiful prictures
+seeing beautiful pictures
+the Dec. issue of UK Vogue (you are right, it is incredible)
+pretty hair bows
+icicles and ice-coated trees
+my dogs
+fluffy, funny-looking bunny rabbits
+eating the ground coffee left in the bottom of my teacup (ahem, aha)
+drinking black, ground coffee
+the fact that Lily Allen is coming out with a new CD
+introducing my friends to music and then finding out that they actually like it
+having awesome friends
+not complaining
+and lots, lots more ;D
Speaking in fewer and fewer contractions and nomming on people!
I think I have a biting fetish.
YAY Gala!!
TiLT was timely this week! I’m effusive with love.
**Unexpected emails & blog posts that reaffirm my path just when I need it most
**Winks from the universe! Life is thick with symbolism, when you allow yourself to see it.
**My Miss Capezio cowgirl boots. I bought them on ebay only to discover they were too narrow… but for $5 the local cobbler stretched them out & I’ve been wearing them every day since!
**Having a self-timing coffee pot
**Two-hour school delays!
**The goblin shark video. No, seriously, look it up.
Happy holiday week everyone, enjoy any time off!
~Catherine
It’s not quite thursday for me yet, but today has been the most awesome wednesday in the history of wednesdays, so I think I shall indulge.
+It snowed! That’s right, it actually snowed, in Vegas, for a long period of time, and lots of it. This is probably the first time ever I have seen our pool’s thermostat say the air temp is below 60. It was pretty mind-blowing insane. The news had special reports going on because no one knows how to drive in snow. Oh, and this: “Yes, Clark County really does have snow plows”. Hee.
+Snowmen. I made one because there was actually snow to do so, and even though he’s a small thing, he’s super cute. Buttons for nose and mouth.
+The fact that tomorrow is a snow day! Another first for me. All my friends on myspace are like “OMGLOLOL NO SCHOOL!!!” It’s pretty funny.
+Making Christmas cards for my friends and having them so happy about it they show them off to everyone.
+Candy canes
+Anything shiny/silver/metalic/sparkly
+Glitter
+Making new friends
+Signing up to recive my notes from the universe! I’m so glad I have done this, they are the perfect little messages to recieve. I love them.
+And life in general. My general mood is pretty much “squeal!”
Multiple massive snow storms in Portland, Oregon. Christmas Present=Ticket to France for a month next summer & possibly 2 weeks in London!!!. Candle-lit baths. Getting absorbed in a novel. Nothing going wrong in my doggy’s surgery yesterday :/. Listening to music for hours on end. Seeing Blue Scholars live and buying the best concert tee ever. Getting photos with famous rappers! Making new best friends.
It’s been a good week overall.
getting the train to norwich for the day – no family! i never go to norwich without my family. it was soo nice, i met up with a friend from uni and we went shopping and it was just awesome. it’s a nice city, and there was nice food and it wasn’t too frantic like i was worried it would be. just nice.
getting into music that i didn’t get at first – frank turner’s newer album, the king blues, various other stuff. i’ve also started listening to some eastern european folk/punk stuff, and american folk/punk. it’s so good!! world/inferno friendship society may own my soul atm.
christmas – because it’s finally starting to feel like it, and it’s nice. i had a gingerbread latte today.
slightly weird clothes for cheap – yay for sales! and decent clothes shops.
dave eggers – i bought a heartbreaking work of staggering genius today and i’m not even very far but so far i’s just so so good!! i almost missed my stop on the train because i was so engrossed. that wouldn’t have been good.
I would buy one of your horoscope diaries in a heartbeat. Full-fledged astrology freak, right here!
My wee TiLT:
// Lissy Trullie’s cover of “Ready for the Floor”
// Getting my fave bar’s NYE party invitation bestowed upon me
// Lots of nice compliments from strangers
// Having one of those ‘peak experiences’ whilst on a stroll w/ my ipod. Everything just clicked- I’ve never had such a surge of positivity! I can’t put my finger on what exactly triggered it, but no matter…
I love:
Going to the movies with my friends (even if the movie sucks)
Sing silly songs while in the car
Eat delicious Mexican food
Liz, Patch, Alekz and Pakito
Boots
Long sweaters
black tights
I think I have too many things to list out right now!
Aw make the virgo journals a little more exciting, I mean we’re all young once. Maybe wishlists and favorites lists too? “Reasons why I …” ‘s?
*Christmas pressies! – from work so far have received- leather journal, chocolates, bocce set, BBQ cook book with BBQ tools! and a big baby blue crumpler bag such a haul!
*Also buying them for people. I get a Major thrill finding Exactly the right present for people by trawling through my brain for past conversations, snippets of personality & remembering clues!
*Etsy- for awesome unique handmade gifts for people!
*coconut bread- from this asian bread store here called Breadtop.. its a loaf of chewy bread with a coconut centre weird but very yummy!
*researching the super awesome course for uni im going to apply for in 2010!
*reserching travel options for mid 2009.. asia.. africa.. where do you start??
*planning a big seafood bbq feast for me boys- dad, bro and dog..
*squishing ripe banana on rye toast & drizzling with honey with berry tea! yummy happy making breakfast.
*planning a super awesome glittery mask for the masquerade party for NYE!!
Gala- you should watch “the last unicorn on earth” i was OBSESSED with it when I was younger, (its a kids cartoon movie from the 80s) it spurned my young girl obsession with my little ponies, unicorns and flying horses! everytime we went to the video store my uncle would be like ok so what do you want to get.. I’d Always get that must’ve driven him nuts! lol..
happy thursday sillysmooshyheads!! xxooo
Things i love..
Timmy Crunk <3
Mi Piaci
my amazing mother
getting bottles of Tanqueray from happy customers
painting random things I’d never normally paint (like you on a unicorn :p)
My new job
buying an inflatable pirate ship paddling pool for my bestie’s gorgeous little girls! so freakin cute!
♥ finishing a novel that made me cry, i cried for the character, i cried for all my sorrows, i cried for the end to a new relationship
♥ tomorrow night’s early christmas dinner at a place i went last year hidden away in the hills in a little cottage
♥ finally getting to watch twilight after hearing all the raves and rants
♥ my trip to melbourne last week. where i will be reunited with a place that sells the best hot chips i have ever tasted.. how i have been longing to happily pick at those chippies
♥ being alone again but i’m looking forward to really enjoying my own company once more and really trusting my instincts.. knowing when it’s wrong at the start that i am probably right
Think you could do a “on the cusp of” horoscope book? I’m technically a Capricorn but right on the cusp of Sagittarius… all the Capricorn descriptions never fit me at all. :(
I’m loving a whole lot of things this Thursday!
* I’m soooo exciting about visiting my friends new store on K rd when I visit Auckland this weekend, it’s called split/fountain and filled with amazing beautiful treasures of carefully and lovingly designed magazines and books. My heart it literally pounding looking over their online catalog: www.splitfountain.org/project/...
* Layla at s/f has promised to make me a cup of tea and if I’m really lucky maybe even a biscuit.
* First summer swim, hopefully at Pt Chev this weekend!
* Friendly cats I meet on the sidewalk. A lot of my friends think I’m gross for cuddling random cats from the street, but everyone deserves a little love now and then no?
* Bevan James Eyles, and his Thursday night aerobics classes. He puts so much energy into the class, and the class gives it back. That’s reciprocal love each and every Thursday :)
* Phone calls from friends living overseas that you’ve not heard from in a while. It’s great to have a nice two hour chat about absolutely nothing of consequence and laugh the whole way along.
* Cherries! I love this time of year being able to buy a big brown paper bag fill of juicy dark cherries – only $6, what a bargain!
p.s. on Unicorn related matters, if you’ve not watched Planet Unicorn you might like it www.planetunicorn.tv/
There is even a Christmas episode www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q
Today I gave!
* I gave my hairdresser and my colourist and the staff at the salon a Christmas gift!
* Our Cat gave chocolates to the Vet. Might seem strange, but Serene (the cat) spends a lot of time at the Vet and they’re all really awesome-berries to us. She also wrote some stuff in the card (she told me, I wrote it) and they really liked it.
* Christmas is coming and for the first time in YEARS I’m actually enjoying the season! I have so many little social events to get organised and attend before next Thursday!
* I have 95% of all the gifts bought and 85% of them wrapped. Totally awesome-berries
* I got a fantastic Strawberry bling ring. It’s utterly ridiculous and it came from Paper Plus and cost a total $5.99. Kiwi dollars. Which in US dollars probably doesn’t even rate on the dollar scale!
* I’m goofing off this week at work and enjoying it and getting other people to do the same. It’s infectious
* iCiNG was 2 years old this week! 2 YEARS! Wow.
‘tis all.
Yum:
÷ My first day at a potential new job, and the delicious food & delicious people who surround me while I am there
÷ my most recent book-purchase [Eccentric Glamour, by Simon Doonan]. I am about two chapters in and entirely inspired.
÷ the girl up there, Jenny, who says “awesome-berries”.
÷ sitting down and being totally unproductive after 13 hours of work and a grocery shopping trip
÷ energy drinks, espresso, ice water
÷ the Margot Tenenbaum-inspired playlist I downloaded last week. I’ve just been soaking it up endlessly. While I’m at it, I’d like to TILT Margot Tenenbaum and the her respective film as well.
÷ luscious bedding [which I do not yet possess, but see approaching in the very near future]
÷ um, okay. Life in general.
—margot.*-
I was grinning at the idea of the horoscope-specific diaries when I saw all the conversation on Twitter last night, they sound awesome! I think the Scorpio one should contain “little book of calm” style tips on how not to blow up at someone today!
I’d definitely buy one, though I was born on a cusp, so I may need two!
I wrote my TiLT when I got up this morning and it really helped me start the day in a positive mood! It’s here sparkleandglitter.wordpress.co…
Pantomime this is such an old British Christmas tradition, apparently no one else understands it… I haven’t been to see panto for ages but I went to our local one last night and it was hilarious! Completely random and taking the piss, jokes!
Catch-ups in the past week I went for tea with an old housemate I hadn’t seen for six months, Wagamamas with a friend who I’ve only been catching glimpses of all term, and a night out with a friend who, despite living next door to, I never ever see! It’s been really lovely.
Warm heart moments all my work for my masters this term (running workshops with nursery children) culminated last week in a final (assessed) celebration and it went so well – we took them around campus for astronaut training then blasted them off into space in a tent! It was so exciting to see them out and about amongst the uni students, having fun. We helped out at their Christmas fayre over the weekend and had lots of parents telling us what a difference we’d made and how their children loved Drama Time.
A perfect day on Saturday me and two girls from my company helped at the nursery Christmas fayre, went for a delicious Mexican lunch then drank wine and watched The Nightmare Before Christmas. I tottered home and watched the X Factor Final by myself in a bubble of wine-y joy. After a non-stop term of crazy this was perfect!
Doing it right I’ve worked really hard this term and my tutor told me yesterday that my personal progress mark would be the highest she’d ever given anyone and that she thinks I’m just fabulous. I just melted, I’m so pleased.
Staying warm England is cold in winter, you just have to face it. I’m determined this year to keep the chill off as much as possible so I’m layering to the max – 100 denier tights, knee socks and ankle socks; vest, long-sleeved top, dress, cardy, coat – it’s all going on!
Fab TiLT, Gala! I was horse-mad as a girl and never grew out of it so I totally share your unicorn love!
My own diary is decorated with the heart confetti out of a Think Pink bath ballistic and silver marker pen!
My TiLT:
♥ Wearing Shimmy Shimmy by Lush. I have dark purple bedsheets and towels so the glitter shows up everywhere and makes me giggle!
♥ Eating my favourite meal in my favourite restaurant for the last time in 2008!
♥ Making my landlord laugh by telling him about my takeaway pasta obsession.
♥ Making huge decisions about my future on a whim because happiness is more important than prestige.
You never mention Scorpios. What’s wrong with us?!
Love love the horoscope-diaries idea! Its one of the thoughest things to do for me, to find a perfect (yes not good or great) diary/planner. I’m really happy with my Moleskine 2-year planner right now, but it will end in a year and a half..
Classic Music I just went to a lunchconcert wich was just calming and great to just sit and listen to the music. Monday i’m going to see my favourite Ballet ‘the Nutcracker’and i’m really looking ffwd to that!
Tea I just bought a package of Yogi Tea called ‘Bright Mood’ “Pour yourself a soothing cup of Yogi Tea’s Bright Mood when you want to lighten your mood and refresh your spirit.” sounds good ;)
14 days untill new years!!! and i’m going to be in Prague yeah wooo
-Seeing rainbows, I saw two today!
-Seeing my Mum, haven’t seen her in 3 weeks.
-Getting forest themed (early) Christmas gifts from my mum.
-Walking around Melbourne.
-Knowing I have a weekend jam packed with fun.
-My hair and skin look fucking amazing!!!
-Planning a vlog, internet terms is hilarious.
-Having a good paying job.
Oh and this!
www.esquire.com/blogs/lists/ba…
Things I love today:
/ cooking/baking from recipes rather than improv
// yoga, yoga, yoga. fell over trying to do the bird pose yesterday and my teacher said i looked like bambi – all flailing limbs, he he.
/// having so many friends suddenly decide to visit me
//// making friends with glowing shop assistants
///// looking forward to dancing my socks off at NY
////// finding brand new perfect trainers in a charity shop for £10!
/////// connecting with distant friends through ridiculous art projects
//////// having the day to myself
Things i love this thursday include: spending holidays at home with my family, being a christmas angel and decorating both my mum’s and dad’s christmas trees, making my sister’s birthday cake, trying to think of an S costume for her party, stealing sister’s clothes, reading twilight, planning christmas and beach days.
- amazing readings by shy poets
- anonymous shots that taste like strawberry milkshake
- stateside diner – what a place!
- houmous
- going home for christmas
- katy and kathryn and catherine (and me, katherine)
- the diuretic effects of coffee
- clementines
- crying until you forget what made you sad
+getting the promised visit by best friend
+jumping around with him at a concert
+getting a little note after he left
+yogurt under the car seat just for me (how thoughtful is that?)
+having a last minute idea for a tiny joke present to give away before Christmas to make it easier to survive the holiday
+travel plans for 2009 I never thought were possible…mwah they make me so excited!!
enjoy your day!!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE those unicorn illustrations!!!! Especially the one with you riding on it, that is freaking awesome!
My T.I.L.T:
- Making plans for 2009 to be my year of productivity and taking action!
- Enjoying wallowing in my unhealthy, lazy rut for the last few weeks of this year.
- Reading ICING! So inpiring in a million ways.
- Looking forward to xmas food. Yum.
-Dinner parties with my friends: my friend Alex makes excellent homemade pasta sauces, and we drink tea and eat chocolate, and sit inside and listen to the rain.
-On that note, tea.
-Learning to deal with disappointments and feel satisfied.
xx
This is gonna be weird but…
I was at the gym and this super hot 40ish lady asked me if I was using this machine and I said no cos I was just getting my bag. She then told me how good the machine was for working the back of yur thighs and said.. I really love working out, it makes me wanna dance.
So there.
And haha me too.
Spa days
Discovering facials are not as I thought they were
Wet look leggings
Having a grand weekend with my family
More details over at prettylittleblog.blogspot.com
*waking up to mini but very glittery snowflakes outsides! Finally a bit of snow here! *drinking hot chocolate while reading your TilT *anticipation! I’m going home for christmas in 5 days! I even bought lots of sparkly bathbombs from lush to celebrate the reunion with my bathtub because I don’t have one in my new home.. yay!
and the best thing… *Yesterday I finally got command over my sewing machine, fixed everything that was wrong by myself and now my head is buzzing with ideas for clothes I want to sew!
Gala, DEAREST! Hi its Sprinkle, the one who made that purple tee shirt with you on it..? On Threadbanger! :)
Anyway, I started this project on my blog. The link to my blog is in the spot for ‘website’ on this comment form… :) Anyway, its called Secret Fairy Wishes, and I really think you would like it… At least check it out perhaps? Thanks!
Here’s the special blog I made just for the project…
secretfairywishes.blogspot.com
I’m sure we would get a lot more participation if you did it!
Feeling better about life
Getting xmas cards!
Flirting with certain boys
Feeling creative and productive at the same time
The power of being able to manifest whatever it is you want
Going the extra mile with customers and getting amazing returns
Having washed out pink that doesn’t actually look that bad ha
The amazing positivity of seeing Yoko Ono last week. The woman is an inspiration.
- The Christmas tree is wonderful, all in red, white and silver! – I decorated my rooms with baubles hanging from the ceiling – I’ll post pictures when I have time.
I bought all my gifts, except for one, who’s not available yet – and they’re all wrapped, waiting under the tree. – I know what I’ll wear for Christmas! If my dress fit, I’ll wear it with red opaque tights, my black heels, red jewellery (necklace and a huge ring) and… a tiara! I’m gonna be ridiculously fantabulous! If my dress doesn’t fit, I’ll pair all the stuff mentionned with a black dress. – My boyfriend and I are gonna bake cookies to give to my family! Yummy! – It snowed yesterday. – I watched a ridiculous movie with my mom saturday: Too Cool for Christmas XD – I bought six panties for 25$ at aerie, and they are so cute and pretty and sexy and marvellous! I’ve got one with snowflakes on it, one with hearts, one with Converses-like shoes, one with “Fa la la la la”, and two with… Cupcakes!!! (a pink and a black one). I’ll post some links later. – I feel beautiful and fantastic with those panties on! I feel… like Cameron Diaz in Charlie’s Angels, dancing on her bed in her Spider Man panties!
One of my tattoo plans is the passport lion and unicorn! The ones on my passport are pretty fugly though, they need to get a bit crunked before they get tattooed.
This was a lovely post.
+ being a cam whore even though i hate my face..it’s such a great way to procrastinate
+ pistachios. i’m an addict. ugh.
+ bright white lights i hung in my room
+ the pending end of the fall 2008 semester (2 more finals to go)
+ one of my best friends is coming to visit next week, can’t wait!
+ nsync’s home for christmas album
So this is the first thing I’m doing today …eeeh starting my day out with a good dose of gratitude.
Things I love today:
-The fact that I get to go to a wedding on the weekend.
-I’m going to New York in a week… the fact that my dad offered to pay for me to go to New York…I’m still questioning why but whatevs
-Learning grammar…I’m such a nerd
-walking about in the dark while it’s lightly snowing and feeling all the love
- Seeing my friend Faith who just got back from uni …and getting one of those heartfelt hugs and talking for hours on end about boys and art and everything good
-Making dinner with my sister
-Buying my moleskine planner for ’09. The clerk lady was so lovely and friendly at the cash.
- Eating mac’n‘cheese sometimes nothing else will suffice
Have a Sparkly wonderful day
HEH! My cat (when he dances) makes me dance! His fat swings around, and it’s pure craziness!!!
My TiLT:
Mah Lionhead Necklace
:D those funnie faces
My best friend’s hello kitty sweatshirt
dirty secrets!
That first illustration makes you look like a fun-haired Paris Hilton…in a purrrdy way!
What tops my list this week? Just a couple of things:
-the start of Winter break! Just me, my boyfriend, my sewing machine, and awesome movies for a solid month!
-my mom’s Christmas raisin-currant cookies. When I got home last night, she was making them, and the whole house smelled like Christmas!
-Today’s early-early-morning shopping trip! I’m making Christmas my bitch, one gift at a time!
x buying presents
x borsch(t)
x snow
x peter
x having dreams about my brother and kazakhstan
x sending out christmas cards
x i’m #100. again
My last exam for this semester!! BONUS: It’s Kids’ Lit, so I get to write essays on Winnie-The Pooh and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. Yessss!
Finishing my Christmas shopping! (And it was only half as painful money-wise as I expected it to be. Totally great shopping-wise because I knew EXACTLY what to get everyone! Joy!)
Jamie Oliver’s Christmas Special (Love! Hilarity! Wishes of Smell-O-Vision!)
Already having my 09 Moleskine! (Got one of the year-and-a-half ones in August. HA!)
Realizing just this very second how much I use exclamation marks on a daily basis. I love it! It makes the world a more exciting place!!
I love
-being able to change my state of mind in a few hours just by positive thinking, good music and dancing…relatively new experience and completely awesome. my kind of therapy!
-planning. lists, timetables, i am a control freak. and i love it.
-2009 paperchase planners…drool.
-MAC lipsticks!
-Santogold. yum yum yum.
I’ll take that Leo diary!
- Jack Daniel’s and coke at student prices, when I go home it’ll be way too expensive ;_; – Pretty scarves and the people I buy them for! – Flirty cashiers – Having a tidy room! – Knowing I’m going home on Saturday
I have a jar in my bedroom, one of those whacking great glass sweetie jars that used to be filled with bonbons. I’ve filled it with your style tips and some of my scrawled on pretty much any kind of ephemera I can get my hands, folded up like in a prize draw. I’ve tipped a ton of sequins and glitter and vintage buttons in and each day I write down at least three things I love so that whenever I’m feeling down or uninspired I can delve into the little mountain of happiness :D It’s like a giant fortune cookie. Yay!
Today’s additions=
-the buzz of halogen lights
-painting just my thumb nail to match my knickers
-my ancient copy of ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ signed “15th September 1858, Happy Birthday, from a friend”, getting carried away with my romantic notions of an illicit affair hundreds of years ago, like my very own Jane Austen novel in my head :)
-the warm feeling JD and coke spreads down my throat, like it’s melting (picaropicara prompted me to go conjure up one of those forgotton beauties for myself so thank you :) )
I think everyone needs a jar of the good stuff. It makes my elated at least and certainly helps me on my way to becoming a love letter to the universe. When I’m writing birthday cards I put something from the jar in too- the world needs a little more ecstasy :)
Thank you Gala, it would never have happened without you.
xxx
~working out—it makes everything unimportant fade away..you’re only concentrating on the moment & the effort…it’s like enhanced meditation.
~looking forward to meeting up w/ my BFF4 after yrs of no contact
~practicing massage/reflexology on others
~free strawberry cake
~yus. estes’ lecture @ my uni. that man would make the perfect grandfather. he’s the funniest person alive, too.
~hot baths
~realizing that no day is wasted
Gala dear you must must make those diaries. I will buy all of them and hand them out to everyone I meet! As a Cancer I will need one to put down my memories, my worries, and my greatest loves!
In other news:
-Starting my health regimen BEFORE new years
-quitting my awful stressful job to pursue what I really want to do.
-Celebrating above with my family by looking at Christmas lights.
- new haircut!
- done with uni for the semester!
- reading icing!
Things I Love Thursday….
I love…
1. My mom. I haven’t talked to her forever. Like over a month. Not by choice but because her phone service is so unreliable. I finally talked to her and I just remember how lucky I am to have such a great, positive, and loveling influence I have in my life. She makes things brighter when times get dark, she has lots of hugs just when I think I have run out, she has great advise when I think I have heard it all. I love my mom. She is the best. I can’t wait to see her for my christmas. I love you mom.
2. Free Cell Phone service – I got my cell phone working for a month for free. Yay, I don’t really like cell phones, but when it’s free, I think it is okay. When the month is up, I am dropping the phone. Honestly, sometimes, I just don’t want to be found. If I have a cell phone, I can be found.
3. Blue Contacts – Just got them, haven’t worn yet, but today I’m taking the chance, I am going to go out as someone new. HAHA. Not really, same me just different eye color. Still getting used to them
4. Christmas day – it’s coming up and I decided to make over time and I am super excited to get a big check. Waaahoooo!!!!
5. Chore Chart that I still have in my head that I need to put to paper – I am living with 3 other people and we still cannot get the dirty dishes washed. I think this will help.
There you go. Ps. Secret library crush guy is crushed. He thinks I am stalking him and has the whole library on postal watch when I come in. I don’t care. It’s a public place and I am still going to go.
Gala – since your love for Mpls hip-hop seems to spill over to the Doomtree side: I volunteered at a couple of science trivia nights at a local pub where Dessa was the hostess. She’s a total science geek. And a total sweetie. But maybe you already knew …
Hello everyone! This week I love:
going home for Christmas – Yes! I finally leave Caen for two weeks tomorrow and I am SO psyched to see my family, boyfriend and girlies again!!
Lily Allen’s new song – so good and right on the money I find.
Radio 4 – My one true love! It never fails to impress.
More specifically, Test Match Special – the second Test (England v India) begins tomorrow and I am so excited that I finally get to hear it again for real!
being complimented on my French – it’s so nice to feel I’ve genuinely improved. I still struggle at times, but to know I could get through a doctor’s appointment explaining what happened to me (9lb ovarian cyst that made me look pregnant and required surgery to remove) plus my family’s medical history (diabetes, heart disease, no conclusive reason for my dad’s death) makes me feel quite positive about my level of French :)
Mitch Benn’s reading of A Christmas Carol – and knowing I’m going to listen to it on the Eurostar tomorrow. He has a wonderfully unique voice and I’ve never read it, I’m slightly ashamed to say, so I’m really looking forward to it.
visitors – two of my friends who I’ve known for (as Sarah pointed out) half my life came to visit me last weekend and I had the best time! I’d forgotten what it was like to really have fun and to really click with people. I can’t wait to see them at home again!
La Mie Caline – my favourite bakery in Caen. I sure will miss their ciabatta jambon emmenthal when I leave for good. Am plotting to bring Mr Charlie back over the summer though!
That’s me all loved up for this week. So excited for tomorrow! Have a good day everyone!
oooh, I love the idea of a piscis diary!! what would it be like?
-Watching youtube videos of the Dalai Lama.
-My exams being all done!
-My hilarious pancake disaster/adventure this morning. I never realized how much fun it is to eat the unburnt part of a pancake with my teeth from right off the burnt part!
-custard tarts!
-The fact that I have a play rehearsal today. I love working hard on my favourite things.
-Making home-made christmas cards for people I love.
Realizing that that is the second time this week I’ve read that Buddy Hackett quote; what are the odds? The other time was in a vintage Helen Gurley Brown (Cosmo Editor Supreme) book “Having It All”.
I didn’t think I was carrying a grudge, but I’ll take another look! The universe is talking to me again.
Ooh I wish my moleskine diary was here already. Have you seen the patent leather ones they’ve done this year? amazing.
~I was on some blog the other day, and the person had identified 100 things that make them happy. So I also made a list, I love lists! Anyway, whenever I’m having a bad day or get in a bad mood, I look over my list and I can’t help but smile!
~Making plans for 2009
~Our Christmas Tree Party! My siblings, parents, and I get together and decorate our tree, eat massive amounts of food, drink punch, watch Christmas movies, and sing Christmas carols…
~Peppermint Tea, I love it!
~Candy Canes
~Notes from the Universe
~Talks online with friends I haven’t seen in years
Things I’m loving this week:
- Lots of quality time with the boyfriend – Developing my style profile and cultivating a new look for 2009 – Knowing I’m getting lots of supercool presents for the holidays! – Looking forward to the New Year – My own end of the year Livejournal post – Listening to the Unicorns (a great band- you’d love them, Gala!)
the diaries sound amazing.
The things that made me dance are good music which hahem I dont mind saying that I own.
Seeing a friend of mines little girl after almost a year wow has she gotten bigger and is turning into such a pretty girl if I do say so myself.
Not having contractions late at night at least for now.
Feeling as though I am bonding with my little girl she is kicking me more and more.
Having stereo wars with the neighbor downstairs at night. Kinda fun.
Finally getting the guts to give myself a much deserved and needed holiday present to myself (the best kind because you know exactly what you want)! Now I just gotta make it.
Also having the guts to take out some of the bands that were holding my dreads together. Loving it!
Things I am loving right now are Snow, being back home for Winter Break, good organic Black Tea, hanging out w/ my Sister, and THIS WEBSITE!
I feel I should mention that thanks to your haiku challenge for the Tokyomade gifts, I have been inspired to give the gift of personal haikus to all my friends this year for Xmas! It should be very fun and entertaining for them, seeing as I am a downright terrible poet! Hehehe, but who knows, the more crazy haikus I write, the better I may get.
Things I am looooving this Thursday:
x Being all wrapped up in bed when it is cold & snowy outside!
x The fact that it is snowy, because we NEVER get snow here!!
x Planning out photoshoots, yay!
x I watched Eagle Eye last night— I very much enjoy ridiculous, impossible, fast-paced action movies!
x Being home from uni so I can eat real food!
x Playing dress-up!
x Hot chocolate
x Walking in the snow (but not when your feet get all soggy! That is no good!)
- turtle cheesecake
- being blunt
- tomatoes
Christmas Cake soap from Lush. I smell divine all day long.
I definitely think the Sagittarius diary would need to be a rehearsal and performance planner – although you were spot on about the world map.
Mom’s cooking is sooo much better than dining hall food. I got home last night and was so happy to EAT.
Planning next semester, which is going to be a sea of creativity, fun academics, and just plan busyness. Including…
Costuming a show! Which is something I’ve never done before. I have to prepare a budget during my winter break, and that’s going to be interesting and this is something so new and exciting and wonderful!
Starting to get grades back even though I know they don’t matter that much in the long term. It’s still really satisfying to see all my hard work for the semester reflected in a letter.
Winter break is going to be wonderful. I have two friends at home that I desperately want to spend time with, and two weeks in Israel to look forward to, and all sorts of wonderful things.
- Smoothies! I could probably live off of them.
- My fantastic boyfriend. He just makes my day better.
- Going to the gym. I love doing good things for my body.
- Making cute cookies. The taste was just alright, but they were SO adorable.
- Making lists. I have no clue why. It’s fun for some reason.
- SHOES. This needs no explanation.
- Planning things. Same as lists. When I was little I would sit down and plan out vacations even though we weren’t going on vacation.
- My animals! I love them and they are just the most precious pets in the universe.
Tehee!! Nigella Lawson used the word “nonpareils” in her TV programme about Christmas!! It made me think of Icing!
I love that first drawing so much!
Here’s mine, it includes My Little Pony and my new nephew(!): fishnorfowl.net/?p=325
i love the quote
it actually made me wake up and realize
that i HAVE been holding grudges
thank you
today i love
bubble baths
sprinkles
champagne and cake
RELEASING grudges
letting life be utterly and completely decadent =)
receiving cute birthday messages
new books
spending time with gorgeous people
my short fringe
fog
tea
**The Andes mint brownies my coworker brought in. YUM!
**Having an unexpected half day at work yesterday. I spent the rest of the afternoon curled up on my couch with the Christmas tree lit, watching Fargo and listening to the rain outside. So cozy!
**Getting a Wii for Xmas! I haven’t been this excited about a Christmas present in quite a while. :)
**Discovering all sorts of new blogs and inspirations
**This series of photographs:
www.runeguneriussen.no/galleri…
**Having two days of work next week, and then getting to go home!
**Wintery weather. It’s been in the mid-forties and raining…so not LA!
**Ice skating in downtown tonight with friends. Should be a great time.
You can see my Tilt here…
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Finishing my first year at university.
My new blog.
Kissing.
Dressing up in pretty skirts.
Going to the beach next week.
Feeling relieved, happy and horny =)
that illustration of you riding the unicorn is fantastic!
That unicorn is amazing! Tim Kern is my hero.
-Getting drunk with my new friends and telling each other weird secrets and doing stupid things :DD I know drinking is not fine and whatever, I mostly don’t do it…but this time it was tottally awesome. Plus, one of my friends told some things she’s done that I had never thought she would have! (she looks too conservative). Uber awesome
-Fruits: going to a beach trip always implies eating lots of carbohidrates (rice, spagetthi…); it’s great to come back and eating lots of fruits :D
The beach is awesome
I FINALLY bought myself sexy black underwear.
I’m the only one who knows, but I’m already more confidant. Crazy. ;)
I’ve just set up a blog and am of course using TILT for a blog post. Have linked to you Gala of course :)
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- Im excited that I built a website for a brewery in Welly this week (would love if I got free drinks for life, but somehow doubt it)
- Im happy that Ive started to realize some truths about myself and my life
- This Dalek xmas tree: tinyurl.com/3tz256
- Having fush n chups on the deck at a friends house in the sunshine (hurray for the simple things!)
TILT: Jus thought I would share, I got a Prince and the Revolution purple t shirt. It’s amazing and was hand screen printed by one of my friends. : ) Joy
I’m totally thrilled to be getting my first Moleskin notebook for Christmas this year. I haven’t kept a written diary since the overdramatic junior high years, but I love the idea, and I think I’m going to give it another whirl.
This week has too many things to love. My old crush (almost-boyfriend) is home from college, and I’ve grown up quite a bit (for the better) since he left. So I guess I have a couple top loves this week:
- Bumping into Peter after almost six months apart; – Boys with freckles; – Buying a new dress that no one else has; – and realising that I’m still in love.
solitude and my own secrets…im craving it
new years
kira’s mom
my surprise a+ on the chinese test
the secret
the union square xmas market—soo good this year. i saw the lucid necklaces there!
the tree ceremony
my new bag
my 15 words poem from philomel
maddie and mason
treehouses
following jasper
finding the smiley sticker on my cheek in the subway
bob marley
a certain pair of scissors
1. Today was my last of school before winter break. YAAAY.
2. Seeing Milk tomorrow! I am excited!
3. Christmas is so so so so soon.
4. I did a good job at rehearsal for my Christmas Eve performance.
5. I started my music history work this week :)
Short, and sweet.
it snowed in new orleans last thursday! it was utterly amazing and magical and only the third time i’d seen snow in my life!
it’s eighty degrees here now, but i’m super glad to be able to wear dresses without leggings/jeans.
my twenty-first birthday is in two days!
the video for no age’s song “eraser” is wonderful; the most accurate visual interpretation of an acid trip ever.
new perfume, caribou/manitoba albums, four tet albums!
-Flew to MA from San Francisco to spend a few weeks with my family.
-Driving! I missed driving so much! I don’t have a car in SF, so I only drive when I’m in MA!
-The newest Killers album
Short and sweet :)
Gala, we call our boss “El Jefe”
It’s so fun to say….El Hefay
Boss in Spanish :D
It’s Friday already but I think the universe will forgive me. I was hardly on my computer at all yesterday.
This Thursday I love…
~sending things through the mail to friends all over the world
~people asking me if I’d like a holiday card (and me replying “of course, but only if I can send you one too!”)
~reading for pleasure (and finding that the book I’m reading reminds me of people I know)
~listening to the noisy Canada geese on the creek
~sewing
~being home
~getting good marks in my 1st semester of grad school!
~going bowling
~having free time, for a change
Handing in my assignments and going out with class mates last night to celebrate the end of term!
Having a succsessful second meeting with the other girls I am putting on a gig with in March of next year.
Hanging out with an amazing guy who gave me a mix cd this week <3
Getting to know class mates better!
The fact Im leaving the city for my xmas holiday and going home on sunday to see my family!
Also jam factory is ace! Gavin Strange is one of my favourite designers! Have you seen his designer toy Gala? Called a “droplet”. I have three of them and they are the sweetest!!!!
My new haircut and halftone color! I got the top dyed a dark brown, and the underneath bleached, AND OMG I“M PUTTING (unnatural) COLOR IN SATURDAY!! I haven’t had pretty colors for 4 years!
My new blog! I have been having SO MUCH FUN with it. It’s done wonders for my creativity already!
The fact that it’s almost Christmas! And people being so confused that I am so excited about it, because of course atheists are all doom and gloom and no fun, right?!
Finishing a DIY project! I made a light box for jewelry photography!
Buying my husband’s Christmas present! OMG I’m so excited to surprise him!
Having epiphanies I am going to make some friends!
That is all. Well, it’s not, but I’m too excited about those to think of any more!
I never seem to do them on thursdays, but still, here’s my list for this week:
*celebrating the birthday of a close friend
*firetruck red fingernails
*getting compliments on a bag I made myself
*caring friends who walk me to bus stops en masse
*Vicks
*hot chocolate
*buying an Ex Libris stamp and a ribbon bookmark
*buying Darwin’s “On the origin of species” (intellectual me), Sharpies (creative me) and a cute mug of Rainbowfish (little girl me)
*kisses
*finally fixing my keyboard (really, why would you paint the magic button red if it’s hidden underneath the little keyboard feet :))
*realizing that more than a year ago I wrote a love letter stating that I could get along just fine without him, but that it was awkward, like a country without a government. All these months later, the “government” of my country has fallen (was it ever really established?) , as has the slightest aspiration of mine to actually talk to that !)/-+”#@ again. We’re doing fine, thank you. Hihi.
* unexpectedly meeting my “train buddy” ^^ on the midnight train home. We can’t seem to take a train without bumping into each other. We never really spoke in high school but since we’ve been regular co-commuters this semester, we’ve had so much fun on the train!
* precious stones on necklaces
* flirting
*books
* wearing my pumps with socks in them and leg warmers made out of old leggings (so nineties!)
*planning my funeral and knowing I have found peace of mind already
* hanging up my “Look lively” poster which makes me smile because it’s so disturbingly sarcastic
* telling two people what I really think of them: One was congratulated and honoured for his existence ( wide grin) , the other one was put where she belongs: in a far and not all that pleasant past
* E. H. for accompanying me to a book sale, even though she was very ill
* quirky subjects in Icelandic (Yes, during the exam period, I find even linguistic articles to be very funny!)
*flirting (Snap snap, grin grin, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more? :D)
TiLt(a bit Late):
Decorating my mini Pink Christmas tree who follows me whatever new place i live in.
New Keychain with Pink and red Star so i always have Stars in my hand when i leave or get home.
watching Flatliners tonight, as it was the first movie i saw by myself in America ages ago and i spoke poor english then so tonight i’ll understand everything!!ah ah
wrapping x mas presents.
Giving and getting loads of Hugs (It’s Free Free free and revitalizing!)
making my whole family dancing elves with that elves thing on the internet, so funny.
And my bath is over flowing, got to go.xxxx
i love:
-my TWO new moleskines! i just bought them, and they are my first ones ever ever.
-getting a new book. i got wicked
-going out to lunch with my concert band aka family. i love them
-my grandparents! they have come from out west to visit
-christmas in general. :D
-black & white film
-audiobooks and podcasts
-purring cats in my lap
-vintage Madonna music videos
-Christmas shopping being almost finished
-anticipating of seeing a Christmas Carol on stage
-my family being there for me to lean on
-quotes from Winnie the Pooh books
-the smell of real Christmas trees
Hooray for posting Gav [Jam Factory] stuff. He’s one of my good friends and he is the NICEST person in the entire world.
That print he did of Dessa’s lyrics is ridiculous. I love it. And him. And her.
Wrapping a furry blanket around myself like a towel
It’s really cold and it feels soo nice! Like fuzzy pajamas but better.
Purple is the new pink
I wanted to have a color that that could be all over my stuff, like a signature color. Clothes, notebooks, pens… Everyone likes pink, but that was a bit too girly, so I chose purple! It fits because I’m pretty androgynous and purple is between blue and pink. I love it!
Having a magnet-free fridge
It makes the kitchen look more open!
Men singing like women
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlB3E_…
I’m tired of girl power, how about boy power?? This is Matt Alber singing an alto aria from Handel’s The Messiah. It’s so pretty!!
When people say “priddy” or “chwunny”
Haha… Silly Pennsylvanians…
Can I come to the Grease sleepover??? OMG :D