Things I Love Thursday
[ 1 January 2009 ]
We missed one last week; I know. I got swept away with Christmas fever but I was sending deliriously happy tremors out to the universe all day, so I think I did what I needed to do! Let’s make this week’s list a humdinger to fill the gap, huh?
2009! I am unbelievably excited about this year. I have so many magical plans in the works, & I am totally hyped (& a bit scared) about putting them into action. My new year’s eve was awesome too — I got to see everyone I wanted to, & there were lots of hugs & heaps of laughter. At about 5.30am I looked up at the sky & decided it was time to disappear. I watched the sun rise over New Zealand while I talked to my taxi driver & sent text messages from the back-seat. It was a great, great night. I hope yours was too!
Skype! What a magnificent invention! It’s all good, all the time. Even in little ol’ New Zealand, where I thought my connection might be too slow to handle it. I have been Skypeing like a nut, talking to cute excitable girls (& their excellent Virgo boyfriends) in Los Angeles & frozen icicle boys in Minneapolis, as well as seeing more than enough CATS on camera! (Chicken & Monster, respectively.) My (literally) sweet friend in Melbourne is next on my Skype agenda. Yes she is. No pouting allowed!
Good music — Some weeks sound better than others. This one has been a goodie. I’d like to thank… Antony & the Johnsons; The Replacements; RZA; Does It Offend You, Yeah?; Mogwai; Tv On The Radio; Dillinger Four; Explosions In The Sky (Jake says, “If the time lapse of life had a soundtrack it would be Explosions In The Sky”); The Hold Steady; Doomtree; Built To Spill; Al Green; Murs; Brother Ali; Bell X1; Common; Yo La Tengo; The Mountain Goats; Blue Scholars; MC Shan; The Weakerthans; Prince; Digable Planets; Company Flow; The Living Legends, DJ Concept, El-P & Spinnerette. Yes, thank you all very much. Well done.
Privileged is my new favourite show. A sweet but geeky & slightly socially awkward girl (who I think is a cross between Sarah Michelle Gellar & my friend Sammy) gets a job tutoring two spoilt girls in Palm Beach. Insanity occurs, & we get to watch it all unfold! For those of us who like our television unabashedly trashy, this show has it all.
Exercising every day — My mother & I are doing an experiment which started five days ago. We’re following a program of cardio & weight-training, & every morning we don our sexiest clothing (um, not really) to start the day off sweating. It’s not glamorous but it’s extremely satisfying! I’m documenting the process & I’m going to write it up soon! I also bought a hula hoop for $6 the other day. It is lime green & made of this awful hard plastic which smacks the bones in my feet when it falls down. It hurts. But the point is… I love it. I am getting really good at it. (Okay, not really good, but I can keep it going for a while now!) It is really fun… I put on the best music & shimmy around the living room & laugh & swivel around until I’m out of breath. I can see how people get hooked on hooping. & really, any activity which involves holographic accessories (sparkly hoops! Insane costumes!) is so me.
Yes Man — I just went & saw this tonight & I LOVED IT. I am really not a movie person normally, but it was really great. The premise is that this guy who is closed off to life starts saying “yes” to every opportunity he’s presented, no matter how ludicrous, & how that completely changed his life around. It was based on the book of the same name written by a British journalist called Danny Wallace, who did exactly this & wrote about the results. Really, I think you should see it. It made me super-happy.
Honourable mentions: Post-Christmas sales; amazing news; having a fleet of international spies of magic & mystery!; parsnip & ginger soup; my super-amazing magical unicorn shirt (you can get your own here!) which I think I have worn every day since I got it; new year’s kisses; Joy Bar ice-creams (they’re baaa-aaaack!); false eyelashes; boys who are really nervous but tell you you’re gorgeous anyway (awwww); friends who are genuinely happy for you; dancing; Auckland anticipation (this time next week I’ll be there!); catching up with old friends; hugs & holding hands & being excitable; loving your friends so much that you feel compelled to tell them every half an hour or so; chance encounters; surreptitious photo-taking & um… can I say my unicorn shirt again?!
I asked my parents to make their own contributions to Things I Love Thursday, & here’s what they said! (Why don’t you ask whoever’s around to add to your list too?)
Mama Darling: Friends & family; relaxation; sun & surf; chocolate; Jamie Oliver!
Papa Darling: People are in holiday mode & calmer & happier; looking out the window & seeing people have fun & frolicking around; people laying fishing nets; seeing the bus go by with virtually nobody on it, meaning nobody’s working; the garden’s exploding with lovely yellow roses; having all our family around us; chocolate-coated ginger; pistachio nuts; being woken up at quarter to 7 by your daughter coming home & her telling you you have “swamp-mouth”; bacon & eggs & coffee for breakfast at 11, as opposed to porridge at 6.30!
“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.” — Dale Carnegie
How about you? Start off 2009 the right way with a BIG love letter to the universe! Go go go!
Love letters & feather headdresses,
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Wow you must be proud of all that exercise. Looking forward to reading about that. Love your mum and dad’s contributions too! Happy new year!
Happy 2009 Gala!!! I think we started in off at around the same time – I’m on Tokyo time, are you?
It’s going to be a phonomenal one I can tell :)
Mariah X
happy 2009!
the things i currently love are:
x singing auld lang syne along to a chessy recording after big ben has struck 12 and it’s another year. it was the only part of my new years eve out at a bar that i enjoyed. dancing to it lamely & bouncing along, was good times.
x hot chocolate with marshmallows, it is the best when it’s cold and you’re tired. because hot chocolate can just solve anything.
x 2009 too. i like that it’s a new year, i was getting kind of sick of 2008. and i think 2009 will be a big one. my first year exams at university, hopefully living in london over the summer, living in a house with friends in oxford from september… yeah, i’m going to make sure that it is better than 2008. 2008 was topsy-turvy, really up and down. i’d like less downs this year.
x the ronettes. 60s girlgroup music is just too good, and the ronettes, along with the shangri las, are definitely the best. come on, be my baby, walking in the rain… it’s enough to make me want to wear shift dresses and tease my hair endlessly.
x dresses. i never really had the confidence to wear dresses out, but i’ve done it a couple of times recently and i really like it. and people have had surprisingly nice reactions to me in dresses, so i should try and do it more often.
x my friends, especially the ones i wasn’t with on new years. here’s to not starting as we mean to go on.
Happy 2009!
I am feeling very optomistic about this year and my tilt is as follows:
-Spending NYE with my 3 best friends who have not all been here at once on new years since we were 16.
-The beach that we went to for our NYE celebrations after clubbing and drinking.
-NYE kisses in the sand.
-Receiving a massive first pay packet from my new job in time for the christmas sales!
-Knowing that I am moving on from my past relationship and getting out in the world and moving on with my life.
-Anticipation of the food I will be baking out of the new cook book that I received for christmas.
-Planning road trips with my friends.
-Using my super cute new pink diary
Hope you all had a lovely NYE and have a fantastic 2009! x
Raspberry licorice.
Buns.
Electric blue nails.
Ed Hardy’s Eau de Parfum.
Poolside tanning.
Swimming.
Reviving The OC.
Grunge.
Pink lipstick.
Toothy grins.
Salmon.
Sheer blouses and lingerie.
Horoscopes.
Buderim trees.
Ceiling fans.
Watermelon.
Air conditioning.
2009!!!
xo
Happy new year everyone
haiku, glitter, lush, cupcakes, living in england, london, my friends, being alive, my family, cupcakes, icing with icing bags, planning sleepovers, doilies, shopping!, makeup, earl grey tea, my room, porridge, & bunnies! I love bunnies…
My new red Moleskine 2009 diary.
Making plans and setting goals for the next couple of years.
Red lipstick which I’ve promised myself I’m going to wear everyday.
The fact I spent New Year’s Eve by myself and had a blast.
I surprised my friend in Switzerland by ringing her and saw midnight in with her (they’re an hour ahead of us here in Blighty).
Alcohol free beer. Tried some last night and loved it.
I’ve set up a fund to save up for a Mac Notebook and Ipod Nano.
Changing not only jobs, but careers.
Going back to Uni in September.
Looking into how much driving lessons cost. My ideal car? A bright orange vintage Volkswagon Beetle…
I saw YES MAN at the cinema and it was brilliant. Ive ordered the book now too. Im in love with zooeys camera
-My new red moleskine diary (snap with Annie Goddard)
-Planning for 2009
-Writing out all my New Years resolutions
-Pink grapefruit and chocolate chip panetone for breakfast
-My new black and gold sparkly knickers/panties that I bought for £2(!) at Topshop
-Spending loads of time with my family
-Tea
-Waking up really early in the morning and watching Harry Potter 4 with my lovely friend Molly
-General Excitement!
Happy New Year everyone!
xxx
Wonderful TILT :)
My friends and i have been emailing each other tilt’s now for 8 weeks straight and they are such a great reason to hope on my computer first thing in the morning with coffee or chai tea.
Some of my additions today were
•Big baggy basketball singlets – ultra comfortable
•Going to moreton island
•The month of January – It’s a new start, it’s sunny, it’s always a beautiful day – the storms are always beautiful too. As well as Summer Festivals – sunset sounds, big day out and loads more!
•Soy Milk – with no added sugar and all organic
Thanks for the inspiration!
Family time – I’ve been proper happy to chill at home during this holiday, really appreciating time with my family. It’s all change this year – I’m graduating and moving to teach in London, my youngest brother is starting university and my other brother will go into a full-time residential care home – so who knows what things will be like this time next year which makes me especially grateful.
Chocolate – so, so much chocolate has been consumed over the last 2 weeks. SO MUCH. Even though it’s Christmas, that’s still a bit naughty. But I loved every bit of it!
Presents – all different kinds! Getting cool presents from my parents, giving my boyfriend the scarf I knitted, seeing my dad’s face when he opened his remote control helicopter, spending the day in a luxurious spa with my best friend that we found buy-one-get-one-free as our present to each other! Hooray!
Old friends – I’m a bit of a homebody but there are 4 girls (the Wendy’s) who I meet up with and have a present-swap with every year (Wendymas!) and it was enough love and laughter in one night to tide me over for ages.
Having my boyfriend close – we go to different universities and our holidays usually overlap so we have a good 4 weeks together at Christmas but this year we only got 2. But they have been two weeks of happy loving joy!
2009 – I can’t wait! Bring it on!
~Turkish Delights
~Joining a drama society, plotting plays over coffee
~Progress. Used to be I could only do 30 min workouts with lots of mini breaks in between, gasping for breath throughout, gulping down water. Today I noticed I can go a full TWO hours with only a couple of breaks.
~Swimming at sunset. The colours of the water, colours of the sky=fantastic
~Charles Dickens. I’m reading “our mutual friend” by him & it’s great. Laugh-out-loud funny.
~Making popcorn.
Hey, Gala! Priveledged was a book, called How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls (or was it spoiled Rich Girls? I don’t remember…). It was lent to me about a month before the series came out, and I loved it. It’s great, and I suggest you read it! :D
the qoute is fabulous!
being woken up at quarter to 7 by your daughter coming home & her telling you you have “swamp-mouth”....
HAHA! So awesome. Your dad is so funny!
Privileged has been recommended to me by a few people, I really must start watching it!
My TiLT is here sparkleandglitter.co.uk/2009/0…
Happy New Year Gala (and iCiNG readers of course!) Have a wonderful 2009!
Your parents are so sweet (and your dad is hilarious)! Anyway, happy new year Gala! I hope you achieve great things this year :].
The things I love this Thursday:
*Getting cheap gorgeous satin dresses from Primark for £5 each, which have a very 1930s feel!
*Spending New Year’s Eve by myself and enjoying it thoroughly by watching ‘Marie Antoinette’ on DVD and eating a nice curry!
*Getting more work done on my essay which is due in next Tuesday! I’m still behind, but I’m glad I’m getting some of it done! (Positive thinking)
*Listening to the radio whilst working on my essay is better than trying to write the essay whilst watching TV!
*Hanging out with my cats!
*Writing a letter to my boyfriend to thank him for helping to make last year lovely.
Happy New Year everyone!
—> 2009. It’s going to be insane. It’s going to be the biggest year of my life yet. I’m scared & mostly excited.
+ My Family;
I can always count on them, they’ve proved that more so the last few weeks.
+ 2009;
So excited ( & a little nervous! ) about all the changes I’m making this year and the new projects I’m starting !
+ Creating Motto’s For The Year;
Inspired by yourself and fellow non pareils !
+ Realising That Despite Any Difficulties, I’m Working Towards A Much Larger Goal;
I think I’ve finally seen the light ! haha. I just need to get my head down & work and forget anything else !
+ Being Told I’m Leagues Ahead Of Others In Being A Good Person;
My best friend is very special, I love him lots.
+ Psychology Magazine;
I am so happy I discovered this ! Love it.
+ Visiting My Gran In Hospital & Eating Truffles With Her;
She’s my fave person in the world.
Oooh, G, this is like one of your TILT’s from when you first moved to New York – all full of love for life being good to you! I loff it to bits and pieces!
Here’s my list:
* America – Living in an only-partly-developed country without freedom of speech and freedom of media laws is helping me appreciate things I have been taking for granted, especially in the past year. It’s a great way to kick off the new year and I’m being so motivated to do things I’ve always wanted to do. Heart!
* My desktop background – I wanted a collage that was inspiring and calming, so I made one with this xkcd webcomic and your Fortune For the Day picture. In the last week alone, it has scared a friend, impressed a bellboy, and awed my baby niece (it seems little girls are completely in love with your hair)!
* Dreadlock wigs – In a fit of cheese-induced wooziness, I decided I really needed one, and now that I’m seriously thinking of finally getting that pixie cut, a dreadlock wig would be PERFECT for days when I really want long hair…
Ah, no way, I met Danny Wallace a couple of years ago when he did a TV show called How To Start Your Own Country. I’m dying to see the movie. His other books are awesome too! Check out ‘Join Me’. He started a cult of random acts of kindness. Very funny!
Things I Love:
Student Loan Day on Saturday!! I know it’s very materialistic but I’ve been eye-ing up some gorgeous boots for 5 months now and I’m finally going to buy them :D
Lush I started as an xmas temp in October and I’m being kept on permanently!! I’m so excited, it’s the first job I’ve had that I actually enjoy going to!
Raw I’ve decided to give raw a 6 week trial to see how it works with me. I’m really excited, I’m going to buy a raw recipe book at the weekend. I’m hoping to have more energy, get little sniffly colds less often and lose a few pounds :)
Hey there! I just stumbled across your blog yesterday. :)
I think Things I Love Thursday is an awesome idea. I definitely love Skype too. It kept me sane while my boyfriend (now fiance) was on the other side of the world.
Happy New Year!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Yay for 2009!
Here are some things I love this Thursday, and am super excited for in 2009!!
~ having great friends and family to ring in the new year with
~ seeing my brother so happy with his girlfriend, Molly
~ being super thankful for fun Christmas prezzies, gorgeous weather, and fabulous food
~ going back to uni in a few days and very excited to start the new semester and see my friends again
~ feeling really good and happy about this new year
~ having a new moleskine to decorate with a wish collage about everything i want to accomplish in the next year and forever!
~ warm socks
~ catching up with old friends, and being given a surprise gift that once belonged to my late uncle… good memories
I hope everyone enjoys this first week of 2009! (Also, pinch, punch, first of the month heehee!) :-)
- My new board game, McWiz des Grands, to which I played almost everyday since I got it (on Dec. 24).
- I welcomed 2009 cuddling with my boyfriend while watching House Bunny and Star Wars episode IV.
- I saw Star Wars for the first time yesterday!!! (What a way to end a year and begin another!).
- I gave XMas cookies to my family and friends and everybody was so happy and liked them A LOT.
- I have a big stack of books to read, and I intend on actually take the time to read them.
- I think I’ll make some New Year’s resolutions, even though I never do.
- I saw Sleeping Beauty for the first time yesterday, too! Oh, how I love Merryweather!!!
Things We Love Thursday
Rachel’s:
-Managing to stay within the grocery budget, despite the holidays
-My beautiful 1-year-old daughter, Lily Bean and my wonderful husband
-A mid morning break with a diet coke & some “I Love Lucy” reruns
-The typewriter my husband gave me (it’s from the 50s & it belonged to his mother!)
-A warm apartment overlooking a cold, snowy courtyard
Lily’s:
-Finding Nemo
-Kitties
-My glittery green bouncy ball
-A cup with milk
Cansei de Ser Sexy
Best Band in the universe
your mum and dad are so cute! i can see where you get it from ;)
// 2009 – i am SO excited for the new year! 2008 was excellent but i don’t think i took full advantage of all the opportunities i was presented with – this year i am going to make a huge effort to be pro-active!
// moleskine diaries – i got a red daily diary yesterday (just in time!) and it is just lovely! i’m really excited about using it :3
// books! i got a lovely big stack of them for christmas and i’ve already started ploughing my way through them.
// my family it’s been so nice to see them all so much over the holidays – they’re all just such amazing people, i am so proud to be associated with them.
-Writing about London.
-Daydreams
-Sleeping
-Getting a chance to lie down and read
-New necklaces
-Actually being excited to go back to school… not looking forward to exams, but I want to see my friends… and have my adviser meeting!
-Looking over old yearbooks
-Being afraid and excited of the future at the same time!
We have such similar musical tastes! I NEVER expected to see D4 on your list. Amazing! (Influence from the mysterious MN boys you mention?) & I only know a select few who would include them on the same list with all the Living Legends characters.
I hope you have the Project Blowed album! It’s the best.
♠ RSS feeds — They make me so happy. I love getting to find new websites that are work related to pour over in my feeds.
♠ Falling asleep in awkward positions with my husband on NYE before it even struck midnight. (We have yet to be awake for midnight a single year that we’ve been together. I’m okay with this.)
♠ Playing with my 2009 Moleskine — I love it so much, I painted a pretty lady on the cover. I just need to spray some sealer on it and post pictures documenting the process soon.
♠ Business plans for 2009 and travel plans for 2010. Life is good.
♠ Listening to Tech N9ne for three or four days straight. He’s fantastic. Some of my favorite songs: “Waitress”, “Jellysickle” Featuring E40, “Let’s Go”, “Slacker” & “Slither”
♠ Cinnamon rolls — Sooooo good.
♠ Getting a $10 used book for $0.73 with store credit.
♠ Buying gifts for my lovely friends.
♠ Inspirational quotes.
♠ Ridiculous sunglasses.
♠ Craving raw food when I’ve had too much fast food. I’m glad that I’m wanting to make healthier food choices.
♠ Buying art supplies, then taking pictures to share with my livejournal friends and having people tell me how hot the pictures in. I love my artist friends, we get hot n bothered over the most awesome things.
♠ Getting a TON of Sculpey clay for $0.50 a piece on clearance. I love getting to play with clay again!
♠ Working on creating a mascot for Carmine Magazine. It makes me really excited to think of have one.
♠ My new Great Ideas notebook. (Gala, you totally need one of these.) www.knockknock.biz/catalog/cat…
♠ Everything from the KnockKnock.biz site. I’m not even a Virgo, but I am loving all their list notebooks and post-its. (The Fashion Citation is hilarious: www.knockknock.biz/catalog/cat… )
♠ Orange juice + Lemonade + Grapefruit juice. I’m the only one that seems to like this combination, but it’s so good.
♠ Frozen yogurt with fresh pomegranate seeds, kiwi and pineapple.
♠ Homemade strawberry lemonade. — By homemade I mean adding strawberries to premixed lemonade.
OMG! I just found this on KnockKnock.biz as well, sooooo perfect. I need one:
www.knockknock.biz/catalog/cat…
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- Beginning 2009 feeling good about the future, writing myself positive intentions and taking silly pictures of myself.
- My new Kitchen aid blender! I’m so excited -the design, the functionality -the luxury of finally having one in my very own kitchen.
- Me on the doorstep of the Raw food realm. I begun reading up on it and it totally resonates with me so now I bought a cookbook and I’m ready to dive in. Any beginners advice Gala?
– Following my intuition. I’ve recently begun listening and trusting it again and the rewards just keep coming.Good luck with your new exercise routine! I’d love to hear more about it…Just before the holidays I wrapped up my own 12 week fitness program. It was the Body for Life program, based on the bestselling book by Bill Phillips. High Intensity training, 3 days of weights, 3 days cardio (alternating) and then one free day (eat what you want and no gym!). I just started my second challenge and my body feels great!
Good luck!!
Gala, this year, you should have a go at listening to Aerosmith.
My TiLT:
-2009!!!! Today is the first day of 09 here, in USA, PA.
- Victorian stuff
- Anything Swedish
- Swiss Army Knives
- As usual, AEROSMITH. the greatest band in the universe… trust me
happy new year, gala!
today i am loving:
my christmas tree, decorated with decades of family history
perfect presents from friends who are too kind
ringing in the new year with the aforementioned friends
making silly faces at little ones
starting 2009 off with a clean office and a hell of a lot less clutter
starting 2009 off to begin with—it’s going to be an amazing year!
Things I Love Thursday:
~ FRIENDS. Thank God for my friends.
~ CHRISTMAS EVERYTHING!! Seeing family, having nerf gun battles with my cousins, Christmas lunch, opening presents (a Burberry trench!! I still can’t believe it!), being at home with no obligations or deadlines, having time to read Nancy Drew’s, looking at all the holiday decorations and going to drive-through light shows, Christmas music, parties and reunions, writing in my new journal, taking fantastic family portraits in front of the tree, making gingerbread houses, my new super-pepperminty lip balm, baking cookies and tarts and cakes, my new nail polish “We’ll Always Have Paris,” getting a Betsey Johnson cupcake necklace in the post-Christmas sales, Love Actually, Home Alone, and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. WOW that’s a lot, but this was perhaps my most magnificent Christmas ever!!!
~ New Year, new start. Although 2008 was flipping awesome and will be massively difficult to top :)
~ Resolutions, lists, and goals.
~ Thrift stores, eBay, and other bargain hunter havens.
~ Classic Disney movies.
~ Planning my wedding…even though it won’t be happening for another decade and I have yet to find a suitable groom
Happy New Year’s!
Happy New Year!
- Snow – Playing Halo with friends – Wearing cute dresses – Translating songs into IPA – Video chatting with my favorite people – The Future
- My new crocheted hat! It is so droopy and cool and awesome and I made it all by myself and I love it! (Thank you Threadbanger for the directions!!)
- Yes Man! I saw it last night too! It was just great and I looove Zooey Deschanel anyways she is so beautiful
- Panfried noodles with vegetables!
- The Midwest Teen Sex Show a.k.a the BEST PODCAST EVERRR IT IS SO HILARIOUS AND JUST AMAZING IN GENERAL!!!
- Nick Jonas haha yes I said it and I don’t care
Things I Love in 2009!!!
- My resolutions this year; they’re totally doable, not vague, and I’m excited about them.
- Kissing my boyfriend at midnight for the second year in a row. I’m so lucky and blessed to have him in my life.
- Christmas and Hanukkah this year were wonderful and delightful. I got some great presents.
- Waist belts. I may be a plus-size girl, but I have a tiny, cute waist and I want everyone to see it!
- My parents, who are cool and funny, which I will try to keep in mind even when things with them get difficult.
Happy New year!!!!
* A new year to fill up with Amazing,Happy,Magical Momments,So Exiting!!
*Leg warmer with Ponpons.
*Delicious, yummy food.
* Nice neighboors.
*My water fountain, It’s a Buddha and it Lights up. :)
*Singing along to songs i really luvvvv.
* Having lots of ideas.
* Really enjoying Life.
* Family and Friends.
Happy New Year Gala!!!
Today I’m thankful for:
~ Being alive to enjoy another year * Driving around the city in my LRC (Little Red Car) – Playing Lips at my friend’s house
^ Going to malls with my sister and the drink ridiculous flavored beer
` Starting a New Year!
¨ writing in my Moleskine
+ EVERYTHING!
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian- >sigh< Ben Barnes is so cute!
2009 and all it holds
Hangin with Mr. Cooper- I loved that show when I was a kid. I’m glad they’re showing reruns now
Watergate Cake- Yum!
Shopping!
Yeah, go Gala!
-Standing up in a horizontal line and pelvic thrusting into the new year with four of my favourite people in the entire world.
-“They live in you” from the Lion King musical. Disney pride!
-Goals! I plan on writing a screenplay for a ridiculous porno this year, going raw, learning spanish, etc.
-The new Resident Evil movie, which is ten times better if you’ve got somebody to fangirl with.
-Moleskines. Yuuuuum.
- The cute little book that I wrote out my new years resolutions in! (Exept I totally ruined it by ripping out the first page like a zillion times because I couldn’t get my handwriting “just right.” sigh.
- The X-Files Series 1 DVD boxset! Gillian Anderson – YUM. (Ahem.)
- Ringing in the New Year with my best friends, watching movies and eating Pizza!
- 30 ROCK!!!
Happy new year everyone! :)
Today I am in love with 2009! And super happy with Gala for the brilliant new music!
Big love
i started off my new year with my closest friends, wine, pasta and great dvds – it was smashing
i started 2009 by vowing to bake a batch of cupcakes a day and take a photo of them
here’s the first adelishcupcakeaday.blogspot.co…
only 355 to go!
How great is Yes Man!
I thought it would be good for a giggle but it was so great! And it totally reignited my love affair with Zooey Deschanel. yum.
I didn’t get crazy drunk on NYE like I normally do, and woke up on the first day of this year in the BEST MOOD. Good things to come. yes yes.
- Preparing an awesome breakfast & lunch of ham-and-cheese-croissants & mini muffin pizzas respectively!
- Exercising at 10pm when I normally would have packed it in
- Seeing ‘yes man’ – I share your sentiments entirely! Plus it helps that Zooey is the cutest thing on the face of the earth – also, like Kimberley above, I am coveting her camera so bad. Haha I felt like such a sly dog writing that!
- 2009, being upbeat about it and knowing that things are going to be different this year, because I am going to make them that way :)
- Feeling myself change already (for the better!)
- MGMT. Super love for ‘Time To Pretend’ – definitely the song of ’08 for me!
tilt seriously could not come at a better time for me today!being a bit of a debbie downer
- finally feeling like a can change some of the things that are dragging me down in 2009
-slumdog millionaire! it was the most amazing movie I have seen in a really long time.
-my goals for 2009!some fun like travelling to a new continent that I have never even thought about going to..random finger on the map here I come.Others are scary like changing habits 25 years on the making.
-the awesome lush offer at the moment!I ended up getting skin nanny for free which is awesome for my dry skin.First time i’ve woken up in months without that tight face feeling!and all the other fun new products…porridge soap,salt shower wash areaghhhhh.I love it all.
-the cheesecake I made.first tyler recipe ever but it really was world’s best cheesecake.if I do say so myself:)
- starting the new year with my closest friends, blowing bubbles and drinking slurpees
- getting all my textbooks, stationary etc ready for my honours year (see also: getting into the honours course) yay!
~Dog Days Are Over by Florence and the Machine. Rockin’ good song.
~2008. Looking back over it, it wasn’t a bad year at all despite being rocky at times. Thanks to you, Gala, I actually worked out that it’s much better to be myself than to try and ‘fit in’, something most 15 year olds are, unfortunately, yet to realise. I got over my depression and low self esteem and I only feel low about myself once in a while, I discovered my main talent and I became comfortable in my own skin for the first time in my life.
~2009. I’m confident it’s going to be even better than 2008 because there won’t be half as many depressed moments! Hopefully none. I’m really looking forward to this year as I feel I’m gonna start coming out of my shell around others and letting my true colours shine.
~Christmas. Ok so I hate having to see all my family (that sounds mean..it’s just all the travelling gets too much, especially when I have coursework to do) but Christmas day is always a happy day.
~Long phone conversations. I lay on my bed earlier today talking to one of my friends who I hadn’t spoken too in aaaages and it was so nice.
~Chocolate mints. Another good thing about Christmas.
~Saving up for a DSLR camera. That is going to be my first purchase of the new year and I’m EXCITED!
Honours: my new pink wig!; not quitting my 365 project; hats with bells on them; clearing out my iTunes; my new glittery robot necklace; water; tidiness; organisation.
Yay for TiLT! I have been loving to read yours for about a year and a half now and just recently decided to post my own list more regularly. I have been posting them on my livejournal for my friends to see :)
so_witty TiLT
fresh starts, first hugs of the year, mango nectar, the film amelie, tea & cake, daydreaming about my magical rose garden (can’t help it!), and lastly planning surprise parties.
Dear lovely love love universe:
Thank you for throwing events together so that I would spontaneously jump into the pool with a load of strangers in my underoos. I feel amazing, beautiful, wonderful, and FREED from my inhibitions.
I promise to more outgoing and proactive this year <3
-my cousins
-the doormen at my godparents’ nyc apartment
-my new improved sleeping habits
-trashy novels from the library
-free haircuts from the salon i used to work at
-having an opportunity to work with one of my heroes
-my new blythe doll and betsey johnson charm bracelet
-post-christmas sales
-the fake karl lagerfeld blog
-inspiration from fictional characters
-feeling a lot more independent
-Night swimming
-The smell of pine forests at night
-My flatmate’s doggies
-Listening to good music while driving with a friend
-2009! all of it! Already =)
-Writing resolutions/setting goals
-Cleaning my flat & thinking of decorating possibilities
-Making & getting obsessed with a mostly raw vegan kale pesto to enjoy with zucchini pasta & salad
-U2
-Paganism
-Sex and the city
-Having all sorts of inspirational things to read (like David Wolfe’s Sunfood Diet Success System & Wellbeing magazine)
-Setting the date for my wedding =)
-Having a lovely introverted new years eve
-Marathons of Nigella, Sex & the City and Will & Grace on teevee
-Catching up with good friends <3
—All the great things that happened in 2008…travel, friends, parties, family, good meals, etc etc etc
—NPR! They are doing great eclectic music this morning!
—Christmas presents. A Wii (!!!!) and a coffee maker. My apartment has just become 200% more exciting with those additions.
—Great movies. I saw Slumdog Millionaire with a friend last weekend…BEAUTIFUL. I was walking on air when we left the theater. I also saw Milk this weekend which was super inspiring (if at the same time a bit depressing to see how California hasn’t changed that much. Stupid Prop 8. I love my state…but sometimes…jeez.)
—A roommate who is always there for me. She’s kind of the best. And she’s vacuuming the apartment today while i’m at work. LOVE
gala,
my name is joy barr and i desire to know of these ice-creams you speak of!!!!
oh the joy bar, they are delish! Joy its an icecream bar, coated in choc with a raspberry-ish layer inside too.
and chocolate coated ginger is just the best!
I had been inspired to try hooping after the article you did, I should put that on my new years list.
The Mountain Goats! You do not even know how happy I was to see that on here! I don’t know anyone who listens to them other than my boyfriend and I, but that kinda makes it better ‘cause it’s our own special thing. Kinda like a love note. Listening to them makes me laugh and love everything. :)
I love Cheap Monday jeans, sushi, PG Wodehouse, French conversation lessons, crispy chicken wraps, Colette, sparkling Ribena (ah!), Sympathy for the Devil by the Rolling Stones, pinky bars, Jimmy Carr!, Luella
t-shirts and laughing so much it hurts!
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