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Carousel: Week Ending 5th February 2010

[ 5 February 2010, 10:33 ]

Good morning my sweet! Here are some links for you to devour.

New Zealand is so rad! Air New Zealand have developed Skycouch seating, where you can fold your seats out into a big couch so you can lie down horizontally & cuddle with your partner or children on long-haul flights. BRILLIANT. GENIUS. I cannot tell you how excited this makes me! My favourite thing is what Ed Sims, Air New Zealand’s international manager said — which makes perfect sense.

Perhaps the best thing about all this creativity is that it is primarily focused on economy class and long-haul flights because, as Fyfe acknowledged, “most of our passengers fly economy class” and “we have a higher proportion of passengers flying long-haul than any other airline”. Most airlines, as he said, put a huge effort into developing the world’s best first class. “We think it’s more logical for us to develop the world’s best economy class.”

Even smarter. Love it. You’ll also be able to order the type of food (steak, medium rare?) you want WHEN YOU WANT IT. These things are so simple but have never been implemented before, & I love that they are doing it. If you ever have the chance to fly Air NZ, you should do it. They are my favourite airline. Well, okay, they tie with Singapore Airlines for my #1 pick, & I love to rep New Zealand whenever I get the chance!

Victoria Beckham in Glamour, yay!

I am continually wowed by clever people who DIY designer looks. The Ensemble Project DIY’d a pair of Miu Miu boots using a plain $27.80 boot from Forever 21 & some craft supplies!

Sex Positivity & the Virgin/Whore Dichotomy.

Oh, amazing!!! Drugstore Deejay, courtesy of my sweet friend Eden. I always sing along to music in “drugstores”. (I’m not used to calling them that yet!)

Song posting litmus test: would one hear it while browsing the racks at a Walgreens, CVS, RiteAid, Duane Reade or Sav-On? Would one dance and/or sing along in the aisles?

Sarah Wilson (loooove) wrote healing auto-immune disease, by someone who’s been there, & it’s very, very good.

It’s so hard to find good hairstyles online, don’t you think? Okay, well, now there is F!ck Yeah Cute Hair! Oh, you’re welcome!

This made me laugh like mad. Scorpio Men On Prozac — read the comments.

I’ll Never Be A Wag Again. I love you Zoe Foster & I want to read everything you’ve ever written!

The Rise of Dog Identity Politics from New York magazine.

And the dog can even tell you whether or not you’re a good person. A 1999 study found that people who strongly dislike dogs score significantly higher on the measure of anal character and lower on the empathy scale of the California Psychological Inventory, indicating “that people who liked dogs have less difficulty relating to people.”

Sexism and the City. Wendy Brandes wrote this two years ago & I somehow only just found it!

Look at all this Elie Saab prettiness. Wonderful colours. It must be said that anything would look good on that runway, though. It’s like a frozen lake disco.

Check out Tatyana Usova by Elias Wessel. Great perspective & angles. I love that plane hat way too much!

Sasha Pivovarova look super-fly in these pictures for Longchamp. Dem BROWZ!

I want to live here so badly you cannot even fathom it.

There’s a little directory listing of Erotica on Tumblr here. Obviously NSFW...

Um, goodness. More Churches Promote Martial Arts to Reach Young Men from the New York Times. Thoughts?

Mr. Renken, who founded the church and academy, doubles as the team’s coach. The school’s motto is “Where Feet, Fist and Faith Collide.” ... “What you attract people to Christ with is also what you need to get people to stay,” said Eugene Cho, 39, a pastor at Quest Church, an evangelical congregation in Seattle. “I don’t live for the Jesus who eats red meat, drinks beer and beats on other men.” ... Over the past year and a half, a subculture has evolved, with Christian mixed martial arts clothing brands like Jesus Didn’t Tap (in the sport, “tap” means to give up) and Christian social networking Web sites like Anointedfighter.com.

Also from the New York Times: Abstract Thoughts? The Body Takes Them Literally. I am not surprised but it’s nice to have science back it up!

Give Up on Mr. Perfect? Amazing. I love the comments too. I posted one below.

What of the misery of the sad, pathetic, partnered woman, stuck at home with a somnolent spouse or boyfriend who sits around watching TV and eating Chunky soup and won’t let her play her Netflix? ... The way she sees it, as she explains in a chapter called, “How Feminism F*cked Up My Love Life,” a generation of women (or should I say ‘girls’?) who ought to have been taught—like their great-grandmothers and like women in Taliban-era Afghanistan—to be demure in deportment and modest in aspiration, were tricked by the women’s movement into “ego-tripping themselves out of romantic connection.” That’s right girls: If you’re unwillingly unwed, blame it on mom and Title IX for duping you into educating, respecting and supporting yourselves.

fk4711 said: I am actually agree with both Schillinger and Gottlieb. Can I do that? The truth is that there are some truth in either of their thinking. I married someone who is fat and bold. My friends think I was settling. But for me, the one most important thing in looking for a partner is my “heart of gold” rule. I wanted someone that I know is truly an honest and good man, one that I can live with day in and day out and don’t lose respect for. And my husband is the one. He may not be a dream boat that every girl is dreaming for, but he has a good job, he is kind and gentle with a sense of humor, he is a fantastic father, and most of all, he treasures me above all things. For some, he may be a boring person, but for me he is a steady force in my life. Sure, we’ve been through ups and downs (job loss, illness) but I feel the connections is getting stronger and stronger after more than 20 years. Some of those friends who think I was settling are still single or married and got divorced. Some are still waiting for the perfect prince to show up and sweep them of their feet…

My Life With Death is the blog of someone who works in a funeral home…

Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen want you to help them design for their new label, Olsenboye, & Teen Vogue has all the details!

Primped is running an awesome contest for anyone who has makeup skills! You should enter, the prizes are mos’ def’ worth it!

The Selvedge Yard is like a big treasure chest of radness. Some of my picks: VINTAGE PLAYBOY LANGUAGE OF LEGS | THE STUFF OF MALE SEXUAL DELUSIONS & “IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME” | GONZO — HUNTER S. THOMPSON & ICONIC BRANDING OF A BUNNY KIND | THE BIRTH OF PLAYBOY MAGAZINE & SHE RIPPED AND SHE ROARED | EPIC WOMEN OF DESTINY & DETERMINATION & BUNNY ROGER | BRITISH STYLE ICON YOU’VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF.

25 People Arrested In Costume, hahah! There are a few pictures from New Zealand too, nice to, um, see?!

The Top 10 Wackiest Stripper Shoes courtesy of The Frisky.

You had me at health insurance. So funny, I love it. Romance, psshhhh!

I really like this song by Booka B & So Gold. It’s a remix of Bugz In The Attic’s “Consequences” & Jay-Z’s “Change Clothes”... Get on it!

Candice sent me this: Make Your Own Herstory.

The 15 Books You Must Read In 2010! Thanks, Sri!

The Unicorn Code is so cute, merci beaucoup Zita!

I love love LOVE these creepy pictures: Fashion’s Gnosis from Pseudo-Occult Media.

Here’s a free Enneagram test, thanks Lauren! Enneagram tests are cool because they can help you get a better understanding of how you work.

Coco de Mer is having a special deal through to Valentine’s Day — what better way to celebrate radical self love than with a delicious toy? Enter COCOFB at the checkout to claim 20% off everything & free shipping!

Big Think’s 10 Most Popular Videos of 2009. Check out the Mary Roach video on the clitoris — her books are brilliant too!

This is my new favourite website: Selleck Waterfall Sandwich. Amaze.

Ban.do has a red sequinned heart headband which is a w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l way to celebrate the month!

Raw On Tour! is a blog by Pandie, a girl I have known for eeeever, who tours the States a lot & is also a raw vegan. It’s all about how she stays raw on the road! It’s new but it’s great, check it out!

Hello rainbow pancakes! Oh my!

Half-up, half-down hair: Dudes love it. Yes they do! Anyway, who cares if they do, it looks GREAT!

I like Trend de la Creme a whole lot.

Ghost Marriage: Not Even Death Can Stop You From Getting Married. Yes, you can marry a ghost?!

Why am I crying during sex? It’s not what you think.

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28 days of silence is Jacqueline’s journey!

Vanessa is writing one thing she loves about herself every day for 365 days.

Amanda writes, My Valentine? Radical Self Love! Yay!

Luinae from More Magic Always wrote about how she plans to bring magic into her month. The answer? Radical Self Love OF COURSE!

Rigby has a magical hat. & is excellent.

Flutterby3 wrote about radical self love too!

Jessica Lynn’s doing it…

Darling oh Darling from Your Saving Style. A+ on the homework assignment little lady!

Kylie is going to bloom where she is planted...

Erin Meagan wants to love all parts of herself.

Here’s Alzy’s Radical Self Love Bible!

... & here’s Bef With An F’s!

I say it’s time to stop wanting to be perfect, But time to be fierce, proud and grounded like a tank, I am going to war, and I’m not there to lose! Let’s start a war, a radical self-love war!

Veebhu is all over it!

It’s happening here too…

Katelan of Constellation Magazine is encouraging you to go red this month!

If you’re taking part in RADICAL SELF LOVE this month, comment with a link to your blog below! Mwah!

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Carousel: Week Ending 29th January 2010

[ 29 January 2010, 11:04 ]

Hello from FREEZING COLD New York! “Right Now: 20° F. Feels Like: 3° F.” (That’s -6.67°C & -16.11°C to YOU!!!) I am so not going outside today. This morning’s coffee expedition was ridiculous, I felt like Roald Amundsen!

Like I said yesterday, I lost this week’s Carousel with my computer failure on Tuesday. BOO! Here’s what I came up with in the interim…

Let’s kick off with Black & WTF.

Why we should forget about world peace. Ugh, this is so good. David rules hard. He’s in NZ right now, too! You should email him & offer to take him out for coffee, ‘cause I would if I could.

The Scottish Male Virgo Cleaner is for hire…

What Is Couture? A very stylish lesson from Fashionista.

Lily Allen is really quite great. Check out Lily Allen Remixed & her official fan remixes. The best though is It’s Not Me, It’s Doctor Rosen Rosen. Why?

With a slow-strutting synth and mournful angelic hums, Rosen manages to convert the young croonster’s sing-songy discontent into something straight off of the Virgin Suicides soundtrack. Absolutely mesmerizing—don’t miss out on this.

See? Go forth & download. It is fantastic.

These shoes are madness. Like real, for real madness. They have the crazy. I love the Rancho & Palio. Amazing. Thanks, @wazzra!

Help find Cinnabun! Jesse James’ dog, Cinnabun, is missing. She is beautiful. I hope she gets found soon!

Anya alerted me to the Auckland Street Style blog! This makes me feel really homesick! I used to live on Victoria Street (above Whitcoulls!) so I recognise all of these places! I used to spend a lot of time on High Street. & look at the beautiful weather! Ahhh! Is there a Wellington street style blog? ‘Cause there should be…

I was sent a Giraffe Ink t-shirt not too long ago & it is adorable. Even better, 35% of the profits get donated to Daniel’s favourite charity, so it’s cute & ethical! Le bonus!

“Travel To Care is your intimate guide to an inspirational, authentic & responsible holiday.” There are hotels in Bangladesh, India & Nepal listed, it’s awesome, have a look! (Thanks, Latha!)

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I love Karl Lagerfeld’s “neon baroque” SS10 collection for Chanel. See it here & below. “I saw it in a dream & I made the sketches… An electronic flash in my head at five o’clock one morning. Silver & pastel. It’s the first time in my whole career I’ve done a collection without black or navy. There’s not one gold button.” It’s all very psychedelic ladies who lunch, n’est-ce pas? Neon baroque is a wonderful way of putting it. I love you Karl.

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PSFK presents Good Ideas Salon with Seth Godin on February 4th at Soho House. If you can swing a ticket, you should absolutely go. I have seen him speak before & it is magnificent.

LaterBro.com (love the name!) is a way of scheduling Twitter or Facebook updates to post later. Excellent. Though this would be best for psychics, I imagine… Hee.

Pants for kids & parents by Matt Brown. Oh my god, best.

Jacket + Bookmark. GENIUS. Love the Alice in Wonderland combo.

Crucifix shoes! Merci beaucoup, Luxirare! Also, she went food shopping in London & Paris, check out the pictures here. I am totally lusting over that key bottle opener, &, of course, the macarons.

Jane from Sea of Shoes was in Vanity Fair! So exciting. The photo is beautiful, too.

The Sartorialist shot Kanye West & got some flack for it. I think it’s a good portrait though.

Painting Coats — playing with other people’s art. “If you really wanna play with the Fafinettes, you’d better be either witty or talented…”

French correct British scientists: G spot does exist. Um… duh!

15 Places To Visit This Decade from le Huffington Post.

Bittersweet is a cooking blog with a sense of humour. “Bringing sugar, happiness and delights to one person at a time. And probably spreading diabetes too.”

If you’re in New York for fashion week, come to Evolving Influence! There are workshops & panels on fashion blog marketing, the business of blogging, navigating blog ethics & the future of fashion blogging. I’m speaking on the business of blogging panel at 1pm, & I’d love to meet you! It’s going to be an amazing day, with some real blog superstars, & I’m so thrilled to be involved!

I’m also presenting an award at Fashion 2.0 Social Media Awards & New York Fashion Week Kickoff Reception. Again with the would-love-to-see-you! RSVP at the link, & come say hi!

Pee-Wee gets an iPad... ahahah.

Surely this is the best book title ever… “Lady, that’s my skull!”

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Okay beautiful… Stay cozy!

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Carousel: Week Ending 22nd January 2010

[ 22 January 2010, 08:26 ]

Lush does spa treatments now! They offer a multi-sensory massage (at select stores) called SYNAESTHESIA & I want one sooooo badly. Can someone remind me to do it when I’m in London next? Watch the video, it looks incredible. Additionally, Mark Constantine is a rad guy.

Zac Posen for Target looks fantastic. I am all over this & this. SO cute.

I know I keep linking to wedding stuff, but please don’t get excited on my behalf. I have no news for you! I started reading Rock N Roll Bride, mostly because I love good photography, especially of girls in beautiful dresses, & then it blossomed from there. Aieee. Anyway, this is really gorgeous, too gorgeous not to mention: The Unbelievably Lovely Faery Wedding.

Julia wrote the politics of vintage: part one, & it is pretty darn interesting. Thanks to Amelia for the link! (Amelia also does fantastic subversive embroidery, peep that ish!)

Has anyone in London been to Le Chandelier? It looks mad cute!

Check out this rad photos of Kerin Rose, founder of A-Morir (you know, the bedazzling queen!).

50 Steps To Simple Happiness from New York Magazine. This is full of interesting facts, like that the scents of green apple & cucumber reduce anxiety & improve mood & that there is a 24-hour spa in the middle of Manhattan! Plus, did anyone notice the first tip by the acupuncturist is basically a super-minimalist version of EFT?!

Wear The Cake & Eat It!

Ooooooooh the Alice In Wonderland site is live. I’m so excited! Arrrrgh!

75 Ways To Make Money Now! Some of this is NYC-specific, but a lot of it isn’t. Good ideas if you’re feeling a little short on cash!

For $65, tourists get peek at Los Angeles gangland. WOW! WHAT?!

Big Girls: Don’t Cry, holler back! I love this.

4 SALE: BARELY-USED LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW – MAKE ME AN OFFER!!! (Universal Studios) Oh, Conan.

A Spell To Re-Genius Yourself from Rob Brezsny. This is an excerpt from Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia, Revised & Expanded: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings which is truly fantastic.

Here is more Rob Brezsny: Rob Brezsny doesn’t do drugs, but advocates all sorts of mind-expanding activities for others & Rob Brezsny on God, media & why we’re better off than you think.

I had to go through a long period of ripening my own cynicism and deep critique of modern culture. I couldn’t earn the right to speak on the universe showering us with blessings until I made peace with my dark goddess. [My 2000 novel] The Televisionary Oracle, was about that long encounter with [the] dark goddess, becoming better allies with one’s own shadow, understanding how my own negative imprints made me a hypocrite, and was ruining my own happiness by attracting experiences that weren’t interesting or fun. There’s an element of that in everyone’s life. I needed to do that in order to live by the hypotheses of Pronoia [Evil is boring. Cynicism is idiotic. Fear is a bad habit. Despair is lazy. Joy is fascinating. Love is an act of heroic genius. Pleasure is your birthright. Receptivity is a superpower.]

One of the major additions to the new book is [the chapter] “Glory in the Highest.” It’s eight times longer than the original. I went gung ho tracking down glorious things happening. I wonder, is there something wrong with me? Do I have some perversion to be on the lookout for these things? Just to sum up a few examples – it’s dramatically more peaceful on the planet, there’s been a steep decline in weapon sales and refugees, crime’s at its lowest since they started measuring the statistic, the number of people living in poverty worldwide has fallen a third. We’re healthier than our ancestors by far, and our life expectancy is rising. There’s a lot of valid attention to torture these days, but it’s practiced at a much lower rate – it used to be a significant part of many legal systems. I love gathering that data. Things aren’t quite as bad as you’re saying. There’s a value in gathering all the information about things that are working as a whole. They are parallels of things working in one’s own life personally. I’m not saying we should be ignoring bad things, but pay more attention to that glory. Try keeping a list of all the things that work for you, and it will fill you with delight.

My boy Sam likes to write about hip-hop. 10 Artists That Prove Grime Has A Future.

The Mast Brothers at their Chocolate Factory in Brooklyn via The Selby. Yum.

More chocolate: 20 of The World’s Most Beautiful Chocolate Package Designs. The packaging for No9 is my favourite, I think. (& the Mast Brothers chocolate is mentioned! Small world, mmm?)

Also: Terrific Treehouses: 10 Brilliant Topiary Masterpieces. I had dinner at the Yellow Treehouse restaurant — it was fantastic.

Korres, who make really wonderful cosmetics & body products, are having their annual sale! Up to 65% off. Their soy vanilla candle (which I have in the bedroom) is down to $15 & smells amazing. Or you can get their jasmine little value set — I promise you that the jasmine lip butter is the most delicious thing you could possibly put on your mouth. It smells like cotton candy, but the good kind!

Lagerfeld & Friends from Go Fug Yourself. Oh this is so so so funny.

Promises are for liars, pet. JUICE THE TRUTH, you naughty orange.

I AM A CHOCOLATE-FROSTED CAKE OF A MAN! PUT A CANDLE IN MY EAR AND BLOW ME OUT! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Neil of 1000 Awesome Things told me about his friend’s blog, Raptitude while we were on the phone last night, & it is SO GOOD! My favourites: 88 Important Truths I’ve Learned About Life (honestly, fantastic), The One Ingredient Necessary For Accepting Yourself (again, fantastic) & This Will Never Happen Again.

Get a behind the scenes peek as Luxirare makes black suede ankle boots! I’d never seen the shoe-making process before, so this was very interesting to me!

Heidi Montag has a new face.

Different Strokes. Is a totally mismatched sex drive between two otherwise well matched people who like each other a rational reason to end a relationship? Interesting answers.

No relationship is issue free. Sometimes an unparalleled sex drive is one of those stress topics. What breaks a relationship apart is not the concerns, but how those concerns are managed.

Christopher Hitchens on “Like” from Vanity Fair.

Chatroulette: A Fascinating Site, For Mature Audiences Only. This is rad, it reminds me of time spent on IRC where you never knew who you’d meet.

Can you find the interloper? Hahahahah. I love this.

Neanderthals wore make-up!

Watching hours of TV daily could shorten your life. No huge surprise there…

The study, published in “Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association,” found every hour in front of the TV was associated with an 11 percent increased risk of death from all causes, a 9 percent higher risk of cancer death, and an 18 percent increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) related death.

This MacBook cover is fantastic. Vintage book? Sign me up. It seems like it would be heavy, though…

Here, have some Dealbreaker goodies. They’re free! It’s Complicated: (The Facebook Status, Not The Movie), Dealbreaker: You Dye Your Vagina & Guest(Friend)Breaker: You Can’t Do Anything Without Your Boyfriend.

Nonpareil Ariel’s cat ran away from home & now needs hip surgery, because she got hit by a car! BOO! If you can donate, please do. The donate button is on the left!

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Carousel: Week Ending 15th January 2010

[ 15 January 2010, 13:25 ]

My favourite things on the internet… this week, anyway!

WOW — Fashionista University! Okay, I am going to paste the whole press release because it is fab.

Starting January 23rd, students will have the opportunity to take a variety of “Saturday-only”-seven week, hands on courses where they will learn the ins and outs of the fashion business including design, publicity, wardrobe styling/costume design, event planning, jewelry/accessory design and more. Run by fashion designers Kathlin Argiro and Courtney Zellmer and publicity guru Gwen Wunderlich-Smith, Fashionista University gives students a Project Runway meets Gossip Girl real world approach, with celebrity, editor and guest designer appearances as well as access to fashion shows, showroom events, publishing houses, TV stations and more! Fashionista University provides tools teens need to turn their dreams into a reality and break in to the world of fashion with opportunities and experiences beyond anything they ever imagined.

Dear teenagers, you should take this opportunity, for REAL. You will learn sooooooooo much. Additionally (bonus, ding ding ding!), nonpareils can get $100 OFF registration if you mention the code FU011110!

Astronomers: We could find Earth-like planets soon. “Quiet planets like Earth where life could develop probably are plentiful, despite a violent universe of exploding stars, crushing black holes and colliding galaxies.”

The Rise of the Hot Jewish Girl! Word up!

As Elvis Turns 75, Celebrity Worship Alive and Well — this is super-interesting, all about the role celebrities play.

College in America. Um, gosh.

Ten Psychology Studies from 2009 Worth Knowing About — read this! It’s fab. As you can tell, I find psychology really fascinating. It was what I went to university to study, in fact.

This may come as sweet relief to many of us! New Health Rule: Quit Worrying About Your Health.

Michael Pollan Offers 64 Ways to Eat Food from the New York Times. I think Michael Pollan is fantastic.

Famous Buddhist Quotes & Sayings = nice.

American Mustache Institute: “AMI continues to battle negative stereotyping that has accompanied the mustache since those glory years of the 1970s – the peak of mustache acceptance – fighting to create a climate of acceptance, understanding, flavor saving, and upper lip warmth for all mustached Americans alike.” !!!

Carnal Nation is excellent! Sri linked me to The Kinky Shopaholic’s Guide to Japan & Sex Magic Readings (which is like a kinky horoscope!), & I think you will like ‘em too.

Are you in Minneapolis? Do you want to meet some rad new people? (I know so many good people in Minneapolis but that is beside the point!) Nonpareil Coco is in a band called Courtney McClean & the Dirty Curls & she describes it as “naughty hillbilly” music! You can read all about it here & find out about her shows. You should go along! & become friends with her! & tell her I sent you!

New year’s resolution: have more sex from CNN.

Sadie Nardini and her husband decided to have sex every day in December to help them resist the twin temptations of cigarettes and chocolate. It worked. The unexpected fringe benefit of all that sex: they felt and slept better, too.

A Chat With Tarina Tarantino about her upcoming make-up line! I am so excited! You cannot belieeeeeve!

Create Our World. Who? What? Why? “I’m Benjamin Jenks and I am Hitchhiking around the USA, sharing stories of the Goodness of People.” WORD UP! Also, he is way cool, & sent me an email which said, “My weekend was rad. Met one of my female soulmates & slept on the floor of a man who lost part of his lower leg in Afghanistan. San Diego weather is the bomb!”

My friend Bianca Alexis has a new photography site up. Have a geeze. She is really good at what she does, & you should hire her to make you look beautiful. Remember these photos?! Blast from the past for reals!

Collective 5: A new idea. I am totally going to do this, you should too.

NOWNESS is amazing. Thanks, Sarah!

Top 9 Easy Ways to Personal Reinvention!

A Year Without Sugar sounds impossible but obviously can be done!

A “rambling tirade from a 37 year old technophobe”, aka DJ Shadow, on the state of the music industry.

I am so delighted to be included in A Book of Blog Stars by Emily Mews. It is obscenely adorable, you should download the pictures & print it out!

I love Dirty Projectors. You can download their digital 7” free.

Come into my boudoir is a sweet little piece about the idea of a bedroom gallery.

I suppose chicken clothing was a logical next step, but it sure looks silly…

This wedding is beautiful, though the comments gave me a headache. & reading this brought tears to my eyes. What a GIRL! Also: vintage stamps = yummy.

Men More Keen To Start A Relationship Than Women! & Are You A Fool For Love? from the Telegraph.

A survey in 2008 carried out by the National Year of Reading revealed that 26 per cent of men would try to entice a woman into bed by leaving a copy of a highbrow book by the bed.

Great Grandmother Gets Plastic Surgery to Look Like Jessica Rabbit... WHOAH.

Victoria’s Secret? 20 Layers Of Butt Makeup! Alright then!

Top 10 Places YOU Can’t Go In The World. Secret clubs, hidden subway systems & ancient shrines… Awesome.

& on that note, have a look at 100 Incredible & Educational Virtual Tours You Don’t Want to Miss. But don’t come crying to me if you never get any work done ever again!

If you’re sick of romantic comedies (though honestly, they are pretty much my favourite kind of movie to watch, shh, don’t tell anyone), check out THE WORLDWIDE CELLULOID MASSACRE — “an encyclopedia of extreme, surreal, twisted & bizarre movies” — & spice up your Netflix queue.

Then & Now. People recreate their childhood photos. It sounds creepy, I know, but is so cute!

Writing Good English: A talk to the incoming international students at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, August 11, 2009. I love this!

How Google Tells You What Men & Women Want. Oh lawd.

New research: Sticking to diets is about more than willpower — complexity matters.

“Many people think the success of dieting, seemingly a national obsession following the excesses and resolutions of the holiday season, depends mostly on how hard one tries — on willpower and dedication. While this does matter, new research has found that a much more subtle aspect of the diets themselves can also have a big influence on the pounds shed — namely, the perceived complexity of a diet plan’s rules and requirements.

Shady Lady seeks male escorts with staying power. “A Nevada brothel is recruiting to take advantage of a law change and offer services to women clients.” Wooooooooow.

10 Dead-of-Winter Fitness Motivators.

The New Age Cavemen and the City. I admit, I made a face when I read this.

Photo yums: Catrinel Menghia for Unica Romania (beware, boobs); Yana Pova for Archetype X (3D & bunny ears!); Christina Ricci for Pop (2004); Mila Kunis is really hot; Runway by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia (eyeball symphony); Toni Garrn & Baptiste Giabiconi by Karl Lagerfeld for Vogue Germany (hello, Metropolis)!

Ooooooof, cute.

On The Corner is an excellent street style blog from Buenos Aires.

My lovely friend Zoetica is in a self-portrait competition. Have a look — the girl is good! — & vote!

Tent! Yes please!

Seven steps to evaluate energy-vampires & eliminate bad relationships from Glass Of Win!

Amazing India gallery & India Tumblr. Sri is the best!

I am loving Handbook 2010 too.

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Carousel: Week Ending 8th January 2010

[ 8 January 2010, 05:12 ]

Hooray! Hooray! Let’s get distracted! Alright, big breath… this is the bumper edition Carousel to end all Carousels!

Best gym in the city, for real. & this video shows exactly why.

AFFIRMATION FOR 2010 by Yoko Ono.

Yoko Ono held a Q&A session on Twitter & here are her responses. These are some of my favourites. I love her SO much!

Q: What do you think the biggest obstacle is that non conformist women face in their pursuit of success?
A: Themselves.

Q: Dear Mrs Ono! What is your advice for us for the new year? What will be the most important thing to pay attention for? Thank you.
A: Believe in yourself. Stay healthy. Stay in love with your life. All of what you do is changing our Universe for the better. Every little thing you think and do, effect our world and is making it better. Know that we appreciate that. And keep catching our vibration of love to you. 2010 will be a great year for you.

Q: Why are some people so uncaring and rude to fellow human beings when they themselves are so gifted and could do so much good?
A: We all need love. When it seems that we are not getting love, and somebody else is getting it, we scream murder. We make ourselves the children starving for love. Reach out and give love, share your warmth. You will find it immensely pleasing that you are creating and giving love where there is need.

Q: do you think that 2012 will bring about an age of light/spiritual transformation?
A: Every day is bringing spiritual transformation to all of us.

Q: Hi Yoko. How would you advise the average person to inject art into their daily lives, to mesh it with a normal day?
A: Be creative in your what you call your normal day, to make yourself proud to yourself.

Q: Recently i found my inner peace through my own type of therapy. If you will can you describe the moment you found your inner peace.
A: I try to be loving and peaceful, only because I know that it is such a drag to clean up after I splash anger! it’s better for your health to stay peaceful as much as you can. The way to do it is actually very simple. Count your blessings. And ask yourself why you are so angry at something that might be a blessing in disguise. It’s such fun to find out that it actually was.

Q: Year after year, i can’t stand long airplane trips. How do you manage to make it comfortable? Do you have any special method??
A: I don’t have any special method. I just know that it is a previledge to be up in the sky where you are surrounded with unworldly vibrations sometimes. You get inspired with many creative ideas, too. In other words, I think of it as a blessing to be flying. Maybe that helps.

How To Manifest More Sex from Good Vibe blog. Yay!

The 1000 Awesome Things book — The Book Of Awesome — is available for pre-order! & you should DEFINITELY pre-order it. Why? 1. It was written by my friend Neil who is hilarious & rad. 2. It’s like a little dose of happiness that you can keep on your shelf. 3. I said so. Ha! Go on, then! Order one for your best friend too. They’ll loooooove it.

The Hood Internet’s Mixtape Volume Four is wonderful. All the other tracks under their name are too.

3 Simple Tips to Help You Have a More Healthful, Fit, and Fulfilled 2010 — easy health tips.

Twelve Tips to Create a Happier (& More Productive) Workplace from The Happiness Project.

You can read a handsome portion of All we are saying: the last major interview with John Lennon & Yoko Ono but the whole thing is here & free!

GUESTBREAKER: You Ruined Christmas.

Champagne in popular culture. Some history & trivia about les bubbles!

“Remember, gentlemen, it’s not just France we are fighting for, it’s Champagne!” — Winston Churchill

I just discovered her future, which is an online mentorship programme for women. & it costs nothin’! From what I can see, it’s run by Gabrielle Bernstein, whose book, Add More ~Ing To Your Life: A Hip Guide To Happiness just came out (& which I am reading!). We actually share a bunch of friends, like the incredible Kris Carr. Anyway, mentoring! How excellent is that? I have been thinking about mentoring a lot recently & I really think everyone should have a good mentor. Okay, go check it out!

If you don’t click on anything else in this Carousel, you should click on this: The Eight Irresistible Principles Of Fun should be essential viewing. Thank you so much Ilyra! Additionally, the company which put it together has a blog full of excellent interviews with people who do GREAT WORK.

OhChloe now has Domesticate Yourself. & I love it because I love everything she does without reservation. I think you will too.

7 Awesome Super Powers (Ruined by Science) via Cracked. & Abjekt.

I discovered Xteener the other day — she has a Youtube channel full of make-up tutorials, it’s so great! She is really sweet, explains every step & is super-likable. I think you’ll like her too!

Danielle LaPorte is rad. I just found her website & got all swoony. So nice to find a website full of juicy content! I recommend stop doing list: part 2 whereby i dictate what to stop; where to find God: down, not up; for rage-babes, flakes and tyrants: get over it; what is your relationship to… life?; 11 slightly scary ways to become a better you; entrepreneurial time management: how i rock it (brill!); love sucks, but you can’t beat it (“bliss requires sweat”); talkin’ sweet about love: what the shrinks need to hear (“open your heart… stand tall… & pour some real sugar on it”); inspiration + spirituality quotes; how to kiss up to your muse; we know you’re busy. now shut up about it; 3 keys to un-branding… & why I changed my twitter name; in praise of women: magnificent, spacious, fiery witnesses (yesssssssssssss); love local: an extra-special message for anyone trying to save the world, how to make the most of being toast: embracing burnout & idiots, cultivating openness.

SEE?! Brilliance squared. LOVE HERRRR.

Is checking voice mail, text, and e-mail messages outside of work hours cluttering your life? from Unclutterer.

Portable communication devices are extremely convenient, but using them shouldn’t be cluttering up the remarkable life you desire or interfering with what matters most to you.

Incomplete Manifesto For Growth from Bruce Mau Design.

Alaskan Couple Turns Yurt Into A Shelter In The Wild ahhhh yes pleeeeease. Okay, not so much the Alaskan thing, & not the roughing it thing, & dear god they have way too much stuff for such a small space, but living in a yurt, YES! Actually what I would really like is to live in a penthouse Manhattan apartment which is a sequence of yurt rooms all joined together. Mmmmmmm. One day. One day. Anyway blah blah, it is an interesting article.

The remote town has no access to other parts of the state by road. Residents have to travel by boat or airplane. A recent passenger on Homer Air, the local airline, was a poodle on its way to the vet…

6 Things They Mean When They Say They Have No Money by Naomi Dunford. Good reading for any artist!

The Entrepreneurial Time System. Yes please!

In a crisis, a hero finds his moment from the Sydney Morning Herald.

Steve Nobel interviews amazing people & then posts the MP3s for free! The selection of topics & speakers is amazing. I downloaded so many of these!

January. Relationships. Hold On (Maybe).

Another Trip to Kadikchan, an abandoned city in Russia where nature has taken over.

7 More Abandoned Cities & Towns Of America. I can’t get enough of this stuff. It is so weird & sad & mysterious.

Earlier bedtimes may help protect adolescents against depression and suicidal thoughts. Wow.

The authors reported that there are a number of potential mechanisms by which chronic partial sleep deprivation could contribute to depression and suicidal ideation. A lack of sleep may affect the modulation of emotional brain responses to aversive stimuli; produce moodiness that hinders the ability to cope with daily stresses and impairs relationships with peers and adults; and affect judgment, concentration and impulse control.

Banish Up to 350 Extra Calories a Day with a Tap of Your Foot!!! I constantly fidget, tap my feet or fingers, wriggle my legs, etc. It’s nice to have an excuse for doing it, HA! “Oh yeah it’s my exercise regime…”

6 Ways to Start the New Year Doing Instead of Dreaming from Dumb Little Man.

The Daily Grind is about how New Yorkers are transforming coffee shops into personalised work spaces… It’s kinda cute & interesting actually.

In New York City, where the unemployment rate remains at 10.3 percent, the jobless have started leaning hard on coffee shops and bookstores to get out of their tiny one-bedrooms and away from their annoying roommates. In these harsh, career-vanishing times, the members of this laptop brigade do everything they can to re-create the office environment they no longer have to complain about.

100 Awesome Open Courses for Bibliophiles !!!

Good night’s sleep is life’s ‘greatest pleasure’ as voted by 3,000 Brits. There’s a list of the top 50 greatest pleasures too.

If you’re on the job-hunt, you should definitely read this: How to Answer the 10 Most Common Interview Questions. The comments are useful too.

Secret to long life lies in your name ?!

The Art Of Living Mindfully, BEST THING I HAVE READ IN AGES.

Take another scientific given: that to lose weight you must exercise more or eat less. In a recent study, Langer and Alia J. Crum, now a doctoral student at Yale University, got hotel housekeepers who reported doing little or no exercise to recognize the physical nature of their jobs: telling half of a group of 84 that their days spent bending, stretching, and lifting were similar to workouts at a gym. Four weeks later, those 42 chambermaids had lost an average of two pounds each, reduced their percentage of body fat, and lowered their blood pressure—all while reporting no changes in eating habits, even less physical activity during their off hours, and (according to their bosses) the same level of work.

As in the men’s retreat and the eyesight study, it seemed that people’s states of mind were changing their bodies. “The main idea for all these studies is very simple,” Langer says. “We take the mind and the body and we put them back together, so that wherever we’re putting the mind, we’re necessarily putting the body.”

In a series of studies, she, Langer, and Jaewoo Chung, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, found that women who think they look younger after having their hair colored or cut show a decrease in blood pressure and are rated younger in photos, even when the pictures do not show their hair; that people who wear work uniforms (rather than clothes that might indicate their age) are healthier than people in the same income bracket who don’t wear uniforms; that being married to someone younger tends to lengthen life, and being married to someone older tends to shorten it; and that prematurely bald men see themselves as older and therefore age faster. All this adds up to evidence, the researchers assert, that the body may age partly in reaction to “younger” or “older” cues in the environment.

“Studies show that people form evaluations based on their own needs,” Langer writes, “but we tend to accept other people’s evaluations as though they were objective.”

She draws an analogy to Pascal’s wager, substituting “control” for “God”: If you believe you have no control and you truly don’t, “no big deal.” If you believe you have control and it turns out you do, “that’s the big win.” And if you don’t have control but you believe you do, you are actively engaged in something, feeling alive and effective—and you may just be successful someday. “You can’t prove that something is uncontrollable,” Langer says, “All you can show is that things are indeterminate.” The best gamble, then, is to act as if you have control.

Steve Pavlina wrote this article called Domination & Submission. He is getting into it in 2010! Two-thousand-&-dom-‘em, hee! But even if you’re not interested in BDSM at all, his article’s a really good look at relationships in general, I think.

Okay, so, the FBI has released a list of 17,000 people who “are likely” to have FBI files (read: important in some way), & who are now deceased. You can download it here. The list includes a bunch of celebrities, communists, gangsters & scientists. The weirdest bit? You can request copies of their files for nothin’ if the file is less than 100 pages, but a mere 10c/page if it’s 100 pages or more. How do you do this? Check out Get Grandpa’s FBI File or the FBI’s own site. The mind boggles!

Fantastic chandeliers (I like the virus one best) & exploring feelings about fur with dolls & fashion, from If It’s Hip, It’s Here.

Nonpareil Samantha has a friend named Thaxton who has been volunteering in the Amazon rainforest & keeping a blog about it. It’s really interesting but there’s also a lot of poignant stuff about how he felt coming back to America after having been in Ecuador so long. Read it!

Bakerella is awesome. Also: Candyland. The perfect accompaniment to Thaxton’s thoughts on coming back to America, non?

Professional models barred from German magazine — Brigitte recruits ordinary women to star in its fashion shoots.

Simon Doonan rocks my world.

...You have unwittingly provided me with a searing insight into the pathetic and disastrous state of our comment-obsessed culture. Thanks to you, I see now that there are two kinds of people in the world: In the first group, we have those who “do,” and in the second group, we have those who sit at their computers on their ever-widening asses blogging, platforming and commenting on the not-always-perfect efforts of the first group.

When The Street Meets Fashion Elite was an article in The Dominion Post (the newspaper in Wellington, New Zealand) which mentioned me! You can read it at that link. Nice, thanks Rosie!

Evolution of the Hipster is preeeeeeeetty funny…

Paleolithic diet is so easy, cavemen actually did it. Thanks Sam!

NYC locals: Filament magazine is now available at Bluestockings if you want to save on postage!

Static-Free Authenticity.

“There is SUCH a focus these days on being authentic and being yourself – on expressing your creative truth – in business, in creative pursuits, and in your relationships. If I read another blog post that tells me to just “be myself,” I might have to yank myself bald.”

I know a lot of you enjoyed the video of the Northern Lights I posted the other day! My mother saw it & emailed me, saying, “Hi Darling, I was looking at your web site today, and I saw that you had a clip of The Northern Lights. We were watching an amazing programme on TV last night, a documentary by Joanna Lumley. From the age of seven she had always wanted to go and see them. The doco was about her journey, staying in an ice hotel and seeing the most amazing spectacle. If you can see the programme on your computer you should, it is such a coincidence that you should write about it and we were watching it. Amazing!” So I found an article on it — Joanna Lumley and her absolutely fabulous trip to see the northern lights — & the whole thing can be viewed online. Here’s part one:

Have a magnificent weekend, cuteness!

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Carousel: Week Ending 25th December 2009

[ 25 December 2009, 03:21 ]

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! If you’re dying to escape from your relatives, shhh, come with me! I have stockpiled some distractions!

Trust the spark within and find your own path from No Impact Man.

Oh my god, everyone, let’s pool our money & make this apartment the new International Playgirl HQ. It would be like a slumber party all the time!

Rules For Retro Mars In Leo. Oh geeeeez.

What Matters Now, the free e-book!

Decade in review: 2009 = FAIL, 2000s = WIN by Rachel Hills. Smart cookie, that one.

Why do longtime partners split after getting married?

On Fast Fashion Content and The Importance of Being Earnest.

6 Questions That Can Help You to Make 2010 a Simpler and Lighter Year from the Positivity Blog.

Astro-Decor: Padma Lakshmi & A Portrait Of YOU Above Your Bed? via Mystic Medusa. So weird & interesting, the comments are particularly excellent, lots of analysis & Feng Shui stuff!

John’s solstice rebirth. I’m so excited for him!

Want to be part of Body Image Season? I do! Get involved!

I love Kosuke Tsumura’s answers at the bottom of the page.

Justin Martin is on par with that kid who refused to stand during the pledge of allegiance. Seriously, some kids are so cool.

& so we danced = RAD photos.

Reasons why New York City is the best city in the whole wide world #2,458,912: there was an impromptu snowball fight in Times Square at 1am (& no cops drew their guns, in your face Washington D.C.!).

Apartment Therapy: You Are Now Allowed to Draw On the Wall, Victorian Grandness (drool).

Um, I love gingerbread. These gingerbread houses which perch on the edge of your mug make my LIFE. I wish I was clever enough to make gingerbread gift boxes. If I was a gingerbread person I would want to live in a gingerbread igloo. Or a gingerbread mansion would be pretty cool too.

THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THE FEW OF US STILL WILLING TO GET OUR HANDS DIRTY.

The Moment Jars = amazing.

Ommwriter. If you are a writer… Yes.

Author William Poundstone Dissects the Marketing Tricks Built Into Balthazar’s Menu is so fascinating.

Inaki Escudero read one book a week for 52 weeks. Nice idea for a new year’s resolution!

The Cutest, Funniest And Most Important Animal Stories Of 2009! Ahhhhhhhh. I like the alcoholic monkeys best.

Love letters & feather headdresses,

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Carousel: Week Ending 18th December 2009

[ 18 December 2009, 09:30 ]

This is a super-cute, super-girly Carousel, even moreso than usual! Lots of things gathered up just for you. Yum. Let’s begin!

She has had some flack for it, but I actually really like this video of Lindsay Lohan & no, it is not safe for work!

I discovered Frocktastic the other day & it’s brilliant! It’s basically a huge database of dresses, & you can filter by colour, price, most popular, etc. Frocktastic is a girl’s (new) best friend? Perhaps!

This is the most amazing bachelorette party I have ever seen & is so inspiring & beautiful. (It features the photo at the top of this post!) The official spread is at Utterly Engaged & I think all the pictures are here. I love this photo.

Littledoe makes amazing headdresses. I want about twelve of them.

Kim Falconer’s horoscopes are cool.

I’m also really obsessed with Rock ‘n Roll Bride, it is so cute & run by a pink-haired beauty! It is basically a big eyeball thrill of cute couples in love. Some favourites: Big Rock Candy Mountain is the sweetest 1950’s wedding ever. Anarchy in the UK features a fantastic dress, a tattooed bride & a white Morris Minor. Moulin Rouge is exactly what it sounds like. & Cowboys & Indians is all about the rad boots, baby girl.

It Made My Day is so good. The perfect antidote to FML.

My REAL Secret To Growing Traffic To A Blog from Problogger! He also wrote How To Make $30,000 A Year Blogging which makes it all sound less impossible!

Tattoo locations & what they say about you. Hee.

Feng Shui In December — some quick tips to bring more positive energy into your life!

WTF Comcast. Seriously! WTF?!

The Business Of Blogging: How To Play The Game Without Losing Your Style by Yuli Ziv is brilliant++++++, read this if you want to make money from your blog!

2009: Year of the Anti-Marriage from the AstroTwins (who know their ish!).

Octopus snatches coconut & runs !!!

How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Other People: 5 Effective Tips & How to Create Your Own Good Luck: 4 Timeless Tips! Yay!

The Shoe Girl, otherwise known as Celine, is rad. She designs shoes for Harajuku Lovers & Betsey Johnson, what a great job! She is also maddeningly adorable. Read her blog!

Magical changing street art by Roa in Shoreditch. Aaaaaamazing!

Karl & Mitten. Yeeeeeah. Weird.

The Noughtie List: the 2000s in Review from kottke.org. I enjoyed 2000-2009 in fashion, the short-lived trends of the decade (though most of those trends weren’t too short), best rock albums of the 2000’s, the decade’s 50 most important recordings, & popular baby names. Madison at #2! Naming trends sure have changed. Remember when it was all Sarahs & Jennifers?

“HABILLÉES POUR L‘ÉTÉ 2010 (DRESSED UP FOR SUMMER 2010) covers the Spring 2010 collections in New York and Paris, with Mademoiselle Agnès taking a particular interest in spotlighting the next generation of designers. In New York, she finds much cause for excitement in the likes of Proenza Schouler, Joseph Altazurra, Jason Wu, Thakoon and several others. Then it’s on to Paris, where Mademoiselle Agnès sets herself the daunting task of attending as many runway shows as possible; not only the heavy hitters, but also the perennially individualistic and the relatively low-profile. Get behind the scenes access to collections by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton, John Galliano for Dior, and many more…” Also, it is an hour long & you can watch the whole thing online. Hello!

Reclaiming The Lucidity Of Our Hearts from Coilhouse. Beautiful.

Have a wonderful weekend, my sweet.

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Carousel: Week Ending 11th December 2009

[ 11 December 2009, 05:18 ]

Style Section L.A. is really great & the writing is smart & clean. Read up!

I love Rita Konig, she is so clever & insightful. These columns are extra-good: Sweet Dreams (how wonderful does that bed look?!) & Let’s Eat In. She writes perfect, cozy things for cold days. Also it makes me happy to think that she lives in New York City.

Trixie + Peanut is the cutest shop ever. LOOK! Crocodile dog costume, shark attack hoodie & leap-frog dog hoodie ahhhhhh. I NY!!! Notorious D.O.G.!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay I’m done.

Why Fewer Blog Comments Aren’t Bad (and How to Get What You Really Want) from Seeing Good.

10 Proposals for Fixing the E-Mail Glut. I love this & would like to implement all of it.

The 6 Weirdest, Scariest Processed Foods. “Once upon a time, some brave scientists had a noble dream of ridding food of nutrients. That dream is closer to reality than ever.” This article is quite horrifying. Did you know that the filling in an Oreo is basically sugar-flavoured Crisco? Ugh. Read this & wake up to the truth of what you’re really eating, ESPECIALLY if you live in America. Read the comments too.

Also: oh my god. UGH.

I am linking this because it is the best & most beautiful news headline I have read: Monster Black Holes May Grow in Giant Star Cocoons.

Filament #3 is out & I’m in it! They say, “Comic writer Warren Ellis, New York society gal Gala Darling and Author Zoe Margolis guest on our advice columns.” I say, “Filament is awesome, buy it.”

Are you part of The New Aristocracy?

From You Are Remarkable: a hardcore romanticism & one year:

“remember that every day contains a universe of potential; exhaust it. live & love so intensely that when death comes there is nothing left for him to take. wealth is love, music, sports, learning, family, and freedom. above all, stay gold.”

Social Media Freeze Up is a blah title for a GREAT article on blogging, focusing on something we all struggle with at some point or another.

I LOVE Inès de la Fressange’s house. Gary Card & Henderson McCue’s place is pretty colourful too.

P.O.S. live at the MTV Woodie Awards! & don’t forget to vote for him in the SPIN polls! I love Jigga & everything but he isn’t as much fun to eat a burger with as Stef. Vote vote vote! VOTE! Thanks :D

There is a strange spiral thingie in Norway! In the sky! Um, cool. Scary. What?!

Chris Pirillo kills it at Le Web with this talk about community, passion, blogging, social media, etc. Seriously good.

Dr Sketchy’s has a Tumblr full of art & yummies for yer eyeballs.

TeuxDeux is an amazing free application. I have just started using it & love it! I would love to be able to customise the colours but that’s just because I am picky. Try it out, fun times!

Sante D’Orazio’s ‘Barely Private’ exhibition looks cool.

Mmmmm, hot chocolate on a spoon, though as one clever commenter pointed out, you can easily make your own. The perfect Christmas present? I think so. Actually, that blog, giverslog, is brill.

Santa, NO! (What?!)

Danny Devito is on Twitter. I love his profile picture, hahaha.

I need these. I’m gonna re-align your chakras motherf!cker! My love for you is a great blog too!

Can I have this for Christmas please?

Sub-studio‘s gift guides organised by colour are fantastic! Just browse through the front page to see ‘em.

The facts about bottled water. !!!

You need a real woman in your life, that’s a good look, taking care, home is still fly, that’s a good look, I’m gonna help you build up your account, that’s a good look, better yet a hood look, ladies that’s a good look. When you’re in them big meetings for the mils, that’s a good look, it take me just to complement the deal, that’s a good look, anything you cop I’ll split the bill, that’s a good look, better yet a hood look, believe me, ladies that’s a good look. Partner let me upgrade you, Audemars Piguet you, switch your necktie to purple labels, upgrade you, I can up, can I up, let me upgrade you, partner let me upgrade you, partner let me upgrade you. Flip a new page, introduce you to some new things & upgrade you, I can up, can I up, let me upgrade you, partner let me upgrade you…

I love Beyonce! She is so excellent.

Check out the fashion; mind-blowing.

Okay, I’m done. Have an incredible weekend!

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Carousel: Week Ending 4th December 2009

[ 4 December 2009, 10:39 ]

Real, honest female orgasm advice — to a girl who’s never had an orgasm at all — from my girl Violet Blue.

A short & sweet interview with Betsey Johnson:

Examiner: You have been in the industry for a very long time, yet you’ve managed to stay ahead of the trending curve — how?

BJ: I don’t know a trend from a turkey! I pedal my own bike. Everything should be timeless, in it’s own way. And everything looks good in black!

I like Sandra Juto‘s Flickr photostream very much. She has a blog, too.

The confessions of a semi-successful author is not very uplifting but it is certainly an eye-opener.

Fck Yeah Girls With Short Hair is a suuuuuuuper resource for anyone who is a) thinking of taking the plunge or b) on the hunt for a new haircut.

Fck Yeah Glasses is pretty cute too.

In which I plan to cope with my mad family at Christmas is about Sarah Wilson’s holiday expectations.

Buddhism teaches cultivating cheerfulness as opposed to happiness. Happiness is an imposed, lofty ideal. But cheerfulness is something you can add to a situation, build up in layers comfortably. You can cheerfully do your best while wearing a silly paper crown and trying to get Uncle Pete to pass the bloody gravy; a Happy Christmas is an unachievable absolute. As the Tibetan monk Rinpoche taught, cheer is inherent in us all and we can choose to turn to it, even in the midst of an all-out festive barney. In choosing to do so, we access our true nature.

Pharrell Williams designed a… tank chair? I don’t know what else to tell you!

DEALBREAKER: Your Misuse of Quotation Marks. Oh god.

Four Things 50 Cent Can Teach You About Connecting with Your Audience.

5 Things Super-Happy Couples Do Every Day & 8 Things No One Tells You About Marriage from WebMD. Why yes, I do find relationships endlessly fascinating! Thanks for noticing! Hee.

Susan Miller’s horoscope forecasts for December. Still the most comprehensive & in-depth forecasts on le web!

Now that Steve Pavlina’s on the prowl, he’s learning about fashion!

Moleskine Roundup: What Sort Of Moleskinneur Are You? Megan sent this to me & said, “I would assume you’re the collage but I could also see you as the jetsetter!!” She is mostly right! I am a lovely, raucous blend of the self-actualised, collager & jetsetter. Hee. How about you?

Wanna help a girl make her way around the world? Nonpareil Baaarooke needs you!

Susannah Breslin (heart) writes about self-publishing her novel.

Jane from Sea of Shoes posted photos of her fitting at Chanel & tour of Coco’s apartment. Hello dream come true! & look, she is standing on THE infamous staircase! Ahh, bless.

Back to 1920s is a great outfit. Very inspiring & beautiful!

Personal flair via The Selby.

More brilliant make-up tricks from Zoe. What would we do without her?!

The Nice Jewish Guy 2010 calendar is now available! Hahah god that is so cute. Who’s your favourite? My money’s on David or Dave. Bathrobe? Bookshop? Sold.

Anna Inghardt takes beautiful photographs.

Apartment Therapy’s house tours are like pornography for the interior design obsessed. I would count myself among that group. Alysia’s treehouse by the lake is so delightful. Here. Have a browse through.

An interview with Leo Babauta, being minimalist. He runs Zen Habits — you know the guy.

Minimalism isn’t about having or doing nothing — it’s about making room in your life for the things you love doing the most. In this way, by getting rid of all the clutter in our lives — physical clutter and commitments — we are freeing ourselves, so that we can focus on what truly matters, and not all the extra crap that people tend to do and have for no good reason.

Everett: Can you recommend one simple way that our readers can start to cultivate a minimalist work schedule?

Leo: Start each day by asking yourself: what’s the most important thing I can do today, that will have the biggest impact on my life? Do this first, before you do email or meetings or read stuff online or Twitter or anything else. Only when you’re done should you consider other things.

Who lives here? Who can afford to live here? An interactive map of income demographics & rent in NYC.

Don’t Tag Me In This Photo. Everyone needs this shirt, I think!

Gritty Banter: Having Fun On Stage With Fugazi, “Ayn Rand Assholism” as Institution/Ideology & Better Than Coffee: The Maori Legend of the Kiwi. Thanks Coilhouse! Mmmmmmmwah!

Also, P.O.S. has been nominated as Rapper of the Year by Spin magazine! SO GOOD! No one is more deserving. Vote here!

Have a brilliant weekend! There’s a chance of snow here in New York & I couldn’t be more excited about it! Stay warm & have fun whatever you end up doing!

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Carousel: Week Ending 27th November 2009

[ 27 November 2009, 11:30 ]

Sarah is the best, because she told me that you can choose a colour & print your own GET EXCITED & MAKE THINGS sign! (I just switched up the colours in Photoshop.)

Internet Vices by Patrick Moberg.

Shibari makes its way into an editorial, & it’s not safe for work!

Felt & Wire is radness² for paper nerds.

Sarah Wilson, who I’m sure would be one of my BFFs if only we didn’t live on opposite sides of the planet, writes about checking in with her “inside people”.

Four Arguments for The Elimination of Television. Thanks Sean.

Christine wrote to me to tell me about her show, The Wishing Tree, which will be at BATS Theatre in December. Wellington represent! More details here!

Nicole emailed me this article, Stars & Stripes, about pseudo-patriotism & foreign travel. V. interesting!

Confessions of an Aussie porn star.

Slice of Style is a very nice round-up of what’s going on in the worlds of fashion, style & design.

Jazzi interviews Gale Parker of Clothespin for Style Section L.A.

Sam & I went to see the Red Bull BK One last Wednesday, & it was amazing. He wrote about it for NME & you should read it!

The lovely Amy Palko was interviewed by Jamie Ridler & it’s how I found out about full moon dreamboards. I am so doing this. Wanna join me?

Bring a piece of New York City into your home with these (fully customisable!) Underground Signs! They are so excellent. I would love one which said International Playgirl HQ! Like this, see?

This is The Perfect Interview Test — you can determine the strengths of a job applicant just by watching how they cross the road. If you’re interested, I am somewhere between a matador & a wader.

What You Can Learn About Blogging Business Models from a Hip-Hop Artist Who Used to Hustle on the Corner Just to Put Food in His Daughter’s Mouth. An Ode To Biggie, Small Business and Making Money. It’s Juicy. Longest blog post title ever, & not just a gimmick. Read it. It is really true for anyone who wants to make a little coin from this whole blogging thing.

Moonbows are a rad phenomenon. There’s a short article on it & then a photo of a moonbow in New Zealand as well as one in Hawaii.

Fafi is working on her comic!

Illustrated Missed Connections are so excellent.

Three DD is 3D photos of boobs. Obviously not safe for work but pretty cool. Even better if you actually have a pair of 3D glasses. Luckily, I keep a pair in my wallet at all times! (You think I’m kidding — I’m not!)

Tim Ferriss on The Benefits of Pissing People Off.

Fun Twitter stuff: tweetstitch (“where tweets are immortalized with fabric & floss”) & TweetBookz (“print high quality books of tweets from any Twitter account!”). Perfect holiday gifts for the person who really, truly does have everything.

Okay, that’ll about do it… Have a fantastic weekend!

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Carousel: Week Ending 20th November 2009

[ 20 November 2009, 12:14 ]

Happy Friday! Welcome to the one, the only, the original Carousel!

Stickers & Donuts tells us what they love about Amsterdam. International playgirls ahoy!

Did you subscribe to If It’s Hip, It’s Here yet? If not: these brollies change colour, these beds are amazing & balloon mania.

This is old but amazing: One Is The Loveliest Color. The quotes are brilliant & fascinating:

Do you make your own blue shoes?

I go to leather fairs and have the factory make me shoes. I also buy white Chanel and Christian Louboutin shoes, and I color them blue with custom-ordered electric-blue Sharpies.

Why gray?

I actually wore turquoise for eight years, but last September, I switched to gray. I’d had a bad year and needed to get out of it.

That’s a big switch.

I like everything to be clean, and gray is clean. Gray is between black and white, so it’s a noncolor, almost. I feel messy and unclean if I wear other colors.

I went to Rome to do my master’s in ’82. I wore all black, with pink hair. But that was considered Fascist. I had to tone down my dress.

I can’t fall asleep unless I’m wearing green.

Julie linked me to the Through The Viewfinder group on Flickr, & it is awesome!

There’s only a month & a half left of the year (ARGH), so check out The Frisky’s Astro Guide 2009 to see how to make the most of it!

50 practical tips to save you a lifetime from the Times Online.

Mystic Medusa makes me laugh my ass off. On wearing a “serenity helmet”...

Virgo – If it is likely to enhance performance and they can wear it whilst spreadsheeting, cleaning and writing obsessive compulsive lists, YES! How does one clean it and does it come with a guarantee?

More fun with statistics from the OkCupid blog: Your Looks & Your Inbox. How does your attractiveness affect your inbox? Now you know.

Oprah is ending her talk show in 2011. BOO.

We know this already but I like it anyway: Fashion not a betrayal of feminist ideals, says leading headteacher.

She said that women are sometimes judged “harshly” for their choices, and women are often guilty of judging other women. “We must resist the impulse to judge women, to judge them harshly and judge them narrowly,” she said.

A Glorious Mess is all about how Nabokov was a control freak. I do love him.

I was sent cupcakes with unicorns on them once, but they didn’t look like this. BEAUTIFUL!

Jane from Sea Of Shoes has turned off her comments. Since I read that, I’ve been thinking about it all morning, & I talked about it a little bit on Twitter. Gretchen was inspired to write about it too. It’s an interesting thing — sometimes the comments of a blog can be enormously positive & useful, they can serve to bring a community together & make it stronger, but sometimes they’re just a waste of space. Sometimes they degrade the actual content posted above. This is especially prevalent when the content is more personal than fact-based, & there are so many bloggers who have shut down their operation entirely because they are fed up with hearing what complete strangers think of their lifestyle choices. I think a lot of bloggers will see what Jane’s done, breathe a sigh of relief & follow suit. What are your thoughts on blog comments? I feel that Jane has made a good decision, I don’t think she’ll regret it for a second & I am positive that it will not affect her negatively in any way. Also I love her so I am kind of biased. Haha.

Also, Jane introduced me to the wonder of Lumigram. HELLO! I want these tablecloths at the next big party I have.

Worn Fashion Journal does some amazing stuff, & they have just suffered an epic setback. If there is any way you can help them out, it would be so much appreciated.

Want to win a $750 shopping spree with Charlotte Russe? (I have a bunch of stuff from there which I love!) Design a t-shirt & you just might!

Okay, I hate to mention this but it is almost Christmas shopping time. (I KNOW, RIGHT?) My friend Jess, who owns Sugadeaux cupcakes (yes, still the best cupcakes I have ever eaten) has a shop full of cupcakey merch which will delight anyone with a sweet tooth. I like the ‘Shut Up & Bring Me A Cupcake’ shirt, personally. Also anything which says ‘Breakfast Of Champions’, ‘cause we all know cupcakes make for the best breakfast.

Baby flamingoes ‘scared of pink’. Uh oh.

Have you seen F*ck Yeah, Tattoos! yet? It’s a goodie.

DEALBREAKER: you don’t eat & your wallet chain.

JAK & JIL went backstage at Victoria’s Secret.

The Lula scrapbook is quite adorable & lovely.

The YOU ARE REMARKABLE book is available now! I haven’t seen it in person but it looks fantastic, is only $15 (or enter greatbook at checkout for 10% off!) & is full of stuff to make you feel really, really good.

I LOVE THIS KID. Will Phillips, 10-Year-Old, Won’t Pledge Allegiance To A Country That Discriminates Against Gays. HOLLER. Jon Stewart loves him too:

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Carousel: Week Ending 13th November 2009

[ 13 November 2009, 11:29 ]

Yay, Friday the 13th! Go spooky go go! Here are some things to keep your eyeballs busy this weekend.

Win 1 of 3 copies of Zoe Foster’s Textbook Romance with Frock & Roll! Corrine says…

Zoe has just released her second novel here, Textbook Romance, and it’s an absolute gem. It’s one of the best books that I’ve ever read, because in addition to offering fabulous, no-nonsense relationship advice for any girl on the hunt for true love, it provides delicious tidbits on how to be the best version of yourself possible, and insight on how not to lose your sense of self once you actually FIND a magnificent partner to create something special with!

Mmmmm, hibernating beds from Apartment Therapy.

This is what Rachel Zoe’s home looks like. She also answered some questions about her approach to interior design.

Animals Twice Dead is a gallery of taxidermied animals being installed in museums, galleries et al. It’s very intriguing & particularly eerie.

Porn star Sasha Grey was on Tyra Banks a little while ago. You can read about it here, but it isn’t safe for work. Well… most workplaces.

Jimmy Choo is holding a competition to support the launch of Project PEP, a charity which donates 25% of its sales to the Simelela Rape Centre in South Africa. The money goes towards providing the HIV-preventative treatment PEP (which must be taken within 72 hours of exposure to HIV) & counselling to rape victims. So how can you support them? Just take a great photograph! In return they’re giving away the ultimate Jimmy Choo VIP experience. You’ll win a day of luxury at Jimmy Choo HQ, as well as being able to choose 7 pairs of shoes & 2 handbags to keep forever! Amaze. Even if you don’t win the grand prize, over 100 other Jimmy Choo prizes will be awarded. Enter at Jimmy Choo 72 & have a look at some of the top-rated photos, they are GREAT.

McSweeney’s Recommends. Yes’m.

Who knew reviews for the Bic ballpoint pen could be so heated?

You’d think, with all of the new anti-obscenity laws, that this pen would have a V-chip installed. It DOESN’T!!!!! You should see some of the filthy words and drawings that my children were able to write with this product. I am going to file a formal complaint with the FCC. Buyer (with young children) Beware!!!!

Sassisam (who I !) interviewed Sarah Wilson, who I also , since she is the woman who introduced me to so many of you! She gave me my first real writing job off the strength of iCiNG, as a fashion columnist for Cosmopolitan magazine. Anyway, the interview is great, I am so excited to hear about Sarah’s new show & it was great to get a broader sense of who she is.

Living Opals was started by nonpareil Seren & it is seriously RAD.

Bjork, Plutonian. I love her.

“I have to re-create the universe every morning when I wake up. & kill it in the evening, which is a bit outrageous, but there you go.”

Rad signs.

Participate in The Bad Words Experiment!

Comparison of vampire traits on Wikipedia. Wow. Um…

Rappers That Suck. Oh, it’s mean, but it’s funny.

1000 Awesome Things: #844 Celebrities on Sesame Street. The ultimate countdown.

I know that everyone is linking to The Photodiarist at the moment, but it’s for a reason! Click click clicketty click.

Twitter stalkings! HA! I love them. Too bad you can’t get your Twitter username printed on the other leg, though… Thanks, @queen_evie!

Kate Moss’ motto is “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels”. Really? Really. Ugh.

The 1987 Dance Aerobics Championship looks like it was a good time. Look how high they can kick! Hahah, amazing! @Eliza, we love you!

Faux-Rachel Zoe’s Recession Fashion Tips are the bessssssssst. Also I need that t-shirt. I found this via @nmoore6. It is so genius.

What does Twitter say about you? Some of my favourite tags for @galadarling are coven, peopleiwanttopartywith, stalking & uh, porno!

I think I know what I’m getting Nubby for Christmas…

Learning Something Every Day! So cool. My favourite one is about Crayola.

It is Dark Moon in Libra right now. Read about it on Mystic Medusa & also see Shopping On The Dark Moon! While you’re at it, you should subscribe to her Daily Mystic service. It is always the first email I read in the mornings & it makes me smile.

Print Society is the BEST way to find affordable, rad art.

On that subject, the Keep Calm gallery sells prints too. Some of them are painfully twee but some are excellent.

Oh my god, this is so cool.

...& here is some wisdom.

“There are different species of laziness: Eastern & Western. The Eastern style is like the one practised in India. It consists of hanging out all day in the sun, doing nothing, avoiding any kind of work or useful activity, drinking cups of tea, listening to Hindi film music blaring on the radio, & gossiping with friends. Western laziness is quite different. It consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so there is no time at all to confront the real issues. This form of laziness lies in our failure to choose worthwhile applications for our energy.” — Sogyal Rinpiche

P.S. A lot of these links came from swissmiss, which is like a repository of wonderful. Go there.

P.P.S. If you’re in New York & want to do a good thing, click.

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Carousel: Week Ending 6th November 2009

[ 6 November 2009, 11:01 ]

Things to click, watch, read, & laugh at. You’re welcome!

This is a video of CunninLynguists doing Nothing to Give live in HD. Oh god this is so good. Don’t those boys sound great? I can’t wait to see them. You should see them too.

Best shower curtain of all time! Creepylicious.

Zaina emailed me about her new project, Countdown for Change. Check it out!

“My class and I have been really distressed by what is happening in the Asia Pacific Region and so we have come together and are raising money to go towards the Canadian Red Cross International Relief Fund for the disasters in Asia Pacific. We have developed our own organization called Countdown for Change and our mission is to help create awareness and funding for the Asia Pacific communities that have been affected by the multiple natural disasters. These disasters have left hundreds of people dead and thousands displaced and stranded without food, suitable drinking water, shelter and medical aid.”

Here’s my hot pick for Social Flossie. I am really a dirty old man at heart.

What’s the deal with blackface in editorials? COME ON. Give us a break!

The 10 Most Vain Cities in America. Do you agree?

My favourite Scorpio (& birthday boy!), Philip McCluskey just released a DVD: Transforming Your Life With Raw Food. The boy knows his stuff, too — he is such an ecstatic person & a delight to be around. Anyway, check it out!

The Worst Sex Scene In Comics. Oh lawd. “I’ll roll your log down the river…” ?!

Depression link to processed food. No big shock, but nice to see it backed by science!

Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests. What is more, people who ate plenty of vegetables, fruit and fish actually had a lower risk of depression, the University College London team found.

I was interviewed by Miseducated! Amber Renee is lovely.

Verhext’s photos from Day of the Dead.

Dispelling Illusions: The Real Value of Fashion’s Night Out from Fashionably Marketing. This is a really informative & well thought-out piece. It’s interesting to hear about what actually happened on Fashion’s Night Out. I wasn’t in town at the time, but most of what I remember from Twitter was a bunch of New Yorkers complaining about how packed out everything was!

10 Reasons It’s Awesome People Don’t Like You.

5. It prepares you for great success. Pick one of your favorite popular Twitterers, be it a celebrity or social media guru (there are a ton). Go look at their @replies. Odds are they field their fair share of harsh comments. The higher you rise the more negative feedback you’ll receive, both constructive and unnecessary. Being disliked and OK with it prepares you for making it big.

The extended trailer for Alice In Wonderland was released. Helloooooo there.

Shhhh. I think yes and yes is my new favourite blog. Don’t tell anyone.

Francesca Lia Block has an actual blog now: Love in the time of global warming.

10 Amazing Office Designs Around The World & Castle on the Ocean Papercraft by Wataru Itou. Radzilla.

No link for this one, but this is a quote from Mary Harron, the director of American Psycho, about Christian Bale’s inspiration for the role of Patrick Bateman.

“One day he (Bale) called me & he had been watching Tom Cruise on David Letterman, & he just had this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes, & he was really taken with this energy.”

Hudson Mohawke is on Warp Records, & he is amazing. Seriously, listen to this, this (you can download that one here) & this. & he does all this with Fruityloops?! Are you kidding me?! Killer. Here’s an interview & an MP3 of a mix he did for Fader.

The Best Decline Letter of All-Time: Edmund Wilson. Awesome.

Um, anyone in the market for an unlucky rabbit foot voodoo key chain? Sadly, bidding has closed…

“This charm has been washed of all of it’s Luck giving properties and has been dosed with 74% Hate and 26% Repentance. Feel the Voodoo power ooze from your Gnarled grapplers as you wave this in the general direction of your adversarys and creditors… This is NOT vegan!...”

Pulp Fiction Remixed! People are so clever I can’t stand it.

Fafilicious! I love the outfit photos taken in her studio. & I love that she wears YSL pumps.

This weekend, you should make these cupcakes.

Seth Godin on trolls.

“Can’t please everyone,” isn’t just an aphorism, it’s the secret of being remarkable.

The idea of a want journal is a good one.

Susannah Breslin has a new blog, & it is sure to be good, so bookmark that sucker! Did I link to her essay, They Shoot Porn Stars Don’t They? the other week? If not, go forth & read. I couldn’t tear myself away, but beware, it might be triggering for some.

Good news if you like Cassie from Skins. Pictures galore! “Oh, wow!”

& a video or two to round it out.

Have a fantastic weekend — here’s to good weather, spontaneous adventures & lots of kisses!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 30th October 2009

[ 30 October 2009, 06:54 ]

Here are some things to keep you occupied & smiling. Hey, guess what! It’s Hallowe’en tomorrow! What are you going to be? I don’t even know yet! Enter full-on panic! HELP ME!

DEALBREAKER. is my new favourite blog. Why, you ask?

DEALMAKER/BREAKER: You Are Lady Gaga

You told me to meet you here, in the back room of what appears to be either a giant shoe store or a gay bar. You called me “Lovely” as if that was my name (it’s not). You ordered me a drink, and it was a smoothie made of hundred dollar bills and glitter. I’m more of a Jameson man, myself, but I guess I appreciate the thought? You told me my clothes were “not camera ready,” and you gave me a shirt made of ostrich feathers. But, you’re really hot? I think? I actually don’t know what you really look like, to tell you the truth. But, I guess any girl who wears that much makeup at all times must be a knockout, right? Or not? Look, I’m too confused to fight this. Yes, I’ll go on your hot pink private jet. Yes, I’ll drink champagne w/you and Perez Hilton. Yes, I’ll roll around in a giant hamster wheel while you throw red paint on me. This must be what it feels like to fall in love. That, or I’ve lost my f*cking mind.

See also…

You’re An American Apparel Model

Okay, so we’ve been dating for a while now and you have yet to put pants on. I’m sorry, but I can’t introduce you to my family while you’re wearing a see through mesh bodysuit. I just don’t think my grandmother would appreciate an up close view of your vagina. Just a hunch I had. Ugh. This is really hard for me to say, but- I’m sorry, can you cover your nipples for ONE second? This is kind of important. I don’t think this is working out, and- no, I don’t know where you can get some more coke, but that’s sort of the prob- it’s really hard for me to have this conversation with you when you’re writhing around on the floor like a sexy jellyfish. Use your bones like people do…

They will have a book deal in less than a year. Place your bets now.

This make-up tutorial on Specktra is totally amazing! The entire tutorial section of the forum is pretty incredible, actually. Hello, new obsession! Pleased to meet you!

Read this article on Lily Allen quitting the internet & PAY ATTENTION. & then remember to always be brave & not be an asshole, in that order.

Because, if you’re a woman, and you operate without fear – fear of people calling you fat or ugly, fear of being deemed unladylike (or “out of control,” or “bratty,” or whatever), fear of making people angry – people will do their very best to drill it into you. People will scold you, scorn you, call you names, tell you that you ought to feel ashamed of yourself. They’ll try to scare you, and keep you scared. And the end goal of fear is silence. It is always silence. Silence doesn’t have to mean not talking, either: only saying what you think people want to hear is also silence, maybe the worst kind of silence, because then people can point at you and go, look! She’s fine! And she’s on our side now! Gee, we really helped her out. No, you didn’t help her. And maybe you didn’t even bring her over to your side. Maybe you just made her too scared to tell you the truth. That’s the end goal of it, all of it: we want each other to get to that point (have you been to this point?) where you are just about to respond, you have something to say that you believe to be true, and then it just dries up in your mouth. And you think, why bother? You think, it doesn’t matter whether I’m right. You think, being right won’t help me in the long run. You think, silence is easier. It’s a permanent fear we’re working toward – every time that person dares to disagree with you, you want your voice ringing in her head, stilling her tongue, making her doubt herself too much to try anything. Or, if she speaks, you want your voice to come out of her mouth. Your voice, or a very good imitation.

Scientists study possible health benefits of LSD and ecstacy from The Guardian. Cool. Also from reading this article I found out about the Beckley Foundation, “a charitable trust that investigates consciousness, its altered states & the effects of psychedelics & meditation”. They sound like a fun group of people, don’t you think?!

P.S. Maurice Sendak, author of Where The Wild Things Are, is totally awesome.

Parents who think the new film of Maurice Sendak’s picture book Where the Wild Things Are is too frightening for children can “go to hell”, the author has said. With a film version adapted by Dave Eggers and Spike Jonze out later this year, Sendak told this week’s edition of Newsweek that he would “not tolerate” parental concerns about the book being too scary. “I would tell them to go to hell,” Sendak said. And if children can’t handle the story, they should “go home,” he added. “Or wet your pants. Do whatever you like. But it’s not a question that can be answered.”

AMEN! The comments are great too. I like this one very much.

The misguided parents who ‘protect’ their children from scary stories are raising a generation of dull men and women who will be afraid of their own shadows. There’ll be fewer risk-takers, entrepreneurs, explorers, adventurers, rule-breakers and world-changers as a result.

I love that. I am so sick of everything being so sanitary & politically correct. Let’s fire it UP, people!

Also, awesome (from here):

A little boy (maybe 5 years old) wrote to Maurice Sendak [author of ‘Where The Wild Things Are’] telling him how much he loved his books, his drawings, everything about him. As you might imagine, Sendak gets a lot of fan mail, but he was so moved by this one that he wrote the boy back and enclosed an original drawing, just for him.

The boy was so overjoyed when he received the drawing that he ate it, the entire thing, every last shred of pulp and ink.

His mom wrote back to the author, telling him the story. Sendak was thrilled, saying that that was the greatest compliment he had ever received.

A Critical (But Highly Sympathetic) Reading of New Yorkers’ Sexual Habits and Anxieties from New York Magazine.

The editors of this magazine asked me to read all 800 pages of the Sex Diaries, and, using them as a source text, develop some kind of taxonomy of contemporary sexual anxieties. (Let others parse Chaucer, my role was that of exegete of “The Polyamorous Paralegal.”) So that’s what I’ve done. Herewith: ten things that seem to be making our playful, amorous youth crazy.

Halloween costume ideas from What I Wore. Clever girl!

13 Signs She’s A Loser from The Frisky. This is written for guys, but do any of these ring true? Ouch. 21 Halloween Costumes That Will Not Get You Laid is reeeeeally funny, too.

Famous buildings! Vixxie sent me this. How delicious. I wish all cityscapes looked like this!

Mayer Hawthorne is rad. My friend Sam wrote about him for the NME music blog. Good readin’!

Matthew Gray Gubler is pretty cool too, just in an entirely different way. Thanks Mademoiselle Robot!

Six online fashion magazines making the fall of print bearable from Refinery 29. Thanks, Sri!

Katy Perry Throws Best. Birthday Party. Ever. from Guest of a Guest.

I’ve always been sort of ambivalent towards Katy Perry, but that was before she threw the most amazing 25th Birthday party in the history of birthday parties. The singer instructed all her guests to wear white to her Willy Wonka themed party (most complied; Perez Hilton unexplicably and annoyingly dressed up like Mother Theresa). Then, they had a huge paint throwing party, completely covering themselves in neon-paint. And there were oompa loompas, and a big vat of pink frosting.

WHAAAAAAAAT?! So cool.

I’m 20, brilliant & totally lost! Cary Tennis brings the goods.

Is your clingy boyfriend insecure or abusive? from Teen Vogue.

Le Love is the best ever place for sweet real love stories. You should read it, it’s good for you.

My sweet girl Angeliska has started a Tumblr! It is delicious. Gobble!

Zoe Foster (epic girl crush) interviews Miranda Kerr about her new skincare line. Um, I want all of it. It sounds GOOD.

Saturn’s in Libra, dun dun dun dunnnnn! Actually it is good news. But here is what the AstroTwins have to say about it. Read up!

Have an amazing weekend, dollface!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 23rd October 2009

[ 23 October 2009, 09:47 ]

Happy Friday!

David Thorne is funny. Thanks Elise! Mwah!

Mental Illness Awareness Australia is a group started by nonpareil Alana. I thought you should know about it. She says…

“I have recently lost a friend as a result of her mental illness, and I have been inspired to try and create change as a part of my grieving process. I have recently created a group on Facebook called “Mental Illness Awareness Australia” with a little bit of info and some important links to the websites of many organisation.”

Reading James Arthur Ray’s Sweat Lodge Disaster Through A Magickal Lens from Beyond Growth is really interesting. The comments are pretty incredible too.

Should you quit your job? from the Huffington Post.

Tim Walker + Malgosia Bela = yummy. Teacup headphones! Hello!

Interview with a real vampire from Time Out New York. Um… yeah? I like the comments best though. Hahah.

I’m so damn tired of you so-called vampires giving interviews.

I love Jamie Oliver. He is a good egg, you know?

Lenaah takes beautiful photographs, you should look through her Flickr stream & do some swooning.

Have I linked this before? If I haven’t, I apologise. Five Rules For Life. Get on it!

Best (& Worst) Cities To Meet Men from The Daily Beast. Atlanta tops the list, with Boston, Seattle, San Francisco & Minneapolis/St Paul taking the other top spots. What do you think? I don’t know if I agree…

An except from Rob Brezsny’s Pronoia Is The Antidote For Paranoia, World Kiss. (Sounds a lot like a Love Letter To The Universe, hmm?!)

To do the World Kiss, conjure up your most expansive feelings of tenderness — like what you might experience when you’re infatuated with a lover or when you gaze into the eyes of your newborn baby for the first time — and then blow kisses to all of creation.

The f*cking word of the day: “it’s easier to learn with sex, drugs & swearing.” Truth!

More geographical dating stuff: rating male lovers by country, via Violet Blue. American men rank 5th worst? “Too rough”? Pfftttttt. So, in the name of research (ahem, ahem!) what country was your best lover from?

Betsey Johnson won a National Arts Club award for her lifetime achievement in fashion. Not too tricky to see why…

“You have to love it through hell and high water, drought and feast,” she said. Complacency is the death knell of talent, she warned. In contrast to being asleep on the job, designers need to catalyze their fears, she explained. “There is an excitement about having nightmares.”

Your neighbourhood in six words or less. Great comments. NYC-centric, but funny even if you don’t know where they’re talking about.

Hahahah! I love you Jay-Z!

Alice Taylor on piracy.

Restricting access restricts a person’s ability, as a creator, to be discovered. We must embrace accessibility, and think open and global. Think spreadable and shareable. Perhaps free, perhaps not: see what works.

How to conceal spots on your chest. Zoe, you are the best. No one ever teaches you this stuff.

101 great ways to pack meaning into a lifetime is pretty touching.

Diversify Your Self from the Harvard Business blog. Please read this.

Finally, here’s a cute interview with P.O.S..

GN: You have the word ‘optimist’ tattooed across your fists. How did that tattoo come about, and do you really see yourself as an optimist?

P.O.S.: I do see myself as an optimist – I always have. Of course it’s depressing when there’s negative things going on the world and negative things going on in my lyrics, but the overall feel and overarching theme to both my life and the music is pulling out of it and making it work. The tattoo came about because my roommate, Jon Grider, who is a known stencil artist around — well, actually the world these days — said he thought “optimist” was the toughest thing you could get tattooed on your knuckles. I totally agreed. He picked the word, I picked the typeface. And then we both went out and got ‘em.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 16th October 2009

[ 16 October 2009, 10:52 ]

The Wheel Of Stars is pretty fantastic. (It’s a musical clock based on the movement of stars.)

I love Operation Beautiful.

The mission of Operation Beautiful is to post anonymous notes in public places for other women to find. The point is that WE ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL. You are enough… just the way you are!

Kind Over Matter is pretty rad too. I like their printable affirmation gift set. Genius!

They Shoot Porn Stars Don’t They? by Susannah Breslin is good readin’. I could not tear myself away.

The Good Ship SuperStar Virgo & Astrological Cruising is soooo funny.

Ever Dream This Man? I am so fascinated by this! (The Dish says, “Isn’t that Neil Diamond?” HAHA!)

“From January 2006 until today, at least 2000 people have claimed they have seen this man in their dreams, in many cities all over the world: Los Angeles, Berlin, Sao Paulo, Tehran, Beijing, Rome, Barcelona, Stockholm, Paris, New Dehli, Moskow etc.

At the moment there is no ascertained relation or common trait among the people that have dreamed of seeing this man. Moreover, no living man has ever been recognized as resembling the man of the portrait by the people who have seen this man in their dreams.

The aim of this website is: – to help those who have seen this man in their dreams and to foster communication among them; – to understand who this man is and why he appears in an apparently pattern-less array of situations in the dreams of such diverse human subjects.”

Freunde Von Freunden is like The Selby, but auf Deutsch. Interior inspiration, yum.

My Parents Were Awesome makes me so happy! Thank you @ohthedecadence!

11 productivity tips that creative types already know. & it’s not your standard old schlock, either. Worth a read. Thanks @alorelle!

Also… !!!

Be lucky — it’s an easy skill to learn from the Telegraph & courtesy of @finalfashion.

“Over the years, I interviewed these volunteers, asked them to complete diaries, questionnaires and intelligence tests, and invited them to participate in experiments. The findings have revealed that although unlucky people have almost no insight into the real causes of their good and bad luck, their thoughts and behaviour are responsible for much of their fortune… And so it is with luck – unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to parties intent on finding their perfect partner and so miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through newspapers determined to find certain types of job advertisements and as a result miss other types of jobs. Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for… My research revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four basic principles. They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.”

This letter from Mick Jagger to Andy Warhol makes me laugh. Actually, all of Letters Of Note is pretty fantastic. Like where Hunter S. Thompson starts a letter, “Okay, you lazy b!tch”. Touching! Thanks @maetl.

Terrible Yellow Eyes is a collection of Where The Wild Things Are-inspired artwork. Via @finestimaginary.

Amazing Band-Aid packaging.

How to recover from spiritual fatigue in 1 day or less, three keys to instant magic & tricycle blog are all good stuff, from @notitles!

Have an incredible weekend! Stay cozy & do something colourful!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 9th October 2009

[ 8 October 2009, 14:42 ]

Welcome to Friday (or Thursday, whatever!) my sweet dumpling! I hope your day is shaping up to be très magnifique! If it ain’t, this collection of silliness will surely bring a grin to the face of even the most dour pirogi! I wish I could find a picture of dumplings dancing. Like this but with tutus.

Okay I am getting totally off-track. HERE WE GO!

Want something rad to do on Friday November 13th? Sanrio, Bubblepunch & Royal-T are having a Hello Kitty goth party in L.A.! HAHA, awesome. Shrinkle will be there too, how have we not met yet?! I want to go… !

Tina emailed me about I heart unicorns perfume. Apparently it smells like an ’80s childhood! Has anyone tried it?!

They Say That, In Dreams… from Mystic Medusa. Interesting! What do you think?

Alla Kostromicheva by Kevin Macintosh for 125 Magazine. Yum.

look up at the sky.

A reasonably comprehensive list of school pranks from Wikipedia. Pretty funny, but pretty horrifying, too. Kids are nuts.

Worldometers = real time statistics. I know, I know, the word “statistics” is very off-putting, but honestly, this site is amazing. Your jaw will drop.

Jazzi shows how to DIY Richard Nicoll’s ribbon bracelet cuffs! She is rad & clever!

I like this poem:

Love After Love by Derek Walcott

The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other’s welcome,

and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you

all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,

the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.

Aw, Sonia Rykiel! So cute. Shows like this make me wish I was a fashion designer JUST so I could have shows.

Zoe Foster talks about Lindsay Lohan’s lips & the problems with injections in that area. Good points, ladies! (For the record, I am not against cosmetic procedures. But I think some are more likely to be successful than others…)

BEATLE JUICE!!! This is sooooooo good.

Say something nice to me… by Jeroen.

Givenchy never fails me, either. YUM. I want to mate with these shoes.

I need letterpressed business cards. NEED! NEED! You need them too. They are beautiful.

Doc Sorrow is brand-spanking new but you should subscribe right now. Lola is one of the best writers I know.

How to Monetize a Web Site: A Real World Tutorial. Wise words for anyone who wants to make some cash as a blogger!

The Mayan Solar Glyphs are really interesting (& the descriptions are magnificent) but I don’t really know what you’re meant to do with them! Anyone want to clue me in?!

Marie Claire Italia October 2009 — NSFW but very beautiful!

7 Steps To Playing A Much Bigger Game... with a free workbook. Holla!

A guy thing – or a gay thing? from The Listener. Oh, boys. (Thanks, Annabel!)

The reason New Zealand men dress so badly is that if there is one overarching pattern that shapes the clothing choices of New Zealand men, it is their great fear of “looking like a poof”.

More DIY happiness from Jazzi: Alexander Wang Spring 2010 socks. Girl has skills. I am so not that patient… or clever!

The Importance Of Speech. I need to print this out & wallpaper my brain with it.

Barbie Gone Bad — Works From The 7th Annual Altered Barbie Exhibit is very strange. Kali is my favourite.

From the same blog, Charlotte Mann is rad & cut-up currency.

Finally… hahahahahah!

Love letters & feather headdresses,

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Carousel -- Week Ending 2nd October 2009

[ 1 October 2009, 13:57 ]

Hello, Friday! (Or Thursday…) Nice to see ya, to see ya NICE! Here’s some internet silliness to pep you up.

Attack of the 50ft party balloon… Artist creates giant sculptures that look like terrifying creatures from the ocean depths! Thanks, Irmak!

The Frisky has a few pictures from Katie Eary’s Spring 2010 show. AWESOME. I want more!

The funniest protest signs from the Huffington Post.

My friend is studying Historical Design at The New York School of Interior Design & she has started a blog to “digitally complement” her education. It is here. I am learning things just from reading it, especially posts like this!

I just discovered Makeup & Beauty Blog, & it is rad. Check out 18 MAC to School Makeup Tips!

33 Ways To Get & Keep Yourself Motivated from Dragos Roua. To be totally honest with you, I am pretty much 100% sick of productivity blogs, but this article is really good & useful.

The Dairi Burger. Get on it!

& on that note: this.

I watched The Baby-Sitters Club movie the other night and I had one question on my mind: Where would they be at thirty?

Hey, I like you is an art project my friend Star stumbled across on a San Francisco street.

I found out about this black tea with rose petals from dear Verhext. Sounds yummy.

Mystic Medusa is doing Speed Astro Cabaret in Melbourne on October the 7th, & you should go along! I would if I could! Give her my love!

Why I am not afraid to take your money by Amanda Palmer.

“listen. artists need to make money to eat and to continue to make art. artists used to rely on middlemen to collect their money on their behalf, thereby rendering themselves innocent of cash-handling in the public eye. artists will now be coming straight to you (yes YOU, you who want their music, their films, their books) for their paychecks.”

Felt 3, hello! (November 17th! Yes, we’re waiting!)

Questions Couples Should Ask (Or Wish They Had) Before Marrying from the New York Times. I think it is hilarious that “Will there be a television in the bedroom?” is on there! & Oprah has a more extended version of the questions.

Why Humans Have Sex. Some of my favourite reasons: “I was curious about my sexual abilities”, “I wanted to burn calories”, “The person was famous & I wanted to be able to say I had sex with him/her”, “Someone dared me” & “It was an initiation rite to a club or organisation”. Fascinating (pronounced “fas-kin-ating”!).

From 1000 Awesome Things: #666 Giving people what they want. Hell (!) yes! Hahaha! Go Neil!

Stuff My Girlfriend Says is hilaaaaaarious, & also, I know the “girlfriend”! (She is an excellent manicurist.)

Rad caravan girls by Antonella Arismendi. (What a great name!) Thank you, @sweetdaiane!

The Freak Revolution Manifesto!

Oh my god, awesome. The New (Media) Workout Plan by Patrick Moberg, care of @srslyliz. I need to enact this!

Tattoo Etiquette: A Public Service Announcement. Amen.

David Horvitz, you are amazing! This Tumblr reminds me of Yoko Ono’s Grapefruit. (Haven’t read it? Hop to it, bunny!) Thank you very much, Miss @jodielayne!

This is a really, really big ribcage necklace. & it’s quite fabulous. Kiss kiss, @sweatersinjune!

Shave Your Yeti. & then he goes sightseeing. Um, what?! @mlle_elle is weird!

How To Dance! For those of you who are unsure. Via @haydentompkins.

WORN IS LOOKING FOR INTERNS! This is an amazing opportunity if you’re in Torontoooo!

The Ideal Leo Lunch-Hour = Natasa V being shot by Terry Richardson. Looks like fun!

Victoria Beckham in leather pants; damn she looks good. I love her.

How To Be A Goddess, a free poster! Yay!

& by the way, Susan Miller’s October horoscopes are up. It sounds like it’s going to be a rad month!

Have a fantastic weekend, & please don’t buy any trousers with eyes painted on the butt-cheeks!

Love letters & feather headdresses,

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Carousel -- Week Ending 25th September 2009

[ 24 September 2009, 12:13 ]

Rainbow cake! Siona sent me this. I want to make one!

Harper’s Bazaar are good. Tim Walker & Tim Burton teamed up (again) for their Magical Fashion issue. Buy this, & frame the pictures.

I feel very positively towards OkCupid. Very positively. They have so many users, their site is so easy & fun to use, & the people on there are rad. They’ve started a blog where they discuss trends in online dating, & it is SO INTERESTING & COOL. I always loathed statistics at university but that’s probably because we weren’t talking about people’s likelihood to murder someone if they knew they would never get caught, & whether people would indulge their lover’s rape fantasy if asked. Hello, awesome. Check out the Flowchart To My Heart & Exactly What To Say In A First Message, too. Then subscribe! (Oh, they are on Twitter too, & they post cool stuff. Okay that is enough plugging, to be sure!)

“Interesting exceptions to the “no netspeak” rule are expressions of amusement. haha (45% reply rate) and lol (41%) both turned out to be quite good for the sender. This makes a certain sense: people like a sense of humor, and you need to be casual to convey genuine laughter. hehe was also a successful word, but much less so (33%). Scientifically, this is because it’s a little evil sounding.”

I really do love Sera Beak. She is one of the most fabulous, insightful, luminous girls I have ever met. If you don’t know who she is, you should read this: What the hell is a Redvolutionary?

A Day In The Life Of Hunter S. Thompson goes a bit like this…

3:00 PM rise
3:05 Chivas Regal with the morning papers, Dunhills
3:45 cocaine
3:50 another glass of Chivas, Dunhill
4:05 first cup of coffee, Dunhill
4:15 cocaine
4:16 orange juice, Dunhill
4:30 cocaine
4:54 cocaine
5:05 cocaine
5:11 coffee, Dunhills

...& I love the comment below:

Mr Thompson sure had a serious relationship with time.

Like dead things? Me too! Check out Ravishing Beasts, the best ever blog for taxidermy fans!

love exists is a great Flickr group.

I saw this movie last year with Gilda, & it is, in fact, where I bought my pin of Yayoi! Leena sent me the link to this, thank you little lady!

Have a wonderful Friday!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 18th September 2009

[ 17 September 2009, 13:41 ]

Hello Wellington! There’s a Yayoi Kusama exhibition at the City Gallery from September 27th to February 7th! & you should go! She is one of my favourite artists for a reason. (Thanks for letting me know, Jennifer!)

I love Louise L. Hay. & if you sign up for her newsletter, you get a free mp3 of hers called Receiving Prosperity, which is awesome & made me really happy. Get on it!

Q: How can I create a loving relationship?

You may still have some fear that is standing between you and the life you desire, and that you’re still holding back from allowing a relationship to be in your life the way that you wish. You may have to reach back into your childhood relationship with your father or mother to resolve deep-seated fears surrounding a relationship. Ask yourself: What do I have to give up to be in a relationship? How do I lose me when I’m in a relationship? What messages did I receive as a child that created a belief in me that relationships are painful or not forthcoming? I suggest that you work on loving yourself non-stop. Treat yourself to romance and love. Demonstrate to yourself how special you are. Pamper yourself. Buy yourself flowers, surround yourself with colors, textures, and scents that please you. Life always mirrors back to us the feelings we have inside. As you grow in an inner sense of love and romance, the right person to share your growing sense of intimacy will be attracted to you like a magnet.

Gawker asks, Was The Kanye West-Taylor Swift Moment Staged?

“Creative Caravan is a free house swap & sublet resource for Creative Folk Only!” So cool, thank you Miss Retro Audrey! The places are bee-yoo-tiful. Yum!

My amaaaaaaazing friend Mike Dooley’s new book, Infinite Possibilities launched last Tuesday, & it’s a doozy! Over at TUT, they have declared September the month of Infinite Possibilities (!!!) & everyone who buys a copy of the book goes into the draw for a bunch of amazing prizes, like a trip for two to Egypt, a Tahiti cruise for two, a week in Hawaii, a spa getaway retreat, a year of chocolate, etc.! So buy the damn book & if you win one of the prizes, please tell me so I can be insanely jealous!

Jimmyjane — one of my favourite sex toy companys (yes, I have a few) — is having a competition to give away one of their Little Gold Eternity toys. It is the ultimate vibrator, made of 24k gold & set with 28 round-cut diamonds for a truly magical experience. If that’s not luxurious, I don’t know what is. It’s worth $2750 (wow), & it could be yours!

How To Be Awesome from The Art of Nonconformity.

F*ck Yeah Dykes is pretty much what it sounds like. Um… NSFW?!

Glamour magazine shows un-airbrushed photo of plus-size Lizzie Miller... rad.

Tweeting Too Hard = whoah.

Mickey Rourke plays a tough barfly is a piece by Roger Ebert, where he talked to Bukowski as they were filming Barfly. It’s excellent.

“When we came out to scout the location,” she said, “we found all the extras we needed right here. There’s a Bukowskian woman living next door with 12 cats.”

“Bukowskian?” I said.

“Like Dostoyevskian, but drunk.”

A teacher’s approach to raising confident teen girls.

Cardboard Love in a Digital World is rad.

By the way, I updated my links page this week. There’s some good stuff there!

Genius of the crowd by Bukowski.

Don’t Sleep On Africa is a collection of photos of RAD South African street style. So good. Take that, Paris, Stockholm & New York!

I love Zoe Foster. How To: Get sexy, textured second-day hair, INSTANTLY. The answer is apparently magic dust. I need some of this stuff. Anyone at Aveda want to send me some?!

The Frisky interviews Diablo Cody & it’s pretty excellent really.

DC: OK, here’s a problem that is holding back feminism and you see it on the blogs. We all hold each other up to an incredibly high standard in a way that men do not. Let’s say a woman directs a movie that’s not very good—everybody piles up on her. It’s, like, “No! You’re representing us! It has to be perfect!” And that’s not how it works! Women should be allowed to make bad movies. Good movies. Porno movies. Terrible made-for-TV movies. Women just need to be out there directing as many movies as men do. We don’t all have to be the model woman—what we need is to be more visible. We really, really are tough on each other.

The Zap Oracle is fun. Got a question? Click click click!

This piece from Worn, Crushing on Kim Hutt, features a round-up of the ten most stylish characters from children’s books. I’m so with her on #9 & #1, but what? No Stacey McGill?!

Um, wow. David Lynch does window-dressing. Aaaaaaaaaaaaamazing.

Living Enlightenment – A Personal Report is Tina Su’s account of a long-term meditation retreat in India.

The black apartment. DEAR GOD. Can I live there please?

Sean Bonner says, Facebook doesn’t ruin friendships, being a self important asshole does. Yes!

An interview with Marilyn Manson about The High End of Low.

The record is ultimately about somebody who is falling from grace, and I have in so many ways. Whether it’s with family, enemies, fans, personally, lovers, career, art, whatever it is. And then you want to fit back in and you feel like, maybe I should give up my wings. Maybe I should give up who I am and then I’ll fit in. And then you find yourself completely unlovable. You’re worthless above and below and that’s where I was in the record towards the end of the record.

flower/self: I like these photos.

Daily Routines — how writers, artists & other interesting people organize their days — is still totally fascinating to me.

The Lady Who Fell To Earth shot by Tim Walker for Vogue UK October 2009.

The Gashlycrumb Blythies! I don’t like Blythe all that much, but this is such a rad idea, & it’s a work in progress!

Deerlings & Ghostthings is beautiful.

Mystic Medusa said she was obsessed with Lucky Mojo Curio Co. & now I am too. Completely! Very fascinating. But those spells which are supposed to “dominate & rule“ a man make me kind of nervous. If you could dominate & rule a man, why would you want him around? You could never respect him that way, & surely respecting your lover is the most important thing? Anyone have any thoughts on the matter at hand?

I also love Mystic Medusa’s thoughts on Kanye West’s VMA outburst.

A Renaissance For Cupcakes? on NPR.

DUFFIN: Well, Warren Buffett has a great way of breaking down the cycle. He says there are three I’s: the innovators, the imitators & the idiots.

So, Roald Dahl Day was on the 13th of September (my birthday!), but check out the Complete Roald Dahl Day Kit! Yay, thank you Sri!

I LOVE YOU IVYBEAN104! She is 104 & she has a Twitter account & I love her!

tonight im doing a interview on american tv with ellen im sorry to say i dont know who she is butthe staff here do all good fun 6:11 AM Sep 11th from web

Positivist Aries Leadership & Motivational Tips from Mystic Medusa. Yes she is a total well of awesomeness & wisdom.

Antler mag is out! Check out Volume 1: Dream Girl.

If you haven’t had time to keep up with fashion week, The Frisky found The Weirdest Stuff On The Runway! It’s pretty funny, really, but I would totally wear #5. With GUSTO!

Kawaii Nails... for people who have never, ever done any physical labour! ;D (Thanks, Coco!)

Welcome to Your Quarterlife Crisis?! This was sent to me by Victoria. It’s a good one!

Oh! Oh! Exciting news! I am starting a new feature on iCiNG called ASK A PSYCHIC! (Although it might not called that by the time it happens, let me know if you have a better idea for a name!) It will go live every Friday & my supremely talented friend Joycelle will be answering your questions! SO! Email us telling us your full name, date of birth, & where you’re from. You can pick a pen name too, for when the answer goes live, but you can ask anything you like including life direction, love & relationships, career, health, family, travel, spiritual direction, even mediumship! Ahhh HOW EXCITING. So let’s do it! We’re going to start putting it all together & the feature will go live soon. I CAN’T WAIT!

Now! Here are some videos. Yay!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 4th September 2009

[ 4 September 2009, 10:39 ]

I have had barely any time to do my usual obsessively-trawling-the-internet thing, so this is a pretty small collection of links! I hope you love ‘em anyway! I’ll talk to you when I get to New Zealand!

Rita Konig is blogging for the New York Times now. I’m so happy! I adore her writing!

DanaBelle turned me on to DJ Skeet Skeet & his Chicken & Wobbles mix. Fun!

I got a subscription to Filthy Gorgeous Things this week & it is amazing. The content is super-high quality, as well as nailing the perfect combination of being dirty, sexy & delicious.

Do you remember how I told you about Filament magazine a while ago? Well, your support made a huge difference, & issue 2 has gone to print! If you click the link you can see some of the contents. I’m so excited for them! Suraya (editrix & rad girl) emailed me about it, saying…

I just wanted to say a huge thanks for blogging about, and supporting, our erection campaign. It made a huge difference, and I’m delighted to say that we sold the 328 copies needed to afford to change our printers. Filament Issue 2 comes out on 1 September and features, among other great pictorials and articles, Emmy Jackson, photographed by Lex Machina, raising the flagpole for the ladies.

The UK publishing industry double-standard that Filament has now made one tiny inroad into, is a big part of what has kept genuinely erotic female-orientated imagery of men off the market. It has never had a legal basis – it has purely and simply been about people deciding what we want on our behalf, and therefore what gets to market. If one tiny magazine like Filament can push through idiotic rules from the dark ages, then anyone can. It is a trap to believe that what is available on the market merely represents what sells – most of the decisions about what’s supplied to us are still based on poor, if any, evidence, and often largely on gender stereotypes. What gets out there branded ‘for women’ is part of what defines femininity in our times, so it’s all the more important that women create, support and demand what we actually want.

I’ve held off announcing this because I was hoping to also say we’d got a distribution deal. It’s still sadly not yet happened, but we are talking with a promising distributor. Filament is currently stocked in only three shops. Surprisingly, several supposedly women-orientated sex shops have declined to stock Filament – the same shops that, when I was forming the concept behind Filament, told me they didn’t stock women-orientated pictures of men only because there were none on the market. I guess their real reasons are somewhat more complex, but until said shops are willing to be frank about what their issues are, there’s not much we can do but keeping making Filament available through our website.

You’re very welcome, of course, to post any part of this to let your readers know that they were part of making history – the first UK women’s magazine to feature an erection pictorial is now available – yay! There’s samples of some of the men and articles from issue 2 available on our website too.

Thanks once again for your support!

Life With Who What Wear! I love this piece, it’s so interesting to hear about their progress & expansion.

Wolf on Wolf. Wolf? Patrick, natürlich!

Marie’s 90’s Horn Mix is SO GREAT download it NOW!

My two new favourite fashion blogs are Le Fashion Image & Studded Hearts. Pictures for DAYS!

Rick Owns Sets the Trend & Other Designers Seem to Follow from the New York Times.

“Hubby Hubby”: Ben & Jerry’s Shows Gay Marriage Support With New Flavor. Aw! I’ll back that!

My friend Angel is one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met. She has this great bee-log where she writes about yummy perfumes & adventures in Chicago. You should read it. It is 100% delightful & magical.

Cavities by Dallas Clayton. Cute-o-rama.

Sh!tmydadsays is my new favourite Twitter account. Ohhhh so funny.

Love letters & feather headdresses,

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Carousel -- Week Ending 28th August 2009

[ 28 August 2009, 11:30 ]

Friday Friday Friday! Here we go!

WikiFashion is the fantastic new project of one inspired nonpareil! Join! Contribute! Enjoy!

Ever wondered what the differences are between Haute & Low Virgo? If you don’t know… now you know. Additionally, I would like to give a shout out to all my friends who fall within the realms of Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius & Capricorn! Please don’t think I love you any less because you are not Virgos! I just link the Virgo stuff because it is most interesting to me. Mystic Medusa writes about all the signs with equal fervour — check her out!

The Sheats Goldstein residence is pretty rad.

This is my new favourite page: the ASPCA adoptable dogs listing. Such cuties!

£200,000 & 51 operations turn a mother of three into Queen Nefertiti... Um, really? This is quite shocking to me.

Her transformation began more than 20 years ago after she decided that in a past life she had lived as Queen Nefertiti.

During that time Nileen Namita has spent £200,000 on her face in order to turn herself into a living sculpture of the ancient Egyptian.

The mother of three has had 51 cosmetic surgery operations – including eight nose jobs, three chin implants, one eyebrow lift, three facelifts, six mini facelifts, two lip surgeries, five eye surgeries and 20 minor tweaks – in her efforts to recreate herself in the image of the ‘Beauty of the Nile’.

This is not safe for work: Nakedbooth. Thanks Violet! You always find the best stuff.

If you’re going to be in New York City during fashion week in September, come along to the Indepedent Fashion Bloggers Dress Up Soiree! It’s on Monday the 14th of September, & as well as dressing up & meeting a whole lot of rad, intelligent people, there’s going to be a panel discussion called Evolving Influence: The Future Of Fashion Media. I have been invited to speak, along with Susie Bubble, Wendy Brandes, Crosby Noricks, Helen Zhu, Jessica Schroeder, Tricia Royal, Geri Hirsch & Kathryn Finney. It’s going to be a fantastic event, I can’t wait to meet everyone & babble on about my favourite subject! YAY! We’d love to see you there, so write it in your diary & be sure to RSVP!

Sorry I Missed Your Party is so great. This is how I discovered it: The 2nd Worst Rave I’ve Ever Been To. I love this comment:

I’ve been to several worse than this. At least there is a working sound system.

Interested in knowing what the 99 Most Influential Style Blogs are? I’m ranked at number 30, which is extremely flattering. I am so thrilled to be included, wow! Thank you!

Stung by the Perfect Sting — anonymity on the internet, cowardice etc. Interesting stuff!

The reason some girls stay single... Thanks Evelin!

Songs From High School! Oh, yes! Funny people write about the songs they used to love. This, about Counting Crows, resonates strongly. Aahahahah.

Sooo, as my man and I serenaded each other with “Sullivan Street”, amazed that we both knew all the words after all these years, I realized that, today, to me, Adam Duritz’s voice might be one of the most annoying in history. But to my 13-year old self, he was a poet. His voice filled with all the sorrow, angst and all around whininess that 13 year old girls have. He sounds like an insecure girl who was growing out her short hair-cut. He sounds like a busload of chlorinated swim team kids.

Augnablik is a beautiful photoblog shot by a young girl from Iceland. Merci beaucoup, Valborg! (I love your name!)

These prints of Hindu deities are so adorable & make me smile! As always, Sri finds the cutest things! She is like the genius magpie of the internet!

Gary Vaynerchuk is one of the most dynamic speakers I’ve ever seen. His book, Crush It! comes out soon, & it’s all about cashing in on your passion & learning how to hustle, baby. You can read a sample chapter here... & it’s good.

Have a brill weekend!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 21st August 2009

[ 21 August 2009, 11:31 ]

Oh my god, I cannot tell you how much I love this. It is BRILLIANT. The Road To Success depicted visually. TAKE NOTE!

DIY embellished tights tutorial: so beautiful.

Everyone’s favourite dog, Hank Williams, is up for the cutest dog competition! Please vote for him! He is the best dog in the universe & I love him so much!

This makes me really happy: THE GUIDE TO BEING SO CHOICE aka How Sloane Peterson from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Taught me how to be an Awesome Girlfriend. Read, pay attention, put into practice.

Style & Beauty files from the past to the present. I love this, what a treasure! Anita Pallenberg, Hunter S. Thompson, Thurston Moore, Jane Birkin, Lisa Bonet, Courtney Love, Pamela Des Barres… So inspiring, so rad! If you only click one link in the carousel, this should be it.

Claudia sent me this link to Chlorophyll Skin. Um, wow.

Milla Jovovich is so beautiful.

What Sign Is The Punctuation Hero? & I loved this comment:

I know someone with Mercury conjunct Pluto in Virgo who would do this. He once peeled an extra apostrophe off a shop window display right under the gaze of the security guard. Vandalism was justified on the grounds of good grammar.

Pitchfork’s Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s is rad.

Psalm One just put out Uptown, where she’s rapping over a Drake beat. Nice!

Nils Jorgensen‘s photography is curious, clever & intriguing.

Channel the queen bee (ahem, Blair Waldorf, not that I still watch Gossip Girl — I packed it in before season two began — do any of you still watch it?) with inspiration from this shoot in Teen Vogue.

Sera Beak, everyone’s favourite redvolutionary, is holding a weekend retreat at the Omega Institute in upstate New York at the end of September… & I really want to go. Here’s the info!

Redvolution: Calling All Spiritual Superheroines!

This firestarter gathering reintroduces spirituality to women in a style and lingo that fits their unique, modern, and often complicated lives. Based on a combustible cocktail from Sera’s The Red Book, we’ll explore what it means to (respectfully) mix and match ancient religious traditions and new spiritual beliefs in order to create a truly Redvolutionary life. The Red heart of this non-dogmatic workshop is to inspire all women to discover and activate their spiritual superpowers by creating a more intimate and expressive relationship with their divine spark – through creative exercises, intention-setting, meditation, ritual, intuitive journaling, and provocative dialogue. Emphasis will be placed on trusting one’s unique path and becoming one’s own spiritual authority…not too mention creating some delicious, divine mischief along the way. After all, you’re not here to play small; you’re here to save the world.

Friday September 25th – Sunday September 27th, 2009
Omega Institute Rhinebeck, NY.

A couple of months ago, Miss Molly Crabapple & I sat in Ninth Street Espresso, downing coffee & talking excitedly as we laughed & plotted out potential panels for SXSW Interactive 2010. We each submitted two, & I’m very excited to say that both the proposals I submitted have been accepted & placed into the SXSW 2010 PanelPicker. Both are intended to be a humorous but useful look at the topics presented & I have a group of whip-smart, self-aware & very funny people who I’d like to have on the panels with me. You can look (& vote!) for them here: Integrity 3.0: The Importance Of Reputation Online & Internet Fame: How To Do It. Lol-o-rama, for real! Molly’s proposal, Selling Subculture Without Selling Out, will be amazing as well. I’m pretty intrigued by the Fashion Revolution panel too!

Uncomfortable plot summaries is so very funny.

Ahhhhhh! Cutest doggy kisses of all time.

Critics That Matter by Seth Godin.

Me for ChinaShop magazine: I attended the open call for Sex & The City 2 & snapped some shots of the eager & well-dressed! I loved this girl & this girl especially! I also wrote a little piece about the Fall/Winter Fashion Focus, & a summary of my favourite new look: Tough Luxe.

This video of the Milky Way rising over Texas is SO beautiful!

Paul Octavious – Same Hill, Different Day. Rad!

1000 Awesome Things: #695 Walking around with a black eye. Aahahahahah. Oh, Neil.

Why Some People Are Better Manifesters Than Others by Steve Pavlina.

How To Tim Ferriss Your Love Life... Hahah. He is hilarious.

Good stuff from The Happiness Project: Twenty-Three Phrases to Help You Fight Right, Imagine That Something Good Never Happened, Nine Tips for Having a Good Bad Day & “Sing, Talk on the Phone, Cook Something New”.

I love Coilhouse for posting about The 1985 World Face-Pulling Championship!

“I promise I shall never give up, & that I’ll die yelling & laughing.” — Jack Kerouac

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Carousel -- Week Ending 14th August 2009

[ 14 August 2009, 09:18 ]

HELLO FRIDAY! How we missed you! Now let’s distract ourselves with some virtual ridiculousness! Okay!

The Black Acid Co-Op is a free art installation in New York City, & it’s only going to be around until the 15th of August (that’s tomorrow!), so hop to it!

Sacrificial virgins of the Mississippi... WOW.

Flickr is a total treasure trove. This is my new favourite group — Bedroom Stories. I want to take a whole lot of bedroom portraits now.

The owner of CB I Hate Perfume has a blog, & this piece on Women With Style is fantastic:

There floating across the pavement surrounded by a flock of men in tuxedos was a woman who was unmistakably Diana Vreeland. She was wearing a sleek yellow satin sheathe that my guess would be Dior circa 1955. It had a matching satin stole and matching yellow satin shoes. White stones sparkled around her neck and at her ears. She looked absolutely amazing.

Now Mrs Vreeland was no beauty certainly by that age. But then she never was – that was the point. But on this evening well into her 80’s, she was dressed to kill and clearly fascinating a large group of men of all ages. They followed her like puppies and hung on her every word. I watched her as she slowly moved to the car. She turned her head this way and that to chat with the men around her. She leaned back against one of the men, tossed her head and laughed. The men couldn’t look away and neither could I. I have never seen a woman move so elegantly (at least off the ballet stage) and more to the point, never have i seen a woman more alive. She was so clearly having the time of her life and her joie de vivre lit all those around her. Mrs Vreeland was perfectly magical and a good part of that magic was her style. It was unique, it was flawless and it was as bright as the sun.

I think a lot of people today miss the point of Mrs Vreeland. Nothing but a clothes horse obsessed with fashion. I don’t think this is true. From what I’ve read of her and by her, I’d say fashion was her business but her passion was style. She understood absolutely that fashion is merely a tool and that clothes are dead unless they’re worn. It is never the clothes that are important but the life you lead in them.

A good word to know: quaintrelle.

Wanna be my girlfriend?

Women Making History: Gala Darling is a cute feature piece courtesy of M.I.S.S.! & I’m in excellent company: they have previously featured my girls Nubby & Kerin! Thanks, ladies! P.S. Nice sequins!

Beautiful photos of Christina Ricci. I adore her. She stole my heart as Wednesday Addams, & never gave it back. Really I just wanted to be her, & didn’t you always think Gomez & Morticia had the perfect relationship? (“Don’t torture yourself, Gomez… That’s my job.”) In fact…

Girl Scout: Is this made from real lemons?
Wednesday: Yes.
Girl Scout: I only like all-natural foods & beverages, organically grown, with no preservatives. Are you sure they’re real lemons?
Pugsley: Yes.
Girl Scout: Well, I’ll tell you what. I’ll buy a cup if you buy a box of my delicious Girl Scout cookies. Do we have a deal?
Wednesday: Are they made from real Girl Scouts?

...& I always thought their family credo was the best. Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc. “We gladly feast on those who would subdue us”. HOLLA! Okay, enough, on with the rest of the Carousel…

Want to know your Egyptian zodiac sign? Now you do! I am Mout apparently. “Those who fall under the sign of Mout are ironic, have tremendous internal wealth, know how to rapidly connect with others, and look for paternal authority.” Um… I guess so?! Define internal wealth? How does your sign fit you?

RoboGeisha trailer. Words fail me. I feel like it’s a joke, but it has an entry on IMDB, & the internet doesn’t lie, right?!!

Jane of Sea Of Shoes just gets better every time she updates. Seriously. Jane, are you coming to New York soon? Nubs & I want to kidnap you!

Simon Doonan I LOVE YOU!!!

You can download David Dallas’ Front To Back single here! Nice work boys! Something Awesome cannot come out soon enough.

Michael Jackson’s Influence on Fashion by none other than my favourite, Nubby Twiglet. I think this is one of the best things she’s ever written.

Karl Lagerfeld as Coco Chanel. Lolz.

Rock ‘n Roll Bride is giving away a New York love story! “Todd Ritondaro, who has worked on a range of films ranging from national commercials to small indie films, is now branching into the world of wedding film and wants to make a little film about love in the big apple and he needs subjects… That’s where you come in. He is giving away a free film shoot where you will play the lead. He will follow you and your beau documenting your story – where you met, where you hang out, where you fell in love…” Um, HELLO, best prize ever. I want to enter!

TV dinner cupcakes! I am horrified & impressed all at the same time! & a bunch of dudes backflip into their own jeans. Strange, but rad! Thanks to Vixxie May for hooking me up!

I love Alicia from Sea Of Ghosts & her ongoing sartorial evolution.

Will You Look As Good As Jack LaLanne at Age 93? Awesome tips on living healthily & what you can do to lengthen your life!

Obama Is Literally Hitler. Yeah…

Michael – The New York Review of Books.

“Unlike Prince, his only rival in the black pop sweepstakes, Jackson couldn’t keep mining himself for material for fear of what it would require of him—a turning inward, which, though arguably not the job of a pop musician, is the job of the artist. After Dangerous, Jackson became a corporation, concerned less with creative innovation than with looking backward to recreate the success he had achieved more than ten years before, with Thriller.”

i heart strangers is cute as hell. Thanks MaDonna!

How to make moss graffiti via Tamera. COOL.

Feeding Your Face — tips on delicious skincare from Sarma of One Lucky Duck.

Hands off our heels! A tottering female boss stamps down on calls for a ban of ‘dangerous and demeaning’ stilettos in the office from the Daily Mail. Thanks, Verena! This article has some interesting info but is rife with craziness about feminism & sexism. Some of the comments make my head hurt. I do like this bit though:

“As the psychologist Dr Cecilia d’Felice argues, the message high heels give is not so much ‘I want to turn you on’ as ‘I want to take you on’.”

My friend Suraya publishes this excellent magazine called Filament. It features naked boys, smart writing & calls itself “The Thinking Woman’s Crumpet”. I mean, how can you not be into that? But Suraya’s quest to become the next Hef has been somewhat thwarted by the fact that stuffy British printers are all up in arms about printing pictures of COCKS. (Sorry, it had to be in caps. COCKS.) Reasons given include that printing these images may cause offence to ‘women’s groups’. Ppsssssshhhhhhh! Anyway, whatever, all is not lost — you can help by buying their first issue — this will help them go to a bigger printing company next time, who are less likely to be nervous about printing naughty/scandalous/fabulous material. The magazine is excellent — covering topics from ethics in pornography to atheist parenting & girl geeks — & only £7! Okay, go!

Totem Pill by Marc Ngui is rad.

Totem Pill is inspired by Robert Anton Wilson’s description of Timothy Leary’s Eight Circuit Model of Human Consciousness. The model addresses the question of how and why the mind evolved into an organ of consciousness. Beginning with a single celled organism, each system of consciousness is created as an emergent phenomenon of the previous system in an ever more complex networking process, leading towards a godlike state existing in all time-space with the possibility of engaging with other time spaces. The model is a creation myth, a cosmic blueprint, and fertile territory for the imagination.

Want to attend Stiletto Spy School?

P.S. You aren’t human from the Flickr blog. CUTE TO DEATH!

Extreme Mickey Mouse ears by Piers Atkinson. Thanks, @ashleahd!

Um… Luxirare is incredible.

Chloe’s 24 year old’s list of 25 is really adorable.

RiP: A Remix Manifesto is a documentary about copyright & remix culture. & of course, you can contribute to it… Way cool, way smart. I like the thing about Girl Talk, too! Merci beaucoup, @MimsieSky!

& with that… enjoy your weekend!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 7th August 2009

[ 7 August 2009, 06:10 ]

Now, I’m all for “twee”, and “sweatercore”, or whatever you want to call it… from Boner Party. See below!

“anyway, look. we as a ‘youth movement’ should be arrogant. take a page from Shepard Fairey’s book (literally) and poster the streets with our wants and desires. document all of this. where’s our Jay McInerney and our “Bright Lights Big City”? where’s our damn Public Enemy? hell, we don’t even have a Rage Against The Machine…”

Ethan from jimmyjane shares tips on how to introduce a vibrator into your relationship!

Nice view.

Don’t let… from Le Love, one of my favourite blogs.

Hello, The Book Seer is amazing! Type in the book you’ve just finished reading & it will spit out a bunch of recommendations for your next literary indulgence.

Magic is as magic does is a Flickr group. They say…

You know those moments in life that make your heart seize up, that make you say “Wow, my life is amazing and magical and I am so so blessed to be here in this moment now?” This flickr group is to remind us of those tiny moments and share them with others. Vignettes, tea parties, waterfalls, tidepools, a cozy corner of your home, a visit to your friend’s wonderful house – if you experienced it, please add it here!

List of chics on Wikipedia. That is not a typo!

In the mood for a bit of mean humour? I usually don’t link to things like this, but really… it is funny. SEXY EXECUTIVES — The finest corporate photography is worth your clicks.

My friend Deanne has declared August HOOP BOOT CAMP month, & it’s totally rad, full of great tips & suggestions for getting the most out of your hooping practice! You can catch up here… Day one, day two, day three & day four! I love this video of a super-chilled arm workout filmed on the beach in Japan, too!

Me for ChinaShop: All Points West Poncho Party & The Boudoir Queen.

Makeover Madness by Steven Meisel. This editorial is so disturbing & brilliant at the same time!

David Dallas’ new album Something Awesome comes out on August 31st, I cannot tell you how excited I am!

Steve Pavlina wrote this massssssive 7-part (I think) post on How To Network With Busy People, & so much of what he says is totally on the mark. Here are part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six & part seven.

I love Quentin Blake! He & Roald Dahl shaped my childhood very much. Which is why I feel like I need this print, even though it is very small (410mm!). “She reckons on doing away with one child a week.” !!! The Grand High Witch is one of my favourite characters ever!

On the subject… I like this set of Roald Dahl-influenced photographs.

Those Aren’t Fighting Words, Dear is one of the most aware things I have read in a while. It’s about one woman’s response when her husband of 20 years tells her he doesn’t love her any more.

Unorthodox Workouts in New York City. Rad.

This is my kind of blog: SHOELUST. (Sri finds the best things! Let’s give the girl a round of applause, huh?!)

7 Reasons It’s Awesome You’re Stressed. Haha! Yes! The positive reframe wins again!

You should contribute to SMILING FACE FILM by Yoko Ono! (My favourite.)

My ultimate goal in film-making is to make a film which includes a smiling face snap of every single human being in the world. Of course, I cannot go around the whole world and take the shots myself. I need cooperation from something like the post offices of the world. If anybody would drop a snapshot of themselves and their families to the post office of their town, or allow themselves to be photographed by the nearest photographic studio, this would be soon accomplished.

Of course, the film would need constant adding of footage. Probably no-one would like to see the whole film at once, so you can keep it in a library or something, and when you want to see some particular town’s people’s smiling faces you can go and check that section of the film. We can also arrange it with a television network so that whenever you want to see faces of a particular location in the world, all you have to do is to press a button and there it is. This way, if Johnson wants to see what sort of people he killed in Vietnam that day, he only has to turn the channel. Before this you were just part of a figure in the newspapers, but after this you become a smiling face. And when you are born, you will know that if you wanted to, you will have in your lifetime to communicate with the whole world. That is more than most of us could ask for. Very soon, the age may come where we would not need photographs to communicate, like ESP, etc. It will happen soon, but that will be “After The Film Age”.

Yoko Ono, London ‘67

Rhymesayers Entertainment (best label) are looking for artists & graphic designers! Hellooooo, send in your portfolio!

Mystic Medusa breaks down astro-fitness. So very funny.

The Frisky is good stuff. How To Talk Dirty from the Mind Of Man column is especially awesome. Male Dependency is an interesting read too. Are you happier in a relationship than you are when you’re single?

Ever wanted to see a dachshund race? AHHHHHHHHH!

I will always love Bukowski.

I am very into this quote too.

How Air Travel Can Be Made Less Annoying from the New York Times. A bunch of people weigh in & give their opinions. American domestic travel is a nightmare, especially when you compare it to the kind of service you get in New Zealand or Australia. There is no excuse! I wish they’d get it together!

How To Get Cheap Flights from Art of Travel.

Luxirare is an incredible fashion/baking blog. Truly incredible.

I really need this cloud sofa. I am not kidding. That thing is perfect.

PLUS, my favourite girl in Australia — & owner of the legendary Sugadeaux Cupcakes — is holding a competition to name their newest cupcake! It’s vanilla & cardamom cake with pistachio frosting. I’m not going to enter, but if I did, I think it should just be called… Roger. Hee!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 31st July 2009

[ 31 July 2009, 09:30 ]

I’m on the cover of Cut Out + Keep magazine this month, & there’s a great article on me here! Thanks so much Cut Out + Keep, I am super-flattered!

Let Them Eat Models. Designer cupcakes! Thanks, Brittany!

Anna Wintour on 60 Minutes... if you haven’t seen it yet! I love the dude’s comments on Karl Lagerfeld, too. “Karl Lagerfeld, who this season favours the Dracula look”... ahaha are you kidding me? Amazing.

Cara sent me these Maison Michel photos & I like them a whole lot.

The August issue of Lipstick Royalty is out, it’s brilliant & it features an interview with me! Download it & enjoy!

73 Ways to Become a Better Writer. These tips are great.

Hahaha, Camel Hoof is my new favourite website. Mostly I like that they called Diddy a “toolbox”. The girls who run it want to buy a house whose doorbell plays Jay-Z’s Big Pimpin’ in its entirety. The topics of discussion include “vaginas, fried chicken, every female rapper ever, hood-rat nails, grinding violently on strangers & 1990s glory days of RnB”. YES! They also introduced me to the following… Lol, lol, lol again.

Our very own house mother, Fuertes ‘The Foul-Mouthed Filipina’ Knight, coined the phrase “he’d get tied to my radiator” as a way of showing her affections towards certain males (mostly rappers).

& this is SO OLD but what the effffffffff, oh god, I die. Black People LOVE Us!

Going on a summer holiday? So is Zoe Foster, legendary beauty editor, & here’s what she’s taking with her. Girl knows her stuff. I want to try half those products now… Damn, she’s good.

Boner Party explain the Ghostbusters boner & the talent boner.

How To Kiss A Stranger by Laura at Tweexcore.

Peter Callesen is amazing. Thanks Meghann!

Finding My Goddess is one of the most intense things I have ever seen. I found this through Mystic Medusa, of course. One of my favourite websites, hands down. & the comments on her post are hilaaaaaaaarious as everyone tries to work out what sign this guy is!

“PLEASE can someone e-mail him, explaining that waist circumference is only exceeded by the dimensions of her brain/expansion of her aura, whatevs and that she TOO is a GLOBAL VISIONARY chanelling angelic insights, currently based in Mogambo (a spa hotel where he is welcome to visit and see how the natives adore her sacred hide) and requiring but a small sacred investment of 10 million (USD) to manifest Angel TV. But that she needs his birth deets to run them through (invisble) celestial database device. It runs on spring water and her gigantic indigo aura – which, on a night without too much microwave interference – can be sensed from as far away as The Palisades, Palm Springs… Tell him you/she lives in Zemblanity Heights and see if he GETS that. He is a GLOBAL VISIONARY GENIUS with an UNBEARABLE POIGNANT AND AMAZING sense of humour, he will get it. Surely. And – this would be fun to trigger his Madonna Ho complex. He boasted about his dick being able to stay hard for hours, tantric thingie…SHE boasts that her, um, yoni is legendary – toned by three hours a day of secret Kahuna exercises & douches containing three drops of immortelle essential oil + magnesium…”

Need a bikini? Johnny Cupcakes has you covered (literally). Ahhh so cute! Merci beaucoup, Evie!

P.S. Cuteness maximus.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 24th July 2009

[ 24 July 2009, 11:18 ]

It’s Friday!
It’s Friday!
Let’s celebrate!
It’s Friday!

That was my Friday song… Hope you liked it! As always, on Friday, I round up the funniest, weirdest, cutest & most delicious things on the neenernet for your cerebral pleasure. This week is no exception. Take a seat, grab some fairy floss & blow kisses to passersby as you take a trip on the Carousel!

Et voilà!

I wrote this piece on the Dr. Marten Revolution for ChinaShop! It’s all about the resurgence of the iconic boot & it was very fun to write, which I think came through!

What exactly is Robert Smith trying to promote? I love you Boner Party, especially because you called Myspace the Detroit of the internet.

Free music? Yes please. The Los Angeles Leakers & Murs Present: Damn, It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta (Mixtape). I have been listening to this almost non-stop since I got it.

The Steve Martin Method: A Master Comedian’s Advice for Becoming Famous. Mostly it boils down to, “Be so good they can’t ignore you”.

The Dream Walking Society is all beautiful pictures all the time.

I love this song. BIG! (& you can download it here, Skream released it for free.)

AMAZING, HELLO!

I love this style interview with Kate Lanphear.

“I have zero control. I couldn’t pay my rent this summer because I had to have the Balenciaga gladiators in every color available.”

Foreign Policy: Jay-Z Schools Us In U.S. Hegemony from NPR. So good.

Did I link to this before? Ludacris is on Twitter, & in between quotes from Maya Angelou (“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude”) & Ralph Waldo Emerson (“Always do what you are afraid to do”), he’s asking battle of the sexes questions — & retweeting the funniest/best answers — to promote his new album. Definitely worth following.

Other fun people to follow: Russell Simmons (), Tila Tequila, Deepak Chopra & Reverend Run.

Rachel Hills is a smart cookie. You should subscribe to her RSS feed so you don’t miss out on gems like Are women’s magazines really that bad? & Is Sex Without Condoms The New Engagement Ring? Yow!

If you’re in New York in September — & you should be, to take full advantage of the Virgo extravaganza (yes, Nubby & I will be having another party!) — Warp Records are having a birthday party too, featuring Battles, !!!, Prefuse 73, Pivot, Clark & Hudson Mohawke. Radvegas.

Clint Mansell, my favourite film composer (I think I like him more than Yann Tiersen & Philip Glass even though they are both way up there) gave an interview to Mojo which is really interesting.

Emily linked me to this Non-Tourist Tour of New York via photographs. Cool!

I still love Mystic Medusa. Where else can you find gems like this?

“Creation is a drug I can’t do without” said film director Cecil B. De-Mille. His 1923 epic film The Ten Commandments went so over budget that studio heads sent him telegrams saying “You have lost your mind. Cease filming and return to Hollywood at once.” DeMille continued to build his city of the Pharoahs on a Californian beach.

Okay, that’ll do for now… !

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Carousel -- Week Ending 17th July 2009

[ 17 July 2009, 12:25 ]

Happy Friday! Yay! Hope you have good plans for the weekend… !

God that is funny.

Feel like trying out a love ritual?

“There is no quality assurance about the kind of men or women you will attract, and you may attract both men and women. It is up to you to make wise choices about anyone with whom you become involved. But you are always free to say no – the point is that you are increasing the number of people you attract.”

Toolhaus will show you all the negative feedback on an Ebay seller if you ever doubt the authenticity of an item. SO USEFUL!

Helena Christensen has great style. Her home in New York photographed for Vogue Paris by The Selby.

Sri finds the best things. This post, Babes in Toyland: Six Cartoon Trend-setters Whose Closets We Want to Raid Now from Refinery 29 is adorbs.

Want to be photographed by The Sartorialist? The Pipeline tells you how to make it happen. Hahah.

I loved the Christian Louboutin/Rodarte collaboration — you might remember beautiful shoes covered in spikes from a while ago. Well, a very enterprising young lady DIY’d some & shows you how. I think it is my next project.

Alber Elbaz knows what’s up.

“The people I chose to run my new store in London are nice. I cannot work with b*****s, I can’t, I can’t. Maybe I am too sensitive, I get blocked. There are some people who don’t give a damn. With me, I find that if there is no energy flowing or no connection, I can’t think. Talent is amazing — I love it, appreciate it. I respect talent a lot. But if you ask me, ‘Talent and b***h, or less talent and good?’ I’ll go with less talent.”

HOLLA.

I am obsessed with celebrity real estate. I think it is SO interesting to see the kind of homes people buy.

Yann Gross’ Horizonville photo series is fascinating. NSFW, though, there are some boobies!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 10th July 2009

[ 10 July 2009, 07:29 ]

Happy Friday! It’s not the world’s biggest carousel, but I hope you enjoy it regardless!

Astrologer Rob Brezsny on what’s in our stars. I love this interview! I also love Rob Brezsny!

“Astrology immediately satisfied my soul, because it was a way of looking at the world mythically. It was a language that was not in opposition to rationality and logic but provided an alternative way of thinking about the world, which is that there are mysteries beyond what we can comprehend with our rational ego.”

Lack of charisma can be fatal? Star’s take. RAD.

Rad.

To say… or not… during sex. A flow/Venn diagram.

Future of Fashion Magazines | Part One – A Changing Landscape. This is really interesting reading. It is amazing to watch mainstream media go down the gurgler & think about what will take its place.

Got 3D glasses? This Flickr group will make you wish you did!

Oh, how I love Awkward Family Photos. Laugh riot. For real.

If that wasn’t horrifying enough, there’s always Awkward Boners. Beware.

swissmiss finds the coolest things. Like… typographic soap. I feel like I need a bar of this. Hello necklace! Floating breakfast!

Givenchy, you can do no wrong in my mind.

Ah oui bonjour you are so beautiful let’s get married & drink tea all day.

Louise Wilson: Listen Up by Cathy Horyn. Lots of interesting thoughts on the fashion industry.

Tim Ferriss speaks about How to Build a High-Traffic Blog Without Killing Yourself!

The Bohemian Dream, in 350 Square Feet — this is the cutest apartment ever, & really close to where I used to live in the West Village!

P.S. I have a new site — Love Letter To The Universe! It’s just a journal, online documentation of my life, silly, ridiculous, etc., but you might find it… entertaining?! Hee!

Have an INCREDIBLE weekend, beautiful!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 26th June 2009

[ 26 June 2009, 08:10 ]

Hello, Friday! Hello, cake!

Have a read through some of the best stuff on McSweeneys written by women!

Dolce & Gabbana ad campaign, oh my god, so good, the return of the turban except crossed with a head-bow, YES, also scroll down for something scary, The Dish says, “They look like yaks!”. Rad.

Do you belong in NYC? Take the test. Though I have to say, on the last point, I don’t think an interesting life & a happy life are necessarily mutually exclusive.

Astro-Beauty; Legs & Your Past Lives. INTERESTING... or at least I think so!

WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO: Draw yourself at the age of 100! The entries are great.

“When two people meet & fall in love, there’s a sudden rush of magic. Magic is just naturally present then. We tend to feed on that gratuitous magic without striving to make any more. One day we wake up & find that the magic is gone. We hustle to get it back, but by then it’s usually too late, we’ve used it up. What we have to do is work like hell at making additional magic right from the start. It’s hard work, but if we can remember to do it, we greatly improve our chances of making love stay.” — Tom Robbins

Super-rad, super-saturated photos. Thanks, Sri!

My girlfriend Chloe documented the decoration of her new apartment & it’s impressive, she is a clever girl.

365 reasons to party from Everything2.

How To Meet The Most Girls, also from Everything2.

Glamour & Glitter started in March & I really, really like it. Bravo Calla!

I want a copy of this book so badly! It is cute to the max. There are more pictures here. You can buy it through Mulberry or wait for it to hit Amazon.

How to get an entry level job in the creative industries by Rachel Hills.

“I thought, There is nowhere else in the universe I would rather be at this moment. I could count the places I would not rather be. I’ve always wanted to see New Zealand, but I’d rather be here. The majestic ruins of Machu Picchu? I’d rather be here. A hillside in Cuenca, Spain, sipping coffee and watching leaves fall? Not even close. There is nowhere else I could imagine wanting to be besides here in this car, with this girl, on this road, listening to this song. If she breaks my heart, no matter what hell she puts me through, I can say it was worth it, just because of right now. Out the window is a blur and all I can really hear is this girl’s hair flapping in the wind, and maybe if we drive fast enough the universe will lose track of us and forget to stick us somewhere else.” — Rob Sheffield, Love is a Mix Tape

2 Questions To Ask That Are More Important Than A Diagnosis by Dr Frank Lipman.

Stoned wallabies make crop circles. Amazing.

How To Go From Sedentary To Running In Five Steps from Zen Habits.

JAK & JIL does droolable couture like no other. Viz the Balmain jacket on the right, oh my, how delicious, if I owned that I would die happy. & Marjan Pejoski — the man who made Bjork’s swan dress — designed these shoes which make me swoon a whole bunch. Tommy (of JAK & JIL) has also started collaborating with Complex Geometries. I am desperately in love with this tank, aren’t you?

Rachael Gibson knows me well. I want that ring so badly! & did I link to this before? Her Super-Big New York Guide rules. When is she going to come over from London & eat cupcakes with me?!

Nubby was interviewed for M.I.S.S.’ Women Making History segment & it’s fantastic. Yay!

Jane from Sea Of Shoes is in Tokyo right now, look at her pictures! Also, she just designed a capsule shoe collection for Urban Outfitters. Go Jane!

Also, if David Bowie had wheels, how much would you pay to ride on him?

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think of, say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company, a church, a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, & that is our attitude… I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me & 90% how I react to it. & so it is with you… we are in charge of our attitudes.” — Charles Swindoll

Finally… lots of love to Michael Jackson, his friends, family & fans. I’m really sad to hear about his passing — he had a huge impact on me, & I have always adored him & thought of him as a complete musical genius. I also always defended him to my friends who said he was “weird” — the best people are! I had a little MJ dance party last night in tribute & I hope you did too. Writing Songs With My Friend, Mike is beautiful.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 19th June 2009

[ 19 June 2009, 11:38 ]

The ‘I love you’ graffiti pool on Flickr (examples above!) rocks my world. What a great thing to do with your camera — hunt out lurve-related graffiti. CUTE-O-RAMA. Top THAT!

Insead research shows living abroad linked to creativity: “Living in another country can be a cherished experience, but new research from Insead & Northwestern University suggests it might also help boost creativity.”

Tag Poetry & Personal Style is such a cute idea!

Angelica got accepted into the Atlantic Acting School & now she needs help to get there. Can you get involved?

Icons according to Bjooti honoured me last week! (Scroll down for an English translation.)

Natalia Vodianova rocks pink hair!

The Sparkle Factory is a blog documenting the goings-on at Tarina Tarantino’s workspace, affectionately dubbed (you guessed it) The Sparkle Factory! It’s a nice little glimpse into the life of a jewellery queen.

Want a scary washing machine?!

Cate Blanchett as Coco Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld, HELLO, awesome.

André Balazs: The king of America is an old (2006) but fascinating article about the hotelier. I love the way he thinks, viz:

People go to clubs and restaurants for a couple of hours or so, but the experiences of guests in a hotel can last 24 hours or more and, Balazs explains, can range “from the deeply personal moments, to the public moments, the business moments and the friendship moments. It means trying to provide every kind of nuanced space and thinking about how to provide the best environments for each of those activities to unfold. That’s what fascinates me. It is not just allowing them to unfold but stimulating their unfolding.”

“One of the few luxuries left is travel,” he explains. “And the aspect of travel that is luxurious is not the movement, but the being there. So I think that one of the things that most matters and will matter increasingly is that when you are in some place you actually feel like you are there, that the ‘there’ is very different from whence you came. When you’re in London, you should feel like you’re in London. That unleashes a whole creative process. There should be no confusion whatever between London and New York or even between SoHo and Wall Street. What has been fun for me about this is that we have always looked at this as not just what city or what neighbourhood you’re in, but even what building.”

Jazzi McG shows you how to DIY a DIY (& it looks so good.)

Overheard In New York. Just that.

Where I send people who ask me where to go for spa treatments in Sydney by Miss Zoe Foster, who officially Knows Her Shizz. (& she’s on Twitter!)

My friend Stef, also known as P.O.S., is up for MTV’s Favorite Freshman 5 artist, & you should vote for him because he is totally rad.

Look how freaking cute he is. C’mon! Apparently I am responsible for helping him escape the Warped Tour when it comes to New York, too, so don’t think I won’t hear whether he won or not! If you don’t vote for him, I’ll know! Please vote! He deserves it more than you could possibly imagine.

The Uniform Project is amazing & inspiring &, wow, gosh. (Merci, Leah!)

Something Awful is a treasure trove, especially when you’re heavy into procrastination mode. I like Photoshop Phriday best — check out A Day At The Science Fair, Reimagined Literature & Unnecessary Advertisements. Too funny.

It’s all about love from Boner Party.

Who Would Buddha F*ck? by Brad Warner. Who indeed?

How to use Twitter for marketing & PR. Hahahahaha.

Hahah, Grilla Styling cracks me up.

Welcome one and all to Grilla Styling- the new pastime. But what is it? is it a new type of competitive cooking? is it some kind of rap? No- its sneaking into large clothes shops and styling and shooting a vignette in their changing rooms- all in 30 minutes flat. here is the recipe: 2 friends, 2 digital cameras, a stopwatch, 2 large handbags full of tights belts shoes jewellery sunglasses etc(stuff which you can’t take into changing rooms generally), 2 packs of cards, a fat black permanent marker.

1. write on one pack of cards, using the marker, 52 colours, textures, materials. 2. fill up the other pack with countries, slebs, rockstars, and fashion genres. 3. shuffle the packs (seperately). 4. sidle up to the nearest large clothing outlet. 5. pull out one card from each pack to give you the look to style. 6. start the stop watch- you have 10 minutes to find the clothes/accessories- remember the changing room limit- only one trip in allowed! 7. 10 minutes to style. 8. 5 minutes to shoot, (each other) 9. 5 minutes to make exit. 10. relax. 11. repeat. 12. blog it.

No Time Wasters. Audrey sent me this link, what a champ!

Fallen Princesses is a clever but slightly grim project.

Oh Robert Smith!

This thing will let you make a tiled background out of any image, I love it!

Readable bed sheets are mad awesome.

Accents from around the world! I find accents interesting so I thought it was a pretty cool find.

I think I am definitely in love with you, but I’m not sure from Exploding Dog.

My amazing friend Angel did this interview with Larkin Grimm for Coilhouse which I found totally compelling.

“I was sleeping on the floor in a bare room with a few instruments and a typewriter. I was studying to be a psychic at the time and the experience was pretty overwhelming. I cut myself off completely from friends and lovers and focused inward, on work and meditation. I was writing songs in my sleep. It was great. I don’t think that experience could ever be duplicated.The stars were just aligned in my favor at that moment. When it came time to record, we did it mostly analog, with great engineers and dynamic characters going in and out all the time, ghosts and pirates and even a succubus showed up while we were staying in that old mansion. I tried to keep my psychic channels open and let the ghosts have a say in how the music should turn out.”

How To: Audrey Tautou in Coco Avant Chanel.

Snacks & Sh!t is all about really bad rap lyrics. Nice.

& here are some videos…

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Carousel -- Week Ending 12th June 2009

[ 12 June 2009, 08:53 ]

It’s a pipsqueak today!

Down & Dirty Designs is having a colouring contest! Fun!

Twitter on Paper. Oh my. (Thanks, s.!)

Stop Talking Yourself Out Of Things. Big ups Sean Bonner!

This piece was written by an intersexed woman & it is VERY interesting.

You Are Jeff by Richard Siken. I like this poem. It is mind-bendy.

The Vampire & The Nun from Oyster. Helloooooo beautiful.

Yeah, old man… Too funny.

Ruven Afanador is an amazing photographer. Yes please!

Photos of Coco Chanel. “The androgynous look works well here, should you ever be stuck for an outfit when boar-hunting with a British prime minister.”

Dessert-themed editorials!

I told you ears were going to be big. More proof.

Sarah Kane is amazing.

I love you Tim Walker, I love you Tim Walker, I love you Tim Walker!

Want to win a Hello Kitty Pretty hair accessory? Click click!

Have a simply mahhhhhhvellous weekend, dahhhhling.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 5th June 2009

[ 5 June 2009, 09:00 ]

Happy Friday! La la la!

25 Things Even My Best Friends Didn’t Know Until Now by Yoko Ono. (Love herrrrrr.)

My extremely adorable friend Alicia from Lulu Wanderlust linked me to blah to TADA! & I think you just might like it!

Your Eyebrows Would Make Fabulous Trim. OH how I laughed.

They Rule “aims to provide a glimpse of some of the relationships of the US ruling class. It takes as its focus the boards of some of the most powerful U.S. companies, which share many of the same directors. Some individuals sit on 5, 6 or 7 of the top 500 companies. It allows users to browse through these interlocking directories and run searches on the boards and companies. A user can save a map of connections complete with their annotations and email links to these maps to others. They Rule is a starting point for research about these powerful individuals and corporations.” Some of the information is outdated by now but it is an extremely eye-opening look at power & who has it.

A short guide to New York City summer 2009 from the 0ktavia community!

David LaChapelle photos! & more! (NSFW!)

The Astrologer has some cool tools where you can find out more about your sun sign, romantic sign & passion sign!

Timeless Virgoan Lifestyle Tips & Astro-Sun-Sign Query Du Jour: Stupidity For Love are both hilarious with a fab collection of comments!

40 Stunning & Creative Graffiti Artworks (the first one — “there’s no such thing as good publicity” — was by Banksy & was literally a block from International Playgirl HQ!) & 45 Beautiful Motion Blur Photos from Smashing magazine.

WOMEN OF AMERICA from Boner Party…

“in 20 years i hope to accomplish what we have here in this picture: dapper chaps and well dressed ladyfriends taking a stroll and having a gay old time, Flintstones style, all over these United States Of America. a new 50’s. think about it. black president and everything. it will be like Back To The Future 2 except everyone will be getting laid more because Juicy Couture went out of business and no woman in their right mind will wear leggings as pants (what is this? Logans F*cking Run?) or the dreaded “flip flops and sassy sweatpants” im-going-to-the-store bullshit that we all see so much.”

New Zealand’s Next Top Model Power Rankings, oh so funny, I wish I had found this before! & tonight is the final, PLEASE DON’T SAY ANYTHING IN THE COMMENTS BECAUSE IF I FIND OUT WHO WON BEFORE I SEE THE EPISODE I WILL SURELY DIE. Okay thanks. Haha.

Saying No by Dave Navarro.

I wrote a Sassy List for The Sassy Minx — go check it out!

I love this series of photos, but they are NSFW!

What It Means To Be A Hipster, plus, lol.

Vivienne Westwood’s Words of Wisdom courtesy of Cynthia Kaboom!

Audrey Kitching wrote about her experiences with Gardasil, which you should read.

Asian Poses is SO FUNNY! Thanks, Julie!

Video time!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 29th May 2009

[ 29 May 2009, 00:38 ]

Kaixo, bunnymoon! Welcome to the start of your weekend! Here’s some silly frothy frilliness to kick you off…

Kylie Minogue + Ellen Von Unwerth = this.

I love it when Mystic Medusa writes about Virgos… Virgoans of Fashion & All Virgoans Are Atypical are two excellent examples!

Illustrations from Edith Head’s How To Dress For Success from 1967.

Daisy Lowe naked. Well, mostly! (Obviously NSFW!)

Magdalena Frackowiak by Walter Pfeiffer for Vogue Paris June/July 2009. Girl + dog = happy.

My sweet friend Elizabeth from Veg News is writing for Crazy Sexy Life! If her first post, Work It!, is anything to go by, she will be writing for them for a long time!

Goals shape the present, not the future by Derek Sivers. Ahem… “You have a goal you’ve been putting off. You want to do it some day. You’ve been meaning to take real action on it, but could use more motivation. Let it go. It’s a bad goal.” RIGHT ON!

Millionaire Vs Nillionaire: Liquid Mineral Foundation. Estee Lauder versus Maybelline, written by Zoe Foster who you may remember from Fruitybeauty! I want to try both of them now…

This is why I married her… Nubby’s post One Year Out of Design School: 10 Valuable Lessons just showcases how mature, awesome & marvellous she really is.

The girl who cried wolf by Francesca Lia Block.

The lavender dreams & aubergine moods group on Flickr is very pretty.

Twitter Zodiac Signs! True for you?

So, apparently Sextrology: The Astrology of Sex & the Sexes is an amazing book. I found a site which excerpts parts of it, & I read these pieces so I could see how accurate they were: That Confounding Virgo Male, The Passive Taurus Male Bull, That Fiery Aries Male Ram & The Capricorn Male – A Real Stickler. Let me just say, they are eerily accurate. What do you think?! Also from the same website I found Women & Relationships – Reclaiming Your Power. Good stuff!

Linda Goodman’s Sun Signs — the whole thing is online! Read up!

Sasstrology is cute.

Betsey Johnson talks about five fashion must-haves!

By the way, Holly, Mazza & Hef wish you a happy weekend!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 22nd May 2009

[ 22 May 2009, 12:17 ]

This article, Dirty Dancing, about a guy in Detroit cleaning up a strip-club with a bad reputation, is totally fascinating.

Cat excitedly recommended this Fashion & Zen podcast for all nonpareils!

Zo makes her triumphant return to the world of big hair & big shoes. Holla!

Mystic Medusa asks do you really care about shoes? Her theory is that Virgos, Cancers, Capricorns & Taureans are the ones who are most into it… What do you think?

Rachel Zoe answers Twitter questions from the Times Online. (I do love her.)

I like looking for “bathroom graffiti” on Flickr sorted by “most interesting”.

Laetitia Casta, I love you.

If you can’t make it to Soundset this weekend, DJ Concept made a Soundset ’09 mixtape which you can play over & over & over until your ears start bleeding.

You can download a free audiobook with this promo courtesy of IndieFeed.

I love this song. Thanks Sam!

& because I love Luis… You should check out Pretty Much Amazing! & you know it.

The reviews for this shirt cannot be beat. Who knew it contained such magic?! (Thanks andeenero!)

My Life Is Average cracks me up. (Merci beaucoup, fialka!)

People percussion kind of stuff?! (Link via catmet!)

55 Ways To Get More Energy by Zen Habits. (Kisses to SodaDreamer!)

& I really dig The Drama Button! Yes! I want to keep it open all the time now, just like rinsoundtrack does!

P.S. Get out of the house this weekend! Some ideas: lie in the grass, drink an enormous milkshake, make a video of you & your best friend pouting & being beautiful, buy a box of fortune cookies & post them individually to people you know, go & choose crystals in a new age store, buy a guide book to a place you’ve always wanted to visit, fall in love.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 15th May 2009

[ 15 May 2009, 08:56 ]

Peacock & Strutt do really saucy lingerie. (Thanks, Sri!)

Annals of Innovation: How David Beats Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell. All about how tireless effort & incessant innovation is rarer than the ability to cooperate & coordinate with the daily grind. Interesting stuff! (Thanks, Emily!)

Want to convince your parents that you should be able to have a piercing or tattoo? BME has you covered!

My friend Amelia wrote up some great beauty tips.

Book-A-Minute Classics is hilarious.

“Oh! You were being friendly! How cute!“ I love you, Overheard in New York.

Mystic Medusa writes about how Katharine Hepburn was the uber-Taurus...

Incredible pole-dancing videos from Australia.

The Women Masters is a free tele-seminar series featuring SARK! I love SARK.

“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up & try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait & watch & work: you don’t give up.” — Anne Lamott

On Tuesday night, Yuli & I went to see Anna Wintour speak at the 92nd Street Y. Yuli wrote up our experiences here.

Alamela, from the last season of Australia’s Next Top Model, is blogging the current season as she sees it. It’s pretty cool to read things from her perspective…

Jennifer Loiselle makes fabulous headbands. (Thanks, Dana!)

From K to J’s Photobooth is amazing!

Oh Crap. My Parents Joined Facebook. Hahahah!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 8th May 2009

[ 8 May 2009, 13:53 ]

I am feeling a teensy, teeny, leeeetle bit disillusioned & uninspired by the usual magic of the internet lately. I talked about this on Twitter the other day. I love the internet, but I just want to be in real life more. So I am spending less time with my computer. I’ve been taking walks, talking to people face to face, watching the rain, laughing & thinking & decorating International Playgirl HQ. I’m reading books. (Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper by SARK is on my bedside table.) Mostly at the moment I use the internet for talking to my favourite girls & looking at pretty pictures. Just different ways of communicating. So this Carousel is a little unconventional — some links, some quotes, some poetry, some images. You know. I hope you enjoy it regardless.

Diese Wochenende… a full moon in Scorpio. Oh my. Read this, & consider yourself informed!

Haiku Breakup...

why is it that we
never do the little things
to keep things going.

Colors and Mood: How the Colors You Wear Affect You by Zephr at College Fashion. I am pretty obsessed with colour theory & this is a nice introduction!

This 12 Key Zen Habits poster by Goddess Leonie Allan is a brilliant idea.

Draw Your Dad! Oh my god I am obsessed with this. I totally drew mine, even though I cannot draw to save my life.

“When I was younger… How do I put this? I had troubles. I don’t think I was actually idealistic then. I think I was absolutely wrapped up in being exactly the person who did this & did not do that. I had rules about everything, & I think my reasoning behind a lot of it was a little bit kooky. I was afraid of somebody stopping to love me, & I was afraid of making a fool of myself in public, & I was afraid of being misunderstood — that was a big one — & I convinced myself that by living a certain way I was somehow protecting myself. But once all those things happen anyway, & they’re terrible, & you’re not fine for a while, but then you’re fine, you actually come to a place where you like your life. & it makes you go, ‘Oh, wow, I’m really kind of proud of myself. I have some good stories, & I look back & I like what I’ve done with my life. I like the furniture that I’ve chosen.’ When that happens, you can play a little bit more & you can be looser & not worry about falling down so much because you know that, whatever happens, you’re going to be OK.” — Fiona Apple

“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can’t readily accept the God formula, the big answers don’t remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions & discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, & our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds & live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.” — Charles Bukowski

YES. YES. YES.

Photo by Dania Hurley.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 1st May 2009

[ 1 May 2009, 13:01 ]

Image by f letter.

Kris Carr, superwoman & beautiful soul, is kicking off The Official Adventure Cleanse on May 11th. Damn baby, I’m in. How about you?

Texts From Last Night is AMAZING.

D.I.Y. Astro – Your Temporary Moon from Mystica Medusa, actually one of my favourite blogs right now.

Yes, Looks Do Matter.

Mouse Ears as part of your wedding? I LIKE IT!

God Can’t Bake For Sh!t! Hahaha. My heart tastes like cake too!

Models reading!

Auto-tune it shoooorrrrrrtyyyyyyy!

Happiness Is Always A Choice.

You Are Among Friends: a book for the little sisters I never had. Lindsey Markel is on the way to publishing YAAF (of which I am a contributor!), & is looking for backers, sponsors & patrons. Got a spare buck? Flick it her way!

Horoscopes for the month of May from Astrology Zone & the AstroTwins!

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley by Greg Williams for Agent Provocateur. Saucyyyyy.

Shae of Lullie Vintage & Everything Style has been posting some great stuff lately. Like this post on Frugal Fashion — reminding you that you don’t need to splash out like mad to look fabulous — 12 Ways To Wear A Floral Skirt & 10 Inexpensive Ways To Dress Up Your Home. Girl knows what she’s talking about! Even better, she’s moving to New York in a week & I can’t wait to go out adventuring with her!

Sera Beak dares to disturb the universe!

Igor + André is an excellent fashion illustration blog, & I love his Borders & Frontiers shirt!

Francesca Lia Block has a Myspace blog!

I was just reflecting the other day on the horrifying fact that I have been an internet addict for THIRTEEN YEARS. So this post from Coilhouse, Lighting A Candle For Geocities, really spoke to me. & oh! The dripping blood bar animated gif! So close to my heart.

Inside Grey Gardens from The New York Times.

Oh, You Have 70 Thousand Twitter Followers? Congratulations, Sh!tbag. made me laugh really hard. It is kinda mean… but really funny.

& with that, we’re done!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 24th April 2009

[ 24 April 2009, 10:17 ]

Hello. So the first order of business today is my impassioned plea to get you to vote for my AMAZING friend Neil’s FANTASTIC blog, 1000 Awesome Things — which you have seen me mention a million times — to win a Webby award. Here are some reasons why you should vote for him.

1. His website rules, makes people laugh & is a celebration of the small, wonderful things which make our lives so much better. That’s the sort of thing the internet needs more of.
2. He’s really excited about being nominated, & it’s totally cute.
3. His name is Neil. How many people do you actually know with the name Neil these days? Not too many.
4. He once called me on the telephone & introduced himself as “Neil… from the internet”.
5. He is from Canada.
6. I am going to stay at his house sometime next month & if he thinks I have been helpful to him in winning a Webby award he will probably be much nicer to me, & may not lock me in his basement with nothing but a water dish for company!!!

Okay, now that you have been convinced by my winning argument, please go here & vote! Once you’re done clicking, please close your eyes & imagine me grabbing your face & smooching both cheeks. MWAH!

Alright, now onto the rest of this guff…

Overheard in New York delivers. I cannot tell you how hard I laughed at this.

Hagebutten picks the best of street style. Lots of yummy pictures for your perusal!

There was a conference the other day in New York featuring a whole lot of clever people (as conferences tend to do). Well, Linda Tischler put together the major points of the conference into an article: 13 Tried & True Practices For Making Ideas Happen.

Sean Bonner is cool. Changing the world in 5 easy steps – Do something you love rather than something that pays the bills & Guilt are both good reads.

Boardgame cakes from Cake Wrecks!

Dear Man Whose Marriage I Wrecked, via Nightmare Brunette.

Sassisam posts delicious underwater photography.

Violet Blue participated in a sexual education course about stereotypes & assumptions with regard to sexual orientation the other night — & took photos of the brainstorming that went on. It’s extremely interesting. For example, some of the assumptions about a bisexual female: “pink underwear, gay for pay, Burning Man, tattoos, can’t decide, confused, pedicure”. Straight female: “gold digger, uptight, repressed, cougar, waxed, pointy-toed shoes”. Pretty eye-opening, actually!

Ten by Dallas Clayton. You have a point there my friend.

Want to find out what kind of girl (or guy) the object of your affections is into? Check their Venus. My Venus is in Leo & for the record… yes. Yes, yes, yes. My Venus is in Leo & I always go for loud performers, anyone who dominates the room, leader of the pack types. Cannot help myself!

Death to unicorns! ...Did I say that out loud?!

My friend Ms Fitz is a stylist in Australia & her blog is a fabulous show-&-tell of all the shows, shoots & brilliant things she gets up to. It’s very colourful & very inspiring!

Old faithful Steve Pavlina wrote Productivity 101. Stuff we all already know, but need to be reminded of.

“The people who are doing what they love were also scared. They could all come up with the same excuses. But at some point they decided it was unacceptable to have their lives dictated by fear, so they opted to face their fear and push through it. They decided to overcome their problems instead of turning them into excuses. Those who remain stuck still allow their fear to rule them.”

Beautiful Agony: facettes de la petite mort. Otherwise known as… orgasm faces. Shhhhh! (Thanks, Natalie!)

Hold The Line by Major Lazer feat. Mr Lexx & Santigold is great. Listen, listen!

My friend Dawn has a cute Tumblr.

Girls Are Pretty is quite amazing.

Easy (*cough*) Weight Loss by my friend Peter.

Spin interviews Cat Power. This is a really old interview, & I have loved Cat Power for years, but I never knew much about Chan herself. In this she talks about going to rehab for alcoholism, having hallucinations, learning to look after herself & moving on & up. Pretty incredible stuff.

GOOD IDEA!

I love Rove & you should too.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 17th April 2009

[ 17 April 2009, 04:52 ]

Photo by Scout Paré-Phillips.

Man are Stupid, Women are Crazy by this guy Peter I met the other day. I thought this essay was reeeeeally interesting… what do you think?

Why I Love America by Inga Muscio!

Gwyneth Paltrow’s guide to New York. Sweet & charming.

My awesome friend Eden wrote about her infatuation with homo thugs the other day. & I liked it. Yes I did.

Nubby asks, What is Your Definite Major Purpose?

NYU Student Conducts Most Adorable Robot Experiment Ever thereby proving how totally awesome New Yorkers are.

I love you Scarlett Johansson. Even more than I did before.

“I’m not normally the type to dignify toilet paper rags with a response, but in this case I feel it’s my responsibility to comment.

The AstroTwins now have a blog where they write about astrology as it relates to celebrities & current events. Good times!

Fashionising reports on lingerie as outerwear as a trend. But if you’ve been reading for a while, you already knew that. Hee.

Vlada Roslyakova is a looker.

Remember how I said last week that my friend Jordon was photo-documenting the Atmosphere tour? He’s still doing it & his photos rule. I like this one & this one plenty. He is good, no? He also started blogging about it, you can read about the madness here at Promises To Keep, Miles To Go Before I Sleep. &!!! It was his birthday the other day. So show him some love!

Dhrumil is the business. The other day on Twitter he said… “Kinda funny how the “FML” saying has taken off. One thing is for sure, negativity does connect people, but only in the most superficial way. FML = “Hey, you think your life is crazy/bad/rough… check MY life out. I can top you!”“ Then he directed my attention to L My Life. SO GOOD. Look!

Today, some Jehovah’s witnesses came to my house. I hate being bothered by them, so I decided to have some fun and invited them in to some tea and brownies. I had just baked the brownies by my special recipe – with lots of weed. We chatted for about half an hour and they left. About an hour later, I went out to the store. On my way, I saw the three of them laying on a bench and laughing at the sky.

Exploring the Style Behind ‘Grey Gardens’ from The New York Times.

Five Rules For Life is totally excellent & you should submit something! (I like Terry Shannon‘s especially!)

Reinventing Date Night For Long-Married Couples is about how to keep a long-term relationship fresh. Makes sense… & this is old, but still relevant: For Couples, Reaction to Good News Matters More Than Reaction to Bad.

Trust Me. You’ll Look Cool In This. is a piece about TopShop’s style advisers.

Hoop Creatures Invade Sydney’s Customs House! Best photos! MMMMM, colour!

Steve Pavlina makes some great points in The Joy of Solving Problems.

One of the reasons I’m doing well financially today is that I solved the problem of being broke about 10 years ago. It was definitely not an easy problem to solve. I had to go through a lot of difficult intermediate steps to become strong enough to solve it. I made many adjustments to my attitude. By lifting those weights, I grew stronger mentally, and my finances soon followed.

Consequently, I know that if I ever found myself broke at some point in the future, I could solve that problem again, probably much more quickly than I did the first time. Even though I have more to lose these days from a financial perspective, I don’t fear losing it. I know I have the strength to bounce back. My real gain wasn’t money. My real gains were inner strength, knowledge, and skill.

Finally, Soundset happens next month & you should consider going. The line-up is incredible! I am most stoked about seeing The Pharcyde (!!!), Cunninlynguists (!!!), Immortal Technique (!!!), MF Doom, P.O.S., Blueprint, Blue Scholars, & Atmosphere. Uh huh.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 10th April 2009

[ 10 April 2009, 03:17 ]

Photo of Raquel Reed.

The internet, as filtered through the Galaverse… Live every Friday. Ding ding ding!

Days With My Father is really beautiful; click all the way through.

Dalai Lama’s 18 Rules For Living. No explanation required!

The World of Wonder Presents My Mickey Ears. Oh, WOW. (Thanks Betsey J!)

The Art of the Self-Imposed Deadline from Harvard Business Blog. Awesome information for anyone who is self-employed, does freelance work, or just wants to become more productive!

Vixxie sent me this link to these crayon rings. I think I am in love. Very colourful, messy love.

The Best & Worst of Skymall cracked me up.

Shae from Lullie Vintage has just started a blog at Everything Style & it rules HARD.

Boner Party is my new favourite thing. Oh so funny. Especially this post about the TV show Friends (which I never liked). Also, Boner Party Diet Advice. Aaaahahaha. & quite frankly, you really have to love any website which says,

“normal girls are bullshit. always pick the one in the Misfits shirt.”

Dhrumil posted an audio guide to falling still which is quite, quite fantastic.

I discovered CB Walker via Coilhouse — this is some of the funniest, weirdest stuff I have seen in ages.

Help Others has a bunch of ideas as to how you can positively impact other people’s lives.

The Stranger’s The Different Kinds Of People That There Are is amazing. I especially like “Wizards: Assholes with beards who do magic.”

Karlie Kloss works it out in US Vogue, February. Look at those Maison Martin Margiela pants! LUST!

Laura Barton on why we need to smile more, from The Guardian.

& finally, my friend (& pastry henchman) Jordon just hit the road with Atmosphere & POS for the When God Gives You Ugly tour — & he’s photographing his experiences. He just started, but he’s a great photographer, so it’s sure to be super-interesting.

That’ll do it! Enjoy your weekend!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 3rd April 2009

[ 3 April 2009, 11:01 ]

Photo by Irana.

We Are The Slaves Of The Objects Around Us from Vogue Italia. I love this shoot!

Put Things Off wrote about The End of Free Content a few days ago. It’s a pretty interesting read for any blogger.

Zoetica was one of my favourite things about Los Angeles… & Austin! She also happens to be a very stylish broad. Check out her 4-point fashion assault on everyone’s favourite gothic luxe blog, Haute Macabre.

Violet Blue interviews a Zen Master about sex & hardcore zen.

Haw haw.

Floral & crimped hair yumminess!

Me Magazine is based around one intriguing person every month, who then interviews the people closest to them…

Astro-madness courtesy of Mystic Medusa. Namely, Her Saggo Fiance Got His Stalker Pregnant. Wow. It’s interesting but what is really interesting are the comments. Lots of extremely wise insight about love & relationships.

Erykah Badu is on Twitter & she’s really fun to follow. A couple of days ago she was asking her followers what the first sentence would be in a love letter to themselves, then retweeted some of her favourite responses. It was really beautiful, actually. So follow her, because otherwise you’re missing out!

Halcyon was on STUDS. Aaaaaaaamazing.

The Frisky says Don’t Have First-Date Sex. Thoughts?

Spanking Brings Couples Together from New Scientist.

Said In Bed: As Awkward As The Act is so, so, so, so good.

Pharrell versus McDonalds

A hipster investigation.

P.S. If you’re in New York & like cupcakes, you should come to CupcakeCamp NYC next Friday!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 27th March 2009

[ 27 March 2009, 15:54 ]

Why Dudes Dress Bad by Blueprint. Mmmmhmmmmm.

Terry Richardson shot the Gossip Girl cast. Also, last night he came into my local pizza joint, where I was milling around waiting for David Dallas (check him out) to ge a slice. I smiled at him. He smiled back. It was pretty rad, actually.

Worn Fashion Journal is good stuff.

Simon (you know the one!) wrote a good article recently — These Are Not Your Stories. It’s worth reading.

Sassi Sam’s Pop Culture Gossip is way fun.

The world needs more awesome people giving out compliments without an agenda.

“I honestly can’t tell you what drove me to give people free compliments,” said Westcott, 19, a civil engineering student from southwest suburban Plainfield. “Just overall, making people’s day is really satisfying.”

It’s Never Too Late To Change Your Life from Motivate Thyself.

Photoshoots of EXCESS! Magdalena Frackowiak in Vogue China April (YESSSS) & Sigrid Agren & Karlie Kloss in Vogue Italia February.

Miss Piggy & Kermit Are Highly Compatible... astrologically. This is from Mystic Medusa, who I love. Also, she’s on Twitter, add her!

Tatiana Urina by Steven Klein for Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 2002 was deliciously creepy.

Mind Of Man: How To Date A Loser from The Frisky.

“What gives a person character lies not how perfect they are, whether they are rich, stylish, or good-looking. It’s about how they persist despite their flaws.”

Frida Come Back To Me from Dujour magazine. Nice colours.

Abby Lee Kershaw, Eniko Mihalik, Constanca Jablonksi, Sessilee Lopez & Fernanda Tavares in Lady Lust, Vogue Nippon April 2009. I’m not really sure what I think of this (& beware of gratuitous boobage), but I do like the eye make-up very much.

Dear Audrey…

“Dear Audrey, My boyfriend and I live together, we bought our house together, we have a dog together, all of that. We’re practically married but anytime me or anyone talks about it, he gets all defensive and says not to pressure him. We split everything in our lives 50/50 but he still keeps all his money separate, and says it’s ‘in case something happens, you never know’. But I know he loves me… What is going on?”

Ms Spinach writes about The Festival Of Colors. Pretty. I want to go!

1000 Awesome Things still makes me laugh like a maniac. Especially #802 Watching something download really fast & #804 Gym pain.

& Zoomdoggle is still fantastic. Make an oversized Cadbury Creme Egg, hot air balloons time lapse, make your own tiny ice-cream, hip-hop meets Zelda, & finally, this is completely amazing: Ying-Yang Twins on Cribs translated. “I dare Chuck Berry’s ghost to come slap me!” Wow.

Miss Nubs linked to this too & it is really intriguing: Mike Tyson’s abandoned mansion. The comments are preeeeetty incredible too.

I have this friend called Sam. I link to his stuff a lot because he has this uncanny knack for finding the most ridiculous/awesome things. So here we go. 1, 2, 3. Word up.

Thanks, MJ!

Have an amazing weekend!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 20th March 2009

[ 20 March 2009, 12:07 ]

Photo by Jean Jullien.

Captain Darling reporting live from Austin, Texas… I feel like I am 100 years old right now. As you can imagine, I have not spent a lot of time in front of my computer this past week. This place is like write-&-dash headquarters. So here are a few gems I managed to unearth. Next week I return to reality (if you can call New York “reality”), so hopefully it will be a much more bumper edition!

Jazzi‘s blog has a new layout (& a new home!) & it is extreeeeeemely awesome. I know most of you have heard me talk about how much I adore Jazzi before, but if you’re only just tuning in, Jazzi is an incredible stylist, fashion adventurer & all-around awesome person. She also has way, way too much style for someone so young. Intimidating!

I really enjoyed Gary Vaynerchuk’s keynote last week & you can watch it here. Great energy & valuable lessons for anyone who works for themselves.

Venus Zine’s Official Guide To SXSW — if you’re here in Austin for the festival & don’t know where to go, Venus Zine have the scoop…

My favourite New York DJ, Chew Fu, just released this & I love it like mad. Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake – Love Sex Magic(Chew Fu Small Room Fix)! YAY.

Future Reflection from Vogue Korea is amazing. My favourite outfit is the harem pants with the red shirt & leggings. I would wear that. It is incredible.

Drew Barrymore interview with W about her role in Grey Gardens. (Excited? ME TOO! DAMN!)

Amber Rubarth – You Will Love This Song.
I saw her perform this on Monday. V. v. good.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 13th March 2009

[ 13 March 2009, 12:37 ]

Happy Friday the 13th! (Again!)

8 Things To Remember For SXSWi 2009 from LifeStudent! Timely, no?

Nubs writes about making the most of your wardrobe: cost per wear.

Endings from Nightmare Brunette.

One of my philosophy professors lectured wildly about love once, yelling: “When you’re in love with someone, that person is the lighthouse of your universe.” (I scrawled it inside Science and Poetry in pencil—lighthouse of your universe—as if I would ever forget that phrase.) He was a delightful caricature of his position. I could swear he literally tore his hair out while howling at us. He went on, “Nothing means as much without that person.” One of the men in the class repeated, incredulous, half-laughing “so you’re saying you can’t enjoy, like, a vacation, without someone if you’re really in love with them?” “Of course not.” the professor replied. “Not completely. You recognize beauty, but beauty means less if they don’t witness it with you. Beauty is less. You see something sublime and your first thought is that they should be there with you. It’s not as good without them. They illuminate. They make everything more.”

Leif (Layfe!), infamous Viking, linked me to this the other day — a Sufjan Stevens hip-hop mash-up. It’s good, too.

Happiness 101 from Guiding Lotus.

It’s all raw week at Cafe VegNews!

Tim Brownson, my favourite life coach (why yes, he is!) wrote Imagine This. & you should read it.

Telephones are sexy (NSFW).

Ask Nicole is still a great blog. Viz:

Q: What is your take on open relationships/polyamory?

A: If you like processing, then polyamory is for you. I estimate five to ten hours of processing for every one hour you get having sex with someone else.

Ditto on 1000 Awesome Things. Take, for example, #812 When you’re drowning and then a dolphin comes to your rescue, & #814 Cheesy theme songs from 80’s sitcoms. Neil makes me laugh so hard, I love him!

Don’t worry.

I freaking LOVE Winona & her advanced fashion quiz.

Rachael Gibson writes about Amanda Lepore perfume. Aaaaamazing!

Print tells the truth.

Haute Macabre features Rick Owens yumminess, a fab reader-submitted what I wore feature, & mega fetishy heel-less platforms from Nina Ricci.

You are the only one.

From JAK & JIL: Kanye West’s new girlfriend has some good stuff in her closet. (Jazzi tried on that dress the other day. It is hot.) I want these boots. & a crystal-covered cap.

Okay… I’m going to splash around in the madness of SXSWi now! Have an amazing weekend!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 6th March 2009

[ 6 March 2009, 12:38 ]

Littlest, littlest, littlest Carousel. I haven’t been at the computer much this week! Here’s what I managed to find. If you came across something awesome recently, throw it in a comment!

Luis of Pretty Much Amazing! linked me to this DiscoTech Remix of Eminem, Dr Dre & 50 Cent’s Crack A Bottle. I like it heaps. Thanks Luis!

Wow. JeanYves Lemoigne photographs destitute unicorn people. There are no words. Thank you, Esme!

P.O.S. is so awesome.

Steve Pavlina’s Living Paycheck To Paycheck is totally great.

Periodic table of cupcakes?

Oh, do I ever love David LaChapelle.

Dr Sketchy’s Wellington is finally here! YAY! It’s on Saturday March 14th from 4pm-7pm at Mighty Mighty. Click the link for more info; you should definitely go along if you’re in town!

Finally, my friend Mark recently launched Prima Storia, an online literary journal. They have some great stories & they’re looking for contributors, so don’t be shy! Get your work out there!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 27th February 2009

[ 27 February 2009, 14:47 ]

Neuschwanstein Castle by WaveCult.

Happy Friday baby!

Blueprint’s blog is hilarious.

Stuff White People Like: #107 Self Aware Hip Hop References. Sad, but true. Cringe-o-rama.

Do I get a cupcake too?

7 Tried & True Ways To Stifle Your Creativity from Christine Kane’s blog.

AMAZING!

Seven Things Virgos Hate About You by Mystic Medusa. Too true.

Animal ears are chic. But of course… we knew that already!

Via JAK & JIL: Kate Lanphear = mad lady crush, & Rad Hourani is… well, rad.

Tina Su — who I have never met in person but have communicated with a bunch — got married! CONGRATULATIONS, little lady! What she wrote about it is fabulous too, & her “lessons on finding love” couldn’t be more on-point. For more on that subject, she also recently wrote How To Find True Love, which has information about problematic relationship patterns, identifying your must-haves, choosing the right person & of course, loving yourself first! If you’re on the opposite side of the coin right now, How To Get Over Breakups might be just what you need.

You already read Le Love, right? I like this photo so much.

I’m not sure if I’ve linked this before, but .ikandi. is a very pretty Tumblr blog. Not always safe for work, though!

Coilhouse introduced me to 25 Things About My Sexuality. It is AMAZING. (You should click the Coilhouse link though too, because the video is… there are no words.)

Also via Coilhouse, Molly Crabapple covers fashion week during the apocalypse.

Chipmunk is cute! Thanks Abjekt!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 20th February 2009

[ 19 February 2009, 17:58 ]

Love according to children. Hagebutten is like a professional internet scavenger, always unearthing untold treasures! I think my favourites are…

“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.” – Noelle, age 7

“Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.” – Tommy, age 6

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Brad Pitt.” – Chris, age 7

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” – Rebecca, age 8

“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.” – Karen, age 7

Tim Walker + Lily Donaldson = a good time.

Eight successful people grateful they got canned from CNN.

John Gilbert’s Destiny Machine sounds pretty good.

“The Destiny Machine allowed visitors to alter their horoscope. By diverting the influence of their ruling planet to match that of a different planet they could claim the horoscope of a different star sign. Alternatively they could cancel out the influence of their ruling planet altogether to take charge of their own destiny. Some used it merely to reinforce their ruling planets effect.”

Georgette sent me this link & I love her for it: Making Latex Clothing is a blog about pedigree puppies! Nawww, just kidding, it’s a blog about — you guessed it — making latex clothing! Including a mad cute bow headband & latex leggings. Yay! Go forth & prosper!

Marie, aka Agent Lover, put together this Valentine’s Day Hump Mix featuring the favourite sex songs of a whole bunch of people, like Violet Blue, James St James, & even… me!

My friend (okay, he’s probably not actually my friend, we have only met once; he is nice though) wrote this piece for the New York Post: A Guy’s Take On ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’, & of course, he’s on point. I’m allowed to like a movie but not agree with its message, right?!

President’s Day Cupcake Mosaic. Holy shit. My jaw dropped when I saw this.

How The Crash Will Reshape America from The Atlantic. It’s long (6 pages) but the summary is basically: creative people will come out on top. Sweet!

Small Idea. Big Impact. (Less Mess.) Amazing. Even funnier is that my friend sent me this link the day after I’d been reading The Guide To Getting It On, which mentions how men loooove to aim for things in the bowl.

From the link above, I found the Nudge blog which is about behavioural nudging, & it is awesome.

the scribble project is neat. I wish I could draw! Alas, I cannot.

There’s a new mix by Millions Billions & Tendercakes. I think it goes without saying that you should download it. Doesn’t it?!

PONY&ZUCKER is the joint blog of two exceptionally cute, creative girls. From Germany. I think. I don’t know! They make zines & do cool art projects.

I found Lisa Currie through them, too. I love her good vibe notes! I’m going to print a bunch out & start giving them to my friends.

I think Rachel Gibson’s Fur Coat, No Knickers is my new favourite fashion blog. I’m not feeling most fashion blogs at the moment, & in fact, have pretty much stopped reading them. Rachel does it right — she covers all the interesting stuff, with no boring bits, good pictures & a sense of humour. Mad props girl. For example, she featured this Marchesa dress which has two unicorns on it. Not to mention these Chanel paper headdresses. Aaaaaaamazing.

Here are my favourite things from Zoomdoggle in the last week or so. Live In A Cave (Ebay Alert). So cool! Playing With Brainwaves. !!! New Sport Alert: Running From Cameras, hahah. & finally. MICHAEL JACKSON IS SELLING PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING HE OWNS. Details here. Dear god. That painting of Albert Einstein wearing the King of Pop’s sunglasses & glove is almost the best thing I’ve ever seen. Nubby, maybe we should pool our life-savings & buy some gear to decorate our bachelorette pad!

Uh Huh Her’s guide to Los Angeles
Here’s part 2!

Hoop magic at Cirque du Soleil. Thanks Frank!

Soviet Army = first breakdancers.

MAC Cosmetics Hello Kitty. Yum.

If you haven’t seen Joaquin Phoenix on Letterman
yet, you definitely should. So awesome.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 13th February 2009

[ 12 February 2009, 14:47 ]

Happy Friday the 13th! Always one of the best days of the year!

Real Sex Vs. Porn Sex: The Battle Rages On, a commentary from Fleshbot. An even-handed commentary, even better.

Drink in a tree! What could be more fun?!

Wow, Kylie, I love you.

David Horvitz reminds me of Yoko Ono. This is a good thing.

8 Superfoods for Winter from the ever-fabulous Kristen’s Raw!

An interview with Sarma Melngailis of Pure Food & Wine!

You need one of these t-shirts.

Anja Rubik proves just how dynamic black & white can be. Also, if someone DIYs a pair of white Doc Martens to look like those… I will kiss you.

Madonna’s new boyfriend is a looker. & I love her for being so public about it, & I love her for not being all “Oh, A-Rod!”. Seriously, she is great.

Want new, fun people to follow on Twitter? How about my boy Chew Fu, Immortal Technique, Murs, Kno from CunninLynguists, Erykah Badu, Common, Nas, Talib Kweli, Kris Carr, Dessa from Doomtree, P.O.S., Diplo, Jean Grae, Brian Eno, Ashton Kutcher, Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore, Rhymesayers Entertainment, Questo from The Roots, fake Karl Lagerfeld, Tom Waits or Shaq... ? They should keep you entertained! Yes, it’s like a hip-hop convention in here. See also Rappers On Twitter!

Favrd shows you Twitter’s most popular updates. Good times.

Swanboats need love too, you know.

Some of your favourite designers (Zac Posen, Catherine Malandrino, Emanuel Ungaro, Hervé Léger, Kate Sylvester, Opening Ceremony, Manish Arora, Marchesa, etc.) created pieces for MAC Hello Kitty… & they’re being auctioned right now. P.S. The Hello Kitty for MAC range came out early. Hello Kitty Mild, Hello Kitty Wild, & Hello Kitty accessories. Peep game!

I love Edward Gorey & discovering his illustrations of The Recently Deflowered Girl made me like him even more.

Raw Chocolate & Valentine’s Day Love — lots of yummy links in one place, thanks to Dhru & the We Like It Raw crew!

I love FixTunes! It is a dream come true for anyone with a lot of music on their computer — it fixes up all the tags for you automatically. YUM! My super-secret-sleuth hint is to set the accuracy to 80% to make sure the tags are accurate. I just run it in the background & now looking through iTunes is a complete delight. Try it out!

Mary-Kate Olsen in Interview magazine.

A horoscope-themed photoshoot from Russian Vogue.

By now you all probably know & love Jake Himself. Here’s the bestest of ZoomDoggle from the last week… or so. Vader After The Dentist; High Five Escalator; Chicago News Team Dance Party; Milf Yourself (wow); Twipple (DO IT!); Make Music From Text; Cookie Monster’s 99 Problems & Hot Water + Cold Air = Fun. Man, the internet’s ridiculous, isn’t it?

Alternate video for Atmosphere’s You.

Sera Beak talking about The Red Book.

Philip McCluskey talks about quitting your job.
I love him! He is a mega-watt cutie.

Oprah on Larry King.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 6th February 2009

[ 5 February 2009, 19:30 ]

Photo by Patricia Bourdieu.

Today’s Carousel is tiny but lively, with plenty of astrology mania & a bit of your average, run-of-the-mill madness. Hope you enjoy!

Friskyscopes — aka love & sex horoscopes — every week at The Frisky.

I just found out about afformations. & I am going to write some more about them soon, because I’m sure they will be useful to plenty of us!

I found this by complete chance: Intoxicated Zodiac Blog is a guide to cocktails by star sign! I love it! I especially like the references to Virgos liking lavender drinks — in my opinion, a lavender martini can’t be beat! I like this too…

“i could not believe how many top level virgo fashionistas there were… more than ANY OTHER SIGN! (Stephen meisel, Tom ford, Claudia Schiffer, Stella McCartney, Karl Lagerfeld, Michael kors, Anna sui, Hugo boss). these hypercritical angels are actually workaholic nazis… they possess a clarity of vision that can’t be tainted, a determination of will that can’t be swayed, and a heart of loving steel that can’t easily be won.”

Aw, bless.

DailyOM does horoscopes too.

Spooky Medium from Mystic Medusa.

Tell me what you believe now. What did you get? Mine says, “Right now I believe that you should encourage others.”

Shop Therapy is holding a contest where you could win an outfit from ModCloth, & I’m judging! Go forth & enter!

Video horoscopes for 2009 from Diana Garland. I like her!

Cary Tennis nails it. Again.

“This takes years before you go, yeah, OK, I am strangely uncool but so are you so fuck you we can be friends or not I don’t give a rat’s ass.”

Fun things for hoop dance maniacs! Hoop Convergence 2009 happens May 8th through 11th in North Carolina! Sounds good to me! Ditto Hooping University!

Raw Food, Right Now! is an excellent raw food blog brought to you by Heidi & JS Ohlander. I’ve been talking to Heidi & she is super-nice, with a really cool view of food & health — check it out for yourself!

YOU ARE REMARKABLE presents beautiful strong words — 10 of the most beautiful words in the English language, with a link to the next 90! Make it your mission to use one in a sentence today!

If you didn’t subscribe to ZoomDoggle after I linked it last week, you’re missing out. Proof! Let Your Ears Travel, Fresh Prince In One Breath, Cornify (unicorns!) & dear god I am so juvenile.

National Cheerleading Assocation Stunt Fest 2008!

Ohhh my god.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 30th January 2009

[ 29 January 2009, 15:08 ]

Thanks & Have Fun Running the Country is a book of children’s letters to Obama. It sounds amazing, the quotes cute me out like no other! Click! Read! Smile! Enjoy! Then buy one!

Natalia Rose’s blog is excellent, & I especially like this piece on The Necessity of Winter. Girl can write!

An interview with Leith Clark of Lula magazine, from The Guardian.

Nubby brought back her mouth with pill shirts! You’d look good in one! Also… I knew I married her for a reason.

Keely has introduced a new feature on Good Prattle, called The List! Find out what it is & how you can get involved! Instant fame, yes!

These shoes are mad cute.

ABC Adventures is TOTALLY AWESOME. Go there NOW! Elizabeth says,

“My friend Brian and I were hanging out one night and found ourselves rather bored. We thought to ourselves “hmm, how delightful would it be if we had a book of adventures for when we are bored?” The answer: EXTREMELY DELIGHTFUL. The idea then was to create a book of adventures, categorized according to letter, so that when bored you’d be able to pick a letter, and the book would be able to suggest at least one adventure.”

An oldie but a goodie — a day in the life of Dhrumil Purohit.

Clown shoes!

This send-up of Tim Ferriss & The Four-Hour Work Week is super-funny.

What Do Women Want? Discovering What Ignites Female Desire from the New York Times.

I would look cooler if I were riding a unicorn. Now that’s a good shirt. I am also kind of fond of life is like a box of terrible analogies & now panic & freak out.

Taking it to the sweet! & 1000 love letters. SO GOOD. The guy that runs this site is totally my new best friend.

I like Debauchette a whole lot, especially for what she wrote about the new American Apparel ads here, which I linked to ages ago but which is totally worth quoting:

“But more than that, I like the candor. I’m a little tired of the coy push-and-pull that we teach young women, as if they should play up their sexuality but ultimately recoil from sexual activity, resulting in our classically conflicted nympho-puritanical views: we’re sex-saturated (advertising, porn) yet we’re also sex-avoidant (MPAA, morality laws). If we’re talking about depictions of women, I want to see more of this, of women looking you in the eye and fucking owning their sex. I want to see more women like Sasha Grey and Charlotte Stokely.”

Hell YES.

I like Susannah Breslin’s Reverse Cowgirl very much too.

Deanne is SO AMAZING! She made this tutorial — & video — because I was like, “Deaaaaaaaane, I have a hoop, what do I do with it?!” So I present to you, So You Got Yourself A Hoop. Now What?

Georgie emailed me about Shoebox who are having a massive sale. If you want those strappy platforms I bought a while ago, they have them on special for $50!

I am not a huge fan of whingeing in general — I always think it’s better to take action than complain. But if you must have a whinge, at least do it in an interesting way. (& preferably in another language!) Like these people…

The Helsinki Complaints Choir.
Soittoäänet kaikki yhtä ärsyttäviä!

Fifty People, One Question: Brooklyn.

Fifty People, One Question: London.

I found this via Sera Beak, yes, I luh-luh-love her. Prada takes an ancient text about the divine feminine — The Thunder, Perfect Mind — & spins it into an advertising campaign, & as dirty as that sounds, it’s actually amazing.

That’s all for today! Have a magnificent weekend, remember to prep yo’ fine self for the iCiNG Transformation Challenge — it kicks off on Sunday!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 23rd January 2009

[ 22 January 2009, 15:59 ]

I’m sure I’ve linked this before but I will always love Tim Walker, so it’s okay.

1000 Awesome Things!

If you’ve always wanted to know what I carry in my wallet, now you do, thanks to the Secret Society of List Addicts!

What advice do you wish you were given? About transitioning to raw food, from Give It To Me Raw. Good stuff!

I’m sure I’ve linked to it before, but CMYKaboom! by Cynthia Silvestri in NYC is a wicked sweet blog with lots of lovely stuff to thrill & titillate! (She’s a very charming girl, too.)

Another fun blog: Cabinet of Curiosities by Lady Lavona (who has an Etsy shop here).

Top favorite people seen in Hold Steady show audience Thursday. Haha.

Wonderland expedition kit. (Thanks, Vixxie!)

Wanna switch teams?

Um, how did I never see this before?! Sera Beak’s recommended reading list. Wow. To the Amazon wishlist we go!

My friend Erin knits, & she made a Gala Darling scarf! It’s pretty & cozy, go check it out!

“Once upon a time there was a pretty girl named Gala, she teased New York with her presence and then took it away across a couple of ponds. She is said to return at one point or another but New York can’t wait for her return. In lieu of miss Gala Darling being absent I re-made a cowl similar to one I made for her. Its the same yarn from the same skein, in a different stitch…”

Noel writes about why fashion matters to her. Nicely put, little one!

After the roofies I took I was a total mess, it was amazing.

McQ Alexander McQueen for Target? WHY NOT? I love this collection, it is sexy & sleek & wearable. Damn boy, you did good.

You keep me up at night.

You can stream the new POS track, Drumroll (We’re All Thirsty) here.

POS shows off the packaging on his upcoming album Never Better.
WATCH IT, it’s completely amazing, in high quality if possible!
(& listen to that beat, uhh, divine!)

Zoetica Ebb interviews Molly Crabapple!
What cuties. Ain’t they?!

I heart Ani Phyo!

& you should know about this.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 16th January 2009

[ 15 January 2009, 18:25 ]

James Jean (above!) is amazing!

Thom Kerr is my new best friend. We had dinner in a treehouse last weekend & he just happens to be an incredible photographer. Check out his ladies & fantasy work, swoon-o-rama!

My friend Peter, a fashion designer & all-round creative person living in New York cut down his email checking to twice a day, & reports back on what changes it has incurred in his life. His blog is good too, you should subscribe, he is very interesting with some great insights!

Aries Spears is absolutely hilarious. Check out the bottom right-hand corner of his site for his impersonations of LL Cool J, Jay-Z & DMX. They made me laugh so hard I could barely breathe. “Pawdan me I had ta laff at that!” His Jay-Z laugh is uncanny & all that stuff about LL Cool J makin’ it sexy was unbelievably funny.

Pretty.

Rachel Hills wrote an article about the fear of dating for Cleo & she featured me in it!

“New Zealand born blogger and proud non-dater Gala Darling, 25, who recently moved to New York, suggests making the process a bit more unpredictable. “You can turn the date into some kind of adventure, which makes things much more fun and less intimidating. After all, if the two of you are experiencing something novel and different, that makes you feel less inhibited and self-conscious – you can just concentrate on having a good time.”

“Darling says a picnic, meeting at 2am on a fire escape or going chocolate taste-testing are great ideas. “You can do whatever appeals to you, just be sure to make an effort. It’ll help you form a more sincere bond, and if all else fails, at least you’ll have a good story to tell.” And in that spirit, we’ll see how I go in 2009.”

Russell Grant does Youtube horoscopes every day. He is odd but kind of endearing in his strange, messy way. I am a SoulGarden girl from way back but Russell does a great job & he is my second port of call if I ever feel I need it!

Cutest photo ever.

Leading thinkers offer predictions of ‘next big thing’ from the Telegraph. Radiotelepathy? Um, YES!

If your ring finger is longer than your index finger, you were exposed to more testosterone in the womb, meaning that compared to most people, you are more confident & viligant, happier taking risks & have fast reactions. Apparently! My ring finger is longer than my index, how about yours? & do you think there’s any truth to it?

Part two of my interview at Good Prattle is up!

I love New York, & conversations like this.

Paris Hilton cracks me up. Case in point: 1 (“eat your heart out Meryl Streep”!). 2 (“she really is too much”). 3. She is just so fantastically ridiculous, I’m all over it.

Amber wrote a guide to Auckland for visitors to NZ! (I totally concur with Unity Books, World Deluxe, Raw Power, Tanuki’s Cave & Rakinos!) The rest of her blog is pretty neat too, I subscribed!

Sheila Bocchine (above!) is a pinhole photograher & she does super work.

Scouting New York is a cool, interesting blog from a New York-based location scout, with lots of good pictures & random loveliness. (I saw this!)

Fafi has a blog!

Creative workspaces courtesy of Martha Stewart.

Gavin Strange (aka JamFactory) is awesome. He’s a designer from Bristol with an affinity for good hip-hop & great taste! I actually discovered him through Flickr, he made a graphic using some lyrics from a Doomtree track, & I contacted him to say what a great job he’d done! Anyway, I dig his blog (which he should update more) & he designs sweet shirts, which, at only £5 a pop, are almost essential buying.

By the way, have I linked here before?! Offbeat Bride is the ultimate resource for fabulous, unconventional brides. (P.S. Congratulations, Yasemin!)

Jessica emailed me on Wednesday to tell me that January the 27th is Lewis Carroll’s birthday! She pasted this from some random location, & it sounds like fun! (She also signed off Hope your day is sparkling, but not in the lame Twilight vampire boy way & it made me laugh!)

January 27th is the birthday of Lewis Carrol, author of ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Alice fell down a rabbit hole into a place where everything had changed and none of the rules could be counted on to apply anymore. I say, let’s do the same: January 27th should be the Annual LiveJournal Rabbit Hole Day. When you post on that day, instead of the normal daily life and work and news and politics, write about the strange new world you have found yourself in for the day, with its strange new life and work and news and politics.

Let’s have a day where nobody’s life makes sense anymore, where any random LJ you click on will bring you some strange new tale. Let’s all fall down the Rabbit Hole for 24 hours and see what’s there. It will be beautiful.

E. Jean’s Dope Astrology is nutty but sweet. Like a Snickers bar. “Completely made-up omens which will probably come true”, ooh yes!

Photoshopped Subway Ads Get Exposed In Berlin. So funny, I love this!

Harmony Korine on Letterman, he is so awesome. “How you doin’?” “Nice.”

Free cosmetics — this is not a joke!

My sweet friend from Wiscaaaaansin, Leif Brostrom, has good music taste, & what’s better is that he likes to share. Yay! Click his name for lots of links to free mixes.

Strategic Change: how to reinvent your personality, from Psychology Today.

The Prescription for Self-Doubt: Watch This Video. Thanks, Mr Ferriss. This is good too: The Power of Less: Changing Behavior with Leo Babauta.

Okay, so it seems like I watched a lot of good videos this week!

Hoopnotica!

& again!

Lantern festival.

Where the hell is Matt?
(Thanks, Sarah!)

Katt Williams: Every Day I’m Hustlin’.
Ohhh this made me laugh so hard.

Robin Williams on Whose Line Is It Anyway?
An oldie but a goodie.

George Carlin: “Pro-Life Is Anti-Woman”.
Consider yourself warned!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 9th January 2009

[ 8 January 2009, 15:16 ]

Merry Friday!

Supreme Freak = “high fashion porn”. Just what we all needed, yes?

JUSTJR is a goodie too.

There’s a High Heel Shoe Museum online! Well, I never…

YOU ARE AMONG FRIENDS is a zine by Lindsey Markel which I just discovered & really love. If you click the link you can listen to the free podcast version of her zine, which she describes as…

“my love letter to every girl. very pro-optimism, pro-masturbation, pro-empowerment.”

...I listened to it & grinned a whole bunch, I hope you do too.

I don’t really know what this site is for but it makes me smile nonetheless. It’s basically about embracing the pain & pleasure of hooping! Click! HooppaiN. Motto? “Bruises are sexy.” Couldn’t agree more. They also say,

“plastic plus velocity equals hematoma. love it. some of our mythology:
total fucking control, then let go
if you ain’t dropping it, you ain’t doing it right.
bruises are sexy.
find your groove
hoop like you’re fucking (the corollary works, too)
now stop reading and go practice. don’t come back until you break something.”

Keely of Good Prattle called me the day after hallowe’en, & we had a cute conversation. The first part is here.

Sera Beak’s New Year Redsolutions. God, she is an inspiring woman, isn’t she?

These postcards are totally awesome. I think I need some.

Hunter S. Thompson motivational posters!

Want to be part of the Top Secret Dance Off? Of course you do!

Leo Babauta knows what’s up. The Single Secret to Making 2009 Your Best Year Ever.

Daily Routines: how writers, artists & other interesting people organize their days.

If you have a Mac, cute up your desktop with cupcake icons!

My boy Chew Fu has a new mix which you should wrap your filthy little ears around, & if you’re in Australia, GO SEE HIM! He’s in Sydney on the 10th & 24th of January, Melbourne on the 17th, Canberra on the 25th & Brisbane on Valentine’s Day! Be sure to give him a big kiss on my behalf, hmm?

More music, yay! Did You Drunk Text My Mustache Last Night? mixed by Millions Billions & Tendercakes is a goodie! It is almost as good as I Think The Cookies Are Done, which I totally thrashed — maybe even better. So gobble it up & enjoy!

A teeny round-up of some excellent retro futuristic fashions.

The Survivor Mindset: How Role Models Create Opportunities from Rock Your Day. I found this article reeeeally interesting, it’s about how we live according to the expectations of our peer group.

DJ Earworm did good mashing up the top 25 hits of 2008.
You can get the MP3 here.
P.S. Subscribe to his blog now!

Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit – Dinosaur On The Ark.
I love this song plenty much.
& you can download the entire album here!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 2nd January 2009

[ 1 January 2009, 16:18 ]

I think I have decided that I love Dallas Clayton (& Sri for introducing me!). You should totally subscribe to his blog. He writes stuff like this.

GETTING QUIT

When was the last time you painted your face?
Not for any reason, or special day,
just for fun, to look like an animal you appreciate
or to give yourself a cool moustache
or a teardrop, like a prisoner who has killed someone.
How would your boss feel about that?
He’d probably think it was awesome and give you a raise.
And if he didn’t?
Well, that’s not the kind of place you need to be working anyhow.

& this.

BEST

Just before bed
I kiss my son
and ask him what he thinks he will dream about.
He responds:
“About a forest, with a big pond, and rainbow, and there are unicorns there
under the rainbow and they are playing tag with me, and my dad is there too.”

I consider this a victory for the forces of good.

...Once you have subscribed to his blog, you should read An Awesome Book by him. I’m telling you, it’s an excellent way to kick off 2009. It starts like this.

University of Pennsylvania’s Authentic Happiness site has lots of tests you can use to measure your satisfaction in various areas. Honestly if you’re not sure where to begin this year, or what to tackle, these tests might help you out a lot. Props, Dr Martin Seligman! You are awesome!

Ahoy, I spy a saccharine beast!

Letters To A Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke. An oldie but a goodie.

Nice things & good ideas: LOVE Revolution. Really good… see?

I want to start a revolution. Not the kind of revolution we’re used to; not a loud one, not a violent one, not one that makes headlines or one that leads to fame and glory. I want to start a revolution in me, and you, everyone who reads this blog, and your family and your friends and the people you meet every day from now on. I don’t want a lot from you, it doesn’t take a lot, it only takes love.

Faking Fashion is a cute Livejournal community (you’ll need to join it) with lots of fashion editorials. I like this Lingerie shoot from A4. It makes me think of a wide-eyed girl who has just moved to the big city & is in her first apartment.

Your Astrological Sign May Not Be What You Think It Is! Hmmm… I do have a lot of Leo traits. How about you? Does shifting back a sign make more sense to you?

Want to go raw in 2009? Raw Food Blog is an awesome resource for absolute beginners. The group blog at We Like It Raw is fantastic too!

Tarotscopes by HiC for 2009. I love HiC, he is amazing, & his tarotscopes fill me with wonder, excitement & hope.

How To Feel Like The Incredible Hulk In 2009 from Tim Ferriss. In 17 minutes, he explains exactly how he conquered his fears of swimming, language learning & ballroom dancing by questioning “obvious” guidelines & dogmatic teaching. Woo woo! Use his knowledge to achieve your own amazing goals this year.

Ever wanted a t-shirt of Obama riding a unicorn? I know you have! Chris Bishop has got your back!

Oh my god! AUDREY PUT HIS BLOG TOGETHER! YAY! I know you’re all excited, & for god’s sake, please pass the URL on to the boys you know who need his help. Boy Therapy is the new jam.

A girl went through a break-up & made a three-part mixtape: sadness, bitterness & acceptance. You’ll need to join the community to see it, but it’s worth it, I promise!

I love Ellen Von Unwerth.

69 Questions To Ask To Review Your Blog. Thanks, Darren! We bloggers LOVE you for all your hard work & extreme awesomeness.

Check out your horoscope at AstrologyZone! I LOVE Susan Miller’s horoscopes, they are SO GREAT, & my one for January almost gave me palpitations from excitement!

Her Balloon Happiness is the best Flickr pool ever! Ever ever! Sometimes I wonder if it was started by a fetishist, but who cares, it’s cute & it makes me smile.

Balloons & Fireworks is a good one too.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, Windows users! There is now a version of Poladroid for you! Just what you need to tide you over until you get a Mac… Hee hee hee… Evil plans!

Steve Pavlina just wrote two mind-blowing posts about his marriage — which he has been in for 15 years — & his decision to explore polyamory. I like him even more than I did & I think he is completely awesome for sharing all of this stuff with the world. He is not the only person who is in a committed relationship & feels like that, so I think he is doing the world an enormous service by being so open & authentic. Check out 2009 Focus – Intimate Relationships first, & then Polyamorous Relationship Q&A. I am so excited for him having made this decision & I’m really looking forward to reading about how it’s all going. Maybe next year when I see him at the Blog World Expo he’ll have five women on each arm, like a true spiritual player!

“The truth is that I love connecting with Erin physically and emotionally, and I want to enjoy that kind of connection with other women too. I can use self-discipline to try to deny those feelings, but that would require turning my back on the principle of Love, which is a big no-no. In this case I have to follow my heart.”

A new year’s wish from Neil Gaiman.

Tim Ferriss writes about Things I’ve Learned & Loved In 2008.

Okay, that’s all I have for you today. I hope it keeps you busy this weekend! Big love!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 26th December 2008

[ 25 December 2008, 18:02 ]

Oh my! This the last Carousel of the year! Awwww!

Every Friday, someone asks me how I find all the links for my weekly round-up of the most magical, hilarious, ridiculous & thought-provoking things on the web. As a Christmas treat, I give you… a screen-cap of my Google Reader.

Ahem! Okay… Here we go…

What a dude.

Here’s how Paris Hilton is dealing with the recession. Sooooo funny.

10 Reasons It Would Rule To Date A Unicorn. Two people sent this to me, & I can just see that now that I’ve said I like them, I am going to be sent links about unicorns until the end of time. Like cupcakes. Oh yes.

Coco Rocha has a blog. Even better, she seems totally likeable. Bonus!

I feel like I shouldn’t laugh at this, because it’s so pessimistic, but I can’t help it. Hahahah.

Pretty. Ditto. Also. Yup.

Stickers & Donuts is a really cute blog.

This photoshooot is insanely creepy but I love it.

This actually made my jaw drop.
Thanks, Jake!

Angeliska writes about the winter solstice, as only she can.

HAHAHAH. Whoah!

This video by Hilary Duff — yes, really — is actually kind of cool.

The Thinking Man’s Take On: Making A Mixtape from Pretty Much Amazing!

Personal blogs to watch: Destroyx.com.

You should start watching Privileged (click for the promo). It is amazing. “Oh, & P.S.? I puke cuter than that outfit you’re wearing.”

This is so weird, I don’t even know where to begin.
Again, thanks (I think?!) Sam.

Julie & her friend Atsushi were awesome for Christmas.

Haute Macabre just keeps getting better & better.

If Marilyn Monroe Was A Blogger What Would She Do? A guest-post on Problogger.

Guy Kawasaki is fantastic. Have a look at Everything I Need to Know About Entrepreneurship I Learned From My Comrades in Moscow & How to Use Twitter as a Twool.

Tina Su is pretty damn good, too. The Art of Building Self-Esteem & How To Achieve Anything are both great reads.

The best of Jamie Oliver

...& David Attenborough.

I really like swissmiss, & this post of hers makes me want to go to Switzerland really badly! Maybe I could take Nubby for our anniversary?! She also re-posted this thing about how NYC is like the internet, which made me smile. Also, when you get popular because of your blog, should you post about it ON your blog? One guy doesn’t think so. (Most other people seem to think otherwise.)

Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! This time next year, I’m going to post a photo just like that. Swoon!

American Apparel have taken the leap to totally naked advertisements — well, except for the socks. Good things? The ads are shot by a woman, & the girls have pubic hair. I think both of those things are pretty awesome & positive. By the way, in case you couldn’t guess, that link is not safe for work! (But who’s at work today? Not safe for opening in front of Grandma, perhaps! NSFOIFOG!)

My life would be much easier if I could read your mind.

Finally…

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Carousel -- Week Ending 19th December 2008

[ 18 December 2008, 19:33 ]

Don’t stop believin’. & honestly, I’ve thought about you every day since we met, 738 days and counting… Also, Sam Brown from Exploding Dog has a blog, did you know? I didn’t!

I love this Christmas mix, I Think The Cookies Are Done mixed by Millions Billions & Tendercakes. It should be longer! Jake says…

“This Christmas mix brought to you by Tendercakes and Millions Billions is the perfect way to celebrate if you want Christmas to sound like lazers and dance moves. And leave your red and green at home because this party is CMYK only.”

Also, Millions Billions is a dude. (New friend! High five! & a totally ace self-promoter.) I have listened to this mix so many goddamn times this week, it’s sickening. But I love it.

Flying Lotus essential mix, it’s a goodie.

P.O.S. has a new single, too.

Selected quotes from Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: How The Quest for Perfection is Harming Young Women by Courtney Martin.

Disney-inspired rings from Q-Pot! Aw, I like ‘em… They make me think of Nubby!

I was hoping you would notice.

Vanilla Ice. Latex stockings as high fashion accessory? A resounding YES.

Coco Chanel by Horst P. Horst.

Hand-lettered signs from the infamous jr__nal community.

I would like to officially introduce you to my fantastic friend Sammy’s brand new project, Haute Macabre. As you can guess from the title, it’s about high-end gawthick living. It’s for those of us who never really outgrew our goth sensibilities — the ones who idolised Wednesday Addams as an adolescent heroine, the ones who like things dark but don’t take it too seriously, the ones who can’t resist when fetishy fashion comes sashaying down the catwalk in Paris. To add to the dark, creepy pot, she has enlisted her friends Nixon Sixx, Zoetica Ebb (you know her!) &... me! I haven’t contributed to the project yet but I will, by golly I will, & baby, it’s a good one.

I like this mix: We Make It Good Mix Series Vol. 06 by DJ Blaqstarr. Thanks, Sam! xx

Ahem… The Vice Guide To Eating Pussy. NSFW! I have loved this article for years, especially the way it is written. “If you are dealing with a particularly saucy vixen she may want something in her bum.” Raunch!!! (“Raunch” can, from now on, only ever be written with three (3) exclamation points after it. Okay? Say it with me now… Raunch!!!)

Said The Gramophone is one of my new favourite music blogs.

Okay, so, I started reading Twilight last night & abandoned it after 4 chapters. Whoah. It is bad. I started talking about it on Twitter (it was a good time, you should have been there), & got a whole bunch of hilarious links sent in my direction. For example… Way funny. Ditto.

I love the Secret Society of List Addicts!

Last.fm’s Best Of 2008 is an awesome, real round-up of the year’s most popular (alternative) music.

Violet Blue interviews Andrew Blake, legendary erotic movie director.

The Back Alley Tabernacle interviews Zoetica Ebb, my favourite blue-haired lady. (Except it’s not blue right now. Sshhhhhh!) I like this bit best:

What is it about transformation that appeals to you? Hope and fluidity – the idea that nothing is final.

Pretty Much Amazing’s 212 Best Songs Of 2008. Oh YEAH.

Pictures from Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen’s book, Influence. (It’s really good, by the way.)

Shun the non-believer!

OMG so funny, & this is not safe for work!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 12th December 2008

[ 11 December 2008, 17:43 ]

Yay! Friday! Aaaaaaaalright!

Steve Pavlina writes about calibration.

THIS MADE MY MONTH! Thanks, Jake!

I’m not like the other girls. Also, I got new shoes.

twittervision is kinda cool.

Lemonade Poem is one of my new favourite LJ communities. I especially like their Sunday Sundries posts!

Advice To Sink In Slowly: great posters for £5 a pop! My favourites include work outside, words are not enough & work hard make beautiful things.

I really love Ask Nicole. Especially this post: Iceberg Lettuce, Alaska & a Nymphomaniac.

Oh, do you know Angeliska? She is lovely. Friend of friends. One day I will meet her in person & we will make big eyes at one another. But until then I very much enjoy globules of black honey from her bee-long. Oh yes.

Angeline Melin is my new favourite fashion illustrator! She is fabulous!

Circus, Circus, the progression of Britney Spears at Pretty Much Amazing! I don’t care for Britney but this feature piece is really interesting from a sociological viewpoint.

From PostSecret.
(Also, buy one of the books.)

La Fraise have cute shirts.

Violet Blue has a new project: Violet Blue’s San Francisco. I can’t think of a better virtual tour guide, can you?

My Summer Adventures In Juice Cleansing by Sarma.

My Love Calculator is weird & great at the same time.

Jake showed me this.
It made me laugh very much.

I’m going to feel like a loser at my high-school reunion. Cary Tennis tackles the big problems, oh yes he do.

I was celibate for 15 years from Salon.

Zombie Fashion Models Show Off More Than Skin !!! So cool!

Someone made a mixtape of an old Valentine’s Day playlist I wrote about.

It’s A Wonderful Orgasm: Violet Blue’s guide to frisky holiday gifts!

Elyse Sewell is by far the best, coolest, most awesome thing ever to come out of America’s Next Top Model. (Jade would be my second runner-up, I think.)

Miss Dior Cherie is my most often worn perfume… & when I wear it, I feel exactly like this.

Have a fantastic weekend, but remember to come back for the Solestruck, Lucid New York & Mike Dooley giveaways! Wooooooooooooo!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 5th December 2008

[ 4 December 2008, 13:08 ]

Photo by the fabulous selene gibbous.

Things to see & do! Kicking your weekend off right. Right?!

Horoscopes for the month of December! AstroTwins, AstrologyZone & Tarotscopes by HiC!

On that subject, I know I have introduced a whole lot of you to the amazing SoulGarden horoscopes on Youtube. Well, now they need your help, so help ‘em out if you can!

Pretty overdose!

Getting your way with her vs. enticing her desire:

“What if you spent your time, not how can I get what I want from a woman, but rather, how can I serve this woman. Not as her servant, but as an empowered man. A man who doesn’t need anything from her, because he is whole and complete in and of himself.”

Coilhouse delivers. We Need Barbie Pure (for the Virgin Sacrifice), Hilarious Posts from Ayn Rand Dating Site (comments are so good too: “A professor I once worked for had a great line on Ayn Rand: “If a guy had written that screed, everyone would be saying ‘Why is he banging his dick on the table?’””) & Pink Things. Also, subway swing, anyone? Wow! Grotesque, fascinating, & pleasing to the eye — all the things we’ve come to expect from our favourite purveyors of odds & ends!

From Overheard in New York, Curiosity Kills Desire in the Insecure. (This made me laugh out loud.)

I think Fontaine Anderson is the business.

There’s a new issue of prim. Magazine out now!

10 Things about Miss Nubby Twiglet, my #1 wife! Haha. The comments are cute & interesting too.

How did I not know that Fawn Gehweiler had a blog?! It’s infrequently updated, but on Wednesday night I found this post of hers, Cute Clutter vs. Creative Chaos with photos of amazing artistic spaces. It’s worth a look, so fascinating!

Soundtrack for November from ljmixtape: join & devour!

Elyse Sewell is hilarious & never fails to make me smile.

Halcyon writes about being featured on HotChicksWithDouchebags.com & practising “troll aikido”!

Rhymesayers is having a sale! They’ve dropped the price on some of their best albums & cutest shirts to just $10! If you’re just aching for somewhere to drop your bling — & don’t want to wait for the sweet prize-pack on the 15th! — click the link. I recommend all the albums listed, by the way — Jake One, P.O.S., Brother Ali, Atmosphere & Dynospectrum are all worth way more than ten bucks!

Mirror-themed photos but beware (BEWARE!) of the boobs!

Abjekt Is Cool. Not just a blog title, a bonified truth. I have no idea who this guy is, but his Tumblr makes me laugh, he posts the weirdest range of stuff. I mean, wow. Though you can’t contact anyone through Tumblr, it drives me nuts! Abjekt, if you monitor your stats, consider this a shout-out!

The Daily Puppy. Aaahhhhhhhhhhh! AAAHHHHHHHHHH!

From JAK & JIL: Rise of the machines: how the women behind the fashion game became its key players. Also, this is what those Rick Owens boots from my wishlist look like on. Golly.

Finally… fall in love.

But remember to come back later on today, as well as Saturday & Sunday… ‘cause we’re giving away custom nameplate necklaces, goodies from ModCloth & SPARKLY MAGICAL KNICKERS!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 28th November 2008

[ 27 November 2008, 14:07 ]

Photo courtesy of Nisha!

We Feel Fine. Yes, we do!

Girlbot sent me a link to this article, Creating Our Own Happiness by Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips. She says, “If I’m feeling a little down, I make a point to read this article.” What better reason could there be to share it?!

No Small Talk For The Rest Of The Day. Thanks, Ansi!

Calendar made of matches. I love this idea. Burn the day when it’s done.

A photoshoot from MyHorse magazine. Weird but awesome concept, & great pictures.

Halcyon asks, What does it mean to be a “lifestyle artist”?

“If art is defined by process and idea, then everything can be art. If an action, choice, or interaction is infused with creative vision, then it is art. If we can shift our consciousness to this perspective, the world is a canvas. Every word we utter is a paint stroke. Every step is a performance.”

I just started watching Peep Show (on recommendation from my friend Jake!) & it’s reeeeally funny. You can watch the whole thing on Youtube; start here!

Underwater kisses at Le Love. Awww.

Once upon a time, my friend Sammy wrote a relationship column. She only published three, but dude, they are awesome. Laugh-out-loud-able. Check out Abandon All Hope: Fatalist Love, Romance in the World of Single & Cycle of Lunacy. (Beware, this links to SuicideGirls, so you might see a butt or two.)

I want one of these.

Neat ways to organise your life #2 (after a Moleskine planner, of course): Muji Chronotebook. I like this very much, & at only $4.95… It’s hard to say no. The rest of Jack Cheng‘s site is pretty intriguing too. He says, “I write about ideas, making them happen and living a smarter & happier life in the process.” Sounds like my kind of guy. (These links were also courtesy of Ansi. She is great, & sends me wicked things all the time. Next time I see her in New York, I am going to give her a big hug.)

Vika Möller is an awesome artist.

Vegan in Auckland? Moira is your girl! She says, “It feels like there was a little vegan bubble around this town for a while, and it’s just about bursting, and maybe it’s time to blow another one. So in lieu of being grumpy I’m becoming more conspicuously vegan, and I wanted to start this blog to record vegan food and goings-on in my life.” Yay, positive action!

Vogue Paris 2009 calendar. It’s saucy.

“Help! My family don’t want me to be a writer!” from One Night Stanzas. Wise words, Ms Askew!

Shannyn Sossamon is beautiful.

Asking For What You Want & Sex Positivity Is… from Good Vibrations magazine. (How did I not know about the existence of this magazine before?!?!)

WHOAH! Also, WHOAH!

15 Simple Ways To Overcome Anger from the lovely Miss Tina Su.

You can read a short but sweet interview with me here at Mademoiselle Robot!

For fans of House of Leaves.

Gratitude is good for your health. We knew that already (hello, TiLT!) but it’s nice to be reminded!

Feel like helping me out? Got a few spare minutes? It would be aaaaawesome of you to take my reader survey! There are fun questions, I promise, & I’ll love you forever for taking part! Smooches!

Digging Up Dirt On Thanksgiving Eve — Nadya asks the hard questions, & the responses are really interesting. Especially this one from Mil:

“Having said that, I find myself envying that sort of simplicity, and for all this fire in my belly has helped me to achieve, they’ve found happiness in even the simplest of things and I think there’s a lot of value in that. While you and I set about taking over the world, as it were, they’re looking forward to a BBQ just as much. Maybe there’s something we could learn from that.”

Pluto is now in Capricorn, ending a 12 year cycle! Wooooooo! Check out what that means for your sign at SoulGarden TV!

How not to write a sex scene — extracts from some of the books shortlisted for this year’s Bad Sex award. So funny! So bad!

That’s all for today. Here’s to a magnificent weekend!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 21st November 2008

[ 20 November 2008, 19:20 ]

Photo by anniebee.

It’s not the world’s biggest carousel today — real-life seemed to take priority over compulsively browsing the internet this week! However, I present to you…

Delicious photos! 10 magazine, Into The Night, The Enchanted Garden, A Private World (Tim Walker!), Evoluzione della specie (so good) & bawoooooons!

Famous bisexuals in history. Don’t ask me how I found this, haha. But it’s really interesting!

Homeland Security Guidelines Get More Bizarre By The Year & ...To Use One Of Emily Dickinson’s Lesser-Known Similes from Overheard in New York.

Thoughts of you distract me.

Would you wear the scent of violence?

Alex Ostrowski

Don’t Stop Loving!

Fifty Years of Popular Songs Condensed Into Single Sentences!

MissDIOR Couture does it again. Yum.

tweetwants. Inane? Yes. Fun? Of course!

I love Le Smoking, socially irresponsible though it may be. (Have I linked that blog before? I have no idea.) & she featured Nubby & I on Le Love!

Speaking of which, have a read of The Triple Threat: Personality, Branding & Blogging by Miss Twiglet!

Cary Tennis tackles the age-old problem: I’m restless and creative but don’t know where to begin: I see this dazzling world full of art and fun — how do I connect to it?

High Gloss clothing via Miss Violet Blue! NSFW, but very good-lookin’ (& COLOURFUL!) latex clothing. Mmmm. Things I really like? The Roxy Torsolette, the Neckbow maxi (SWOON, so Barbie), the Frilly Garter, the Fringe Hoody (super-odd but also incredibly awesome), the Valance Suspender, these CrissCrossGarters, the Hipstar, Seam stockings (in contrast colours!) & the LatexaStockings, especially in pearl blue. Phew!

Have an amazing weekend, okay? Take time to laugh!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 14th November 2008

[ 14 November 2008, 11:37 ]

The perfect way to kick off your weekend: with a bundle of procrastinatory glory!

The Unicorn Diaries is my new favourite blog. It’s run by the girl who used to be unicorncake on Livejournal, & is a total aesthetic delight! Yum!

Aw, pigs in the Bahamas! Thanks, Coco!

I love this beautiful Fairy Tales photoshoot by Fiona Quinn!

Claire Askew asks, Who’s Your Secret Literary Crush?

Good, short videos from Jack Canfield on planning your day, creating your attitude, how to get rich & personal power.

Pictures For Sad Children

Ben Okri is the business. Our false oracles have failed. We need a new vision to live by. (Thanks, Evie!)

Haunt Couture!

“Fashion often becomes very interesting in difficult times.” — Karl Lagerfeld

I love Le Love! “dedicated to romantic, sweet, lovey dovey, sexy and heart fluttering images. ♥” Amen!

An article of mine on sustainable fashion (& the perks of developing your own style) appeared in New Zealand’s Good magazine recently! Buy it if you can, ‘cause they also asked Peta Mathias & Jacquie Brown for their personal style tips, & it’s really cute. There’s also an excellent photoshoot based around ethical fashion (organic cotton & alternative fibre, etc.). But if you can’t get your hands on a copy, you can read my article here!

911 Writer’s Block — for writer’s emergencies!

I dream of treehouses but I am afraid of heights

Study finds music is heart-lifting!

Fancy yourself as a tree-humper?!

How To Handle Criticism from The Positivity Blog.

& now some musical silliness (but damn, girl can sing):

Christina Aguilera – It’s A Man’s Man’s World

Christina Aguilera performing with the Pussycat Dolls.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 7th November 2008

[ 7 November 2008, 03:54 ]

Photographs by fionamclaren & kimicon.

Doing what you love can lead to more than just happiness & Wine Guy Gary Vaynerchuk Takes on ‘Yes We Can’ Attitude for Startups. Thanks, Gary!

Sex-related news! Overweight women have more sex. Woman’s gait predicts sexual pleasure. Huh! & Couple wants global orgasms for peace. Get ready, December 22nd!

Answerbag.com is completely fascinating. I spent many hours here the other day.

Make sure spouse has the ‘right’ faults from CNN by way of Oprah.

“He’s often late, which is inconsiderate = I fear not being sufficiently appreciated. Thanks, Dad. He thinks about his needs first, and mine second = If you express your needs, no one will love you. Thanks, Mom.”

Also, beware catching this from your spouse. If you’re in a crappy relationship, read this & take action! I’ve written about mirror neurons here before, but it’s always good to be reminded…

I am obsessed with Plasterdoll.

Steve Pavlina is juice-feasting as part of his new raw food experience. Juice-feasting has always seemed a bit extreme to me, & doesn’t interest me all that much, but what he has to say about how it’s going is really fascinating.

Sweetiepie opens at the start of December… & when I get back to the States, I am so there. (Coolhunting interview!)

Cary Tennis forever! Attractive men scare me, so I only date ugly ones!

Among the index cards you might want to use at this time are ones containing the addresses of various bars, instruction phrases for the cab driver, and things to say to the attractive man sitting next to you in the dark, such as, “Take your hand off my knee,” or, “Put your hand on my knee,” or, “Let’s play Twister.”

By the way, for those of you who went ga-ga over my sequinned hoodie the other day, you can buy them online! $27.80, quelle steal!

I just discovered this yesterday! Dear Americans, if you have to call someone but you don’t want to talk to them, try Slydial! It will put you straight through to their voicemail so you can leave them a message. Perfect for calling in “sick” & skiving out of family occasions! Woohoo!

Punk rock cookies are good for what ails ya!

Want an introduction to delicious, mind-warping dark breakcore? Of course you do! I love Bong-Ra very much (& would die to see him live someday)! Check out Darkbreaks Vol 1&2 for FREE! Oh, you’re very welcome. He has also posted a whole lot of hour-long live mixes. Mmmm, delicious.

Vampire jokes: so good they’re bad. Oh, I am such a nerd.

This is the best wedding dress I have ever seen. As Jasmine said in her email to me, “Looks like My Little Pony and Tinkerbell totally got it on nasty-style in a magical rhinestone shop and this dress was their sparkling bastard love child!” That’s my kind of dress!

This link is NOT safe for work but it made me laugh so hard I almost… Well, you know. It’s many, many years old, but is a review of a fake vagina, by Hug Nation’s John Halcyon Styn. Seriously, it is unbelievably hilarious. You will enjoy it, I promise.

I don’t know what the hell happened with Prop 8 (other than nothing good), but this video from milkfat is too funny not to post.

Finally, How To Make A Virgo Fall In Love With You. It’s almost completely accurate, hahah. For me, anyway!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 31st October 2008

[ 31 October 2008, 10:50 ]

Happy hallowe’enie! & sorry for no Things I Love Thursday yesterday. It was a day laden with technical difficulties! Hopefully this enormous collection of links will make up for it!

How To Do What You Love by Paul Graham.

“I think the best test is one Gino Lee taught me: to try to do things that would make your friends say wow.”

Got moustache? I would kill for a Dali moustache pencil, honestly.

Expanded Beard Type Chart. “What’s with all the facial hair links, Gala? Trying to tell us something?!” Naw. It’s just cute!

How Do You Change Somebody Else? from The Discomfort Zone. It’s perfect for anyone who wants their husband/wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/best friend/parents to be something they’re not, which happens a lot. It was written by my friend Tim Brownson. He’s a life coach — I’ve actually been doing some work with him — & he’s great. So read it!

The DO Lectures: Timothy Ferriss — How and Why to Be Unreasonable. I like him. I also liked this interview with him by Leo Babauta — Publishing 2.0: Tim Ferriss on Using a Viral Idea to Create a Best-seller.

How to Improve Your Relationships: 7 Awesome Tips from the Last 1900 Years from the Positivity Blog.

Cary Tennis continues to be wonderful. He’s ramping up the pressure but I don’t want to commit.

“Imagine being an independent, self-sufficient woman with a number of relationships whose intensity and duration are negotiated according to the shifting needs and circumstances of the individuals involved. What’s wrong with that kind of life?

It sounds like a good kind of life to me. It sounds like the life of a single woman.

So I suggest that you declare yourself unabashedly, consciously, deliberately single. Not single until the right man comes along. Not single as a regrettable consequence of a series of failed relationships. Not single as in poor lonesome spinster who can’t land a man. Single as in free, self-sufficient, independent, committed to growth, happy and OK with who I am. Single as in maybe I’m free tonight and maybe I’m not. Single as in I control my own time. Single as in I have choices. Single as in I like you a lot and I will try to meet you halfway but this is my bed and I have to be somewhere in the morning.

...Consider this analogy. Psychotherapy has changed many individuals. But your mother’s psychotherapy will not protect you from life’s struggles any more than your mother’s feminism will inoculate you against the difficulties of negotiating your freedom as a woman. You have to consciously seize that freedom just as women before you had to. It is still necessary for individuals to find their own truths and uncover their own biases and hidden agendas.”

OH HELL YES.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi talks about flow & being in the creative moment.

Simon Says is the column of Simon Doonan, creative director of Barneys. (He’s hilarious!)

Enjoying The Ride from DailyOM. I received this in my inbox on Monday & it was a great comfort & reminder!

2 1/2-months-to-new-year’s-resolutions resolutions. I LOVE THIS. God it’s so good. Lap it up! This Tumblr, Holga, is by the same person, & it’s fantastic. You should do this. Also, whoah.

Hallowe’en Candy Astrology! Ha. Too cute. (Thanks, Sarah!)

The AstroTwins have a new book coming out: The AstroTwins’ Love Zodiac. You can pre-order it on Amazon, but you can also download chapter summaries here — I love their writing style, & of course, the subject matter!

The City Has Something For Everyone (beware: lewd!).

The Cherry Blossom Girl is insanely adorable. How did I not know about this site before?! (Thanks, Stacey!)

In New York? No real plans for hallowe’en? (That’s today, by the way!) Never fear! Attend The World’s Largest Beatles (Ferris Bueller) Sing-a-long! I’m not even kidding.

I got an email from Solestruck the other day — yes, the people who sent me my sexy platform mary janes! Here’s what it said.

“Please use the following discount code VOTENOV4 to receive 20% off your order (including sale items!) now through Nov 4th.”

Yay! Cheap shoes! Go go go!

Love Songs From The Universe. Yay Sera!

Wow, amazing. Coco de Mer’s Private Poses:

“Behind that little picture frame in Coco de Mer’s changing room is a secret peek a boo camera that can spy on you while you undress. By pressing that magic button of consentuality you can send your lover a naughty photo while he/she is performing mundane duties. This wee free gift shows them all of your hidden talents and how good you look in our underwear with a whip in your hand. Its sure to bring them joy…This collection of private poses is updated instantly so keep hitting that refresh button!”

Okay, that’s it! Have a magnificent day!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 24th October 2008

[ 24 October 2008, 02:54 ]

Photo by Timmy Kern!

Welcome to Friday, gorgeous! Voilà, a bumper edition of Carousel for ultimate procrastinatory purposes!

Tina Su writes about How To Overcome Resentment. I love Tina! I want to give her a big hug! Come to New York, little lady!

On that subject… Overheard In New York: Well I’ve been trying to cut back on MSG, toughest granny ever & umbrella cheer!

I discovered a whole bunch of great new blogs on Sunday… Sex Work 101 is committed to educating the public about sex work in all its various forms. It’s super interesting & an awesome cause. From there I stumbled onto Do You Have Sex With Your Clients? (And other reader questions for the Dominatrix) as well as Sex Work: 14 answers to your questions.

fluo kids is a music blog, mostly in French, & I like it very much.

The BridgeMaker is a personal development blog with some great pieces like A Guide to Creating Success | 24 Essential Actions You Can Do Beginning Today, 7 Must-Have Personal Growth Strategies & 45 Tips for a Happier, Simpler and More Productive Life.

JAK & JIL BLOG is written in all caps, but features the best best best of model street style. I love it.

debauchette (& her tumblr): “I write about sex and I live in New York.” I especially liked advice for aspiring call girls. Oh, & by the way, NSFW!

Eyeliner at the beach — why not?

This photo is so cool: Just a Different Perspective.

Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet Tour Book pictures. Honestly, these photos kind of make me want to join a gym.

I’m sure I’ve linked this before but I still love it… Online tarot readings for all!

The Top 20 Things Oprah Knows for Sure.

This made me laugh… New York Cheat Sheets.

Ctrl Alt Del Tea Set! Nerd-o-rama!

If you find mornings tough, you’re not alone. Thankfully, someone has come to the rescue with a daily roller-boogie mp3 emailed straight to your inbox! If that doesn’t start your day off right, nothing will…

Things That Keep Me Awake In New York City

10 Steps To Be The Brand You Want In Life is fantastic.

Melvin Sokolsky took photos of women in bubbles & flying over tables & stuff!

20jazzfunkgreats is an awesome music blog. LOVE IT. Subscribe now! I especially like this remix of Phil Collins’ I’m Not Moving. The description is what got me: “It sounds like Phil Collin’s under water / in outer space / inside a volcano.”

Pretty Much Amazing! is another music blog. Yay!

Beautiful & Depraved is a faaaairly pornographic collection of pictures found all over the web. So don’t click the link at work or if graphic depictions of sexuality upset you! Consider yourself warned!

Three of my favourite people in one article — Karl Lagerfeld, Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen — talking about family planning, tight jeans & models.

Flickr photos tagged “love note”. Add your own! (& if you don’t have anyone to write you cute notes — boo! — write them to yourself!)

Ben Westwood Stages Protest with Fetish Models: “Erotic photographer Ben Westwood, Vivienne Westwood’s son, staged a protest featuring bound-and-gagged models in fetish clothing at the House of Commons yesterday.” Awesome. Props.

Eye Heart Glasses is a brand SPANKING new blog started by my super-cute friend Jo. It’s all about, you guessed it, glasses! Cute ones, weird ones, hot people in them, & where to buy the best. (Plus there are photos of her & her glasses collection, & she is totally hot & adorable.)

For those of you who enjoyed my overview of Parisian style earlier this week, check out Paris Style Report – L’Automne from Une femme d’une certain age!

Influence by Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen is going to be AMAZING! Look! Squeal! Delight!

I found this via my beautiful wife/husband! 50 Ways To Improve Your Productivity As A Freelancer. Good for anyone who works from home or even anyone with a big project. So useful, love it!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 17th October 2008

[ 17 October 2008, 10:23 ]

Cute girls photographed by Jonathan Leder.

How to be creative from gapingvoid.

This sex map is one of the most interesting things ever. I stared at it for a very long time the other night. The most amazing thing is that it’s not even comprehensive!

My amazing friend Dhrumil recorded this podcast about being overwhelmed. I listened to it the other day when I was feeling (shock!) overwhelmed, & it genuinely helped me.

From thecoolhunter: I want to stay at the W Hong Kong. I also like Tara Donovan’s styrofoam art.

Gisele Bundchen for W — amazing clothes. So good.

My girlfriend “settled” for me — and I don’t trust her. Cary Tennis for life!

Enter Winona’s Hallowe’en Costume Chronicles contest! The winner receives $100 from ModCloth (yay, Susan!) & of course, the wild admiration of the internet.

Banksy’s pet shop is now open in New York City! (I’m so going…)

Liz Wolfe is amazing. (Thank you, Olga!)

I know I quote from & link to Sera Beak all the time, but that’s only because she is one of the coolest girls I’ve ever met. Hope you can forgive me!

“That’s right, in my red universe, we are all spiritual superheroes and this is exactly where we should be right now. Each and every one of us have unique, but latent super powers that can only be realized, only be experienced and lived and shared if we are pushed to our edges… if we are moved out of our comfort zones and into the strange, the unfamiliar, the concrete bloody fear.

We have been warriors in waiting for far too long. It’s time to roll up our sleeves, pull up our superheroine boots, stretch our red hearts open even wider, and get down and dirty and thus divine with the best and worst of life… knowing, eventually, ultimately that there is no real difference between the best and the worst.

So superheroes and heroines, I can hear your inner timers ringing from way out here on my dreamy beach. Time’s Up. Come Out Come Out where ever you are and Come In Come In to who you truly are. We need you. You have a planet to save, a universe to serve, and some super fine new footwear to wear.”

& with that, here’s to a fantastic weekend!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 10th October 2008

[ 10 October 2008, 07:55 ]

Good moooorning! Welcome to the Land of Distraction, population: you!

If you’re going to Paris, you should look at Fashion Traveler. It maps out all the high-end boutiques, how convenient!

Pretty girls shot by Catherine Servel.

Herman Hesse for life.

I found out about The Selby through Nubby. It’s a bunch of photographic tours of the homes of creative people, & it’s fantastic! Of all the homes featured, I like Alexander Wang‘s the best. God, he has great taste.

Dear, Paris! & p.s. this is why you moved to Paris. — very appropriate collages from MissDIOR Couture. Pretty, pretty!

French Vogue Does The Hokey Cokey from Coco’s Tea Party. This made me laugh out loud. I love it!

I want to hang out in the Côte d’Azur. But mostly I just want this dress.

Vanity Fair pin-up girls, ooh la la! (Merci, Nadine!)

Lani sent me a link to the Cake Wrecks blog & I laughed so hard I had to look away because the people I was sitting near actually asked me, “Are you high?”. Verge of hyperventilation, I swear. Oh my god, it is SO FUNNY.

DJ Z-Trip made an Obama mix!

Diana Vreeland I love you always.

Marguerite Sauvage draws pretty pictures (& has a cool name to boot).

New York Magazine’s Best of Paris: Our Top Twenty Looks. You don’t need to know the nitty-gritty of the runway, no no! Just look at the best stuff!

Resistance is NOT Futile. Please Register & Vote. If I was an American citizen, you bet I would.

modfetish is a compendium of erotica, updated all the time! & do I need to say it? It is not safe for work! (Beware the almighty bosom!)

This! (Thanks, Jami!)

My friend Craig from Altamira NYC was in Paris recently shooting street style at the shows, & he got some amazing pictures! Go have a look. Ogle & stare & gawk & admire!

I know a whole lot of you will remember my amazing psychedelic licorice-strap ring by CHAPTER from my fab friends at Tokyomade! Well, you see, soon after I wrote about it, Tokyomade was cleaned out of CHAPTER rings! They were ferociously snapped up by fashionistas all over the globe! But the good news is thus — CHAPTER Motherload! Just look at that picture! Yummy!

I love Fake Karl.

“When you look at the Chanel logo, it talks to you. That’s why people buy Chanel: not because of my perfect, impeccable design but because Chanel talks to people. I enjoy going to my current wardrobe and feeling the fabric, the seams, the logo of the pants and shirts and collars. I enjoy licking my sunglasses. I enjoy eating the old ties I do not need anymore. No calories.”

I love Madonna, too. Watch the whole thing!

Alright, gorgeous. Enjoy your Friday! Be sure to make merry!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 3rd October 2008

[ 3 October 2008, 07:15 ]

The iCiNG Carousel — keeping you entertained at work on Fridays since 2006! (Gosh!)

How To Find Yourself A Good Pen Name by Claire Askew!

Yoko Ono is totally amazing!

I was fortunate enough to meet Steve Pavlina at the Blog World Expo & he’s an awesome guy. Unsurprisingly enough, so is this interview with him: Blogging God Steve Pavlina Interview: On Motivation, Handling Email, Daily Routines, How He Got Started, and Much More from Zen Habits.

Lots of food articles: The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating, Does Fructose Make You Fatter? & Unhappy Meals (which I may have linked before but is worth refreshing your memory with).

In my quest to research Paris over the past few days, I discovered La Coquette & Chic Shopping Paris. I like ‘em!

Random travel thoughts by Seth Godin. He makes good points (as always). A lot of them are things I’ve been thinking about recently!

Seven Questions That Will Prevent Regret & 25 Simple Steps To Becoming Successful from Dumb Little Man.

Top 10 Blogs For Writers — & I know there are a bunch of you, so don’t be shy!

Fight Club was a good movie. Brian Clark used it as a jumping-off point & came up with Tyler Durden’s 8 Rules Of Innovation.

Rob Brezsny has a podcast! Pronoia Is Taboo! Click to listen. In this one he asks, “Are you truly ready to shed the values and self-images that keep you locked into alignment with the dying civilization?” Ooof!

Amazing news! Dolce & Gabbana used my man CHEW FU’s remix of Kanye’s ‘Love Lockdown’ at their show last Thursday! Check out the video! I’m so proud. I always knew D&G had taste!

I can’t really explain what this blog is about, but every post is pretty hilarious…

Umbrella mania! (Thanks, Weily!) Umbrella Today? & Umbrella Etiquette are both delightful in their simplicity.

How ordinary people become monsters… or heroes, a TEDtalk.

Finally, if you haven’t got your tickets to Atmosphere’s Paint The Nation tour yet, watch this (or download this), then go buy yourself one!

Okay, I’m going to go out & explore this amazing city at my feet… Have a magnifique weekend, sweetness!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 26th September 2008

[ 26 September 2008, 08:28 ]

Photo by ylebbian.

Agyness Deyn for POP. I loooove this photoshoot, which consists of her falling off buildings. It’s so, so good!

Be with Her Now from Sera Beak. Destroy all limits with love.

I met Janelle from Sans Artifice outside the tents at Bryant Park during fashion week. When I got home, I checked out her website & liked what I saw! She writes about fashion, style & aesthetics in a very clear, clever, easily digestible way. I recommend it, yes I do!

Kris Carr is fucking amazing (pardon my French).

At a signing last week a young girl listen to me speak as tears flowed from her soul windows. When it was Q&A time she asked “how do you do take care of yourself if you don’t like yourself, your body?” I wanted to walk over and hug the hate right out of her. “But you are God. You are Jesus, Buddha, Elvis, Etc. You are a Divine vessel sweet lady. How can you hate u? This sack is just your vehicle. Nothing more. Your job while clonking around in sneakers is to feel the love and shine it out, that’s all. Because when we go back to the universal disco we bring more positive energy to the soup. We recharge the universal gigawatt! If we choose not to love this time then perhaps we have to do it all over again. No judgment, only opportunity.”

On Striped Rights from Coilhouse — sweet reminiscing about the striped tight phenomenon!

Daul Kim = Amy Winehouse? What do you think about the way Amy’s look has impacted on the fashion world?

The Regal Twelve by Alexia Sinclair.

Nubby Twiglet writes about The Power of Personal Branding — a great article which she started writing at the Blog World Expo (I know, ‘cause I saw her typing away!).

Want some good, fun fiction to read? How about The Grimy Amours of Gertrude? It’s a serial novel by a nonpareil called Kelly, & I love it! She has a wicked sense of humour, & she releases chapters three times a week for free — how could you possibly resist?

Kelly, whose parents would kill her if she released her last name online, is a senior at an all-girls high school that is not unlike Sister Chastity’s Youth Nunnery. Working on the school newspaper helps pass the time while she waits for the vampires to invade. But if she fails to woo the bloodsuckers, she is fully prepared to outrun them: by some sick joke, the newspaper office is in the basement, while the printer is on the third floor. She probably isn’t tortured enough to date a vampire anyway, seeing as her biggest psychological scar is probably that 68% she once earned on a fourth grade math test.

Our nonpareils are a talented bunch! Jessie Ngaio is having an exhibition in Melbourne, Australia, & she’s a super girl! If you’re in town, go & check it out!

More fabulous Melbourne happenings: Euchronia, a new year’s ball with a neo-Victorian & steampunk bent! There are three sound-spaces, as well as DJs & live performances, & it is going to be amazing! It’s being organised by my friend Cass & I know it will be brilliant! Get your tickets now now now!

A selection of well-dressed girls for your perusal: Pandora, Karla’s Closet, Fashion Toast, Jessica Schroeder & Lulu!

How To Take Gorgeous Self Portraits from Independent Fashion Bloggers.

Our very own Annie Spandex is giving away a Vivienne Westwood handbag to help raise money & awareness for cancer research! Have a look! Also, oh my god, she does dachshund outfit posts! My life is complete!

I don’t really know what is happening in this photoshoot but it has an eye-patch & really big hair in it, so I’m happy!

Moleskine Notebooks: The Ultimate Guide (& how to rank your addiction) from Put Things Off, & thanks to Nadine for zee link!

For hardcore Twitter geeks only: add symbols to your tweets! (Thanks, Kakeline!)

Feeling Sexy In An Unsexy World is a column by Violet about pole-dancing lessons. I like it.

“My goal is just to have every woman leaving here able to walk into a room like a powerful woman.”

Diesel’s amazing new ad campaign, Safe For Work is a mix of porn & cartoons — but it is totally safe for work! I love it. Thanks again, Violet!

& finally… this is so great I had to share it with you.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 19th September 2008

[ 19 September 2008, 12:59 ]

Eep! Another little carousel. Things have been mad around here, & I fly out to Las Vegas for the Blog World Expo (& the ultimate Virgo honeymoon!) in an hour’s time! The second part of the quarter-life crisis article is coming soon… Thank you so much for your patience, I’ll be back on track soon!

...Which Is Why I Only Make Out With Old People, from Overheard In NYC.

Guy Kawasaki asks, Are You Limiting Yourself?

Amazing photographs by Irina Ionesco — NSFW!

Butts! Also NSFW!

Carmen Kass by Yelena Yemchuk for Vogue Nippon.

Kris Atomic is selling prints, & they’re beeeeautiful!

5 Great Ways To Create A More Productive Workspace & How To Flip Things Around: Act As If You Would Like To Feel from the Positivity Blog.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 12th September 2008

[ 12 September 2008, 08:36 ]

Photo by Signe Vilstrup.

It’s little this week, but I hope you enjoy it anyway! Tomorrow, a bunch of us will be riding the Central Park carousel for real — if you can make it to the Virgo extravaganza, please do!

Dhrumil Purohit Gives 6 Tips On Having A Beautiful Relationship With Food. I love Dhru & it wigs me out that he is only a year older than me — he is wise beyond his years! This article is a really great read for everyone, regardless of whether you eat vegetarian/vegan/raw or just eat cupcakes all day! If you want more, this is excellent as well.

Yoko Ono’s LIFE PIECE VIII.

A saucy new promotion from Agent Provocateur — yum!

New Yorkers are funny. Proof. & again!

Apnea’s journal. I didn’t even know she had one, & now I love it! It is oh so funny, & also NSFW! I love her porn reviews. “Dance music comes on. Sounds like it would be the Brazilian Olympic Haircutting team’s anthem.” “She sounds like she’s drinking a slurpee.” Good times!

Sera Beak asks, Who’s Your Daddy?

Eating Our Way To Death, Literally from Think Simple Now.

A beautiful black & white spread, reposted via Fashion Is Spinach. Yum.

Guerilla Road Signs !!!

Seth Godin on remembering.

& a little something for your ears — a new Kanye track.

Okay… Enjoy your weekend!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 5th September 2008

[ 4 September 2008, 21:53 ]

Voilà, it is Friday! I arrive in New York at midnight, & later on today I’ll be heading to Bryant Park to pick up my press credentials & attend the Erin Fetherston show! I have a beaded blue dress all ready to be debuted…

Here are some pretties to keep you entertained on what is usually the most slow, wriggle-inducing day of the working week!

Coilhouse brings the goods. Have a look at Wayne Martin Belger’s Pinhole Paraphernalia. I remember experimenting with pinhole cameras in school — so much fun! I also love this: Kowloon Walled City: The Modern Pirate Utopia. I linked to some pictures of this a while ago, but here are a whole bunch more. & who can resist a modern pirate utopia?! Certainly not me!

Trevor Brown, supremely awesome artist, has a blog. This discovery made my night. It’s not for everyone, though… & certainly not safe for work!

Tina Su writes about Dealing with Difficult People (good stuff there) as well as this really interesting piece, Dream to Reality: How I Quit My Day Job.

Guy Kawasaki on Innovation: Five most important lessons I’ve learned as an entrepreneur.

Top 10 Signs You Might Be A “Weblebrity”. Haha. Okay, well, I thought it was funny!

Beautiful circus-themed high fashion pretties.

The Fug Girls Answer Your Fashion Week Questions, including information on what to wear, what to take, & how to spot celebrities. Though this was my favourite part…

Q.There are many questions in this world, but none so mystifying as the walk of the male model. It is too stiff and weird for words. Like a woody object has intruded on a posterior orifice. Why on earth do they do that?!

FUG GIRLS: Honestly, we’ll never understand why they stomp around like Eurotrash serial killers with wedgies….

V is for more than Virgin. I love me some Sera Beak. Oh yes.

Made in China — a whole bunch of amazing Chinese photoshoots. I like the Olympics one especially.

(Sorry for the weird formatting! Fixed now!)

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Carousel -- Week Ending 29th August 2008

[ 28 August 2008, 18:05 ]

Photo by chloeohchloe.

Happy Friday!

Instructables is a weird site. I kind of like it though. Check out their guides on how to make out, how to talk to an ex & how to sleep with a friend!

Secrets Of A Hipster Hooker from Radar Online. An amazing article!

“I meet my madam for the first time at a vegan restaurant in New York’s East Village…”

From the best of Craigslist: You wouldn’t get this from any other guy ;D

For those of you who like to snuggle up with high fashion, I believe the Karl Lagerfeld teddy-bear is for you!

One of the weirdest/coolest art installations I’ve ever seen, care of Lou Lou: deer-stuffed cupcakes!

More KL mania — Karl Lagerfeld: Pose maketh the man from the Times Online.

The Poster List. I just discovered this & it looks like the ideal site to hit if you want to decorate your digs on the cheap.

I am mad on Etsy at the moment. Here is my list of favourite items — lots of treasures! Do you have a favourites page on Etsy too? Link us!

People in New York like to talk about Michael Jackson... & picking up! (Giggles a plenty, I tell you!)

& finally, I love Miles Aldridge!

Have a magnificent day & an awe-inspiring weekend!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 22nd August 2008

[ 21 August 2008, 19:06 ]

Photo by Marcus Ohlsson.

Quality, not quantity… Oh yes! Happy Friday, everyone!

How To Survive Art School from Mooky Chick!

Violet Blue writes about online burlesque classes! Perfection!

Yoko Ono’s SOUND PIECE VI & SOUND PIECE IX. (I love her.)

Thinking about sharing a hotel room with Nubby Twiglet (I booked it yesterday!) encouraged me to seek out this cute post of hers from the start of the year: Mastering the Art of Bed Jumping!

More Nubby-inspired madness… As I was trying to hunt out a lovely vintage birthday party dress, I stumbled upon this guide to the best online vintage shops! Goldmine!

Amazing shirt & tie combinations for brave men!

I want to travel with you from Exploding Dog.

Pole-dancing loveliness, also via Violet Blue!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 15th August 2008

[ 14 August 2008, 16:24 ]

Photo courtesy of Nadine, unofficial iCiNG mother hen! xxx

Goooooood morning! Welcome to Friday! Here are some links to get you out of zombie work mode & into ridiculous, happy mode!

Guess what?! Tim Burton is going to re-make Alice! & this is your Alice! So exciting!

There’s a gallery of literary tattoos at Contrariwise… Fun for book nerds!

I really like The Feel Good Revolution, started by two nonpareils with a purpose! Check this out. That’s good stuff.

I found 100 Acorns via The Feel Good Revolution — how did I not know about this?! SQUEAL! I love Yoko!

“It’s been 44 years since my book of conceptual instructions, GRAPEFRUIT was first published in 1964. On 15 June 1968, John Lennon & I planted two acorns for peace at Coventry Cathedral. It was the first of our many Peace ‘Events’. In the summer of 1996, I picked up from where I left off, and wrote 100 ACORNS. Starting on the 40th anniversary of the Acorn Peace Event on 15 June 2008, I will publish here an ‘Acorn’ every day for 100 days. After each day of sharing the instructions, you should feel free to question, discuss, and/or report what your mind tells you.

I’m just planting the seeds.

Have fun.

Love, yoko
June 2008”

Ask a call girl — real high-class escorts review the show Secret Diary Of A Call Girl (which I quite like, by the way).

This is the cutest thing ever. “Every Sunday Rosie takes an image in England and i take one in America, and we put ourselves together, even if it is just in a photo.”

BEST T-SHIRT EVER. Eckhart Is My Homeboy designed by the super-cute & totally awesome Philip of Loving Raw! (I have a crush. Haha.) He also did this video: Juice Feasting Secrets Revealed!

Want anime eyes? Now they can be yours!

Take the OkCupid (my new obsession) online dating persona test! It’s been around for years but it never gets old, really…

Kris Atomic’s post 10 Things To Love is absolutely adorable. Mmmmmmwah!

An interview with Ophira & Tali, the AstroTwins!

That’d Be Like Going Back to a Life Without Gossip Girl from Overheard in NYC. (I can relate! After experiencing the pure joy of my Helio Ocean, my little Nokia totally doesn’t cut it anymore!)

I know I always say I’ll never watch it again, but… well… here are the America’s Next Top Model Cycle 11 participants. I like the look of Analeigh, Elina, Marjorie (hello Agyness!) & McKey. Whaddaya say?

The Pill Makes Women Pick Bad Mates. Très intéressant!

A special treat for Virgos: someone has transcribed all the Virgo entries of The Secret Language of Birthdays for your perusal! Check your birthday & see if you agree with what it says!

The love pool on Flickr is totally cute.

How To End A Relationship by Tina of Think Simple Now. I think she & I have been living parallel lives — & you better believe we’ve discussed it!

Behold: Ask Nubby #10: The Art of Closet Organization!

10 Practical Uses For Psychological Research in Everyday Life including how to detect a lie, how to persuade others & how to avoid getting scammed!

Money & the Law of Attraction by Steve Pavlina.

Now, I have an exciting announcement! Dear Melbourne nonpareils! If you’d like to meet some other iCiNG readers in your fair city, a fabulous girl called Antonia has organised a picnic for you! It’s on Sunday August 24th at 1pm in the gardens by Captain Cook’s Cottage (near Flinders Street). The theme is pink — & the food & dress code will be too! There will cupcakes from Sugadeaux (best cupcakes in the entire world, in my opinion!) & Antonia is going to donate $2 for everyone who comes along to breast cancer ribbon day! Amazing! If you can bring something along, like crackers, cheese, plates or a blanket, that would be awesome & a huge help! To RSVP, please email Antonia by Friday the 22nd — that way she can organise the goody bags (!!!) & catering! She will be wearing a pink ostrich feather coat & a lovely smile, so go out & make some super-cute friends! I wish I could attend, but I will be there in spirit, I promise!

A song made from Alice In Wonderland sounds…
I am a fan.

& a question for the day. How many rappers do you think own rhyming dictionaries? Answers on a postcard if you please!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 8th August 2008

[ 7 August 2008, 17:44 ]

...With your host, Clara Bow!

24 Hours Of Flickr happens today, Friday the 8th of August! Take a photo of your life today (or tomorrow, dear Americans) & share it in the Flickr 888 group. Yay!

Patrick Demarchelier & Gemma Ward for Vogue India. Pretty. Shiny. Good.

Nogoodforme interviews Francesca Lia Block! Yay!

Dealing with email overload? Keep your responses to five sentences or less! This is pretty much something I have had to implement, even before I read it, because otherwise I would spend my entire life digging through my inbox. Anyway, it’s an interesting read, have a look.

I love the crazy broads at Coilhouse. They’re putting together a magazine, did you know? The Making Of A Magazine: Coilhouse Issue 01 is a cool behind-the-scenes peek. Craigslist Ad For Super Mario Bros Sex is pretty amazing, too.

The scariest cakes I have ever seen. & I don’t say that lightly!

Rich People Rooftops NYC is a Flickr set of, well, you probably already guessed, but the finest-lookin’ rooftops on offer in NYC. Some of them look pretty great. I still have a special fondness for my one, though!

Watermelon pink nail polish for everyone!

Twitter seems to have sorted itself out so I am back to encouraging everyone I know to sign up again! Twitter has been a great source of joy to me this last week, so make an account & follow me & HAVE FUN!

Mary-Kate Olsen for Elle UK.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 1st August 2008

[ 31 July 2008, 19:49 ]

Wow, it’s August already! How bizarre is that?!

This is another little Carousel — but I’m going for a quality over quantity thing here!

I love 5ives. Five more terrible fake reality TV shows, Five rejected names for “Cooter” on The Dukes of Hazzard, Five terrible fake astronomical pickup lines, Five “Web 2.0″ ways to break up with your boyfriend, Five rejected names for a single-serving meal product & Five things that should be issued to every American on his or her 14th birthday.

Bedposted is one of the most interesting things I’ve seen in a long time. It’s a web 2.0 application designed to give you insight into your sex life… Any takers?

“Simply log in after every time you have sex and fill out a few simple fields. Before long, you’ll have a rolling history of your sex life on which to reflect.”

Violet Blue, perennial girl crush, writes about how to get your (sexual) groove back. 5 handy tips to get yo’ motor running!

Joy sent me this link to Yeondoo Jung’s photography where he recreated children’s illustrations. So dreamy & surreal, I love it!

A lovely piece from my future wife… Ask Nubby #9: Rocking your Style with Confidence!

Australians, get involved in Cupcake Day For The RSPCA! Or else! Behold my threatening hand movements!

Wishcraft the book, online for free! (Thank you, Anne Anne!)

I love this outfit on The Sartorialist. I know not everyone will agree, but I think it is 100% fabulous. The exceptionally high quality photograph doesn’t hurt either, though…

A collection of queen-themed photos. I like! Whee!

Alright sweet-pea; enjoy your weekend!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 25th July 2008

[ 25 July 2008, 00:31 ]

The smallest Carousel ever, perhaps! Made for super-short people, or just those of us with a lot to do! Here we go… Feel free to add anything neat you’ve found to the list!

How to Write With Style by Kurt Vonnegut.

Lagerfeld Discusses His Childhood in a New Documentary. From what I saw in Lagerfeld Confidential, his upbringing sounded fairly dysfunctional. I love me some Karl, though, so I can’t wait! Whee!

On that note, look at Karl Lagerfeld’s Guide To Life, otherwise known as someone-pretending-to-be-Karl-Lagerfeld & blogging about it. It’s funny. I like it.

Welcome To The Jungle. Preach it, Ms Beak!

Oooooh! 10 Most Amazing Ghost Towns (thanks, Dhru!)...

“Its population flourished for decades, with residents building labyrinthine corridors above the street level, which was clogged with trash. The buildings grew so tall that sunlight couldn’t reach the bottom levels and the entire city had to be illuminated with fluorescent lights. It was a place where brothels, casinos, opium dens, cocaine parlors, food courts serving dog meat and secret factories ran unmolested by authorities.”

...From that same site, I also found paper sculptures from single sheets of A4 & 12 funniest fortune cookies. Haha.

Oh! Oh oh oh! I’m so excited! Rachel Zoe’s show is go! I can’t wait to see it.

“Bravo has announced The Rachel Zoe Project, a new reality series starring celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe and her team of fashion experts as they attempt to take their business to the next level, will premiere Monday, September 8 at 11PM ET/PT.”

David Byrne + Dizzee Rascal + censorship = a good time!

That’s it! Damn internet, what’s UP wit choo lately?!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 18th July 2008

[ 18 July 2008, 02:25 ]

A few little things to keep you occupied!

Pretties: Tank Girl (yes!); AnOther magazine (you might recognise it from yesterday’s TiLT) & androgyny is hot from Vogue Germany.

Overheard in New York — oh, I love it.

How To Know if You’re Living Your Life on Purpose With Passion – 11 Key Tell Tale Signs from The One Question.

Those of you who regularly participate in Things I Love Thursday or other gratitude exercises will know this already, but How Gratitude Can Change Your Life is still a pretty neat article!

Mind Your Language is totally worth reading — all about how the words we say impact on our mental & emotional states.

Sleeping Around Craigslist is an interesting article about seeking out casual sex online.

Living A Day In Grace from DailyOM…

“Imagine how it would feel to live an entire day in grace, to fully appreciate that your day is unfolding in absolute perfection. Whereas usually you might miss the magic in ordinary events and interactions, on this day you would recognize them all as little miracles.”

Nubby writes How I Became A Twitter Addict (And Why You Should, Too!). Featuring a video of her signing up for the site on my computer in my living room! Oh, the excitement! (I just had No Impact Man over to my place & we signed him up for Twitter at 1am! He is here! Can I get a kickback, Twitter?!)

Writer’s block impeding your will to live? Dumb Little Man spills 11 Ways To Generate Ideas For Your Blog. What a champ!

How To Say Nothing In 500 Words — truly magnificent if you want to bolster your writing skills.

How To Earn Your First Love Dollar by Steve Pavlina. Dear everyone in an unsatisfying job, please read this!

Personal psychology insights: theories on emotion, friendship, power & persuasion. Very cool & extremely useful.

Have an amazing weekend!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 11th July 2008

[ 11 July 2008, 10:58 ]

We Bite Back is at the very top of today’s Carousel because it’s important & awesome, & thank you so much, Eli, for linking me! Viz:

“Post-Pro-ana has finally arrived. This is the site that comes after the madness. We represent a worldwide virtual network of people proactively seeking recovery and happiness with the same dedication that proanas apply to seeking lower goal weights. We are striving to Postmodernize the online eating disorder community by challenging the pro-ana metanarrative. Stop shaming yourself for seeking support on eating disorder forums, and instead seek out one that strives to remain positive! We’ve got our wits, and we can take control of our lives by making better choices for ourselves. Sign up and read for yourself how many people are turning their lives around. Choose to be a success story yourself.”

Alice in Wonderland style from Hello Cocoa. Tooooooo cute.

Smaggle Style shows us how to make a necklace out of laddered stockings & tights — looks cool, too!

Raw desserts! I like the sound of raw-ified Ferrero Rocher (mmmm) & those caramello bars look good too…

Renewable clothing. Some people in the comments are all, “That isn’t reusable, what about the pens?!?!”, but I say, lighten up! It’s an amazing idea regardless! Looks fabulous.

Fashion-Ation is the brand spanking new fashion counterpart to The Cool Hunter. I like it very much, & I think you will too.

What benefits have you seen while raw? A discussion on the Give It To Me Raw forums.

Daphne Guinness is a stylish broad.

Pretties! Not many, but oooh, they’re good… BACK TO THE FUSCHIA (Jem-inspired!); Miles Aldrige’s Cabaret & finally, Tom Ford in Mr. Sex (totally not safe for work)!

Get your ashes hauled, get your leather stretched, get your noodle wet, get your oil changed… all this & more, when you read George Carlin’s sex euphemisms!

8 destructive thinking patterns and how to change them & 7 ways to be more spiritual without being religious are both pretty interesting reads.

6 Mistakes That Blew Up Your Job Interview & Michael Jordan’s 10 Secrets To Reaching the Top from Dumb Little Man, one of my all-time favourites.

Tina Su writes about How To Keep A Relationship.

...& if her advice doesn’t work, check out How To Cope When You Lose An ‘Anchor’ from We The Change!

A fabulous apartment in Brooklyn... with a catch. “BEDROOM MUST BE SHARED WITH APPROX. 700 LB. ADULT MALE SILVERBACK GORILLA...”

Fall Trends from WhoWhatWearDaily. Mmmm, pretty…

Oh, & in case you’re not sure (!), you can measure your happiness in various areas! Lots of fun! You can also test your strengths. Mine…

Always
Creativity [originality, ingenuity], perspective [wisdom], vitality [zest, enthusiasm, vigor, energy], social intelligence [emotional intelligence, personal intelligence], leadership, appreciation of beauty and excellence [awe, wonder, elevation], gratitude, humor [playfulness]

Usually
Curiosity [interest, novelty-seeking, openness to experience], open-mindedness [judgment, critical thinking], love of learning, bravery [valor], integrity [authenticity, honesty], love, kindness [generosity, nurturance, care, compassion, altruistic love, “niceness”], fairness, hope [optimism, future-mindedness, future orientation].

Half the time
Persistence [perseverance, industriousness], citizenship [social responsibility, loyalty, teamwork], humility/modesty (haha), prudence, self-regulation [self-control]

Occasionally
Forgiveness and mercy

Never/Rarely
Spirituality [religiousness, faith, purpose]

Okay, that’s all I’ve got! Enjoy your weekend!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 4th July 2008

[ 4 July 2008, 00:05 ]

Photo by asmundur.

Happy 4th of July, Americans! (& everyone else… if there is a notable lack of fireworks in your life today, make an effort to be super-bright, electric & fabulous!) I’ve never been in the United States for the 4th of July, so I’m trying to mentally prepare myself for what may come!

That having been said, here are the most intriguing things I’ve found online this week!

I recently found Think Arete, a mailing list, which I joined. It’s kind of like Notes From The Universe in that you get one every day. If you’re interested, this is their manifesto (& what persuaded me to sign up): Think Arete: The Manifesto.

Hidden Gardens of Paris from the New York Times. Ooh la la, & all that!

Best Famous Quotes from Litemind. Obviously, it’s all subjective, but there are some goodies…

“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.” — John Ruskin

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” — Oscar Wilde

Dear Eckhart (aka coolest man ever): If you only live in the now, what would stop someone who is in a relationship or marriage from resisting the temptation to have sex with anyone who is attractive but who is not his/her partner? After all, if you are in the now and see someone attractive, you want to have sex with them now?

“As long as you want something from another (such as sex), are you present? Or are you seeking to reach some point in the future that promises fulfillment? (And thereby making the present moment as well as the other person into a means to an end.) All wanting implies that the future is more desirable than the present, does it not?”

Moleskine mods for the organisation-obsessed.

A Flickr set of Japanese matchbox labels. It sounds odd, I know, but it is strangely appealing!

How To Make Raw Food EASY! from Kristen’s Raw.

JewelryRecipes.com — how to projects, patterns & techniques! Wooha! Thanks, Tina!

Yay, it’s a new month! Check out what the universe has in store for you courtesy of Astro Barry, Astro Style & AstrologyZone!

Truly amazing bento boxes. I mean, truly.

Simon Doonan (creative director of Barneys New York) is hilarious & fabulous in equal amounts. Check out what he wrote about Cire Trudon candles! “If you love intrigue & guillotines…” Too brilliant. The candles sound alright too!

What do you think of the new Prada flares? I am a MAJOR FAN. I love flares with all my heart. I can’t wait to see whether the high street follows Prada’s lead.

Wow. The future is now. Coloured bubbles! Watch a video here! I want some so badly!

Exploding Dog: if I’m not back in an hour, go on without me.

I wrote a Style Snapshot for Rachel of A Material World — basically, an explanation of why I dressed the way I did on one particular day! Hope you enjoy it!

Get Weird Go Pro is one of my new favourite music blogs. Remixes posted with alarming regularity. Fabulous.

20 Ways To Attack Shyness by Ms Tina Su. Quiet people the world over, cheer be excited in your own quiet way!

Winona solves some bathing suit “issues” with her usual wit & charm. I really do get the impression that Winona would make an awesome girlfriend, don’t you?

Fashion Hayley gives her sartorial tips for curvy girls.

If you are one of the few people in the world who has not yet seen Courtney Love’s boobs (I think there are approximately… seven of you), now’s your chance to join the rest of us! Officially, though, this is a shoot for POP magazine. Do I even need to tell you this is NSFW?!

Blue hair, high heels & iCiNG sugar is an mp3 of the interview I had yesterday morning with Tera Warner of The Raw Divas! She asked me all kinds of questions, & I loved her for it — the interview had me beaming from start to finish. Her enthusiasm & energy is contagious!

& finally, WhoWhatWearDaily are giving away an Elizabeth & James mini-wardrobe! Yum! I can’t say no to that… Good luck!

I think my mind is officially blown.

LOVE.

I really want to do this!

A Tom Waits press conference.

Have an incredible weekend! MWAH!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 27th June 2008

[ 27 June 2008, 11:08 ]

Photograph by lush bella.

Here are some of the best things I’ve found while trawling the internet this week. Enjoy!

Ask The Readers: Best Off-The-Wall Productivity Tips from Zenhabits. The most exciting thing to me is how many of the comments are about letting go of expectation, being present, & just allowing your work to flow. We are living in an amazing time, you know?

Sera Beak, who I wrote about a few days ago, wrote this piece, Beauty-Full, at the start of the month. It’s about how much value we put on our appearance, & about replacing untrue messages in our own minds with truth! It’s a really good read, & in fact, it is what convinced me to go & see her speak.

The Potent Quotables section of Spinner.com is hilarious. It’s basically collection of the most unusual, inflammatory or just plain remarkable quotes from celebrities. For example,

“There are a limited amount of years where you can wear tight jeans. There comes a point where whether you can or not, you shouldn’t.” — Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots)

“We met the Pussycat Dolls. They were really… hot. I was going to say ‘nice,’ but the first thing I noticed was that they were hot.” — Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords)

Mmmm, plastic people by Eugenio Recuenco!

20 Weird English Words from The List Universe. Erinaceous! Finnimbrun! Inaniloquent! MUNGO! I love it! Rock out with your pleonastic self!

On that note, How’s Your Vocabulary?

Also from The List Universe: Top 10 Weird Al Yankovic Songs, Top 20 Cool Facts About New Zealand (hee!), Top 10 Bizarre Artworks (I’ve seen the first two!) & Top 10 Bizarre Mustaches! (I love moustaches, if I was a man I would grow a HUGE one!)

Relationships – True Love and the Transcendence of Duality from Eckhart Tolle. I thought this was interesting to the point of obscenity! I love Eckhart’s words & thoughts, they make my brain spin in a good way.

Here’s a video of Patricia Field being interviewed by Amanda Miller on ABC news.

On the subject of Patricia Field, my cupcake dress — the one I wore to the Louis Vuitton preview — is now for sale on the Patricia Field website! (& it comes in blue, too!)

Blue is the colour if you have mental illness... apparently!

Dhrumil says, Stop playing into conspiracy theories & take real action — & I couldn’t agree more.

If you’re a fan of those quiet early hours, this sweet new Livejournal community, ofmornings, might just be your cup of tea.

I recently discovered garance doré, a new street-style site from France. The pictures are gorgeous. I like to read the words out loud to myself — speaking in French, I think, is one of life’s greatly underestimated pleasures — & then squint & ponder & try to decode it. Good practice!

Time to kill? Check out The Daily Meme for surveys out the wazoo.

Now that Twitter appears to have bitten the dust, I think Plurk is the only sane option. Sign up, & add me!

Cute visual candy:

Crazy Horse Saloon
(So hypnotic!)

Bat For Lashes – What’s A Girl To Do?

Have a fabulous Friday!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 20th June 2008

[ 20 June 2008, 09:54 ]

Photo by unaerica. BUNNYMUNCH!

I’m actually feeling kind of bunnyriffic in general today. I would love to have one as a pet. Anyway, I can’t help myself… here is some CUTE to fill your day with joy!

1. Mornin’, 2. Easter Bunny or Guinea pig ?, 3. Macro-Bunny, 4. fukusuke-pon 福助ぽん.

Alright! Now onto your weekly dose of distraction!

Karl Lagerfeld’s High Fashion photoshoot. I love this, it’s so classic & elegant.

Learn to fold an origami heart! Eeeee! Definitely a worthwhile project.

Interior decorating — Sex & The City style. Even though I didn’t adore the movie, this is still a very interesting article!

Cities & Ambition by Paul Graham. “Great cities attract ambitious people. You can sense it when you walk around one. In a hundred subtle ways, the city sends you a message: you could do more; you should try harder. The surprising thing is how different these messages can be. New York tells you, above all: you should make more money. There are other messages too, of course. You should be hipper. You should be better looking. But the clearest message is that you should be richer. ... When you ask what message a city sends, you sometimes get surprising answers.”

The fantastic Winona of Daddy Likey is giving away a Prada wallet — all you have to do is write a fashion haiku! Go, go!

From the lovely Nubby Twiglet: It’s Not About Them, It’s About You: How To Keep A Positive Perspective in Your Life. She has a good brain, that girl!

Rachel Kramer Bussel of Cupcakes Take The Cake (& the world of erotica) fame interviewed Jess of Sugadeaux cupcakes at the cupcake picnic last weekend. Too cute!

Monica of Ocker Zeal interviewed me last week — thanks ma’am!

The new issue of Prim magazine is out now — & the editor is only 14 years old! Incredible!

The Positivity Blog is still kicking ass & taking names. Have a read of A Seven-Point Checklist For Lifting Yourself Up & Out Of A Bad Day & Five Timeless Tips On Writing.

The 20 Biggest Online Time Wasters, and 6 Strategies for Beating Them... if you want to! From Dumb Little Man.

For anyone looking to expand their photographic repertoire, Digital Photography School has a piece on How To Do An Editorial Fashion Photography Spread. It’s an interesting insight into how much work actually goes into creating those editorials.

People in London! Run, don’t walk, to the Tim Walker exhibition at The Design Museum! He is one of the most incredible photographers ever (I wrote about him here), so you should go along & behold his fabulous work! (& then let me know how it went!)

& finally… Madonna’s Sex book — totally not safe for work!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 13th June 2008

[ 13 June 2008, 00:03 ]

It’s Friday the 13th! I love Friday the 13th! I think I will dress in black & do epic make-up & walk under as many ladders as possible. I encourage you to do the same! I hope none of you suffer from paraskavedekatriaphobia, though!

On that note…

I always wanted to be an Addams. For more creepy, kooky, mysterious & spooky fun, read Charles Addams: Master of the Macabre. Yay!

Now, onto more normal stuff!

Peek at some pictures! My favourites from the past week are the super-cute circus-themed photoshoot from Agent Provocateur; Dame de Paris from Harper’s Bazaar Russia, & photos by Christophe Kutner.

Andrew Blake: “Average Pornography Is Anti-Erotic” — an interview from BlackBook. My favourite pornographer speaks! (NSFW.)

Travelling Raw: The Survival Kit!

Marianne Williamson on A Course in Miracles.

I met a super-sweet graphic designer called Cynthia at the Sex & The City meet-up, & was delighted to discover her website, CMYKaboom! It’s a catalogue of her daily obsessions with lots of eye candy.

Past Notes is the website of someone who wishes not to be named, cough cough, but it’s such a cool concept. She has taken notes that were passed to her in school, typed them up & then written a commentary — who it was from, what the circumstances surrounding the note were, etc. I’ve really enjoyed reading it so far, it’s quite engrossing. It makes me think about all the notes I collected through school, though honestly most of them were pornographic or my best friend talking about how much she hated her parents & how cool Courtney Love was… haha!

Naomi sent me a link to the Helmut Newton Machine Topshop gallery. I LOVE it!

An interview by Guy Kawasaki that revolves around how to escape corporate America (or corporate anywhere, for that matter). If your job drives you to despair, this is for you!

Urgent Personal Finance Advice from Seth Godin. Read it. Promise me you’ll read it!

Tim Ferriss writes about travelling in Tokyo — how to do it like a pro & on the cheap. Read Hacking Japan: Inside Tokyo For Less Than New York part one & then part two.

If there’s a road trip in your future, check out NPR’s Road Trip: Songs To Drive By section.

Gala Mania! I was recently interviewed by Tim Hurley for MyBedHead about my wild shock of hair in the mornings! Have a read, it was a really fun interview. I was also interviewed by Lisa Clark for Pink World, about being a writer, what inspires me & my travelling essentials! Eeee! & Trend & The City, an Italian fashion blog, did one of those “steal her style” articles on me at Fashion Home-Made: Gala Darling, which totally cuted me out!

My friend Andrew recently started a site called Life Sans. He says, “Sometimes, less is more. I firmly believe that you can improve your quality of life by carefully limiting what’s included in it. This site is about living without certain things, either permanently or as an experiment. It’s based in part on my own experiences and experiments, and partly on the experiences of others that I read about. It’s also about things your life should not be without, those things that enhance the quality of your life.” Pretty cool, right? Here are two articles he’s written that I really like, & you might too: Step Outside Your Comfort Zone & Into A Whole New You & Working A Day Job Without It Eating Your Life.

Heat sensitive paint. WOW. The human mind is a truly magnificent thing.

Mike’s Amazing Cakes. It almost disturbs me what people can do with fondant, these days… P.S. The site has automatic music (major pet peeve!), so if you’re at work, turn down your speakers.

Unicorns are real! BELIEVE!

How To Build Relationships with Dr Oz & Keith Ferrazzi (whose book I am still reading).

We all love Winona. Why? Your answer: Don’t Show-cha Your Chocha, Volume XII & her alternative father’s day gift guide. Winona’s dad sounds very cool. I’m hardly surprised.

Black metal baking via Coilhouse. Too awesome for words!

Writers’ rooms: Roald Dahl is fascinating. Where did he write Matilda, The Witches & Charlie & The Chocolate Factory? Now you know. I love Roald Dahl so much. In fact, if I had a child I might consider calling it Dahl. THAT is how much I love him. Also, we share a birthday. It is my secret connection to him. There are other writers’ rooms here but most of those people don’t interest me as much!

DailyOM was on fire this week! (As in, super-hot content, not flames & whatnot!) I like this piece very much: The Death & Rebirth Of Self.

...& if you really need some distraction today, watch the movie Dark Days, available free to watch here on Google Video. It’s about the homeless people who live underground in New York City. If you don’t anything about the subject, read the Wikipedia page, check The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City out of the library (it is one of the most engrossing & fascinating books I’ve ever read) & educate yo’ damn self!

Enjoy your day, my boisterous, bootylicious, beatific beauties!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 6th June 2008

[ 6 June 2008, 00:00 ]

Happy Friday, moons & spoons!

Yummy aesthetics: A selection of photographs by Simon Lekias; ditto Tara Darby; here’s a Tom Ford advertising campaign by Terry Richardson (yes, of course there is nudity); Yohji Yamamoto advertising campaigns; a colourful & FABULOUS editorial from Dazed & Confused; & Phillippe Salomon rocks my world.

A Woman In Full, a feature on Angelina Jolie from Vanity Fair. (I love Ms. Jolie.)

It’s as if the Jolie-Pitts are pioneering a new genre of family, with children from every global hot spot and parents who are beautiful and famously not married. “People have made a lot out of it that we’re not,” she said, “but we both have been married before, and it’s very easy to get married, but it’s not easy to build a family and be parents together.”

Sex & The City: A Product Placement Roundup from Vanity Fair Daily. Honestly, the product placement bugged me. Now I know why.

The liberating effect of failure from CNN Money.

I saw the image on this article — Independent Fashion Bloggers: Your Turn — & knew I had to link it in my carousel. What a delightful surprise to see that Jennine mentions iCiNG as an example! I am very flattered… & of course, I totally agree with her!

Nubby asks, Does Your Stuff Define Who You Are? Check out the commentary, too.

Shay emailed me about this cool DIY project: How To Make Cupcake Bath Fizzies. What could be better than a cupcake in the bath?

...Wait, I can answer that! Cupcakes dancing! Azalea recommended this video in her comment on Things I Love Thursday, & it is SO incredible that I just had to share…

Sark’s e-letter for June is all about doing things badly, more often! It’s very charming. Read it now!

Neo-Martha from the Oktavia community. Cute easy decorating ideas, yay!

If you liked my piece from Wednesday — Marianne Williamson’s quote & my added bits — you will be in equal amounts of rapture watching Lindsey Markel read it. WOW!

Songza is “the music search engine”. Ooh la la! The possibilities! It’s really cool. Enjoy!

Norman Vincent Peale’s Top 10 Positive Pearls of Wisdom from the Positivity Blog.

Seth Godin’s email checklist. Read it! Learn it! Live it!

How To Take A Mini-Retirement: Tips & Tricks from (who else?) Timothy Ferriss.

I just found this girl, Julia Nunes on Youtube. She plays covers of songs on her ukelele. Sometimes she uses a tissue box & a wooden spoon as percussion. She is good & has a cute personality. Listen/watch! It will make you smile!

& finally, Tina Su writes The Panacea For Putting Things Off — something I think we can all relate to!

Enjoy your Friday!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 30th May 2008

[ 30 May 2008, 00:00 ]

Photo by Shereen M.

Happy Sex & The City day! (I’m a huge nerd! Ahem. I can’t wait to go, I can’t wait to go!)

Musique! You’ll need to join the community, but if you’ve ever wanted to hear the Sex & The City soundtrack or the playlists of Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis & Cynthia Nixon, ljmixtape is your new best friend! (Kristin’s mix is my favourite!)

Patricia Field on Her Favorite ‘Sex’ Outfits and SJP’s Crazy Hat from New York Magazine.

Sloppy Seconds: Are you still going to the tired hangouts mentioned in Sex and the City way back when? We’ll help you update your obsession.

& on the flipside… How Sex Ruined New York City. (The comments are pretty funny, too.)

Okay, those are all my SATC links!

Karl Lagerfeld talks politics. God, I love him. LOVE HIM!

I have a new Muxtape for you! Yum-o-rama! Enjoy… !

“What I love about New York is that you can find somebody to yell at you when you deserve it. You can be the biggest swell on Fifth Avenue. But if you piss off the guy at the corner market, he’s gonna tell you about it.” — Michael J. Fox

No Impact Man is on a mission & he needs your help!

I love Oprah. I think she is awesome, especially given her current committment to eating vegan for the next 21 days! (More info here.) But I like this article, too: Oprah’s Top 7 Tips For Creating The Life You Want, from the Positivity Blog. I mean, you can’t say she doesn’t know how to manifest an amazing life — look at what she’s done! It’s so exciting to me to watch her growth & development, especially because she is such a position of enormous influence. Say what you like about her, but she is making huge positive steps & pulling America along with her. It’s fantastic. Kudos, Oprah!

Spiritual Being — Physical Experience & Taking Another Look — Importance of Second Chances are both insightful reads from DailyOM.

Want to know my stance on porn? NZGirl has the goss!

I love Stephanie Simek. She emailed me the other day to tell me about her newest design, the illuminated sea cookie pin. She says, “The sea cookie, a member of the sand dollar family, is back lit by a white LED. When turned on, the light illuminates all of the creature’s natural patterns and intricacies. This pin is approximately 1 inch in diameter and comes with 3 sets of replaceable batteries.” ...I WANT ONE. Exclamation point!

Emily linked me to He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died, which is engrossing & sad & inspiring, all at the same time.

Colorstrology! This was recommended to me by Amika, & I love it! It basically links your birthday, your personality & colour together: very cool. They all seem really accurate, I checked my boyfriend’s & both my parents’. Mine says…

“BERYL GREEN, Pantone 16-5515. Determined, knowledgeable, quickwitted. You have a strong & determined nature. A mundane life is not for you. It is important for you to connect with others & exchange information. You have a way with words & whether writing or speaking, you are able to captivate an audience by telling a good story. Your personal color represents good fortune. Wearing, meditating or surrounding yourself with Beryl Green aids in receptivity & opens your heart to love & companionship.”

& finally, raw stuff! Antony, everyone’s favourite raw model, writes about nettles in Central Park. (He loves to forage!) Dhrumil talks about food, relationships & acceptance. You should totally watch it — Dhrumil is constantly amazing & insightful. & here’s a video of Daniel Vitalis — one of the most interesting & enthusiastic people I’ve ever met!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 23rd May 2008

[ 23 May 2008, 01:55 ]

From New York Magazine: How to Get Tinsley Mortimer’s Face in Just Fifteen Steps — well, if that’s something you want! There’s also a video of the Superhero Fashion exhibit at the Met, for those of you who can’t get there or just want a closer look! (I went last week, it was amazing.) & finally, an incredible apartment: “Every surface in the south-facing apartment, with the exception of the DDC couch and chairs, is reflective. “At night you can see the taxicabs in the ceiling,” says Christopher Coleman. “On the 39th floor!””

Guy Kawasaki interviews Darren Rowse about blogging. Two great people rolled up into one article — bring on the applause!

Trusting In The Universe by the fantastic Philip McCluskey, who is just as incredible in real life as you would expect.

Rebel Romance: Sarah Jessica Parker & Chris Noth (aka Carrie Bradshaw & Mr Big) shoot for Vogue, by Annie Leibovitz. (& an accompanying article.)

For Nikki, who asked me what No Impact Man & I spoke about, & anyone else who is interested, he wrote a little piece about meeting me: Sustainable living as a practice rather than morality lesson. (Yup — as you can tell, we got along! He’s a total champ!)

As a follow-up to my recent Moleskine inspiration article, Shannon sent me this link to customised Moleskines — yum yum!

Last Saturday I went out street-style hunting with Craig of Altamira NYC. It was so much fun; we trawled around Soho, Nolita, the Meatpacking District & the West Village in a quest for the hottest outfits on the street. It was amazing though, I never realised how much work it is! I always thought street-style photographers might nip out for a couple of hours, get a bunch of shots & then call it a day. Not so! We walked for hours & while he did capture some exceptional outfits, they were few & far between! Even in the trendiest parts of NYC... ! He does a magnificent job, so you should check out his website, wink wink, but I commend him (& all street-style photographers!) for the hard work & perseverance it requires!

This girl is 16 & has style that puts, well, pretty much everyone to shame! Wow.

Dhrumil talks about falling still, meditation & the present moment. I really like this video — he’s so cool & genuine. Much love & respec’! Watch & enjoy the message as well as his perfectly-groomed facial hair! Seriously, it is impressive, right?!

Really cool photographs from Nadav Kander.

Standing Versus Sitting — I found this link via Dhrumil, it’s a short piece by a guy who thinks he is much more productive when he stands up at his computer instead of sitting down… I am so curious to test it out now!

San Francisco escorts: No ordinary johns. What kind of person do sex workers interact with? Violet Blue has the dish! (Ooh err.)

12 Traits of Successful Bloggers from Problogger.

Colourful photographs by Sandra Freij.

Tim Ferriss writes about ROWE — Results-Only Work Environment, parts 1 & 2. Show your boss & change your life!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 16th May 2008

[ 16 May 2008, 11:19 ]

Shortest Carousel ever! Literally! May I attempt to placate you with a photo of myself sitting in Alice’s lap? (This statue is in Central Park & is a must-see if you’re ever in the city.)

Yummy pictures: Edita Vilkeviciute by Solve Sunsbo (dots & stripes & patterns with light!); Olga Sherer is beautiful (NSFW); a lovely cyborg-esque girl by Ruven Afanador; Karen Elson & Steven Meisel in a circus-themed shoot for Vogue Italia, & Clemence Poesy by Ellen Von Unwerth for Lula.

Oh do you know the Fifi Lapin, the Fifi Lapin, the Fifi Lapin? Oh do you know the Fifi Lapin, who lives on Drury Lane? (To be sung to the tune of Do You Know The Muffin Man, of course!) A bunny in the latest designer duds? Count me in!

Guy Kawasaki shares his favourite things from the Maker Faire in San Mateo.

Tina Su is fantastic. She recently left the United States for India, where she was trialing out Tim Ferriss’ “mini-retirement” idea. However, the reality was not all that she dreamed it would be. The Mini-Retirement Misconception is an absolute must-read for anyone who feels like all they want to do is travel! I promise!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 9th May 2008

[ 9 May 2008, 09:48 ]

Yummy pictures! Subaquatic Beauty from Numero Tokyo; photographs by Therese Aldgard; a Jimmy Choo advertising shoot (but most interesting are the behind-the-scenes pictures); Siri Tollerad by Miles Aldridge (mmm, colour!); Liselotte Watkins (gorgeous); Christina Ricci is beautiful.

The 18 Most Valuable Parts to Success from Dumb Little Man.

Body Language — tips & tricks. Recommended by Mark. Thanks, Mark!

Durian Magazine from Japan! Non-FRUiTS street fashion photography, very inspiring.

The Five Ps: Breaking Down Big Dreams Into Little Steps from The Simple Dollar.

Apartment Therapy tour of Sharilyn Wright’s studio in Vancouver. Sharilyn owns Lovely Design, & it really is lovely. Have a look!

21 Ways to Shoot Better Photographs — lots of great tips!

How To Pass For A Native New Yorker, thanks to Eden! I love this one: A New Yorker never waits on line for a cupcake. !!!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 2nd May 2008

[ 1 May 2008, 18:31 ]

Photos by anniebee.

Aw. It’s the littlest Carousel ever! Like those teeny tiny ones for children at airports! This one’s better though — your bum will fit, & no coins required!

On The Job: Cary Tennis, Salon.com’s long-running advice columnist, hit bottom so you don’t have to. (I love Cary & I found this article really interesting!)

The Pleasure Report — a podcast about sexuality in medicine, science & psychology. It’s by Dr Paul Joannides, the faaaabulous author who co-authored The Guide To Getting It On!, my favourite ever sex book. He’s great, & I love his sense of humour. Makes me so happy!

Photos by Aorta. I like.

10 Commandments for Dropping 10 Pounds & 10 Years from Dumb Little Man.

Aesop’s Top 7 Tips for Living a Happier Life!

Have you found any cool new blogs (or even started one yourself) that you think is worth passing on to your beloved nonpareils?

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Carousel -- Week Ending 25th April 2008

[ 24 April 2008, 18:10 ]

How To Deal With Hateful Comments On Your Blog — a post I wrote for Problogger in response to a reader question.

The Bloody Truth — feminine hygiene and the menstrual cycle. Not a pretty topic but pretty interesting!

Pictures! Photographs by Nico, lots of glamorous photos to get you in the mood for summer, David Lachapelle does disaster chic & Paradise Lost by Ellen Von Unwerth (NSFW).

Galliano lurve!

My friend Dr Hitchcock regularly interviews me for his radio show Mixtape Connection in Christchurch, & you can listen to it here! Woohoo!

If you want to watch Australia’s Next Top Model (which has just started airing over here), have a squizz! My favourites so far? Alexandra (loves fashion, is a bit of a snob [my favourite girls are always the arrogant ones on any Top Model show] & fell asleep with a book of Kafka on her head — totally gets my vote), Jamie (beautiful face), Caris (very pretty) & Leiden (really minxy). Who do you like?

I love Cary Tennis, forever & ever. My boyfriend won’t give me his apartment key & how can I get a writing job? (plus letters) are both good reads.

Look Book — A collection of New Yorker covers celebrating fashion & style, from the nineteen-twenties to today.

FFFOUND!

Ask Nubby #2: 13 Steps to a Successful Blog-Based Business... & she would know! Lots of Nubby love!

Oh, & if you want to be part of a study on blogger/reader relationships, a gal named Bo is doing a bit of research! Have a read of this…

“Do you have a favourite blogger that you want to talk about? I am an Honours student from the University of Queensland, Australia and I am conducting an email-based survey that looks at the experiences that blog readers have with their favourite bloggers. To take part in this research you cannot be a blogger yourself and you cannot know the blogger offline. Please note that for ethical and legal issues you MUST be 18+ years of age and an Australian Citizen to partake in this research. If this sounds like you and you would like to participate in this original and exciting research project then please email Bo. All inquiries are very much appreciated!”

We’re seeing Matt & Angela tomorrow… woohoo!

Your genes are not your fate!

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Carousel -- Week Ending 18th April 2008

[ 17 April 2008, 19:25 ]

I’m Going To Fashion Week! MTV follows three girls on their journey to fashion week in New York, also featuring sneaky appearances by everyone’s favourite scene queens, Hanna Beth & Audrey Kitching!

Monica sent me this very comprehensive guide to sugar in New York from Dessert First. Drool…

For those of you taking part in the iTC, but not sure what you want to achieve yet, you might like to check out Karen Knowler’s article on Why Your Home & Raw Journey Are So Connected. Download the PDF & try the activities!

In the mood for an international holiday? Those of you in Australia should enter this competition to go into the draw to win a $5000 trip for two to anywhere you want! (Phwoar.)

Things Every Man Should Own/Know/Hear — what do you think?

Dear God is a new project from The Coolhunter, consisting of people’s prayers, religious or not. It’s really interesting, & I’m not totally sure what I think about it yet.

If you have a blog, you might like to sign up for the RAINN fundraiser. There are awesome prizes for the best writing & it’s for an excellent cause!

Photobooths in movies & TV...

Nubby Twiglet waxes lyrical about typography: you have to love a girl with passion!

Magical Mystery Tour photoshoot from Jalouse magazine, courtesy of epinettes!

If you want new music, I suggest heading over to DJ Z-Trip’s download page. If you can only get one thing, go for the Uneasy Listening tracks — they are so brilliant, I could use a whole string of expletives to describe them. I used to listen to Volume One when I worked at Telecom, & since it went for an hour, it made me feel like the day was going faster. Plus, it’s amazing. So don’t say anything, just go & download it! Okay?!

More great music: A plus D do amazing mash-ups, as do DJ Earworm & DJ Magnet! Get on it!

Keri Smith’s Wish Jar blog is really cute. See also 10 ways to infuse your work with your personality & 100 ideas.

Seven Steps to Change the World. Yes ma’am!

6 Reasons to Visit the World’s Happiest Country, courtesy of Tim Ferriss.

10 ways history’s finest kept their focus at work — I love this article! It’s so interesting. I especially like the bit about people doing their best work in the morning or evening, I am discovering that I get practically nothing done in the afternoon, so I’m trying to structure my day a little differently!

Daring Do by Craig McDean, featuring Coco Rocha dressed as Catwoman, baby! It’s all about superhero style. So cool.

Dear Australians, Collette Dinnigan has designed a range of lingerie for Target, it went on sale yesterday & it is really lovely.

27 Thoughts On Blogging For The Artist, a guest post on Problogger. Too awesome. Love it.

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Carousel -- Week Ending 11th April 2008

[ 10 April 2008, 17:59 ]

Photo by yyellowbird.

Hot Gay Sex Is For Homophobes & WTF Is Feminist Porn?, Violet Blue’s most recent columns in the SF Chronicle.

The Positivity Blog is my new favourite place online! I especially like 16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School, Picasso’s Top 7 Tips for Creating an Exciting Life, Do You Make These 10 Mistakes In A Conversation? & 18 Ways To Improve Your Body Language. Awesome ++.

12 Rules for Getting a Grip on Massive ProBlogger Email by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits. Great tips for anyone who receives a lot of email, like, uh… me! Here’s what Darren Rowse did to get in control of his email: From 10000 to 0 Emails in an Inbox in 24 Hours.

An amazing photoshoot based on Maggie Gyllenhaal’s role in Secretary. Thanks, Julia!

Savvy Strategies for Seven Shopping Problems. Merci beaucoup, Carleen Bean!

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