wonderful friends make up for shite feelings.

males have a tendency to be problematic in my life, lately this has been no exception. Last night I was particularly down but these wonderful people picked me right back up on my feet.

WF1
"Honestly, he's all kinds of fucked up,"
"I'd prefer not to see you unhappy"

WF2
dropped by my work today with a box of chocolates and when I finished I found the best text,
"Just thought I'd say I hope you're feeling better than last night. Honestly you're fabulous and don't deserve to be unhappy! xo"


I know one of them reads this blog occasionally and the other doesn't but I thought they both deserved a rant on how much I appreciate them both. So I made a little I love you more than blank. Thanks guys for being genuinely fantastic.

Until next time,
much love
xoxo

Tradition.

This is a story for only those who were there could understand.

A favourite scene

I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's work, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot - I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad. You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, Goddamnit! My life has VALUE!' So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell, 'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell - 'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!... You've got to say, 'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Then we'll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it: "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"

Howard Beale - Network - 1976

Until next time,
much love
xoxo

another post again.

wow it feels like too long since I wrote my last post but it'll only be a week tomorrow.
anyway allow me to fill you in on my life so far as an 18 year old...

well to be honest I've been working a lot ): and haven't slept in at all not one day since being on holidays. well Saturday i did until 10:30 but that was recovery from Friday night so it was not a nice sleep in. Thursday saw me get my id yay! friday, saturday (though went out for dinner), sunday & today were work filled with monday having lunch with two friends and later a trip to the red room.

Anywayyyy finally had my first proper 18+ night out on friday - about time.
First was AASS (accidentally annie street space) this was just down the road - performance art - rather wonderful shall be going back again.
then off to the city we (chelsea & i) went to meet tim (scott) & rob (mckee) while waiting we went to the belgian pub consumed a beverage in anticipation before a night which involved - UJs, the embassy and downunder bar (oh yes how classy i know, whatever it was fun). So chelsea and i taught a bunch of guys the chelsea dance, i got picked on: chelsea "lets go to the European twin bar" I sat down on the path in protest which ended up with tim and rob picking me up and carrying me the rest of the way to the next place and last but not least i met a guy from manchester by the name of adam whom i will probably see again in the near future.

All in all a good, successful night out.
Classy? no.
but rather fun nevertheless though i am dying for the valley and i do not care how small rics is i reaaaaaaaally want to go there.
But I am so putting down the next AASS in my diary.

Anyway must be off

much love
xoxo

PS the cure the cure the cure the cure the cure loooooooooooooove

18 years.

Today marked my 18th birthday. Many a thing happened. I like lists. Allow me to list a few.

• morning presents with the family. I now can officially vote before my dad in Australia. yay!
• met with Jess at 9 *ouch early* and Livi, met Jess's friend Justin and later Claire.
• Paddington -> lava lounge & op-shopping
• West end -> nandos & the cupcake parlour
• Candles
• The 'old mans erection'
• Bin on fire
• Hobo fire
• Photos
• Laughter
• Coffee
• Cupcakes
• Vintage shoe failure
• New people
• New ideas
• Fun ahead
• Uni pals
  
• Final exam - survived
• Holidays
• 18ness

much love
xoxo

okay so do not kill me for excessive posting this is a new novelty for me, give me some time.
so a sweet little list of memories from Sydney trip '08.

• 4am @ Brisbane domestic
• lack of sleep hyperactivity (PCD i still have no idea what that stands for)
  
• Daily morning coffees at Sappho's
• Street art
• Gleebooks and all the other brilliant bookstores Glebe has to offer
• Glebe Markets - mishmash of brilliant vintage and quirky
  
• Dancing at Sydney Dance Company
• Late night hot chips from the place across the road
• Apple cider
• Lots and lots of tea
• Sydney Morning Herald
  
• Hot Tom's weather presenter
• Staying in
• Going out
• Daylight until later at night
• Leichhardt
• Bar Italia
• Best coffee I have ever had and gelato so cheap!
• Public transport - trams again
• QVB
• The domain
• Hyde Park
• NSW State Art Gallery
• Monet & the impressionists
• Wild weather
• Broadway shops
• Places still being open late
• The cross
• Bowling
• Good food
• George st McDonalds (thanks a lot bec)
• Hotel reception
• Thai restaurants
• Parramatta Road
  
• Postcards
• New people
• Happiness

so many more but I'll leave it at that for now

much love
xoxo

Sappho books & cafe, Glebe

I get ever so home sick when I see these photos.
I need to go back oh so soon.
<3 Sydney's inner-west

much love
xoxo

My love

So rather than rambling on today I am leaving you with a pretty picture of a love of mine. lookbook. It probably consumes too much of my time but it does rather make me smile.
anyway hope you all have a lovely day.

Much love
xoxo

just another photo

A new path...

Just a short blog today...

Today in a nutshell...

• LGP exam all over
• Contemplated my religious beliefs & life after death
  
• Mitch walked into a sign while Candy almost got hit by a bus
• Giggled at the articles in mX
  
• Watched a little too much telly
• Made yummy creme brulee tea (I need to get some more from T2 asap)
• Soy crisps are far too yummy
• Merlo > the garage today, just too convenient
• Rid myself of two more text books
• Another day closer until the end of semester

Lets see what tomorrow shall bring.

Much love
xoxo

Goodbye Glebe

another procrastination tool, another neglected subject.

Who would have thought semester one would have gone so fast?
Still not use to heart-attack hill at the mount gravatt campus, still spend too much time drinking coffee over study (dear garage, I love you), still leaving things until the last minute. For the most part I managed to stick to not going out with a couple of exceptions. One exam is down (8:30 on a Saturday how cruel) with two to go. The final on Wednesday conveniently my 18th with 5 & 1/2 weeks holidays approaching.

News-ish. Moving to the Graceville house with milla & alice soonish. A dinner party of some sort shall be arranged after the 14th of July upon milla's return from Melbourne. Chris shall be in Australia on the 16th so it shall most likely be held off until he can join us. All is looking rather lovely. Maddie and (hot) Tom (from Sydney) shall be with us in the near future also. Yay!

Ahhh... I should go study before I fail law, gov & policy (seven mini essays & 2 hours hmm)! yaaaay.

much love and kisses
xoxo