Where is my mind?

I’ve been pretty lazy with this blog. So I’ll give you a quick catch up with what’s happening with me as of late in the form of a list.

 

**I am going to see The Buzzcocks on Saturday night.

 

**My little brother is graduating from high school and I am a little weirded out.

 

**I am madly in love with Jim Halpert.

 

**TEAR work is going excellently. I am currently working on a program that TEAR can use in the partnership between them and my young adults group.

 

**My work is killing me slowly so I have applied for a few jobs.

 

**I have discovered that Willow should have just let Buffy rest in peace.

 

**I am currently working on Christmas presents and I am very excited. I can’t afford to buy presents this year so I am making them.

 

**Marita will be getting home in 21 days!

 

**Dracula, by Bram Stoker is a really excellent book and I think you should all read it.

 

**I got my hair cut short and I really like it. A lot.

 

**I am going to go and see the Yeah Yeah Yeahs with Ana!

 

**I went and saw the The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus the other day and really recommend it. It’s like stepping into a Salvador Dali painting. The costumes are amazing and I didn’t think Lily Cole sucked at acting. Which is surprising seeing as she’s a model.

 

**I am really excited about Christmas and can’t wait to decorate the apartment all lovely. I  will take pictures…as soon as I can figure out how to cover up the ugly, old, and useless security system that is stuck on the wall in a really inconvenient spot.

 

** I have applied for a few courses at Uni next year either Communication Design, or an Arts degree. If I got into Arts, I would probably major in Comparative Literature. I’ve been looking at the class list and it looks AMAZING! 

 

So yeah…that’s it. I will do another 10 things blog tomorrow where I will most likely repeat my sentiments towards Jim Halpert and The American Office. It’s just so funny!!!

10 things I love

1. This picture…

Thanks Justin!

2. Seeing The Middle East live. So beautiful – I really recommend that you listen to them RIGHT NOW!

3. How winter is still going even though we are 1 and a half months into spring. :)

4. Wigs!

5. Emiliana Torrini is playing at the Forum on the 2nd of Jan. Tickets go on sale 23 Oct. I hope I get some!

6. B0000000m! So lovely.

7. Skins Night!

8. This picture…

9. Colour coordinated bookshelves. Don’t worry Kyla. I won’t do it…yet.

10.  My friend Lizy’s art. So good!

Horseradish

I love Lemony Snicket. No really, I love him.

Yesterday, I found a book of his at the library called ‘Horseradish‘.
It is a book full of  ‘bitter truths you can’t avoid’. It is my kind of book.

Quotes include:

Arguing with somebody is never pleasant, but sometimes it is useful and necessary to do so.

The expression ‘Those who can’t do, teach’ is a curious one, because if you look at the world, you’ll see that teachers aren’t particularly worse at doing things than anyone else, so perhaps the expression might better be worded as ‘Nobody can do anything.’

 Most schools have a system of loud bells, which startle the students and teachers at regular intervals and remind them that time is passing even more slowly than it seems.

Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree, because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch, or you might simply get covered in sap, and for this reason many people choose to spend their time alone indoors, where it’s harder to get a splinter.

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby – awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.

Lemony Snicket (and no, that’s not his real name) uses his very dry sense of humor along with a touch of sarcasm and rather a lot of morbidity in all his writing. It’s very comforting to read a book that embraces that fact that life can be hard. Even if it often involves Lachrymose Leeches and evil Counts who’s life goal is to kill and steal from three very lovely orphans.

10 things I Love Friday

Ok, yes, I am stealing this idea from Elsie. But what’s new? I love her.

1. Hearing Dusk from Tear talk about Fairtrade and what we can do. (Also, how cool is this pic!) 

2. Interpol. Listen to ‘Untitled’ and ‘Roland’. Love.

3. Poppies. My favourite flower.

4. Rainy days in Melbourne

5. Nylon magazine

6. Soup in winter is the best. As is Andy Warhol.

7. The Lost and Found market on Smith St

    

8. These book cover redesigns by M. S. Corely. In fact, I love him so much that I made a page of his art.

9. While we’re on the subject of books, I also love the new Penguin Classics range.

 
10. Sonic Youth. Lovely and Loud.

A strange word

People observe the colours of a day only at it’s beginnings and ends, but to me it’s quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations, with each passing moment. A single hour can consist of thousands of different colours. Waxy yellows, cloud-spat blues. Murky darknesses. In my line of work, I make it a point to notice them.”

    The Book Thief, Markus Zusak

You must read this book.The story is told from the perspective of death. Which does sound morbid and weird, but trust me, it’s a fascinating, funny and magical (sounds stupid, but meh) read.