Hello Dolly

Hello darling SJ.

I love your cheer-up post. I'm taking all your advice, for it is all worthy advice. And I actually feel a lot better already. I just got the wobbles the other day when I got that disappointing news from the embassy, but really, it is not the end of the universe. Every cloud etc etc. And yes, fifteen days flitting about NYC is a rather marvellous silver lining. It's like me moaning that my diamond necklaces are dreadfully heavy and my gold shoes are weighing me down on the dancefloor. Ridiculous really.

Right now I'm listening to Arcade Fire, then I'm going to listen to some Dolly Parton. Ah, DOLLY. You are my patron saint. I will never tire of you. Here is a picture of a lovely piece of work by Jenny Hart. It tickled my fancy bigtime, and I thought you might like it too.

What was that great Dolly quote? "It takes a lot of money to look this cheap." Perfect.

Some Cheerful things

And also, some other stuff do:

♥ Make a playlist of your favourite upbeat songs and listen to them while working. Then take a dance break in the loos or somewhere else suitably private.

♥Take a walk in the sunshine. Soak up the rays. Concentrate really hard on your butt muscles moving and think about the Power of your Body and stuff.

♥Become a hug whore and get as many as you can from the people around you. SLUTTY.

♥Read this post from Lake about his performance at JPop Cafe in Japan and marvel at his Lake-ness.

♥Take a leaf out of the Pioneer Woman's book and reply "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE..." to everything that anybody says to you. For a while at least.

♥Find someone to bring you macaroons, the New Cupcake.

♥Know that I'm loving and missing you from afar.

xxx Me

Awesome

Nothing much to report I'm afraid. This is pretty awesome though, I thought that you'd like it. Don't look at it too long, it might give you some kind of fit.

I've been thinking about your dilemma. And my darling, this is what I think: if you're loving the festival circuit at the moment, maybe you should stick with it a bit longer? It's a pretty amazing experience and you'll be able to pick up a bunch of different skills et al. Also, it does tie you down less in terms of signing contracts and stuff, and you will be hanging with like-minded people social-wise. Of course, I will miss you horribly. But I'm beginning to be resigned to that (le sigh).

I say: while you're feeling it, you should do it.

love love my darling. 

Angry Walrus Is Angry

Hello my dear

This is a picture of an angry walrus, and for reasons I am too busy to analyse, I find it totes awesome and hilarious. 

My dear, I would tell you news of the Homeland but I'm afraid I've spent the last two weeks in 18th Century England. Sometimes it surprises even me how much I would rather be getting down with my Georgian self. I watched a BBC dramatisation of Clarissa last night and it was incredibly melodramatic - quite amazingly so. I should have probably read more about the novel before I watched it. But I was blinded by the costumes on the cover, rendering me unable to make an informed choice of DVD. I started watching another BBC dramatisation too - Vanity Fair. If you only watch one BBC dramatisation, may I suggest you go for this one? It's fab.

Mostly otherwise I have been saving money, knitting, spinning and making underwear. What a busy wee life I have.

Some other things:

1. Today I have nominated as a "Buy Nothing" day. I like the idea of having one of these at least once a week.
2. I complained about somebody I have to deal with and my boss tried to talk to me reasonably and explain the situation. And I was like "NO. I'm just COMPLAINING".
3. The problem really comes down to the fact that when I'm at work I hate talking to people on the telephone. SO. BAD. Shannon is always telling me I should get the hell over this. My boss, apparently, agrees.
4. I'm working up a new list of things to finish before the end of the year - ten more things for 2010?
5. I am super enthused about my own blog at the moment hence my neglect of YOOOU.
6. I am listening to National Radio at the moment, and I've just realised how similar Sarah McLachlan is to Tory Amos. I used to love Tory Amos. Also, I love Kate Bush at the moment. She's so awesome.

Alright, I'm going to go and get boring on my own. And maybe make some phone calls (glare, annoyance, etc).

A million billion photographs of Audrey Hepburn

Dearest darling Rebecca

So, there are a million billion photographs of Audrey Hepburn on the internet, did you know that? I went through my Reader and tried to make an "Audrey" tag to sort them all but there are still so many around that it kind of freaks me out. I made a collage using my superior photographic manipulation skills of thirty images that I have of Audrey Hepburn. She's awesome right? Kind of bored of looking at her now though.

I am sorry that you were feeling so Fail the other day, but your comment about Gala Darling made me guffaw hard core and as a result I took your complaints less seriously. What a bad friend.


Love love

The Audrey Obsessed one.

A quicky

Hello my darling

OMG totes busy and/or lazy at present. But I wanted to share this with you because of the obvious fabulosity value. Have you seen this guy's site? It's super cute: Stuff No One Told Me.

The Physio

Hello Bex my lovely

My knee has been getting much better, and then yesterday I was clipped at training during sprints and fell on it. SAD. I went to the Physio and he is a very nice boy, albeit a bit giggly. However, he caused me pain by massaging my spasmed quad and then flexing the joints repeatedly. Also, he talks too much about himself and I just want to sit in silence while the pain washes over me, you know? Dentists are like this too. My dentist likes to scrape away at my teeth while raving about her son and his future career as a doctor and his first girlfriend.

Also lately, I have been spending all my money on stockings. I love stockings and since you have fabulous taste, I know you do too. But really, I am stumped as to how I should be dressing at present. I feel grossly uninspired by my wardrobe and looking at clothes in the shops fills me with dread. I used to be able to get dressed without it being a ridiculous mission and feeling like a frump in all my clothes, but apparently no more. So frustration! I suspect this is all linked to my nuttiness last week.

Never mind. Finishing the epic cardigan tonight (pictures to come).

xxx Me

Bicycle Derby Kittens Rant

Darling:

I know that I promised a video of spinning, but I’m afraid this weekend was completely eaten up with derby (the madness is beginning again). Not only was I training, but also I was watching a big tournament on the internet. My knee is healing really quickly which is good, and I’m skating again - although not scrimmaging just yet. I had fun with my new team too. Have I mentioned lately that I do love skating, despite all my whingeing about the additional work? Because I do. Sometimes it’s hard to remember when I'm rushing around like a mad woman.

And now - a quick complaint - apparently I am exceptionally tired, insecure and short tempered at present.  My irritation with the people around me is super high, and it’s tedious and tiresome to be talking to people and want to kick them in the shins simultaneously. It’s bound to be just a matter of getting some sleep and keeping busy and eating well; I can feel myself being thrown off-kilter and I know that the re-kiltering will make the irritation dissolve away. I must look after myself! And thus, I think that this lunch time I shall go for a bike ride along the waterfront and maybe read a book for a bit. It’s cold, but I quite like the idea of reading wrapped and warm in my own space.

Forgive my rant. Much love to you Bex xx

Also: here are some kittens. These kittens make me way happy for realz.

Marilyn

Hello Bex darling

Today is my last day at work! So excited... there is huge amount of cake waiting for me in the kitchen. At the moment I am killing time until half past ten when I can EAT THE CAKE.

I love cake.

I saw this picture of Marilyn this morning and I am super in love with it. If only I didn't look washed out, bizarre and wrong with platinum blonde hair! If only orange toned lipstick didn't make me look beyond terrible! If only. Oh, if only.

love love, a disgruntled Me.

Breakfast

Bex darling:

I was wasting time at work and I saw this amazing site. I know you've had this resolution to eat breakfast more often but have been struggling and I thought of you - the breakfast pictures are so pretty! After reading I felt inspiration and the desire to find some oats and make some porridge. Also I wanted coffee but quelle surprise.

xxxSJ

Tiger Head

hello Rebecca darling! I thought you should see this:

Because only one thing is cooler than a tiger mask, and that is a photoshopped tiger head on a smoking girl.

xxx SJ