Awwwwww

'tis the last day of winter. It was so warm and sunny yesterday! We have Farnoush staying with us at the moment as she is in melbournetown to check out universities for next year! She seems to be totally smitten with the city and makes me feel sah lucky to live here. It's going to be strange next year cause a few girlfriends from Canberra are moving down to Melbourne and it's going to feel (good) different having people in this city who I can see frequently and whom I've known for ages. Cool!

Also, now that it's September very soon. Which means that I suppose summer is soon, which means that Christmas is sort of soon. David Jones are putting Christmas trees for sale tomorrow. Now that's mental. I'm enjoying this year a lot, but I'm ready for it to end soon, I think. Working is dull and I want to study already.

First day of spring tomorrow; I'm quitting sugar.

My mood today blah. I am decidedly 100% over it being cold. I got up at 930 today and i start work at 12 and I did nothing all morning because it's too cold. I am sick of it!

Last night I went to a collaborative art exhibition called Disband, to commemorate 40 years since the Beatles broke up. But the artworks were all themed around the concept of a break up. There were some really nice pieces there, but almost all of them made me feel totally bummed out and brought back some sad feelings about my last break up. There was one piece in particular that struck a chord with me; it was digital print on cotton which then had embroidered the words, 'all I do is miss you and the way things used to be' I found that this one affected me the most, I think because I often weave words like this into my art and they're really simple. So that made me want to burst into tears. As an exhibition overall, I found it to be pretty patchy in some areas; I wouldn't have known it was in memory of the Beatles if I hadn't read it on the poster. And I found that all of the artists approached the concept from the same angle- as in they were the ones being broken up with. There was a good variety of mediums between the artists at least. And there was a lot of skill showcased in the pieces. I just grow pretty tired of airy fairy girly art really easily unless it has some depth or skill or technique as well.

Like A Vegetable Noah's Ark

Lately I have been:
working
getting my picture taken by a stranger for his photoproject
meeting cool customers
eating tofu and avocado sushi
missing the gold coast
thinkin'
bumming that I don't get my cast off for another two stupid weeks
feeling very excited about summer
loving the flowers that have started popping up everywhere
watching science of sleep with Lauren and Lisa
gorging myself on chocolate
drawing
being creeped out by how much Farmer Wants A Wife resembles polygamy, urgh
drinking too much coffee
feeling nervous for Advait moving to Rhode Island tomorrow
missing the gym
missing my bro bro
not missing small country town feel
really wanting to be studying

Love For Quest

Aye!
• Lauren, Josh and I went to a Christmas in august party last night and it was fun. I am hungover this morning though.
• The election results- or lack thereof: I'm not as clued up in politics as I sometimes wish I was, but during this whole election campaign I was not concerned at all about any competition between Abbott and Gillard, because frankly I couldnt think of how anyone could justify voting for Abbott, but here we are with a hung parliament! What's the go? I hope we aren't lead by Abbott. I would much prefer to be 'mooved fo-wud as a nayshun, friends' by a lady.
• The kids who had the party last night adopted an abused kitty a couple months ago and called her Quest and so she's a bit sociall awkward, understandably, but last night we made friends and I was just reminded of this when I saw the cuts on my right hand from her awwwww still feeling the kitty love.
• I am sitting on my balcony in the sunshine (wish I could figure out how to post a photo on my phone) and it is well glorious. I like being out here because when I look to my left, it feels like I'm in a treehouse. Plans for the day are to go visit Catchy at work and clean the house and myself and do lots of portfolio work!
• I'm getting sort of bored of working all the time (is this really all life is?) and just want to study for the rest of my life.
• Yesterday, I was asked by the charming European man at the cafe next door to my work if I was Spanish. This is a newbie. I've had Greek, 'wog', Aboriginal, Italian, but now Spanish. I think I can dig it.
• I wish Catch was home today so we could hang out. I WISH I HAD SOME ASSIGNMENTS TO DO

Goodness Me

Goodness me, I have nothing to report!

Oh, I had a check up xray for my wrist yesterday and was told it still looks a bit broken and that I will probably have my cast on for 'maybe a month or two weeks' :( boo! I'm getting pretty sick of feeling clunky and never 100% clean thesedays. Also sick of telling people the story and being told that at least I did it with style, which is so not the case. Quite the contrary, in fact. I have no style or coordination, hence me not being able to balance on my two feet and falling off of a pier. It's getting so much less funny.

Today Catchmate and I went and had a coffee at Leroy, met a couple of adorable dogs, and talked about where we'd like to retire. I know that I definitely want to be near the beach. I really like the fact that I grew up on the beach and I like the idea of 'growing down' on the beach too. And if my choice of house for retirement was to indicate the success of my career, I'd like it to be a gorgeous little cottage or upstairs-downstairs woody shack. Either in st kilda, or Byron bay, maybe on the gold coast. Who knows? And I will definitely be getting a little doggy. Ahhh I wonder, I wonder.

Ok.

Urghhhhh

I start work in an hour and a half...I'm bored already!

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Ip op

I have hip hop fever a bit! I'm gonna watch that Hip Hop of 1992 DVD when I get home. Lauren got home yesterday! I love her! She bought me a canvas Bobby Dylan bag! I love Bobby Dylan bag! We both had three coffees in as many hours! I love coffee! I had a really great phone conversation last night and I feel good and a bit nervous about all this change that is happening to the people around me but it's all good.

I have crumbs all over me because I just had a big crusty sandwich.

All I Really Want To Do

I aint lookin to compete with you,
Beat or cheat or mistreat you,
Simplify you,classify you.
Deny, defy or crucify you
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.

No,and I aint lookin to fight with you,
frighten you or uptighten you,
drag you down or drain you down
Chain you down or bring you down
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.

I aint lookin to block you up,
shock or knock or lock you up,
Analyze you,categorize you,
Finalize you just advertise you.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.

I dont want to straight-face you,
Race or chase you,track or trace you,
or disgrace you or replace you,
or define you or confine you
all I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you

I dont want to meet your kin,
Make you spin or do you in,
or select you or disect you,
Or inspect you or reject you.
all I really want to do
is, baby, be friends with you

I don't wanna to fake you out,
Take or shake or forsake you out,
I aint lookin for you to feel like me,
See like me or be like me.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.

Adorable Temporary Housemates

I am totally smitten with my four temporary housemates at the moment. Four pals from Canberra stayed over on Thursday and Friday night as they ventured down to see A Tribe Called Quest on Thursday night. Last night we all drank Absinthe and went out to the bowl in the city with ben and Josh, then to chapel street and then back to mine and I'm fairly sure we all had a wicked night. I had to go to work at 12 today on only three hours sleep but a big coffee from Leroy took care of that. Any way, all the boys were being sleepy bears when I left this morning, but I came home tonight to a sparkling clean house and a Thank You Daisy sign awwwwwwwww toooo cute! I feel charmed.

Work was really fun today, as Saturdays always are, cause they're so busy and there's 3 staff on instead of two. It's like a party.

In other news, nothing really. Friggin' love The Drones. I feel a bit disconnected from Canberra darlings lately; I think because I've been putting more energy into Melbourne life lately. And boy I love Melbourne life. Lauren and I occasionally have what we call 'I Live In Melbourne Moments', where it dawns on us that we have a life in Melbourne. I had one in particular last night when we were all out the back of the bowl smoking/not smoking and max turned to me and said, 'smoking in the back of a bowling alley. My god this town's rad' and I was like 'shit, this is mine.' like, I took them here! I feel really happy and sort of quietly proud when people are impressed by elements of my life.

I'm pretty wrecked from the past couple days but I think tonight I will make myself a pretty diary to last me the rest of the year and try to do some more portfolio work. Tonight is advait's surprise farewell party and I regret not being able to attend. Surprise, Advait! I really really like you!

Gloom Rules

Oh darlings. I was supposed to be working today but got a call an hour and a half before, telling me that there was a mistake with the roster and today was my day off! So I tidied up a little and went to Southwell's sisters friggin rad apartment on St Kilda Road. By George it was swanky. We had Thai and watched avatar and it was so warm and lovely. Later, I walked to Chapel Street to meet Josh for coffee hangs and that was also verrrr lovely. On the way back to josh's we found $4.80 bottle of red so we bought two and had a cheeky glass at josh's. Theeen we went to ben's place where he had pizza abd beer awaiting. We just hung out, ben considered tattooing Josh but then renigged when Josh told him what he wanted pehehe. I walked home not long ago and decided that Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is now my second favourite Pavement album.

Tomorrow night there are four lovely guys staying over from Canberra as they are down to see A Tribe Called Quest, so that should be nice. On Friday night I'm gonna get my crunk on with Josh and ben and then all of a sudden it's the weekend! Who'd'a thought!

Catchy left for Canberra tonight and I miss her already :(

I want money that I can spend frivolously.

PS still daydreaming.

In Our Nature

I am feeling super tired today. I'm drinking a bowl of tea in bed, listening to my mate Jose.

My day was totally average. The weather stank and so Acland Street was not pumping. At all. I did get to listen to Q-Tip lots though. I'm also super poor on account of my crappo pay rate so that's pooey. The fifth strange English man signed my cast today. It's so weird! I have now had five separate English men, none of whom I knew, sign my cast.

I have spent a huge majority of today daydreaming. Moreso than any other boring day really. Just couldn't stop myself. Daydreaming is do weird, huh? I think my mind's eye is so active. I just wish I could translate my mind's sight to outside of my mind to paper a bit better. It's also funny what you consider the ultimate lifestyle. Like, a year ago, I probably would have considered my lifestyle right now the 'ultimate' life for me at that time. But right now, in the place that I'm at, I have a totally different idea of what would be perfect. It involves a lot of balance, focus, direction, love, discipline, energy and purpose, but mainly balance. Not that I feel my life is unbalanced at the moment at all, but I just have ideas of what could fill some spots. I wonder what I would wish for if I led the perfect lifestyle I envision for myself now? What would be next?

I'm A Teen

Work was pretty boring today, except for two things:
I made a new friend at Lentil As Anything today! His name is Sahil and he is from India and he works 6 days a week at lentil and then works nights at KFC. Crazy mofo. But he's really smiley and chatty :)

A customer saw my cast today and said, 'ahh skiing accident?' and I said 'ah close, cartwheeling accident heh' and he was like 'ah nice. I once broke my toe trying to do a dance move at work' and I stopped what I was doing and said 'that is so rad.' and he was like 'yeah I was trying to do a hip hop move and yeah, wasn't good' and I was like 'friend, your story rules so, so much harder than mine' and I really wanted to see what his hip hop dance move looked like but a silly lady was waiting behind him to be served! I would have shown him my gangsta walk. Gangsta gangsta.

Tonight we had high B-Hat and high Kurt over and I got surprisingly drunk on a delicious red. It's funny being young.

I Friggin' Crappin' Love Everything

I just keep having nice times!

Work has been work, other stuff is popping up here and there, which is nice.
I got home from work at 10 the other night so I basically slept. Saturday I worked until 9 and Lauren and I went and hung at Josh's place and met his nee housepal and a couple other pals. Basically we hung the heck out. Josh was having some high times: entertaining. Today I had breakfast at Lauren's work and got to see lovely lovely Agata, which was heavenly. Then I made my way to the RMIT open day to find out about the visual arts course they offer there, for next year. I was a bit worried about feeling overwhelmed by everything because it's so big- a TAFE and a uni- but once I found the creative arts building, I walked into the drawing/painting studio and there was just a teacher in there hanging! So I had a good chat to her about the course and I am feeling pretty excited. I can do it full time and be covered by HECS and she explained the purpose of the course and when I said I mainly wanted to do it just to 'do art' for a while and immerse myself in art practice, she said that's pretty much what the course is designed to teach you. I was also a little intimidated by the level of work required to get in (read: talent) but to be honest most of the first year stuff I saw was not dissimilar to that of the Hawker college art shows. I mean it was still totally impressive, but not as out-of-reach as I had expected. So that's comforting. So it's portfolio preparation from now until my interview, which will probably be November. Oh I like the future.

Walking up to the building, I was thinking about the little things about what my lifestyle would be like if I did study there, like catching the same tram as Lauren in the morning and getting off a few stops before her and saying, 'have a good day! See you tonight' and then going off to the painting studio. Or getting totally absorbed by a book I had to read for an art theory lesson and having a crazy night of drawing based on that. And meeting people and seeing them at school. Oh. I want that.

Loz and I did the groceries today and made our way to the city to go have some more hangs with Josh at his workplace and then we took a train to see southwell's gig in Brunswick. On the train there was a group of very jolly young men were singing their hearts on the train and Lauren and I were loving how funny they were. When we got off, one of them drunkenly opened the train door and said 'you...girls are ugly' and it was sort of hilarious...way to be frank, jolly train man. Then on the way home, Lauren said 'aww, I loved those singing train men until they called us ugly' and that slayed me. Hahahahah oh catchy batchy. Bushi bushi.

Basically I'm ecstatic all of the time these days. Tomorrow night we're having three lovely boyfriends over for dinner and The Shining.

Ode To A Housemate

It has been a total lovefest in the Catchlove/Catterall household lately. We just love each other so much!
Pretty much every person I've been meeting lately has said how lucky/lovely/cute/good it is that Lauren and I were best friends before we moved in together and have managed to stay best friends, if not better friends, while living together. It makes me feel so in love because living with Lauren is so rad that I forget that living together isn't the best idea for all best friends.



so this post is dedicated to how rad Lauren is and how in love with our friendship I am.

Don't Touch Anything

Still havin' good times.

Ashley helped me carry a huge desk around the block and up the stairs yesterday and last night I moved the stuff around in my room to fit it in while the girls were at shows and it looks rad! Will post a photo when I can.

Today I had a job interview, which I think went pretty well. I guess if it was between me and no one, I'd get the job heh. Had a delicious coffee. Then went and bought a magazine from magnation called 'i love you' and it's just this lady's printed blog and it is quite inspirational. Came home, had lunch with the ladies at Tusk on Chapel Street, roamed (it was soho cold) and the girls left and then Lauren and I had a majorly satisfying cheeky nap.

Tonight I went to a gig in fitzroy withmy friend from Canberra, Southwell. It was real nice. Then I went and hung with Josh and his buddies at the bowl and on the way home, ran into a guy I work with! It's still weird to be running into people I know down here. Oh and another smallish world moment; a girl who was shopping in American Apparel on Chapel Street this afternoon was walking up the stairs at flinders street tonight! Hours later! So weird!

Tomorrow I have work and no plans, which is positively ludicrous because it's a Friday!!!

Larv yew.

Reasons Why I Am In A Bad Mood

. After my workmates and I had almost finished a huge delivery into the computer today, the system closed all the windows and I had to re-enter $5500 worth of stock. By myself.

. My pay rate is flipping awful and pay day is no longer a day off triumph.

. I carried too many heavy things today and now my wrist hurts.

. The float didn't balance tonight and I couldn't figure out why.

. I can't decide what I want for dinner.

. I hate mess.

. I wish I had more energy to play with my room tonight.

I feel ungrateful!

I Think I'll Go Home And Mull This Over Before I Cram It Down My Throat

The mouse ate Ashley's bread.

I want a full time job so I can be indulgent and buy more clothes and a camera.

I found a desk on the side of the road near my house and it's about 1.5 metres long and sitting-height and I'm gonna take it. I'm excited to change my room.

I have some serious Pavement fever at the moment, and this is OK.

'So drunk in the August sun, and you're the kind of girl that I like, 'cause you're empty, and I'm empty.'

I miss yoga and am going to have a mighty celebration ceremony when I get my cast off.

Life rules.

Nurtured All Year, Then Pressed In A Book

A long day! Early morning wrist check up, ct scan, they thought they had to operate, they decided they wouldn't (for the third time), rushed to work.

I have had a thoroughly enjoyable night thanks to lots of broccoli, Pavement listening party with Lauren, Japanese lime tea, Fallen magazine and being inspired to dabble in photography again, Kathryn Del Barton, making preparation notes for my portfolio, making lists and knowing that Ashley and Sophie will be here when I wake up tomorrow. And also buying a new sketch pad and finding out I get 10% off at Platypus in St Kilda thanks so much to a street discount!

I'm poor until Wednesday, on serious search for a smallish desk, in equally serious anticipation for turning my bedroom into a semi-artroom and geez I'm happy. AND I made budget by $10 at three minutes past closing time tonight. Lifes ruling in most-to-all areas.