Reasons Why Living In Melbourne Rules- affirmed in the past two weeks

Lauren and I went to A body balance class last week and thr instructor was hilarious. He was very camp and sang along with the background music and pre-empted every song by talking the chorus: 'now take this pose strong everyone, because...life can be sweet and amazing' cue: song 'Life Can Be Sweet And Amazing' oh he was funny. I felt like I was in an episode of Modern Familywhere the gingerbearsed gay one was instructing a yoga class or something

We went to see my beloved Ben Kweller on a dreary night in the city last week and it was lovely. He was really sick do couldn't sing very mug and was still totally charming and dreamy. My gosh I love him. When his band had a singing bit, he'd go 'sing it boys' OHH I love him.

The next day I had boring myer induction all day but afterwards a band calle the Frowning Clouds were playing for freesies in the city and I enjoyed them for 10 minutes or so. There was tamborine, guitar, keys, drums and bass and they were sort of beach/mod/rock. Enjoyable to listen and to look at. Heh heh. Heh. On the way home I dropped in to Sean Morris' lil' exhibition at Fed Square that he is holding with a few of his studio buddies and it was cool. I think I extra liked it because the space was tiny and it looked so doable.

I got home that night and invited to go see Exit Through The Gift Shop with Lauren and our friend Eric at the Astor Theatre and it was rad. The film made me feel a bit sick withr the DIY camera but it's one of those films that you wake up a few das later and go, 'oh man that was really good'. Lauren and I had a theory that maybe Thierry is playing Banksy and if that Iis the case, I feel tricked.

On my way home from the city the other day I was talking to a guy with a luscios beard who worked at magnation and he said 'why don't all girls wear bows in their hair? I really like it. Looks sweet.' (I was wearing a little scarf diddy in my hair) and I was tooootally schoolgirly charmed and so have decided that in efforts to find my life partner, I will wear a scarf in my hair everyday. I have not embarked on this routine quite yet.

On Saturday I went to the finders keepers markets, organised by Frankie, and didn't think they were that good.

Saturday night we went to teppinyaki on chapel street with mikael and his loved ones for his 21st and it was fun. Our chef's name was Hong. He made a huge egg roll and chopped it up really fast and made us try to catch it in our mouths once he'd flicked it at us. He got me in my eye. It was hilarious.

Yesterday after work we went for a skate sesh with Anna and Siobhan and it was fun.

Everything is fun. I finally got a cd player today and Cloud Control's album. I'm enjoying it.

I'm eating an apple

Have been getting up to some fun stuff of late. Applied to art school the other day, went to a really rad life drawing class the other night. Watched hare krishnan people dance and yodel down swanston street. Yesterday Loz and I went to see lamington drive's new gallery in collingwood. They used to be in fitzroy in a teeny little studio and courtyard but have since gone commercial and moved to a really big warehouse in a pretty industrial area of collingwood. I didn't dig the location- pretty uninspiring. Sorta like fyshwick. But the space is wicked and I saw some of Kat mcleod's prints and was pretty rad seeingthem in real life after falling so madly in love with them on my computer screen a couple of years ago. We had lunch at vegie bar after that and have been trying to cure/nurture our new addiction to The Secret Life Of Us series. Though, it seems apparent that everyone else has also remembered the series as it is constantly out on hire at our video store. Last night we had some pints at Cherry bar early in the evening with Kody and it was awesome to see him. Then we went to see Washington live at the corner hotel and it was a really really really good show. I saw her open for Kate miller heidke last year and she was really good then, but this time she was just really grand. Then we came home and watched secret life of us. Heh heh.

Today I am working all the live long day and tomorrow as well. Tomorrow night I have my friend jess's birthday/grand final bash on at a joint unit house right near me abd on Sunday I am meeting up with jacqueline and elle in thr city to take them to ghost patrol before It closes and then we're having a picnic in the park!

I wonder if it coul get any better than this.

Last week was lauren's birthday. We all went to lentil as anything for dinner and they gave Lauren a cupcake and then we went and had red wine at the Vineyard and it was oodles of fun.

Then another night we went and saw the 7pm project filmed live with mikael and it was fun. I won a prize for answering trivia questions. In it was Claire Bowditch's new cd and a book and chocolates and movie passes woohoo. Then we had red wine on chapel street and it was awesuuuum. Then on saturdy night we went up to brunswick street for a cider with my friends Jacqui and Monique and it was real lovely.

Sunday was rad. I slept in real good. Then had a coffee at hopscotch. Then Lauren and I went into the city to these markets at 100£bend and they were really good. Lots of vintage clothes and cheeses and live music and shoes and badges and stuff and it was cool. That space is so good and I'm glad they're using it well. Then we went to ghostpatrol's show at no vacancy and it's probably my most favouote show I've seen at that gallery. He has set up the space really well. There was like a canopy teepee sort of thing in the middle of the room and there were pillows on the floor and inside that teepee is where most of his artwork was and it was RAD. Got talking to the guy who was manning the gallery and I asked how long it took ghostpatrol man to set it up and he said 'oh it only took him like Sunday night before it was done so we just sat in the teepee smoking joints, watching cartoons every night until thursdy when it opened' hehehehe.

Tomorrow I have physio for my wrist, then am applying for art school, then going to a life drawing class and perhaps seeing our pal be on a game show in between.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Enjoyed lots of lovely red with two amazing people tonight on chapel street after going to see the 7pm project filmed. How lucky am I?

Can't stop thinking about art school and how much i crave the studious life. On my mind ALL THE TIME

it's raining on and off tonight and I should sleep right now but it's so nice being awake and feeling like I have the night to myself without feeling lonely.

I wanna do art.

Super fortune tellaarrrr

Aw. Things on my mind:

the captain of essedon football team just got a free coffee for giving the barista an autograph at the cafe I was just in. I want to be semi-famous so I can get free coffee.

Still swooning over running into a totes cute guy I used to work with yesterday in the city. Sighhh.

I love merlot.

Gotta stop drinking coffee all the time.

Not wearing stockings today; yussss.

Gotta...get into...art school. Gotta.

Things I Like
Things I Don't Like
Things I Like
Things I Don't Like

my morning bowl of cereal
when stupid motherfuckers scrape shit off the balcony opposite my bedroom window before 9am on my day off
that I'm getting my cast off in two days
having my cast still on after eight weeks
looking forward to going back to the gym
hearing eeeveryone complaining about the rain and wishing it would stop. It's nature people, work around it. Rain may be inconvenient for your hair plans, but we need it. So poo you.
How much Melbourne has on allll the time!
Double chin
red wine, lots
being real poor
my old friend Kody lives in Melbourne now and is working full time
not knowing what to put in my portfolio
drawing
mess

Spring Is Trying To Spring

Today is the first day of spring and it seems Catchy and I have successfully blogged our winter away, as we planned.
Today, however, did not appear to be a Spring day. It was mostly rainy and ever so grey in the sky, but Farnoush said that maybe the weather just needed to get it's last bout of cold and grey out of its system and then there would be some action from my friend The Sun. Oh how I miss him.

Despite the weather, I actually had a pretty good day. I found out I got a job at Ozmosis, which is a street/skate/surf shop in the city. Well, I think I got it... He said I'm through to the orientation and from there I can decide whether I want to work with them. Which I do. So yay. I am gonna get my summer all the way on.

I get my cast off tomorrow week! I'm so excited. I miss the gym and yoga sah much. Ok. Self indulgent blog: tick