13. Portishead – Glory Box (140)

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“so tired, of playing, playing with this bow and arrow
gonna to give my heart away, leaving to the other girls to play
cos i’ve been a temptress too long.
give me a reason to love you,
give me a reason to be a woman.
i just want to be a woman”

tempting as is it to just sing along with this, to pour my heart out to portishead as i’ve done so many times before, i have to concentrate.
try and bottle these feelings into a concise post which other people can actually understand, and not just a stream of consciousness about how i never felt like i was anything or anyone, and how this song tried to understand me. Continue reading 13. Portishead – Glory Box (140)

decisions decisions…

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i am racking my brain trying to figure out what to wear this evening.
i’m going to see Bon Jovi!!!
my best friend in the entire world bought these super awesome tickets which involve a backstage tour and fan pack and dinner, and i told her that i would be ready at 3:00 which means i have to figure out what to wear now!
so i’m going through my entire wardrobe in my head and disregarding pretty much everything.
i really wish i had a virtual closet, like cher in clueless, that i could mix and match things.
all i have is my previous outfit posts and my memory.

i was thinking of wearing what i wore to the new pornographers – but it seems kinda strange to be able to wear the same outfit to two completely different gigs.
but i’ll post photos anyway
i didn’t previously because they both turned out horribly – because i was taking them in my room rather quietly because my boyfriend thinks its a bit strange and i haven’t really told him what i’m doing… he’s a bit anti-interweb.
but here they are…

is this a bon jovi worthy outfit?
i just don’t think it’s rock chick enough…

11. Billy Brag & Wilco – California Stars (143)

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so the first thing that i do whenever i write one of these, what i now call “songs that itunes said, mean the most to me” posts, is listen to the song.
and as soon as i turned this on i started smiling.
“i like to dream my troubles are away on a bed of california stars”
i put my hands to cover my mouth, look towards the floor, silently smile to myself,
“i like to lay my weary bones tonight, on a bed, of california stars” Continue reading 11. Billy Brag & Wilco – California Stars (143)

it’s gone all wintery all of a sudden

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wow … i dont know what’s happened to the weather but it doesn’t look pretty outside.
well it does look pretty but it’s not the 40+ degree weather that you expect in perth in summer.
it’s raining
which is great for the dams
and great for reading a good book (persuasion), watching some trashy telly (project runway), and pretending it’s cold enough to wear uggies.

so i put a chicken roast in the oven (chicken thigh with sundried tomatoes and cream cheese wrapped up, with roast tomatoes, pommes, and spinach and mushrooms sauteed in garlic butter = mmmmm!)
settled in with my new hoody, jeans, and my old favourite knee high uggies…
and listened to the rain and fireworks.
it was a good monday evening.

the christmas tree is up…

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and all in all yesterday was a lazy sunday..
i made some cubee craft
i put up my christmas tree
wrapped up some presents
watched some new-who (s6 ep 1 – 3)
caught up with top chef
cleaned the house a bit
made some delicious tuna parcels for lunch
had some gnocchi with butter and parsley for dinner
slept
zzzzz

good sunday…

christmas tree
gnocchi with butter and parsley
tuna parcels

james mercer kind of monday

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Im having a very james mercer kind of day.
I set up a playlist with all of my shins albums, flake music albums, and broken bells.
I’m hoping that it will calm me down as I’m having a doctor who ‘I have a face that no one listens to’, ‘first rule; don’t wander off – why does everyone wander off’, kinda day.
Why don’t people listen to me, I know I like the sound of my own voice but I don’t just say things for the sake of them. I particularly don’t like wasting time just because someone hasn’t followed a clear instruction. I prefer to waste my own time however I choose.
Anyways james mercer, he is a legend.
He can write songs so beautifully.
He’s almost distracting me from Monday and a dismal cricket test.

12. The Butterfly Effect – Aisles of White (141)

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Hey, wait, this time it’s not too late
To stop this ship from sinking
Don’t , go, so much you didn’t know,
It’s never what you’re thinking
This is from their Imago album which was released in 2006 – so it’s had a few years to get up the play count. Plus its just an absolutely awesome song.
It starts off so subtly, and all you can hear the pain and longing, until it builds and becomes a cry.
Words cannot describe my feelings towards this song. Continue reading 12. The Butterfly Effect – Aisles of White (141)

inspiration

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so into tonights dinner went
– butter beans
– tinned tuna
– wooshter sauce
– lots of parsley
– lots of coriander
– chopped celery
– milk & cornflour for the sauce

added that to mini penne – and a slice of garlic bread

really really good (and interesting) take on tuna bake.

delish
and best enjoyed on a stable table
now i’m off to watch sherlock

southbound fashion

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well it’s less than a month till southbound now (awesome camping festival down south) and i’m getting my wardrobe organised.
went shopping today and found the most perfect bag! it’s this really awesome print and it just the right size for me to hold everything i need to but not need to be checked every single time i go in or out an entrance.
i also found two pairs of shorts, a duffle bag, and some much needed new underwear.

so this is outfit number 1. its new denim shorts with a really awesome rose belt, my favourite black minkpink shirt, a black headband with a bow on it, and a wickid pink leather bracelet. and of course the new bag…

what do you think?

tuesday night peace and quiet

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chicken and sundried tomato roast
chicken and sundried tomato roast
So last night was not spent decorating, instead it was spent with a chicken roast and my ‘stories’ (which is boyfriend code for the trash that I like to watch and he doesn’t primarily gossip girl and project runway).
And it was good. All of it.
Gossip girl season opener, it answered a few questions from last season’s finale, posed a few new ones, and dropped a couple of very blatant clues as to where this season is going. It’s nice to have that hour where you can completely zone out and watch other people’s lives. And it doesn’t annoy me as much as glee or secret life of the American teenage or any other similar American trash. (by the way I am using trash in an affectionate way).
I have always been a blair and chuck shipper. I always liked them more than dan and serena, or serena and nate, or jenny and nate. I always loved jenny as my favourite character though. I really do see her as a girl who makes a lot of ordinary mistakes and is trying to figure out who she is, which I relate to. Plus I really love her style.
I also finished watching the portrait of dorian grey, which I started watching on Saturday before I had to go out. Its definitely an interesting concept for a movie, but I think I’ll have to watch it again before I can make any sort of critique on it. And I think it’s the type of movie that deserves a proper critique. I’ll have to channel my uni days of textual analysis.
Maybe tonight there’ll be nothing on tele so I’ll have to clean up and put up my Christmas tree. Just maybe.