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Paper Crown - from the boyfriend's Christmas cracker, Vintage Fur Vest - RetroSheilaBoy, am I chatty today! Four posts in a row!We finally saw Spike Jonze' latest this evening. Had to use up some free tickets that we got given last Christmas before they expire on the 31st.
This was what I wanted to wear to the cinema. I like having a little dressing-up fun sometimes when I go to the movies but the boyfriend, who usually thinks it's kind of cute, said I was mad, that it's Summer, too warm for fur.It wasn't! We've had wet and grey days since Christmas Eve! And it's only a fur vest. Not a full fur coat!But I didn't want him to feel uncomfortable walking next to what strangers might think is one of our mad neighbourhood bag ladies so I put my fur and crown away.The aircon in the cinema was on at full blast and the walk home was windy and chilly. I whinged all the way home, "See, it was weather-appropriate! You've spoilt my dressing-up fun! Hrrmmphh!".PS. Wilds Things was beautiful. Made me smile and my eyes well. And Max Records is a baby James Spader! Is it pervy to say "I can't wait for him to grow up"?
Highlight of the day: Finding a new piece of cement pavement sculpture by Will Coles! Not that meeting our visiting pal Mr Gordon from Singapore and his new missus for catch-up yum cha lunch wasn't a highlight. We wouldn't have left the flat if not for them! Would have continued with our TV-addict ways. Haha.Went to the shops for a bit after lunch because our addiction made us missed the first day of the Boxing Day Sale. The crowd was bad and our hearts were back home with the TV so all we got were some new sheets with a huge thread count for cheap. Boring.
It feels so good to have days-off to do fuck-all!We've been watching quite a bit of internet TV over the last few months because the state of TV programming in Australia has recently gone to the dogs.We waited and waited and our darling House never came back! We invested in one of those 'puter-to-TV cables and have never looked back since. (Gigi, if you are reading this, the new season is very very good!)On Boxing Day, we spent the whole day in our pyjamas watching all Judd Apatow's Jew Tang Clan in Freaks And Geeks.Caught up with the American audience with 30 Rock.And Entourage.And had a super junky dinner of home-delivered ribs (for the boyfriend) and barbeque chicken (me).I can get used to days like these.
The Analogue Projection Clock that we got our pal Mr R for Christmas. He had fun pointing it everywhere after our annual Christmas dinner at his place.His son asked if his father has really gone that blind to need a clock so huge. Haha.
I was allowed to open my first gift after dinner last evening!Continuing with the tradition of giving me things wrapped in "vulgar" paper (see last one), the boyfriend's pressie to me came with this crazed Robot Santa from Futurama.
Within was this book, Important Artifacts And Personal Property From The Collection of Lenore Doolan And Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion And Jewelry, by Leanne Shapton!
It's a love story told in the format of an auction catalogue with loads of photos of things (and short item descriptions) owned by the couple. Things that they are trying to get rid of via "Strachan & Quinn Auctioneers" following their break-up.
I think it's such a novel (pun not intended) and clever story-telling vehicle! In an age where, in many cases, the things that people own, get given or receive kind of define them and give a voyeuristic peek into their personalities and lives. Very much like the blogs that we all love to read and write.And it was on a blog where I first discovered this book, India Knight's Posterous (What does her blog and its content tell me about her?...She's a humourous lady with very very good taste for the finer things in life).Go read her post and watch the video at the end in which Leanne Shapton talks about her book with the very lengthy name. A book which I think will "go viral" on the blogging circuit soon, if it hasn't already. You just wait and see.No, the boyfriend doesn't read India. When he told me that the present that he ordered for me wasn't going to arrive on time, I subtly helped him out. Tee hee hee. But I didn't think he was going to take the hint so it's still a surprise. Now, I have to go bug him to tell me what the late real-surprise pressie is. The suspense is killing me! I've been hassling him since last night but he's not caving. Grrrr!MERRY CHRISTMAS! Hope Santa (not the crazy one!) brought you loads of pwetty things!PS. Was just thinking, if the boyfriend and I should break up one day and decide to auction off our belongings, wouldn't it be funny to have Important Artifacts And Personal Property From The Collection of Lenore Doolan And Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion And Jewelry included in our catalogue?
What's Christmas shopping without coming home with cheeky gifts-to-self?I went to the Remo store yesterday to pick up a few things (not for me!) and added this little harmonica (for myself) at check-out.When I say "little", I really mean "little".
This "Little Lady" by Hohner, the maker of some of the best harmonicas in the world, is less than 4cm in length! How could I resist her cuteness? Add a bow and I was sold!She can be worn as a brooch or on a necklace. And she works! Only a full octave but it's enough for me. I've already played quite a few tunes on it! The first was Do Re Me from Sound Of Music - a good test for the eight notes. Another "noisy" neck thing from Remo. Tee hee hee.Interesting "Little Lady" Trivia:It was the first musical instrument to be played in outer space in 1965 on the Gemini VI by astronaut Wally Schirra. Wow.
From Fratelli Fresh. Made by Noosa Natural Chocolate Company.I love strawberries (all the time) and chocolate (sometimes) but have never really been into those fresh strawberries-dipped-in-chocolate confectioneries. The moisture in the fruit wrecks the texture of the chocolate for me somehow. Even those from the best places.So you can imagine my squeals of delight (not internal this time because I had company - I only keep them in when I'm alone and not want to appear like some loopy person) when I saw these on the shelves. In sealed bags!The sealed bags meant that they have somehow figured out how to dry the strawberries whole = no sogginess in the chocolate = made me very curious = had to buy a bag!They have indeed removed every bit of juice from the berries! So much so that when you bite in, it's crunchy like the honeycomb centre of a Violet Crumble bar! And when fruits are put through the dehydration process, their flavour intensifies so what I got was the concentrated fragrant sweetness of the strawberry laced with a little tartness. Phwoar! Pow! Wow! Power!Wishing now (just ate the last one) that we got two bags of them instead of the one. We bought their choc-coated blueberries too but the berries were dried like regular dried fruit, not taken to the crumbly state like the strawberries, rendering them chewy. Blah.My new favourite "Power Strawberries" are available at Fratelli Fresh and these stockists all around Australia. A great addition to Christmas hampers!
Paper Crown - from the boyfriend's Christmas cracker, Vintage Fur Vest - RetroSheila
This was what I wanted to wear to the cinema. I like having a little dressing-up fun sometimes when I go to the movies but the boyfriend, who usually thinks it's kind of cute, said I was mad, that it's Summer, too warm for fur.
