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I received this lovely letter today from a girl I wrote to from Sendsomething called Megs. She also sent me a copy of a lovely zine that she and her best friend wrote collectively while living 6000 miles apart. I haven't finished reading it yet (I have this trouble with zines, I never want them to end) but I think I will before I go to bed. I love the stationery, but I have no idea what it is;



Today I went to my meeting with my job finder helper (I have no idea what to call this person and I'm not sure of her purpose) and then I went to Go-Lo which smelt of horrible petrochemical jewellery and spilt cheap hair products and I bought an awesome green craft cutting mat and a very overpriced block of perspex for placing stamps with. Then I bussed to Spotlight where I purchased a very sharp craft knife (I keep pretending I'm going to stab C with it. Gosh I'm funny) and some cute alphabet stamps. I wore exceedingly uncomfortable shoes and spent part of the day walking around town with no shoes on. I saw a girl I went to school with at Spotlight and asked her how I should go about applying for a job there. They have an online form to print out which is four pages long, so I filled it all out and I think I'll go hand in a resume next week sometime. With answers like this, I'm definitely going to get a job there...



Last night I stayed up for hours reading through page after page of My Life Is Average. I don't know how or why. There are so many site like this that suck me in.

I found these two artworks separately this week and I thought both were amazing, but also incredibly creepy;


By Marc Quinn ...a frozen sculpture of the artist's head made from 4.5 litres of the artist's own frozen blood taken from his body over a period of five months. This work is repeated every five years and will result in a unique record of the artist aging (via here).



Antonio Gonzales Paucar ...'Zapatos que Rompen el Silencio (Shoes that Break the Silence)' is the name of this installation by Antonio Gonzales Paucar, made out of dead flies, nylon thread, and shoes (via here).

Any thoughts? :D

And I love this, heaps;



Now bedtime for me :)

Ps. I really wish we celebrated Halloween in Australia sometimes :(

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Thing I've been looking at today:
♡ Fontcapture; I've been making a whole heap of weird fonts - this place is entirely free, doesn't involve any software and doesn't have a limit on how many fonts you can make/download.
♡ Letters of note; Amazing letters by notable people, one of my favourites is this letter by Mick Jagger to Andy Warhol. I could read these letters all day long.
♡ Making a gift bow from a magazine page; I'm going to try this one out.
♡ Mystery Google; Type something in and results to something entirely different come out.
♡ Dear Lily Allen from Dan Bull; I wholeheartedly agree.
♡ Cardboard Cupcakes; Yep.
♡ Pictures of kittens; If you don't go "Awww..." you're a horrible person :)
♡ Twenty Ways To Be A Good Pen Pal; cute.

My Lastfm Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-11):

1. Kate Miller-Heidke (35)
2. WHY? (6)
3. Yo La Tengo (5)
4. Regina Spektor (5)
5. The Smiths (5)

This one-word meme is from Meet Me At Mikes via Hazelnuts, who found it at PetalPlum who found it via Bits of Sunshine who got it from Leah!

1. Where is your mobile phone? Desk.
2. Your hair? Messy.
3. Your mother? Dungog.
4. Your father? Gone.
5. Your favourite food? Chocolate.
6. Your dream last night? Gone.
7. Your favourite drink? Hotchocolate.
8. Your dream/goal? Happiness.
9. What room are you in? Lounge.
10. Your hobby? Misc.
11. Your fear? Unhappiness.
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Content.
13. Where were you last night? Home.
14. Something that you aren’t? Unhappy.
15. Muffins? Orangepoppyseed.
16. Wish list item? Camera.
17. Where did you grow up? Stroud.
18. Last thing you did? Wrote.
19. What are you wearing? Newjeans.
20. Your TV? Obsolete.
21. Your pet? Hairy.
22. Friends? Goodvalue.
23. Your life? Simple.
24. Your mood? Good.
25. Missing someone? Yes.
26. Vehicle? Feet.
27. Something you’re not wearing? Makeup.
28. Your favorite store? Etsy.
29. Your favorite color? Red.
30. When was the last time you laughed? Recently.
31. Last time you cried? Days.
32. Your best friend? Zombies.
33. One place that I go to over and over? Now.
34. One person who emails me regularly? Facebook :P.
35. Favorite place to eat? Rolador.

Today I became an aunt. My brother and I have been basically estranged for the last 6 months, but I got a call from my mum today to say that my brother's wife gave birth to a little girl today, Rose. It seemed really weird to have this huge, amazing thing going on today while I sat at home totally detached from it. I have some contradicting feelings regarding it, but I think I will try to make a visit to see them in the next few weeks. Happy birthday Rose.

Ps. I find it hilarious that upon deciding what name she would like to be called by her (first) grandchild my mum chose "Granny Allen" (her surname is Allen). She wrote this on Facebook and I replied "This made me lol", to which she replied "Glad to be the provider of lols". Ah, I love you mum.

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I felt unreasonably anxious today on my walk to the doctor's and back. I wasn't expecting any bad news or doing anything particularly stressful, but I just let tiny, irrelevant, meaningless things overwhelm me. I can't even remember what I was thinking about now. As my coping mechanism on my walk, I bit my nails, lots. I hadn't bitten them in several months before this and it seems so stupid that upon feeling anxious I just stuck my fingers in my mouth! The problem isn't that I bite my nails, it's that I bite my nails until they hurt. Tonight typing hurt, and writing hurt, and picking things up hurt. It's like a bizarre form of self harm or something. Nail biting is a gross, nervous habit for me and posting these pictures here is going to remind me how lovely it is to have nails that aren't all bitten and sore. I will no longer bite my nails, I promise!

I thought I might start something new here wherein I post some of my favourite music (Youtube videos, mix cds, soundtracks, etc) here on a Monday. The lovely Design Is Mine does a 'Monday Morning Music' feature in her blog, but as you're probably aware I don't often have mornings.

I've only really started getting into The Flaming Lips recently, but I'm intrigued. Here are videos for two of my favourite Flaming Lips songs;

"Race For The Prize"

Race For The Prize @ Yahoo! Video

"Yeah Yeah Yeah Song", no video, just audio.


What music are you listening to lately?