Tunes for Tuesday - Angie Hart

Angie Hart - Bizarre Love Triangle. This is an oldie but a goodie.

One of the few times that the remake is as good as the original, in my humble opinion. I saw Angie sing this live at the Frente reunion gig at The Zoo with my bestie in 2005. I still get happy chills when I hear this song.

And here's a special one. It's an amazing cover of the song 'Perth' by Bon Iver from his new self-titled album. This chap plays all the instruments himself - so impressive. This song is apt because I'll be in Perth tomorrow for a night before I set forth on my way to Margaret River and then swiming with the whale sharks in Exmouth! I'm so super-excited.

A new addition

Some people spend their holidays on their back relaxing; I'm not one of these people. I like to spend my time off doing stuff.

My case in point - this is a chair that I picked up from the side of the road when walking one afternoon with my bestie. It's been lazing around in my garage for 6 months waiting for a little love and attention. As you can see, it's a little worse for wear.

That's a whole lotta damage. I spent a good long time sanding new my addition and filling those MASSIVE tears/cracks in with Fuller's Easy Filler. Perhaps I should bring an action for misleading or deceptive conduct regarding the name of the product, because I can assure you, there's nothing easy about getting that crumbly stuff all super smooth.

They say that a poor tradesman always blames his tools, but if the back of this chair pops open, I'm going to blame shite glue and bulldog clips. Who needs fancy schmancy clamps when there are bulldog clips around?

Anyway, I think it came out looking pretty cute, even if I didn't get the filled in bits exactly perfect. As the saying goes - don't let good be the enemy of perfect.

Alright, I did a crap job with the filler as you can see on the top left side. Who's gonna know?? The colour, you ask?? Velvet Morning. How is nomenclature for paints actually a job?

New Farm Park Juggernaut

So there I was having a relaxing Sunday in New Farm Park, throwing round a frisbee with a few others when a bunch of juggers rocked up. Yes, juggers. Not jugglers.

The idea of the game is to attempt to jam a faux dog's head onto a pole at either end of the field, all the while your ye-goode fellow team members beat the other team around with softly padded battle gear, their long hair streaming in the warm sun... The nice jugger-man told me that each round is timed beautifully to the throwing of 100 pebbles against a gong. Seriously. 

Image courtesy of Brisbane Juggers.

I don't expect to take up the sport myself anytime soon, but it's certainly entertaining to watch; though, for those who are so inclined I say jug-it-up!

Final exam (fingers crossed)!

Today will be my last day at university (caveat: provided that I pass everything, of course). How do I feel about this??

Image from Sea-life-style.

When I'm strolling out of my last exam (4pm local time) with a self-satisfied grin on my face I'll be hearing this song playing in my head.

Video obviously from youtube.

Stellar procrastination

Behold my spectacular procrastination! I found out that my last exam is actually in 2 days, not 1, so instead of using the extra time to study more and get a better GPA, I went shopping. As you do.

Right now I'm sipping on Riotous Rose tea from T2 (because the nice lady in the shop told me it was brim-full of vitamin C which would help my illness), while watching the last season of Six Feet Under, and contemplating painting my nails this delightful rose colour (from Sportsgirl).

Edit: Here's the result.

I think you'll agree they're short but sweet.

More tunes for Tuesday - Seeker Lover Keeper

This has to be one of my favourite songs by Seeker Lover Keeper - On My Own.




A beautiful name for a beautiful collaboration between Sarah Blasko, Sally Seltmann & Holly Throsby.

Beirut: East Harlem

New release. No flowery sentences necessary - love it.

You're a cute bird...

Matt Sewell digs chicks - or should I say, birds generally. All of Matt's illustrations are delightful, but I particularly like his birds. Get along and check out his website. Maybe buy some of his work.

A wren.

A steely eyed bullfinch.

And a cardinal to finish it off. Much cooler than Cardinal George Pell.

All images from Matt Sewell's website.  All of it is awesome.

Study or shopping...

Why not a little of both?? Instead of reading about the remedies available for an infringement of trade mark, I purchased this online - sight unseen. How super cute is this top??

Even though I'm not tiny, nor blonde, I figure I'll give this a little work out with a pair of jeans. Thanks asos (both for the top & the image of it).

Some of us are introverts

I count myself as one among the introverted folk. Still waters run deep and all that. Not that I'd be described like that by most people. I put this down to Oscar-worthy performances when required.

So, I recently came across this:

Image found via Pinterest.

It's a bit fuzzy, but SO true. Especially the last point.  I'm okay with how I am. I'm okay, you're okay - yes? Isn't that the rule??

And hey, if it's good enough for Audrey, it's good enough for me. I've decided that Audrey and I are kin-folk. We both love Halston and are perfectly happy chilling at home on a Saturday night .

Image found via Pinterest.

And then I saw this, and felt an immediate connection to the brilliant person that put into words what I'm incapable of saying.

Image found via Pinterest.

Yep.

I'd like to put on the record that all of this had to be said as I was studying the (rather dry) theory of liberalism for an exam next week...Sometimes, introverts do have a lot to say. When they're meant to be studying, apparently. 

And then I saw this and had to put it out there - who doesn't want a "find a happy place" knit??

Image found via Pinterest.

Better than Amazons

I loved spending summers playing at Amazons at Jindalee; so many waterslides, and places to play. But I think that the waterslides at Citta del Mare might be better - considering you can slide straight into the sea. You be the judge.

This photo of Citta del Mare Hotel Village is courtesy of TripAdvisor.

Here's an old image of Amazons, now buried under an ugly DFO.

Image courtesy of 4 thousand.

It's about 8 degrees here in Brisbane, so there's no sane reason to be thinking of waterslides, save for the fact that Citta del Mare has just made it to my 'must see before I die' list.

Too Many Birds - Bill Callahan

I found myself discussing just how amazing Bill Callahan's voice was this afternoon with a friend. My partner has a voice in a similar register and whenever I hear him singing this in the shower it makes me smile.

Reverse Racism / Vitrolic Spray

This is just a small note for all the people out there currently including the phrase "reverse racism" in their vocabulary. My outrage comes from seeing Today Tonight using this God-awful phrase as one of their headlines for a (biased, piece of shite, can't believe they have the hide to call themselves journalists, butchering the English language) show next week.

So that we're all singing from the same prayer-book, let's define what racism actually is. It's the doing of an act, that is reasonably likely in all the circumstances, to offend, insult, humiliate or intimate another person or group of people and that act is done because of the race, colour or national/ethnic origin of the other person or all the people in the group. Thanks for the clear understanding Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth).

Therefore, it's not reverse racism if another person of other-than-white-Australian origin does something offensive, insulting, humiliating or intimidating to you simply because you're a white Australian. It's simply racism. Are we clear? No reversal - it's actually quite straight forward. There's no special, new term just for you; except perhaps, the shoe being on the other foot.

And just so it's completely off my chest - using the phrase reverse racism makes you sound like you watch Today Tonight and believe the rubbish it sprouts. Not exactly the thinking person's phrase, is it?

There. All better now. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.

Australia at night

This one is for my cousin, who's on the other side of the world in Toronto.

Last week he was feeling a little homesick, so much so that there is now a permanent reminder of home tattooed on his calf muscle. Anyway, one of these sparkly little lights is me - missing you xo