January 2010
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i just tried to cull 'friends' on facebook
but the fact that i’m a goddamn nosey biarch meant i only cut two people. FAIL.
once upon a friday afternoon..
there was a girl sat bored at work who suddenly remembered she had a voucher to spend at topshop and promptly spent the next half hour in online browsing bliss.
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massive attack ft. hope sandoval.. paradise circus
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morning apologies to the wife
i had a dream last night that Big (from sex and the city) was your ex and i’d been dismissed by [redacted] cos it turns out he does actually love his actual fiancé in real life, not me and so i felt like crap and on top of that and i had to finish an assignment (cos apparently i’m a mathematics student in my dreams) and so i was doing equations on variable change til 6am, then decided...
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“it’s weird seeing you in jeans”
– my co-worker who has shared the same office with me for a year and a half and apparently hasn’t noticed the only pants i wear and even own ARE JEANS.
lazy girls know how to improvise
this morning i ironed my skirt (while dressed in it) with my hair straightener.
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you know when you really want to do something even though you can’t afford it and logic dictates you wait until your visa/passport comes back from the home office before you spend £900 on flights back home to nz?
yeah i’m there. right. about. now.
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my new favourite record label →
ps. still love you rough trade
styles of the snowpocalypse
in the absence of the metro to occupy my attentions this morning i turned to my trusty ol’ people watching skills and observed my fellow tube companions and their freezing weather fashions.
michelin men these people are layered UP. you know there’s at least five layers of clothes including thermals and longjohns going on under that woollen coat, scarf, hat and gloves. they’re so...
NME's mixtape for 2010 →
download. listen. enjoy.
necessary evils
this morning i printed off all 73 pages of my visa renewal application form. that’s a 9mm high stack of A4 pages for me to manually fill in. something to look forward to..
previous resolutions and their teachings
• eat breakfast i just can’t do it. i’m not that person, never have been, never will be. the best i can do is a cup of tea at 10.30am at the earliest.
• get fit i just can’t do it because i don’t actually care.
• start dating it was never as bad as i thought it was going to be. in fact it worked and things happened.
• wear lipstick i wasn’t old enough to pull it...
this year i will try to
• sit like a lady • worry less • moisturise more • wear lipstick • and earrings • not wear ugg boots to work
but i’m not making any promises..
as borrowed from the wife..
2000 last year of school days, spent in the photography darkroom, eating 99c cheeseburgers with mayo, jumping in waterfalls at ruahihi and partying up a storm while worrying the parents with extra late nights.
2001 left home to set up camp in student residences. strode in late to most morning classes hungover with one hot chocolate and one oj to mix. lifelong friendships form over this year....
you know that song "back to life, back to...
it’s following me like a bad smell this morning. URGH.
after a series of drunken mishaps last night i missed the countdown and awoke this morning with a packet of cigarettes in my coat pocket and a lump on my tailbone.