Cause I'm leaving here for good you know and I told you that before

Hello June, how are you my favourite month? You have a pretty good track record I think, lets see.. last June I went to Melbourne for a sisterly visit and I bought copious amounts of wonderful clothing, ate the best vegetarian foods ever and hung out in the hills, loved it. In 2008 I saw the premiere of Sex & the City in NYC, flew to England and was reunited with a old friend. June 2007 I graduated from Tafe and few days later flew to the USA for the first time and started what was my 16 month trip around the world. I even remember way back in 2004 when I saw my favorite band, Gyroscope play their best gig ever at the ABC Studios and there is probaly alot more awesome times from Junes past that have slipped my memory, hrmph. I am excited as punch for this coming June too, July as well. Even my star signs tell me to get excited and also "Rarely before has the cosmos had so much to offer. Make the most of your hopes and forget your fears" Okay, thankyou galaxy man!

I try really hard not to blog about shitty things that happen in my life because I want my blog to be a happy optimistic place, sometimes I do but then I delete it all 5 minutes later. If I did blog about the things that do get me down I would probaly blog alot more and that SUCKS. But you know what's annoying? Finally being offered a full time job at work (after wanting one for 3 years) even though I am leaving next week and being told that I would be manager when current manager leaves in September. Also something very annoying is when you plan to not plan to go on a roadtrip but then that falls through at the last minute so instead my last week in town will be spent working like a drunk horse. Also something very annoying is when my Mum invites herself to hangout with Dad & I even though they are divorced and have been for over 10 years. ANNOYING. One more thing that doesn't make me happy is when I'm sitting on the train on the way to work and my left arm hurts the whole 20 minute train ride and I am afraid I may be about to have a heart attack! I was freaking out, still am in fact!

You know what's not annoying, this time next week I will be driving to the airport! ♥

Winter love list

Most of the people on my bloglist are Northern Hemisperians and therefor, all pumped for summer and are making dreamy magical posts about beaches to swim at, books to read, places to see, whereas I am gearing up for winter down under. So, here is my winter wonderland list for 2010..

• I guess the big one is.. Melbourne in a few short weeks! I think winter has already begun over east but in Perth it's still sunny but with a wee chill. I might actually see snow this year in Victoria! I ♥ SNOW! I might actually have to wear wellington boots for the first time in decades. I might actually use an electric blanket for the first time ever! I will actually be able to buy pumpkin spice lattes! I have so many exciting plans for Melbourne and am very very excited to get there. (Hi sis!)
  
• South west trip! This trip was originally meant to be a 5 day trip visiting several towns up until a few hours but now it just involves Bunbury and for one day only, lame! But regardless, there will still be mixtapes, large amounts of bakery foods, lighthouse hunting and maybe some fishing. But no mountain climbing, whale watching or cheese tasting, boooo.
  
• Bands! I have tickets to see my Gyroscope not once, not twice but three times in 1 week in 2 states. Plus, I have tickets to see Kate Nash too! Plus, there are sooooo many Splendour sideshows that I may go to also. Plus, Melbourne city hardcore shows (are the best!) Plus, maybe Dionne Warwick!
• Hairspray! Live!
• FOOTBALL! & basketball.
  
• Fun indoor activities! Eg; ten pin bowling, ice skating, pajama parties, building forts out of furniture and blankets, scrabble etc!
  
• Cooking! I have a bounty of ideas for winter cooking when I get to Melbourne. Soups, pies, risottos, and general vegetarian goodness. And smores and gluwine!
  
• I want to do lots of craft projects! And make big warm fuzzy packages for my penpals.
• My winter wardrobe! This winter I am going to buy boots .. winter boots! I have never worn winter boots and I am pretty sure my Chucks just won't cut it in Melbourne. Plus tis the season of stockings, cheesey knitted sweaters, scarves and gloves! I love winter wardrobes the most.
  
• Movies! I want to see SATC 2 & The Runaways and I think that's all? I think I will just stick to my reading lists.
  

Things I Love Thursday

♥ Don Quixote at the ballet, sleeping in until 1130am on a rainy Sunday morning, Katarina Stratford, less than 2 weeks!, Mum drying the laundry in the oven, watching Mermaids on a rainy Sunday afternoon, customers that have moustaches so big they look like walrusses, when the train driver is playing Vampire Weekend really loud whilst driving the train so the whole carriage can hear, paint by numbers toilet paper, soup weather, Community Channel on Youtube, listening to Crisis everyday on the train to work, ice-cream, Japanese bubble bath time with rubber duckies, Java Juice coffee & not working.

Curious Tuesday 004

This week courtesy of tattooed vocalists, four wheel loathing, American idols and of course Miss Gala Darling!

1. Who is your favourite musician, NOT in terms of talent or aptitude, but based on pure sex appeal? I thought about this all day and again, I was kinda stumped. Not many, if any, but I guess Dallas Green or Angus Stone or Tom Delonge?

2. What were some quirks of your past lovers that drove you crazy? This shit of a boy I was seeing knew that I don't care about cars in any shape or form, but he would quite often tell me ALL about his car. I know most boys adore their cars but he just didn't get how little I cared. I would have liked him much more if he rode a bicycle!

3. If there was a movie made about your life, what song would you absolutely INSIST be on the soundtrack? Bruce Springsteen: Dancing in the dark

4. What is your favourite quote right now? Not so much a quote but a mantra/reminder: "we gotta stay positive!" from a Hold Steady song.

5. Connect up with other nonpareils! Post links to your website, Facebook, Twitter, etc., here! I has a Tumblr & Flickr

Love letter to PB

Hey America, why has it taken you so long to send us peanut butter M&Ms? Now you are for sale at the deli near my work, there is no going back. I was browsing the aisles with my yogurt in one hand and I had to back track to make sure it really was you. It was! You are in your pretty little red paper wrapper and I know you're not made here because our M&M's normally come in plastic wrappings. You're not even popular enough to be made here yet, you are still made in Hackettstown, NJ. You taste so much better than Reeses simply for the fact that you have a delicious crunchy shell like the rest of your family and you taste just like you did in June 2007 in the best way possible! I love you peanut butter M&M's, thanks for cheering up my dismal Tuesday.

My top 5 American foods that I cannot buy here..
♥ Pinkberries (with raspberries and oreo's!)
♥ Teaberry chewing gum (tastes like summer camp!)
♥ Pumpkin pie (sure, I can make it, but I can't buy it)
♥ Bagels (of the "everything" variety)
♥ Vanilla toothpaste (it's as good as food ok?)

All of these old addresses

Welcome to my room! It occurred to me this morning that when I move to Melbourne in a few weeks that I will not be taking much of anything, especially many of the bits and pieces that are currently in my room so I thought I would document it while I still have it all.
















This is 2 of my 2 old suitcases that I use for storage and a collection which I hope to one day reach the ceiling. Inside it contains all my hiking gear, to the left is my beloved (and dusty) snowboard and to the right are my backpacks. The blue suitcase I found across the road a few months ago for the bulk rubbish collection, I love the colour and shape! The green one is one I got in Melbourne last year that I bought for $2 and I remember when I opened it up.. it was full of snowflake confetti! I remember I even bought a bigger bag to put in because I didn't want it getting damaged on the flight home.
















My beloved bookshelf. I have always wanted a full bookcase and one day, I will have a whole room of books wall to wall! I'm not taking many books at all to Melbourne which is a total bummer. Well, maybe a few will make their way into my luggage. But really, chances are I will have a whole new collection before too long over there any way.

















My Polaroid wall and map of Japan! My friend in Japan sent me this map years ago and all the words on it are in Japanese script so she wrote all over it and translated the special parts for me and therefor, I love it all the more. I remember taking my first ever Polaroid in year 10 when my photography class went on an excursion to a studio and we got the play with them.. the rest is history. These bad boys are most definitely coming to Melbourne with me.

The rest of the photos are on my Flickr. I still really do not understand Blogspot + photo formatting so look there to see more because it's really not working for me here. Plus here is another one of my favourite songs at the moment.. Fyfe Dangerfield singing about rooms ♥

Living in that chest is a big big heart

My Saturday night consists of: watching Ten Things I Hate About You, eating mushroom and cheese burritos, drinking all of someone elses red wine, in bed by 9pm, refusing to watch flippin Must Love Dogs (for hundredth time!) and listening to the rain fall on the roof. AWESOME. Oh, & wondering who the frick on my street is playing that rediculous "bumble bee" song on repeat. You know the song that just keeps saying "humblebeebumblebeebumblbeebumblebee"? IT SOUNDS SO BAD BECAUSE IS IT.

My favourite songs this week:
♥ Love Lost - The Temper Trap "And if you flash your heart I won't mistreat it, I promise"

♥ Love Letter - Lisa Mitchell "Well a telegram's no substitute when it comes to living proof"

♥ Rich Kids - Washington "I remember why I left this town" (!)

♥ Eet - Regina Spektor "It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song, you can't believe it you were always singing along."

♥ Giving up the Gun - Vampire Weekend "But in the years that passed since I saw you last you haven’t moved an inch"