con.ver.sing with mah se-elf

every update i've written lately has been so short, squeezed in between work breaks and crap. usually they are grumpy. i'm still grumpy today but i wanted to write something down in a bid to preserve some sanity by having a conversation...if only with myself.
fyi - canadians that title is to be sung along with a little billy idol backing track ok.

catching up on my disgruntled self...

cherie's oversized lipsmacker...now at a first glance this image might appear somewhat normal. this is not at all true! this lipsmaker is actually up against her face in order to establish a relative size (thankyou crime tv). it is 2/3 of her face. her face! cherie and i ended up at burswood twice in one week. one time on a friday to get drinks and then people watch. the other time on a monday night, maybe around 11.30pm to get coffee and watch some man do a dance when he won slots. and then to see a lady dancing with him. and then realising the lady was a total random drunk stranger.



decoriffic.
craft and bead fair.
convention centre.
me, cash only. no cards. this was a preemptive safety measure.
i spent a ridiculous amount of money there and only truly have this vase to show for it...
technically i didn't really make the vase itself, but i am responsible for the vomit like pattern now loving decoupaged onto it. i think the out of focus nature of all these shots just adds to the charm of my blog.

step 1


step 2 - the magical outcome

christmas presents = sorted.


18 year olds like to high five.

it was my cousin's 18th. i made david bowie eyes for the occasion. they haven't photographed well but i have eye makeup that is bright orange/green/gold and teal over a large part of my face. i actually got carried away and continued this trend to work on monday. to say people were skeptical would be a slight understatement. the 18th was pretty funny although my entertainment at high fiving was short-lived. mainly i just wanted to go home so i could watch my rented copy of 'she's the man'. my cousin looked so awesome though, she had a great night and was all happy. the fact that she is 18 scares the crap out of me.



sb. cardigan. i was crying at this poster from laughing so hard. it is amazing i had my camera around. 201 never disappoints.


bookclub. sunday i took a walk to the millpoint book caffe. this was a stupid idea for 2 reasons. firstly it is alot further than i realised. this in itself is not an issue, the fact that i set off with minimal hours of daylight remaining and a track running along the very quiet 'kill me and dispose of my body in the river and or bushes' path was the pressing concern. secondly it was one of the only rainy days we've had this year. flash showers were happening and i had my hands full of books with only a purse size umbrella to protect me. the purse size umbrella seems like such a good idea - compact and all. in reality it is as useful as one of those single use rain ponchos. BUT when i got there i got some good new books and then i was chatting to the coffee girls. now last time i was in i thought maybe i had been too friendly, i was feeling a bit chatty but i was pretty sure i overshot friendly and went into psychopathic chatterbox categorisation. turns out i must have been wrong cause the girl was all nice to me and then the 2 of them made me special coffee and brought it out together with this chocolate wrapped up in this note! i told them they had made my wintery sunday and alesha told me she's so happy every time i come in cause i'm all friendly and warm and colourful and it makes her day. holy crap! i thought she wrote me off as nuts! turns out my rambling is endearing.

though i doubt my students agree. yesterday my sarcasm led to the most awkward moment in my career. actually that has happened several times this semester each one topping the previous incident. i want to get away from this so i will cut to a picture of the tasty chocolate.

bye!