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(Monday to) Friday Fashion Find

Friday, May 26, 2006
Monday to Friday tees are the answer to what to throw on in the mornings, the lazy man’s (and woman’s) uniform. Super-comfy, instant fashion, every working day of the week.

Just say 'no' to crippling clothing indecision, get yourself some of these puppies, lay back and hit your snooze button. Twice.

Yes Sir, I can boogie...

Wednesday, May 24, 2006
...and for those who can't... Learn Disco!

Ready? Yx, kax, kolme...

Learn Disco!

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I've Found a New party Game...

Tuesday, May 23, 2006
...Air Cock Thrusting

If I had a cock, I'd 'stop acting like a bitch' and do it. Alas, I'm am apendagely challegned. Therefore I will be issuing dares, double dares and physical challenges when I'm next in the presence of men in public.

Friday Fashion Find

Friday, May 19, 2006

Tina Lilienthal is a German jewellery designer who lives and works in London and creates unique and quirky jewlery.

Would anyone like to volunteer to buy me this cute necklace? Pretty please with a cherry on top?

Dear John

Friday, May 12, 2006
It would be worth acquiring a temporary boyfriend just to be able to send him this hilarious Break-up Letter.



In a similar vein, Grating Cards, the antithesis of Hallmark, have dared to say what we’ve all been thinking. If you have been cheating on your boyfriend, attended a wedding with rocky foundations or witnessed the birth of an ugly baby – this 6 pack of assorted cards is for you.

Sweet Like Chocolate

Thursday, May 11, 2006
After weeks of frustrating dealings with Italian bureaucracy, I’ve been awarded a scholarship to study Italian, at the University for Foreigners, Perugia! I initially received a bitterly disappointing e-mail in error, informing me I had been placed on the reserve list. This was quickly followed by an apologetic/retracting e-mail confirming my application was indeed successful. Trust the Italian Consulate to fuck with my emotions like that. I bet my €700 stipend it's a tactic to make successful candidates painfully aware of the privilege of being bestowed with fiscal gifts from the Prodi Administration.

So, where is Perugia, you ask? I could give you a geographical explanation but all you really need to know is that the Perugina Baci chocolate hails from this mediaeval town. It also plays host to the Eurochocolate Festival, which conveniently falls within the dates of my study program (Oct-Dec 2006). As a confessed chocoholic and italophile – all my prayers have been answered at once.

To celebrate I bought a box of Baci. Each Baci, which means "kisses" in Italian, comes wrapped in a poetic love note in four languages. My first message: A wise friend knows how to spare us much pain. Fittingly plutonic for a single girl like myself.

Do this, don't do that, can't you read the signs?

Saw this book while browsing in Readings. Wanted to get it but the cover was slightly fucked, and I’m anal, so I memorised the website instead.

Some signs are purely graphics which can be understood universally. Those with text won’t make much sense to Gringos so I’ll translate a couple of good ones:

















Bar Latino. Beve y Vete. – Latin Bar. Drink and Fuck off.

I can think of a few Melbourne bars who espouse this inhospitable philosophy; albeit transmitted silently via the death stares of their surly staff.



















Este bano es solo para una emergencia y no una ‘necesidad’. Haga solo pipi . - This toilet is only for an emergency, not a ‘necessity’. One can only wee here.

I wonder what their policy on necessary emergencies is? (i.e. explosive diarrhea) I pity the person responsible for policing this.

The First Judgement

Wednesday, May 10, 2006
This blog is not intended to document the happenings of my life. More so, it will be a smattering of random thoughts, feelings, events, ideas and of course, judgements on matters of taste.