tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52625557818269941462023-11-16T03:56:36.769-08:00Grow FonderYou know that warm, fuzzy, happy, tight feeling you get in your chest when something is just really lovely? We call that Bursting Capsules and it's a feeling we're both fond of.Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818964215829102032noreply@blogger.comBlogger521125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-17059988874254553682011-09-28T18:44:00.000-07:002011-09-28T18:44:02.375-07:00 art in the dark v 2.0 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">We have a <a href="http://www.artinthedark.co.nz/">beautiful new website</a> and <a href="http://www.artinthedark.co.nz/artists">beautiful new artists</a>. Go have a look. </span>Hanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961165121783788361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-51389168391130302142011-09-08T19:58:00.000-07:002011-09-08T19:59:52.361-07:00 i am a woman of vision <div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Do you remember when <a href="http://growfonder.blogspot.com/2010/07/signature-scent.html">I talked about perfume</a>?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Well, yesterday I sprayed some perfume on before leaving the office. My best pal in the office, an ageless gentleman named Donald who enjoys church organs, fine vintage auto-mobiles, whiskey and opera, smelt it in the air and asked about it. I told him that it was my perfume, <i>Numero Uno, </i>and that it was actually a man's cologne, and that I hope I hadn't sprayed too much. No! Not enough! He <i>loved </i>it, to the point that he asked if I'd mind if he bought some. Of <b>course </b>I wouldn't mind. So now, as of today, Donald and I are man-fume twins, connected for life, smelling similar, yet subtly different. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">I also had my nails done today - glittery sparkles - and Donald said "now there's a woman of vision!" Now he is listening to his recording of the Royal Wedding, again, because he loves the church organ bits. Kate and Wills are about to say "I do". </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5140/5422909610_67636c945f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5140/5422909610_67636c945f.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><i>These are not my nails. </i></span></div></div>Hanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961165121783788361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-5118421646696562002011-08-31T15:19:00.000-07:002011-08-31T16:04:17.026-07:00NZFW<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">I went to New Zealand Fashion Week (well, two shows, yesterday) and I wrote about it <a href="http://poppieswillputthemtosleep.tumblr.com/post/9639554311/lolling-about-at-nzfw-2011">here</a>. If you're interested, pop over to <a href="http://www.alwayssometimesanytime.com/new/?cat=3">Always Sometimes Anytime</a> to look at their very up-to-the minute coverage and photos of pretty much all of the shows. </span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">One of the most polarising articles of the week was <i><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/fashion/blogs/crazy-chic/5534352/Whats-up-with-Adrian-Hailwood">What's up with Adrian Hailwood?</a> </i>Read that, and then read <a href="http://katherineisawesome.com/2011/08/30/nzfw-a-view-from-the-second-row-at-hailwood/#more-8703">this</a> and <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/fashion-week/news/article.cfm?c_id=1502722&objectid=10748421">this</a>. It is interesting to see the different perspectives, right? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">On the whole, I have learnt that I don't have the stamina for fashion week. I'm a spectator, not a participant, and I just can't buy into it - I can't afford to, and it's such an <i>effort</i>. I have horrible blisters. My brain is fizzing with hare-brained schemes to obtain the boots from Ruby, the leather pants from Lonely Hearts. When I eventually made my way home, I cooked a steak and ate it in front of the TV, and could not imagine having the energy to haul myself to the show I was meant to go to later that evening.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">But I do have an interest in nice things. These are photos of some nice things from <i>Liam, Ruby, Lonely Hearts</i>. <i>Liam </i>is taking over from <i>Madame Hawke</i>, in case you were confused, and is, apparently,<i>Ruby's </i>slightly more grown-up best friend. All images courtesy of the sweet and talented Claire Wolf via <a href="http://www.alwayssometimesanytime.com/">Always Sometimes Anytime</a>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Lou and I have both gone back to school this year, and for me, at least, its been pretty fun. By "go back to school" I mean go to a "continuing education" Italian class. Apparently I have a good accent, for a beginner. I've noticed that a lot of the older people in the class just don't get the accent thing. Italian vowel sounds are rather different from New Zealand ones, but its like they're a little embarrassed to make Italian words sound Italian. They read them out phonetically, with decidedly New Zealand sounding vowels. For example, when you say: "mi chiamo Hannah" in Italian, it should sound a little like "me kiamo Hannah". My classmates might say it like "my chee(as in cheese)-ammo Hannah". I was paired up with a lady who didn't get the sounds and I tried to help her come to grips with them by saying that the vowels were a little similar to Maori vowels - "ahh eeeeh iii orr eww" - and she said "I wouldn't know, I've never heard Maori" and then made a joke about Asian drivers. Whatever. Pictures from <a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/18/beautiful-minds-extra-credit-part-two/?ref=t-magazine">T Magazine</a>.</span></span></div><br />
Hanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961165121783788361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-50164304910600008472011-08-03T07:18:00.000-07:002011-08-03T07:18:53.050-07:00eighteen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tiV2cyOWK9_7YkBt2-kar1n87rvm81ba7kiR8BMPP8w2mUbEQDwIA0gBtBsv0ddA5hM0kE-8hl5cpRowySbgbyXKXvkeedpwIe4FQGr6NYPuGw8emRxzsCFhs9ktQcv3UodPkN_7RekE/s1600/tumblr_lka05jMAV01qc42blo1_500.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tiV2cyOWK9_7YkBt2-kar1n87rvm81ba7kiR8BMPP8w2mUbEQDwIA0gBtBsv0ddA5hM0kE-8hl5cpRowySbgbyXKXvkeedpwIe4FQGr6NYPuGw8emRxzsCFhs9ktQcv3UodPkN_7RekE/s320/tumblr_lka05jMAV01qc42blo1_500.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Do you remember the first night we met? We had actually met a few times before, but I mean the first night we hung out, without any mutual friends as buffers. I came to your work after close with my workmates and must have been there until at least 4am, it can't have been too much later because it was still dark when we got to your apartment. Your friend Jase was there – he became my friend after that night – and someone else maybe but that I'm not sure of. I'm not sure of very much, considering the circumstances and all the years that have passed since, but there are things that have stayed with me. I tripped on the stairs, I remember protesting that I had not eaten that night, it's something you say when you are embarassed at showing how drunk you are, isn't it? I remember you, I think it was you – there was something there I thought, I hoped, eyes had been made earlier – putting a pill in my mouth. Actually I might not remember that, maybe it was handed to me and I swallowed it on my own. It was not my first but still new enough. I remember only a few minutes passing before I was throwing up all over the bathroom. Had you been showering, did I burst in? Maybe you came in and found me there. I imagine any glimmer of that something faded away while you cleaned up my puke, I don't really know now. I remember you found a hair tie somewhere, to tie my hair up. I remember that I fell asleep and you went out with the others, there were early morning 'hospo nights' then, surely there still are, and I remember when I woke up the next day I thought someone had come into my room and painted the wall while I was sleeping, before I remembered that I was in your bed. You were next to me then, and I remember that you kissed me when we were both only just awake, I remember you had been wearing blue underwear, not shorts but tight, y fronts, no boys I knew wore that sort of underwear then.<br />
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Though your blue underwear may have been another time, later on.<br />
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I heard a few years ago that you were living here, and we have talked once, on a bizarre trip out of town we both happened to be on. But I didn't think about that night then, I just thought of it today, when we passed each other on the street, without recognition. I remember we joked about the wastefulness of my purge, I remember being both flattered and repulsed that you had kissed me after the events of only a few hours earlier. I remember that I went to your apartment for a while after that, always so late at night that it was already the next morning, a few times staying until it was the next night again. You were tall, tall and skinny with a baby's face and curls. You wore underwear that was different from the boys' whose underwear I had seen before.Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818964215829102032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-21582584222931188532011-07-17T21:04:00.000-07:002011-07-17T21:04:46.903-07:00 blerg <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">I am still alive! Just have been a bit uninspired of late. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">I'm saving, saving, saving for an adventure. It means that I've given up a more grown-up life of flatmates, dinners and extravagant laybys for parents, spending all my time with an ill tempered cat, and bringing leftovers in for lunch. On the plus side, I get to spend my spare time working through some very basic questions:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Should I live in Milan, Rome or Florence? Or somewhere else entirely?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Should I go full <i>Eat Pray Love </i>and stop in India and Bali, just to be facetious?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Should I buy the language book or just photocopy whole chapters out of it?</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I spent a lot of last Friday morning booking tickets to the Melbourne International Film Festival later this month. I decided to do something I never do which is actually go to all (or a lot) of the movies I want to see. I bought one of those passes you can get which costs a lot but works out to be not so bad per ticket, I also got a bunch of tickets for my friends so that I only have to go to one or two alone. There is nothing wrong with going to a film by yourself, it's fun actually, liberating even, but more than ten in the space of only a few weeks could be more in the realm of depressing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I booked tickets to a few much anticipated movies, <a href="http://tickets2.miff.com.au/session2.asp?sn=THE+FUTURE">The Future</a> and <a href="http://tickets2.miff.com.au/session2.asp?sn=NORWEGIAN+WOOD">Norwegian Wood</a> among them, as well as <a href="http://tickets2.miff.com.au/session2.asp?sn=BEATS%2C+RHYMES+%26+LIFE%3A+THE+TRAVELS+OF+A+TRIBE+CALLED+QUEST">Beats, Rhymes & Life</a> and a few other music films. I got tickets to a couple I hadn't heard of at all before reading through the timetable last month, like <a href="http://tickets2.miff.com.au/session2.asp?sn=THE+MATCHMAKER">The Matchmaker</a> and some I had been looking forward to but it turns out no one else I've met has (<a href="http://tickets2.miff.com.au/session2.asp?sn=TINY+FURNITURE">Tiny Furniture</a> for instance). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I very rarely go to the movies any more, it feels like such a treat when I do. This actually feels a little excessive but if you knew how many I didn't get tickets to you would be impressed with my self-restraint. Or not.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also, I finally got around to watching <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuE98oeL-e0">Catfish</a> the other night and it was good, plus all of the guys who made it are dreamboats.</div>Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818964215829102032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-17640352910129402742011-06-30T23:36:00.000-07:002011-06-30T23:36:13.821-07:00man decor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDk2VrC4gKIGH5HMMQP4gs3ctHNFee51unsDNUhwz2xxfbSOCmvF075Zx3mMWtsEFlG33zFUpTRBoRiXjdB6DQnriuE93s87ey8Wf8g4h0uCgTp4wJevHmLmzrs5shEc1Bp68ygOZt4I/s1600/il_570xN_233201658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDk2VrC4gKIGH5HMMQP4gs3ctHNFee51unsDNUhwz2xxfbSOCmvF075Zx3mMWtsEFlG33zFUpTRBoRiXjdB6DQnriuE93s87ey8Wf8g4h0uCgTp4wJevHmLmzrs5shEc1Bp68ygOZt4I/s320/il_570xN_233201658.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I really like <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/71491249/vintage-hand-woven-soft-and-plush">this rug</a> (via <a href="http://www.imrevolting.net/">I'm Revolting</a>). <br />
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That's all.Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818964215829102032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-43296690967770606352011-06-01T05:00:00.000-07:002011-06-01T05:00:24.148-07:00i think i like you<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYMznCBzFN11e0hIRAplWC2YRJrxtS50q090DnGnQa54BLwTYY7MCkZLm3iTWrTQEiqnfUjMKtrG6M_1WCl_WXFc0Mq8Qr9dvsoL7Wt7O0UEbHZHzxjqEafbnxZIi9BzuQ2pNk794v2Q/s1600/285_campbell_wild_things_082307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYMznCBzFN11e0hIRAplWC2YRJrxtS50q090DnGnQa54BLwTYY7MCkZLm3iTWrTQEiqnfUjMKtrG6M_1WCl_WXFc0Mq8Qr9dvsoL7Wt7O0UEbHZHzxjqEafbnxZIi9BzuQ2pNk794v2Q/s1600/285_campbell_wild_things_082307.jpg" t8="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Y-EBUKUIirBWGGB1BfAGVT3QgLMIy9kNFL1JYj09JKc5CoxwBXTMRCRtwUi96UVlyCV7kqAxysxZYZuRiut5HO3J4w1i2O-l7YhHPCVrxzgJAxYukHpwab0OoUz743zjMgDBstxvgfk/s1600/denise-richards-wild-things.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Y-EBUKUIirBWGGB1BfAGVT3QgLMIy9kNFL1JYj09JKc5CoxwBXTMRCRtwUi96UVlyCV7kqAxysxZYZuRiut5HO3J4w1i2O-l7YhHPCVrxzgJAxYukHpwab0OoUz743zjMgDBstxvgfk/s320/denise-richards-wild-things.jpg" t8="true" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimf9jNokz4mXf3LDI5quLeYe6_kVyTPpMAdDYhF8fCY4kBzlmgUq4-Tb6QLes8IU8XgLPewu1K3wFtf4wGr7GKs0ylGC2huLT5SvRvEJ-IEjdoWSAwZsK-WkXXJxlSKGowNZarqfrloHE/s1600/PHP4980E5D0C3300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimf9jNokz4mXf3LDI5quLeYe6_kVyTPpMAdDYhF8fCY4kBzlmgUq4-Tb6QLes8IU8XgLPewu1K3wFtf4wGr7GKs0ylGC2huLT5SvRvEJ-IEjdoWSAwZsK-WkXXJxlSKGowNZarqfrloHE/s1600/PHP4980E5D0C3300.jpg" t8="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRh-BoVNuRotdIRHnRXthR4vbHeH4ENPAmU0IhknQ8CPfwO0QwFmHI5mzTlYQZ0CqLt_1sLLdD7ctZyNOY5pO6C2g0FTBOfqdB4uTRO1HvurzjbhlZEYKgFdKGM3PT-fQF86xEU-VAJQ/s1600/Wild-Things.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRh-BoVNuRotdIRHnRXthR4vbHeH4ENPAmU0IhknQ8CPfwO0QwFmHI5mzTlYQZ0CqLt_1sLLdD7ctZyNOY5pO6C2g0FTBOfqdB4uTRO1HvurzjbhlZEYKgFdKGM3PT-fQF86xEU-VAJQ/s320/Wild-Things.jpg" t8="true" width="254" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;">Wild things is on television right now. I'm watching it and keep being reminded of Neve Campbell's skin peeling scene in The Craft. The acting in this movie is almost as bad as the shoes, but there's nothing not to love. Wtf Bill Murray?</span>Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818964215829102032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-68620254279003162292011-06-01T04:22:00.000-07:002011-06-01T04:22:14.853-07:00mash up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxfP6wFFlZ4hMXhbr_f-jR53-3TTDOSl9iRJCH-DVNIAhyphenhyphenTEPvqGO3A8DQXi8Kt_JHuQGffjhYCBGYb5-MjLPJXEM3tuQtRnDx_l93S1Hu9WCPhht2GANcggGpPLNhv7OH9M6n2UbVDk/s1600/46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxfP6wFFlZ4hMXhbr_f-jR53-3TTDOSl9iRJCH-DVNIAhyphenhyphenTEPvqGO3A8DQXi8Kt_JHuQGffjhYCBGYb5-MjLPJXEM3tuQtRnDx_l93S1Hu9WCPhht2GANcggGpPLNhv7OH9M6n2UbVDk/s320/46.jpg" t8="true" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQ8SEGznNQl7YPRd6MQUo5p3kcTA5B3gZ3VRFpo3tTCYO2sL_GU1d-OD46qJzf2321HRSAuDANy97ohu-PidVa6ePMTrVz28RTaUqWYyeGqM-Gcxy3SNxD-PRBqR9Fj3KeK0x96Z7Pfc/s1600/47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQ8SEGznNQl7YPRd6MQUo5p3kcTA5B3gZ3VRFpo3tTCYO2sL_GU1d-OD46qJzf2321HRSAuDANy97ohu-PidVa6ePMTrVz28RTaUqWYyeGqM-Gcxy3SNxD-PRBqR9Fj3KeK0x96Z7Pfc/s320/47.jpg" t8="true" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jennirope.com/index.php?/works/collage/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Jennie Ford for Marimekko</span></a></div>Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818964215829102032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-30518391446838241082011-05-30T03:30:00.000-07:002011-05-30T03:30:38.211-07:00good for nothing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NIXGI1842cFfIVDjrkoUHKa1ErVZ9cnS9jYa_EXx8BcXl30PtDQafLY15XfUqZ7jNFF1ozxQVQOeEvkYzNY8NrLWeMQShnEc-Fozflf1DU1KrOCLZHzCsfXt4L5Bvx2y64eFr-zEa2c/s1600/tumblr_lh2ltsjBUN1qdgv9so1_500_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NIXGI1842cFfIVDjrkoUHKa1ErVZ9cnS9jYa_EXx8BcXl30PtDQafLY15XfUqZ7jNFF1ozxQVQOeEvkYzNY8NrLWeMQShnEc-Fozflf1DU1KrOCLZHzCsfXt4L5Bvx2y64eFr-zEa2c/s320/tumblr_lh2ltsjBUN1qdgv9so1_500_large.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><br />
I am not of the best health at the moment. I have a vitamin b and possibly iron deficiency. I know this because I have angular cheilitis. This self-diagnosis has been informed by advice from various friends and colleagues, and at least an hour or so on the internet. Angular cheilitis, it turns out, is what they call the terribly annoying and persistent cuts that can develop in the corner of one's mouth. They are PAINFUL and DISGUSTING and do. not. heal. They aren't cold sores but they may as well be, they are equally as GROSS and render one equally as unlikely to ever be kissed again in their LIFE. They also make it difficult to laugh, yawn, brush one's teeth, and eat anything larger than a grape, or anything on a fork. <br />
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So there've been a range of suggestions about what might have caused the face wounds, and after two weeks of no apparent improvements (in fact it got worse, double bad) the common theme I'm hearing is vitamin b. I actually spoke to a real pharmacist about this, they're the free version of a doctor, or at least slightly more informed than me after a dr google consultation. Admittedly the pharmacist I spoke to was working at chemist warehouse (the only place I buy my drugs) but they agreed with my self assessment and the ego boost was enough to send me away with a bottle of some super ultra multi B complex pills. Never have been much of a supplement taker though, and I am now sitting here munching on salmon, broccoli, asparagus, mushrooms, leafy greens, beetroot, brussel sprouts and brown rice, trying to work out how I can possibly incorporate millet, wheat germ and beef livers into my diet as well... I am an easily sold hypochondriac.Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818964215829102032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-53798972180250645852011-05-17T01:27:00.000-07:002011-05-17T01:27:02.627-07:00dreamy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjseRoAt4-gUl2vr3C6zYoAVGubplby9kum3_1e59NuKvQP0C2CJst6C5Y6RSmHxVeTV7pP-OXFTH4PVLJa7aQEdRHq14s3jNIcRV-wyJJ2LuBqLG2yH3oxkzFieUqJSKjDMO6xhhG1VcA/s1600/lolita3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjseRoAt4-gUl2vr3C6zYoAVGubplby9kum3_1e59NuKvQP0C2CJst6C5Y6RSmHxVeTV7pP-OXFTH4PVLJa7aQEdRHq14s3jNIcRV-wyJJ2LuBqLG2yH3oxkzFieUqJSKjDMO6xhhG1VcA/s320/lolita3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Not really, it's too late in the evening to write anything compelling about something that occured in my own subconscious over 12 hours ago. But here are a bunch of pictures that somehow fit into the bizarreness and loveliness of this whole scenario, as I seem to have begun to mush all the recent dreams into an ongoing state of being that I'm having a hard time pulling myself out of when awake. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;">A few tidbits: model planes made of chickpeas and rainbow garlic // b grade celebrity look alikes mouthing silently along with gangster rap for hours // sleeping in a hat on a couch at a party // straw // forests // grey skies // warm hands, cold weather // that's all.</span>Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818964215829102032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-25667137028072278582011-05-03T19:14:00.000-07:002011-05-03T19:14:03.757-07:00champ fest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9ruiEp7Qb00ZH_esJqxOculrYlTj3rBHb0g6iYE17zqDNlQI7z3ncbTucPBSN-728VApA1L8LkBIcYbhaxy33Iv1O6dEgaahogK_L7sar24PSIJ4aCGgCQGn3JSFiRumdyrBHNzs-38/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9ruiEp7Qb00ZH_esJqxOculrYlTj3rBHb0g6iYE17zqDNlQI7z3ncbTucPBSN-728VApA1L8LkBIcYbhaxy33Iv1O6dEgaahogK_L7sar24PSIJ4aCGgCQGn3JSFiRumdyrBHNzs-38/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Wa-hey, <a href="http://www.alachampfest.com/index.html">Champ Press</a> Creators Supplement showed up in my mailbox last night and isn't it delightful! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">A lovely little thing printed on a beautiful old press, here in Melbourne, this journal is full of pictures and words from some of the most inspirational people creating around the world. Editors from Apartamento and Monocle (my two actual favourite bits of print), designers from Tokyo, Berlin and London, I'm excited to actually sit down and read it all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;">You can buy the supplement, and Ala Champfest the magazine at a bunch of shops around Melbourne and the world, and online, have a look at the <a href="http://www.alachampfest.com/thegetgo.html">website</a> for stockists.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: xx-small;">I took these photos on my phone</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: xx-small;">.</span>Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818964215829102032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-74078359901721378772011-05-03T00:40:00.000-07:002011-05-03T00:40:09.934-07:00knit picks<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">see what I did there?</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">I am obsessed with </span><a href="http://www.allknitwear.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">All Knitwear</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">, ever since I saw it in a shop on Gertrude Street that was shut every time I walked past. Admittedly I only walked past at night, until about two months ago when I walked past in the middle of the day, and it was open. I went in and found that these sweaters and minis and scarves are even better in person than through the window/online. The shop is called </span><a href="http://www.dagmarrousset.com.au/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Dagmar Rousset</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> and is full of really great things. Please go there if you are in Melbourne. You could even get french lessons there if you wanted, which you should.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">If you're in Auckland, which I think a few of you are, All Knitwear is stocked at </span><a href="http://www.workroom.net.nz/?page_id=780"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Douglas + Bec</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> in St Mary's Bay, a shop which I don't think existed when I lived there.</span>Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818964215829102032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-41439411938999442782011-04-26T17:40:00.000-07:002011-04-26T17:40:33.291-07:00we are children of the nineties<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_YWkxQeHuyfzoGAzRBYrwKyFy21w-8n345UbP9ZP7k8yDhiy_3nadL3f_aIAn0R0b65OLVqGuoF0SHvrgUgAJZvbhE2uvskYjNrsWe6A1Z_DQ0mbWDqMiTwPxNpqR3liv9izjT5PCK8/s1600/tumblr_kz96y17mfj1qzajbko1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_YWkxQeHuyfzoGAzRBYrwKyFy21w-8n345UbP9ZP7k8yDhiy_3nadL3f_aIAn0R0b65OLVqGuoF0SHvrgUgAJZvbhE2uvskYjNrsWe6A1Z_DQ0mbWDqMiTwPxNpqR3liv9izjT5PCK8/s320/tumblr_kz96y17mfj1qzajbko1_500.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>This weekend I sat by a lake with eight others of roughly the same age, and turned 25 as we sang along to the smashing pumpkins, spice girls, ace of base and alanis morisette. We still remembered every word. <br />
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We communed with nature, smoking cigarettes and drinking beer and red wine in the mud. Wearing polyester blankets patterned in leopard print. We made new friends and ate chinese takeaway in the middle of a tiny town, deserted at 10pm but for a few hangers on at the pokies.<br />
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We talked about Kurt Cobain, 2 Pac and Biggie. We rowed in Kayaks on another lake, our iPods and portable speakers splashed with water but continuing to play incredibly offensive gangster rap. (We turned it off when we realised how many children we were sharing the lake with).<br />
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We spent hundreds of dollars, on beer, breakfast, barbecue supplies. We feasted on sandwiches and easter eggs in the middle of the night and powerade and golden pash the next morning. We got lost on the way there and the way home, but we got back to the city in time for the unfortunate few who had to work.Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818964215829102032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-11914165226912590822011-04-20T22:09:00.000-07:002011-04-20T22:09:27.542-07:00quarter life crisis<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> It's my birthday on Monday, dear rich friends and family (all of you) please note:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.cafleurebon.com/nasomatto-nuda-no-boundaries/"> This perfume</a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDfS_RXK0W2kSkzZvHWJkPe-eBAKk8hQW5DnrAQTr4btuojawpEkawx-KewUdM38PbcdDz1AdHpd_gvINSRJ5sNg6C-RuAaJ2mJyk_dLZDpzgZ5_WsQ1aVD9JjUnEVHhFC05MgpFVkqk/s1600/AUT_339_715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDfS_RXK0W2kSkzZvHWJkPe-eBAKk8hQW5DnrAQTr4btuojawpEkawx-KewUdM38PbcdDz1AdHpd_gvINSRJ5sNg6C-RuAaJ2mJyk_dLZDpzgZ5_WsQ1aVD9JjUnEVHhFC05MgpFVkqk/s320/AUT_339_715.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://store.retrosuperfuture.com/collections/lucia/products/284">These sunglasses</a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://themakebelievesea.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" height="216" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx20lweHTlShUT1mOasIlFG4IVublPOdoTi1337YMXQdVfvSowqCMyv4mjk4JAIXIugBvX69CRw_LQDPRd6EHtKi7AtBHKGVbPZGIoSww68ZP-CDT7ukf-W6N9pBE4Izg4gA8sEkwxTic/s320/Misma+the+make+believe+sea.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Flowers, always</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2JYCqD9M-cRQP6RtPLKk19xePQ9YxRqtCywWmXqrUh4I20j3y6MT-CnMCCfobt2jX7gNlurMs_CEKsKNB0KQneEGTxQJodOsxgb_00_UIrveXu0M_SCn-wobuxRnfVUKfrvvPuP53R5o/s1600/matinaaminita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="274" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2JYCqD9M-cRQP6RtPLKk19xePQ9YxRqtCywWmXqrUh4I20j3y6MT-CnMCCfobt2jX7gNlurMs_CEKsKNB0KQneEGTxQJodOsxgb_00_UIrveXu0M_SCn-wobuxRnfVUKfrvvPuP53R5o/s320/matinaaminita.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-BiXF0YksNdfelLWcftSwL9jKjT0un0ojZGINrA_fZQlJiE39et6xFvqmWSjod2MzBwbtTH2CpXTpQ9M85ssyPBW-Ekg8IImfNvkvquzVR1hgDnMVyyr5-r0ZeIPvoIfp9AXpiddub0/s1600/thumb_prodid196-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-BiXF0YksNdfelLWcftSwL9jKjT0un0ojZGINrA_fZQlJiE39et6xFvqmWSjod2MzBwbtTH2CpXTpQ9M85ssyPBW-Ekg8IImfNvkvquzVR1hgDnMVyyr5-r0ZeIPvoIfp9AXpiddub0/s1600/thumb_prodid196-2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">A cocktail ring or two, particularly <a href="http://www.meadowlark.co.nz/shop/index.php?page=product&categoryid=3&collectionid=&prodid=196&productname=Bat+Cocktail+Ring+PRE+ORDER&x=91&y=24">this one</a>, in smokey quartz</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SreJ5fu9bEoltszf9lPSuKyOGPnWsw9vItwpMPU5fclOaaOCd1SdSyRzVh9MruKrjqe-nMmeOiN-rBL2ExQPmLw3oa6cUsrRbn59UFacXy6NTfCVz0qkC0olg1Sm25Gq2BAUYV9yCGE/s1600/tumblr_lgzdv6IKnO1qcwnkmo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SreJ5fu9bEoltszf9lPSuKyOGPnWsw9vItwpMPU5fclOaaOCd1SdSyRzVh9MruKrjqe-nMmeOiN-rBL2ExQPmLw3oa6cUsrRbn59UFacXy6NTfCVz0qkC0olg1Sm25Gq2BAUYV9yCGE/s320/tumblr_lgzdv6IKnO1qcwnkmo1_500.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">A timepiece that isn't my cell phone. Preferably a large-ish man-ish gold or silver watch with a big round face</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeGxHIbPfGaKe2YXt08wRU4P5aQpq99YAGXqjv_rf8Bf67VnjNNTZ7spPRF2vfMPc6ZeeSCefFw9PCfwk3MxaFOWYD2vSzuUGNS9xdQLvNo4KlUsGFGEwaIjEp3PPinhC0vv5GhxVHzo/s1600/macbook17090106-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeGxHIbPfGaKe2YXt08wRU4P5aQpq99YAGXqjv_rf8Bf67VnjNNTZ7spPRF2vfMPc6ZeeSCefFw9PCfwk3MxaFOWYD2vSzuUGNS9xdQLvNo4KlUsGFGEwaIjEp3PPinhC0vv5GhxVHzo/s320/macbook17090106-2.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">And a new computer,</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks.</div>Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818964215829102032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-78853032953570890972011-04-17T21:23:00.000-07:002011-04-17T22:33:48.590-07:00a banana wrapped in tin foil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-mRm_rp6fqPwVd8Yo9mpci1wDaOTkdC4qaGKzMKJm6iIHoE_4cIwXoq7GrfzViRsRnLBZ-D1evg68Tr6MwBajNPs0Y8TM30ZJSIT8iG63MaFkPkAARa8j9RpNFLyFiFHFddAI20armw/s1600/jeremie_egry_image1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-mRm_rp6fqPwVd8Yo9mpci1wDaOTkdC4qaGKzMKJm6iIHoE_4cIwXoq7GrfzViRsRnLBZ-D1evg68Tr6MwBajNPs0Y8TM30ZJSIT8iG63MaFkPkAARa8j9RpNFLyFiFHFddAI20armw/s320/jeremie_egry_image1.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8ZUOLGwxnjzxM4srBYT2vS6yBR72BqaopkL1RLKfcPoQi8dClqWaouv1s3DaCFictg90zOSfaBTSPy1iEjLbx_iw9G5fG386hxx18LNHswfTI6ovOA3iIEnV_JImZjKpyu9P-b1G_Og/s1600/The%252520Braves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8ZUOLGwxnjzxM4srBYT2vS6yBR72BqaopkL1RLKfcPoQi8dClqWaouv1s3DaCFictg90zOSfaBTSPy1iEjLbx_iw9G5fG386hxx18LNHswfTI6ovOA3iIEnV_JImZjKpyu9P-b1G_Og/s320/The%252520Braves.jpg" width="228" /></a></div>My favourite boots fell apart five minutes after I got to <a href="http://www.russellnz.co.nz/">Russell</a>, a small town in the Bay of Islands, a few weeks ago and I was left with just my ridiculously high bridesmaid shoes and a pair of jandals borrowed from han. I re-bought the same boots as soon as I got back to Melbourne so it's not as much as a disaster as it could have been, but at the time my only consolation was that I might get to fill the broken pair with plants. Not so, unwearable footwear is not something you want to lug around in a suitcase for three weeks, and they now rest in a bin somewhere in Auckland.<br />
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Anyway I'm kind of hung up on the work of <a href="http://www.aa-je.com/">Aurelian Arbet and Jeremie Egry</a> (good names too), which features among other things my current favourite plant containers - clothing.Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818964215829102032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-67918917346165050702011-04-13T22:45:00.000-07:002011-04-13T22:45:43.497-07:00i exist<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> And I like things: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">My giant velvet polka dot dress from Twenty Seven Names</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Wearing said dress with a ridiculous cardigan covered in mini pom poms, burgundy tights, or a skin coloured slip</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Smokey quartz everything</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/nightlife/article/99-problems-new-bar-collingwood"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">99 Problems</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">, my new local* with the nicest proprietors ever</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">The fact that I am going to see Bone Thugs N Harmony next week</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">The wonderful, amazing trip I just got back from in little ole New Zealand, and all the babes I got to see naked in the ocean after two of our </span><a href="http://www.stclair-photography.com/blog/wedding/russell-new-zealand-wedding/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">beautiful pals</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://www.stclair-photography.com/blog/wedding/off-to-christchurch/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">tied the knot</span></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">In fact, everything about that day, except the sweat during the ceremony, and the entire missing outfit</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Hanging out with my granny</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Hanging out with my friends' babies</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Being home</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;">The Asos package that just arrived</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.monet2010.com/">This lovely distraction</a> (select <em>journey</em>)**</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Thanks for your time </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">xL</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: xx-small;">* it is, dangerously close to my house </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: xx-small;">** found via Lolita, thanks!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: xx-small;">*** both of the autumney wintery photos are from <a href="http://portillon.wordpress.com/">Le Portillon</a>, my new favourite</span></div>Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818964215829102032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-77501475305390638072011-03-23T13:25:00.000-07:002011-03-23T13:25:46.850-07:00 no-neck monsters! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">RIP Liz. Once I dressed up as her for Halloween (<i>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</i>). I can't imagine a world without Elizabeth Taylor.</span><br />
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</span>Hanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961165121783788361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-87598263716010324352011-03-15T20:42:00.000-07:002011-03-15T20:54:33.877-07:00 This has been very encouraging <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Last night, when he was </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/03/tom_waits_is_basically_edward.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nymag%2Fvulture+%28Vulture+-+nymag.com%27s+Entertainment+and+Culture+Blog%29">inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">, Tom Waits said this:</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">I just want to know if there's a keychain version that I can keep with me just in case I hear someone say, <b>"Pete, take the cuffs off. I think he's a Hall of Famer."</b> Thank you for the kind words, Neil. I'm honored to be honored. And, gee, I don't know where to begin. <b>Songs, uh, are really just interesting things to be doing with the air. </b>I love working with tunes. I love music, but we really want music to love us. Neil was saying the other night, he said, "When there's a song approaching it's kind of like there's an animal in the room, and you don't want it to run off." You know, how did it get in?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">I was, uh, fifteen and I snuck in to see Lightnin' Hopkins. <b>I put white-out in my hair and I drew on a mustache and I put on an overcoat and I stood there and I said, "Ticket for one." Amazing show. Every time he opened his mouth, that orchestra of gold teeth was just devastating</b>. And then I saw him leave the show and he walked through a door and slammed the door behind him. And on the door, it said, I swear to God, "KEEP OUT. THIS ROOM IS FOR ENTERTAINERS ONLY." And I knew at that moment that I had to get into show business as soon as possible. So, uh, that was a real big one for me. And I've had the pleasure and the privilege of playing with a lot of great musicians over the years. Some of you are here and some of you are not here. Some of us are on the wrong side of the dirt, as they say. <b>But any day on this side of the dirt is a good day, for me and for all of us.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Let's see, what else? They told me I should talk for quite a while, but I don't intend to. I fully do not intend to. I'd like to thank my family. They know me and they love me anyway. My wife and her incandescent light that has guided me and kept me alive and breathing and sparkling. And my kids who, well, they taught me everything I know. Or maybe they taught me everything they know. I don't know. They taught me a lot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlc_E7pl0wRVeoCsR2Cu-Ov_0dPFjhmJ0Mrd5jE_kAsVwJANehLDCsvlQPdfFs1rtsxfddfvsguVX-ssFmYn5esuzojiPqO1OUvHIkm2dPLtc0c5zmAvgYP5RXzqAo_V_6kZ1qjjznsA/s1600/Tom%252BWaits%252Bbabe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlc_E7pl0wRVeoCsR2Cu-Ov_0dPFjhmJ0Mrd5jE_kAsVwJANehLDCsvlQPdfFs1rtsxfddfvsguVX-ssFmYn5esuzojiPqO1OUvHIkm2dPLtc0c5zmAvgYP5RXzqAo_V_6kZ1qjjznsA/s320/Tom%252BWaits%252Bbabe.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Okay, I did the bit about the door and the club. Um, the first time I went onstage, my face felt like it was made of plaster and if I smiled, it would crack off, and I thought,<b> "This is such an interesting [Christian?] experience"</b> and somehow wanted more of it. They say I have no hits and I'm difficult to work with, and they say that like it's a bad thing. [crowd cheers] <b>The only thing I really can compare this to is I was given the key to the city of El Paso several months ago. It was a really kind offer. They told me there's only one key to the city, but I found out later there were a whole lot of them, and they fit nothing. So, I'm just hoping there are some fringe benefits that go along with this baby. Thank you very much. This has been very encouraging.</b></span></div>Hanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961165121783788361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-30608160240780993162011-03-14T13:02:00.000-07:002011-03-14T13:02:45.575-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFuCwKEF1-EVLQOMKZe-05lzKhncZyYcpzucOFjroK9G6BTEgpuGmrSeq5PNqOCGarzV63NlMZfqJ_1m3en7YX-MtMfl61-vwYB7AnNmSDwd2xN07Td-_OFUOx3apCiGE1GkbRPgLmA/s1600/madonnass2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFuCwKEF1-EVLQOMKZe-05lzKhncZyYcpzucOFjroK9G6BTEgpuGmrSeq5PNqOCGarzV63NlMZfqJ_1m3en7YX-MtMfl61-vwYB7AnNmSDwd2xN07Td-_OFUOx3apCiGE1GkbRPgLmA/s1600/madonnass2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: xx-small;">Taken one year before her first album was released. <a href="http://www.popnography.com/madonna1.html">So cool</a>. Photo by Richard Corman.</span></div>Hanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961165121783788361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-4514001453931836812011-03-10T12:37:00.000-08:002011-03-10T12:37:29.809-08:00 no-hope <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Why am I so preoccupied with winter boots? All I want is a plain black leather pair that come up to the top of my ankle with a bit of a heel. In Auckland, it is impossible. I whinged to Lou about this, and she said they're everywhere in Melbourne, but that's always the way. New Zealand is a boot desert. There are no good boots here, unless you're after the massive-wedge-lace-up-cut-out style. There are heaps of those. Below, the Alexander Wang Addison boots (unattainably expensive), Jeffrey Campbell Areas (sold out) and the mystery ones in Miss Crabb's look book</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpFNEjuaZ_mk39EG9LRryiHshxelJxufABBa4c4Sg3tHuydozLaI9BYRHO6IVpQVHOHa44NOmPVmcZ4VIghOxHAWjZExhbBBato6vhSojd3uCDQaBqwPwfroGqWCdemehyphenhyphenEEUZQk1F7A/s1600/alexander+wang.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</span></div>Hanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961165121783788361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-23325259221563836312011-03-07T22:42:00.000-08:002011-03-07T22:42:49.521-08:00hitched<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLbEuvf0XX_M8EQ7JJifcatBx7ApiVgA9N7OUvIDRV807MW9aXwj0nhvpGskfiNCMg1FSNoE9ZWhhxKr0gJfuisba23OK9AMbd_aH4e55N5nmNUEKMSuP1nPAILHc5Qb6oX6opPuklr4/s1600/_mg_3916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLbEuvf0XX_M8EQ7JJifcatBx7ApiVgA9N7OUvIDRV807MW9aXwj0nhvpGskfiNCMg1FSNoE9ZWhhxKr0gJfuisba23OK9AMbd_aH4e55N5nmNUEKMSuP1nPAILHc5Qb6oX6opPuklr4/s320/_mg_3916.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnwvsU6JhtsMjmcJ5mNXu8CFqwE1-QISfmtMwfr-c-oyBEy8S80xVVjWBqs10xiW78JQa9IMT6A1736m0X5AAzP6QWM1iPNZWDY9sIT2PfBDtRfQPozBbcGEV5ZhDUUCN17UOkKzZHlA/s1600/ruby-d1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnwvsU6JhtsMjmcJ5mNXu8CFqwE1-QISfmtMwfr-c-oyBEy8S80xVVjWBqs10xiW78JQa9IMT6A1736m0X5AAzP6QWM1iPNZWDY9sIT2PfBDtRfQPozBbcGEV5ZhDUUCN17UOkKzZHlA/s320/ruby-d1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgis02W0IN-XdFgMh7OvZ4NZK9ikMU4VSec-ngLkeY8AUVUW5ulWy9erZcyYMilbC1KJReYVz3fE-TuCpI1zTzw1WoufCqNxcSLpix4qXgCYxUDX1hrCEyOpv-mrF_XwTwBm8cLdmhihmE/s1600/ruby-full.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgis02W0IN-XdFgMh7OvZ4NZK9ikMU4VSec-ngLkeY8AUVUW5ulWy9erZcyYMilbC1KJReYVz3fE-TuCpI1zTzw1WoufCqNxcSLpix4qXgCYxUDX1hrCEyOpv-mrF_XwTwBm8cLdmhihmE/s320/ruby-full.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Two of my favourite people are getting married (really soon!) and they have something special planned for their cake which I'm pretty excited about... It's special in quite a different way to these spectacular monochromatic lovelies but I'm loving the boar cake and it just reminded me of how not-bland weddings can be if they want to. I know weddings think about this stuff.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.imrevolting.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/emilymiranda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="274" q6="true" src="http://www.imrevolting.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/emilymiranda.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: xx-small;">The top picture is from </span><a href="http://www.oncewed.com/wedding-ideas/wedding-desserts/page-5/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: xx-small;">Once Wed</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: xx-small;"> and the white cakes are all by </span><a href="http://www.emilymirandastudio.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: xx-small;">Emily Miranda</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: xx-small;"> via </span><a href="http://www.imrevolting.net/?p=6579&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ImRevolting+%28I%27M+REVOLTING%29&utm_content=Google+Reader"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: xx-small;">I'm revolting</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: xx-small;">.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.imrevolting.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/emilymiranda1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="http://www.imrevolting.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/emilymiranda1.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><img height="82" src="http://www.imrevolting.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/emilymiranda.jpg" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 512px; mozopacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 392px; visibility: hidden;" width="96" />Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818964215829102032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-84824661926924205112011-03-07T12:17:00.000-08:002011-03-07T12:17:40.930-08:00 oh I wish <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xMjK4ZSRLNrMZa9zMs0CCdWDEVHhUrTVdEFzBiz_YVJuL1F1PigIExqNBOjQIOqy4RtceS47GjJwpt5jhbRCNdPN44BRElikfQ8ZlC860iJXDwm6D7b0SWbo7sJskjExV5q_UqkHxQ/s1600/tati-cotliar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xMjK4ZSRLNrMZa9zMs0CCdWDEVHhUrTVdEFzBiz_YVJuL1F1PigIExqNBOjQIOqy4RtceS47GjJwpt5jhbRCNdPN44BRElikfQ8ZlC860iJXDwm6D7b0SWbo7sJskjExV5q_UqkHxQ/s1600/tati-cotliar.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Perfect: no make up (jealous), cheek bones, relaxed hair without a massive fringe, vintage jacket, brown silk shirt, vintage belt, blue velvet pants. Man. </span>Hanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961165121783788361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262555781826994146.post-86446497773835812612011-02-23T19:26:00.000-08:002011-02-23T20:00:06.221-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">There's not much to say at the moment. We're all just <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/">watching</a> and waiting. Our country is calm and safe and, above all, small. We all know someone who knows someone. We've crowded around the TV and radio, waiting to hear more. I've spent the last couple of days working with eleven year olds, and today had to start answering questions about the earthquake. I tried to focus on good things, like the way everyone is pulling together to help, how they're looking out for one another. But I know those kids will go home, turn on the television and see it all. They'll feel that visceral pain we're all feeling at the moment, of seeing your country literally torn apart, ripped at the seams, collapsed in a heap. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">At the moment, they need money. You can donate to the <a href="http://www.redcross.org.nz/cms_display.php">red cross</a>, or click <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10708187">here </a>for more information.</span></div>Hanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961165121783788361noreply@blogger.com0