pride and prejudice vs 2013

day three

"Yes, we often walk to Meryton. It's a great opportunity to meet new people. In fact, when you met us, we'd just had the pleasure of forming a new acquaintance." Elizabeth Bennet

thus... in the hopes of forming a new acquaintance i set off! i didn't quite walk all the way into town but i did walk for at least twenty minutes which i believed should have given me ample amount of time to "meet new people". i came across one girl who was wearing a rather ugly coat but i still thought we could be friends. she seemed reluctant to give me any eye contact though... not sure why... perhaps she was not in the mood to form a new acquaintance today.

isn't it funny that when one comes across an elderly person or people, one expects them to be sweet and kind and have and endless supply of candy or freshly baked goods in their pockets... if i were elizabeth or jane or mary or kitty... maybe not lydia... i believe they would have invited me in for a game of bridge and light tea refreshment. these old biddies more or less looked at me weirdly as if to say... i'm old! if you get in my way i will trample you with my walker and throw stale candy and baked goods onto your arm pits! 

don't be disheartened... i did struck acquaintance gold!... a young lad unloading a truck eagerly waved at me as i walked past... it made me feel uneasy and i didn't really want to wave back so i gave him an awkward smile and crossed the road... i have to admit i was a little scared he may stuff me into his van and drive off, plus we hadn't been formally introduced so i think it was all for the best. 

sadly i don't think you can make new acquaintances any more by walking into town. people are too scared they might get murdered or accidentally meet a crazy person (cos murderers aren't crazy!) in their efforts for friendship.

keep calm and kitty on

day two

what else is there to do on an icy cold day in adelaide but to take a page out of hello kitty's glistening book of sunshine and try something once... twice if i like it! 

i watched a three minute video on how to do a bow using your own hair. looked simple enough... the girl in the video used one hair tie, 4 bobby pins and all of her hair...!  one hour, one can of hairspray, two hair ties, two broken hair ties, 10 bobby pins and only one third of my hair later... success!!!!

(someone really needs to start a blog entitled... survival tips 101 - thick haired girls living in a thin hair world.)

I packed my bag with all the essentials... hello kitty stamp set suitcase, hello kitty comb, hello kitty tea towl holder and all the hello kitty magnets i could find!

i had a lovely day eating all of hello kitty's favourite foods at the shanghai tea house, met up with some friends in peter alexander and taught piano using only hello kitty's favourite music!

three things you may not know about hello kitty

1. hello kitty's favourite bedtime story is mysterious forest

2. hello kitty has a boyfriend named dear daniel

3. hello kitty is as tall as five apples and weighs as much as three apples.

"happiness comes in all colours of the rainbow" - hello kitty

posted by hello celia

can't beat the heat

day one

interestingly enough this day was like no other...

 - drug busts
 - car chases
 - ball breaking humour
 - car bombs
 - true camaraderie between two newly formed friends

sounds more like a movie than a day in the life of a small town gal but thats what you get when you try to throw a little spice into an ordinary girls life...

goodbye sailor

it has been one year, six months and fourteen days since my last feuds and friendships post and it's because of one of those words that i have returned to it today. this morning i said bon voyage to two of my best people and for the next month i am a few men down with a war on my hands.

a war . on .  abxist*

generally i am no good on my own and my usual go to move is to hide away and not experience anything until i have someone to experience it with again but four weeks is a long time and i don't believe hiding is going to cut it. so due to a number of silver linings in which the details shall remain pensilent* i have decided that instead of donning my usual camouflage i intend to find one exciting or fun or interesting or challenging thing to do each day and prove to myself that i am perfectly capable of blowing my own mind!

therefore i am going to make a promise to myself that today is the first day of 'mission mind blowing' and this is a binding contract enforcing that each day is going to be lived.


*check out the emotionary http://www.the-emotionary.com/ for all your words that don't exist when your feelings do.

how do you keep a wave upon the sand?

come into my arms you bundle of charms 

and stick to my lips like honey

photographer: polly mcnicol

finesse model: emily crozier

it's a picnic for a rabbit

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surprise!!!

all is good in the world when you can throw a successful surprise birthday party! the birthday girl (for the sake of the story we shall call her... princess) was totally unaware and i quote..."i nearly cried... then i said to my self, pull it together princess!" the surprise was a few months in the making, took a lot of tom foolery and little bit of magic dust, finally (with a great sigh from my self) the party came together at the moonlight cinema and princess was most delighted!

tips for throwing your own surprise party...

1. don't organise it on facebook! more than likely you dont know all her/his friends, then you will have to add them and then all hell breaks loose!

2. don't try to bake if you are not co-ordinated! and keep the tea towls away from the elecric beater.

3. avoid encouraging the birthday person to organise their own party.

4. think of handy excuses in advance incase the moment arises when she/he starts asking questions...

 most surprised

twinking plumb

The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand;
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand:
"If this were only cleared away,"
They said, "it would be grand!"

"If seven maids with seven mops
Swept it for half a year.
Do you suppose," the Walrus said,
"That they could get it clear?"
"I doubt it," said the Carpenter,
And shed a bitter tear.

photographer: polly mcnicol

finesse model: emily crozier

child model 1: hannah green

child model 2: elisabeth green