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death becomes her

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:16:31 GMT

so I had the weirdest fucking day today

I went to an alpaca farm to help out

I helped heard them to different paddocks.

there were ducks, geese, baby alpacas, and life seemed great

then.....

we found a dead alpaca who's head had been caught in a fence,

so on this first day of alpaca farm life for me....

I ended up heaving this dead alpaca onto a blue wagon and carting it across the paddock to be burried.

The whole thing was one of the most surreal events in my entire life

It's body was so huge, it's eyes were open, this yellow goop of bile and insides was leaking from its mouth. It was so floppy, it's neck bent completely the wrong way when the lady and I put it into the wagon. The lady asked me to read the serial number on it's tag so we could identify it correctly.

83143- aka Iris........RIP iris, I never got to meet you, but you taught me alot about myself and about life/death.

Your death was intense.

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:41:00 GMT

now where did I get to ?

photo by corbeau du nord

willlllllllllllllld strawberries

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:24:22 GMT

i had an AMAZING night last night.

Soooooo many meaningful hugs

all my friends under the one roof

getting told i deserve happiness by the one person who deserves it just as much

i won a game of pool

saw an old friend, more hugs

i got jumped on top of by joss, haha

d'n'm chat with 'the asian wearing a picnic tablecloth"

lovely car rides with my best friend eating lollies, having what always feels like a good therapy session

cup of tea and blackbooks

sleeping in mum's cosy bed.

been a while

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:41:13 GMT

wow, 3 minutes to load this page, no wonder I love blogger.....

so i thought I'd update you on life in caylietown

ive been really busy, had lots of fun, been thinking of designs alot

been thinking of life alot

been thinking, a lot.

cant stop listening to "sleeping lessons" by the shins.

went to the aquarium today

turtles are evil, who knew!

I have to work tomorrow so i should go to bed soon, its storming here at the moment

funny how the weather often reflects your mood.

night x

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:30:41 GMT

So i called the police for the first time ever today.....

on my way home a man in a wheelchair was in the middle of the roundabout, so i pulled over, got out, and went to help him at least to the footpath, but he was saying he needed me to push him to the shops (at least an hours walk from where we were) i said i couldnt do that and that he shouldnt be on the road, he was EXTREMELY hostile and wouldnt let me help, so i figured there wasnt anything else i could do but to go home ( 2 streets away) and call the police to go help him....

I feel bad, like should i have done something else, i didn't want to drive him because he was mentally disabled also and i coudnt lift him into my car. And what if hed grabbed the wheel or something?

There was a teenage guy, who walked past and came to help, but when he saw the man was saying no and yelling at me he backed off, i mouthed to him "help" and he stayed just in case. The man wheeled to the middle of the round about and i drove home and called the local police, I hope the man didn't get hit by a car, but what else could i have done really.

that wasn't fun.

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:53:47 GMT

I am a traitor

i have a new blog, I'm keeping this one for ranting, its been good to me for that

but i need one for design, craft and such

so go to http://birdprint.blogspot.com/

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:11:11 GMT

First day of RMIT, i find out i get to meet Beci Orpin in a month for a lecture she's giving

HOLY COW .....

BECI ORPIN

she's like my god.

AND

she knows Laurence greenwood (AKA) Whitley!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I'll make her a present to say thanks for being such an inspiration to me for the last 3 years.

you know you're a graphic designer when.....

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:13:08 GMT

So my friend and co-worked Elise, sent me an invite to join a facebook group with the above title, i accepted and laughed my ass off with some of the reasons " you know you're a graphic designer when...."

my favourites are as follows:

- You can spot bad typography from 100 yds away

-You giggle whenever you use the colors F0CCED, EFF0FF and 44DDDD

-You’re in the sun and you look around for a Drop Shadow to sit under.

-You know Lorem Ipsum by heart.

-You refer to your privates as "the Magic Wand".

and my MOST FAVOURITE:

-You have a thing for chairs. You don't know why.

so true, we are an entirely different race at that.

akira isogawa

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:42:45 GMT

painting i did today. black and grey acrylic on canvas board.

who said Lj was dead.....

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:45:53 GMT

funktion..... says:
the girl who couldnt sleep with out potatoes, Or Forever Hold Your Peace, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament, But For Very Good Reasons

renata says:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

thank you sufjan.

on thrifting.....

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:41:19 GMT

Funktion..... says:
there was a tripod at savers for $30 and I DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY ON ME, bahhhh i wanna go back and get it. it wasnt the best brand, but it worked and i just want one i can tie to myself, climb fences and use haha

Danni... says:
oooooo thats really good

funktion..... says:
i want to find boots tomorrow, op shopping, bah i cant wait, so need to op shop

Danni... says:
yes! i know me tooo i want to find lots of cool things! that noone else will have that are very me

funktion..... says:
its like the perrrrrrrrrfect way to describe why we op shop

move by yourself tonight

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:52:49 GMT

so, last week of normal life

as of the 11th i'll be at RMIT or on a train most of my week.

this week im working, finding art supplies, and perhaps St Kilda fest this weekend.

i spent the entire weekend with Ben, Skye and Matt.

was enjoyable

need to make sure i keep some spare time to lay on grass and watch farm dogs round up small children.

damn yarn thief.

i know what i want to be, when i don't grow up......

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:37:22 GMT

i love these lovers

I.L.L.I.N.O.I.S.

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:07:37 GMT

2 Sufjan concerts later, and i'm more in love with him than ever ....

i got some reading glasses

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:11:12 GMT

I have been offered a place at RMIT university.

This is the beginning of one of the best years of my life....i can feel it all setting into place.

those are some of what i've been working on lately, let me know what you think, the bottom ones are WIP's and not finished yet.

Two to the Zero Zero Eight

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:14:20 GMT

Another year has come and gone, 2007 was possibly the best year of my life, and a complete polar opposite to 2006.

On January 1st, 2007 i saw Matt Costa perform at the Hi- Fi

On January 1st, 2008 - I was at the crazyness that is FALLS FESTIVAL

I'm exhausted , covered in bug bites, and really need to wash my hair, but it was the best new years eve I've ever had.

KINGS OF LEON counted us down to 2008, what could be better? AND THEY PLAYED MILK !!!!!!

I danced crazier than i've ever danced before, i sang louder than i've ever sung before.... and i hugged my friends and grinned at the year that is to come.

I think i achieved quite a few of the bigger things on my new years resoultions list for '07, and so in tradition i'll make another list and we'll see how it goes from here....

1- To achieve a level of creativity that astounds even me
2- To learn to speak Swedish in preparation for my trip in 2009
3- To save up a nice wad of moolah for my trip
4- To have an amazing relationship with a creative and caring individual
5- To dance and sing to music that takes me by the arms and spins me about
6- To spend as much time as I can with my best friends
7- To make a new and important friend
8- To do things i've been too scared to attempt
9- To look after my mum, and see her get married
10- To progress smoothly into this amazement that is "growing up"

my private idaho

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:40:17 GMT

Shaun got a guy in Thailand to paint that picture of Sufjan for me, for my Christmas present...... it's HUGE too......

I pretty much love my friends to death.....

I emailed the guy back, will be interesting to hear what he replies....

Today i took LOTS of photos, here's my fave self portraits of the day.

over and out.

me in my new threadless.com tshirt

oh the irony

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:49:59 GMT

History says:
well i wouldnt eat his pasta

today odd thoughts

today new dress

today jittery

today excited

today scared

today exhausted

today hinting

today ....

but what about tomorrow?.....

what about next week....

mmmmm

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:29:12 GMT

you could but i ate him three days ago

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:15:59 GMT

i've been blog absent for a while

i work alot, my new job is good but... i work alot

i've been crafting alot, knitting mostly (like the marimekko fingerless mitts above i made from my own pattern )

I've made some new contacts/friends in the craft world, one being the lovely Pip of 'meet me at mikes' and Brooke who works there too aka boobook.

I've been driving alot

I've been sleeping horribly

I've been shopping online alot

I've been shopping in stores alot

I cant wait for xmas day when i can put my feet up with a platter of food and chocolate and listen to my sufjan xmas cd's and bask in all my presents and happy feelings.

I lead a busy life, a full one, but things are always changing, and i think things are changing for the better... again....the creativity in my life is very strong atm and it distracts me from feeling what i normally feel, lonely and tired. no wait i still feel tired, infact even more so.

on one hand i hope monday comes around real quick, I want shaun to come home already , I need a hug. on the other hand. so much depends on monday , i have folio interviews for the course (my dream course) i hope to get into for next 2 years.... wish me luck

If you like indie music and a good laugh.....

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:20:26 GMT

you will love this

http://indieblockedappella.com/Indie_Blockedappella/AUDIO/AUDIO.html

SO funny.

possibly because it's something i do too, my family describes it as my 'cat singing'

enjoy !

kweller

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:10:19 GMT

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:15:51 GMT

yesterday i saw a man walking out of the scrub at the beach, smoking a pipe with his speedos on

thats something ive never seen before

it sure was memorable

cuckoo cuckoo

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:54:58 GMT

How I lost my boy
How I lost my boy
How I lost my boy
How I lost my boy

The king and I died
He kept floating past my eyes
And singing his songs
Life was good now death surrounds
Cause you can't feel a thing
No heart flutters in late spring
You just drift and pray
For sun-kissed, golden days

And I can't hold what's in my hand
Don't do any good to say this isn't what I planned
And little kids slide down on steel park slides
Little kids can't play with things that died
Sometimes all I want's one favorite song
And two to three minutes don't seem so long
And where's my mom, I wanna hold her tight
She's so far away from crowded nights

I'm going cuckoo-ookoo-ookoo
Well I'm going cuckoo-ookoo-ookoo
Where I'm going

I said please stay
You can see me, don't go away
I can't see the landscape
Please describe it's amarynthian haze
It's odd where I am
They're people, you're not like them
They just look away
For rain-quenched golden days

My tears quenched five feet along
And I can scream but cannot yawn
And people gonna come and people gonna cry
We just hope it's worth the age we die
Don't try to erase what you have done
Put your favors in a mouth, and kiss it if it wants
And where's my friend, I wanna hold him tight
He's so far away from mountain light

I'm going cuckoo-ookoo-ookoo
Well I'm going cuckoo-ookoo-ookoo
Where I'm going

And I can't hold what's in my hand
Don't do any good to say this isn't what I planned
And little kids slide down on steel park slides
Little kids can't play with things that died
Sometimes all I want's one favorite song
And two to three minutes don't seem so long
And where's my mama, wanna hold her tight
She's so far away from crowded nights

I'm going cuckoo-ookoo-ookoo
Well I'm going cuckoo-ookoo-ookoo
Where I'm going

last one

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:03:13 GMT