giggle of the day

I have no words. Except for maybe.. OMFG ADORABLE. Can someone buy me one for Christmas?

art attack!

I was reading Amanda fucking Palmer's blog (I la-la-LOVE her) and she is currently in Russia, the land of borscht and scary people. Anyway, she posted about Cardboardia- this project where a bunch of people get together and construct a city made out of cardboard. And then at the end of the day, they tear it all down. It sounds like my kind of project.. mainly because I used to be obsessed with Art Attack when I was younger. 

I have had the craziest week- four assignments due and an exam- and I have to get back to the assignment due tomorrow, a powerpoint presentation about the media's effects on body image... but I just wanted to share the awesomeness that is Russia :) and maybe after all these assignments are done I'll start an art attack project for myself.. hahaha.

xx sydney girl 

excerpt from an interview with john lennon. so lovely

"Interviewer: Why can’t you be alone without Yoko? 
John Lennon: But I can be alone without Yoko, but I just have no wish to be. There’s no reason on earth why I should be alone without Yoko. There’s nothing more important than our relationship, nothing. And we dig being together all the time. Both of us could survive apart but what for? I’m not going to sacrifice love, real love for any whore or any friend or any business, because in the end you’re alone at night and neither of us want to be. And you can’t fill a bed with groupies. It doesn’t work. I don’t want to be a swinger. I’ve been through it all and nothing works better than to have someone you love hold you."

I know I wasn't even alive when he was assassinated... but still, I miss him. R.I.P. Lennon. 

speaking of beauty...

...this gorgeous picture of Amy Adams, from the latest issue of Vanity Fair, was too amazing not to post! 

xx sydney girl 

my take on true beauty

Oh Taylor how do you get so pretty? Please tell me all your secrets. Including where to buy such a lovely dress and how to wear a headband like that without looking silly. I'm a big fan of you. Firstly, although I've only heard like two of your songs, they are wonderful and it's apparent that you are very talented. Secondly, you're not anorexic, you don't advocate strange diets, and you don't have any apparent drug/alcohol addictions- the world needs more good role models such as yourself for young kids because apart from Miley Cyrus all we've got are trainwrecks (not mentioning names COUGHLINDSAYLOHANCOUGH). 

Tonight after I got home from work I sat down to relax and watch the new show on channel 7, True Beauty. And let me tell you I was horrified. The show's premise is to gather the most beautiful people in the world and determine their inner beauty by putting them through various challenges that test their honesty, integrity, generosity, etc.. like spying on them to see if they pick up a water bottle someone has dropped in front of them. But seriously, two of the girls on the show look almost identical. They both have fake boobs, bleached blonde hair and fake tans- and they wear so much make-up it's hard to tell what they'd really look like underneath all those layers. It's definitely not my idea of true beauty, and it's a pity that the media is implying that this is what beautiful people are supposed to look like. 

In my opinion the most beautiful celebrity is Scarl

ett Johansson. She's natural, vivacious and embraces her volumptuous figure. I don't think beauty should be tested by how good you look after spending hours getting your hair and make-up done; it's how you look when all those layers are peeled off. And this is what should be emphasized in the media, so that young girls can learn to love themselves, and thus, grow up to feel comfortable in their own skin rather than feeling like they have to fake-tan, fake-hair, fake-face themselves into perfection. As Girl With a Satchel (my hero!) once said-

"If women's magazines devoted more of their content to spiritual, intellectual, psychological, social, professional, relational, charitable and recreational development, and less to celebrity worship, fashion, beauty and perfecting the physical self (and I know women will always be interested in these areas - and there's nothing inherently wrong with that - and that they also serve the needs of advertisers and, therefore, keep mags afloat), do you think we'd all have a more balanced/'whole' view of ourselves and start enjoying a more fulfilling life? I do."

I think she has a point, don't you?

xx sydney girl 

yay yoga!

I didn't have to work today.. so what's a girl to do on a beautiful Saturday morning with all the time in the world to kill? Well, two of my friends just joined the UNSW gym and invited me along to do a yoga class... it was my first yoga class ever and it was really fun. Despite the fact that everyone else in the class- including the 70 yr old women- seemed to be yoga pros, we caught on really quickly. And although it didn't feel like an intense workout, I left feeling energized and enthusiastic. Or at least ready to tackle scary sales assistants- I'm off to the shops to exchange my too-big Pandora bracelet for a smaller size and my broken Roxy bag (first time I use it and the clip just FALLS OFF!) for a non-faulty one. 

xx sydney girl 

for your viewing pleasure (take two)..

Gossip girl boys.. words cannot express my appreciation for you. Although Nate is the only one who really seems to be pulling off the rugged pirate-look they're all attempting. Ed Westwick is just too... well, Chuck Bass. He is one of those actors that no matter how many roles they play.. they will only be referred to by one name. Sorry Ed.

For more eye candy see the tumblr account I'm Chuck Bass. Personally I'm only halfway through season two of Gossip Girl (curse my lack of foxtel!) but I'm very, very addicted. Those Upper East Side New York kids have the kind of glamour I forever aspire to but will never quite be able to achieve... but one can dream, yeah? 

xx sydney girl