i was doing some spring ? winter ? what season are we even in ? cleaning this morning and came across a print-out of some long-lost 'Dessert-based gripes' once blogged by a hilarious gf of mine.:
when dessert is involved, this is what makes me really irritable.:
1. people who look uncomfortable when you ask them if they want a slice, like you've asked them a really personal question or a huge favour and they make 'umm ahh' type noises before they finally fulfil your wildest dreams and say 'ok'.
as if this is a huge burden on them and you really owe them now. come on, you were loitering around the cake table and you'd been eyeballing it for the past half hour.
it was a social duty to ask.
2. people who say Pav instead of Pavlova. it makes me so mad.
if you can't bring yourself to utter those whole extra four letters and have to keep things monosyllabic just say "do you want some of THIS" or "how about a slice of THAT"
3. people who monitor your dessert intake and make inappropriate comments. no, I'm not that hungry, i just enjoy a challenge and so if it's 'Alright' by you, yes, i will fill up the barbeque plate with a plethora of delicious and semi-delicious baked goods instead of using your pathetic napkins
4. people who call dessert, "sweets"
it makes me sick.
&
5. people who act like loving chocolate or worse being a *shudder* chocoholic is some kind of quirky and endearing personality trait.
it isn't.
and if you bring it up like that i'm going to assume that by default you have nothing better to add and your profile in my mind now reads: fulfils but does not exceed basic human requirements including an interest in the intake of oxygen and other common substances. no further comments to add.
in conclusion
LEAVE ME ALONE.
= brilliant ? my thoughts exactly ? - with the 'sweets' call in the v least.
1.'my mother taught me to stand straight, sit erect, use discipline with wine and sweets and to smoke only six cigarettes a day.'
2.'my life isnt theories and formulae. its part instinct, part common-sense. logic is as good a word as any, and i've absorbed what logic i have from everything and everyone..
from my mother, from training as a ballet dancer, from Vogue magazine, from the laws of life and health and nature.'
- Audrey Hepburn.
(in quoting those however, let it be known that i do find the excessive girl crushes on Audrey and Marilyn Munroe quite stressful at times.)
1.'if i have a mantra when it comes to fashion design, its good quality and fit with flattering lines and without clutter.'
2.'you wouldn't know it, but i'm very good at relaxing on weekends with no social engagements. i find this time to catch up and reflect is important.'
- Carla Zampatti.
i think this is such a lovely idea of keeping dreams alive and in focus, and this is equally cheeky and light-hearted, office-working/grown-up fun. i don't see why we should opt for a life of grey just because our hair is doing so.
Lo-Tel - Teenager of the Year:
this song makes me so sad. i'm not sure if thats due to its own merit/s, or that it appears in a scene from Looking for Alibrandi that i'm pretty sure - if memory serves - was ridiculously upsetting, but that i seem to have forgotten the specifics of.
the audio quality is sub-par here, but who cares ! it was 2001 ! we were just about riding horse-drawn carts back then.
actually, semi-speaking of, i've been meaning to post this scene for so long now.
its John Barton's funeral scene from the same movie, i get goosebumps.
this song is so close to my heart as well.:
alexa chung..is absolutely brilliant.
she's got so much..steeze. keeps things simple. and what about that fantastic hair :)
and with the no-bullshit, casual atmopshere that she seems to possess in most photographs, amongst a million other things, she has just made me really want to be her best friend.
sigh.
but i suppose her plethora of chanel bags and loooooovely long limbs also add/s? to that growing love..
these looks are a *few* of my favourites, as there were farrrr too many lovelies to put on here (and there is a few that i've kept to myself, out of greed):
when dessert is involved, this is what makes me really irritable.:
1. people who look uncomfortable when you ask them if they want a slice, like you've asked them a really personal question or a huge favour and they make 'umm ahh' type noises before they finally fulfil your wildest dreams and say 'ok'.
as if this is a huge burden on them and you really owe them now. come on, you were loitering around the cake table and you'd been eyeballing it for the past half hour.
it was a social duty to ask.
2. people who say Pav instead of Pavlova. it makes me so mad.
if you can't bring yourself to utter those whole extra four letters and have to keep things monosyllabic just say "do you want some of THIS" or "how about a slice of THAT"
3. people who monitor your dessert intake and make inappropriate comments. no, I'm not that hungry, i just enjoy a challenge and so if it's 'Alright' by you, yes, i will fill up the barbeque plate with a plethora of delicious and semi-delicious baked goods instead of using your pathetic napkins
4. people who call dessert, "sweets"
it makes me sick.
&
5. people who act like loving chocolate or worse being a *shudder* chocoholic is some kind of quirky and endearing personality trait.
it isn't.
and if you bring it up like that i'm going to assume that by default you have nothing better to add and your profile in my mind now reads: fulfils but does not exceed basic human requirements including an interest in the intake of oxygen and other common substances. no further comments to add.
in conclusion
LEAVE ME ALONE.
= brilliant ? my thoughts exactly ? - with the 'sweets' call in the v least.
1.'my mother taught me to stand straight, sit erect, use discipline with wine and sweets and to smoke only six cigarettes a day.'
2.'my life isnt theories and formulae. its part instinct, part common-sense. logic is as good a word as any, and i've absorbed what logic i have from everything and everyone..
from my mother, from training as a ballet dancer, from Vogue magazine, from the laws of life and health and nature.'
- Audrey Hepburn.
(in quoting those however, let it be known that i do find the excessive girl crushes on Audrey and Marilyn Munroe quite stressful at times.)
1.'if i have a mantra when it comes to fashion design, its good quality and fit with flattering lines and without clutter.'
2.'you wouldn't know it, but i'm very good at relaxing on weekends with no social engagements. i find this time to catch up and reflect is important.'
- Carla Zampatti.
i think this is such a lovely idea of keeping dreams alive and in focus, and this is equally cheeky and light-hearted, office-working/grown-up fun. i don't see why we should opt for a life of grey just because our hair is doing so.
Lo-Tel - Teenager of the Year:
this song makes me so sad. i'm not sure if thats due to its own merit/s, or that it appears in a scene from Looking for Alibrandi that i'm pretty sure - if memory serves - was ridiculously upsetting, but that i seem to have forgotten the specifics of.
the audio quality is sub-par here, but who cares ! it was 2001 ! we were just about riding horse-drawn carts back then.
actually, semi-speaking of, i've been meaning to post this scene for so long now.
its John Barton's funeral scene from the same movie, i get goosebumps.
this song is so close to my heart as well.:
alexa chung..is absolutely brilliant.
she's got so much..steeze. keeps things simple. and what about that fantastic hair :)
and with the no-bullshit, casual atmopshere that she seems to possess in most photographs, amongst a million other things, she has just made me really want to be her best friend.
sigh.
but i suppose her plethora of chanel bags and loooooovely long limbs also add/s? to that growing love..
these looks are a *few* of my favourites, as there were farrrr too many lovelies to put on here (and there is a few that i've kept to myself, out of greed):
you need a new ticky box that says "this was a) great b) original c) fantastic d) all of the above"
ReplyDeletei wish i could come up with better adjectives and when i first typed 'of' it came out as 'ov'
what am i coming tooooooooooo
ps, i really enjoyed the dessert-based gripes, haha.
your friend is god.
I love Looking for Alibrandi. I haven't watched it in awhile, I think i may have to buy the DVD tomorrow!
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