This is my story:

I love lists! I've noticed this fun little format on a few blogs so I'm going to steal it everytime I get the urge to list things :p

Watching: Bromance, Running in Heels. I don't understand why I enjoy Bromance, it's so bad. It creeps me out that fully grown men fight over "one on one" time with Brody Jenner. I watched the entire marathon on sunday : /
Reading: A portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (slowly but surely)
Listening: Guns n Roses greatest hits, Leonard Cohen live in London, The Doors platinum collection (the best doors CD i've ever heard)
Drinking: St Clair Vicar's Choice Pinot Noir - exactly what I want after work on a cold rainy day.
Wanting: This dress, a return flight to London and a Glastonbury ticket! The line up this year is so good it's just insane. It pains my heart. I can't believe we were actually there two years ago :(
Trying: To be a diligent little journalist and not moan about the ridiculous amount of work I have on at the moment. Oh and keep my new car sparkly and clean!

blue day

There are always days that suck. Often for no particular reason, you just feel off-kilter, blah, gloomy, moody and a bit sad. They are expected on hungover Sundays, but as for this blue Tuesday, I have no explanation for my lingering feeling of discontent.
So I’ve made this handy wee list of blue day cures! It’s all about appreciating the little things . . .

An all encompassing list of things that are good. Lissy sent me this little blurb of things I love earlier today, just to remind me that I’m a lover not a hater, and there is plenty to be joyful about. She's right, all these things are good:

New shoes, opshop finds, RIP nail polish, friends, wine, drunken conversation, chocolate, croquettes, writing, art, photography, family, travel, giggggs, discovery of new music, old books, Shanghai Lils, Renkon/Tanukis/Kura, spirituality... and the list goes on, and on :p

Cleanliness is godliness apparently. I may not be ultra-godly but I definitely dig the therapeutic qualities of cleaning. If you’re feeling blah, it’s great to turn some music up really loud and cleanse the demons from your system, via your vacuum cleaner. There is nothing more wholesome than a clean, nookish space you can retreat to. This above bedroom looks a lot like mine and I’m taking some comfort in its current state of order!

Awesome movies from your youth. Nothing will make you feel better than something you remember from a time when you literally didn’t have any problems. When I used to watch Wayne’s World as a child, having to tidy my room was the extent of my worries. Now the great thing with Wayne’s World is that it is waaaay funnier as an adult (I think so anyway) and the musical interludes make you feel good (Dreamweaver, Bohemian Rhapsody: Word).

Reading. Takes you far, far away from all your worries. How could blah-ness exist when you’re deep in the fanciful world of Oscar Wilde?

Music that makes you happy. Everyone has their individual preferences for this, but my current happy songs are Zero by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Soul Kitchen by The Doors, Heard Somebody Say by Devendra Banhart and Got to Let U Know by The Knife. They make me dance and smile and all that stuff, which is only a good thing.

THE END

Old songs that rule.

It’s always nice to be reminded of good songs you thrashed in your youth but neglected in the years of indie and electro guff that followed.
Ever since before my birthday, my iPod selections have been dominated by all things old; from the really old such as The kinks, Jimi Hendrix and T-Rex, to the sounds that remind me of my teens / student years. Etc.
Since I love making lists, I have compiled my current top 5 “recent old” songs, and top 5 “old, old” songs FYI.

Recent old:
-Metronome Arthritis, At the Drive In.
-Today, Smashing Pumpkins
-Get Money, Notorious B.I.G + Lil Kim
-Black Hole Sun, Soundgarden
-Heart Shaped Box, Nirvana

Old Old:
-Children of the Revolution, T-Rex
-Spanish Castle Magic, Jimi Hendrix
-More than a feeling, Boston
-China Girl, Iggy Pop
-Love is the drug, Roxy Music