Hot and Not

Current hots and nots…

HOT

Rocky Horror Picture Show:

After seeing it for the first time in years the other night, I’m loving it ALL over again! 90% of my love for RHPS revolves around Frank N. Furter. I swear I’m the world’s campiest hetero. I love Judy Garland, musicals, Rufus Wainwright, shitloads of glitter, over the top make-up, etc. etc.

Jelly Babies:

I crave these ALL the time. If I wasn’t on a healthy living kick I’d be eating bags of them. The best ones are the ones you buy by weight at David Jones. YUM.

Strawberries:

Now that the weather is getting cold, the strawberries are getting awesome. I have no interest in strawberries until this time of year, because they’re usually tasteless and expensive. Come June, I can’t get enough. The grocer near me sells 500g punnets really cheap, and they’re AMAZING.

Winter make-up shades:

MAC lipstick in ‘Media’

OPI polish in ‘Quarter of a Cent-cherry’

Nars lip pencil in ‘Damned’

Van Morrison:

Yes. Still. I’ve been listening to Van non-stop since about January. My favourite songs are ‘I’ll Be Your Lover, Too’, ‘Once in a Blue Moon’, ‘Beside You’, and ‘And it Stoned Me’.

Nikon D90:

I just got my first SLR camera, a Nikon D90, and it’s so darn cool. I’ve played around with it a bit, but I haven’t read the instructions or anything yet so I’m not familiar with all the stuff it does yet. I got the number of some guy who does cheap SLR tutorials and I’m thinking that might be a good idea.

Here a couple of the few pictures I’ve taken with it so far. Nothing very artistic but gives you an idea of the quality…

NOT

Ugg Boots:

This ‘trend’ was hANUS when it first happened circa 2002, and people just won’t let it go. Ugg boots in your own home = practical and warm. Ugg boots in public = one way ticket to boganhood. STOP. Just stop.

Anaemia:

I was diagnosed with severe anaemia in February and have been taking iron pills ever since but it takes a long time to recover from such low iron levels. I’ve enjoyed a delightful smorgasbord of symptoms such as being uber-pale(r than usual), dizziness, feeling like I live in altitude levels similar to those on top of Everest, and my favourite – blue lips and fingernails! Anyway, I thought I was making progress but I got a little bit slack with my pills when I ran out in Melbourne and didn’t get around to buying more so the shortness of breath and tiredness has decided to pay me a visit again to remind me why I shouldn’t be so shit at remembering to take the pills. I have repented. Double doses of iron for all!

Walks:

As part of my health kick, I started going for daily walks in February. I’ve missed about 10 days since then, but aside from those 10ish days I have gone every single day. I actually really enjoy it most of the time. I listen to music (and look nervously over my shoulder if it’s past 11pm) and think, and think up detailed choreography for imaginary musicals. But, as of a couple of weeks ago, my walks are NOT HOT. I still enjoy them, but what I’m getting at here is that it’s COLD, girlfriend. It’s getting freezing, and for an anaemic little Queenslander such as myself, that’s challenging. Still doing them, still loving it, no longer sweating or getting flushed at all. Come with me! I love having walking buddies!

Procrastination:

I have been writing my thesis. I still struggle with procrastination, and being paralysed by my own perfectionism/lack of confidence, BUT I have words. I’m stepping away from the section I’ve been working on for a while because it’s beginning to feel a bit stagnant. Hopefully starting on the other section with refresh me a bit!

Sport:

What with the World Cup and Origin, all I seem to hear about lately is sport and I just do not give a rat’s silky little ear. It’s just so BORING. Please, can we talk about something else?! I enjoy playing some sports (ok, ONE sport, but still) and I enjoy the olympics, but that’s it. This rat is begging you to shut up about anything to do with watching men run around kicking a ball. Or the rat will kick YOU in the ball :)

Sex and the City 2:

One word: fail. Lucy and I saw it last week. We knew it’d be awful, but we didn’t know HOW awful. The highlight of the film was the lolly bag that Lucy bought and that I stole a few jelly beans from. MMM… jelly beans. Oh yeah, so S&tC 2 sucked and was way too overtly preachy. I loved the show, but let’s just leave it alone now. When Liza Minelli was dancing to single ladies *cringe*, Luce leaned over and whispered to me ‘she’s like 80 and she’s not wearing any pants’. That pretty much says it all. Aidan was still sxc though, so that was something.