emo sunday night

I CANNOT FIND A SINGLE ITEM OF CLOTHING IN SYDNEY THAT FITS ME AND ISN'T UGLY.

things i am happy about this week

-lost another kilo over the last week
-i've written in my paper journal each day this week. just noting stuff like my mood that would be completely boring here
-4 day weekend starting tomorrow, oh yeah!
-newcastle beat the roosters
-muxtape.com has introduced me to a whole bunch of new music

iCiNG transformation challenge

i enjoy reading gala darling's blog. she is upbeat and positive, and her life is very different to mine which is exciting to read about. when i first read the transformation challenge announcement i was a bit meh. self improvement is not my style [now self destruction...]. however after a bit of thought. i decided to give it a go. but what to challenge myself with? it was very hard to think of things that would get me out of my comfort zone, but weren't just things like "eat salad every day."

here's what i've come up with:

-run on the treadmill every time i go to the gym, and once a week around tha field
-start a craft project such as knitting a scarf or making a bag
-see at least 3 gigs
-have a meaningful conversation with a stranger once a week
-write in my paper journal once a day about how i am feeling
-change the layout of woundedkite.com
-spend an afternoon taking photos in the rocks

i'll keep you posted on how things are going.

PS: if you have any recommendations on shows i can go to, let me know

dead fatty boombahs

another reason to lose weight.

saturday night

hello, my name is melanie.



i am a stationery addict,



here are a few essentials i picked up today. a girl can never have too many notebooks.



i also got smiggle stickers, but i just realised that they are not in the photo. they must be still in my car.

twitteresque

evan, you should totes spend the next two weeks hanging out with this chick and have as much sex as you possibly can. don't do the long distance relationship thing once she's gone though, cause those things are for suckers.

mexie, what's up with his pants that necessitates an entire nick name? does he wear mc hammer style happy pants? please say yes.

i am hungry

people come and people go

i am having a good day today.

-i have already drunk 2.5L of water

-i haven't eaten anything that i shouldn't

-i went for a walk at lunch time

-it is cool enough for sydney boys to start wearing scarves

- i am going shopping on saturday. new clothes and smiggle ahoy!

jumping around

Today I realized I'm not so young
Jumpin' around
With the French star in front of me
So educated and well respected
It can be embarrassing when you're this loud
So Marshall stack loud
She covers her ears and I'm here
And I'm a fool and not a bit proud
Jump up, jump down
Tired of jumping around
How am I to find someone to settle down with?
What choices do I have?
I'm not educated and I'm not respected
And what am I to do?
As the train leaves for Kensal Green
I can't come back to you
So, I send this music box to sleep to
Jump up jump down
Tired of jumping around

melbourne things

goddamn it. none of my twitters from work are going saving. it's very annoying. however i don't think you've missed much besides me whinging about having a cold.

however, in response to your enquiries ev, i'm coming down for my friend jaye's birthday party. and yes, we will have fun. i demand you provide some kind of adventure to take part in! last time i was in melbourne, mexie took me on a neighbours tour, so you have a lot to live up to. maybe we can walk around taking photos

oh and mex, i get in on the 9th, so at least we'll have one night together?

ain't that right boo?

as much as it makes my heart sing to think of a life time spent with an indie boy who wears chuck taylors and scarves and thinks weezer's first two albums are modern masterpieces...

i really want to find someone who will dance with me to bip poppa by notorious BIG in the lounge room on a friday night.

happy

happy with my job

happy with my money

happy with my friends

happy with going out

happy with planning my trip

happy with music

happy with exercise

happy with me

dave matthews has enough money

OH GOD I'M SO WHITE

hat and feet

last week i decided to take this blog in a new direction. writing about how i feel about things, and what i'm thinking about. but one entry in and i'm already out of ideas. i just feel like nothing happens to me. nothing really challenges me or forces me to have an opinion about things these days. it's kinda depressing. i want to get back to the writing i was capable of in 2001, but i'm far less interesting these days than i was during uni.

two of my favourite friends are moving away in the next 6 weeks. erin is going to england for like 9 months, and rachel is moving to brisbane. i'm sad and excited and jealous all at the same time.

it makes me wish that going to cardiff isn't a year away still. it makes me wish that i had moved to melbourne when i was going to.  it also makes me wish that i hadn't spent from 2001 to 2007 only seeing erin once a year, because she is awesome, awesome, awesome.

it also makes me realise that after they go, i have no-one left in town that listens to the same music as me, or enjoys the same comedy that i do.  i need to make new friends, or preferably find a nice indie boy very shortly. because i have 2 chaser tickets for may and no-one to go with.

i have constant yearnings for self improvment. i'm dying to be thin, but i still eat too much junk food. i want to go to lots of gigs and meet new people, but i don't budget well enough to afford it. i want to leave this town for the northern hemisphere, but i don't put enough money in my savings. 

in conclusion, blah blah blah.