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New Years Revolutions

2008-12-31T11:58:00.000+11:00

I'm not much of a Resolute person, I find things difficult to stick too, mainly because I am a bit of an extremist in the sense that the scales are always tipped completely in one direction, I am rarely balanced, so when I set these unrealistic unattainable goals it's not long before they are broken, usually broken so I can tip the scales the other way and do the polar opposite.

I am a Gemini and whilst I am not terribly superstitious or into Horoscopes I do believe that the whole Twins concept of a Gemini suits my personality to a tee. I find Middle Ground incredibly difficult, I am either on a Courtney Love Style Bender or hitting the Gym and eating nothing but Lentil Soup. I am either Completely (to a fault) in Control or completely Out of It. When I'm not being superly overly organised I am a complete mess. I'm either drinking French Champagne in a beautiful restaurant or Drinking Longnecks in the Gutter. The middle ground of Sportsgirl wearing, Taco Bill eating, $30 Bottle of Wine people has never appealed to me much at all. If you're going to be Budget be as fucking Cheap as you can be and if you're going to be Plush go all out. There is nothing worse in life than being boring.

So making New Years Resolutions + My Personality is setting myself up to fail but I have never really had a crack before so maybe I can pull these off? So in 2009 I am:

1. NOT SMOKING ANY CIGARETTES

After 'Quitting' in May 2007 I am still not quite over Cigarettes, they really must have been the love of my life, certainly the longest relationship I have ever been in and the most money I have ever spent on anything. I love the look of Smoking Cigarettes and will always miss them when I see an Ashtray in a nice Hotel Room but I am better off without them and need to give them the flick for good.

2. NOT GETTING SICK

Hayley and I have had AIDS all year long, poor Hayley probably got the worst of it but I had a fair whack of Tonsilitis too, which I hadn't had since I stopped smoking, which Mysteriously returned with the packets of Styvesant Lights. I'm pretty sure if I keep the Smokes and excessive Benders out of my life I will not get sick, so I guess this is also a Resolution to treat my body a little more like a temple than a 24 Hour Pub.

3. NOT COUNTING CALORIES

I am a definite eater, I love Food an unhealthy amount. But I am also a wearer and caring about what Clothes drape over your body inevitably leads to concerns over what goes into it and how that measures up to a Size 8. When I was working I wouldn't say I had a strict diet but I was pretty fucking anal about what I would and wouldn't eat, Muesli for Breakfast, Soup for Lunch, Vegies and Protein for Dinner, Minimal Booze. I don't think I ate Salami for a good twelve months which is Bullshit because I fucking Love Salami, plus when you're hungry all the time you get Cranky and depriving yourself of things you love makes you Miserable. Since I got fired I have been on such a fun Food adventure where I have indulged myself in whatever I want and whilst I have put on a little extra because of it I am so much happier not thinking about Calories than I ever could be if I was supper skinny. Getting super Skinny is like a Dog Chasing it's tail, its an unattainable goal to look like a Supermodel and not enjoying your life whilst you've got it is just plain stupid. This year is all about Food and Curves, think Nigella Lawson with better Shoes.

4. ONLY BUYING DESIGNER SHOES

Once you've had Bally you'll never go back. Predictable Yes but also very sensible, crap Trend Shoes fall apart, hurt your feet, last a month and have no resale Value. I would rather have One Pair of something amazing than Ten Pairs of shit and Designer Shoes are surprisingly Comfortable, beautifully made and not all that expensive if you buy at the right time ($310 for Bally Suede Boots!). And there will be colour! I want Shoes in all colours of the Rainbow, no more Boring anything next year. Stay tuned.

5. NOT HATE

Without getting too Emo, Life has thrown me a few curveballs this year. Previous to said Curveballs I have realised what an Uptight Highly Strung Negative Control Freak I can be. However the past few months, when some important things in my life have been out of my control, I have really learnt what is important and what is worth letting go. In 2009 I'm not going to sweat the small stuff or waste time caring about things that have nothing to do with me that I can't control. Most importantly I want to focus on the people and the things that matter and particularly the people and things that care about me. With anything in life, you get out what you put in and I ain't wasting any more time putting in any negativity. Negativity is a massive Sad waste of time for Sad unhappy self important People, from now on things that annoy me will just be laughed at and forgotten about. I'll leave the Hate Crusades to others.

(Look kids it's the PLUR Hippy that kills Ostriches for shoes!)

So Cheers to 2009, I hope I can stick to a few of those Resolutions, the Shoes won't be a problem, but I hope 2009 is a Happy Year for all. Bonne Chance!

Living in the past: Mayorettes do 2008

2008-12-31T10:00:00.004+11:00

Farewell 2008! There's just a little bit of time left for us to squeeze in our two cents about the year. A quick Q & A with the Mayorettes.

Favourite bits during 08:

Sophie D: Supper Inn dinners at 3am, all of them. It’s the best way to end a night with friends that are too drunk to navigate the stairs and you get to piss off the Chinese Mafia without getting knifed, good food and good times. In second place would be Getting Fired, I didn’t realise how draining having a job that you’re not into was until I was out of it. And going out like that was pretty funny, it made me realise the world and the wankers in it are not for taking seriously.

Rikki: Well Eurodisney was a total high... I felt like I was 4 years old again for a day... it was just so much fun, I got to wear Minnie ears for a day without judgment and step inside the Disney castle... I mean I had watched Saturday Disney religiously for years as a child and the sight of that castle almost made me pee my pants a little.

Hayley: Time in Vancouver at the start of the year, it was fantastic and that city is always calling me back. Getting a good food an alcohol education while I was there was a plus. Snowboarding with friends in some amazing snow. Sophie D introducing me to Pelligrini's. Chester. Megafun nights out through the year and all fun, new people I've met. Sneaker Freakette. Hayley Mei x Matt Roach collab. Favela Rock's. Mayorettes. Oh, and I can't forget Agwa.

CC: Um...woah, 08 has been a big ol' year for me, given I moved interstate,
started a new job and made an entire new group of friends, it's
really hard. I honestly can't narrow it down. There's been SO many
good times. So many parties and launches and new people around every
corner. I wish I had something funny for this answer but really the
whole year has been one big rad experience. Happy y'all could be a
part of it. NEXT....

Fave buy:

Sophie D: As this is singular I am assuming you only want me to tell you about ONE buy, which with my accumulation of clothing and accessories is a little difficult as we are talking a whole twelve months here. But for my pick it has to be my LV Speedy 30 or my Marc Jacobs Irina, both bags have copped a beating on the floors of Section 8 and they are still the most beautiful, practical bags on the planet. Closely followed by all the drinks I have bought at Section 8, I haven’t had a bad day or night there yet and its been worth every penny to spend drunken times with the people (mostly Mayorettes) that I love! Woo sentimental!

Rikki: Hmmmm that is tough, I need to break this down into sections... fave shoe buy would probably be this awesome pair of Eley Kishimoto wedges that are unimaginably fantastic, clothes wise it would have to be a vintage pink angora Gucci jacket that I bought of this crazy nut case woman at a New York flea market for $50, I also bought this awesome 70's spanish dancer print that I love and will have forever... man really this list could go on forever.

Hayley: I can't choose just one either so here's my list: Blazer Hi metallic grey, MOB x Dunk Hi, Addict trench coat, NBFG Doin' it well tee, iPhone.

CC: Ooh, can't really remember buying too much shit this year (yay to
getting free shit from working at a mag). Let me think...the awesome
giant print me and the old man bought from the Changes exhibition is
up there, my gorgeous new Hello Kitty kubrik, my icecream dress even
though I never wear it. Shit man...what the fuck have I bought??? Man
I suck at these q's! ahem NEXT...

Best track:

Sophie D: All this picking one ‘best’ thing is so final and scary. Santogold’s whole LP really did it for me so I am going to go with Lights Out or Creator. But I am sure I will remember other stuff that came out in January and be like fuck! I can’t believe I forgot that. Stookie is also very much up there but only if Spooney and Hayley are doing the Stookie dance by themselves at a very uncrowded Miss Libertines, if anyone else does it they suck.

Rikki: I think Ladyhawkes "Paris is Burning" really stuck with me for an age... its just so dam catchy and I loved screaming it in Noodles face when we were in Paris in September.

Hayley: Wiley - Wearing My Rolex (for crazy dancefloor times), Santogold - Creator, I know it snuck out in '07 but '08 was the official. Ooh, and I'm digging NERD - Spaz right now.

CC: Okaysss, now I should be able to get some shit out, while I have been
generally disappointed with all music post Cassie - Me and U (music
just has never been that good for the last 2 years, where's my new
party jam, WHERE???) there's gotta be something I've enjoyed. I'm
sick to death of MIA but noone can hate on Paper Planes, that song is
bossssssss. Other than that I've loved loved loved pretty much
anything by Kids in the Hall, Kid Cudi and locally Spit Syndicate. And
hate to say it but my rnb skank side lovessss TI's "You can have
whatever you likkkkkkkkkkke" ooh and Rhyme Fest! Did Blue Collar come
out 08 or 07, regardless, "Brand New" and "More" are the biznuss.

Best Gig:

Sophie D: Roc Raida at Section 8, namely because Boogie Blind named me Credit Card girl and I was so drunk that ALEX of all people thought I was drunk. And I was just generally having the drunkest most fun day ever AND I ended up at Supper Inn at stupid O’Clock, pouring Soy Sauce on the table until I realised I had no money and had to go wake my parents up at 3.30am on a Sunday evening to pay for my cab ride home, after dropping a whole fixed gear on my leg and incurring the biggest bruise I have ever had in my life.

Rikki: Well it would have to be between Bjork and Madonna.... Madonna was just mad.. we were 6 people from the front and well it was fucking MADONNA.. I loved watching that bitch sweat it out. Bjork was a different kind of concert but once again we were right at the front (on the barrier actually) and when she stood in front of me and belted out "all is full of love" actually staring me in the eye, my heart kinda broke... it was just so fricking magic.

Hayley: Definitely Bjork at the Opera House. I'm super stoked that our side of the audience chose to stay seated, I'm lazy and would rather numb bum than sore legs from standing. Foreign Beggars at Laundry, Roc Raida at Section 8.

CC: Ooh, did I even go to gigs, shit man! I gotta agree with Soph, Roc
Raida was pretty fuckin fun and loose man. Aside from the part where
the section hate see-you-next-tuesdays made me wait out the front for
like 40 min for NO FUCKIN REASON while they let in all their friends
right in front of my face, DON'T YOU FUCKERS KNOW WHO I AM???
obviously not. Still pretty cold blooded when everyone can just watch
you like a loser through the fence. Not cool. Um....what was the
question again....oh yeah gig...while the turn out was shite, I REALLY
enjoyed Kid Cudi a month ago. Dude is the future baby. It was enough
for me to forgive his participation in that god awful shitbrick of a
new album of Kanye's.

2008's biggest fail:

Sophie D: Leggings tucked into Gladiator Flats closely followed by these incredibly fucking horrendous little slipper things you buy at Kmart. Ultimate Fail.

Rikki: Not making it to Scandinavia before returning to Oz... Damn it.

Hayley: Grunge rearing its unwashed head.Pneumonia. MySpace.

CC: 1- the new album of Kanyes
2 - Section 8 making me wait like a fool that time. (Hey we give you
enough love on this thing, I think you can handle some hate)
3 - 80% of this shit I attempted to cook this year
4 - Those cons with fake gaffa tape on them

2009 is gonna be:

Sophie D: The happiest silliest craziest year of my life to date. Lookout Europe.

Rikki: Full of big changes... New job, new home, new goals... Its exciting but also fricking scary.

Hayley: Hard work, fun and so much better.

CC: Hopefully even better than 2008! 08 set a pretty high benchmark but I
reckon we can do it. Go team Mayorette!!!! I said brrrrrr it's cold in
here, I think there's some Mayorettes in the atmosphereeee.

Concerning

2008-12-31T09:30:00.001+11:00

Chanel is set to lay off 200 of their Production Staff. And the rest of the Luxury Goods Sector, famous for never going on Sale, are having massive Sales even in Milan. The lady herself, Mademoiselle Gabriel Chanel fired her entire Staff in 1939 when they demanded better Working Conditions and Pay during the World War. She would not give them better wages and closed the Company until the War ended.

This is a pretty concerning revelation as I prepare to Jump a Plane to Europe and try to get a Job with one of these houses and currently are employed by a Luxury Goods Company in the most disposable of positions. We've all seen the images of Major Banks lining up their employees a la Firing Squad as they announce their bankruptcy, closure or mass redundancies, I was confident that the Luxury Goods industry would remain largely untouched as the Upper Echelon of Super Rich are largely unaffected by the Economic Crisis currently unfolding, but it appears to be starting to hit.

It's a Strange one though, I sold one of my Clients $4000 worth of Clothing and Accessories on Sunday and the store did close to $20K in under 6 Hours. It seems the Super Rich will stay rich and continue to support the Luxury Goods industry with their Super Dollars. What Luxury Houses may not have anticipated is the combined force of the Middle Class Consumers, who are being hit hard by the Credit Crunch, who are losing their Finance & Banking Jobs and who in turn are losing their disposable income. They may not be the $4000 In One Go Sales but combined their small purchases would account for a large chunk of business.

I'll let you know if I become unemployed again in the next few months.

Wacky Wednesday

2008-12-31T07:00:00.001+11:00

Hahahahaha!

Amy Ate Food!

2008-12-30T21:03:00.002+11:00

And it wasn't Crack! Hopefully Miss Winehouse keeps eating Food, lays off the Drugs, hangs out with Mark and records another Killer LP. I love you Amy, I will come to the UK and feed you Baby Food if that is what it takes for you to be healthy again.

RIP Old Amy.

All dressed up

2008-12-30T20:51:00.004+11:00

I know it's a bit lame that I'm so excited but "I can has iPhone" has been living in a shitty iPod Touch case which was all wrong and gross. Now she's pretty, purple and doubles as a mirror (because I look at myself all day long hahahaha!) It's just begging me to drunk text all of you!

New Lils

2008-12-30T20:05:00.005+11:00

At first I was apprehensive of listening to Lily Allen, all I knew about her was that she got her start on MySpace and she hated Amy Winehouse, then Jamie made me listen to the LP and I loved it and played it on repeat for several months.

Then she didn't make any music for a while and she was constantly in the tabloids being drunk and mouthing off about other people, slagging Amy Winehouse and Victoria Beckham and all the easy targets in the UK and not really doing too much else. It was funny for a while but without any music coming out I started to get a bit over her lip, she was bordering on Tara Reid famous for being Trashy and Lippy as opposed to famous for being a Musician, which I thought was shit because she made good music.

But its a Catch 22, if I was in her position (we are the same age) I would probably be doing a lot worse, getting a lot more drunk, doing loads of industry supplied free coke and acting a complete and utter fool. Again the problem with being Famous is that people like me Comment on your life (unjustifiably?) and your behaviour ends up on YouTube. Shouldn't she be allowed to mouth off and be 23 seeing she is a 23 Year Old being supplied every glass of Champagne her heart desires? Its not like she's Amy or Brits just yet and as yet it doesn't look like its going that way.

Anyway her Oh My God Cover on Ronson's Album was brilliant, as was the Clip and her new Single is pretty damn good too. As is her new Blonde hairdo, she looks Gorgeous, maybe this can be my next style?

Scouring Lil's Blog I discovered that she got into a little trouble for covering Womanizer, which Mark Ronson then played on his EVR show, which then got ripped and posted on the net. I haven't gone looking for it but if anyone can be bothered downloading it please email to info@mayorettes.com. Otherwise check out the New Clip below and I think she also has a new website somewhere, I'll be hanging for February when the full LP Drops.

Noooooooooooooooo Boi

2008-12-30T16:25:00.003+11:00

Flava Flav is coming to Town. NYD at the Espy, you've all heard about it. I have tickets, lots of tickets but they are for other people. I stupidly did not replace the one I bought for myself then gave to a friend and now its all sold out.

I've done this before and No-One has come through for us but I'm trying again.

I need TWO tickets to the NYD Show at the Espy, I am happy to take flicks for any websites, write a review or give up a Kidney.

Next in line is Jessie, she needs three.

And Krakha also needs one.

And Hayls and Mex too. So if someone could kindly organise Eight Tickets for the Mayorettes and associates it would be really lovely (and save us all trying to Bum Rush the Door)

So if anyone can help Jessie gives excellent Blowjobs and I'm sure Krakha does too, you would have to be a girl in Krakha's case though so please keep this in mind. Help us have a Happy New Year!

On the Hair Tip

2008-12-30T13:51:00.003+11:00

I take my hat off to Rikki's commit, that is a serious commit that is not to be taken lightly. I had a Fringe cut a few years ago thinking that I would look like some cute grown up Sophisticated little Amelie but I ended up looking like a Hoodrat.

Then I thought maybe it would be better if I did something like this,

Which I would still love to do but its taken me a year and a half to rid myself of my disaster fringe so I am holding onto the length and hoping for the best.

After my last visit to Fur my lovely hairdresser Pheobe suggested I start doing something with the colour, and as my hair is naturally a Brassy Blonde it doesn't take long after colours for the Black to take on a real Reddish tinge in the light. So lately I have only been doing my roots Black to avoid the Centrelink regrowth look and leaving the locks to do what they will. Then I saw the clip to Womanizer and now I want Red Black Hair! Which I was going to do until the Sophie D 30th December Credit Crisis hit. I couldn't find any Screen Grabs of Brit's Red do so you will have to watch the clip.

But even if I don't get the big bucks to sort out my Black Straight Mop before NY I look forward to the other Mayorette Hair Revolutions to come.

Angry Monkey

2008-12-30T11:18:00.003+11:00

FUCK 2008. You heard it here first. The immediate reasons for my hatred of 2008 are as follows:

NO MONEY MO PROBLEMS
Without going into too much detail I forgot to cancel all the automated Debits from my Account that I had when I was in Full Time employment and as a result a sizeable chunk of my money got taken a few weeks ago. To make matters worse Blue Bar lost my Amex the night before Christmas Eve so I had to cancel it and wait for a replacement at the worst time of the year possible to wait on a replacement, which I still don't have. On top of that I started working on the day everyone at Work got paid, meaning I have had to wait a full two weeks of working almost every day without pay, thankfully tomorrow the coin should come through. But at this stage I am without the funds to get Haircut, buy Supplies and get more Antibiotics on my Day Off.

CHRISTMAS AIDS
Randomly on Christmas Eve I woke up at 3am and my throat was the size of a Football, since I have got nothing but worse and have found that I am carrying a lovely Sinus Infection around town that Antibiotics aren't really killing that quickly. To make matters worse I am home alone with nobody to be my sickness slave and make me soup. I have to reheat my own Soup! And get my own DVD's! And take myself to the Doctor on the Train! Travesty I know. I think tonight I might get Indian and try to kill it with a Vindaloo. But upon reflection Vindaloo costs precious money that I probably won't have by 7pm.

NO MAYORETTES
Hayls is also suffering a form of Aids, Alex is frying like Bacon in Brisbane, Jess is working 12 Hour Days, Lace is in Adelaide and honorary Mayor Spuddoe Sanchez is on a little Road Trip. All that said I probably shouldn't inflict my Aids on anyone else but I miss my girls (and boy)!

So basically I am hanging for tomorrow night, to ring in the New Year with the people I love the most, in one of my favourite places in Melbourne and look forward to a whole New Year of adventures and travels and whatever else is out there. Happy New Year!

Hola from Vegas!

2008-12-29T22:02:00.005+11:00

Hello darlings!
Greetings from Bris Vegas. I'm bloggin from my dad's OG study or should i say "den". Looks like JFKs or some shit, so much army stuff around it's ridics. I want a den damnit. Anyway brissie is going good, spent today hung over by the pool in Paddo with my girl Katie. Got as some serious rays and got to get out the new tanning mats I got from the in-laws for Chrissie also. They know my likes well. I ended up out until 5.30 this morning. This has not happened for quite some time. My sis' bday dinner turned into bday cocktails at brissies "hot" new bar Sky Room. Not too bad really. Drinks are mad expensive but it's always gonna be the case. The mojito was awesome, and they have some drinks in coconuts. The staff were wearing Fred Perry as a uniform which is a blatant bite from Madame Brussels in Melbs but I guess they're hoping noone in Brisbane knows this. We left round 12 and ended up bumping into all of Katies old work mates which led to more drinks and rounds and ciggies at Brisbanes quintessential Valley haunt Rics. It's so funny this place is so popular coz there's nothing to it. Crap tables outside, crap bar selection, sometimes okay music, usually shit staff, but I've spent wayyyy too many nights here back in the day. In first year uni i went there every thursday and Saturday night. Pretty much every dude I ever macked was at this place upstairs drunk off my mind. Infact me and Paul first macked here. And get this...to "walk like an egyptian", ewwwwwwww. Ahhhh memories. We then went back to one of Katies said friends houses which was this gorgeous art deco apartment on the river, for drinks, entourage season five and smoke til his house mate yelled at us, sorry bout that rugga. And we realised the sun was coming up, did the mac drivethru thing, got to bed round 6 and woke up at 11 am in the same bed at 35 degree heat. Rehydration and pool time bitches. I think we both have sun stroke now, but it was worth it. I got some colour.

As you may have noticed, I have no pics as I forgot the chord thing that transfers images, which kinda sucks, I'll just have to do a massive recap post when i get back i guess.

Pictures i do have however...was looking on my dads computer and comparing this years xmas shots to last...and I'm pissed as I have blatantly got way fatter and less hotter than 12 months ago. I blame YOU melbourne! And your constant shit weather that promotes covering of your fat ass body and pasty skin for so long that theres no incentive to look good. Maybe I just was way more tanned last year....but I'm pretty sure I look 5kg fuglier. You be the judge! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah. Hopefully i'll get so fucked up on New Years I'll lose it all again.

Christmas 2007 (looking aight)

Christmas 2008 (looking shit)

When I get to melbourne I'm going to get into smoking hard core again. Diets and exercise are for suckers, it's all about appetite suppressing. I will also hit the solarium hard once again. My body is my temple clearly.

miss y'all!
cc
xxxxx

Bobby Biatch

2008-12-29T13:03:00.008+11:00

A new year is coming so what better time than now to reinvent myself, if only a little and drastically change my do.

My hair has been long blonde with bangs for coming up 5 years now... Before that I used to have short hair, boy short hair like Posh's famous pixie crop but with shit loads more peroxide. I kept trying to grow it but I just couldn't get past that dreaded mid length stage that makes you look like a total dag. So Noodle came up with an ingenious plan, he made me promise that if I had my hair cut within the year that I would be contracted (we wrote it up) to a years worth of blowjobs on demand...what a genius, he knew that there was no way in hell I would let him have that kind of control and so my lusterous locks grew... 5 years on and all of the bleach and constant GHD torture is starting to take its toll so its time to chop it off and start again.

Im going to get a bob.

Im hoping that Im going to end up looking exactly like this...

But knowing my luck I'll end up looking like the very likeable but very fugly woman with the bob in two fat ladies...

Or worse... Herps Hilton (as CC calls her)...

As you can see its a delicate procedure but at 11 O'clock on Wednesday (the last day of the year no less!) I will be getting the snip!!

Eek.. wish me luck.

Bird Day Wishes

2008-12-29T12:53:00.004+11:00

It's this special little kid's birthday today.

And this very special big kid's birthday tomorrow.

And despite being without a voice and not terribly well I am going to celebrate with them at the usual Bird hangout later this afternoon as I have two days off in a row!

And then we have New Years People, stay tuned. Particularly stay tuned to see if my sexy phone sex voice holds up any longer or if I have to resort to writing on napkins.

Oh yeah and Happy Birthday Boys.

Monday Music

2008-12-29T07:00:00.000+11:00

Dedicated to 2008

The Winner Is

2008-12-28T18:37:00.003+11:00

What are the odds? Katie won the NBFG x Addict Hood. Yay! Now you'll have to let us all borrow it.

Mr Postman

2008-12-28T16:30:00.002+11:00

I've been a lucky girl lately...what's better than getting packages in the mail?

Thanks to Sneaker Freaker:

and all the way from Sopho and Josh in Vancouver, a fresh new Sharks + Hammers tee, vinyl goodness, magazines and Fantasy Garden incense mmmmm sexy. I forgot to include the hair-net in the pic hahaha.

Where I'd rather be

2008-12-27T22:36:00.002+11:00

It's nice to be in Melbourne, but Vancouver looks good to me right now.

Missing the place heaps lately. Wahhhhh!

YAY!

2008-12-27T09:44:00.001+11:00

I'm finally back...and I have an internet connection. Hello outside world!

Updates from Hayley Town soon. x

Joyeux Noël

2008-12-24T14:58:00.006+11:00

WOW! What a week. Today is my first day off after working 8 Days Straight and I am totally zonked out. What a way to ease back into Employment, working 9-10 Hour days on my feet all day doing Retail at Christmas. But serious, I am actually really enjoying it and I am glad that the spending a $100 a day on Booze adventure I went on has come to a close.

Despite the Work thing I have been getting out and about, alas still no Camera so there ain't much photographic evidence but Security Cams at Pellegrini's, Blue Bar, Caboose, Kake Di Hati and Thai to Go can vouch for me. Surprisingly enough I haven't hit Section 8 all week! Sadness is upon me.

But when I have escaped the controlled climate and temptation of the Boutique I work in I have added these to my Christmas wish list, most likely to be bought in the Apres Christmas Sales as a present to myself for working 8 Days in a row.

Ralph Lauren Sunglasses

Chloe by Chloe EDP, Chloe Sevigny not Included.

Marc Jacobs Platform Pumps (On Sale at Miss Louise!) Not in this Colour but this Shoe.

And as usual there are a hundred million more things that I want, can't afford and don't have time to buy. I am working Boxing Day and the whole Weekend so hitting the sales is going to have to wait. Monday is my next day off, by which I should have a Camera so stay tuned Boppers! Stay Tuned!

And get really drunk tomorrow and abuse a relative, you know you want to.

Dear Santa...

2008-12-24T13:35:00.006+11:00

Dearest Santa,

You know that I have been a pretty good girl this year (ok I know Ive sworn a bit much, partied a bit much and made direct eye contact with people on the London tube) and although I pretty much buy myself crap on a weekly basis here's a few things (that are kinda outta my legue at present -no job and all) that I would be totally stoked to rip out of their wrapping tomorrow morning...

Alex said it first but I REALLY WANT THESE SHOES... please Santa..

I'll wear them with all kinds of cute outfits and I can even send you some pictures of me looking totally hot in them, but you'll have to hide those from Mrs Clause.

Also can I pretty please have a copy of the new Keith Haring Book... Its so big and full of so many pretty pictures and inspirado, it so heavy it could also double as a dumbel...

Just to prove I love him Santa here's a photo of me in front of a Haring I found in Pisa, Italy!

And here's the last thing that I really really really want (but know I'll never get!)
PLEASE Santa can I have one of these limited edition Karl Lagerfeild bears????

Can you even believe how fucking good these are... Santa they cost thousands of Euros but if you love me you know what you've got to do...

Your respectfully,

Hendrika Leigh Elizabeth Stekhoven-Smith

You got to be fucking kidding me...

2008-12-23T22:46:00.003+11:00

Okay so tomorrow arvo I head back home for the first time in quite a while and I've been dreaming of hot hot sunny ass 30 plus days and walm balmy nights and lots of pools, malibu and tanning. I was so excited about my impending fun n sun that I went to check the weather and look at what I saw....

ARE YOU FUCKIN SERIOUSSSSSSSS!!!! Brisbane, you fucking cunt! And unlike Melbourne, Brisbane's weather forecasts actually have some level of validity. Meanwhile, ooooooh isn't it getting nice and warm and sunny here in Melbourne. Typical!

I am so pissed off man! It better be sunny as good jesus the week after otherwise I'm gonna be pissssssed yo.

Let's hope things change hey. I'm destined to be pasty forevs, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

Boys like shopping too

2008-12-23T17:46:00.003+11:00

Fellas, get yo ass to the Heist come Boxing day for a bargain palooza. Or ladies, dump your man there while you kick it to Zomp. With 40-70% off ALL stock, everyones a wiener! I just wish they still had those Hellz Bellz denim shorts there.

Second warning bitch!

2008-12-23T17:34:00.002+11:00

Old herp-hilton is back with the headbands. Errrrghhh. I hate headbands and I hate her. Her dress also looks like it's from one of those cheap ass basement bargain stores on Swanston st where some old lady is spruking with a mic out the front even though it probably cost like three grand.

Bon Anniversaire

2008-12-22T22:35:00.004+11:00

This girl has style for days, I will always be in Awe about how great she looks in everything she wears and how she makes things that I am 100% terrified of look completely amazing. Not only that but she epitomises the word 'Joy' and uses it the best out of all the Perth crew, when I roll with her she makes me realise how Cynical and Boring I am and makes me Commit a little harder than I normally would, which is still a non commit but its a start.

Love love love for Lou! Happy Birthday Beautiful! Missing You loads x

I don't know why i love you but i doooooo

2008-12-22T17:36:00.007+11:00

Can someone please buy me the Kim Kardashian calander for Xmas? I don't know why, but I love Kim. Been watching alot of Keeping up with the Kardashians of late as I got the whole first series from work and I'm all alone at home now my sis and paulini have deserted me (where's my dinner!) I know she gets pissed on in videos and is not that bright and kinda puts on that horrible paris baby voice at times but god darn it, i like her. I like that she's freakin 5'2 and got massive boobs and booty, I like her clothes, I love her hair and I like that there is someone actually out there who is short and not miranda freakin kerr anorexic that is still considered hella hot. As someone that's short and dark haired and kinda "what the fuck is she exactly?" looking, teamed with the fact I have no tits and look about 14, it seriously can get you down living in a country which definition of hot is the tall, skinny, blond, blue eyed, bronzed aussie. I'd take Kim's looks over that Zoo weekly shit any day. She just got bangs too, which look rad!
I'm gonna try and do my hair like this...once I can get a hold of pips ghd again, which reminds me paul, can you please go about stealthing that one your mum never uses out of her house while you're there. I'll seriously buy it off her if she wants...for like....$100?

Check out this other hot pic from the calendar, I love it! I want my hair to look like this too! I love massive 60s hair. Really cute styling. How do you do that??? I need a weave or something.
One last one....love this too!

damn she pretty.

shipping and shopping

2008-12-22T15:58:00.012+11:00

CC is right.. I've been a bit slack on the posts of late.. The Christmas D.I.Y is taking its toll and most of my time is spent painting, gluing and sticking trying to get it all finished by Thursday... Its going to get done but I have so many other things to do as well... organise Christmas lunch/day for a start...Eek!

Also added to my load was the arrival of my London shipping on Friday. I've had a lot of expensive shoes and clothes packed away in a crap load of cardboard boxes making their way across the seas for the last 2 months and I was a tad scared I was never going to see any of it again.

But here it is and now after unpacking one box this is what my bed looks like... SHEEZ huh?

After adding this to my Australian wardrobe it's all going to become just a bit fucking ridiculous...
But don't think that this has stopped me from hitting up a sample sale last week, going op shopping and scouring the markets over the weekend... I really can't control myself and I really don't want to.

So here's a peak at some of the excellent crap I have acquired of late...

Ok so I didn't buy this one for myself but I have to share, my girlfriend Ceara just got back from the states and bought me this... She and I share a love of the hideously beautiful aesthetic... A handmade hippo necklace.. I fricking love it

At the sample sale I picked up a couple of Michelle Robson dresses... they were made as samples only and never put into production but I loved them and at only $50 bucks a piece I was SOLD! I also got an Elke necklace from her first collection that I loved but could never afford at the time. The photo is of my friend Jess and I at Yum Cha... I'm wearing one of the dresses and the necklace... a friend of mine once told me that only poor people wear new things as soon as they've bought them... personally I can't wait to put on new shit as soon as I've got it in my hot little hands.

Close up of necklace...

The next 2 items are not for the faint hearted but maybe it was after CC's fiorruci post that I got all nostalgic and persuaded myself to purchase these swimmers (tags still on!) and hot tuna jeans whilst in an op shop...

I remember wanting these jeans sooooo badly in the 90's but they were like a million dollars and so outta my league. They are actually a really good cut (super tight and skinny) but I don't know how much wear I will get out of them... Noodle hates them but that was a given...

Lastly at the markets I bought myself this cute 70's glazed vase (for 2 bucks!) and these nice Christmas flowers...

And so the shopping continues...

Warm vodka and Molly

2008-12-22T15:09:00.008+11:00

Bit late on this one given the party was on Thursday, but Thursday night I went to the Illusive Xmas party. Given the Acclaim Xmas party was the next night, I really tried to keep my shit together and not drink too much but when there's free drinks, you know...it can be real hard. I felt like that chick off Californication. Has anyone been watching that show lately? I swear it's improved. I was never quite sold on it before but it is pretty fucking funny. Anyway the wife of the bald guy just got outta rehab and they take her to this massive record industry party where theres booze and coke everywhere. So funny seeing her trying to deal, haha. TV on Sundays is fuckin rad now, hella late but rad. Last night was 40 Year old Virign, seen it like 10 times but still funny, then it was Californication, then it was the american Office, then it was COPS! Fuck yeahhhhhh! I was having way too much fun alone last nite.
Anyway where was I....oh the party, here we go...

Bumped into the beautiful gwenny.

Tommy was there too... The party was at some weird bar in Toorak, it was really dark.

crowded with lots of people over 35. Mushroom is full of old people.

Paul and his turkish mail order bride.

Can't remember how many drinks i had but it would of been too many.

Me and Molly...sorta. haha. That douche Mike Goldbloom (or Goldman or Goldburn???) was there too, you know that guy who did big brother up-late and shit, has a receeding hair line and bad blond hair and is a human tampon. Yeah him! I really hope that fool is out of a job permanently now that shit stain of a show is gone. He's just as douchey in real life hey. I was ashamed to be at the same party hey.

Tram ride home, boooo. lesson one, you know your skirt is too short when you can see the gusset of your tights, classsssy.

Presents and shiz

2008-12-22T14:35:00.010+11:00

Looks like the mayorettes have been a bit lax with the posts of late, it is that time of year afterall but I thought I'd post about a few new items in the land of CC. I'm stoked about xmas, so stoked in fact that I just bought myself a heap of presents. Two pairs of sneakers, a new elle mcpherson bra, nail polish, jewelry, etc etc etc. Here are my most exciting new items but ahem....

FIRSTLY..I bit the bullet and bought that massive Hello Kitty Quolomo Kubrik for myself as a self-gift, isn't she beautifullllll.

Writing on her back...

I love you Hello Kitty.....ooh i look tan in this one, nicccce. haha.

On the subject of HK, look what the beautiful Jessie bought me!!!!

i love themmmmm thanks babe!

My sis also gave me an early xmas prez i get the other half back in bris (pretty sure it's one of those harajuku girls perfumes, yay!! I'm such a 14 year old girl), this is the first half but...

awww mixing bowl and measuring spoons in the shape of heartssss. I used to bake cakes ALL the time. Haven't done this in a while but I guess I oughta get back into it now. Don't wanna toot my own horn but um... my banana cake is off the hook. People like request it and shit.

And yes that's it, lots more i can post but I'll save it for another post.
byessssss
xoxo

Monday Music! (cc edition)

2008-12-22T09:17:00.001+11:00

Fuck yes, I beat you Hayles. Here's a sick carol to bring in the season. Really tempted to put that Mariah christmas song up also but I'm restraining myself....

Holy shit yes!!!

2008-12-20T10:19:00.004+11:00

Fuck yes!!! Got home drunkard last nite and checked my email (does anyone else do that?) and saw a press release from Good Vibes PR saying QTIP HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE BILL! FUCKYESSSSSSSS!!!!!! Do you know how fucking exciting this is??? I love him so much. He was like one of the first dudes to really get me into hip hop, and I still love every bit of Amplified album even though I've listened to it over 100 times.
Interestingly the Roots are off the bill (due to "commitments") but I'm happy, I'll take Qtip over the Roots any day. Add to this Wale, The Pharcyde, Roni Size Reprazent, and a personal fave of mine CHROMEO, sounds like it's gonna be killer!!
I'll leave you with my fav Q-Tip song. Let's Ride. This song just makes me wanna drive around town with the sun roof down.

Life in pictures

2008-12-19T08:09:00.017+11:00

My extended weekend in Sydney has just come to an end... I realise now that it was actually an extended week in Sydney but who cares about technicalities right? Anyhoo it was good fun, lots of drinking, eating, catching up and a bit of shopping thrown in for good measure, but why write about it when a picture tells a thousand words I hear you ask? So here is my week in pictures...

Whats for lunch?
mmmmm it's Don-Don with friends of course... this has to to be one of my favourite cheap eats in Sydney.

T is for Tommy's Birthday (he's the one in the middle.)
Tapas, pogo sticks, rainbow cigarettes... it had it all.

N is for Noodle's Birthday... We went to Oxford fart factory for more DJ Assault.
Interestingly (or not as the case may be) they had these weird girls in bikinis gyrating around, rubbing the Aussie flag all over their privates inside a glass box... I think it was suppose to be a comment on extreme patriotism and be all ironic and shit but it was just really gross and offensive.

(My friend Paulie IS encino man...)

B is for late night BK lounge.

C is for Micca's new Coogi jumper... and of course cake!

And I will leave you with the best tree replacement I've seen in a while... A is for Tommy's Christmas antlers!

Prosecco

2008-12-19T07:32:00.003+11:00

I don't know how interesting this is to anyone else but I went for an after work drink last night before I was supposed to go home and cook some dinner for friends and according to the receipt I signed at 11.27pm I drank 10 Glasses of Prosecco.

Ten.

Fucking Ten.

Ten Mother Fucking After Work Drinks and all I had for dinner was an Entree which I shared.

I then also remembered that we befriended some Frenchies and Sean has invited them to his brothers house for Christmas Dinner. From memory they thought my knowledge of France was impressive but my Accent sucked and they thought I looked very Italian. And when I got off the train it was torrentially raining so I skipped home in the rain thinking about how awesome rain is listening to Amy Winehouse and probably singing loudly along to it, I got absolutely drenched and didn't even think to use the umbrella in my bag.

Anyway Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to work I go. See you at Acclaim.

Hey Jerk!

2008-12-18T21:34:00.002+11:00

There was almost violence today. I ordered a flat white, waited ages... nerd boy rocks up to the counter and orders a latte (ahem, that is a GIRLS coffee). I heard my flat white call and by the time I got there, fuck-head had taken it and done the dash out the door. Fuck you!

I HAD TO DRINK YOUR LATTE!

It was going to end up on your suit if I'd found you. Maybe next time.

Then a pin popped the air in my shoe. DAMN IT!

One more time....you can't stop, ah! we can't stop, ah! We gonna celebratttteee

2008-12-18T10:23:00.003+11:00

Okay that title went for way too long.
Just a reminder that the Acclaim partay is tomorrow night. I'm drinkin green tea and stayin in today because I feel a hayley like disease taking over my body, nooooo. I'll be right. Might have to ditch the Illusive party tonight but. Anyway come come come on Friday, even if it's raining. We'll just make a sandbag bunker in heist and slowly get through our 600 beers alone. Yes that's right, LITERALLY 600 beers. And yes I did have to use my calculator function in Dashboard to work that out.

So buying these!

2008-12-17T23:59:00.002+11:00

How can something be fugly but at the same time totally awesome? Totally buying these babies, how fierce are they, spesh with a tan and nice pedi.

The Bird is the Word

2008-12-17T23:05:00.002+11:00

So I am employed now, selling the most amazing Shoes and Handbags on Collins Street and isolated from my Mobile and the Internet for most of the day. Apart from missing browsing Net-A-Porter and sharing random nothings with you lovely people I am loving being incommunicado.

I am not loving the fact that Hayley and Alex are going out on Saturday Night and I have to work at 11am Sunday. Sad Panda.

BUT I want to share this, as a lot of people who have come in contact with me in the last week have had to put up with my rendition, often a very pissed rendition. I would recommend watching it Drunk or Stoned if you are that way inclined, I did and it was the funniest thing anyone can watch drunk as shit at 2am.

If you are a nerd download the whole episode because it is makes more sense and is much funnier but this is pretty damn funny anyway. Laugh it up people!

F is for Fuck yeah and FIORUCCI!

2008-12-17T22:13:00.006+11:00

I was looking at this discount perfume site the other day, coz that's the kind of shit i do with my spare time, and happened upon....this.

Now I don't know what this shit smells like...in fact i'm guessing it smells like a 14 dolla handjob whore as it costs $8.99 (less than the handjob no less!) but I'm pretty sure I'm gonna buy it. Why I hear you ask? Coz Fiorucci represents everything that is is good, awesome and beautiful about being a teenage girl in the 90s/2000. Fuck man I had like a million of those tees and you got the awesome angel tin with it. I have one of those angel tees somewhere, i hope to god I didn't throw it out, I'm gonna hunt for it when I'm back home but I bet I did turf it when i moved, damnit! Anyway it got me thinking about the awesomeness of Fiorucci. Not convinced?....

Awesome!!! There's all these mad 1978 posters on ebay from their NYC store back in the day that Warhol used to hang at and they had a Keith Haring mural in there. So kitsch and so awesome. What really made me totally fall for the brand when I was 13 though, other than the pink, the pin up girls and the angels, was when i was lucky enough to go to the Flagship store in Milan and it was fuckin amazinnnnggg!!! It was like a massive 3 story girls bedroom with cute shit everywhere. There was this mechanical lion out the front and posters collaged all over the walls and fairy lights and fortune tellers and a whole level of homewares and ahhh I loved it. It was 97 so it was that really fun era for fashion, all spice girls and colour and platforms and fake fur. Anyway it was awesome. So yeah, this post kinda has no point, other than Fiorucci was awesome and I miss it. Apparently they've relaunched it but it looks gay. Man I wish i had fiorucci in my hands, I reckon the worlds ripe for all that 90s imagery again. But theyre new stuff looks cheap and shit and eurotrash. I'm still gonna get that perfume but....can't smell THAT shit.

-THE END -

Saturday Night, doo dooo doooo dddoooo

2008-12-17T21:59:00.005+11:00

The title was sposed to be in the tune of that seventies song. Speakin of 70s songs, how good is that song LADIES NIGHT!! Fuck man i am playin that shit LOUD if I ever have a hens night and we can all dance to it and jump on the bed with mirrored ceilings and do coke in my macdaddy penthouse, coz you know i'll be totally rich. I have a friend called katie and we used to live together and we used to sing "oh yes it's KATIES NIGHT!! and we're feeling right" before we went out and shit, we were hilarious. Ahhhh I miss living with girls. Now before we go i'm not allowed to play music paul just makes me listen to hard shit like M.O.P when all i wanna listen to is Womanizer. (Cmon TELLLL me you don't love that song) ANYYYYWAAAAYYY this post had a point...
Yes! Saturday NIte!!!

I really should be keeping a low profile but really keen to check out Miss Anna Lunoe's (above) set at Eurotrash. 5 dolla entry, free before 10 and 2 dolla pots and 4 dolla sparkling all nite! If that doesn't sound like some fun ass shit, I don't know what is!
For the uninitiated Anna is this AWESOME dj from Sydney (I know, as if), she brings the party. She's a part of the Hoops trio also who I love. Check my profile on them in the newest Acclaim (i told you i love them haha). Anyways their made, and Anna is maddest. If you don't believe me you can download this mix she did here.
According to her myspace she's playin again on the 31st of Jan, so maybe we should hit that up instead, given i feel a cold coming on..i think. But at any rate, I will see her and see her soon!

I'm going to get drunk and give her the latest issue and convince her to let me be the 4th member of Hoops. I can't dj but fuck man, get me on a kazoo and I got KRAZY SKILLZ. "We like to funk" by Parliament, anyone?

But seriously, anyone wanna go let me know and we might make this happen. 2 dolla drinks is talkin my language yo.
xoxoox

Did you know?

2008-12-16T13:52:00.003+11:00

Shot in the 70's, apparently it was so awesome that Mick Jagger and the director Tony Richardson didn't even turn up to the premiere.

Sneaker Freeeeeeaaaaaker Best of Best!

2008-12-15T18:01:00.001+11:00

Ooooh, it's been a busy day with the Mayorettes, posting fever! My turn!

Issue 14 of Sneaker Freaker has hit the stands and inside you'll find the Best of Best feature. Every year SF hand picks a bunch of sneaker people to put in their 2 cents about their fave shoe and this year I got to be one of them - huzzah!

Now a lot of people featured, said things like 'I was honored to be chosen..." But me, I was a bit giggly, giddy and absolutely stoked (yeah, a cooler way to say 'honored'). Thanks a million to SF for the opportunity and to Krakha for taking the pic. And for those people that have been saying, 'Hmmm, you look sick", I was. Plus being placed next to 2 hot ladies on the opposite page would make anyone look sick. Haha!

Check the article here.

You should buy a copy though, so you can show your friends and say you know me. Ahahahaha!

Monday Funday

2008-12-15T17:06:00.004+11:00

I have eaten so well today, not so well if you are looking at it from a Cardiologists Perspective but really well if you like/are obsessed with FOOD! Starting off with a Death Benedict from Yellow Bird, which for those not Savy is like Eggs Benedict with Hash Browns instead of Muffins and Crispy Bacon instead of Ham. Artery and Stomach Clogging.

Then I came home to a massive Christmas Market Shop, so I've been grazing on Calabrese Salami, Proscuitto (my favourite food possibly in the world), French Brie, Pesto and fresh Strawberries.

I don't even eat Mangoes but this calls for numerous Daquiri's.

Then I also found some random flicks from the weekend that I thought I would share. Lace doing her best Cross Eyed interpretive pose.

Sanch channeling his inner King of the Phillipines.

Birthday Boy getting his hate face on.

Me looking Retard without even trying, Sean trying just a little.

Twas a fun weekend, an awesome Sunday and a lazy Monday. Tuesday Workday, I'll let you know how employment feels upon re-entry.

Quantum of Spinach

2008-12-15T15:18:00.005+11:00

I finally hit up the new Bond flick, Quantum of Solace, last week and it was so terrible I'm not even going to review it properly. Apart from expressing my despair at the complete lack of story line, complete lack of sense and the absence of Q.

But I do have somethings that need to be said:

1. There was not enough Daniel Craig nudity. He got his shirt off once? And there was no Sex Scene. Sorry to sound Horny/Shallow but What a load of shit. Casino Royale had him running around the ocean in little trunks, getting down with a Bevy of Naked Hot women and bottles of Champagne.

2. He did not seal the deal with the Bond Girl, and she looks like this.

3. He sealed the deal with a boring English Redhed called Strawberry Fields. AND you didn't even get to see any of it.

4. There was no story, which would have been fine if he sealed the Bond Girl deal and had fancy Gadgets, but he didn't and there was only one Aston Martin in the whole flick. The rest of the time he was in a Range Rover or a Ford! WHAT THE FUCK, What retarded Bond drives a Ford?

Don't even bother, if you are a girl that needs some Daniel Craig time stick with Casino Royale or Layer Cake (Layer Cake also has the added bonus of a very hot Sienna Miller in some amazing Lingerie). If you like Bond flicks rent an old one and if you just going to a Movie because you are looking for something to do, take me to Lunch instead, somewhere French.g

Happy Birthday WOMAN!

2008-12-15T15:07:00.002+11:00

Today is my Best and Oldest friend Jamie's Birthday. We became friends because he was Cheeky and Naughty and I decided that I wanted to be friends with the Cheeky Naughty kid that didn't give a fuck! Plus when he addressed me he would always yell WOMAN at me which pissed me off no end, to this day he is the only person that gets away with shit like that and he gets mad if I call anyone else WOMAN. It's retarded special little things like that which make Friendships last.

He is one of the funniest and craziest people I know and that has not changed in the almost ten(!) years that I have known him. He has looked after me on many occasions, usually because he was the one that got me in a state that I needed to be looked after in the first place, but he has always been there for me, to cheer me up, to laugh at me and tell me not to give relative Strangers keys to my house after knowing them for a few weeks.

He left this note in my room somewhere for me to find on the 3rd of January 2001. As you can see he told me to keep it forever which so far I have done a pretty good job of, the Earings that he refers to me losing were a pair of long Silver Chain earrings he racked from Southland for me to wear to my Year Eleven Formal, I still have half of them. Ah the Memories.

Anyway, Happy Birthday Woman, I love you lots and hope you have an awesome day.

Sunday Funday

2008-12-15T14:36:00.003+11:00

Yesterday was a pretty good day, after ANOTHER 5am finish on Friday Night most of Saturday was spent sleeping. An excellent choice considering the torrential rain and falling temperatures.

Saturday night was Jamie's birthday but I had a little trouble backing things up and only lasted till about Midnight. Then found a 24 Hour store that sold Meredith Marinated Goats Cheese and Bagel Crisps and armed with a bottle of Red from the Exford had myself a nice little Midnight Picnic and watched Austin Powers.

So Sunday I actually felt reasonably fresh and headed to the Union for a few (too many) jugs. Waiting for a friend to get off the tram I found this amazing little Bookstore Books for Cooks, which is this beautiful little store on Gertrude that is completely dedicated to Food, Wine and Cooking.

I found some absolutely amazing stuff but settled on a book called Terrine by Stéphane Reynaud, a chef from Ardèche, France, that grew up in a house above the family butcher shop. Cultivating a life long affliction for Meats and particularly Pork, he has written a whole book on Pork and his acclaimed Montreuil restaurant Villa 9 Trois specialises in the Animal.

So whilst this Book covers Terrine recipes across Vegetables, Cheeses, Desserts, Seafood and various Meats, it was the below recipe for Foie Gras, Sauternes and Smoked Duck Breast Terrine that got me to part with my coins. This is going to be cooked in the next week or so when I find some proper Foie Gras. It is essentially a Smoked Duck Fillet wrapped in a Foie Gras Pâté prepared with French Dessert Wine. A bottle of Veuve and we are set.

I'm sure I've probably explained this before and if you are Vegetarian I am really sorry, but traditional Foie Gras is prepared using a method called Gavage by which Ducks or Geese are force fed Corn over a period of a few weeks through a stomach tube, seriously expanding the liver and increasing its size by approximately five times. Its not the most humane thing in the world but if you are into your Pâté it is akin to an early morning VB for an Alcoholic.

Now that I am totally inspired and armed with new French recipes I think we may need to hold a Mayoress Christmas Dinner party, Hayls missed the last one and the Lamb is still offended. We must buy a new one and eat him to make things better.

29 Noodles

2008-12-15T11:13:00.003+11:00

My boyfriend is 29 today... but really he is still a big kid.

It's crazy huh? That's only 365 days away from 30... He's not too worried though because he reckons some chicks told him that he only looked 21 the other night. Hmmmmm.

Anyway happy birthday Noodle (yes that is his nickname)

x

Monday Music

2008-12-15T07:00:00.000+11:00

For Sanch. But I want the rest of you to thug out at your desks too.

Me want...

2008-12-13T17:09:00.005+11:00

Um...Melbourne....seriously, what the FUCK is up with this weather. I was sposed to do all my xmas shopping today. Yeah....didn't happen. The thought of having to run around in gale force winds and a shit load of pissing rain sounds about as inviting as a urinary tract infection right now so I'm staying at home and cleaning the place and avoiding work. No...I really need to get a head start...hang on not even a head start anymore, just a fuckin START on the next fuckin issue. Booooo. Anyone want to buy 20 pages of ads from me and write all my articles and organise the rest? no. okay. So yeah I'm procrastinating right now by looking at the wonders of the web and thinking about all the shit I want for xmas.
I still really want this shits...

The Vivienne Westwood Melissa shoes. Aren't they just the best shit ever. But thinking about every single item of clothing I own and these would literally suit nothing I own or wear. Plus went to the melissa site and they said they're all sold out of apricot and yellow (the two best colours) so I guess it's not to be. Looks like Pammy got in on time though....

Haha, this only makes me want them more! Say what you like about Pammy but I like her. She's nice to animals, does lots of shit with David Lachapelle who's rad and I dunno, she just seems all crazy and cool. Plus we clearly have the same taste in shoes. Good legs too, her face is looking bit rough these days but what can you do man.

I also found these shoes I like from this brand/girl called emma the shoe maker (apt). They're all hand made and really old school. I have a soft spot for chunky 70s style wedges and sandals. I know soph said the gladiator is over but I still love it! Love these ones, so chunky. I'm sure it's the kind of shoe dudes would hate (they don't get shit like this) but I reckon they're awesome. And would be amazing quality. At $250 it's really not that bad considering it's all handmade and it's going straight back to the maker. Check out all her other o.g designs here

That's it for now, no doubt there will be a million more posts this rainy ass weekend. Fuck you melbourne! 11 days til I'm back to Bris, yay!

Im-ma-maturity

2008-12-12T13:21:00.002+11:00

I'm one of those people that laughs at farts, and think that the standard dick and balls scrawl on the toilet wall is just hilarious.

So of course this is funny. A re-decoration of Win's skatey yesterday arvo.

Mag Nation - Level Three (Melbourne)

2008-12-12T12:07:00.005+11:00

"All the girls that work at Mag Nation are gorgeous. All the boys have big schlongs" Hey, it's what the website says.

Until last night I wasn't aware that Mag Nation was a little company, not an evil Starbucks-esque porno pushing, New Idea supplying mega store. Sure, I've been in there lots of times, seen and bought awesome mags, had tasty coffee and loitered for long amounts of time, I just wasn't aware, so support it people!

Sanch, Sophie D, Mex and I rocked up to the launch of their Level Three store last night, and not only did the store look awesome, it was a superworld of the best designy type books (They have ALL four copies of Los Logos by the way - you can never find all four in the same shop), stationery, tees and blank sketch paper goodness.

They also let us drink nice beers, orange juice, wine and served us super quality food treats. Thanks MN. I think we love you.

Walls by Jeremyville

Tasteful tee's on the wall

Look! This one's for Josephine

Also owned by nice guys. WINNER!

Mag Nation, only in NZ and Melbourne, Australia...for now

Adelaide Apparel

2008-12-12T12:03:00.005+11:00

Mayorettes love American Apparel, even though it is generally stupidly overpriced you really can't beat their basics. Their tees, even though made from a low grade Polycotton, seem to last forever, the colours available are mind blowing as are their leggings and the fabrics their leggings are available in. My favourite thing about AA is that they make some really amazing cuts in a multitude of colours and fabrics, so if you find a style that really suits you, you can stock up in different colours.

Case in point the Mélange Sleeveless Funnel Neck Jersey Dress, I have this in a few colours in my Wardrobe and you really can't beat it with some Knee High Boots and Tanned Legs. It's short as hell but it doesn't show off anything else so its all good. If you've got the legs out put the cans away girls!

Another Favourite is the Tri-Blend Racerback Tank, which I also have in nearly all the colours it comes in. Buy them baggy to wear during Summer over Bikini's or Nice Lingerie and some Short Dark Denim Shorts.

Whilst most of the little Vice Retards that work behind the Counter feel they are as important as Nelson Mandela and cooler than the Strokes, if you can whip up the courage to throw some clothes in their face and flash them a Student card they are obliged to give you a 30% Discount. Same with the online store.

But most importantly and the reason for the Post is that Adelaide are the latest Australian City to land an AA Store. You can check it out at 211 Rundle Mall or if you are in Melbourne, Chapel Street. I know there is one in Sydney but I'm not Savy on Sydney so Sydneysiders will have to Google it.

S is for Sale!

2008-12-12T10:47:00.002+11:00

Always a good deal, head on over this weekend! Buy me something!

I want a studio apartment NOW

2008-12-11T22:49:00.006+11:00

I don't know if I'm getting old or my ovaries are ready to churn out some fertilised eggs and get me all knocked up and nested but lately I've REALLY been hanging to get a nice place where I can kinda...not settle but more decorate really cool and have friends over and chill and hang. I currently live in the swampy ghetto of West Footscray (dont stalk me it's not worth it, ask my past stalkers) and while rent is cheap as shit, it's not somewhere I really wanna hang. I want a big white joint with high ceilings and shit. I'm really ready to start buying nice shit too I reckon. God I am getting old. But if cmon everyone likes looking at peoples nice places. Which is where this site comes in "the selby" got the link off my friend fee's blog.
Anyway, basically they just check out the awesome ass pads of people around the world and it's fuckin dope. I am so inspired! Now I just need to rid myself of debt and find bond and my dream place and have a major salary increase. Seriously major. Not sure if this site is yesterdays news or whatever, but I love it and it's new to me! Here are a sample of some of my fav images/places:

How cute is this bitch and her house, in my opinion all of the LA houses are the best. LA vibe is way more up my alley than NY vibe. Plus you can't really have a pool in NY, and pools are like the best shit since....I don't even know what. Theyre just the best.

I thought soph and rik would like this one! FYI Sportsgirl had a total awesome ripoff of those red balenciagas on the end there. Like perfect fake. Didn't have my size tho the cunts. I stole a bracelet from them that day in retaliation. haha.

Wookieeee!

I hate raybans but this bitch is wearin them well yo, why don't i look like this in my white jeans.
There's way more awesome ones but I won't clog up the blog with them, just check it for yourself. Or if you have a hot house, send us a pic and I will post it up and make fun of it. Just kidding, seriously if you have a cool place i wanna see it. And then kill you in your sleep and assume your identity, it will be a bonus if you have a decent wireless set up.

Errghhhhhhhhhh

2008-12-11T16:09:00.004+11:00

I feel and look like this right now. When oh when will I realise mid-week boozing is a bad idea. Sneaker Freaker launch was all good (see post below) but heading to that weird bar after for these magical 6 dollar long island ice teas, really fucked with my shit. They were like the real deal too. *shakes head* What kinda crazy place serves shit like that for 6 bucks.
I then went home in a blur and watched mad tv til like 2 in the morning and smoked weed. STOOPID!

If I was a student who didn't have to do shit on Thursdays I'd totally hit it up. Well I did anyway. This week has been so unproductive for me, I am finding self motivation really hard this late in the year. I can almost smell the frangipanis and song of the cane toads of Brisbane beckoning meeeee. 2 more weeks. I can do it.

Tonite I promised a mate i'd see a movie with her so I have to haul my ass to the city even though the fuckin trains are all wack. I just need a red bull. I'll be good next week.

over and outtttttttttttt
xoxx

Sneaker Freaker Issue 14 Launch

2008-12-11T08:54:00.004+11:00

We headed over to Provider for the SF14 launch. I love you Freakers and Freakettes, you made my day.

After a fortnight of staying up late working, it was time for a bit of a night off. I accidentally got a bit drunk. I can still hear the echoes of MAFIA saying, "Aren't you drinking? Are you being good?" Take heed people, if you ask me to mind your drink and you can't find it when you come back, it's likely that I've finished it off for you.

Laneway car stand-off. BMW loses.

Hans with a sensible drink suggestion:

Simon's "Not as pretty as Hans' " getaway mobile

Ms Mayorette and the boys with a more sinister drink suggestion:

Aw! CC and PS-S also with drink suggestion

Kanye may be on the TV, buts I gets in the Magazine! Pneumonia face immortalised forever.

We love Spooney

Joey Bananas and F-Rock

Winners! Hooray for good company, beers, winning shoes and fun, fun times.

The Vandals

The end

How I've missed you

2008-12-10T22:50:00.005+11:00

REMEMBER this shit? I say shit in a literal and also in a cool street talking kind of way:

Memories of sitting in a tiny room on ressies (that's a dorm room, American friends), studying and devouring a whole bag of microwave popcorn to catch up on the new episode - 2 a day! Remember that guy that kept a kitten hidden in his room ahahaha!

Anyway, now I have Out Of The Blue to keep me company late at night. Anyone else seen this? It may as well be Breakers. I think I love it.

PS: I may or may not be drunk right now.

Sydney Weekend.. Come on lets go!

2008-12-10T16:00:00.003+11:00

Tonight I am off to Sydney for an extended weekend.

It's the BF's birthday on Monday and he wants to celebrate with as many people as possible...
He is one of those poor souls that lumped with a birthday very close to Christmas, often get swept under the rug with the excitment of Santa and work Christmas parties... So hopefully this year he'll feel a little less left out and a litle more party, party.

Fingers crossed.

Set the date free!

2008-12-10T13:02:00.005+11:00

It's party time, excellenttttt!
Keep Friday the 19th free bitches (and man-bitches) coz Acclaim be having our XXXmas/Issue 15 party. Yes it seems like just weeks ago 14 came out but we snuck in another one there before xmas so you all have something to read over the holidays. This is a bumper ass issue too. By all accounts it's our best yet, I wouldn't know coz I can't stand to look at the fucking thing given I've been staring and proofin and organising each and every FUCKIN page for 12 weeks. Yes I need a holiday.
But yeah the party.
6.30pm Fri 19th at Heist.
There will be SHITLOADS of booze so get your ass down there. We ran out of booze quickly last time coz there was so many peeps there so this time I somehow secured TEN MORE slabs. I should be an event manager or some shit man. AND we got heaps of Alize, for da ladeez. I love Alize, I might steal a bottle.
So yeah come! Get drunk! I'll be going back home the following Wednesday so we can have one last hurrah on the house.
xoxoxoxo

Wishlist

2008-12-10T10:08:00.007+11:00

My Jury is still out on Christmas, I am not one of those Scrooge people with Armpit Hair that carry on about it being a Consumer Driven Affair and rant on in between classes of their (useless) Arts Degree from Melbourne about the Socio Economic and Political implications of the World's favourite holiday.

Nor do I believe it has much to do with Religion or Baby Jesus or Donkeys or Stables or Hay. However you will not be surprised to hear that I always bought the bit about the Three Wise Men, mainly because they were carrying Gold but also because I had decided that anyone with 'Wise' in their Name was OK with me as Sophie means Wisdom in Greek.

The one thing I will give Christmas is that it is an opportunity to do something really special for the people you love. Surprise them, make them Crafty gifts (Rikki!), spend time with Family, spend time with Friends and get a little more Nostalgic about the world than we tend to on a day to day basis. The downside of this is that if your Christmas Sucks then it tends to do so in a flamboyant day of despair, where the heightened feelings of Joy can be replaced by dramatic feelings of Sadness.

Either way you get to eat, which is where my true passion for Christmas comes in. Most of my Christmas Traditions revolve around food. Christmas Eve is Duck, Carols by Candelight and a Bottle of Baileys over Ice. Christmas Morning I make Chicken Liver and Bacon Pate and share it with Lace's family over a bottle of Moet. Lunch begins with Seafood and moves onto a Turkey Rotonde stuffed with Italian Sausage and Chestnuts. Russian Pashka and Christmas Pudding made by my Aunts for Dessert.

Regardless of where you sit on the Christmas fence you generally tend to get at least one present and in my case you get to write stupid lists of unattainable shit and put it on the internet. So here is my 2008 Christmas List, Santa be good to me.

1. CAMERA

I just need a little Digital at this stage or for someone to fix my beautiful Nikon F-601 SLR. Most of the crew have Canon Ixus 70's and they seem to do a good job, maybe one of them as they are getting nice and cheap.

2. ELLE MacPHERSON INTIMATES or LA PERLA (But who can afford that?)

Matching of Course, the lacier the better.

3. PERFUME

Perfume is a tough one to buy for though, unless you know what they like. I am thinking some Chanel of some sort this year but I really do need to do the David Jones Sniff-Coffee Beans-Sniff-Coffee Beans and then Spray myself in my choice to see if I can handle it all day. The main thing is never to buy a scent that any of your friends wear, it is akin to fucking your friends ex-boyfriend. You just don't do it.

4. PUCCI DRESS

There is an Amazing Pucci Boat Neck Jersey Dress in Christensen Copenhagen at the moment, it is upward of $600 currently but I am hoping they have a sale. Despite my Internet Shopping Powers I have not been able to find this exact cut online but this is the print we are talking about, sans the Chunk of Black. I may need to take someone in for an Opinion.

5. GOOD BOOKS

I am a sucker for a Biography, I have been trying to track down the Sequel to How To Lose Friends and Influence People by Toby Young; The Sound of No Hands Clapping for quite some time to no avail. I saw a biography of Salvadore Dali written by an Art Dealer that lived next door to him the other day that looked pretty good. Otherwise any of the Dadaist's, Artists or Writers that hung in the Chanel/Ballet Russes circle in the early 1900's would be interesting.

Other than that I would like Nice Champagne, Good Company and beautiful Food. Merry Christmas!

Sneaker Freaker Launch - Melbourne

2008-12-10T10:00:00.000+11:00

Op to the shops.

2008-12-09T20:56:00.018+11:00

So it seems the Op-shop Gods were definitely smiling upon me today and I walked away with quite a nice selection of goodies... In the past few years I have amassed a pretty huge wardrobe. These days I am trying to be a lot more selective with what I purchase, it's so easy to walk into an op shop and go nuts because everything is just so cheap, cheap, cheap. I've ended up with a lot of things in my cupboard that I just don't wear and that also take up valuable space. Out of the 5 or so op-shops I visited today (there is a really good pocket of them in Wallsend) this is what I brought home.

A really cute lace cami thing (looks like something a porn star would wear in the 70's) that I plan on layering over dresses and tops... also a nice little lacey singlet that will be good with shorts and happens to work really well with these AWESOME genie/sheer/High waisted/MC Hammer pants that I got too... I LOVE THEM, you can't see just how good they are in these pics but please take my word for it.

and on the body...

...I also got these nice 80's black leather mid height heels... I've been looking for this kinda thing for a while, a bit boring but a good staple...

... A very cute apron so I can be a true domestic goddess in the kitchen...

... and last but not least I got this great dress... the fabric is magic, It's HORSES... and I love the fact that it looks hand painted.

All in all I think the urge to buy has been pretty much satisfied... Seeing Soph's post about free Net-a-Porter postage however has reminded me that I have had these awesome Marni shoes sitting in my wish list box for the last month...

Can Santa please send me an extra $418.903... Please???

Christmas Cheer

2008-12-09T12:11:00.005+11:00

Not from Santa. Not from Reindeer. Not from Elves.

From Net-A-Porter!

As a general rule I am not the biggest fan of Christmas as for my dysfunctional Family it involves visiting about 4 different Family Events in the space of 24 Hours. Not really getting to sit down and enjoy any of them as it is on to the next one, which is generally conveniently positioned an hour or so away. Fuckers.

This year I am cooking Duck Confit on Christmas Eve and drinking Vueve Cliquot with my Mum. That is going to be my real Christmas as I can get shitted on Good Champagne and spend Christmas Day eating my way out of a Hangover.

And now that I am in Retail I have to work the Boxing Day Sales, which is OK because it means I get first pick and I will be on Collins Street at 9am (Hello Chanel and Miss Louise!)

But the point of this story is that Net-A-Porter are offering FREE SHIPPING until December 19, which is dope as it is DHL and arrives in two days of ordering, saving you 30 Quid. Get Shopping!

Alcohol Free Week

2008-12-08T23:13:00.004+11:00

Technically turned into an Alcohol Free Weekend as it only lasted Two Days. Blew off the Gym in favour of a Movie and Popcorn. Then went on some adventures:

Wednesday hit the Market, made Coq Au Vin. Drank way too much really great Wine and ended up quite boozy. So boozy that I could not execute Mash Potato and cooking Asparagus but the Chicken was pre-prepared, therefore Unemployed Sophie-Proof.

Thursday hit Black Cat, drank with Old Section 8er's. Ended up reasonably Section 8 Drunk, running around the city drinking in the rain. Ended up hitting Black Cat, Section, Jeromes, Sister Bella and Pony in one night, not bad at all for an Alcohol Free week!

Friday I spent at the Botanical Gardens, then ended up at Caboose for 'after work(!) drinks' with Lace. Then headed to a BBQ, circa 10ish we started running Low on Beers, so I was dispatched to Nicholson Street to get more.

Went to one place, bottle shop just closed, had a pint.
Moved onto the next Pub, bottle shop just closed, had several pints.
Walked about fucking ten kilometres, bottle shop closed.
Realised it was 2am, realised people at home had been ringing us constantly and they were at home with no beer and ended up jumping a cab to Lygon Street, getting lost trying to find a 24 Hour Bottle shop. Rang home and with the assistance of Google found it, bought beers then returned home to drink fuck all of them and sleep on the couch.

EXCITEMENT!

Then on Saturday I went shopping somewhat still drunk and with the assistance of Sean splurged out on my new favourite shoes.

Then sat in the Sun all day and ate little Tomatoes wrapped in Proscuitto, rubbed in Pesto and filled with Eggs and drank a really delicious bottle of Brown Brothers Tarrango. Followed up with a bottle of Bubbles with Lace and a night on the tiles. Again. The blondie for your information is Lace. Team Lace!

We ended up covering some real Melbourne ground, Three Below, Section 8, Red Hummingbird, Stalectites, Barred from the Carlton Club for not having ID and then Lounge Downstairs for some bad party music. 5am Finishes are killing me softly with their song.

My camera is el fucked-o at the moment, hopefully Santa brings me a new one so I can have a more consistent account of my weekends instead of losing all my batteries and shaking it to make it work. But despite the disjointed photographs I am sure I have explained myself in enough detail for you to get the picture. I am working every weekend now pretty much until February so this may be the last weekend I get to get mega loose.

Stay tuned Boppers. Stay Tuned.

I'll poke your fucking eyes out!

2008-12-08T22:29:00.002+11:00

At least it's an easy fancy dress costume when everyone is having 2008 parties in 10 years time. "Remember the time we wore glasses without lenses! Good times!"

Happy Mondays

2008-12-08T17:18:00.002+11:00

Not only hit band from Manchester, peep 24 Hour Party People if you ain't savy, but the story of my Monday. Happy and Successful! Reasons Why:

Started the day getting a job in Luxury Goods, surrounded by Amazing Shoes.

Sushi lunch with Hayley in the Sun.

Got my Uni Results and got 2 High Distinctions for my last two Subjects, meaning I graduate in Style.

Spent the better half of the afternoon with Friends and Coopers Pale Ale at Section 8.

Shopped for new Work Clothes.

About to hit Lucky for a dope ass $4 Dinner.

Life is pretty fucking good right now. Will post weekend adventures in due course x

Polo darling!

2008-12-08T16:30:00.017+11:00

Happy Monday y'all! Can it be xmas already or what, blehhhhh.
Anyway, trust you all had a rad weekend. I had a bit of a bender and felt like shitttt. No alcohol til next weekend I reckon. Thursday was Kid Cudi, Friday was the Heist BBQ and Saturday was 12 hours of solid drinking at the polo. Which by the way was rad!. When perks like this come up in the job it brings joy to my soul. Got there midday and the weather was awesome and sunny as. All the little tents were lined up against the field. Our tent wasn't very big but like I could complain. We were in the peroni marquee and I got free Peroni and french champagne and food all day long. It was like a magical utopia!

Paul lookin all baller, haha

Me pretending to be posh.

Fat booty horse. It was pretty cool watching the polo, easy to follow and horses are more interesting than people.

Go lads!

Spot the little dog! That dog was missing it's front leg but didn't seem bothered by it. It was freakin lovin life that day, haha.

Champagne and pasta salad, yum!

Fashion at the polo I have to say is much better than at the races. Though i've only been to the brisbane races and that shit is real gully!

I'm looking rough, time to switch to beer.

Then we left coz it was raining and sat under a tree and found some swans.

This one had a baby! Cute. Paul tried to pat one and it hissed so hard at him, haha so funny.

Bye guysss!

Then we found some massive mushrooms

mmm tasty

And then what happened? That's right was sposed to meet up with a bunch of peeps but only managed to find my sister and drank more and then got a lift home, yay! Oh and i had a bottle of sangria in there also. Errrgh hence my need for detox.

All in all though, fun ass day. Bring on more boozy free days please. that was great.
xoxox

ASS, TITTIES, ASS, TITTIES, ASS AND TITTIES.

2008-12-08T15:32:00.008+11:00

The weekend just gone was fun and I really wasn't expecting it to be either. After the whole centre-stink debacle I ended up canceling my plans for a Sydney weekend, and called around friends to see what we could do on home soil... Ended up at the pub scoffing down SSB's (semillon sauvignon blancs darlink!)with the end result of this...

and this...

My friend Emma, dancing around hideously drunk to bad dance film clips with a leatherface mask on. It was pretty funny.

Sunday night was a surprise packet too as my friend Barney was in town to play a gig with that man who loves the ass AND the titties (and lets face it what man don't?) Mr DJ Assault.

There were free beers (Yeay, thanks Barney)and plenty of booty shaking, although word has it that a heap of girls came up to Assault during the night to inform him that they found his lyrics offensive... I'm so sorry ladies but if you don't like it, then why come???

I also got to catch up with my good friend Ko-Ko and we've organised to do an Op shop run tomorrow, I'm already praying to the God of cheap finds to smile upon us this day.. don't tell anyone but I'm having shopping withdrawals, its been nearly 2 months since I've made any substantial purchases... I'm having heart palpitations just thinking about it!

Funniest part of the night meanwhile? When we were walking back to the car and we saw this?

Um what's up doc???
Crazy Westpac fuckers.

Monday Music

2008-12-08T07:00:00.000+11:00

So fresh and clean - Outkast

My freaking eyes!

2008-12-08T01:17:00.003+11:00

Whatever these are, I need them:

Too many late nights (unfortunately not due to boozing), you'll have to stay tuned to see what I've been scheming. Soon, my pretties!

It's Official!

2008-12-07T20:14:00.002+11:00

My ebay sale is over for now, and I made $176 yay! Some shit only went for 99c which is kinda shit but it's outta my life at least. But yeah one item did not sell....fuckin huge suprise it was the fugly pair of pumas i got from the Sneaker Freaker launch (the one where hayley got that awesome pair and I somehow got the shittest converse fuglies). Does anyone wanna buy these? seriously. Please.

No Restraint

2008-12-07T18:21:00.002+11:00

Hot.

What's for dinner?

2008-12-06T14:56:00.003+11:00

Anyone know what I can whip up with some dip, jam, olives, mustard, butter, cough syrup and Chandon?

She's every woman!

2008-12-06T10:16:00.005+11:00

Shout outs to my gal pal Anna who is officially Yen's "Young woman in Fashion" 2008. What a title and what a girl. Anna is one half of the extremely excellent "Romance was Born" and having watch her and my dear friend Luke literally work their arses off and sweat blood for this label, its great to see Anna get some much deserved kudos.

Check out how hot Anna looked at the award ceremony... and how fricking good is her dress!? I once read an article that labeled her a "...model-esque designer" hahahaha, no ones ever said that about me dammit!

Amongst a million other things, the guys recently did all the dresses for a friends wedding... It was so much fun and we were obviously the hottest bridal party of 2008. Romance was totally born!

So congrats Anna! You were always my favourite young woman in Fashion but now its official!

MY new love

2008-12-05T12:11:00.006+11:00

Kid Cudi last night, ooh what a night. I didn't end up home til 4 something. Most of it was a blur (but not the part where I was having a quiet ciggie out the front with only paul and the door guys and 2 white suvs rock up with cudi, kanye, nas and entourage all get out and walk past me! I can't believe they had to walk up all those stairs, the lift was broke) but what I do remember is that Cudi was gorgeous and AWESOME. This dude is the next big thing fo sho. Loved it. Love all his songs like a trillion times more than Kanye's new album. There were fuck all ppl there but he still really did his best working the crowd and stuff, plus he was hot. Yay. Good nite all round, might be goin to Kanye tonight provided a free tik comes through, would be good but I'm pretty freakin tired. Plus tomorrow I'm off toooo.......the Polo! Haha yezzir! For some reason I was invited to the Peroni tent for Saturday arvo with free drinks and food and of course the horsies. I'm totally looking forward to it, it's so bizarre. Plus I get to dress up and you know, get drunk for free.
I wish I could get my Gossip Girl on and dress like this for it:

Ralph Lauren baby, it's Polo all day. And PJ can wear this...

Haha how hot is this blazer. I kinda really like this kinda preppy look actually. Why didn't the private school boys i was forced to hang with wear shit like this. Then again I wasn't wearing little gossip girl chanel coats and shit myself...more like Dotti everything so I can't complain I guess.
I'll probably end up looking like this though,

I can't help but associate the polo with ladette to lady haha. That's more my style.

Holy Shit!

2008-12-05T09:38:00.003+11:00

So Nas is in town with Kayne, everyone has been asking why I bothered considering stalking Mark Ronson and haven't lifted a finger to find Nas. The fact that he is married to this may have something to do with it;

But it turns out I just had to camp out at the Heist! I was probably sitting at Section 8 when this was taken, not the most effective Stalker in the world hey. No drama, I probably would just get Starstruck like the time I met Method Man and literally could not talk. I was like some crazed School Girl mute with a Pen and my Passport in hand. He laughed and Signed It. Method Man is my God.

I am pretty bummed I am not going tonight but I am not parting ways with $120 to see Kayne from 10km away. Free Tickets Welcome! And Nas has stood me up TWICE now! TWICE. We went to Rock the Bells in San Francisco and he did a no show, which was OK because Wu-Tang and Rage Against the Machine Showed up (SNAP!) Then I had tickets to his supposed show a year or so ago which he canceled or some tour promoter fucked up or whatever. I had ROW D tickets to that, I was mighty pissed off.

Now he is out here SUPPORTING Kayne? Fuck that shit man. That is completely ridiculous. RIDICULOUS. But for the lucky people going (AHEM SANCHEZ THE CALZONE SMASHER) please put your lighters up when he plays:

Halftime
It Ain't Hard to Tell
Represent

Can you fucking imagine what its going to be like when he drops Made You Look? If I think about it I might cry.

I think I may also still be a little spirited from last nights adventures, HENCE THE OVERUSE OF CAPITAL LETTERS.

New Love

2008-12-05T08:59:00.004+11:00

Restraint. My new middle name.

Says the girl that got home at 3am after ending up at Pony??!(*(!*? on a Thursday evening.

But seriously I went to David Jones yesterday, which happens a lot when you wander round the city looking for work and as usual ended up in the Designer Area with a rack full of clothes and a very helpful sales assistant. Missoni on Sale is still so inexplicably expensive.

Sergio Rossi is my new Homeboy. It all started with these, they are Half Price ($325) at David Jones at the moment and I HAVEN'T bought them, even though they have a 39 AND a 40 to choose from, hence the term Restraint.

Then I realised the reason they were on sale is because the Northern Hemisphere Fall 08 stock has arrived. So hot. The shades of Purple this guy is using are amazing.

And I Love these, in a Cruise Collection for CC Way.

So just what the world needs, an unemployed Sophie looking for Designer Shoes! But seriously I want those fucking Red numbers. Yum diddly yum dumb.

Monday Music

2008-12-05T07:00:00.000+11:00

Master of Puppets - Metallica

WAKE UP!!!!!

Hahahahaha.

What now..?

2008-12-04T12:09:00.005+11:00

So hi there, my names Rikki and this here is my very first post, I am going to take this opportunity to give you some of my background and of course get some self indulgent whinging in.

So if you read my thoroughly thought provoking intro interview by Hayles (thanks chicka) you would of noticed that I have recently returned to the sunny shores of Oz after a 2 year stint in London, you know that whole working holiday, right of passage thing. It was amazing, I loved living in London, I loved working at an amazing studio, I loved earning the pound (see Sophs post below.. heeelllllooo the shopping!) I loved being able to say on Fridays "Au revoir, I’m off to Paris, see you Monday." I loved Pints.

Don't get me wrong the last month at home has been great, I've been to weddings, been IN weddings, seen darling friends and darling family and I've even made it to Melbourne for good times with some of the other Mayorettes. But that’s all winding down now and reality is starting to kick in... I need to get a new job, a new home and a new life.

The worst part is, is that Centre-stink won't even help me on my way, after 2 weeks of calls and forms and meetings and various other bits of beaurcratic bullshit... they've sat me down and told me, sorry no you're not allowed, no free money for you... I won't lie I got a bit teary in that stark 7 Eleven esque office, as I looked around me and watched every junkie arsehole under the sun hand in their forms with toothless smiles.... and all because I told them I have a boyfriend. (or defacto as they so lovingly named him) Apparently if he has money, then so do you... Fuck I wish someone had told me that a long time ago, I'd have even more shoes than I do now.

So not unlike Soph the search for a job is on and god knows Christmas is such a good time to be looking.. yeah right, not.

But until then I will be busying myself with what I have labeled my "DIY Christmas". Money is tight but time is not, so get ready fams for some crafty shit this year because it's the thought that counts. The BF's mum wants to teach me how to knit so maybe one of these fetching face beanies will be the order of the day, god knows I have fugly days when I'd like one of these things hanging around.

So stay tuned, I'll be posting some of the results here.

Monument to Consumerism

2008-12-04T07:53:00.009+11:00

You would think being Unemployed I would be spending heaps of time on Net-A-Porter but the thrill kind of fades when you ain't got shit to do. Made even more faded by the reality of spending £357 ($822.12) on a Pair of Marni Platforms when you a) Have No Income Stream and b)There is an Economic Crisis going on, however this morning I am awake early for some reason and felt compelled to trawl the pages of my Favourite site, in the hope of being inspired into either making a dress today or sending more Job applications to the UK, so I can start getting all these clothes at Wholesale.

Seeing I won't be able to afford any of this for a while, instead of picking what I am actually considering purchasing, we can play Internet Dress Ups with a pretend Credit Card. Starting with Shoes, which could be considered as Weapons.

Marni. These things are Truly Fucking Amazing. Platform on Platform, Tonal Detail and a Chunky Leather Weave closure, reminiscent of a YSL Tribute with a little bit more edge.

I thought about posting some other shoes that I like but they all look crap when compared to the Marni's.

Dresses wise everyone is being a tad boring lately, everything is in very safe shades of Investment Black and Grey, with the exception of Pucci, Missoni and Matthew Williamson. Everyone appears also to be 'investing' in staples such as the Roland Mouret Pigalle or a Herve Leger Bandage. Luckily Alexander McQueen has never been one to embrace convention and despite there being a lot of Grey in his recent Pre-Spring Collection, his Striped Column Dress would be somewhere near the top of my list, was I to have upwards of Seven Hundred Pounds worth of disposable income.

Despite slightly muted colour-wise, when compared to their general Colour Palette, this Missoni Boat Neck Mini Dress would be hot with Black Tights and Boots or Strappy Flats in Summer. It would want to be trans-seasonal at £529. I was playing Dress Ups yesterday in Christensen Copenhagen and tried on a Misonni Vest in the most amazing Lemon Yellow and Charcoal, only to find it was on Sale for $1100. We are talking a Vest with no Fastening too.

I have gone a little crazy about Tops lately, it seems the Jeans, Heels and an Amazing Top is just as good for Friday nights as it is for Job Interviews. Again the shelves are stacked with White Black and Grey, luckily Vivienne Westwood's tailoring jazzes up a Bleak White Shirt.

Diane Von Furstenberg is doing some amazing things with Lace.

Also making another comeback for next Fall is Checks and Plaids. D&G recently did some striking red head-to-toe Tartan which has prolonged the Check Shirt overdose seen last winter with Buffalo Plaid. Next season is more Country and Grunge. McQueen again is at the forefront in Pink.

And finally the Bags, we all know how I love my Handbags and this Miu Miu number is recession Simplicity at its best. Gucci actually Pioneered the bent Bamboo handles back in the (1st?) World War, as materials were difficult to come by they needed to improvise, an artesian came up with the idea of Bending the Bamboo using heat and their famous Handle was born.

Despite more and more Clutches being spotted around town I am definitely a Tote girl. What the fuck can you even fit in a clutch? And why spend the same money on an 'It' Clutch that is probably Canary Yellow, that will be out of season by Christmas and in the bin by New Years, when you could spend that money wisely towards a classic Bottega Veneta?

I would also recommend steering clear of Ombre Handbags, Ombre was debuted by Prada two or three Seasons ago using Grey/Black and Peach/Cream Patent Leather. It has since filtered down in more colourful tones to Mohair Mini Dresses by McQueen and Von Furstenberg and is starting to show in Target. As it is in Target I am suggesting along with the Canary Yellow highly impractical Clutch it will soon be dead. So despite Fendi turning it into a Vertical Gradient, it is my opinion that they are a few seasons behind.

And finally, as it is supposed to be Summer it would be wise to invest in some Swimwear. Locally I would be hitting up Zimmermann and if you are super smart like Myself and Pants Free CC you would have already picked up an assortment of Zimmermann bikinis for $50 at their Sale. If not Matthew Williamson is here to help, at a price.

As is Michael Kors, again with the Bamboo, a sure sign of Recession. If this was a few months ago the Links would be 18 Carat Gold, cost 100 Quid more and we would be able to get Finance for them.

And finally Missoni, again for CC, in their classic Weave.

So this may not be all that relevant in this Hemisphere and we may not have the cash to even consider buying one of these items but I do have one cheap tip I would like to share.

STAY AWAY FROM GLADIATOR FLATS. Chanel debuted them three seasons ago now? And they were Knee High and interesting. They are in Target, see above for what happens when things are actually IN Discount Department Stores.

And Thank You as always for giving me a forum to talk utter shit.

OMG! why have i never googled this shit before...

2008-12-03T23:45:00.006+11:00

I hate to bump ol' rik down the blog so quick but I had to share this shit...um, so somehow I ended up on this site for dog clothes. Now I've seen some dogs in little coats and shit and yeah it's kinda shit and tacky (unless it's actually really cold) but thissite is some whole other level shit.
Check it out bitches, oooh nelly. It's so wrong but I strangely can't look away. It's kinda like porn but way way better and I don't get a visceral response and later get intimacy issues from this shit!

AHOY THERE! this cheeky nautical number will turn heads and tails in the off leash area. What a fetching hat and culottes! I would totally buy this for my dog and just make him wear it once for a photo and then never make them wear it again.

*Shudder* wrong, so wrong. This one has a lolita vibe that irks me so hard.

HHHHHHHHAAHAHA Onto costumes. I know marriage sucks but shit bitch can you at least pretend you're happy for the photo.

And lastly, this one's for Chester! Where was this fuckin outfit on Halloween! Dog wigs are so good. Joker never looked so good.

Ahhhh goodnight, I'm gonna sleep well after seeing this shit.
xoxoxo

W is for Welcome. R is for Rikki.

2008-12-03T20:48:00.003+11:00

Toot toot! There's a new Mayorette on board. Introducing the most lovely Rikki we have ever met...

Tell us about yourself:

Well my name is Hendrika Leigh Elizabeth Stekhoven-Smith, but you can call me Rikki. I'm an illustrator and graphic designer/Vagina (depending on who you're talking to). I love expensive shoes, Red MAC lipstick, Op-shops that smell of moth balls, Iced Vo-Vos and cheap jewelery.

What have you been doing lately?

I've just got back to Oz after 2 ridiculous years in London town.. fast times indeed.

Do you have any secret skills?

Does still not being able to drive at 26 count?

Favourite drink? We're talking booze here.

I usually drink vodka and soda with a bit of REAL lime, none of that gross fake cordial shit... but thats mainly because I'm a vain twat who doesn't want my arse to get any bigger. I did find out in London that I like pints a fair bit.

Can't leave home without:

A huge bag of crap... I try and cull down my bag contents but somehow there's always a zillion things that I NEED to have on me, at all times.

Signature lose your shit track/s:

Well a few Birthdays ago I held a "SEX" themed fancy dress party... I dressed up like a huge pink vagina but that's another story (meanwhile that is the second mention of vagina, oops and now it's the third), anyway I got pretty fucked up, pretty quickly and ended up passing out and it was a song that finally got me out of my funk, that song was "Crazy In Love" Thanks Beyonce you're the best.

Shout outs to:

Anyone aging disgracfully.

Any last words?

Can I have some "first words" first please?

I'm like totally a model!

2008-12-02T22:02:00.003+11:00

...well okay, not really or even at all, coz it doesn't count if it's for your boyfriend. Haha.
PJ had some of his designs picked up recently for T-Bar, yes that little shop in Melbourne central (in other places too I believe). So go out and buy them, they're rad! Check out the whole range and my chubby, midget legs in all their glory (hey at least they're tanned) on his site here!
He has lots of other purdy stuff there too.
cc
x

Can't decide?

2008-12-02T21:29:00.002+11:00

Wear 'em all!

Cheers to Rhek for the heads up on this pic. Credits to Scott from The Sweatshop in Vancouver.

SJ's Famous!

2008-12-02T12:42:00.005+11:00

My girl SJ's nails are on the missbehave mag blog today! She's famous yo! Well her nails are. Check the blog here

Aren't they purdy! Congrats SJ you are a nail-inspiration to us all haha.

SJ is in the shades...

HAHA

2008-12-02T11:12:00.003+11:00

What To Be When I Grow Up

2008-12-01T23:54:00.003+11:00

So at these slightly intoxicating Crossroads of my life, that I have somewhat very unprolifically arrived at by splitting with the Boy I loved, decided Australia isn't for me right now and unceremoniously losing a Job I didn't love so much I am fantacising about being a Writer. Amongst Chef, Photographer, Designer, all the really achievable stuff.

Don't get too worried about me, that Paragraph made things sound Bad which they are not, they are fun and good but working out you really have no finite idea of what you want to do with your life is a confronting thing. Especially when you thought you had it all planned out, not scary planned out with Goals, but some kind of idea. I have been in an Office since I left School and have done 2 Years of an MBA only to discover I don't really like Offices that much and I would rather die than get a job in Finance or Resources. I know what I want but I also have no idea.

So the Writer thing has been a constant in my life, writing was my strength at School, at Uni, I loved doing it and got good grades. It's not like I want to write a Novel, I don't think I could commit my life to something so uncertain, but I would love to be a Journalist. Actually Love might be an Overstatement, I would Love to be writing for Vogue or Gourmet Traveller with a Massive Expense Account, Free Clothes, Trips to the New York and Paris shows, a Ten Figure Salary and a beautiful apartment overlooking the Seine from Saint Germaine.

Unfortunately for me the ins and outs of real Journalism are not so glamorous, I used to write for a few local Publications, some of which I parted from Amicably, some of which I parted from in a shroud of controversy and Record Labels trying to Sue for Defamation, but I did thoroughly enjoy it. I got to interview MIA, Akil and Charli 2na, Vinnie Paz, Slug from Atmosphere and Talib Kweli to name a few. It was a nice way to meet the people whose Music you admired, which was also a very sharply double edged Sword when you found out they were Douche Bags.

So whilst I enjoy it the Pay is pretty terrible, the Industry full of wankers, Deadlines kill me and I hate them and again, the Pay really can be quite Terrible. But writing is fun, which brings me to the part where I thank Hayley for letting me write stuff on the Internet. Thank You.

So now that I have a Soapbox and a suitable introduction as to why I am Unemployed and writing Book reviews for a Blog at 12.09am lets talk about Augusten Boroughs.

Augusten Boroughs made the New York Times Bestseller list with his debut Sellevision, which I have not yet read as it is Fiction and I generally don't get that into Fiction as my brain knows its not real and tends to think it is stupid for this reason. Overthinking can be a real Handicap sometimes.

However my love of Biographies led me to Running With Scissors quite some time ago, which in a similar vain to James Freys' A Million Little Pieces is a Memoir of his completely insane life. His Alcoholic father left his failed Poet Mother, who was rather medicated and eccentric to begin with, who inturn sent Augusten to live with her Psychiatrist who she was sleeping with or who was drugging her depending on how you read it, in what could be described as a Squat. His mother eventually fled the Psychiatrist after Augusten had basically been raised by their fucked up family, where he was Sexually abused by his newly acquired Older Brother, to become a Lesbian with a partner that was not so nice to her Son.

Its certainly not a Novel for the faint of stomach, or heart for that matter as it really does convey how disgraceful the Human Race is when you strip away iPod commercials and Toothpaste. It is the Burbs at their absolute American worst but his writing is Compelling. Whilst it may rely a little to heavily on Shock and Damage, he is undoubtedly a fantastic writer and an incredibly Vapid human being, which when coupled makes for compulsive reading.

Running with Scissors leaves at his escape as an 18 Year Old for NYC, Dry picks up some years later and details his problems with Alcoholism during his 20's, his experiences in 28 Days at a Gay Rehab centre, the Death of his Best Friend/Ex Lover and basically trying to stay Sober in New York when you work in Advertising.

I wasn't sure Dry would live up to Scissors but it was just as fantastic. Well written with a strong story it it raw, honest insanity in its most attractive form.

However I have just finished (literally a few hours ago) Magical Thinking, entitled such under the concept that Magical Thinking explains people who believe they have Control over the Universe and that they are much more related to the incidents that occur to them than they actually are. I liked this Premise, I am a sucker for some Damage and Insanity so I picked it up and unlike the others its taken me a while to read. Mainly because I really didn't like it and only continued out of Morbid Curiosity. It is a 'collection' of stories as opposed to a Memoir but its like reading a Summary version of Scissors and Dry where he repeats many incidents that occurred in those books, in summary form and then glazes over random stories that have happened to him in his life that details how Vapid he actually is. It was cute when there was a story, a start a middle and an end, but aimlessly wandering through his Thirties, when there really weren't the Milestones of his Teens and Twenties, I found somewhat Lazy. Particularly when the being mean to Young Children and Taking Steroids to get Pecs stories made way for Rants about Love and his Partner, whilst I appreciate the sentiment Reading about how the thing that keeps us in Relationships is the Fear of losing the other person and how he would rather die first and arrange a substitute for his Loved one just confused me, when we had spent a Novel detailing random stories and flaws.

So I'm not going to go as far as to say Don't read it, read it if you are interested in his work, you can have my copy. But it was a let down and I have since found out he has released another two, which I hope are Fictional because as far as I am concerned he is out of Self Deprecating remarks and Horror Stories about his Childhood. He is becoming another Boring fuck up that gets paid too much to write Books, self indulgent a la Bret Easton Ellis writing all 7 Million Pages of Glamorama. But Easton Ellis is another can of worms to be opened on another day, I hope you enjoyed what is sure to become a regular Book Review injection on Mayoress.

Amazing!

2008-12-01T23:30:00.002+11:00

I'm hoping its not the lack of Alcohol but I really can't sleep, despite being exhausted and its really annoying. One might say But you don't have anything to do tomorrow? Why the long face? To which I would explain that not being able to get to sleep when you really wish to be asleep, don't have any company to amuse you, have watched all your DVD's too many times and are trying not to drink wine is pretty damn boring. Not to mention I do have something to do tomorrow which is land a job. This is my current job, luckily it doesn't involve too much travel, set hours and someone telling me what to do but it is still a job.

By default I hit up Facebook, as you do when its 11.38pm and you ain't got shit to do and my Amazing friend Lou put me onto a site where I can check photos from her very first Fashion Parade.

Matt Jelonek is (from what I can gather) an event Photographer for Fashion, Festivals and seemingly, Car Races. He took some amazing flicks of Lou's work which I absolutely love! She has such a Rad sense of style to begin with it is awesome to see her doing her thing and I can't wait to see more. Olive Green Satin, Bubble Hems, Exquisite Draping, worth a little look see. Full story is on Matt's Website under Deco Vu.

Hopefully when Lou is rich and famous she will remember this post and dress me for the Met Gala in NYC.

Don't bother me tomorrow nite...

2008-12-01T21:59:00.004+11:00

Coz I'm watching the Britney spesh!!! What's it called again, Uncovered or something. I dunno but I'm pumped. How cute is the pic of Brit above, she looks awesome. That was for that like...Do Something video. I liked that song. I like her necklace too! :)

I know this show will be a load of PR bullshit (i wanna hear about those weird arab dudes she was fuckin and the drugs and how big kfed's dick is) but I just wanna see her dancing again and here that southern drawl. I love Brit. No, I really do. Not even ironically. Though Womanizer kinda sucks. Her greatest hits is the shit. Slave for You would be like in my top 5 pop song (no. 1 is Fantasy obvi). Unfortunately noone is gonna give a shit about this spesh as much as probably my skanks in Brisbane. My dream britney nite would involve nachos and pineapple juice and rumbas. Rumba for the uninitiated is the generic version of Malibu and it's a steal at like 12 bucks a bottle. I lived on that in second year uni, that and weed....and garlic bread. I was so malnourished back then I lost four kilos and didn't get my period for like 200 days, haha. Ahhh uni.

"Hello it's brit here, bring the garlic bread and gange wontcha"

I'll just have a Juice

2008-12-01T14:20:00.005+11:00

It's official, Soph is off the Sauce until further notice (Saturday) citing reasons such as;

Can't Get a Job Drunk
Can't Be Bothered Looking for Jobs when Hungover
Can't Get Drunk with No Money
Need a Job to Make Money
Need to Keep the Money away from Section 8

So after hitting the Jugs at Blue Bar Thursday night, hanging with the Spoon and Co Friday (Tequila Shots at 4pm Anyone?), I was not feeling all that well, but luckily Strorbz refuses to get hangovers so him and Lisa (the two most Awesomest Gangsterps ever) were keen to keep me Company on Saturday afternoon.

So it started again with Pad Thai and a Bloody Mary, lounging in the Sunshine at Section 8. My feet got cold when the sun went down so Strorbz hooked me up with these fashionable items from Big W.

Then Mr Farley made an appearance.

Smart and Pretty, Strorbz is a lucky man.

Dirty Dirty Mo, Thank God it is December

Joined by the Lovely Garnes and Sal.

Group Shot One.

Group Shot Two.

By this stage it was pretty late, I had been at Section 8 more than I had been at home all weekend and any smart unemployed person trying to save some coin would have probably gone home.

I however grabbed a bottle of Red and went to Supper Inn for Suckling Pig, after trying to get a 12am table at Nobu, Vue de Monde, Movida and Cookie. Thankfully no one would oblige and my Credit Card avoided a beating.

After ingesting far too much Pork Belly fat at Supper Inn and inhaling a bottle of wine we went to Manchuria for an Avenue. Then as we were trying to get a cab home on Swanston we stumbled onto Obliveus playing at Lounge downstairs, suddenly it was daylight, I was drinking Hennessey and dancing very spiritedly to Highway to Hell.

Waking up on Sunday was not very fun, however some evil people managed to catch me when I was still drunk and convince me that a Beer Garden on Sydney Road, Brunswick was a great idea. By the time I got to the City I was well hungover but I soldiered on, caught some live Jazz at the Brunswick Green and was invited to a proper Italian BBQ. Where I was lucky enough to be cooked for by an Italian Chef that had just finished working at Ezard, one of Melbourne's premier Restaurants. It was easily the the most amazing BBQ I have ever had, Rack of Lamb grilled on a BBQ to die for. Plus I learnt how to play Jenga so the late night was well worth it.

But the bender must end here. This week is all about Body Combat, Lentil Soup, Multivitamins and Green Tea.

Monday Music

2008-12-01T07:00:00.000+11:00

HELP A BITCH OUT....

2008-11-30T23:25:00.006+11:00

This is me, but instead of an obscene ammounts of puppies sucking at my teets I have BILLS! Bills and no money for anything.
In an attempt to make ends meet, I now have some shit up there on ebay. Please peruse my wares here
Lots of things for the fellas, so buy it for yoselves or yo man (if your a girl). All goin cheap cheap, like a budgie. Lots of tees and some shoes, and some sabre sunnies and more shit will be uploaded once I go through my closet some more.
Only a fool would pay retail! buy now!
Note to hayles: I will not use mayoress to pimp my own shit ever again, desperate times ok!

Xmas is comingggg....

2008-11-30T23:13:00.003+11:00

I thought I wasn't gonna be into xmas this year coz the 'man' is trying to bum us all out with his talk of recession and bullshit but fuck it, bring it on! I can't wait!!! Gettin my ass back to Queensland, seeing the fam and eating my weight and then some in cold cuts while I drink copious amounts of alcohol with my similarly alcohol dependant family in the humid summer Brisbane air and partying with my friends I haven't seen in a year. I can't wait! I've never gone "home" for the holidays before coz i've always been there, so this will be cool.
I wanna have a mayoress xmas party, if they had Hooters here in Australia we should totally would totally have it there. I was looking up xmas vids and found this one of these girls from hooters doing (or in the blondes case, trying to do) the mean girls jingle bell rock dance. Hahaha so good. I love the voice of the girl filming, clearly another Hooters girl. Hahah she sounds EXACTLY how I imagined a hooters girl would sound like. God love em! I reckon those orange shorts with the hooters top uniforms are hella hot though. haha.

Celebrating Spooney

2008-11-30T15:48:00.002+11:00

Saturday night, we drank in honour of Spooney! I also had a little bit to drink, after being sick for so long. How was this for starters?

Sanch takes on the girls

New fun toys get a work out

CC gets casual with style

See more here.

GET UR FINE ASSES TO DIS SHIT!

2008-11-28T17:01:00.003+11:00

HEY! I must be a glutton for punishment coz I'm posting another rapper post, say what you want but Kid Cudi is DOPE and my peeps are putting on a gig here next thursday at Roxanne. Will be lots and lots of fun. Leave the Champion hoodies and beef at home and embrace the new face of hip hop you 1990's bastards! haha. Just kidding.

I really like this song, check youtube for lots more from this dude. and hope to see ya there!

Orphan

2008-11-28T14:28:00.002+11:00

Oooooh! Hayley Mei interview in the new issue of Orphan.

(I can hear the sound of tooting my own horn) Beep beep!

Hahaha!

Webnology

2008-11-28T12:51:00.003+11:00

I like how no one uses Pens and Paper anymore (except Spooney) and if they do they feel the need to scan it and post it on the Internet (Me!) but this is Next Level and by far the funniest thing I have seen in a really long time.

Below is the complete email conversation that Adelaide man David Thorne claims he had with a utility company chasing payment of an overdue bill.

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.19pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Overdue account

Dear David,
Our records indicate that your account is overdue by the amount of $233.95. If you have already made this payment please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles

From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.37pm
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,
I do not have any money so am sending you this drawing I did of a spider instead. I value the drawing at $233.95 so trust that this settles the matter.

Regards, David.

Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.07am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Overdue account

Dear David,
Thankyou for contacting us. Unfortunately we are unable to accept drawings as payment and your account remains in arrears of $233.95. Please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles

From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.32am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,
Can I have my drawing of a spider back then please.

Regards, David.

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.42am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Overdue account

Dear David,
You emailed the drawing to me. Do you want me to email it back to you?

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles

From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.56am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,

Yes please.

Regards, David.

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 12.14pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account

Attached

From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 09.22am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Whose spider is that?

Dear Jane, Are you sure this drawing of a spider is the one I sent you? This spider only has seven legs and I do not feel I would have made such an elementary mistake when I drew it.

Regards, David.

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.03am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Whose spider is that?

Dear David, Yes it is the same drawing. I copied and pasted it from the email you sent me on the 8th. David your account is still overdue by the amount of $233.95. Please make this payment as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles

From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.05am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Automated Out of Office Response

Thankyou for contacting me. I am currently away on leave, traveling through time and will be returning last week.

Regards, David.

From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.08am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

Hello, I am back and have read through your emails and accept that despite missing a leg, that drawing of a spider may indeed be the one I sent you. I realise with hindsight that it is possible you rejected the drawing of a spider due to this obvious limb ommission but did not point it out in an effort to avoid hurting my feelings. As such, I am sending you a revised drawing with the correct number of legs as full payment for any amount outstanding. I trust this will bring the matter to a conclusion.

Regards, David.

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 2.51pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

Dear David, As I have stated, we do not accept drawings in lei of money for accounts outstanding. We accept cheque, bank cheque, money order or cash. Please make a payment this week to avoid incurring any additional fees.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 3.17pm
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

I understand and will definately make a payment this week if I remember. As you have not accepted my second drawing as payment, please return the drawing to me as soon as possible. It was silly of me to assume I could provide you with something of completely no value whatsoever, waste your time and then attach such a large amount to it.

Regards, David.

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Tuesday 14 Oct 2008 11.18am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

Attached

Too Funny

2008-11-28T12:37:00.004+11:00

Saw this on The Vine and thought it was too hilarious not to share.

Which reminded me of the Similar one that was done not too long ago for the Melbourne City DRINK Card Stack, both pictured below, which are also too funny.

Even better than this is Bec's recent Tick a Box Style, interpreted below on a Caboose Receipt holder, I can't vouch for the accuracy or success rates of any of these techniques but any Mayorettes out there willing to give it a go, take some flicks and send us stories. Guys too!

Happy Dating

Paper Planes

2008-11-28T11:31:00.002+11:00

Spooney is better than Paper Planes. Give him a Shopping List, Cheap Nail Scissors and a Pencil and this is what happens. Amazing

Don't know how my camera ended up on Black and White but Strorbz had something to do with it.

Not Bad Not Bad Not Bad

2008-11-28T10:48:00.003+11:00

Just a heads up everyone, Not Bad For A Girl have opened a sale stash section online. Anything you might have missed from previous drops can be found there. But in very limited quantities. Be quick!

I hate gay head band things...

2008-11-27T22:11:00.002+11:00

and if there was ever a catalyst to stop wearing that fourteen year old, first time i've ever been to a festival, tryhard indie kid shit it's this pic right here. Trust Paris to be like 3 years behind the curve. To make it even better, she was wearing this shit to that Ed Hardy creator guys (Audlinger or some shit) well his skank girlfriends 16th birthday. Errrgh gross. What a big ball or wrongness. So boho! Oh and if some little bitch says "you racked that pic from dlisted or something" yeah, no shit bitch! Sorry but I don't get jpegs of celebrities emailed direct to me from the paps the night after the party. Sorry, I'm working on it.