Summer is coming...

I took these the other day when it was warm and I was off for a swim.

Shoe Madness

OK, I think I have lost the plot with shoes currently. Being in Fashion PR gives you lots of freebies or discounts. Hello, I have not really been shopping for a year! Anyways my client offered me the chance to get some awesome leather Tiger Onitsuka shoes at a huge discount. I just brought a pair and today I ordered two more pairs (see pic, hot huh!???). This is after I just brought some Marc Jacobs Vans yesterday! OK I need to go and sit in a dark room and breath deeply, I have become a shoe whore. I shall be stopping this now, I have bought 4 pairs in a two week period, I have to save for my trip. But, damn, sneaker shopping is fun and they were so cheap!

Kev's Great, but EW!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipvdBnU8F8&eurl=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22645851-2,00.html

My Holiday Car

Hey ya, Just hired this bruiser for my trip to the South Island in early Jan. Can't wait, got a great deal for 5 days. Hope I don't drive into a hobbit or something. Hows your week?

Light in the dark

“I have clearly stated my belief that gays and lesbians are our brothers and sisters and should be provided the respect, dignity, and rights of all other citizens. I have consistently spoken directly to African-American religious leaders about the need to overcome the homophobia that persists in some parts our community so that we can confront issues like HIV/AIDS and broaden the reach of equal rights in this country.
I strongly believe that African Americans and the LGBT community must stand together in the fight for equal rights. And so I strongly disagree with Reverend McClurkin’s views and will continue to fight for these rights as President of the United States to ensure that America is a country that spreads tolerance instead of division.”

- Barack Obama 22/10/07

Its great to start to hear something positive and progressive, but such a long way to go.

A Change In The Air

It feels Prime Minister Howard's time is up, Kevin 07 is kicking his butt and the televised debate last night has highlighted this. Words cannot express how much that midget sports tragic bigoted lier needs to go away now. This country needs a new and more modern global-minded leadership, not an blinkered dogmatic xenophobic and dismissive yes man who is a puppet for corporate greed and international imperialism. Ohh my nipples go hard when I talk like this.

Bring on November 24th.

Let me see your future..

I was at my friend Travis's 30th last night and I had my palm read by his friend, Pete. He has read it before so I wanted to see if he said the same things or something totally different. He was bang on the mark, word for word, apart from he said he misread about my love line.

The things he said were:

• I am very loyal
• I am overly logical and tend to beat the life outta things by thinking to much
• I was not my own person until I was 21, up to that point (his words) "I was living someone Else's life" - I came out a 21, freaky huh??
• That I have great luck starting now if it has not already, this is the first time it has kicked in my life.
• And i will have two great loves, I have not met either of them yet. But apparently the first one is supposed to meet me about now (!??) the other in 15-20 years. jeez!

Just so I don't molest the first man who bumps into me in the line at Starbucks, I asked him why when he first read my palm that he said "There are two great loves in your life, you have already had one. Very young" now he said I had not met them.
Pete said he misread it due to too many shandies. Hmm mysterious. I have not had any great loves so this one kinda made more sense, but we talked after about how its really subjective as people make their readings true by believing whole hearted in the fact that these things will happen. Very interesting, is it pre ordained or is it the results of faith in and self drive?

I will be interested in watching the new few months then.

How was your weekend? I had a great day, swimming at the beach, gelato, new Haviania's and a movie. Perfect. Hope your week speeds by. x

Proof!

Ah I have a new fave movie, Proof. It is so good, brillant story, really funny, sad, smart and has Jake Gyllenhaal being too sexy for his math book. I love this movie. See it or I will come over to your house and tip all your anti aging creams down the loo while I play meatloaf really loud in my Holden I just crashed into your mailbox.

Its all tooth much!

Well ole chomper is gone. I had my last tooth pulled yesterday and it was surprisingly quick. I had my entire face sedated so i looked a bit like a stroke victim for 6 hours, but the dentist just gave it a poke with a chisel and then popped the sucker out. I spent more time getting injections than the actual extraction itself. The bugger did bleed though. Not to painful but aching a touch. I have a gap in the back of my mouth now that i can keep spare change in. Yay! My flatmate has decided today is the day to de-ice the freezer using a knife and banging it with one of my frying pans as a chisel. Each TWANG makes my mouth throb like i am receiving a message from Vega. Why today of any days huh? Just hope my ice pack does not melt.

Well anyhoo, it good to be out of dental hell. It was funny looking at that poor little tooth after it had been popped out and thinking that the little hole on the side was what all this soreness and nastiness was from. Whats news with you?

Surrended Single

I have been single for a really long time. The last guy I had a date with was a closeted ex-soap star who told me he could not stay long as he wanted to watch the Big Brother finale and then showed me phone pics of his penis during our second beer. That was a year and a half ago. Over the past week the final long term couple in my old group of friends got engaged after 11 years. I am really happy for them but I cant help and feel like the partner boat has sailed, leaving me waving my hankie from the wharf. My entire group of friends has coupled, split, flung and coupled around me in such a dizzying way and I feel like the wallflower left holding the handbags, whilst wondering when someone interesting will swing by.
Sure there has been my own very short, sputtering and anorexic relationships, but these have been with imposters who have been unavailable in every way. The only one who I spent a large amount of time with, completely broke my heart and now I really am scared I don't have it in me anymore.
A long time has passed and there have been a serious lack of suitors that I am starting to really question if I will ever meet anyone. I am not getting any younger and this question is totally scaring the hell out of me. Sure there are always guys around, but none of them are relationship material and the word "relationship" in gay terms is tantamount to smearing your body in pigs blood at a vegetarian picnic.

Stoically I have kept my chin up, but its really getting concerning. Could I have missed out on some great opportunities by not recognizing them, lacking confidence in myself or just having plan bum luck. Life is good every other way, I have good friends and great career, but I am lonely and what is all of this about if you don't have someone special to share it with? This thought, among others, is like a boot in my throat. It it all over?

Busy Busy/Hot Hot

God I am so busy at the moment, so I will be able to add something more interesting soon. Just to let you know I have a fashion show next to work on and a shoot tomorrow so I have been sorting models with bloody pedantic modeling agents. Most of them are really great, but some agents really need an slap up side the head to remind them where the money comes from for their models. Also its 34 degrees here today so I am thinking this Summer could have the potential to be a stinker. What you been up too?

Party Party Party

Hey, just had the most mental night at the SunStudios "Uniform" Party. As you can see i went as a Wallaby, which is prob not great because of my Kiwi heritage. But it was either this or a superhero costume as The Flash, but it went right up my butt and showed the family jewels far too much. Flash indeed! Great night, lost my ball, mouth guard and my mind.

Mancrush: Update

Last we heard on this subject I had bashed my head into a steel pole whilst trying to charm the pants off a trainer from the gym. Impressive, but not overly surprising that I managed to injure myself whilst trying to be Mr. Saucy Pants, I was surprised I was able to carry on a normal conversation as I bled from my head. Anyway, due to a friend wanting to leave I was unable to complete the transaction of numbers or even suss out if he was interested.
Having resigned myself to fate, I returned to the gym the next week and as I was working out I came eye to eye with trainer who gave me a quick wave and a wink. Oook, guess he is interested then. Since then I have intercepted more than a few lingering looks, smiles, waves and one rather confusing shoulder rub as we talked about him locking himself out of his house.

Argh! I don't know what to do now, I want to ask him out for a beer but its hard when he is working with clients. I can see myself asking him out as he stretches a clients achilles tendon, him saying no, embarrassing me not only in front of him as well in front of some poor stranger who did not want to be part of this and just want to lose the love handles. At that point I would then go and strangle myself with a skipping rope.
Maybe I am being a bit over dramatic now, but you see the concern. I guess I have to just bite the bullet. Admittedly I am having quite some fun with this anyway. Wish me luck

The Root Of All Evil

Dentists are not my friend, in the past 18 months I have had more latex fingers in my mouth than I would like to remember. I am still rather shocked by the decline of my teeth, I was one of those kids who were told by dentists "How great your teeth are!" The only issue was trying not to smile when I was lying that I had cleaned my teeth that morning, whilst hiding the lollipop in my small fist. My dental health first started to wobble like a baby tooth when my wisdom teeth tore into existence. This oral uprising instilled a general mouth wide revolution, many of the rebels have been since placated or silenced (removed), but I am still one extraction away from orthodontic peace.

I have not had this much trouble since a certain drunken night in Grammercy Park New York in late December 2000, where I attended a swish party and in good form promptly drank from the punch bowl with cupped hands. 5 hours and 3 liters of booze later, I stumbled onto the roof slurring to my companion I wanted to see the Twin Towers (sigh) in the brooding blizzard. I remember seeing the steel grey bases disappearing into the low grey cloud, like the huge static legs of a monstrous robot. I then plunged head first into a block of ice and concrete. Bashing out my front tooth. It took four months of painful root canal, castings, and color matching before I had ole chomper back in beer bottle opening form. Suffice to say NYE 2001 was not the party I had imagined, sitting on the floor in a Greenwich apartment, watching the ball drop, trying to eat a donut without teasing out the blistering agony of an exposed nerve.

Today I experienced my latest tooth rescue mission, I was rather shocked when the dentist asked the assistant to find a smaller needle as she hated large needles. To the dentists "frustration" there was only the super large needle, she again sighed as she came at me with a needle that looked like its was rather used to euthanize horses. SHE hates big needles!?

Lady, I am the one you are sticking it into!

Anyway after a hour, 7 types of whining drills, vacuum cleaner and a hair drier in my mouth later, I was out and paying for the privilege. Wondering when it will be all over and hoping I would be able to drink liquid again without drooling it down my shirt.

Vietnam

Here are two pics I took while on holiday in Vietnam last October. It is a Hotei or Budai, the obese Laughing Buddha, usually seen in China. The long earlobes denote superb perception. I love these pictures they make me feel relaxed.

J

$$$

Oooh I juts got a pay rise! Its the biggest single jump I salary rates I have ever had. Yay bring on the gold covered bathmat. Not, I am way to middle class for such garish things. Also I am not that mint, yet! I think I have worked really hard for this, not just in this job but in my last job which was the worst career experiences I have had.

I am going to pay off the credit card now and relax more. I always get my tits in a tangle over money. So now I can release the reins a bit, not to much though my inner control freak will not go away that fast!

What I Am Reading..

This is the book I am reading, it is awesome. The "God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins . Its so well written, I have just started so let you know more soon. I got a really odd look from the girl at the check out when I bought it. I felt like telling her its not a book how to sell children over the Internet. When did it become fashionable to not have your own ideas and become a robot? Makes me even more dedicated to reading it.

Mancrush

Funny thing happened last night. There has been this trainer i have had a big man crush on for months at the gym. Over the weeks of he has started smiling at me, and me smiling back, then falling of the treadmill or doing something totally stupid and un sexy.
Anyhoo was at a pub last night and me and my mates went outside on the balcony, and low and behold trainer man was there. So i steadied my hyperventilating and acted so cool, talking about Bosina or APEC, whatever, whilst sneaking looks over his way. Then he came up and started talking to me! I was a jibbering wreak. It could only go one of two ways, good or bad. I am not really sure how i did, as when i was talking to him i finished my beer and turned to put it down and smashed my head into the metal frame of the door. I saw stars!! So i had to turn back to the conversation holding my head and acting so cool whilst surreptitiously wiping away the blood gushing from my head. It took about 10mins of this panto until my mate came back and i dashed to the loo for some first aid and a slap. I dont think he noticed as he came and talked to me again. Or maybe he has a thing for people who injury themselves and really inopportune times. No numbers exchanged but contact has been made and i know his name (sigh). Next step serious pash-a-thon.
PS: i got ID'ed twice last night, i had to show my drivers license to prove i was 30 not 18 !!!! Thank you SK-II

Avril is, like, a douche bag

Happy to be a loser in Avril's book. Check out this trip to ego town.

Good day!

Heyoop, phew wow.
What a bonkers day. A client of mine (Canterbury clothing) launched a new product today and I managed to get them a full page in the Daily Telegraph on the new sports gear. Take a looky on the left. This piece kicked off a day of coverage, it syndicated nationally in the papers, was picked up on radio nationally, was on Morning TV and is about to be on Ten news tonight and TV One and TV3 in NZ!
That's the thing with publicity you can plug away and one day all it takes is a single well timed piece and your off!
I am feeling pretty chuffed (hopefully the client is too) but I totally realize this is all luck of timing.
In between the crazy, I have been reading Madonna's own blog, its quite funny. I am not sure its her, but I think so. The entry about how she makes her daughter's mates entire families sign confidentially agreements before her friends can sleep over - is amazing! But necessary I guess when people may look through the toilet cabinet for something to sell to the DailyMirror. http://madonnasthoughts.blogspot.com/
Better fly, gym calls.
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