Tuesday, January 05, 2010
places i want to be
Why is uni work so difficult?
Ugh. Frigging Cambridge.
If I could wave my magic wand (no innuendo) and magic myself far away from Japanese Grammar and Kanji rote, I'd be at one of these places, dancing in my hello kitty socks.
Night Night Yawl. x
Monday, January 04, 2010
impermanence
Today has been an arty farty day; Larry got me off my ever growing arse and we went to the Michael Hoppen gallery to check out their exhibit on colour and gawsh at the prices. But after that I decided to have a skim through the
Tale of Heike, a classical Japanese novel recounting the life of this super warrior dude during a big ole war in classical period Japan. It's lovely.
The main theme within the text is one of impermanence, and how all things that are beautiful are fleeting in nature; anything worth admiring won't be there to be admired for long. This attitude is apparently rife in Japanese culture, both in the past and in the present; it explains why still so many Japanese flock to hanami (cherry blossom viewing) gatherings around the nation in April for the one week where the trees are in full bloom. I think it's lovely.
Anyway, all this fleetingness of beauty talk reminded me of a passage from
The Picture of Dorian Gray. The part where Lord Henry rips up the pink daisy, showing his penchant for destroying beautiful things, and as a forewarning of what he's going to do to poor wee Dorian. Either way, the hedonistic tone of the opening chapters and Lord Henry's highly persuasive monologues got me inspired. Tomorrow I hit primark. Shopping list? 2 white tees and 2 pairs of black jeans. And maybe a really slutty night-slip for use as an over-top.
I want beautiful things, and I want them destroyed;
Num num num, imagine a gauzey whorey slip underneath a safety pinned top and over mashed up jeans. With lace leggings of course. nyum nyum nyum. Wait till I get my grubby paws on that gear. xx
Saturday, January 02, 2010
lists and notes
the notes part...
the lists part...
stuff I'm looking forward to in 2010,
- overhearing someone say something mean about you, and then watching them as they try to style it out into something flattering
- waking up in the morning, realising I still have an hour left to sleep
- first and second kisses
- making new friends, spending time with old ones
- singing badly in my shower at fitz, and not giving a damn
- chai tea lattes with my starbucks card
- holding hands (with kaishia)
- knowing that someone misses you.
And something that's quite funny;
who wants a lupe action figure?
Not exactly an action figure, but Japanese Cartoon have released a vinyl toy that looks suspiciously like Lupe.
Well, we all knew it was him doing vocals anyway.
Friday, January 01, 2010
happy new year
Happy new years everyone. I hope everyone enjoyed their night with friends and or family as much if not more than I did.
Resolutions anyone?
