DALGETY STREET

This is my all time favourite part of my grandparents' flat. I always imagine what the flat would look like if i lived in it and one thing i always think of every time I visit is that I am keeping these curtains.

For some reason, I always take photos whenever I visit her house. Not much changes, except for the amount of rubbish that gets piled up in their house. Grandpa's a hoarder and grandma buys so much junk that she doesn't need. I think i've inherited both of these traits. Gramps will litterally be saving cereal boxes which he thinks he can use to help file letters or ice cream tubs which he can use to store and sort his socks. Their house is filled with so much junk, i love it.

I spent the day with grandma opp-shopping around her hometown, St. Kilda. She may not know how to tell the time on an analogue clock or use her myki ticket properly but boy does she know her way down to Prahran and back. She knows exactly where every Salvation army is, we visited three, and she knows all the workers in every second hand shop. It was so cute walking into one:

Grandma: I BROUGHT MY GRAND DAUGHTER :D

Shop keeper: What?! You're too young to have a grand daughter!

Oh, they love her. One Salvos in particular was decorated rather nicely, all 1920's-ish with parasols and old books and records and vintage wallpaper. Even the lady who worked there had the sweetest twenties curled bangs, her hair was adorable. Another shop assistant at the op shop near Acland street had pink hair, she pulled it off really well. It wasn't like an intense dark pink, but more of a powdery light pink.

And as usual on our St. Kilda grandma-grand daughter dates we ended the day with lunch at the McDonalds next to Luna Park. It literally was lunch because I got to her house at seven in the morning and we left her place at nine because most shops opened at ten.

She:

- goes into the shop

- greets the shop assistant

- asks if there's any new jewellery

- offers to buy me a piece of jewellery that I don't really like

- rushes to leave for the next op shop which is two stores down

Seeing grandpa was really good too since i don't get to see much of him. He kept wanting to feed the birds.

Grandpa: Can i feed this to the birds?

Grandma: WHY DO YOU WANT TO FEED THE BIRDS. YOU FEED THEM MORE THAN ME. OH, GEE

-Ten minutes later, grandpa brings out food to feed for the birds-

I MADE AN EXCUUUUUUUSE

Jon Chu from the Morning Benders

OMGOMGOMGOMGOGMOGMOGMGOGMOMOMG, I am about to sound like a total girl but I have to blog this absolutely right now. I just got back from seeing the Morning Benders at the Corner Hotel and holey moley they were beyond amazing. They were so nice too! Chris talked to the crowd during the set and he even got off stage and walked into the crowd during Excuses. Ahhhhh! At the end Chris was the first to come out into the crowd and he hugged everyone, like actually did. I got a hug too, i couldn't believe it and we got photos with him on Thao's iPhone which i will probably blog tomorrow. Omg and Tim! Tim Tim Tim is quite the charmer in real life. While they were playing Thao dropped something and we was bent down and he said "Be careful" and yes ofcourse I swooned.Well, okay Thao thought he was the most awkward but omg I am so in love with Tim. He wears specs and I yelled out 'nice glasses' during the set and he said all shy and cutely 'thanks' and after when we got a photo with him he was like "oh yeah you're the glasses person" and then we had a conversation about glasses. His are from Calvin Klein hahahaa. The conversation that i held the longest was with Jon, who it turns out is half Chinese and half Irish. He was so nice too and gosh to cute up close. Chris was as Chris is, amazing, but I am so much more in love with Jon and Tim a bit more. Off stage they're just so chill and nice. It was so cute when Jon was standing near the merchandise table and when Thao and I bought a cd he was like 'yeah!" and so happy that we bought one.

Okay, i think this is enough of a lame omg-i-met-Morning-Benders spiel <3

I never want to wash my hand or my shirt ever again, I'm still can't believe we got to have an actual conversation with them. I can't wait to see the rest of the photos and I may even upload some of the vids that I took.

The Corner's dodgy stamps. I got in :)

And to think that all of this happened after weeks of worrying that I wouldn't even be allowed into the Corner. We loitered on Swan street like idiots waiting for Rob to meet us because I was so scared that I would get caught (seeing as all I had was my friends hole punched learners) but when we went in the man asked to see i.d. and he didn't even notice the little hole punch. All he did was count to see if 1992 meant that I was 18, it was rather cute. Everyone at the Corner was pretty nice, i mean afterwards when I was taking photos with Tim and I swapped sides to take another one the lady guarding the door just smiled at me.

Aww, I'm still so happy!

Signed by Jon and Tim, aw

its been so long

since i been alone
i cant think of a time
when you will realise
that you were breathing by my side
my mother said
to talk things thru
dont let heavy hearts pile up on you
but how can i
when i'm too scared to speak

i cried all night
but i put in too much to turn away now

Ive been waiting for you to say
that i am better off
with out you anyway

but we both know that thats jsut a lie
but whats said is done
we're almost gone
i cant see your face

ooohhh oohhhh

i cant find my way

ohhhhh whoooaaa

i cant catch a break

ohhhhh whoooaaa

i cant count the days

everyone looks the same

everyone looks the same

ohhh whoooaaa

1.1.11

One of the few photos that I was in from the nye party last night. And thankgod too, because I probably would have looked scary looking if i was in anymore photos. Please, let no more photos turn up.

(taken by Tom, someone who half resembles Adam Levine. And we all know Adam Levine is dating a Victoria Secret model)

The party last night in which we travelled all the way to Greenvale (ie. the middle of nowhere) actually lead us to a very big and beautiful house with a pool and everything. It was like stepping into Ryan's pool house, mega cool beans. The night was really fun actually, good music (as soon as we got there Kings of Leon was playing. Early Kings of Leon) so that was nice. And we also had this insane supply of drinks which was good except perhaps, well actually I did drink way way too much. I have this habit where for some reason, ten minutes before getting picked up from my father, who has no idea that i drink or smoke (occasionally), of having a smoke and whenever I do this after drinking it sends me on the craziest high, head spins and all. I'm sure you know the feeling. I don't know why i do it just before I leave. I should be spraying perfume and sobering up, but no. If i do it half way through the night, i don't feel it but after all the drinking and before i get picked up, i just go crazy. Which leads from going to this quiet loser who says nothing and fails at making conversation to the end of the night: me- talking black, yelling that my dad is outside and that we have to leave. Not cool Not, not cool.

Atleast I got to stay for the countdown this year. Usually I have to rush home and spend it with fam, so spending it with people this year was nice. Although, it didn't go off as much as I thought it would.

So all I'm going to say for 2011 is no more smoking. Really. It was a phase and I am so over it. It makes my mouth taste like shit, i'm sure i look disgusting doing it and I know people think it's gross blah blah. Yes, i think this is a reasonable resolution to try to maintain for now. Maybe, only one at parties if I feel like it and I like the person that I'll be smoking with. But that is all. Other than that, no. I only really did it during year 12 anyway, and now that year 12's over I should grow up. Oh and none ten minutes before I'm leaving any party. Silly, silly girl.

Oh 2011, be good to me please. 2010 was such a moody bitch.