At the week's end

I used to pride myself on having a stupendously awesome memory, but I have found that stress and advancing age (I am 21) have made it distinctly sucky of late. To compensate, I have resolved to try to take more photos of my doings. This has the added benefit of having something to show my parents (who've moved to the other side of the country) and mostly house-bound grandmother.

Here's a few snaps from this week:


This is Sticky Insitute, which I'm writing about for school. It's literally underground; in an arcade that leads from Platform 1 of Melbourne's busiest train station, Flinders St Station, to the other side of road so that train passengers can by-pass traffic.


I took this shot of my reflection in the mirror behind an art installation in Campbell Arcade where Sticky is. It was a slightly disturbing display of what looked like bodily organs among other things mounted on sticks in dirt.


I spy with my little eye...


Truant teenagers sitting on the roof of the shopping centre drinking! I'm assuming they were truant teenagers because anyone else would have been allowed into a pub to drink and wouldn't be stupid enough to drunkenly hang out that high up! The one in brown fell and took the bottles with him!


I sampled this choc-vanilla cupcake on Wednesday at Melbourne's latest cupcake bakery...The Cupcake Bakery...I must say that I was pretty disappointed- dry, bland-tasting cake and oddly textured frosting that either indicated the presence of a large amount of preservatives and additives (and/or was made from powder) and perhaps some crazy mixing. It definitely paled in comparison to...


This awesome cookies'n'cream creation from Little Cupcakes, which I had for the first time on Tuesday and then again on Friday (sheer gluttony, I know!). The cake was moist and rich without being overpowering and the frosting was lovely and buttery, though not too sweet despite the chunks of biscuit.


Frankie is one of my (and everyone else in the blogosphere, I think) favourite Australian magazines. There is an awesome 'road test' of meat substitutes and some great stuff from Marieke Hardy in this issue.


I bought this, along with Frankie, at the airport when I was dropping my brothers off. I can't resist anything to do with Iggy Pop and this was no exception, but it turned out to be a really good mag (I don't know if it's this issue or this magazine) with a new and intriguing manner of interviewing 'the greats'. The obituaries were rather cool, too.


This is the top corner of the 'Word' cover, which may seem rather dull, but I found the placement of the price tag (over Moz's head) fascinating symbolically and wondered what he'd make of it.

Busy, busy, busy!

I've made it to the really busy part of the academic year, which feels like a bit of an achievement considering how many sudden hurdles I've had to jump this year. Thankfully, I'm not quite staring down the 'serious' few weeks yet, though, and I thank God for small mercies!

Lately, my life has revolved around my school work, my responsibilities to my family and dreaming of being able to do fun things. I'd love to have more time to go op-shopping with my boyfriend (who is very good at trawling for hidden treasures and an all-round op-shopping asset), hanging out with my friends and go to exhibitions and movies without having to plan for months ahead and keep one eye on the clock!

This is what I wore today:


(Another appearance by the naughty tree in the backyard)

I wore:
Stripey dress: impulse buy from KMart one night!
White t-shirt dress (underneath: Cotton On
Cardigan: Katies (new!I've needed a brown one for years!)
Boots: Novo (also new!)
Turquoise pendant: a present from Vietnam

because: Whether we think it's right or not, Spring is here and the stripey dress is floaty enough for heat, but is warm enough for the cold with a t-shirt dress and cardigan. The pendant matches the aqua on the dress and the boots are still novel enough that I want to wear them all the time.

And for something different, this is what I had for lunch:


(Well, not that different, I have this every Monday at least)

I must own to being a little slack with my diet and exercise in the past few days (and thus thoroughly deserved the obvious looks from other people trying to work out if I was a few months pregnant!), but I rarely miss having one of these salads for lunch when I'm at school.

Tomorrow, I'm off into the city to conduct some interviews for an article I'm writing on zines and Sticky Institute for school, so wish me luck!