Wednesday 20 April 2011
Poetry that I love...............
by John Donne
MARK but this flea, and mark in this,
How little that which thou deniest me is ;
It suck'd me first, and now sucks thee,
And in this flea our two bloods mingled be.
Thou know'st that this cannot be said
A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead ;
Yet this enjoys before it woo,
And pamper'd swells with one blood made of two ;
And this, alas ! is more than we would do.
O stay, three lives in one flea spare,
Where we almost, yea, more than married are.
This flea is you and I, and this
Our marriage bed, and marriage temple is.
Though parents grudge, and you, we're met,
And cloister'd in these living walls of jet.
Though use make you apt to kill me,
Let not to that self-murder added be,
And sacrilege, three sins in killing three.
Cruel and sudden, hast thou since
Purpled thy nail in blood of innocence?
Wherein could this flea guilty be,
Except in that drop which it suck'd from thee?
Yet thou triumph'st, and say'st that thou
Find'st not thyself nor me the weaker now.
'Tis true ; then learn how false fears be ;
Just so much honour, when thou yield'st to me,
Will waste, as this flea's death took life from thee.
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more, From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be, or have been before, To mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal.
-- written by Max Ehrmann in the 1920s --
Not "Found in Old St. Paul's Church"! -- see below
Not "Found in Old St. Paul's Church"! -- see below
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Albert Milne, we have never met, but I know we have things in common.
PNG! more specifically from a tiny island just off Misima Island: Milne Bay Province.
2 What is your favorite smell?
The smell in the air just before it rains.
3 A place you would like to revisit?
My village in PNG.
4 Lips you would like to kiss?
Ice-cream lips. Preferably Rihanna's.
5 What were you last dancing to?
I was 70s Boogie dancing lastnight to some club music.
6 Can you crib walk?
negative. lol
7 What makes you angry?
DUMB PEOPLE! this one hobo who comes into the food court near my work and asks everyone for some change just as they are ordering their food. When you have to walk home with all your groceries.
8 Any imaginary friends?
when i was little i had an imaginary rabbit friend who could only hop on the grassy parts of sidewalks as we were driving somewhere. And if there was no grass for ages then he had to jump really high and wait till there was some grass to bounce on. hah
9 Have you a favorite doll or blanky or childhood keep sake?
A stuffed toy bear i've had since i was born. it's missing an eye and one time when i was little I tried to perform heart surgery on it, so now it has a black X on its chest and in the centre is a hole where i operated with a screwdriver. haha
also my toy dog FIDO.
10 Where you named after anybody?
I was named after my Great Grandfather. So technically I am Albert William Milne the 2nd.
11 Where you born ass or face first?
Face first.
12 What would you change your name to if you could?
Christopher. coz that's what I was called when my mum was preggers with me, and for some reason once I was born and had to be named, my dad wanted to call me Albert...go figure.
13 Favorite colour?
Blue.
14 Favorite food?
Rice!!! / Bully and Rice.
15 Favorite quote?
I AM that I AM.
16 Hero?
Buddha / Tina Fey.
17 Describe yourself in 3 words?
creative, open-mind.
18 Straight or Afro?
mixed.
19 Highlands or Islands?
Islands!
20 Would you put BBQ sauce on your cereal?
I'd try it and see. I didn't think Honey would work well on my Lasagne, BUT HOLY SHIT IT IS THE BEST THING EVER!
Bonus Question: Why did you agree to answer these questions on my blog?
coz I was like "Ella's cool"...and then I remembered how I dreamt that I met you, even tho we've never met, and so I figured this is the perfect opportunity to re-aquaint. Hi. :)
Thursday 14 April 2011
Ryan Flanagan.
She is originally from England, and came over on a boat when she was a little girl, she now dislikes boats, because the ocean is sometimes flat but can become mountains.
2 What is your favorite smell?
I am not sure, but it seems that the most obnoxious smells are the most interesting, maybe not my favourite smells, but the ones you scrunch your nose at and turn away from, but then like the car crash your not meant to look at smell again.
3 A place you would like to revisit?
I would like to revisit certain reoccurring dreams, become lucid and explore them, in a timeless boundless unending imaginary (possibly real) creation.
4 Lips you would like to kiss?
Well other than the obvious... I think it would be interesting to kiss myself and also my mirror gender equivalent ( so a female version of myself ). I could then ascertain whether the things I dislike about kissing are actually my own kissing flaws and not past experiences.
5 What were you last dancing to?
Its been a long time... :( I really do not know, I mainly sit and work and sing a long these days.
6 Can you crib walk?
^I am very white, but I dabble.
7 What makes you angry?
Inefficiency, frustration, fear, ignorance and stupidity. Also dogmatic habitual societal control structures and unquestioning trusting law-abiding for laws sake citizens drowning in bliss.
8 Any imaginary friends?
I am currently attempting to make contact with my spirit guides, my power animal and my higher self. I sadly can not remember having any imaginary friends from my childhood, but my childhood is fairly hazy, my son though has I think one or maybe two but they have many names and it is hard to keep track!
9 Have you a favorite doll or blanky or childhood keep sake?
Not really... I had a teddy called tiny teddy I think, again rather hazy. But I only know this because my mum has put him behind glass in a frame with some other baby things... Its weird. All my teddy bears and soft toys are currently in a safe box in the roof.. I feel bad for hoarding but they are mine and no one is having them!!!!
10 Where you named after anybody?
Apparently I was not named after anybody... But. My dad swears he read somewhere that his name means the dark one and my name means the son of the dark one. It also means little king.
11 Where you born ass or face first?
? what! I don't know...
12 What would you change your name to if you could?
I can change it, everyone can change their name.. But it seems like a big decision, and I couldn't really be fucked.
11 Favorite colour?
White light directed through a prism and splattered across the universe...
13 Favorite food?
Anything that doesn't involve dead animal flesh, or animal bits and pieces, blood, bone, tendons, ligaments, skin, hair, sexual organs or excretions, vomit, oil, bile, wax etc
Anything that isn't full of fear or hate. Anything that isn't full of chemicals, herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, additives, colourings etc. Anything that hasn't been irradiated or nuked. Anything that hasn't been processed and packed full of sugar, caffeine, fat, gluten, salt, etc. Anything that isn't brutally un-environmental, un-sustainable and damaging to the Earth. Anything that wasn't created purely for profit. Anything that hasn't been spliced with another thing in some lab by white coats trying to sell fertilizer to increase the profits for blind and heartless shareholders eg GMOs. Anything that wasn't enslaved, raped, tortured or murdered.
Anything that is alive.
Fresh.
Natural.
Beautiful.
Not sentient and is sustainable.
14 Favorite quote?
there are too many...
but,
"glass may be the physical metaphor of happiness"
i do like Carl Sagan...
"A new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed. We are one planet. One of the great revelations of the age of space exploration is the image of the earth finite and lonely, somehow vulnerable, bearing the entire human species through the oceans of space and time." - PALE BLUE DOT IN THE PICTURE IS EARTH.
"As the ancient myth makers knew we're children equally of the earth and the sky."
and never forget this one...
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society" Jiddu Krishnamurti
15 Hero?
I don't like heros all that much, they seem to be football players and celebrities these days...
I do enjoy individuals who think for themselves and question authority, pacifist grass roots revolution of information, truth and self enlightenment.
16 Describe yourself in 3 words?
Complex, Paradoxical, Universe
17 Straight or Afro?
I find these choices racist. I choose wavy.
18 Highlands or Islands?
both have their place, floating in space.
19 Would you put BBQ sauce on your cereal?
If the BBQ sauce didn't contain the waste products of the animals death industry, and the cereal wasn't genetically modified then sure why not! But then again it would depend on how long I had been hanging out with Ella and Sofie!!!
20 Why did you agree to answer these questions on my blog?
Because my computer was sketching out and this is the only page that was loaded, all the other pages were freaking out, I was bored, I enjoy your blog so far and I wanted to help you out in anyway I could, and because you asked me to and it would be rude to not reply. Also because now if I ever want to make you fill out some time wasting set of questions you will be bound by socially polite requirements, and I shall have you right where I want you.... ;)
peace & bones ox
Mum says...
"People that say everythinK, need to get their heads looked at! Dont they know its everythinG!"
My turn......................
20 Questions...
Sarah with me and Will and the kid next door
1 Wheres your mamma from?
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2 What is your favorite smell?
BABIES FEET AND FACES AND HANDS
3 A place you would like to revisit?
ROME
4 Lips you would like to kiss?
SOFIE'S I MISS YOUR KISSES
5 What were you last dancing to?
ROD STUART, HOT LEGS
6 Can you crib walk?
YES, BUT ONLY FOR MY HOMIES, U KNOW WHO U R
7 What makes you angry?
WHEN PEOPLE DISRESPECT THE ELDERLY
Grandma
8 Any imaginary friends?
NO BUT I WOULD LIKE ONE, ANY OUT THERE NEEDING A NEW FRIEND?
9 Have you a favorite doll or blanky or childhood keep sake?
YES, HER NAME IS SARAH AND HER FAVORITE COLOUR IS RED, SHE TRAVELLED AND CONTINUES TO TRAVEL WITH ME EVERYWHERE.....
10 Where you named after anybody?
MY GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER ON MY MOTHERS SIDE, ELLA BENORE.
11 Where you born ass or face first?
ASS, THE WORLD NEW I WAS A GIRL BEFORE I DID, OH AND I WAS ASLEEP, THE DOC TURNED ME UNSIDE DOWN AND SMACKED MY ASS TO WAKE ME UP, MUM RECKONS I HAVE NOT SHUT UP SINCE
12 What would you change your name to if you could?
NEVER
11 Favorite colour?
AT THE MOMENT RED
Mum at a country and western dress up party in PNG.
13 Favorite food?
BULLY BEEF AND COCONUT RICE WITH GREENS AMD A SPRINKLING OF SOY SAUCE
14 Favorite quote?
YOU ARE JUDGED BY THE COMPANY YOU KEEP, SO COUNT YOURSELVES LUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15 Hero?
HANNAH TOROME, MY BU BU MUMMY
AND MY DAD, ALAN ROWE
16 Describe yourself in 3 words?
WARM AND FUZZY
17 Straight or Afro?
PICK FROS NOT FIGHTS
18 Highlands or Islands?
ISLANDS, BUT IM YET TO SPEND QUALITY TIME IN THE HIGHLANDS, NIICAUX, U MIGHT NEED TO SORT THIS OUT!
19 Would you put BBQ sauce on your cereal?
NO BUT I KNOW A VERY SELECT FEW WHO WOULD AND THEY PUT IT ON EVERYTHING AND I LOVE THEM FOR IT!
20 Why did you agree to answer these questions on my blog?
Sarah with me and Will and the kid next door1 Wheres your mamma from?
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2 What is your favorite smell?
BABIES FEET AND FACES AND HANDS
3 A place you would like to revisit?
ROME
4 Lips you would like to kiss?
SOFIE'S I MISS YOUR KISSES
5 What were you last dancing to?
ROD STUART, HOT LEGS
6 Can you crib walk?
YES, BUT ONLY FOR MY HOMIES, U KNOW WHO U R
7 What makes you angry?
WHEN PEOPLE DISRESPECT THE ELDERLY
Grandma8 Any imaginary friends?
NO BUT I WOULD LIKE ONE, ANY OUT THERE NEEDING A NEW FRIEND?
9 Have you a favorite doll or blanky or childhood keep sake?
YES, HER NAME IS SARAH AND HER FAVORITE COLOUR IS RED, SHE TRAVELLED AND CONTINUES TO TRAVEL WITH ME EVERYWHERE.....
10 Where you named after anybody?
MY GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER ON MY MOTHERS SIDE, ELLA BENORE.
11 Where you born ass or face first?
ASS, THE WORLD NEW I WAS A GIRL BEFORE I DID, OH AND I WAS ASLEEP, THE DOC TURNED ME UNSIDE DOWN AND SMACKED MY ASS TO WAKE ME UP, MUM RECKONS I HAVE NOT SHUT UP SINCE
12 What would you change your name to if you could?
NEVER
11 Favorite colour?
AT THE MOMENT RED
Mum at a country and western dress up party in PNG.
13 Favorite food?
BULLY BEEF AND COCONUT RICE WITH GREENS AMD A SPRINKLING OF SOY SAUCE
14 Favorite quote?
YOU ARE JUDGED BY THE COMPANY YOU KEEP, SO COUNT YOURSELVES LUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15 Hero?
HANNAH TOROME, MY BU BU MUMMY
AND MY DAD, ALAN ROWE
16 Describe yourself in 3 words?
WARM AND FUZZY
17 Straight or Afro?
PICK FROS NOT FIGHTS
18 Highlands or Islands?
ISLANDS, BUT IM YET TO SPEND QUALITY TIME IN THE HIGHLANDS, NIICAUX, U MIGHT NEED TO SORT THIS OUT!
19 Would you put BBQ sauce on your cereal?
NO BUT I KNOW A VERY SELECT FEW WHO WOULD AND THEY PUT IT ON EVERYTHING AND I LOVE THEM FOR IT!
20 Why did you agree to answer these questions on my blog?
I WASNT GOING TO, BUT RAAG ASKED ME TO :)
Rock of Ages
I will be starting work on Rock of Ages in a couple of months in the Wig & Make-up department and was lucky enough to recieve 3 complimentary tickets to openning night!
So I took my besty Cath and we dressed up in 80s Rock themed outfits, making sure that we had our pics taken by the press infront of the Rock of Ages banner! Only thing is I'm not sure that we will see the result of those pics, I mean Rob Mills, Chris Lilly, Kate Ceberano, Molly Meldrum and the likes of Eddie McGuire will probably get the lime light over us.... However it was fun getting up there and doing our rock poses lol hmmmmmm...
Anyways, I had thought that I only had 2 tickets, so when I pulled 3 out of the envelope with my name on it, I decided to give the 3rd away. It was pouring with rain and when we looked out past the red carpet, we saw a young girl, about 15 with her mum. So, Cath and I headed over and offered her the ticket. She was extatic and we were too, we took her under our wing and headed in to see the show. She and her mum had lined up all morning and night to see it, they were down from Mildura, and until then, had had no luck!
The show was unbelievable, I cant wait to start working on it! It was full of energy, amazing vocals, songs we knew and could sing along to, great humour and characters we will all remember! I would recommend it to everybody!
The show was great but the best thing for me and Cath was seeing this girl completely jumping out of her skin and later she found out that her mum had got a ticket aswell! The best thing she said while fidgetting and trying to find somthing to do with her hands, a ball of nerves and excitement, was, "can't wait to get on Facebook!" Loved it!
Wednesday 13 April 2011
The Cobra Snake
This guy has my dream job... He is a party, festival and street style photographer and I look at his website almost everyday. I find it interesting how different people put their outfits together and how style and image evolves and is universal.......
http://www.thecobrasnake.com/
sometimes he jumps in front of the camera.....
http://www.thecobrasnake.com/
sometimes he jumps in front of the camera.....
Ms Vintage Virgin
I follow a few fashion blogs for inspiration and to purve mostly! Here is one that I love:
http://msvintagevirgin.blogspot.com/
http://msvintagevirgin.blogspot.com/
20 Questions begins......................
Good midday to you all! I just rolled out of bed, shame job I know but I was up late on this last night!
I am very excited to announce that as part of my blog I will be sending "20 Questions" out to certain people that I think are interesting, could be interestiong, or will be if they tried to be interesting! They are people I know well, I have just met, I dont know really at all, but all of them I think have hidden gifts and qualities that are well, that shit word again...interesting............................................
When i checked my iphone this morning I was greeted by the questionairre answered by the one and only Sofie Rocca.
Sofie was my rock last year, or should i say my lucky crystal, my salt lamp that helped set the mood of my turmultuous life, the flame that burned and flickered in our living room of love, acceptance, free thinking, belonging, and most of all friendship. We shared an appartment in Sydney that was covered in floral prints, fairy lighting, paintings, candles and our bathroom door had a window in it! And we didnt see the importance of adding a curtain....... Some of our visitors where concerned by this, others were not :) I could and even though she is somewhere in the Netherlands, know that she can be relied upon, if I ever needed her. So heres lookin at you kid. Big Kiss and Big Love! The person that if things didnt work out for me, I'd settle down with you somewhere, and then things would be grand :)
Sofie is a bush baby. She grew up in Bundanoon, Southern Highlands, near Bowral on a huge fairytale country property. In her younger years she was into the dark arts, and was seen often in black, chains, docs and black velvet, but over time she has evolved into what she was born to be, an Earth child :) Sofi is trained in hairdressing and worked, and may work again for Toni & Guy in Sydney. However, this is not a priority, Sofi is a drifter, a free thinker, a total freakin chilla and likes a directionless existance, this isnt a bad thing, she lives in the moment and worries little about the past and the future, just the present is her concern. I strive to be more this way :)
Sofi's got some serious creative skills and I enjoy and cant wait to see what happens next...........
1 Wheres your mamma from? my mumma came from the earth
2 What is your favorite smell? flowers and some certain people
3 A place you would like to revisit? a place i've forgotten
4 Lips you would like to kiss? some that i've kissed before and perhaps some more
5 What were you last dancing to? reggaeton in the hallway
6 Can you crib walk? i'm not sure, i doubt it, but i dont know what it is', it sounds GANGSTAAA though!
7 What makes you angry? closed minded people
8 Any imaginary friends? no
9 Have you a favorite doll or blanky or childhood keep sake? i find it hard to have favourites so i have a box with a few things like my first crystal, my first money box, my first plaster arm cast
10 Where you named after anybody? no
11 Where you born ass or face first? man, if i had a phone i'd call my mum and ask her, but i don't so i'll make it up. head
12 What would you change your name to if you could? i thought about it, i wanted to, my mother was offended so i wouldn't. i dont like to think about it, its just a tease
13 Favorite colour? all of them
14 Favorite food? anything without animals :)
15 Favorite quote? i don't like to choose favourites, but that's not my quote. a quote i rate is "all i have is my life" bob marley
16 Describe yourself in 3 words? colourful gypsy lamp
17 Straight or Afro? fro love
18 Highlands or Islands? i'm from the highlands you're from the islands. i'll never choose :)
19 Would you put BBQ sauce on your cereal? yes
20 Why did you agree to answer these questions on my blog? because i love you and support everything you do because its obviously going to be completely rad because you're completely rad!
I am very excited to announce that as part of my blog I will be sending "20 Questions" out to certain people that I think are interesting, could be interestiong, or will be if they tried to be interesting! They are people I know well, I have just met, I dont know really at all, but all of them I think have hidden gifts and qualities that are well, that shit word again...interesting............................................
When i checked my iphone this morning I was greeted by the questionairre answered by the one and only Sofie Rocca.
Sofie was my rock last year, or should i say my lucky crystal, my salt lamp that helped set the mood of my turmultuous life, the flame that burned and flickered in our living room of love, acceptance, free thinking, belonging, and most of all friendship. We shared an appartment in Sydney that was covered in floral prints, fairy lighting, paintings, candles and our bathroom door had a window in it! And we didnt see the importance of adding a curtain....... Some of our visitors where concerned by this, others were not :) I could and even though she is somewhere in the Netherlands, know that she can be relied upon, if I ever needed her. So heres lookin at you kid. Big Kiss and Big Love! The person that if things didnt work out for me, I'd settle down with you somewhere, and then things would be grand :)
Sofie is a bush baby. She grew up in Bundanoon, Southern Highlands, near Bowral on a huge fairytale country property. In her younger years she was into the dark arts, and was seen often in black, chains, docs and black velvet, but over time she has evolved into what she was born to be, an Earth child :) Sofi is trained in hairdressing and worked, and may work again for Toni & Guy in Sydney. However, this is not a priority, Sofi is a drifter, a free thinker, a total freakin chilla and likes a directionless existance, this isnt a bad thing, she lives in the moment and worries little about the past and the future, just the present is her concern. I strive to be more this way :)
Sofi's got some serious creative skills and I enjoy and cant wait to see what happens next...........
2 What is your favorite smell? flowers and some certain people
3 A place you would like to revisit? a place i've forgotten
4 Lips you would like to kiss? some that i've kissed before and perhaps some more
5 What were you last dancing to? reggaeton in the hallway
6 Can you crib walk? i'm not sure, i doubt it, but i dont know what it is', it sounds GANGSTAAA though!
7 What makes you angry? closed minded people
8 Any imaginary friends? no
9 Have you a favorite doll or blanky or childhood keep sake? i find it hard to have favourites so i have a box with a few things like my first crystal, my first money box, my first plaster arm cast
10 Where you named after anybody? no
11 Where you born ass or face first? man, if i had a phone i'd call my mum and ask her, but i don't so i'll make it up. head
12 What would you change your name to if you could? i thought about it, i wanted to, my mother was offended so i wouldn't. i dont like to think about it, its just a tease
13 Favorite colour? all of them
14 Favorite food? anything without animals :)
15 Favorite quote? i don't like to choose favourites, but that's not my quote. a quote i rate is "all i have is my life" bob marley
16 Describe yourself in 3 words? colourful gypsy lamp
17 Straight or Afro? fro love
18 Highlands or Islands? i'm from the highlands you're from the islands. i'll never choose :)
19 Would you put BBQ sauce on your cereal? yes
20 Why did you agree to answer these questions on my blog? because i love you and support everything you do because its obviously going to be completely rad because you're completely rad!
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