lost at sea

'lost at sea' - the cairos debut ep. went to their ep launch a few weekends ago at the zoo - packed with friends, parents, admirers. such an electric vibe about their music and their performance. apart from their ep launch, i have been laying relatively low - heads in books/surrounded by trace paper/in front of the macbook (usually facebook or ebay). the weather has been incredibly cold - we should have listened to al gore - 'brisbore is now going under'. it's uncomfortable, off-putting and downright depressing, which i guess, also sums up the uk haha. been making exciting plans for new york - christmas and new years - times square, columbia university, the met, sex and the city tour: the list goes on. found this fabulous cheap ($50 australian/night) hotel right near the empire state building which is exciting! i'm going to be there when the ball drops - i will make it happen, even if it means eating mi goreng for a month (almost incentive to make it happen, yum).

ps: sidenote rant - when you pass the age of 13, quit your myspace and start to grow up, shouldn't taking-photos-of-yourself-in-underwear-and-putting-them-on-facebook/internet/blog be a thing of the past? i have a girl on my facebook, two years older than me, who keeps doing it. and although it is a bit entertaining on my behalf (i am sure i am not the only one) the question everyone is asking is - why?! 

frankly - why would you exhibit the fact that your boyfriend is fantastic and the best thing ever one week...and the next week exhibit the demise of your relationship? (um, downright embarrassing, don't you think?) there are some things that are private for a reason. who knows what the government is tapping into. for all i know, kevin rudd could be snooping through my drunken photos. that's a bit disturbing.

happy sunday for tomorrow! X

lb

"the lookbook is a real-life fashion magazine, but unlike

a fashion magazine, there are no stockists, no overpriced

skirts, and the only thing it encourages you to sharpen is

your imagination. it's a site where real-life people post

their 'looks' and the result is a wildly diverse and endlessly

eclectic combination of styles from all over the world. the

photos are works of art in their own right - this is no shoot-

from-the-hip myspace-athon of photography. dreamily

blurred, sharply contrasted, always hinting at something

elusive about the wearer. it's no surprise, then, that almost

everyone on the site is some combination of an art student/

model/photographer/designer/fashion student/under-22.

whatever you think of the fashion zeitgeist, this is a reminder

that the kids are alright and that if there is an international

style, it thankfully exists outside of the stifling confines of

the big-name fashion industry."

- heartbeast/wolfgang

going under

i'm going under! with the sheer volume of uni work as well as organisation of my trip o/s, i am finding it hard to breathe. the creative juices just aren't flowing and all i am drawing are sub-standard buildings which don't address function, aesthetics or respond to the environment well.

but at the same time, i have had this thought that i'm going to try and make a conscious effort to balance my life a bit more - see more people, do more things. 

this time...will (fingers crossed) be different. i've got one foot out the door, and i'm not afraid to say goodbye. X

i'm outta here!

i'm outta here. nottingham, here i come.

090506

i kind-of, just a little bit...maybe miss you.

but wish i didn't.

a little bit of me wishes you would disappear and never come back.

it's probably better for me.

X

parallax

key notes from a friend of mine, who was fortunate enough to attend the parallax conference down in melbourne:

1. At the core of Architecture is understanding and rethinking our world (Aaron Betsky)
2. Be an emergentist, not an architect (Pia Ednie-Brown & Veronika Valk)
3. Psychoanalysis: What we most desire is what we least want to be our reality (Slavoj Zizek)
4. Blogs are an immediate self-published energy that can challenge authority by giving value through exposure to the expreience and opinion of any person whom experiences architecture (Geoff Manaugh)
5. Architecture is not building (Howard Tanner)
6. The more you try to connect - the more you separate (Aaron Betsky)
7. Have some of the most famous buildings of all time been famous because the architecture is easily portrayed in a flat picture image? Does the photegeniacy of spaces dictate their circulation, publicity and fame prospects? What other avenues are there to explore and spread architecture?
8. The Boarder will become how architecture reflects politics. Previously this has been done through the section. (Alejandro Zaera-Polo)
9. Do not be afraid to take your proposals to the world... eg. Veronika Valk approaching her city council with proposals to revitalise her city in Estonia.
10. Who takes ownership over the building... the architect or the carpenter? (Bijoy Jain)

dear friend

dear friend,

let me just say that i am disappointed in you, because, i know in my heart you could have done it - and done it well. 

love, candice. X

goodbye, childhood

1991

the last few days: nottingham city (courtesy of archidose.blogspot.com); ithaca creek state school in a ridiculous hard hat and work boots; stirrup leggings in the spare bedroom.

1991 = my birth year, the name of a fantastic crystal castles song, and also, a palindrome. the last few days have been crazy. i'm still sick, highly strung and craving a warm shower and bed. however, the proud owner of a new macbook. absolutely fantastic. beautiful design...so slimline and classy. i cannot believe i ever doubted it. however, the operating system shits me a bit, but i am willing to pay the price of convenience for a bit of vanity.

paid a visit to ithaca creek state school today, the first building i ever helped design! busting to see the interiors - my handywork. crazy green and blue dotted carpet with blue, green, charcoal, white and cream joinery. so excited. i'll keep the photos for years to come - perhaps, mike munro will bring them up on 'this is your life'.

last night, i was going to venture to see hungry kids of hungary but never made it. ended up sitting in the valley for an hour or so drinking hot chocolate. the weather at the moment is way too cold to do anything but stay in bed. this labour day long weekend will be the laziest, most boring, but also the best. X