reggae all night

css 'donkey'...crazy, electro, dancey, synthesized love for the ears, soul and inner dance bug

cannot stop listening to these guys. incredible and perfect for late nights with the balsa, glue and knife. thankgod those days are over, for the next month at least.

easter time = happy time. beaches, barbeques, nintendo wii, cadbury stuffed individuals, double-time-and-a-half for those poor working souls and most importantly, time off. post-review fun involved drinks, gloves, cards and volleyball, exactly what was needed. however, next week involves essay writing about 'manners' and the influence on them on architecture. back to business!

today, i went shopping with tess - valley markets + city. good bargains at this cheap little stall - this lovely blonde lady sold dresses that she had altered herself for 25 or 35 beans. cheap shirt dresses with an 80's print. also scored a cute floral high waisted skirt (after vowing i would never buy another one, 45) + another one (bad person i am) - light blue tulip skirt with detail zip down the front (same silk fabric as the current standard ultra suite dress, 60). so not bad, all in all. apart from the whole blowing-of-100-per-week-budget. and my credit card bill hasn't even arrived yet.

tomorrow, will involve spring cleaning, spring cake making with aunty fay and wii with the pseudo siblings. oh, and possible reverse parallel practice with father duck (residence of brookfield + kenmore, watch your mercedes'). X

ooh, naughty, naughty.

so, i have a review tomorrow, in exactly twelve hours.
the week has consisted of painfully constructing models using balsa, zap-a-gap (designed to increase nail polish remover sales, i swear), plastic and paper. possibly the best models i have made to date, but i am uncertain of the actual ideas behind it. fingers crossed i will not be burned tomorrow. and, in true architecture style, tomorrow night will be a big, fat celebration ie. messy drinks at someone's house.

mother and father duck found some cheap-ass flights to london a few days ago - i am talking 1400 or so. i found cheap ones flying a different airline, yet, cannot book them due to my lack of acceptance letter. all this organisation is scary, however - this may really be happening. it seems as though this decision to study abroad may be one of the main influencing decisions of my life. whether good/bad, who knows. X

ps: love to port o'brien's 'i woke up today'

the weekend before

friday's on a saturday night, for no real reason at all. X

boxy boxy box box

atelier tekuto...
boxy, simple forms
exactly the house i want to live in

paying a splendour deposit today...so exciting! the flaming lips...answer to 80's heaven for your ears. i've finally sorted out all my banking/money issues, consolidated all my accounts into a few so life is simple now, apart from a big design review on thursday...i intend to lock myself up for the next four days but truthfully, i will be sitting offline on facebook, stalking haha. X

just splendid

hello hello...
various points of exciting news:

a) assisted the current financial crisis by purchasing fabulous items of clothing...on credit, of course
dark blue cheap mondays...stiff and bright in colour (navy/dark blue) - i cannot wait until they are old and faded and comfy! + a black flowy dress (princess polly)
b) accommodation for splendour is finalised. we have managed to score a sweet little place between belongil and byron...just on the main road before you turn left into the center of byron. little purple house next to a petrol station and opposite the police station. you would know the one. surprisingly, we are not paying through our noses...it is quiet cheap and super convenient (i can imagine hungover breakfasts will only be a two minute walk away).
so life is good and will be even better next thursday after this dreaded review. X

modernism in london

new tate modern 2 building, london.

incredible use of transparent/translucent materials to create a glowing set of 'blocks'.
to be completed in 2012 for the olympics, i think i'll book my flight back now. X

mr. nate, nice boy

monash university's brand spanking new archdes building:

i am quite enjoying the simple forms of the walls vs. the plain, bold colours (which define the different working spaces) check this month's aa, i am extremely jealous - zelman cowen refurb, you have big shoes to fill!

mr. nate is a nice boy, indeed. after painstakingly streaming the latest episode of gossip girl (best episode yet, may i add) - don't worry, no spoilers - i am now exhausted, behind in uni work, hungry, yet happy i just successfully wasted the last two hours of my life.

i am sadly becoming a slave to technology...social networking, blogs, informationinformationinformation. what happened to having one email address...one place you check for correspondence to the outside world. diversity has taken over, a facebook for photos and friends, a lookbook for fashion, a blogspot for thoughts, a twitter for stalking, an ebay for buying and selling, an email each for personal, work and university. make it stop! tear yourself away from the computer and breathe the outside air. conversation (real conversation...not that shit we call facebook chat/msn/text message/skype); birthday parties; laughter - that, my friends, is what life is made up of.

i am excited for the weekend...it should indeed be a messy one. with everyone having such a busy lifestyle - go go go - time is precious and it should be spent wisely. an example of wisely spent time would involve getting ridiculously blind with your closest friends when you have an assignment due the next week. speaking of ridiculously blind - splendour 2009 soon. get planning, party people. the flaming lips await. but zzz time for now. X