October 24, 2010

L I T T L E B I T S O F H A P P I N E S S



THINGS THAT MADE ME SMILE THIS WEEK • THE SMELL OF JASMINE • SUNSHINE • BOYS WHO TELL ME THEY LIKE MY CARDIGAN • CHATS WITH MY NEW ROOM MATE • MY NEW CAMERA • THE KINDNESS OF A STRANGER • LITTLE GIRLS WITH AMAZING RED HAIR • FRANGELICO • THINKING ABOUT MEXICO • DREAMS OF FRENCH BULLDOGS • SEEING THE OCEAN DOTTED WITH SURFERS • NEW BIKINIS AND BOYS WHO GIVE SWEET DISCOUNTS • ORIGAMI • NOT HAVING TO WORK SATURDAY NIGHTS ANYMORE • MACH TACO

October 17, 2010

C O L D W A R K I D S



SOME GREAT MEMORIES WITH GREAT PEOPLE ATTACHED TO HEAING THE COLD WAR KIDS. THEY MAKE ME INSTANTLY HAPPY. THIS IS A NEW TRACK FROM THEIR THIRD ALBUM, MINE IS YOURS. CANT WAIT FOR THE RELEASE IN JANUARY...

H E W E A R S A R E D B A N D A N A



OUR THEME SONG FOR OUR TRIP TO MEXICO. ORIGINALLY RECORDED IN 1956, THE VERSION USED IN  TARANTINOS 'DEATHPROOF' WAS RE-RECORDED IN 1970. SO HOT.

October 10, 2010

L A B Y R I N T H



THIS HAS BEEN MY FAVOURITE MOVIE SIINCE I WAS LITTLE. I LOVE THIS SCENE ESPECIALLY... THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT, THE OPULENT GAIETY OF THE RICHLY-DRESSED, DECADENT, PROVOCATIVE GUESTS. I WOULD HAVE SUCCUMBED TO THE GOBLIN KINGS SEDUCTION AT THIS HALLUCINOGEN-INDUCED MASQUERADE BALL...

October 3, 2010

W O W








NOT SURE WHY ITS TAKEN SO LONG FOR THIS STORY TO CIRCULATE BUT ON DECEMBER 14, 2005 THE SAN FRANSISCO CHRONICLE REPORTED ABOUT THE RESCUE OF A FEMALE HUMPBACK WHALE WHO HAD BECOME ENTANGLED IN A WEB OF CRAB TRAPS AND LINES. ABOUT 20 CRAB POT ROPES, WHICH ARE 240 FEET LONG WITH WEIGHTS EVERY 60 FEET, WERE WRAPPED AROUND THE ANIMAL AND THERE WAS A LINE IN HER MOUTH. A FISHERMAN SPOTTED HER JUST EAST OF THE FARALLON ISLANDS (OUTSIDE THE GOLDEN GATE) AND RADIOED AN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP FOR HELP. WITHIN A FEW HOURS, THE RESCUE TEAM ARRIVED AND DETERMINED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE HER WAS TO DIVE IN AND UNTANGLE HER. THEY WORKED FOR HOURS WITH CURVED KNIVES AND EVENTUALLY FREED HER. WHEN SHE WAS FREE, THE DIVERS SAY SHE SWAM IN WHAT SEEMED LIKE JOYUS CIRCLES. SHE THEN CAME BACK TO EACH AND EVERY DVER, ONE AT A TIME AND NUDGED THEM, PUSHED THEM GENTLY AROUND AS IF SHE WAS THANKING THEM. SOME SAID IT WAS THE MOST INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE OF THEIR LIVES. THE GUY WHO CUT THE ROPE OUT OF HER MOUTH SAID HER EYES WERE FOLLOWING HIM THE WHOLE TIME AND HE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO HUNT THEM WHEN WE HEAR STORIES LIKE THIS?