.watercoloured skies.: February 2013

Monday, February 11, 2013

tegan & sara

Heartthrob on repeat. This one stuck (hit close to home)

I can't say that I'm sorry
Get so ahead of myself
I can't say that I'm sorry
For loving you and hating myself

I had nothing to show you
I had nothing to hold you down
It's killing me to walk away

How come you don't want me now?
Why don't you want to wait this out?
How come you always lead me on,
Never take my call, hear me out?
Why don't you want to win me now?
Why don't you want to show me off?
Tell me why you couldn't try,
Couldn't try and keep me here

I see you by my house
Walking with a different girl
I see you by my house
Talking with a different girl

She's got nothing to show you
She's got nothing to hold you down
You're killing me to walk away

How come you don't want me now?
Why don't you want to wait this out?
How come you always lead me on,
Never take my call, hear me out?
Why don't you want to win me now?
Why don't you want to show me off?
Tell me why you couldn't try,
Couldn't try and keep me here

One day soon
I will be the one to insult you
Someday soon
I will be the one to insult you

How come you don't want me now?

How come you always lead me on,
Never take my call, hear me out?

Why don't you want to win me now?

Tell me why you couldn't try,
Couldn't try and keep me here

How come you don't want me now?
Why don't you want to wait this out?
How come you always lead me on
Never take my call, hear me out?
Why don't you want to win me now?
Why don't you want to show me off?
Tell me why you couldn't try,
Couldn't try and keep me here?

Sunday, February 10, 2013

weekly rambles

soooo ive been trying my best to stick to my 'year of yes'
saying yes to everything! within my limits and morals of course.
looking back on this year so far i have...
-been spending quality time with my best friend.
-baking for my friends and family
-climbing mt lofty more 'regularly'
-trying to attend each monday night pump class and do my own workout if i cant attend pilates on friday mornings.
-attended the crush wine festival
[crossing off going to handorf and a wine tour on my bucket list in one day :D]
-paid for my first overseas holiday
-spending more time with my sister
-going to food places such as the mac factory
-saw the amazing sarah blasko at the festival theatre supported by the adelaide symphony orchestra
-attended laneway festival and experienced the amazing tunes of my favourite bands.
-attended a pre-fringe party to support a friend venue
-completed my very first bootcamp session.
and the list will be continuing.

some of those things may not seem very big but after finishing uni i have realised now how consumed i was by my degree.
its a pretty intense course and i thought i coped pretty well balancing social life and study.
but reality is, living with little money and focusing on passing did make it really hard to catch up with friends and family.
i know the next year is also going to be crazy with work.
i am however determined to make this year the best year, by saying yes and making the effort to do things!
i plan on going to the fringe parade, i know it will be crazy but ive never been so im excited to get involved.
i will also see more fringe events this year. i love this time of year and the fringe, the atmosphere is amazing.
i would be stupid not to take advantage of it!

so this past week has been crazy! i feel like i havent stopped.
i spent time back home with my mum and sister.
looking after my grandparents by taking them to the doctors.
its at times like those that i realise how they are getting/are old.
they arent going to be around forever and its a thought i cant even fully comprehend.
my nanna is such a big part of my life. her name is tattooed on the back of my neck.
i dont know what i would do without her. (the thought is making me tear up even now)
but im sure i have plenty more years to enjoy their company and make memories.
they arent going anywhere any time yet, or as im told.
i would love to be married and have a child before they pass.
something that i of course have no control over..
life does work in mysterious ways.

on friday night i headed into the city for the laneway festival and by golly gosh i had a glorious time!
it was spent with amazing friends and listening/watching some truly wonderful bands!
the rubens and bat for lashes were by far my most favourites parts of the night.
im a little heartbroken i could see ms mr.. due to a clash with bat for lashes.
saturday night i spent with a friend rosie at another friends pre-fringe party. seeing teasers of a few acts and supporting the venue, harry's bar.
it was a really lovely night and even though we didnt head out afterwards i had alot of fun!

and now tonight is the night. the last night before i start work.
i have my apprehensions about it all but i think im more excited to have it begin.
finally ill be starting the career that i studied [slogged it out] at university for the past three years.
its a weird feeling to actually have your future begin.
to have something in life which is hopefully stable and in an area i love.
im excited for the new adventure with all the challenges i will have to overcome.
but i am in the best hands of my graduate coordinator nadia.
im truly lucky to have such a wonderful person and nurse to look up to and lean on in the year next.
i couldnt ask for anything more!

i now plan on spending the night on the couch, watching dirty dancing.
and i cant think of a better way i want to end my holidays.
i just wish my lady was here to join me, but alas she is off on a glorious adventure with her beautiful boyfriend in the land of the hobbits [new zealand]
i am loving the little facebook messages she has sent me with descriptions of the wonderful things they are doing and experiencing.
she planned an amazing trip so i wouldnt expect anything less than good reports.
selfishly i cant wait for her to be back!

well until we meet again, which could be god knows when.

Monday, February 4, 2013

oh dear.

$5000 credit card + myself, well it wasnt always going to be the greatest idea.
but im proud to say ive been pretty tame (- impala ey)
[got my hands on their recent album and my ears love it]
the point of it was to pay for myself and my sister's trip to thailand in august.
which i am happy to say is confirmed and paid for. boo yah!
first overseas holiday. im a little excited, a little less excited than my original plan to go to europe
BUT still exciting none the less.
apart from those few thousands dollars put on my little piece of silver plastic.
i have also purchased a bottle of wine from the lane vineyard which was visited by myself and my darling ladies when we ventured to the crush wine festival in the beautiful adelaide hills. [photos to come]
a ruby red cab merlot im excited to open and share one night with of my ladies...
[probably abby she is a red drinker where my darling renee is not]
i also regrettably (but not really) ventured onto the book depository
and in 7-10 working days ill have these little gems in my hot little hands.
-the perks of being a wallflower [jackson is way to unreliable and i kind of wanted my own copy due to my extreme love for the story which is probably not obvious enough... i love it. alot.]
-the great gatsby, the aim is the read it before i see the baz lurman production on the big screen
- candide by voltaire i love his words from the small fraction that i have read and thought i was about time i took my head out of the rabbit hole and buried it into the pages of his work.
-looking for alaska... bit of a random pick, was on the best sellers list and thought it sounded good.

i have remembered to keep a running tally/list of all the books i read this year.
that way ill be able to confidently say the number and which books my mind consumed in 2013 :)

anyone who has read anything exciting, thrilling, daring, sickly romantic or any classic that i must read! please.. comment and let me know!!
im always keen to get a feel for what other people enjoy reading..

the alchemist is on my to read list also...
[my to do list in 2013 is coming to a blog post near you (on here) soon, like even maybe my next one.]

Saturday, February 2, 2013

logan.

this boy.
wowzers.
i think ive always been a little biased towards him since percy jackson and the lightening thief
and maybe because i think he looks similar to my baby cousin brock.. in a non weird way.
my secret love for this boy was cemented when he played my favourite musketeer, d'artagnan.
none the less. my heart was warmed and ached for him in his character of charlie in the perks of being a wallflower.
this book has been on my to read list for a long time, im still yet to read it but after seeing this movie
im more determined to get my hands on a copy (my darling jackson's copy to be specific)

if you havent read it, seen it or even heard of it. the story is about a boy, charlie, who is a little out of the ordinary, doesnt seem to 'fit' in and we find out why he is mysteriously shy and has this cute nativeness about him at the end of the story.
he meets and becomes friends with two 'misfit' teens a year older than him. we learn about their stories and what makes them different, following them through the year.
it pulls at the heart strings a little, makes you giggle, makes you cry and really makes you realise youre not all that different yourself.

go watch it, even if its to stare at logan's sweet face.