Into the Fire of Purgatory...

Tonight:

BURLESQUE + BLACK METAL + VODKA

Pics to follow!

I am in love with Gareth Pugh right now. I think he has just taken the position of my favourite fashion designer, along with Alexander McQueen. I love these two designers because they don't seem to follow trends, they follow their hearts and make all of their work into pieces of art. Also, Gareth is pretty easy on the eye too. Here are some of the pieces of Pugh's that I am adoring right now:

( Shake it but don't break it coz the boys wont take it.. )

I just dyed my hair turquoise! I finally got my hair white enough to get it that colour. In the photo it is still wet but my God! I am loving it already. My hair is fried though, really fried, it feels terrible. This might be the last hair adventure I have before it all falls out.

I am up late again. I am looking at recipes...again. I don't only look at the recipes, I look to the images for inspiration for my drawings and for my writing. That's my excuse anyway. Pink is my favourite colour (along with green and black) and these pretty pink desserts are inspiring me tonight.



Layered dessert parfait from eating well...living thin. It looks delicious.

( There is something you should see... )

The Day in tweets...

16:55 @Sugadeaux Naw, fat gut kind is always good for a larf! #

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I found a killer, traditional fruit mince pie recipe today while scavenging through a Borders book sale. I sat on the floor, nestled between the country music CD's and a Chinese girl listening to some kind of trashy pop a little too loudly on her Ipod (insert Mp3 player of choice), and I scrawled the recipe down amongst a scribble of diagrams outlining how to sculpt a star shape for the top of the pie. I want to make these for Karl this year, they are his favourite Christmas treat (aside from his Hungarian Grandmother's poppy seed cake) and I'd love for him to have a whole batch for himself. I have to start making the filling on Saturday, it has to sit in jars for three weeks to really soak up that brandy.

I think this Christmas is going to be a very baking-centric one. I love to bake. I love giving people a part of me. Baking takes time, and for a lot of recipes it takes skill and patience. All of which I am happy to spend on those I love.

I'm going to bake my mother a traditional Christmas cake (because she is the only one in her family that likes them), and I am going to bake some gingerbread men (and women) for the tree. I think for my friends, Christmas cupcakes are in order. I wont attempt rum balls because my mother's are the best in the world - BECAUSE SHE USES WEET-BIX LIKE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TOO - and I can never live up to her standards.

In other news, I got a HD overall for Anthropology.

Hey y'all. I am selling some skirts on ebay.com.au.

Check out the listings:

Gothic Lolita Skirt

Black, Vistorian-style skirt

and

Petticoat

AWESOME THINGS TO BE SEEN AND BOUGHT!

The Day in tweets...

11:23 is spending the day with an overzealous kitten and a bleding toe..One may have been caused by the other ;) #

11:24 Abd by "bleding" y'all know I meant bleeding. #

11:25 Tomorrow Karl and I are having brunch and then grabbing an absolutely delicious @Sugadeaux cupcake! #

11:25 wants Christmas trees in pink, black and silver. #

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I am so all about Christmas. I love walking around the stores when the Christmas displays are set up. I love all of the Christmas inspired treats. I love sitting next to a fully decorated tree and unwrapping presents from the man I love. It's not the presents I love, it's the act of giving. That sounds so cliche, but really...I love it. Most of all I love the Christmas tree...For me it is not Santa, or candy canes, or presents or carols that symbolise Christmas. It is the tree. So here is a selection of awesome Christmas trees from Flickr.com. I did not take any of these.

( Christmas tree...my Christmas tree... )

So, I have chosen my subjects for next year and they are all pretty darn awesome for once. However, if I don't pass my English subject from this semester I can't do any of these...sigh. Any way, these are the subjects I am doing next year....drum roll...

Semester 1

CLS2030 - Reading Freud and Jung.
I have always been an immense fan of Freud, and having studied psychology psychoanalysis is incredibly interesting to me. This subject is an introduction to the theories of Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung, based on a close reading of seminal texts. Key concepts of Freud's psychoanalysis in their historical intellectual context: the unconscious and its role in mental life, sexual theory and the structure of personality, the interpretation of dreams, the critique of civilization and religion. Examination of Jung's understanding of the personal and collective unconscious, dreams, achetypes and symbols, the structure of the psyche, psychological types, modern man and religion. Exploration of the application of psychoanalysis in literature, the arts and social psychology, the logic and limits of psychoanalytic interpretation.

ENH2980 - Introduction to Fiction Writing
In the collaborative atmosphere of workshops, students will use a range of set readings to experiment with the elements of fiction: narrative technique and point of view, characterization, story, plotting and action, setting, figurative language etc., editing skills and preparing a manuscript for publication. The workshops will integrate reading, writing and editing skills through three activities: the study of a wide range of texts which will be used as models for students' creative explorations; writing exercises designed to develop students' skills in aspects of short story writing; editing of students' own writing and that of their colleagues and offering constructive criticism.

ENH2055 - Textual Theories and Practice
This unit will introduce second and third year students to the complex and challenging world of interpretation, particularly to theories generated by the last thirty years since structuralism gave way to poststructuralism, colonialism to postcolonialism, the patriarchy to gender studies, the autonomous text to texts as product and construction. We shall select weekly readings from leading French, American and other European critics. This Subject actually does not really interest me, but for honours they suggest that the student takes a subject that has a strong theoretical base.

Semester 2

ANY2140 - Polynesia - Great Anthropological debates
I can't find the handbook entry for this subject but I remember it being about things like ritual cannibalism, and whether the Hawaiians really thought James Cook was a God. Sounds interesting to me.

ENH2330 - Victorian Literature
This unit examines some of the major works to emerge during the early Victorian period (1837-1870), with particular attention to the work of Dickens. Reference will be made to social changes and to the trends of thought accompanying these changes wherever this helps to suggest the chief characteristics of early Victorian sensibilities. Certain topics will receive special attention: childhood and education, women and marriage, industrialisation, class-consciousness and concepts of social interaction. I am still tossing up whether I want to do this..

ENH2360 - Fairytale Traditions
The name speaks for itself.

ENH2981 - Advanced Fiction Writing
Building on the skills developed in ENH2980, to develop skills in genre writing. In the atmosphere of workshops, guided by debate and a selection of short stories, students will experiment in a range of genres: Realism; New Writing; Historical Fiction; Cultural interactions; Gothic, Fantasy and the Supernatural; Crime; Re-visioning the Classic; Ficto-criticism; Writing for Children. It will pay attention to revising, editing and presenting a manuscript for publication. Delivered through the semester, 'The Writers and their World' series comprising talks by major authors, publishers and editors will give a colourful glimpse into the world of creative writers and the publishing industry.

Yep, so that is the plan for next year if I passed this year. I am still questioning whether to do Victorian literature but I have a while to think on it. Now, I must go to Feralas and grind until Karl gets home.