film corner

it has been a while since I have done one of these posts, but uni has kept me so busy that I haven't had much time for movies :(

My review
Just go with it ?
The miracle worker ??
No strings attached ?
Red ??
Sicko ???
The Warrior's way ???

list six: the best things in life

1. accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you
2. waking up and realising you still have a few hours left to sleep
3. first kisses
4. making new friends
5. coluring-in with your children
6. getting mail
7. lying in bed listening to rain outside
8. someone playing with your hair
9. feeling your baby move for the first time when you are pregnant
10. unexpected gifts
11. the sound of leaves crunching under your foot
12. pretty flowers growing in your garden
13. amazing dedications found in books
14. hearing a currawong at the end of the day - I love their call

where do I begin?

It has been a while since I've been around, not because I haven't wanted but because I have been so insanely busy with university work. I am doing a Video camera and image formation elective and it has kept me quite busy. It certainly has been an uphill learning curve but I finally got there and handed in the assignment that I have been stressing over for weeks. And now! a week off (but I think this week off will be busier than any other). Andres needs to go to Nowra next week and asked if I wanted to go PLUS I am filming a Sudanese graduation ceremony too.

I feel like I have so much to say, it feels like I haven't talked to anyone this week. I have been very good which is very unlike me as I get easily distracted by the internet.

Each of these images has a little story that goes along with it...the first two images are a matryoshka doll measuring cup set that will be used for my second photomedia assignment. I borrowed some elinchrom d-lites and lucky me I get to have it an extra day as Monday they will not open. I am thinking of some crazy ideas for these gorgeous dolls and I am hoping they turn out.  Ideas that are in your head turn out much better than in real life.





This is a cake I made while cooking dinner today. Because I have been extremely busy figuring out this video editing I have hardly had time to cook, especially cakes and Andres has been suffering. This I made especially for him. He only got a small slice before leaving for a camping trip this weekend. I doubt there will be any left when he gets back.



I got a sweet letter from Micaela today...I love going to my letter box and seeing something unexpected. I was thinking her letter would arrive next week. I read it as fast as my eyes could go. It made my weekend! Actually hearing her voice today was extra special too. A little explanation is needed...I am a little shy to skype with Micaela but after reading her letter I had to hear her voice. So I got her mobile number and asked her not to pick up so I could leave a message. I was so amazingly nervous haha and apparently I have a very strong Aussie accent. It was fun and I am hoping to get the courage to one day do the skype thing ;)



Ha! this one is a good one. My brother went to Thailand for two weeks and arrived back on Tuesday this week. He kept asking us what we wanted and I asked him for some perfume, Chanel Chance as it is really expensive here! he got it over there for $20 and I thought to myself what a bargain. I took the perfume out of the box and it the smell hit me hard. It smells nothing like the perfume PLUS look at the writing, it is falling off! needless to say, it is NOT Chanel.



Another drawing of mine. I cannot for the life of me get the eyes to look the same and I have a hard time drawing boys/men. But I always tease my oldest saying my drawings are better (aren't I mean?) ha!



Last photo...I never got a chance to really thank this wonderful and very sweet friend who sent me this camera. Two Tuesdays you are amazing! I love it with a capital L. I still can't believe it as this is far too generous. It will hold a very special place in my home forever!



Aren't I talkative today?

lately...

[+] Waiting patiently...to buy the new edition peppermint magazine. I tried the local newsagent down the road but it was all dented
[+] Photographing everything in my room for my second photomedia assignment and trying to decide what subject to photograph
[+] Made an apple pie this morning for information design and my tummy is not happy - the pastry is quite rich and the apples too sweet
[+] Attending parent/teacher interview and hearing the same information I always hear - your child does not participate much
[+] Looking forward to uni break and easter long weekend

list six: beautiful words

forlorn - desolate or dreary
mellifluous - sweetly or smoothly flowing
susurrus - a soft murmuring or rustling sound
incandescence - the emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature
soliloquy - the act of speaking alone or to oneself, esp as a theatrical device
dulcet - pleasant to the ear; melodious
surreptitious - obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth;
apothecary - an archaic word for pharmacist
cacophony - harsh discordance of sound
feigned - to represent fictitiously;
tintinnabulation - a tinkling, like the ringing or sounding of a bell
taciturn - temperamentally untalkative