4 days to go

Until I get finally inked! I'd by lieing if i said i wasn't at least a little nervous, but i'm pretty good with stage fright and putting nerves aside (for some things) so i'm feeling alright. What i'm getting goes accross my ribs, left hand side, so it's going to hurt. But it'll b worth it :)

So, even though i know what i'm getting [hint - there's four of them] i'd thought i'd share some of my favourite tattoos from F*ck Yeah, Tattoos ! on Tumblr.

 

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This last  photo was a chick i spied at No Sleep Till. She had a Bowie in Laberynth tattoo, as well as Jim Morrison and a few others. Very cool.

Gotta run,
late for work.

Updates

So it's the New Year [i may have missed a few days that have already passed lol] and i'm making myself get in to gear ! I have new and exciting plans for myself, my photography and my shop. Here's a sneak peak:

On a different note , i made the best waffles last night ! I remembered we had a cooker somewhere and whipped it out for what was supposed to be a small treat - but i made heapsss !

I 'invented' a caramel sauce to go on top, yum yum ! And sprinkled the mound with pearl sugar :)

So it's way to hot here, I am not a summer fan - although i do like fans in summer - so am chilling on the lounge watching the Montreal Comedy Festival i taped the other night.

Are you a summer fan or a winter fan?

Stranger.

Favourite Things

1. BDG High Rise Cigarette Jeans
2. Art Postcard - Evol
3.the backwoods ring
4. Flower Grenade
5. Wolf Girl
6. The David Bowie paper doll postcard
7. Eagle Skull Necklace
8. 3D drawing pad
9. Glossy Black/gold leather owl clutch
10. Celestial Cat Tee

Stranger.

Guest Blogger - Courtney from Delicious Ramble

 

When Jaz asked if I wanted to do a guest post on her blog, I wasn't really sure what she wanted me to do. I mean, how can you really guest post on a photo blog? Then she came to my house and delivered a disposable camera and a set of rules (which pretty much was "there are no rules - other than the hip shot and TAKE THIS EVERYHWERE"). I understood somewhat better. I am really happy with how some of the photos turned out - a little blurry, but that adds to the charm, right? Anyway, I'm Courtney and this is a peek into my life, exposed by my excellent and highly popular photography.

The first photo is from a Bluejuice gig. They covered all their amps, guitars, keyboards, even themselves in fluorescent tape and then had only UV lights. It looked great. The second one is my wristband and my dress. Simultaneously!

Just some shoes. Legs. Dresses. Second photo is of the bassist/keyboard player from Philadelphia Grand Jury. He was a total riot to watch. Pretty inspiring if you're into aerobics.

Mum's bag from the 80s. Second photo is one of those bird water whistles that I bought when I decided I was going to create obscure music in a band by myself. This little fellow just sits up there to remind me of my inactivity.

I THINK the first one is some disco lights that I found in the beer garden of a pub. I can't be sure though. The second photo is the reflection of my house in my dad's truck's window screen. The orange bits are some pretty awesome earplugs.

I love this photo. It's just part of Danielle's dress and her hand, I just think the colours are lovely. Second photo is a fruit tingle slushy. They tasted horrible.

When Jazzy first came over to assign my mission, I was taking notes from Howard Moon's Advanced School of Acting Expression. I later went on to study at the Bob Fossil Academy of Dance. The second photo is my completely awesome Hula girl the my mum bought me in Hawaii. Her tinsel is loose.

I was doing my makeup before I went out. It was pretty intense.

The day after these were taken, Jaz and I went op shopping and bought a pretty spiffy $2 35mm camera. It's red and matches my digital camera. That's the main reason I bought it. Hopefully the photos from it will turn out slightly better than the ones here. Actually I forgot to clean the lens like Jaz told me to so perhaps not. Could also just be quite cool grungy dirty quality.

Verdict: I should never try to make a living out of photography. 

Things learned: DON'T STAND SO CLOSE! JUST CALM DOWN AND BACK AWAY. Also how to put in new film or take out used film. And that random photographs can turn out quite cool.

Check out Courtney's blog at Delicious Ramble << [click here !]

The Promised Land

Every third Saturday of the month marks a trip to my second home, Bellingen. The markets are a perfect excuse for a bit of travel, a bit of cake, a bit of relaxation and a bit of family.

Since I missed yesterday's blog post, I spent the day with the D300 around my neck and inconspicuously took some shots of my day :)

Welcome to Bellingen ! It's an alternative town on the way to Dorrigo, which is all national parks and rainforest and waterfalls.

The markets are spread over the big football field / oval and the surrounding tree'd area, which you cross two little bridges to get too.

There's heaps of fantastic stalls. Friends of ours have a regular wool, spinning and knitting shop full of bright and funky hats and home spun wool. Behind it is a stall that always has 3 long tables of vintage jewellery, and a big pile of vintage clothes for you to riffle through.

These guys have been there the last few markets - they are a mobile coffee bar [ i guess you would call them ], and are 100% earth efficient - they run off solar and wind, and use all biodegradable products, fair trade and organic coffee, as well as like 5 other cool things I can't remember. Fantastic !

While I had my nose stuck in the Vinyl store looking for some Style Council or The Jam records my collection is missing [ i found one, but it was scratched :( ] Mum went for a walk and bought us these awesome fair trade felted dogs ! Hers is called Digby, and I think i'll call mine Pai [but pronounce it pie !].

After some serious market treking you get pretty hungry ! We stopped in the Hearthfire for some of their awesome Olive Sourdough made on site and some fresh rocket, roasted tomato, zesty moist fetta and sweet balsamic. Mmmmm - mmm !!!

When we were all towened out, we headed into the mountains to visit my Uncle and his partner in the house he built with the best breeze and view.

On the drive there we stopped the car to watch a huge Goanna run across the road and climb the nearest tree. They're so powerful !

The last stop before we headed home was a trip through The Promised Land and to a fabulous secret swimming hole :) It's so beautiful, these pictures don't do it justice. I have some film prints that do, I should find them and post them.

I snapped a couple of Instax's too, i'll post those tomorrow when I find my Instax collection from this year and start uploading it for the 52 weeks of instax challenge [stay tuned for more !]

Is there a place that you think is magical and love?

Stranger.

Change in the weather, change in the scene

Took a Ricoh, some 3years out of date film and no umbrella for a drive.

I should have taken an umbrella.

Some bike adventure shots;

 

And then some Katoomba shots;

 

Best outdoor christmas tree, it had bells and clay penguins ! And this cat talked to us over the fence for ages !

Feeling a bit less wet and a little nostalgic,
Stranger.

Remember the sun?

It's a bit hard to when one half of the country is experiencing devastating floods and an 'inland tsunami'.

Here's a few sunny shots of my last bike ride before the wet started.

 

But now the current view is:

Stay dry.