tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14108150101676006372024-02-19T07:29:40.941-08:00Style Me FrenchyStyle Me Frenchy. A style, life and inspiration blog.
"When you fall off the horse, you get back up, you reinvent your style, devote yourself to the ride and ooh la la, it is beautiful!".
Merci, Monsieur Horse.Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-4370017546768620772011-06-13T18:54:00.000-07:002011-06-13T18:56:07.565-07:00Today's Secret Scroll.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A Secret Scrolls message from Rhonda Byrne, Creator of The Secret and The Power. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">From The Secret Daily Teachings:</span><br />
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<i>The process of creation is the same for all things, whether you want to bring something to you or remove something negative from your life.</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>If you have a habit you wish to break, or anything negative you wish to remove from your life, you must focus on what you want. That means you visualize and imagine yourself in that negative-free state right now. Imagine yourself in as many scenes as you possibly can where the negative situation is completely absent. Imagine yourself happy and free. Eliminate any picture from your mind of you with the negative situation. Just imagine yourself in the state you want to be in, and feel that you are that, right now.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>May the joy be with you,</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Rhonda Byrne,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Secret... bringing joy to billions.</span><br />
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What a perfect message for me to receive as I am quitting smoking (or starting to only inhale air) and securing new clients for my business and a new employee position.<br />
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Powerful stuff, this scroll.<br />
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Step 1: See your mind as a blank canvas, ready to absorb your vision.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everyone can be a Painter Smurf.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cupcake colours. I had to!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Step 3: Keep looking at it and believing in it and when your creation comes to fruition, be grateful and give thanks.<br />
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Right now, I am imagining this warm tasty scroll in my hot little hands!<br />
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</div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-35930766663766795382011-06-09T20:54:00.000-07:002011-06-10T00:18:58.892-07:00My new folly - more European than cigarettes. And this one's actually good for me.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHd_Q-nZbMHFQLCsQMVeHxToEqJlq3T9etBqMXriT6CFLj3_G1LCuMdO0WAg5ZTzT16O-lwrSCt_MVcMmwvaWgfQM8wr82vkvymTnmoD9niRJN8ErwYLGMRlSWSRcfxICIV9dgvg2A3VY/s1600/newfollyartsmokes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHd_Q-nZbMHFQLCsQMVeHxToEqJlq3T9etBqMXriT6CFLj3_G1LCuMdO0WAg5ZTzT16O-lwrSCt_MVcMmwvaWgfQM8wr82vkvymTnmoD9niRJN8ErwYLGMRlSWSRcfxICIV9dgvg2A3VY/s400/newfollyartsmokes.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://loveequalslaughter.tumblr.com/post/6373911809/my-new-folly">http://loveequalslaughter.tumblr.com/post/6373911809/my-new-folly</a></div><br />
Now, as a self-confessed self-helper, avid student of the law of attraction, positive thinking & The Secret & a Nichiren Buddhist, I know that to bring about change you need to redirect thoughts & create new habits.<br />
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Telling yourself NOT to do, say or think something usually just makes you feed that thing more energy, time & gives your already overcrowded mind a newfound neurotic-ism to NOT want.<br />
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Example: DO NOT think of the colour RED. So what colour are you imagining now? Exactly. I have learnt that this happens because our sub-conscious doesn't know the meaning of NOT. All it responds to is the subject or focus of the sentence or instruction.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LkVTzfdlLUdM50Su-D7Qxws9snh0Po8q7S4rUNDlWbJlIe3PEm5cRzHY88ZnBahtXl4pLcb4VQaqs6R1GsWLO4vLaWKBuA1V5Emsq5-lGms6Nga9u5ArOKIE470pXwUwVZnrCxN8GAA/s1600/5463364-woman-with-red-alarm-clock-representing-lateness-or-a-deadline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LkVTzfdlLUdM50Su-D7Qxws9snh0Po8q7S4rUNDlWbJlIe3PEm5cRzHY88ZnBahtXl4pLcb4VQaqs6R1GsWLO4vLaWKBuA1V5Emsq5-lGms6Nga9u5ArOKIE470pXwUwVZnrCxN8GAA/s320/5463364-woman-with-red-alarm-clock-representing-lateness-or-a-deadline.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>You know when you are running late for work & the stream of dialogue in your head is screaming "Fuck! I'm going to be late! Shit!" (pardon my French), & next thing you know you're out of toothpaste, you miss your train, you stub your toe etc. Well, thinking about that logically, of course you are going to run into all kinds of obstacles when you're telling yourself to. So we are supposed to recognise the stress, fear & anxiety (in this case about being late) & redirect the line of thinking to positively influence the outcome & achieve what we DO want (here it would be to be on time).<br />
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Put a mental stop sign to the "I'm going to be late/ Fuck I don't want to be late/ <insert yours here>".<br />
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Vivid visualisation & persistent faith is the key. This is the common link in all the texts I've read, seen, listened to or heard about on personal growth, success & victory. Be it breaking bad habits, eliminating the rotten fruits of your life, creating good luck, making money, finding love or achieving happiness.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjwNk8LkWKaXiM_Qnnyj_ZFwJCxLGmhhhvZskWQO1vP99B-_EaVbQC-OzmtNjPnTwS7m7cGcOJLt_TqB-Ut1RzFJKRQFOdWDxQFZpBNh8oFRHGGUXhckzPNUww_h4sGx6i8dTl8ueZBg/s1600/stress-relief-meditation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjwNk8LkWKaXiM_Qnnyj_ZFwJCxLGmhhhvZskWQO1vP99B-_EaVbQC-OzmtNjPnTwS7m7cGcOJLt_TqB-Ut1RzFJKRQFOdWDxQFZpBNh8oFRHGGUXhckzPNUww_h4sGx6i8dTl8ueZBg/s320/stress-relief-meditation.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">You gotta look the part, walk the walk & talk the talk as if IT IS. NOW.</span> I cannot explain the power & truth I've discovered in the saying, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">"Fake it 'til you make it".</span><br />
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Now, what I am having trouble figuring out today is what thought could I replace the "I'm not smoking" with, in order to actually stop smoking?<br />
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I've thought of "I only inhale clean air" but there is still pollution, "I am a non-smoker" but that is still considered negative (I think) & then "I now see smokes & feel no desire to have one myself" (but again the word no makes this sentence negative)....even the symbol is negative.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If I'm anti-smoking, then I'm pro------- what? Oxygen?</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Help me please, reformed smokers </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">& fellow self-helpers!</span></div><br />
Style Me Frenchy may be on the way to being a little less Frenchy and a lot more healthy. Hopefully.<br />
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Maybe I'll just save my smoking for Paris and red wine. Maybe...but man I feel like a cigarette, and dinner at a Parisian restaurant. Like this one that my brother Jamie checked in at on Facey:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/La-Bonne-Franquette-Paris/78720673810">La Bonne Franquette</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And if all else fails, swallow this:</span><br />
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</tbody></table>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-20929684973083872562011-06-02T00:12:00.000-07:002011-06-02T00:13:46.496-07:00The Latest from my Lotus.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What I've been up to recently:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have a headache from deadlines, but at least I'm having fun & able to enjoy a wonderfully fragrant Chai teapot while I meet them at the greatest cafe to ever grace Richmond's main street, The Mixed Leaf. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I encourage you to go in to meet Jeannie, TML's owner & Maitre'D. If you're a coffee snob, you will at least be impressed with the beans. But the delight does not stop at your cup, or the window display, or the gorgeous private function room upstairs, in fact with staff, service & quality products like theirs, I don't think it ever does!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-88902636178000058512011-05-25T22:17:00.000-07:002011-05-25T23:54:04.892-07:00An appetiser.I know, I know, I'm starving too but here is something to whet the French appetite while I wait for the arrival of the portal to creation that I am craving so much.<br />
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If you are wondering what I am talking about, it's an overdue internet modem! The one that has been interfering with my channels of expression these past few weeks. There's always Mum's place but as I sit here & write, my foot shakes & my mood darkens just listening to her (I know that's mean...but true).<br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"...for the third time Mum, I'm in the middle of something, can it wait? Grr".</span></blockquote>About to go for another inspection on a potential home/ office space as part of my visualisation for my own fortune & abundance. This one I've been calling Cameron House. It caught my eye when I walked past & saw a 1920's French style white metal bed frame for sale on the front porch. Can't wait to go home, so happy I can now say that from Mum's dining room table.<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A lovely pair of Parisian-looking knickers & a romantic boudoir setting. Aaahh, to be in love.....ok mood lightening again.</div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-58172743744460972142011-05-08T07:10:00.000-07:002011-05-08T14:38:49.855-07:00Home is where the heart is.<div style="color: #6e7173; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">My Tumblr blog <b><a href="http://loveequalslaughter.tumblr.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">love=laughter</span></a></b> this week:</div><div style="color: #6e7173; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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<div class="copy" style="color: #6e7173; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span>Home Is Where The Heart Is, Part 3: Moving out, again (staying in Richmond this time).</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span>It really is all about perception. I have everything I need & want right here, for right now.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span>If anyone told me it was all right under my nose six months ago, I would have thought them delusional or deceitful, or both. That old adage “You have to wake up & smell the roses” definitely deserves it’s place in the long list of wise but confusingly & frustratingly simple proverbs, because,</span><span> let me tell you, they really are divine.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span>Ok, the beach is still a little too far for my liking. Actually, a lot too far. </span><span>But keep reading <strong><em><a href="http://loveequalslaughter.tumblr.com/" style="color: #6e7173; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="love=laughter">love=laughter</a></em></strong> & you’ll see that chapter coming later.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span>I’m saving the best til last ;) </span></div><blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 4px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-left: 15px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span>The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span>- Albert Einstein. </span></div></blockquote><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span><br />
</span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://loveequalslaughter.tumblr.com/post/5303491464/home-is-where-the-heart-is-part-3-moving-out" style="color: #6e7173; text-decoration: none;"><div class="footer for_permalink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eaeaea; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px 4px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'Apple Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px;"><div class="date" style="color: #666666; float: left; width: 321px;">Posted 8 hours ago</div></div></a></span></div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-66324907435510206052011-05-08T07:05:00.000-07:002011-05-08T07:05:42.609-07:00French Provincial shabby chic inspiration for my new room & job.Firstly, I have moved house. And I love my new place! The retro 50's floral carpet, vintage wallpaper & curtains, our abnormally long grassy backyard & its fruit trees, the friendly new house-brothers, my new gorgeous four-legged friends, my own proper work space, the freedom to put my stamp on my space with no complaints, enough room to fit all of my shit (for once!) & the excuse to spend a dollar a week on antique silverware. Yes, spoons are a need! Fancy is a luxury but when the item in question is pre-loved, its <b>stat</b>! <b>(new word - thanks baby ;)</b><br />
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I have had the most relaxing & productive week that I have had in a looooong time. Sigh (mostly of relief but mixed with a touch of nostalgia, a sprinkle of sadness & an unmeasurablly large amount of responsibility & self-sufficiency. I guess, we all have to grow up some time, right?<br />
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Secondly, after looking through all my stuff, I discovered that I am exactly where I always wanted to be at this stage of my life. In fact, I am here early. I have always been an ambitious little list-writer & goal-maker. I love it. Well, looking over my lists & dream-books & orders with the universe, let me tell you, there are a lot of "check"s being said & ticks being penned. <br />
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Romance, health, career, spirit...I am very happy with the way my life has turned out. Like it said on the card my Mum gave me last year, the path you take supposedly unwillingly, unexpectedly & often unhappily is truly meant to be because you probably could not have devised a plan more suitable for yourself had you tried to. It would have seemed preposterous.<br />
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That being said, I have never been through worse dramas or more intense changes than in the last 10 months & they are by no means over. But that's ok. All is not well, but it is. I accept & understand now that peace & happiness in your self & harmony & balance in your life can be attained even amongst complete disarray & emotional uproar. That's the nature of the beast. It's up to us to keep it strong but tame at the same time. It is not easy, but it is possible. And very constructive.<br />
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"I finally feel woman", I said to my great girlfriend Amanda, "I can now claim that proudly without feeling sheepish & false but with pride & liberation, as you do Manda", I said.<br />
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Confidence. We should add it to the water. It is life-changing.<br />
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P.S. My business has grown with my self-esteem & so if you have any marketing needs, be they website set-up, segments on the radio for a local event, copywriting for brochures or a total brand revamp, we'd love to hear from you at Lotus Media. Visit us at <a href="http://lm-int.com/">lm-int.com </a><br />
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Thanks for reading. I hope I have inspired or can inspire you to do what you need to & more importantly, what you really want to.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Those who risk win.</b></span></div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-17560040070920694412011-05-01T02:34:00.000-07:002011-05-01T02:34:20.751-07:00Cupcakes are awesome.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9XCDwv30yuHx4KakpQFZTxlk5W0jzxfIGpzjsHDbxTVL-me98HY6E4cqWjlNjlf2DbU_y1mCj_zdoXSDoWrTSAX_POvBr7HC2H5tudVD4ubfUlTBmjVtyvL5LkyG5MDWa1pIWQXKg93k/s1600/lens10685841_1272236498how_to_make_rainbow_cupca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9XCDwv30yuHx4KakpQFZTxlk5W0jzxfIGpzjsHDbxTVL-me98HY6E4cqWjlNjlf2DbU_y1mCj_zdoXSDoWrTSAX_POvBr7HC2H5tudVD4ubfUlTBmjVtyvL5LkyG5MDWa1pIWQXKg93k/s200/lens10685841_1272236498how_to_make_rainbow_cupca.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The concept is awesome. They look awesome. The variety of designs & flavours is awesome. They celebrate awesome. And the good ones taste awesome.<br />
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I totally get my girlfriend Elissa's passion for the little handfuls of creamy, crumby joy they both bring to your life.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Have a look at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.10150155628385690.301293.840230689">Elissa's Pride & Joy :D</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">What a wonderful party! Complete with amazingly scrumptious desserts & sweetly smiling faces.</div><br />
I also thoroughly enjoy the organised mess & taste-testing process that goes along with the baking of these bite-sized treats. Just as the journey is often better than the destination; sometimes the cake-mix is better than the cake!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Pure sugary awesomeness:</span></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163484663711417">Back to Basics: A cupcake special (my housewarming kitchen tea).</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sex & the City cupcakes (so-called).<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Edible Pokemon ones! Kawaii.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mickey & Minnie. Can't wait for Disnelyand, Tokyo!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More cartoon yumminess.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one takes the...(cup) cake! Very impressive. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes cupcakes are for kids but have you ever heard the thing about inside everyone one of us tainted, serious adults is an innocent, fun-loving three year old? I agree. <br />
Bring him/her out for Cupcake's sake!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Someone's gorgeous wedding cake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLekDHFBnD2i8C8EXo3Pey0urLJlgCiYHno-mKgh75lx_AsrNSbcXMoY-JdPvn9Wp3-cFObMgrWi2lLbFMu-rXX0Oa_Hv8sri8P7x3H48ZaPrlpA-K3bjNhQdlAmb9kKDakZqwhZKKgY/s1600/cupcake148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLekDHFBnD2i8C8EXo3Pey0urLJlgCiYHno-mKgh75lx_AsrNSbcXMoY-JdPvn9Wp3-cFObMgrWi2lLbFMu-rXX0Oa_Hv8sri8P7x3H48ZaPrlpA-K3bjNhQdlAmb9kKDakZqwhZKKgY/s320/cupcake148.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheeky pigs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Took me a while, prob cos I'm an HTC girl now. Clever cooking.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The heart of life.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">McDinner & McDessert.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">And, of course, I need the bench space to try my hand at creating my own version of a masterful batch of gourmet cupcakes. Enter March Street house with 1950's decor in my good ol' hometown of Richmond :D</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Plus some new volunteers to try & testify (if positive) to the outcome of my latest cooking (ad)venture. Enter housemates to me/ brothers to one another: Nik & Siimon Agar ;) thanks for picking me, boys!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I repeat: Make Cupcakes, Not War. (They taste way better than blood & tears; so does love). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3L-fgRv7RzYSgPYdVC6434LtQQbNZweMhtEnaA9HtlHgKnDFFWTBgjMyeIdGIIpjghHUnw_ry918SdRDeXHfrsr9OwTt2Hrg2ru0ZEhjFW8jHtNPa9So3IS8GHNmsLK-qxqCoVAHKXI/s1600/makecupcakesnotwar-200x200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3L-fgRv7RzYSgPYdVC6434LtQQbNZweMhtEnaA9HtlHgKnDFFWTBgjMyeIdGIIpjghHUnw_ry918SdRDeXHfrsr9OwTt2Hrg2ru0ZEhjFW8jHtNPa9So3IS8GHNmsLK-qxqCoVAHKXI/s200/makecupcakesnotwar-200x200.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmb_oRRA8522_NErzcj_Had9CVegfi0eOc021e1vo-3H7zXgtI01L8O2_EtcU_70SItf3r59mmBNR3rpiolFfJp_5DTJHqb0gdUFSnNtSdb4cmoEblENrxMdUSlVs2KafaJjYLq3Hqot0/s1600/l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmb_oRRA8522_NErzcj_Had9CVegfi0eOc021e1vo-3H7zXgtI01L8O2_EtcU_70SItf3r59mmBNR3rpiolFfJp_5DTJHqb0gdUFSnNtSdb4cmoEblENrxMdUSlVs2KafaJjYLq3Hqot0/s200/l.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcDjAGqVvrjbbs2gJsnlZLM0r1SUfmLrT9LC9qwxZ4QbOiT_rWu_Rg1Sx5pET6JcVSZWfu3NRFQ8NfCKCdPOpt3rrcP0v-BlnM6WMFDVgq_J0POLI_SH62RZS25TQr8vuKHw5XjcKgpo/s1600/charlotte+apron.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div>For my girls (who hopefully will be joining me for the aforementioned <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163484663711417">housewarming kitchen tea</a>):<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>They are even a fashion statement, ladies!</b></span><br />
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Bring on the noughties' housewife!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70NecFbdn1Of3C1dCFB0sAF6BlnsdMasWY8ZcUP0EyYehPmvqW7qna7IP62nw7Av4stJk9CVHxtnAb1hZYL6M50_Vt_09TdcKoy749IjnN1VNIzM5ElfsVQe6ZRjI5zMOsSn8S7GbQ0E/s1600/Fifties-Housewife.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70NecFbdn1Of3C1dCFB0sAF6BlnsdMasWY8ZcUP0EyYehPmvqW7qna7IP62nw7Av4stJk9CVHxtnAb1hZYL6M50_Vt_09TdcKoy749IjnN1VNIzM5ElfsVQe6ZRjI5zMOsSn8S7GbQ0E/s320/Fifties-Housewife.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXUKdvCtjQWFyvoia7vf2KX5fX1ox4jP9lhQbhhpio53NzjbTx9e9cJoi0qqXXMwLiKsJ6RJ6h8EzOa0Sz1kzBbA5kyayVkFymhmU4O6I3KuqpbkvU3kV4izTErxZHpKD4REmZ7CnVPA/s1600/happy-housewife.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXUKdvCtjQWFyvoia7vf2KX5fX1ox4jP9lhQbhhpio53NzjbTx9e9cJoi0qqXXMwLiKsJ6RJ6h8EzOa0Sz1kzBbA5kyayVkFymhmU4O6I3KuqpbkvU3kV4izTErxZHpKD4REmZ7CnVPA/s320/happy-housewife.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sweet life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbVUBCYCtMQgsoZHiHttg1Gr85cUz-9y4wIAmizO8gBoV1DKioS9Ng0w4pdSmM1jKEd4L86H74zz3HZq6RvY1mqdFlHuLs9eqIHgMAoMr6ieX93yB__Bc-0uOgZqqTLGw_aKe3ZIHhIY/s1600/housewife_MED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbVUBCYCtMQgsoZHiHttg1Gr85cUz-9y4wIAmizO8gBoV1DKioS9Ng0w4pdSmM1jKEd4L86H74zz3HZq6RvY1mqdFlHuLs9eqIHgMAoMr6ieX93yB__Bc-0uOgZqqTLGw_aKe3ZIHhIY/s320/housewife_MED.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I do. I mean, me too...or either...lol.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNTFOAYVnHHw4mURw6EzXW7yfcCDriYJL-kOzMwbTpufBXkDmVOirq3KhepZUsvRbR4LX3UDV_eEfwXxNFXzkIIGWZ1NamkSvko-DAlWGjybOpcBdBRHTT2a9hndF7fNEAmv7PhbkrS4/s1600/sexyhousewife..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNTFOAYVnHHw4mURw6EzXW7yfcCDriYJL-kOzMwbTpufBXkDmVOirq3KhepZUsvRbR4LX3UDV_eEfwXxNFXzkIIGWZ1NamkSvko-DAlWGjybOpcBdBRHTT2a9hndF7fNEAmv7PhbkrS4/s320/sexyhousewife..jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Desperate? No. Sexy? Yes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3uw1w51dWC1kuSEV2Wo9LkIo123SYWDt9cVzXRxD03XkqboUVR8ePjQ7fdgWp3h__G18aF008uIWTlCzEo9UsFmK691AUpH_OthMP1YpYS1aLYhA9Z6CNd9hqUT5EsUMo3qZOujHvmE/s1600/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3uw1w51dWC1kuSEV2Wo9LkIo123SYWDt9cVzXRxD03XkqboUVR8ePjQ7fdgWp3h__G18aF008uIWTlCzEo9UsFmK691AUpH_OthMP1YpYS1aLYhA9Z6CNd9hqUT5EsUMo3qZOujHvmE/s320/image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Craving for cookies. Hard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1nUr9xH3L6cSEguNAVxboYsotiTBO_zvx8V9aZXYo-PvNKs4cdG6bT8GG_8ovoFzHaIUA3R3SGEHK3il53b8RtTAy0Qvf458D1XjNE2AUPfDPPLJrO4CnRlAkeHv6t7PoJO86w2j4XDw/s1600/384067643v10_480x480_Front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1nUr9xH3L6cSEguNAVxboYsotiTBO_zvx8V9aZXYo-PvNKs4cdG6bT8GG_8ovoFzHaIUA3R3SGEHK3il53b8RtTAy0Qvf458D1XjNE2AUPfDPPLJrO4CnRlAkeHv6t7PoJO86w2j4XDw/s320/384067643v10_480x480_Front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My mum talking to her husband. Such a polite lady she is.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another of her fave is "Want me to throw your dinner out the back?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_CXGuH1H1gFDaFOBHcqrU8qaWyeFoR47r5_6dkA5lVueQkogqWJrSQesYXHuNPN6gF62zSQQ2G1EwzIns7vGNetsKeHaxk7eE6Hb7k1g3PmJROMskZMHAe3R_WvdHQWkmnK24Nra_2Hw/s1600/carolynssabina_kelley_apron_header_left.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_CXGuH1H1gFDaFOBHcqrU8qaWyeFoR47r5_6dkA5lVueQkogqWJrSQesYXHuNPN6gF62zSQQ2G1EwzIns7vGNetsKeHaxk7eE6Hb7k1g3PmJROMskZMHAe3R_WvdHQWkmnK24Nra_2Hw/s320/carolynssabina_kelley_apron_header_left.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dreamworld.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdg0Ba7__0IHaRpk_tZcVHmRGUqpzsxIOyfqCztiepGaIejIf1Hd6tuU9iAFm-Bxy5P6RdgibvvBW9lfFOOD5LnFdgYlfWQE6MphK-s6YNTklLLje9tuzBU4UV80GmGpa8uv_WsoNbTk/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdg0Ba7__0IHaRpk_tZcVHmRGUqpzsxIOyfqCztiepGaIejIf1Hd6tuU9iAFm-Bxy5P6RdgibvvBW9lfFOOD5LnFdgYlfWQE6MphK-s6YNTklLLje9tuzBU4UV80GmGpa8uv_WsoNbTk/s320/Untitled-1.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wishlist.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0dMNSZK1-mQYZJ5pBduMiBwZqtkrcgErT8HLJjdC4ZjKfI-hXfXAcNkbEiF1yQxPsn8RrpWkXDZgJhpXb-lJ2ZtG_g3C4obhKvMcjg_KAGbrStE3PN7UOrWZI1mM5o5zQcHUbcRjbIw/s1600/victorias-secret-sexy-little-things-pink-dot-apron-babydoll-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0dMNSZK1-mQYZJ5pBduMiBwZqtkrcgErT8HLJjdC4ZjKfI-hXfXAcNkbEiF1yQxPsn8RrpWkXDZgJhpXb-lJ2ZtG_g3C4obhKvMcjg_KAGbrStE3PN7UOrWZI1mM5o5zQcHUbcRjbIw/s320/victorias-secret-sexy-little-things-pink-dot-apron-babydoll-2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Victoria's Secret angel, Candice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bless her black patent pumps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3qydHY_EYzHUdm-vDp-8WHWsbvBSgRWuXtn-i0OW1A7o1utFHwWd7I7EWuwRFsFIEayFDsn8vzz3xu6GH_1_PlkHq4GwS18vOt7km3hqmYSTQqRifOw9LWVZVwNHKWe1RHyPhYgPjC0/s1600/janpan-colplay-sexy-lolita-apron-for-custume-maid-cd79a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3qydHY_EYzHUdm-vDp-8WHWsbvBSgRWuXtn-i0OW1A7o1utFHwWd7I7EWuwRFsFIEayFDsn8vzz3xu6GH_1_PlkHq4GwS18vOt7km3hqmYSTQqRifOw9LWVZVwNHKWe1RHyPhYgPjC0/s320/janpan-colplay-sexy-lolita-apron-for-custume-maid-cd79a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">セクシー (sexy in japanese).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh82VEo0Kn7auQmA93JkQqMfnBLhh2r4GRExiqAQbimgzfmUw0K-Ki7F-PsJlsW97Iv8zCmfWhX13-IuK9LmYQP2u0AI23UheHIQafO5TWUko2aiGja_ReB4E-7rqQXwHCBw1NVux_1Ko/s1600/draft_lens15757391module135931261photo_1290644416sexy_apron.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh82VEo0Kn7auQmA93JkQqMfnBLhh2r4GRExiqAQbimgzfmUw0K-Ki7F-PsJlsW97Iv8zCmfWhX13-IuK9LmYQP2u0AI23UheHIQafO5TWUko2aiGja_ReB4E-7rqQXwHCBw1NVux_1Ko/s320/draft_lens15757391module135931261photo_1290644416sexy_apron.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I could never be a vegetarian. I love sausages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3oOq7Fi9IVAepUzCJ4GicSbRbXYW5O27cf0xM3bZRKTfUVGz9PR1ltqjjxACAoS4fegJzs5Y4weMx4foq0HfHV2aXXFHKMiINNlIJS_nWtSVlXQ1eOZ68mkWKZgFcb9MvUlyMRhgxfBo/s1600/housewife.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3oOq7Fi9IVAepUzCJ4GicSbRbXYW5O27cf0xM3bZRKTfUVGz9PR1ltqjjxACAoS4fegJzs5Y4weMx4foq0HfHV2aXXFHKMiINNlIJS_nWtSVlXQ1eOZ68mkWKZgFcb9MvUlyMRhgxfBo/s320/housewife.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My sister-in-law's fave saying. Not sarcastic at all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_D2jF9XDW7tBwmTp1j04GQHhUvtoOz_jZBHf73gzpkG9xZ6FeZdfJ14j0uwDbYxQTe0oqiUUG4naG9kB2__tnh_yrVhWFD-MbkzRyi1K8IJ8qS8hzyuY5kwrA3auYPdSIA6Opne10YBg/s1600/Angry-50s-Housewife-Butcher_0236C2C0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_D2jF9XDW7tBwmTp1j04GQHhUvtoOz_jZBHf73gzpkG9xZ6FeZdfJ14j0uwDbYxQTe0oqiUUG4naG9kB2__tnh_yrVhWFD-MbkzRyi1K8IJ8qS8hzyuY5kwrA3auYPdSIA6Opne10YBg/s320/Angry-50s-Housewife-Butcher_0236C2C0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At least she looks pretty right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmDvIIkqGJaFri-NtEodv_5BORWyUhGhY-ciinm2URokqxLM8RX-EXV6IgIkgS_G59ujGbfdqBgdR3taar1OCN0F880mVJVKufGc7ETI_TvW4P28YnLKi0pyc8kVxwfB8Q1a83RVdidA/s1600/80101_1_600.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmDvIIkqGJaFri-NtEodv_5BORWyUhGhY-ciinm2URokqxLM8RX-EXV6IgIkgS_G59ujGbfdqBgdR3taar1OCN0F880mVJVKufGc7ETI_TvW4P28YnLKi0pyc8kVxwfB8Q1a83RVdidA/s320/80101_1_600.jpeg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love Miranda. NMRK.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgsk1t0ZtEVA_-6krnfbIXN686U_ie0uFpX2fgkumb0mjwEulGpqJ00dVgGtdJEEiCxP4HagXp9s1y9OG_X107OI2h0Mq8GyXrS6FqSd184AsD2bvjQODmUFu9ptgV_1TEBYLMANYu0E/s1600/Scarlett-Johansson-sexy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgsk1t0ZtEVA_-6krnfbIXN686U_ie0uFpX2fgkumb0mjwEulGpqJ00dVgGtdJEEiCxP4HagXp9s1y9OG_X107OI2h0Mq8GyXrS6FqSd184AsD2bvjQODmUFu9ptgV_1TEBYLMANYu0E/s320/Scarlett-Johansson-sexy.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Saucy Scarlett the Siren.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DJb-cD2A8SP6mR7KnjHW08Gz4ytPgZZJiOYIojLe4jVuj5eKLOXbtRcxYfDXkkve-h2hD1O1PSZ_Ovq8Jiwgu-z0R8Xzrgs-Qtu6vTizXoibeWU-AEE8ARbihL5hc2Rcop453xWClQM/s1600/DSC_0009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DJb-cD2A8SP6mR7KnjHW08Gz4ytPgZZJiOYIojLe4jVuj5eKLOXbtRcxYfDXkkve-h2hD1O1PSZ_Ovq8Jiwgu-z0R8Xzrgs-Qtu6vTizXoibeWU-AEE8ARbihL5hc2Rcop453xWClQM/s320/DSC_0009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me in a few weeks. Sigh ;).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfs70HacIgHn9i5V4RSGc0J0Je4Qq5w-KOJkFP5zZo4OvZvlKHwg6z0GS6tNfEzLRyINc3swQDpjmeVGsva_YcCOIkLWikNifZM1fQ_s0rni7E4QFV3h8BMHgqxSTMw0CuRnWsgpA3-Yo/s1600/o_jZMbn2XoXg9B4Dp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfs70HacIgHn9i5V4RSGc0J0Je4Qq5w-KOJkFP5zZo4OvZvlKHwg6z0GS6tNfEzLRyINc3swQDpjmeVGsva_YcCOIkLWikNifZM1fQ_s0rni7E4QFV3h8BMHgqxSTMw0CuRnWsgpA3-Yo/s320/o_jZMbn2XoXg9B4Dp.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gavin you've given me your coke addiction!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfKBIDzEq6Z2xXWdz-spI0VJczgAI6PhekJ44hOOUp-7Hlz2NqyydL-QLtUnReU6wYMiCJ1Abll5mDYwux8J8pIUnZ_vCDapYHGvKNVWD_npdY3995M5pe7py1JcUOKMuFzeNGtS3Qds/s1600/image+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfKBIDzEq6Z2xXWdz-spI0VJczgAI6PhekJ44hOOUp-7Hlz2NqyydL-QLtUnReU6wYMiCJ1Abll5mDYwux8J8pIUnZ_vCDapYHGvKNVWD_npdY3995M5pe7py1JcUOKMuFzeNGtS3Qds/s320/image+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Feminism V Sexism. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The never-ending tug-o-war for equality...or righteousness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1GcnBHxOBZTyKc5nUEcf6mbDIRQZK6iSYUVoNXfc5qLu9H_NIc1nEo-EYt00KyzR1q_RN0OGXaIA3QeBt8a7R8j2R1Lw0Au1EeyEjN4wB3DmPieuGAfKnndFeTwD1_edKUzo4YGH2mw/s1600/20090418075917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1GcnBHxOBZTyKc5nUEcf6mbDIRQZK6iSYUVoNXfc5qLu9H_NIc1nEo-EYt00KyzR1q_RN0OGXaIA3QeBt8a7R8j2R1Lw0Au1EeyEjN4wB3DmPieuGAfKnndFeTwD1_edKUzo4YGH2mw/s320/20090418075917.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Her skin is way too light to be Denise...but I'm sure that's my BF talking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheR_P3n7cggoqVBSeeIiPonVlE_18Cc4WIS6BTXcoUM3Q4Y9tRfvCDP0uZnz9_aWMBVq5Si3y9778m_onpzSFDKCBXwveXpYhbmjvqdvrur5V_Z6YX1QcP7uMBe-kMKD6mn2MQguF_pmA/s1600/old-barbie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheR_P3n7cggoqVBSeeIiPonVlE_18Cc4WIS6BTXcoUM3Q4Y9tRfvCDP0uZnz9_aWMBVq5Si3y9778m_onpzSFDKCBXwveXpYhbmjvqdvrur5V_Z6YX1QcP7uMBe-kMKD6mn2MQguF_pmA/s320/old-barbie.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How very un-stepford wife of you Barbie!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeyRKEwA3BsiSbWjKBVRXrPttcF8v48nJW2ePKJ4YDj__l-Mn4mYYF8pt-CagtZC2Z0TUyV_w8i77cv3j0FOXxjiB3JLxBARtv7OnrbJ4Yo1HNc6ipfeYPvur6Xr60aM9Z7kf1s53ivs/s1600/yumimoodb2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeyRKEwA3BsiSbWjKBVRXrPttcF8v48nJW2ePKJ4YDj__l-Mn4mYYF8pt-CagtZC2Z0TUyV_w8i77cv3j0FOXxjiB3JLxBARtv7OnrbJ4Yo1HNc6ipfeYPvur6Xr60aM9Z7kf1s53ivs/s320/yumimoodb2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lady Gaga, what are you doing in the 50's???</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8pMMxhhNap4OXNSVJNCDRt2papiQjhdTfUN649JqTRk11cKiPSnQnZ4Vm6nTwKTmxUf0iHJrQsLQkWFsUQtnRmBqpVg6ZeyBNZmYU0xVaOTf_uRX1ZV6dnn6YBUQWvajdggt2MYn5fI/s1600/prada.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8pMMxhhNap4OXNSVJNCDRt2papiQjhdTfUN649JqTRk11cKiPSnQnZ4Vm6nTwKTmxUf0iHJrQsLQkWFsUQtnRmBqpVg6ZeyBNZmYU0xVaOTf_uRX1ZV6dnn6YBUQWvajdggt2MYn5fI/s320/prada.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wishlist item #2.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQw04OwbwfdZ7swqiMl_ATmMFqjXTvnRdoyBtUghrM68Qe6Je4FxcrRrOcgy5NklN7piSkKFnavKpKYCDIfNS_YdPrEmfuSvU1eqZWrXsI6YuPX4Ubsp5QT888JCeZWH54KOGAhvz7FJQ/s1600/img-set.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQw04OwbwfdZ7swqiMl_ATmMFqjXTvnRdoyBtUghrM68Qe6Je4FxcrRrOcgy5NklN7piSkKFnavKpKYCDIfNS_YdPrEmfuSvU1eqZWrXsI6YuPX4Ubsp5QT888JCeZWH54KOGAhvz7FJQ/s320/img-set.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilbsrOsTT1bMYMPvsmnWJ7QVD17l56gYzxd2coy-o9rO9PfRK0kZdxjKnPRhw2xRM6FHaFmY8LjUcRk_45vz9bH_7VjAQUmoRkvkILFnUzp2vDOk6o38eZ9yKwsMDEn6XsYAs4fmVa-Zg/s1600/nosBeach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Coolest fridge ever!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wishlist item #3.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13to8FIQRX0XH6bztyNHE9zQsv6ukrpkDNXjJzF99IT46CqSbe1R83Jd0IKBJy3d_Zgr9X21ZVzPI6v6lsk1qiJCOngrRXxIwoSTK4nkN3SdLoQZmBTysWWe2nhyphenhyphenwChlyq7ftlPyEkeA/s1600/make-cupcakes-not-war-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13to8FIQRX0XH6bztyNHE9zQsv6ukrpkDNXjJzF99IT46CqSbe1R83Jd0IKBJy3d_Zgr9X21ZVzPI6v6lsk1qiJCOngrRXxIwoSTK4nkN3SdLoQZmBTysWWe2nhyphenhyphenwChlyq7ftlPyEkeA/s320/make-cupcakes-not-war-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They taste way better than blood & tears.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-6970994409553777412011-04-26T20:17:00.000-07:002011-04-26T20:52:27.840-07:00Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat.It's true. Just like our French friend Mireille Guiliano & her life enhancing literature of a similar title; <i><a href="http://mireilleguiliano.com/section/sub/14">French Women Don't Get Fat</a>, </i>this book is written to impart valuable knowledge on how to live your best, healthiest, most attractive, energetic & pleasurable life.<br />
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I discovered this Asian food bible while staying with my fabulous friend Kayla in her gorgeous federation-style Neutral Bay house, perusing the numerous bookshelves on offer. Here in this very home, we have already created some mouth-watering dishes and I am proud to say that we have followed some of both books' golden rules for healthy & delicious meals.<br />
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<ul><li>Fresh is best; buy what's in season</li>
<li>Serve sensible portion sizes (a common mistake we make as Westerners is eating too much)</li>
<li>Present the food in an aesthetically pleasing manner</li>
<li>Quality, quality, quality! Be it spice, seaweed or saucepan</li>
<li>Share & savour </li>
<li>Good doesn't have to mean a complicated nor a very lengthy affair</li>
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</ul>My eye was firstly struck by the fluorescent green of the book's cover (green is the colour of the heart chakra & it seems to speak to me in soft, romantic tones). Then, upon reading the title <i><a href="http://www.japanesewomendontgetoldorfat.com/">Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat</a></i>, my loving obsession for Japanese culture, philosophy & style sucked me right in to the awesomely hunger & taste provoking pages that make up this lovely piece of work.<br />
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My only hope is that my new flat-mate won't spend too much of her time in the (unfortunately) shared kitchen. You know that saying about too many cooks! Then again if she is Japanese or French... well, MasterChef Richmond edition - eat your heart out!!<br />
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You're welcome ; )Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-12911424681360636362011-04-24T16:11:00.000-07:002011-04-24T16:11:37.949-07:00Channeling my inner Chanel.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAa5myUFhWpLMZWNqMzABTkqUIvbt1o1NL1NyerlFkd1xdDUYtpT_VLFczxa4dkN1vqEli1GmCx5EzDmE-4E_im_WWQFT2IDy0mhpTfAwdtjHLQj4cLXSt0wwsfva5sgRSMw98XhcLIcY/s1600/021RS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAa5myUFhWpLMZWNqMzABTkqUIvbt1o1NL1NyerlFkd1xdDUYtpT_VLFczxa4dkN1vqEli1GmCx5EzDmE-4E_im_WWQFT2IDy0mhpTfAwdtjHLQj4cLXSt0wwsfva5sgRSMw98XhcLIcY/s320/021RS.jpg" width="189" /></a></div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-76702854541701688772011-04-18T16:43:00.000-07:002011-04-18T16:43:44.242-07:00Smokin'!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When it was cool. And good for you. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A word of advice to my sisters: <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"></span></span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">"do as I say, not as I do".</span></span></div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-9964477021559648462011-04-13T22:32:00.000-07:002011-04-14T18:21:33.139-07:00Signature Scent.<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">“French women know one can go far with a great haircut, a bottle of champagne and a divine perfume.”</span></blockquote>One of the things I learnt on that fateful sleepless night, where I fought my body's urge to sleep with boundless enthusiasm & oodles of francophiliac inspiration from the World Wide Web, was that a woman's style must extend to <i>her</i> skin, <i>your</i> nose & pretty much lightly tickle all of everybody else's senses.<br />
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I am a bit of a perfume whore, in that: I like it frequently, don't mind if it's cheap, will take it from anyone; at anytime, on any part of my body, <i>but! </i>thanks to discovering discretion & my sister's divine leftover body lotion, I now understand the sensuality of a signature scent and how it becomes the icing on the cake that is your own personal 'brand'.<br />
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<b>Beginnings of Posh, the spice.</b><br />
This notion of having a brand, as a living, breathing person is a very important trait behind some of the world's most talked about household names. Even with these face-size glasses, we all recognise this popstar...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Beginnings of me, the Poshe. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>(The 'e' is deliberate, like bogan; a la 'tarjay' for Target.)</b></div>Last July, on the sunny state's un-Wintery warm Gold Coast, I sat covered in goosebumps (air-con 14 degrees; care-factor 0) listening to a very lively character present a segment devoted to this long-lasting impression making concept at his own 'super-charged' business conference. It sure woke me up.<br />
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Sitting there with my skinny jeans not feeling so skinny, my style leaving much to be desired, my confidence dragging on the Crowne Plaza's carpet, suffering from crowd-induced loneliness & succumbing to silly old habits, my fragrance impressed nobody's nose, let alone my own.<br />
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That was when I consciously decided: I am going to re-brand myself. Re-invent. Re-assess. And so she did. The next day I went for a run on the beach. The next year, 2011, was to be my year.<br />
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Nine months later (my, what an appropriate gestation period of a new being!), I am sitting here sans the jelly belly (ambiguity intended: both green monster & uncomfortable mini muffin-top have been banished), wearing a 50's Rock-a-billy inspired outfit made of modest black pedal pushers, a baby pink polkadot bustier, a navy blue cropped jacket (a Parisian girl's in-between-season staple), black leather heels, beaded bracelet & unusual earrings (from Abu Dhabi, UAE).<br />
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I feel both comfortable & pretty. My flattering natural makeup with 60's-style Audrey Hepburn eyes & voluminous hair that looks sexy while still lazy (I don't do hair) also helps. This new 'look' is complimented by shapely eyebrows (yes, this is very significant to my personal <a href="http://www.sgiaust.org.au/">human revolution</a>) and, most importantly, a subtle signature scent.<br />
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</div>To Victoria Beckham, however, I smell like:<br />
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text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHHzbmCiWq_tTAm3zQxh-3oQXqULRwjgN8FVVk8Xt1PV6CH1fSU-AnQeq2bYyMO-TeOODTKTc6pjV3I9bSs8DJGI6gLMD0_zjlrgpGDkaB85lupWsBwoSJP7I5tJk7RkS7nIGAETR-XI/s1600/SIGNATURE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHHzbmCiWq_tTAm3zQxh-3oQXqULRwjgN8FVVk8Xt1PV6CH1fSU-AnQeq2bYyMO-TeOODTKTc6pjV3I9bSs8DJGI6gLMD0_zjlrgpGDkaB85lupWsBwoSJP7I5tJk7RkS7nIGAETR-XI/s320/SIGNATURE.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Introduce:<i> <a href="http://www.beckham-fragrances.com/content/signature-her-fragrance">Signature</a></i>, by Beckham (hot TV ad. campaign too). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>World, meet the new & improved Karissa Clare. Karissa Clare, meet the Wild Wide World.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbU6RppBWEJpteu604zze6IN8FJ8x_bXYix1pHHbbCO4PS2e-vzMa_zNOME8wJbDDBCr7sVYmaNxXExYkmEDzZdJRl3gZC2fAQ_CqmH4TpmGIw6EVozZJDa6ij2eEh5Fp16D1RalwJfo/s1600/IMG_1432.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbU6RppBWEJpteu604zze6IN8FJ8x_bXYix1pHHbbCO4PS2e-vzMa_zNOME8wJbDDBCr7sVYmaNxXExYkmEDzZdJRl3gZC2fAQ_CqmH4TpmGIw6EVozZJDa6ij2eEh5Fp16D1RalwJfo/s320/IMG_1432.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Me;</b><br />
At my associate's office in Leichhardt where we have just<br />
finished a briefing session with a new web design client (coincidentally, a<br />
Melbourne French wine & homewares importer), doing what I love.<br />
My new beau's car down on the street, a laugh in my throat & a spring in my step.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://frenchwomendontgetfat.com/content/scent-ual-style">Here</a> are some good French tips for selecting your signature perfume.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">And <a href="http://lotusmediaint.com.au/">here</a> are some good tips for establishing your <a href="http://marketing.about.com/cs/brandmktg/a/whatisbranding.htm">brand</a>.</div></div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-13536652207879627642011-04-11T20:58:00.000-07:002011-04-28T15:47:57.733-07:00French Kisses.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDGXUL7mrEOzwbp8ejFObdI2SFVs4CWPWhhf9r9UNMvnc-5xCULgYBaHFS40T5-OoJHFc1mSQhjS2FznrYPqTPmNXOlELgUILFlJSdxpcHWnIqrAci_f2m-Y5WyJ0hgvql-tDtNhfptM/s1600/how-to-kiss-a-french_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDGXUL7mrEOzwbp8ejFObdI2SFVs4CWPWhhf9r9UNMvnc-5xCULgYBaHFS40T5-OoJHFc1mSQhjS2FznrYPqTPmNXOlELgUILFlJSdxpcHWnIqrAci_f2m-Y5WyJ0hgvql-tDtNhfptM/s320/how-to-kiss-a-french_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Warm. Wet. Caterpillars under your skin & butterflies in your tummy. Exciting. Loud, heavy breathing. Sexy. Soft. Magnetic. Memorable.<br />
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That's what you want to be to the person you are trying to attract; in business (ok, maybe they're not <i>all </i>for the office) and in love. All's fair in love & war!<br />
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To feel these things & have them reciprocated, you must be:<br />
<ul><li>genuine</li>
<li>thoughtful</li>
<li>honest</li>
<li>respectful</li>
<li>playful</li>
<li>daring</li>
<li>cheeky</li>
<li>sensual</li>
<li>romantic</li>
<li>explicit</li>
<li>fair</li>
<li>nice.</li>
</ul><div>The last bullet point is the single most important one on the list. Like I said to Mike, Kay & Benny at 'The Club' in King's Cross as I smooth-talked my way into the exclusive VIP room, "You know what my secret is to getting things I want in life? Be nice".<br />
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That's it. Just be nice. It is so nice to be nice. The most important person you have to be nice to in order to reap benefits is the person right in front of you; right now. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Of course, you can have a good kiss, even an okay kiss, without doing or being all of the above....however, those lips you locked with (& may have wanted to lock with again) will wander to find a better face. The modern marketplace is very competitive; it's a jungle out there!<br />
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</div><div>I was thinking about the correlation between my personal and professional values as I wrote this post & I realise they are very much in sync with one another, which lead to this statement:<br />
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I think the French Kiss of marketing is publicity.<br />
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Definition of publicity as a business term: </div><blockquote><div id="term_div" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 40px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/objective.html">Type of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(136, 137, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;">promotion</span> that relies <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(136, 137, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;">on</span> the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(136, 137, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;">public relations</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(136, 137, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;">effect</span> of a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(136, 137, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;">news</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(136, 137, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;">story</span> carried, usually <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(136, 137, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;">free,</span> by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(136, 137, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;">mass media</span>. The <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(136, 137, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;">main objective</span> of publicity is not <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(136, 137, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;">sales promotion</span>, but creation of an <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(136, 137, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;">image</span> through <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(136, 137, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;">editorial</span> or '<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(136, 137, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;">independent</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(136, 137, 119); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;">source</span>' commentary. </a></span></div></blockquote>Keyword - independent. As in, not paid off. People are great at ignoring ads because we have been saturated & overdosed with them. But, oh how we seek to be 'informed'.<br />
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If you would like to be in or on the news, inside people's/your target audience's hands, lounge-rooms, eyes, ears & minds, then do yourself a favour & check out <a href="http://lotusmediaint.com.au/">Lotus Media</a>.<br />
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Lotus Media International is the name, Awesome Marketing is the game.<br />
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</tbody></table>There is only one other entity that could provide you with marketing as awesome as LMI. That entity is a God by the name of...Barney Stinson.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes, I did just categorise Barney's calibre of epic-ness with Barack's. Actually, I would also trust your marketing campaign with President Obama's presidency campaign team. American political PR is super powerful. Like, I'm talking Kryptonite strength.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Side bar: I love Obama. Lisa & I got up at 4am to watch his official inauguration <3).</span></div><br />
So suit up. Be awesome. <a href="http://lotusmediaint.com.au/about-us.html">Contact Lotus Media</a>.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lotusmediaint.com.au/about-us/start-marketing.html"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanSIbZyRpAUxgqrhMq1x0yUPiwLBFGb_CDRrevoijZWUkUbXoKAKK6HO8lYUqytFbzsCagQOnMlfJtE4N4GsTkmhyMZlKpwzgP4MVce8G8KLSpvoK9CAKvNpXC6oDGCDMlqv-rPFSrnY/s200/tumblr_l81df09lMV1qbpb2qo1_250.png" width="200" /></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1900141649"></span><span id="goog_1900141650"></span>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-273760080917993012011-04-10T01:21:00.000-07:002011-04-12T14:51:13.083-07:00Flapper.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Xo1fLVfqjQnJvlwuQkJ8jBIgoAe6W84YdH4K5elZbtuydZCAmdgg4JaLmVBRMc-77Sd8nJr5nA3GUcGZBlTu64csbjiBtZM6M7eBL_nONweic4epNUAzLE0XbjR9YGzbOM5jqO59VVI/s1600/istockphoto_4524069-roaring-1920-s-flapper-girl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Xo1fLVfqjQnJvlwuQkJ8jBIgoAe6W84YdH4K5elZbtuydZCAmdgg4JaLmVBRMc-77Sd8nJr5nA3GUcGZBlTu64csbjiBtZM6M7eBL_nONweic4epNUAzLE0XbjR9YGzbOM5jqO59VVI/s200/istockphoto_4524069-roaring-1920-s-flapper-girl.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Wikipedia:<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">"Flappers were seen as brash for wearing excessive makeup, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1406794617"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">drinking</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1406794617"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">, treating </span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">sex in a casual manner</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapper"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">, </span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">smoking</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">, driving </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">automobiles</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> and otherwise flouting social and sexual norms".</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">I</span>n the 1920s, flapper was a term applied to a "new breed" of young </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Western</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> women who wore short skirts, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">bobbed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> their hair, listened to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">jazz</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. </span></span>If you were to look up 'Flapper' in the 2010s, pretty sure you would find this:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfnNHBGZ_kMBU_k5HHgWQWNXGkBXVpf17Q-sca7DUOTJdEKfpLbcHHIuUtvJCDIXXgwdGDrwhn73gcmMU1lf1cQaTslzeLitt6TiYRhvPmU45Lccq1IwDZ02bOOTmdsAsUg_ZSRbIIlY/s1600/FlapperDress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfnNHBGZ_kMBU_k5HHgWQWNXGkBXVpf17Q-sca7DUOTJdEKfpLbcHHIuUtvJCDIXXgwdGDrwhn73gcmMU1lf1cQaTslzeLitt6TiYRhvPmU45Lccq1IwDZ02bOOTmdsAsUg_ZSRbIIlY/s200/FlapperDress.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Old.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks for dinner, Flaps (aka Classy Casey). No, jokes, she is classy & sexy & kind. Lub chu. X.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Conversation between me & my little sis after a shopping trip one day:</div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Casey: I just wish this dress was a bit longer...</span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Me: It's a top.</span></span></span></blockquote>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-59702499077962399652011-04-07T14:44:00.000-07:002011-04-07T14:50:41.580-07:00My mum's giggle about 'Frenchy'.This morning, over a cuppa with my mother, she informed me that back in her day, the word 'Frenchy' was short for French Letter which for the kids back then meant a condom. That's disgusting!<br />
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By no means did I wish to imply or connote latex or any other word beginning with l-a in my blog name. Not that the words fuck and franga are barred from this space. (I think I've already used the f-bomb before, & now that I think of it, <i>franger</i> is totally banned, along with some of the vulgar names for 'cat' that I detest). Well, I've said it now, haven't I?!<br />
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Rosscoe - my stepfather & princess of the household - then added on to Mum's little laugh with this poem he remembers from his youth (waaaay back when):<br />
<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"A man's ambitions must be small</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> to write upon a shit-ouse wall.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A woman's must be worse,</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">to carry French Letters in her purse.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">"</span></span></div></blockquote><div id="translate-term" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 22px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><h1 style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a44533; font-weight: 100;">frenchie</span></span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1IvLuvDe4s0ZKUfysUi1Qx-ySeZSHVngqpzddmDrG4fAYTZOMlRmw8Sb9G8qNnA0ByBSFdTYgcBXxIaV73aUJjlZZ9x4i-X4hO3U5ttBTUQ-6Mxf3aBrgDzBi6WI0TLzz41q8bK7LOY/s1600/slangdic.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1IvLuvDe4s0ZKUfysUi1Qx-ySeZSHVngqpzddmDrG4fAYTZOMlRmw8Sb9G8qNnA0ByBSFdTYgcBXxIaV73aUJjlZZ9x4i-X4hO3U5ttBTUQ-6Mxf3aBrgDzBi6WI0TLzz41q8bK7LOY/s1600/slangdic.png" /></a></div><div class="variations" style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-weight: 100;">Variation</span> frenchy</div></div><span class="dialects" style="font-style: italic;"></span></div><div id="translate-definition" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 22px;"><h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Definition </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">noun</span></h2><div class="pos-block"><ul class="senses" style="margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.7em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="definition" style="font-weight: 100; line-height: 1.5em;">a condom. From the now obsolescent ‘<a href="http://www.slang-dictionary.com/definition/french.html" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(193, 193, 193); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; text-decoration: none;">French</a> letter’, one of many examples of ascribing anything with sexual connotations to the French. (In French the equivalent is <i>une capote anglaise</i>, meaning an English bonnet or overcoat.).</span></li>
</ul></div></div>Lol. Gross.<br />
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To the kids that listen (or I try to make listen) to me, click through this image to a history of the condom.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Thai ad brought me to tears, click the blog title to read the explanation. Please.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-10bx7kMGg5HWGw3AqEBE5uKOqmhyphenhyphenmWqUaMKqACo3ckAD-6jOeTEEU9ptmJgNh2gDe3Qm0jVC8CeLYM1Gd-AJbQod7WOGn7QHhZqCn8tnsccZGw_-NK2UywjSDkFZCLFkFGpa7txKiw4/s1600/ThailandChild1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-10bx7kMGg5HWGw3AqEBE5uKOqmhyphenhyphenmWqUaMKqACo3ckAD-6jOeTEEU9ptmJgNh2gDe3Qm0jVC8CeLYM1Gd-AJbQod7WOGn7QHhZqCn8tnsccZGw_-NK2UywjSDkFZCLFkFGpa7txKiw4/s200/ThailandChild1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, hirakakupro-w3, osaka, 'ms pgothic', sans-serif;"></span></div><h1 class="asset-name" style="color: black; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://uncivilsociety.org/2008/05/branding-child-sex-for-charity.html">Branding child sex for charity</a></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">... The gimmick: branded images of boys having different kinds of sex with men. The slogan: "Remove is hard. Protect is easy."</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The following ones also brought me to tears, but not because of the injustice & evil in the world, these ones are thanks to the creativity, comicability (yes that's mine) and cleverness of ad agencies the world over:</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mum: Karissa, turn it down!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Me: Hahahahahahahahahahaha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mum: I shouldn't have told you that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Me: HahahahahahahaHAAAA!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mum (after she watched the videos): HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.</div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-53656538773322104952011-04-05T19:19:00.000-07:002011-04-05T19:40:28.540-07:00Want a blog?They're fun.<br />
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Don't listen to my sisters, who think they're gay. Actually the youngest one, Sharna, has a tumblr blog (another interface - mine is currently in blogspot which is a Google application), so I don't know why she is paying me out on stylemefrenchy! Bitch, please. Get a Google or a Yahoo! or a Twitter and follow me! Please. Don't be slack.<br />
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Her URL (website name, address) used to be <a href="http://jumpingthegun.tumblr.com/">jumpingthegun.tumblr.com</a> but now that is some 19 year old Melbournian chic's photo blog...Sharna's was better, well this one's images give her a run for her money but Sharna's had text. Quite a lot of text. And good text at that.<br />
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Sharna is a clever girl & a brilliant little writer. But one day, what seems like a lifetime ago now, I went behind her back & logged into her blog (I later realised it is available to the public so this was unneccessary lol). The modern day equivalent of reading your sibling's private & personal diary. The ultimate betrayal of sisterly trust but bound to happen to someone when there are three daughters & endless gossip & secrets flying about the house. I am still sorry for jumping that gun but I am also glad because I would have never seen through the window that is usually locked shut. What I saw/ can see looks good so far ;).<br />
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Anna (aka Casey), want to be my first blog client so I can see you, too? Come on, you might like it. You could do it about your kids. Or your clothes.<br />
Or your disgustingly pretty eyelashes. Or how much you love your car. lol.<br />
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Love you girls <3 Ok, now that my nose is brown, frikkin follow me! I will not ask (read: demand) again.<br />
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P.S. If you agreed with the bit where I called the girls slack & you are not following me, you need to have a long hard look at yourself! And follow me (if you have a a Google or a Yahoo! or a Twitter account. If not, you need to get one of these).<br />
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Soon enough I will have my own blog space within my <a href="http://lotusmediaint.com.au/about-us.html">Lotus Media International</a> domain so anyone will be able to follow me.<br />
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Maybe then people will take up my <a href="http://stylemefrenchy.blogspot.com/2011/03/follow-me-and-everything-thing-is.html">incentive to follow</a>. Three final words, guys:...Free. Drinks. People!!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shanks!</div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-30620470403019318322011-04-04T20:51:00.000-07:002011-04-04T21:37:19.908-07:00Follow your dreams.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even when the clouds are grey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was feeling very uninspired & low today, so I went for a walk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sunshine was warm on my skin, the stranger's smile warmed my heart and this fabulous hat reminded me of what is out there in the world when you step outside. It need not matter whether you take the road less or more traveled, just that you take one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sometimes when you are tired, you just need a little lift. Or a carriage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I even got a designer's number who I'm going to ask to sketch my new tattoo. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is some of her stuff:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-17213213512611856612011-04-03T17:24:00.000-07:002011-04-03T23:42:56.844-07:00Fashions on the Field (entry no. 2, filly no. 90).This second blog follows my <a href="http://stylemefrenchy.blogspot.com/2011/03/fashions-on-field.html">original entry</a> & is the official Myer Fashions on the Field for The Golden Slipper held at Rosehill Racecourse on Saturday, 2 April. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">According to this year's <a href="http://theslipper.stc.com.au/fashion_and_style/fashion_and_style_-_golden_slipper.html">style guide</a>, set of course by The Slipper's major sponsor MYER, I was in line with the theme of the event which was dubbed Ladylike Chic with a 50’s twist & for the gentlmen, dapper dressing was a must. I was quite impressed with myself at how many boxes I ticked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr> <td class="style2" style="text-align: center; width: 200px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Elongated hemlines </span></div></td> <td class="style2" style="text-align: center; width: 154px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Never worn a dress this long. Very conservative.</span></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="style2" style="text-align: center; width: 200px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Cinched in waists </span></div></td><td class="style2" style="text-align: center; width: 154px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Silver-studded Carrie-inspired black waist belt</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="style2" style="text-align: center; width: 200px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Full & voluminous skirts </span></div></td> <td class="style2" style="text-align: center; width: 154px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Black tulle tutu</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="style2" style="text-align: center; width: 200px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Feminine fabric and prints </span></div></td> <td class="style2" style="text-align: center; width: 154px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Floral bustier</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="style2" style="text-align: center; width: 200px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Accessorise with gloves, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">hosiery & winter-style shoes </span></div></td> <td class="style2" style="text-align: center; width: 154px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Ballet tights & closed toe satin heels</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="style2" style="text-align: center; width: 200px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Punches of jewel tones in </span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Ruby reds, deep jades </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">& burnt ambers </span></div></div></td><td class="style2" style="text-align: center; width: 154px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Red lips & amber flower hair-pin</span></div></td> </tr>
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<tr> <td class="style2" style="width: 217px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Suave slim line suits</span></td> <td class="style2" style="width: 154px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Black subtle pin-stripe suit pants & jacket</span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="style2" style="width: 217px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Crisp fitted shirts </span></td> <td class="style2" style="width: 154px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Brand new, solid gunmetal grey</span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="style2" style="width: 217px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Suiting in navy and greys</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">is prominent</span></td> <td class="style2" style="width: 154px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Well, black is just dark grey right?</span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="style2" style="width: 217px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Matching tie</span></td> <td class="style2" style="width: 154px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">& there's the grey ;)</span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td class="style2" style="width: 217px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Accessories? (well, not </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">specified but these deserve </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">a mention)</span></td> <td class="style2" style="width: 154px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">New black glossy Ksubi sunnies. Hot.</span></td> </tr>
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Fortunately, we had glorious Sydney weather for the race day, however I did see some adorable little umbrellas & unique millinery while in line at the MYER tent. Which reminds me, I have my eBay bid set on a clear plastic brolly with black patent trim around the edges...so cute! I also have my heart set on a cream-coloured lace-looking parasole, like the ones in stock at <a href="http://2threads.com/article/shhhhhh-i-secretly-wear-my-mothers-clothes">Queenies Retro</a> at the moment.<br />
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Queenies Retro is my fave shop in Richmond - they don't have a website just yet, but you can read about the shop, the team and the cause <a href="http://2threads.com/article/shhhhhh-i-secretly-wear-my-mothers-clothes">here</a> at <a href="http://2threads.com/">2threads.com</a> . I love, love, love their range of pre-loved clothes, accessories and homewares. Very French Provincial and vixen vintage. If you are a Hawkesbury local, and female (or male & interested in classic/ obscure/ old-school style), you would agree & if you don't you should!). No, if you don't know Queenies, check her out before you coordinate your outfit for <a href="http://www.hawkesburyraceclub.com.au/hawkesbury/RacingInfo/RaceDates.asp">HAWKESBURY'S STAND ALONE SAT SCHWEPPES GUINEAS</a> at the end of this month on our very own home grass. They're across the road from Richmond Park (next door to our famous Patchy's).<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">My loevely hair-piece from Queenies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnvSKeUS7blQDUETx7FjqAg_MwXvwFOJFqVC-Nc4b7d1HAh1cAFVCmcu-l36V8cYLAgowKSp031BOvuE0Koz8v_h3-krykxPMDwp0Y29qNnKJe6zT2s62CFsHCmn8hHDOto9wwXZGG14/s1600/04042011056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnvSKeUS7blQDUETx7FjqAg_MwXvwFOJFqVC-Nc4b7d1HAh1cAFVCmcu-l36V8cYLAgowKSp031BOvuE0Koz8v_h3-krykxPMDwp0Y29qNnKJe6zT2s62CFsHCmn8hHDOto9wwXZGG14/s200/04042011056.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Almost bought these lace gloves too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOua4k4-4wGRnfOP7t24h1hJREsm5tRLzoTyNvlL8qsCeITSIXX-XhcUxeO2Ed0LGrjox_IQ7CbGhLzIq7cFeXvYr_fg4el8UuKIieDBSq1QoPLL9K-VftLSqb5uAVavCPHlEYvfxJWI4/s1600/008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOua4k4-4wGRnfOP7t24h1hJREsm5tRLzoTyNvlL8qsCeITSIXX-XhcUxeO2Ed0LGrjox_IQ7CbGhLzIq7cFeXvYr_fg4el8UuKIieDBSq1QoPLL9K-VftLSqb5uAVavCPHlEYvfxJWI4/s200/008.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Only 20 bucks! but Piggy Bank screamed no.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I got called 'pretty' that day & needless to say, I actually felt pretty. It sounds weird, but Saturday was the first time in my life that when I went to the bathroom I was able to look at myself in the eyes & touch up my lip-gloss & hair without thinking that the other beautiful women in the room were looking at me in pity. I know, I was a silly girl. But, turns out, I am pretty enough.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cheers to compliment-givers! You made someone's day.</div><br />
</div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-82084291362217312702011-03-30T19:12:00.000-07:002011-03-30T19:26:43.510-07:00For the love of music.<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"Music... gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> -Plato</span></span></blockquote>I always have a song in my head. I rarely drive without the radio/ CD player/ my MP3 player on & if I'm doing over 80, it's pumping! I love live music. I love the art of songwriting & music composition. I totally agree with the way Andrew Denton marveled over it being the closest non-breathing thing to imitate emotion during some TV interview I watched years ago.<br />
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There are same very talented people in this world & I am lucky enough to personally know a few. What a pleasure their music & conversations are.<br />
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For example (or three):<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Kayla Stanton</span></b><br />
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</div>My gorgeous red-head friend (& ex/first flat-mate), Kayla is a classically trained opera singer but has overflowing potential to be a massive popstar both in music & film. She's got it all; the whole package. Plus, she has a beautiful soul <3. Look out Hollywood. And a tip-off for Woman's Day...Ms Stanton wants to steal Robert Pattinson's heart. Lol. Scandalous! Kayla & I were belting out 'And all that Jazz' in her living room the other week, with a glass of wine in one hand & a proper (but unplugged) mike in the other. She reckons even I could learn how to sing. Thanks Kay, you're sweet but we all know I cannot hold a note. Rhythm I have, but only in my feet and hips baby! "Well, I can't pole, but I killed the body roll!" - me after first & last pole dancing lesson with my BF Denise.<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Kayla's fb profile pic</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJjbG9k7p54nzbXMsxJ6jQunKLRTbGrPsFQke3vDBHPe7NGhhgxB_c6YYD82dHDuS6bWonCvT35G3IvyoxbjblqBSiAFBwiX84n_XySdgzjpJOikCVUPGrYKFINtffVw_jgO-2GM37hI/s1600/kay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJjbG9k7p54nzbXMsxJ6jQunKLRTbGrPsFQke3vDBHPe7NGhhgxB_c6YYD82dHDuS6bWonCvT35G3IvyoxbjblqBSiAFBwiX84n_XySdgzjpJOikCVUPGrYKFINtffVw_jgO-2GM37hI/s200/kay.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> About Kayla: '<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Music is the vernacular of the human soul!'</span></div><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Nicholas Bird</span></b><br />
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</div>Another gifted human being whom I've been blessed with the joy of knowing and sharing my life with for nearly four years, has an ear that picks up the tiniest beat, even with his no-ear-plugs-while-smashing-drums-&-insisting on-being-in-every-mosh-pit-caused-Tinnitus. This man also has a very articulate knack for hauntingly beautiful lyrics & sick on-the-fly improvised jam sessions. He's cuppa-tead & played at a Clareville backyard party with Ben from Silverchair, supported famous rockstars, mingled (& tingled) with local stars and is finally making his special talent an even larger part of his life by playing, recording & performing with three bands. I'm so proud of that boy! Mr Bird's wing span is enormous. When he spreads them.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Listen to Walk With Me from Nick's band Wasabi (no drums on this track though).</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Wasabi">http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Wasabi</a> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">My soundtrack to Lotus Media.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Sam Buckley</b></span><br />
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The lead guitarist from <a href="http://www.annipiper.com/">The award-winning Anni Piper Band</a>. This man rips it up, whether he's practicing his little ass off in his bedroom, on stage in Katoomba, in-studio recording the hopefully US-market-breaking album or traveling Victoria on The Blues Train. He loves it! And works fucking hard for it too. A reviewer once compared Sam to Jimi Hendrix (or was it another guitar prodigy, Sam?). He is amazing & if he doesn't make his mark on the international music scene himself, at least one of his students will, I'm sure. One of the loveliest, most polite & most considerate musician & person I know. Some of these tortured artists can be very difficult! But not Mr Buckley, he's easy. Ladies, roll up, roll up before this gentleman gets taken ;).<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Anni Piper - Jailbait</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/XA4CFWSeBxI?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">2010 Optus Music Muster</div><br />
And for the dub-steppers who prefer doof over real instruments:<br />
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</div>Finally, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">my soundtrack</span></b> to the unity of myselves.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Missy Higgins - The Special Two.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/PJA92W-2dzU?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I've asked Kay to cover this for me. What a great celebration that would be.</div><div><br />
</div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-23751555542987643482011-03-28T05:03:00.000-07:002011-03-30T02:53:05.861-07:00Until the end of time.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">This clock's a little blurry (but of course it is, look whose hand it's in). Lol. I'm not a good time keeper. Now, good time waster, on the other hand...Procrastination is my middle name!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">French proverbs about time & how I relate (or can't relate) them to my personal experiences:</div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"It is not enough to run, one must start in time".</span></blockquote>Last year when all I wanted to do was run, hop & skip, I was told (time & time again), 'you have to crawl before you can walk'. Took me a while to get off the ground however, slowly but surely, I army crawled across that floor & I'm now fit for a marathon! Well, not quite, but I reckon I will actually make it past the badge collection for the City2Surf this year.<br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"Love makes the time pass & times makes love pass".</span></blockquote> Not sure if I understand this one...perhaps you need to be in love to get it? I don't know. Anyone? There's a section to comment below BUT the rules are you have to follow if you want to comment. I make the rules ;)<br />
<blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"Feather by feather the goose can be plucked".</span></blockquote></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">Again, this is about patience and doing things, one at a time. We've all heard the sayings 'All in good time', 'Time heals all wounds' etc. So for me, this applies to everything I'm doing. I now do things at a slower pace so that, firstly, they actually get done, secondly, are done well & finally, so I can enjoy the doing bit. It's like I said: <a href="http://stylemefrenchy.blogspot.com/2011/03/savoir-faire.html">http://stylemefrenchy.blogspot.com/2011/03/savoir-faire.html</a> </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wonder why clock's have hands?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe it's a metaphor to remind us that, though it's endless, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we really only have what's (only) momentarily in our hands.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Instead of trying to keep it tight in my grip, my hand is open. If I lose it, I lose it but if I get to make something of it, great! Easy come, easy go.<br />
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My fave French phrase on time is this:<br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch".</span> - Jane Austen</blockquote>Because I'm tardy! So next time you call me late I'll retaliate with, "I cannot be dictated to by your watch!". Because I'm cheeky.<br />
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<i>Girls Just Wanna Have Fun</i> legend Cyndi Lauper wrote a sweet ballad called <i>Time After Time</i> that will finish this blog on just the right note.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course techno remixes add 10 to the sweet factor.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Passion: beauty, purpose: beauty.</div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-33316571704330081452011-03-25T01:33:00.000-07:002011-03-25T01:33:32.628-07:00A little woman called Elisabeth...farewell Fair Lady.Paying my respects to a truly beautiful person, not just of blessed proportions and gorgeous profile but of a kind & generous heart. Ms Taylor is on my "who would you invite to dinner, if you could?" list. What a treat she would have been, too.<br />
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<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/24/3172059.htm">ABC report, Thursday March 24, 2011</a> : <i>Hollywood legend and violet-eyed beauty Elizabeth Taylor, famed as much for her glamorous but stormy love life as her five-decade Oscar-winning film career, has died aged 79. </i><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"There is no questioning the monumental impact that Elizabeth Taylor has had on film and on pop culture, but today I find myself celebrating the life of a woman who used her unparalleled fame to combat HIV/AIDS at a time when those suffering from the disease were being ignored because of the stigma attached, which made Elizabeth Taylor fight even harder. It is that courage and determination that has continued to inspire new generations of fans that span every imaginable background. She was a true survivor who lived to the fullest with both passion and purpose.”</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">— Andrew Budgell (a fan & author of this endearing online tribute <a href="http://www.dameelizabethtaylor.com/">www.dameelizabethtaylor.com</a>) </span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3468035353/"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxsQJ8_KIWNl-LtLqtfVpWOJVv68YcsPEI5iHIspYIEN15hX-sBHSFPGk3y1dEuQ8Eoa6tulZwSQibr8i7qx-y6KKbKUtIshLJzwxrXW4NO61bxuMeDGrG4-8NPvqR2fbXg6wVdnW1Cl0/s320/littlewomenposter.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br />
I happened to record the movie Little Women on Foxtel IQ, just out of the blue, the other day but little did I know, Elizabeth Taylor herself starred in the 1949 rendition of this classic film! Watch the black & white trailer <a href="http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3468035353/">here</a>.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Cute as a blonde. And what a cute kitten!</div><br />
So ladies & gents, we must press on with passion & with purpose! Thanks Elizabeth.Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-8164058732121958722011-03-22T15:48:00.000-07:002011-03-22T15:48:28.389-07:00Sense & Sensibility: Lesson #1.Further to my recent blog on <i>Savoir Faire</i>, last night's turn of events gave me the opportunity to to practice my newfound flexibility and ability to achelmise negative experiences and make the most of what you've got.<br />
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Situation: Mike & I spontaneously decided to grab a quick dinner which would give me the chance to borrow his PhotoShop magazine, which will (hopefully) help me to design Lotus Media's logo. Because we were texting and both missed each other's calls there was a big misunderstanding & I thought he was finished work so I left Leichhardt in Sydney's inner west to drive to the ever-enchanting east.<br />
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Never, will I ever attempt that trip again in peak hour! As my facebook status read last night, my navman said eight minutes but Sydney's stupid gridlock said 60!!! I was extremely annoyed and frustrated and to make matters worse, Bondi (that's what I call Mike), then asked for a rain check because he was exhausted from a 3am finish.I tell him he is a toss as I've been suffering the traffic for an hour & am nearly at his place, to which he replied, "Sorry Kaz, I'm still at work, won't be home until around 8pm, thought you knew that".<br />
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Me: "F**k Sydney, f**k traffic, f**k you dude cutting me off, f**k iPhones, f, f, f!!!". What a waste of petrol & time. "Shut-up idiot!", (to the loser honking at me on the phone). Pardon my French but boy was I grizzly!<br />
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Then, I thought, "OK, this is where I am, it's shit but how I can I gain something from this?"<br />
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How can I apply the principle of savoir faire & 'The Secret' scroll email I had read about turning complaining into appreciating earlier?<br />
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This thinking allowed me to change my seeing red...<br />
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into drinking red :)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Caught up on some emails and editing and had some dinner. Left feeling pleasant again.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>A great example of anger alcehmised into pleasure. (Yes, that word is new, it's my addition to the dictionary). Or, in Buddhist terms, arrows into flowers.Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-14759981469924092632011-03-21T03:24:00.000-07:002011-03-21T05:52:37.499-07:00Love.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of my oldest friend's grandparents on their wedding day. This gift was made by a family member for an anniversary. It looks like a book but it's a mantelpiece ornament. So beautiful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Poem reads: </div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"Love is</span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Two people who know,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Just as soon as they meet</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">That being together</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">makes life complete.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The warmth of a smile,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A soft gentle touch</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Of two special people </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Who care so very much.</span></div><u></u><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Love is</span></u></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">That wonderful time when</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">two hearts understand,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">That laughter; and sorrow</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">are shared hand in hand.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A beautiful gift to be</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">given away, enriching</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the lives of</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Two people each day."</span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Awwww. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Maybe this is waiting for me on Shikoku Island. Or Ecuador. Or Paris. Sydney is not looking very promising. Not even Kurrajong Village. Or Bondi.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Stylemefrenchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13142114634504645363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410815010167600637.post-70949052986924110322011-03-21T03:14:00.000-07:002011-03-21T03:27:56.789-07:00My Saturday night outfit.Spunky & comfy.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Another during coming soon - amy please email me pics).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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