From this moment on i know,

I am back.
Returned from my bewildering adventure.
Not really, but that sounds pretty interesting.

I can safely say now that i am officially employed by Sally's vintage clothe store.
Pretty exciting.
So that takes up two days of my life now, and i enjoy it immensely. Besides stuffing up the till at one point and not knowing what to do.
But that's all sorted, and i think a celebration is in order.

Besides the new intake of sweet sweet moolah, i haven't been doing all that much.

I hung out with an old soul on Tuesday, We went to a photography exhibition about the transition of Melbourne in the 50's till early 80's by a photographer named Mark Strizic.
Some of the photos were amazing and most f them made me smile. Especially one that was a photograph of a group of women sitting on a group of benches outside St Pauls Cathedral, On Swanston street during the 50's. They are still there today. and written on the step in tiles as you walk up to the benches says " Ladies only"
So like i said, in this photo was a group of fairly old ladies. Then almost the same photograph was next to this one, but had two men sitting on the other side of women. I thought that was brilliant.
Even when your 70 you can be a punk.

It was nice to see just normal city life during that time. I would prefer it the way that was in the photographs any day.

Anyway, we then made our way to a pub in Richmond, then wondered aimlessly for food, then ended up at my house eating pizza and listening to The Cure for a good few hours. Now that is a brilliant way to spend a night let me tell you. I like the old soul.


but now today, today is not going to be so amazing. I have to run to centerlink and then go buy a heater because i am so unbelievably cold. I was breathing condensation in my room last night.
But i better put my skates on. Boy i wish i meant that literally.

Note to self, buy some roller skates.




"Breathing sensor detecting breath condensation
A method, a device and a sensor to sense the breathing of a man or an animal. A breathing sensor which, in an optical way, detects changes in deposited moisture on a sensor portion is placed in the breathing air flow, and changes of a transmitted or reflected optical signal dependent on deposited moisture is sensed as a measure of the breathing. A sensor according to the invention may consist of an optical fiber, one end surface of which constitutes a sensor surface and reflects a signal in the fiber to a varying degree dependent on mist deposited by the breathing air flow on the sensor surface. The sensor can be used in other environments as well, to detect a condensable vapor in a gas."

for a while,

I'm not going to write here.
I think i'm going to wait until the end of the week, see what i have to say.
Until then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjgHbRrnjhU

Good luck is often with the man who doesn't include it in his plans.

Lucky days do exist, And boy was today mine.
I was awoken by a plumber, you don't get to say that often do you.
So eventually i dragged my self to get ready and get on my way. The weather was cold and rainy today, it was brilliant.
I ended up meeting my friend Austin outside The Gpo in the city and took him to explore Smith Street because he had not yet been there. We found some cool stuff but having a beer was more on both our minds i think. I showed him one more place which happened to be a second hand vintage clothes store. I'm not sure what it was called. It's a very impressive one though, fairly priced and a fairly impressive collection. The shop owner was playing some sweet tunes, a mixture of honky tonk jazz and big brass samba, so i decided to dance around while browsing at the same time. The owner walked past me and gave me strange look and asked if i was happy browsing, i responded with a smile and a yes thank you.
I continued waltzing around until i heard the owner say as she sat down "god i just need someonoe to work for me" Or something like that.
I drifted over and said "Well i'm looking for somewhere to work" She looked at me and said "Ohh really?"
We then got onto the discussion that she was looking for someone over 50 who she would think "knows about vintage jewellery and clothing"
She then said though, to my sheer delight, that she thought i looked like i would know a fair amount as well.

The lady (who i still dont know what her name is) pulled out a broach and asked me how old i thought it was. I said mid 60's (it looked like it)
I was right ha
She asked me a few more questions and suggested i return on Monday to meet an old lady who also works there named bettie for a trial and see if i like working there, and if i did, to come back the day after and she would pay me.

Now that is the dandiest thing that has happened to me for a while.
Naturally being me i smiled and probably giggled too much and said i would love to and will happily see her on Monday at 11:25.

After that, Austin and i had our beer next door. In a booth.

This is the beginning of something interesting i think.

As Fred Astaire once sang, Things are looking up!

Oh what a glorious day.

Really,
i believe its 16 degrees. And the sky is Grey. It hasn't rained yet but i hope it will.
This weather makes me feel so cosy. I want to go out with my fur coat and just sit somewhere..read a book or something.
But unfortunately due to my procrastination yesterday, i am looking for jobs today. Lame.
And i am not going to Lunar Park this evening anymore :( I was so incredibly excited to go on the roller coaster and the ghost train at night, and eat candy floss! at night!!
There is a big difference from doing such things during the day.
Next week i guess...
Lord knows what i'll be doing tonight then.
I feel like i haven't talked to someone in ages, as in reaalllly talked to somebody. None of this typical jibber jabber. I need mental stimulation!!

I'm rambling, and i need to go get dressed. But it's so comfy here, and Amanda Palmer is making me feel like i don't want to do anything at all. I absolutely idolise her. Like many other people i'm sure. Eh. Time to go, I will return.

Until then.

we missed you hissed

Well, my tap shoes have sadly been sold. But i will not give up looking for yet another pair.
Either way my day was filled with wonderful feline friends.
I met a few kittens in a pet store.
I made my way to a second hand store along chapel street only to find an old marionette puppet of a black cat for a very very cheap price. I bought it instantly.
I have two old marionette puppets now. The other one is of a dog that was bought for me when i was little, on a trip to Sydney.
The only thing i liked about that dog puppet was where it was from, which was this old puppet store (obviously) on the rocks i think it was. I was too young to remember exactly where but the shop was absolutely amazing. Puppets suspended from the ceiling and walls. But i hated the dog puppet, my twin sister got a cat. I wanted the cat. And the dog had this strange brace which held the neck with the body, like most marionettes. But i just thought it was ugly and tried to hide it under my hotel bed, hopinig that no one would find it and we would return to Perth without it. My mum did find it though, and i'm glad now because i can appreciate how amazing it actually is.

But anyway!
the cat is gorgeous.
My next feline encounter was at a bookstore which is way up the other end of Chapel street, near the Astor. Two cats roam around and do as they please while people roam shelves looking for a desired book. I went in and found one asleep on the chair, we talked for a while then i introduced him to my new black cat. The real cat was interested at first...but then didn't care and curled up again looking at me as if waiting for me to scratch under it's chin agan. Which i did :)


So much for looking for jobs.

Stop your messing around.

Today is the day for cleaning and looking for a job.

And possibly some tap shoes....

But mostly cleaning. It is always so good to clean when you are actually in a cleaning mood.
The Cure are playing so loudly in the background, my day feels good already.

A real tragedy.

If you don't know who this is, i suggest you go now and learn something valuable.

"It's not raining sweetheart, do you really need that umbrella?"

If there is a record for the quickest visit to centerlink, i totally broke it today.

And if anyone can relate, We all know that is a good thing.
I decided to use my day as a day of wondering and seeing where it will lead me.
I started on Victoria street, only because that is where centerlink is.
But it was a good place to start. It reminded me of Northbridge, with it's ethnicity and Chinese restaurant, one after the other.
I managed to finally get my dirty paws on a paper parasol. It made me happy.
I also found a very nice fascinator for half price at ye olde Salvation Army.
That made me very happy.

I then made my way to Smith street. I like it there. I met a dog named Toby, who made me miss my pets at home. He was hanging outside a bookstore, a very very cheap bookstore that was playing delightful music. I walked around there for ages with my friend Billy, he is always great company and makes me laugh. There are many second hand shops down that street. And actually good ones for a change. I was beginning to lose hope in ever finding amazing things in second hand stores. I found a bike too!
for only 100 clams...
but i am not even going to say where, that's my secret..
Although the shop owner told me off for asking if i could have a plastic bag. Yes, i am aware of the major problem with the usage of plastic bagsssssss.
I calmed down about it all after a while and continued snooping in stores, finding myself singing along to "My Funny Valentine"
making me feel very nostalgic, and letting my imagination go wild.
I love that feeling.
Well, the feeling of being nostalgic over nostalgia.
But who cares, i like to think i'm not from this day and age any ways.

I have to change a few things about my self very quickly.
I need to trrryyy and go to sleep earlier, or at least get up early. I don't think it works like that though.
I love the feeling of early mornings. If i could not sleep at all, i wouldn't..but that's not really possible.

I need to clean up my room. Its a mess and i am losing things already. The only thing that isnt covered in paper and clothing is my chair, Ah my beloved chair. She is more beautiful than Carol Lombard herself. Well maybe...it's debatable, if Carol Lombard was a chair.
I found said chair across the road one day. She is an Art Deco dirty dirty pink dream. With her Dark varnished wooden sleeves. And boy is she comfy.

I'm going to leave this contraption for a while and attempt to tidy my bedroom, wish me luck.


Never thought i'd fill with desire.

All that is well, doesn't end well.

It is peculiar how something good can end so..well crap.

I had an amazing day today ( or yesterday so to speak)
Everything was just unquestionably nice.
The air was nice, the sun was nice, the company i had was lovely. Even the point where i had nothing to do was nice.

I met a man who's occupation was being a clown. He told me he had been a clown for twenty years and walked with me to The Salvation Army to buy himself a new red shirt for a show he had next week. Sadly i can't remember his name and i could have been a lot more polite.
Before that, I met up with someone who i have just begun to know, and hope to know a lot more about. We went to ACCA which was really interesting. It was funny though, i found the pieces slightly daunting. As if i was a little kid who didn't understand how it all worked there for didn't know if i should even move away from the warm safety of company. If that makes sense. It doesn't to me.

I then drew a rabbit on the wall outside. Without the suggestion or encouragement i wouldn't have done so. I'm a square.

What i'm getting to here is. I have what felt like an amazing day. A very simple, amazing day.

It is then a real shame that my night hasn't been as pleasent as my day had turned out to be.
I don't like hearing cold words from someone i care deeply for.
It makes me question if i'm refusing to see what is sadly reality.
There is no reason for me to return if i'm right.

3:16 am
in 6 hours i will find my self in the "depressing doctors clinic blue" office of Centerlink.


Goodmorning.

I'm Sorry

But i think this is fucking brilliant.


I will now only..brush my teeth with Colgate, blue minty gel.

"Toto, i don't think we're in Kansas anymore"

Well, this is strange.
I don't usually like using these things.
I hope i use this just to express small events in my day, and to show things that i find utterly amazing. Lord knows how long it will last before i end up just using it to splurge "how i feel"

But to start, i say hello. To myself i guess.

I'm living very differently at the moment. Almost exactly how i want to live. I have moved to Melbourne, which in my case is Oz and where i was from is Kansas. It's Strange and wonderful here. At first i was very home sick for the people i loved, and i still am i guess. But i'm trying to clear my head at the same time.

I have done a lot while i have been here too. I have heard delicious sounds of music which i will never forget, I have grown closer to people that i knew before. I have learnt to love being alone, and to hate it some times. Many things.

I begin to question that i like my life style at the moment because it is simply a change, although i feel very alive. At home, i felt weighed down by things that i didn't need or want.

About a week ago, i was feeling like it was ok if i were to go home. But in these last few days, I have been exposed to a few things and people that have made my opinion change yet again. What a roller coaster. I love meeting people and seeing things that give you shivers, if that makes sense. It can be anyone or anything. Like for example, i saw a real Rembrandt painting the other day. It was so utterly amazing to be standing in front of such a beautiful thing that was done years and years ago that i had read about in books, never thinking i would see it in person.

Still, i miss the people i love. And once again, i have rambled and made many grammatical errors. Story of my life Ha.