Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Comments.

I checked back to that website this morning and people had posted a few comments on the look. I'm being totally vain right now but whatever. I thought I was going to get absolutely shut down but people were really nice, and seemed to like what I wore. It's crazy how they assume that the look has been 'put together' with a lot of thought, when really the only reason I wore those two together is because my other jacket was red. No high tech styling genius is hiding away in my brain. I spent that whole last week just wearing whatever wasn't dirty, and when that ran out, I wore whatever smelt the least bad. Hahaha. Yay for hygiene. Anyway, here are a couple of them, I couldn't print screen them all so I got the most recent. Somehow i don't think Jack is into fashion. Creepy motherflipper.


Oh so last night, funniest thing ever. Arty is on this new health kick where he is doing a bazillion sit ups every night and trying to eat healthy. We were all sitting watching tv together, a rare occasion in itself, and he was doing sit ups on the floor. I looked away for a second and when I looked back he and Mum had started there  own little strongman/woman competition. It started with sit ups, then clap pushups and dips but fast forward 20 minutes (yes, 20 minutes) and Arty is in a headstand against the wall doing pushups and Mum is heckling him from the couch. He then gets up and holds Mum like she's a little kid and starts throwing her up and down in the air, funniest thing ever. We were all crying we were laughing so hard. Then he puts her over his shoulder and starts doing squats. Takes the term "Home gym" to a whole new level.

Nineteen.

So as most of you know, I spent my birthday in New York. I was walking along the street at about 4 in the afternoon and this lady comes up to me and says "Excuse me.." I thought she was asking for directions or something (not that I would have any clue where to point her) but she said she was from a street style blog and wanted to know if she could take my picture for the website. I thought I was going to die on the spot. Rewind back about half an hour and I'm at the apartment taking off my make-up and rationalising that even though my hair is oily as all hell, I can probably get away with it for the afternoon. I check the clock and decide that I can fit in a quick dash to Wholefoods (see: best store ever.) to grab an afternoon snack because even though Chase bought me 4 super cute cupcakes, it's my birthday and I'll have 5 lunches if I want to...

So here I am standing on the street looking legitimately homeless, and having just stuffed my face full of food and this chick has decided she likes my jacket. Fuuuu- 

I mean, it's flattering that she liked it and all, but seriously the timing was shitballs. Plus it was about to storm like crazy so I was nearly being blown onto the road while she was taking pictures. Oh well. I'm going to try and not be too critical of myself and post the interview thing here, because it is one of those things that will most likely never happen again. Peace. 

 


Monday, August 30, 2010

The project.

So right now I'm sitting on the floor in my room, drinking chai and surrounded by incense. 
I feel like I'm home now. 


Beside me on the floor are 5 golden envelopes, the beginning of my project..

I'm sending them out within the hour, and I couldn't be more excited. 
I feel like Willy Wonka. 

Sunday, August 29, 2010

I found these today.

I drew them before I went away, in a brief moment of creativity. I was pretty proud when I did them, but now that I look at them they seem pretty terrible. Haha.  



Im starting work on a special project today. I am so excited about it. I will let you know more about it when they're finished, because my project might even involve you! Oh i can't wait, it's going tobe sweet, just you wait and see :)


Saturday, August 28, 2010

Home!

I can't even begin to explain how good it is to be home. As much as I loved being away, I really missed my Mum and my family, I missed the ocean and I missed just being somewhere familiar. I feel super bad for not updating my blog while I was away, but I just didn't have enough time at all. I kept a journal though, which I wrote in (almost) every day so I am kind of thinking that I will type up some exerpts from that so that you can get the full experience of what my trip was like. I have heaps of photos to put up, and I bought film for my Holga while I was over there so I am hugely excited to see how they turn out, and I will put them up if they are not complete failures haha. Anyway, I also bought this sweet little handheld video camera, it's HD and waterproof with a shitload of memory space so you should be looking forward to all the videos I am going to post about random things that happen in Ballina. I only started filming stuff on the plane flight from New York to L.A, because the people just asked for it. I was sitting next to this Sri Lankan man who was just so freaking awkward and up himself. Our conversations went like this;
Him: So....um, how did you like New york?
Me: Yeah. It was really great. 
(Please note I was really not in the mood to make small talk, and I was in the middle of watching a movie and kept having to take off my earphones every time he said something.)
Him: Yeah I liked it too, but I was only there for 4 days because I'm on a business trip at the momentand we are traveling all over the world.
Me: Cool. 
Him: Yeah it is, and the best part is that we get it all paid for by the company, I am an executive at Myer. So i get the companies credit card and away we go!
Me: Huh. That sounds alright.
Him: So were are you from?
Me: Australia
Him: Nice, I'm from Sri Lanka. Have you ever been there?
Me: No, but I will one day, my grandpa was from Sri Lanka. 
Him:(looking confused) Oh so, he was born in Australia but lived there?
Me: No, he was born in Sri Lanka and moved to Australia when he was 17.
Him: (So confused that his eyebrows were almost touching his knees.) Your grandfather?
Me: OH MY GOD YOU CAN'T JUST ASK SOMEONE WHY THEY'RE WHITE!
Haha. I wish. In reality, I just said "yep" and put the headphones back on. We still had 4 hours to go. I was not making it even more awkward than it already was. 

There was a lady sitting opposite me too, across the aisle, who was making me laugh so much. She wore this hat the whole way-the whole 6 hours- which was like an acoubra hat, one you would find in the outback on some cowboy. I would not have been surprised if she had had corks swinging from the brim. When we took off and when we landed, she put her head between her knees and put the blanket completely over her whole body so she looked like a giant blue marshmallow. The funniest thing was the fact that it took almost 20 minutes for her to actually get into that position. It made me laugh.

Haha Louis just came running out of the lounge room yelling "Char! Char! You have to see this!" He was so excited and had this massive grin on his face. "What?"I turn around and look at him and he goes "Watch this..." He opens up his mouth really wide, and starts whacking himself on the head with his fist... Oh it is good to be home.

*Apologies also for the lack of images, we are out of internet time so even my tumblr dashboard won't load. Fuuuuu-

Monday, August 23, 2010

just read the blog. you're kind of amazing and i totally envy you(:

Aw! That makes me feel loved. I was just thinking that my blog is horrible lately because I am way too exhausted to type at the end of the day. But when I get home I'm going to totally start up again. We'll see. :)

Tell me your secrets.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

So.

I got told today that I reminded someone of Cassie Ainsworth. Which I took as a MASSIVE compliment. Even though she is a fucking psycho drug addict. But hey. Right now I am on the laptop while Im getting my hair put into corn rows pretty much. Which is swell. Im going to wake up in the morning with a fucking afro. Silent yes for Charlotte. I just heard someone say "oh my god look at that knot" Oh shit balls. They are taking photos with the back of my head. You could say I'm the life of the party. Ok I have three heads pressed up against the back of my neck. What is even going on.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Blasphemy.


Dear Commonwealth bank,
I really was pretty pumped when you told me that I could use my credit card over here for no charge, and that I should use it even for things that cost a couple of dollars. But I was pretty pissed off when I discovered that you were charging me $2 everytime I used it. But whatever, you're a bank and you want my money. Forgive and forget. But when I realised that you charged me 50 bucks to withdraw money from an atm, seriously wtf? Why do you have to make it so difficult? I understand that you are the commonwealth bank and so that doesn't include America, but could you at least have a sistetr bank or something? Because you are making it really hard for me to keep money in my account. It's like when you try to run up the beach with water cupped between your hands, but by the time you get to where you're going to, it's all dripped through the cracks and onto the ground and gone. Well, it's kind of shit when that happens with your money. I really didn't plan to lose hundreds of dollars like that, so I'm kind of pissed off about it. But whatever. One day a piano will fall on you or something, or an anvil. But until then, I'll just suck it up. Write into cyberspace about nothing at all. Have a great day.So, to the person who will eventually end up with my money, please do something good with it. Invest it in shares, or cancer research, or build homes for the poor. Feed hungry children, and cure AIDS, make lonely people feel loved, and sad people smile. I think I would like to at least pretend that the money you take is used to make the world a better place. Whatever helps me sleep at night. I hope you're a good person.
Love Char.

Quote of the week.

Ok so it's more like conversation of the week but it's my blog so whatever. Don't you hate when you walk into a conversation halfway through and it's about something really weird? I love it. Ok so here it is...

Setting: Bathroom of Panera bread, 9am breakfast.

Charlie: "Do you ever get scared when you go for a run that you're going to discover a body?"
Hannah: "Or that when you go into a toilet cubicle that there'll be one on the floor."
*Charlotte walks in to the bathroom*
Charlie: "Or that when the vent in the bathroom roof is open and you think that blood will start dripping down and there will be a body up in there?"
Hannah: "YES! Oh my god!"
Charlotte: "Guys, what the fuck is going on right now?"

P.S I love you.

Because I have been looking at the same things every day for a month and a half.
Love everything about this photo. 

Dear sushi. I miss you. I can't wait to see you again soon. Love, Char. 

So close, but yet, so far. I tried on some actual harry potter glasses yesterday. Didn't fit. Fuuu-

Because I did this to my light about 4 months ago. And the wallpaper is Uh-mazing. Double love. 

Pretty sure I'm going to colour my hair like this. 

And this. "Strawberry Blonde." Apparently. 

Only just discovered how much I love Paramore. Actually, it's a lot. 

Ocean, I miss you also terribly. Your smell. The salty-goodness. I miss waves.

Cos I gained 10lbs(5kg) in 6 weeks. FML. Skbtchs. 






Some days the world seems like it's going too fast and I just can't keep my feet on the ground. At times like these I lay on the grass and watch the sky. The stars whisper to me and tell me their secrets. I realise the world is bigger than me. It puts eve

The world is bigger than most of us. Whisper back, they like that. I love watching the sky, and this post has made my day a little better. I adore you right now. :)

Tell me your secrets.

your amazing charlotte durand!!! :) love kristie worden xxxxxxxxxxxx

You are! I love you :) I hope everything is wonderful for you.

Tell me your secrets.