9.5.13

I'LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU JOHN KRASINSKI

SO MANY GREAT VIDEOS
SO FEW SPARE MINUTES IN THE DAY TO ENJOY THEM
IF YOU TAKE ONLY A FEW MINUTES OUT OF YOUR DAY TODAY
BE SURE THAT IT IS TO WATCH THIS AMAZING ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
BY THE US OFFICE STAR JOHN KRASINSKI AND LATE NIGHT'S JIMMY FALLON

JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE
IF A MAN EVER DID THIS
I WOULD BE WOOED

EMILY BLUNT IS ONE LUCKY LADY


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30.4.13

BACK TO THE FUTURE... TODAY

INCASE I DIDN'T FEEL OLD ENOUGH ALREADY TODAY 
AFTER GOING TO AN ALL AGES CONCERT AND LINING UP WITH 12 YEAR OLDS
THE FUTURE HAS COME AROUND, MUCH QUICKER THAN EXPECTED 
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12.4.13

I'M BACK

APOLOGIES
POSTS HAVE BEEN LACKING
LIFE HAS BEEN HECTIC
EXCUSES
AND MORE EXCUSES


WHEN LIFE GETS IN THE WAY OF ALL THE THINGS THAT MAKE
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE LIVING, IT IS A PREDICAMENT

WITH AGE COMES RESPONSIBILITY
WITH RESPONSIBILITY OFTEN COMES STRESS
AND YOUR TIME IS SWEPT OUT FROM UNDERNEATH YOU
SOMEWHAT LIKE A MISBEHAVING ALADDIN'S CARPET
BUT IN A FAR MORE TIRESOME, LESS EXCITING WAY

AS IT IS FAAAASSSSSHHHHARRRRN WEEK
BELOW ARE SOME FUN AND FABULOUS SHOTS OF BITS AND PIECES THAT EXCITE ME ABOUT FASHION
IT SHOULD ALL BE A BIT OF FUN
DINOSAUR SUNGLASSES FOR EVERYONE!!!     














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26.3.13

HIGH LOW

MY WORLD IS FULL OF CLEVER PEOPLE
THOSE WHO HAVE ACHIEVED HUGE SUCCESS IN ALL FORMS
IN SELF, FAMILY, FRIENDS, WORK, BUSINESS, COMMUNITY,  
ENVIRONMENT, SPIRITUALITY, MANKIND, MATERIAL POSESSIONS AND EMOTIONALLY.

AS WITH ALL THINGS IN LIFE, WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACHIEVED, 
AND REACHED A HEIGHT OF GREATNESS,
 BE IT AT THEIR OWN STANDARDS, OR THAT WHICH IS DETERMINED BY WIDER SOCIETY.
THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN LOW MOMENTS
 

TIMES WHEN THEY HAVE FAILED
TIMES WHEN THEY HAVE FELT THEIR GOALS ARE OUT OF REACH, AND THAT SUCCESS IS A LOST HOPE

AND YET THEY HAVE SUCCEEDED

THERE ARE SOME I KNOW THAT TEND TO BE A LITTLE (OR VERY) TOUGH ON THEMSELVES AND SOMETIMES NEED TO BE REMINDED OF JUST HOW GREAT THEY ARE
HOW MUCH THEIR CONTRIBUTION MEANS TO THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES
AND HOW FAR THEY HAVE COME, AND JUST HOW MUCH THEY HAVE ACHIEVED

LITTLE DO THEY KNOW, IT IS THE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE WHO HAVE FACED THE TOUGHEST OF FAILURES, THAT ARE BY FAR THE MOST SHINING STARS IN MY EYES

HAVING JUMPED OFF THE METAPHORICAL CLIFF, INTO CAREERS UNKNOWN, OPEN ENDED TRAVEL, AND INTO WHAT MAY SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE NEVER ENDING STUDIES, THESE PEOPLE HAVE AGAINST ALL ODDS LEARNT TO SWIM AND ARE DOING A MAGNIFICENT JOB STAYING AFLOAT

WHILE HARRY POTTER ISN'T FOR EVERYONE, I DO HOPE THAT EVERYONE BELIEVES IN A LITTLE MAGIC

IT IS FOR THAT REASON THAT I HAVE INCLUDED THE BELOW OPENING ADDRESS OF THE HARVARD 2008 GRADUATION CEREMONY BY J K ROWLING. IT IS IN THIS SPEECH THAT SHE TALKS ABOUT THE 'FRINGE BENEFITS OF FAILURE' AND HOW IN FACT IT IS ONLY THROUGH THE PROCESS OF FEELING LOW, THAT YOU FEEL HIGH. 
TO THOSE FEELING AS THOUGH YOU ARE STUCK IN A LOW, OR EVEN HAVING A LOW MINUTE, MOMENT OR MONTH, KNOW THAT THERE IS A HIGH ON IT'S WAY, AND I ALWAYS HAVE A HUG FOR YOU TO REMIND YOU JUST HOW STRONG YOU ARE.

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WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

YESTERDAY I LOCKED IN AN AISLE SEAT TO GET ME ACROSS THE GLOBE
THE BEGINNING OF THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME
WITH FABULOUS PEOPLE WITH COMFORTABLE SHOULDERS TO SLEEP ON

IT IS A FEELING I CAN LIKEN TO NOTHING ELSE
 I HAVE A SMILE EAR TO EAR WITH EXCITEMENT
I MENTION IT DAILY, 
AND CAN NOT STOP DREAMING OF ORANGE STARS, 
DANCING IN THE RAIN 
AND SHARING IN LIFE CHANGING MOMENTS

THE AUSTRALIANS GO TO BURNING MAN- VOLUME TWO
I WILL DEFINITELY BE WALKING DOWN HAPPY STREET
WHEN WE FLY HOME TO BLACK ROCK CITY




 







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14.3.13

DOUBLE TROUBLE

SOME OF LIFE'S GREATEST THINGS COME IN PAIRS
KIT KATS BEING ONE, ANOTHER IS GIRLFRIENDS
PARTICULARLY WITH WOMEN
ONE IS FUN, BUT TWO IS TROUBLE
THE BEST KIND OF TROUBLE OF COURSE









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12.3.13

LUCKY IN LOVE

IN THE 70's MARINA ABRAMOVIC AND ULAY BEGAN AN INTENSE LOVE STORY, PERFORMING ART OUT OF THE VAN THAT THEY LIVED IN. 
WHEN THEY FELT THEIR RELATIONSHIP HAD RUN IT'S COURSE, THEY DECIDED TO WALK THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA, EACH FROM OPPOSITE ENDS, MEETING FOR ONE LAST FINAL HUG IN THE MIDDLE, BEFORE NEVER SEEING EACH OTHER AGAIN.

IN 2010 MARINA PERFORMED "THE ARTIST IS PRESENT" AT A RETROSPECTIVE AT MOMA IN NEW YORK. 
SHE SHARED A MINUTE OF SILENCE WITH EACH STRANGER WHO SAT IN FRONT OF HER. 
ULAY ARRIVED WITHOUT HER KNOWING..... THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.



THIS VIDEO CATCHES A MOMENT THAT IS RARELY SEEN
AN APPRECIATION FOR A LOVE THAT WAS, AND THE RESPECT AND AFFECTION FOR EACH OTHER 
THAT LIVES WITHIN TWO INDIVIDUALS, DESPITE NO LONGER BEING IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER.
THIS BOND AND CONTINUED LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER 
IS WHAT YOU DREAM OF HAVING WHEN A RELATIONSHIP ENDS
TO ACHIEVE THIS IS RARE, AND FOR THOSE THAT DO, OH HOW LUCKY YOU ARE
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