I'm in the business of befuddlement.

burbanked: (original GIFs via lemondifficult: cumoncones)

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:37:00 +1000

(original GIFs via lemondifficult: cumoncones)

In Living Monochrome.

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:38:42 +1000

Yesterday Jessica, my little sister, turned 24.

Being the people we are we hosted a birthday dinner party, soirée, thing. This year Jessica chose the theme (we always have themes) Black and White. So. Fuckin’. Classy.

I went into my usual hostess overdrive, which was fun. I even roasted nuts.

I’m always so impressed by the effort our friends put into dressing to our themes. I feel like going to that much effort just to appease someone is a serious sign of love.

Jessica had an excellent time and our guests were well fed, watered, and entertained. So I think that all adds up to a successful evening.

Between Jessica’s styling skills and theme brainstorming ability and my craft and cooking skills, I legit think we could kill it as party planners.

I took great pride in the cake I made for Jess this year. White chocolate mud cake with dark chocolate ganache and an edible pearl border.

We were so organised this year. How organised you say? So fucking organised that it’s worthy of noting in this post. I actually scared myself a little with the amount of prep I had done hours (even days) before any guests arriving.

I talk about how organised I was in regard to the food and drink, but I was so lazy/disorganised with my costume. Jessica dressed up (awesomely I might add) as Elsa Van Helsing from Frankenweenie. We also had a cricketer, a panda, a convict, an amazing amalgamation of black and white fantastic-ness, and a cross-dressing Wednesday Adams. I dressed up as a domino. I recycled my ghost sheet from last Halloween and used a Sharpie to draw the domino ‘design’ about 30 mins before people were due to arrive. It was off the chain.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN JESSICA! Who knows when it’ll be your birthday again, you’ve got to enjoy them whenever they pop up.

kerdea replied to your photo: Ambience 101: How To Make Yourself A Soothing… Oooh, gurl. You...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:52:15 +1000

kerdea replied to your photo: Ambience 101: How To Make Yourself A Soothing…

Oooh, gurl. You got that on LOCK. I need to take a page out of your book and beautify my hermitage! xD

The days of hermitage in cold caves sans mood lighting are OVER! Hooray!

OMG! Idea! A home wares store dedicated to creating soft, warm, nurturing hermit nests. Lovely.

Ambience 101: How To Make Yourself A Soothing Hermit’s...

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:34:28 +1000

Ambience 101: How To Make Yourself A Soothing Hermit’s Nest.

namedotcom: If you watch us eat cotton candy backwards, we look...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:45:08 +1000

namedotcom:

If you watch us eat cotton candy backwards, we look like this.

I can’t take my eyes of this! My heart is bleeding joy!

4, 11, 21 and ... 7.

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:39:38 +1000

4. Top 4 Directors.

Wes Anderson
Quentin Tarantino
Edgar Wright
Nora Ephron
Christopher Nolan

11. The main reason I went to see Get Low was because Bill Murray was in it. I had no idea what it was about and I didn’t have a clue who else was in it. All I knew was I saw Bill Murray’s face on the poster in my local cinema and after that I was sold on whatever the movie would have ended up being. It actually ended up being an amazing film too. Beautiful and funny.

21. The first really grown up movie I watched was probably Cliffhanger. Dad would have hired it on VHS (the 90s amirite?!) and not payed attention to whether any children had remained in the room. I was terrified. People being shot and falling from great heights! I was not ready for that shit.

7. I answered this just before, it’s clearly an excellent question.

7, 18 and 23, dawg! x

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:48:05 +1000

7. My guilty pleasure movies are the tear jerking type centring around strong female characters, which usually have one character die in a scene designed to slay you emotionally. These movies were huge in the late 80s and early 90s. They aren’t bad movies (in my opinion), but are abhorred by many people. My favourites include Steel Magnolias, Beaches, Fried Green Tomatoes, and The First Wives Club. They always have brilliant casts, yet aren’t taken seriously probably because patriarchy. I don’t know if it really counts as a guilty pleasure when I literally feel no shame in my love.

18. It’s a tie between The Royal Tenenbaums and The Boat That Rocked soundtracks. After I saw The Royal Tenenbaums I got my hands on every bit of Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, and Nico I could and would listen to them whenever I felt sad. Also Mark Motherbaugh always kills it with his scoring for Wes Anderson. The Boat That Rocked has one of the best soundtracks ever, which makes sense considering the music is basically one of the characters of the film.

23. The Back to the Future trilogy is super awesome. They’re probably my favourite sci-fi movies mostly because Michael J. Fox.

jessicaexplainsitall: cityofbridges: d-white211: 1. What was the last movie you watched...

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:48:46 +1000

jessicaexplainsitall:

cityofbridges:

d-white211:

1. What was the last movie you watched on theaters?
2. What was the first movie you ever remember watching on theaters?
3. Top 5 movies
4. Top 5 directors
5. A favorite adapted movie
6. Your best experience on going to the movies
7. A guilty pleasure
8. An overrated movie
9. An underrated movie
10. A movie that not many have heard that you’ve seen
11. A movie you watched mainly for an actor
12. Top 5 actors
13. Top 5 actresses
14. VHS, DVD or Blu-Ray?
15. Favorite Disney movie (not PIXAR!)
16. A tearjerker
17. A movie that you know its bad but you can’t help but love it
18. Favorite Movie Soundtrack
19. Favorite quote from a movie
20. A movie that was better than the book
21. First adult film you watched (thematically speaking not R-rated)
22. A kids movie you always watch
23. Favorite Science Fiction movie
24. Favorite Comedy
25. Favorite Fantasy
26. Favorite Love Story
27. A movie you hate
28. Favorite animated movie
29. A movie from your favorite director you didn’t liked
30. Favorite comic book movie
31. 3 movies you’re expecting excitedly!
32. A book you read for a movie
33. Favorite Musical
34. Favorite fictional character
35. A movie you wished they never made

ASK ME THINGS

Fun fun fun fun! Please question me!

I’m joining in on this party. Ask away!

She’s up all night for good fun. I HIGHLY recommend...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:54:00 +1000

She’s up all night for good fun.

I HIGHLY recommend playing ‘Get Lucky’ and staring at this gif for the whole song.

“his voice sank pressed up against the wall, ‘We have lived for...

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:09:00 +1000

“his voice sank pressed up against the wall, ‘We have lived for too long. We wish. We wish; we want we want -’ ‘We are not,’ he said, ‘long-term beings. not heroes of romances in many volumes. for one gesture, for one word alone, we shall make the effort. We openly admit: our creations will be temporary.’”
This book is stunning as an object, as a series of words, and as art.

jessicaexplainsitall: This is my other Star Trek Into Darkness...

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:08:00 +1000

jessicaexplainsitall:

This is my other Star Trek Into Darkness review. Slightly more succinct.

Jessica posted this about half an hour ago and it’s already approaching 100 notes. It’s funny because duh! Jess is funny, but it also proves tumblr is kinda lame.

Shepherds should be real concerned this morning.

Sat, 11 May 2013 07:02:50 +1000

Shepherds should be real concerned this morning.

themoops replied to your photo: I am beautiful. IDK if teeth are my favourite candy because they are...

Sat, 11 May 2013 01:26:41 +1000

themoops replied to your photo: I am beautiful.

IDK if teeth are my favourite candy because they are delicious or consistently hilarious

It’s both. Definitely both.

I am beautiful.

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:55:36 +1000

I am beautiful.

"Writing a poem is like having an affair, a one-night stand; a short story is a romance, a..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:07:04 +1000

““Writing a poem is like having an affair, a one-night stand; a short story is a romance, a relationship; a novel is a marriage—one has to be cunning, devise compromises, and make sacrifices.””

- Amos Oz (via theparisreview)

Saw Star Trek Into Darkness tonight.

Fri, 10 May 2013 23:40:29 +1000

Fuckin’ loved it, captain.

The ghosts of trimmed plants.

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:46:30 +1000

The ghosts of trimmed plants.

First game of scrabble in ages today. It was tense. It was nail...

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:34:25 +1000

First game of scrabble in ages today. It was tense. It was nail biting. It should have been televised.

ricktimus: This .GIF set makes me so happy. I don’t have...

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:17:17 +1000

ricktimus:

This .GIF set makes me so happy.

I don’t have words for how excited I am for The World’s End. It’s that thing where you get ridiculously emotional about something that’s actually incredibly funny.

heymonster: It’s almost here. Amazing. New life motto.

Thu, 09 May 2013 01:33:29 +1000

heymonster:

It’s almost here.

Amazing. New life motto.