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Olivia Lefebre - Thugged Out Since Cub Scouts.

Highs:

1. I spontaneously went to the Polo today. I was pretty skeptical at first, but after the long (bus) ride out there, a yarn with a friend I haven’t seen in ages and a few canapés, I was feeling pretty happy. Moral of this story? Food makes everything better.
2. This video of Tavi (I know, Tavi again, shush yourselves!) singing Neil Young’s ‘Heart of Gold’ live. LIVE!
3. Our ‘Thugged Out Since Cub Scouts’ tees are labelled, printed and ready to go! Mark your diaries – Thursday evening, here we come!(For many pictures of our attractive friends wearing the things, check out my photo diary.)
4. This shot of Noah Emrich (from NOVH) by James Nord is so fricken good. The outfit, the pose, the location, everything. He just looks so damn cool. (Sup Noah.)
5. The Liam launch at the Ruby pop-up store on Wednesday night. Cool collection (keep an eye out for the bright blue pants!) and a cool event with food, drinks and Watercolours playing live. Can’t get much better than that.

Low(e)s:

1. It’s ‘gutted’ not ‘guttered’! Guttered makes no sense! ARGH!
2. Stupid voices including, but not limited to – baby voices and pretend animal voices (dogs, cats, etc).
3. I stood on someone’s sunglasses the other day, and broke them. And not even just a little bit broke them, I broke, broke them. And what’s more, they weren’t even his sunglasses – he had borrowed them from his brother. UGH.
4. Wow, so that credit card debt is just not going to go away on it’s own, huh?

Erica and Maddy. Photo/James K Lowe.

Highs:

1. I posted a picture from this new HIV/Aids Awareness campaign on my Facebook page, with the word ‘Thoughts?’ underneath it. I wasn’t expecting much response but boy was I wrong. It turns out people love to give their thoughts on these kinds of things. Check it out (and maybe even give us your own two cents), here.
2. How good is this Isabel Marant sweater?
3. Had my photo taken for a magazine on Friday. (More on this later.) For someone who has a gazillion photos of themselves all over the internet and has had their photo taken a multitude of times over the last year, it’s bloody nerve-racking to have your photo taken by someone new or someone you’re not used to. Bloody nerve-racking.
4. You may or may not have already heard, but Isaac and I are re-running the ‘Thugged Out Since Cub Scouts’ tees in a couple of limited edition colourways. They’ll be on sale on the night of the 23rd of February. Mark your calendars now. More on this as it progresses though, I promise.
5. I had a really freakin’ good hair day today.
6. Tavi’s voice is starring in this animated film, Cadaver. The trailer came out this week and she’s singing Neil Young’s ‘Heart of Gold’ in the background. Listen to it. She’s bloody good. And for those who are in New York for fashion week (or otherwise), you’ll be able to hear her sing it live at The Standard hotel on the 12th!

Low(e)s:

1. Today is the 5th of February – the day I’m being forced to switch ‘Timeline’ according to Facebook. It’s a sad day. The new Timeline freaks me out a bit, the ability to move so far back into my past with such ease is disconcerting. On the plus side, I have gone back to 2008 and deleted (most of) the passive aggressive comments directed at my then boyfriend, untagged myself from the worst of the worst photos (seriously, what was I thinking in 2009?!) and successfully (I hope) rehashed the privacy settings on the whole photo albums thing. Wish me luck.
2. There is this really annoying problem at my house, whereby when someone calls the landline (I know, right? Who uses landlines these days? Note to anyone thinking of calling me on it: I never pick it up.), it cuts off the internet momentarily. Probably for a good 30 seconds to a minute. It doesn’t sound long, but it is bloody frustrating.
3. I bailed on three excursions this week, and all just because I got in that ‘can’t be bothered’ mode. I can really be a full on recluse sometimes. I often wonder if one day I’ll die and nobody will know because I hardly ever go out to see anyone and my body won’t be found for weeks and it’ll only be because one of my readers will realise that I haven’t blogged in ages. Wow. Depressing.
4. Someone recently said to me, “This is why you don’t get close to people – because they f*ck you around. Sweet, sweet detachment.” Without getting into the details, I can relate. If you’re detached you never get screwed over, but at the same time I’m not good at being detached so when I heard that it just made me feel incredibly sad. I don’t know where I’m going with this but it just made me feel sad. Man this is heavy stuff for a Sunday. Heavy.
5. The ‘Low(e)s’ this week just got real. Sh*t just got too real, guys. Back to the light-hearted fun stuff tomorrow!

James K Lowe on the driveway.

Highs:

1. Productivity levels quite high this week. Many meetings attended, hater comments at an all time low, blogging frequency up, came up with so many great ideas this week even. So many great ideas!
2. Had a few impromptu photos taken yesterday, which I am going to try to post tomorrow. I want to tell you about them because I think they’re really hilarious, but at the same time I think it might only be me who finds them hilarious and I don’t want to spoil the surprise. Here’s a sneak peek.
3. So many people wanna win those sunglasses I’m giving away!
4. These two collections, but especially the Acne collection. The outfit second to the left in this photo is MY JAM. The blazer, the cut of the pants, the cream sweater. I swear to god if I find a boy who dresses like that I will marry him immediately.
5. Whatsapp. I don’t know how many of you out there have a smart phone, but I’d say quite a few. If you don’t have whatsapp you need to download the app right now. So handy! I have had some really great whatsapp conversations this week.
6. That limited edition run of ‘Thugged Out Since Cub Scouts’ tees is so close to being pushed over the line it’s not funny. Just a few kinks to iron out (read: $$$) and we’ll be good to go. Watch this space.

Low(e)s:

1. It’s been over a week since I jammed my finger in that taxi door and I still don’t have proper feeling in it… I’m starting to worry.
2. I went to 10 dairies on Saturday, trying to get my hands on one of those Ice Bar old fashioned lemonade iceblocks. 10. Pretty much every dairy/service station had the lemon lime bitter flavour, some had the ginger beer flavour but nine of them didn’t have the old fashioned lemonade flavour. We went all the way down Ponsonby Road, K Rd and back. It took forever. On the plus side, I do feel like maybe Tip Top should hook me up because I feel like I may be slightly responsible for the sold-out status of the old fashioned lemonade flavour with all my talking about it. You hear that Tip Top?!
3. “Soz.” I’m guilty of saying it, and every time I do I hate myself for it. I’m desperately trying to phase the stupid phrase out. It’s like an apology that you don’t mean at all, in which case why are you apologising in the first place?! AAHHHHH!
4. I’ve just been informed that in 5 days I am getting the new Facebook ‘timeline’. Without my permission. Damnit Facebook, why you gotta do this to me?!
5. I’m back on that broken bodyclock buzz again. 2.30-4.30am sleep times, 8.30-9.30am wake up times. Tired all the times.

Image/onofield.com

Highs:

1. The Australian Open, duh.
2. I tried The Ice Bar Co.’s ‘Old Fashioned Lemonade’ Ice-block (twice) this week. I can honestly say it’s one of the best frozen treats I have ever had in my life.
3. Two projects got underway this week and, fingers crossed that everything goes according to plan, there’ll be some exciting things to come towards the end of next month. I know it’s pretty dumb to say this and not explain further, but I’m of the opinion that nothing’s set in stone until it’s set in stone, you know? I don’t want to jinx everything by sharing.
4. This week I acquired my very own Ari Gold! From now on – don’t talk to me, talk to my agent/consultant/internet-advice-giver, Nivin.
5. This is a little off-brand, but if you’re not already reading Slutever, you really need to. It’s kind of really NSFW though – for those who are in the office right now – do not click that link! Aside from being bloody entertaining and well written, the blog is actually kind of liberating.
6. This awesome piece of fan-mail that L.A.S of How To Talk To Girls At Parties received from an 81 year old in New Mexico, in defence of bow ties.

Continue reading ‘Highs and Low(e)s.’

The Auckland sky at 8.56pm tonight.

Highs:

1. Granted, the weather has been a bit up and down lately (mostly down) here in Auckland, but did you see the sky tonight??!
2. The other week I won $20 on a $3 Instant Kiwi. I claimed my $20 and purchased another two tickets for $6 and won $5 off one of those tickets. If my 7th form statistics (not brainy enough for calculus) serves me correctly, that’s a total of $16 profit! I know, right? And people say gambling is bad!
3. I know this will sound really lame and nerdy, but man have my tumblr follower numbers gone up this week! And inexplicably. It’s like a bomb went off on Monday and everyone just suddenly realised how great my photos and answers to questions are. Too bad I can’t say the same about Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, but I’ll take what I can get thank you very much.
4. I went to this quite delicious Japanese restaurant the other night – quite delicious and pretty well priced. I’m talking $10 for a decent sized salmon sashimi and avocado salad and $9.90 for a prawn dish I will definitely go back for. I’m pretty sure nothing was over $15. Everything was presented much more nicely than you would expect from a tiny, off-the-road-in-a-block-of-not-so-attractive-eateries place and I am glad to have found it. You will be too – Banzai on Dominion Road. Look it up.
5. Blogged more than once this week! (This is my 1100th post, by the way.) Went to several meetings! Sent several emails! YES! Does that mean the blogger’s block/apathy is gone?! Does that mean I’m back?! YES! (I hope.)

Low(e)s:

1. I’m going to offend a few people here, I have to say it: What is with this ‘le’ phenomenon?! ‘Le Sigh’. ‘Le Angry’. ‘Le Oops’. ‘Le Poor.’ I don’t like it! I don’t get it and whenever I hear it or see it I die a little inside. LE LAME.
2. This performance by Lana Del Rey. I quite like the song, it’s the performance that I really question. Thoughts?
3. No one ever gets my tumblr caption jokes. No one. Either that or no one thinks they’re funny, in which case I’d rather just assume nobody understands them.
4. This week was particularly emotionally draining. (As opposed to all those other weeks when it’s only a little bit emotionally draining.)
5. I need a job. Or I need to win lotto. Or to marry someone who will keep me in the lifestyle in which I am accustomed. Obviously the second one is preferable but let’s be realistic here.

Photo: Isaac Hindin Miller.

Highs:

1. Just finished the final episode of the final season of Friday Night Lights. I don’t know why this is a ‘high’ but it feels like an achievement of some sort. Five whole seasons and it’s all over.
2. These Ray Ban opticals I was generously gifted (above). For those who are unaware, I am pretty blind. I wear contact lenses most days but I like to wear glasses at home or at night. I’ve a pair of Tom Ford opticals that I love but that I’ve been wearing for a good wee while now so it’s nice to have a secondary option.
3. In case you didn’t see it on my tumblr already, this video of Ashley Smith. It’s a fricken good piece of marketing. It makes me want to buy the magazine and I’m not usually a sucker for this kind of stuff.
4. In case you hadn’t realised, I was reunited with Isaac of Isaac Likes this week. He’s been visiting Auckland for a few days. On Thursday he was picking up some of his clothes he’s got in storage at his sister’s place and I happened to be there for the ride. Good for me, because he kindly gifted me a few things he no longer fits/wears. YAY. I basically doubled my wardrobe.
5. The girl in short shorts in this video. You gotta watch the whole thing. Makes me wish I’d embraced my asian roots as a child and learnt martial arts.

Low(e)s:

1. I think this week I did the least amount of blogging I’ve ever done since I started the damn thing (bar that one hiatus I took at the start of last year).
2. New Year blues. Feeling really emo lately. I want to write all these emo things here about being lonely and how nobody understands me and how I’m going down to the garden to eat worms but I know I will regret it later so I’ll just leave it up to your imagination.
3. New Year ‘what am I doing with my life’ crisis (which is becoming all too much a All-Year-Round crisis).
4. El crappo weather in Auckland. One good beach day and I didn’t even go to the beach. It’s time we all move somewhere tropical.
5. You know how they say mo’ money, mo’ problems? Well less/no money equals a lot of problems too.

Photo: Jian de Leon.

In 7.5 hours it will be 2012. I’m not sure how I feel about this exactly, but in general, I am not a big fan of the changing of the years. New Years Eve is pretty much one of my least favourite ‘celebratory’ occasions (expectations: too high, disappointment levels: through the roof) and I’m one of those people who gets into the depths of worry and depression about what they’ve achieved in life and where they’re going and it’s generally just pretty overwhelming. (I’m nothing if not completely neurotic.)

In terms of goals/new year’s resolutions for 2012, I don’t really make them but one thing I do want to do is to get a photo of Karlie Kloss. That and worry less, but I know that’s not going to happen so I’m happy with just the Karlie photo.

For all of you who have been reading this blog, I sincerely hope you’re not as jaded as I am about the turn of the year. I hope that you have things to look forward to tonight (keeping expectations at a reasonable level though) and that people are nice to you and you are nice to them and that you don’t spend a fortune on drinks and regret it upon waking up tomorrow. I JUST WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY GUYS. See you on the flip side.

Highs:

1. Getting all christmas shopping done in three hours total – including driving time.
2. Shit Girls Say. And, thanks to someone notifying me of it on my Facebook Page, if you want to get a bit racial you can check this.
3. Despite having been terrible at updating my blog, my tumblr and my twitter, I’ve been really good at posting my ‘What I Wore Today’ things. All the outfits are pretty much repeats on repeats on repeats, but whatever.
4. I managed to go the whole of the Christmas period without eating ham. I’m not sure why this is on the highs but I feel like it’s some kind of achievement.
5. iChristmas.

Low(e)s:

1. We now approach that time of year where nothing is open. You want a snack? Don’t bother leaving the house unless you want KFC. The only place you can guarantee will be open at this time of year is KFC.
2. Yesterday I popped in to the Boxing Day races for a few hours. I witnessed several great outfits and several not so great outfits and lots of things happened but that’s not the point, the point is I didn’t take a sweater because I thought it would be sunny so I was sitting outside feeling pretty cold for a good while and today I have that weird feeling in the back of my throat that can only be attributed to an oncoming cold. Sad face.
3. This Highs and Low(e)s is two days late and I’ve forgotten what happened last week so it’s not exactly easy to put together.
4. Sometimes Auckland feels incredibly small.
5. I hate that new Facebook timeline layout thing.