Clive Owen (yum) is starring in a new film – “The boys are back”. It's a beautiful film about a single dad learning how to bond with his two boys.
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But I only discovered it today! People – the Japanese think of EVERYTHING! Let me introduce to you the ‘boyfriend pillow’.
That’s not weird or anything, right? Everyone feels lonely... But, lonely enough for this?!? If you know anyone that might need a shoulder to rest their head on, you can find the ‘boyfriend arm pillow’ at the What on Earth website!
x Fashion Girl, aka not thaaaaat lonley girl
xMel
Michael Jordan having retired, with $40 million in endorsements, makes $178,100 a day, working or not. If he sleeps 7 hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night while visions of sugarplums dance in his head. If he goes to see a movie, it'll cost him $7.00, but he'll make $18,550 while he's there. If he decides to have a 5-minute egg, he'll make $618 while boiling it. He makes $7,415/hour more than minimum wage. If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000) it would take him a whole 12 hours. If someone were to hand him his salary and endorsement money, they would have to do it at the rate of $200 every second. He'll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf, but will be reimbursed $33,390 for that round. He'll make about $19.60 while watching the 100-meter dash in the Olympics, and about $15,600 during the Boston Marathon. This year, he'll make more than twice as much as all U.S. past presidents for all of their terms combined.
Amazing isn't it?
However... If Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 500 years, he'll still have less than Bill Gates has at this very moment.
Have You Ever Caught A Taxi In Melbourne?
I have, way too many times to mention and it is one of the most feared things to do in my life. Seriously. I’m shooting down there tomorrow for the day and considering - do I get a driver or RISK it and take a taxi? Expensive versus risking a nervous breakdown….. What to do kids? Before you judge and think I’m a lunatic, consider the following harrowing experiences:
2. hopped into a taxi in the city with a mag fashion editor after a dinner. We asked to be taken to Crown again (note comments about it being a landmark). Driver had no idea where it was and so dropped us off at a spot where he told us it was a short walk through a deadend. This was at 2.30am and we had had quite a few wines (as you could imagine being 2.30am). Turns out we were about 3km and one very large wall that needed to be jumped off away. Surprisingly fashion editor had very sensible shoes on. I didn’t. That was… annoying and dangerous.
So anyway, you can see why I am anxious. I think I will call David to see if he’s available.
Because I Like To Share…
Especially uplifting quotes that I think might put some pep in your step. Here goes...
From Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari & Chuck E. Cheese
“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”
Quotes are great aren’t they? I’ll be sure to bring you more.
For those of you who work in Martin Place you are in for one hell of a day – wish I could be a part of it all (not).
On the 12th of November Australia will be attempting to break the Guinness Book record for a swimwear parade – current record is 281, the organisers are expecting 1000 participants. The girls are required to wear bikinis (yeah boys don’t get too excited!) and the men… Budgie smugglers…
Is this something that we Australian’s want to be associated with? (No)
As mentioned before this faux pas is for charity and a few rugby players have signed up… I’m sorry that still doesn’t make it right for me. Whether you want to see it or avoid it the parade will be held midday.
My verdict, donate some money – I don’t really need to see what you had for breakfast!
x Fashion Girl
Oh, and I wanted to tell you about a review we had in the Sun Herald yesterday for one of my businesses - www.beachmour.com. We have a beautiful beach house just north of Narooma on the NSW South Coast and this was reviewed in yesterday's paper which was fantastic. A full page for which I am so grateful. The only thing that was a bit iffy was that the journalist said that it took her 6 hours to get there. It's just over 300kms from Sydney, so unless she was driving the whole way at 50km per hour, or detoured via Canberra, I'm unsure as to why it took so long. The worry is that it is a popular weekend getaway for people from Sydney and so they may be deterred by reading that! The longest it has ever taken me to get there is 4.5 hours. Strange. Very strange.
We are running a promotion at the moment. We have some dates available throughout November and December. January is fully booked out though. So the deal is, stay 2 nights get 1 or stay 5 and get 2 or stay 10 and get 4. Rates during summer start at $450 per night plus GST, and go up to $595 per night plus GST. The savings on this deal are great. If you are interested in booking, you can email bookings@beachmour.com.
xMel
Speaking of fashion phenomenon, I've been checking out the fashion's from Derby Day on-line. The Melbourne Cup carnival used to be a huge deal for me. My agency ran the Motorola marquee in the Bird Cage for years. The first year was a co-branded marquee between my then model agency and Motorola for which we bought out a supermodel and the year after we bought out Chloe Sevigny. So the whole carnival was totally consuming and we were very much at the epicenter of it all, in the super exclusive Birdcage area. The year we had Chloe, we had the boys from Ksubi design the marquee interior plus DJ and Maurice Terzini oversee the menu and drinks. People were literally climbing in the windows to get in.
People still talk about that year as being the most fun ever and we're constantly asked to do it all over again. We've spoken to some brands about it, but it seems that more brands are pulling out than getting involved. It's an incredibly expensive marketing exercise but well worth the investment. The good news is that we just might - just might - get involved in a major way again next year. I really miss being involved! But back to the fashion's - I think this is the best year yet. My favorite looks on Derby came from Kate Waterhouse & Jodi Gordon.
Early afternoon Sophie had planned with her gal pal Becky to have a girl date, a movie and a lunch. After 3 outfit changes she decided on a skirt that she had never worn before a little daring, a little fun and a little avant-garde… the main feature of the skirt is the clever use of shoulder pads on the side of the skirt to create an interest clam like shape. This feature caused the following event…
A family – 1 male, 2 female adults and 3 toddlers disliked Sophie’s skirt so much they decided to verbally abuse the two girls. Sophie had never seen people so passionate about an outfit she had worn before! She was although use to people giggling and staring at her outfits. BUT, Becky wasn’t use to it; she felt the need to defend Sophie. After much verbal abuse and threats of physical assault… It happened! One of the women attacked Becky! She was knocked unconscious as the lady pushed her so hard she fell and hit her head on one of the steps on the bus.
The majority of their afternoon was spent in separate rooms giving statements. Becky will be pressing charges once the offenders are found – the entire thing was caught on 5 cameras on the bus! And I’m sure at one point or another you and I will be able to see the skirt too! Sophie is a little afraid to wear that skirt ever again!
Let me know if this has ever happened to you!
Yes, yes, busy again. I just popped in to tell you that my new blog has been put up on the Yahoo7 site....
I hope you click through to read (and enjoy it!).
xMel
Summer is knocking at our door and ladies it’s bikini time! Hooray! We’ve all gone on some crazy diets – one of my girlfriends tried the lemon detox diet, she lasted about 2hrs I think!
Back to bikini’s! The Australian $$ has been so strong that it is far better to shop online than trekking out into the retail stores – where there is horrible service and staff that are too full of themselves (a story I may tell another day). I recently purchased my first bikini of the season from revolveclothing.com – the great thing about this site is that you don’t have to pay for delivery – I got a fab bikini for $52.92 – Bargain right?
Go to the sale section it goes for pages and pages – trust me you will find something. Because we are a season behind from the Northern Hemisphere you’re paying sale price for goods that are selling at full price here.
I've tried vitamin supplements to no avail. I've changed my diet. Still hasn't given me any energy. So I am going to trial the MaxGXL product for the next month and report back to you on how I feel.
Today was day one. I woke up, completely flat & had to get a friend to take my son to school and organised a taxi so our nanny (who can't drive (!)) could take my daughter to day-care. I had a meeting scheduled for 10.15 way out west and so we tried to arrange a conference call but it turned out that the lady we were meeting had forgotten about it anyway.
Keep you posted. I'll post up some more information about this product in the next couple of days. And for the record - I'm not being paid to be involved in this. Not at all. Graham kindly sent me some of the product to try out as he believes it will really help me. For which I'm thankful for. If it works, I'll be buying it!
xMel
Which is a great initiative isn't it? In Australia (for our readers overseas - which I am stoked to say that there are a lot), our Government Health System keeps track of when you had your last Pap Smear and sends you reminders when you are due for your next one. They recommend one every year to two years. About 10 years ago, I had a dodgy result and had to have some dangerous cells lasered off my cervix. I went through a few years of having to have Pap Smears every six months. Now I'm due again and having been sick for so long, I am pretty apprehensive to get my Pap Smear done again, in case there is a problem. The last thing I need right now is another 'sick' thing to deal with. Really. I feel like it could tip me over the edge. Anyway, being a responsible person in training, I will go and have it done next week. It's the right thing to do.
Anyway, this blog entry was not meant to be about my personal issues but I've ranted again. When I received the letter, I had been thinking about the Sri Lankan asylum seekers who have NOTHING. The sheer desperation of their situation has me in tears. The contrast between us is breathtaking. Here we are in our beautiful, amazing and well functioning country where opportunity abounds and where our Government cares enough about its citizens that they send us letters to remind us to get a Pap Smear (!) No wonder they risk their lives and those of their children (that's the bit that gets me, that there are children involved - as a mother, I know how desperate the parents must be to put their children in this situation), in order to get to this Country.
xMel
An obvious statement - I know. What I'm talking about though is the way boys and girls are so different to raise. My son Jonah, is almost seven and my daughter Saskia is only two and a half. I remember Jonah being two and a half quite vividly. He was a really complacent child. Totally compliant with our plans - take him out to a nice restaurant, no worries. Take him over to friends places and he'd fit in perfectly. No trouble. Didn't care what you dressed him in. He wasn't really interested in what I was doing. He was interested in me, as his mother and provider of everything he needed, but he wasn't interested in what was going on around me (which is going to annoy him when he's older and realises that he spent a good year in and out of my model agency with beautiful girls taking turns at holding and playing with him!).
Now take Saskia. She is not only interested in everything going on around me, she wants to be me. She is infinitely more clingy than Jonah ever was. I have been at home with her for almost all of her life because I chose to work from home for the majority of the time so that I could be with her.I went straight back to work after having Jonah and wanted a different experience of motherhood with my second. When I am in the shower, she'll come in and start to get undressed to hop in with me, when I am doing my hair or makeup, she wants to do the same thing (which I totally discourage & which is confusing for her because she sees me having fun with this) and when I am writing, she has to sit on my lap while I try to type on my computer around her. Then there is the dressing.
You can't select an outfit for her - she has to do this herself which is a total worry because her dress sense is, ahh... eclectic. Yesterday she had on silk chinese PJ's, her brothers t-shirt over the top, a candy stripped rain coat, purple polkerdot gum boots and an orange fedora hat. She thinks she's rock'n it and everyone else thinks she's - cute? Today she went to day care and insisted on wearing mis-matched shoes. One gold shoe and one keds pink flower shoe. I couldn't get her to reason that you don't wear your shoes like that and all she could ask was "why not?". To which I couldn't really find a sufficient explanation. Why not?
Anyway, just a bit of mumbling from me..... Hope you're having a good day.
xMel
I've worked out from observing the two of them that boys are naturally drawn toward building and constructing things (leggo, building blocks, meccano)
OK, so following on from my earlier post, I promised to work out the history of the Golliwog dolls to see what racial implications were attached to them. You see, when I saw them for sale in two toy stores in Sydney, I felt that they were entirely inappropriate and I was offended. But why? We have dolls that represent white people, was it ok to have dolls that represented black people? Why not? Sounds rational but I intuitively felt that there was more to the story. So as promised below are some interesting pieces of information I have gathered - and yes, they are a hot pot of racial controversy. So it's interesting then that they are on-sale in toy stores in Sydney. Is it true what some media from the States are reporting about Australia being so far behind in gauging appropriateness? The US Website 'Gawker' reported on the 'Hey Hey It's Saturday! Red Faces' stunt where they were dressed as the Jackson 5 (but looked like Golliwogs) - "Wow, and American is being the voice of cultural sensitivity? Australia must be really messed up."
So, the Golliwog is a character of children's literature created by Florence Kate Upton in the late 19th Century which is depicted as a rag doll, inspired by the black face minstrels. Since then it has been reproduced as a children's toy. There are, according to the Wikipedia page, two schools of thought "The image of the doll has become the subject of heated debate.
Interesting. I wonder if they'll sell many of those 'golliwog' dolls in the toy stores I was talking about? And I wonder if they've had any complaints? I was going to suggest that I should pop into the stores in question to ask how they were going but then I remembered that I vowed not to go back to one of them because they charged me for wrapping the present. Petty I know, but it pissed me off.
xMel
to Blog about something that happened to me at a toy store a couple of weeks ago. Seeing the fallout of the Hey Hey It's Saturday Red Faces skit involving that group dressed up to do the Jackson 5 number - if you missed it, a group who first performed this 20 years ago, came back last night for a rendition - they are a group of Doctors who blackened their faces, with black 'gollywog' inspired hair, and a front man with a white painted face singing in the front who was supposed to be Michael Jackson - do you get the picture? Anyway, they had Harry Connick Jnr on judging the performances and he said that he was really disturbed and would not have come on the show had he known that they were using this kind of content. He found it racist and said that in the States they had moved so far on from this kind of behavior. It has ingnited some debate. Which brings me back to the toy store and my experience there that I have been waiting to blog about. I was buying a birthday present for my son Jonah's friend, whose party he was attending that night. The lady who worked there asked me to give my opinion on a new toy they had in - they were gollywog dolls. She said "what do you think about these?".
xMel
It is that time of year again - FYI Melissa worked with Jeanswest on initiating the concept several years ago, but they do it all in house now!
Jeanswest have collaborated with some fantastic designers to create some fun fab tee’s for the Cancer Council’s Pink Ribbon Day.
This year they called upon designers Arabella Ramsay, Lucette and Mimco. There are 4 shirts in this exclusive collection.
The shirts retail for $29.95 (cheap and cheerful) and for every shirt sold Jeanswest donates $10 – to date they have raised well over a quarter of a million $$ - yeah snap!
Check them out here – 2009 - Charity Tee Collection
I've been absent for the last few days - I'm sorry. We've been flat out with projects for L'umiere that has made the last week just crazy for us. Thank you for all the emails over this time, it was lovely to get them, mostly asking how I am and wondering if everything is ok. Everything is. It's great to be so busy.
My first blog for Yahoo7 travel is up - woohoo! I hope you take the time to click through and read it.
So much has been going on in the news and every time I've heard something over the last few days, I've thought "Oh, must blog about that" but haven't had the time. So here are a few things that I jotted down in brief:
Jessica Watson (the 16 year old who tried to sail around the world and crashed into a tanker as she had just set sail) - she is trying again!!! Apparently, the reason she crashed in the first instance was because she made some very basic but critical errors. Would you be comfortable allowing her to sail again if you were her parent? I wouldn't. I know it would be disappointing because there was so much going into it and so many expectations but all of that would pale in comparison to the risk she faces. Some people make some very controversial decisions as parents. Speaking of which brings me to the next hot topic in my mind....
Vegemite. They held a competition a few months back to find a name for their new flavor. An IT guy won with the name 'Vegemite isnack 2.0'. That was announced a couple of days ago and today they have pretty much admitted that the name sucked by saying that they are going to stop producing the product with that name once a new one is found. Apparently the technical aspect of the name didn't resonate with Australian consumers. They were talking about this thismorning on television and the consensus was that everyone should run out and buy jars of the 'isnack 2.0' product as it might become a collectors item. What a great way to generate sales.
I promise not to neglect you for the rest of the week. xMel
(pic courtesy of Grazia - Louella Show LFW)
I love a bow. But on my 2 year old daughter. Bow's after 30? I usually hate relegating things according to age but bows? I have to make an exception.
Yes, alive and kicking in 2009. In my cocooned world, I rarely come across it so when it happened this morning, I was caught off guard. It went like this: regular readers would know that I have laid low by a serious illness for the past 10 months so I haven't been out and about much at all. I took Jonah to school, which hasn't happened much this year and Saskia came along. After drop-off, Saskia and I paid a visit to Lesley Mackay's Book Store in Woollahra which I just adore (I bought a copy of 'The New York Review' which I felt very smug and all literary about) and then popped into the cake store a couple of stores up in Queen Street Woollahra. It was all so blissful it could have been a chapter out of an Edith Blythe Novel. That's when the Sterotype bomb fell. I was buying a cup cake for Saskia, the guy serving us told me she was very cute (indeed) and asked about our family, how many children I had etc... all polite chitterchat. I commented that Saskia would be the last child, we aren't having anymore. That's when he said "well what will you do with yourself when she goes to school? Do you have some hobbies?". Actually, this would probably fit right into an Edith Blythe novel too. I just didn't know what to say? How do you respond? Do you rattle off your Bio into a condensed 30 sec sound byte? This is of course not intended to be an offense to any stay at home mother. Not at all. I actually think assuming a woman is going to follow on to a hobby after she has reared her children to school age is offensive, regardless of whether she is a stay at home mother or a working mother. So, being caught off guard I responded politely, if somewhat perplexed, "um, yeah, I have quite a few hobbies", gathered up my cupcake and cute daughter and walked out.
Naomi Campbell struts her fierce stuff at London Fashion Weeks 25th Anniversary show. What is she? Like 40 odd? I bet she doesn't even work out.
For those of you not up to speed - there has been an almighty dust storm that's blanketed Sydney. Pretty amazing to wake up to and there have been some really dramatic pictures. I just had to contribute - this is my bedroom television stand and I've marked the dust print. It was only polished yesterday and this is what has settled on it overnight. Not the most interesting post. I know.
xMel
I did twitter a lot about them though yesterday. Apologies if I spoilt the winners for you planning to watch the delayed telecast last night. Not.
I loved so many - Tony Collette, Rose Byrne, Drew Barrymore... but my favorite was Blake Lively. Hair and makeup was just amazing and ditto a great dress.
This is Blake Lively here with Gossip Girls co-star Leighton Meester who I thought just looked like a little girl playing dress-ups.
I didn't go, didn't watch. Brad and I fell asleep and I woke up with the TV on just in time to see Gary Ablett Junior win - I woke Brad to tell him, he mumbled this "he's been voted by his peers the best player in the competition for the last 3 years. An astonishing fact. A deserving winner." I of course, scribbled it down to quote it for you properly this morning. He'll no doubt re quote it today when he's interviewed for Sky News and Big Pond TV. You heard it here first though!
Now to the girls on the 'blue' carpet. I thought the blue was an unfortunate colour for a lot of girls who wore blue. Major clash. Coming out on top for me was:
Kery Lavell the partner of Dean Cox. A lot of the dresses were nice but it's more about how you pull it together and she did this in really refined way. Great hair tick, great make up tick, great accessories tick, shoes I don't know, couldn't find a pic of them, but poise tick.
Brownlow winner Gary Ablett Jnr's partner Lauren Phillips. Tick tick tick.
Felicity Percival partner of Tom Harley. Tick tick, friend of mine tick ;-)
xMel
Wow, I've just heard of this story www.azcentral.com - a couple handed in their memory stick to have their photos developed at Wal Mart. Several pictures were of their children, little girls aged 5, 4 and 1.5 and the problem with the pics were that the kids were naked - just after bath time. The staff member developing the pictures handed them over to the police and an investigation ensued. At this point, I have to tell you that I felt sick because I have bath time photos of my children. I think most parents probably do. It's usually a fun time of the day - bubbles, toys, water and they come out all fresh and clean which is a perfect time to get a great picture of them. Anyway, the children in this case, were taken AWAY from their parents for a month, during which time the parents were not allowed to see their kids for several days. They were branded as pedophiles to friends, family and work colleagues while the investigation was carried out - could it get much worse? They've been cleared and are now suing everyone involved which is understandable, you'd totally want heads to roll, but it will drag the whole saga out for them even longer. I hope they get a settlement before their lives are ruined any further.
You have to be so careful these days and think through just about everything you do. I bet they never thought in their wildest dreams what could come from getting those innocent photos developed. It's so frightening.
xMel
Which would usually be cause for much fun and fan fair but it's not. I'm feeling so sick and so can't enjoy it like I should. Don't feel sorry for me though, I've just received THE most amazing delivery from Narae - who knew you could have chocolate coated strawberries delivered as a bouquet!!!! Not me. I've never seen anything like it. Jonah is going to flip (he loves choc coated strawberries). I can't tell you how excited and grateful I am. That Narae is so at the pointy end of all things fabulous. Watch out friends, a bouquet of chocolate coated strawberries is on its way to you for your next celebration!
I know I'm late in responding - it's, like, old news now. I just wanted to have my say....
Best Dressed: Alessandra Ambrosio (is a model, Victoria's Secret Angel)
As a travel writer/columnist (how did that happen?), I was interested in the announcement by Conde Nast Traveller in the Readers Travel Awards 2009, in The World top 100 - which hotel made number 1?
It was the Rambagh Palace, Jaipur
I was surprised. To me a great hotel offers rooms with pools! On a beach! That's just me. Obviously not the popular opinion.
Well for those of us in Sydney atleast! Ok Ladies, if you are holding anything that may break or damage when dropped or thrown across the room put it down before you read on and take a seat - Yes it is very exciting news...
Cosmopolitan shoes are closing their sale store down and all, yes ALL shoes are $200! This Sale is for one day only - TOMORROW - Thursday 17th of September, 10am - 7pm
Here are the address details: 18-20 Bay St, Double Bay
Usually I would tell you to tell all of your friends but, not this time! Hush Happy shopping xx Fashion Girl
Today is a particularly special week for me - birthday week! I love this, I just keep getting younger! As I write this, my stomach has just dropped - I have missed yet another friends birthday this year. Gulp. You know who you are if you are reading this - I am calling with sincere wishes today.x.o.x.o
As our economy recovers and we start to feel more confident in investing again, I have been thinking about investment strategies. I came across a fantastic quote that sums up my opinion on shares versus property.
It's from a bygone era but still as relevant today as it was then. It's from Franklin D. Roosevelt (not a bad hotel in LA - rooms not spectacular like The Thompson Hotel in Beverly HIlls, but ok and central) anyway, I digress from the advice herewith:
"Land can not be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world."
The first thing I always like to check is the trend report – One of their fall trends was ‘Smart Investments’ – how is that a trend?? Then to top it all off they have a catalogue of fresh off the catwalk designer labels ranging from Chanel to this Marni suit. Have they gone mad??
A piece of advice – If you want to be a smart investment shopper never shop on trend or fad!
Simone Ennis - her partner is Michael Ennis
She kept it simple and natural
I lost the cord that connects my stills camera with my computer (the used one). I found it! And so downloaded a whole heap of pics that I hadn't seen for such a long time. I felt a bit of shock on looking at the dates and realised something about my recovery from my illness that I kind of knew/thought about but now have the photo evidence to prove it. I never stopped to recover properly. I thought at the time that I needed to be superwoman and so pretty much jumped out of my hospital bed and straight into work, in front of the camera, filming a segment for the 9am show with David & Kim. If only I knew then, what I know now - just how important rest is to aiding your recovery. But do you know what? Even though I know this now, it's still something I struggle mentally to do. If I am not running around, with a million things to do, I don't feel adequate. I feel like I am being slack & lazy. Even though I have been so sick that I've had to have brain surgery. I still think I'm being lazy when I stop to rest!!!! That is how ingrained it is into our psyche, this whole concept of being a superwoman who can do everything. Even when we're is sick! I'm using the collective 'we' because I have spoken to enough women about this, who feel the same. So I know this is not just my own issue
1. This pic is of me in hospital on the 9th of May this year. Note; oxygen, drip and very sad face on poor Jonah (don't be too taken aback with it though, he has a propensity for being dramatic - especially when there is a camera around. I don't doubt he was sad, he was. I'm just saying, that when there is a camera around, we think he is a born actor.).
xMel
Short and sweet today. You know my penchant for on-line shopping. Here is a great beauty site that many of my friends have sworn by www.strawberrynet.com
I've had a quick skim over this morning and was impressed enough to share it with you. Narae has just said to beware, that there are a lot of fakes out there. So this is good advice. I've asked my friends who use it a lot about this and they swear it's the real deal.
Enjoy. If only I could afford some La Mer (those were the days, before kids, mortgages and real life, really).
xMel
If you are anything like me, and the friends I have surveyed about this, you will have things that really piss you off when it comes to the nuances of modern technology. I'm talking email etiquette, surfing stupidity, ichat bull-crap and probably, the most popular of all, mobile madness. Still not on my page? Then below you'll find my very long list of cyber psycho-inducing behavior:
#1 When someone sends a group email that isn't business related, it drives me over the edge when people 'reply all' and say the most mundane and un-funny things that mean nothing at all to you, because you hardly or don't even know them at all. I don't know if that says something psychologically scary about my state of mind or about the busy state of the world we live in, that it drives us nuts to be stopped for a few minutes to read something useless?
#2 I really dislike websites that drag you in on the promise of subscribing to something wonderful, so you join, only to find to out that the whole thing his a load of hog wash. Then, to top it all off, the maze to navigate a complaint, with the view to getting a refund, is so complicated and time consuming that you really couldn't be bothered. You may well have just taken a blow torch to a $50 note. This just happened to me to today.I subscribed to a website that promised a database full of thousands of prospective nanny's, au pairs and housekeepers in my area. I subscribed, thinking I had found prospective nanny hiring nirvana. What I found were a measly three candidates. All bums.
#3 How about people with Private phone numbers? I understand some people need them - so they don't get stalked if they've got some profile. I guess. But what about Private numbers that don't leave messages? Repeatedly? I have a 'I don't answer private numbers' policy (actually, I have an 'I don't answer hardly any calls at all policy'). I figure if the call is important enough, they'll leave a message and if appropriate, I will call back. But then there are the Private callers who call incessantly and don't leave a message. That drives me nuts. Who are they? Call Centre sales people? Who, who, who??? I'm not the only one who is driven bonkers by this.
# 4 Being automatically added to companies marketing emails. It's against the law here in Australia PEOPLE! I'm not au fait with the laws of the rest of the world, but clogging people's inboxes with unwanted marketing emails does nothing at all positive for your Company - at all! Don't harass people, let them engage you if they want to. Don't barrage them. It turns them off, not on. I'll tell you about something recently. I signed up to a MyerOne card, which is something I never, ever do (I only did it to get a massive discount on a heap of new bedding)- sign up to give Companies my personal details. Never do it. I don't want anyone using my information for their marketing purposes and I just don't like giving up personal details. I'm a private person. Don't think I can't see the irony in having a public blog either.
# 5 Finding out that the technology you have paid thousand/s of dollars for has been used by someone else before you. I found this out recently about my iphone and MacBook. I mentioned I don't like talking to people on the phone before, well, I dislike talking to strangers in person, more than I dislike talking to them on the phone. So when I tried to sort these problems out on the phone, I was told I had to actually go into the stores in question and sort out the problems. #$%&%$*%^RI^&O&T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was me trying hard to convey to you how pissed off I am. That doesn't even come close.
Email me at feedback@melissaseymour.com with your 'issues'. I'll understand if you don't feel as heated about them as I do.
xMel
Next February 18th is the date I have set aside to compete in my very first Biathlon. At school I was a little better than average at sport (that was the sound of Brad closing the door in case the wind blew off the tickets on myself - boom boom), and my adult life has been peppered with me running with regularity for several months, then not at all for several more. Round and round the exercise bush. Like most people I know. Except Brad, who was an athlete and so was paid to exercise vigorously every day. Now that he's retired and not paid to keep fit, he can hardly be convinced to walk to the shop. Just kidding (sort of). When he was at his fittest, I really admired the level of fitness he had and the body to show for it (!) Like most people, I wished I had the ability to commit to getting that fit and healthy. And like most people, what I lacked was the motivation to do it.
That was until I got so sick - in case you're new to this blog, I'll update you (I'll keep it short and sweet regular readers). About 7 months ago, I had a sudden onset of the most incredible pain I have ever experienced, and I have had two natural child births. The pain was on the left hand side of my face and can be best described as having someone stab you constantly in the face. The pain is completely off the richter scale and is dubbed the 'suicide illness' because of sufferers propensity to take their own lives because they can not get relief from the pain.
I want you to join me in competing in the biathlon. PLEASE.
It's not hectic. Just a 300m swim and a 4km run. It's about as easy as they come. When I was in Melbourne last week for my travel story, I stayed at Crown Towers and practiced the swim. It was too easy, I was so stoked! I now need to train for the run but have to wait a couple of months before tackling that one. But I will. Because I need to get my health back to where it was before and I need to do this to raise awareness for the TNA and some funds along the way. I'm thinking that everyone in our team could be sponsored. But that's something I need to discuss with the TNA.
I'm going to enlist as many people as possible - my close circle of friends, football player friends, celebrity friends.... as many as possible. The more celebrities the better because of the awareness factor. I'm going to put everyone in our team in cool TNA t-shirts.
It takes place on Thursday November 18th at 6:30pm in Sydney at Lady Macquarie's Chair (around the Botanical Gardens then into the harbour for the swim). We'll enter as a Corporate Team - if you know any Corporates who want to sponsor, please let me know.
If you want to take part in the TNA team, send me an email at: info@melissaseymour.com. Please pass this on too. You never know, you may have some friends who want to take part?!
And ladies, if you need any further motivation to enter, check this out:http://www.andersonevents.com.au/BiathlonRaces.php
xMel
Regular readers may recall that I posted a blog last month about my regular astrology fix by Susan Miller - www.astrologyzone.com forecasting a horrible outlook for September. It freaked me out, thinking that, by reading it, my mind was already polluted into having a bad month. I normally check the website on the 30th/31st of every month, hoping with much anticipation that the new months forecast is put up early (I'm not the only one!). I even wrote into her - something I never, ever do - asking that she post up according to our time zones in the Southern Hemisphere. I got a reply - no. Apparently the fan base isn't big enough and she is far too busy to get them posted up a day earlier. OK. Even though I was pissed off, her forecasts are so eerily accurate that I continue to read. I vowed not to read the September forecast though, because the August one had said I was going to have such an awful month. I didn't want to know about it! It's now the 4th and the cat has been killed (sorry animal lovers) by my curiosity. The funny thing was, the forecast isn't THAT bad. It's not great. But it's certainly not all the doom and gloom that was predicted by the August forecast. I'm glad I read it, the long range outlook is very, very good. Woo hoo! I wish I had read this 4 days earlier! 5 if they'd get their act into gear and accommodate us fans in the Southern Hemisphere (!)
xMel
They held a three day event down at the Yarra Valley to support the area after the bush fires swept through there on - how can we forget - Black Saturday - in February this year. It was great that they managed to do their bit in helping out. There were eminent Doctors from all around the world and also from Australia. Unfortunately with all of our commitments in Melbourne, I was only able to drop in for a couple of hours on the Saturday. I was asked to say a few words as Patron after lunch and met the renowned Dr Mark Dexter who everyone I know has been telling me to go and see about my Trigeminal Neuralgia. I got to spend some time with him and will be heading over to see him pretty soon. It'll be interesting to know what he has to say - it already was. All of the people I met at the conference were really lovely and a big thank you should go out to the President Irene Wood and her helpers for the great organisation. These things would go unnoticed and be swept under the carpet (litterally!) without the unpaid work people like this do. I told them about the Biathlon idea and they are all excited and I just have to convince them to run not walk - like so many wanted to do!
Oh, you Mothers out there will love this - I woke up at 9:15am!!!! Whoa! Narae and I had breakfast in The Crystal Club- me strawberries, yoghurt and a latte, Narae, fruit and camomile tea (ok, we had some pastries too!). We set off for the day in our incredibly quiet Holden from Avis and made a stop over at Mecca Cosmetica for some Nars gold nail polish. But, alas - no Nars. Apparently they stopped stocking Nars a couple of years ago - gulp. The sales assistant was good though, very good. She managed to talk me into buying an awful colour from their own brand of nail varnish. Narae tried to tell me otherwise, but true to form, I couldn't be told and so purchased the offending colour. The Sales Assistant was so good that she even painted it on for me. It wasn't her fault that it was an god awful colour!
Being a fashion designer herself, I thought she would appreciate the artistic factor (a-hem). We're going to see the Dali exhibition tomorrow, she'll no doubt get the comparison.
We decided to park the car and walk around the city, which was hard to do in my Barbara Bui boots. But it was important because I was now hell bent on exchanging my nail polish, which, by this point had declared itself to be hideous. After about 20 minutes of walking around the stores, we reaffirmed our belief in the fact that both Australian and International fashion imports are ridiculously overpriced (compared to on-line shopping, of which we are big fans).
Tomorrow we're headed off to the Trigeminal Neuralgia Australia Conference in the Yarra Valley, as you may know if you’ve read this blog before I am the patron of the association and so will have to give a speech. We'll say a sad farewell to Crown, pop in there for several hours of lectures on the illness and make our way back in our Avis Holden. Can't wait to be home.
Lots of love, Mel (and Narae) xx
Headed to the Spa for some pure and unadulterated indulgence. I hope you appreciate the pic of me, post facial, without a scrap of makeup on. I would have only done this, having seen myself in the mirror without hardly any blemishes. That's a good facial.
I met Narae afterwards in the Crystal Club - exclusive members only type area on the 29th floor of Crown Towers for some High Tea. Wow! The desserts were amazing!
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Sitting in the sitting area of our suite with Narae and planning for Friday, I'm wondering if I should plan to jump on the treadmill tomorrow morning and try to do the 4km run? What a great idea! Except, I don't have sneakers. Bummer. Not.
Heading to bed soon, after an indulgent dinner with Narae and Donna Campbell from Crown Marketing. Had drinks earlier with Greg Moore from Crown Promenade in the Crystal Bar. What a classy man.
Everyone here has been great - Amanda Wilson from the Spa who sent me packing with beautiful Aromatherapy Associates products, Donna for the drinks, dinner, good conversation and chocolates from Number8. So far so good- we've still got another two nights here.
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xxMel
Avis were so very kind to us - see the burnt orange Holden above. Davo, the mechanic who worked for Avis, helped us to open the bonnet to check for defects - how were we to know anything anyway?) commented that the colour of the car matched perfectly with my dress. We thought Davo was hero.
On the drive into Crown, we actually saw Cosco!! We were going to stop to buy some French, but did some math and it wasn't going to be economical. A good thing, because Crown sent us a bottle of bubbles that Narae barely touched.
As soon as we arrived in the room, Narae donned a Crown dressing gown and ensconced herself on the chase lounge. Work? Non. Room temp - it's at 26. I may die.
Our suite is just absolutely amazing - they've been renovated recently and what a fabulous job they've done!
Tomorrow is Spa Day - with a few meetings before and after. Am going to see how many laps of the pool I can do before my treatments! With the Biathlon coming up next February, will need to see just how much training I'll need to do before hand!
That's it for now. Lots of love xMel
Here we’re going to talk about our, our friends and extended network of friends experiences with beauty products and procedures. On Saturday night I had a good friend of mine over for dinner who is a young female doctor – Dr. Annie. I knew she had come off 7 gruelling night shifts working in emergency and her skin was positively glowing. I hadn’t seen such luminous skin since I used to be able to afford Crème de Lamer. So I asked her if that’s what she was using and to my amazement, she had been using a cream found in pharmacies – Cetaphil – Approx. $5.
Cheap doesn’t always mean nasty. I’ve been using St Ives Apricot Scrub for as long as I can remember and combine it with a more expensive toner and moisturiser. At the moment I’m into Ultraceuticals.
In it I talk about our family trip to Byron Bay. We stayed in an $8million private residence. The house was unbelievable. But to read more you are going to have to buy the mag (!)
Well BEWARE! A landmark case in the US has seen a model take Google to court to find out the details of a third party who posted defamatory comments about her on a blog. She was successful. Now she has the details, she is apparently going to sue. I think this is absolutely fantastic. As someone who is certainly not reluctant to commence court proceedings, I am inspired by this story and so wouldn't take much convincing to follow in her footsteps. It has been my experience that the majority of people who make comments on blogs, websites or emails, hide under pseudonyms and false names because they lack the guts to make the defamatory remarks under their own names. Such underhanded behavior reeks of cowardliness and I think it's about time these people are exposed for their real identities. I for one have been the subject of both an online press article comment that was so defamatory it was breathtaking and an email that was also defamatory and noxious (even insinuating that my illness was less than legitimate - how neurosurgery can be questioned is beyond comprehension). What this sort of communication says though, is a whole lot about the person writing it.
I spoke to a highly respected psychotherapist today who says that a person who hides behind such a pseudonym is "very childish, unable to take responsibility for their own emotions, feels quite powerless and is afraid of confrontation because they don't have the ability to handle things like a mature adult - which is why they opt for total secrecy in their communication.
Touche! Bring on transparency.
xMel
You might remember that I twittered about being the Patron of the Trigeminal Neuralgia Association? - I am so excited to announce that it's official! The Association is having a fantastic conference with leading Doctors from around the world who happen to know a thing or two about Trigeminal Neuralgia (!) Besides being there as the Patron, I'm keen to get their opinion on the brain surgery I had a few months ago because the Doctor who pioneered it is going to be there. Going along is such a treat for me as I have hardly left the house for months (except the 11 odd weeks I've spent in hospital this year). They've organised dinners and so I just may get to wear that dress (see Fashion Girl/Narae's post) that I purchased on-line about a year ago!
Let's hope I make it. With Trigeminal Neuralgia, you never know when an attack will occur, which makes you quite fearful of making too many plans. My chin is up though, and I am making plans to go. If you are interested in going along, please contact Irene at the Trigeminal Neuralgia Association - there are hardly any spaces though so you'd better be quick!
xMel
So, for you metro’s out there here are two sites that come highly recommended:
So update – I’m making an apple and rhubarb pie tonight! I should enter into CH7 new reality TV showMy Kitchen Rules…
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P.S. Sizes work like this ladies – US2 - UK4 - AU6 or US6 - UK8 - AU10 – I hope this helps and makes sense.
Days like these inspire me – inspire me to pick up a couple of metres of calico and drape. When I was going to fashion school I use to HATE the word drape and HATE that I had to drape. But now that I’m out, I appreciate the art of draping and the ability to then turn a few pieces of fabric in to a pattern then tracing that pattern onto a fabric of your choice!
So, I’m signing off now to drape and sketch on this beautiful day… And maybe even bake a pie…
x N
Defying the current climate of dwindling magazine sales, Women's Health Magazine - one of my favorite Australian mags - has just reported that its readership is up a whopping 36.2%. Great magazine with positive messages - isn't it great that that sells. Some other big swings in readership include NW down 31%, Harpers Bazaar down 19% (hopefully new editor Edwina McCann will turn this around) and Notebook down 23%. Looking at those figures, the Women's Health numbers even more amazing. What I think helps is that the editor Felicity Percival is a great spokesperson of the title, regularly appearing on the 7 networks 'The Morning Show'.
xMel
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Chinese Proverb
"Forget Aspirational, Give Us The Ugly Truth" - smh.com.au
Apparently a survey conducted by PhD student Bianca Price found that younger women do not like buying cosmetics from better looking women. Funny, because I have been thinking the same thing about washing powder. There is an ad that I find doesn't connect with its target audience for the same reason. It goes like this: mother at home with young child/children, quite hassled and doing her laundry. When she fails to get a stain out of the clothes, a younger, brighter, fresher woman appears and shows her how to do it better with advertised product. I see it and am completely turned off the brand. If they had a grandmother type in place of the younger woman, I might be convinced. What mother at home schlepping about wants to be told how to do something better by a younger, less experienced woman? (Yes, I know I am assuming but it's an ad after all) The ads are a total disconnect for me so there might be something in this survey. Cosmetics though? Personally, I am influenced to buy cosmetics by beautiful women. I think this is because of the fantasy of it all - we hope that some of that beauty will rub off on us. Washing powder though? Give me a grandmother any day!
Melissa kindly took a few pictures of me opening my beautiful present and has requested I share them with you!
Opening the package was like opening a babushka doll! In total there were 4 different boxes! For those of you who are environmentally conscious don’t worry, I will be re-using all of the boxes! It’s like Christmas every time a package arrives!
A lot of people are afraid of shopping online because of the whole size issue or the fear of the piece looking absolutely hideous. A lot of online stores now have a full refund policy, so do check if you are unsure about committing.
Melissa is also an avid online shopper – she now feels uncomfortable and awkward when walking into a store! Seeing as this is Melissa’s site I thought that you all might be interested in Melissa’s recent purchase. One of Mel’s all time fav brands is Malene Birger, a beautiful French designer. She snapped up this amazing dress for half price at My-Wardrobe.com.
The film is out on limited release so I have done the research for you - click here and scroll to the bottom and you will find the various locations the film is screening. Some of the theatres aren’t releasing the film till the 20th of August so do check the ‘coming soon’ section also.
Palace here I come!
See you there x
Don't forget I would love some feedback or if you have any questions or want feedback - Email me - narae@melissaseymour.com
For first time visitors, don’t be shy – this is my first blog too.
I’m going to be guest blogging every now and then. I hear you ask – about what? Is she qualified?? Well, I’ll be blogging about fashion and pop in every now and then to tell you about my latest ventures and sightings caught on my iphone!
My qualifications – I have studied fashion at both East Sydney Fashion College (when it was located in East Sydney!) and have completed a Bachelor in Fashion and Textile Design at University of Technology, Sydney (If anyone needs advice, feel free to write in your questions).
After fashion school I joined a company that designs beautiful men’s and women’s suiting and day wear. After 2 ever so insightful years there I jumped ship to join Melissa and next year we are going to be starting our own label together, keep your eyes peeled for Mel&Ko.
Till next time x
P.S. Need an honest opinion on an outfit then and there – email me a pic of your outfit and I’ll give my brutally honest fashion opinion!
Spare a thought for Silvia Rigamonti who lost her son, husband, her best friend and the entire family of her best friend when that helicopter collided with the airplane over the Hudson River in NY during the weekend. That poor woman. My heart goes out to her. No one should have to suffer so much.
I just have to tell you about the fantastic designer sale going on right now atwww.my-wardrobe.com. 85% off. So so good. If I shop on a Friday, I have my stuff by the following Tuesday - all beautifully boxed - and it comes from the UK. Special. Enjoy!
xMel
Do you read your horoscopes for some uplifting news? I do, so you can imagine how this news about my September outlook went down this morning:
(Virgo – and sorry to my fellow uptight control freaks out there)
August will be a very busy and productive month, where you will have to make a number of decisions about your everyday work life in response to fast moving events. September on the other hand, will be slow, difficult, and confusing, with many events requiring that you backtrack and redo things.
That news from Astrologyzone.com. Now I just have to use my August productivity vibes to forget that I ever read the forecast for September!
xMel
Lengthening the limbs in order to gain a couple of inches in height is the cosmetic surgery of choice for many German girls at the moment. They endure months of agonizing surgeries and wearing of braces (like the one above) to extend their leg limbs. Thinking it will increase their chances to marry well, many women are excited at the prospect of a brighter future with the aid of being taller. Don't you think this is just appalling? Just when you think you've seen it all, along comes something so shocking that you are just bewildered at what the hell is going on in the world.
We've been so pleasantly surprised at the volume of traffic to this site - what started as a site for people to get information about the various projects going on for me - has turned into a viable business in itself. Thanks to you. Thank you for being loyal to this site. We'd love to hear from you about what you want to see here. We don't have 'comments' for example. Would you like the opportunity to make some? What kind of topics would you like to read about? Please email us at feedback@melissaseymour.com. So looking forward to your suggestions! Thank you!!
These inmates are amazing. Imagine what this would do for their spirits.
xMel
Armstrong & Contador
As predicted, Alberto Contador won with an overall lead of 5min 24 sec ahead of Andy Scheck, with third place going to Lance Armstrong. It was interesting to hear that Lance broke his collarbone only three months before making his comeback at 37 years old after a four year hiatus from the sport. He just never fails to impress. I can't wait for next years race when Lance comes back with a newly formed USA based team Radioshack. Contador is off to a new team too. The gloves will be off and Lance will be able to go at it properly after apparently holding back a bit for the benefit of the team and a Contador win. Now that it's over, I can get some sleep after watching most stages over the last three weeks - they've been airing from 11pm to well past 2am on SBS. The first week of racing got me through the last week of my hospital stay - the courage of the riders inspiring me to cope with my illness.
Today the New York Times confirms something we've known and held sacred in our hearts for ages: We are the thinnest county in New York State. Probably one of, if not the, thinnest in the country. Whereas 67 percent of the nation's population is overweight, only 42 percent of Manhattan's population is overweight. And sometimes — okay, all the time — being skinny is all that matters, especially in fashion. Screw job performance, screw health, screw a general state of happiness — nothing is more important than showing up at a party and being one of the thinnest people there. Besides, being thin leads to things.
Frankly most of the rich people quoted in the Times article say equally obnoxious things. They all confess to being gym and salad obsessives, and their heights and weights are all listed in the article. But at least, unlike fashion models, these folks admit they put a lot of time, effort, and thought into staying skinny. Where as models "eat burritos and brownie pie all day" and "never exercise." Because that is even more obnoxious.
Check it out the New York Times article here
What's another word for thesaurus?
Steven Wright
I've blogged about the artist Damien Hirst before -
He is the one who sold the work with the cow in a tank of formaldehyde for something like 10 million pounds. Seriously. Anyway, he has made the above bike for Lance Armstrong which is to be auctioned off with the proceeds going to the Lance Armstrong Foundation. The butterflies all over it are real. Seriously. It's going to make a fortune for the foundation and Bono asked Hirst to do it. Cool. So cool. Amex anyone?
xMel
Check this clip out and see what you think.....
Looks eerily like Blanket don't you think?xMel
Poor 'Gidgett" the Taco Bell Dog and Legally Blonde 2 star has died aged 15. This little pooch was one of the highest paid animal stars in the world and was a pampered little dame too. I remember reading some time ago that she used to have her own luxury hotel room when traveling. She was most famous for the line in the Taco Bell ads - "Yo quiero Taco Bell" - spanish for "I want Taco Bell", dubbed in a male voice, of course.
"Reposar en paz "Gidget". - RIP "Gidget".
Armstrong & Contador
Have you been following? I am a huge Lance Armstrong fan. Huge. He is about 1 minute 30 odd behind the leader, fellow Astana team mate Alberto Contador. I've been waiting for him to make a play for 1st place but it looks like he won't - giving in to the race tradition of supporting the strongest member of the team to a win. Yep, that means he tanks his own win in the best interests of the team. Don't feel sorry for him - he has seven wins under his belt already.
xMel
Children's Tee Shirt
Or any of the following slogans - "Mummy likes it on top", "I like big boobs I can not lie", "my mum is easy", "I'm bringing sexy back", "Practice safe sucks".
The kids chain store, "Cotton on kids" has come under fire for these t-shirts. I wonder why? So tacky. So very. We don't need little tots running around with sexual innuendo emblazoned across their chests. Really.
xMel
Chris Brown apologises but is he really sorry? I'm not convinced. I think he's sorry for the mess he's in, not that he belted the crap out of Rhianna.
I'm really feeling for Kate Middleton right now. The girlfriend of Prince William has a dodgy uncle, Gary Goldsmith, who has been busted on video talking out of school about the royal romance, doing drugs and offering to supply hookers. You can read all about it here.
So the reporters of course hale from that upstanding news outlet 'News of the World'. They talk of Gary Goldsmith of being this awful, shameful character BUT they are the ones who posed as people they weren't to lure him into this trap and secretly filmed the whole thing. Now who is the dodgy one I ask? Sure, Gary Goldsmith is a wreck and obviously a huge embarrassment to the Middletons but I'm feeling for him and the family. How awful to be lied to and deceived like that. Behavior like that should be against the law. It's just incredible that they are calling him out on his behavior when they themselves are no better!
xMel
I am back on line now.... please keep coming back for daily bites of information.
xMel
xMel
A girl was waiting outside his house in her car (scary, stalker-ish behaviour?) and when he left his house in his car, she followed and he noticed that she was filming him. He got out of his car and kicked the car in a rage, sending shards of glass over the stalker girl. Now he is in trouble with the law but doesn't care (as if you would if you were Cristiano Ronaldo!). He says it's all about his mother - that he puts up with this kind of behaviour when he's alone, but when his mother is involved and scared then that's it. He loses it. I think I love him.
In the meantime, for all of those people out there that are struggling with Trigeminal Neuralgia - you can go to the Trigeminal Neuralgia Associations website, at www.tnaustralia.org.au. They are actually having a conference in September that I will definitely attend. I'm talking to them about speaking and they have (I write this with tears welling because this has been a very long and painful journey for me) asked me to be a Patron of the association. I accepted humbly. I say this not to be dramatic, but in light of what they have already achieved.
xMel
From my hospital bed: patients are usually in hospital because they are sick, right? Yes, I thought so. Interesting then that the noise levels are beyond. You actually have to raise your voice a few decibels to be heard. Sleep? A siesta would be nice, but not possible. At night? Irregular at best. Night nurses have it back to front and like to talk, sometimes yell from your room. You're f----- kidding you want to say. But you don't. You crack a I'm asleep half smile. Let them go about their business - testing blood pressure, pulse etc.. Fun when children are around. They love those things - stethoscopes, blood pressure arm band. The giggles are soothing for everyone. Even the old man in the next room. Walls paper thin, so I know it gets to him. Should go in I think, take the gigglers to brighten his day. Don't though. I remember that I am sick too. Door closes by itself. Reminds me of a bar door in Mexico. Suits me more than you can imagine, who wants random people looking at you lying in bed in pj's? Not me. For sure. Lots of intrusions though. Tea, coffee, cappuccino? Cappuccino? You're going to make it from that little trolly? I don't think you can call that a cappuccino. Blood. We need some. Sure, go right ahead and offer up my veins. I like to watch them fill vile after vile after vile. Best friend comes in. Looks devine in new Lee Mathews top. On sale. Good buy we agree. Sadness at her leaving, she is going on a holiday. Husband arrives. He makes me cry. Holding in the pain all day. Tired of the brave face. Sometimes I'm just too tired to wear it. That's what husbands are for.
