post post-grad blues

Overeducated, overtrained & underemployed is an absolute crap place to be.

Getting a PhD is starting to sound better & better - plus it
might be a way to live in the UK for a while ♥
...if only i wasn't in debt up to my eyelashes - no, no, no, I'd rather work!

the sweet science

so...i'm calling a TKO on my self-esteem!
(what's wrong with me? oh, right - i'm completely ridiculous).

*sigh* that said - my bod inspiration is gretchen mol in The Notorious Bettie Page (2005). wow! this is the BEST gretchen has ever looked (the art direction, hair/make-up, costuming & lighting design are well-done too, but still).


i watched this on IFC over the weekend - her performance is not amazing, but there is something undeniably adorable about her in this film. and while the real bettie page was striking and fit - i want gretchen's bod & confidence from this film.



Okay - diet, work-out & new job hunt begins tomorrow (after i catch up on Eastenders of course).

Look out world ♥

never tear us apart....

All day I've been thinking about Michael Hutchence - out of nowhere.
God, he was so absolutely charismatic. INXS was so major for me in H.S.

*completely cool*

Rolling Stone called him a "storm-tossed yet high-flown romantic."

♥ he was amazing

summer, summer, summerin'

I'm ready for a proper summer! Finished with grad school now and want to spend time by the seaside, or in movie theaters. I'll catch up on sewing, eat yummy fresh fruit & veg and drink Pimms Cups! Hopefully I'll be taking loads of evening walks & even mini-vacations.

image

1 trip underway - just bought my ticket for Montreal! Going to visit mom & it's the first trip with a new friend...it'll be amazing!

OH! And reading, reading, reading!!


image

"The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us" ~ Quentin Crisp

the truth.

this weekend i re-watched movies by lubitsch, kubrick, meadows & lynch. i am so lucky to know these artist's work and to have made them integral to my life. i am NOT an artist...and i sometimes fancy that i am all about music or craft or academia...but the truth is, i am a film lover. it is NOT a cool thing to be. most of my friends have a talent or a profession, but i...i watch moving images. and honestly, those two words probably summarize me better than any other 2 words can ♥