jayne and jack

Here

2012-01-08T22:17:00.002+13:00

For awhile Jack had a mustache

Then he added a beard, and shaved off all his hair.
He was dedicated to his halloween costume as Sid Vicious. I was Nancy.

Some Words

2011-10-03T13:41:00.001+13:00

So it's been a while since anyone has posted on this blog so I thought I'd bring you all up to speed with some goings on. Me and Jayne have both moved the way of tumblr, the reason this blog has laid dormant for so long. Busy university and skateboarding have been taking up most of the time that would usually go here! That plus our jobs..

So I thought I'd leave you with some photographs of the past few months!

18th June

2011-07-26T21:59:00.005+12:00

It started with a couple of cool cats.
Was helped buy an adoring family.
Was celebrated by loving friends and family.
It was magical.

The Gorgeous Bride

Meeting on the warf, rain could not stop a thing.

The amazing Mother that pieced this wedding together

Our family home

Our Grandmothers Lace

The dashing men

The original 5

The best sisters ever.

handsome Jack

Oh.

2011-04-22T16:34:00.003+12:00

Ohope
This is where Jack is.
I miss him.
And I'm super jealous.

But I have LOTS of work to distract myself with.

Happy easter!

x

2011-03-31T10:16:00.002+13:00

Just some things I'm into at the moment.
how much do i wish for the cobbled street beneath the wedges. I love cobbled streets!

teetering on the brink

2011-03-18T19:24:00.002+13:00

vice's latest issue; 'teetering on the brink'

sweet photo

peace

2011-03-15T20:32:00.001+13:00

My mind is full of procrastination. And Jersey Shore. Is that bad?

That's Pants.

2011-03-10T20:47:00.002+13:00

I just love trousers at the moment.
pants pants pants.
that is all.

Proenza

2011-03-08T17:50:00.004+13:00

I tend to get very bored looking at the latest runway shows on blogs, but this one really stood out, in part due to the photography I think.
But also because of the yum texture and colour! I love it.
Good one tommy of JAK&JIL

Ohh Hey Guys

2011-02-08T15:13:00.002+13:00

Auckland Trip:

Christmas

2010-12-28T18:38:00.004+13:00

I had a truely wonderful Christmas. It was three days of wonderful-ness. I just wish that I hadn't worked both christmas eve and Boxing day. It would have been more fun, but hey it's money.
On Christmas eve: Takeaways movies and desserts at Park Place. (Peppermint Mouse (oh yes))
Christmas day: Pancake Breakfast made by me, late lunch which was delicious (mum found a mini ham for us! i love glazed ham, then a dessert, followed by a very fun game of Trivial Pursuits, which Mum and I totally won!
Boxing Day: Bbq with the extended family, I got to see cousins who i adore and cousins that i barely see, but are soso cute! Followed by another insane game of Trivial Pursuits, this time my sisters won!

It was so wonderful, I got an Ipod (finally, hello 32 gigs!), and lots of other goodies. I loved spending time with my family, they are truly some of my favourite people.

Chris Cringle

2010-12-17T22:53:00.004+13:00

After having a bad day at work, suffering the brunt of mad Christmas consumers, and trying to maintain an ever depleting Christmas cheer, I arrive home to a Christmas-ified home.
We're getting our REAL Christmas tree late this year, so I don't feel at all christmas-y. And this year I have been stuck in a mall, selling jewelery, where the Christmas-spirit is all a about how much money the retailers can suck out of the customers (turns out quite a bit, in fact). But every so often someone comes along whose appreciation and graciousness reminds of the real Christmas spirit. And also today there was a barber shop quartet singing carols, thats just awesome. Unfortunately those moments aren't as often as I would like.
After having a bad day at work, suffering the brunt of mad Christmas consumers, and trying to maintain an ever depleting Christmas cheer, I arrive home to a Christmas-ified home.

I love you mummy. You are the mummy who saved my first Christmas of adulthood.

Photo is of our tree last year. Always a haphazard smattering of decorations, but perfect in every way. My sisters and I will be at work tomorrow, and I can not wait.

i want a new haircut

2010-12-07T22:13:00.002+13:00

It's not what you think.

2010-12-05T21:50:00.003+13:00

Bon Jovi played in Wellington this weekend. I do not like Bon Jovi.
the ONLY reason i am posting this song is because it was one of the reasons I met Jack.
Thanks Bon Jovi.

Peace

Ps - Christmas is around the corner! The Christmas carols are entering my ears and the smell of peppermint and pine trees are getting closer

Into the woods..

2010-11-29T20:07:00.002+13:00

Today I spent the day catching up with a friend I haven't seen in ages. And lying in the sun.
And vacuuming and putting out washing. but that isn't interesting so why mention it!

3.5

2010-11-23T10:00:00.000+13:00

24th February 2007.

what a cutie..

2010-11-22T14:46:00.000+13:00

hope you like 'em!
peace

A motto to live by

2010-11-19T12:23:00.002+13:00

'Gotta make room for the cupcakes' - Grr, Invader Zim.

2010-11-15T08:00:00.001+13:00

my tumblr page
my old one got all messed up and confusing.

i can't sleeeeeep.

somniphobia

2010-11-14T23:51:00.002+13:00

Alabama, Arkansas.
you're the apple of my eye.
not a pacific rose apple cos i know you hate them.

history?

2010-11-04T22:56:00.001+13:00

history exam tomorrow, last of the year.

who wants to be nervous with me?

Goosebumps

2010-11-03T12:29:00.000+13:00

Goosebumps. every time i watch it.
November 18th.

tumblr

2010-11-02T18:44:00.000+13:00

me and jayne have decided to do some experimenting in tumblr, check us out!

jayne and jack

peace

the suburbs

2010-11-01T10:00:00.002+13:00

ah i've never been a huge fan of the arcade fire, always appreciated they were a good band but never listened to anything but 'no cars go'. but their new album 'the suburbs' is pretty amazing. check it out.

fomo

2010-10-31T10:00:00.001+13:00

fomo - "fear of missing out"

okay maybe i'm not up with all the happenings etc. so new slang might go right by me or maybe i'm just not very good at listening but this is the first time i've ever heard of this.. i saw it on a skate video where an amazing skater called brian anderson (look him up) talked about "know fomo" i don't know why he used know.. instead of know.. but anyways i think it's a pretty cool idea.. like you always have that fear you might be missing out if you don't go out one night or something like that, so this living with out that fear - no fomo.
i thought it was pretty cool idea!

anyway this is brian anderson, pretty cool dude with some pretty gnarly tattoos;

photos taken from caught in the crossfire, and transworld skating (still)

peace

barney and jack's gig

2010-10-30T10:00:00.000+13:00

barney and jack in picture 1. barney and thom in 4. and 5.
taken in watusi 21st cotober 2010

short sleeves?

2010-10-29T16:19:00.000+13:00

so i recently acquired an old short sleeved shirt from a family friend. up till this point in my life i have always hated them, i can't explain it, it may have been because everyone who used to where them were normally douche bags.. but some other reasons as well. but this year i've become more and more fond of them, they're slowly becoming more popular around wellington, and they also have been pretty big in the skating industry for just under a year now. right now i'm on the look out for a cheap blue one because i reckon the look pretty rad (although extremely common) any-who if you've got opinions on them or know a good brand/place to find them let me know!

the first picture is of cory kennedy, taken from the good not great website and then the other two are taken from the RVCA collection (cory kennedy's sponsor).

let me know what you think,

peace

2010-10-25T20:46:00.000+13:00

My wonderful, wonderful friends.
(All Photos by Jack, again... he has the mad skills!)

nick mullins

2010-10-23T10:19:00.000+13:00

okay a while ago i was looking through the videos on the berrics and came across this insane skater by the name of nick mullins, after watching his video i keep looking through the others on the site and found that he wasn't yet another professional skater, but an amateur skater who was in a coma with a staph infection, and had been given a 1% chance of getting throughout. the berrics made many video updates etc. about nick and where he was at until he finally pulled through, he came out with the loss of sight out of one eye and damage to his other which is now being repaired. he's back skating and still as amazing as ever, i've put some of the videos down the bottom of this post, make sure you watch the first it has amazing editing, music, and above all, skating.

'nick mullins day' song by metric - help i'm alive

interview with nick mullin

pretty crazy story, also note the song 'help i'm alive' and he was in a coma.. hah.. okay click the videos if you want to watch them on YouTube instead of the website.

peace

more skateboard graphics

2010-10-19T17:52:00.000+13:00

so i'm pretty sure every child in the history of the world has loved where the wild things are.. the movie came out a while back and it was directed by spike jonze who just so happens to be the co-owner of the very successful skateboard company, girl skateboards.

so for the release of the movie girl did a collaboration with some of its best skaters and came up with these sweet skateboard graphics....

riders who got the these graphics are.. rick mccrank, rick howard, brandon biebel, mike carroll, eric koston, guy mariano, and jeron wilson.

peace

2010-10-18T19:44:00.000+13:00

Martha's Pantry is an adorable high tea shop or cafe, located at the top of Cuba Street. Very Adorable and run by a bunch of lovely ladies who dress according to the decor. And the food was delicious!

All Photos are by Jack!
so cute.
xx

2010-10-12T20:58:00.000+13:00

Apparently on windy days, you get a build up of negative ions which makes you grumpy. You should shower on a windy day, because it neutralises the negative ions with positive ions.
Yesterday was windy, and boy was I grumpy.
Today was sunny and I am happy.

xx

people

2010-10-10T21:57:00.000+13:00

jayne, nikki, taylor, barney, kate, thom, rhys, finn, emilie, tom

peace

how soon is now?

2010-10-10T21:35:00.000+13:00

skateboarding and art

2010-10-05T10:13:00.000+13:00

okay so this is another skateboarding post but with a bit of twist, it's more about the board graphics and who did them. the company i'm talking about is alien workshop, they've been around for a long time in the skateboarding industry and have some major pro skaters on their team; dylan rieder, steve berra, heath kirchart, jason dill, and rob dyrdek just to name a few.
for their spring 2010 decks they did a collaboration with none other than.. andy warhol! taking graphics from some of his most iconic pop works, and others from the death and disaster series they made some pretty amazing decks. take a look below? yeah..

From left to right the riders are dylan rieder, jason dill, heath kirchart, steve berra

peace

Its one of those days for taking a walk outside.

2010-10-04T18:54:00.001+13:00

One fine Saturday...

xx

fringe!

2010-09-30T23:00:00.000+13:00

fringe, exclamation point.

thinking about summer a lot lately.. especially after the weather today. Less than ideal for a fringe.

tsunami eyes

2010-09-26T23:57:00.000+13:00

I can not sleep. Day light savings has strangely effected me, not to mention STRESS. three essays. exams. readings. research. My mind just won't switch off.
So i thought, maybe some photos could help.

Now to read some poems by Karlo Mila, to try to calm my mind.

Dreaming...

2010-09-18T17:04:00.001+12:00

I am starting to dream of summer...

Warts and All.

2010-09-13T20:42:00.000+12:00

Literally. I used to have warts like you would not believe. At worst i think i counted ten on my hands.

I remember having one on my knee that i was really self concious about when I was in intermediate school, I would always hold my knee with my hand, thus spreading it to my hand, then i became self conscious of the wart on my hand, and I would fold my pink-y down to cover it, from there, really they took on a life of their own.

By fifth form it became particularly bad. With nearly six on one hand, and four on the other, (not to mention two MONSTROUS ones). I used wart paint, and I also started getting them burnt off, with dry ice. My mum would take me to the nurse, and tell me how brave i was. The nurses who treated the wee troop of warts would apologize as i winced with pain, would comment on how this seemed like a fairly extreme case, and would discuss how no one quite knows how to get rid of them. Then I would spend the few days after the burning, dealing with blisters as well as warts. But it seemed to have an opposite effect. The monstrous ones grew from the burning, I think they grew on the scar tissue, one even grew in a crescent shape curling on top of my finger.

This all, conveniently, occurred around the same time i met jack. He was the first (and only) boy to hold my, wart encrusted hand. i would wear band-aids wrapped around my fingers to hide the warts, partially out of repulsion and embarrassment, and partially to make sure it wouldn't spread to anyone else.

I knew something had to change when a wart arrived on my chin. Yes, they had reached my face. That was it. The warts could interfere with my holding of jacks hand, and could cause me shame, but they were not going to take over my face and turn me into Tree Man.
I saw a cosmetic surgeon, thinking that was the only other possible path to take, but being abnormally squeamish i couldn't face it. I covered my face wart up with tonnes and tonnes of concealer and made up new answers to "oh hey Jayne you've got a bit of food or something on your chin".

Now i really don't know what made my warts go away, or what treatment helped. I am just relieved that they did. I like to think that they got scared away, or maybe the warts became sympathetic to me and decided to scamper off to some other poor unassuming child. But i will never forget those warts.

To Jack, thank you for holding my hand, despite the warts, and for ignoring the wart on my chin. And even though you would nag me about why i wore so many band-aids, you never said anything, even when you knew, and you never made me feel embarrassed.

And now, i quite like my hands. But I wish I took photos of my crescent warts, maybe just one.

Its not really as if having warts was a life changing ordeal, but i'm sure not a lot of people get centimeter wide warts. And only witches get them on their face, right?

p.s. google Tree man. woah.

i cant imagine the bitter end

2010-09-13T20:39:00.000+12:00

a friend at a party alerted me to Janelle Monae's new album, and an amazing video clip. Its a tad boring just having her face, but it is very emotive and she is beautiful.
thoughts?

(ps i finally learnt how to embed videos! go me!)

not another skateboarding post

2010-09-11T20:47:00.000+12:00

well to fucking bad..

but seriously this is cool, it's about cory kennedy.
this guy has to be one of the coolest skaters right now, and probably the future, not only does he have a sweet style, and is insanely good. he's also pretty funny.

he won an amateur video competition hosted by the berrics called "bang yoself 2" (kind of lame name.. i know) and then went on to come third in the battle at the berrics two, never actually facing eventual winner chris cole.

now sponsored by girl, royal, rvca, good not great, nike sb, and spitfire he's becoming very popular throughout the skateboarding world.
now enough about the boring stuff, let's watch some videos. he's real pretty too... hah

day in the life - crailtap

hidden city

text yoself

watch all the videos, defiantly all worth it (yeah i know they all don't really fit, but if you click them they'll take you to the actual thingy.. i think..)

peace

while you were sleeping

2010-09-11T10:03:00.000+12:00

i turned 19.
sat some exams.
had some holidays.
started new papers.
had some more holidays.
had some snowboarding.
had some parties.
And am now taking a leaf out of everyone's book and trying to post more regularly. lets see how it goes!

jayne is a saucy minx

2010-09-10T20:48:00.000+12:00

they weigh 380 grams

2010-09-10T10:01:00.000+12:00

so in the time that this blog as been basically on hiatus i have finally bought the shoes i've been longing for. for almost a year i have been in love with the 380g gram shoes (all models of the gram shoes are named after how much they weigh).

they're brown suede 1950s ish? and i love them.. i have to take extreme care of them because i've heard some pretty bad things about how easily they break.. but i don't care, they look freaking wonderful..

so here are some pictures of said shoes, tell me what you think?

hope ya'll like 'em

peace

it's raining

2010-09-09T23:17:00.000+12:00

it's 11:14pm in wellington, new zealand and of course, it is raining outside. almost as common as my bad grammar and wrong use of apostrophes and full stops.

will post more actual things in the days to come.

subjects will most likely revolve around skateboarding, but i will try to involve fashion, photography, music, and how much i love doing nothing.

peace hombres . ,

jason lee

2010-08-13T10:02:00.000+12:00

okay you all might know him as earl from 'my name is earl' but before that.. alright?.. he was way cooler.. still is now really.
jason lee in the late eighties and early nineties was a professional skater, a dam good one at that. he skate for companies like airwalk and blind, as well as creating his own skateboard company, that he recently re-established, with chris pastras called stereo sound agency skateboards.
after a successful career in skateboarding (which is still continued today with involvement with stereo and wesc) he went to acting, becoming know in the film mallrats which was a prelude to films such as clerks, and jay and silent bob.
he's now heavily involved with the brand wesc or WearetheSuperlativeConspiracy which makes clothes, headphones and other rather rad stuff.

all in all jason lee is the man. he can skate like a freak, wears fairly sweet clothing, and ain't that bad at acting. plus, he's dam handsome as well.

so that's jason lee.. another post on some sort of skateboarding but.. deal with it bitches
peace

songbird

2010-08-12T18:47:00.000+12:00

long time no.. anything

2010-08-02T12:26:00.000+12:00

okay speaking on behalf of myself only i apologise for the lack of posts lately (jayne's just selfish.. ahah).
let me fill you in on the goings on and why there has been this hiatus.
i've just begun my fourth week of the second trimester of university so my time has pretty much been dedicated to trying to get back into that sort of thing, also for the past two weeks the wellington international film festival has been going on so i've been working more hours than usual meaning my downtime has been spent away from the computer, or on it and not wanting to post.

but i have a few things to let you all know about!

firstly the lookbooks/new seasons for chronicles of never, and henrik vibskov have been released and are looking very nice. chronicles has really just been chronicles.. a lot of black and grey etc. and very abstract (and expensive) stuff. henrik however looks wonderful and fun, i've always liked his stuff and this season's weirdness is fantastic. check out the good as gold blog for the slides/pictures or hit up the sites!

secondly i've recently (many of you will already know) become obsessed with skateboarding again.. so really.. all i'm trying to say is.. try it. i'm forcing jayne to and it's going pretty good! so do it

peer pressure

lastly.
go. see. inception. go. see. it. at. the. embassy. theatre. in. wellington. it. looks. amazing.

peace for now homies.. what?

handsome

2010-07-04T19:12:00.000+12:00

this is probably the best looking male i have seen in a long time. seriously. i love beards.

photo courtesy of yvan rodic

2010-07-03T12:58:00.000+12:00

Photos:various

I want a new watch. I currently wear a cheap mens watch that I got from the Warehouse for $30. I decided to get a watch when i realized i had almost forgotten how to read an analogue clock. I have also apparently lost the ability to tie my own shoes, but thats another story. My current one has a big face, two tone, and it sits really high on my wrist which is becoming more and more annoying as it gets colder. I chose my watch largely because Jack said he saw Whitney Port wearing a similar one (I am so easily swayed). I now have my eye on one that looks like one that Carrie wears in the Sex and the City Series, season 2 or 3. Its gold with a blue face. But i rarely wear gold jewelery.
The watch i reeeally want though is a gold version of Jacks Casio (huh. the computer knows that Casio needs a capital letter) watch but I can't find it anywhere.

I've had the first week or so of my holidays and I don't want them to end.

Peace

dr denim

2010-06-25T16:53:00.000+12:00

all throughout summer i was wishing to the world that someone would bring out some simple staple clothing with nice neutral or pastel colouring at a reasonable price and dr denim listened.

their latest collection is full of nice simple pants, shirts, cardigans and jackets. nothing that would make you stand out in a crowd, but stuff that makes you look like you have some sort of taste in clothing - very useful.

so without further ado here are a few photos of some of the clothing from the latest collection - courtesy of good as gold.

peace

yvan rodic

2010-06-23T16:10:00.000+12:00

so if you like fashion, international travel, and photography look no further than yvan rodic, or facehunter. starting his blog facehunter in 2006 yvan rodic has been photographing people on the street who he believe to have good fashion sense, he has an amazing eye for good style as well.

he's also started a visual diary of his travels, including some of the people he puts on facehunter, and other interesting photos from around the world.

so if you've made your way through that jumble of words and attempted sentences and are still looking for a point to this post, the point is this. check him out. the photos are rad and the people, fashion and countries are amazing. i've been following the blog for a year and a bit now, and i'm still loving every photo that goes up.

here's a few from both blogs;

the last photo is yvan rodic himself!

check out both the sites, they're defiantly worth it

peace

the berrics

2010-06-23T15:19:00.000+12:00

now i have always been a bit of a skateboarding wanabe. always good enough to be able to do the simple things but never motivated to go any further than that. now that i'm trying to go past that point i've been getting into the skateboarding culture a bit more.

one thing i found whilst falling in love with skateboarding was the berrics this is a skatepark, company, and something.. all created by proffesional skateboarders steve berra and eric koston (berrics.. get it..) anyway it's freaking rad. it's a massive skate community where they just live skateboarding.

videos are posted almost every day and they run competitions etc. where they get proffesional skateboarders to compete. battle at the berrics is a game of s.k.a.t.e competition running right now.

so check out the link connected to the name above and watch some of the stuff that they do. it's all pretty amazing

the berrics

peace

2010-06-23T10:19:00.000+12:00

Check out number 7

I'm trying to feel like i have a life and study at the same time.
so far from being free..

Peace

cuba street carnival please don't leave us

2010-06-18T13:02:00.000+12:00

cuba street carnival is an event that happens in wellington every two or so years and is where me and jayne met for the first time. last year i did my 7th form design project on it and this meant that i wandered around the whole day taking photos of whatever and whoever because it would be the only time i'd be able to get photos etc. for my project.
next year in 2011 the amazing event was set to occur in february as it always had. but because of the wellington city council's reluctance to contribute more money than it has in the past years and the organizers refusal to move it to coincide with the rugby world cup - a move that the council claims they did not suggest but many believe it may have contributed to the lack of increase in funds - it looks like the event will not go ahead.

i feel that if this was to happen - and it's looking very likely - that wellington will lose one of the main events in its cultural calendar and that would be horrible. it's an event that really anyone of any age can enjoy and it brings the whole of wellington together to enjoy it. so for the sake of wellington i really really really hope we will be seeing some form of the carnival next years.

fingers crossed

peace

It won't happen again

2010-06-17T21:37:00.000+12:00

Just some images from around. I adore this washed out look, add flowers and a pretty girl, and I can't ignore it. Probably especially now during winter, though I am realy liking the cold weather.
I thought i would just post before i go into round two of study hibernation. Lucky Jack has finished his exams! jealous. another week or two to go for me. Regardless of the fact it feels unnatural to be studying in June.
I hate this time of year, too many birthdays! But i also really love everyone who has a birthday, five of my favourite people! Though i now have money to buy good presents, so thats on the upside. I do enjoy buying gifts.
Right now, GirlTalk came on and "whoop badass" starting looping. Oh, Ipod.

Peace

cut and run

2010-06-15T14:22:00.000+12:00

seeing you here it makes me smile
i hear you laugh and all i am waiting to be next to you
hoping that you feel the same way

it seems like you're moving away
if it's the end i need to know before i have to let you go
i'm just not ready to be alone

say it say it now
you're not in love with me no more
i'll try my best to catch up with you

say it say it now

you're not in love with me no more

i'll try my best to catch up with you

say it say it now

you're not in love with me no more

i'll try my best to catch up with you

oh oh oh, oh oh oh

(do do do)

we're like fish in the sea

and i though you were the one for me

(do do do)

we're like fish in the sea

and i though you were the one for me

baby i'm afraid of change

but i think it's more that i still love you

just as much as when we met

i don't want to sleep alone and think of you with someone else

holding them when i still reach for you and hold you close in the night

you know i still love you

say it say it now

you're not in love with me no more

i'll try my best to catch up with you

oh oh oh, oh oh oh

(do do do)

we're like fish in the sea

and i though you were the one for me

(do do do)

we're like fish in the sea

and i though you were the one for me

oh oh oh, oh oh oh

electrelane - cut and run

freaking sweet song and band

peace

unfocused goodness

2010-06-10T18:17:00.001+12:00

*photos from a friends flat warming

peace

cold day

2010-05-28T10:04:00.000+12:00

i'm sitting outside my history lecture with an hour until it starts because i came early just to have a wee chat with jayne and a morning coffee.

and i would like to inform all of you

it's fucking freezing

wellington has decided that it is truely winter, and it's even cold in doors because of the lack of heating.

kind of love it (i got really sick of summer) but at the same time i would prefer it not to rain so much. being soaked on arrival to university isn't really ideal.

so wellington, stay cold but stop raining. thanks

peace

i like negatives

2010-05-28T09:57:00.001+12:00

as you know (probably) jayne gifted me a holga camera for my birthday. now not only does this camera take some pretty rad photos, the negatives that come with it are something to be admired. the size is and you can clearly see the picture when they've got even a little bit of light behind them. so i'm not someone who really reprints photos so the negatives were just gaining dust in my room, so i decided to do something with them.

i taped them up to my bedroom window, which gets a fair amount of light through it. now every day i can see all my pictures in all their inverted goodness.

enjoy

peace

i want one

2010-05-21T10:19:00.000+12:00

a tattoo that is.. i look at yvan rodic's (facehunter) visual diary religiously and he takes heaps of photos of people's tattoos in his travels, so i started to collect the ones that i like and store them away for a rainy day, i really like the idea of simple text ones. here are a few of my favourites

peace

music update?

2010-05-19T11:04:00.000+12:00

so i think a while i put some music up for you all to listen to so you could have a taste of what me and jayne listen to! and now i feel it has been a sufficient enough length of time for me to again give you an update on what's happening inside my many pairs of headphones (i think i own a few too many, might post about it later). anyway! music!

i can't really remember what i put up last time.. but for now we shall start with; the drums, florence and the machine, electrelane, and yeasayer.. oh and akron family!

the drums and florence and the machine are kind of similar, and electrelane is nice and slow pretty mellow but really good, and yeasayer are.. yeasayer and akron family's kind of similar..

videos!

the drums - let's go surfing

florence and the machine - dog days are over

electrelane - saturday (not official video)

yeasayer - ambling alp

akron family - river

check them all out, they're all so good.. (anyone noticed the font change, like heaps)

peace

Denim on denim

2010-05-18T20:26:00.001+12:00

I did not believe denim on denim could look good.. until now. I think I shall have to make an exception.

maybe its because i want her necklace and glasses? regardless, this is the one exception to the rule in my opinion.
What do you think?

Love Layof xx

Bambi

2010-05-18T20:07:00.001+12:00

There's a new model gracing all the site i read, "Bambi" (no joke, she actually changed her name to that)and she has some really cool eyebrows, bushy and strong, and they suit her.

But my point is not to rave about her unique look, but its this: my Darling Nikki has always had an issue with her eyebrows, everyone else on the other hand has said they are gorgeous and strong and suit her enormously. and this is hopefully to show you (nikki i know you're like our main reader) that your eyebrows make you, you. and i think you are cute as a button, you could re-name yourself kitten. or puppy, cos i know you prefer dogs.

this could be explained as my eyebrow - envy. as jack said the other day "you have no eyebrows".

Bambi

My Darling Nikki

Love Layof xx

light knots

2010-05-18T10:38:00.000+12:00

last year jayne gave me, for my birthday, what can only be described as a rope of light. it was to hang around my room in place of fairy lights that she couldn't find because of the season, and that's where it stayed for just over a year. but recently i have begun to tidy up my room, make it seem a bit more my age, by ripping down all my posters and just make it look a bit less busy. so while doing this i decided to move the rope and construct myself a new bed-side light of sorts. the light is amazingly bright so by making it into one big knot i have been able to light the area next to my bed easily and pretty much the rest of my room!

i like the look of it, and i use it way more now, when it was hanging around the room i hardly ever turned it on because i had really no need to! but now it's on every night.

here are some pictures of my new light source, hope you like it

High Voltage

2010-05-12T10:21:00.000+12:00

A shop in Auckland, K Road.

hand monsters

2010-05-10T21:39:00.000+12:00

hand monsters are rad and can make a very boring history tutorial way more entertaining! (i'm distracted very, very easily)

peace

Bubblegum Nails

2010-05-10T19:54:00.001+12:00

I really like this colour!

Peace

P.s... We cracked a hundred posts! Go Jayne and Jack and thank you to all our readers (sarcasm, who even reads this!).

Dejavu

2010-05-05T20:37:00.000+12:00

This happens to me allll the time. I get it in lectures even. No I'm actually quite positive I dreamt the scenario I lived on Monday.
I got that feeling with this photo.
I was not sure if I had posted it before, not that its important, but I didn't want to be re-hashing photos, especially when they're as banal as this one.
The photo is evidence of what happens when Jack and I study together.

Jack and I have big essays to get done in the next week. BOO.

Peace.

Three years on..

2010-05-03T19:56:00.001+12:00

and Jack has made me silly as can be. Whenever I find a photo like this, without the false posing or silly faces, I keep it and cherish it. I think there's only a hand-full. 'cos lets face it, silly faces rule.

thanks for 3 fun years of silliness, Jacky.

Peace

i like to skateboard

2010-05-03T16:08:00.000+12:00

i've been a very big board - sport person throughout my life, my dad brought me up to love surfing and then skateboarding and snowboarding kind of just fell into place. i haven't been properly skateboarding for about three years now, just using my old deck for transport around wellington. but during the holidays i decided to try do it a bit more and make the most of the university free nights and days. now the bard that i had was already around four or five years old, severely damaged and i just found out, very small compared to most. so with money coming in from my two new jobs i decided to buy a new deck! after a long talk with the gentleman from cheapskates and about an hour spent jumping on and off various different decks i decided on a stereo sound agency skateboard (a brand that is owned by actor, skater, weactivist and all around awesome person jason lee) as it was very cheap, a pro deck (team rider danny supa) and felt pretty sweet!

so here are pictures of my brand new deck with everything still looking perfect, something that i doubt will be the case after a few days down at the skate park. but that will make me look cool. unless i break it.. then i'll look like a dick.

peace

parents are back

2010-04-26T20:52:00.000+12:00

for the past month my parents have been suffering culture shock throughout the lands of nepal, and they have finally returned home! and with them the have brought many goodies.. but one of the best thing they brought back with them was pictures! and i have decided to share some of these wonderful pictures with you people (sounds derogatory; 'you people').

enjoy..

peace

Its cool to organize.

2010-04-23T16:09:00.000+12:00

I do enjoy organization. especially when the results look great. here are some ideas i adore!

i liked it, so i put a ring on it.

2010-04-22T16:34:00.000+12:00

my latest ring purchases. the pink one looks good enough to eat. ever since i started working in a jewelery shop i have this mindset that i NEED more jewelery to wear to work. when really i should be buying REAL silver or gold, not crappy fake jewelery.

the above is an accidental photo. i like the light in it.

after tonight, and with these photos, my week's goal has been achieved in under four days!
go me.

Peace

sad vs. happy

2010-04-19T22:40:00.000+12:00

jayne is sad. i am happy

a day with the ducks

2010-04-15T16:40:00.000+12:00

on saturday me and jayne went for little walk to the park and took a couple of photos!

The end of Summer

2010-04-15T12:00:00.000+12:00

The end of Summer happened a while ago.. but I found these photos from a fun day I had, a day I associate with the last few days of summer. I'm looking forward to winter though. big coats and hats, lots and lots of tea. But for now, autumn will do.

Mistaken for Strangers

2010-04-15T11:51:00.000+12:00

Holiday work, in a mall.. deathly. i miss outdoors. i did however buy a snake ring.

I also tried some yummy tea that came with a timer! and instructions.

I've been eating a lot of katsu chicken and teriyaki chicken. and really.. I do want to taste japan..

adorable sugar packets.

twitter

2010-04-14T18:12:00.000+12:00

added a wee thing about twitter on the right side of the blog.. the things that you do when trying to avoid writing an essay..

holga holga holga holga holga vol. 2

2010-04-14T17:26:00.000+12:00

sooo after spending $45 on getting two films developed i have come away with some photos that i really do like..

peace

i got nothing

2010-04-14T15:57:00.000+12:00

i felt that the old template was looking a bit ugly so i changed it back to a older one which i think looks much nicer, if you think differently then let me know! but really i have nothing else to say in this post, as the title suggests.

jayne hasn't done a post in while eh.. proves like the picture below what a dick she is..

kidding

peace

jayne's a dick

2010-04-11T20:14:00.000+12:00

never leave a camera around jayne unattended..

tonight in wellington

2010-04-10T16:17:00.000+12:00

tonight in wellington the movie, 'the darjeeling limited' will be playing on channel three. i have great respect for the director of this fantastic film, wes anderson has (in my mind) never failed to make an amazing film and this one is a clear example of this. linking with the wilson brothers many times he has produced such films as; 'the royal tenenbaums', 'the life aquatic with steve zissou' and most recently 'fantastic mr fox'. these films show anderson's amazing film making ability and are personally some of my favorites of all time.

So here is the trailer for 'the darjeeling limited' to a great kinks song and i hope that all of you in new zealand can make find the time to watch it! those of you who are not i would highly recommend getting any if not all of the films out on dvd!

peace

what's been keeping me

2010-04-06T16:12:00.000+12:00

well as i mentioned in the last post, my time has been completely taken over by the work of university.. as i did my readings and wrote my essays i would get bored and for some silly reason take photos of whatever i was doing.

so here are a few of these photos, i'm not sure how interesting they are. i hope that they make up for the lack of posts.. which i don't actually think they do.. i shall try harder in the future, just for you dudes.

peace

a whole year

2010-04-05T11:22:00.001+12:00

so i haven't been doing any posts in the past week or so, because the stress if university and the ever increasing workload. but i have decided that today is good day to make my returning post; because today, exactly a year ago, jayne did the first post on this blog. i think it consisted of 'woohoo, i'm here' or something along those lines. but no matter, because that was just the beginning, and from there we have done many posts on things ranging from music, fashion and just general stuff.. so i hope that you have all enjoyed this past year of blogs and i'm hoping it'll continue for a while yet.

peace

roar.

2010-04-02T19:06:00.000+13:00

Easter is here! which means mid-term break. but that means i have picked up more days at work, good for money, but i want my holidays

My New Ring.
From Bling, Nickel Free, and only $9.99... though it isn't the prettiest looking leopard..

Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter

Fringe?

2010-03-29T18:24:00.001+13:00

I would Really quite like a fringe. I used to make myself little thin fringes, but now i want a thick, blunt fringe. Both of my sisters have been wearing adorable fringes. and yes i have been jealous. I've wanted long blonde hair with a straight blunt fringe since i saw Chantelle on ANTM in season i don't know what. And now seeing my sisters, Lady Hawke, then Abbey Lee then this new discovery of Diane Birch, i just want a fringe! but i don't know that i will suit it! or be able to maintain it.. ah. But here are my fringe inspirations! bar my adorable sisters.

2010-03-28T20:21:00.000+13:00

University is not what i expected. Or I am not who i expected to be at University. I feel like there's not enough time anymore. for anything. for life. i manage to squeeze it in between essays and work. but its limited. i can not wait for easter, even though i will still have assignments to work on.

i simply leave you with some images

holga holga holga holga holga

2010-03-19T21:50:00.000+13:00

sooo a few weeks back my birthday came about and amid all the excitement and 18ness the time of presents appeared.. and jayne had one part of hers missing! But it has now arrived, and i love it. it is a holga 120gn. these so called 'toy cameras' are freaking sweet, made almost completely out of plastic they make pictures seem distorted and mix colours in strange ways. they've become very popular throughout wellington causing their prices to skyrocket into the hundreds, but jayne being the smart we girl she is bought it off ebay for less than half of that. so in these coming weeks i will be putting up pictures for you to see! but for now all i have are photos of the camera itself! here yoooou are!

peace

satchelness

2010-03-16T20:35:00.000+13:00

i'm having a very baggy week.. i just received my much wanted leather satchel/briefcase or whatever you want to call it! i know that these may be extremely popular around wellington and it's very difficult to walk further than ten metres in town without seeing one.. buuuut.. i love the look of them! plus they can hold all the books that i need for university and it can also hold my laptop! so really it is exactly what i need plus looks freaking sweet while holding all i need! (lots of ! this post apparently) so here are a few pictures of my new wee bag less than a day after i showed you pictures of my other new wee bag! (another !)

anyways peace dudes and dudettes

quiet life camera club

2010-03-15T20:19:00.000+13:00

any photography on it! and while doing this i came across (also through the reference from a friend) came across the quiet life! i've seen it around good as gold every so often but never knew that it was so focused around photography and design. created by andy mueller in 1997 as an "outlet for purely creative deign" it has become popular in skating and street circles. one thing that stands out when looking through the site is the "quiet life camera club" where users can submit photos of whatever they please and they are shown on the site. some of these have also been turned into two books that are currently selling right now.

after all this i headed to good as gold to have a closer look at some of their apparel and found that they were selling a simple dslr camera bag, that i quickly snatched up as i was without a camera bag and have smacked it against things a few too many times..

So the point of this wee post is to show you my new camera bag purchased today when jayne also bought herself a pair of jeans! so here's some photos!

peace

Wranglers

2010-03-15T19:56:00.000+13:00

Well, the day did not work out as planned. I ummed and ahhed about what to do, i felt getting the stretchy cheap monday jeans was too much like wearing jeggings, and because of their unisex nature, the stiffer denim didnt fit me at all. (i literally could not pull them up)

I ended up falling in love with a pair of cigarette wrangler jeans, that were so very high waisted. and they were cheaper than the cheap mondays! I would like to thank Jack for his patience, while i studied my appearance.

images of the jeans will come, as soon as the weather becomes cold enough to wear them.
for now i am dreaming of snow and winter.. not that it snows here, but i do enjoy winter.. and winter clothes..

Photo from Yvan Rodic

Off to do my readings now. swamped with readings.

Pace

Oh Abbey..

2010-03-14T21:16:00.000+13:00

I follow a blog via my Google reader, one of those ones where they just find images on the internet or other blogs and then thats their blog. anyway, the "blogger" (eugh sorry, i hate referring to things as blogs and bloggers and blogging, why did they have to create such a horrible word?) is obsessed with the model Abbey Lee. and to be honest.. it's a catching affect (did i use the right one Sarah or Charlotte?). I thoroughly enjoy looking at her. her fringe, her gappy teeth, her vacant expression which seems to be the one and only expression she has, and yet it adorns the runway, and magazines.

I leave you with my favourite image of Dear Abbey, so far, as i have a feeling her face will only get more exposure and fame.

Monday is:Cheap Monday

2010-03-14T21:06:00.000+13:00

After finally getting a job, (yay employment!(someone hire jack! he's great!)), i started thinking about what i would spend my first pay on. not having any real responsibilities (i.e.: living at home) i have decided to spend my first few months of being paid, on frivolous possessions, and THEN think about being responsible and saving for my future, blahblahblah. for now! fun spending! My pay arrived on Saturday, and for my first purchase i have chosen : Cheap Monday black skinny jeans, high waisted of course. therefore i dub tomorrow, Cheap Monday, Monday.
i have been waiting to get black skinny jeans for many many years. i know i know, how have i lived without them, i hear you scream, but i have had ways. but after tomorrow, i shall feel a little bit more complete, in the most vainest sense possible.

and for the future, a perfume? a present for jack? jewelery? who knows.

that's all.

photos from Good as Gold website

birthday in a few photos

2010-03-10T20:44:00.000+13:00

Magazine - October 1994

2010-03-03T20:11:00.000+13:00

Throughout my life both my parents have been very interested in housing and everything that goes along with it. This meant that by the age of 17 I have been in something like 14 houses, some rented but most bought and a lot of the time they have been renovated.

Some of these have been made into very beautiful houses, and only once this has attracted the interest of others. This interest was of the New Zealand “Your Home”. So in October 1994 the current house was featured along with pictures of it and also.. my only claim to fame.. Me!

So I have included photos of the magazine that I came across lately, I am the tiny little blonde thing that’s just growing into its cheeks and the woman is my mum and the man is my dad! So I hope that you enjoy the pictures of my youth!

Peace

Valentines

2010-02-28T20:08:00.001+13:00

Valentines Day.. I big day in the calendar of couples around the world, yet in the almost three years me and Jayne have been together we have managed to either not celebrate it or not be around to celebrate with each other. So this year would be our first Valentines together, and the first in which we would exchange gifts. Now although I did give Jayne a gift I’m going to leave that for her to do a post about, instead I will be posting about the one that she gave me, only!

Now throughout our relationship music has been a major factor, it was one of the main commonalities that we had when we first met. So when it came down to making me a gift, Jayne landed on a mix tape! (Well cd but tape makes it sound cooler) of songs from times in our relationship and also just from bands that we have both really liked!

This came with a really amazing handmade cd foldout that had little comments that came along with all of the songs!

Personally I thought it was an awesome gift and I hope she has nice things to say about what I gave her!

Peace

House of Holland

2010-02-28T19:58:00.001+13:00

When i saw House of Holand's Fall collection, i couldn't help but be reminded of a fashion editorial i found somewhere and adored for the better half of last year.

House of Holland

Valley Girl Editorial.

I loved House of Holland's collection, i thought the use of the bandanna pattern on the clothes was great, tied in with the head wear and sometimes the jewelery!

That's all

Henrik Vibskov

2010-02-27T15:05:00.001+13:00

So late last year I found a jacket that I really, really loved. I think it may have featured on the blog as it was also when I found the infamous orange pants.. Anyway! The designer of this wonderful jacket was a man named Henrik Vibskov. After being unsuccessful in attaining the jacket I decided to keep my eye out for more of this designer in the future. And just a few days ago his latest season appeared on Good as Gold’s online store for pre-order. I loved it. It’s a great mix of formality and fun, with the added bonus (in my mind) of drop crotch pants featuring in the collection. This combined with nice clean shirts, and fun and oversized crews means that Henrik is slowly becoming my favourite fashion designer. Just behind Cheap Monday but that is basically based on the large difference in price. Anyway I have as usual left some pictures for you to look at and dream of. Hope you like them!

Peace