Gimme Gimme Gimme!

HOT ROD SHOES!

Meltdown memories...

18 months a go I went through a really bad patch, meltdown for want of a better word (no better word really, that's what it feels like!) This happened on a semi-regular basis, every couple of years or so. I know exactly what triggered that particular episode and It was semi-documented in these fine pages? screens? what adjective suits here??
Anyways, the meltdown was caused by a job non-offer (un-interview even) which I had set my sights so high on and thought was my be all end all position and the only way things were going to work out as I felt they needed to. At the time it seriously felt like the end of the world, and it used to piss me off so much when people would say "there is something better out there for you". I hated it because I couldn't see that, and now I hate it more because they were right. Knowing what I know now I know that that job would have been a bad thing for me. Just the physical and emotional reaction it caused in me is enough to know that I was not ready and seeing what I have since seen, well I know that it would have been very bad place for me. I am able to reflect on this time from a position of smugness and satisfaction of where I have found myself and how I got here.
That'll do for now...

McCindy

How excited was I that one of my favourite photographic artists Cindy Sherman has collaborated with my equal favourite make up line (not that I wear that much...) MAC. I love the types of celebrities they use to endorse their products, Elton John, PuPaul, Lady Gaga, Cyndi Lauper et.al. I love that they have a sense of humour and dont take themselves too seriously, but I hate that it's hideously expensive!!!

Whore-moans

My fucking hormones just won't let up! I feel like I've tried everything short of a complete hysterectomy (which is what the boy seems to think is the solution to EVERYTHING! Hmmm Freudian or what!!) I've tried herbs, injections, implants, the pill, the mini pill and everything seems to either make things worse, to the extent that I feel like I'm slipping into an early menopause (which to be honest would feel like a relief!) or has no effect whatsoever. Its gotten so bad recently that I feel like a 'Raggy Bitch' (the boy, 2004-) at least 2 weeks out of the month, and can pinpoint the PMT onslaught by pain so intense I can pretty much tell which side I am ovulating from and without fail, check the period tracker on my phone which will say "12 days to go" given that it seems to come at least two days early each month and lasts at least until 3-4 days into my period, Somebody ain't a happy camper... at least 1/2 the time anyway!

Riot Grrrl goes Academic...

Best bit about working in an academic library? Access to a whole bunch of new books... Not only through my own uni but also through the Bonus+ affiliates.
I've been, once again immersing myself into the world of Riot Grrrl with...



and...



And today picked up these tastly morsels with which to keep myself out of trouble and strife...

Sneak Preview...

Its funny how moving 'onward and upward' has also brought back so many past memories it aint funny, good ones though, making me see and feel how far i've really come. So thats what my new zines getting at, my journey here juxtaposed with images that take me right back here!!

Oh so many shades of wrong!

My new job see's me buying items for the Health Sciences faculty which brings me into contact with catalogues for midwifery teaching tools... a few of which I just had to share...

Strap on belly with insertable weights to replicate different stages of pregnancy...



Fetus doll with placenta...

And my absolute favourite, the breastfeeding handpuppet with bonus breast!...

Anyone wanna buy a house?

http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-hoppers+crossing-109775246

Recent net rantings from the 'Hot' Rod...

You know you've made it when you make it to the Herald Sun... she says all tongue in cheek like.

Click here to see a video of my Oi my Papa... but it's the comments I enjoy the most!

This is a recent (hey only 3 months old... theats a recent post for me!) addition to Youtube... enjoy!

Go'in Gaga

I’ve got myself a surprising new obsession... One Miss Lady GaGa. Now know I’m showing how behind I am in the world of Popular culture here, I should have known this years ago, and It’s not that she was completely off my radar, I had most of her hits on my Ipod and had looked upon her costumes with vague interest. But the other night I watched the Monster Ball Live at Madison Square Garden’s Concert on DVD. I started to watch with scepticism and thought it might provide a laugh or two and a distraction while doing the dishes. And at the start of the show was not even entirely convinced that she did actually exist as a person or was just a series of skinny chicks writhing to a backing tape. But much to my surprise, I found myself not only enjoying the show, but gaining a whole new respect for someone that I really hadn’t thought too much about. So now my life is full of Gaga Internet searching, Gaga book borrowing and just general Gaga!!