The Girl Of Stuff

Evil Eggs....

2010-03-27T13:24:00.001-07:00

View Point....

2010-03-27T13:19:00.000-07:00

NGU Sucker....

2010-03-20T09:51:00.000-07:00

So I bought a tee from the marvellous Matt Bromley of NGU Sucker the other week. It arrived in next-to-no-time, but I have been totally lame in getting it up on here. Literally.

I busted my knee last week running (the grass was wet from the rain & I tweaked it going uphill), so have been laid up with my leg elevated, wearing a tubi-grip, rubbing in artheritis cream, dosing myself up with co-codamol and trying to rest it as much as possible.

Anyways.. no more excuses, I should have been a bit more forth-right on the responding tip! Sorry Matt. :(

Love little screen-printed card too! Gonna get it framed and put it up on my wall when I move.

House-share hunting in London town from next week... fingers and laces crossed!

Chinese Five Spice Noodles....

2010-03-10T12:10:00.000-08:00

Said I'd write a quick post with the recipe to G's noodle dish that he made us when I was up in the Big Smoke the other weeekend.

I cannot begin to explain how yummy this dish is!!

I'll just explain what's in though...

Thinly sliced ginger
Sliced red chilli (be sure to de-seed)
Sliced turkey fillet/steak
Chopped spring onions
Spoonful of honey
Splash of light soy sauce
Sprinkling of chinese five spice
(straight-to-wok) noodles
handful of chopped coriander
squeeze of lemon juice

Do your own measurements.. I make it up as I go along now, chuck it in a wok and cook it up.

Bon appetit!

Overheard....

2010-03-08T17:17:00.001-08:00

I have been keeping a little visual diary over the last few years, filled with bits and bobs collected along the way, photos, bus tickets, addresses, flyers, notes from friends, maps, rotas for work, appointments etc... they're slighty smaller than A5, and it was in an attempt for me to stop hoarding memories. If it fits in the book, it stays.. if it doesn't, it has to go.

These are a collection of phrases and funny thing overheard by friends and strangers that I particularly liked or found funny. They were a big hit with everyone who had a look through my little black books.

I've been really slack of late, so thought if I put them up on here it would remind me to keep my ears open and jot down the results.

Hopefully I'll have more to add soon...

Oh My....

2010-03-04T07:01:00.001-08:00

So I've totally run out of space on my 120GB iPod. So not fair. :(

Little Trip up to Laahndaan....

2010-03-02T18:14:00.000-08:00

I went up to London a few days back to stay with my best boy mates Stu & G (& their equally lovely housemate Tom!), I also wanted to go see 'Micmacs' as it was out at the cinema on Friday, so I thought I'd hop on the train up town to see the film and spend some quality time with my big brothers too. It was uber radness too because I managed to catch my friend Isabel the day after she'd gotten back from Australia! All in all a nice couple of days spent in the Big Smoke with some of my most favourite people on this planet.

G cooked the most amazing noodle dish (I'll put a post up shortly with the recipe soon), which I loved so much I have cooked twice since I got back home. I love good food.. and G is one of the best cooks I know.

I also got given a wonderful new Lovenskate tee that G had designed, a Lovenskate jumper from Stu for running an errand on his behalf and a gorgeouso tee from the lovely Lilli who works with Stu @ The Mangle. BIG 'thank you' to all three of you for being such lovely creatures!!

Anyhoo, here's some photos I took whilst I was there...

As for 'Micmacs'... don't bother. It wasn't that great. What a waste of a £12 cinema ticket! (I saw it a Curzon Soho.. pricey huh?!!)

:)

2010-03-02T18:11:00.000-08:00

Mica Paris....

2010-02-21T13:06:00.001-08:00

I went to see Mica Paris a couple of night's ago at The Jazz Room, which was a nice change from working all weekend. Her band were awesome... and the second half of the set she kicked up the pace from the pretty chilled first half, and by the end of the night we were all up dancing. I even managed to drag her out of her dressing room for an encore! It was a good thing we got tickets for Friday's performance as she cancelled her Saturday performance due to illness.

Spent....

2010-02-16T15:11:00.000-08:00

So I went and bought them! I managed to get the very last pair of size 4.5's... it was meant to be!

Upcycling....

2010-02-15T14:01:00.000-08:00

Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside....

2010-02-11T14:16:00.000-08:00

Heading down to Broadstairs tomorrow... well, that's if there's no more snow or icy conditions that might interrupt South Eastern Trains' already ridiculously decrepid service. Wish me luck.

Trainerlust....

2010-02-11T13:01:00.001-08:00

So I've been looking for a pair of (mainly) black high top trainers for over a month now.. I bought some Nike Dunks yesterday, but took them back to the shop today because they just weren't quite right.

But thing is though.. I start looking for one thing, then I get distracted by all the epic colours!

This is how my wishlist is shaping up so far....,

Spotted these two pairs of badboys in Schuh today, the Adidas Culver Mid's look better on than the Nike 6.0 Air Morgan Dot's.. but I do love the colourway on the Nikes.

Saw these Nike Royalty Hi's after I'd tried on the other two pairs and wasn't in the mood for trying any more on after battling with laces and winter layers twice already. Might have to have a shufty back there in the next couple of days if I can be arsed. I think they're nice. But that's just it. Nice is well, just nice isn't it? I want fit f**king kiks!

Went and checked the Schuh online store and found these fairly functionally fit Adidas Top Ten High Sleek's. They'd do the job for sure.. and as for colourway they tick the appropriate boxes, but I'd already checked out the Crooked Tongues online store...

...And this is where I discovered these ferociously fit Adidas Forum Mid 3Way's. They just keep nagging at me, niggling away at the back of my brain. They're not black, but that light grey and electric yellow combination really is doing it for me. Yummy scrummy.

These Nike Dunk Nylon Premium's were also on the Crooked Tongues online store, but alas.. when I went back to buy them after the nonsense of the buying and the later returning of the other Nike Dunks to the shop, they have sold out of my size. :(

Luck it seems isn't on my side today. But those nagging Adidas are still on the site, for sale and in my size. Is £50 too much to pay for the ones you love?

My Valentine.

Creepy Mannequins....

2010-02-11T12:13:00.000-08:00

These weird looking figures are the permanent fixture in a tailor's shop round the corner from my work. They have been there for well over a decade. Dusty, the clothes have been bleached by the sun and they seem to have real hair stuck to their horrible skinny pin heads.

I was showing my friends the pictures on my phone of them the other night... my mate Gary turned and said "Never go into that shop! They don't cut the clothes to fit you, they cut bits off you to fit the clothes!" I dunno if it was the drink talking, but regardless.. it's hardly the most inviting of window displays is it?

Death Race 3000....

2010-02-05T07:29:00.000-08:00

So I bought one of the Dan Holliday's brilliant calendars for 2010... it's beautiful. It is hand screen printed and has the most amazing aroma now it's died down a bit. When I first got it, I hung it next to my bed, then half way through the night I had to move it across to the other side of the room because I couldn't sleep because of the ink fumes.

Then when I went to The Mangle in East London to see Stu (of Lovenskate fame & fortune), I ended up spending some more of my hard-earned cash on Death Race 3000 jumper, two tees and a bag. Again, all hand screen printed and gorgeous to boot!

Jumper Print

Tee #1 Print

Tee #2 Print
I love the way that it almost looks as if it's been painted on with a tippex pen.

Bag Print

If you'd like to check out more of Dan's wares, head to http://danholliday.com/index.htm

What I Wore....

2010-02-05T07:16:00.000-08:00

Oh yeah, so I got a mention on my favourite style blog What Katie Wore back in January, it's now been archived under What You Wore... apparently my vintage fur coat is 'stunning'. Awww, shucks! Thanks you guys! :)

Whassa matter you? Eh?!!

2010-02-05T06:11:00.000-08:00

I think I may have reached pizza heaven (if there is such a thing) in the form of Pizza Express' new Calabrese.

It has a tomato base, then red and yellow peppers, chopped chives, spicy soft n'duja sausage, calabrese sausage, roquito peppers, fresh green chillies, mozzarella, then once cooked, it has a buffalo mozzarella ripped into chunks and placed on top with watercress which has been tossed with pesto. Utter joy.

http://www.pizzaexpress.com/francescomazzei/

Oi Oi! Game Boi....

2010-02-04T16:56:00.000-08:00

I really wanna get myself an old skool Nintendo Gameboy... Mine went walkabouts after I'd lent it to my brother's best friend's brother. There were conflicting stories as to what actually happened to it, and over a decade later I still don't know any of the truth, let alone the whole truth. I know when those boys are fibbing, it's in the shifty eyes.

Anyhoo, so I've been looking on eBay, thinking I might get myself one of the clear jobbies, with all the circuit board insides on show through the clear plastic, apparently they're like a whole load rarer (dunno if that's actually true either)...

But then I'm thinking the 1989 grey model is the original mac daddy... either or, I don't wanna pay megabucks for it, I just wanna be able to play Tetris & Super Mario. Bring on the AA batteries!

Out of Order....

2010-02-03T14:46:00.001-08:00

Public information sign attached to the door of a toilet cubicle in a certain restaurant we know: Excellent.

Cinema Anyone?

2010-02-03T14:14:00.000-08:00

So none of these film are already (or going to be) shown near me, so I'm gonna have to travel up to London to see any or all of them.

Seen clips of this and Andy Serkis is amazing (as always).

Dunno if I should really go to see this at the cinema. Maybe I'll just wait for it to come out on Sky Movies, or go old skool and rent it out on DVD at Blockbusters. Looks pretty depressing (although a good storyline) & I really don't like booing it in public places.

Ahhh.... it seems as though the wonderful Jeunet has made yet another deliriously funny film. The UK release is 26th February '10. I will be going to see this at the cinema, no doubt about it.

Road Kill....

2010-02-03T10:54:00.000-08:00

So I finally received my Road Kill package via the good 'ole snail mail today. A massive bundle of radness it is indeed. Courtesy of the lovely Craig 'Questions' Scott, skateboarder, zine master and illustrator extraordinaire...

...it contains a siiiick Road Kill T-Shirt, Zine (issue 8), Stickers, Keyring, Toxic Waste hazardously sour boiled sweet and also a brilliant little drawing of a crazy birdman. Loves it!

The print on the T-Shirt is so crazy and full-on, can't wait to wear it out, gonna look especially good in the summer with a small pair of shorts, bright pair of kiks and a big pair of sunnies... hmmm, roll on the sunny season. :)

If you'd like to see more of Craig's drawings, photos, mad brained ideas and ramblings... head to

http://www.theprocessofnothing.blogspot.com/