friend for keeps

Hello everyone.

I'm not writing this blog anymore. It's been so much fun and also played a part in filling my life with a lot of other good non-blog things, but it's time to move on. Thank you everyone who has commented, encouraged me, linked to me, been my blog friend and my In Real Life friend!

Of course I'm a nerd and still need to have some online presence, so please feel free to have a look at my new tumblr blog Friend For Keeps. Right now it's just pretty things I like, but I do soon want to put my own content in there, more drawings (including cartoons with Squiggle!), little stories, and things I'm up too.

Lots of love and hugs,

Suzie and Squiggle

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Oui oui

Here are some photos chronicling my Bastille Day. As per my previous post, I dressed up for the occasion. I wore a slightly modified Le Tour de Croissant outfit (It looked kind of bad at first, but I added a stripy top and a scarf and voila it looked great).

Suzie & Squiggle's Bastille Day

But it's your turn to make breakfast, Squiggle!

A croissant. Now I look even Frencher.

That was tasty.

And now for some beret spotting. Ooooh can you read what is written on it? Paris! She looks almost as authentically French as I do.

Hooray! xX Suzie

Jumping confetti

A couple of months ago I worked temporarily in a very cluttered office that had been abandoned many times but never cleaned up. On my last day I figured it would be OK for me to take home any objects that took my fancy. Among these objects were:

1. A very nice old fashioned bulldog clip
2. Some matches - they always handy
3. A pen that writes in purple I'd become very fond of
4. The BEST thing: a conveniently purse sized box of confetti

So far I have used all of the objects except the confetti. I am waiting for a special occasion.


This photo by Suzy Lee via Booooooom has inspired me. Does jumping up and down count as a special occasion? I can do that :)

Fringe and bangs

Geez Squiggle, this is my hair we're talking about!

Wild Things

Scream if you love wolf pyjamas :)

I am looking forward to this a lot. And for serious, if anyone wants to send me wolf pyjamas I'll be a very happy Suzie.

Via Movie Goods

Finish my sentences

Dick and I decided to end our relationship a month ago. We're still on good terms and it's OK, I'm optimistic about the future.

Doilies: Good or Evil?

Doilies get a bad rap, particularly from me. I blame it on the first house I rented with some random people on my first trip overseas (I worked a ski season in Tahoe). The house came fully furnished with doilies galore. There were doilies on the furniture, doilies as wall decor, doilies scattered about with pine cones glued on top, doilies lining the cupboards, doilies coming alive at night to smother me in my sleep, etc. So it's understandable that doilies usually provoke a heady mix of fear and derision in me. However, I quite like this lamp. I think it demonstrates doilies being used for good instead of evil, and there needs to be more good in the world.

Via ffffound!

Hairdresser rant

For me, going to the hairdresser is almost as bad as going to the dentist (and sometimes almost as costly). Especially when they doubt my ability to rock my hairstyle. Meanie hairdresser lady! Well OK, it turned out she thought I wanted something pretty wrong-town, but still... meanie.

I am trying to figure out what I want the most

A tu-tu...?

A nice arty sofa...?

Dance class...?

A big bunch of balloons...?

Or the interwebs unblocked at work :(

Images via ffffound

Midori Yamada

Midori Yamada, from Tokyo. I don't know anything else about her, her website is in Japanese!

The worst day

This is the first frame from a comic Dick made ages ago. I keep it close to me always, it never fails to make me smile :)

My day hasn't really been so bad. After multiple travel vaccinations in both arms I took the day off to drink hot chocoate and read the latest Frankie!

Smithy in Toronto

Hi Suzie,

Smithy here. I'm sorry that I ran away, but Melbourne became an intolerable place to live ever since John So stepped down as mayor. I don't know how you manage to suffer through the New World Order of Robert Doyle. Are you drowning your sorrows with a bottle of Peach Schnapps every night? It will do nothing for your complexion and gut, girlfriend. Try gogo dancing instead.

I snuck on a plane to Toronto of all places. It's snowing now. Here's a photo of me making a snow angel.



I have a hard time finding haloumi and they are confused about whether they use the metric or imperial system. There are so many exciting things to do here though. I'm going to have a float in the Gay Felt Rabbit Pride parade and I scored a part in the Nutcracker on ice. Melbourne was too small for my wonderful ice-skating skills. Speaking of which, I'm off to rehearsal now!

xoxo

Smithy

Done Doodle

Done doodle. Click for bigger :)

Tired Doodle

Doodling every day sure can be tiring. ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Coffee Doodle

At some point a couple of weeks ago I stopped wanting coffee. Well I still drink it on the weekends, but only for fun. Anyway, poor coffee doesn't understand the sudden drop in affection. There was no explanation, no reason why, things just ended so suddenly.