• I am not writing a list today
• i AM not writing a list today
• i am NOT writing a list today
• i am not WRITING a list today
• i am not writing A list today
• i am not writing a LIST today
• i am not writing a list TODAY

• all saints
• monopoly
• new best friend next door
• old friends
• playing at lugar park
• jodie and her multi coloured hair
• helping her with artworks..
• riding my scooter down to the mobile with naomi.. buying a magnum and scooting back..
• mrs ford (the librarian)
• "come out of the closet and vote for roberts"
• "if you want your school captain to be a gem.. vote roberts.. em"
• spice girls *shudder*
• obsessions:
  • ANYTHING titanic.. my friend and i had the board game.. computer game.. and folders dedicated to it.. as well as a library ...

• mrs bailes - kindergarten
• mrs stewart - year one
• ms whittingham - year two
• mrs stafford - year three
• mrs clayton-jones - year four
• mrs parsons - year five
• mr hopton - year six
• mrs newton - ancient history (year 11 and 12)
• mr zimmerman - maths (year 11 and 12)
• mrs shields - visual arts (year 10, 11 and 12)
• mrs smith - english (year 9 and 10)
• peter lankas - general drawing (first year)
• gillean shaw - photography (first year)
• jill orr - life drawing (first year)
• claire martin - painting/printmaking (second and third)
• michael bell - painting/printmaking (second year)

yepp.. thats right.. i only lasted five days until i caved and had a vegemite sandwich.. i had to have marg on it... and a coffee with full cream milk.. yum.. oooh well..

• kraft peanut butter isn't made from butter.. but oil
• ingredients lists are sometimes very hard to read.. bigger text people
• cocoa butter does not contain dairy
• dairy free chocolate is very addictive
• avocado is a good margarine/butter substitute
• i will not add butter while cooking mushrooms anymore..
• you can not eat out as a vegan.. unless it is a vegan restaurant
• vegans have all my respect in the world..
• it isn't cheap to eat vegan..
• best stirfry ever!!

• ...she didn't think of it first...
• ...her sister doesn't write a list everyday...
• ...her parents argue and involve her in them...
• ...she can't draw...
• ...people hurt her friends...
• ...she can't protect her friends...
• ...coconut gets stuck in her teeth...
• ...people all of a sudden like a band that has been around for years when she liked them first but they only like them because they have a number one album...
• ...people wear thongs/flip flops to concerts.. she tramps on their feet on purpose...
• ...people question how much of a fan she is of something...
• ...people make her feel stupid...
• ...people blantantly copy her...
• ...people try to make her problems insign...

• three
• two
• one - because no one likes a winner...

hehe.. i don't have enough time for a proper list..... can you tell?

now that i have finished tafe.. and have set up an exhibition.. i having nothing much more in my life other than work... so inspired by my sisters and my own daily list.. i am going to set myself weekly goals.. things that i have always wanted to do/try.. but could never see myself doing it for the long term... so.. here is the list...

• ✔ 9th - 13th february i am becoming a vegan.. no egg.. no cheese.. no chocolate....
• ✔ 16th - 22nd february no facebook or myspace.. this is going to be hard seem as i check it atleast three times a day.. who am i kidding.. it is more like 6 or 7... no myspace.. thats good.. right?
• 23rd february - 1st march no mobile phone... i plan on having no phone credit.. so i can't message anyone.. however for safety and because my mum is a worry wart.. i will keep it on me...
• 2nd - 8th march no computer... yepp.. you heard me.. no ...

• castor sugar
• brown sugar
• butter
• vanilla essence
• egg
• plain flour
• milk choc chip bits

• a big newtown vegetarian breakfast...
• a huge.. mega mega huge coffee.. with enough sugar to JUST make it sweet...
• a call from my sister...
• for kerri-anne's head to explode...
• the ability to articulate myself at this point of time...
• the rash on my hands to stop itching...
• the ability to change channels on the television with my mind...

• baked cookies wearing an apron
• helped mum with the icing and coconutting lamingtons
• did work and in the process broke three sewing machine needles
• watched
  • who the %@#$ is jackson pollock?
  • various episodes of the golden girls
  • the end of anne of green gables the sequal
  • the begining of pretty in pink
  • iron chef america
  • top design episode 2 season 2
  • top chef episode 2 season 5

wow.. i did alot of watching.. but i was also doing stuff while watching.. like having lunch.. doing some work....... drawing......

• listened to

• try and have a nap an hour before i start
• brush my teeth
• assemble my hair
• put on pants
• then socks and shoes while watching telly
• and then bra and work shirt
• drive to work
• have a smoke on the way
• sit down in tea room for five minutes before dragging my arse up to start work...

• because i just got home from work
• because i have to continue doing my artwork or i will want to sleep
• because i have a can of V a cigarette and a freddo frog with my name on it

things i didn't do..

• do some work
• find a hostel and book in melbourne
• find atleast one band touring in melbourne while i'm there
• go to coffee with michael and amanda
• continue doing some work
• enjoy roast dinner
• continue doing some work

things i did do

• via chris booked flights to america (november 13th)
• found hostels.. no confirmation yet
• got a headache from being on the computer so long
• wrote this list
• enjoyed a bbq with the lee's

• ..
• the people.. some of them are a real hoot..
• the money.. hey it got me tattoos.. various hair colours.. alcohol.. music and books.. holidays and about 20 kgs....

• 7:35pm numb thumping period pain
• 7:36pm happy.. to be speaking with a friend i haven't spoken to in a long time
• 7:36pm content with how the events of today panned out
• 7:37pm paranoid at what my mother wants me to do.. she just called me into the lounge room....
• 7:38pm relieved that it was only her pointing out the second part of the vicar of dibley was on tonight not next week.. phew i'll catch that again at 9:30
• 7:38pm panicked about the work i have to do within two weeks before exhibition opens..
• 7:39pm excited about dressing up as a blue bird for a friends nautical themed birthday party
• 7:40pm disgusted on remembering my passport photo
• 7:41pm estatic for my birthday in one weekish... and the dinner with close friends.. hop...

• art attack
• golden girls
• prisoner
• family ties
• degrassi junior high
• degrassi high
• heartbreak high
• ren and stimpy

• elliott smith - *sigh* tragic yet beautiful
• tom waits - funny.. a little humour in music goes a long long way... i like...
• talking heads - hehhe.. they are funny as well..
• morrissey - love love love his song "you're the one for me, fatty" gives all of us hope to fall in love with a man like steven morrissey
• santogold - are you shocked?? this is as pop music as i go.. however she is all rock n roll.. just popular rock n roll
• patti smith - icon..
• nico - another icon... brillant..
• joy division - *sigh* tragically beautiful
• jeff buckley - again with the tragedy...
• depeche mode - they are surprisingly really good...

i am also getting into bauhaus but i don't know if this is a good thing or not yet.. i will keep you posted...

in no particular order

• bouncing of a basketball
• a skateboard over paved surfaces.. hell the sound of a skateboard all together...
• tennis players grunts.. is it really necessary??
• the scraping of finger nails down an icy wall.. like the inside of a freezer *shudders*
• people saying "andre rieu"...
• the sound of your good friend throwing up into the toilet
• the slurping sound you accidentally make when taking a shot.. hehe
• someone blowing their nose... it is NOT attractive people!!!

i am sure i can think of more when they come to me...

• 1st pair black classic.. bought in some awful sports store.. 2003 (?) - retired -
• 2nd pair orange.. many memories swiming around in my friends vomit.. 2003-4 (?) - retired -
• 3rd pair pink and black.. pink canvas and black rubber.. pretty.. bought in melbourne with sister 2005.. - retired -
• 4th pair red.. very david tennant doctor who style.. bought in new york 2005.. - retired -
• 5th pair bright fluro yellow/green.. thanks mum!!.. 2007
• 6th pair brown tattoo 'sailor jerry' designed.. thanks mum!!.. 2007
• 7th pair bright blue.. pretty... bought in melbourne 2007..
• 8th pair black with purple lining.. bought in melbourne 2007..
• 9th pair purple with many eyelets for random trying of laces.. just got them for my birthday!! 2008
• 10th pair pumpkin colour.. like my second pair but these ones are the right size.. and i'm not going swimming in vomit in them.. just got them for my birthday!!.. 2008
• 11th pair purple sneakers.. i love converse.... a rushed trip for my...

• 6
• 11
• 1
• 13
• 18
• 54
• 5
• 10

• bought maltesers and two granny smith apples
• drove to gosford on my own where i
  • surprised my folks
  • surprised jamie and chris
  • played handball (first time since.. well.. high school??)
  • gawked at the iguana joes (iguana-gate people!!)
  • pumped my own tires up
  • drove home on my own
  • took the cardiff exit instead of the charlestown or wallsend exit
• wrote this list

• hazelnut slice
• rocky road
• tofu and broccoli stir frys
• mum's pasta sauce
• mushroom burgers
• big vegetarian brekkie
  • poached eggs (runny yolks)
  • sauteed mushrooms
  • not bacon
  • fried tomato
• curried lentil soup
• mocha cookies
• choc chip cookies

• why i am so tired
• why i can't achieve my next weeks goal of no facebook or myspace..
• what i got for valentines day
• lists of works in progress
• activities i want to experience in my life
• my ten year plan
• why i could justify going to bed at 7.30
• places i want to visit
• numbers in my head
• little things that i really like..

• joaquin phoenix rapping....
• bert newton's penis
• dave navarro covering the velvet underground
• britney spears' caesarian scar
• the orgy that was the sydney dance company's ballet performance to nick cave and the bad seed's 'ship song'

• the telly.. rockquiz in the distance
• mother flicking through a newspaper..
• an odd noise.. like typing on the keyboard.. but only happens while i am writing.. odd..
• the ticking in my head
• the ringing in my ears..

• i am tired
• i am cranky
• i want to watch series two of black books
• i want to go to bed
• i have to get up and work at 8 in the am..
• my head is itchy
• my back is sore
• it is too hot
• i am not a fan of fridays

• pumpkin.. i can eat it in small doses.. if it is hidden by alot of other things.. for example fetta.. and i really like pumpkin soup... but on its own.. yuck..
• sweet potato.. i will eat it.. but it isn't my favourite thing to stomach..
• mango.. yuck.. and i think i am allergic to it.... what a pity
• red delicious apples... too floury..
• rock melon.. again in small doses fine.. but i couldn't handle a whole slice...
• honey dew melon.. same as above..
• dragon fruit.. *shudders* sounds good.. looks good.. but *shudders*
• peas.. ewwww.. i will eat them if they are hidden... but if they are the feature.. nope.. no way..
• custard apple.. love the idea.. hate the product..
• eggplant... i do enjoy it when it is cooked and prepared properly.. but when it is...

don't get me wrong.. i have been a vegetarian for many years now... ahh.. i think it has been 8 years red meat and 7 years white....

• my ma's shepards pie
• chicken lettuce mayo tomato on a breadroll
• rissoles
• mc chicken burger

and meaty meals i never ate but am still craving

• seafood
• a big juicy steak

looking at this list now.. i really don't crave any of it (and i am currently really hungry)... the idea of the animals and how they were treated before becoming a meal.. really makes me sick.. and upset.. so i really don't crave any of this anymore... woot!

• american currency
• ✔ australian currency - thanks mum and dad
• ✔ actual phone calls from friends and family wishing me a happy birthday - thanks jodie, helen, louise, mumma, jamie
• ✔ hugs (i am a big advocate for hugs as presents) - thanks mum, dad, michael, amanda, daniel, amy, adam
• flowers.. especially if they are lillies
• ✔ handmade presents.. nothing could be finer - thanks amanda - a beautiful paper brooch made from the patterns inside of envelopes
• music.. something someone would think i would like..
• drawings one drew just for me...
• ✔ just a message will do.... - thank you all my facebook friends.. and friends with my mobile number.. and patrice and the girls.. and especially michael.. thank you for your lovely letter

so yeah... been a pretty damn good birthd...

inside my strokes over the shoulder bag...

• edgar allan poe 2009 journal
• three reciepts from coles (all from today)
• wallet/purse with
  • australian coinage and noteage totally a whopping $55.35
  • student card
  • licence
  • various business cards
  • key card
  • staff discount card
  • fuel voucher
  • an american dollar bill
  • 'lovely' and 'covert' scent samples
  • 1mm drill bit
  • paper towel with the blood impression of 'breathe'
  • 'oh my grunge' written on a post it

in chronological order

• made breakfast - because you can't work with an empty tummy
• insisted on watching two whole episodes of golden girls
• watched northern exposure
• watched a mixture of crap until midday
• watched alley mcbeal - in my defense i was semi working while this was on
• watched the last half of the x-files
• at 1:30 watched across the universe
• after this i called michael and helped him with his problem
• unpacked and repacked the dishwasher
• wrote this list
• i am also about to have a shower put on teh air conditioning and get on with it..

this is say.. younger than 14.. by 14 i had a fair idea of where i was going

• vet
• dresser of hair
• interior designer
• journalist
• a writer (no one ever wants to be just a writer anymore....)
• chef
• flight attendant
• fashion designer
• teacher
• photographer
• director of music videos
• musician
• designer
• curator
• gallery director and owner
• art teacher
• artist

i think the artist career is the one i wa...

when i say young.. i mean younger than i am today...

• never paint your face with nail polish...
• when your older friend says she CAN'T go swimming.. get the hint and don't pick a fight with her
• your older siblings are NEVER right
• enjoy all holidays including birthdays because they just get more and more depressing as you grow older
• don't draw on your freshly painted walls..
• your friends are never going to be there when you really need them
• thorwing up chicken pizza will result in hunger five minutes later
• nothing is going to happen to you if you sleep at a friends house
• nothing is going to happen to your family if you sleep at a friends house

in chronological order..

• ✔ five guaranteed days off of work 9th to 13th january
• ✔ my friend morgans 21st birthday party.. nautical theme 17th january
• ✔ three guaranteed days off of work 18th to 20th january
• ✔ my 22nd birthday 20th january
• ✔ barack obama's inaugaration 20th january
• ✔ five not so guaranteed days off of work 26th to 30th
• ✔ opening of 'always...' at Podspace 29th january wow what a big fucking flop that was...
• ✔ kings of leon 22nd march YAY they played alot of older tracks which pissed off 85% of the people there....
• ✔ melbourne with aimee 24th to 28th march another great amazing trip.. who thought meeting viggo mortensen and going to melbourne gaol would be so damn fun???
• ✔ opening of exhibition at john paynter gallery 18th september the exhibition was nebulous.. the artwork was the ritual sacraficing of my long locks....
• halloween/farewell piss up 31st october
• hopefully last shift at coles 11th november

• having my first drink at 6 o'clock
• finishing paul's blue medicine drink.. yuck...
• watching a video of the group at last years new years celebrations..
• starting to play king of beers
• gin shots.. yeeah good going in... not good when it kicks in..
• having another gin shot to get a piss card
• belinda arriving
• talking to my sister and crying..
• throwing up
• all of a sudden being in a different shirt and starting to panic about who changed me...
• losing my glasses (they have been found... in the tea towel draw... of course!!)
• paul and hayley leaving.. (nice way to PYKE!!)
• aimee throwing up again and again.. and t...

okay.. so here we go then..

• 2008 - january - i want to win the miamii ink competition and travel to america.. with my ma.. get tattooed and visit my sister in baltimore... turn 21 aswell!! didn't win...
• ✔ 2008 - rest of the year - hopefully finish my tafe course.. fine arts.. and in between work... if not.. work work work... i did do my final year at tafe.. i now have an advanced diploma in fine arts..
• 2009 - first half of year - work.. exhibit in some galleries.. get my CV up to scratch..
• 2009 - november through to january - visit my sister in baltimore.. hopefully do our road trip... new york to seattle!!! and maybe look into exhibiting in america.. show my work to some galleries and what not..
• 2010 - work.. hopefully exhibit.. i want to t...

• none ahha

so here is one that i let the fine folks at listography.com choose for me

• i miss.. getting excited about christmas...
• i miss.. being naive.. i wish i didn't think so much...
• strangely enough.. i miss high school... not as much drama as there is now at "college"
• i miss.. good music...
• i miss.. the cure.. they were so good live!!..
• i miss.. most of all.. my sister... come home!!!

in no particular order and these aren't necessarily my FAVOURITE albums by these artists

• nirvana - in utero
• red hot chili peppers - blood sugar sex magik
• pj harvey - dry
• the cure - bloodflowers
• white stripes - white blood cells
• placebo - without you i'm nothing
• nine inch nails - the fragile
• nick cave and the bad seeds - murder ballads
• sonic youth - dirty
• the velvet underground and nico - the velvet underground and nico

• sometimes i don't shower every day.. i may even go two.. or three days without one.. depending on what i have been doin.. i am saving water people!!
• i only wash my hair once a week.. twice a week if it really needs it..
• i had this list planned in my mind for a couple of nights now.. and would fall asleep thinking of more i could add to it.. but alas.. i didn't come up with anything

• meeting my best friend throughout primary school
• girl in class eating poster paints and clag glue (i can't remember her name.. but i remember her face.. she comes into work every now and then)
• egg cartons and cotten buds
• crocodile rock dancing
• playing "butterflies" with my brother
• re-drawing album covers with my dad
• skating at the rink
• sega master system
• grandma's house
• huge story books
• advent calender - at school.. i got a train.. or a truck.. and i kept it to show my mum.. it melted in my hand..

• 270 - 16th february
• 263 - 23rd february
• 256 - 02nd march
• 249 - 09th march
• 242 - 16th march
• 235 - 23rd march
• 228 - 30th march
• 221 - 06th april
• 214 - 13th april
• 207 - 20th april
• 200 - 27th april
• 193 - 04th may
• 186 - 11th may
• 179 - 18th may
• 172 - 25th may
• 165 - 01st june
• 158 - 08th june
• 151 - 15th june
• 150 - 16th june
• 144 - 22nd june
• 137 - 29th june

• a bad nights sleep
• rushing to get ready..
• coffee with some people to discuss possible studio and gallery space in newcastle
• walking around the mall looking at places where the studio/gallery could be...
• eating lunch with michael in the park
• 50 minutes of laying still watching a very draining film (children of men)
• rushing to get ready for work
• leaving for work thirty minutes before starting time as to guarantee a park
• getting a park straight away and walking around marketown for twenty minutes until my shift started
• three hours of hell
• trying to keep my eyes open to drive home
• eating a big broccoli and tofu and mushroom stirfry.. yum!

• emily is... (relations)
  • a daughter
  • a sister
  • a grand-daughter
  • a niece
  • a cousin
  • a best friend
  • a friend
  • a collegue
• emily is... (workforce)
  • a volunteer
  • a checkout chick
  • a world traveller
  • a cynic
  • a conceptualist
  • an artist
• emily is... (right now)
  • crampy

i have had an on going headache for the last four days.. i am starting to think it is something more serious.. the only time i don't have it.. is after/during.. the following

• drink an icey super quick.. believe me.. a brain freeze is much better than a headache...
• take three pain relief tablets and lay down.. very still..
• gossip with your friends... i am more interested in the goss than complaining about my head..
• however complaining and moping around does help.. takes your mind off of the constant throbbing.. while you concentrate at how silly you can look.. or how far your lower lip can reach your chin..
• sleeping.. sleeping.. and more sleeping.. unless when you wake up and see light.. you are in even more pain than when you s...

• www.facebook.com
• www.listography.com
• www.gmail.com
• www.bmezine.com
• www.zentastic.com
• www.etsy.com
• www.photoshopdisasters.com
• www.youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com
• www.extremecraft.com
• www.amazon.com

and for your entertainment i will put them in chronological order...

• 12:00am til 1:20am played guitar hero world tour.. i sung with a band (completely killed you know you're right by nirvana).. played drums for the band and was the lead guitarist.. i should be in a band...
• 3:00am til 10:00 am had a good nights sleep.. i know.. shock.. i think i put this down to being really tired and drifting off.. rather than forcing myself to sleep...
• 11:15am til 11:25am had two poached eggs with mushrooms.. yum!!!
• 12:00pm til 1:49pm played guitar hero aerosmith on medium (i really am good at this) but suck ass at guitar hero on hard.. i did finish one song on hard though.. i am proud of myself.. even though i was just pressing all the buttons in the end...
• 2:00pm til 2:15pm had a coffee a cigarette and did some drawing..

• baguette
• egg mayo
• lettuce
• cheese
• tomato
• not meat deli slices

• woke up and went to the toilet
• got dressed and went down to garden city to buy smokes and scratchies
• scratched the scratchies.. didn't win a damn thing
• talked to my favourite person in the world
• figured out what i am going to buy my favourite person for her birthday
• assembled the two finished parts of my artwork
• began a third one
• drank two cups of coffee and a piece of jaffa cake with strawberries while watching only ONE episode of the golden girls
• had a conversation with michael through text messages
• talked to an aunt, a grandma, a brother and a good friend on the phone as well
• plucked three hairs from moles on my arms

• a sleepy tiger
• a cranky tiger
• a checkout chick
• emily
• a blue bird
• a sleepy tiger in a gourmet scum shirt

due to a contract i signed.. i am unable to disclose my place of employment in public forums.. now while i am pretty damn sure it is only my sister reading my blog.. she knows where i work so there is no need to state it.. i will tell you this.. i am a checkout chick...

• the whole going to work.. and the countdown before going to work..
• the uniform.. agh..
• the first hour of a shift.. longest hour ever.. i am sure time stands still for this hour..
• the customers silly jokes.. agh..
• the customers additudes... come one people if you don't say hello to me back i am not going to be nice.. unless you are deaf...
• the customers in general.. it isn't my fault we don't have a certain brand of beetroot.. i'm sorry we are out of this produ...

inspire by my sister's latest list

• dry
• is this desire?
• white chalk
• to bring you my love
• rid of me
• 4 track demo
• uh huh her
• stories from the city, stories from the sea
• dance hall at louse point

• 3
• 9
• 13
• 27

woot.. what a list..

• e - is for emily.. it's good enough for me
• k
• x
• q
• v
• h
• f
• g
• j
• t
• w
• s
• m
• b
• z
• n
• y
• r
• p
• l

okay.. so i am putting them in order of most likely of getting them......

• ✔ words 'breathe' and 'noise' on wrists (above or below roses??? still unsure.. or maybe through them....?? that would be cool..) accomplished they went below the roses...
• one of my polly jean girls going down my back...
• my deer in black and red stepped affect.. with the nirvana quote "most people don't realise that two pieces of coral painted brown and attached to his skull with common wood screws can make a child look like a deer".. i like the idea of having the words 'common wood screws' branded on me forever...
• ✔ red bird opposite of my black bird.. right side of chest.. maybe it will just be shades of grey....
• the nightingale and the rose.. back of ca...

this is ongoing... when i think of some more i will put them up... let me also say.. these are movies MADE in the 80's.. and i believe capture the 80's in my opinion.. being a child only born in the 80's...

• student exchange
• labyrinth
• sixteen candles
• breakfast club
• pretty in pink
• say anything
• sid and nancy
• st elmo's fire
• women in red
• 9 to 5
• big buisness