If I was a simple man, would we still walk hand in hand?

This is quite a long post, so I'll kick off with something light. Isn't this the most adorable photo of Elijah Woods and McCauley Caulkin? It's strange to see photos like this, especially with everyone knowing where they both are now and what they look like. I feel like everyone knew a kid like McCauley Caulkin when they were younger. The crazy, wouldn't/couldn't sit still, ants in his pants terror who would have been slapped with the ADHD lable young and been kept away from red cordial at all costs. Such a carefree photo.

So I found this ad the other day on weheartit. Effective advertising is one of my favourite topics, and this ad is pretty good. What I think all women should remember though is that we never owe men for not raping other women. They shouldn't be given any praise for not doing it. Obviously it shouldn't happen, but by praising men who just don't do it, means we are making too light a concept of it, but saying "It's so good that you didn't do that, good on you!". It is a given that it shouldn't happen. That said, "shouldn't" is such a utopian, idealistic word. I'm not completely sure I clearly conveyed what I wanted to, effectively enough. I might come back to it later.

We went to Home last night, a club in Darling Harbour. It was constructed quite interestingly. There were gorgeous views from the balcony and the inside dance floor.

I recently got my hair cut, I got the hairdresser to bulk it up a little, so she took off all the really thin ends and put some more layers around my face. I think maybe next time I will be brave enough to get it chopped even shorter.

This is what I wore last night. I rarely ever think to take outfit photos before a night out. Photos always turn up eventually. I ended up taking the tights off though and wearing these cute little "I love billy" shoesies my friend Tori lent me. They had the tiniest heel and were super comfy.

Also, I may have asked someone on a date last night! Nah, who am I kidding, I didn't "may" I actually did. Which is pretty exciting. Yes this is the same boy I had lunch with the other day. I'm realising it's acutally becoming real, I told my two girlfriends from home the other day about him, and everyone here already knows about him. It's scary, but so, so exciting. And in a month, or a year or more, it could all turn to shit (touch wood! eeep!) but I'm not going to worry about that. It's nice getting to learn someone. I say this because of the line in the song "St Patrick's Day" by John Mayer -

In the dark, on the phone

You tell me the names of your brothers

And your favorite colors

I'm learning you

And when it snows again

We'll take a walk outside

And search the sky

Like children do

We should take a ride tonight around the town and look around at all the beautiful houses

something in the way that blue lights on a black night can make you feel more

everybody, it seems to me, just wants to be

Just like you and me

It just feels like it's true, having to learn someone.

This is a plain weave print dress I bought the other day. The pattern is nice but it's a bit too big around the neck. I actually just don't have the chest to fill it out. I've never found having smaller boobs a problem though. God, I just wrote boobs. Such a strange word.

Strange little digression now... so lately I've been just randomly exposed to pornstars. I don't watch it/ use it, but I know some of my male friends must. I have watched almost every clip from Vive Cool City, (no NOT a porn site hahaha) (do check it out though, it's truly amazing) an online tv site which provides original short episodes on topics focusing on content that can't really be found elsewhere and that is thought-provoking. They do interviews with Nikki Jayne, Jenna Haze, Jesse Jane etc (I just know my page count will increase knowing those names are merely on here). It's interesting to see these interactions, although Jesse Jane is quite possibly the most irritating female I've never met. Such an attention seeking little princess. But she was quite the business woman as well.

Any how a topic raised by these girls and also in a recent episode of Entourage (yeah, okay, so it was the finale of the seventh season. Yes the one where Eminem appears.), was that of many men in relationships being unable to deal with the fact that this is the profession their women have chosen. Even saying "their" I am hesistant, because it implies some level of ownership. It is this unspoken sense of ownership that all people get, not just pornstars, that raises a litany of questions. We don't own each other, slavery went out a long time ago (not saying it doesn't still exist) but it is an issue.

I know many girls who don't like the idea of open relationships because they feel as though they are coming off second best if they do not have the official title of "his girlfriend". I will try and justify some of what I am trying to say. I think girls (totally generalising, I know!) want to know that they are the only ones that that particular guy wants. They suggest the idea of an open relationship to seem cool and free, but then the guy takes this as an invitation to do whatever he likes and then the girl gets upset.

The girl usually always wants commitment. But is the idea of monogamy natural? I'm not completely convinced. The idea of only one true love isn't. I believe true love exists, but imagine if someone who had just found their "one" lost them in tragic uncontrollable circumstances? It's not fair to say they don't have anyone else out there for them ever again. I am re-reading this and I sound a bit childish. I talk too much!

A letter my friend Holly wrote me last night/ this morning. I love the fact I can basically hear her saying it in her own voice.

Some "scribblings" of my friend Sam. She's so talented!

I love all different sorts of blogs. This is just one of them. Flowing Data is "visualization and statistics site" of Nathan Yau. He has some really cool finds he blogs about and there are some really interesting flow charts and Venn diagrams. When his blog posts are things like "Another view of Inception, with the kicks this time", "Periodic Table of Swearing" and "First Date vs. Reality TV First Date", you CANNOT go wrong. Such a cool site.

This is a gorgeous Australian ad, about Daylesford, Victoria. The "Lead a Double Life" theme is a delicious concept and the song is amazing too. My friend Maddy who comes from Melbourne watched it with me the other day and she told me the scene with the waterpump in it is on her friend's property.

Until next time!

Naiveté, optimism, blind faith. Call it what you want.

I have a good feeling about this.