That’s Stella

I was tagged by Teddy. Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot.

Little Miss Pissy Pants
Milchfrömmler
One Dog Said to the Other
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That’s Stella

Then you get to select five people to pass the love on to…
And I choose…

ShyGirlAndrea
Passive Agressive Steak
Lobotomy Rips
Supertorio
Andge’s Journal

What were you doing 10 years ago?
Ooo… I was 11 years old so I was going through a pre-teen identity crisis, singing to Shampoo and Black Hole Sun. It was the Beverly Hills and Sea Quest DSV years so I was pining over Jonathan Brandis and Jason Priestly. And probably wearing overalls and tencel jeans. Eww…

Five snacks you enjoy:
1. Chicken salad
2. Oranges
3. Toast with melted bocconcini
4. Carrot sticks
5. Reeces Pieces

Five songs to which you know all the lyrics:
1. Eternal Flame – The Bangles
2. Connection - Elastica
3. Breath – Kylie Minogue
4. 6 Underground – Sneaker Pimps
5. Maps – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
1. Buy properties around the world – starting off with New York, then Perth and LA
2. Be a philanthropist – give away millions of dollars to the needy and charity
3. Set up my family for life
4. Pay Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman to make me a lead in one of their feature films
5. Fund Larry David projects

Five bad habits:
1. Spending too much on clothes – having expensive taste
2. Taking too long to get ready – showering and deciding what to wear, etc…
3. Biting my nails
4. Openly mocking stupid Public Relations girls and my Asian relatives
5. Being too competitive

Five things you like doing:
1. Day dreaming
2. Exploring flea markets around the world
3. Eating cookie dough ice cream and saving the cookie dough pieces till last
4. Chasing ducks
5. Neatly packing my suitcase before a big trip overseas

Five things you would never wear or buy again:
1. Tencel “denim” – so wrong…
2. Wedge shoes and platforms
3. Chinoto – you know, the drink? Grouse man
4. a PC – once you go Mac, you never go back
5. a backpack – unless I went backpacking and highly unlikely

1. Returning home to New York
As soon as I landed in NY, I went straight to my friends, Rob & Tiongs apartment in the East Village. I could direct the cab driver exactly where to go. Everything looked the same. After a year away from home nothing had changed and I still remembered exactly where my favourite Chinese restaurant in Chinatown was, my favourite store in Soho and the correct subway exits to take. How awesome to return to the West Village to live and have one of my best friends from Perth live with me for a month.

2.Meeting new friends
Bonding with my New York Jewish men - Katzy & Bornstein.
Meeting uber talented stylish net friend – Miss. Tiff
Joining a new group of 20+ friends later in the year
Meeting my best uni girl friend – Miss. Andrea

3.Winning Best Ad Campaign Pitcher
Kicking boys asses and working hard and being rewarded with my first job in an advertising agency. My competitiveness and strategic thinking and constant stressing paid off.

4.Hide & Seek in Times Square
During New York fashion week, my colleagues and friends and I were invited to a few fashion shows as part of work. We started off the night playing a game of hide and seek in Times Square, running around and losing each other in the sea of lights. Following the game, we attended the fashion shows but missed out on the front row goodie bags with Dior glasses, etc…

5.Date with Doves
I scored free tickets, backstage and VIP passes for the Doves gig in Perth from their cousins. My date and I had a VIP viewing section to watch their show, and at the end of the night the band manager yelled at Metropolis Security who wouldn’t let us backstage. After the show we drank beer with the lads till the wee hours of the morning talking about how Velvet Underground was the best band on earth.

1.Leaving New York
It killed me to leave New York. I spent my last day with my NY fling Bornstein, having a waffle breakfast and strolling along the East Village river together. On the way to JFK, I sobbed uncontrollably, listening to the Garden State soundtrack as I left Manhattan, and constantly turned around to see the city skyscrapers disappear.

2.Saying goodbye to friends
Having to say goodbye to Katzy and Bornstein – men I had seen every day during my time back in New York.
Saying goodbye to my best uni boy friend as he left to go home to Scotland.
Farewelling work colleagues I had grown to love in NY.

3.Sick in London
Spending my days in London sick. Not going to the Tate and being able to enjoy the city as much as I wanted to. Being a drag… to myself!

4.Realising real friends
Letting go of people who were dragging my super group of friends down.

5.Sacrificing a night out with The Hives
One of the best and worst moments. I sacrificed a huge night out with The Hives (free tickets and a boozy night with the Swedish band) when I realised that my advertising career was more important than rock and roll. I had grown up.

According to my iPod Play Count reading…
In order is my top 20 most played songs in 2005…

1. Caring is Creepy - The Shins
2. Coming In From The Cold - The Delgados
3. Uncle Pat - Ash
4. The Only Living Boy in New York - Simon & Garfunkel
5. Don’t Panic - Coldplay
6. Blue Eyes - Cary Brothers
7. Untitled - Interpol
8. Since I Left You - The Avalanches
9. Two Hearts In 3/4 Time - The Avalanches
10. Y Control - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
11. In The Waiting Line - Zero 7
12. Punky’s Dilemma - Simon & Garfunkel
13. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
14. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - The Arcade Fire
15. Sea Songs - Doves
16. Neighborhood #2 (Laika) - The Arcade Fire
17. Let Go - Frou Frou
18. Sometimes - Ash
19. Your Hand In Mine - Explosions In The Sky
20. Molly’s Chambers - Kings Of Leon