I just dun get it.

So after a lovely harbour cruise that Eleni's mother kindly gave a couple of us tickets to, we hit up the Museum of Contemporary Art. Being the relatively uncultured person I am, I found some of the art more funny than Tim Minchin. I tried as hard as I could to appreciate the art, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get thoughts like "I COULD HAVE DONE THAT WHEN I WAS ONE YEAR OLD" and "THEY ARE SCRIBBLES. SCRIBBLES!/!/!?!??!" out of my head.

Take the 'art' I've posted below for example. It was in the centre of the room and was called "MY LIFE IN NUTS". The text accompanying it said that it took the artist a long time to come up with the concept. It's a pile of nuts. A. PILE. OF. NUTS. Nothing more, nothing less. Upon first glance I was really impressed because I thought that the nuts were made by the artist-they looked so realistic that it was pretty insane. I then read the text to discover that no, they were in fact nuts. That's why they looked so much like nuts-they were nuts.  If anyone can explain to me the significance of this pile of nuts/modern art in general, feel free to email me at the email address on the 'CONTACT ME' page. Much appreciated.

Things I don't understand:

1. Why the pink cupcakes I always get from my local bakery went up in price by 30 cents. Like why. WHY????????!!
2. Why more people don't play Fruit Ninja with their iPhone upside down. So much no-gravity-goodness that is yet to be discovered by so many
3. Why people buy iPhones. They're $800 pieces of crap
4. Everyone's obsession with Gangnam Style. The first time I saw it I was like 'Yep that's solid K-Pop'. Now it's absolutely everywhere AND I AM SUFFOCATING. Every TV, every Facebook page, every newspaper and every radio station. Have people never heard K-Pop before?? There is music more hilarious than that. Also, is he going to just attempt and capitalize off that song until he dies? I'm glad I got this rant off my chest. Psy can P-iss-off.
5. How Phoebe managed to score a third-round invitation to Diner En Blanc. When she called me telling me that I could be her plus one, this was my reaction (click here). If you don't know what Diner En Blanc is, I would definitely recommend Google-ing it so you can be extremely jealous. Basically it's a flash-mob style white-themed dinner party (so many people sign up to try and get invited that there were 31, 000 people on the waiting list for the one in New York). It's so secret that Phoebe doesn't find out the location until an hour before hand. Problem is my whole wardrobe is black, so I need to venture out into white-clothed-territory. I'll keep you posted on how that goes
6. WHY I CAN'T FIND MY DAMN DINNER PARTY LIST. I've checked everywhere in my room twice but shall triple check this afternoon. Clearly I'm really organised.

OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN MY LIFE
-Had a perfect Friday night
-Got a job at General Pants
-Drinking too many Boost juices
-Dad came back from New York and got me NYU and Columbia t-shirts and track pants.

Watch this if you want to be turned off burritos for life

I warned you. Phoebe showed me this last night...and I can safely say I don't think I'll be eating burritos for a couple of centuries. And maybe a couple of centuries after that.

L'amour

Let's just say that this week was significantly better than the last.

P.S. I know I've been saying I'll post my 'CHLOE'S AMAZING ULTIMATE DINNER PARTY' list for the last century and a half, but I'll actually dig it out tonight and post it tomorrow! Here's hoping my little note with scribbled names hasn't been chucked out. Fingers crossed (because that list was dayum finee).

I'll leave you to enjoy a song I'm in love with.
Chloe xx

The one where Chloe had a terrible week

You know those weeks where so many bad things happen that you keep thinking to your self "can this week get any worse", and then it does? The week that has just ended was one of those weeks for me. It was so bad that Phoebe lent me money. That's saying something. Allow me to tell you about CHLOE'S TERRIBLE WEEK 2012.

1. It all began after Saturday night when I got into a little bit of a pickle with the parentals (make that a pretty large pickle...with chilli sauce). Got grounded and my coveted Coldplay ticket got given away (they did buy it for me after all). Yep, the ticket to the concert that is written in giant letters on the calender plastered on my wall as 'COLDPLAY AND TEMPER TRAP OMGOMGOMGOGM', and the concert I always wrote about on here because I liked rubbing it in your face that I was going (I blame it on my excitement). Well who got the last laugh? NOT MEEEEEEE! HAHAHAHA. HAHA. HA. WAH. 
2. Failed my first uni assignment. At this point I was already having a terrible week (see above), so this was like a big fat poisonous cherry on top of a disgusting cake (let's make it a lemon, pecan and eggplant cake with oil icing).
3. Spent all my money on comfort food and coffee, then woke up on Thursday to realise that Topshop was opening that day, and that I had 80 cents in my wallet. Loving life!
4. After thinking to myself "I wonder what could happen to make this week worse", I got to my Myer interview at 3pm on Friday to discover that I misread the email...and the reminder email...and that it instead had started at 2! Go me!
5. I was at my friend Beth's house on Friday night for a much needed cheering up session (this involved Paul's Famous Hamburgers and Crazy Stupid Love). We decided that my terrible week had officially ended. After saying this, I hopped onto the bed and smacked my knee on the corner so hard that a not-so-lovely, big fat bruise began to appear after less than a minute. THANKS KARMA?
6. Gangam Style won't stop playing everywhere and it's driving me insane. If was kind of funny the first time I saw it, but what is with everyone's weird obsession with it?

I believe that the government should give out financial scholarships to people who have weeks like mine. I'm walking a 'DEVO WEEK SCHOLARSHIP', where you fill out a criteria that you submit to the government (like my five points above), and if they agree that your week was terrible they give you money to do something nice over the weekend. I feel that this would be a fantastic initiative, and I plan to write a passionate letter to Julia Gillard.

Much love,
Chloe x

Take your 'judging cap' off for when I tell you that:

THIS SONG AND MUSIC VIDEO MADE MY CRAPPY DAY SO MUCH BETTER. It's so catchy and the video clip is hilarious. Always love a bit of T-Swizzle.

The Casual Vacancy

After somehow magically finishing my assignments due this week two days earlier than my To-Do list had scheduled, I found myself wandering around the city thinking of things to do. One of my shoes broke whilst wandering, so that was a nice excuse to buy a new pair of loafers. 20 minutes later I walked past Dymocks, and $28 later I had The Casual Vacancy in my hands (J.K. Rowling's new book). I spent the rest of the warm afternoon reading it in Hyde Park...well, the book had half of my attention. The other half of my attention belonged to the three tweenagers conducting an awkward photo-shoot (which included pulling sultry faces whilst holding a tree). It was the perfect way to end the mid-semester break.

I am currently faced with a really profound dilemma. Topshop is opening on Thursday morning, and I have $15 in my wallet. My plan is to either camp out to receive freebies (this is looking unlikely due to the fact that I have a media assessment that day), or just go in and take photos of things to buy when I actually have cash, and wallow at the fact that I spend all my money on coffee. The latter is looking far more likely at this point in time. I'll let you know how it goes. Probably not too well, judging by the outcomes of most things I attempt.

I am now off to pretend that I didn't waste all my money today, listen to Muse's new album for the trillionth time, drink some Green Tea (it makes me feel less guilty about being addicted to coffee), read some more of The Casual Vacancy, continue to be happy that the Sydney Swans won the grand final, and jam out a bit more to Muse's new album (I really like it in case you can't tell).

Love,
Chloe
x