Australia Day and Kim Boekbinder gig

It was Australia Day last Saturday and instead of following the norm here, which for those of you not familiar with my countries way of celebration, many people choose to celebrate by getting drunk of cheap beer or 'goon' (box wine) on the foreshore and watching the fireworks.

I spent my morning and most of the day listening to Triple J's hottest one hundred hits, which is always enjoyable. And cleaning Jason's old apartment's very dusty kitchen, which isn't so enjoyable.

But after that, and during the top 15 songs of the countdown, I baked brownies for later that evening to which we were going to an intimate gig of the wondrous Kim Boekbinder (look her up, her new album that will be out in March is going to be all about SPACE! who doesn't like space?). I spent the process learning to use the new oven, which I started to burn the brownies but I managed to save them before any proper damage was done.

We set off to the gig, which was located in a gorgeous Vintage store called mo-mo's in Mt Lawley which was full of gorgeous clothing that I will be back to spend hours looking through when I have money to spend.

There were beautifully decorated vegan cupcakes, lamingtons, various types of tea, cordial and wines and lovely company. Including the beautiful Kim. There was even poprocks and these lolipops that cut your tongue if you get through the whole things and remind me of my childhood. The few of us there had tea and cakes with kim, she played us some acoustic tunes and we chatted about all sorts of things.

Then when other people started to arrive Kim went to change into a lovely sparkly dress, stood up against the galaxy backdrop beautifully made by Xanthea with a black sheets and bleach. She used her ipad as a synthesiser and played us some tunes. She played us some old things, some acoustic things, a song she wrote about Perth the last time she was here, and then played us some of her new album which i'm extra excited about now.

Then we had a mini dance party which was loads of fun. Afterwards we were given posters for her new album, kim signed them, took photos with us if we wanted them and then just chatted with us all. She's so lovely, and i wish she could spend more time in Australia, considering we love her so much and her boyfriend lives in Australia too.

It was wonderful seeing her play, and I can't wait until she can come back again.

Below are a few photos taken by me on the night. Unedited and with poor lighting. My dslr has been having problems lately, and so some of them didn't come out too well.

 

 

Hope everyone is well xxx

There are different ways to spend my time when I need to lift my mood a bit. 

I've still haven't heard back from many of the places I've applied to work at and the ones I have heard back from have declined me in lieu of applicants with more experience in sales than I (go firgure). So I'm feeling pretty down and my wallet is feeling extremely light.

I've been putting together my business that I've started running, and so that's been taking up quite a bit of my time, which is good. I've been creating the website, making my business cards, and just getting prepared for when I start getting clients. 

Other than doing that, I've been trying to fill my spare time with some of my ways that I like to de-stress and cheer myself up with to keep me from letting the anxiety of feeling rejected and worrying about how i'm going to earn my money I've been doing some of the following:

 having cuddles with my cats.

 going out of the house to a coffee shop or somewhere nice for a drink or brunch with lovely people.

Getting some fresh air by sitting outside somewhere (preferably not in direct sunlight) but enjoying the day. 

Reading. Whether it be a book, a magazine, whatever. I also like to write when I need escaping the real world, or watch an old favourite movie or television show. 

And last, but most definitely not least having a good nap is one of my favourite ways to get my mind of things and recharge and help me get back on track. 

If you follow me on intsagram you may notice that a lot of the above photographs were posted over the last week. Perhaps that is an excellent representation of how I've been coping with my fear of rejection and all of the change that is going on in my life. 

I hope you're all having a wonderful day, have been having wonderful weeks in the new year, and continue to throughout 2013. Sending out so much positive vibes for you all. Let's make this a wonderful year! 

xxxx