yessssssss

More than a little excited about this:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/23/2634078.htm?section=entertainment

i would like to own these things

only 12 more days until i go overseas again. i am hideously disorganised and have a constant sick feeling in my stomach about all the shit i have to do before i leave. i have to give a talk at a conference in venice and i have nothing to wear. i also haven't planned the talk (less concerning). after venice i'm locking myself up in a room in the forest in new york state and writing THE SHIT out of my PhD because when i get back i start my research fellowship. this is exciting because i will finally start making some money from my 7 years of full time tertiary education. naturally, i have been spending my days online shopping for things i might like to purchase when i begin said job and subsequent money making...

obviously, a sausage dog:


then, a range of hilarious outfits in which to dress said sausage dog:




a dead animal to hang on the wall:


a dead animal to put on the floor:


i've always wanted a tv in the bathroom. the mirror in this bathroom is also a tv, amazement! i want a mirror tv thing:


these lights, particularly in the kitchen:


kitchen will also contain heart shaped le creuset pots:


kitchen aid:

i really want this little monkey:

and intend on becoming a crazy old spinster with a room full of books like this:


I LOVE THINGS.

destino

I went to the Dali exhibition in Melbourne on the weekend and watched this in it's entirety:

So beautiful.

schnitzel von krumm

Does anyone remember Schnitzel von Krumm?

I saw a stuffed toy of him yesterday in a shop window and completely lost my shit. I'm going to go buy it later and give it to my nephew who, by the way, is the cutest child ever in the world:

Anyway, when I was in NYC I went to Daschund Spring Fiesta in Washington Square Park. It was the greatest day of my life. We sung a song called 'Ode to the Sausage Dog'. I saw this dog:

and cried. I can't wait to get my own weiner dog. I'm going to call him Hans van Dongen after this guy:

who is my science hero.

So now you know, I'm one of those creepy people who loves dogs too much and is obsessed with a 40-something ex-astrophysicist.