Ephemera

The ramblings of a lunatic expat.

I am Californian who relocated to Melbourne, Australia in 2006..

I'm a manicurist and a madwoman and I do a damn good job at both.
grobslynn:

Is this @expat_erin? Resemblance is uncanny. And they look alike too!

I am a huge asshole, so, yes.

grobslynn:

Is this @expat_erin? Resemblance is uncanny. And they look alike too!

I am a huge asshole, so, yes.

$9.50

georgiaporgia:

I just made an online payment of $9.50 to cover a bill for painkillers, which represents the total out of pocket cost I incurred as a public health patient for a 36 hour hospital stay this week. 

A stay which included x-rays, CT scans of my brain and spine, dressing of my skinned knees, hip and elbow, and a couple of other treatments I don’t remember (amnesia after a bike crash was why I was in there).

After I was finished in the ED, I was given my own single room on the ward and was cared for impeccably by specialist trauma doctors, amazing nurses and hospital volunteers.

I love you, Australian universal health care. 

(Oh, and wear your helmets, kids. Mine is now being retired from duty after this week’s crash.)

Read it & weep, America.

(I weep for you regularly, so don’t take this as gloating.)

Fucking “chef’s kitchen” on HGTV

grobslynn:

I don’t want a chef’s kitchen. Keep your pasta faucet and your deep sinks.

I want a 7-11 kitchen. I want an Icee machine, 24/7 warm nacho “cheese,” one of them hotdog warmer machines, and a giant wall of fridges filled with beer and Gatorade. I want an _assortment_ of jerky products and pickled foods. I want a ridiculously efficient over-heating microwave and a small fridge of prepared breakfast foods and sandwiches. I want a chip rack, an ice cream freezer, and as you walk out the door- you get a commemorative key chain that says “Bitch, you just left the best kitchen on the planet.”

PREACH, SISTER!

The Agwa band is back together  (at Feldman’s)

The Agwa band is back together (at Feldman’s)

This cool dude is Elwood. No, really. That’s his name. My friends have cool kids. (at Feldman’s)

This cool dude is Elwood. No, really. That’s his name. My friends have cool kids. (at Feldman’s)

Us.

Us.

Look at these boots. Pure sex. (at Feldman’s)

Look at these boots. Pure sex. (at Feldman’s)

Big guns and fluffy armpits - always a winning combination.

Big guns and fluffy armpits - always a winning combination.

Public holiday on a Thursday  means I get to stay in bed drinking coffee while that dude in my bed has an epic lie-in. Bliss. (at The Ghetto Penthouse)

Public holiday on a Thursday means I get to stay in bed drinking coffee while that dude in my bed has an epic lie-in. Bliss. (at The Ghetto Penthouse)

hacklock:

This was one of those requests, that I respond with “Sure! no problem!” and then have absolutely no idea how I’m going to do it. Which is the really scary but oh so rewarding element to commissions.
I’ve made these flat, minimalist style portraits of people before and of course The Beardy Boys (but their shapes were designed by someone else)
So I tracked down an illustration of the boys to use as a guide and after a few goes at it managed to get it to work. They each have distinctive enough features to still be instantly recognizable in a minimalist style.  You can’t really see in this photo but Jermaine has a little chin depression thing going on. Brett has such fluffy hair that I needed to protect the little points and ends from everyday wear and tear so they are mounted on oval backgrounds.I went with a sky blue since they use blue in most of their promotional imagery. 





Holy shit, Heather. Holy. Shit.

hacklock:

This was one of those requests, that I respond with “Sure! no problem!” and then have absolutely no idea how I’m going to do it. Which is the really scary but oh so rewarding element to commissions.

I’ve made these flat, minimalist style portraits of people before and of course The Beardy Boys (but their shapes were designed by someone else)

So I tracked down an illustration of the boys to use as a guide and after a few goes at it managed to get it to work. They each have distinctive enough features to still be instantly recognizable in a minimalist style.  You can’t really see in this photo but Jermaine has a little chin depression thing going on. Brett has such fluffy hair that I needed to protect the little points and ends from everyday wear and tear so they are mounted on oval backgrounds.I went with a sky blue since they use blue in most of their promotional imagery. 

Holy shit, Heather. Holy. Shit.
Yep, totally going to this. The little black dress from Breakfast at Tiffany’s? 20 year old me dies of rapture.

Yep, totally going to this. The little black dress from Breakfast at Tiffany’s? 20 year old me dies of rapture.

hi i am a floating head

hi i am a floating head

I think @thatdamnjessho likes her birthday present #katemoss

I think @thatdamnjessho likes her birthday present #katemoss

Homemade sausage (pork & fennel), egg, and cheese muffin.

Homemade sausage (pork & fennel), egg, and cheese muffin.

These two nerds are talking about tram lines @indefensible @helenrazer (at Union Club Hotel)

These two nerds are talking about tram lines @indefensible @helenrazer (at Union Club Hotel)