Celebs & Photos

Ok I'll admit it. I have an unhealthy obsession with the ridiculously good looking Jolie-Pitts. These guys just make me want to grab every rag with them on the cover off the stand at Coles, take them home and eat dark chocolate whilst I imagine being their next adopted baby [Australia is exotic, yes? Pick me! Pick me!]. But I am somewhat anti purchasing trashy magazines you mostly find in the supermarket [I can't stand all those articles about how much weight each celeb has put on or lost], so I hold myself back. Without sounding like too much of a snob [too late], I'm more of your Magnation type of gal anyway.

Remember when the rumours started flying when they got together? It was when they had just finished filming Mr & Mrs Smith [something tells me they didn't read the script before they signed up to that]. And then Steven Klein took these photos for W magazine. I mean, they are set in the 1960's with my crush + girl crush draped in beautiful designer threads as the subjects? Of course I fell in love with them instantly. Above are some of my favourites.

Anyhoo, now I read that Brad has stepped up and shared his folio of family shots again for W magazine. Expect a Part II of this post.

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Barack Obama

So it has been a while since the news was announced and some people have been surprised at how little I have said about the US election. I have found myself being the true sook I am whenever I have watched any coverage of the post-election on TV. One clip that stood out for me was of a lady in New York on her mobile phone overwhelmed and in tears to her friend on the other end, saying she had just seen Barack Obama. I started to feel the lump in my throat and the tears welling in my eyes, and I was halfway across the globe!

I am genuinely overjoyed for the Americans. Hope is something I have always had in my life, so words cannot describe how happy it makes me that this incredible man has returned that to people who were starting to think there was no more hope. In one act of [almost] unison, the Americans have moved in leaps and bounds to remedy a trashed reputation.

Something I kept repeating to my parents during dinner table discussions in the lead up to election day was, 'doesn't he look REAL?'. He is 'real' but he also looks like a President. He commands the respect of a President but at the same time he shows respect for the common man. And damn, although it will be a [very] tough job, I think he is going to be a great President. I'm a teensy bit jealous he isn't my President.

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Creative Chanel Shout Outs

A shout out to my big sister Julie for hooking me up with Living Creatively. She even found projects that revolve around three of my favourite things: birds, Paris & Matryoshka dolls. I know this is a bit girly for my male readers, and a bit nerdy for the edgy femme fatales I drink my cocktails with, but heck, this is the stuff I am all about and then some.

Meanwhile, there's an article on the LC site about the Mobile Art Exhibit by Chanel. Yes, Chanel. I read about this on this guy's blog. Look! They give out freebies! But alas, they are not throwing 2.55 quilted bags out to the fashion hungry crowds. I would love to go, and it is a shame to read they are not coming to Australia [I guess I'll just have to fly to Paris to check it out]. Click me to read more. And here is the official website for the exhibition.

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Please Bear With Me

I am doing a little bit of tweaking on my blog. Nothing too dramatic, but enough for the perfectionist in me feel the need to tell you that if anything looks askew on the blog this week [say, different posts in different fonts/colours/sizes], please bear with me; Peppery Sparrow is just under construction.

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Old vs New: Film vs Digital

I know I carry on like a pork chop about how film mostly provides a much better image than digital. The fact of the matter is that it is true. Why?

Well, one [to me, important] reason is that I admire how the photographer puts much more thought into his or her photo because they only have 12-16 frames to work with. I'll be honest with you, I find the 60 photos of your debaucherous night out that you uploaded onto Facebook a little tired after the umpteenth album [perhaps entitled drunken night out] appeared in my Home Feed.

Don't you just love the look and feel of your parents old photos? I do. There's a mood in them you just can't capture in a digital image. I am aware that after you purchase an older camera & pay for film, processing and printing onto matte stock, its a costly exercise and that is where digital conquers [especially in these economically uncertain times]. But in my opinion [and remember, this is MY blog], it is worth spending the dollars.

I'm not completely dissing digital, I appreciate the convenience of owning a digital camera, so much so, I own one myself. And, I really enjoy looking at people's digital images on their Flickr, there is some amazing photography being produced with digital cameras.

But, my love affair with film will never cease to exist.

Apart from the blonde hair, not much else has changed about me since having the above photo taken [circa 1983, Mum?]. I'm still 'mad as a cut snake'.

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Kelly Smith: Illustrations

I saw this in Vogue. Could be a nice way to spend your Friday night? I know I'll be there. Check out her blog.

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The Presidents of the USA

Not the state leaders, the band.

What ever happened to them?

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Cluster Balloon

Do you remember when you were a kid, clutching onto a big bouquet of helium balloons and wishing you would start floating up into the clouds, just like in the movies? But sadly, it never happened? Well little did I know, until now, that those childhood fantasies can be realised.

Cluster Ballooning is actually a recognised sport.

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Chanel Bicycle

It is so ridiculous. Yet I so need one.

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A Beautiful Revolution

Andre Jordan proves that a sharp simplicity is often the most effective.
I ♥ his blog.

A Beautiful Revolution.

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