watching people watching people, pure pop, new words, nick rhodes, making mick chuckle, late blooming reflections, the joy of an accidental haiku, talking shit with savidge,
idly wondering whether will champion from coldplay would be a Great kisser, listening to stella read, myspaz avatar OCD, zelda fitzgerald for never Being Boring, the inspiRational mr pajdic, shameless crowd pleasing, kristin scott thomas' eternal insouciance, hearing the footsteps @the beginning of west end girls for the 1st time + just Knowing life had changed, growling harrison ford in bladerunner, accents, the elusive hunt for the most perfect bassline ever, the sound of 1's friends laughing next door, the much missed gamine bliss of paula yates, laden silences, the sentence after next, more new words, the joyous smile on paul rutherfords' face whenever he danced, thick necks/ low centres of gravity- Gruffness, a cavort- oh but we Love a good cavort, That moment of eternal hope after the shutter clicks.
Music
is my, music is my, music is my life (mark moore- 1989).
Movies
bladerunner, prick up your ears, romy + michelle's high school reunion, perfume, the sound of music.
Books
the pursuit of love/ love in a cold climate, the orton diaries, smash hits (81- 89), avedons' in the american west, pet shop boys annually/ literally, the face (84- 90).
Heroes
nancy mitford, joe orton, ray petri/ buffalo/ jean baptiste mondino, victoria peck, mr duval, paul rutherford, henri cartier bresson, tennant + lowe, apt pupil, mark moore, cecil beaton, michael + mary agius, eric watson/ mark farrow/ chris heath, genevieve and patricia pontifex, norman parkinson, hilary hook, mirella ricciardi, michelangelo, the pirate twins of mdaba, mrs ritchie, john cantopher, richard avedon, fr. martin salmon, joanna mary, my husband mick guihen.
love from Tel Aviv roasting hot very relaxing (on the powder white beaches at least... town a bit hectic) - eating far too much - drinking far beyond too much - sleeping 12hrs a day
Norman David Levinson, born in Noblesville, Indiana, changed his name to Norman Norell after moving to New York to study fashion illustration at the Parsons School of Design. He worked briefly as a costume designer for the Astoria Studio of Paramount Pictures when he was 22. In 1924 he joined Charles Armour where he designed an upscale line of dresses and then left to work for Hattie Carnegie. Norell gained invaluable experience in his twelve years with Carnegie, with whom he worked closely. And while with her, he designed Gertrude Lawrence's "modern clothes" for the first run of "Lady in the Dark". He then decided to work for Anthony Traina and the first Traina-Norell collection was launched in 1941...
And with a heavy silence, unwatched by anyone, your little MySpace ring-counter ticked over from "39" to "40". Who'd have thought it eh? I always thought you were gonna pull a Dorian Grey on us :)
Happy Birthday! See you in a few hours for half a shandy and some jellied eels. I do hope there's coleslaw.
sweet Dom
