i like this ass

image credit: lefashion

meadowlark

source: foxyman

how gen-xers became has-beens

this article made me feel a little better and also a litttle disheartened. it makes me feel better because i know at least i'm not the only one out there. it makes me feel sad because i may very well be doomed in today's job market. perhaps i should rethink my postgraduate studies. i've only posted snippets, as it is a lengthy article ... well, too bulky to paste in here anyway. the article can be found here.

"After a good five years in the workforce, having progressed nicely through the ranks of management, I decided to do postgraduate studies at one of the more notable business schools in NSW - even obtaining a highly-valued (so I thought) MBA (Master of Business Administration)."

"Regardless of our background, how much we studied, how privileged we may have been, we are all the same at the Centrelink. We are just people looking for work. In the wonderfully sterile space at Centrelink, where walls are adorned only by the odd piece of butcher's paper giving worldly advice such as "smile when you are on the phone" and "be polite", you can find the ultimate job seeking tool - the computer."

"In the facility that I attend, you can have up to 30 enthusiastic and hopeful jobseekers all vying for the half-dozen computers lined up against the wall. For those of us who haven't quite yet had their soul destroyed by being unemployed for three months, a couple of weeks of scrambling for a computer like a shark in a feeding frenzy will take care of that for you."

"Everyday I continue with my full-time job of looking for a job, a process that just keeps reminding me of our economic conditions. I am unable to get some jobs because I am now over-qualified and employers feel that I'd simply be taking a job just to have one and would leave as soon as the market picks up."

"For other jobs, I am under-qualified. And the competition for all jobs is ferocious. Where some jobs previously had 50 to 100 applicants, they are now receiving up to 300 applicants. Preference tends to go towards those already employed."

"To be the pessimist that I am now becoming, it doesn't seem that things are going to get any better in the near future. Today I heard that the prediction for Australia is that we will have almost a million people in my position by 2010."

source: news.com.au

burberry trench

this burberry double breasted trench is the epitome of perfect.

italian vogue photo shoot

love the accessories in this photo shoot.

image credits: yourlittlerat

melbourne design market

delilah and i went to the melbourne design market today. i love this melbourne event and all the creative and artistic talent that this lovely country resembles. on another note - i love melbourne. four or so years ago, i was completely oblivious to the melbourne city lifestyle. now, i wouldn't call myself an expert - but i know my way around the city, and i love the shit out of it. i mentioned potentially moving to sydney sometime later this year or next year, but something tells me i'll be sticking around for a little while yet.

purchased two items today. don't really have any wall space for either of them, but they were too fantastic to resist. purchases are as below.

photo curator in black - 5 pairs for $20

pulpo andy hook in black - $45

cute

natalia vodianova and her daughter neva for vogue US

image credit: fuckyeahmodels

word find

what are the first three words you see?
secret. suicide. naked.

credit: lostinitall

ummm lucy

let's go for another cupcake run. it's been a while and i'm craving cupcakes.

d.i.y. sretsis

diamond organza skirt by sretsis.
soon to be d.i.y. project perhaps?

the dead weather

the dead weather - jack white (white stripes) - drums; alison mosshart (the kills) - vocals; jack lawrence (raconteur) - bass; dean fertita - guitar

very much looking forward to the soon to be released debut LP - horehound.

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understanding economics

sugarcult

i'm bouncing off the walls again - woah oh!

image credit: tiresome

vice global trends - melbourne

B O Y S

In reaction to the abundance of bullshit available these days, dudes are finally starting to take what they’re wearing a bit more seriously. Thankfully, they’re turning to previous decades for inspiration—with dark, well-tailored suits and stovepipe pants. Inexplicably, double-breasted jackets are in, as are tartan tops. Ready the bloodhounds for the truffle hunt! Jean shorts are back in a big way, but this time around they’re usually paired with a nice shirt and, for the brave and gay of heart, colored socks.

For shoes it’s shiny brogues and plimsolls, and for accessories there’s no beating tattoo sleeves, chest pieces, and anything homemade. Braces are still keeping all sorts of pants up, and a respectable schoolboy haircut remains the epitome of good taste—though wild hair in the style of Birthday Party–era Nick Cave is acceptable if you’ve got a modicum of panache.

G I R L S

We’ve recently emerged from the country’s hottest stretch in 100 years, so it’s nice to see Australian ladies finally realize that wearing flip-flops is the equivalent of framing and mounting toe jam. The downside is they’re just discovering those horrendous half-shoe/half-sandal wedge things that New York girls were killing us with two summers ago. Guess they’ll be discovering gladiator sandals any second now. In pants news, cutoff denim shorts are everywhere. Jeans are no longer tightslike but are still nowhere near JNCO-size proportions. Attention to detail has become important, and things like buttons, plaid, lace, animal prints, and leather accessories can make or break you. Straw hats in classic styles are popular, and we’re glad to report Wayfarer rip-offs have reached the tipping point. Sunglasses alternatives are small 90s-style thingies, aviators, or big round numbers like Karen Walker just released.

M Y O P I N I O N

i'll make this quick and snappy given i have an essay to attend to. i have no input for the 'boys' commentary. however, for the women - i'm not sure whether they're looking at melbourne as a whole, or only the fashion conscious. i think girls stopped wearing flip flops as a fashion item two years ago. and ummm, we discovered gladiator sandals sometime last year - it's just still under rotation, although i'm pretty sure people have let it go now. although, i have no idea when this article was written, so that may be a factor. that's all i have to say.

source: vice magazine

battle for the sun by placebo