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• TWEET by Oyl Miller, a fantastic piece of writing. “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by brevity, over-connectedness…”

• Submitting to literary journals: a beginner’s guide.

• An owl transistor radio! The owl, made in Japan, is 8 inches tall and fat with a plastic body and gold medal wings, eyes, legs and speaker holes in the crotch.

• Charley wrote some wise words about the trials of being a modern woman and the ladies who inspire her. “So thank GOD for the women who inspire me.  The ones who remind me that nobody ever got anywhere by compromising on their own truth.  Those women who sang songs that put them in jail, wrote books that provoked, played instruments better than their male contemporaries, spoke their minds, carried on regardless.” Mandatory reading. As I said on Twitter, I feel exactly the same way except I’m shorter.

• I write like? This writing analysis tool declared that my personal diaries resemble Dan Brown’s style. Guess I was recently ranting about the queues for the Louvre. Who’s tone are you perfecting?

• The Concentrators – a short story by Sue Francis that nails the frozen-in-time feelings of small town New Zealand life.

• An interview with Alexis from Sleighbells. I cranked the album constantly while I was away, love them. On Treats: “It’s a social record, it’s not the kind of record that you want to listen to by yourself in your room, it will make you want to go out and have fun and dance and forget about all the other crap that you normally worry about.”

• What Courtney Love wore today. Clove!

• It’s always nice to find mentions of your friends in fashionable places. New Zealand’s Process PR have launched a blog, designed by Ms. Tana Mitchell. She will also be keeping them updated with her stylish finds in NYC and across the globe.

• (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) – a number from the Hotrats, Supergrass’s covers project. The album Turn Ons came out a while ago but I have been enjoying it this week.

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• Let’s start this grab-bag post off right with gratuitous picture of an amazing sweater from The Needleworker’s Constant Companion [via here]. CFS loooovees:

• Building a pop-up fashion retail outlet – a primer in the form of an interview.

• Why We Need To Dream – the neuroscientist of my dreams, Jonah Lehrer, explains.

• Stack Magazines – an indie mag subscription service – they’ll send you a regular selection of swoon inducing reads.

• Last weekend I went to Tiger Translate with some buddies (check the photos by Nivin!). A good time was had by all, thanks in part to the free tequila, and partly because of the super fresh work that had been installed in the space, an old Masonic hall. Frank at Hypebeast has written a proper, smart review of the art and music event.

• A fun writing tool. You can’t hurry love but you can write 750 words a day.

• Inject a little safari style into your look, with inspiration courtesy of the film Out Of Africa.

• In Auckland? Love reading? Enjoy drinking? Then join me for the innuagral meeting of the Book Club For Drunks. There’s no mincing of words here – we read books with a nod to sweet liquor, then partake in beverages while having a chat. First up is The Catcher In The Rye, so come along and have a scotch or two…

• How to find your niche as a fashion blogger. A good read for anyone who’s thinking of spouting their thoughts online.

• I don’t know about you, but I absolutely despise those janky rubber bracelets “for” charity. Same with plastic flowers… they’re a waste of materials and space. Giving is good, but I don’t want your junk. However, I’ve just read that Aussie brand Kit have created a scent for Guide Dogs Australia. Give $5 and you’ll get back something rather special; a braille embossed vial of fragrance. Lovely!

• The death of advertising. Crap, I work somewhere with a foozeball table.

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