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Photo essay: Ye Olde Department Store

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I am starting my swishy new design job in exactly a week. I am not feeling sad to leave Ye Olde Department Store (not its real name, duh). I will miss my friends and the fancy bags, but yuck, there is way too much stuff there that makes me grumpy. But I am a sentimental girl, which is why I took the above pictures. There are a lot of things that people don't know about YODS. It is so beautiful and shiny and bright in the store, but behind the scenes, it's a different story. I am fascinated by all of the old, weird things lurking in the corridors and back rooms of YODS. Sometimes, I wish that customers could see the views from the top floor. But on the other hand, I am glad that they can't see how gross our locker rooms are...they would probably never shop at YODS again.

One reason why I took so many photos this week is because I am suffering from blog envy! Or, maybe it is just a sort of general techie-girl envy. To explain: I am TOTALLY jealous of two girls- Cory Kennedy and Jessica Rose. I read about both of these girls in this month's issue of Jane magazine, which is a totally awesome and sparky American magazine which I pay far too much money for. Cory and Jessica are both these new-fangled Internet It Girls- Cory is famous for having her photos taken in fab clothes, and Jessica is famous for being YouTube's Lonelygirl15. I looked at Cory's blog this week, and I thought, man, why don't I have cool photos like this on my blog? So I took my camera to YODS, and look what happened! Wooo!

Cory Kennedy's partying antics also made me feel like my life is a bit booooooooring. Why don't I go to cool parties like hers? So on Friday night, I went out with my YODS buddy Kade, and tried to have loads of fun. I had two drinks (choc-mint Baileys and a Malibu/pineapple, in case you wanna know) and I was very silly. We ended up phoning our mutual friend Michael and shouting stuff at him over the phone, mostly about how he was supposed to be having dinner with us, and how maybe it was true that he's a player. Then we went to another bar to meet up with some of Kade's friends. There were some New Zealander blokes there who neither of us knew. The boys all took a great deal of interest in Kade, and tried very hard to flirt with her. Kade asked one of them, Matt, what he did for a living. He said in his Kiwi accent, "I sell pipple. I'm a pemp. You both know what a pemp is, don't you? I'm going to sell my frind Devid here to you, right now." I wanted to say, "No, actually, I don't know what a 'pemp' is- we call them 'pimps' here in Australia, you greaseball." Anyway, I am not the sort of girl to moan about her looks, but that night in that fancy bar, I felt kinda ugly and nerdy. I mean, I had a big stupid bow in my hair, and I was wearing my glasses, and I was carrying a bag with knitting in it. Sure, the bag was by Ksubi, but still, who brings knitting to a bar? I went home that night and told my sister Sonya about my experience, and she said, "I hate bars on Friday nights. It's such a meat market." It's true. But I still wished that I was one of those girls in a halter top and eyeliner and shiny striaght hair that night...just to fit in. A lot of boys wanted Kade's number that night, and I wished that they wanted mine. Which is totally stupid because I have a beautiful fiance who I love. But sometimes, a girl likes to feel attractive, and not be subjected to talk about "pemps".

Anyway, this is what I will be doing a lot of next month, as I travel to my new job each day...

Sitting on buses, blergh! So I hope you guys don't mind if I might not update as frequently. I wish I could update more, but alas, the tyranny of time and Sydney buses! Keep reading my blog, though- I am not disappearing altogether, I will just be writing less often from next Monday and throughout June. But I will be back in full force in July, and hopefully updating more than ever? So stay tuned!

See you soon...

Carla Gypsygirl xxx