qualitypeach

things i learnt from peter saville

1. never answer phone calls directly until after midday

2. use all surfaces as work spaces including the carpet and coffee tables and closets and drawers.

3. think of your persona. think of your house as your persona. think of possessions as extensions of your persona. i hate the word persona. 

4. the preparation of coffee is an art form. 

5. treat all institutions with heavy scepticism.

6. treat yourself sceptically but very indulgently. 

7. money is to be spent only. well and fast

8. never learn computer programs. don’t get that involved with technical information.

9. take nots. carry paper.

10. areas of compromise have potential. 

14, this far.

1. you should never have to match your socks, other than to separate black from white; but i still don’t do this. buy 18 pairs of identical socks in each color and throw them all out every 10 months. big W has a sale right now on socks.

2. apparently, pants with pleats get cuffs; pants without, do not. i don’t care about this all too much. i wear shorts and dressies.

3. if you have thin wrists, make sure your watch face isn’t too large. i only know this because i have fat writsts, or as danny call them “frists”

4. sunglasses are to be worn outside. out side. o u t s i d e.

5. wash your hands, at least twice a day. it feels nice, i don’t understand how you can’t wash your hands? the warm water feels like a small asain lady working her magic.

6. if you need to put stuff in your hair to add shine or hold or style, you are washing your hair too often, step back and let your hair chill

7. yes, flossing is good.

8. don’t stay out past midnight three nights in a row.

9.you can ignore the three night rule if something really good comes up on the third night, or if the fleet foxes play three nights in a row.

10. don’t talk to me for more than one minute about your tattoo. if it has meaning, that’s really nice. it means something to you, which is why your skin is covered in it. if i like it, i will talk for longer than a minute about it. you shouldn’t have to sell anything.

11. when i take your drink order, you should already know what you are ordering.

12. you do have to go to the gym or move your legs.

13. complaining about other people smoking is silly, unless they’re sitting on top of you, inside.

14. i’m going to drink some milk, i’ll be back. drink more milk.

handwriting.

today i realised my handwriting is like a friendly but retarded relative that is only let out occasionally to get a little fresh air and exercise.

quarter life crisis.

today i learnt they call it the “quarter-life crisis.” according to the man wearing pin striped suit pants in North Sydney, it is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realising that there are many things about yourself that you didn’t know and may not like. you may start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now, not just because you’re not good at using the map on your iphone. i’ve started realising that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that i thought i was so close to aren’t exactly the greatest people i have ever met, and the people i have lost touch with are some of the most important ones. however today, what i learnt was, what i have failed to recognise is that those friends, those people,  are realising that too, and aren’t really cold, mean, or insincere, but that they are just as confused as myself. i look at my job… and it is not even close to what i thought i would be doing. my opinions have gotten stronger. i see what others are doing and find myself, a person who tries very hard not to judge, judging more than usual because i suddenly realise that i have certain boundaries in my life and am constantly adding things to my list of what is reasonable and what isn’t. One minute, i’m are insecure and then the next, secure. i realise though, you’re in the exact same postion as me, you may not work where i work, but you’re in the exact same place.

we should talk.

anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do, you might fall asleep a little bit sad, but you can wake up tomorrow morning knowing you’ve given up. it’s done. but to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart and would be kind and considerate when you’re a complete and utter mess, that to me is true strength

Papabear

Papabear williams is my dad. my dad is good at golf and cooking and gardening and a good chat. the last good chat i had with dad a few days ago was one of the best chats i’ve had with anyone. to put this into perspective, i chat with around 13 - 15 different people a day, every day a week. i’m 20. that’s a lot of chatting, with a lot of people. I can’t pretend to be as eloquent as him but he basically said that you have to love relationships in your life for what they are.  basically, sometimes people have serious love for people who they can’t/shouldn’t be with. These people either try to be with their love at all costs or try to bully themselves into forgetting or changing their minds. But what you have to do is just embrace the reality of the situation. sweet, you miss him, but for whatever reason you two shouldn’t be together right now. Embrace the connection that you do have with him and that you did have and love it for what it is. don’t try to force it. 

Chinos.

                                 

When it comes down to it, i have absolutely no problem with the way anyone dresses at all. who the hell cares? being ‘well dressed’ is as much about a person’s behaviour, manners and posture as it is about what they’re wearing. Yes, yeah, yep, a tailored suit is beautiful, but the truly well dressed combine the suit with other qualities, such as courtesy, good manners, and knowing when to talk and when to listen. Chinos, a nice plain t-shirt, are amongst the finest things, however, if you can’t look in to my eyes when you’re having a conversation with me, your $100 chinos are as good to me as lowes tracksuit pants, or piping hot middle-leg-length board shorts. Eye contact and good manners, they’re better and will take you further than your over priced clothes, maybe not with some, but definitely with myself.

fights.

             

Fighting, as with most couples, and friendships, happens. most of our fights were not about anything, but rather about fighting itself. fighting about fighting. stoopid. we negotiated the rules, slowly, over time. all swear words got banned early on, towards the end of 2009. if you swore, the fight would turn from fighting about fighting to fighting about language, and lack of. Turning away, or no eye contact was soon to follow with in the ban. “Don’t start Kels” was banned in the middle of 2010. “What is that supposed to mean?” got banned, reinstated, and now it’s banned again. “Not that/this again” and “Oh my god Kels” took a few years to go on the index, but they made it there, towards the end of 2011. “What were you thinking?” never made the banned list, we fight, but we both understand what each of us is thinking. 

we don’t fight much though.