Randomicity

(coat: Topshop - shoes: H&M - bag: vintage - earrings: DIY - nails: OPI Brights Power)

Merry What?

I know I promised colours, but I guess it isn't the time yet. I had quite a day yesterday with the fucking depression again. I just can't seem to shake it and maybe I never will, but I had had such a wonderful week before I got sick and then everything just fell apart again. Oh well. My outfit today wasn't really as boring as it seems here, the jewelry really helped, too bad I don't have a closeup pic. I really really want a new camera and just might give myself one soon. I ain't wishing anybody merry anything (I'm the Grinch, remember?), but I do wish you all to be happy. I'm rambling and I know it. Enough already.

For Your Ears Only (Giveaway)

Here's a pair of earrings from yesterday's DIY-ing. They're looking for a new home, wanna give it to them?

Rules? Oh, come on... :D All you have to do is leave a comment (I'll be happy if you write something personal, but a simple "want" will do, too) with your e-mail. No compulsory following or reposting (it sucks, doesn't it?), however, if you are (or become) a follower via Blogger you get one extra entry and the same goes for posting about this on your blog (in this case, leave a comment with the link). The giveaway is open internationally, of course and it will be open for a week, closing next Tuesday at noon (my time, doh :D). I'll be announcing the winner in last days of 2009.

DIY Another Day

The last time I was sick, I was a bit productive and made two pairs of earrings. This time I was just too fucked up to do anything, but as I am finally feeling better, I decided it was about time for some more DIY's. It's kinda sad though that I have to be on sick leave to finally grab my pliers & supplies and get busy. I guess that's just another proof my job is a total emotional vampire and stupidifier.

I'm So Hot

O yes I am, and I was even hotter yesterday (almost 39 Celsius, now it's over 38 and rising). Can't believe I caught a fucking cold after all the precautions I'd been taking (high dosages of vitamin C, pollen products, warm clothes, washing hands thoroughly, evading sick people...). There had been a fucking heating disorder in our flat and it was freezing for a couple of days so my immunity probably dropped just in time to pick up some fucking thing. The prime suspect is a friend from Saturday night out who was already feeling under the weather then and got sick a day before me with similar simptoms. Wanna know mine? Probably not, but I'll make a list anyway :D So, let's see: elevated body temperature, occasionnal headache, tiredness, weakness and dizziness, coughing, sneezing, runny and blocked nose... Oh, and lying down all the time makes my back hurt + I'm bored to death. Sounds fun, right? The only advantage is staying home rather than going to work (it's below zero outside and some pathetic snow is falling, yuck). So I thought I'd post some summery photos me & my boyfriend took this year (and some of my previously unreleased material :D) to feel better (or maybe feel even worse realizing summer's still 6 months away).

Summery photos mix (© Duckalicious 2009): Yucatan, Mexico; Miami Beach; Croatian coastline (Can you tell which is which?)

The Flower Shop Girl

It's fucking cold today and stupid snow has been falling all day long. I hate snow, it's so cold and wet and much like a hooker, it gets all dirty and disgusting after it's been on the streets for a while. I'd gladly stay in tonight, but I'm going to see Air live in concert! Hope they're gonna play 'Surfing On A Rocket', it's one of my favorites.

Here are some snaps from Friday night. A small gang of us went to the centre and had lots of hot wine at the stands, then we continued at a small club called Cvetlicarna ('The Flower Shop'). It was almost empty but I loved it (I'm not a fan of crowds anyway). There was funny music (electronic versions of some 80's hits :D) and I finally got to dance! Even my boyfriend danced with me for a while; it felt like twilight zone, couldn't believe it :D

I'm A Ducky, Hear Me Roar

Anybody wants something to think about? A fucked up thing? Like, for example, you know, how everything that had ever happened to you made you who you are today? I can't help but wonder who I woulda coulda've been if some other things had happened to me. This is fucked up, cause life has treated me good mostly. But still... oh who am i kidding, I'd been so fucked up until, like, now. It's the first time in fucking years I really feel some solid base to myself. Some identity, if you may. This is so relieving to write about I just feel like a tear is gonna drop out of my eye. But no, there's no tear. Just a huge smile over my face.

Fuck, I love blogging! Sorry, can't help myself, a cheesy moment's coming up. (You've been warned!) Huge-ass thanks to everybody reading this. I just feel like hugging you all at this very moment. No, I'm not stoned or something, just... peacefully blissfully happy. Wow.

The Day Of The Greys

(dress, leggings, necklace: H&M - blazer: Zara - bag: vintage - boots: ASOS)

I've noticed how my wardrobe has been gravitating towards the black end of the spectrum lately. Nothing against black and grey, but I need variety in my life. I promise colours in near future!

I'm in the mood for some more 'talking' today, so I hope you're not one of those shallow people who ignore the text and just skip to the pics (just kidding, I do that all the time :D).

Starting this morning, I decided to try out that positive thinking crap. (Maybe calling it crap is not the best way to start...) I managed to hold on to it for about an hour, but then I left home for work and the moment I sat in my car, I got irritated by fucking slow drivers. I tried to laugh it off, but I got mad again when I arrived to work and I couldn't park my tiny car because some people think they can just occupy all the parking space... and so my positive thinking went down the drain. It's unbelievable how cranky I get at times. Oh, and have I mentioned already how much I hate christmas stuff*? Maybe 'hate' is too harsh a word, but I certainly don't like it. I'm annoyed by it, to say at least. Partially because I'm anti religion, and partially because it has been so commercially abused over the years that it's totally unrecognisable. Yeah, I'm a kind of a Grinch. Remind me to wear some more green.

Another thing I hate: getting dressed in the fucking winter! In fall or spring, I just grab the blazer, step into some shoes and I'm out the door. But now, things are just crazy. I have to put on a million fucking things before I'm ready to go: the coat, the scarf or (preferably) cowl, the gloves... Oh, and pulling my overknee-high-heeled-freakin-amazing-new-friends on takes a fucking eternity, too (love them anyways). This morning, while torturing them, I found a likeable way of wearing. I don't think I'm gonna be using it much though, I don't want to get my friends all wrinkled and stuff!

No, I'm not finished yet. Look what the cat dragged in - the Essence limited edition nail polish named 'Meet You In Budapest' which was on my wishlist and managed to get away! Well, actually, it wasn't the cat, it was the lovely nail polish queen Nihrida who was sweet enough to share one of hers with me. Thank you dear, I adore this colour! I'm only wearing one coat on the photo but I applied it quite generously as I didn't have the time for two before my lovely coworkers arrived. ;)

Another thing (since I'm obviously having a really bad case of logorrhea), I started working out on the eliptic trainer again. I have a kind of a love-hate relationship with the fucking thing, jumping it one day and loathing it the next. (Sounds familiar?) But this time, I'm determined to keep it up. (If i got a cent for every time I said that...) Writing it here might serve as a promise, and a promise to some unknown people in the blog universe just has to be taken seriously! =)

Now imagine having almost all of this written, saving it for later and then returning to the blog only to see it disappeared... Yeah, that just happened to me. Fuck off, Blogger! @*=%#=$

* I enjoy hot wine and the lights though

4Hero feat. Terry Callier - The Day Of The Greys

This Mortail Coil - I Am The Cosmos

Pass It On (Like A Virus)

My long-lost-twin-sista Shannon from DIRTYHAIRHALO (check it out if you haven't already!) tagged me in some kind of a blog game that apparently gets passed around like an STD on summer break. All I had to do was copy the questions and provide my own one-word answers (oh, and select ten poor suckers to continue the chain).

1. Where is your phone? Here.
2. Your hair? Difficult.
3. Your Mom? Loving.
4. Your Dad? Gourmand.
5. Your favorite meal? Tomatoed.
6. Your last dream? Fish.
7. What do you like to drink? Wine.
8. Your dream? Freedom.
9. In what room are you? Living.
10. Your hobby? Blogging. (No shit, Sherlock!)
11. What are you afraid of? Depression.
12. Last travel? Mexico.
13. Where were you last night? Bed.
14. Something you are not? Stupid.
15. Muffins? Noes.
16. Wishlist? Neverending.
17. Where did you grow up? Slovenia.
18. Last thing you did? Ate.
19. What are you wearing? Leggings.
20. Your television? Huge-ass. (Does this count for one word?)
21. Your pet(s)? Spiders.
22. Your friends? Fun.
23. Your life? Ironic.
24. Your temper? Easy.
25. Do you miss someone? Yes.
26. Your car? Toyota.
27. Something you don't bring with you? Cash.
28. Your favorite shop? H&M.
29. Your favorite color? Varies.
30. Last time you laughed? Now.
31. Last time you cried? Thursday.
32. Your best friend? Many.
33. A place where you can go again and again? Seaside.
34. Facebook? Certainly.
35. Favorite place to eat? Home.

Wow, that was easy and kinda fun (who would have thought?). Here is the alphabetical list of my victims whose answers I'd like to see:
District Of Chic
Eva Internazionale
Fashionnerdic
Faux As F*ck
I Am Denise Katipunera
LeeseLooks
Marian Kihogo
Nihrida
Polly
Teta Bina

The Knife - Pass This On

Whatevs = Whatever For Cool People

I really wish I had some quality outfit photos to post. Instead, here's a crappy pic with my 'new friends' and some random fooling around in the elevator (again). Can't wait to buy a new camera!

Puss In Boots

Meet my new friends, the overknees! Yes, I tend to call things I'm especially keen on "friends". No reason to be worried about me though, I'm not gonna be sleeping with them or something + I actually have real friends in the real world (real meaning human and not imaginary).

Oh, and here's another proof of my total and complete sanity: when the package from ASOS finally arrived and I first tried them on at home, I didn't take them off for a couple of hours. Hell, I even went to the toilet in them (probably TMI, but I don't give a crap /pun intended/).

(overknees: ASOS)

Little Black Riding Hood

(necklace, ring: H&M)

Grannies could easily be the most stylish part of the population here in Ljubljana. They don't mind getting a bit overdressed for a stroll in the centre (unlike the average college girl), even if they're just going to the market to buy some lettuce. They have many amazing vintage pieces, plus they are immune to horrendous novelties (uggs, for example). That reminds me, I saw a girl wearing pink uggs the other day! My eyes still hurt and I'm afraid I won't be able to get rid of that mental image for a while. Hello, nightmares!

The Yuckies List

No intro needed, the title says it all ...

1. (Extra) pointy shoes. You really wanna look like a freakin dwarf, elf or whoever the fuck wears these?

2. Uggs. OMFG don't even get me started! This is one horrible excuse for a shoe. Crocs are in the same category, of course. (They are cousins or something, aren't they?)

3. Turtleneck + V-neck combo. Up to this day, I haven't seen it done right. If you know anyone with the superpower to do so, please let me know!

4. Porn star makeup, including fake orangey tan, panda eyes, lipliner abuse and practically nonexistant brows, usually topped with blonder-than-blonde hair. This one is so dreadful to me I'm not even posting a photo, I don't wanna see that crap on my blog! If you don't know what I mean, just take a look at a random Pamela Anderson photo and you'll get a pretty good picture.

5. Porn star nails (especially in combination with french manicure gone wrong, meaning unnaturally white tips). So cheap and disgusting! I'm not posting a pic of this one either (just thinking of it makes me sick to my stomach).

... could be continued ...

Leaf Your Life

Like every Friday after work, I'm unbelievably tired, but there are a couple of things I'm never too tired to do; blogging is one of them and shopping (for clothes and cosmetics of course, who gives a fuck about food and stuff? :D) is another. So I thought I'd hit the shops right after work, but then I had one of those rare moments of sanity and decided to go straight home. As I was sitting in my car waiting for the traffic light to turn green, I noticed some beautiful falling leaves that had already turned to all shades of yellowish and brownish, just dancing in the wind. For a moment there, it felt almost like I actually liked autumn ...

All the colours are changing

Autumn is here ... *

Self-photoshoots in the elevator really suck. However, just writing a description of what I wore instead of posting actual photos sucks much, much more so just bear with me, please!

notice the dirty tip of the heel (due to walking through muddy grass like a crazy person to get a better shot of the freakin leaves)

* Koop - Relaxin' At Club F****n

P.S. Here's another one, if there are any fellow Koop fans out there:
Strange Love

P.P.S. Oooh, almost forgot, Roisin's new song Orally Fixated is out!
(if I could raid one person's closet, it would be hers fo' sho)

Rant!

I just found out that a couple of coworkers from other departments who never as much as farted in my direction (the only words we had was the occasional "hello" in the halls) have been talking shit about me. WTF? Funny, but after all the bullshit I've witnessed in my 27 years, a part of me is still too naive to believe that people can be so mean. They're just so fuckin pathetic.

Another thing is, I'm so sick of people who don't know the first thing about music and dare say what I listen to sucks. I mean, listen to whatever the fuck you want, just spare me your stupidities. This is like style and how you're labeled weird if when you like to wear something out of the ordinary, most often by people who don't have a clue. Right now, "aaargh" is about the only thing I can say to that.

Moreover, I'm totally fed up with people making me feel like a weirdo when I say I'm not ready to have children. What is it with people and reproduction? :D Just because I own a womb and a couple of ovaries (doesn't that sound funny?), doesn't mean I have to use them, does it? (Everybody's supposed to have a brain and yet there are so few people who use it....) I fuckin love kids (the unannoying ones, that is), I just don't think I want my own. Sometimes I'm called selfish because of that. Oh yeah, and you wanna have a kid why? To make him happy or to make yourself happy?

In the legendary words of Mr. Christian Bale,

What Don't You Fuckin' Understand?

Thanks for your attention, my dear followers and random people who stumbled upon my rant. It feels so good to vent from time to time.

P.S. Today I'm like "who gives a fuck anyway", wearing plastic-fantastic-look leggings, an oversized cardi and almost no accessories (at least my nails are painted red, just the way I like them). Pics? I don't think so.

Attack Of The Clones

Why, oh why?

Expo Hopping

Me and the Mr. went to see this today:


To be honest, we were kinda disappointed. I liked some things (mostly the fashion related ones :D), but there was also a lot of pretentious stuff.

.....

I also wore this with the rainies:

November Rain

Finally presenting my rain boots (which are about to become my new best friends if this fucked up weather keeps up):


So, what do you think? In oder Aus? I like them a lot, not just because they're comfy and keep my feet dry, I actually like the way they look! I mean, I don't like them as much as I love (meant to write "like" but "love" came out :D) a stylish pair of high heels, but I think they're still really cool. I wonder what He from Fashion By He would say ;)

The Knife - Reindeer
...
And even if it rains here
It's much worse in the north

If It Wasn't For Fashion ...

... my autumn/winter days would be a lot darker. This might sound silly, but sometimes I feel like being stylish is the only thing that keeps me sane.

So thank you, Fashion, for being there for me!

Sincerely yours,

Duckalicious

:D

______

P.S. Today I'm wearing purple leggings (Zara), a black dress with long puffy sleeves (H&M), a colourful poncho with black fringe (TopShop), a black bag with silver zippers (H&M) and my usual black booties with a heel so high I can almost touch the sky. I know, I know, just describing it without posting photos sucks big time but that's about the best I can do right now.

Booty Call

Damn I need some boots!!! Well, to be totally honest, I don't really need them right now (it's not that cold yet), but I sure as hell want a pair or two ... or more. ;)

I'd buy these in an instant if only the heel was at least a little bit wider. I'm not a fan of very thin heels, they're too stripper-like for me. However, apart from the heel, these are gorgeous and really cool to walk in ... aaargh :S

"How about a lap dance?"

The Three Beggars

(booties: Funky Shoes - everything else: H&M)

I DIY'd It!

Let me show you two of the DIY pieces I made two days ago while I was at home with a runny nose and a dizzy head. It's really not much and they were totally simple to make, nevertheless doing something like this feels like a huge ass step for me. Namely, I used to create jewelry some time ago (seems like ages!) but then somehow stopped because no matter what I made, it just didn't seem good enough for me and I had no inspiration at all which really sucked. It seemed like everybody else but me was doing something creative and I have to admit it was fuckin' painful at times. Is this a new start for me? :D

Sick leave really does me good, yeah =D

Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Bleak Black

(blouse: vintage - stripey skirt: Promod - black button-up leggings: Zara - long black cardigan: H&M - black booties: Funky Shoes - black zipper bag: H&M - necklace with owl pendant: from eBay - bangles: mix of vintage + new)

Doggystyle

The pics are from a couple of weeks ago when it was still warm enough for something like this. It's so fuckin cold now, sometimes it feels like my soul hurts (if that makes any sense at all). I have a lot of problems getting dressed in winter because a.) I have very few winter clothes, b.) I hate too much clothes on me (makes me feel like a freakin bear), c.) it's unbelievably hard for me to find some cool boots, and d.) whatever I wear, I'm still cold and freezing my ass off. OK, enough of the whining, I'll try to see it as a challenge this year and deliver some super cool winter outfits =)

I Can't Stand The Rain (& Public Transport)

My new rain boots are so fucking cool! I can step in all kinds of shit with them and still keep my feet dry & warm. I tried to find some pics of them online but there don't seem to be any so I'm taking a photo and posting it later.

Maybe I'm a spoilt little brat, but we really do need another car. My boyfriend is currently using the one we have as he needs it more for his job than I do for mine (he works at several locations while I'm sitting on my ass in a stupid office). So I'm forced to take the bus (too cold for the bike in the morning; takes too long to walk if I wanna arrive to work on time, but I do walk back home from time to time and I just love it, plus my lower leg muscles are finally starting to show a little as a result :D).

Oh, the bus ... I can't even begin to explain how much it really sucks. Number one, it almost never arrives on time. Number two, it stinks. Number three, it's so fucking sloooooooooow ... Number four, the people can be so annoying. The worst ones are the ones who stare, makes me wanna smack them (and I'm really NOT a violent person!). I always try to sit next to a young woman because they usually don't stink and/or stare. Today I was sitting next to a guy who looked like a Russian mobster (think Eastern Promises) and when he wanted me to move so that he could walk past, he didn't say anything, he just stared at me creepily. Scary shit! :S

I don't think I would survive the bus without my music (today I was kept company by Ms. Winehouse, Portishead, The Knife, Smashing Pumpkins and The Geto Boys). But let's be fair, there is also an upside to taking the bus: it gives me the opportunity to think about how I would give the people style makeovers :D

Note to self: gotta check the new Roots song, How I Got Over! Hope they're still great.

Question: What do you think about these boots? I kinda like them but I'm not sure if I like them enough to buy them.

27 Club

... I joined it a couple of days ago so I'm in great company now (three amazing bloggers, E@District of Chic, Delmy@Fashion Bananas and Frickys@FriChic are the same age; any others, let me know so I can add you to my "amazing 27-bloggers" list :D).

There wasn't much time for taking outfit photos in the last few days, so I'm posting some randoms (sorry about the shitty quality, most of them were taken by my cell):

trying on shoes - my favorite pastime :D

love wearing wide leg pants from time to time

my mom in a stylish tunic (guess who her stylist is *wink wink*)

huge ass :D (RIT means ASS in Slovenian); we went to the seaside that day (end of September), it was probably my last swim in the clear Croatian sea for this year :(

krayzee kittehs :D

monochromatic fun in the elevator

love for red lips rediscovered (never mind the sloppy application)


street art in Ljubljana

OMG, a hungry tiger's eating my cups!

my boyfriend's delicious cooking (tomatoes + olive oil + garlic + basil = yum!)

I wanna be buried in this blazer :D

DuckaDALIcious

Me and my significant other went to Bled today to see the exhibition of Salvador Dali's graphic work (I've been a huge fan ever since I first saw Swans Reflecting Elephants approximately 13 years ago).

In other news, I just can't accept the fact that summer already waved goodbye and left the part of the world I live in. Fall is so depressing to me...

I wish I wore sth extravagant

"There is only one difference between a madman and me.
The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad."
(Salvador Dali)


collages by Edvin Dobrilovič

lake Bled

Let's Get Plaid

A Tiger In Zebra's Clothing

(top, leggings: H&M - blazer: Zara)

Bow Before Me

(top: Sinequanone - bow tulip skirt: TopShop - zipper leggings: H&M - bag: vintage)

Partly Cloudy