The emancipation of Lili

You'll be pleased to know I am no longer residing in grumpsville.
While I might not be quite living in Villa Fabulous-o, I'm deffo a brighter shade of pink right now.

I think it has something to do with the reading.
For once, I took my own advice and I lost myself in Cafe Tropicana.
It's set in Costa Rica and made me feel all lustful for adventure, so much so that I stayed in bed today to finish it, it was blissful. I'm now left with a little sadness at having to leave the characters that I have only just met, but excited at the prospect of a pile of brand new books filled with fabulous new people for me to fall in love with, get mad at, cry with, shout at and laugh with...
My next book: Looking For Alaska by John Green

I also took advantage of the free fringe cut from my new favourite hairdresser.
Until now, I would have just cut it myself, but coz the dude is so cool, it would be rude not to get a dose of him between cuts. He was off to see Dita Von Teese last night, so we spent the whole fringe cut crushing on how fabulous she is. The fringe has made me look all fresh and new, and made me skip a little on my way home.

I did indulge in some TV watching too.

X Factor: Despite a bad choice of song and some v.suspect vocals, Eaton Road are still my favourite, I like the dude with the skinhead, mmm.
I also think Leona is greatness on a Mariah-esque stick but us girls can be really funny when it comes to voting. While it's always cool to crush on cute boys who sing and dance, we mustn't forget to support and give props to super-talented girls - it would be all too easy to hate on her coz she's pretty AND talented but we've gotta show each other love ladies, not just on the TV shows but out and about, even in public loos - if you see a girl wearing a cute-ass pair of shoes - tell her, if you see someone working a killer 'do - tell her, because girl2girl compliments/props rocks.

Other TV - I'm a celebrity - crushing on Matt Busted - he's a sugar-coated bad boy, what's not to love 'bout that? Ant and Dec's bits always make me laugh out loud and even make me snort a little. Not attractive.

A Mariah Carey uncut on MTV - diva at it's best! She has cards with words on for when she doesn't want to speak, she demands manicurists at a moments notice and she dines on the roof of her three story apartment that overlooks The Empire State Building with the editor-at-Large of Vogue - she's also quite good at that singing lark! I love the idea of having a show name, like Mariah is Mimi, a persona that you can call on when you need to flick the confidence switch - mine is Lili - she's a mix between Audrey Hepburn, Kelly Osbourne, Jem (from Jem and the Holograms) and Gwen Stefani - I'm working on being a bit like the pink-glitter-sprinkling Lili everyday!

I've just spent the last hour on the phone with Izzy.
Izzy is incredible.
We've known each other since the 2nd year of secondary school and bonded over Doc Martens and Addidas Gazelles, she's so incredibly talented and doesn't even know it.
She's totally infectious and now I'm off the phone after a conversation filled with music, politics, London livin', writing, work...I'm positively full to the brim with love, laughter and the knowledge that no matter where we are in the world, we will always be friends.
We're meeting tomorrow, she now lives in a super-cool pad in London and I'm in town for work stuff, and I just know that we'll be able to fill many more hours and still not cover everything we ever need to say.
Izzy rocks.