tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32836684615222478232013-05-10T23:47:15.444-07:00Real life is not a romantic comedy. It’s actually even more delicious.Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comBlogger625125Melicioushttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-38759975021322124622013-05-02T20:26:00.000-07:002013-05-02T20:26:09.739-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N96fHxbsIBc/UYMBjpT3ZaI/AAAAAAAAHe0/vgUfUsgp8Co/s1600/rainbowhair.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N96fHxbsIBc/UYMBjpT3ZaI/AAAAAAAAHe0/vgUfUsgp8Co/s400/rainbowhair.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I now have rainbow hair!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Why hello there! It's been far too long! Months, in fact. I won't make any excuses for my extended&nbsp;absence,&nbsp;but I <i>will </i>let you know what I've been doing instead:&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am still traveling to Sydney for a few days each week for my work. The travel has cut down my free time a bit, but it has also given me a weekly opportunity to feel justified in watching <i>The Vampire Diaries</i>. You win some, you lose some. While working I have written about <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/social/diy-rainbow-crossing-and-diy-rainbow-hair/">my rainbow hair and marriage equality</a> (yep, at the same time), how I think <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/news/multiculturalism-is-not-an-excuse-for-rape/">both rape and racism are&nbsp;inexcusable</a>&nbsp;(this, kind of surprisingly, didn't go down well), <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/news/topless-protests-femen-topless-jihad-day/">Femen's "topless jihad day"</a>, and the <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/news/sexual-harassment-at-sydney-university/">sexism that appears to be inherent in O-Week at Australian universities</a>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have been volunteering as a media coordinator with a new youth-run, Canberra-based reproductive and women's rights organisation called <a href="http://www.vocalmajority.org.au/">Vocal Majority</a>. We recently pulled together a conference that included speakers such as Anne Summers, Professor Hilary Charlesworth, Anna Rose, Clementine Ford and Stella Young! You can read about that conference <a href="http://lipmag.com/culture/i-got-loud-and-i-loved-it-a-review-of-the-lets-get-loud-conference-by-vocal-majority/">here</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/woronieditors/the-morning-after-24-04-2013">here</a> and <a href="http://lipmag.com/culture/interview-melanie-poole-co-founder-of-vocal-majority/">here</a>. If you want to make it look like I'm really good at my job, you should think about liking <a href="http://www.facebook.com/VocalMajorityau?fref=ts">Vocal Majority on Facebook</a>, or following the organisation on <a href="https://twitter.com/VocalMajorityau">Twitter</a>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm also volunteering with the <a href="http://hraff.org.au/">Human Rights Arts and Film Festival,</a> which will be coming to Canberra at the beginning of June - the program looks rad.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've written a few other things around the place, too. Mostly reviews, for films such as Danny Boyle's <a href="http://www.bmamag.com/articles/movie-reviews/20130423-trance/">Trance</a>, the&nbsp;astonishingly&nbsp;bad <a href="http://www.bmamag.com/articles/movie-reviews/20130409-hyde-park-on-hudson/">Hyde Park on Hudson</a>, <a href="http://www.bmamag.com/articles/movie-reviews/20130409-jack-the-giant-slayer/">Jack the Giant Slayer</a>&nbsp;with cute kid Nicholas Hoult, the fab <a href="http://www.bmamag.com/articles/movie-reviews/20130423-warm-bodies/">Warm Bodies</a> also with cute kid Nicholas Hoult, and <a href="http://www.bmamag.com/articles/movie-reviews/20130326-oz-the-great-and-powerful/">Oz the Great and Powerful</a>. I also have an article about feminism, fairytales and film in the latest print issue of Lip magazine (issue 23), which <a href="http://lipmag.com/shop/">you can buy here</a>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh, and I'm supposed to be doing my Masters degree! But I kind of keep forgetting about that. Oops. JSYK, if I'm ever away from the blog again for so long you can keep up with <a href="https://twitter.com/melissawellham">what I'm writing on twitter</a>, and all the exciting things I do (read: all the cups of coffee I consume) on <a href="http://web.stagram.com/n/melissawellham/">Intstagram.</a>&nbsp;Oh, and I'm still <a href="http://melissamelicious.tumblr.com/">posting things to Tumblr</a>!&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>But enough about me! Let's talk links! And, as always, a cappella covers!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This week in the news, retired journalist Geoffrey Barker wrote <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/comment/switch-off-the-tv-babes-for-some-real-news-20130501-2it0o.html">this piece of sexist crap</a>, where he criticises commercial broadcast news. Or rather, couches his criticism of commercial broadcast news in <i>outrageous sexism</i> and about 400 words arguing that pretty women don't deserve to be on television. Here's <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/news/geoffrey-barker-tv-babes/">a response</a> from Mamamia editor Jamila Rizvi. Here's <a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/how-to-spot-a-real-female-journalist-20130502-2iv3r.html">some more sense</a>, and <a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/why-pretty-girls-should-shut-up-20130502-2iv40.html?rand=1367472119989">a little more</a>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh, and hey - today is World Press Freedom Day. In celebration, Lip is <a href="http://lipmag.com/opinion/lip-top-10-homegrown-female-journalistic-talent/">looking at some home grown female journalistic talent</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://jezebel.com/5989825/sir-patrick-stewart-violence-against-women-is-learned">Sir Patrick Stewart speaks out on violence against women.</a>&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/tiny-adorable-tattoos">Tiny&nbsp;adorable&nbsp;tattoos!</a>&nbsp;These are so tasteful. Personally, I'm thinking of getting a&nbsp;miniature&nbsp;pineapple. Which is slightly less tasteful perhaps, but yes? Yes!&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://lipmag.com/culture/in-defence-of-femen/">In&nbsp;defence&nbsp;of Femen</a>. Could not agree with this article by Jamie Freestone more.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The rise of <a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/dl-fashion/fashion-coverage/the-rise-of-the-attention-economy-20130227-2f62r.html">fashion peacocking / the attention economy</a>. <i>"And given the choice because a circus and a flock of interchangeable “crows,” I’ll take a colourful, creative, over-the-top circus any time."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/style/double-denim-and-fashion-rules-to-break/">7 fashion rules you should definitely break.</a> Sequins in the daytime! Yes!&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26Uftr-jWz4">Cups (When I'm Gone) - Pitch Perfect A Cappella cover</a>. You must've missed morsels because of the lack of a cappella in your life every week, right?&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/men-and-kittens/">Hot men and&nbsp;kittens</a>. Pulling similar poses. Lololol.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/amazing-things-we-might-get-in-a-gilmore-girls-movie">27 Amazing things we might get in a Gilmore Girls movie</a>. I wish this show had never ended.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Speaking of, <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelhorner/the-27-stages-of-getting-addicted-to-a-television-show">the 27 stages of getting addicted to a tv show</a>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love these <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/funny-animals-photoshop/">weird animal combinations</a>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Hopefully it won't be long til I see you next. Anything you'd like to share from your internet travels? x</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oTsxPC-kNQI/UYMBpWcdB7I/AAAAAAAAHe8/0M6fi_vMruk/s1600/bf9562ed348da89a2444dc2fa2097806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oTsxPC-kNQI/UYMBpWcdB7I/AAAAAAAAHe8/0M6fi_vMruk/s400/bf9562ed348da89a2444dc2fa2097806.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/PoUDD3Ukwrg" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/05/melicious-morsels-030513.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-47538323579420783152013-03-11T04:00:00.000-07:002013-03-11T04:00:12.134-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dFfylY8ibLI/UT23mA8Q7HI/AAAAAAAAHao/U27P1T6TlPM/s1600/mantra.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dFfylY8ibLI/UT23mA8Q7HI/AAAAAAAAHao/U27P1T6TlPM/s640/mantra.jpeg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031809543/">Image</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/eVcRLXTnkjg" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/03/bite-size-wisdom-be-kind-to-everyone.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-2228460361627922532013-03-07T21:47:00.000-08:002013-03-07T21:47:07.960-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T3DPNhodTmg/UTkRQBwrIxI/AAAAAAAAHaY/kuneNcNFbnw/s1600/url-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T3DPNhodTmg/UTkRQBwrIxI/AAAAAAAAHaY/kuneNcNFbnw/s640/url-1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Happy International Women's Day, dear readers! Are you wearing green and purple today?<br /><br /><b>Read...&nbsp;</b><br /><br />Do you support women's access to safe, legal and affordable sexual and reproductive health services? Then maybe check out Vocal Majority on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/VocalMajorityau">facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/VocalMajorityau">twitter</a>.<br /><br />The team at Jezebel are asking the tough questions: <a href="http://jezebel.com/5989012/feminism-may-be-nearing-her-expiration-date?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_twitter&amp;utm_source=jezebel_twitter&amp;utm_medium=socialflow">do we need the word 'feminism'</a>? &nbsp;I had a long debate with a work colleague about this just yesterday, and they did make some convincing arguments - but I still tend to think we should not abandon the word. We should be educating people about what the word means, at its most basic level, instead of giving in to ignorance.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thevine.com.au/life/news/can-men-be-feminists/">Can men be feminists?</a> From the managing editor of <i>Men and Feminism</i>, published on <i>The Vine</i>.<br /><br />US Secretary of State John Kerry writes, "<a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/social/exclusive-us-secretary-of-state-on-why-women-are-central-to-u-s-foreign-policy/">The world's problems cannot be solved without the participation of women"</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/the-number-one-issue-for-women-20130307-2fmpn.html">What should we be focussing on this International Women's Day? </a>Anne Summers talks violence against women.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/are-womens-voices-being-gagged-20130307-2fnff.html">Clementine Ford talks sexism&nbsp;and the media.</a> "On the whole, people are willing to ignore the facts of discrimination in favour of how something feels to them. But as my therapist helpfully reminded me yesterday, thoughts and feelings are not facts. And the bare boned facts show that society and culture remains decidedly unequal in terms of female representation, and respect for women’s contribution and equality."<br /><br /><a href="http://jezebel.com/5989219/vivienne-westwood-thinks-michelle-obamas-clothes-are-dreadful?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_twitter&amp;utm_source=jezebel_twitter&amp;utm_medium=socialflow">Vivienne Westwood slams Michelle Obama's clothes</a>. Disappointing, Ms Westwood. Especially in the context of talking about the fact that Michelle Obama 'recycles' her clothes. That is - shock! horror! - she has been photographed wearing the same outfit more than once. I suppose I am linking to this, because I feel like this is <i>exactly</i> the sort of&nbsp;unnecessary comment women tend to make about other women, because... I don't know. Because putting down other women has become an ingrained part of our cultural psyche. Because to criticise other women - whether they be celebrities or a stranger on the street - for something as <i>nothing</i> as the clothes they wear, is normal. And that just makes me very sad.<br /><br />As an antidote to that sadness: h<a href="http://www.theschooloflife.com/blog/2013/03/how-to-be-a-successful-optimist-the-final-principle/">ow to be a successful optimist</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/03/why-are-romantic-comedies-so-bad/309236/2/">Why are romantic comedies so bad?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/8-crazy-things-every-20-something-is-guilty-of/">8 crazy things (almost) every 20-something is guilty of.</a><br /><br /><b>Look at...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://sobadsogood.com/2012/06/20/breathtaking-photographs-of-animals-inside-the-womb-by-peter-chinn-national-geographic/">Photos of baby animals inside the womb</a>. Mind-blowing.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f7M5poK1GvY/UTkRMcKm73I/AAAAAAAAHaU/krol1IBU-Ak/s1600/url.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="390" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f7M5poK1GvY/UTkRMcKm73I/AAAAAAAAHaU/krol1IBU-Ak/s640/url.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp; <img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/6W7BevaA5LQ" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/03/melicious-morsels-080313.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-90695091213624252002013-03-01T14:10:00.000-08:002013-03-01T14:10:37.923-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m91FTHITGRE/UTEWg3ibnmI/AAAAAAAAHZ4/z_EGMC1QQJo/s1600/28951757288.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m91FTHITGRE/UTEWg3ibnmI/AAAAAAAAHZ4/z_EGMC1QQJo/s400/28951757288.jpeg" width="285" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939032127190/">Margot Tenenbaum</a>.</div><br />We're now in the third month of 2013, and I admit that as the&nbsp;adrenaline&nbsp;of a New Year and all the New Opportunities I have been presented with &nbsp;begins to wear off, I am finding myself increasingly... tired. Bone weary. Like I just want to nap, just for five minutes, you know?<br /><br />The most irritating thing is that my weariness is not due to any one&nbsp;commitment&nbsp;I have taken on - nor even the total number of my commitments! It's just that I have a&nbsp;tendency&nbsp;to want to do everything. I want to see <i>all</i> my friends, every week. I want to go to <i>every</i> art show and <i>every</i> gig, and see <i>every</i> film (and sometimes films can be pretty draining - and long! Like <i>Cloud Atlas</i>!).<br /><br />But something needs to change. I think March will be my month of realising <i>I can't do everything</i>.<br /><br />More importantly, I don't want to do everything. I want to make sure I have enough mental and emotional energy to really commit myself to doing a <i>good job</i> at my various jobs - I don't want to feel half-awake and half-competent. I hate feeling only half-competent at things!<br /><br />So I'm going to slow down. I'm going to do less. I'm going to remember to eat three square meals a day, and take the time to paint my nails. Do you have any resolutions for March?<br /><br />PS. Don't worry, I'm still going to find fabulous things on the internet, to share here... ;)<br /><br /><b>Read...&nbsp;</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/news/children-self-harming-in-detention-centres/">Children are self-harming in Australian detention centres</a>. It's pretty shocking stuff.<br /><br />Relatedly, <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/news/asylum-seekers-scott-morrison/">this recent vilification of asylum seekers</a> is just&nbsp;appalling.<br /><br /><a href="https://whatistherundude.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/6-unflattering-photos-of-beyonce-respond-to-quotes-from-the-liberal-party-front-bench/">Beyonce memes used to respond to quotes from the Liberal Party Front Bench</a>. Hilarious.<br /><br /><a href="http://libbabraysactualblog.tumblr.com/post/43994408735/there-are-no-three-way-mirrors-in-hollywood">There are no three-way mirrors in Hollywood</a>. On Seth McFarlane's Oscars performance.<br /><br /><a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/02/why-do-women-hate-hathaway-but-love-lawrence.html">Why do women hate Anne Hathaway but love Jennifer Lawrence</a>? For the record, I love Anne. Probably because I've seen <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/314ad1c060/the-sad-off-with-samuel-l-jackson-and-anne-hathaway">this video</a>.<br /><br />"If there's a Black History Month, why can't there be a White History Month?" Twitter decided it wasn't worth dignifying with an answer, <a href="http://www.postbourgie.com/2013/02/21/white-history-classes/">and so instead this happened...&nbsp;</a><br /><br /><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/your-lifestyle-has-already-been-designed/">Your lifestyle has already been designed</a>. I am really, really feeling this right now! "Here in the West, a lifestyle of unnecessary spending has been deliberately cultivated..."<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewinquiry.com/blogs/the-beheld/never-could-i-tell-him-it-was-him/">Are women 'allowed' to appreciate male beauty</a>? "But it’s also entitlement. A straight man, if he’s going to be with someone at all, deserves to be with a woman he enjoys looking at. As for women? It’s not phrased as, women don’t deserve men they find good-looking. It’s more phrased as, female sexuality doesn’t work like that. It’s about getting to know a guy, and struggling to overcome whichever natural revulsion to intimacy."<br /><br /><a href="http://whatwouldphoebedo.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/gaminology.html?m=1">Does 'gamine' work on people who aren't French?</a>&nbsp;But actually a more nuanced discussion of the style.<br /><br /><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/49056/10-movies-oscar-nominees-would-rather-forget">10 movies that Oscar nominees would rather forget.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/02/5-reasons-girls-type-like-thissss.html">5 reasons girls type like 'thissss.'</a>&nbsp;Ha ha! Veeeeery astute!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/lena-dunham-february-2013#_">Miranda July interviews Lena Dunham.</a>&nbsp;Girl love.&nbsp;<br /><br /><b>Watch...&nbsp;</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10152621333335565">Sarah Von from <i>Yes and Yes</i> does videos now</a>! Don't you just want to be her best friend?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-51JBLGk_hMk/UTEWh0gV6bI/AAAAAAAAHaA/0Gl2-x9ZZvo/s1600/24coppola.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-51JBLGk_hMk/UTEWh0gV6bI/AAAAAAAAHaA/0Gl2-x9ZZvo/s400/24coppola.jpeg" width="245" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939032127192/">Sofia Coppola, photographed for The New York Times.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/gJVJGTRlUIU" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/03/melicious-morsels-020313.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-22710732797650863722013-02-27T14:20:00.000-08:002013-02-27T14:22:14.529-08:00<div><span lang="EN-US">So I’ve mentioned before that Tegan and Sara’s <i>Closer</i></span><span lang="EN-US"> is probably my <i>new favourite song of all time</i></span><span lang="EN-US"> (for the next month or so, at least). I love how fun and upbeat it is, and the fact that it makes me dance around my bedroom. I love that it’s a little sexy. I love that it’s a little lovely.</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I like that it’s about being really attracted to and wanting to sleep with someone – but also a song about how that doesn’t diminish or objectify the, well, object of your affections. I like that it’s a song about loving someone – but also (I feel) a song about spontaneity and lust existing within a very comfortable relationship. Two sides of the same coin. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Or am I just rambling, and reading too much into pop songs? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Anyway, what I may not have mentioned on this blog before, is how much I love the film clip for <i>Closer.</i></span><span lang="EN-US"> It basically exemplifies that feeling of going to a house party, and drinking to just the right side of too much, and literally and metaphorically dancing around someone you’re interested in <i>all night long</i></span><span lang="EN-US">. Also, it features karaoke, so I was sucked in from the beginning. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9e9NSMY8QiQ?feature=player_profilepage" width="640"></iframe> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US">But I discovered the other day that there is a ‘lyric video’ for the song as well, which I also love! The colours! The font! Geez, I am such a design nerd.</span><br /><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w7MNGPmrlW0?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><br /><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US">Below are some stills from the clip.&nbsp;</span></div><!--EndFragment--></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3nRNNH80hxU/US6Bu7aDpXI/AAAAAAAAHWE/yBRaXDvbjiA/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-02-27+at+2.00.58+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3nRNNH80hxU/US6Bu7aDpXI/AAAAAAAAHWE/yBRaXDvbjiA/s640/Screen+shot+2013-02-27+at+2.00.58+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7rwLInGRroQ/US6BvscPm_I/AAAAAAAAHWI/TE_QkZuQ3JA/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-02-27+at+2.00.42+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7rwLInGRroQ/US6BvscPm_I/AAAAAAAAHWI/TE_QkZuQ3JA/s640/Screen+shot+2013-02-27+at+2.00.42+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9ppnJwo7T_A/US6B6dXWhQI/AAAAAAAAHWU/-rwTxmfp7D0/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-02-27+at+2.02.40+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9ppnJwo7T_A/US6B6dXWhQI/AAAAAAAAHWU/-rwTxmfp7D0/s640/Screen+shot+2013-02-27+at+2.02.40+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xesx2Os3mr0/US6B95U91OI/AAAAAAAAHWc/QpD-dzGYG0o/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-02-27+at+2.03.25+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xesx2Os3mr0/US6B95U91OI/AAAAAAAAHWc/QpD-dzGYG0o/s640/Screen+shot+2013-02-27+at+2.03.25+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">The point of this post: that one of the greatest songs of all time (again: for the next month or so, at least) has two of the greatest video clips of all time. I strongly encourage you to listen to <i>Closer</i></span><span lang="EN-US"> at least five times on repeat. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">Enjoy!&nbsp;</span></div><!--EndFragment--><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/W5PDa8vyCok" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/02/music-tegan-and-sara-closer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-15727228703629103152013-02-27T13:45:00.002-08:002013-02-27T13:46:12.323-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Px99TGbdxR4/US59nq9XUgI/AAAAAAAAHT8/XrUJzjZi6eI/s1600/url.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Px99TGbdxR4/US59nq9XUgI/AAAAAAAAHT8/XrUJzjZi6eI/s640/url.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">Ambitious Nat (Rose Byrne) and struggling novelist Josh (Rafe Spall) are a mismatched couple, who are deliriously happy despite the differences in their personalities. They get married quickly, and are convinced that they can make it work – but friends, family, and even the priest at their wedding are not so sure. As their one year anniversary approaches, and new temptations appear – in the form of Josh’s ex girlfriend Chloe (Anna Faris), and Nat’s handsome client Guy (Simon Baker) – they begin to wonder if everybody else might not have been right. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">Based on widely-accepted old wive's tale / truth, that “the first year of marriage is the hardest”, <i>I Give It A Year</i> is similar to a few other offbeat, wannabe-edgy rom-coms to be released in recent years, like <i>Bachelorette</i>. It has salty humour, abrasiveness and audaciousness, in a genre template. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. Rom-coms are mostly always enjoyable (unless they’re <i>What Happens in Vegas</i>), and <i>I Give It A Year </i>is more interesting and more enjoyable than most. With a solid supporting cast including the hilarious Anna Faris, the ruggedly good-looking Simon Baker (I’m not the only one who finds him <i>outrageously</i> attractive for no discernable reason, right?), and a return to the screen for Minnie Driver,<i> I Give It A Year</i> is worth giving a watch. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Od8DhL1hyfw?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US">And guess what? The first three people to <a href="mailto:melissa.wellham@gmail.com">email me</a> will go in the draw to win a double pass to see the film! Hop to it, you young hopefuls!&nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/vtOPVsuBTfk" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/02/giveaway-i-give-it-year.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-1290257519652858972013-02-21T16:12:00.002-08:002013-02-21T16:16:24.280-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_G45Ki1YE-8/USayAfRUfGI/AAAAAAAAHR8/B2PzANs0kag/s1600/lovelydyedlocks.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_G45Ki1YE-8/USayAfRUfGI/AAAAAAAAHR8/B2PzANs0kag/s400/lovelydyedlocks.jpeg" width="295" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939032073475/">Image</a>.&nbsp;</div><br />This week I went out for a fancy dinner at the new Canberra restaurant Elk and Pea, which was delicious; had a day off work, and tried to hang out with almost <i>every single person I know</i> (and was mostly successful!), and bought <a href="http://www.lipstikshoes.com.au/media/catalog/product/cache/4/image/570x520/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/n/a/nancy-pinkfluro-1.jpg">neon pink glitter kicks</a>. How was your week? xx<br /><br /><b>Read...&nbsp;</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/social/student-seeking-sugar-daddy-must-pay-for-uni-fees/">Students are seeking out 'sugar daddies', to pay for their university fees</a>.<br /><br />Adrienne Rich on <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/12/14/adrienne-rich-on-love-loss-happiness-creativity">love, loss, creativity and happiness</a>.<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">No one’s fated or doomed to love anyone.</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">The accidents happen, we’re not heroines,</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">they happen in our lives like car crashes,</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">books that change us, neighborhoods</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">we move into and come to love.</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">Tristan und Isolde</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">&nbsp;is scarcely the story,</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">women at least should know the difference</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">between love and death. No poison cup,</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">no penance. Merely a notion that the tape-recorder</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">should have caught some ghost of us:&nbsp;</span>that tape-recorder</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">not merely played but should have listened to us,</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">and could instruct those after us:</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">this we were, this is how we tried to love,</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">and these are the forces they had ranged against us,</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">and these are the forces we had ranged within us,</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: fenwick-1, fenwick-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 21px;">within us and against us, against us and within us.</span></blockquote><br />What <i>Girls</i> and <i>Shameless</i> teach us about <a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/172272/what-girls-and-shameless-teach-us-about-being-broke-and-being-poor">being 'broke' and being 'poor'</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/02/09/naked_if_i_want_to_lena_dunhams_body_politic/">Why Lena Dunham can be naked if she wants to be</a>.<br /><br />Also, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-spencer/on-seeing-lena-dunham-naked_b_2678908.html?utm_hp_ref=women&amp;ir=Women">Lena Dunham looks like me</a>. I personally find it so reassuring to see her on television - as if the way I look has been validated. Obviously you (or rather, I) shouldn't need that validation, but it is like, 'Finally! The media acknowledges that people are sometimes pear-shaped! People sometimes have cellulite!'<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/music/margaret-and-davids-full-auteur-edition-playlist-f/859a28d5-4033-4a3a-b7fc-a04dedfa47ab.htm">Margaret and David programmed Rage,</a> because they're bad ass.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ann-brenoff/work-life-balance-on-the-nail-its-not-natural-work-full-time_b_2679674.html?utm_hp_ref=women&amp;ir=Women">It's not natural to work full-time</a>. Thoughts? I like to keep busy... But it's also true that I like to keep busy with lots of different part-time projects. I like the variety.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.yesandyes.org/2013/02/true-story-im-4-inches-taller-than-my.html">What it's like to date somebody shorter than you</a>.<br /><br /><b>Watch...&nbsp;</b><br /><br />You probably all know that I find any debate about hipster culture at worst incredibly unproductive, and at best quite irritating - <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/social/a-cure-for-hipsters/">but I thought this video was pretty funny</a>. <br /><br />Scientists in North Queensland are studying this <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-18/scientists-study-rare-dolphin-off-north-qld/4525934/?site=indigenous&amp;topic=latest">rare (and super cute) dolphin breed</a>.<br /><br /><b>Look at...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://tablet.flavorwire.com/flavorwire/#!/entry/adorable-genderswapped-fairy-tale-princes-by-yudi-chen,5110226dd7fc7b56701747ea">These adorable gender-swapped fairytale princes</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/przshly07/what-its-like-to-be-single-as-told-by-jennifer-la-8ttl?fb_action_ids=337527916353934&amp;fb_action_types=og.likes&amp;fb_source=other_multiline&amp;action_object_map=%5B146044728887673%5D&amp;action_type_map=%5B%22og.likes%22%5D&amp;action_ref_map=%5B%5D">What it's like to be single</a>, as told by Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone and Rebel Wilson.<br /><br /><b>Listen to...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzTwnS4hpnI">This song is one of my dance-around-my-bedroom-like-a-maniac songs</a>, and I never realised that Gotye was the drummer in this band!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NCQ7FWOUTIc/USayC8Rx9_I/AAAAAAAAHSE/4IHuwqmqUUE/s1600/style-88.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NCQ7FWOUTIc/USayC8Rx9_I/AAAAAAAAHSE/4IHuwqmqUUE/s400/style-88.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939032073227/">Image</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/gO7-HkQXYbA" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/02/melicious-morsels-220213.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-857233557174555822013-02-15T00:42:00.000-08:002013-02-15T00:42:22.561-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V5QkhViWk94/UR3sarYZxOI/AAAAAAAAHPw/36zKAUG05y8/s1600/e463772370759cec9d8e9c09caa836f5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V5QkhViWk94/UR3sarYZxOI/AAAAAAAAHPw/36zKAUG05y8/s400/e463772370759cec9d8e9c09caa836f5.jpeg" width="382" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031757552/">Image.</a></div><br />Since I saw you last: I went to the <a href="http://web.stagram.com/p/387096759760935088_284181">exhibition launch</a> of <a href="http://www.ccas.com.au/exhibitions/">Bad Girls at the Canberra Contemporary Art Space</a>, ate delicious food at the Multicultural Festival, had drinks with work pals, saw <a href="http://web.stagram.com/p/389736483143112914_284181">Macklemore perform in Sydney (!!!)</a>, had a lovely <a href="http://web.stagram.com/p/390762057848413165_284181">Valentine's Day</a>, watched <i>Anna Karenina</i> (rad), and am continuing to be excited about all the opportunities that life seems to be throwing my way.<br /><br />Keeping it brief, babes.<br /><br /><b>Read...&nbsp;</b><br /><br />I wrote this: <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/relationships/how-many-friends-can-you-have-dunbar-number-150/">You can only have this many friends. Science says so.&nbsp;</a><br /><br />Stumbled across this Canberra blogger:&nbsp;<a href="http://sometimesistareatstrangers.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/you-should-ask-guys-out-really/">Girls should ask guys out</a>. Also, <a href="http://sometimesistareatstrangers.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/what-no-one-tells-you-about-hook-up-culture/">what nobody tells you about hook-up&nbsp;culture</a>.<br /><br />Let's talk about <a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/homophobia-lite-20130208-2e2yw.html">Homophobia Lite.</a><br /><br />Diagnosing your romantic issues, <a href="http://flavorwire.com/370990/diagnosing-your-romantic-issues-based-on-your-favorite-literary-couple/3">based on your favourite literary couple</a>. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/the-disney-prince-hotness-ranking">The Disney Prince hotness guide</a>. Um, where's Simba?<br /><br />Men who watch porn are <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/05/porn-same-sex-marriage_n_2624268.html?utm_hp_ref=women&amp;ir=Women&amp;ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008">more likely to support same-sex marriage</a>.<br /><br />On literature: <a href="http://lipmag.com/arts/literature-technology-the-gender-games/">the gender games</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/what-no-children-fending-off-the-final-female-taboo-20130206-2dyoq.html#ixzz2KdHF8NLk">Childlessness is on the rise</a> - but why does it bother so many people?<br /><br /><b>Look at...</b><br /><br />In the spirit of Valentine's Day:&nbsp;<a href="http://flavorwire.com/370725/exclusive-illustrated-wes-anderson-valentines-day-cards">Wes Anderson Valentine's Day cards</a>.<br /><br />Also,&nbsp;<a href="http://tabbleofcontents.tumblr.com/post/43043286096/actually-the-best-happy-valentines-day-nerds">Valentine's Day cards for history nerds</a>.<br /><br />Further,&nbsp;<a href="http://iwastesomuchtime.com/on/?i=24677">Harry Potter cards - "be my horcrush"</a>.<br /><br /><b>Watch...</b><br /><br />B<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1mAGQAw3Oc">ath time for baby sloths!</a> They are&nbsp;literally&nbsp;hung out to dry.<br /><br /><b>Listen to...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://iwastesomuchtime.com/on/?i=66419">Vintage remake of Macklemore's Thrift Shop</a>. Love it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lpfleT8D6-k/UR3scZWbmPI/AAAAAAAAHP4/A2EXqqgWfrI/s1600/Pinned+Image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lpfleT8D6-k/UR3scZWbmPI/AAAAAAAAHP4/A2EXqqgWfrI/s400/Pinned+Image.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031757551/">Image</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/UV4cpYpG4fM" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/02/melicious-morsels-150213.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-36443232614848928672013-02-07T19:07:00.003-08:002013-02-07T19:07:49.375-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0m1gCi3k7Yw/URRlJYJN97I/AAAAAAAAHNw/68sBs2cpMBk/s1600/41643778497.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0m1gCi3k7Yw/URRlJYJN97I/AAAAAAAAHNw/68sBs2cpMBk/s400/41643778497.jpeg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031887270/">Image</a>.</div><br />I'm feelin' pretty happy at the moment. The new Tegan and Sara album is out. <i>Community</i> is starting up again. And I just finished an essay that I <i>made my bitch</i>. What about you? x<br /><br /><b>Read...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://jezebel.com/5979665/holy-crap-is-feminism-actually-working-and-changing-the-world?tag=women-in-the-workplace">Holy crap, is feminism actually working?&nbsp;</a><br /><br /><a href="http://jezebel.com/5980607/pretty-girls-need-jobs-too?tag=women-in-the-workplace">Pretty girls need jobs too.</a>&nbsp;What work is demeaning towards women?<br /><br />Let's talk about <a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/the-new-gayacting-straight-men-20130130-2dkkp.html">homoerotic subtext in&nbsp;boy-bands</a>.<br /><br />If you're all, "Eugh, Valentine's Day," then maybe you'd like to get vaguely academic about love: <a href="http://lipmag.com/culture/lip-top-10-goddesses-of-love/">little-known goddesses of love</a>. I fucking love pantheons.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/history-of-tina-and-amys-best-friendship.html">The history of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's best friendship</a>. Squee.<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15.546875px;">&nbsp;</span></span>"It's no coincidence that Amy has two sons and Tina two daughters. They will all eventually marry and spawn the future's funniest people." Oh dear god please.<br /> <!--EndFragment--><br /><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/02/01/new_bell_jar_cover_ignites_controversy_inspires_parodies/">A terrible, kind of sexist cover of <i>The Bell Jar</i></a>&nbsp;(a.k.a. the book that wil most likely influence my second tattoo) has inspired parodies. Somewhat related: <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/anne-of-green-gables-is-a-sexy-blonde-on-the-cover-of-a-new"><i>Anne of Green Gables</i> as a sexy blonde</a>. Euugggh.<br /><br /><a href="http://jezebel.com/5981866/we-watched-four-episodes-of-the-carrie-diaries-so-you-dont-have-to">Jezebel watched four episodes of <i>The Carrie Diaries</i></a>, so we didn't have to. "<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Liberation Serif', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><i>Manhattan was a lot like my purse.</i>&nbsp;Yes, Carrie. That makes so much sense. Please become a professional writer immediately."</span><br /><br /><a href="http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2010/03/23/5-best-kanye-west-blog-rants/">The best Kanye West blog rants</a>. 'Nuff said.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/jan/31/wes-anderson-worlds/">Wes Anderson's worlds</a> - on artifice and&nbsp;authenticity.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/30/which-character-are-you-oscar-nominated-characters_n_2582688.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment">Which character are you, from Oscar nominated films</a>. I am apparently Freddie Quell from <i>The Master</i>. What the fuck! Thanks a lot, <i>Huff Po!</i>&nbsp;(It's because I answered 'yes' to the drinking question, I think.)<br /><br /><a href="http://jezebel.com/5982553/unfriending-people-on-facebook-makes-shit-awkward-in-real-life?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&amp;utm_source=jezebel_facebook&amp;utm_medium=socialflow">Unfriending people on facebook makes shit awkward in real life</a>. Truth!<br /><br /><a href="http://m.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/politicians-and-journalists-in-lockstep-on-march-of-idiocy-20130206-2dyoo.html">"The poses of objectivity can become inertia."</a> Journalism in Australia today.<br /><br /><b>Watch...&nbsp;</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/entertainment/tampons-vs-mooncups-rap-battle-edition/">This rap battle between tampons and moon cups</a>. It's serious. Seriously hilarious.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4yxsRRnvkE">For your consideration</a>. A spoof of Anne Hathaway's performance in <i>Les Mis</i> - girl wants an Oscar, dammit.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ivillage.com.au/watch-russell-brand-proves-hes-actually-very-classy/158913">Russell Brand proves how classy he is.</a><br /><br />This Disney animated short, <i><a href="http://www.bonjourmademoiselle.net/2013/02/disney-paperman.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FinKMIz+%28Bonjour+Mademoiselle%29">Paperman</a></i>, is so adorable. Looove it.<br /><br /><b>Listen to...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IynzsSy3WKg">This song</a>. And then dance.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4T7YkJiseWk/URRlKLe1CHI/AAAAAAAAHN4/BUxRyZ3URXQ/s1600/via-lille-boutique.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4T7YkJiseWk/URRlKLe1CHI/AAAAAAAAHN4/BUxRyZ3URXQ/s400/via-lille-boutique.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031809574/">Image.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/vnVkAyrcNPY" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/02/melicious-morsels-080213.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-87215848987648606372013-02-03T23:30:00.001-08:002013-02-03T23:30:12.456-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XeEG7fHiRCk/UQ9irHqDh7I/AAAAAAAAHL8/qHn-YZeOA4Q/s1600/article-2270397-173DADD6000005DC-93_634x755.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XeEG7fHiRCk/UQ9irHqDh7I/AAAAAAAAHL8/qHn-YZeOA4Q/s400/article-2270397-173DADD6000005DC-93_634x755.jpeg" width="335" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/Among%20the%20millions%20watching%20at%20home%20was%20Beyonce's%20friend%20Michelle%20Obama,%20who%20Tweeted%20her%20excitement%20about%20the%20singer's%20halftime%20show.%20'Watching%20the%20#SuperBowl with family &amp; friends. @Beyonce was phenomenal! I am so proud of her! -mo,' she wrote. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2273085/Jubilant-Beyonce-jumps-arms-husband-Jay-Z-backstage-moments-incredible-Super-Bowl-2013-performance.html#ixzz2JuetlWGl Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook">Beyonce, rehearsing for her Superbowl performance</a>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My advice to you all this afternoon, is to put on some old-school Destiny's Child and dance like a maniac. If you need some inspiration, <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/entertainment/just-another-reason-to-love-beyonce-her-performance-at-the-superbowl-halftime-show/">here is Beyonce's Superbowl performance</a>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/V0by4d2zEsU" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/02/bite-size-wisdom-just-dance.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-43127869451679142812013-02-01T13:14:00.002-08:002013-02-01T13:14:24.967-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S6DnWjtEXrQ/UQprX2OLRVI/AAAAAAAAHJ4/jcYaACYEeG8/s1600/41529968841.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S6DnWjtEXrQ/UQprX2OLRVI/AAAAAAAAHJ4/jcYaACYEeG8/s400/41529968841.jpeg" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031915730/">Image</a>.</div><br />One twelfth of the way through the year!<br /><br /><b>Read...&nbsp;</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/why-we-love-the-obamas-being-in-love-20130128-2dg16.html">Why we love the Obamas being in love.</a> But seriously, <i>I love them so much</i>. It's a little bit like, "Stop being so weird, Melissa. Get your own life," you know?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/10/how-rap-can-help-end-rape-culture/264258/">How rap can end rape&nbsp;culture</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://jezebel.com/5978702/the-dangers-of-getting-too-excited-after-the-first-date">The dangers of getting too excited after the first date.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thepeach.com.au/sometimes-in-a-relationship-context-jealousy-can-take-weird-non-sensical-forms-for-me-its-all-about-the-bike/">Jealously in relationships</a>. Lesson: don't get jealous of your partner's bicycle.<br /><br /><a href="http://nubbytwiglet.com/2013/01/16/advice-53-do-i-need-to-move-to-jump-start-my-career/#">It doesn't matter where you live.</a> You can still have a creative career. (Hashtag: Canberra.)<br /><br /><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/you-have-to-follow-your-dreams/">You have to follow your dreams. Now</a>.<i> Right now.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thepeach.com.au/does-taking-a-selfie-equate-to-vanity-and-is-vanity-actually-a-bad-thing/">Does taking a selfie equal vanity?</a> And is vanity a bad thing?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/news-features/how-bad-is-sexism-in-newsrooms-20130128-2dgla.html">How bad is sexism in Australia's newsrooms?</a> This bad.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/bo-obama-receives-visiting-dognitaries-from-furugu,31075/">Obama's dog! Wordplay!</a> Need I say more? (I've been pretty vague, so the answer to that question is probably: yes. Or, you could just click on the link.)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hiH5NCvo7no/UQprZRDrWwI/AAAAAAAAHKA/bAI2GMyz8A0/s1600/alexina-graham-by-sy-delorme.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hiH5NCvo7no/UQprZRDrWwI/AAAAAAAAHKA/bAI2GMyz8A0/s400/alexina-graham-by-sy-delorme.jpeg" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031887281/">Image</a>.</div><br /><b>Watch...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gQLqv9f4o">A pep talk from Kid President to you</a>. I get that this is twee. I get that this is contrived. I get that this is sappy and inspirational. But boy, I go <i>in</i> for that shit. I'm a sucker.<br /><br />Funny: <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/23d3d6c77c/macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-get-a-record-deal?playlist=featured_videos">Macklemore and Ryan Lewis get a record deal.</a> "You're smart and you're homeless. It's a double threat."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTix7FDHZcA">Celebrities read mean tweets</a>, part the third. Always worthwhile.<br /><br /><b>Look at...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/copyranter/14-unintentionally-dirty-vintage-valentines-day-c">Unintentionally dirty Valentine's Day card</a>s. Wk wk wk.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/jack-donaghy-insult-generator.html">Jack Donaghy insult generator</a>. Goodbye, <i>30 Rock</i>. Sniff.<br /><br /><a href="http://lesmeangirls.tumblr.com/">Les Mean Girls</a>. <i>Les Mis</i> meets <i>Mean Girls</i>. Two such tales of melodrama and emotional crisis, revenge and betrayal, love and joy? The mash-up was bound to happen.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/lists/8f3d63c4f6/celebrity-new-year-s-resolutions-for-2013?rel=player">Celebrity's New Year's Resolutions</a>. Aha ha! Katy Perry: "I will only shoot fireworks from my breasts when I really mean it."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.news.com.au/business/worklife/the-revealing-business-cards-of-famous-people/story-e6frfm9r-1226560577039">The business cards of famous people</a>. I love Andy Warhol's.<br /><br /><a href="http://imgur.com/gallery/WUIOf">Darth Vader as a father</a>. Awww. I don't even care that he wants to blow up a planet anymore. (See earlier reference to: sucker.)<br /><br /><b>Listen to...</b><br /><br />My friend Boyer made this <a href="http://agenthitherto.tumblr.com/post/41849939676/check-it-out-mixed-by-boyer">Ice Ice Baby and I See You Baby mash-up</a>. It's boss.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8I3PKyaR2ms/UQprchUDCbI/AAAAAAAAHKI/4vJ1WwExXKw/s1600/d49eacef2715c1e680d99e0625636c4f.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8I3PKyaR2ms/UQprchUDCbI/AAAAAAAAHKI/4vJ1WwExXKw/s400/d49eacef2715c1e680d99e0625636c4f.jpeg" width="357" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031887275/">Image</a>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/LmAvEpp78LA" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/02/melicious-morsels-020213.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-4881564456650260532013-01-29T20:44:00.000-08:002013-01-29T20:44:47.003-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uvkTG_ER2VE/UQScNojlKiI/AAAAAAAAHIE/0j7FLPsC0XQ/s1600/No+lie..jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uvkTG_ER2VE/UQScNojlKiI/AAAAAAAAHIE/0j7FLPsC0XQ/s400/No+lie..jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031878105/">Bukowski.</a>&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/SVkQoXYi80w" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/01/bite-size-wisdom-no-lie-in-her-fire.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-31661438573112986942013-01-26T19:10:00.000-08:002013-01-26T19:10:08.207-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iXdtT-MLUq8/UQSUgQbMLZI/AAAAAAAAHGA/x28HXJzzhzs/s1600/113856696799387841_tWa3Hbq0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iXdtT-MLUq8/UQSUgQbMLZI/AAAAAAAAHGA/x28HXJzzhzs/s400/113856696799387841_tWa3Hbq0.jpeg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/113856696799387841/">Just so there is some attempt to include pretty old things, as well as pretty young things, on my blog.&nbsp;</a></i></div><br />I am all tuckered out, kids! I think working two jobs again is going to take some getting used to (although just so we're clear, I am really, really, really enjoying myself!). If you have a bit more free time than I do at the moment, you may enjoy looking at this selection of links...<br /><br /><b>Read...&nbsp;</b><br /><br /><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/25-little-things-that-give-us-big-smiles/">25 little things that give big smiles</a>.<br /><br />I wrote this: <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/health-wellbeing/would-you-consider-barbie-plasty/">would you consider labiaplasty?</a><br /><br />I wrote this, too: <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/news/a-horrific-rape-happened-in-steubenville-ohio/">a discussion of the truly terrible rape case in Stuebenville, Ohio</a>, currently in the media.<br /><br /><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/i-care-about-what-i-wear-so-please-get-over-it/">"Yes, I care about what I wear." </a>Although I don't take <i>this</i> long to get ready. Somewhat relatedly: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LVptO7o4L8">this scene</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thepeach.com.au/is-it-just-me-or-does-job-hunting-feel-like-blind-dating/">Job hunting is like blind dating</a>. Except I have high standards when it comes to dudes, and no standards to speak of when it comes to employment. I'm so easy.<br /><br /><a href="http://andthenwesaved.com/things-to-do-instead-of-spending-money/">56 things to do instead of spending money</a>. I'm 97.6% sure I've linked to this before, but seriously... I have no funds, and I bet a lot of you don't either.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hypable.com/2013/01/23/most-awkward-scenes-in-film/">The most awkward scenes ever that actually made it into movies</a>. Euuuggghh, that shoelaces scene from <i>Harry Potter</i> was almost impossible to watch.<br /><br />Jon Favreau (who, incidentally, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/4350183/Barack-Obamas-chief-speechwriter-Jon-Favreau-romantically-linked-to-former-model-and-White-House-aide.html">is a total babe</a>) talks about <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2013/01/24/obamas-inaugural-address-jon-favreau_n_2545236.html">how hard it is to write speeches for Obama</a>.<br /><br /><i>The School of Life</i> is opening in Melbourne, and <a href="http://thedesignfiles.net/2013/01/the-school-of-life-plus-5-questions-with-alain-de-botton/">here's an interview with Alain de Botton</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g-LegtqZLMI/UQSUgs4lpgI/AAAAAAAAHGI/Yd8S6aDfWjU/s1600/113856696799418599_DCogjNlK.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g-LegtqZLMI/UQSUgs4lpgI/AAAAAAAAHGI/Yd8S6aDfWjU/s400/113856696799418599_DCogjNlK.jpeg" width="270" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/113856696799418599/">Just so there is some attempt to include pretty old things, as well as pretty young things, on my blog.&nbsp;</a></i></div><br /><b>Listen to...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes">Macklemore's 'Thrift Shop'</a> earned the number one spot in the Triple J Hottest 100! Although some people are pretty pissed off, and seem to think it's something of a "joke" song. The outrage reminds me of when <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqZyqSu4XII">'Animal Beatbox'</a> won Tropfest in 2011.<br /><br /><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/watch-this-amazing-cover-of-cups-from-pitch-perfect/">An amazing cover</a> of "that cups song" from <i>Pitch Perfect</i>.<br /><br /><b>Look at...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://feministing.com/2013/01/24/how-to-deal-with-a-mansplainer-starring-hillary-clinton-in-gifs/">How to deal with a 'mainsplainer'</a> starring Hillary Clinton in GIFs.<br /><br /><a href="http://ilovewildfox.com/iloveyouwildfox/2013/1/2/the-kids-in-america-ss-13-wildfox.html">Wildfox does </a><i><a href="http://ilovewildfox.com/iloveyouwildfox/2013/1/2/the-kids-in-america-ss-13-wildfox.html">Clueless</a>,</i> I die.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/28/pink-ombre-hair-color-photos_n_1917315.html#slide=more253120">"Pink ombre hair looks good on... everyone."</a> I think they're stretching the definition of the word 'ombre', but I'll allow it for the purposes of sharing this gallery.<br /><br /><a href="http://grazia.ninemsn.com.au/celebrity/hotshots/8597366/first-look-miuccia-pradas-great-gatsby-costume-sketches">Great Gatsby costume sketches!!</a> ... I really, really need to lower my expectations for this film...<br /><br /><a href="http://imjustyouraveragefangirl.tumblr.com/post/39592577487/mishafuckingackles">Pink song adapted into a <i>Harry Potter</i> meme</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://thekanyewestwing.tumblr.com/">Kanye meets The West Wing</a>. (Not quite as good as <i>Kanye Wesanderson</i>, bet hey, we can't all be geniuses.) Also, <a href="http://kanyepluscomics.tumblr.com/">Kanye lyrics + comics</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://imgur.com/a/mAdpK">Oh my god, mice are amazing</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9o5NZ4pw0Oc/UQSUh8ziIUI/AAAAAAAAHGQ/kzV_hALTzTY/s1600/113856696799387732_KJxy5Fy9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9o5NZ4pw0Oc/UQSUh8ziIUI/AAAAAAAAHGQ/kzV_hALTzTY/s400/113856696799387732_KJxy5Fy9.jpeg" width="295" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/113856696799387732/">Just so there is some attempt to include pretty old things, as well as pretty young things, on my blog.</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/bxsgLTK8XEc" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/01/melicious-morsels-270113.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-15718009415721090712013-01-21T01:21:00.001-08:002013-01-21T01:21:24.194-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XlH705vIcgU/UP0IFnVJsAI/AAAAAAAAHEM/zT0gj7RJomE/s1600/33638243021.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XlH705vIcgU/UP0IFnVJsAI/AAAAAAAAHEM/zT0gj7RJomE/s640/33638243021.jpeg" width="473" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031691910/">Image</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/5wqON9AlHNk" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/01/bite-size-wisdom-darling.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-57284435102061725952013-01-18T21:43:00.000-08:002013-01-18T21:43:58.288-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-495hE1opRLM/UPod3ED3p1I/AAAAAAAAHDo/t3N5SDon6Gk/s1600/ateliershoot11.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-495hE1opRLM/UPod3ED3p1I/AAAAAAAAHDo/t3N5SDon6Gk/s400/ateliershoot11.jpeg" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031809532/">Image</a>.</div><br />Light on links this week, folks, due to the fact that I spent three days in Sydney, one day in Canberra, and then went straight back up to Sydney - so slightly less time on the internet than usual! But I still managed to visit Questacon (an edu-entertainment science facility in Canberra - our equivalent of Disneyland); celebrate my birthday by eating pancakes and drinking wine, with some of my closest friends; had the most delicious birthday brunch where I inhaled a 'luxury affogato' made with&nbsp;pistachio&nbsp;ice-cream, chocolate flakes, coffee and liqueur; and went to Big Day Out and survived <a href="http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/34667/Big-Day-Out-swelters-in-record-breaking-Sydney-heatwave">record-breaking temperatures</a>, while watching some seriously amazing performances from Childish Gambino, Vampire Weekend, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Killers, and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers!<br /><br />Now I'm pretty much ready to sleep for a week.<br /><b><br /></b><b>Read...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/29-dates-to-go-on-with-your-best-friend/">29 dates to go on with your best friend</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/kmallikarjuna/25-pearls-of-wisdom-from-rebel-wilson">25 pearls of wisdom from Rebel Wilson</a>. The girl is wise.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flavorwire.com/362984/the-private-book-collections-of-10-famous-readers/view-all">The private book collections of 10 famous readers.</a>&nbsp;I love that Marilyn Monroe liked <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i>.<br /><br /><i>Esquire</i>'s interview with Megan Fox is <a href="http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/this-interview-with-megan-fox-is-the-worst-thing-ever-written-esquire">the worst thing ever written</a>. But this is why it's <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/01/17/esquire_s_insane_megan_fox_profile_was_stephen_marche_just_desperate_to.html">bad journalism</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/sep/06/meat-production-veganism-deforestation">"I was wrong about veganism. Let them eat meat - but farm it right."</a> This doesn't actually affect my stance on vegetarianism - because I'm more motivated by whether or not humans have the right to eat other animals, than issues of sustainability - but I thought it was interesting nonetheless.<br /><br /><a href="http://jezebel.com/5976307/awesome-indian-men-don-skirts-to-protest-rape-culture?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_twitter&amp;utm_source=jezebel_twitter&amp;utm_medium=socialflow">Men in India don skirts to protest rape culture</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IOgMnTArVqI/UPod3QsqtGI/AAAAAAAAHDs/oLbH8Id_pqs/s1600/Pinned+Image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IOgMnTArVqI/UPod3QsqtGI/AAAAAAAAHDs/oLbH8Id_pqs/s400/Pinned+Image.jpeg" width="243" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031809614/">Image</a>.</div><br /><b>Watch...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en-GB&amp;client=mv-google&amp;gl=AU&amp;v=2VWs28Sgqvg&amp;nomobile=1">A rap about grammar</a>. It's fully [sic]. <i>BOOM.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=Y0qJdShOL_s">A cappella cover of Macklemore's <i>Thrift Shop</i></a>. Seriously, could there be any two cooler things combined?<br /><br /><b>Look at...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://imgur.com/a/8hTHw">If Oscar-nominated films had honest posters</a>. e.g.&nbsp;<i>Life of GGI</i>. Comedic genius.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5aRSG_lY78A/UPod5C3pr9I/AAAAAAAAHD4/GQcFBRB8glM/s1600/Pinned+Image-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5aRSG_lY78A/UPod5C3pr9I/AAAAAAAAHD4/GQcFBRB8glM/s400/Pinned+Image-1.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031809607/">Image</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/GSB2SUdYCYE" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/01/melicious-morsels-190113.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-70508533753262449752013-01-15T18:45:00.000-08:002013-01-15T18:45:04.624-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OoftGv7s02o/UPYTmM8FRDI/AAAAAAAAHBE/yEzS4ajDV7I/s1600/kanye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OoftGv7s02o/UPYTmM8FRDI/AAAAAAAAHBE/yEzS4ajDV7I/s400/kanye.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From <a href="http://www.thefader.com/2012/11/29/kanye-west-im-amazing/#ixzz2I1pQvhpz">Kanye West</a>:</div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">"Society has put up so many boundaries, so many limitations on what’s right and wrong that it’s almost impossible to get a pure thought out. It’s like a little kid, a little boy, looking at colors, and no one told him what colors are good, before somebody tells you you shouldn’t like pink because that’s for girls, or you’d instantly become a gay two-year-old. Why would anyone pick blue over pink? Pink is obviously a better color. Everyone’s born confident, and everything’s taken away from you."</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/utx90SWlEMw" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/01/bite-size-wisdom-pink-is-obviously.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-5870984742493478022013-01-10T17:35:00.000-08:002013-01-10T17:35:22.404-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D8RBg5dPJb4/UO9h3vPm1II/AAAAAAAAG-8/wQbik-YPrbs/s1600/naomi-watts-vogue-australia.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D8RBg5dPJb4/UO9h3vPm1II/AAAAAAAAG-8/wQbik-YPrbs/s400/naomi-watts-vogue-australia.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031738664/">Naomi Watts for Vogue Australia</a>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>It's the second week of 2013!</b>&nbsp;Have you kept your New Year's Resolutions (or goals, or five point plans, or whatever it is you personally do around this time of year)? I've decided that my resolution is to try and read 52 books this year, and so far I've finished <i>The Casual Vacancy</i> by J. K. Rowling, <i>The Marmalade Files</i> by Steve Lewis and Chris Uhlmann, and <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i> by Margaret Atwood. &nbsp;Around reading books, I also spent an entire evening&nbsp;discussing&nbsp;sci-fi television with friends and watched <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Zed_%26_Two_Noughts">the weirdest film I have ever seen</a>; was able to enjoy a little bit of the festivities in Darling Harbour for the Sydney Festival; had a burrito and foreign film night with friends - the best; celebrated my mother's birthday (happy birthday, Mum!); and managed to catch up with a whole cast of friends who I haven't seen since late last year! To be honest, I've mostly been hiding in cinemas / other cool, darkened rooms, avoiding the heat. I'm <i>wild</i>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What about <i>you</i>?&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Read...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.yesandyes.org/2013/01/no-and-no-when-no-is-better-than-yes.html">When sometimes you need to say 'no' instead of 'yes'.</a> From Sarah Von, of <i>Yes and Yes</i> fame.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/10-things-you-should-never-say-to-a-woman-in-her-20s/">10 things you should never say to women in their 20s</a>. Luckily I don't get any of these. Mine are more like, "Seriously, can't you cook&nbsp;<i>anything</i>? How do you even&nbsp;<i>live</i>?"&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Clementine Ford writes about the <a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/the-nice-guys-of-ok-cupid-20130107-2ccch.html">'Nice Guys of OK Cupid'&nbsp;phenomenon</a>. And in the interests of providing a different perspective, n<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/08/friends-friend-zone">ot all guys who use the term 'friend zone' are bad people</a>. Except, let's be honest - anybody who uses the term 'friend zone' is&nbsp;implicitly&nbsp;suggesting that they have been mistreated in some manner, because they provided friendship to a woman, and didn't get sex in return. Which suggests that they have&nbsp;duplicitous&nbsp;motives, and have been using friendship for <i>purpose of getting a woman to sleep with them,</i>&nbsp;rather than caring about a woman platonically at all.&nbsp;Which suggests that they are a douche.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And in news that comes as a surprise to no-one, <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/management/good-looks-bring-a-handsome-return--32000-a-year-20130106-2cb65.html">good-looking men get a better deal than everybody else</a>. However, a friend pointed out that handsomeness could be correlated with other things that help you succeed - rather than causing the success... To which I reply that, as the study shows that handsome men are also more likely to be married, perhaps the old adage "behind every successful man..." explains it. <i>BAM</i>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://lipmag.com/featured/feminist-news-round-up-6-1-13/">Zooey Deschanel calls herself a feminist</a>! Hooray! Thank goodness not all celebrities (I'm looking at you, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga) are interested in distancing themselves from the word, basically because <a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/post/lady-gaga-im-not-a-feminist-i-hail-men-i-love-men">they don't understand what it means</a>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.marieclaire.com/blog/winter-tv-shows?spr_id=1449_6249484">The 10 television shows you'll be watching soon</a>. <i>Downtown Abbey</i>! <i>Shameless</i>! <i>Girls</i>! <i>Game of Thrones</i>! <i>Smash</i>! <i>Community</i>!&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://lipmag.com/arts/men-in-skirts-can-you-dig-it/">Men in skirts</a> - can you dig it?&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r87NOnnzFng/UO9h3kxYpYI/AAAAAAAAG-4/gamz_E9w_Ac/s1600/36227453551.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r87NOnnzFng/UO9h3kxYpYI/AAAAAAAAG-4/gamz_E9w_Ac/s400/36227453551.jpeg" width="298" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/180847741258266001/">Image.</a></div><br /><b>Look at...&nbsp;</b><br /><br />The Pantone colour of the year for 2013... <a href="http://au.pantone.com/pages/index.aspx?pg=21055">Emerald!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/photogallery/news-and-views/dl-opinion/new-images-of-the-obamas-20130106-2cb4a.html">Obama's year in pictures</a>. I love that his favourite photo is the one of him pretending to be under attack from a staffer's child dressed-up as Spider-Man.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hypable.com/2013/01/04/if-the-top-movies-from-2012-had-honest-posters/">If the top movies from 2012 had honest posters</a>. "Emma Watson will kiss you if you're super mesed up."<br /><br />The weather has been ridiculous recently, and animals at Taronga Zoo were given frozen milk block to cool down. Basically, this is just an excuse for me to share <a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/photogallery/life-and-love/taronga-zoo-animals-cool-off-20130108-2ceca.html">cute animal pictures</a>.<br /><br />A <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-07/giant-squid-filmed-in-pacific-depths/4455716">giant squid</a> has been filmed in its natural habitat! It's like something out of a science-fiction novel.<br /><br /><b>Listen to...</b><br /><br />An a cappella cover of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcM14Al83Ls&amp;list=UU9PEibgWOqZ-1I1JdxRmr6g&amp;index=1">Taylor Swift's 'I Knew You Were Trouble'</a>! (From that 5-person band who sung Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used To Know', with each&nbsp;band-member&nbsp;playing a different part of a guitar!)<br /><br />This mash-up of <a href="http://agenthitherto.tumblr.com/post/40053426528/i-made-this-mashup-of-lana-del-reys-national">Lana Del Ray's 'National Anthem' and Macklemore's 'Thrift Shop'</a>. One of my friends made this! I am in awe!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCkYw3cRwLo">Rewind YouTube Style 2012.</a> Ohhh godddd, pop culture overload.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo-JrGsgZj0">Best songs of 2012 mash-up</a>. Um, I use the word 'best' very loosely - but this <i>is</i> fun.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1sbU9MdGYY0/UO9h5pd_YWI/AAAAAAAAG_I/bEd8PtOuoxo/s1600/27981039813.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1sbU9MdGYY0/UO9h5pd_YWI/AAAAAAAAG_I/bEd8PtOuoxo/s400/27981039813.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031685868/">Image</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/UduAm1AYUcM" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/01/melicious-morsels-110113.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-16219438983470079112013-01-05T16:03:00.002-08:002013-01-05T16:03:27.057-08:00It's stupidly hot for us antipodeans at the moment. Take advantage of the heat wave, and...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4sjOvZqEqrU/UObLYYmFbyI/AAAAAAAAG80/k1-0tLCuPy0/s1600/tumblr_lz7pj9ITer1rom3j6o1_1280.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4sjOvZqEqrU/UObLYYmFbyI/AAAAAAAAG80/k1-0tLCuPy0/s320/tumblr_lz7pj9ITer1rom3j6o1_1280.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031685882/">Image.</a></div><br />♥ Eat an&nbsp;icy-pole. Or even better, make your own! You can find many delicious (and healthy) recipes on the internet, for icy-poles made out of real fruit and yoghurt. I particularly like the looks of these <a href="http://ieatgrass.com/2011/07/639/">Peach Pie Popsicles</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LjcOOUO4Sc4/UObLbK2BrpI/AAAAAAAAG88/Zd8CnG9A3i8/s1600/36280797076.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LjcOOUO4Sc4/UObLbK2BrpI/AAAAAAAAG88/Zd8CnG9A3i8/s320/36280797076.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031685862/">Image</a>.</div><br />♥ Take a cool bath. Luxuriate. Read a good book with dog ears, that you don't mind getting a little damp.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y4PA7ufRhLQ/UObLdTR_3XI/AAAAAAAAG9E/j21Hf1VWFd8/s1600/pom-pom-factory.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y4PA7ufRhLQ/UObLdTR_3XI/AAAAAAAAG9E/j21Hf1VWFd8/s320/pom-pom-factory.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031685856/">Image</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">♥ And remember to be sun smart. Wear sunblock, an overshirt, sunglasses, etc. Even better if you accessorise with a practical yet also alluring parasol. ;)&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/ulzB-KCQjEc" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/01/bite-size-bits-hot-weather.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-9742680080711070722013-01-04T16:04:00.001-08:002013-01-04T21:09:59.398-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-niyI3YMOyXs/UOa_sP3mReI/AAAAAAAAG64/oJ0VJhJmVlw/s1600/ad1fcc3ceb133a77f8bd65c2b293e4ec6e9d54b5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-niyI3YMOyXs/UOa_sP3mReI/AAAAAAAAG64/oJ0VJhJmVlw/s320/ad1fcc3ceb133a77f8bd65c2b293e4ec6e9d54b5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031685885/">Image</a>.</div><br /><b>Holy moly, it's 2013! </b>Are you ready for a year of magic? I certainly am. If the year thus far is anything to go by, it's going to be a blast. I went to Melbourne over New Year's, and got up to many hijinks. I visited a restaurant inside a retrofitted church; I shopped til I dropped (literally. I pretty much fell to the ground); made alcoholic spiders (sorbet and sprite and vodka); welcomed in the New Year in a park with some of my closest friends, watching fireworks; woke up hungover on New Year's Day and rolled into a <i>rooftop hottub with a view of the Melbourne skyline </i>(seriously); visited the Melbourne Museum, and marvelled over the dinosaur bones and&nbsp;taxidermy&nbsp;animals; ate way too much Mexican; met up with some old friends over drinks at <a href="http://www.madamebrussels.com/">Madame Brussels</a>, and drank delicious jugs of cocktails; visited the Rooftop Cinema and saw <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097493/">Heathers</a></i> (one of my favourite films) and ate perhaps the best burgers in the world; spent a day at St. Kilda beach (none of us got sunburnt!) and a night at Luna Park (the lights were epic!); ate at <a href="http://lentilasanything.com/">Lentil As Anything</a>, where you pay what you think the meal was worth (I thought it was worth more money than I had); and - if you will forgive me for this cliche - much, much more!<br /><br />How did<i> you</i> welcome in the New Year?<br /><br />And now, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0WOIwlXE9g">for something completely different.</a>..<br /><b><br /></b><b>Read...</b><br /><br />Lena Dunham's <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/01/lena-dunham-girls-what-i-learned-in-2012?mbid=social_twitter">12 things I learned in 2012</a>. I like this girl a lot.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/life-and-love/real-life/the-vulnerability--hangover-20120529-1zgpu.html">The vulnerability hangover</a>. Oh boy, have I experienced this. It's the downside to always telling people how much you love and/or hate them, and sometimes writing about your personal life. However, I think vulnerability not a sign of weakness; but a sign of courage! Let's all make it our 2013 resolution to have vulnerability hangovers <i>all the time</i>! Who's with me?! ... Anyone?<br /><br /><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/25-ways-to-make-your-life-better-immediately/">25 ways to make your life better immediately</a>. Especially 1, 7, 12 and 21.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/01/01/what-is-love/">What is love?</a> Famous definitions from 200 years of literary history. <i>"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything."&nbsp;</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/life-and-love/love,-sex-and-relationships/the-things-you-dont-do-because-you-dont-have-a-partner-20121113-299fx.html">Things you don't do because you don't have a partner.</a>&nbsp;Somewhat relatedly: the other day I had a huge rant to my mother, saying that "the rental market discriminated against single people!" - because it's so much harder to get a cute little apartment in a somewhat central location, if you don't have two incomes.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/17/best-tweets-2012-women-twitter_n_2167876.html">The 101 most amazing things women said on twitter this year.</a><br /><br />Hey ladies, did you know that the <a href="http://lipmag.com/featured/in-brief-female-graduate-pay-gap-doubles/">female graduate pay gap increased this year</a>?<br /><br />Two differing perspectives. <a href="http://gawker.com/5972454/journalism-is-not-narcissism">Journalism is not narcissism</a> and <a href="http://annfriedman.com/post/39550055686/journalism-is-personal">journalism is personal</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sarahvonbargen.com/uncategorized/how-to-get-people-to-notice-you-on-the-internet/">How to get people to notice you on the internet</a>. Sound advice for writerly types.<br /><br /><b>Look at...&nbsp;</b><br /><br />Oh. My. God. <a href="http://www.retronaut.com/2013/01/f-scott-fitzgerald-in-drag/">F. Scott Fitzgerald in drag.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/07/25/childrens-books-by-adult-authors-2/">7 children's books from famous "adult" literature authors</a>. I loved Ted Hughes' <i>The Iron Man</i>, and now want to read all of these as well.<br /><br />Maurice Sendak's (who wrote <i>Where The Wild Things Are</i>) rare <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/11/02/maurice-sendak-velveteen-rabbit/"><i>Velveteen Rabbit</i> illustrations</a>. I love this story.<br /><br /><b>Watch...</b><br /><br />John Cleese on the <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/04/12/john-cleese-on-creativity-1991/">5 factors to make your life more creative</a>.<br /><br /><i>Pride and Prejudice</i> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KisuGP2lcPs&amp;list=PLDjrsPTuZSrTPfyfiVD4NFQSuaOL5DqWH">retold as a vlog</a>. How did I not know this existed?! I've only just started watching it, but I'm really enjoying it already.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N7oyBlI6sOw/UOa_ttZ510I/AAAAAAAAG7A/ov2gioKrAw4/s1600/f84d15dd16eba9f757bd183ce65ca64e51101e61.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N7oyBlI6sOw/UOa_ttZ510I/AAAAAAAAG7A/ov2gioKrAw4/s320/f84d15dd16eba9f757bd183ce65ca64e51101e61.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031685884/">Image</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/00FcRNfO9ig" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/01/melicious-morsels-050113.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-85967330779976908052013-01-04T04:29:00.001-08:002013-01-04T04:29:36.846-08:00I think that pictures can capture parks, like words never could.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hojgc7hp1ZA/UN2VZRAKTZI/AAAAAAAAG2o/wTBNvpWm4Lk/s1600/376576_10151308758883817_1929875647_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hojgc7hp1ZA/UN2VZRAKTZI/AAAAAAAAG2o/wTBNvpWm4Lk/s320/376576_10151308758883817_1929875647_n.jpeg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sIBJ5bpvF5A/UN2VbnDsCPI/AAAAAAAAG2w/4VO4ICVc_XQ/s1600/734209_10151308759328817_1204184724_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sIBJ5bpvF5A/UN2VbnDsCPI/AAAAAAAAG2w/4VO4ICVc_XQ/s320/734209_10151308759328817_1204184724_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AjeDWWuzE4s/UN2Vd9GSgJI/AAAAAAAAG24/4hs4DxqYdKU/s1600/377955_10151308759488817_743283168_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AjeDWWuzE4s/UN2Vd9GSgJI/AAAAAAAAG24/4hs4DxqYdKU/s320/377955_10151308759488817_743283168_n.jpeg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AuD0DDWvG-c/UN2VgY63OhI/AAAAAAAAG3A/YjEBsjE3JD4/s1600/376659_10151308759958817_690935783_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AuD0DDWvG-c/UN2VgY63OhI/AAAAAAAAG3A/YjEBsjE3JD4/s320/376659_10151308759958817_690935783_n.jpeg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BdwtPFIkago/UN2ViHbKf1I/AAAAAAAAG3I/46I1OilD1uQ/s1600/548080_10151308760838817_6724050_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BdwtPFIkago/UN2ViHbKf1I/AAAAAAAAG3I/46I1OilD1uQ/s320/548080_10151308760838817_6724050_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some days you just want to muck about in the park with your friends. And when you want to do that - you should.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/pafyHvxc3e4" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2013/01/behind-scenes-afternoon-in-park.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-69063392583634542432012-12-28T17:55:00.000-08:002012-12-28T17:55:42.920-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1MZRGCrtlxE/UNwvKMTWSWI/AAAAAAAAG00/wSRD3H0bYrw/s1600/imgres.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1MZRGCrtlxE/UNwvKMTWSWI/AAAAAAAAG00/wSRD3H0bYrw/s400/imgres.jpeg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/252834966550391046/">Image</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Looking back at the year - any year - can be difficult. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It’s easy to remember the times that I was hurt or confused. To get hung up thinking about the people who treated me badly, or were unfaithful to me, or shook my self-confidence and sense of self-worth.&nbsp; It’s so easy, to worry about feeling very <i>young, </i></span><span lang="EN-US">while also feeling like I’m getting old too fast and not accomplishing everything that I want to<i>.</i></span><span lang="EN-US"> To worry that I’m too interested in too many things. To know that I absolutely don’t know where I’m supposed to go next. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">But I don’t want to write about those things. &nbsp;I’d rather focus on the fact that this year I left my comfortable full-time job, to try and figure out what I ‘really wanted to do with my life’. (Wanker.) I went back to university to start a Masters degree; did internships with a number of amazing organisations, where I met friendly, passionate and inspiring people; and wrote, and wrote, and wrote. I actually got <i>paid</i></span><span lang="EN-US">for my writing this year. <i>On more than one occasion</i></span><span lang="EN-US">. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I threw myself into experiencing as much arts and culture as I possibly could – I read books, and went to the theatre, and saw films, and didn’t think twice about traveling interstate for the sole purpose of visiting a particular exhibition at an art gallery. I worked in a cute, independent bookshop (childhood dream fulfilled, natch!), and got to listen to many, many emerging Canberra bands put on amazing shows. I did what I wanted to do: I dyed my hair (sorry, Dad!), and I got a tattoo (sorry, Grandma! (but seriously, nobody tell my grandma, she still doesn’t know)). </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I (like to think I) was a good friend, and was reminded again just how amazing my closest friends are in return. Truly, my friends are some of the strongest, cleverest, compassionate (and regular ol’ passionate!) people I have ever met. I treated other people well, I’m confident of that.&nbsp; I became better at worrying less about what mostly unimportant people think of me, and avoiding negativity. I became a little tougher, and more uncompromising about how I know I deserve to be treated. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">My life isn’t sorted now – and it might seem like I’ve taken a few steps backwards. But I feel like I have had an exceptional year. And I’m pretty sure that the year to come is going to be exceptional, too. And probably a few years after that. I know that I will continue to approach challenges with enthusiasm, and setbacks with optimism, and everything else I do with passion. Being assured of that feels like enough. As a movie starring Christina Aguilera and Cher told me, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3APrqTKtcA">you can’t keep a good girl down</a>. (There was also a message in there about stripping for your supper, but I’m going to ignore that portion of the film.)&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’m perhaps only a little closer to knowing what I ‘really want to do with my life’. But as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie">a wise man</a> (and my childhood crush) once said: “I don’t know where I’m going. But I promise it won’t be boring.”&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment--><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/LViofaPaVsg" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-toast-to-2012.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-19166068642441842942012-12-28T17:49:00.002-08:002012-12-28T17:49:48.541-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://25.media.tumblr.com/30707ff4c860b7d6d868c80b2bf73700/tumblr_mezrsiG3gS1qzk2upo1_500.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/30707ff4c860b7d6d868c80b2bf73700/tumblr_mezrsiG3gS1qzk2upo1_500.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>This show. Yes.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>This is the final Morsels post for this year... and what a year it has been!</b> The last few weeks of 2012 have been filled with lots of exciting opportunities and new beginnings, and I just hope that this is a sign of what's to come next year! Last weekend I went driving with a group of friends to look at the most obscene Christmas lights in Canberra; I had Christmas brunch with some of my very lovely friends, who gave me very lovely presents (I teared up a little. Or a lot. I'm a sap); I caught up with a friend over brunch in Manuka, and had a <i>delicious</i> vegetarian breakfast burrito; I spent Christmas with my family, and realised that dorkiness must be hereditary; I managed to fit in seeing the first&nbsp;installment&nbsp;of <i>The Hobbit </i>(could've done with a little less slo-mo "Nooo"-ing, Peter Jackson), and <i>Les Mis</i> (which I actually really enjoyed! Except for Russell Crowe, obviously); saw Whit Stillman's <i>Damsels in Distress</i> at the National Film and Sound Archive, and then spent the afternoon hanging out in the park with my friends and staring that the darkening sky; and met up with some of my extended family in Robertson, a town which is "the home of The Big Potato." It didn't look like a potato at all. It looked like a big rock. I loved it.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tomorrow I'm heading off to Melbourne to spend New Year's with some of my favourite people - but I'll be back soon after! Until then, here are a few links to remember me by...&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Read...&nbsp;</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.alexandrafranzen.com/2012/12/22/if-you-really-knew-me-youd-know-the-ultimate-conversation-starter-story-sparker-bio-framework/">If you really knew me, you'd know...</a> I completely agree with this article - that's the best 'getting to know you' question around. For example: if you <i>really</i> knew me you'd know that I'm stupidly stubborn, I don't like hugs, I knocked out (a fair few of) my teeth&nbsp;bike-riding when I was eight, and I always try to think the best of people.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/if-i-dated-justin-timberlake/">If I dated Justin Timberlake...&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/05/what-your-favorite-wes-anderson-movie-says-about-you/52783/">What your favourite Wes Anderson film says about you</a>. Oh dear. My favourite is <i>The Life Aquatic</i>, and I have often thought that if I ever find myself having accidentally procreated, then I will name my child after the last name of a classic author. Maybe Orwell.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I still haven't packed for my trip to Melbourne - and maybe <i>you're</i> going away and are just as slack as I am? If so, here are some <a href="http://www.ivillage.com.au/10-smart-tips-packing-your-holiday/157560">brilliant packing tips</a>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/social/i-hate-the-beach/">5 reasons I hate the beach</a>. I relate to this <i>so much</i>. Except the main reason I don't like the beach / swimming, is because I get really cold. (While I'm revealing embarrassing things about myself, this seems like a good time to say that don't drink softdrink because it's "too fizzy" and the bubbles "hurt my throat.")&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PcJ4Iyyg7-M/UN5C9nTaUhI/AAAAAAAAG48/5XNX6Rn0NfI/s1600/TheLastUnicorn.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PcJ4Iyyg7-M/UN5C9nTaUhI/AAAAAAAAG48/5XNX6Rn0NfI/s400/TheLastUnicorn.jpeg" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031626859/">The Last Unicorn.</a></div><br /><b>Watch...</b><br /><br />An <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U">animated movie</a> to Tim Minchin's "beat poem" <i>Storm</i>. It is so worth your time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ivillage.com.au/the-best-viral-videos-the-year-how-many-have-you-seen/157581">The best viral videos of 2012</a>. What would we do without the internet?<br /><br /><b>Look at...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://whatshouldwecallgirls.tumblr.com/">What Should We Call Girls</a>. I cannot wait for Season 2 of this show.<br /><br /><b>Listen to...</b><br /><br />This completely amazing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woCaZD16iuA">Ignition vs. Call Me Maybe</a> mash-up.<br /><br />And if you're still in the mash-up mood, here are some other <a href="http://www.thewalkmagazine.com/home/?p=15498">musical pastiches</a> to treat your ears to.<br /><br />Alternatively, if you're like me and listening to <i>Ignition</i> makes you want to go and listen to Joseph Gordon-Levitt's cover of <i>Ignition,</i> then<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg4rs3m2uoA"> here you go</a>. Which then led me to listen to JGL singing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z25QPqYP6Rc">Twist and Shout</a> (the banter on each side of the song is very funny, too).<br /><br />And here is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSq1cez_flQ">the perfect song for New Year's</a>, such by JGL and Zooey Deschanel!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/12/beyond-gangnam-a-dozen-other-silly-global-dance-tracks-from-2012/266536/">Beyond 'Gangnam'</a>: a dozen other silly dance tracks from 2012.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1u-rupcev7c/UN5DAieGcAI/AAAAAAAAG5E/AFb9MZE9Bz4/s1600/38390321384.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1u-rupcev7c/UN5DAieGcAI/AAAAAAAAG5E/AFb9MZE9Bz4/s400/38390321384.jpeg" width="268" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031626874/">The Great Gatsby.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Have a completely delightful New Year's Eve, dear readers! May 2013 bring you everything you desire! xx</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/WdHaxBApusQ" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2012/12/melicious-morsels-291212.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-251406956170676642012-12-27T03:15:00.000-08:002012-12-27T03:15:06.494-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B4RYYkK5Bek/UNwtcWZu-8I/AAAAAAAAGzA/R8hExPQgOVE/s1600/prepping-for-stg.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B4RYYkK5Bek/UNwtcWZu-8I/AAAAAAAAGzA/R8hExPQgOVE/s400/prepping-for-stg.jpeg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031128093/">Image</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Keep moving forward.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/uyOPQ6wQgSw" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2012/12/bite-size-wisdom-dont-stumble.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-7576922153495024462012-12-25T13:15:00.002-08:002012-12-25T13:15:59.899-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SqF9YvevUGQ/UNoQSwT_I3I/AAAAAAAAGxM/8C_fEFcyD0w/s1600/merry+christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SqF9YvevUGQ/UNoQSwT_I3I/AAAAAAAAGxM/8C_fEFcyD0w/s400/merry+christmas.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://melissamelicious.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/merry-christmas.html">Merry Christmas</a>, all!&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Depending on your time zone, I hope you either spent a day with people you love, or are about to spend the day with people you love - whether friends or family! I had such a lovely day with my family, and still managed to fit in some napping. We had waffles for breakfast, played an intense game of Monopoly (for a communist, I kicked their <i>capitalist butts</i>!) watched classic Christmas films <i>The Shop Around The Corner </i>(1940) and <i>Christmas in Connecticut </i>(1945), engaged in some competitive pudding eating, and had a Christmas Dance Party (pretty much like a regular dance party, except it takes place on Christmas Day) to Plan B. Oh, and we ate a lot.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another highlight was playing charades:&nbsp;</div><blockquote class="tr_bq">Dad: [mimes shooting with a machine gun, then holds hands above head in peace/victory symbol]<br />Me : [excitedly] Nixon!<br />[crickets]<br />Me: Because, you know, Nixon continued America's involvement in the Vietnam War. And he's famous for making that "victory" sign after resigning from public office.<br />Mum: Okay, sure, but Melissa... that was <i>clearly</i> supposed to be <i>War and Peace</i>.&nbsp;</blockquote>I'm pretty bad at charades. <br /><br />What I love about Christmas Day is how much people get into the Christmas spirit - it's basically the only time of year I'm not the only one making an ass of myself as I gush over sparkly fairy lights and tinfoil / tinsel. And my friends certainly delivered with the Christmas cheer. Some of my favourite seasonal greetings I received yesterday are below...<br /><br />I sent...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qJR6lLtlZQE/UNoP9uh9TTI/AAAAAAAAGws/S4Kd0Cn0DOY/s1600/ryan+gosling+christmas+lights.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qJR6lLtlZQE/UNoP9uh9TTI/AAAAAAAAGws/S4Kd0Cn0DOY/s400/ryan+gosling+christmas+lights.png" width="322" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>A very Merry Gosmas to all! xx</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And received in return...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nR2STn7bVaM/UNoP_al8bLI/AAAAAAAAGww/UR72E_PL4js/s1600/joseph+gordon+levitt+sexy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nR2STn7bVaM/UNoP_al8bLI/AAAAAAAAGww/UR72E_PL4js/s400/joseph+gordon+levitt+sexy.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And a merry gor-levittmas to you!</i> from Isabelle. (Thank <i>you</i>, Isabelle.)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-95-A3tA692Q/UNoQBAOwvGI/AAAAAAAAGw8/Zq5VrGBRO9w/s1600/nicholas+cage+baboon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-95-A3tA692Q/UNoQBAOwvGI/AAAAAAAAGw8/Zq5VrGBRO9w/s400/nicholas+cage+baboon.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Merry Christmas Melissa! ... Or should I say, Merry Christcage!</i> from Farz.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FuXk8Onmrxw/UNoQDb9JUDI/AAAAAAAAGxE/6c1wKhSFO1g/s1600/billy+murray+christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FuXk8Onmrxw/UNoQDb9JUDI/AAAAAAAAGxE/6c1wKhSFO1g/s400/billy+murray+christmas.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this image, requiring no caption at all, from Rob.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A very Murray Christmas to you, indeed!&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/6Q7oSjqezpk" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2012/12/merry-christmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283668461522247823.post-15398723117370071332012-12-21T22:36:00.000-08:002012-12-21T22:42:34.550-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WZpHl51OUnE/UNVJHx5C_sI/AAAAAAAAGus/QI3aRL5BCTM/s1600/shapes-of-cities.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WZpHl51OUnE/UNVJHx5C_sI/AAAAAAAAGus/QI3aRL5BCTM/s400/shapes-of-cities.jpeg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031598044/">Image</a>.&nbsp;</div><br />Good afternoon! I trust you'll forgive me that these morsels have been delivered so late? I had a completely hectic week, with many ups and downs - it was something of an emotional&nbsp;roller-coaster! It included:&nbsp;attending a friend's fabulous Christmas dinner party and engaging in completely&nbsp;gluttonous&nbsp;behaviour; attending another friend's birthday picnic party, and writing alternative and weird "Sexiest Man of the Year" lists (Peter Dinklage, take a bow); traveling to my internship and getting one of the loveliest Christmas cards <i>I have ever received</i> from Alicia (you're a star, girl!); getting my hair died pink again, with purple and orange streaks; going to another friend's birthday dinner and sharing delicious Moroccan cuisine; becoming briefly unemployed (boo!); sharing a bottle of wine with a friend at Essen, and discussing feminism; making new friends (I'm a sucker for that shit); reconnecting with old friends, with no small amount of emotional turmoil; slogging my way through an essay on Alan Jones ("In conclusion, fuck Alan Jones" was my central argument); becoming <i>un</i>-unemployed and getting a short-term job that I am so-excited-to-start-and-it's-kind-of-amazing-and-in-the-media-and-I-am-really-really-psyched! And then I drank a lot of wine last night, because I thought I deserved it.<br /><br />Also, a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my good friend <a href="http://zoyajpatel.wordpress.com/">Zoya</a>. She's a lady like no other.<br /><br /><b>Read...&nbsp;</b><br /><br /><i>Daily Life</i>'s <a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/daily-lifes-top-20-20121217-2biln.html">most popular articles</a> this year. There's some great reading to be had.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theawl.com/2012/12/the-year-in-cheating#more">The year in cheating</a>. A sad and&nbsp;sensitive&nbsp;and still very funny piece, about one woman's&nbsp;experiences&nbsp;of being cheated on.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/relationships/trapped-in-an-abusive-relationship/">She's trapped in an abusive relationship</a>. This is a heartbreaking read on <i>Mamamia</i> about how the author feels, having to watch her sister stay in a physically abusive relationship.<br /><br /><a href="http://galadarling.com/article/what-to-do-when-you-feel-like-your-heart-has-been-ripped-out">What to do when you feel like your heart has been ripped out</a>. Um, this is also just generally good advice for overcoming setbacks.<br /><br /><a href="http://oddstuffmagazine.com/traditional-breakfasts-from-around-the-world-according-to-the-life.html">Traditional breakfasts from around the world</a>. It's no secret that brunch is my absolute favourite meal of the day, and this just makes me want to have brunch in every country.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/2012-the-year-in-music-20121210-2b5hc.html">The year in music</a>, from <i>The Age</i>. Everything from Carly Rae Jepsen to Gangnam Style.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/the-best-films-of-2012-20121214-2bdti.html">The year in films</a>, from <i>The Age</i>. This reminded me how much great cinema was released this year! (And in case I haven't linked to this enough already, you can see my top 10 films of 2012 <a href="http://melissawellham.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/top-10-films-of-2012.html">here</a>.)<br /><br /><a href="http://newmatilda.com/2012/12/14/creatives-put-up-pay">Why do creatives put up with no pay</a>?<br /><br />So, <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/diverting-foreign-aid-sets-dangerous-precedent-20121218-2bkve.html#ixzz2FS0Ue3HF">the Australian government plans to divert international aid to fund domestic refugee programs</a>. What do you think about this?<br /><br />In case anybody missed this, which I doubt, you should immediately download <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/keating-insults-now-an-app-iceberg-a-bonus-20121219-2bnb6.html">Paul Keating's insult app</a>. I love how frequently the phrase "acute mediocrity" is used - but "you&nbsp;specimen&nbsp;of human&nbsp;chloroform" &nbsp;is definitely the most cutting.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X4mMalMjqhs/UNVJJDNmDHI/AAAAAAAAGuw/TP3IZd9A1JE/s1600/5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X4mMalMjqhs/UNVJJDNmDHI/AAAAAAAAGuw/TP3IZd9A1JE/s400/5.jpeg" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031598118/">Image</a>.</div><br /><b>Look at...&nbsp;</b><br /><br />The woman who designed the titles for <i>Moonrise Kingdom,</i> has also designed these <a href="http://jezebel.com/5969679/covet-these-ridiculously-beautiful-book-covers-by-the-woman-who-designed-the-moonrise-kingdom-titles?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&amp;utm_source=jezebel_facebook&amp;utm_medium=socialflow">ridiculously beautiful book covers</a>. &nbsp;Can some secret millionaire reader of mine please buy me the whole set? Kthnxbai.<br /><br />Also, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/12/19/books/20favorite-book-covers.html">the best book covers of 2012</a> as chosen by designers.<br /><br /><a href="http://imgur.com/a/WIjki">Alternate ending movie posters</a>. I love the one for <i>Se7en</i>.<br /><br /><a href="http://onswipe.com/thatslikewhoa/#!/entry/if-super-heroes-were-hipsters,4f740536ecb7a0e66f2bc1d6">Superheroes as hipsters</a>. Exactly as good as you think it's going to be.<br /><br /><i>Yen'</i>s <a href="http://www.yenmag.net/fashion/grimes-yen-shoot/">Grimes shoot</a>. I just want to be her.<br /><br /><a href="http://fashgif.tumblr.com/">Fashgif</a>. Amazing amazing amazing. And an <a href="http://www.oystermag.com/oyster-profile-fashgif">interview with the site's creator</a>, from <i>Oyster</i>. <br /><br /><b>Listen to...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD6mIYAeBSQ">Call Me Definitely</a>. A (somewhat dubious) mash-up of Carly Rae Jepsen, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Drake.<br /><br />Because sometimes you're just overcome with the urge to listen to Katy Perry's <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJuMBdaqIw">Firework</a></i> again.<br /><br /><b>Watch...</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/social/the-history-of-english-in-10-minutes/">The history of English in 10 minutes</a>. Because why not, goddamnit.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/314ad1c060/the-sad-off-with-samuel-l-jackson-and-anne-hathaway?playlist=featured_videos&amp;utm_source=Word+and+Film+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=975881d0fc-WEEKLY_RSS_EMAIL&amp;utm_medium=email">The Sad Off </a>- with Samuel L. Jackson and Anne Hathaway. I was laughing so hard I was practically crying.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yT3X8UhllaA/UNVJLYgeO-I/AAAAAAAAGu8/CaDiec7idAY/s1600/madrid-barcelona-en-38-segundos.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yT3X8UhllaA/UNVJLYgeO-I/AAAAAAAAGu8/CaDiec7idAY/s400/madrid-barcelona-en-38-segundos.jpeg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/132222939031598111/">Image</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae334/theperfectpearpair/Melicious%20Blog%20Design/melissasignature.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Melicious/~4/2yoM2Q8pIog" height="1" width="1"/>Melissa Wellhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467143379698606700noreply@blogger.comhttp://melissamelicious.blogspot.com/2012/12/melicious-morsels-221212.html