bubblegumgoods: Super Moon

The accountant and I took this from Kohimarama Beach, isn't she gorgeous?

bubblegumgoods: Masterpiece Theater

There was a time in my life when my dad would turn on Masterpiece Theater and I would be bored before the trumpets finished playing the opening chorale.  Thankfully, I have matured enough to appreciate how amazingly awesome Masterpiece Theater is.

I recently watched the MT adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, and I LOVED it! I mean, how handsome is grown up Pip?

What I have found most fascinating about this film is that it exposes everyone to Dickens.  For example, my parents watched it (my mom watched it twice) and suddenly we are all talking about how tricky Dickens's plot was and how Ms Havisham was such a disturbed lady.  I think it's amazing that a film can unlock so many timeless characters to those who might not otherwise know of them.

bubblegumgoods: Moleskine notebooks

There are few things in this world that make me squeal, clap and cry at the same time...well, that's not entirely true, there are actually quite a few things that provoke this reaction from me.  But this isn't about me, it's about these Moleskine notebooks and how I think they are the single greatest stationary creation...EVER. 

Top 3 reasons why you should have a Moleskine:
1. Moleskines are legendary notebooks used by: Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway and some guy named Bruce Chatwin. I don't know about you, but having a Moleskine makes me feel like I'm in the cool group, with my friends Picasso and Hemingway.  Now all I need is to make some bizzare paintings and fight a bull...

2. Do you ever go into a store like Barnes & Noble or Whitcoulls and fan through notebooks or books and smell the paper, or think of the wonderful story inside and the things you will create on the pages?  I do, and if you don't, you should.  When I get a new Moleskine notebook it inspires me, motivates me to create something, write something, draw something.  I attribute this inspiration solely to Moleskine notebooks.

3.  When the Zombie uprising comes and we can no longer track our lives via Facebook timeline, all of our history will be erased.  Well, yours will, mine won't because I've got my Moleskines.

I hope this blog post inspires all of you to run out and buy Moleskine notebooks.