Back of envelope for Chiara’s birthday card.
“Oh my God! We haven’t been to Nando’s in sooo long!” - the girl in the raspberry beret, 11.06 am. Quote taken by Chiara!
I have a cat calendar.
I have a cat lunch box.
I have a cat.
—Chiara, today at 10.14 am.
Twice as nice! (what Chiara said today)
“I have a cat calendar. I have a cat lunch box. I have a cat.” - Chiara’s poetry at 10.14 am.
“Could there be anything more perfect in the world?” - 10.17 am, Chiara re: the cat lunch box I gave her for her birthday.
Me: “Do you have a cat?”
Caitlin: “Gosh, no.”
- 10.17 am. Caitlin is allergic to cats.
“I can’t tell by the name.” - Caitlin is uncertain of the gender of McGricken, 10.17 am. She referred to Grick as “he”!!!
“I don’t think I’ve ever been happier with a gift.” - Chiara, 10.18 am re: the cat lunch box.
“I’m hell getting into italics now.” - Chiara, 10.23 am re: italics.
“That was my first piece of design, at the ripe old age of 11.” - Chiara talks about her classic signature, 10.35 am. (approximate quote)
“Cats, man. They’re rad.” - 10.38 am. Chiara to fellow student and owner of cats Supercat and Sweetpea (correct spelling and punctuation unknown).
“I could talk about cats all day.” - Chiara, 10.40 am.
Me: “You’re a genius.”
Chiara: “I’m not going to deny it.”
- need I say more? 10.41 am.
“It’s the most sexy thing I’ve ever seen, man.” - Chiara to me, re: Sabon typeface at 10.43 am.
“This is going to be the best post ever.” - 10.44 am, re: today’s blog post(s).
“You know I pump ’em out, man.” - Chiara, re: quotes at 10.45 am. (I thought I would only be meeting up with Chiara for a short time today, so I wasn’t sure if there would be enough time for quotes. I was happily mistaken.)
“I didn’t realise how nice I looked until I saw these photos.” - 10.53 am. Chiara to Caitlin, re: the iPhone photos of her posing with the cat lunch box.
“See ya, sleazy Dease.” - Chiara to Caitlin, 10.54 am.
“Oh my gosh, you’re just a quote machine.” - Chiara asked me to quote myself, 10.55 am.
“I told her I’d go and find her on Thursday, but I wasn’t here.” - at 10.57 am, Chiara re: returning borrowed scissors to another student. She confirms: “That’s correct.”
Me: “What’s taking so long?”
Chiara: “I like to make it perfect.”
- re: posting the Instagram photo using her iPhone, 11.01 am.
“My face actually hurts.” - Chiara from laughing, 11.04 am.
“All I have is an apple.” - in response to me asking Chiara what she was having for lunch today, 11.08 am.
“My face really does hurt.” - Chiara continues to laugh, 11.10 am.
“I don’t find myself as funny as you do. Actually, that’s a lie.” - after I said to Chiara that she never quotes herself, even though I have asked her to do so in the past, 11.54 am.
(Pictured: front of envelope for Chiara’s birthday card.)
liam!
A worthwhile post, part 2
“I haven’t even got any words. That could have been me. That should have been me.” - Chiara at 1.56 pm, re: Michael Vartan meeting his now-wife at a supermarket.
A worthwhile post
Me: “Do you not want cold water?”
Chiara: “I like room temperature water.”
- fun fact acquired in the supermarket, 12.43 pm. Chiara was buying bottled water.
“Have I told you how angry it makes me when people I don’t know very well add me on Facebook?” - Chiara at the supermarket, 12.46 pm. She had not told me this before.
“My iPhone’s my life.” - Chiara at 12.58 pm.
Caitlin (coffee addict): “I want more curviness.”
Chiara: “Do the rounded corners, bro.”
Caitlin: “You’re a rounded corner.”
- re: blood drop in Illustrator, 1.00 pm.
“I saw a photo of Justin Bieber the other day. I thought it was you.” - Caitlin to Chiara, 1.52 pm.
(Note: photo is irrelevant. It is one of Maggie’s cat toys. I didn’t have my camera with me today.)
Modern tragedy of 2012: Chiara informed me on Tuesday that she has not watched Neighbours all year!
Chris Milligan with new co-star, Bossy!
Luke Mitchell (and beard) at the Australian Open.
