Fairytale of New York

This is the first time in 11 years that I haven't spent Christmas in New York; the pain of which defies description.

Meanwhile, across the Chanel.

250 Chanel workers en France went on strike on
Thursday to protest about the lousy 1% pay rise being offered. This makes me happy because, 1) I think Karl Lagerfeld is a fascist, and 2) hell yes, for once people actually stick up for something and pull together.

Seedy Soho Society

And whilst I am still playing around with Amazon...I am currently reading Soho Society by the ineffable Bernardo Katz with whom I used to work. Good God it's dark, it's truly captures the seedy undercurrent that always existed in The Groucho Club.

Prospect Park West

So here's my book pick of the whatever. And yet again I wonder at the wonderousness of The New Lazy Journalism, whereby I don't have to write out anything about it, because you can just click on the picture link above and be taken directly to Amazon. Marvellous.

Sarah Jessica Parker shows her off her twins.

I'm really sorry I had to do this post, I just HAD to write that headline.


Unfortunateness of this image aside, what I really don't get is it's frrrrreeezing in New York right now, why the hell are you wearing just a sheet? And also what is with the ballet tie style tights?

Lip dubs and Vimeo being sued

Lip Dub - Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger from amandalynferri on Vimeo.


I would like to point out that I had this story up before Gawker, Sonia Magazine is incredibly speedy with the news sometimes.

Um...

Someone I politely knew was killed pretty grimly yesterday, I'm not going to link to the story right now because it's making my stomach churn. Plus does anybody's family want their relations death all over the internet? You can't even die in peace and private anymore.

It has really shaken me up, taken me back to a certain place, is and making me re-question a few things as reminders of mortality always do. These mortality reminders are particularly piquing when that person was relatively young, and was one of those bounce around, full of life people who had really taken the reigns of life and played against the system to do what she wanted to do.

Yet another reminder that you can be loving life one minute, and knocked off your bike and gone the next.. And yet there is still no happy medium to be found for living in the now versus the plan of the rest of your life. And those shock sudden deaths leave so much unsaid and undone. Urgh death, perhaps a topic too heavy for a blog, but where else are these things discussed.

I hope she was knocked unconscious straightaway and so didn't feel too much pain. I can hear her voice in my head and picture her vividly in a couple of scenarios. Memories haunting much?

Quick stuff thing

Ok so my UK audience (wait I'm the only one reading this thing) posssibly hasn't heard of the website Etsy yet. It's a funny little thing which sells hand-made 'stuff'. Whilst there are some things on there that are perfectly tasty like this jewellery, other things are wow jeez, don't even know what to say, just wow jeez like this donkey.

The mockashockability of so many of the 'goods' has led to another website springing up called Regretsy which pretty much features all of the wow jeez WHY! stuff. Check it, funny stuff.

Very Useful Website

I am finding this website increasing useful http://www.internetslang.com, the clue of which is very much in the title.


I recently had a friend ask me what OMG meant, which is ZOMG! WTF? ridiculous, but even I, who is what feels like online all of the time and happens to l.o.v.e. words, am finding it increasing difficult to keep up with the internet kids and their acronyms. Henceforth internetslang.com v useful. PO (that's peace out, I made that one up).

Thinking about thinking.

So one of my new favourite websites is big think

Cheetah Woods

Wow, The Internet

So in this week's/month's/whenever edition of Sonia Magazine, I will be turning my attention to all that I find fascinating on the web - which is a lot.

I need to stop first to tell you (or myself rather as I am the only person who reads this), how much I detest everything that innocent make. Unforch one of their vegetable pots has just made me feel so nauseous that I don't feel like doing it now, so pop back shortly please reader, I will too.

What's Love Got To Do With It?

For those who missed the Rihanna interview on 20/20. However much of this was scripted/had to do with PR, there were a lot of wise words that came out of her mouth.

With every situation indeed, always step out of it and view it in the third person.

Slick

Raf Simons for Fred Perry Spatz shoes, October 2009.


Available from the Offspring concession in Selfridges.

People prefer dating to reading magazines?

Condé Nast US closes another four magazines, and Condé UK launches dating site. These are interesting times people. Called trulymadlydating.com, it professes to be a site where GQ boys can meet Glamour girls, or vice versa. Shut up.

So I ventured over there to do some research for you, and can report back telling you that finding a date or dates with people you may hate or hates will cost you money. I trawled (or do I mean trolled) through some of the fine specimens on offer, and no I'm not getting a particularly GQ vibe from those guys. I can also tell you that no-one wants to date a divorced smoker. People are too demanding, that's why they're single.

However, they are currently running a 7 day free trial, so I say give a go for a week. If you don't have anything else to do, or anyone to do it with. trulymadlydating.com. Report back please.

The Internet is a mess, and needs a damn good tidy up.

The internet really is a mess, full of irrelavent rubbish from 1857 and a great source of unreliable sources. There are no caretakers or superintendents of the internet to clear out the rubbish or police the superhighways. It does make me wonder why none of the encyclopedia or dictionary companies haven't taken control. Hell, why don't the publishing companies take it over, they have no magazines left. What about Bill Gates, he doesn't have a proper job anymore, it would be a philanthropic endeavour. But I for one, am tired of turning to a source that provides me with a hella lot of misinformation. I am a huge fan of libraries.

There was an article in last week's New York Times about the clutter on The Cloud, but in the internet minute I had I couldn't find. So please, will somebody go and find it for me and post it in the comments. HELLO BABIES this is Web 2.0, consume and produce at the same time, I'm not here to do everything for you. You will be rewarded with my unconditional love and thanks for as long as this page is current. What can I tell you, that's how the world works these days. I didn't say I was a fan.

Random Rubbish - Free Hand Cream

Much as I generally detest women's magazines and their generally crap give aways, the odd good'un occasionally slips through the net. The November issue of Instyle (UK) has a free giveaway of L'Occitane hand cream, which is generally quite pricey. I'm buying it for the tube, which reminds me of gouache paints. I will throw the magazine away without even bothering to read it, and pretend I bought expensive hand cream instead.

About This Blog Part Deux

I'm probably going to move it to onsugar because blogger et al have such mahoosive limitations. And I don't  have the time, money or inclination to be messing around with websites right now.

Also I need to whack up some 'whatever' content to get this site listed and sort adsense out.  So roll with the intermediary nonsense.

About Sonia Magazine

At this moment in time I have little to no idea what this b**g will turn into. I also, like Anna Wintour, detest the word b**g, and so until I come up with a new term I'm going back to the old school concept of magazine. Except this isn't going to be like an old school magazine, because magazines have had their day, been ripped apart and thrown on the fire. Good riddance to bad rubbish, I don't think The Internet Inc is solely to blame for the demise of magazines, there are many factors none of which I am about to go into right now BECAUSE writing on the internet is about speed. It's about publishing quickly, reporting and commenting on the lastest news as it happens, not working three months in advance. Although I may do that if I choose.

This post will change. It will probably change more than once. For ladies and gentlemen of the webosphere alike, and general media analysts, I present to you the concept of write, edit, re-edit, and RE-EDIT RECURRING. Write it, post it, think about it and perfect it later. Ad infinitum. It's a bit like all those times you've gone, "God I wish I hadn't done/said that." Those things you can't change. This you can.