taken december 24th, 2009.

Christmas 2009. Between my father (and by default extended stepfamily), my sister (D), and my boyfriend (S)… this was a wonderful, wonderful Christmas. Was what a New Zealand Christmas should be. Lying in the grass, late on Christmas Eve, taking photographs to hold onto for memories.

music: the low anthem – i’ll take out your ashes

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One year, one month and one day ago, I lost what I like to call my ‘smoking virginity’ to a cigar (courtesy of D, I think? Maybe it was L. I don’t know, I know there were cigars.) on the fire escape / balcony of the second floor of this building. I didn’t want to / plan to smoke, but L, and D and L2 were, and when L2 handed his massive cigar over to me and said “I feel sick, you smoke it.” I took it off him and gave it a go (I was more drunk than I’d thought I was going to be, and I was counting down the minutes til I’d have to say goodbye to L.).

music: william fitzsimmons – just not each other