I'm back, but I moved.

check me out here, it's a different feel and aesthetic and all-round blog, but it suits me a lot more for where I am now and I think it'll be a lot easier to keep up with

ciao, love always

M

I'm at a friends house for the day dogsitting (again) and don't have my laptop therefore don't have my bookmarks.. but I'll see what I can do. I want to try something new anyway but I don't know what direction I want to take this blog in over the next year.. I feel like I'm entering a new phase of my life and I want to reflect that and try lots of new things? But today I won't be so deep and thoughtful.

All I'm gonna do is a bunch of google searches and see what I can come up with to share with you :)

first of all, thanks pete for this.

I feel like this is a good thought to live by sometimes. maybe not all the time, thinking is helpful in some situations.. but when in doubt, just act without thought.

sometimes I wish I had the nerve to do this
then I just stare at this for a few minutes and my craving passes. (I may have already shared that but seriously, I'm so in love with it in an oddly obsessive way that may have something to do with the month I wore a hellokitty watch to school (this year, yes. from mcd's, yes) and the box of hellokitty bandaids that is currently in my bathroom)

video love:
this kid makes me laugh way too much. I mean, okay, I guess teenyboppers (prostitots?) need someone besides disney channel stars to worhsip and obsess over, but HA. its like Jesse McCartney in the Dream Street/Beautiful Soul era but gangster or skater or whatever that style is nowadays.
for actual laughs on the subject of music, I always go to this video - two artists I love, and its just perfectly funny.

I love looking at furniture and bedding online. Yay for having to decorate my dorm room soon! (blech.) see 1 and 2 that I want want want.

It's offline again now but the teaser trailer for Alice in Wonderland leaked last night and OMG. girly fangirl joy is filling my heart, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter complete my life in so many ways every time they're together. Search for the trailer, it should be back up tonight or tomorrow after airing at ComicCon.

On movies - I want to go see 500 Days of Summer - anyone seen it? Thoughts?

I'd add pictures for visual entertainment but I'm too lazy to search for them without my computer so just check me out here to see what I've done with a camera lately.

Mary comes this weekend for small town thrifting experiences (uhoh) and I'm off to explore the Island soon so I should have lots of stories and perhaps some new clothes and outfits to share soon. (I actually have some outfit pictures I must remember to put up) so I'll be back and so will you. :)

this & that

quick post, sorry! but...

think about this, it's amusing. bonus points - think about who all your friends/coworkers remind you of.. or who you think you remind them of. (any thoughts about me?)

this is probably my favorite photostream on flickr. beautifully captures emotion and raw beauty in a lovely mixture of great photos and great photoshop. basically - really pretty pictures that make me smile.

helllllooooooo my heart beats a million times a minute every time I think about this

makes me laugh, so much. second dose here.

I'm marrying him.

smile.

s'laters!

What's up blogworld? I'm back after another hectic week, prom and graduation! Can't believe its all over, most cliched/saddest/happiest times of my life.

oh yeah, those are nice shiny IB pins.. what of it.

I had a big hair crisis.. long story. but it turned out okay. my dress looks weird here, I'll try to find a normal looking front picture that also shows my shoes :)

(ps yes Ash is wearing the BCBG dress Dakota Fanning has on a few posts down that I had in my "I WANT THIS" folder for prom dresses and yes I hated her guts for it but it was alright)

All in all, it was an amazing week, topped by a killer party and lots of blow-up amusement at safe grad. Nice end to the high school years/start of an amazing summer (even though that started a month ago..)

In other news, I'm listening to Fly by Sugar Ray and its making me want to tell you every song I listen to as it comes on so you can laugh at my music taste.

(it just changed to Are You That Someone? - Aaliyah&Timbaland)

I spent the last hour filling out a bunch of random things online to get free samples and coupons for free samples of the most random things. Please tell me what could be more exciting than forgetting I did all of this, and then in 6-8 weeks having a box filled with shampoo and makeup samples show up on my doorstep? NOTHING. Seriously, easy, cheap, (FREE!) rewarding fun. Go google "free samples Canada" or US or Turkey or wherever it is you're from and spend a few minutes delighting in all the fun stuff you can get, ABSOLUTELY FREE! (speaking of which, RIP Billy Mays.)

(She's Only 18 - Red Hot Chili Peppers)

(ps. no it doesn't take me that long to write that small paragraph, I'm trying to clean my room in between intervals of random writing)

I'm saddened by how much I look like an 8 year old Munchkin when I should look all growed up and mature and such. But oh well. I hate getting my picture taken by myself, especially by Pete, I always stand awkwardly and look foolish while he's all professional.

evidence #2:

Hey look, that almost counts as an outfit post! Dress via Mary, scarf from Suzy, cardigan Bluenotes, bag I forget. and glasses before I lost them.. hmm. Too bad this was in the winter and I was likely wearing thick tights and boots and that makes me sad as I am now sitting in my underwear and a tanktop with the fan on.

(Right as Rain - Adele)

Latest obsession - anything tycoonish. Damn iPhone with all its games.. I play Fish Tycoon constantly, and have beaten all the free versions of Diner Dash, Wedding Dash, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Lemonade Tycoon, Fruit Juice Tycoon...

Tomorrow is Canada Day! Which means tonight, we party. And tomorrow night there's a free Joel concert I am devastated to be missing. And tomorrow night I deal with my dog as she hides in ridiculous places in fear of the fireworks that go off at the town hall about 2 minutes from my house. But seriously, in all seriousness and with no sarcasm whatsoever in serious land where I reside in number Sirius, Serious Drive (see what I did there? nicely played Harry Potter TWO WEEKS reference thrown in there) and you can reach me anytime with lack of sarcasm in total serious confidence:

M: we need fireworks. I hope someone got fireworks.

C: I could go get some before we go (once again rubbing in the "I am 18 and you are a lowly 17 year old" card.)

M: or we could just hope someone got them.

C: true. It is Canada Day after all, we need to blow something up.

M: exactly. thats what our country is all about.

C: thats what my belief system is.

hahhahaha. oh wait. no sarcasm. promise.

kidding. I love you Canada. probably as much as I love ice cream. and Johnny Depp. who btw, is helping me celebrate the great nations birthday by watching Public Enemies tomorrow night SCORE!

(Bruised - Jacks Mannequin)

(Sideways - Dierks Bentley)

I just put my ked wannabes that I bought in Dublin so are obviously superior to everything in the washer.. I was tempted to try the dishwasher but it was full and I couldn't be bothered to empty it and then figure out how to use it.. so they're in with my laundry and I'm hoping they don't die. And I want to wear them tonight, so as long as they're still in one piece when they come out, they're also going into the dryer. fingers crossed?

Discussion topic.. weirdest piece of clothing you own that actually came in handy? I made a monkey skirt in grade 10 (it's green and has little green monkeys on it) and I ended up wearing it to our Jungle Fever dance this year :) I also have a plaid/fur hat with earflaps, but how isn't that appropriate for everyday use?

just go read this entire site.

(I Do Not Hook Up - Katy Perry)

(H-O-A-R - Bo Burnham)

Smile Advice:

double (or triple) up on something: wear rings on every finger, wear two+ headbands at the same time, layer belts or scarves, pile on necklaces or bracelets, different colors of nail polish, or go for something as simple as layering shirts

Apologies (but not sincere ones, because it really doesn't matter) for the randomness and all over the place with no real point feel to this post.

lovelove.

the accident of our lives bruises us into dirty individuality

Loving:

maxi dresses (if not only for the convenience of not having to shave my legs (yes, I am that lazy) then for their easy but dressy appearance - one item of clothing, total comfort, completely stylish, and practical for day or night.. BIG yes please!) I'm currently wearing this pretty boho inspired one (or as my mom says.. "you look like a hippie. please go get dressed for this century.") from Suzy Shier about once a week, it's just so lovely. I'm looking for more bold prints and colors to wear for summer.

cheap fun because as much as I try I suck at saving money, and it takes some convincing but I am finding that I can have an amazing summer and somehow manage not to be completely broke when I leave for university in the fall. Plus, saving for things makes you appreciate them so much more (yeah yeah you've all heard it before, but it's so true! ..Benefit High Beam, you will be mine, all mine.) 

movies movies movies how about making a list of must-watch for the summer, both old and new. (Public Enemies July 1st, Harry Potter July 15th and then my life will be almost complete smilesmilesmilesmile.) 

For Cyanide fans - must must must have.

yes. yes. yes.

simple beauty, so inspiring. a lot of my summer is going to be spent working on making my photography hobby more of a skill.. and stuff this pretty just pushes me even more.

I haven't gotten around to any outfit photos lately (that would require me getting up off of my couch at some point during the day, but the blissfulness of no school has not yet gotten boring.) but I will try to leave my house and go somewhere other than C's house sometime soon and will wear something half decent in the process.

in the meantime... I'm back at this again. I stopped riding last fall when I sold my last horse, but apparently couldn't stay away for long. This is Leroy, one of my cousin's horses, and yes, that is me, back in the show ring, and looking ever so happy about it. I rode twice before showing again, which was probably not good, but it's all like riding a bike, right? ...right?! I was sore for... well.. much longer than I should have been. But it was fun and it's always nice to get back into something, I think. Please click to enlarge this image to fully enjoy the look on my face, it was just too good not to share.

Smile Advice:

- learn something. do a wikipedia search for todays date and look into some of the things - interesting facts are always fun to throw into conversation, and who knows when knowing that today in history, Donald Duck made his debut/the Congress of Vienna ended/Johnny Depp was born will come in handy. 

ps. go down and read the post entitled "the price of living is corruption" that I actually posted today because I forgot about it in March, but it has pretty pictures and you should go read it. NOW, NOW I SAY! I mean, please.

June, and it's final.

Well hello there. :) 

That's right. I'm back, after a hiatus that turned out to be much longer than anticipated. But now it's summer, and I'm free - still busy, but free - and I am back for good. Quick catch up - exams are over, IB is over, everything is done, and I am going to Quebec in 2 weeks and prom and grad are in 3! :) 

Some important events to highlight: 

I was reunited with my lover:

I went to Europe!

We celebrated school being over in some.. interesting ways:

I'll be around with more normal fashion related posts (outfit pictures will return eventually.. ie when I remember to take them!) but for now, find me on flickr or twitter and check back here :)

**ps - if you add me on twitter please leave me a note here that you did and what your username is or something identifying.. I get slightly creeped occasionally and decline people if I'm not sure who they are, so sorry if I don't accept! just tell me you did add me and I will though :) cautious cautious silly internet.

smile advice: spread the love

dig in your jewellery box for something you haven't worn in ages and throw it on. (i rediscovered the joy that comes with wearing a necklace that reminds me of sailor moon and/or oversized plastic rings that say Barbie and/or beaded bracelets that are fit for a 5 year old. you will smile all day, guaranteed.) shuffle your closet a bit so shirts you've pushed to the back and ignored can be seen in a new light - there's always inspiration hiding somewhere in that impulse buy that still has tags on it.

once again..

I'm not abandoning this, IB is taking over my life. I will either get sick of studying and resort to this sometime between now and May, or I will be back REGULARLY I PROMISE after May 19th
STAY TUNED

The price of living is corruption

(I just realized I forgot to post this about 3 months ago? and I'm not going to bother going through and editing all of the things I was excited about 3 months ago or just delete it because it has some truly great pictures and things I want to share.. so just pretend I invented a time machine and it is now March. adios.)

Finally have a spare moment to do something I actually want to. So what if it's because I'm sick and have a long weekend? Everything good in life is happening this weekend/week.
1. WATCHMEN comes out tonight and my amazing boyfriend got advance tickets last week for the first show. If you haven't read Watchmen, I advise you do it right now. I mean.. right now. Put this blog reading on hold and go buy and read the book immediately. It has educational value, its on Time's list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century. It's just damn awesome.
2. Tomorrow, I get to see the ginger love of my life, MARY! Once again we are uniting to wreak havoc on downtown shopping, but this time on a budget, becauseeeee
3. EUROPE IN SIX DAYS! yaya, England and Ireland for ten days! I'm beyond excited.

yeah, 3 things have the ability to be classified as "everything good in my life." close enough.

Sunday or maybe tomorrow night after MARYTIME I will actually have time to do some outfit shots of some of the interesting things I've worn since my little pre-exam MIA sesh. In the meanwhile, feast your eyes on some other things I've found:





kudos Propr ie ben harper and david arquette? whatever works. i am loving the simplicity and prettiness of all of these clothes, been waiting patiently for the site to actually open and see what its all about. looking promising :)



dsquared via style.com
one of the best lines I've seen lately as far as being able to actually wear it myself/coorporate it into my own style. These kinds of proportions and layers are my aims for spring.


I don't remember where I got this, but its kickass.






possible inspiration for a prom dress.. thanks to imdb.com and justjared. (Okay I'll edit this.. my best friend got the grey BCBG on Dakota Fanning and I was jealous of the pockets for awhile but I found a really cute dress in this little place called England that I loved so I was all happy again and now prom is in two weeks!) 


from our electric circus dance, killa makeup yeaaaaaah

be back on sunday with more relevantal things like the day I finally stop making up words! except not. and also pictures from ginger takeover tomorrow.

*update - sorry, I lied. way too much to do in the way of packing/finishing homework before I leave. I'll post after I get home!
ciao! xo

alllo, apologies!

AH homework is taking over my life as usual. I should be good by the first of the month, and I leave for England/Ireland on the 13th! I got a new camera finally, so I SHOULD be able to get pictures and update HOPEFULLY this week/weekend, if not then definitely expect a post or two before I leave, and when I come back, I'll be steady again until exams in May! If you're still checking back, I love you, I'll be back asap and I won't disappoint!
♥M

I'll be back

No new posts until after exams, sorry! I'll be back in February.

lovelovelove,
M

Chronicles of Ridick

Okay. I started this post almost a month ago and haven't had time to finish it yet. I apologize for anything that refers to upcoming events that are no longer upcoming events, like Chrimbo. Otherwise, just try to bear with me.. skip all the random talking if you wish and just check out the pictures. Lovelove!

hah. i am so clever.see my title? ridick, not Riddick like the movie, but ridick, like the gap slang of ridiculous. hey mary. whats up. yeah. i use gap slang now. whatcha gonna do.
ridick is gooooood. I mean, good description. life is beyond ridick right now. So much going on all month, I've barely had time to breathe. Just kidding. but not really.

anyway. This will be a terribly incoherent post, I apologize.

Things I can't wait for in no particular order:

we are doing the superstar cafeteria dance scene at school after christmas break. as in, a ginourmous group of my friends are getting together to learn it all and then space ourselves out in the caf and then randomly break out in dance on the first lunch of the first day back after break. IT WILL BE SO EPIC. I am soooooooooooo excited. I love that my friends are the type of people that do things like this. We are also then going to reenact it in the year end variety show. GAH. fun fun fun. we also have HUGE plans for after our IB exams are done and we have a month to ourselves before everyone else at our school is done (HAH) that include things like going into Wendy's really strategically timed like, some people by themselves, others in twos and threes, all sitting down dispersed like all over the place and not really acknowledging each other, eating and reading the paper and such, and then one person going over and being like "HEY ED, TOP OF THE MORNIN TO YA" really loudly and obnoxiously, and then everyone just immediately starting a choreographed musical-type song and dance.. hopefully getting one of the people behind the counter in on it so they can hop over and join in at some point, and having someone videotape it. yeah, we talk about how much cooler our lives would be if they were a musical / had random spurts of huge groups in choreographed dance more often.

Exams to start/be over! having 2 years worth of material on exams is freakin stressful. damn IB. damn damn damn you.

A loooooooong and well appreciated break! yeahhhhhh no school.

CHRISTMAS!!!! new camera, muchly needed since the lens fell out of mine again and I can't fix it this time :( new ipod, hurrah. and thats pretty much all I'm getting.. a few books and a pair of flats I bought ages ago and put away, but that's all because of Europe. (uh.. hey. got the ipod! camera next week. lots of books and a few new shirts, a few other random little things, candy, etc)

Going to see the Curious Case of Benjamin Button this weekend! YAY. and possibly making it a double feature night if our theatre gets Revolutionary Road too. and... with boy. see.. down farther, more explanatory notes. (TOMORROW, so stoked for benjy.)

3 months till Europe!!!!

Peanut butter balls! arguably my favorite thing about the holidays.. and moms making them.. right. now. oh. my. gawdddd. (later note.. they're delicious. I've eaten way too many already.)

Getting all the pictures from D, my lovely photographer friend who did a second shoot with me and the besty and our horses/dogs/fams/each other/in the pool/hottub/random all night rocking out to backstreet boys and taking pictures this summer.. they've been being edited/dealing with major computer issues for months and are FINALLY on their way and I am SO stoked.
taste:



New Years! yay for champagne and getting dressed up, thats all I can say.

snowmobiling! rain has been preventing my absolute favorite winter activity but this week it is allllllllllllll snow and that means alllllllllllllll speed

that was a lot of exclamation marks.

back on topic, assuming I actually ever have a topic..
cute outfits.
or maybe not so cute.
you decide.


dress, from mary. belt, thrifted. white shirt, bluenotes. cardigan, suzyshier. necklace, vintage. tights, ck. flats, sam edelman at winners.




yup, it has stripes. bwahaha. how fun.


lazy/sick day.
sweater, gap. jeans, bluenotes. boots, stitches. (omg.. I went to stitches. blasphemy.)


dress, self made. cardigan, gap. belt, thrifted.


cardigan, suzy shier. dress, f21. i look kind of rather large in these pictures. it was cute in life. the sweaters just kind of bulky when its not tied up.




shirts, bluenotes and ae. cardigan, suzy shier.


super lazy, going to see the late night opening of twilight! blehhh, i have fallen into the abyss of teen crazes, blehh. in my defense, i do love the books, and have since they came out BEFORE they were a craze. the movie was mediocre as far as actual movie quality goes, if I'm being completely cynical, it was mediocre. so hah. I can just still be judgmental, and crazed.


Ignore the green fuzzy socks, please. Shirt, Suzy Shier. Tights, CK. Skirt, Gap via Mary.


new lazing around the house outfit.. top and tights combine in same color goodness to look like body suit.. sweater is delightfully thrifted old man cardigan in its prime.. and socks are heaven in knitwear. ahhh yeah.


Jeans, J Brand. Shirt, don't remeber. Vest, Suzy. Headband and bracelet from Mary.


Jeans, Bluenotes. Shirt with buttons, Gap. Shirt with loophole, Bluenotes. Cardigan, Suzy. Shoes, Payless.


Skirt, Gap. Sweater, Suzy. Flats, Winners. Worn with navy tights and lots of bangles.


Skirt, Gap. Top, DKNY. Shoes, Winners. Worn with brown tights and piles of gold necklaces.


yay, my closet is almost back to normal of being clean! ..for a day or two.

There have been lots more, obviously. I'll try to remember/find some pictures and get caught up.

moving on..

cute site

cute..thing.

the scene I painted for Hil for Christmas :)

cute things I have purchased against my mothers wishes over the last week or two or three.. "stop buying for yourself, its christmas!" "but moooooom!"


new jacket, I'll get a picture with it on asap, the neck is soo cute.


finally found oxfords I like! They're not that shiny in real life. I looooooooooove them.


the beauts.


one of my new hats.

cute boy.
cept not really.
well yes.
but more a story about a cute boy. not boy himself. you can't have him. he is mine.
he gets to be C because I can't think of a better blog name for him because I don't have to time to think of such frivolities. Growl IB.
anyway. C is one of my best friends. who is now best-friend-turned-almost-boyfriend. We're not officially "going out" because of a lot of things that have a lot of long and complicated stories behind them, but we're "seeing each other" I guess you could say. It's great, whatever it is. He's cute. Giggle. It was kind of a secret thing for awhile, but then we went to semi together and there was an interesting party where I had some difficulty keeping things a secret (oops? haha) and now pretty much everyone knows and it's fine. and good. Really good. blush giggle.

Anyway.. here's semi! the Snow-Ball.. such a good night.


all the pictures are kind of bad.. really awkward smiles/on the verge of laughing... but I assure you, I looked damn fine, and was assured so myself. blushblushblushgigglegigglegiggle. yeah, fun night.
dress, from mary. jewelry, suzy shier. can't see em, but shoes, bcbg.

anyway. expect more stories in the lines of boy related nonsense from now on. feel free to tell me to shut up if I get too swooning love crazed teen girl on ya'll... but I doubt that'll happen. I'm still cynical ol me. And don't care to divulge too much information.

*note
Life. School was finishing up, so I had various assignments/papers/etc to be done before break (exams aren't until January). Dance-A-Thon was the 13th - an all night dance to raise money for a local Christmas charity that provides toys and food to underpriviliged families.. I was on the organizing committee for the second year in a row/in charge of music (10 hours of music? no problemo. mixing 10 hours of good dancey music to keep people awake? eeeeesh) Student Council was in overdrive - huge variety show to organize, as well as missing a good amount of class over the last week for Festograms, Food Drive, newspaper interviews, etc. Winter Carnival meant dressing up for..
Retro Day:

I don't really know what era I was supposed to be, we did a few "evolution" pictures and couldn't figure out where I fit in.. I just wanted an excuse to wear this dress, its kind of polyester so I don't wear it to school.. it just reminds me of grade primary/fingerpainting and I love it :) we figured I was either mix of 50s/60s or 60s/70s ..somehow

"When I Grow Up" Day (Yes, we listened to the Pussycat Dolls over the PA all day/played musical chairs to it at lunch)

Sadly, I have no real pictures. It was hot. Instead of saying "business woman" when people asked what I was, I would say "rich." since I couldn't be clever and come up with something cool.. I tried, I tried.

"Holiday Day" aka "ugly christmas sweater day"

I was also wearing snowman earrings. And hah, so great.. interview for the newspaper about danceathon was this day? so I have two pictures in the paper wearing that.

also, thanks to secret santa (or secret trans-gender multi cultural gift giver) gifts in Chem..
meet HOFBrINCl

he is my new love. he has already had some crazy chemistry adventures in class with us.
also.. here is the Chemis-Tree

"O Chemis-Tree, O Chemis-Tree
Your acids burn my flesh
O Chemis-Tree, O Chemis-Tree,
Your gaseous vapors smell so flesh
Your colored liquids burn my face
And I disappear without a trace
O Chemis-Tree, O Chemis-Tree,
Please make sure you wear your goggles
To avoid the aforementioned situations"
♥

yeah. Us IB kids have a Chemis-Tree song we sing in class. so what? you love it. youtube Oh Chemis-Tree and enjoy it in its full splendor... look out for me pretending to be camera shy "bwahah. I can't sing this high."

This post is getting long and rambly.. considering I've been adding for a minute here and there for about a month now I think I'll just publish it. Hope you enjoyed. Leave lots of comments.

and Merry Christmas!! on the eve of the eve of Chrimbo.. ho ho ho. i'll post pictures of my new clothes/shoes when I get around to it.

ooooor.. on Boxing Day/midnight on Christmas? Whatevs. Happy Festivus everyone


QOTD:
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more. ~Dr. Seuss

oh hey

life sucks. be back in a few days. lots of outfit pictures, promise. i've been trying lately :) .. to some extent.
life doesn't actually suck. its rockin hardcore.
i hate myself. why do i say things? what kind of a phrase is that..
anyway.
life is good. really good. its just busy. and crazy. but thats okay.
i'll stop now. post by friday. don't give up on me just yet.



It's been a long, hard day, full of emotional turmoil and dinosaur fights.
-meet the robinsons

I believe it was a Tuesday when I caught your eye

Quick recap of some things, I have no school on Friday so I will dedicate a little time to some real outfit posts with all my new clothes from Mary, but here's a teaser:

aren't we cute :)

silly, silly girl.



the outfit I wore the Monday after one of the best Saturday's of my life:

dress from Mary, cardi from work, thrifted belt that is now my life's passion, CK tights, bangle from Mary

Detail.. yeah, it has a bow. like a bow tie. love.

unflattering. oh cool.

and worn with these, my new shoes.. HEY MA, they're flats! nevermind the fact that I broke the "No coming home from the city with anymore heels rule" .. technically, I didn't buy them, and who on earth could pass up Betsey Johnson wedges? not me I tell you. But, flats, flats, proof, flats.



Photos from a random night I got bored in my room. Ignore the slight emo-liciousness of them.







Expect lots of outfit pictures on Friday, or at the latest, by the end of the weekend, as well as some interesting stories, involving.. oh la, boys? Or boy. Yeah, boy. and ...whatever it is you call what I'm in right now. There aren't words. Get stoked. It'll be interesting, to say the least. Once I figure out a name for him. Mary, help me out, you're queen at this. Hah, Queen Mary.

*edit - big english assessment I should have done a lot sooner is taking over my life, be back in a day or two with all of those promises. lots of good news to come. :)

ps. A aka "the best friend" - stop reading. please. forever. I love you already, but I would just that much more, and we all know you don't really need to hear of all this secondhand when you have me around 24/7 already. :)

QOTD-
There is so much silence between the words,
you say. You say, The sensed absence
of God and the sensed presence
amount to much the same thing,
only in reverse.
You say, I have too much white clothing.
You start to hum.
Several hundred years ago
this could have been mysticism
or heresy. It isn't now.
Outside there are sirens.
Someone's been run over.
The century grinds on.
-from "In the Secular Night" by Margaret Atwood

ciao ♥

It's Thursday. What can I say?

My rather literal saving grace, the lovely Mary (who I get to have.. a SLEEPOVER?! with?! yeah, in a day!) tagged me to do some fruitless, mindless, and most importantly, IB-less blogtime in the way of a taggy thingy. I am not really sure of the etiquette of all such, but here goes: Hi, nice to meet me.

RULES:
1. Link to the person that tagged you
2. Post the rules on your blog
3. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself
4. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs
5. Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

done, done, and brace yourselves:


1: I run (hurrah for treadmills) for about an hour almost everyday while watching one of my weekly obsessive tv shows from the night before. I don't know how I manage to fit in so many with my crazy life, but I will say that my DVR (TiVO?) is always really full of old things I haven't caught up on. I need Greys Anatomy, Private Practice, SYTYCD(America and Canada), Degrassi, 90210, Gossip Girl, House, Cold Case, Bones, CSI, etc etc etc.



2: When I was little, I wanted to be some sort of cross between a Power Ranger and a Sailor Scout. (Guilty pleasure confession #546 - my best friend and I watch Sailor Moon all the time. And I still have my pink Power Ranger gloves that yell "Go Go Power Rangers!" when you hit the wrists together.) But instead of being a normal teenager like they all were when they weren't saving the world, I wanted to be a princess in my downtime. And no, I haven't given up on this dream quite yet.


3: About 95% of my diet consists of pasta, bread, and junk food. I am addicted to Coca Cola and Skittles in very unhealthy amounts, and I really don't eat anything meawise outside of some sort of chicken/pasta combo for the majority of the time. I will probably regret this in my later years when I balloon up like a panda or my arteries turn into artificially flavored sludge, but for now, I am a picky eater with a sweet tooth, and this works fine for me. Plus, it's delish. Be envious of my weak self-control. Sorry, I'm awful. :)

4: I have a slightly obsessive personality, and a short attention span. This means I have a phrase of the day, everyday, something that I cannot stop saying, no matter how much I try once I notice what it is. (Mary - this is true, right? oh ho ho how ironic and clever I am) I have a different favorite color pretty much everyday, and when I shop, I tend to buy everything from one day in the same color family, though thats gotten better. I also go through quick phases of music, books, pictures, places, food, hairstyles, just about everything. It's grand fun.


5: Outside of being in love with fashion, photography, etc, I am also really into cars, motorcyles, etc. I get this from my dad - our downtime when I was little was always spent on Sunday afternoons, watching NASCAR races, eating Oreos and drinking Coke. Now, he manages a big bike/atv/car shop, so I get to spend as much time as I want admiring Harleys, driving around with him in the Jag I fell in love with or the teal Hummer that I hate and love at the same time, waiting for snow so I can take out the brand new Arctic Cat snowmobiles, and laughing over how funny I look everytime we go out since my head fits into, ahem, a mens XL helmet, and I look like an alien bobblehead. A damn fine, leatherclad, alien bobblehead. It evens out, I guess.

6: I have a hard time letting go of things. (oh hey, I just got all serious on y'all, oops.) but I still have a crush on my 4th grade boyfriend, even though we've tried and failed every year since then to make it work, we're really good friends, and he's dated one of my best friends and now likes another. When I get in arguments with my mom, I yell about things that happened months ago. Same with my friends, when I get angry, it's a mix of whatevers happening and then feelings from ages ago. I always still have feelings for all of the guys I've ever had anything with, no matter what happened, and they really wouldn't, or don't, have to do much to convince me I like them again, even if I have something else going on at the time. (dannngerous. let's hope none of them are reading this.) I remember random little comments I/someone else made days, weeks, months, years, ago and it can change my mood at the moment drastically. Etc, etc, etc.

Alright, that was slightly more difficult than I thought. But, I love: Sam of the Wandering Alchemist, Camille of Childhood Flames, Karla of Karlas Closet, Wendy of Hand it Over, Richel of Ragamala, and Tori of Notorious Fashion.


Now catching up on my real life. Random outfits from the past week or so, I haven't really been keeping track and I've been too busy/sleep deprived/lazy to come up with anything good. Mainly its just jeans with a shirt. Oh joy. Why am I even showing you these? next week, I promise to do better.

this was actually worn with grey tights and brown mary janes. I was just not into finding the tights so I threw it on over the jeans, hella lazy.





But there was Halloween! shame, shame, shame. here's the worst of it:

despite being one of the top ten most awful pictures of me, ever... aren't we clever? :) GANGRENE! except.. GANG GREEN! heheh. Missing Mary and Natalie here, I'll switch this for the better group picture once I get it. The entire day consisted of us strutting around the school yelling slang and things like "green gonna give it to ya!" "gang green comin at cha, watch those limbs!" and other extremely politically incorrect slurs. There was also rousing choruses of "GANG WUUT?!" "GANG GREEEEEEN!" in the halls whenever we ran into each other. Fun time. Everyone despised us.
ps.. I know the QuikSilver hoodie is hardly gangster-esque. It's my friends boyfriends, all I could find that was huge and green. I mostly just wore the beater and my strange high sock/spandex combo. Minus at lunch where I dressed up as a bloody princess for the StuCon haunted house we put on at lunchtime.

Slightly better, my dance costume (note that this is after the dance, hence my bedraggled appearance and sweaty face and gross hair and blah blah blah.)

channelling AA model?

ignore my messy room, please.

skirt starting to fall off ...

creepo ants

yes, I was a picnic! teehee.

Question, question question?



can anyone tell me the blog these came off of? My inspiration folder has so many pictures of this girl (aren't the pictures gorgeous?) but my link list deleted awhile ago and I can't find her blog anywhere.

thank you, la femme chic! the pictures are from times of glory

Final note: Playlist of the week
Do It All Again - Chad Hatcher
How Many Words - Blake Lewis
The Scientist - Coldplay
Insatiable - Elise Estrada
Right Now (Na Na Na) - Akon
Old School - Hedley
Never Let You Down - The Summer Obsession
Obvious - Faber Drive
Fallin For You - Eva Avila
You're Not Sorry - Taylor Swift
Yesterdays - Switchfoot
Joey - Sugarland
Ditch That - The Dream
Something In Your Mouth - Nickelback
Breakfast at Tiffanys - Deep Blue Something
The Middle - Jimmy Eats World
It's My Own Cheating Heart - Glasvegas
That Kiss - The Courteneers
Heartless - Kanye West

and as promised until I forget.. QOTD
"Okay, fine, but I didn't dump my purse out on the couch and invite everyone into my problems."
-The Breakfast Club

Ciao loves. ♥

New feature

Real update on Thursday, its my only semi-non-life-threateningly-busy day this week and I swear I will have a bunch of outfits and a BUNCH of inspiration folder excerpts. but for now, new feature at thetwisttt, quote of the day! QOTD.. hm.. queen of the .. damned? oh boy. I'll work on it. for now, just refrain from telling me how lame I am, kay?

"...but Paris isn't for changing planes, it's for changing your outlook! For throwing open the windows and letting in... letting in la vie en rose."
Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina

ciao, check back Thursday!

Failing miserably

at life.

kidding. At blogging. I've been totally MIA, and I will continue to be for a little while.. homework is killing me, tests and extended essay among other stressful things, and just life in general is really busy. It should slow down a bit next week or the one after, i'll try to find time asap to post some outfits and hopefully some more interesting things. In the meantime, don't stop coming to thetwisttt, I'll be back I promise. Also, check out Mary's latest post and send all your deepest heartfelt sympathies her way. (♥ to my ginger wifey, love love love you) and I hope you all have a good week.

ciao, xo

Things are looking grim, brothers.

Lack of posts due to.. me sucking? no. Crazy week. Crazy fun, but crazy all the same.

Last Monday off for an inservice, and I honestly couldn't tell you what I did. Tuesday was school as usual :

yay huge cardigans.

finally bought a "little black dress." knit. comfy. soft. stretchy. sexy without showing..anything. appropriate for everything imaginable. Oh yes.

wore this with.. wow, I don't remember. either black patent flats, or the BCBG silver heels. Hooray for me not having any memory skills at all.

Wednesday I stayed home sick. Thursday I had two tests (gag) and it was "Day in a Law Firm" at school. I should have gone all out, seeing as the majority of my closet is pencil skirts and businessy tops, and thats how I dress for school on normal days anyway.. but I was lazy and felt like crap:

so I wore a plain skirt and a plain t-shirt/turtleneck. and the BCBG heels.

Thursday after school we left for an "IB CAS Retreat" which was OODLES AND NOODLES OF FUN. We played games, stayed up and sang crazy songs and gossiped all night, dressed up in insane costumes and scared all the other IB kids, ate a lot of DELICIOUS food, did some INSANE skill building/leadership/physical activities, and generally just died of ecstatic joyfulness.

gosh I'm classy. This is pretty much what I wore the entire time.. there were gangsta-drop-crotch pics a plenty for all of us. like this one. primo example numero uno.

this is us dressing up and being awesome. I'm in the batman suit/cape/aviators/brown wig/scarf. Sexy, non?

we ran out into the dorm space, freaked everyone out, made a lot of weird noises, ran outside, over to the dining hall, sat down at the same table as our teachers, and freaked them out too. absolutely hilarious. then we did it again a few hours later and switched costumes to confuse them. this time I'm "The Doc" - Scream mask, santa hat, doctors scrubs.

and we sat down in the dorm space and had a little ritual.. actually we just sat down in a circle so they could try to figure out who was who. then we started hitting the floor, each other, clapping, screaming.. good times, good times.

that'd be me flying through the air on this crazy contraption where they haul you up 55 feet in the air to one side, you pull a level, and it drops you so you go swinging from side to side (55 feet in the air) suspended by these ropes.. I enjoy flying. excellent experience. I screamed like a baby.

And the vertical obstacle course. thats me on the right sitting down. So intense.

pretty water.. we went for a walk after breakfast down to the dock, so pretty in the sunlight. I had to just sit and watch it for awhile.

♥

what can top that? not much. Friday night we watched Greek, slept, Saturday I worked all day and then hung out with the birthday boy and baked a cake, Sunday we went to the football game and got harassed by the rivals drunk, leggings-and-ugg-boots-wearing-fans (at our home game, I might add), made a few new friends, and then watched Bee Movie and more Greek, slept over at Hil's, Monday watched Sydney White over breakfast and now am home to drown in homework and eat turkey.

what have you lovelies been up to? :) tell me stories, make my day.
happy canadian thanksgiving yo.

ciao and gobble gobble.

Words.

I promised words when my brain was more coherent.. really, thats a judgement call, it might never happen? but words you will get in any case, coherent or not.

Today was post-secondary day at school, which means we spent first period in the gym where a bunch of universities from around here/the closest couple provinces had boothy set ups and we walked around "talking" to reps .. in my case, mostly just snatching information booklets and wandering around with friends, stressing about how we're being forced to decide our futures. Technically I've got a bunch of reading material and no more solid ideas of what I want to do/where to go. My main thought is Architecture, and apply to Pratt, McGill, UofT, Ryerson, Texas A&M, maybe Oklahoma State.. a few other randoms around here, Dal or something. Honestly though, the more I get into it all, the less I know about what I want to do. I want something sciencey/heavily math related.. but still interesting and not a desk job but not gross. I have no idea what I'm interested in, where I wanna go, what I'm doing with my life.. I AM GOING TO BE A HERMIT AND LIVE IN A SHACK IN THE WOODS AND MAKE FOOD OUT OF TREES. plan B is that I go to college, somewhere with like.. medicine or something promising, PRETEND I'm doing something worthwhile, but actually just scope out really smart, hot boys, that will be bajillionaires in later life, preferably really soon in their later lives, and then I leech myself to one, make him fall in love with me, finish college with a degree in something useless and he becomes the curer of cancer or something large, and we live richly happily ever after. heh.

what to do, what to do. I could drop out of school right now, that'd be fun. theres plan C. I could go work for my daddy and be a graphics designer/computer techie at the bike shop, tra la la. though if I quit school, my daddy wouldn't like me very much, and probably wouldn't let me work there, in hopes I would return to school. dang you daddy.

and then there's plan D.. the logical one. (logic?! who likes logic? pshh. go away logic.) I go to a school that looks promising in the "I will have an enjoyable time and learn things here" department, get a bachelor of science or something, and by doing so, defer the actual decision making time of what I want to do with my life by about an extra 2 years. bingo. too bad there's still the school choosing parts. someone do it for me?

Whatever. I have lots of time for that. (not. pretending, pretending.)

more words, more words.. oh have some poetry you greedy little munchkins.
and go read Son of a Witch. after you read Wicked. and die a happy, happy soul.

Parting Without a Sequel
She has finished and sealed the letter
At last, which he so richly has deserved,
With characters venomous and hatefully curved,
And nothing could be better

But even as she gave it,
Saying to the blue-capped functioner of doom
“Into his hands,” she hoped the leering groom
Might somewhere lose and leave it

Then all the blood
Forsook the face. She was too pale for tears,
Observing the ruin of her younger years
She went and stood

Under her father’s vaunting oak
Who kept his peace in wind and sun, and glistened
Stoical in the rain; to whom she listened
If he spoke.

And now the agitation of the rain
Rasped his sere leaves, and he talked low and gentle,
Reproaching the wan daughter by the lintel;
Ceasing, and beginning again.

Away went the messenger’s bicycle,
His serpent’s track went up the hill forever.
And all the time she stood there hot as fever
And cold as any icicle.
-John Crowe Ransom

maybe I could be a poet?! they don't make much money, do they. (I am being realistic, not greedy. Okay, I'm being greedy. Girls gotta shop..) I could be .. a songwriter? a commercial-jingle-maker-upper? perhaps if I had some talent at any of these things.

more poetry.
1.
my brain leaks thoughts out of my mouth
things I never meant to tell you
but you're hearing them anyway.
they travel farther, into my hands
racing across a page as furiously as
the blood that pours out of my chest
the heart you tore finally finds a escape
the red spreads across clothes
drips down the porcelain skin
until both mind and body are drained
empty of all thoughts of you.
all reminiscence, gone.

2.
24 hours is a painfully long time
to be caught in your own thoughts
7 days a week
a jail cell of memories and pondering whats to come
perhaps a scene on constant repeat
or a secret you're grasping for dear life
so many small thoughts noone will ever hear
even though they may scream at you, they're not meant to be let loose
chaos makes its way out of your mouth
until your brain is empty, void
and it all lays on their shoulders instead

3.
truth is always the one to blame
hope is always the secret shame
faith is always the first to fake
love is always the last mistake

4.
leave me here with nothing
more
than my own two hands and my
mind
full of everything you've ever done to me
maybe
it'll turn out to be enough to
make
the most important decision of
my
life and take the steps that leaves the
memories
behind me where you're standing. Or I
might
just stay where I am and let my hands
move
to cover my
mouth
and leave things just the way they are.

5.
can it be we've changed so much
in what seems like a couple days
where I hardly recognize your thoughts
just as I can hardly decipher my own
let's reunite for the times to come
and let old times sake be the saving grace

alright, I'm done. I have to go to work. someone make the rain stop? at least the sun is coming out.. rainbows are promising. here's to a better tomorrow.

(if anyone read all that.. gold star. you are LOVELY. yes I mean you, you lovely thing.)

ciaaaaaaaao

Multifaceted emotions

I'm not even going to try to write a coherent post right now, I will tomorrow. or the next day. But here's a bunch of pictures with some maybe understandable explanations. Dig in. Enjoy.

New purchases from work, hooray for seasonal employee discount week!

house bum hoodie. without a hood, just an oversized neck area? cool.

plain grey longsleeve I was in dire need of. also got a white one which is in outfit posts further down..

guilty as charged with buying a borderline tacky 90210 tee. shoot me. it called to me.

love in a tshirt.

finally found a normal black belt I kinda like.

this is SO FREAKING SOFT. literally, we just touch them at work. they're divine. I needed it. and its braided and I love purple.

today/last weeks outfits.. I didnt go to school Monday or Friday so there's not many, but OH WELL. ignore how sick I look in all these pictures. I am. leave me alone.

you really didnt need to see my facial expression in this. anyway. worn with the KICKASS ALDO shoes i got with Mary last week.

slouched over? dont know. the dress I love so very much. yes, I wore it with a hoodie, I dont care haha.

a little too excited at how well my yellow shoes matched..

at the dance, or rather, in the gym before the dance since we got ready at school.. sigh.. if you missed our genius decorations in the backround that say "DANCE" (in our defense.. they glowed in the dark to go with the glo theme) sadly, my shirt did not glow under blacklight?! I was so upset. But I had a million glowsticks and a good time anyway.

today's outfit.. bo-ring, i felt grey. couldnt decide if the boots looked okay with a skirt or if they hit my ankle at a weird spot, and after a few minutes debate I stopped caring and wore them anyway

jacket?

me being retarded?

more shenanigans?

very sick looking. wore this on the day I didnt want to go to school cause I felt like death but had to because of a physics lab.. yuck. anyway. I love bows.

and lovely little blazer. hurrah.

thats all I've got
Ciao

"It's so true."

It's Sunday. Do you lovely people know what that means? I should hope so.

It meaaaaans.. Epic shopping adventures were yesterday! I am ever so sad it's over but we are making plans right away for a repeat so it's all gooood. It was easily one of the most amazing days ever. Quick rundown:
- After about an hour drive, blasting my music all the way, I got to the mall and met up with Mary.
- We immediately took over the mall, stopping at all the necessary stores and having actually great success with buying things. Lots of good sales, I'll put the pictures at the end of my ramble. (Feel free to scroll down, :) hah) our conversation was so ridic (there, I'm using GAP slang, aren't you proud as a peach!?) and literally, best person to shop with, ever.
-We then took of to Jane's, her swear-by, for the BEST lunch of my life, hands down. AMAZING grilled cheese, the girl did not lie. and Limonata is divine. I was in such heaven. All we did while we ate was sigh and giggle.
-Then after a long and windy drive around the city (there may or may not have been a moment where we drove the wrong way down a one way street.. very hysterical moment.) we finally found some parking and went to the most amazing vintage stores ever, the other smaller mall, and the most adorable candy store. More insanely perfect finds.
-Another slightly less confusing drive back, we had to part at the bus station while I fared my way back to the highway. A last shot of our elephant lovers and it was goodbye.. until next time. which is ASAP.

my lovely new pile of bangles.

detail

how kickass is this delightfully childish cheetah print?

all the metal ones, love.

perfectly fitting J Crew blazer, thrifted

Tights!

American Eagle top, fits sooo well, sooo soft

Hurley dress, thrifted.

American Eagle, love the pleats.

Aerie by AE nightgown.. I've been living in it. And I'm totally wearing it to school with lots of layers.

lacey detail, yum

skirt from Winner's. Very summery, yeah. But do I care? no. It makes me look like a wood nymph, we decided. It's enjoyable.

Slightly more seasonably-appropriate.

Reminds me of snails. But in a good, purple way.

Ahhhh perfectly fitting black Aldo shoes for under 30 dollars, thank you thrift heaven. Amazingly high but surprisingly easy and comfortable heel, thank you for making my legs looks ever so sexmachina like.

swoon.

AND a ginourmous black patent Le Chateau bag for 34 bucks, large enough for my school books and junk? SCORE. Definitely my second or third bookbag of the year.. but it's so lovely.


and it has a tie in the middle to pinch in to a more elegant shape, considering the size.. so it's AMAZING.

hahh. and our little elephant friends, who will miss each other dearly until reunited.
all in all.. best day. ever so lovely. can't wait to do it again. :)

In other less exciting news..
Outfits this week:
slightly lacking in numbers, I got busy. But the rest weren't so great or interesting anyway, or what I can remember of them. Fare well with these.



thrifted skirt, Mossimo top, thrifted belt, BCBG shoes




Fairweather skirt, American Eagle shirt, SuzyShier cardigan. Worn with white flats.

in closing.. check out the song Bruises, by Chairlift, and fall in love.

Ciao!

**EDIT - her side of the story / pictures from epicday1