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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
A look back & 4 Resolutions
I think sometimes its necessary to look back on things before you can really get a grasp on what you want the future to be like. So this post will be dedicated to looking back on some of the bigger events of 2008 and how they affected the things I want in 2009.
Although I live for fresh starts and change, it's only now, in retrospect, that I realize how hard it was on me not to have a place that felt like home for so long.
I understand now how important it is to live with the people who know you best, be it family or a very long standing best friend.
I don't think my next move will be for awhile, but when it does happen I'll be truly sad to leave this place behind!
Now that I have a real-honest-to-goodness-home-is-where-the-heart-is kind of home, I don't feel so silly investing some time, energy and money into it.
Resolution #1: In 2009 don't be afraid to redecorate as often as possible. My visions of the perfect bedroom change with the seasons. Right now all I see is White:
I'm not sure what drove me to create so many more ties than I already had in Montreal, but whatever the reason I'm sure it was a good choice because I have learned more about who I am and what I want out of my future in the last two years than in the previous 21 combined!
This Monday I start school again and although the butterflies in my stomach probably have a lot more to do with my complete lack of confidence and fear of failure, I think they might also be due, in part, to my excitement at the thought of learning new things and taking a step in the right direction towards my future.
Resolution #2: Keep my nose in a book at all times, and give myself a little more credit...
- Apartment Story
Although I live for fresh starts and change, it's only now, in retrospect, that I realize how hard it was on me not to have a place that felt like home for so long.
I understand now how important it is to live with the people who know you best, be it family or a very long standing best friend.
I don't think my next move will be for awhile, but when it does happen I'll be truly sad to leave this place behind!
Now that I have a real-honest-to-goodness-home-is-where-the-heart-is kind of home, I don't feel so silly investing some time, energy and money into it.
Resolution #1: In 2009 don't be afraid to redecorate as often as possible. My visions of the perfect bedroom change with the seasons. Right now all I see is White:
First two rows taken from Mila at Loveology
Third to last photo: Flickr
Second to last photo from Lolita
Last photo taken from Camilla Engman
Third to last photo: Flickr
Second to last photo from Lolita
Last photo taken from Camilla Engman
- Scholastic Endeavors
I'm not sure what drove me to create so many more ties than I already had in Montreal, but whatever the reason I'm sure it was a good choice because I have learned more about who I am and what I want out of my future in the last two years than in the previous 21 combined!
This Monday I start school again and although the butterflies in my stomach probably have a lot more to do with my complete lack of confidence and fear of failure, I think they might also be due, in part, to my excitement at the thought of learning new things and taking a step in the right direction towards my future.
Resolution #2: Keep my nose in a book at all times, and give myself a little more credit...
1. Victoria Jean
2.Lolita
3. Livejournal community
4&5: Glass Orthodoxy
6. Heart
This year I will change my hair as often as I like (but never ever cut it!)
Resolution # 3: Change it up! Make drastic changes; go white,red,dark, light....curly, straight, up, down...
2.Lolita
3. Livejournal community
4&5: Glass Orthodoxy
6. Heart
- Changes in Hair
This year I will change my hair as often as I like (but never ever cut it!)
Resolution # 3: Change it up! Make drastic changes; go white,red,dark, light....curly, straight, up, down...
All photos found on Google Image Search
Resolution # 4: My evening/weekend activities will include, but will not be limited to:
- Theme Nights and Alternative Methods to Fun
Resolution # 4: My evening/weekend activities will include, but will not be limited to:
Theme movie nights, Cocktail Parties, Tea Parties, Cookie Baking, Creating and Sending Packages to my friends, Seasonal outings, Road trips to nearby places, Discovering Montreal, Decorating my apartment, Spending tons of time with my Pooch and consistently coming up with new and original ways to spend my time!
All Pictures from My Heart
2009 promises to be a good year. Better than the last, but worse than the next. Constant improvement is my plan!
2009 promises to be a good year. Better than the last, but worse than the next. Constant improvement is my plan!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
What the Holidays do to Me
I'm still floating around on a little Christmas cloud filled with wonderful gifts, amazing family gatherings, delicious meals and a general feeling of happiness.
Leaving my happy holiday bubble behind to enter the time-to-better-yourself-with-motivational-New-Years-Resolutions phase is feeling a little tedious this year.
Partly, it's made me revert back to my re-occurring desire to leave Montreal behind and start over in a new city, but mostly, I've managed to scrounge up all the will power I have and my resolutions this year are some of the best I've come up with so far!
I won't bore you with all that self-obsessed mumbo jumbo though. Instead I'll share with you some of my favourite Christmas moments of 2008!
I hope all of you had a lovely Christmas too! Tomorrow I think I might post a little more about some of my plans for 2009!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
The Mothering Heart
Aside from making Christmas cards, wrapping gifts and preparing for the back to school festivities that will be taking place in less than 3 weeks, I've been entertaining myself on youtube with some DW Griffith shorts starring the likes of Lillian Gish & Mary Pickford (a Canadian girl who made history with her career in silent films)...
Here is one of my favourites to entertain you (should you so desire) while I take a little blog-break over the holidays.
I hope all of you have a lovely Christmas!!
Here is one of my favourites to entertain you (should you so desire) while I take a little blog-break over the holidays.
I hope all of you have a lovely Christmas!!
Chuggo
As far as the content of my blog, this video goes against the grain, but it is imperative i share this anecdote with all of you!
A few months back when I was (miserably) working at Le Bizou for extra money (which I wasn't receiving) a character named Chuggo came in for drinks. He spent the night (the ENTIRE night) talking to me about Kristina (who was waitressing with me that night). He insisted that I repeatedly tell her that she was a "fiery goddess" and that she was the "kind of girl who could make Chuggo change his ways from bad, to good!"
Needless to say, his relentless attempts to win my fiery friend over were in vain, but I did get one nice compliment out of it all;
"oh. you're pretty dope too i guess. but SHE is a fiery goddess!"
Chuggo left the bar that night never to be seen (by me) again...
...Until last night, when Kristina casually pulled me over to her computer, told me to close my eyes and showed me this:
I think it speaks for itself. There isn't much I could possibly say that could make it any more amazing than it already is.
But just in case some of you think Chuggo is actually a small witty bald guy who is making fun of bad rappers. He isn't. This is his big single. Chuggo at his most serious.
Enjoy!
A few months back when I was (miserably) working at Le Bizou for extra money (which I wasn't receiving) a character named Chuggo came in for drinks. He spent the night (the ENTIRE night) talking to me about Kristina (who was waitressing with me that night). He insisted that I repeatedly tell her that she was a "fiery goddess" and that she was the "kind of girl who could make Chuggo change his ways from bad, to good!"
Needless to say, his relentless attempts to win my fiery friend over were in vain, but I did get one nice compliment out of it all;
"oh. you're pretty dope too i guess. but SHE is a fiery goddess!"
Chuggo left the bar that night never to be seen (by me) again...
...Until last night, when Kristina casually pulled me over to her computer, told me to close my eyes and showed me this:
I think it speaks for itself. There isn't much I could possibly say that could make it any more amazing than it already is.
But just in case some of you think Chuggo is actually a small witty bald guy who is making fun of bad rappers. He isn't. This is his big single. Chuggo at his most serious.
Enjoy!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Bah! Hum-bug!
This is usually the time of year when nothing can bring me down! When the thought of a Christmas cookie makes me giddy, a gift idea brings a smile to my lips and I get uncontrollable urges to hug strangers, give money to homeless people and give candy canes to my co workers!
This year for some reason everything is seeming a little lack luster. My gifts seem, at least to me, to be generic and boring, which makes wrapping them that much less exciting. I haven't baked a single festive treat, except for cutting up a role of Pillsbury Peanut Butter Cookies and throwing them in the oven (only to over cook them). I've barely even watched a handful Christmas specials!
Maybe it's the looming bedbug extermination festivities, or maybe I'm just in a slump, whatever the case I need to get myself out of this stupid-rotten-no-good-Grinchy-humbug-blasphemous mood.
So, I will list (with pictures of course) 12 things that I have reason to be excited about this holiday season (whether they are related to Christmas or not!)
1. decorating my room:
2. Dame Edna + MAC Cosmetics
3. Dallas in Boston!
4. New Years
5. Beauty Tubes
6. Queens Of Vintage
PHOTO FROM HEINI'S FLICKR
7. Student fare
8. Dec 22
9. Christmas Brunch 2008
10. KPMG US tax department's Christmas cocktail
11. Hair appointment
PHOTO FROM ELINKAN
12. The coop
This year for some reason everything is seeming a little lack luster. My gifts seem, at least to me, to be generic and boring, which makes wrapping them that much less exciting. I haven't baked a single festive treat, except for cutting up a role of Pillsbury Peanut Butter Cookies and throwing them in the oven (only to over cook them). I've barely even watched a handful Christmas specials!
Maybe it's the looming bedbug extermination festivities, or maybe I'm just in a slump, whatever the case I need to get myself out of this stupid-rotten-no-good-Grinchy-humbug-blasphemous mood.
So, I will list (with pictures of course) 12 things that I have reason to be excited about this holiday season (whether they are related to Christmas or not!)
1. decorating my room:
- white, white and more white is the theme this year. White furniture, white frames on white walls, white duvet cover with green velvet curtains and maybe some floral print pillows here and there to give it some texture!
2. Dame Edna + MAC Cosmetics- loads of blue eye shadows and sparkles everywhere! I can't quite picture how they are going to market this line, or who is going to buy it, but I'm anxious to find out!
3. Dallas in Boston!- This will be the very first road trip Stef and I take alone together and to see the likes of Dallas Green none the less! Needless to say I'm chomping at the bit waiting for January 11th to roll around!
4. New Years- Not so much the Eve of it (this year I'd happily settle for a glass of steamed milk and Dick Clark -or whoever the hell is making that big ball fall down this year at midnight) but the clean-slate-feeling that January 1st tends to bring about is something I always look forward to. 2009 holds a lot of promise and I'm hoping it won't let me down!
5. Beauty Tubes- The same word-of-mouth marketing company that contacted me a couple of months back to promote the Harajuku Lovers line has asked me to be part of a campaign promoting the new L'Oreal Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara. They are sending me some samples of the European version of the product in a week or so (the Canadian version is due out later this month I believe) and I'll be testing it out for all of you!
6. Queens Of Vintage- not too long ago Fraulein M. contacted me on Flickr to ask me if she could feature me in her online daily vintage magazine as one of the top 100 "queens of vintage"! I tried to play it cool, calm and collected, but the truth is underneath my composed exterior I was shaking with excitement!!! Keep an eye out for me here at some point in the upcoming weeks!
PHOTO FROM HEINI'S FLICKR7. Student fare
- The thought of going back to school is probably the main thing that's been helping me coast through the last couple weeks! Not only will it be nice for my brain to lap up some new and useful skills, but I'm also very much looking forward to my metro passes going down in price by 50% each month!
8. Dec 22- in 2 days it will be the shortest day of the year! that in and of itself is actually the opposite of exciting, but the bright side is that they start getting longer from there on out! (That is a sickeningly optimistic point of view that I inherited from my Father)
9. Christmas Brunch 2008- as outlined in the facebook event, Stefanie and I are hosting a (much smaller than last year) Christmas brunch at the Coop for some close friends and their loved ones. Lots of delicious foods will be nom'd and more-alcohol-than-is-normal-before-noon will be consumed. The dollar store gift exchange is also bound to be a hoot!
10. KPMG US tax department's Christmas cocktail- Aside from the fact that this is the only Christmas party that actually gives me a valid excuse to dress up in a pretty cocktail dress and wear red lipstick, Mike's office also caters the party at his boss's loft on the water in St Henri! Last year I spent an hour or two in the bathroom staring at the roman tub and magical-grotto-like shower! Waiters dressed like penguins pass around delicious canapes and free wine all night and I generally tend to forget all my problems (don't listen to me, i don't have any problems).
11. Hair appointment- my sisters friend is hooking me up sweet. getting my hair dyed white for under 50$ is making me pretty happy.
- getting my hair dyed white is making me pretty happy in general. change without going shorter is really nothing but positive!
PHOTO FROM ELINKAN12. The coop
- It seems like Stef and I agree on most things when it comes to decorating our place, which is why I'm so excited to see all the beautiful changes we make in the upcoming year! Imagine how magnificent the place will look by next summer! Something right out of The Selby or Designsponge or something!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The Dachshund Friendship Club
I did a post a WHILE back (too lazy to dig up the link) about this Dachshund October Fest business somewhere in the states. I really didn't have very many details and for some unknown reason I didn't take the time to look it up!
Well, a few months later I remembered this fantastic event while I was sifting through old posts and did the obvious research.
I had missed the Octoberfest by about a month, but promised myself I would catch the next one, which is in the spring.
Well I had forgotten about the whole ordeal until Isabel sent me a link to someone else's blog that had posted about the dang thing!
Well I promptly went to the Dachshund Friendship Club homepage to find out when and where my weiner dog and I would need to travel!
It turns out it's in April and it's not far at all! It's in New York City and is held twice a year (October and April) in Washington Park Square and I'M GOING TO BE THERE!
Who is into taking an early spring roadtrip to NYC for a day of walking in an ankle-deep-sea of HAPPINESS whilst singing along to the INTERNATIONAL DACHSHUND ANTHEM?!?!!?!?
Well, a few months later I remembered this fantastic event while I was sifting through old posts and did the obvious research.
I had missed the Octoberfest by about a month, but promised myself I would catch the next one, which is in the spring.
Well I had forgotten about the whole ordeal until Isabel sent me a link to someone else's blog that had posted about the dang thing!
Well I promptly went to the Dachshund Friendship Club homepage to find out when and where my weiner dog and I would need to travel!
It turns out it's in April and it's not far at all! It's in New York City and is held twice a year (October and April) in Washington Park Square and I'M GOING TO BE THERE!
Who is into taking an early spring roadtrip to NYC for a day of walking in an ankle-deep-sea of HAPPINESS whilst singing along to the INTERNATIONAL DACHSHUND ANTHEM?!?!!?!?
sweethearts on parade
My Christmas shopping is nearly over. Unfortunately the only things I have left to do require a whole bunch of creativity and craftiness which I'm lacking right now. Hopefully I will be feeling a little more inspired by the end of the day!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
A night in with Stef
STEF JUST GAVE ME MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT EARLY SO THAT I COULD WATCH IT IMMEDIATELY! SHE ALSO LET ME HAVE A SIP OF HER PORTO FLAVORED BREW!!!! EXPECT REVIEWS SOON ON TASTYBREWS!
I LOVE HER!
I LOVE HER!
(Glue) Gun Happy
There are certain wonderful items that are worth spending a little bit more money on, they are what I call "investments" because they are usually very special pieces that are either great quality, one of a kind or something I've been eye-ing for a very long time.
Hair accessories are not one of those things. I went on a mission to find some cute little pieces to accesorize my various Christmas outfits this weekend and found loads of adorable headbands and hair clips adorned with things like feathers, flower petals, bows, beads, etc. but most of them were selling for the price of a dress!!!!
I decided to attempt this DIY business everyone seems to be getting into and went to the dollar store (the one at Peel metro, the best one in Montreal!)and found the necessary arts and crafts materials.
i went home to my parents house to use their glue gun and within 10 minutes (and for under 10$) I managed to create 4 head bands and 3 hair clips that are perfect for the holidays!
Mike also tried his hand at being "artsy" and created a lovely decorated Kleenex box that we dedicated to my parents for their 23rd wedding anniversary!!
Hair accessories are not one of those things. I went on a mission to find some cute little pieces to accesorize my various Christmas outfits this weekend and found loads of adorable headbands and hair clips adorned with things like feathers, flower petals, bows, beads, etc. but most of them were selling for the price of a dress!!!!
I decided to attempt this DIY business everyone seems to be getting into and went to the dollar store (the one at Peel metro, the best one in Montreal!)and found the necessary arts and crafts materials.
i went home to my parents house to use their glue gun and within 10 minutes (and for under 10$) I managed to create 4 head bands and 3 hair clips that are perfect for the holidays!
Mike also tried his hand at being "artsy" and created a lovely decorated Kleenex box that we dedicated to my parents for their 23rd wedding anniversary!!
Thursday, December 11, 2008
girls that make me want to change my hair
I've been enjoying the process of growing out my hair now for several months and I'm happy to say I'm finally starting to see results.
But, although my do has gone from a boyish bob to a sweet shoulder length curl fest, I'm craving change again.
I refuse to go dark again after all the effort it took to come back to blonde last time, and I refuse to give in and cut it (which is usually what ends up happening when I'm going through phases like this) so I'm thinking about going against all my better instincts (pasty winter skin + matching white hair = potential for disaster) and going for something even lighter...
My plan is to accessorize my matching skin and hair colors with dramatic black and red headbands and makeup schemes.
I need opinions. help!
But, although my do has gone from a boyish bob to a sweet shoulder length curl fest, I'm craving change again.
I refuse to go dark again after all the effort it took to come back to blonde last time, and I refuse to give in and cut it (which is usually what ends up happening when I'm going through phases like this) so I'm thinking about going against all my better instincts (pasty winter skin + matching white hair = potential for disaster) and going for something even lighter...
My plan is to accessorize my matching skin and hair colors with dramatic black and red headbands and makeup schemes.
I need opinions. help!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Dreaming of Paris
It's only been two weeks since my return from Europe and somehow it already feels like a faraway dream! At least I have my memories of it, and they look just like an Ellen Von Unwerth short and are as heartbreakingly beautiful as Dylan Mackay in season 1 of 90210.
(I'm not in love with a fictional character......)
This morning my walk to the metro actually had me fearing for my life. Where once there were streets now there are skating rinks and the steps up from Ste Marguerite to that little alley that leads to the metro might as well have been set up for a luge race!
I did make it alive thank God, with time to spare to snap some pictures of the ice in the trees (one of my favourite winter sights).
The whole thing looked so fairy tale like it got me thinking about how I never really did post very many pictures of my trip on my blog! So I spent my morning at work setting up little frames and stuff (be forgiving, I'm just learning how to use Adobe and I'm self taught!) to show you guys some of my favourite shots from Paris.
I'll have to cover Nice and Spain in later posts because the pictures are still on Mike's computer.
Enjoy!
(I'm not in love with a fictional character......)
This morning my walk to the metro actually had me fearing for my life. Where once there were streets now there are skating rinks and the steps up from Ste Marguerite to that little alley that leads to the metro might as well have been set up for a luge race!
I did make it alive thank God, with time to spare to snap some pictures of the ice in the trees (one of my favourite winter sights).
The whole thing looked so fairy tale like it got me thinking about how I never really did post very many pictures of my trip on my blog! So I spent my morning at work setting up little frames and stuff (be forgiving, I'm just learning how to use Adobe and I'm self taught!) to show you guys some of my favourite shots from Paris.I'll have to cover Nice and Spain in later posts because the pictures are still on Mike's computer.
Enjoy!
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