Friday Foto Roundup: March 22 - April 4
Wish I Was Wearing Wednesday: the grandest lady in the Easter parade
Music Monday: The Book of Mormon
Yesterday a big group of my friends and I headed over to Detroit to see The Book of Mormon. It was amazing, hilarious, uncomfortable, surprisingly touching and catchy as hell. I wish the Toronto tickets hadn't sold out, like, instantly! I definitely want to see it again sometime.
Weekend Wishlist - Kate Spade: Spring 2013
I'm ready for spring.
It technically started on Wednesday but it doesn't feel like it yet.
I'm ready for pastels. Ok, so I wore them all winter but I am ready to see them more often.
I'm ready for florals.
I'm ready for light jackets instead of heavy long coats that cover everything.
I'm ready for bare legs and no socks.
I am just so ready.
I love everything about what I see in this video for this collection. The colours, the bold prints, the cuts.
I'll take one of each item in size fat please!
Friday Foto Roundup: March 8 - March 21
Wish I Was Wearing Wednesday: Stage Manager Swag
I've been involved in community theatre in my town since I moved back here almost 4 years ago but for the most part I've been on the stage. This play is my first time delving into the production team aspect of it and I am nervous but mostly excited.
I searched high and low on Pinterest for tips and tricks about stage managing and after reading countless memes about the tech crew in their all black attire, I headed for Polyvore for a little fun.
metamorphosis
I had been thinking for a while that I needed a change. Inspiration. A new spark.
I love blogging but I often feel I'm "not doing it right". Feeling uninspired and uninspiring. I needed a blogging spirit guide. I started re-reading one of my favourite people - Gala Darling's blog from the very first post. I'm still working my way through the 439 pages of beautiful content. I knew I needed to shake things up a bit.
These thoughts about change and inspiration were strongest last night.
I tried to compose a blog post explaning my feelings but words were failing me so I just logged off.
I woke up this morning to find 3 blogging spirit guides calling out to me.
Gala Darling announced that they were going on a world tour and one of their stops would be in Toronto.
This is it.
The thought of going freaked me out. What if I was awkard. What if I wasn't a good enough blogger. What if afterwards I STILL wasn't.
That's how I knew I had to do it.
11 things on the 11th: March 2013
The 11 things I am doing on February 11th 2013:
Eating a piece of Lindt Excellence Fleur de Sel Dark Chocolate.
Drinking green tea.
Craving chocolate covered potato chips.
Reading a bunch of digital magazines I got FREE on my iPad thanks to my new library card.
Listening to the first day's entry in the 21-day Meditation Challenge.
Watching a really annoying couple on 'Love it or List it'.
Surfing GalaDarling.com -- I've been on a mission to work my way through the entire blog from the very first entry.
Wearing black rubber boots with pink & purple flowers on them.
Making faces at my niece.
Noticing that it feels like spring is right around the corner!
Lusting after these Hot Pink Sequined Minnie Mouse Ears.
Friday Foto Roundup: March 1 - March 7
tHaulsday: Lush Skincare & Haircare Haul
Winter has really been taking a toll on my poor face and hair so it's about time I started whipping them into shape for spring.
I picked up (well picked them up off my porch after I ordered them online) the following products that I'll hope will do the trick.
- Dark Angels Facial Cleanser
- Eau Roma Water Toner Water
- Imperialis Facial Moisturizer
- Lovely Jubblies Breast Cream (yes, you read that right)
- Blousey Shampoo
- Roots Hair Treatment
- Sea Spray Hair Mist
After using these regularly for the remainder of March, I'm hoping to write up a review on how they did or didn't work out for me.
Hearts of the Month: February 2013
It's a few days late but boy have I got four great videos and an awesome article to share!
Article: Group of Men Have Played Game of Tag for 23 Years...
Music Monday: David Bowie
Friday Foto Roundup: February 8 - February 28
Brown Paper Baggin' It: Pull List in Review
A year ago, over on my old blog I wrote a post outlining all the series I was currently reading, stopped reading and was thinking of dropping. I thought it may be fun (well for me at least hah!) to look back and see what has changed or not one year later.
Of the 8 series I was subscribed to then, I am only subscribed to Avenging Spider-Man and Deadpool. Amazing Spider-Man and BPRD Hell on Earth: The Long Death have since ended and I dropped Batwoman, Journey into Mystery (after Kieron Gillan's Kid Loki story was over), Wolverine & the X-Men & Wonder Woman. I also stopped buying both Animal Man and Swamp Thing on my phone.
Last February I was considering subscribing to 9 other titles and of those right now I am only subscribed to Adventure Time.
Here's what my current pull lists consist of:
Subscribed titles:
- Adventure Time (BOOM! Studios)
- Avengers Assemble (Marvel Comics)
- Avenging Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)
- Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
- The Fearless Defenders (Marvel Comics)
- Hellboy in Hell (Dark Horse)
- Young Avengers (Marvel Comics)
- Deadpool Killustrated (mini-series) (Marvel Comics)
- Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake (mini-series) (BOOM! Studios)
I also read the comic Saga (Image Comics) digitally on my iPad mini. Not only am I completely LOVING the series, I am loving using my iPad to read it. I can see switching many of my titles over to the digital format. The "guided view" way the comic apps take you panel by panel through the story is perfect for me, who has many times lost out on the surprise moments when my eyes skipped ahead across the page before they were supposed to.
Fat Tuesday #3
The amazing Rachele at The Nearsighted Owl is running a 52 week e-course and blog series called HOW TO BE A FAT BITCH and I've enrolled as a student. You should too! Fat acceptance, fatshion and being your awesome self is the name of the game.
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Our assignment this week is:
Challenge yourself to wear something that you might have felt weary about in the past. Break up your routine with something different and you might open yourself up to some radical new styles!
I haven't had the chance to try out any new pieces of clothing but I have set myself some "style resolutions" that I'd love to take a crack at over the next year.
- Wear shorts and more sleeveless tops this summer
- Try a high waisted skirt
- Try some new bolder patterns
- Get a bikini! (This one freaks me out - so I know it has to happen)
Music Monday: Laura Mvula
Weekend Wishlist - Cosmic Love
As I mentioned in THIS POST, I've been seeing the word COSMIC pop up all over the place in my life recently and I'm loving it! I decided to celebrate with a cosmic themed wishlist.
Fat Tuesday #2
The amazing Rachele at The Nearsighted Owl is running a 52 week e-course and blog series called HOW TO BE A FAT BITCH and I've enrolled as a student. You should too! Fat acceptance, fatshion and being your awesome self is the name of the game.
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Our assignment this week is:
Reclaim the word fat and do something amazing with it. Make art, take photos of yourself with fat written on you, bake a cake with fat written in frosting, etc. I can't wait to see what you do!
In all it's fry supremey glory!
What do you love most about the word fat? How has the word fat evolved for you?
I sort of love the way it makes people uncomfortable when I use it to describe myself. After I stop laughing at the people trying to 'reassure' me that "you're not fat!" it usually opens a dialogue where I can explain how the word fat doesn't mean bad - it's simply the opposite of thin. I feel weirdly powerful when I use the word. I proudly proclaimed all over facebook and twitter "Fatties unite! TODAY IS OUR DAY!" to celebrate Fat Tuesday. I love the confused looks I get when I wear my shirt that says "I'm fat, let's party".
To be honest I can't really remember feeling that the word fat was a bad word. I was well aware that most of the rest of the world felt that way pretty early on. I remember being in elementary school on the monkey bars and having a boy in an older grade come up to me and saying "you can't do that - you're too fat" and me rolling my eyes and saying "pfft yes I can". Go 7 year old me! However, even though I never felt that fat was a bad thing, as I got older I started using "other people think fat is a bad thing" as an excuse for not trying things - sports in high school, dancing, dating etc. It's something I'm still working on, but it's getting better!
11 things on the 11th: February 2013
The 11 things I am doing on February 11th 2013:
Eating Kashi Fruit & Grain Dark Chocolate Coconut granola bar.
Drinking chocolate milk.
Craving movie theatre popcorn.
Reading Saga (issue #9).
Listening to the Harmontown podcast. Going back and catching up on all the episodes I've missed.
Watching Masterchef Australia: The Professionals.
Surfing Pinterest like a mad fool, searching for new seafood recipes.
Wearing Quo by ORLY nail polish in Bling it On, Philip Stein watch.
Making an epic to-do list.
Noticing the word COSMIC popping up a ton in my life. In the strangest places too. I'm loving it!
Lusting after this necklace.
Friday Foto Roundup: January 1 - February 7
The most amazing Tater Tots from PJ Clarke's in NYC.
Lobster Mac & Cheese from PJ Clarke's in NYC.
My first time seeing a van Gogh piece in person. I saw 4 that day. SUPER EMOTIONAL!
First ever Broadway musical too.
I feel weird saying arm candy - so this is my new wrist funtimes!
Getting ready for the RED themed art crawl.
Hanging out with my niece in her new playhouse.
I DIED A LITTLE WHEN THIS HAPPENED!