Time That You Won

OOTD; And I Go Back To..... Magenta

2011-10-15T16:53:00.000-07:00

Am I the star beneath the stairs,
Am I a ghost upon the stage,
Am I your anything?

And I don't want to die tonight; will you believe in me?
And I don't want to fall into the light.

Will you wish upon,
Will you walk upon me?
I don't want to die tonight.

Top from Primark; Sweater, Jeggings, and Fur from H&M; Bracelets by Chan Luu and Tarina Tarantino; Studs by Mimi And Marge; Ring by Rings Eclectic;

'Morningstar' will forever be a favourite of mine.

So, after a journey to Surrey for supplies, two strippings, two bleaches, two dyings, six showers, and only one towel coming into contact with chemicals, I've gone from black to magenta! In a perfect world I'd like a light pink, bubblegum if you will, but we couldn't strip/bleach out all the black dye from the tips of my hair so magenta will have to suffice.

I really love being an unnatural colour again. A part of me will always be that little punk girl with the dyed hair and piercings in high school, even if I feel like I've moved on a little bit.

I'd love to do a Raquel Reed-esque turquoise, but the black bits will have to grow out first. Lucky for me, my natural hair takes bleach extremely well; my roots went white and my friend (who is a blonde) proclaimed that her hair hadn't even gone that light when she'd bleached it.

I didn't go to a salon to have this done; a close friend of mine told me that she knew what she was doing, so we headed down to the only beauty supply store we could find that didn't require a licence to shop there (in *shudder* Surrey) and I trusted her to not let my hair fall out. It didn't; she did a better job then the some of the salons I've been too. Official hair dyer fo life.

When paired with my leather combat boots (which apparently I've never posted about on this blog...) or a pair of heeled ankle boots, this has become my go-to uni outfit. It's comfortable and warm, and I'm still better dressed than almost everyone else there v____v

Vancouver will never learn that Uggs and Lulu Lemon athletic wear are not stylish.

Tomorrow I am picking up, wait for it.....

Circle lenses!

My first pair. I got grey ones. Now I can officially be a member of 2NE1.

Love.

P.S. I was going through my pictures and found some of baby Elsie. This one was taken December 1st, 2007. She was not even nine weeks.

I can't believe she was ever that small...

OOTD; Madison, My Bitterness (AKA Back To Pink)

2011-10-04T23:49:00.000-07:00

"One of these days you're going to recognize

Just who you've thrown away.

Marilyn, my bitterness

I've fallen to a stranger nightmare

Marilyn, oh Marilyn

I cannot break away."

Jacket and skirt from H&M; Flats from Spring; Earrings by La Vie Parisienne; Ring by Bloodline; Glasses from Bang-On; Bag was;

thrifted

I think I'd be a good goth. Or at least half as cute as Adora BatBrat, which is more than sufficient for me.

School and illness got the better of me, I know. Forgiveness?

I'm enjoying school, though I find it really easy (save for statistics; I finished half the questions on our latest quiz then just handed it in. I didn't have a clue how to answer the other half. Teacher felt bad for me). English 100 will be the death of me however; we're learning how to use commas. Honest to god, fucking commas. How these kids managed to make it through life, much less school, is beyond me. And a kid in my Political Studies class thought France was currently a communist country. Can't even deal.

On the BRIGHT SIDE (hardy har har) look at me!

Question;

What make-up product are you obsessing over? For me it's highlighter; I've been using MAC Cream Colour Base in Pearl and MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof! overtop. So shiny...but it'll never be enough.

Love.

OOTD; Dog Walking Days Of Summer

2011-08-20T02:15:00.000-07:00

"I've been around the world and I've seen it all

I've been around the world

The sun will always rise and fall.

I've been around the world and I want you to see

I've been the only girl

All surrounded by mystery."

Top by Wilfred; Jeggings from H&M; Sunglasses by Ray-Ban; Necklace by Pyrrha; Shoes by Vans;

I know I haven't been around the world nor seen it all, but some days I feel like I have.

Someone once, ironically, asked me what I wore to walk the dog since I'm so dressed up most the time. Well, here it is: a button-up and jeggings. I wore a bit or 'Peach Petal' lipgloss by Revlon but it had rubbed off by the time I took these photos. I should do a proper review of Revlon lipglosses; they're amazing. Non-sticky, pigmented, beautiful. 'Peach Petal' gives the perfect nude lip.

I've bought five new lipglosses in the past couple months. Am I a new convert?

If anyone is wondering about Elsie, and I know you are, she is a leonberger.

I'm not affiliated with Animal Planet or anything (obvs). Everyone is curious about our gentile giant; as my mom put it,

"It's like walking a celebrity."

Even if you're not interested, the video shows puppies trying to get over a fence and getting stuck! So cute.

I know not the most interesting post in the word, but some days a girl just wants to walk her dog.

Love.

OOTD: Vancouver IMATS (VanCity is moving up in the world)

2011-08-05T21:42:00.000-07:00

"I try out a smile and I aim it at you

You must have missed it

You always do."

Dress from H&M; Belt from Zara; Watch from Value Village; Bracelets by Chan Luu and Club Monaco; Headband from Forever 21; Earrings and bag are my mothers; Shoes from Aldo;

I love this dress; it's a bit of an awkward length but I feel like nude heels will make it seem on purpose.

I'm not a headband person, but I jostled enough cool moms out of the way in a hectic Forever 21 to try this pearl one on and it actually worked. I think the key is to have your hair up; I have no idea how to work and elastic headband if your hair is down.

Make-up-wise I did my trademark cateye (it was IMATS, I had to do something!) but I'm just not feeling it anymore. I am preferring (gasp) just mascara and to play up my lips and cheekbones. It's a new era I suppose.

For those of you in the know, IMATS is The International Make-Up Artist and Trade Show; it's only Vancouver's second year hosting it, with the other events taking place in New York, Los Angeles, London, Toronto, and Sydney. You know, the big cities.

I went with my cousins, of which took these photos, and dove in headfirst to make-up land.

The point of IMATS is to showcase young make-up artists, to try new products, and to let make-up artists buy their tools at discounted prices. It draws a crowd becasue anyone, make-up artist or no, can buy the make-up. The biggest draw was the Make-Up Forever table; if you had waited two hours in line, you too could have recived Make-Up Forever products 30% off. I did not.

I did however stop by NYX Cosmetics, which was also offering 30% off and no tax. I got three lipsticks, a blush,a lipgloss, and the infamous Jumbo Eye Pencil in 'Milk'.

At Crown Brushes my cousins and I got super cheap mak-up brushes; I got about six and picked out matching ones for my cousin who is just starting out with make-up. Got her a blending brush, obvs.

Then what I was most excited for, Ben Nye! My only gripe is tha they were displaying the wheel concealer palettes, but not selling them. BUH. But they had an amazing deal where if you picked four of their shadows/blushes they'd give you a four pan palette free. So I made myself a little neutral eye kit. By far my favourite purchase.

I can't wait to back next year, and maybe then I'll get my concealer wheel.

Three things before I sign off:

1) I deleted all the GleeTips and MixCassettes. Starting fresh.

2) I'm thinking of doing outfit of the days on Youtube. I'll still post here, as this bloggy is my first priority, but I'd like to make a few and see how it goes.

3) I have an excuse for why these posts have been so few and far-between. Since July 27th I have been recovering from wisdom tooth extraction surgery. All four were pulled at once and the operation went smoothly. I slowly healed until about day four, where my the pain got worse everyday. The diagnoses was that I had two dry socket, muscle spasms, and a slight infection; I was given three new prescriptions, had my wisdom tooth holes stuffed with cloves (Yeah, they still use cloves to heal teeth) and am finally now on the mend. I haven't left this house this entire time except to go to the doctor, and today was the first day I ventured out for a quick walk with Elsie. These photos were taken July 23rd, but after lying in bed for a week I knew I wouldn't be dressing up anytime soon, so I delayed posting until I was healed. Does that make any sense? It did in my drug-addled brain. Anyway, I feel much better and will get back to life (and style) soon.

Love.

OOTD; Richmond Night Market

2011-07-29T16:56:00.000-07:00

"I've got a mother,

I've got a mother and she can pray,

So I said if I should die, and my soul becomes lost,

Then I know it's nobody' fault but mine."

Blouse, belt, and bracelet from Club Monaco; Jeans from H&M; Watch from Value Village; Necklace by Pyrrha; Bracelet by Chan Luu; Earrings and bag are my mothers; Shoes from Aldo;

Summer in Vancouver means the return of the Richmond Night Market; stalls open in the evening carrying goods important from Asia (some legal, most not) and while shopping is the focus, it's not why people really come.

The real reason? The food. My favourites include takoyaki (octopus), egg puffs, and (obviously) bubble tea.

These photos were taken by my friend Kelly in the fading light by the lot in Richmond where the Night Market takes place. That night I succumbed to $30 worth of 3D nail decals which will be worn with all the gyaru fervour I can muster (a lot).

More Seventies inspiration; I love blouses. They're just so much simpler and classic than a t shirt. I promise the nest outfit will be a little something different than all these flares.

On another note, my face hurts; I had my wisdom teeth about two days ago and my god, am I ever swollen. I gasped when I saw myself the day after my surgery; I have quite a shapely face, if I do say so myself, and my cheek bones are quite prominent. They're gone, replaced with chipmunk cheeks. My sister laughed when she saw my grotesque visage and my aunt sighed

"Oh dear."

No youtube videos until I am healed!

Love.

OOTD; Seventies Revival

2011-07-21T00:52:00.000-07:00

"Whenever I start feeling strong I'm called a bitch in the night,

But I don't need these fourteen karat guns to win,

I'm a women, I insist it's my life."

Top from True Value Vintage; Jeans from H&M; Belt from Zara; Clutch from H&M; Earrings were a gift from my dad; Bracelets by Tarina Tarantino ; Sunglasses by Ray-Ban; Shoes from Aldo;

I swear I'll get back to this blogging business.

I was recently told to take a 'leave of absence' from my job. What this means is I was fired for being too sassy, without severance. Then told I was welcome to come back in the school year, as I was the best sales person they had. No lie, I can hustle jewellery like nobody's business.

Don't worry, I'm not sad; I was going to quit the same day. I'm serious, no sour grapes.

Anyways, I thought it appropriate to have a going away dinner for myself with my coworkers; they really are the sweetest group of girls, and the most drama free sale staff you could ever wish to find.

I've been on a seventies kick recently; when talking about my favourite style decades with a friend, I claimed the fifties were my favourite, until she countered that I often look more seventies. I kind of do.

So I take back my above statement; the fifties, seventies, and the current decade are my favourite fashionable periods.

What do I like about the modern era? You can get away with shit like this.

The three bracelets I'm wearing are the nude, hot pink, and black version of the famous Tarina Tarantino lucite skull bracelets. When I bought my black one, the last one I bought, I told my friend I'd wear them all together. She judged, but it's so gaudy I can't not. Their eyes are crystals!

The blouse, shoes, and jeans are from this Youtube haul video; I have some more videos planned, so if you're into the whole Youtube thing, get up on that subscribe button.

All righty, I must sign off.

I'm postin this in the wee hours, though I cannot go to sleep after; tomorrow morning I am giving my friend a make-over (after she's lost twenty pounds!!!).

I'm thinking conservative pin-up girl meets The Big Bang Theory's Sheldon. You'd agree with me if you knew her.

Love.

YouTube; Summer Haul

2011-06-29T21:02:00.000-07:00

Love.

OOTD; Happy Gyaru Costco Time

2011-06-23T17:50:00.000-07:00

"She's gonna be a bitch until she's dead, bitch."

Sweater from H&M; Maxi dess from H&M; Necklace by Pyrrha;

Converse;

Long time no OOTD. Maxi dresses are the new Minieggs, I just can't get enough. My style has evolved tremendously since I last posted, as moving from your birthplace to the big city, then consequently moving back to aforementioned birthplace. I'm much less 'hipster/punk' and more 'bohemian/ladies who lunch'. It's a tricky balance.

This was quite a casual outfit, inspired by the picture on the bottom right of this Egg magazine scan, specifically the Gyaru model on the left.

I just went to Costco avec ma mere. I need to be comfortable when manoeuvring my cart through the throngs over stereotypical, middle-aged white people who look like they're related to me and the adult Chinese children taking their parents shopping as their version of a family outing, but with savings! Regardless of race, those baby boomers will cut me off in a second; they're probably jealous of my youth.

As you may have noticed, I included a song at the beginning.

New transistion; no more GleeTips, StylePoints, or MixCasettes. just wasn't into them anymore. Who am I, a university drop-out, to tell you how to live your life? And my friend pointed out to e that five songs a week were monotonous. So, I want to use this blog as almost exclusively outfits of the day, with a song post at the beginning I think you should hear. I will occasionally post articles (as I like to write) and I'm thinking about doing a monthly feature on films (as that's something I know a bit about).

Does this morally offend anyone? Will you still read my blog if it consists of outfits of the day, nails of the day, faces of the day, the occasional article, and maybe my ramblings on the latest films? Leave a comment and let me know.

Oh, and of course there will be Elsie.

Love.

Youtube; My bag, and perfumes that are my bag.

2011-06-23T17:33:00.000-07:00

Love.

TimeThatYouWon; On Youtube.

2011-06-15T16:09:00.000-07:00

Yesss, I now have a Youtube channel!

http://www.youtube.com/user/TimeThatYouWon

You can finally hear my nasally voice!

I will be doing all things make-up and style related, but don't worry, I shall not neglect this bloggy.

My first video is my morning routine fast-forwarded and accompanied by a jaunty French tune by Ottilie.

Enjoy (and subscribe).

Love.

NOTD Round-Up + Update

2010-11-29T14:32:00.000-08:00

Long time no see.
It’s been a difficult couple months for me, but I’m moving back to Vancouver in a couple weeks and will start posting again.
I thought moving to a different city would make everything better for me, but I realized that Vancouver wasn’t the problem, it was me.
I need to start being positive; this blog really helps.
Thank you so much whoever is still here, I love you.

Anyway, I’ve done tons of nail art lately, so I thought I’d show you.

'Pandamonium Pink' + 'Spring Romance' - OPI; 'Mint Candy Apple' - Essie

'What's With The Cattitude?' + 'Spring Romance' - OPI

'Greenwich Village' + 'Glow Up All Ready!' - OPI

'Suzi Says Feng Shui' - OPI; 'Chubby Cheeks' - Essie

'Vodka And Caviar' + 'You Don't Know Jacques' + 'You Lucertainly Look Marvelous' - OPI; 'Little Brown Dress' + 'Merino Cool' - Essie; 'Ruby Red SLippers' - Deborah Lippmann

Love.

"Don't say that it's easy, the hardest part is leaving."

2010-09-29T11:58:00.000-07:00

So, the five of you reading this have probably wondered where I've been the past month.

Am I on a grand adventure? Starting my life over? Facing my fears?

Well, yeah, kinda.

I've moved to Toronto for film school, if you'll recall this post.

I tend not to get too personal on this blog, and I won't, but it hasn't been an easy month. I may have made a mistake coming out here and pursuing film. I don't know.

That's really the basis of it, I don't know.

I've been out of it this past month, and emotionally I couldn't deal with much. So this blog? Kind of fell off the list of priorities.

But I have fun doing this, and maybe it'll bring some normalcy into a routine that is completely foreign.

Plus I've bought lots of clothes and nail polish since I've been here, despite my budget not allowing it. I'm sad, I can buy what I want.

So I'm back, along with Outfits Of The Day, Nails Of The Day, and MixCassettes.

I'm going to stop doing GleeTips; it's hard to be gleeful when you currently feel lost.

Thank you for still reading, and I'll see you soon.

QuestionOfTheDay;

What do you do when you feel lost? When you need an answer?

Or let's be shallow; what nail polish are you wearing right now? I'm loving Essie's 'Little Brown Dress'.

Love.

OOTD; Blind Friend Date

2010-08-14T09:21:00.000-07:00

Top from Primark; Blazer by Only; Jean cutoffs from American Eagle;

Lace tights from H&M; Toque from H&M; Clutch from H&M;

Shoes from Aldo; Necklaces by Pyrrha; Bracelet by Chan Luu;

Rings from H&M/Topshop/Mimi & Marge/The Richmond Night market/My mom;

'Colour So Hot It Berns'; 'Foxy';

By OPI and China Glaze

A few weeks ago, my manager mentioned that at our store’s Burnaby location another girl was going to the same university as me in September. Different program, but still, another Vancouver girl at the same school.
She gave her my number and, after some semi-awkward texting, I bit the bullet and invited her out for coffee.
A blind friend date, if you will.

I’m the type of person that either I click with you, or I have absolutely no idea how to talk to you. So this meet-up could have potentially been one of my worst ideas ever.
Luckily it was not.
She was super cool and really chill. We’re actually staying in the same building next year too, so I’ll at least know someone.

Anyway, for the outfit I went all out hipster; I need practice for Toronto.

Not the best picture, but I thought it looked cool.
Nails Of The Day are a combination of ‘Colour So Hot It Berns’ by OPI, and ‘Foxy’ by China Glaze on the ring fingers.
It’s an OK look, not as cool as my last one. They’re both good colours though; I wasn’t blown away by either, but I’m glad to have them in my collection and I’ll defiantly wear them both often.

QuestionOfTheDay;
What are you thinking of the Fall nail polish collections? Love or hate? Or just like them OK?

Love.

OOTD; Couldn't Pick A Favourite 'Arrested Deveolpement' Quote

2010-08-11T10:50:00.000-07:00

Top from H&M; Jean cutoffs from American Eagle; Tights form American Apparel;

Hat from Urban Outfitters; Clutch from H&M; Bracelets by Humanity/Club Monaco;

Necklaces from Pyrrah/Topshop/my mom; RayBans; Converse;

'Waters Edge'; 'You Don't Know Jacques';

By L'Oreal Paris and OPI

I hate my hair right now, thus my hipster fedora, which I bought two years ago at the height of the fedora phase.

This was taken last week after I went to get sushi with a friend.
She goes to Emily Carr, and was wearing a bright blue pencil skirt, so together we were quite the pair. Then we went back to my house and discussed life and nail polish, then watched two episodes of Arrested Development, which she’d never watched before. Needless to say she’s downloading all three seasons now.

I’ve started mixing gold and silver together lately; the middle necklace, the jade eye, was my stand by forever. My mom gave it to me one Valentine’s Day and I believe it brings me luck and love.
But now I mostly wear my Pyrrha seals, which are silver. Dilemma.

When I was in New York I bought the clock charm at Topshop, hoping I could pair it with my jade eye.
I’ve always been a ‘don’t mix your metals’ type of person, but that’s a bit outdated, isn’t it? I mean, I would never waer an earring and necklace set together, why hold on to another old jewellery rule?

Anyway, I like how those three necklaces look together.
It’s time to start getting crazy.

I really love the nails I had that week. It’s ‘Waters Edge’ by L’Oreal Paris, and ‘You Don’t Know Jacques’ by OPI.
I decided not to do alternating, but two and two fingers. My mom hated it, but I think it looked really cool and modern.

Getting my hair cut tomorrow! I’m so nervous. I know that’s a stupid thing to be nervous about, but I freak out every time I get my hair cut.
I’m too lame.

Love.

NOTD; "I'm afraid I just blue myself."

2010-08-04T14:34:00.001-07:00

'What's With The Cattitude?'; 'Catch Me In Your Net';

Both by OPI

‘Arrested Development’, anyone?

Sorry for the awful photos; lots of work and limited sunlight equals shaky camera handling.
Basically, I painted one hand ‘What’s With The Cattitude?’ and the other ‘Catch Me In Your Net’. I thought it looked cool; my mom grimaced when she saw it and my sister told me I looked stupid.

But I think this could be my new thing.

I am probably going to buy a few polishes from China Glaze’s Vintage Vixen and OPI’s Swiss collections respectively. I mean, I will if they’re out yet in Canada.
And by a few I mean probably eight or nine in total.

Love.

NOTD; Warm (Pride?) Nails

2010-07-28T13:43:00.000-07:00

'Need Sunglasses?'; 'The It Colour'; 'Atomic Orange';

'Vodka And Caviar'; 'Koala Bear-y';

All by OPI

My boss freaked out when she saw my nails.
This is the boss who tells me I’m ‘unique and funny’ AKA weird. But she was into this.

I liked it OK; I only kept it for two days, since there was something else I wanted to try nail-wise.

I know I should have kept these for pride, which is this weekend, but it’s not like I’ll be celebrating since I’m working Thursday to Sunday. Sigh.

Oh well. Next year.

QuestionOfTheDay;
All Laquered Up has posted swatches of the first half of OPI's new Swiss Collection.
Thoughts?

Love.

NOTD; Sparkles And Boring Black

2010-07-24T08:52:00.001-07:00

'Black Onyx'; 'Mad As A Hatter';

Both by OPI

There was no thought behind this manicure other than
“’Mad As A Hatter’ and a black creme would look good together.”

Then I painted random nails on each hand so it wouldn’t match. As a mad hatter should.
(Totally didn’t realise that I painted me ‘peace’ and ‘rock on’ fingers until it was time to take photos. Oh man.)

Love.

NOTD; The First Installment Of Crazy Nails

2010-07-20T16:47:00.000-07:00

'Pandamonium Pink'; 'Done Out In Deco'; 'What's With The Cattitude?';
'Who The Shrek Are You?'; 'Gargantuan Green Grape';

All by OPI

And so it begins.
The other day I pledged that for the rest of the summer, I was not going to do simple one colour manicures. No, my friend, it’s time for me to get creative.

I like how this turned out, but I should have used a pale yellow instead of ‘Who the Shrek Are You?’.
Sadly, I do not own one.

My other news? I will no longer be on the cusp of eye disease!

My mom and I bought matching Ray-Bans (She got black, I got tortoise shell), in her attempt to make me care about my ocular health. They’re like the ones I previously wore, but less oversized and more functional.

So basically I’m even more hipster than I was before.

And in the coming weeks I will become steadily more hipster; I’m getting new, bigger glasses. I’ve had the ones I wear since ninth grade, and it’s pretty much time. But I still have the same prescription, so I can still wear my black ones.
The new ones are YSL, and either tortoise shell or ‘walnut’, which is basically wood grain, but cooler than that sounds. I haven’t decided on what colour I want yet.

QuestionOfTheDay;
Do you think glasses are attractive on yourself, on others, etc. ?
I kind of do on others and a little bit myself, though I plan to get Lasik as soon as possible. I know how annoying they are, so I can’t look at someone and be think that they’re so much better off with glasses.
I think they’re good for casual looks, but you can’t really wear elaborate eye shadow or dangly earrings with them.

Love.

OOTD; It's Too Hot For Me To Come Up WIth A Title. Sorry.

2010-07-17T08:26:00.000-07:00

Skirt from H&M; Tank top from H&M; Tights from American Apparel;
Bracelets by Chan Luu and Humanity; Ring and studs by Mimi And Marge; Earrings by Alexis Bittar;

Necklace by Pyrrha; Sunglasses from Urban Outfitters; Shoes from Aldo;

'Vodka And Caviar' nail polish by OPI;

A slightly fancier average work outfit, but I tried to tough it up with my Pyrrha seal and shoes.
This is the first day I wore my new $30 dollar sale shoes. They’re awful quality, the silver was scratched and the leather creased after two wears, but they were too rock and roll too pass up. And I’m not someone who get’s super bothered when my clothing isn’t perfect.

Not much to report, honestly; I’ve been to a few parties and diners celebrating my friends who have returned from university, I’m halfway though Pokemon Heart Gold, and I was left home alone for two nights for the first time ever (I know, I’m nineteen, but my mom’s super protective about these things, and this time my younger sister wasn’t with me).

My family went to a wedding out in rural B.C., but I stayed behind, partly so that Elsie didn’t have to go to the kennel, partly because I didn’t want to ask for time off work, and mostly because I just didn’t want to go.
I worked both days anyway, so I was barely home. Except I only slept two hours one night (I can’t sleep in the heat) so I guess that makes up for it.

I really like red nail polish now; this is ‘Vodka And Caviar’ from OPI’s Russian collection. I was actually trying to buy ‘A Oui Bit Of Red’, but I couldn’t find it in the salon, and this looked like a good enough dupe.

Obviously this picture was taken before my ‘I’m going to paint my nails different colours for the rest of the summer’ revelation.
Stay tuned for many gradients, mixing of finishes, and sometimes I’m just going to paint my nails ten different colours and see where that gets me.

Another nail update; you may have noticed that my nails aren’t long anymore. That’s because they’re all broken.
I did two courses of OPI’s Nail Envy, then decided my nails were Superman and that I didn’t need the stuff anymore.
Obviously, I was wrong, and they’re their most broken in probably a year.
Fear not though, I bought a new bottle of Nail Envy ($20 v_v) and hopefully I’ll be able to grow long nails again.

QuestionOfTheDay;
What are you going to bust out this summer, clothing/cosmetic-wise?
Mine’s my nails obviously, and shorts with tights, but I do that every summer.
Reply in the comments! <3

Love.

OOTD; Typical Summer Work Attire

2010-07-15T17:28:00.000-07:00

Tank top from H&M; Skirt from Zara; Toque from H&M;

Tights from American Apparel; Necklaces by Pyrrha; Flats from Aldo;

'Pandamonium Pink' nail polish by OPI;

Even in the summer, toques and black tights reign supreme.

I probably show so much bra at work. Oh well.

QuestionOfTheDay;

What do you think of nail art/crazy coloured nails?

I was going to post this earlier but Fuck Yeah Pretty Nails distracted me. I think at times it can look trashy, but the girls on this tumblr do it amazingly. Especially her.

My goal for this summer is to paint my nails different colours. As in on one hand.

So no more colour manicures for me.

Love.

OOTD; Inventory Whilst Looking Kind Of Hipster

2010-06-30T01:18:00.000-07:00

Grey sweater from H&M (worn as a dress); Black leather jacket from New Look; Black tights from American Apparel;

Grey toque from H&M; Leopard sunglasses from Urban Outfitters; Bracelet from Club Monaco;

Rings from H&M and Rings Eclectic; Necklace by Pyrrha;

Pyramid and rose studs by Mimi And Marge; Black flats from Aldo; Black men's laptop bag from H&M;

'Waters Edge' nail polish By L'Oreal Paris;

Boring outfit, but that’s what I came up with at 5:30 in the morning; the store I work for had to do its semi-annual inventory, and I was chosen to participate. It wasn’t bad; all I had to do was count stuff, and that’s pretty much it.
Afterwards, a co-worker and myself had coffee and talked about life, work, and the future. It was actually pretty deep, but I’m known to spill my guts in the local coffee establishment.

I know I haven’t been posting lately; I worked eight days in a row last week (which is illegal, but no one stopped me) and had the intentions of writing a bunch or articles over the weekend, which I had off.
Friday after work I came home to some bad news, and Saturday was spent in bed, then telling myself not to be a loser, to get up and deal with problems instead of running away.

I’m not sure if my problem is solved, but I’m going to stop moping.
No one likes negativity.

One thing this past weekend taught me was that every once in awhile, someone will come through for you.
“Don’t worry; I’ll take care of it.”
That’s what my dad told me Friday night, and Monday morning he did. We used to fight, we used to yell, but when it comes down to it, he’s there for me.

Anyway, not to get too deep and in your face, so let’s get to some nails of the day.

I know. I bought drugstore nail polish. Two bottles even.
I absent-mindedly wandered into Shoppers last week and noticed a display of L’Oreal Paris nail polishes, and the one I’m wearing, ‘Waters Edge’, immediately caught my eye.
It’s that hipster colour that everyone’s been wearing, that shade that OPI won’t seem to create. So I had to look into alternative methods, mainly L’Oreal Paris.

I also bough ‘High Tide’ because it was so weird; I kind of shimmering pale blue/grey. It’ll look awful on, but it was too strange not to buy.
There was also a bright blue that was really pretty, but it looked too much like ‘What’s With The Cattitude?’ by OPI and I couldn’t justify it.

Onto more materialism; I have a mini jewellery haul!

My Pyrrha seal finally came!!!
This is the one I’ve wanted for forever but the store didn’t have it in stock. Then I learned I could special order it.
It’s the swan, which represents “A lover of poetry and learning, someone who enjoys the beautiful things in life”.
I showed my co-workers and they all agreed it was very me. I take that as a complement.

I also bought these La Vie Parissienne earrings in gold.

I want to start wearing more gold jewellery, even though I recognize that I look better in silver. It’s hard; everything I own is silver save four necklaces and a couple rings. Which sounds like a lot, but for me it isn’t.

QuestionOfTheDay;
Share a time that someone came through for you, melted your heart, made you smile, etc. More of a statement really, but you know. Pus it in the comments.

Love.

MovieRave; Exit Through The Giftshop

2010-06-23T10:16:00.001-07:00

I don’t force my friends to see these little independent and foreign film with me; they just know it’s easier to go see it than argue with me, plus I’m usually right (Except for ‘The White Ribbon’. I’m sorry, Sara). Case in point I scoffed at the idea of seeing ‘Robin Hood’ and wanted to go see the documentary ‘Exit Through The Giftshop’, the first film by street artist Banksy.

I got my way. But my friends really enjoyed the film, so all’s well that ends well. And they got popcorn out of it.

The film is taglined as ‘The incredible true story of how the world's greatest Street Art movie was never made’, and follows a man named Thierry Guetta. Guetta, a Frenchman who moved to L.A., has one passion in life: filming absolutely everything. He falls in with a new up and coming art movement called ‘street art’ and film the artists responsible under the guise of him making a documentary.

He films and becomes friends with the infamous Banksy, and Banksy decides to turn the cameras on Guetta and his foray into the art form he loves so much.

This movie is hilarious; documentaries are often serious, and dark, but the subject matter of ‘Exit Through The Giftshop’ is art. How can you take art seriously?

The film shows the highs of art, new artists being creative and making a difference, and the lows, rich socialites and collectors spending millions of dollars on something they view to be ‘the next big thing’, all the while being completely tongue in cheek.

If you want to add another layer to the film, many critics are saying it’s not a documentary; is ‘Exit Through The Giftshop’ an honest look at an eccentric Frenchman’s life, or just another Banksy hoax? It is Banksy, after all.

Basically, the film delves into what constitutes as an artist (“Thierry broke all the rules. But there aren’t supposed to be any rules in art.”), while remaining entertaining throughout.

Love.

Haul; Silver And Fakeness

2010-06-10T09:04:00.000-07:00

Mimi And Marge Silver Pyramid Studs; Mimi And Marge Silver Ring; Wrap Bracelet from Club Monaco (Total Chan Luu knockoff);

What I bought before I dalinaced off to New York City. The pyramid studs have replaced my spike ones, and I have two in one ear and one in the other, since my coworker bought them two pairs and gave me one <3

Expect more fake Chan Luu's; it makes me a bad person, I know, but for $34.00? I can't not, I just can't.

Love.

OOTD; West Vancouver + DS Ramblings

2010-06-08T10:46:00.000-07:00

Tank top from H&M; Black blazer by Only; Black leggings from American Apparel;

Pyramid Studs by Mimi And Marge; Earrings by Alexis Bittar; Neckalces by Alexis Bittar and Pyrrah;

Bracelets by Chan Luu and Humanity; Black flats from Aldo;

Long time no OOTD. Time to remedy that.
I wore this to work in the company I work for’s West Vancouver location. So I had to look classy on the outside and dead on the inside to fit in, naturally. Jaykay, I don’t hate you, West Van.

I chickened out in buying a Nintendo DS this day. By the time I post this, hopefully I will have bought one.
I didn’t know how expensive they were; I assumed that since they’d been out for a while they’d be about $80 or something, but alas, it’s like $120 - $140. Plus then I have to buy Pokemon Heart Gold, obviously.
I think I’ll justify it by saying that I need it for the many plane rides between Vancouver and Toronto that I am about to experience.

I’ll be working a lot at the West Vancouver location, which I actually don’t mind; I love the girls there and I like going to a new environment. It’s almost like a vacation, but it’s still work, if that makes any sense.

Oh, and do you love the hipsterness of the tank top? I bought it, then announced the next day to my coworkers that I’d bought the most hipster top in life.
They did not disagree.

Nails of the day was another gradient, which elicited many complements from my customers, as well as a woman stroking my hand. So uncomfortable
I used ‘Done Out In Deco’, ‘Parlez-Vous OPI?’, and the famed ‘Lincoln Park After Midnight’ all by OPI. I decided to leave out my other sparkly purples and keep it all creams to give it some kind of consistency.

Hopefully I’ll get some MovieRaves up soon, since there’s a couple that you need to see.

QuestionOfTheDay;
What colour DS should I get?

Love.

P.S. ‘True Blood’ starts soon. So fucking excited, I can’t even…

NYC; Recap

2010-06-06T13:23:00.000-07:00

So I’ve had a busy two weeks; I meant to write a bit about my trip to New York City, but upon arriving at YVR and consequently Vancouver, I learned I was working the next five days in a row.
I never do that. Unless it’s Christmas, which it’s not.
Not that I minded tons, but being on your feet for eight hours (and one six hour) days makes it hard to concentrate when you collapse when you get home. I need to get insoles or something.
Regardless, I have a ‘weekend’ (two days off in a row), and said New York write-up is here.

~

We left Tuesday, May 18th in the night; the flight wasn’t until past ten, but we always do the North American ‘come three plus hours early’ thing.
I love how deserted YVR is at night, but I kind of love airports in general. Maybe they represent adventure, maybe it’s the abundance of Starbucks and that reminds me of home. Anyway, love those airports.

We flew Cathay Pacific Airlines, which I love. Basically, they go from Hong Kong to Vancouver to New York to Vancouver to Hong Kong and so on and so forth. Apparently there’s money in that route.
There are TVs, adequate food, and the flight attendants are always nice. I watched ‘Nowhere Boy’, which isn’t even out in Vancouver yet. I enjoyed it, but I would have enjoyed it more without the two kids screaming in Chinese behind me.

Sidenote; That was the third flight in a row I had kids behind me. It’s like the airlines find the person who can’t stand children the most (me) and put kids behind them.

We arrived in New York at about seven in the morning, but couldn’t check in until about three. Figured.
My sister was dressed in her airlines best in a shirt she usually sleeps in, Lulu Lemon pants, and no make-up. She knew we probably wouldn’t get the rooms until the afternoon, but she was willing to take the chance of an early check in.

Tired and oily from the make-up from the night before, we decided to go on the harbour tour, then a walk on Madison Avenue in which I saw Courtney Love, and then our rooms were ready. I then slept, which was so sweet.
My sister woke me up many hours later and said ‘It’s time for dinner!’ and I groggily walked with my family to Becco, and amazing Italian restaurtant, and my favourite of the trip. Basically, they have a prix fixe where you get salad and three pastas. They even volunteered to make mine vegetarian without me asking, which was incredibly sweet.
Sidenote; New Yorkers are super into Canadians, I found. The harbour tour guy asked us ‘Washington or Canada?’ when he found out we were from Vancouver, and yelled ‘Au revoir, les Canadienes!’ after us when we left the boat. The waiter at Becco literally yelled “Oh my god!’ when he found out we were form Canada, and was all excited to talk to us about it. It was all really sweet.

The next day we went to the MoMA and saw 'The Artist Is Present', and saw ‘West Side Story’ on Broadway; I wasn’t impressed by the play. The actors hadn’t been chosen for their singing voices, and I felt it was kind of flat. But after the play, at Joe Allan’s restaurant, I had the most memorable New York experience.

I met Michael Emerson aka Ben from ‘Lost’.

Joe Allan’s was super packed; the waitress lead us to our seats, and sat us down. When I looked up he was directly across from me at the bar with a friend, and my jaw dropped. I whispered to my mom and dad and debated talking to him. Finally, I mustered up the courage, plus I actually did have to get up and go to the bathroom, and decide to talk to him.
I just put my hand on his arm, since he was turned away from me, and said
“I just wanted to tell you that I love ‘Lost’, and that Ben is my favourite character.”
He shook my hand and said
“That’s very sweet thank you for telling me that.”
Then he turned around and smiled at my sister.

I was shaking, which is so embarrassing because I’m not a celebrity obsessed person. But he’s my favourite character on my favourite show, and that was huge.
Oh, and guess who else was in the restaurant. Jorge Garcia, who plays Hurley on ‘Lost’. Michael Emerson said goodbye to him as he was leaving, and since we were leaving at the same time as him, he said goodbye to us. My dad told him to not spoil the finale for us and he laughed. Then we all left and my night had been made.

Friday we shopped and I went to the Alexis Bittar boutique in Soho, but didn’t buy anything. Then I went to Topshop and bought a top, some rings, and a necklace. Spoiler alert, that’s all I bought this trip; last time I went to New York I didn’t buy much either. I don’t know why. London was more of a shopping town for me.

The next day was more bus tours and me wandering around SoHo by myself and being asked for direnction by tourists who thought I was a New Yorker (!!!) and meeting Jesse Tyler Ferguson from Modern Family. We were just passing on Greene St. and I called
“I love Modern Family!”
And he smiled and said ‘thank you’.

That night we saw the amazing ‘American Idiot’; you need to see this play. I was blown away.
My dad was in charge of buying tickets when we were in New York, and I’m so happy he picked ‘American Idiot’; if you know the CD, if you like Green Day, or even if you grew up in the nougties you will love this play.
It takes the story of the rock opera described in the album ‘American Idiot’, adds to it, and brings it to visualization. Plus the actors were defiantly chosen for their singing ability (I’m looking at you, Stark Sands and Tony Vincent).
I loved it.

On the last day we had a leisurely breakfast, went to the Museum of Natural History, and at the last minute, and at the assistance of my sister, purchased tickets to ‘Rock Of Ages’, our third Broadway show.
My parent loved it more than ‘American Idiot’; I didn’t, but I was thoroughly entertained by it, even thought Constantine Maroulis was in LA for the American Idol finale and his understudy was performing his roll.
Basically, I think any red blooded male should see this play; it’s a comedic look at 80’s rockers making it in LA in, obviously, the 1980’s. They gave us fake lighters that lit up to sway at the ballads, which was an awesome touch.

Then it was off to JFK, which looks so ghetto compared to YVR, but what airport doesn’t?
Another celebrity sighting: my sister met and took a picture with Nick Jonas in the airport, and he smiled at me. He was so sweet; he was obviously exhausted, but he took two pictures with my sister. He didn’t have any bodyguards around him, which I thought was odd, but my sister was the only who asked for a picture that I saw.
She freaked out for over an hour afterwards, with shaking and everything. And she doesn’t even like the Jonas Brothers.

Then it was home to Vancouver with a crying baby on the flight. But it wasn’t behind me, so that’s OK.
We got home at about one in the morning and went to sleep.
Then we watched the ‘Lost’ finale the next morning, and now my life has no meaning.
But I had fun in New York.

~

More posts to come this week, now that I have time to write. Expect new nail polish, a small haul, and my musing on whether or not I buy a Nintendo DS within the next week.

Love.

NOTD + Haul; Cattitude And Rings

2010-05-18T14:17:00.000-07:00

C’est ‘What’s With The Cattitude?’ from OPI’s Shrek Forever After collection (I’m assuming its Puss’ polish). It’s a light blue that doesn’t delve into neon, nor pastel. It’s a happy medium, and I love it.
I also bought ‘Who The Shrek Are You?’ but forgot to take pictures of it. I’ll defs where it again though; it’s so weird. It’s the type of polish that gets both “OMG, I love your nails!” and disapproving double takes.

H&M have been having a jewellery sale; buy two pieces of ladies jewellery and get one free, so I bought these three rings.

And I’ve been wearing the black stone with my Rings Eclectic one.

Too much? I don’t think so.

I actually need to do another haul soon; I’ve bought a silver ring and silver pyramid studs (!!!) from Mimi & Marge, and a fake Chan Luu wrap bracelet from Club Monaco.

But don’t worry, I’ll be wearing all of them soon, because tonight I leave for New York City.
It’s my family’s annual summer vacation, and NYC was chosen this year.
So when I don’t tweet or blog for a week, you know I’m not dead.
Expect a huge haul, and maybe even some new Alexis Bittar?

QuestionOfTheDay;
What do you think about flying?
I’m personally not a fan; I get motion sickness really easily. I’ve downloaded six new albums to keep me company though, and I think the airline we’re using has TVs. Having said all this, I love airports; maybe they represent adventure for me, or maybe it’s because YVR is legit. Seriously, nicest airport I’ve ever been too.
If you don’t like flying, how do you relax?

See you in a week <3

Love.

MovieRave; The Secret In Their Eyes

2010-05-15T12:42:00.000-07:00

This has been long overdue; a couple weeks ago I went to see the film that won ‘Best Foreign Film’ at this year’s Oscars, Argentina’s ‘The Secret In Their Eyes’.

The story is set in Buenos Aires in 1999, but flashes back to the 1970s; Benjamín Esposito is a retired justice official who is writing a novel about a specific case he worked on dealing with the rape and murder of a young girl.
He visits his old boss and the husband of the young woman and tries to make sense of the thirty year old case, and come to terms with his love for his boss.

In the flashbacks, we see Esposito unsatisfied with the two construction workers being tried for the rape and murder, and he knows that they are only being used as a scapegoat. As he gets to know the young woman’s husband, he begins to look through her life and sees within old photographs that one of the women’s old friends doesn’t look right in the eyes.

That’s an awful summary, I know, but there’s no way to say anything without spoiling the entire movie.
I will say this; you need to see it.

So many scenes tugged at the heartstrings; Morales, the husband, waiting at the train station everyday to find his wife’s killer, the turning over of the photographs, ‘TE MO’ becoming ‘TE AMO’ because, remember, the ‘a’ on the typewriter never worked.

Despite the heart warming moments, the end is plain disturbing, yet a relief, if that makes any sense.

I know this is a lacklustre review, but there are so many twists and surprises in this film that any resemblance of a synopsis would be covered in spoilers.

One more reason to see this film?
You’ll never guess the ending. I promise you.

Love.

FOTD; Violetta Lips

2010-05-08T08:43:00.001-07:00

Face

Almay Nearly Naked Foundation in Buff

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light

MAC Powder Blush in Harmony

MAC Eyeshadow is Phloof! (Highlight)

Brows

Anastacia Brow Duo in Ebony

Maybelline Great Lash Mascara in Clear

Eyes

Covergirl Lashblast Length Mascara in Black

MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof! (Browbone and inner corner, not on the lid)

Sephora Nano Eye Pencil in White

Lips

NYX Lip Pencil in Fuschia

MAC Lipstick in Violetta

Despite the way it looks in the tube, ‘Violetta’ is not a scary colour, I promise you.

I love the look of almost naked eyes but with an incredibly bold lip.
I don’t think it’s too much for day, obviously, since I wore this to work.

QuestionOfTheDay;
What do you think of white eyeliner on the waterline? I have the one from Sephora, just because I wanted to try it out. I’m on the fence; I think it worked with this look, but most of the time it looks so fake. Thoughts?

Love.

OOTD + MovieRave; Kick Ass

2010-05-04T08:21:00.000-07:00

Grey sweater from H&M; Nude skirt from Zara; Black tights from American Apparel;

Black beret from H&M; Necklace by Pyrrah; Bracelets by Humanity and Chan Luu;

Rainbow studs by Juicy Couture; Ankle boots from Spring; 'A Oui Bit Of Red' nail polish by OPI;

I was unsure about adding the beret to this look, but it was just too plain without it.
I felt very French shop girl in this outfit, which is appropriate since I’m a Canadian shop girl.

Since I felt so French, this polish was a good choice. It's 'A Oui Bit Of Red' from OPI's France collection, naturally.

When I get the opening shift I’m off at six, so I usually call someone to see if they want to get dinner or see a movie.
Unfortunately, no one wanted to see ‘Chloe’, so ‘Kick Ass’ was chosen instead.

SideNote; Did you know that at Scotiabank theatres you get a free medium drink and popcorn with your admission?
Totally didn’t know that and bought tons of food at T And T. Oh well. Now I just have lots of strawberry Pockey. Which is never a bad thing.

Anyway, ‘Kick Ass’.

Loved it. And I totally didn’t think I would.
I wasn’t sure what to expect; some trailers billed it as a comedy, others as an adventure. ‘Kick Ass’ was both, but with twists of drama thrown in.

The film’s about a geeky high school kid who decides to ‘fight crime’ in New York. One of his victories is put on Youtube and he becomes an overnight sensation, and life’s awesome. Until he realizes that there are real bad guys (with guns) out there, along with something even scarier, real super heroes.

One of the things I really liked about the plot was how they didn’t portray Kick Ass, or Dave, as invincible or an anything more than the average teenager. He can’t kill anyone, he doesn’t have any weapons, but he can get stabbed. A lot of superhero movies fail because the hero immediately becomes invincible, but ‘Kick Ass’ succeeds because we watch him struggle to fight crime.

If that doesn’t convince you, see this movie for the cinematography; it was shot beautifully. The camera angles mirror a comic book (which the movie is based on), and during fight scenes we are able to see exactly what the character sees, including every punch thrown their way.
Need another reason? The soundtrack. Listen to the theme. I love Mika.

The cast is pretty solid, complete with a creepy Nick Cage and thirteen year old Chloe Moritz, who I really hope we see more of. The main guy was cute (almost too cute to be a social outcast, Hollywood) and McLovin was in it. I find his so endearing. Don't know why.

Basically? See this movie; it was comedic, dark, colourful, and action packed. And that’s coming form someone who hates action movies.

Love.

P.S. LOL at me trying to find a good place to take pictures in my house. Having said that, I like the ceiling of my basement, and the floor of my kitchen. Very nice for some dimension, or a head ache.

Haul; NYX

2010-04-29T08:30:00.000-07:00

I’ve heard tons about NYX Cosmetics through the Youtube beauty community.
The verdict? Some of the best drugstore quality products out there.

I can only think of one grocery store that supplies NYX, and last week I happened to stumble in.
I ended up spending $35. So much for saving.
Anyway, $35 bought me four lip liners and a ten shadow palette. Not bad.

Coral, Pinky, Fuschia, Rose

What attracted me to NYX were the lip liners; they come in more colours than most luxury brands. In fact, this longing for NYX happened after asking a MAC artist which lip liner to buy for Vegas Volt lipstick, and having her tell me that “MAC doesn’t really make a lip liner for that shade.”
Well, bam, I found one.

Coral pencil is on the left, with MAC’s Vegas Volt on the right.
So if Coral fits Vegas Volt, I imagined I could match my other odd lipsticks.

Pinky pencil is on the left, then MAC’s Show Orchid.
I love this. Finally a pencil that suits my favourite shade of all time, Show Orchid.

Fuschia pencil is on the left, MAC’s Violetta is on the right.
Unfortunately, these aren’t a perfect match; Fuchsia is too pink. But they’re close enough, and they do look good together when blended.
I know it looks the same as Pinky, but I promise you it's a bit more purple/dark.

Rose pencil is on the left, MAC’s Viva Glam Lady Gaga in the middle, and MAC’s Angel on the right.
I bought Rose to match the majority of my pink lipstick.

I personally love these; though they’re not as smooth as a MAC pencil, they are a great deal at $4.99 per gram, versus MAC pencils at $15.50 per 1.45g.
I’d rather spend money on the lipstick itself than the liner.

Next I bought NYX’s Champagne And Caviar eyeshadow palette at the recommendation of a friend.

(Ha, you can see my dream catcher in the mirror’s reflection.)
It's a neutral palette, with a mix of matte shades and some slightly shimmery ones.

This type of thing is perfect for me; if I do eyeshadow, I either go full out with MAC’s Humid and Beauty Marked shadows, or I just do a neutral eye.
This from now on is going to be my go-to palette for eyeshadow.

You will need a primer for these shadows, I use Urban Decay Primer Potion, but they stayed on a full work day. The colour faded a bit in the crease, but even MAC shadows do that at times.

Again, I wouldn’t call them MAC quality, as they’re not as smooth or pigmented, but they are much better than anything Covergirl or Revlon is offering.
The only gripe I have is that the palette itself is really hard to open. Am I just weak?

Anyway, I’m happy I bought all this NYX. And I hear their false lashes are really good too.

QuestionOfTheDay;
Have you ever used NYX? What did you think?

Disclaimer: I bought this with my own hard-earned $35. Nothing was sent to me, and everything written is my opinion.

Love.

OOTD; BBTB + The Biggest News I've Ever Received

2010-04-27T08:49:00.000-07:00

Grey henley from H&M; Grey jeans by Cheap Monday; Leather jacket from New Look;
Aqua (That's the colour I'm calling it) scarf from Le Chateau; Ring by Alexis Bittar; Earrings by La Vie Parisienne;

Black flats from Aldo; Brown leather bag from H&M (The one I never take pictures of); 'Go On Green' nail polish by OPI (Didn't do a NOTD on it, sorry!);

BBTB stand for ‘bubble tea buddies’, just so you know.
My friend and I celebrated the end of her first year at Emily Carr by drinking bubble tea, walking in the rain, and gossiping. I had strawberry green tea if you’re curious, and it was delicious.

I’m so excited; all of my friends are getting out of university so we can finally hang out! Before it was all exams, cramming, and not being able to hang downtown after work with me.
It’s hard when you’re working, but all your friends are off at university. I mean, except for the advantage of being able to afford more than they can, but then again you always feel a bit guilty when you get Starbucks and the get Tim Hortons. But I digress…

Speaking of spending money, I’ve got a bit of a haul, including the aqua scarf pictured above (Le Chateau has dozens of colours, and all for $15!), a new pair of black flats, and some earrings I’ve been lusting over for months.

I needed a new pair of black flats, plain and simple, and these were only $45, ergo, I needed them. I like them a lot more than my other flats actually; I think it’s the pointed toe I like.
I don’t normally like flats with jeans on myself, but I think the pointy toe makes this work.

Now onto earrings!!!
I’ve always wanted these La Vie Parisienne ones, but they were pricey. Having said that, I’ve recently come into some good fortune, and decided I needed a treat. They’re super sparkly because of the Swarovski crystals, and I love the touch of pearls. Plus they’re super light.
I think I’m going to buy the gold version of these as well; I justify it with the fact that I cut my hair short, and you can finally see the earrings I’m wearing.

Now, I have an announcement. The good fortune I was talking about?
I’m going to Toronto in the fall to study film.

I can’t even describe how happy I feel; this was the university with the fashion program I couldn’t get into last year, the one that left me crushed when they waitlisted me and didn’t let me in. As upset as I was, as without a plan as I was, I discovered that fashion, though a passion of mine, probably wasn’t for me, which made me realise I need to have a career in film.
I’m nervous about moving, nervous about how much work the program will be, but I’m so excited I finally have the chance to go to university.

Oh, and to add insult/gloating rights, the university also accepted me into their journalism program. Where was all this last year?

Anyway, I’m excited to announce this on my blog, since I’ve had to keep it on the epic dl in real life; I’m not going to tell my job I’m leaving until after my family vacation in May.
So basically, I can’t tell them until June. No Facebook announcements for me.

QuestionOfTheDay;
What’s the best thing to happen to you lately?

Love.

P.S. Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter, and on Blogger as well! Then you’ll know precisely when I post a new blog.
=)

NOTD; Gradient Nails

2010-04-15T08:44:00.001-07:00

TheStory; I originally painted my nails one of my favourite colours, 'You Don't Know Jacques', but upon peering out the kitchen window and witnessing the sunlight, I decided that it wasn't going to be a very taupe week.

'Mad As A Hatter' was going to remedy that, but then I thought of a picture I'd seen in Cosmo the other day.
Alternating nails.
Some slutty girl on a red carpet somewhere had done white and black, but I had a better idea.

Gradient nails.

I don't know if I love the overall effect, regardless, I think it's fun, I'm going to keep it for the rest of the week.
It's received mixed reviews; on coworker thought it was the best thing ever, the other refused to comment, and my customers seem to like it, or at least want to talk about it ("Are those your real nails?").

Btw, I used 'Gargantuan Green Grape', 'Greenwich Village', and 'Jade Is The New Black', all by OPI.

QuestionOfTheDay;
What do you think? Love gradient nails, or hate them?

Love.

OOTD + MovieRave; 'How To Train Your Dragon'

2010-04-13T10:38:00.000-07:00

Gray t shirt from H&M; Nude skirt from Zara;

Black tights from American Apparel; Necklace and earrings by Alexis Bittar;

Black bracelet by Humanity; Labradorite bracelet by Chan Luu;

Black flats from Aldo; 'Suzi Says Feng Shui' nail polish by OPI;

Sorry about the blah photo; I hate rushing off to work.
The outfit is a bit blah itself, but looked great when I added a light pink/nude scarf from Le Chateau, my infamous faux leather jacket, these sunglasses from Urban Outfitters, and my brown faux leather messenger bag from H&M that I’ve yet to take a picture of, but wear every day.
It was kind of ‘faux leather meets voluminous ballerina skirt’, and I was into it.

This is what I wore to work and to gallivant around Robson Street on my break.
The weather’s super weird/lovely in Vancouver now; it’s cold, like fall, but sunny enough to require sunglasses. And it’s windy. It’s like everything I love rolled into one burst of meteorology.

So I caved and bought a Chan Luu wrap bracelet.

Don’t judge, it’s a classic piece.
It’s leather with labradorite woven in between. It was a lot, but it’s one of those things I know I’m going to wear every day, and (spoiler alert) I have.

Anyways, whilst at work a friend texted me to inquire if I would like to see ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ avec herself and a friend. I have had multiple people tell me that I need to see this movie, so I agreed (even though I would have rather seen ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’).

This is my favourite movie of 2010 thus far.
You need to see it.

I think the key to this movie is that they kept it short; it’s about an hour and a half, which was perfect. Theaters are the ultimate ‘boring’ test, I think it has something to do with the fact that the chairs are uncomfortable, and it really shows which movies have competent editors and which need to rethink their career pat (I’m looking at you, ‘Alice In Wonderland’).
I was never bored for a second during ‘How To Train Your Dragon’.

Essentially the plot is the story of a young Viking (voiced by my love, Jay Baruchel) who is too small/weak/uncool to train to kill dragons, unlike the other kids in the village. He then actually meets a dragon up close, and instead of killing it discovers that dragons aren’t all that bad.

The film is really travelling along the ‘Coraline’ road of children’s movies; it’s dark.
At times it’s scary, some of the dragons (one in particular) are grotesque, and it’s not a complete happily ever after.
I don’t know if I find this movie dark because I’ve grown up and am able to recognize these elements, or if society has just added more depth to children’s movies.

Either way, ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ was adorable, scary, and visually beautiful; it’s a new kind of children’s movie, and a new type of theatre 3D experience.

QuestionOfTheDay;
What do you think of 3D movies?
Sitting in ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ really made me realise that this is the new way to watch movies. 3D is only for blockbusters and adventure movies now, but could it ever expand to dramas? In twenty years will all films be in 3D? Do you think it adds to the experience, or do you now care?

Love.

OOTD; Grandparents, Hair, And Excessive Spending

2010-04-06T19:41:00.000-07:00

Gray top from H&M; Neutral skirt from H&M (same one from last time);

Black blazer by Only; Black tights from American Apparel;

Earrings and ring by Alexis Bittar; Necklace by Pyrrah;

Wrap bracelet by Humanity (not like you can see); Black flats from Aldo (not pictured);

'Suzi Says Feng Shui' nail polish by OPI;

So I cut my hair; it was a fucking ordeal.

The girl cut it and messed up, so i had to come back after the salon had closed and she still didn't listen to what I wanted. It's not exactly what I wanted, but I like it.

Now it's just a case of getting used to it.

This what I wore to work, then to my cousins for dinner with my grandparents, who are visiting from Alberta.

Besides the arrival of my elderly kin, I bought two (!!!) pairs of Alexis Bittar earrings.

Yeah.

The black ones I've wanted for forever, and are from his fall/winter collection, I think, and the rose gold ones just came out this spring. Let it be known that this is the most I've ever paid for jewellery (I used birthday money though, so in reality...), but I'm so trilled with them both I don't care.

You'll see my wearing them frequently, let me assure you.

As much fun as I had buying these, and I did, I'm in such a fashion slump clothes-wise; I don't know what was to wear anymore.

In high school I went from one extreme to another; in tenth grade I had bight pink hair and snakebite piercings, and wore thick black eyeliner and covered myself in skull print. Then somewhere along the line I started wearing classic red lipstick, black dresses, heels, and Chanel perfume.

I don't know when this change started, maybe with the purchase of my firs pair of heels, which I still wear, but it happened and I switched my bedazzled skull necklace for a vintage printed scarf.

Now I'm somewhere in the middle, but cutesy dresses clash with my short hair, and I'm done with the whole teenage punk look.

I need to make an inspiration board, study some magazines, and refine my style.

I hate my closet right now, and that's a horrible way to feel.

I can always take solace cosmetics, though; this weeks nail polish?

'Suzi Says Feng Shui' from OPI's Hong Kong collection. It looks a bit brighter in the bottle, so I was a little disapointed, but this and 'Jade Is The New Black' (which a coworker bought after seeing on me, bringing my total of 'having people buy nail polish because of me' to six, that I know of) have quickly become my go to colours. These get the ladies' attention; everyday someone stops me and asked what I'm wearing.

QuestionOfTheDay;

Where do you get inspiration? It doesn't have to be fashion-related; when you're creativity runs out and you stall, what inspires you to keep moving?

Love.

MovieRave; In Bruges

2010-03-31T08:43:00.001-07:00

What can I say about 'In Bruges'?

It's offensive, bloody, has Colin Farrel in it, and is amazing.

If you're easily offended, steer clear.
If you like good movies, you know what to do.

Love.

MovieRave; 'Lars And The Real Girl'

2010-03-27T18:49:00.001-07:00

You know that movie you wait forever to see? For some reason or another, you just never follow through with going to the theatre, taping it on TV, or renting it from the video store?
'Lars And The Real Girl' was my movie like that.
Finally, I strolled on down to the library and decided to rent it.

This is a romantic movie for those of us (ME!) that hate the 'rom-com' genre.

The film takes place in a small town (I like to think it's a Canadian town, since Ryan Gosling is Canadian); the central character, Lars, lives in his brother's garage. He gets up, goes to his job, and spends the rest of his time alone, despite his sister-in-law's frequent attempts at inviting him over for dinner.
It's not like he has to be alone; people like, girls are interested in him, and he has a great family. He just wants to be alone.

Until he meets 'Bianca'.

She's a sex doll Lars has ordered online; he's created a made-up life for her, and legitimately sees her as a real person. Lars' family is instructed by his psychiatrist to go along with it, and eventually the whole town get's into it.

I wouldn't call 'Lars And The Real Girl' one of the best movies I'd ever seen, but it's undeniably sweet and heartfelt, with its 'teddy bear CPR' scene being, in my opinion, on the of the cutest moments in cinema history.

This film will make you cry, and it will make you cry over a sex doll; the film succeeds by showing the perils of the average relationship, despite how unusual the relationships it portrays are.
It dives deep into Lars' head to explain why he feels the need to create a love interest in his life, but don't we all dream of the thing we feel we're missing?

Overall, if you feel like romance, tears, and the hotness of Ryan Gosling is your thing, I recommend 'Lars And The Real Girl'.
The go watch 'Guys And Dolls', the documentary of real life men with the same infatuation as Lars.

Love.
(But not the creepy kind)

OOTD; Neutral And Nautical

2010-03-24T17:22:00.000-07:00

_ Striped top from H&M

_ Neutral skirt from H&M

_ Black tights from American Apparel (finally bought new ones)

_ Necklace by Pyrrah

_ Studs by Juicy Couture
_ Cameo ring by Tarina Tarantino

_ Glasses by Gucci

_ Black flats from Aldo

Average work attire ftw.

My manager wore a striped top and had the same colour nails as me, so we matched. The general manager came in and commented on it. She thought it was cute.

Anyway, I love the new blush colours this season; you don't need to tell me twice to wear neutrals.

This is my favourite way of wearing my hair lately; Japanese girls always put their hair in a bun on top of their head, so everyone keeps asking me if I'm a mix. My nose gives my Caucasian-ness away, though.

Anyway, I point that out because Sunday I'm chopping all my hair off. I'm scared, but excited.

So as you may know, it was my birthday this month; the girls I work with bought me these Juicy Couture studs.

They know my penchant for studs too well.

I bought myself another Pyrrah seal on my birthday, since I was working downtown.

It reads 'Such Is Life' and it's a picture of a ship.

I think 'such is life' sums up my views on life. Plus I love Pyrrah. I think I'm going to get another one soon....

I know. I have pastel nails. This is Pandamonium Pink from OPI's Hong Kong collection (I now have four polishes from that collection -_- ). I've been getting complements on it, but I still love dark nails.

I was telling my manager that I have to paint my nails dark green or blue after I take this pink off.

It's a nice change, but not as 'me' as Suzi Skies In The Pyrenees or Russian Navy.

So what have I been up to as of late? Besides wearing this sweater, jeans, Converse and the infamous leather jacket every single day I've had off for the past couple months (I'm not exaggerating)?

Today I had my first successful shopping trip in forever; I've been out three times already trying to spend my birthday money.

I even brought friends along to try and force myself to buy something, yet nothing was purchased.

I only bought two tops, a toque, and an amazing red rose dress from H&M, and then a skin-toned scarf from Le Chateau, but it was better than I've been doing lately.

I'm too excited for that dress; since I was downtown, I popped into the shop I work at to show the other girls. I think two of them are going to buy.

I'll lol if we all show up to work wearing the same dress.

QuestionOfTheDay;

What did you buy yourself for your birthday?

Put it in the comments.

Love.

GleeTips

2010-03-22T20:41:00.001-07:00

~ Sleep with a stuffed animal in your bed.

Sidenote; I'm thinking about one of the big Quatchi dolls, since they're on sale. it's only $20, but I definitely don't need it. Should I get one?

~ Wear no make-up, or, if you never wear make-up, wear make-up. Just switch up whatever you do for a day.

~ Make popsicles. I always liked cherry or grape Kool-Aid for this, but if you want to be lame, you can use apple juice. Jaykay, apple juice popsicles are good too. But not as good as Kool-Aid ones.

~ Create your own Starbucks drink by adding more shots, less, flavours etc. You'll probably annoy the barista (I worked in a coffee shop, I know this) but maybe you'll discover your drink. Try a French vanilla caramel machiatto, or a chocolate frappacino with half a shot of strawberry (I had a full shot and it was too much, but whatever floats your boat).

~ Create a playlist specifically for when you're doing housework and sing along to every word. You can do this alone or with your roommate. Not gonna lie, I have to do this soon; I literally can't see the floor in my room. It's gotten to that point.

Love.

FOTD; Film Noir & 'Nevermore'

2010-02-10T11:42:00.000-08:00

Face

Make-Up Forever Primer in Green

Almay Nearly Nude Foundation

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light

MAC Powder Blush in Harmony

MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof!

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion

MAC Paint Pot in Soft Ochre

MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof! (All over the lid and as a highlight)

MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack

Covergirl Lashblast Mascaras (Volume and Length) in Black

Brows

Anastacia Brow Duo in Ebony

Maybelline Greatlash Mascara in Clear

Lips

MAC Lipstick in Film Noir (Like five coats; it's not too opaque when a lip brush is used)

My mom and I went to see 'Nevermore: The Imaginary Life And Mysterious Death Of Edgar Allan Poe' last Wednesday.

I was super excited; it was getting rave reviews, the poster looked appropriately creepy, I can never think of a third point, etc.

I was really disappointed.

I'll start with the good; the guy who played Edgar was fantastic, and I felt that he was the best singer.

That's all the good news.

I don't know what play these critics were seeing; both my mom and I found it juvenile.

It attempted to be a Rocky Horror Pictureshow-esque comedy, but it tried too hard to be creepy and not campy, like it should have been.

It wasn't the actors faults, save one, it was just the material; the 'save one' actress, the chick who played Rosalie, was one of the worst over actors I've ever seen. She reminded me so much of the girls I used to do drama with who's lives were 'the theater', and every single breathy word was completely contrived as their faces went crazy with 'emotion'.

The audience seemed to love it though, or at least the people who laughed were very loud.

Because the play was based on Edgar Allen Poe's life, I went with Film Noir lipstick by MAC, since I'd never worn it out.

I was going to wear it to work once, but I think dark brown lipstick may be too much for an NC15 to wear in the day time.

I also wore my new Alexis Bittar ring and some fifty cent earrings I bought at a sewing shop that have seemed to have not fallen apart, unlike their fallen comrades that I purchased the same day.

They were literally fifty cents though, so only a couple wears were to be expected.

QuestionTheDay;

The Olympics. Thoughts?

I had to do a delivery between stores at work the other day, so basically I was just supposed to walk around downtown Vancouver and pick up what needed to be picked up. I thought it would take me at most fifteen minutes, since I know the quickest routes and it's not very far.

I was wrong.

It was a nice day so every tourist decided to be on Robson and Granville. It took me double the time.

Then, coming home, the new seabus could barely fit everybody.

Vancouver, you can't tell the tourists to take transit and then not fit them. It doesn't work that way.

Anyway, we'll see how these nest few weeks go.

Love.

OOTD; Explanations + My Newest Alexis Bittar Piece

2010-01-27T15:23:00.000-08:00

_ Gray sweater from H&M

_ Black leggings form American Apparel
_ Rosary by Tarina Tarantion

_ Ring by Alexis Bittar (!!!)

_ My mom's old boots

So remember back in the day when I said that since Christmas is over I'd have more time to post on this blog, and then didn't?

OK, here's what happened; a couple weeks ago I decided on a whim to check the university I'm applying to's due dates, assuming that the application was due March 1st, like it had said previously, and that the portfolio was due some time in April, like it had said previously.

Apparently they can change the due dates on a whim.

I had six days to apply, and not even three weeks to do my portfolios.

Panic.

But I pulled up my bootstrings (I hope I'm using that phrase correctly) and got down to work; everyday I had off was devoted to writing, writing, writing.

I dropped the portfolios off at the post office earlier today, so I'm done, at least for this university.

I still have four more portfolios to due, but that's a completely different topic all together, and one that I don't plan to think about for about a week.

Anyway, on to the outfit; I wore this to work on Friday and then out to see 'The Lovely Bones' and 'The White Ribbon'.

I was impressed by "The Lovely Bones'; it was getting so-so reviews so I didn't come in with much expectations, but I enjoyed myself. Stanley Tucci is fantastic in it, by the way.

But then again, isn't he always?

Then my friend and I snuck into 'The White Ribbon' a German film about a village before World War One.

Don't go see this movie. I have never been so bored; the plot is basically someone is terrorizing the villagers and they want to know who, and in doing so the viewer gets a to see the dynamics of each family. I get what the movie was trying to do, what with the character development and all, but there were just too many characters for any plot development to really happen.

My friend and I didn't even watch until the end; we wanted to catch the 12:45 seabus home versus the 1:15, so we just left. There didn't look to be any conclusion in sight, so we just said "Fuck it."

I was os dissapointed; this film is getting Oscar buzz for Best Foreign Film, and it was something I was really looking forward too.

Onto nails of the day, OPI's 'Gargantuan Green Grape', AKA an excuse to show off my new Alexis Bittar ring.

Don't hate, it was the last one and I just had to get it.

It passed the ultimate test too; on Saturday night my mom and I went to the ballet (That Joni Mitchell one) and a middle aged man passing by me stopped to complement me on it.

So it's got the male seal of approval.

Love.

Inspiration; The Mixtape Project

2010-01-19T13:18:00.000-08:00

The internet was the best thing to ever happen to music.

I know that many musicians, producers, and whatnot disagree with me, but they're looking at music from a business standpoint. I look at music as art; back in the day, and by that I mean before the internet, what kind of music did people listen to? Whatever was on the radio. What type of music was popular? Whatever was on the radio. I can't even imagine the power these record executives held over the general public. Whatever they said, went.

But who listens to the radio anymore? I don't.

(In my defence though, Vancouver, for a metropolitan city, has the most homogeneous mix of radio stations. It's either mainstream rap, hard rock, or QMFM soft favourites. The latter was played at my orthodontist, and to this day still reminds me of retainer glue and getting my teeth filed down)

I find artists and bands through the internet; if I see a movie and the soundtrack resonates deeper than any of the dialogue, I look it up. If I want to know which bands are popular in Europe right now, I can check that country’s iTunes chart (despite iTunes having yet to allow the purchase of music between countrys). My friends and I rap along to K-pop videos we’ve seen on YouTube, while Korean kids can see the latest Canadian indie video shot in Toronto. ‘The X-Factor’, the original ‘American Idol’, is broadcast live via YouTube, and clips from ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ landed Susan Boyle the number one album in the world.

OK, I’ll end history lesson. What was the point of all that?

The point is that the music industry has evolved; no record executive can tell you what to listen to as long as your local garage band is posting their demos on MySpace. Unknown bands can establish fan bases through comments and friend requests, and word of mouth has become the new publicist. Kids in remote Middle America can listen to music in languages they’re parents have never heard of, and no one can stop them.

Then comes the double-edged sword, however; with so much to choose from, what do you download?
With so many ‘journalists’ sitting behind computer screens and blogging about the latest ‘it’ band, how do we know who’s word to take? Are the reviews driven by opinion, or endorsements?
In a digital age where anonymity is the norm, who really gives the best advice?

Simple: your friends.

Think of how connected you are; how many forums you frequent, how many YouTube videos you’ve seen, how many bands have sent you a friend request on Facebook, etc.
Think of how much music you’ve stumbled across in your internet travels. Now double it.
If you’ve been able to amass an eclectic collection of today’s (and yesterday’s) greatest music, so have your friends.

What else do your friends have? MP3s.
So easily compacted into a tiny iPod and so easily sharable, plus invisible, so the breakability factor goes way down (sorry, CDs).
OK, so you’ve got your friends, and you’ve got your MP3 players of choice. Now what?
Take a step back into the past.
Enter the mixtape; a collection of songs of varying artists and genres, originally recorded onto a cassette tape (thus ‘mixtape’), though now normally burned onto a CD.

My friends and I called our group ‘The Mixtape Project’; we were a group of kids fuelled by ‘High Fidelity’ starring a young John Cusack, and our combined love of music and lyrics.
Basically, we wanted to discover new songs while keeping the intimacy of physically making someone an album, complete with linear notes and cover art, that had been lost somewhere in the early noughties.
Every week a Facebook a message would be sent out regarding the next theme of the tapes; we then had one week to complete the mix and cover art. To make sure that the CDs were distributed evenly, a list of our names was compiled alphabetically, and your name minus ‘x’ was who you’re tape was for.

The first step was creating a theme, which is more difficult than it sounds; our first topic was easy: love, though we made it a bit more difficult by changing it to ‘love transcends all, even death’ (we were reading a lot of Wordsworth and Coleridge in English Lit. at the time).
Other themes included hate, travel, your personal top ten favourite songs, and the essentials of whatever your favourite genre of music is. We also did a free for all week, where themes such as ‘awesome music’ emerged.

Next is creating the mix itself. There’s no concrete way to go about doing this; my objective was to create a list of songs that flowed. Start off with a bang, slowly fade to more melodic tracks, and then build up to the end. The ending track is the most important; what message do you want to relay to your listener?
The mix should be the average length of an album, ten to fourteen songs. A girl in The Mixtape Project attempted twenty plus song mixes, but no one was listening beyond track sixteen.

The last step is optional, but highly recommended: cover art. We were a diverse cross-section of high school students; some made images on their laptops, some painted and drew, and I used my photography, or searched deviantart.com for the perfect image. Whatever we did, it made the experience more personal; our CDs weren’t to be discarded after being downloaded into iTunes, they were to be kept, to be looked over while the recipient plugged in their headphones and indulged in the music.

We did this for a couple months, until the stress of final exams and university applications took precedence over our playlists, and it sticks in my mind as one of my fondest teenage memories.
I still listen to my mixes; I’ve discovered new artists, laughed over some odd choices, expanded my musical horizons, but above all, learned more about my friends then I ever could within a conversation.
That was the side effect none of us expected. We listen to music because it takes what we could never say and says it for us. Every lyric is personal; we are who we really are in music. The most intimate thing a person can do is share their favourite song; thanks to The Mixtape Project, we did that every week.

We live in an age of technology, an age where corporations are slowly losing their grip on the public mind, and anyone can say or be anyone behind a black profile and the name ‘Anonymous’.
The Mixtape Project brought a small group of Vancouver high school students together; on the surface it was about music, on a deeper level, friendship.

The internet may provide us with any genre of music we may covet, but what’s the point if behind it is just some unmarked source? Where’s the emotion?
You know that song? That one song that everyone in the world should hear? The one that’ll change your life?
Buy a black CD. Make a mix.
Change someone’s life.

Love.

FOTD; "I'm the only one in the restaurant wearing lipstick."

2009-12-30T17:07:00.000-08:00

Face;

MAC Prep And Prime Primer

Almay Nearly Nude Foundation

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light

MAC Powder Blush in Harmony

MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof! (Highlight)

Eyes;

Urban Decay Primer Potion

MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof!

MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack

Covergirl Lashblast Mascara in Black

Eyebrows;

Anastacia Brow Powder Duo in Ebony

Maybelline Greatlash Mascara in Clear

Lips;

MAC Lipstick in Vegas Volt

I got this lipstick for Christmas; it's 'Vegas Volt' by MAC.

It's new favourite, well for the moment. Who knows if anything with replace 'Show Orchid'.

It's in my favourite lipstick finish by MAC, Amplified Creme.

Sunday night I want out to dinner with friends.

No we didn't go out to the sushi restaurants I so normally frequent, because I got outvoted.

We went to Boston Pizza. And there was a Canucks game, so everyone was wearing jerseys.

But I had some good pizza.

I basically wore this outfit, but with jeans instead of leggings, and gray Converse instead of boots.

And with the addition of this.

Yes, it's an Alexis Bittar necklace; my mom bought it for me on Boxing Day (The Canadian/UK/Australian version of Black Friday.)

I was so shocked she got me this; I'd mentioned in passing that i was thinking of buying it and was ecstatic to see she's gotten it for me.
It meant a lot to me; I did not expect a present, especially right after Christmas.
I love my mom.

I actually wore it with my dog tags as well, but I put it on after I took the photo; those three necklaces are the new vintage scarves.

Oh, and btw, my mom also got me the 2010 Olympic mittens.

Those things are so warm, I couldn't believe it.

Love.

OOTD; Christmas Eve

2009-12-27T11:35:00.000-08:00

_ Striped top from H&M

_ Black blazer by Only

_ Black jeans by Mavi

_ Russian seal necklace by Pyrrah

_ AIDS awareness necklace

_ Rose studs by Mimi And Marge

_ 'Turned Up Turquoise' by China Glaze

So, as to be all inclusive, Happy December!

My family and I always have Christmas Eve at our house, and go over to our cousin's on Christmas Day. The above is what I wore on Christmas Eve; I wanted to look slightly conservative, since my family was going to be there, but I wore my Pyrrah seal (!!!) and my dog tags to make it a bit more me.

Christmas was awesome, needless to say; I got some amazing gifts and I had Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off.

I'll do a Christmas haul in a bit; I'm going to have more time off work soon, AKA more time to post here =)

This is one of my Christmas presents, the Russian seal by Pyrrah; they're pendants made from real 19th century seals used in Europe.

I absolutely love these designers, and they're from Vancouver.

If you're coming to Vancouver this February for the Olympics, I recommend this brand; each seal has a meaning to go along with each picture, so they're sentimental gifts.

On that note, I also love Mimi And Marge, another Vancouver designer.

My coworker is so sweet; when I bought these studs, I had actually tried on the rose ones as well, and was debating which ones to buy. Obviously I decided on the studs; I told her about my little Sophie's Choice, and for Christmas she got me the rose studs!

Thank you so much Sarah <3

Nails of the day!

'Turned Up Turquoise' by China Glaze.

I made a bet with my friend; I have a friend who I regularly discuss nail polish with, since we're both super into it. We both agree hands down that OPI is the best, obviously.

Anyway, she hates China Glaze with a passion. She says it's not worth the price, it chips, I wish I had a third point, etc.

But I always see people on blogs raving about China Glaze, so I said I'd try out some and give her my verdict.

My answer? Not as good as OPI, but sill good.

I did find it better than the average drugstore brand, and it coated evenly.

This polish was a bit weird because it was quite matte; I added a top coat, since that's not my cup of tea, but if you wanted some matte turquoise nails, get on that.

I know I've been lax in posting; I work in retail and it's been insane. But I'll have some downtime now (until the Olympics), and I promise to post more.

Plus, I got gift cards to Sephora and MAC, so I'll be on a make-up kick for a little while.

Love.

Inspiration; Christmas Wishes

2009-12-16T09:12:00.001-08:00

True Story;
When I was really little, and the internet was yet to be wildly in use, my Dad had a tiny little computer that was one of the few connected to the world wide web. Every Christmas, my dad would use this crazy new invention called 'email' and mail my sister and my wishlists to Santa up at the North pole.
Maybe not the most traditional holiday memory, but it's what we did.
To this day I still write a Christmas list every year and magnet it to the fridge.

Yes, it's a bit selfish and presumptuous, listing out the material things you want and expecting people to buy them for you, but why should kids have all the fun?

My inspiration for you all is to write out a Christmas list and stick it to your fridge; it can be materialistic, or selfless, or it can just be wishing for a happy and safe new year. Whatever.
But the material ones are more fun.

Madison’s Christmas List 2009

1) Set of Sigma Eye Brushes

2) MAC Lipsticks

Vegas Volt
Film Noir

3) ‘The Teen Vogue Handbook’ by Teen Vogue

4) ‘That Extra Half An Inch’ by Victoria Beckham

5) 'The Sartorialist' by Scott Schuman

6) 'Stripteese' by Dita Von Teese

7) Rain By Marc Jacobs

8) Make-up bag from Sephora

9) Giftcards
MAC
Sephora
H&M
Zara
Starbucks

10) Marc Jacobs wallet in black, red, or dark purple

11) Milk Chocolate Terry’s Chocolate Oranges!

Love.

OOTD; Work Then 'Brothers', AKA 'You Are About To Watch Two Hours Of Tobey Maguire Not Blinking'

2009-12-09T11:01:00.000-08:00

_ Gray graphic t shirt from Primark

_ Black cardigan from Zara

_ Belt from Primark

_ Black leggings from American Apparel

_ Scarf from H&M

_ Fingerless mittens from Urban Outfitters

_ Leather jacket from New Look

_ Assorted rings from Rings Eclectic, the Richmond Night Market and my Mom's jewelery box

_ Stud earrings by Mimi And Marge (To become my new regulars)

_ Black ankle boots from Spring

_ Black men's laptop bag from H&M (not shown)

_ 'Teal The Cows Come Home' nail polish by OPI

This was on Saturday; I worked until close, then had to race to Tinseltown to go see 'Brothers' with a couple of friends, but I'll get to that in a bit.

Nails of the day!

'Teal the Cows Come Home' by OPI. This was my favourite, until it was dethroned by 'Russian Navy', then that by 'You Don't Know Jacques' (Thought I'd posted a picture of my wearing this, but I guess not). My tastes have become more muted, haven't they?

This will be the last NOTD for awhile; later that day at work, I broke my right middle finger nail in half. It's still attached, but it hurts and I am not going to be putting nail polish remover near it any time soon.

It's sad, but at least my nails grow fast.

I also have a bit of a haul for you; the scarf in the above picture, and my new earrings. I always past that scarf in H&M and loved it, so finally I went to H&M on impulse and just bought it. it offers almost no warmth, but it's pretty.

Priorities.

I also bought these Mimi And Marge silver stud earrings.

(LOL at the close up and all my skin imperfections)

I got them because I can wear them from day to day (only I would say that about studs) and I'd never seen anything else like them. Plus they're very Lady Gaga and/or Rihanna.

There were some other Mimi And Marge earrings I wanted, that I'm thinking about.

Do I really wear earrings all that often though?

On to the movie; my friend Sara (who was the friend in this post) saw the trailer to 'Brothers' twice when we saw the movies aforementioned in the link about. Basically, it's the most intense thing ever. Literally.

So obvs, we marked December fourth, the day it came out, and decided to see it as soon as possible.

This is one of the reasons I didn't love 'Brothers'; I had expectations.
I always try to never read any reviews of a movie outside The Vancouver Sun so as to taint my idea of a movie as little as possible, or I try not to get hype up a movie in my head.

'Brothers' was good, but I wouldn't see it again.

The acting was amazing, Tobey Maguire's unblinking eyes deserve an Oscar, for serious, but the story was a bit flat.

I won't spoil anything, but I'll say that the movie tried to be a look into a captured then freed Marines eyes, but it just didn't work.

Maybe if there had been more conflicts and secrets around him; I get that it was all supposed to be in Tobey Maguire's head, but the film just wasn't that deep.

I got to stare at Jake Gyllenhaal for over an hour though, so I'm not complaining.

If you need a reason to see this movie though, see it for the child actress who plays the eldest daughter. Oh my god.

She is the best child actress I have ever seen; I thought she was on par to every other actor around her.

The dinner table scene? Everyone in the theater went dead quiet after it, even those annoying faux gangsters behind us who'd brought beer.

'Brothers' was good, but it won't be winning any Oscars, at least in my book.

One last thing, how long was that winter?

Seriously, the entire movie takes place in one season and it just never stops snowing.
I get that Tobey Maguire leaves in November, and I guess he comes back in march, but still, it doesn't snow that much.

It was originally a Danish film, so maybe it snows for that long in Denmark, but not in middle America, director.

Love.

P.S. This post is brought to you by Elsie not moving out of the shot.

Inspiration; Living In A Photo

2009-11-24T15:25:00.001-08:00

Chances are, the life you're living doesn't correspond perfectly with the life you imagine.
Mine didn't for the longest time.

Now, I'm not saying working full time and creating portfolios for university is my dream life, but I'm doing these things to get closer to the life I want, whatever that ends up being.

But back to you; why aren't you living the life you'd always dreamed of? I know the answer for a lot of people, or for me at least, is 'I'm not living in my dream city'.
I used to hate Vancouver. Hate it with a passion. Why wasn't I from Montreal or Toronto, or Los Angeles or New York? Why was I stuck in this boring faux-metropolis?
But it wasn't Vancouver that was wrong, it was my thinking; yes, Vancouver's no Paris, Milan, or London, but it is 'the city'.
There are things to do, people to see, fashion to be gawked at, cuisine to try, events to be apart of, concerts to rock out to, and etc.

We're always blinded by what we 'should' have, what we needed to make ourselves happy, and I lived thinking that Vancouver wasn't it. But that's lazy thinking; it's not up to the world, or your circumstances to make you happy. Want the truth? No one cares about someone who whines instead of tries. Before saying your life 'sucks', before crying out about the unfairness of it all via your Facebook notes and Twitter updates, ask yourself "Have I tried?"

I'll give my answer: no.
I didn't try for a second.
So I had an idea: take off the blinders and enjoy myself. Sounds simple enough, right?
You'd be amazed at your thoughts when they're not drowning in negativity; the main difference I found was the existence of possibilities. Instead of 'things will happen when...' it became 'things will happen'.

I know, I know. Giving yourself a whole new mindset doesn't happen overnight.
So I had a second idea; find the beauty within my home town and capture it.
You can do this any way; by drawings, painting, clothing designs, cooking, writing, etc.
But I chose photography.

A few weeks ago I set a day aside and ventured to downtown Vancouver with my camera in hand. My goal? Take at least one hundred pictures. What of? Anything. Anything I could find beauty in. I needed to prove to myself that there is beauty in anything.

And I did.

After I took those one hundred or so pictures, I put them on my computer and looked through them, putting the ones I liked and were Photoshop-worthy into a folder. From there, I photoshopped. Not much, just some colour adjustments, some cropping; I didn't want to change the images, just enhance them. Lastly, I looked at the finished fifty-eight photos, and picked five to ten of my favourites.

So what does this all have to do with you?
Do the same thing I did. Set aside a day, morning, afternoon, whatever, and bring your camera, and have a walk all over town. Take pictures of everything, until you have at least one hundred. Photoshop if you want, then pick your favourite five to ten, and post them somewhere, on a blog, Facebook, Deviantart, Flickr, even tweet them if you want.
You can even could get them printed and framed, if you're in need of some sort of original art.

I've posted the seven photos I captured that day that I loved the most; I took them in familiar places that I visit everyday, and new parts of town that if I had been to, I'd forgotten.
The only photography advice I have is to walk slowly, look all around you, breathe deeply, and see clearly.
Anyone can do it.

Basically, my point is that we never see the positive aspects of life until we're slowed down and made to look; we see so much through the lens of a camera, yet miss entire works completely with our own unadulterated eyes.
It's not where you are, it's who you are, you're attitude that makes a difference.
It's a cliché, but one I've found to be true.

Love.

MovieRave(s); 'An Education'/'Pirate Radio'

2009-11-22T15:43:00.000-08:00

It's probably become clear from reading this blog, but I vastly prefer 'films' over 'movies'. It's just how I role, people.

There's an artsy, independent kind of theater in Vancouver's Chinatown that I frequent called Tinseltown.
Don't judge the name, I think it's cute.
Anyway, yesterday, two friends and I decided to see the matinee showing of 'An Education'; though I'd read the review, none of us had a very clear idea about the movie, one of my friends had never even heard of it, but wanted to come anyway. All we knew was that it was getting rave reviews, and that I'd hit Peter Sarsgaard.

If you go to Tinseltown you have to visit T And T first to buy snacks for the movie; it's a chain of Asian grocery stores that get stuff imported directly from Asia.
I don't know if any of you had Asian friends as kids, but if you did, you'll know that they always had the best candy.

Strawberry Pocky is my life. The chocolate ones are OK, I guess, but strawberry's where it's at.
I got nine packets for $5.00. I ate five of them v.v

My friend made us all get this Tao Ti Apple Green Tea; basically, it's green tea mixed with apple juice, but it's so much more than that.

I can't describe the taste, just try a bottle of it.
Just FYI, this picture of the bottle is the Americanized version, but the writing on the bottle I had was in Chinese.

After we were perused the candy aisles, we headed up to the theater to see 'An Education'.

The three of us unanimously loved it; 'An Education' is the story of a sixteen year old girl, Jenny, living in London in the 1960s. Her father presses his narrow minded views on the rest of the family, which causes Jenny to rebel by living anything French, and fantasizing about living in Paris, going to concerts, smoking, wearing black, etc. She is currently studying at a girls school to get into Oxford so she can study English, then basically meet an educated man to marry her. One day she meets David, a cultured older man. he takes her to concerts, on trips, and introduces her to his glamorous friends and his glamorous lifestyle.They fall in love, and Jenny begins to think that there may be no point in her going to Oxford if she stays with David. Obviously, things aren't what they seem and Jenny gets an education in life.

So much could have gone wrong with this movie; the plot line of an older man falling for a sixteen year old girl is creepy, point black, but Peter Sarsgaard is a fantastic actor; he never falls into the 'creepy older man zone;, but remains charming throughout the entire film. Not gonna lie, I'd get in his car if he'd take me to Paris.
The protagonist, Carey Mulligan, is extremely talented; again, the plot could have gone array if Jenny would have been a whiny, 'woe is me', type of character, but Mulligan never let's her slip into that mode. She keeps Jenny strong throughout the entire film.

This is an awesome movie, and I normally hate 'coming of age' stories; it could have been so cliché, but the actors and storytelling never falter. It made me laugh, it made me want to cry, and it made me want to bang Peter Sarsgaard.
Basically, see this movie.

Afterwards, one of my friends had a kind of date (Oooooohhhhh) and had to leave. My other friend and I, having nothing else to do except homework on her part, decided to sneak into 'Pirate Radio'.
Fact; I'd never snuck into a movie before.
I'd never had wanted to see two movies at once, or if I did, no one else had wanted to. Plus, my birthday's at the beginning of the year, so I turned eighteen before everyone else, and if I had wanted to see an 18A (Canada's version of an R) movie, my mom would have just taken me.

But we both wanted to see another movie. The problem?
We had to loiter outside the bathroom for almost an hour, since the showing times were so far apart. Luckily, not much goes on at Tinseltown, so no one was really suspicious.
We did the old 'have a conversation while walking into the new theater' technique so as to arose no suspicions.
And it worked. I'm very proud of myself.

Anyway, the theater for 'Pirate Radio' was packed.

And we were the youngest in attendance, though we probably were for 'An Education' too, I just hadn't noticed.

'Pirate Radio' is set in the 1960s, and about 'pirate' radio station that floated just off the coast of the UK and broadcasted rock music twenty-four hours a day. Apparently it was illegal to play more than one hour of rock a day in Britain at the time, I don't know why. Irregardless, the pirate's weren't really breaking the law, since they were off British soil, and 25 million British people were listening to rock everyday.

But obviously, the British government was not happy about said boats, and Kenneth Branagh hires Jack Davenport to stop them.
The movie doesn't have a concrete plot, but consists of showing the British government trying to take down the stations, and the tomfoolery aboard Radio Rock, the biggest pirate radio station.

I wanted to see this movie because I love Bill Nighy, Rhys Darby, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman; the ensemble cast in this film in incredibly strong. it's basically every British comedic actor come together in a flurry of accents.

I laughed out loud in this film, and the middle-aged men and women around me were in stitches multiple times throughout the film. It is really all ages, with the exception of Phillip Seymour Hoffman saying 'fuck' in every sentence.

SideNote;
This movie was rated PG, and there was lots of fucks and a naked Nick Frost, which surprised me; way to have an awesome rating system, Canada.
For those of you who don't know, the average R rating in the USA gets a 14A here in Canada. For something to get an 18A in Canada, it has to be pretty graphic (I'm looking at you, 'Young People Fucking').

It's so rare that I find a comedy I actually like, I mean besides 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall', and I really enjoyed 'Pirate Radio'. It had British humour, but it wasn't 'Monty Python', if that makes sense.
And everyone in the theater enjoyed themselves.

Afterwards, we got sushi ($5.95 for three rolls and miso soup!) and ice cream (Hazelnut ice cream, shaped like a pear, and dipped in chocolate), and called it a night.

Haul time! Since I am now employed, I decided to celebrate by buying myself an early Christmas present.

I'd been looking at this rong since the summer, and I finally bougt it. It's by Rings Eclectic; it looks a but like a compass head.
I love cocktail rings, and I'm super excited for this one.

QuestionOfTheDay;
'Twilight: New Moon'. Did you see it? Did you like it?
Discuss.

Love.

OOTD X2 + FOTD; Halloween And A New Occupation

2009-11-08T13:54:00.000-08:00

_ Lace dress from Topshop

_ Black skirt from H&M

_ Tights from H&M

_ Knee-high heart socks from somewhere...

_ Black ribbon from H&M (The belt to the skirt)

_ Black Mary Janes from Aldo

OMG. That screencap is awful.

Hello again, remember me?

Anyways, I'm back, with an extremely belated Halloween post.

The day before Halloween I decided to go to a friend's Halloween party, but I needed a costume to be allowed in.

Conundrum.

So I decided to go as a dolly, since I wear so much lace anyway.

Plus the make-up could be cool.

SideNote;

As I said in the video, I didn't have time to take a picture, so that's what the Youtube video's all about.

Face;

Almay Nearly Nude Foundation

MAC Studio Fix Concealer in NC15

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light

MAC Powder Blush in Cheek

MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof! (Highlight)

MAC Fluidline Gel Eyeliner in Blacktrack (The outline of the heart)

MAC Lipstick in Show Orchid (To fill in the heart)

Eyes;

MAC Paint Pot in Soft Ochre

MAC Fluidline Gel Eyeliner in Blacktrack

MAC Eyeshadows in Beauty Marked (Eyebrows and bottom eyeliner) and Phloof! (Highlight)

Some sort of black mascara

Lips;

MAC Lipstick in Show Orchid
MAC Fluidline Gel Eyeliner in Blacktrack (For the stitches)

To make me look more like a doll, I used more foundation and concealer than usual, added highlight to my nose to make it shiny, double-winged my eyeliner, put black eyeliner on the outer corners of my eyes to make them look bigger, and added more mascara to make my lashes as long as possible.

All in all, it was a cute costume; I didn't look like a tool in an ill-fitting store-bought costume, nor was I dressed as a sexy nurse/cheerleader/police woman/devil/some kind of half assed animal.

Nails Of The Day! Or the past week, actually.

'Greenwich Village' by OPI; if I'd known I was going to go to the Halloween party sooner, I would have done this colour to match my costume, but green is kind of Halloween-y.

I love this colour; I originally bough 'Gargantuan Green Grape' by OPI when I was looking for a green polish, and it was OK, but too pastel. Then this came out shortly after, and I wasted ten dollars.

C'est la vie, now I have both.

Personal update, since I now have a job, I won't have as much time to post, but on the flip side, I don't have to spend the day in pajamas, so I'll have more outfits to wear.

_ Lace Dress from Topshop

_ Black oversized blazer by Only

_ Black leggings form American Apparel

_ Black rosary necklace and cameo ring (not shown) by Tarina Tarantino

_ Black embellished flats from Aldo

Buh, I have to buy new clothes for work desperately, but I don't know what I want. Dresses, but I can't find anything I like.

QuestionOfTheDay;

Are you allowed to do your hair/make-up/nails and wear whatever clothes to work that you want? Do you have restrictions? Does it bug you?

Love.

Movie(s)Rave; 'Amelie'/'Breakfast With Scot'/'Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind'

2009-10-27T22:26:00.001-07:00

Movie wise, I had a busy weekend; my favourite film I saw?
Amelie.

I knew about this movie since it's a famous French movie, and the big HMV on Robson has this poster on it's wall, so I see it every time I go in, but my friend recommending it to me finally made me see it.

I adored it.
It was the best movie I'd seen in awhile. Well, since I'd seen 'Once'.
The plot's a bit tricky; Amelie, a waitress in a café in Paris, finds the childhood belongings of her apartment's previous tenant. She decides to find him so she can see the look on his face when he sees his old childhood toys. once she does this, she's so moves that she decides to dedicate her life to helping others, but she beings to forget that she herself deserves to be happy herself.

The movie's art direction is perfect; I guarantee that you'll never see another film like it.
I also loved the narration of the characters; when each is introduced, their likes and dislikes are included with their life story.
Overall, it's a a charming and quirky film; it made me want to chop my hair into a short bob, and take photos in picture booths.

The true test to any movie, especially one with a female heroine, as they can be whiny and dependant on the leading man, is whether or not we can sympathize with the protagonist. I loved Amelie; she's stuck in her head. She fantasized about happiness, but never takes the steps herself to seizing her dream. Anyone can relate to that.

Plus it's in French, so everything sounds more sophisticated and romantic.

The second film I've been trying to PVR forever, and it was finally on last Sunday morning.

'Breakfast With Scot' is a Canadian dramaedy about a gay couple, Eric and Sam, who have to temporarily adopt an eleven year old boy (Sam's nephew) when his mother dies and his father flees (It's similar to the plot of the Swedish movie 'Patrik 1,5', if that helps). The boy, Scot, is extremely flamboyant, which makes Erik, an ex Toronto Maple Leaf and current sports show host uncomfortable, because he is not publicly out.

What I loved about this film was that the protagonist, Eric, was not portrayed as the stereotypical gay man, as he's pretty much the typical guy's guy. He hates shopping, eats pretzels while watching hockey, and was known in the rink as a fighter.

My two gripes with this film are that Scot character may have been made a bit too flamboyant (No eleven year old can figure skate like that), though you could argue that that is what would happen if a child was left to completely be himself, and that Sam, Eric's partner, wasn't featured enough, though I get that the director wanted to focus on the relationship between Eric and Scot.

The movie's predictable, but it's heartwarming, and it dashes the views of what an 'ordinary', 'conventional' family is.

I know, I know. I'd never seen 'Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind'.
I'm a horrible person.

Anyway, you probably all know what goes down in this movie, but I'll explain for those who don't:
Joel and Clementine meet, fall in love, then break up and hate each other. Clementine goes to a doctor to have her memories of Joel erased in a surgical procedure. Finding this out, Joel goes and has the same procedure, only to realize during that he doesn't want to forget Clementine.

It's a film about love, plain and simple.
It's bleak, yet hopeful at the same time.
I can't describe it any better than that.

Just go see it, it's a classic.
And 'Montauk' by Bayside will make more sense to you.

Love.

OOTD; Long Lost Friends And Unfortunate Surgeries

2009-10-22T20:27:00.000-07:00

_ Striped top from H&M
_ Black dress shorts from H&M
_ Leather jacket from New Look (not shown)

_ Fingerless gloves from Urban Outfitters (not shown, but seen below)

_ Black tights from H&M

_ Jade eye necklace

_ Gold charm necklace from Accessorize

_ Black studded ankle boots from Spring

_ 'An Affair In Red Square' nail polish by OPI

I went downtown with two friends today after many a missed buses (OK, one. And it wasn't my fault this time).
Many things were discussed, such as the impact the Twilight Saga was having on young girls (Was I the only one who found Edward controlling to the point of abuse? He was defiantly nowhere near my ideal man), long lost friends from elementary school (One of the girls I'd known since Kindergarten, and another Kindergarten friend who'd moved away contacted us both on Facebook recently), and ass surgery (A friend of ours has had it. Yep).

We also had awesome food court vegetarian pad thai.
And obviously there was a Starbucks break.

SideNote;
I used to be super into caramel machiatos, but I had one again today and was less than enthralled. Do I need a new drink for winter? I think I might. Maybe chai lattes?
What you're favourite hot drink from Starbucks?

From this blog post it really doesn't sound too exciting, but I had a lot of fun today just talking with some friends who I hadn't seen in awhile.

I watched 'Amelie' yesterday (I absolutely adored it) and was inspired by all the reds to paint my nails. I've always had trouble with red nails; I kind of think of them as an older woman colour, therefore never wore them. I mean, I might as well wear crazy colours when I'm young. But this colour's really pretty; it's 'An Affair In Red Square' from OPI's Russian Collection. It's not a normal red; it's a bit in your face, but that's what I like about it. It elicited many complements today ("You're nails are like, whoa."), so I'm happy with it.

QuestionOfTheDay;

Who was your first best friend? Are you still friends with them?

The friend who contacted me got me thinking about back in the day, AKA elementary school. Today my friends and I reminisced about the kids we used to know, and that got me thinking about this question.

My first best friend was a girl named Lynette in grade one. We were both really shy and introverted, which may not sound like a good combination for friendship, but it worked for us.

She moved away the next year before grade two, and I never saw her again. I can't even remember her last name.

I'd like to find her online one day and see is she remembers me, and I'd like to find out what happened to her.

Love.

FOTD; British Red Chai Latte

2009-10-15T21:00:00.000-07:00

Face;

Almay Nearly Nude Foundation

MAC Studio Fix Concealer in NC15

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light

MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof! (Highlight)

MAC Powder Blush in Harmony

Eyes;

MAC Paint Pot in Soft Ochre

MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack (Just a thin line this time)

MAC Eyeshadows in Phloof! (Highlight) and Beauty Marked (Eyebrows)

Maybelline Lash Stiletto in Black

Lips;

MAC Lip Pencil in Redd
L'Oreal Colour Riche Lipstick in British Red

Another professional day; I wore the same outfit as this day, but with black tights, and I wore my glasses.

I added the leopard print scarf when I got home because I was cold; I wanted to wear it out, but I didn't have time because I almost missed my bus. Again.

(I'm getting bad at this...)

When I want to look older and/or smarter, I wear my glasses.

And when I want to look my best, I forgo eyeshadow, and just wear eyeliner and lipstick.

This is my favourite nail polish of all time; OPI's You Don't Know Jacques.

I've made two of my friends buy this nail polish, seriously, and it's already a cult classic.

So You Don't Know Jacques by OPI, French Collection.

Get on it.

In other news, I went to a the Smart Mouth Café on Water Street and had hands down the best chai latte I've ever had.

Get on that as well.

QuestionOfTheDay;
How do you do your make-up when you need to look your best?

Like, what do you think looks best on you? What's your never fail 'hey I need to kick ass' make-up look.

Love.

OOTD/FOTD; Family-Approved Thanksgiving Attire

2009-10-12T18:29:00.001-07:00

_ Lace dress form Zara (Worn as a blouse)
_ Black skirt from H&M
_ Red cardigan from Zara
_ Black tights from H&M
_ Vintage scarf
_ Belt from Primark

Not the best picture, but I could only take photos in my room yesterday because my parents were cleaning, and if they saw me, they'd make me help.
Priorities, blog vs. manual labour.
You'd do the same.

This is essentially the same outfit I wore the other day, but I classed it up a bit with some more lace and a cardigan. And the belt's different.
I also deviated from my normal cat-eye make-up routine and added (my god) eyeshadow.

Face;
_ Almay Nearly Nude Foundation
_ MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light
_ MAC Powder Blush in Harmony
_ MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof! (Highlight)

Eyes;
_ MAC Paint Pot in Soft Ochre
_ MAC Eyeshadows in Woodwinked, Beauty Marked (Also used to fill in eyebrows), and Phloof! (Highlight)
_ MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
_ Some drugstore brand mascara that I wouldn't recommend

Lips;
_ Maybelline Shiny-Licious lipgloss in Caramella (Does Maybelline still sell this stuff? If so, I buy it)

I didn't think Woodwinked and Beauty Marked would work together, what with Woodwinked being so gold, and Beauty Marked being so black and all, but when applied with a light hand, Beauty Marked blended into the gold and looked almost brown.
I bought Woodwinked on the recommendation of every beauty guru on Youtube, and honestly, I don't love it.
It's so pretty, but I don't love it.
What's another way I could wear Woodwinked? make me love it, world.
Make me love it.

Thanksgiving was the average family affair; it was delicious, and my mom made cupcakes!
Just like the pilgrims ate.

After dinner we watched TV. MuchMusic was having a 'Bring It On' marathon for some reason; why not 'Degrassi' Much? Come one.
We almost watched 'Degrassi', making this Youtube video ring true, but settled on 'The Cleveland Show' and 'Family Guy'.

Nails of the day!
Since my outfit was somewhat conservative, I decided to paint my nails 'Pamploma Purple' from OPI's Espana Collection.
You eagle-eyed reader will notice that this is what I wore to my friend's birthday party in the last post.

My outfit and make-up wasn't too exciting in this post, I'm afraid, but keeping it relative-approved on Thanksgiving is important, I think. I don't come from a conservative family, but the peek-a-bra blouse from the birthday party may have been a little too risqué.

QuestionOfTheDay;
How was your Thanksgiving? If you're not Canadian, how was your last big family celebration? What did you wear? Did you change your make-up up? let me know.

Love.

P.S. Don't forget to follow if you have a Blogger account! Looking at the no followers thing is getting kind of sad.

Virtual high-fives for anyone who follows, I promise.

<3

OOTD; The Birthday Party Was Just An Excuse To Get Bubble Tea

2009-10-11T15:38:00.000-07:00

_ White top from Zara

_ Black bra from La Senza

_ Leather jacket from New Look

_ Jeans from American Eagle (Cut into shorts; for modesty)

_ Black tights from H&M
_ Black beret from H&M

_ Belt from Primark

_ Assorted rings

_ Black studded ankle boots from Spring

_ Canvas bag from Urban Outfitters

_ 'Pamplona Purple' nail polish by OPI

Firstly, let me preface this by saying Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadians out there!

Yesterday was my friend's eighteenth birthday party, so obviously we all went out to The Roxy, got wasted, and drunkenly cabbed our way back home.

Just kidding. The drinking age is nineteen. That's next year.

This year we went out to lunch, then decided to see where the day took us. That ended up being Chinatown, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

We went to Browns for lunch; I'd actually never been, even though there are a million (Three) locations all over Vancouver. I had a veggie burger and fries, and I can confidently say their veggie burgers are not disgusting; you know those restaurants that pack the veggie burger patties with vegetables as a filler because they're too cheap for soy?

Well my frustrated, vegetarian friend, Browns was not one of those restaurants.

On the contrary, it's the second best veggie burger I'd ever had. The best are at White Spot, because there's more sauce than burger, and I'm into that.

SideNote;

If you're ever in B.C., go to White Spot. I know the name's racist, but for some reason no one's ever complained to the government. Probably because their milkshakes are amazing.

Seriously, they're the best I've ever had, and I've drank a lot of milkshakes in my day.

That's why was an overweight child.

Anyway, there's one at the Vancouver airport, so get on that.

After a quick debate of what to do for the rest of the day, H&M was quickly chosen as a good idea, and off we bussed. I was tempted by a fuzzy, leopard print beret, and leopard print gloves, but I declined; will I actually wear a fuzzy, leopard print beret? And what's the point of the gloves if they don't match my hat?

At this point, we split into two groups, those who wanted to shop for lingerie, and those who wanted bubble tea. I'll give you one guess which group I was in.

I wish I could say I was in the group who needed sexy lingerie.

But Chinatown and it's bubble tea establishments called to me, and the only men who've been calling out to me lately are the construction workers on Granville.

Afterwards, we all met up and took pictures on the grassy area near the Chinatown skytrain station until it was time for us to all bus back up to our respected houses.

Oh, and an awkward moment never came to fruition, thank god; my friend Kelly and I take the same bus home, and while waiting to get on, we realized this guy from high school, was getting on with us. I'm not sure where I stand with him now; we were friends, he developed a huge crush on me, he developed a huge crush on my friend, made some choice comments about her breasts, creeped us out, and everything got awkward.

I have no luck with meeting people on public transportation.

Anyway, I had lots of fun yesterday, and my see-through top was a success, but I knew it would be.

I have pervy friends.

I love that top but I was worried that the exposed bra might get me some creepy attention. I personally don't think there's anything wrong with showing bra, but the stares get old.

QuestionOfTheDay;

Is there anything you love to wear, but hate the stares/comments you get? is there anything you'd love to wear outside, but are afraid about what people might say?

I'm still plucking up the courage to wear black lipstick out. One day.

Love.

OOTD; I Figured Out A Way To Wear A Skirt Without Looking Like A Tool

2009-10-08T18:21:00.000-07:00

_ Black high waisted skirt with white lace from H&M

_ White t shirt from American Apparel (My friend painted song lyrics and a heart on it with fabric paint)

_ Navy (I thought they were back; they were named 'Midnight' -_- ) tights from American Apparel

_ Silver belt from Urban Behaviour

_ Vintage scarf

_ Leather jacket from New Look (Not shown)

_ Black ankle boots from Spring
_ 'Russian Navy' nail Polish by OPI

I know I've been absent these past couple days; the honest truth? I had nothing to write about.
I watched some movies, read some books, made some decisions I'd been putting off, and basically recharged.

This post was supposed to be posted yesterday, but my internet timed out as soon as I finished -_-

Oh well, better late than never, and there will be a MixCassette later on today.

Yesterday I went out specifically for an article I'm going to write for his blog; I'll be finished hopefully some time next week.

I almost missed the bus by leaving my coin purse at home (Planning ahead, you elude me sometimes), but I managed to catch it.

On the bus, there was this girl who was just epitomizing the walk of shame. She was wearing a classy black coat, black open toed platforms, chipped black nail polish on said toes, and a messy bun in her hair. When she took off the coat briefly, I saw the strapless champagne coloured number underneath. She wasn't wearing a bra.

She seemed to like my outfit though, or at least I'm going to say that's why she kept staring at me.

Anyway, after I had finished the project, I went to H&M to browse, and saw two friends of mine on the boyfriend couches outside. We had lunch together, which consisted of me trying to eat vegetarian pad thai, despite not knowing how to use chopsticks.

SideNote;

Yes, I never learned how to use chopsticks. I'm not sure what it is; every single friend of mine has tried to teach me at some point in my life, but I just can't grasp the concept. I think it's because I don't hold pencils the regular way. My third grade teacher tried to break me of my habit of holding a pencil wonky, but I was eight by that point and too old to change.

We shopped for a bit, discussed life and whether or not sixty dollars was too much for a faux fur dress (It is not), and then public transited home, but not before I added Marc Jacobs' 'Rain' perfume to my Christmas wishlist.
After, I came home, attempted to post this blog, failed, then met my friend for coffee around eight at a Starbucks.

It's starting to feel like fall in Vancouver; last night my friend and I walked home at around ten at night and it was freezing. I'm into it, obvs, what with my hatred of summery weather and all.

Nails of the day! I'm wearing 'Russian Navy' by OPI. I absolutely adored the Russian Collection; it was the first collection that I bought two bottles of polish from, instead of just sampling one (Aside from 'Russian Navy' I bought 'An Affair In Red Square'). This was my favourite polish for a long time; it's almost black but when you're in the sunlight, the navy shimmer is just POW.

Yeah, you can tell I'm a fan of the dark polishes.

I've got a lot to psot about lately; later on today will bethe MixCassette, then it's my friends birthday party, then Canadian Thanksgiving. Family functions are always tricky to dress up for; I think I'm going to wear yesterdays high waisted skirt, just to class it up a bit. I'd love to do crazy eye shadow, but I know I'll be the person the most done up. In fact, I can't think of a single family get together in the past couple years where I wasn't the person the most dolled up.

C'est la vie, we're not a dressy sort of family.

QuestionOfTheDay;

What's your favourite fall clothing and/or make-up trend/look this year? Black lipstick is my favourite look, but I'm not sure what my fall 'uniform' will be yet. I'm kind of into faux fur coats, but I'm not sure if they're fabulous or hideous.

I find myself wondering that a lot.

Love.

P.S. All I've been listening to lately is 'The Listening' by Lights.

And 'Crash Love' by AFI.

Buy these albums.

Proper reviews to come soon.

P.P.S. I can't stop listening to the 'No Way' by Lady Gaga; it was leaked to Youtube a couple says ago. I probably shouldn't encourage this, but whatevs, I love it.

OOTD; New Frames? 'Milk'?

2009-10-04T11:44:00.000-07:00

_ Top by Matthew Williamson for H&M
_ Cardigan from Forever 21
_ Jeans from Mavi
_ Belt from Primark
_ Boots from Spring
_ Glasses by Gucci
_ 'Royal Rajah Ruby' nail polish by OPI

It was a 'not looking at the camera' day.

I went to the optometrist for the first time in forever yesterday.
Guess what! I'm a candidate for laser eye surgery!
But oh no! They want me to wait until I've finished two years of university before going under the laser =(
Something about the intense textbook reading being bad for your eyes.

I love my optometrist; he looks like a normal guy, Caucasian, grey hair, kind eyes, but he's so quiet and well mannered.
I hated my first optometrist with a passion; she was this bitch who never listened to me. When I was fourteen and first starting wearing contacts, I always had trouble with my left eye being too sensitive for them. The stupid woman asked me which eye bothered me, and I pointed to my left eye.
She writes down 'right'. Because it was her right.
Being too young to want to tell an adult she's wrong, I concluded that I must have not read her handwriting properly. I go back a few months later and she asks me how my right eye is.
Fail.
When I tried to tell her it was my left eye that was bothering me, she rolls her eyes at me and tells me that my file says 'right eye' so I just must be stupid, trying to make her job harder, etc.

God, I hated that bitch.
But I love my current optometrist.

Anyway, I'm also going to get new frames soon; I've had these Gucci's since November/December of grade nine, and my mom keeps telling me it's time I get new ones.
I like these glasses though; I'm not sure what I would get to replace them.
I was thinking about maybe something like Dan Levy's?

I wanted white frames for a while, but my mom refused to pay for them. She said they were too ugly.

My current nail polish is 'Royal Rajah Ruby' by OPI, from the India Collection. This is the only India Collection polish I own.

I forgot how brown it is. I like it, but I'd like it more if it were black with an intense red shimmer, instead of burned brown with a bit of red. It's still very pretty, though.

Does anyone know what the next OPI collection is going to be? I haven't heard anything after Spain. I wish they'd redo a Canadian Collection; I think they missed an opportunity with the basic one they did. It was just boring.

I watched 'Milk' last night.

I was really moved by it; it got a bit slow towards the end, but I cried at his "Give them hope!" speech.
I'm not a huge fan of Sean Penn, but I love Emile Hirsch and Josh Brolin.
And James Franco after 'Pineapple Express'.

QuestionOfTheDay;
Was there a movie that completely changed your opinion of an actor, for better or worse?
I never liked Will Ferrel, even refusing to watch his movies. Then my friend made me, and I mean made me, watch 'Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy' with her.
It's one of my all time favourite movies.
Mila Kunis in 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' is another one; I can't stand 'That 70's Show' (and I've given it enough chance; the same friend forced me to watch hours upon hours of the show. I laughed once. The scene where Topher Grace and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are in the car together. But mostly because that one caught me off guard) but Mila Kunis herself is quite funny. When she's not having to deal with Wilmer Valderama.

Love.

OOTD; As Conservative As I Can Get (Part II)

2009-09-30T15:53:00.000-07:00

_ Black dress from Jacob

_ Gray coat from H&M

_ Red tights from American Apparel

_ Ankle boots from Spring

_ Black men's laptop bag from H&M

_ Black iPod Classic

More job hunting.

It absolutely poured yesterday; my boots soaked through, and they're for the most part water-proof. I haven't been out in a rainstorm that bad in awhile, and all of Robson Street was running for cover.

After I got home and changed into the same lazy day outfit that I wore in this post, my friend came over and we watched TV, made grilled cheese sandwiches, and played Scene-It. We were nowhere near as good at regular Scene-it than Harry Potter Scene-It.

I realize I never talked about the big HP Scene-It party I had a few weeks back, bit it's probably for the better.

You'd all judge me if you saw how much Harry Potter trivia I knew v_v

Elsie makes a cameo in those photos; when I put the camera on self timer, she kept going up to it and sniffing. I guess she saw the blinking light, and that kind of freaked her out.

I got 'The Listening' by Lights right after I wrote that blog post, and I really like it.

It's not too new, since I had about six of her songs off the album already, but 'Face Up' and 'Quiet' are amazing.

QuestionOfTheDay;

Are you a power dressing kind of person? Meaning do you like suits, blazers, heels, trenches, the whole professional look?

I do, which may surprise some people, especially people who knew me when i had my pink/purple hair. Wearing what I wore yesterday just makes me feel older, and more powerful.

I hate looking my age.

Love.

P.S. Watch/comment my video on youtube to be the next MuchMusic VJ!

OOTD; As Conservative As I Can Be

2009-09-28T15:44:00.000-07:00

_ Dress from a boutique in Montreal

_ Leather jacket from New Look (as per usual)

_ Tights from American Apparel

_ Beret from H&M

_ Ankle boots from Spring

_ Laptop bag from H&M (not shown)

_ 'I'm Fondue Of You' nail polish by OPI

_ More blush (MAC's Melba and Harmony mixed) than usual

Today was another 'dropping off resumés' day, so I tried to look slightly conservative, not that I want to work anywhere conservative. As Stacy and Clinton say "Dress for the job you want."

But I had to add blue tights; as professional as I want to look, they have to remember me.

I think this outfit worked; I got many a cat call from all the construction workers downtown. And there were a lot -_-

The new nail colour is OPI's 'I'm Fondue Of You'.

It's a chocolate brown with a bit of red shimmer, and I'm super into it. I always have to go back to dark nails; I think this obsession happened after seeing Emily Blunt in 'The Devil Wears Prada'.

There's a bunch of albums I have to download at this point;

'The Boy Who Knew Too Much' - Mika

'Crash Love' - AFI

'The Listening' - Lights

'The Resistance' - Muse

'Man On The Moon - The End Of The Day' - Kid Cudi

'Brand New Eyes' - Paramore

'It's Not Me, It's You' - Lily Allen (I know, I haven't jumped on this bandwagon yet)

'19' - Adele (Nor this one)

'Ellipse' - Imogen Heap

'Goodbye Blues' - The Hush Sound (This has been out for forever, I know)

I had better get on that.

(That's what she said.)

QuestionOfTheDay;

What albums do you have to buy? Which have you bought but have yet to listen to? What were the last two/three albums you've bought?

My answer to the first one is above, right not I'm working on 'Optics' by I:Scintilla (I have to give it a more thorough listen), and I've already answered the last question in my MuchMusic VJ application video.

Love.

OOTD; Spending Too Much On Vegetarian Food/Elsie's Birthday

2009-09-26T18:18:00.000-07:00

_ Gray t shirt from The Gap

_ Leather jacket from New Look

_ Jeans from American Eagle (Unevenly cut into shorts)

_ Black tights from H&M

_ Vintage scarf

_ Leopard print sunglasses from Urban Outfitters

_ Flat ankle boots from Spring

_ Black men's laptop bag

_ 'Grey' nail polish by Barry M

Tons of drama yesterday morning.
My sister wanted to that Lady Gaga and Kanye West tour; I thought about going for Lady Gaga, obvs, but then realized I'd have to sit through Kanye West. Anyway, I kind of some what promised I'd buy her the tickets when they went on sale at 10 am. And I forgot about said promise, naturally.
Friday rolled around and I absentmindedly told my sister that I was catching the 10 am bus when she asked me where I was going that day. She reminded me about the tickets.
Conundrum.

After much yelling and weighing the options on my part, I gave in and decided to miss my bus and be late to lunch with my friends. I called them and explained everything, of course; keeping rudeness to a minimum is a constant goal of mine.
So all in all, I'm a saint and my sister owes me. Plus I would have felt guilty is I didn't.

I caught the 10:30 bus and eventually met my friends at The Naam sometime around noon, possibly later. The Naam is a vegetarian restaurant that my mom claims to have been around for "about thirty years". I don't know if that's factual or not, but my mom said it, and she wouldn't lie to me.
I had the Thai Dragon Bowl which was amazing. Anywhere that can incorporate tofu into a meal and make it still delicious is good in my book.

Afterwards, one of my friends had to go back to university, while me and the other friends, Kelly, bussed downtown to do some shopping.

Sidenote;
I've never named any of my friends on this blog. This is honestly because I don't know if they would want me to. Kelly, I'm going to put your name out there because A) you took the OOTD pictures and B) you managed to find this blog, so if you don't want your name out there, you can just tell me.

I saw the MAC Style Black collection.
I am disappoint.
I knew I wasn't going to buy any of the lipsticks, because I want to buy Lime Crime's Styletto lipstick when it comes out, but I at least thought the lipglosses would work. The two black lipglosses with shimmer were barely pigmented, and the pure black one just wasn't working. Kelly agreed with me on that. The mineralized eyeshadows were all right, but mineralized eye shadows just aren't as pigmented as MAC's regular eyeshadows.
So while I was deeply upset, my wallet was not, and I now have a spare couple of Canadian bills in my pocket.

This is when I gave Kelly my camera and told her to shoot some Outfit Of The Day Photos while I was walking. I was talking to her throughout the entire time, which is why my mouth is all contorted and giving me less than attractive faces.

We used to do photography together in high school; there are few people I'd ask to do the OOTD shots, just because everyone always tries to get me dead in the center of the photo, and then they'll awkwardly crop out my feet or something. Kelly learned the rule of thirds. My god, I love the rule of thirds.

Later than night, Kelly and two of our friends watched a couple movies together, 'X Men Origins: Wolverine' and 'X2'.
Many 'that's What She Said' jokes ensued.

'X Men Origins: Wolverine' was a basic action movie, which was disappointing, since I adore the X Men trilogy.
First strike against it: Dominic Monaghan dies within the first ten minutes.
They seriously just put that guy in stuff so he can die. Which sucks because I love him. He will always be Charlie to me.
('Not Penny's Boat' will always be one of the saddest moments in TV)
Afterwards we watched 'X2', which put the 'Wolverine' to shame; you can really see the bad in a movie when you watch an awesome movie after it.

Mystique and Magneato will always be my favourites.

And Xavier.

Today was a lazy day; I took a OOTD picture, but it's honestly too bland to post.
Not the outfit, I like it, but the photos themselves were such a fail.

It's Elsie's (my dog) birthday today!

She's two years old! Honestly though, it feels like we've had her forever; she's part of the family.

My mom, dad, and I took her on a walk down to the local Starbucks, thus why I got dressed.

Tonight I'm just going to read 'White Oleander' and watch the season premiere of 'Saturday Night Live'. Megan Fox is hosting. We'll see if her acting improves.

QuestionOfTheDay;

Do you watch TV a lot? What are your favourite shows? I don't know anyone who watches TV as much as me, but that's becasue I have a PVR. Before the PVR I only watched a few primetime shows. I don't know how I survived.

You'll hear me talk a lot about TV on this blog.

Love.

OOTD; Taking The Canada Line!

2009-09-24T17:34:00.000-07:00

_ Blue dress from Zara

_ Leather jacket from New Look

_ Silver belt from Urban Behaviour

_ Blue tights from American Apparel

_ Black beret from H&M (My first time wearing it)

_ Gold jade eye necklace

_ Ankle boots from Spring

_ Black men's laptop bag from H&M (Not shown)

_ Leopard print sunglasses from Urban Outfitters (Not shown)

_ Barry M nail polish in 'Grey' (Though my hands are in my pockets)

Note;

The dress folds that way, it's not my stomach -_-

I started my day, as any healthy young girl should, by going to the doctor. My doctor was in a good mood today, which is surprising because she's usually so surly.

After a quick bus ride home, I changed into this outfit (I'd just been wearing jeans, a t shirt, a scarf, and the jacket and boots you see above) and hurried off to meet my friend at the Canada Line station.

SideNote;

The bus driver didn't make me pay to go on the bus. Only me, though, not the old ladies.

Was he hitting on me, or did he just not want a bunch of change in the machine? I pay for the bus in quarters and dimes, so that's understandable.

It was an odd interaction, nonetheless.

The Canada Line is Vancouver's newest skytrain. Before it, it took two and a half hours to get to the airport from the city by public transit. I am not exaggerating, I've done it.

It was built for the Olympics, obviously, but has the awesome function of taking people from downtown Vancouver to Richmond, a city just outside of Vancouver.

I'm going to be blunt; a lot of Asian people live in Richmond. Do you know what that means? Asian malls! With Asian stores! And, most importantly, Asian food courts!

I don't know where else to buy egg balls but Aberdeen Mall.

So my friend and I Canada Lined down to Richmond to get egg balls

And cold milky tea.

A very nutritious lunch.

We also went shopping a Daiso, a Japanese store where everything is $2.00.

If you're visiting Vancouver, I highly recommend visiting Daiso; it really does have anything you could ever want. Today I bought a small canvas and some paint brushes. I contemplated the fake nails, but decided against them.

I don't want to destroy my natural nails with the nail glue.

Yes you can buy fake nails and art supplies in the same store. Madness.

It was awesome to sit and have lunch with one of my friends today; they're all so busy with the start of university, that it's hard to get to see them outside of a text message conversation. On the way home, we met two of our other friends on the bus. It's always awesome when you meet friends on the bus, instead of guys who ask you out continually for a year and half without getting it (I swear to god if I see that guy on the seabus one more time....).

Tonight my Dad's getting Subway and we're watching 'Survivor' and 'The Office'. I'm pretty stoked.

Did anyone watch 'Modern Family' last night? I really liked it. I felt that some parts were a bit forced, ie. the dad going overboard with the chatspeak, but I was sold when the gay husband brought out the baby 'Lion King' style.

QuestionOfTheDay;

What's something about the city you live in that you love? I used to hate Vancouver with a passion; I wanted to live in Toronto or Montreal. But after growing up a bit, I realized that Vancouver really is an amazing place to grow up; I don't know many other white kids who hang out at Asian malls, and I don't know many people who can see the ocean from their house.

Love.