A day late, but you will have to forgive me…we went away for the holiday:
Being home, Apples to Apples, long talks during car rides, french cuisine, having cranberry relish instead of cranberry jelly during TG dinner, kitties being super affectionate, buckeye candy, feeling super attractive, a NEW laptop (so now I have two!), good test results, no snow still, skype (still–everyone should have it), terms of affection, great HAIRCUTS (when I went in, the lady actually said, “what happened to your hair?” and I had to be all, “I KNOW! Plz fix it.” Thankfully, she did a great job), ginger ale (still), LUSH face products, decided we are going to go get our Christmas tree Saturday, free gift cards in the mail, owl checks & owl checkbook cover, coming to the conclusion that “gobstoppers are not what they used to be,” baked brie, my idea for a sexy car wash business, having friends that miss you, writing these lists every week & being thankful all the time, considering volunteer work, not having to drive on the trip home, random detours and stops during road trips && the best present i’ve ever received in my life from the boy…(if you never hear from me again, it’s not my fault).
Going to work at 10! My first Black Friday retail experience…wheeeee : )
i feel like red is going to be a big color for me in december…
other inspirations for the upcoming month:
plaid flannel anything, silver colored metals, music by garbage, thick eyeliner, teeth, fingerless gloves, dark liquors, ginger, clove, nutmeg, Bad Romance, black bandannas tied around your wrist, barbed wire, tired eyes, fight clubs, knuckle scars, hairspray, loose glitter, alternative media, pocket flasks, snow angels, pressing your cheek against a cold window pane, raw fruits & veggies, icicles, trudging, living as if you are on a tour bus, cool breezes, growing claws, the concept of hibernation, the stars, men in suits, men with stylish facial hair, girls with stockings & peacoats, wearing things in your hair, drawing on yourself or someone else, horror movies, the 90’s, introducing uncomfortable ideas, full lips, igloo palaces, everyone is an artist, magic necklaces with hidden compartments, the story of the Snow Queen, gingerbread houses, brass knuckles, hockey players, & richard brautigan:
I’m trying out a new theme here–please let me know what you think. I wish I could make my own layout & whatnot, but I know nothing about this stuff. I am planning on probably making my own header if I decide to stick with this layout–this header was from a wonderful free source I found. I’m not exactly sure I am comfortable with how “airy” and “light” the blog seems now with the new colors, but the header really helps compared to the one they did have.
Harrumph… *grumble grumble*
I need to be more easily pleased!<3
EDITED TO ADD:
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(If I could say everything that runs through my head as I look at this picture…starting with: GET YOUR HAIR UNDER CONTROL PLZ?)
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I have finally figured out exactly why I did not like the movie Juno, and why I do not like Ellen Page.
It is because before there was Ellen Page, there was Jena Malone, who did everything Ellen Page is doing now, but first and better. I think everyone who likes E.P. now probably never knew who Jena Malone was, and that is a damn shame. She was in some of my favorite films. Including:
We can also conclude, from reading the synopsis’s of these films and/or watching them that:
Juno = Confessions of an American Girl + Saved
See? The pregnant angsty young teen thing was Jena Malone’s forte. Plus, she didn’t go around blabbering about babies being sold like Ipods in China or home skillets (I am hungry right now).
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She’s also much prettier & stylish & Zooey Deschanel is her friend & she has a band:
VS.
Ellen Page looks like a mini version of Rachel Ray.
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I have a very soft spot in my heart for the movie Saved, because I attended a school like this during my elementary years & my life was full of hypocritical people like Mandy Moore’s character until high school, when I decided to cut ties.
And, if I really want to be honest, Patrick Fugit is cuter than Michael Cera.
Of course, I still love Michael Cera, because he played George Michael in Arrested Development, but that is an aside and we will talk about AD some other day when I am properly prepared (We are doing this 2 for 1 box set deal @ work for TV DVD’s and when ever someone buys Arrested Development or It’s Always Sunny I become this babbling wreck of a person who has to tell them what great taste they have and how refreshing it is to see other people like those shows. I mean, I am usually a sentence or two away from quoting them. I’m lucky, “I don’t want no part of your country club, you freak bitch!” hasn’t escaped my mouth yet. It is AMAZING what will make you happy or excite you after you’ve been on the floor for six hours…)
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P.S.
Now I’m officially in love with Jena. Her hair = amazing. I love other girls who are risky enough to pull off daring hairstyles!
In conclusion, I am sorry if I have offended you with my shocking revelation of the morning. I just feel a lot better now that I have resolved this issue & have a concrete reason for my distaste of one of the most beloved young actresses of the now…but don’t worry! I still love you because you probably loved Juno! Because I’m pretty much the only freak who didn’t (I also didn’t like seeing Jason Bateman play a creeper).
This is exactly how I feel right now in regards to how my novel is coming along.
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I managed to write quite a bit the other day–finally feel like I found the M.C’s “true” voice.
But now I have to write a bunch of parts I really don’t want to write.
The whole document is full of sections between the parts I’ve already written that just say things like:
(BLAH BLAH BLAH PUT STUFF HERE TO KEEP CONTINUITY– GRRR AT LEAST THERE IS A BIT OF A STORY HERE EVEN IF IT IS POORLY TOLD, IT IS ALRIGHT, IT IS GOING TO BE EDITED, BUT WE NEED SOME MORE WORDS FOR “FORT.” THIS IS NOT GOING SO WELL. NO FORTITUDE. WAIT, THE BOOK IS ABOUT FORTS. OH, LORD. THIS IS A NEW REVELATION FOR ME. MUST EXPLORE).
Which means I am going fantabulously kooky & will probably make a brilliant author someday.
I like writing with all caps. Sorry if it offends your eyeballs. The rest of the book is not in caps, I just write in caps sometimes to cheer myself up. Caps make everything more amusing to me.
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The scene I am writing right now is about the main character’s last day.
I think she’s going to get a milkshake. Go to the park. Or maybe an aquarium (?) She’s not going to sweat it too much. It’s not even going to be a very nice day out.
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I think I am the only person who finds it harder to write when there is music playing.
~countdowns (to the weekend, to Thanksgiving, to Christmas)
~selling the last Edward Cullan cutout at work (he creeped me out hardcore–they were always moving him around the store & i would mistake him for a customer)
“This is about a girl with complexities and aspirations you can hardly imagine. One who takes risks and smiles at the consequences. One who is at once in charge of her independence and sexuality as she is vulnerable. Shy yet aggressive. Subtle but bold. One who seeks the thrill of tottering at the edge between this and that. A girl who stays up all night waiting for a phone call and dismisses it when it does come, a hopeless romantic with a filthy mind. One with a sardonic wit and a tender sweetness. One who goes after what she wants and dismisses anything in her way. A feminist with a heart that can be melted with a single glance, a prototype with impossible to classify tendencies.”
~free hard drives! i can save all the pictures i want now!
~a photo tour of actual fall-out/bomb shelters (from Hella-blog & good.is)…fascinating stuff! it makes me totally wish i could watch Blast from the Past this afternoon.
~“…and I didn’t know this either, but love don’t make things nice – it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren’t here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and die.”-moonstruck
~having a copy of Shake the Sheets by Teo Leo and the Pharmacists fall right into my hands after i rediscovered them last week (a used copy floated into the store)!
~BLING NAILS! I am actually off to buy nail polish (still looking for lavender) && little jewels & gems after i post this…
~lil wayne…yup, i’m still on my weezy kick. he’s irresistibly catchy…
~The very girly anime NANA. The story is fun (two very different girls with the same name end up sharing an apartment together & having adventures), the artwork is incredible, and I love watching episodes of it, especially while in the bathtub w/ a bath bomb. Paradise Kiss is another series by the same person & is also very lovely. It is about a girl who becomes a model for a group of friends with their own fashion label! P.S. i am not a huge anime fan except for these two shows…so if i like them, maybe you will too?
~glitter, shiny things, long dangly earrings, half sweaters, feeling very feminine today…
xx lots of love
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Edited because I forgot yet again to include the Glen Howerton Pic of the week. I think these pics are a nice addition to my weekly love fest:
I’m a sucker for “what’s in your bag?” photos…so entering a contest where I just have to snap a picture of the current contents of my tote is right up my alley.
1) You can see my pretzel pass on top of my wallet. I have an unhealthy obsession with those pretzels. I may or may not have ate a pretzel for lunch yesterday. And then a pretzel dog for dinner (WHAT?! I was at work all day…and the healthy Japanese place I usually eat had their credit card machine down & I had no cash…plus, now I only need one more punch for a FREE pretzel).
I also have a Dave & Busters card in my wallet (have not tried to use it at a TGI Friday’s yet…[props if you get the reference]), a Hot Topic discount card I got signed up for yesterday when I went in to look @ a Lady Gaga t-shirt, my debit, my license, $40, receipts, business cards from every sushi restaurant I’ve visited, and a PacSun gift card with a dollar on it. Yes, really.
2) Pile of gum wrappers. These were fluttering around the bottom of the bag. I thought I would include my trash in the shot, so you could get the real vibe of my purse.
3) Pink pepper spray. Got this in my Christmas stocking last year. Was somewhat offended, as I had survived three years of college already w/o needed pepper spray. Grateful I have it now, however, as one night I was walking home from work & found a large knife in the bushes….
4) Warhead Gummy Cubes (not worth it…green is okay, pink is good) and Sour Patch Kids (my eternal loves). I bought both bags of candy the same night. My dentist would shoot me if she knew.
5) Index cards stapled together to make a ghetto notebook. All the index cards have notes for my novel on them, in different colored pens. On top of the note cards I placed some Chiclets I found in the depths of the purse.
6). You can see about half of my tramp stamp lighter. I bought it when I was completely drunk at maybe one in the morning. It’s pink with a large hibiscus on it & tribal designs on either side of the flower. Hence, “tramp stamp”.
7) All of those blue, pink, and purple coupons are for Bath and Body Works. I wish Lush sent out that many coupons!
8.) YES! My most prized recent purchase! I have to carry my copy of It’s a Very Sunny Christmas around with me, otherwise my boy has vowed to hide it from me in order to keep me from watching it until closer to Christmas time. Screw that! But really, I haven’t watched it yet. So don’t spoil anything…
9) Recently re-formatted Ipod Touch. Added some new playlists, including one entitled “Dance Strawberries” and one called, “hfkjkshjkfhds” (because I got bored giving them actual names). I also just downloaded the free UNO app, the Food Network app, and Jojo’s Fashion Show 2 game (It’s awesome). The two orange blobs on the screen are actually two koi fish on my background.
10) All sorts of meds. Emergen-C is my savior. I love that shit. Really, you need it in your life. Go to their website & they will send you a sample. It’s a godsend for hangovers. Also pictured: allergy meds, a midol or two, cough drop, pepto bismol tab, & a very old peppermint from a bar in Grand Rapids. Plus a wet wipe.
11) Make-ups, perfumes, deo for when I’m at work all day, because I like to stay fresh. Also hand sanitizer/lotion. Very important! There are also eye drops, my mirror, and some Vitamin C drops.
12) Lastly, a copy of XXL with Jay-z on the cover that I had been coveting for awhile (got it for free when work switched out to the new issues), my oft-neglected diary w/ faux alligator skin texture ($3.00 on sale), and a free copy of an alternative magazine that includes lots of concert info, movie reviews, and the like for around the city.
Included but not mentioned: change, feather earrings, heart earrings, assorted pins, keys & bottle opener key chain, lollipops from halloween, owl sticky notes, period pluggers, the corner of my mini-photo album, pens, the actual bag (you can see it in the upper left card corner, sort of–it’s a big, black, over the shoulder bag by Fox).
Show me what is in your bags (because I am curious & the kind of person who has to resist snooping around people’s medicine cabinets when I visit them) & be sure to enter the contest/link back here & to their site if you do!
xx
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This song I had totally forgotten about just came up on my Itunes. It was part of a mix I just downloaded recently. Hell yeah, this is a great morning:
a list of things, to express how i am feeling right now:
baking mini-quiches at 9 a.m–cooking is a small comfort
disappointment with the taste of my morning coffee, but drinking the whole pot
going to the gym when it is dark out at night
staring long and hard at my text document…writing 1,000+ words and not being about to put any emotion behind them–they don’t feel like my words
dreams that are only tangible through pamphlets (but i set the pamphlets out as to make the dreams seem more tangible)
stomach grumbles
feeling hollow watching a film everyone else finds amusing–waiting to feel “in” on the jokes
the cover of Time asking me if Fort Hood was “an aberration or a sign of things to come?”
running out of checks with multiple bills on my desk
phone calls from numbers i do not know, but in area codes i do
writing e-mails without responses, remembering why i never put myself out there, save for putting myself out here
deciding for the thousandth time that i need to stop initiating conversation & making an effort to stay in touch when i am the only one who makes an effort to do so.
realizing that no girl has ever had a genuine interest in me as a person and wanted to be my true friend (save one, and she is not here)
watching my first concert while holding an over sized cup to my chest, trying to sing along, but it is too loud, but the lights are pretty and the company is good
dreading the snow, but wanting owl ornaments and Christmas lights and sleepovers
i now sing along to songs i don’t even like because i’ve heard them so often (there’s a truth hidden in there, somewhere)
not capitalizing, because i truly hate it
lack of fortitude–and what do i have to compensate?
wanting to know how to play the guitar, only so i could sing by myself, for myself
arranging over cleaning
although i want it to, nude lipstick doesn’t do anything for me, my lips are too red
some days i look at my hands and they are slender and nimble and other days they are short and chunky and i don’t know what hands i really have.
whiskey sours as a solution when everything else has failed
enjoying a perfectly gray sky with no clouds
never sleeping straight through the night, expecting not to sleep through the night, not understanding why i wake up multiple times during the night
having your hair washed by someone you love = possibly one of the greatest, most touching things
never crying at important things; but tearing up during commercials–feeling like you are wired wrong
i don’t feel like putting on makeup–except foundation, which turns into just concealer too, then just some mascara, then i am doing up my whole eyes and straightening my hair, but at least no lipstick, just balm
don’t panic by Coldplay–because i put it on a mix too long ago, in another time, but it is on a new mix i am listening to for the first time (that i did not make)
Part Two: Man, I Never Realized How Weird My Taste Was. I Am Almost Afraid to Continue. But I Will, For Your Amusement. And Because I Promised. Also, There Will Be a Few More Shirtless Pictures:
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Ashton Kutcher will bridge the gap quite nicely. I cannot possibly conceive that their is a person on the entire planet who does not find him attractive. He is probably one of the the most perfect human beings alive. EXCEPT for the Twittering. Goddamn, if only he would stop Twittering. He’s on this list because he had a new movie come out recently & I’ve seen the previews & he’s still got it. I would watch a channel that was purely Ashton Kutcher movies (& re-runs of That 70’s Show, so I can drool over Kelso & Hyde together, as it was meant to be). Someone should make that channel. Even if you may have to mute it every once in awhile.
The term “Eye Candy” was probably invented to describe Ashton Kutcher.
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More hardcore than Colin Farrell by a mile and a half. He has aged incredibly well. The ex-drug addict thing is hot because he has so much determination to stay sober. He’s fascinatingly kooky–He’s not one of those people you can figure out, which makes him even more attractive. Plus, aviators:
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(I have this picture of Jen from Elle on my wall)
Proof that you can be beautiful even past your twenties…I’ve always envied Jennifer’s beach-y carefree style and tanned skin, and Courtney Cox pulls off the dark hair/pale skin/blue eyes combo exceptionally. I can only hope I age as well as these two ladies have!
I don’t really care for many actresses, honestly (most of the girls I find crush-worthy are not “conventional” enough to be actresses/models), but I will watch anything these two have been in (except Marley & Me, because I know someone who will cry during it). I even owned Along Came Polly at one point in time. I’ve been watching Cougar Town secretly on Hulu. It makes me even happier knowing they are friends in real life, since they played such great ones on TV. Now if only they were my friends…to take me shopping, of course! : )
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I absolutely love, love, love me some Bradley Cooper. He’s the one I wish I could have kept all to myself, because I’ve had a crush on him for a God-awful long time. Anthony Bourdain introduced us, indirectly, of course. I read Bourdain’s book, Kitchen Confidential and then discovered there was a TV show that had been made based on the book. Bradley Cooper played the chef. It was fantastic. There were only 13 episodes. I was crushed. You can watch the whole series on hulu.com, though, if you’d like. To me, he reached the pinnacle of his hotness when he was all scruffy in The Hangover, but he also makes a pretty hot chef if you prefer your men a little more cleaned up:
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These guys. You already know all about that though, I never seem to shut up about it. And if I start talking about it again, I’d probably be tempted to use very vulgar, dirty language…(I heard Britney Spears’ “new” song, 3, today for the first time. It seems fitting to mention that here and then never again).
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How could you NOT have a crush on her? Oh God, everything is just perfect. Of course, having to share your crush with 1,000,000 other girls sort of sucks a little bit. Especially when she’s slept with most of them (fictionally). It is also Shane’s fault that I’m obsessed with button-up shirts at the moment.
Also, look!! Aviators:
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How could he not be my #1 celebrity crush? Damn. I mean, I did say some nice things about Ashton Kutcher earlier, but Bruce Willis is the one person that you should NEVER EVER EVER let get away. Not even for Ashton Kutcher. Bad trade, Demi.
1991-2000 were probably his best years, as far as movie making goes, in my opinion (Pulp Fiction, 12 Monkeys, The Last Boyscout, The Jackal, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, The Whole Nine Yards, two more Die Hard sequels…). You should trust me too, I’m like a Bruce Willis expert. A couple summers ago I sat down with the intention to watch EVERY Bruce Willis movie ever made. I got pretty far. I even watched Death Becomes Her. It was AWFUL. But I’ll admit…I did somewhat enjoy Perfect Stranger. Even though it was a bad movie, he’s just that sexy.
What is attractive about him? Well, there’s the fact that he’s the biggest bad-ass on the planet. He played motherfucking John McClane. He rips bullets out of his own chest. He’s the quintessential American action hero. Also, he’s like the most masculine man ever put on the face of the earth. And then there is his voice…which gives me shivers. Most importantly, I can’t explain it, but his face is perfect. I think it has something to do with his eyes:
Seriously, though, Bruce Willis is probably the greatest man ever. You would want him on your side in a bar fight. You’d want to go to a basketball game and get smashed with him. You’d want to be that French girl in Pulp Fiction, because, well, you get to see Bruce Willis shower. Etc…Plus, you can assume he is pretty much game for anything (wink wink) after the “bondage” photo shoot he did with his model wife for W (It’s odd, I did not like it–but again, he’s willing to do weird stuff. And that is awesome).
As I’ve mentioned before, I love Japanese cuisine. Sushi is my obvious favorite, but I also like to make miso soup and Oyako donburi at home. Last week, I made tonkatsu for the first time. It was DELISH (M doesn’t like pork usually, but he loved this. I told him he would, it’s fried & there are masses of onions involved! What’s not to love?!)
I used to pack myself bento lunches when I was in school. I even started a quickly abandoned bento-blog to showcase my less-than-stellar attempts (I am actually REALLY surprised I remembered the name of that blog to google it). The Hello Kitty bento box I won (!!) from work. It was my prized possession even though I knew it came from the dollar store. The bigger, clear bento-style box was a present from my mom.
Life went on after my short stint with bento lunches. I made a friend and we started going out for lunch instead of packing them. I moved onto campus the next year and just walked home to my apartment for lunch, since I no longer had a 20 minute walk each way from my apartment to campus.
M recently found the clear bento box and said, “I miss the bentos. You should make them for my lunch.” (I think he is getting very sick of sandwiches).
“OKAY!” sayz I, because I’m game, now that I have the means (AKA: TIME) to pour my heart and soul into making authentic bentos & also have acquired actual cooking skills (AKA: I know techniques other than microwaving). I can’t wait to buy bento supplies either. Like things that will shape eggs into hearts or make hot dogs into octopi…My theory is if I make food that tastes good enough he won’t care if it looks “cute.” (That sounds scarily like something the wife from Hello Kitty Hell would say).
I plan on making mini-quiches today–starting safe with miniture versions of something I’m already good at making. They are freezable too! This means I won’t have to get up any earlier than I already do in the morning (6 a.m is such an adult time to wake up, I feel)! Tomorrow, maybe I will attempt onigiri? I must have about three pounds of sushi rice in the cupboard.
Excitement abounds! My kitchen will be a mess by the time I am done! : D
Do you pack your own lunch?Or lunch for anyone else in your house? Have you ever made a bento? What is your favorite non-American cuisine & your favorite dish?
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Links pour vous(in case you want to jump on the bandwagon, or maybe you just want to learn how to cut your kiwis into zig-zags):
22, recent college graduate, self-described vagabond, autodidact, and sushi connoisseur.
likes: libraries, my cat, fresh fruit, trivia games, innuendo, picking at things, writing lists, black coffee, owls, playing pool, over analyzing, being in/near water, kitschy things, owls, citrus smells, cooking, slackers, gin & tonics, guys who wear aviators, other people with black hair & pale skin, arcade games, adventures, & of course, the internet.
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