my sister and i...

...think we're really funny





last night was my parents 25th wedding anniversary. kind of nuts. my mom got married when she was a few months older than i am right now. i can't see myself ready for that at all at 19, but times were different in those days and people did get married in their teens rather than their late 20's/30's that people do now. it's been interesting watching their relationship. they told us a bunch of stories from over the past 25yrs that they remember having together and some were actually pretty funny:

-my dad's best friend al (who is now my god-father) actually got to my mom first and they dated for 2-3 weeks. neither my mom or al were really feeling it though and they were going to break up. at a social my mom, my dad and al were at, my dad got al to break up with my mom so he could swoop in because he really liked her lol

-my dad even remembers what she was wearing the first night they met (which is amazing because my dad won't even remember a conversation we had in the morning by night), so that was really cute

-my parents birthdays are about a week apart and when they were 21 and 24, they had each planned a surprise party for the other (and invited the exact same people) on two consecutive nights with out either of them finding out :)

it's nice to know that even after all these years and many rough patches, they still love each other.

good morning

sunshine: war paint for the bored and pale

i woke up way too early today. i've been sitting around for hours now, bored out of my mind. i don't have to catch my bus for still, another two hours.

p.s:
real facts from snapple say:
"On average a human will spend up to 2 weeks kissing in his/her lifetime". i say that's not enough.
hmmm, it also says:
"The average person spends two weeks of its life waiting for a traffic light to change."
well, i guess i'm not the only person who plays the red light game.

the wheels on the bus go round and round..

(lol at this picture)

so i just found out the transit drivers might be going on strike as soon as tomorrow! i'm so screwed if they do. arg. i bus everyday to work, and if it goes on til school starts, i bus everyday to and from school.
i don't mind having to then bike to work if transit does stop. it just sucks if its rainy or mega windy, because i'd rather not take a 45min bike ride in those conditions in a dress.
then for school, if it stops, i guess i could bike, but on thursdays i'm there til ten and i don't like biking in the dark, and on wednesdays that would mean biking to work, then biking to school, then again biking home at ten from school.

hey well, if it does happen and a bike is my only choice, at least it should whip me into shape! yay exercise! (but still, boo strikes!)

take me away to a far away land

i'd been reading and dozed off. when i woke up i was so confused at the fact that i was in my living room and not in england. for a second i worried something must have happened and i'd fallen asleep through my trip and had been returned home. really weird and disorienting. i was really upset and confused for a few minutes before the last week caught up with me. i have circle imprints on my hands from the blanket, i must have been holding on tight.

in other news i rode my bike to the far library and read outside on my porch all day. at least it's sunny and hot here.

i got:
-in the company of the courtesan by sarah dunant (i'd read another of hers, birth of venus that was good, so thought i'd give this one a try)
- the giver by louis lowry (i read such a long time ago in jr.high i think, and had always meant to read it again. should be a quick read)
-flowers for algernon by daniel keyes (in high school, the other english class read this and it sounded really interesting)

sweetie pies

the last picture makes me laugh so hard, i don't know why!

i had my first cupcake from the cupcakery on yesterday. wasn't that awesome. it was a chocolate cupcake with vanilla icing with cookie crumbles on top and a oreo cookie (just the cookie, not the full oreo) baked at the bottom. home-made cupcakes take the cake.


my sister loves sushi, so i was going to make these sushi looking cupcakes for her for her bday, but it never happened. maybe next year!

a photo says 1000 words, and so do i

so i've notice my blog has been pretty pictureless lately (i had used to always try and include at least one picture) and i'd been getting all debbie downer on you guys, so here, to get things back to normal, are some clothing and stuff! (please excuse the awkward poses)

in england, i didn't buy a whole heck of a lot because i didn't have tons of time to shop, but, this is what i left with:


shirt from topshop london
it is open in the back and closes with a tie
topshop in london was INSANE. there were i think 4 floors (for girls, and another one for boys) and each floor was about the size of a huge department store and stuffed with clothes from wall to wall. tons of cool clothes, but a)the layout was weird so i probably missed tons wandering in circles, b)i get really frustrated when i'm stuck in a crowd and there were way too many people in there and i felt really cramped, c) again, it was too damn big, d) it was expensive (well, not what i bought, i found it on the sale rack lol), e)when i was done, i couldn't find where to pay or how to get out!


cardigan from h&m in nottingham and dress from a booth at the big chill (i bought it caz it was super hot out one day and was hot in what i was wearing lol)


vintage store in nottingham for £10 (so 20ish dollars)
walked into the store (pretty much a warehouse), and there were huge piles of clothes and stuff everywhere! i went straight to the shoes, they had tons of super killer leather boots, but apparently the british have tiny feet and none of them fit, until i saw these!! i love em. super shocked when i found out how much they were caz they're in perfect condition and real leather. plus there were in a vintage shop, which usually means high prices. great find. marcus bought two 80's track jackets and some sweet short shorts lol for £20 total.


i also got these grey pants from uniqlo


at the music fest, i bought a mighty boosh tee, but didnt take a pic and couldn't find one online, so instead, you get a picture of noel fielding. he's a babe. i like my men blindfolded ;) ...and in leather pants...and, wait..heels? hmm. okay, whatever, he's still a babe.

then when i got back, i kinda went on a spending spree and got:


this watch from silver lotus in osborne. i asked the guy one day if it was a guys watch, he said no. next day when i went in to buy it he asked if it was a gift. i think it's a mens watch. but oh well, i like it. the black circle looks like a plane radar thing that you can set to another time zone.


dress from costa blanca. saw this dress before i left, didn't buy it. went in again, and it was 50% off, so went for it. it's comfy, cute, and slimming, what more could you want in a dress?


skirt from my work. i'd been lookin for one like this for a while. a plain black cotton-like material high waisted skirt with pockets, and voila, there it was on the rack at my work! (normally i prob wouldn't wear it with the top i'm in in the pic, but i was too lazy to fully change)


little boys shirt that fits perfect from joe superstore. apparently i'm the same size as 6-14 yr old boys.

then two more pics:


i was bored last night and wanted to try a certain drawing style, didn't know what to draw, so i just did me...i'm cool.


while i was gone, my parents painted my room for me as a "surprise" (i quote it caz before i left my mom said "there'll be a surprise waiting for you in your room when you get back!" lol, way to be obvious), it's a robin egg bluey green :) when i got back i finally got to but up my shelves and bring out all my dvds/mags/cds again! well, this is only a small portion, i didnt want the shelves to collapse so the rest are in my closet hah.

i read the book "the yes man" by danny wallace on my trip. so good. if you're looking for a book, this one's great. easy read, entertaining, and super funny.
"'I, Danny Wallace, being of sound mind and body, do hereby write this manifesto for my life. I swear I will be more open to opportunity. I swear I will live my life taking every available chance. I will say Yes to every favor, request, suggestion and invitation. I Will Swear To Say Yes Where Once I Would Say No.' Danny Wallace had been staying in. Far too much. Having been dumped by his girlfriend, he really wasn't doing the young, free and single thing very well. Instead he was avoiding people. Texting them Instead of calling them. Calling them Instead of meeting them. That is until that one fateful date when a mystery man on a late-night bus told him to 'Say Yes more'. These three simple words changed Danny's life forever. Yes Man is the story of what happened when Danny decided to say Yes to everything, in order to make his life more interesting. And boy, did it get more interesting." (synopsis from amazon.co.uk)

THE END. now go hug someone you think is cute.

i don't want to grow old

http://www.dayswithmyfather.com/

check it. it's really sad, but very sweet. reminds me a lot of my oma.