7.13.2009

Too Hot To Handle, Quite Litterally




-I Am-
Listening To:Twenty-Four-Switchfoot
Reading:Listening To A Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist-Audiobook Lol.
Craving:Salads, Ice Cream, Frozen Yogurt, Cold Soup...




Quelquun Ma Dit
[Really Good! Give It A Listen!]
(Turn Off The Music Player On My Sidebar First!)



-Life & Stuff-


Yep. I've been very lazy about posting this past week...and leaving comments. My apologies. There's something about summertime between the summer activities, and lack thereof due to the excruciating Arizona heat (no one like 120 degree days...) it's hard to even try to concentrate enough to make a blog post.

I've been spending the time with my fan on in my room, eating ice-cream sandwiches and salads, trying to read, or watch a movie, or listen to music. Pretty much anything to keep my mind off the heat. NOT EASY.


I've come up with a list of movies I'd like to see before the summer is over.

500 Days of Summer
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
Public Enemies
Julie and Julia
Paper Heart
Away We Go
Transformers Revenge Of The Fallen

And then there are movies I got from the library to see.

Priceless
Rachel Getting Married
Russian Ark
The Fountain (been wanting to see this again)


Hopefully this in addition to books and cold food will keep my mind off the heat.
And hopefully it will mean I have the brain power to make another post soon? I'm thinking I should just move to the Arctic or something...


[photo credit for the above photo of me goes to my dear friend sasha and her wonderful little digital camera]

'Til Next I Post.

7.08.2009

Vince The Loveable Stoner...


['Cause Bright Blue Chairs, Shaped Like Hands, Priced At Under Sixty Dollars Are Just That Cool]


-I Am-
Listening To:A Louis Armstrong Cassette Tape I Found In My Living Room
Reading:Bitter Grounds-Neil Gaiman
Craving:Tylenol-When In Pain-And I Am In Pain
Thinking About:Trifting, I'd Like To Go Sometime Soon.


Quotes:

"I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind.... At these times... I use the Pensieve. One simply siphons the excess thoughts from one's mind, pours them into the basin, and examines them at one's leisure."

-Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

"It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies."

-Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

"It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

-Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.


-Summer Time Smiles-

1.Dead End-The Format
2.Vacation-Freezepop
3.Northern Downpour-Panic At The Disco
4.Summer In The City-Regina Spektor
5.I Like Giants-Kimya Dawson
6.Golden Years-David Bowie
7.God Bless The Queen-The Beatles
8.Subterranean Homesick Blues-Bob Dylan
9.My Wandering Days-Belle & Sebastian
10.Sleep All Day-Jason Mraz





-Random Paragraphs Describing Things That Have Occurred Since I Last Posted-


Well, describing the photo above...I cut my own hair! A few inches shorter, I'm letting my bangs grow out, so I can cut them again, but in a better fashion. I'm also sporting a center, or closer to center, part now...like I used to when I was younger. It actually worked though! Straight across, no weird issues. I shall never need to spend money on a haircut again! Haha.


Soooo...I had a a cool little experience at the local Target. I love people watching, but it very rarely produces as much entertainment as this recent bout of people watching. I was sifting through travel toothpaste (yeah...) when my mom called me over to her.
Mom:You just missed something really funny.
Me:What?
Mom:There was this boy, like five ten-ish maybe fourteen years old, totally stoned, and he walks up to one of the employees next to me.

Boy:Hey...
Employee:Yes.
Boy:Do you guys have any like...snacks...like the food kind...haha...that you...haha...eat? Haha...y'know?
Employee:...uh...that way *points in direction of snackage*

Mom:It was so funny.
Me:Crap! I missed that!?!

So I went back to my travel sized toothpaste/shampoo rummaging...and then, I saw him, walking down the center of the aisle, disheveled grinning, and totally stoned, like totally...carrying a shopping cart's worth of chip bags/candy bars/cracker boxes in his arms. I almost died laughing. I may have ended up on the floor of that aisle laughing at one point...I'm not sure I was laughing too hard. Talk about a case of the munchies!
It was funny. Very. "Vince The Loveable Stoner" (Title to a Fratellis song...thought it fit. That guy's name is now Vince.



[Saw these at an antique store. Apparently there's a big market for worn Hawaiian shirts...weird. I felt like calling DiNozo (You'd have to be a NCIS fan...)]

Yep, spent some time at an antique store today. Found an rather old and beat-up copy of a Bob Dylan album on vinyl (that we already own on CD) going for twenty-something dollars. Why? Their vinyl prices were odd and all over the place...

I did see this really cool mobile, toy, thing.



And a Return Of The Jedi story on vinyl picture disc. Very cool. :D





-Amazing! Extraordinary! Wonderful!-


Those are the words describing the coffee below...



A "Mexican Chocolate Latte". Lots of foamy chocolate, cinnamon goodness. If you're ever in Scottsdale AZ I suggest you go to The Orange Table. Great little cafe/bar/grill. I had "Green Flannel Corned Beef Hash", pretty much your average corned beef hash with green peppers and jalapenos, sourdough toast, and poached eggs. Yum.





-Question & Answer-


What Do You Keep In Your Purse/Bookbag/Etc. At All Times?

My Answer: Haha everything, but in detail:
My wallet, phone, MP3 player, Tylenol, a good book, a notebook and pens, travel toothbrush/toothpaste, chapstick, deodorant, lighter, house keys, BED HEAD Afterparty, Trader Joes Desert Essence Blemish Touch Stick, SPF 50+ sunscreen, mascara, my "music to check out" notebook, yeah...I normally carry a rather large purse. :)

'Til Next I Post.

7.03.2009

A Happy July To You All!




-I Am-
Listening To:100 in a 55-Pop Evil
Reading:Fragile Things-Neil Gaiman
Craving:Lots Of Iced Tea
Thinking About:The Slight Tan I've Acquired


-This Is Life-

Chiodos
My Chemical Romance
Regina Spektor
Vanessa Carlton
Jason Mraz
Belle & Sebastian
Frank Sinatra
Freezepop



-Life & Stuff-


This is a short post :D
Refreshing. Random. Talk.

Happy July all! I'm amazed (as always) at how fast the time goes by...I can't imagine what it will be like when I'm older!

I've started posting on Music.Is.Life again. It feels like forever since I've done this, and I enjoy it so much. My apologies Jenna...

Right now it feels like summer's really starting! I feel like I should be drinking cool drinks, and reading short stories more. . .well even more since I tend to that that stuff anyway :D


Then of course this sound quite awesome...


Have a wonderful 4th of July! Even if you're not American! Make it your own holiday! Declare some independence!


'Til Next I Post.

6.29.2009

Honesty, Honestly.




-I Am-
Listening To:You Really Got A Hold On Me-She & Him
Reading:A Bake Sale Cookbook I Found Hiding In My Bookcase
Craving:Popsicles
Thinking About:Cold Showers


Quotes:

“If for one minute you think you're better than a sixteen year old girl in a Green Day t-shirt, you are sorely mistaken. Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about.”
-Gerard Way


-Nostalgia-

1.Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand-The Beatles
2.Douce France-Charles Trenet
3.Cocolicious-Lullatone
4.Forever Blue-Chris Issak
5.Sunny Goodge Street-Donovan
6.Outro With Bees-Neko Case
7.Anything Goes-Frank Sinatra
8.Feeling Good-Muse
9.I'm Your Man-Michael Buble
10.Moon River-Henry Mancini




-Life & Stuff-


The summer has gone along without much event, and with many events, yet all of them are both small and large...does that even make sense? That all of the events in the past month have had both amazing effect and no effect at all on my life? Can their be such duality in life? Where one thing can be both it's opposites. Well, it seems as if this is what's going on.

I didn't go to my summer dance program. We tried but it just didn't work out this year. I am taking open classes multiple times a week though, so I guess that makes up for not taking the program.

This is on the one hand, not a good thing I suppose, but on the other a very good thing. I'm happy to have the time away from the intense structure, and I'm getting time to take classes I've wanted to but wasn't able to. I'm learning more in different areas. Taking modern classes and pilates, the occasional ballet. A break from my particular norm, but I'm enjoying it.

Having a bit more free time especially in the summer is also a good thing. Seeing old friends, reading books I hadn't the chance to. Record store browsing, and band practicing. All things that I've really not had the time to do in years.

I suppose also I have this odd felling in the back of my mind, about going back to the studio in the fall for the school year. I will be the only Senior there, the only graduating student. I find it scary, I find growing up scary, turning eighteen, becoming in the countries eye and "adult". It's weird. Very.

I am rather excited about it also though...being the senior student, the responsibility, the ballet and modern company auditions. It's something to look forward to. Also, my back ups, college dance program auditions and such. I was accepted to UNCSA's (University of North Carolina School For The Arts) summer dance program this year, and they're a big choice for me college wise if I'm not accepted into a dance company right away.

Future. . . Saki. . .

It seems so much closer. More Daunting. I really haven't made up my mind. And I have. But in too many different ways. I have many options, which is a good thing. Now it's just a matter of settling down my brain and picking one of them.



-Dreamer-


It think I often have too many ideas running 'round in my head at once. Dreams of what I could be doing, now, and in the future.

I've found that living in the moment really helps when my brain runs amok like this. Just doing what calms me down. Photography, taking pictures, it's the ultimate of living in the moment, and capturing it, so it never goes away. You don't have to think much about what's going to happen next. You just relish in the beauty of now. I love it so much.

I think, in a perfect world (here's my brain dreaming again...), that I would be more than content in a little house with a little garden, working at the local bookstore, and taking photos with my free time maybe making a little business of it?
Spending hot summer afternoons in a rather large kiddie pool underneath a great billowing tree in my backyard. Sitting in the cool water, reading a book or working a crossword puzzle. It seems to me that I'd enjoy that quite thoroughly.



-A Tagging Thingy-


Nicola of Inside The Cabinet Of Wonder has tagged me with an award of sorts.



Requirements:- I must thank the person who gave me the award and list their blog and link it- I must list 10 honest things about myself- I must put a copy of The Honest Scrap Logo on my blog.- I must select at least 7 other worthy bloggers & list their links- I must notify the bloggers of the award and hopefully they will follow the above three requirements also.

So, I am to list ten honest things about myself. Here goes...


One. I would quite like a boyfriend that's a cross between Michael Cera and Dimitry Marten <3

Two. I have a fairly bad reaction to adhesive. So much so that leaving a band-aid on for more than a few hours leaves me with painful red welts.

Three. I could sit in a bookstore cafe for hours. Just me and wonderful books coffee and baked treats. Mmmm.

Four. I am an avid watcher of i-carly. I can't help it. It's a wonderful program!

Five. Everytime I make tunafish salad, it's a bit different. I love trying out new spices and adding chopped up veggies and fruit.

Six. I find Mozart highly overrated, but I do love some of his works.

Seven. I think, if I could I go back to a steady stream of goth clothing, but Hot Topic is expensive. xD I think though, that I'll always being a "Happy Goth" at heart.

Eight. Usually, I'm not a big fan of comedy. I find it rather un-funny. There are of course exceptions.

Nine. I dip my french fries in my frosty when I'm at Wendy's (doesn't everyone?)

Ten. I find nothing more beautiful then a day spent outdoors with coffee, good music, a good book, and good company.


The wonderful bloggers I'm tagging to do the same are, Lauren Of Liliripe, Jenna, Dapper Kid, Lauren Of I Don't Eat Bread, Allison, Shelby, and Mom.


The picture of me in this post was taken by my dear friend Sasha

'Til Next I Post.

6.27.2009

Up Above The World You Fly, Like A Teatray In The Sky...




A Mad Tea Party

To Which You're All Invited

Down The Rabbit Hole

And Into My World For A Day

For A Wondrous Party

Celebrating All Our Un-Birthdays

There's To Be Teas and Cakes

And Music and Dance

So Join Us As We Take A Trip Into

Wonderland





-I Am-
Listening To: The Way I Am-Ingrid Michaelson
Reading: Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You-Peter Cameron
Craving: Cupcakes Of Course!
Thinking About: What A Marvellous Tea Party This Is To Be!





-Curious Tracks-

1. Oh No-Andrew Bird
2. Expectations-Belle & Sebastian
3. Japan-Cocorosie
4. Lather-Jefferson Airplane
5. White Rabbit-Jefferson Airplane
6. Mad As Rabbits-Panic At The Disco
7. Hurdy Gurdy Man-Donovan
8. Cardigan Weather-Meg & Dia
9. So Nice So Smart-Kimya Dawson
10. Belle-Jack Johnson










-What It Is-




The wonderfully talented Vanessa Valencia of A Fanciful Twist has a tradition of putting on a Mad Tea Party every year and having other bloggers do the same. So please in addition to reading my post, go to Vanessa's beautiful blog, and read hers, and then look at the long list of others who are making Tea Party posts and visit their blogs! It's all sure to be amazing!






-Visually Enchanting-


I've read Alice In Wonderland many times, and have read many different versions, and every time I read it I find something I didn't notice another wonderful and imaginative image.





I see things in imagery. When I think, most often, it is in pictures, and because of that my words do not always come out as gracefully as others. I don't think so much of a word for something as all of the adjective that describe it visually. For instance, one day I was in the hallway, and my dad asked me where I was, I said "In that long narrow room, it's white, and there are doors." not being able to think of the word hallway, but being able to describe it as I saw it. For me most things are thought that way, and therefore described that way, and this is probably why I love photography so much, because I can get out a thought much better, a feeling, in a picture, than by saying what I wish to say in words that would make sense to all of you. lol.



So that's what I did. I found all of the brilliant imagery being Alice, and Mad Tea Parties, and cupcakes, and white rabbits, hatters, and door mice, and took photographs. My imaginings of a perfect Mad Tea Party.





-Wonderland-


All in the golden afternoon
Full leisurely we glide;
For both our oars, with little skill,
By little arms are plied,
While little hands make vain pretence
Our wanderings to guide

.......

Alice! A childish story take,
And, with gentle hand,
Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twined
In memory's mystic band,
Like pilgrim's wither'd wreath of flowers
Pluck'd in a far-off land.

-An excerpt from the first poem in "Alice In Wonderland" By, Lewis Carroll




When I think wonderland I think soft faint colors, and brilliant waves of sparkle, and glow. Trees and flowers, afternoon bike rides, cups of rose hip tea, and lemon tea cakes. Each cake and pastry having a elegant tag that says ever so softly "Eat Me", and likewise each cup of marvelously flavored tea whispering "Drink Me".



I'm every so lucky to have quite a few tea shops in my area, and with the most wondrous variety of loose teas imaginable. Of course I will be having a few cups of tea today, what's a tea party without tea? And a pocket watch filled with butter and jam of course...



China Rose, Lemon Myrtle Green, Orange Chocolate Red, Chocolate Truffle, Berry White, so many amazing teas to choose from, and then of course there are the edible treats, cupcakes, and berries, shortbread cookies, and scones.





-"You Don't Know How To Manage Looking-Glass Cakes," The Unicorn Remarked. "Hand It Round First, And Cut It Afterwards."-


The nonsense of Alice, I think, is what makes it so brilliant, amazing, and real.
I'm heavily anticipating Tim Burton's version of Alice, he has forever been a huge impact on my creative life, so to speak.  He inspires me to create what I want, and not worry about what the world may think of it. He is sure to make Alice amazing.





Of course there's always the amazing Richard Burton, great actor. Who acted in a live action version of Alice in the nineteen-eighties. His daughter, Kate Burton, was Alice.




-Coffee and Tea-




Nursery Rhymes are a wonderful thing to read whilst drinking tea, especially those about tea.
And then, if you're me, you'll draw an illustration to go with the Rhyme, 'cause you almost always do.
Coffee and Tea.





Have a very happy un-birthday. Eat tarts, and fall down a rabbit-hole or two. It could become an adventure you know!







'Til Next I Post.