My new favorite fashion thing

I love clothes. I love being able to express my moods through an outfit. Ususally, once I get paid, I blow my paycheck on clothes and food. Which is also the reason why I have to shop in the plus area of stores. That's beside the point. The point is that I've come across this really nice fashion thing that I really really like. Here are a couple of my favorites.

These are my #1 favorite. I would buy 100 pairs, if I could. I love the soft pinks and greens on the blue. Very vintage-esque.

from Torrid

These are also v cute. You can't ever go wrong with polka dots.

from Maurices

The ones below are a little shy for my taste. Mr. Loucks, my ceramics professor, is always telling us to NOT make a piece of artwork that whispers. Make it shout. I like for my clothing to shout, and these pants don't quite do it, but they're still pretty cute.

from Old Navy

Stars! I love stars! I almost didn't include these because I thought they were just polka dots again, but when I scrolled through some of the close ups I realized my mistake. I have included a photo of the posterior for posterity. Muahaha! Puns. 

from Forever 21

These are okay. The floral is nice. I think they are probably more cute in person.

from Forever 21

Because I do not discriminate against skinny people, here are some honorable mentions...

I. Love. Damask. Best pattern. 

from Forever 21

I must note that the transition between "Women's" and "Women's plus" is really jarring. 

9. List 10 people who have influenced you and describe how.

I just want it known that it has taken me a    v  e  r  y    long time to finish this. Thinking about influences is weird.


10. Mr. Stiefel- Because of things I learned in his biology class, I actively think about adopting a child from another country besides the US.
9. Andrew- He was a huge influence on my quitting the job I had at the theatre. Some may say he was a bad influence. That's not for me to say. (I'm still bitter about him leaving me.)
8. CTR- He was the first boy I ever kissed so, needless to say, he impacted my life. He still does.
7. The Vlogbrothers- I highly respect these two men, and I genuinely look forward to their work as much as I do any movie or television star. I usually let their opinions sway my own and I don't feel guilty about it in the least.
6. MS- She & I are almost exactly opposite. I love that because it helps me remember that not everybody sees things the way I do. She is a great advice giver, too. I wish we hadn't drifted apart.
5. Mitsy- I think I became the person I am today because I met her. She really brought me out of my shell. I wish I wasn't such a loser and I called her more.
4. Dr. G- He has made me re-think lottery tickets, realize that Fargo is a weird movie, & that I suck at programming.
3. Rosh- She has always been kind of like my conscience. Always the mother hen. But also, she's the reason I started this blog. Talk about some major influence.
2. MJ- I have looked up to her ever since I can remember. I don't always intentionally follow in her footsteps, but I highly respect her opinion.
1. Mama- She is the reason I am so awesome. She really is. All of the things I like, it's because she liked them first. They say that mimicry is the highest form of flattery.

Like a Tattoo

Today since it's valentine's day, I got a 9 views on THIS POST probably because some nerds wanted to impress their significant others with a star wars pun for valentine's day. Sorry to those 9. You probably didn't find what you wanted.

I actually had a decent Garbage day this year. Which reminds me, it really is garbage day & I need to take the can to the road. AH it's dark.
MJ sent me a Taylor Swift ecard and my Jefe sent me a few christian ecards. My dear Madre sent me a "LOL forever alone" Bridget Jones valentine. So kind of her. :)
In ceramics, this cute couple gave out valentines to everybody and this other person made some scrumptious whoopie pies for class. It was cool.

Yesterday, I hung out with some friends and I thought we had a perfectly nice time. Before I left, one friend was like hey want to hang out tomorrow, and I was like sure. Because I am a loser and I knew I wouldn't have any other plans for valentines. I think he forgot it was vday. I think he remembered shortly after and regretted the hangout invite. When I asked him today if we would hang out he gave me some bullshit about having to go in early for work. Sorry if you're reading this Truck, but you know it's bullshit. (And I know you're not reading this so I don't even know why I bother.) It just annoyed me because I could've made myself some pancakes like 4 fucking hours ago. Geez I don't even know why we're friends anymore, all he does is piss me off all the time. I want to be his friend so badly, but it sucks feeling like I'm the person he can hang out with if his other friends aren't doing something. This could all be resolved if I just talked to him. It's so difficult to get him to be real with me. Plus I'm scared. Whatever.

Anyway, I've discover this week that I CANNOT wait to live on my own. I love having alone time where I can yell at the tv as loud as I want.  Don't judge me.

Feels

Episode 5 of My Mad Fat Diary was pretty heartwrenching. The thing that gets me so hooked to shows like this is that I wish I could just yell at them all the time. Like, HEY GIRL, HE OBVIOUSLY DIGS YOU, HE DRAWS SECRET MESSAGES INTO YOUR HANDS, THAT IS SO INTIMATE, YOU ARE SO BLIND. Of course, it's a television show and it's meant to be so obvious like that. It drives me crazy at all the secrets that are kept. The secrets are what causes all the drama!
That's why I like to keep the secrets that I have to a bare minimum.

RAE: Who do you like best Chloe, Morrissey or the lead singer of the Smiths?
CHLOE: Well, depends on what mood I'm in.
RAE & FINN: LOL

In other news, I have a freckle that I'm concerned about. It's on my hairline on the left side of my head and I swear it's getting bigger and weirder looking. I was thinking though, if I go to the doctor and it really is something... then it might not be such a terrible thing because I could try out one of those side cuts that's all the rage right now.

Graphic Design is hard.

defo perf

If this isn't the strongest case toward you watching my mad fat diary on youtube, then you're not human.  Look at Nico Mirallegro's handsome face, and how he scrunches it like Sharon Rooney does.
I'm going to watch Upstairs, Downstairs soon, because imdb says that he's in a couple episodes. His face is just that good. I know I'm not alone in this. The rest of the internet agrees with me. Also, he replies to a bunch of his fans on twitter in really clever, funny ways. Cute cute cute.

Truth

How could you not want someone to woo you with this song? It's real.

Lately

This is my latest work in progress. The colorway is fantastic. I'm hoping I'll have enough yarn to finish a substantial scarf. I have another ball about twice the size of this one that I'll add when the current one runs out so I'm not too worried. I can't remember where I bought this though. That may present a problem. My 2nd anniversary of learning how to knit is in about a month and I'm still horrible at knowing how much yarn I'll need for any given project.
I've recently learned how to knit the brioche stitch, which is what the scarf above is, and I've started 4 different scarfs with it. Who knows if I'll ever finish them. Oh snap I just thought of something.  My mom is thinking about learning to knit & if she does then I can pawn a couple scarfs off on her to finish! Excellent idea.

The other day when I went to the museum with Clairey D and LS, L mentioned that his mom wanted to commission some beard hats. I decided I'm totally not going to take any payment, because his mom is too awesome. She is so sweet and she seems to think I'm nice enough, too. I can't comprehend it, but I try not to think about it too much.

I'm Laura Linney and this...

You know how someone will say, "See you next Wednesday"? Well what if they said it to you on a Tuesday... That isn't code for 'see you tomorrow,' is it? They mean NEXT week probably. Right?

I've been binge-ing on Downton Abbey the past 4 days, hence the title.

While I've been in bed watching the show, I keep smelling cigarette smoke. I also smelled it while I was in class today. I have no idea where it's coming from or if I have a brain tumor that's making me smell ghost cigarette smoke constantly.

If they kill off Mr. Bates, I'm going to be SO upset.

An Evening of Awesome

It starts at 35:20. It's also rather long so set aside a few hours, or watch in shorter segments. But watch.


Blue Valentine was sad. I don't think I like Michelle Williams. The two things I've ever watched her in, she was horribly annoying. Ryan Gosling though. Heartbreaking.

Cool

Anxiety! Welcome back!
So what do I do if I'm 99.6% certain that if I continue to stay in a class, I'm going to fail, but there are no other classes available for me to replace it with and if I don't add another class then I might lose my job on campus? Added bonus: the class is with my favorite teacher, whom I only want to adore me.

Fun

fun

 Rang in the new years with these cats. They're pretty swell. Actually, they're the swellest.

Watched 3 bands, all having interesting names. Sugar Stems, The Porcharitas, & Really Loud Hamburgers.

Also, watched a really large bald man get mega durnk and take his shirt off. It was really freaky how hairless he was. He also picked up this tiny Asian girl & I can only assume that he was trying to make her crowd surf, but he failed miserably & dropped her on her face. Exciting.

The really large bald man (same one from above) handed out these beers to anybody that wanted them. Free beers! The boys got them & drank them. I tried one & it tasted really absolutely horrible. I can't even describe the taste. I really think that I just don't like beer. I keep trying though.

Then we went to ihop because waffle house was too crowded.

Happy 2013! Hope it turns out okay.

Sky View

sky view

Quite a blustery day.

It snowed in Alabama though!

Words

words

PUNS

I love puns. Plus my mom made this so it's extra special.

In addition to loving puns, I'm really nerdy & I keep a running list of impressive words that I really like. I just recently added didactic. I don't put any old word on there either, that's why the list is so short.

List of Impressive Words
unconscionable
precarious
contrite

posterity
pedantic
didactic

Night Time

night time

I don't know if you can tell, but that's my car in the first parking spot. Hell yeah.

Morning

morning

Truth be told, I was looking more forward to Christmas breakfast than to presents. Mom made snowman pancakes just for me!

Favorite Part of Christmas Eve

fav part of xmas eve

We all got matching pajamas on Christmas eve. It's cute.

Scarf

scarf

I received this from my dear friend Kaity, quite a few christmases ago. It was very thoughtful and I love it so.

Also, Kaity runs a very successful blog that you should totally check out here

Tradition

tradition


Our traditions consist of the same traditions that everybody else has. We gather to eat food and unwrap presents.
Since that's kinda boring... here's a photo of our kitten being christmas-y

Peace

peace

Not a creature was stirring...

Tree Topper

tree topper

I spent quality time with +Roshni today! Here is her tree topper.

Here is a fun pic of us hanging out.

Candy Cane

candy cane

File under: Gross things that I will never eat.

Stockings

stockings

 Yes, that is a cat stocking. No, that is not my doing.

Presents

presents

That smallish one on top is to me! I have no idea what it could be. All I know is that it comes with a free doughnut from krispy kreme.

Outside Christmas Lights

outside christmas lights

Favorite Holiday Song

favorite holiday song

Props to Bing Crosby, but The Drifter's version is my favorite.


Here are some spotify Christmas playlists for you to enjoy. Mine is on the left & my mom's is on the right. She's more hip, with all that rock & roll.

         

P.S. I'm pretty sure you have to have people connected to see our playlists... Sorry.

Christmas Tree

xmas tree

The DIT Christmas tree. It's so dorky; I love it. I'm even on there! On the left side.

A Beautiful Sight

a beautiful sight

Get it? Beautiful sight. Glasses. Boom.

Also, I'm beautiful.

Green

green

This is a christmas present that I would really like to be magically done with by tomorrow. Apparently that's not in the cards.

Also, P & I went to this restaurant called House of Chen tonight. We both had General Tso's. IT WAS SO DELICIOUS. P kept telling me about these little pear candies that her family always get from House of Chen, but it turns out it's guava. They're pretty great little candies, too.

Wrapping Paper

wrapping paper

I went to hob lob today.

Something You're Reading

something you're reading

Ornament(s)

ornament(s)

As I was trying to re-arrange the ornaments on the tree to get a picture that included ones that I like, I accidently dropped one of the best ones & it smashed into pieces.

Luckily, it will be easy to reassemble.

Bright

May your days be merry and

bright

And may all your Christmases be white

Shopping

shopping

The only sane way to shop for the holidays, really.

Today's Temperature

today's temperature

It was so warm today that I did not wear any of these incredibly awesome hats. It's very upsetting because hey! It's December! That means boggans!

I love that the gloves look like the manikin's boobs.

Joyous

joyous

Fancy new yarn from black friday/cyber monday deals that I got for $1.79 a skein is a pretty joyous occasion. It just came in the mail yesterday. Also, getting things in the mail that aren't junk = joyous.

Red

red

CHILI

It's our family's annual Chili & Christmas Tree cake/Gadsden Christmas Parade day. I'm not going to the parade, but I am partaking in the delicious chili.

Favorite Holiday Movie

favorite holiday movie

Elf is one of the two Christmas movies that my mom & I try to watch every year in December. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is the other one. I would rank Christmas Vacation higher on the scale of awesomeness, but I don't have a shirt referencing that movie, so this'll do.

Your View Today

my view today

This photo is showing that I didn't go outside today. Actually, I did go outside briefly to help move a curio cabinet out of the garage, but that took 2 minutes and I was back inside again.

Making December memories

Roshni & I are going to do this thing. Good times will be had by all.

Better

I kind of know how to french braid my own hair! I want to learn how to do the side kind. Also, you may notice a hint of blu-ish purple. That is a recent addition.

Election day

In other news, She's The Man is a great movie. It's based on SHAKESPEARE! Come on. Can't get better than that.

badass food pyramid

clutch

I'm not a great writer. I don't claim to be. That's probably why only 5 (if that) people read my blog. I'm bringing this up because I had to take JSU's English Competency Exam on Wednesday. It's required, unfortunately. I will be deeply, deeply surprised if I pass, and to be honest a little disappointed. If I pass, that means the standards that these English teachers are holding JSU students to are ridiculously low. Maybe they don't focus so much on content. I'll surely pass then. Cause I've got grammar on lock. Probably. "Daddy don't mess up on syntax." Dr. G said this Wednesday and it was weird and adorable. He has small children who probably call him 'daddy' so I guess it's okay. If he did not, then I would be less forgiving of his use of  'daddy' in third person.


Here is an enthralling conversation that I had with an anonymous person through my cellular device...
Texter: Why you tell me to find somebody to do it
Me: What?
Texter: You know baby
Me: Maybe you have the wrong number?

You know how I know that this person is a stranger? Because this person is just so awesome with words & I can't think of anybody that I know in real life who is that awesome with words.
Also, see how they used "baby"? I don't get called baby very often. Surprising, I know.
I'm really curious about the subject of the text message. Why did I tell them to find somebody to do it? What is that somebody going to do? My mind automatically assumes a sex thing. How could you expect anything less from me?

Here's a vidya my grandmother made of balloons because she didn't realize it was on video mode.

In sickness

I went to Jenna & Steven's wedding. It was pretty. Here's a picture.

It was a grand occasion.


Now my nose has turned into a leaky faucet. I dread the next few days because I can currently feel how much my body hates me, but I know it can get worse. And in the next few days, it will. I feel guilty for being sick & germy around the old people I have to live with, but what am I supposed to do? I already quarantined myself off into my bedroom, but my lovely, caring grandmother keeps coming to check on me. She is just asking for the germs to invade.

On top of all that, it is 1:49am and I still have 3 art things that I need to finish. I can only foresee finishing one before I pass out & sleep for days. Except I can't sleep for days. If I wasn't such a poor planner, I would put my life on pause & just Rip Van Winkle through the rest of the week, but I can't miss my damn drawing class or else I'll fail. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Funny haha or funny weird?

MJ calls me funny quite often & I always ask which kind. The answer varies.

I like to surround myself with people of a certain sense of humor. People who say things with a touch of irony & you can't actually tell if they're being serious. I can't stand it when a person needs to clarify that they're just kidding. (I know I do that & it's a character flaw.)
Things I think are hilarious:
-Hyperbole.
-twitter.com/ADAMDEVINE
-Poop and fart jokes. I can't help it, I'm like a 5 year old boy.
-youtube.com/badlipreading
-People talking in their sleep.
-This dude in my CS class. For the sake of the story, I'll refer to him as M. The most recent example of his hilariosity was on Wednesday. Dr. G had received a tract(btdubs, I did not know what a tract was until Dr. G explained it.) from a math major in our class & he got into a little bit of a discussion about 4 year olds and salvation and crap like that. Well another dude from the back of the class was like come on, hash it out. & Dr. G was like, should I really? & THEN M goes, "Is it going to be on the test?"



Saw this on the internet;
“Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.”
Sounds promising so I might keep it in mind.

Go read a thesaurus

I'm not very good at jokes!


Read any single one of Justin Bieber's tweets and you'll realize why kids should stay in school. Poor thing can barely communicate. I'm not here to judge the guy because who am I to judge? I can't even spell "opportunity" right, but listen... I do know that "could of" is not real. There is no such thing as "could of." That's not a thing. It is "could've." I promise.


I was going to go to bed early, but the internet happened. Seriously said this to MJ yesterday, "Should I go to sleep and not do my homework or should I just sleep?" Ha. Nope.

“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”

― Kurt Vonnegut

I'm having one of those moments where I want to e-mail something to explain a thing that I wrote, but if I e-mail again it's verging on spam or crazy person. I just want them to know that I totally know what that word means and I know how to use it properly, even if it doesn't seem like it. Caring is a burden.

I just remembered sarcasm is a thing. Maybe it will be interpreted as sarcasm.

#SORRYSOVAGUE

Hyperbole

You know that Adele song, "Chasing Pavements"? It kind of sounds like she's singing "Should I get up or sleep in like Jason Bateman?"  I was thinking, what if that was really what Adele sang. Then I thought, well that doesn't make sense because how would a person know if Jason Bateman sleeps in a lot. Then I thought, Who cares if a song makes sense? That's called poetic license. Take "Human" by the Killers. My point exactly.

Turns out I didn't have any time this weekend to finish Lord of the Rings. I will try to read it instead. I can usually pick up a book and put it down with no problems. A movie is harder to do that with.

I've been helping Jenner with her wedding stuff, that's pretty much why I couldn't watch it. It feels like she's having a huge birthday party, not like she's getting married. I'm excited. If only I had a +1.

Saw Pitch Perfect last friday. It was the best movie ever. Hyperbole.

Just 4 adorable dudes singing it out.

P.S. How did Sherlock live in the last episode? HOW?

Lots of LOTR references

Guess what my favorite cup is...

I hate being that person who doesn't get references so I'm going to watch it now. Bye.

Getting ready

I have this dress that I'm going to wear for Jenner's wedding & it looks like :

 Well I don't know if you can tell, but the belt that came with it is a very dark brown. It is super hard to find shoes that are a very dark brown. So instead I found these :

I adore these shoes. They encapsulate everything I love about shoes. So I don't really care if the brown is the right brown... I'm going to wear them anyway. A teensy little part of me really wants them to match though because I don't want to look like a huge dork. I mean, I don't mind looking like a huge dork, as long as I'm doing it intentionally.
This could all be easily solved if I could find a new belt to go with the dress. The wedding's on the 13th & I don't think that's enough time.

Emotion

I just had this brilliant idea for my art project. We have to use lines to express certain emotions and one of the emotions that I still have yet to define is trust. I don't even that's the correct definition of an emotion, but that doesn't matter because I still have to draw it anyway. So my idea came to me all of a sudden, as they often do. I was thinking "who is the most trustworthy person I know?" Then I thought, the Doctor! How freaking brilliant of me, right?! I'm using a cropped thumbnail of the Doctor's name in Galifreyan. I'm pretty curious to hear what people are going to say about it at the critique. Because it will irrefutably be the best one.