Love:
- Sephora Brand FACE eye makeup removing pads, it really gets it all off even waterproof, it doesn't sting my eyes, and NO sticky residue. I no longer have to remove the eye makeup remover!! and the price isn't bad either.
- I organized all my trim this week, now my lace and ribbons and zippers and whatnot are all organized, now maybe I can get to some x-mas crafting. lol.
- Free and delicious coffee from my new and wonderful credit union. using the Keurig machine is half the fun, but getting FREE, GOOD, chocolate cake flavored coffee is the other half.
- Playing with my niece and nephew. It's one of the few times I can actually let go, cut loose and just have fun. those two are so cute it's just unbelievable.
Hate:
- New Moon movie. ok, I can forgive them for fucking up the vampire lore, I can even forgive them for being a disgusting teen romance series. What I can't forgive is sending the WRONG message to young girls about relationships, healthy break up behavior, and how to treat your family and friends and boys who have feelings for you. Bella Swan is a piece of shit, she is selfish and self centered and treats her the people in her life like garbage. wake up! these boys aren't the life/death of your universe, get some self respect, Edward is emotionally abusive (he hates himself to much to ever really love bella, and bella is too insecure to know better thus pressuring him into huge commitments like marriage and changing her into a vamp) and Jacob practically threatens physical violence that he has "no control" over. this is a VERY POOR role model for young girls to find appealing or romantic. As a feminist I am beyond appalled.
- The cold weather making my bones hurt and living with someone who had a natural body temp of like 103F who never needs the heater who says to me just as I'm getting warm, "it's so hot in here, do we really need this on?"
- Not hearing back (it's been 3 weeks now) from the school district where I applied to be a substitute teacher after they basically told me that I would have a job because I was needed so desperately. I've come in and talked to them twice now and both times they told me the paperwork just hasn't gone through yet. so by the time I start working for them I'll be starving and on the streets and the kids will be like, "oh god no, not the homeless sub, she's the worst!"
- I just want to bold one thing and now the bold wont turn off. guh.
Despite fake neighbors, I'm sticking with VOX. Tumblr was terrible. The content quality of the majority of the users was lame. commenting wasn't an integral part of their structure, "hearting" and re-posting were what you did if you liked something. not the connection and conversation i was looking for in a larger community. The posting interface just re-affirmed my suspicion that tumblr is not interested in blog style content, just pictures that you can heart and repost. it all seemed really superficial and shallow. not that anything that i say here is epic or deep, but it's me and it's real and if people can't interact with it and have a conversation, what is the point? So for now, Vox is home sweet home.
I've been getting some comments and neighborhood
If Ikea and Anthropology had a baby it would be Car Mobel. A German company that carries several interiors lines that are popular in Germany and Scandinavia. I found them on decor8, which is a blog I read religiously, if pretty things and nice houses were a religion. subscribe to them if you haven't already!
I want the thread holder on the left!! <3 <3 <3 Tragically they only ship to Germany.
I just love finding things like this, it really helps to inspire my thrift shopping and polish up my ideas about aesthetic.
It's always hard to see an animal friend go. Today we say goodbye to Bud, the mule.
Bud was over 40 years old.
So after watching a few episodes of the shows I thought I was going to like this fall I have to admit that I'm not so in love with all of them. so here is an updated schedule of my TV watching.
Monday:
House on FOX @ 8pm
+Trauma on NBC @ 9pm (shot in SF, watching for nostalgia factor)
Castle on ABC @ 10pm
Tuesday:
Nothing
Wednesday:
Mercy on NBC @ 8pm (lame, I think I'm over medical dramas)
+Modern Family on ABC @ 9pm (pretty funny, might watch this instead of glee)
Glee on FOX @ 9pm (catching this one on HULU so I can fast forward through the musical numbers)
Eastwick on ABC @ 10pm
Thursday:
SNL Weekend Update
Thursday on NBC @ 8pm (easier to
catch on HULU)
+/- Parks and Recreation on NBC @ 8:30pm (still not sure about this one)
The Office on NBC @ 9pm
Fringe on FOX @ 9pm
Grey’s Anatomy on ABC @
9pm (this just isn’t the same show
it was last season)
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia on FX @10pm
Friday:
Ugly Betty on ABC @ 9pm
I'm so glad fall programming is back on! I feel like I can get back to some regularly scheduled entertainment, this summer wasn't exactly brimming with choices. However what it lacked in quantity it made up for in quality, True blood and Weeds were absolutely primo, bar none, some of the best television I have seen ever.
Without further ado, this is what I'll be watching this fall. What about you, what are you watching?
Monday:
House on FOX @ 8pm
Castle on ABC @ 10pm
Tuesday:
Nothing looks good on Tuesday for any of the major networks!
Guess I’ll just read a book.
Wednesday:
These shows are all maybes pending on me really liking the first 3 episodes
Mercy on NBC @ 8pm
Glee on FOX @ 9pm
Eastwick on ABC @ 10pm
Thursday:
This is the big night where 3 shows I want to watch air at the same time, and I don’t have TiVo. The office is easy to watch on hulu the next day (thanks NBC!) and I'm not positive I'm going to like this season of grey’s, the plot line is kind of fizzling out., and I'm loving fringe, so it may all work out in the end.
SNL Weekend Update Thursday on NBC @ 8pm
Parks and Recreation on NBC @ 8:30pm
The Office on NBC @ 9pm
Fringe on FOX @ 9pm
Grey’s Anatomy on ABC @ 9pm
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia on FX @10pm
Friday:
Ugly Betty on ABC @ 9pm
I love this girl. she makes me want to draw. her etsy store also has some sweet stuff.
So, being the silly girl I am, I bought a whole bunch of really cool melamine (melmac) plates not realizing that they are not microwave safe. Turns out, that when you microwave them the waves go into the dish and heat it instead of the food causing the dish to degrade over time. So I was on the hunt to find some dishes that weren't too heavy, and would fit with my eclectic, vintage, collection. I wasn't seeing anything in the stores that I loved or could afford, since I'm broke and still not working. I'd also been scanning the thrift stores looking for something cool that wasn't too beat up. I wasn't finding anything that was meeting my criteria, until this week.
Here is a set of four dishes, not too heavy, not too beat up, at the low, low price of 4 for $2.99 plus 20% off for making a donation of gently used clothing and household goods, earlier in the week. On top of all that they are decorated with 22KT gold!
I like them, for now. Since I got such a super deal on them I won't feel bad if I find something else that I like better down the road.
As the weather gets cooler and life begins to change here in the desert, we take notice of some visitors who have decided to make our "fake lake" their vacation home. These giant birds are brazen and not to be fooled around with. I can't scare these guys off like I do the ducks. Even then the ducks aren't scared they are simply disinterested because I have no donation of food. Look at these two, on a second floor balcony trying to bum cigarettes!
I love getting to watch the geese and the ducks have turf wars over the pond. However getting woken up by their animal antics just reaffirms why I also love to eat these creatures, they are obnoxious and delicious and should be eaten. If they would just be cute like cows I could see abstaining.
