Oh Yeah! Item of the Week!

my chucks!

haha, they're high tops i got a while ago.

i've gotten compliments on them.

but i haven't seen anyone else w/a pair like these which is awesome!

they're red with black and a few bright mustard yellow stripes.

pretty tight, huh?

these are the only real pair of chucks i own.

that's gonna have to change!

i have another pair of, "look-alikes"

but the soles are cream

and the shoe is this velvet-y pumpkin orange squares sewed together.

i'm gonna have to feature those sometime soon!

love it!

I Hope I Still Have it!

hahaha!

i was thinking about old toys

I used to have SOOO much fun with.

and in the car i thought about my pokemon camera!

i almost remembered it to the tee before i googled it, haha!

i decided to make posts in my blog every once in a while to reminense old toys

that i remember and hopefully that you remember too!

i'll have a fun one coming up soon!

can't wait to get started on this project!

hahaha!

oooh toys...

=]

Movies! Movies! Movies!

okey dokey...i remember saying that i wanted to write about all the movies i wanted to see that were coming out this month-and there's A LOT!

like over to your left, "The Goods" looks so funny! i had to laugh-hard-when they sold a blind man a car. a movie on car dealers made into a comedy is something interesting and different! curious about that movie for sure!


also, i mustmustmust see, "Julie and Julia"! i love cooking, food, blogging and movies...what's not to love?!?!! and hearing about Julia Childs makes it seem like an inspirational film. aaaand it's based off a true story-epically awesome! truth behind a colorful story! cannot wait to see it!

MUST see, "PONYO" like i said before...LOVE those movies! i don't know why, but seeing the animation of that movie makes my heart skip a beat literally! so weird, but if not only my mind is telling me to see this movie, but my body as well, then for sure it's a must-see VERY soon!

"Paper Hearts" looks cute and interesting. gotta find out what theaters it plays in. ive heard lots of good about it though. verrry curious about that one...

and maybe: "Time Traveler's Wife" and "The Final Destination" (FINALLY!)...gotta see what the FINAL one is gonna be like. i wasn't too impressed w/the 3rd one. kinda sucked in my opinion. i liked number two's car crash the best!

well, that's it for now.

LOTS of moives i want to see! Get ready popcorn, cause here i come!

FINALLY

*whew*

first three days of senior year are over!

i had a rough time not being on blogger!

*sniff sniff*

but i managed by writing out TONS more post ideas

for my blog.

i'm thinking about adding a music-player too,

so we'll see how that works out.

but anywho, after many class changes

and just as many brain farts when it came to trying to remember

how to get around school...

i have the PERFECT schedule!

it's REALLY weird though...

i'm SOO used to honor classes

cause i've been taking them since 6th grade.

but now, not only are all of my classes WONDERFUL...

...but my lunch period's wonderful,

my classmates are cool,

my locker's in the perfect location for ALL of my classes,

i have SO much free time during passing periods

due to all my classes being on literally only one half of the school...

i felt so weird-like something was missing...

...to the max, haha!

but yeah, everything's perfect (SOOO weird to say that!).

and i saw several people w/new tats and piercings for the year!

ugh, oh boy was i jealous!!

can't WAIT until my day comes!

meanwhile, i'm having fun w/my classes.

they're all electives except economics and english AP/IB Lit.&Comp.

so i have:

photoshop (LOVE it, especially the fact that it DIDN'T cost $800 like photoshop usually can!),

beginning jewelry (we will be making jewelry-cool!),

orchestra-SUPER small class this year! love it though

Japanese-sweetest teacher EVER, haha her happiness is SO contagious!

some "emo" girl said to her friend, "i'm happy...you can't help but to be happy in her class!"

i'm just UBER pissed that mom wouldn't let me take it ASAP,

because i'm really loving that class

cause i love that culture.

i'm definitely continuing after highschool...

umm, let's see:

study hall w/my freshman English X techer and cool kids

awesom lunch as said before...

i think that's it.

but school is soooo easy and fun now!

i know, that should be unlawful,

school should be depressing...

but it's actually amazing in my edge of the woods!

don't hear that everyday, huh?

Damnit Blogger!

so school starts tomorrow...

which means i'll be super-busy w/school stuff!

this epically sucks to the epic extreme!

i LOOOOVE blogging and i've been going through

a blog overload

thanks to reading all these awesome blogs

and wanting to write awesome blogs as well...

my heart aches and is sad that this day has come.

i'll try my darndest to keep up my blog posts though!

i'm determined to keep up w/my true love!

*pounds chest*

Yay! I Might be Getting a Bod Mod Afterall!

i have permission to get a tattoo!

my mom seems MUCH cooler with it than

another piercing

(gonna have to work on that later).

i know, you're probably saying, "why doesn't she just sneak and get it done??

...or do the piercing herself?"

well, because one, i COULD NOT pierce myself knowing when the pain will come

two, i like me my sanitary studio with its minimal pain luxuries.

and three, i don't have a car to sneak up there in and NO sense of direction

sooo....yeeeah...haha!

anywho, my mom was cool w/a tattoo and said a-okay for one

she said on my foot, were thinking of places (aka-body parts) now!

and i think i know what i'm gonna get, i'm not sure. i gave my mom a head's up on the fact that it's more expensive and permanent (duh) than a piercing, but she said okay, sooo...

cool, gotta think (again) long term on this and my future so...

here goes nothing! i'm toooo hyped though!

DO NOT FORGET 08.31.09

DO NO FORGET!

NYLON is giving away 22 FREE songs on itunes-no strings attached (i know, i was skeptical too!)!

but thanks to the downloads, i have new artists to love and to hold.

i've wrote about this subject @ least two other times, so look to my most recent for the link and names of the songs and artists!

go ahead and share the love of music!

before the day of 22 free songs expire-08.31.09

DO IT!!!

Ponyo Makes My Heart Skip a Beat!

this moive called, "Ponyo" is coming out

the 14th i believe.

it literally made my heart skip a beat!

from Hayao Miyazaki comes this movie!

i love his movie and the animation

it literally makes me awe w/wonder!

the color, the...everything!

i've seen bits and pieces of his movies

which sucks cause they're sooo beautiful

and fantastic!

like his movies, "My Neighbor Totoro", "Kiki's Delivery", and "Spirited Away"...

ohmigosh they're just so wonderful!
but i can't get my grubby fingers on them!

=[

but this one's in theaters...

so i should be able to catch it!

i NEED to catch it!

The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread!

ya see this picture?? on the left here??

this stuff is amazing.

i've tried artifical butter type things before like butter flakes...things like that...bleh.

but this one, these are no "butter flakes",
this stuff is YUMMY!! and BUTTERY!

i (as well as the rest of my family) put this on EVERYTHING! you can find it anywhere like Wal-Mart and such-so not to fear!

ramen noodles, buttered pasta, fish, veggies...it's SO GOOD!

AND it's low in calories and barely harms your body @ ALL.
so LOAD UP your baked potatoe w/it! please....PLEEEEEEASE try it out! put it on your grocery list! i've never tasted such lovely (no harm done) butter tasting non-butter product ever! ooooh delicious!!

i'm sharing some precious treasure...try it!

Hmmm...

....Coconut M&Ms...

haha, my mom bought some @ Wal-Greens.

they're...interesting, when you first try one,

but i really like them!

i'm a pretty big coconut fan (scent and taste-wise)!

give it a go!

it won't hurt

aaand it's a limited time offer!

yummy...coconut!

I Can Fall in Love Again!!

psssst!

hey, remember this boot i talked about

in an earlier post??

and how it was love @ first sight,

until i saw the price-$85.

then i was broken??

well, it's "on sale"

for $50

(should've been %50 all along if you ask me...)

so i have a reason to fall in love again

and still have hope!

<3

EVIL Prank!!...I HAHAHA I Must Try it!!

so my dad and i were watching that burger king commercial

with the perv-lookin king guy pulling pranks on sleeping citizens.

and my dad thought back to hazing days...

he told me about a prank i MUST try!:

first, you get someone w/a bell ready, another person w/a flashlight,

and one other person w/a pillow...

the person w/the bell starts ringing it and yelling, "TRAIN!!! TRAIN!!!"

while the flashlight person turns the light on dead in his face.

when the sleeper starts to "come to"

hit him w/the pillow to make 'em freak!

they'll be so sleepy and out of it, they'll probably freak and think they DID get hit!

it sounded SOO funny!

I've GOT to see it in action!

hahaha!

I'm 18!

i have soooooo much to write about! i even wrote a list on a notebook-i'm already on the back of the first page!



but this post is simply stating that...i'm 18 today! sooo much happens today (in my opinion) and this month... i cannot wait! i asked for a cookie dough Blizzard with a single red sparkler candle in it-didn't get my candle, but it's cool, haha! i'll get it someday as my own little treat. also, i'm getting a birthday cake from Meijer and i asked if they have a pokemon-themed cake w/the original 151, then that's what i want!



i love pokemon, i swer they brain-washed me as a child!



anywho, i've gotten lots of birthday wishes on facebook and in texts (thanks everybody!). and my grandpa thought i turned 15 today, haha! better than last year...he thought i turned 12!!



aaaand the State Fair opened up its first day today! i LOVE the State Fair!!! every year, they introduce a new food-we didn't go last year (*sob*), but the year before was fried pepsi.



they've fried darn near anything @ the fair, so all that's left is...CHOCOLATE-COVERED bacon (sprinkled w/powdered sugar). hahaha gotta try it!



they have a pig race too-gotta see it! their motivation is an oreo at the end of the track, haha!



there's a lot of movies coming out that i wanna see too today and this month (explain in later post).

but now that i'm 18 i can:

1. smoke (not on my to do list)


2. play the lotto


3. go to adult prison (also not on my to do list)


4. go to Dave and Buster's by myself


5. get piercings and tattoos w/o parent consent


6. drive and text legally


7. get emancipated (thanks Julius!) haha not on to do list!


8. buy things on TV


9. sign up for shows like ANTM or Real World


10. get a job w/o worker's permit

so that's about it-quite a bit haha!

i have quite a bit more to talk about on later posts!
toodles!

"Modern Families" Caught My Eye!

while watching, "Orphan",

there was a preview for a show coming out

on ABC

in September

called, Modern Families!

the previews looked SOOO funny!
i, personally, can't wait until it airs!

the picture from the show i can't get out of my mind

was when the "dad" from one of the families

said he was cool,

since he knows all of the dances from HS 3.

then they showed him dancing to, "Were All in This Together"!

HILARIOUS!!!

and the gay family bringing home their adopted baby??

and a woman, "called" them creampuffs...

ohmigosh-

i cannot wait!

http://abc.go.com/fallpreview/index?pn=modernfamily

TOO Cute!

so i tend to look up

the african american/mixed

"scene" and "emo" girls

no need to label,

but these girls can be SOO cute!

i love their look and fashion

(ALL sorts of fashions really)

but this is one i can see myself wearing the most

i tried the band trick on me

and it didn't work out...

=[

might give it another go!

these girls REEEEALLY make me wanna!

super sexy and super cute girls!

(pssst...i love the girl @ 1:36 !!!)

i'm SOO glad i discovered their exsistance in more places

than the few friends i have that are like this!

share the love!

<3

I've Never Seen Sloppy SOO Cute!!!

i saw Vanessa in this outfit in a recent Seventeen mag.

and fell in love w/its cute sloppiness!

i was inspired by the boots and socks.

i've been on the search ever since (or a few months before even)

for cute over-the-knee socks

and a cute boot to let the sock peek-a-boo under!

but i reeeeally love this look!

inspiration is all aound.

i saw another sloppy look

on loobook.nu

it was cute too!

can't find that girl anymore though...

but i WILL muster through my limits!

Testing, Testing...1,2,3 Testing...

Classic Black by minimouse2105 featuring Marc Jacobs bags

yay!
i just wanted to see if my polyvore set would get onto the sight!
now that i know it works...

i shall post them on here!
=]

this was an edgey classic sophisticated look inspired by Rihanna that i put together.
i'd love to have an occasion to wear something similar to this someday!

Schoop's!: More Chicago Fun

oooh yummy!

we ate @ this place along the highway

on our way home from Chicago.

it was called Schoop's

and i loved the experience!

(hence my new default picture @ schoop's)

as soon as we walked in,

i could hear a Backstreet Boy song playing

for the customers' satisfaction.

it took me waaaay back, hahaha!

it was cute though.

all of the plush pleather booths,

the front table area

w/it's sparkly red stools...

pacman right by the door...

lovely!

definitely nothing like Steak 'N Shake!

the prices were more reasonable too!

a $3 steak burger-worth $3.

who would've thought?!

(actual burger-NOT a picture)

so we ate, and i ordered a bacon cheeseburger plain

and some onion rings.

they were scrumbcious!

but nothing touched

the vanilla malt milkshake!

it was the maltiest malt!

and the whipped cream...

oooh the whipped cream!

it was SO rich and thick!

and i thought the Cheesecake Factory whipped cream was rich!

i don't ever think i've finished a whole milkshake

of any kind before.

if so, rarely!

but i scarfed that down!

another memory to keep dear to me.

simple, but lovely!

Another Item O' Mine

i felt like doing one more item o' mine just for the heck of it this week. this is my metal "chain" tie.

it's some type of mysterious metal circles linked together to form a chain-i think it's cute! i got it @ Claire's and it hasn't fallen apart yet believe it or not! haha!

it's a charcoal color and fun to wear for an edge, although it's sooo slinky it tends to curl under a lot, but that gives me an excuse to uncurl it and play with it some, haha!

but yeah, this is my 2nd item of the week! i'll have more unique and fun things to share in future weeks from my room.

What's Trapped in My Closet: Zebra Sandals!

okay, so for this week's "item in my possesion", i decided to display my zebra sandals! i got them @ target last year-one of those, "loe @ first sight" items that i just kept thinking about.

i've only worn them once, because i want to make sure that i wear the perfect outfit with them (that's how much i treasure them), haha!

but yeah, they are lovely and i love them-i might do one more item this week becasue it's fun to share my closet's belongings.

shall blog waaay more in a few!

toodles for now.

Review: Orphan

okay, so i ended up seeing the Orphan last weekend. and i must admit it was pretty good! i kept hearing it was scary, but it wasn't @ all. the plot was good-so now i put that in the catergorey of, "Decent Horror Flick" up there w/"The Descent". congrats "Orphan"!

the little girl who played Esther did such a good job! i didn't flich @ all the entire movie, because they did those stupid uncalled for loud noises to try and scare you. it had a little suspense...great plat though! and one word to subscribe this moive: realistic and brutal (okay then, two)! to me, it would make me really look into the child i'm going to adopt to make sure all's well, haha!

i'd reccommend it though! and i'd see it again if i had the chance. oh yeah! i saw it w/my boyfriend and called a small bizzare part all the way in the beginning that made my boyfriend say, "no WAY will that happen!...who thinks of that anyway??".

but i called it, haha! that made me happy...oh, and there are guessable moments too-but still good!

i highly reccomend it as a decent horror flick!

Magazines Can Be Diaries Too

i have many stories that i've been inspired to tell since my trip to Chicago and back. the two days were probably one of the best feelings i've had in a while... great times! haha.


so i decided to put each story that popped up in my head as seperate stories so it wouldn't be too drawn-out ALLLL in one post, haha!

while my dad, brother, and i stalled waiting for the burger joint to open, we walked around in a Wal-Mart nearby. we were looking through electronics and the books were right next to that section, so i decided to see all the magazines they carried. (i was hoping to find a NYLON in there but didn't, hahaha!). i did find teen vogue and liked what i saw in the nintendo magazine, but it made me think about how my taste in magazines changed.

@ first, i'm sure many girls started w/magazines like, "GL" or "J-14" (...i think that's the name for them...). ya know, those magazines with a million celebs on the front cover that makes it look like a busy college?? always filled with, "is he into you?" quizzes and around 15 smackers ads...

then you move on to bigger better things- "seventeen", "teen people", and "cosmo girl" (those are what i've read anyway). @ this point you're like, "NOW we're talkin'!" so much advice and fashion in the colums that you can't help but to love!

and now, while i was down there, i purchased my first teen vogue. and i've also graduated to NYLON, as mentioned a million times in my blog!

i don't know...when you look back, it's just like a diary of how much you've matured and grown.

*Whew!*

hey guys!

i'm back!

i know it's only been two days,

but i went on a trip

and now were celebrating my grandpa's bday!

but i have had sooooo much inspiration for new posts

and sooooo many things to talk about!

i can't wait!

don't forget to tell your friends to keep reading my blog!

have a great day!

i'll write my heart out once things calm down.

toodles loves!

xoxo

[Another Love @ First Sight]: Animal Cloud Converse!!

sure,

i believe in love @ first sight

when it comes to spying things you reeeeally love

and as soon as you lay eyes on it,

your mind wonders rarely on anything else!

like these animal cloud converse...i saw them in a magazine and DIED.

i know i probably stared @ that page for...5 minutes?

ilovethemilovethemilovethemilovethem!

i MUST have them!

they're sooo cute && creative!!

ahhhhh!

possible birthday gift??

hmm.

Don't Forget: 08.31.09

that's the last day to get on itunes and download

NYLON's summer playlist '09.

FOR FREE

22 free songs from different artists.

i liked most of the songs and artists

so why not try out the new music??

it's one of my older post...

one of the oldest actually.

so check out the songs and the link

on that old post.

there's seriously NOTHING to lose.

Song of the day: Thunderheist-Jerk It

one of the songs on the playlist-i think it's the next club hit!

and perfect to listen to in the car while driving @ night.

also another favorite from those 22 songs is:

Of Montreal-For Our Elegant Caste

LOVE it's up-beat tune and random lyrics!

i have to dance to it in the car-

my body won't allow anything else when it's on!

enjoy,

and share the love of music!

Silent Hill 3!!! *Faints*

sooo, i forgot how me and my boyfriend got on the topic of Silent Hill 3 while IMing last night, but we did. it's always been a game that i was curious about-depsite my fear of playing horror games! i mean, i even read a whole Silent Hill 3 booklet guide in a gamer magazine once-front to back-and had the jell-o bones once i was finished reading...and that was just a BOOKLET GUIDE!!

so, i'll go ahead and go for the gusto, haha! i AM curious about it, and i'll @ LEAST watch my boyfriend play it, ha.

i don't know though, once we get our hands on it i might freak. especially if I'M the one in control of the little virtua-person! i think that's what scares me most when it comes to playing scary games...i'm in control. so i think of that character i'm controling as myself...which doen't help matter in the least! hahaha! we'll see though.

years ago, i bought a Tomb Raider game, and while walking outside a ruin, the music changed-NOT a good sign. so i spazzed a little...i slowly edged forward...

then out of NOWHERE, on

e of those possesed dogs as tall as me on all fours, with GLOWING red eyes started snapping @ me!

i screamed, slammed my hand down onto the keyboard of my lap top (@ an attempt to shut it off), and closed the screen as fast as i could. i'm pretty sure in my frantic "escape" i wasn't susccessful!

but hey, if we can rent it, it's worth a shot!

i've been watching Silent Hill 3 youtube videos and googling it on and off to get prepared.

get hyped for demonized nurses!!

wish me luck...

this boot right here, it's another "love @ first sight"

like that forever21 tunic i talked about.

i saw it earlier in the week @ the mall.

LOVED IT!!

....but then i saw the price.

$85.

...then it didn't look so cute.

but then, i started checking all around its pedastal

to see if there was a clearance...

i mean, there HAD to be!

but there wasn't...

...which pissed me off

cause i wanna start wearing some cowboy boots.

no one i've seen @ school wears 'em,

and i'd like to since that's the case.

wear something new from everyone else.

but they're just so DARN expensive!

ugh,

by some maricle i hope the price goes down...

...waaaaay down!

Remorseful Regret

this top.
right here.
can be considered one of my many
"love @ first sight" deals.

it is...
...or more like, was @ forever21.

i really liked it when i first saw it,
no, LOVED it!

i can think of soooo many thing that could go w/it.
-leggins
-ankle cowboy boots
-baggy woven hat and some sandals
-suade booties w/tassles
-and soooo much more
so i decided to wait last year until i had the money for it.
but one day @ school,
i saw @ least 3 to 4 girls with the exact same tunic i wanted.
in the same day.

a complete turn-off.
but my heart hungered for it more and more.
now, i'm pretty sure it's gone.
and it sucks.
big time.

maybe someday we'll reunite.
AND I'LL SNATCH UP THE OPPROTUNITY!!!

YES! The Circus is FINALLY in Town!

the circus has inspired me for a few years now. haha, i kinda got mad when i heard of Brittney's circus song, i was all like, "hey! the circus is MY thing!"


i think it all started after my photograhy project on Mary Ellen Mark (she inspired me that much!) about two years ago.


all of those pictures she took @ circuses and institutions really intrigued me. before my circus inspiration, i had (and still have) an interest in being creative when it comes to stories and movies about hauntings and little children with gifts...kinda like in pokemon? with that gym leader Sabrina from that ghost town?? or i had a pokemon comic book that had a pokemon who was eating a girl from the soul on out slowly...


or the face-eater in the spirit world on the avatar-that's a good example...
but strange things like that, maybe even starting out living w/the circus.


...ooor movies with strange little kids with just odd-ness and jack-in-the-box background music.


i don't believe in that type of stuff, but making a story with those types of settings really make me wanna write a story that sucks you in like that!
i just don't know where to start...with that or the whole circus story or fashion.

and i may not have the story line down still, but i DO have a clothing line coming out to look forward to...

Forever 21 has come out w/a brand inspired by the circus!

it has that old-world circus feel to a lot of their clothes in their brand-

just the way i like it!

right when you go to their site, a "billboard" displays their circus ensembles.

i can't wait to get my hands on them!

....the odd story-writing will just have to take a backseat until brilliance hits, haha.

PS-all of this scariness talk makes me want to write a post about "Silent Hill 3" and how it makes me feel...i'll probably do that!

Easy Pancakes = Easy Happiness

i had to share this pancake recipe with everyone. it's not only super easy to make, but it's also super yummy! believe it or not, i got it from Yahooanswers then tweaked it a bit to make it quite delicious. try making it tomorrow during Wednesday (aka-Hump Day) or just when you're craving them (I think i'll make some tonight). but they are really easy and really good and i needed to share. i felt so bad when in my nutrition class, we made pancakes for fun and they were SO DRY! i shouldv'e made mine version so my group members could've @ least tried them...

but i'll have my chance to share again.

so here's the recipe:

Good Old-Fashioned Pancakes

(makes 8-10 pancakes)

INGREDIENTS

* 1 & 1/2 cups all-purpose flour***

* 3 & 1/2 teaspoons baking powder***

* 1 teaspoon salt

* 3 & 1/2 tablespoons white sugar

* 1 & 1/4 cups milk

* 1 egg

* 3 tablespoons butter, melted

* vanillia extract (for flavor)-optional

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, salt, and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, egg, vanilla, and melted butter; mix until smooth (there will be lumps; smash them out a bit if you want).

2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over a medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle (as little or big as you's like).

***when i make my pancakes, i prefer to use self-rising flour and take out the baking soda.

that way, i don't have to worry about the batter having a baking soda taste, aaand it'll still rise.

enjoy, have fun cooking...AND eating!

haha!