July 31st, 2010
Listening… (and quite obsessively, might I add) to the new Sia and Stars albums. Both have been on constant repeat in iTunes the entire month. I can’t tear myself away from them!
Cooking… myself the most delicious shrimp and snow pea pasta. Perhaps there’s hope for me and my cooking skills yet.
Hanging… pictures on my walls. My apartment is slowly looking less like a disaster zone and more like a home. Once I get all my furniture, I promise I will post pictures.
Wearing… my favourite black and white ikat skirt. I love it so and wear it perhaps a little too often.
Anticipating… August 11th, the end of my summer semester and the beginning of 2.5 glorious school-free weeks. I can’t wait!
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June 30th, 2010
Playing… my brand new piano! I love it to pieces. I’ve also found a tonne of Regina Spektor, Fiona Apple and Tori Amos sheets online that I’ve been playing night and day.
Drinking… peach iced tea and pink lemonade by the gallon. The perfect summer refreshments!
Falling… more and more in love with my city every day. ♥
Listening… to lots and lots of Trespasser’s William. Their music is positively divine. See exhibit A: Lie in the Sound, B: Alone, and C: Weakening. I’ve also been listening to lots of Peter Broderick, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie and Charlotte Gainsbourg this month.
Spending… every free minute I can spare in the company of friends.
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May 31st, 2010
Moving… (finally) back to my beloved Nova Scotia. ♥
Wearing… (at long last) skirts and dresses and shorts and sandals! Horray!
Designing… (or at least attempting to design) my new apartment. Double horray!
Packing, Unpacking, Organizing, and Re-organizing… ad nauseum. This will be my life for the next two weeks.
Mourning… the end of Lost. :( I won’t say anything as I don’t want to spoil the ending for anyone, so I will just say that I liked the ending a lot, and that I will miss this show like crazy.
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May 21st, 2010
Long time no see! I apologise for disappearing for a week or so there. University got super hectic (tomorrow’s the last day of the semester) so I had to hole up for a few days and lay the smack-down on myself. Blogging is such a wonderful/terrible procrastinatory tool, and if I wanted to get my work done, I needed to do a temporary blogosphere-ectomy. Since I’m finally wrapping things up with my final projects, I thought I’d at least pop in, say hi, and share some pretty pictures until I get back into the swing of things once again.
Since it’s been an absolute eternity since I shared a favourite editorial, here’s an oldie-but-a-goodie from the Vogue Nippon September 2006 issue featuring the lovely miss Anja Rubik shot by Carter Smith. Insert some clever segue about the summer-y look of this editorial and the burst of warm summer weather that’s been passing through these parts here. My brain’s fried. That’s the best I can do. ;)
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May 7th, 2010
Taking a mini-side step from the usual tonight to get a few thoughts out…
I’ve been pondering a lot lately on the blogging universe, and on what blogging really means to me. In a way, it’s kind of molded me, and it’s turned me into a much more positive, optimistic and self-assured person. I’ve always been blogging in one capacity or another since I first discovered the wonders of this online world. I may not be a self-proclaimed writer, but I enjoy sharing my loves and reading about others’. It wasn’t really until last year, approximately around the same time that my plans to study interior design became solidified that I really found my ‘blog calling’, if you will. My educational and blogging paths have intertwined so closely these last few months, and together, they’ve helped me learn so many new things about myself, and to grow as a person. Both have taught me to voice my opinions without fear and have helped me find my inner confidence. Those who know me outside of the internet know that I’m terribly shy and introverted, but I think that both having a blog and studying in such a highly creative field have opened me up and made me less afraid of showing myself to the world.
I’m ready and happy to let my mind open up and expand itself to its largest possible capacity. And I’m not afraid. I’m not afraid of someone judging what I like, or what I do. Finally, I feel like I’m shedding that anxiety of constantly needing the approval of others . I’m learning to trust myself and my instincts, and I’m learning to become a better version of me.
Out of curiosity, what has blogging helped you discover about yourself? Do you think you would be the same person you are today if you hadn’t started a blog?
