tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41229689733405352162024-02-18T22:29:43.623-08:00Viva la GenesisGlitter Pirate Queen of GeekeryEmeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-30203406198688154702013-03-04T14:31:00.000-08:002013-03-04T14:31:40.227-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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SHE'S BACK, BITCHES.</div>
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Or, for those who don't speak MouthyDragQueenese, Viva La Genesis is once again a go.</div>
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Bigger, brighter, and likely more obnoxious and snarky.</div>
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Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-13287138179516300342012-12-28T18:50:00.000-08:002013-03-03T18:31:59.338-08:00top ten tuesday: people who can touch it<div style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">
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Okay, getting back to it! One of these days, I'm going to post everything I'm supposed to in the same week. Will it be this week? Meh. Who the hell knows.</div>
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SO. Like most people, I have celebrity crushes. A lot of celebrity crushes.</div>
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Now, I'm not a floozy. I don't sleep around, and I'm pretty darned selective when it comes to romance. But you know what? There are certain people that I would let touch it without even requiring a first date. Or a drink. Or a hello.</div>
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<b>Top Ten People That Could Touch It</b></div>
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Now, let me put this out there. I am straight. Very straight. The idea of messing around with another woman's whatnot is not at all my idea of fun. And to be honest, I don't know how you hetero men and lesbians do it, because women are crazy and really scary. And that is coming from a woman who is quite frequently crazy and scary.</div>
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However. Lady Gaga could have her way with me any day of the week. I've noticed that all of my "girl crushes" are one very unique, strong, and quite-possibly-batshit-crazy women that most men would steer clear of (Ke$ha, Nicki Minaj, P!nk, etc). However, Gaga has that certain something that really draws me in. She's so bold and fearless and amazing. Also, super hot and never wears pants. Which gives her the honor of being the only lady on my Touch It list.</div>
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Oh, Captain Jack, you naughty, cheeky boy.</div>
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One look at John and it's easy to see what one would let him touch it. The man is textbook. Tall, dark, handsome...and gayer than <i>Les Cage aux Folles</i>. Or, as he puts it, "Gold Star Gay." </div>
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As if being ridiculously attractive wasn't enough, the man sings like a bird, is a tremendous actor, and is <i>hiiiiiiiiilarious.</i> I had the pleasure of seeing him at a panel at C2E2, and I could not stop giggling. He seems like the nicest guy ever.</div>
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And he's pretty. Did I mention he's pretty?</div>
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Answer: Yes.</div>
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God bless Scotland.</div>
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Note: No, I do not think he made a good Phantom. He did, however, make a good enough Phantom to bang, and that is what's important. To me. Because I'm shallow. Put Michael Crawford's voice in Gerard's body, and you have me as your naughty slave forever.</div>
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One of my favorite new traditions when I'm at my parents' house is when my mum, little sister and I all gather to watch DVR'd episodes of <i>Ghost Adventures</i>. We're all suckers for ghost stories (me in particular...I probably checked <i>Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark</i> out of my elementary school library more than the rest of the student body combined).</div>
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We're also suckers for ripped men in tight t-shirts. HEYOOOOOOOO.</div>
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Anyhow, Zak, at first glance, while delicious, kind of looks a little Jersey Shore. But he's really not. He seems very down-to-earth, nice, and is funny as hell. Even if he does abuse the words "bro" and "dude" a lot.</div>
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Hey girl. I heard you want me to bang you on every surface of your house. Okay, but first, let's play with your multiple cats and knit a Hufflepuff scarf.</div>
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Here's the thing about Mr. Depp. I have a hard time lusting after him sometimes, because I idolize him so much.</div>
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Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-84330740464901684722012-09-13T09:03:00.003-07:002013-03-04T14:25:30.860-08:00infamy<a href="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs40/f/2009/013/a/8/Cleopatra_the_Golden_Queen_by_yayacosplay.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 432px; height: 650px;" src="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs40/f/2009/013/a/8/Cleopatra_the_Golden_Queen_by_yayacosplay.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:78%;">image via <a href="http://yayacosplay.deviantart.com/">yaya han</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, lately...or rather, for the last couple years...I've been struggling with myself. Things didn't go the way I planned back in high school, back in college. I'm twenty-seven. In high school, I thought that I'd be married, teaching, possibly a mother. In college, I thought I'd be in grad school. I thought I'd be successful.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm not.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm not where I want to be, and I hate it. A combination of depression and complete lack of self-confidence has kept me here for a long time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And I'm over it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, I realized that a lot of my issues stem from expectations on me that aren't mine. Or, at least, not mine now. I'm going on the expectations of my family, my friends, and my former self, instead of what I feel is right for me now. I grew up in a traditional family, and most of my cousins my age or older are already married, engaged, having kids, and I'm...just not anywhere near that. I feel a lot of pressure to be there. But I know that right now, it's unrealistic. Marriage I could handle. Kids? No. Not even sure I want them, which would likely make most of my family blanch.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I also feel like a lot of my family doesn't care about success. Not in terms of how I define it. I feel like a lot of people around me want me to be happy in a 9-to-5 job that makes enough money for me to support myself and an okay lifestyle, and stay here in my hometown perfectly sated. And then find the obligatory husband and pop out babies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But I'm starting to realize that that's not going to be enough for me. It makes me feel selfish, but for some reason, the idea of only a few people remembering me when I'm gone bothers me. In a few generations, no one will know my name. No one will care.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Or, that is, that's how it will be if I carry on like this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Being loved by a few isn't enough for me. I want to be remembered. I want to know that in the future, schoolchildren will open a textbook and my name will be in it. I want to go down in history as someone who changed something.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I don't want to be famous.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to be infamous.</div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-32314444292211947832012-08-27T07:44:00.002-07:002013-03-04T14:25:30.840-08:00lundi links<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm55BEhCN8j8WRM8805AOntHCdSDsgD1gEbZpwaQZ_xZVrbhWxgXbEPDarwe8NcbjoKF24vs1Wf337LmFR1hxTa5hwR3UIkvi3elvIBFHKUl-9pBViRnno01W1si-APvwwtHoFMOqTnEo/s1600/grown_ups_by_ineedchemicalx-d5ckq9b.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm55BEhCN8j8WRM8805AOntHCdSDsgD1gEbZpwaQZ_xZVrbhWxgXbEPDarwe8NcbjoKF24vs1Wf337LmFR1hxTa5hwR3UIkvi3elvIBFHKUl-9pBViRnno01W1si-APvwwtHoFMOqTnEo/s320/grown_ups_by_ineedchemicalx-d5ckq9b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5781364836000596146" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:78%;">image via <a href="http://ineedchemicalx.deviantart.com/">ineedchemicalx</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Long time, no see, poodles! Sorry for disappearing...moving and getting back into the groove of living in my hometown took longer than I expected. O.o But I'm back, with a plethora of procrastinatory aids to make up for it. ^_^</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ A <a href="http://www.xojane.com/beauty/embracing-my-inner-weirdo-how-teenage-goth-overcame-depression-eating-disorder-welcomed-my-in">lovely post</a> from Gala Darling about how she grew into the sparkly pink blogging maven she is today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ "I promise to make sure I'm not just hungry before I yell at you." Great <a href="http://lydianetzer.blogspot.com/2012/07/10-best-marriage-vows-you-never-hear-at.html">wedding vows we should hear more often</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ BBC created a site that shows you what summer Olympic sport your body type matches. Accurate? Probably not. But it's <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19050139">fun to play with</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ Speaking of Olympics, here is my favoritest couple in the world being <a href="http://littleremindersoflove.blogspot.com/2012/08/gold-wills-kate-at-olympics.html">royally cute</a> at the events.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ Swamped by your inbox? Here, have some <a href="http://mashable.com/2012/08/02/awesome-email-apps/">help</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ I used to dye flowers like this all the time, but I never realized your could make them rainbows! <a href="http://colormekatie.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-make-rainbow-flowers.html">RAINBOW ALL THE THINGS</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ <a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/well-yeah-im-a-woman-now-but-im-definitely-not-like-a-proper-adult-grown-up-or-anything/">This</a>. Yes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ <a href="http://www.myskins.com/">MySkins </a>offers comfortable undergarments in TONS of skintones. Lovely!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ <a href="http://www.cafefashionista.com/2012/07/365-style-guide-precious-metals.html">METALLIC JEANS</a>, GET IN MY CLOSET.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ <a href="http://www.wornthrough.com/2012/08/22/london-fashion-umbrella-medieval-lingerie-on-film/">Medieval lingerie</a>? My inner fashionista and history geeks are all a-flutter.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ <a href="http://design-milk.com/tiny-art-fingertips-nail-landscapes-by-alice-bartlett/">Nail art</a> taken to a whole new level.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ I didn't know that I needed a <a href="http://cheezburger.com/6535371264">Walkman flask</a>, but I know now.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ Katie shares my love of <a href="http://katieleigh.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/hanging-out-in-cafes-alone/">cafe-alone-time</a>.</div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-21474255219976206332012-08-16T04:21:00.001-07:002013-03-04T14:25:30.835-08:00why not you?<a href="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhwciPTO51qedpf6o1_500.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 667px;" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhwciPTO51qedpf6o1_500.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-15196090041531474402012-05-15T05:03:00.001-07:002013-03-04T14:25:30.831-08:00unique individuals<span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">My friend Joe takes us to church in a radical self love way. <3</span></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span ><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lWr5097tRWw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-51722419731135901142012-05-03T16:57:00.002-07:002013-03-04T14:25:30.843-08:00things i love thursday<a href="http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/116/9/3/love_grows_by_pqphotography-d4xo6nz.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 428px; height: 392px;" src="http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/116/9/3/love_grows_by_pqphotography-d4xo6nz.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span >image via <a href="http://pqphotography.deviantart.com/">pqphotography</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; ">LOVE LOVE LOVE, I WANT YOUR LOVE.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; ">♥ blanket forts ♥ making my blanket fort a check-in on foursquare ♥ officially joining the superfriends ♥ sharon needles winning drag race ♥ willambelliwillambelliwillambellieverythingwillambelli ♥ rupaul ♥ bdubs ♥ the 90's x-men animated series ♥ geekery in general ♥ sushi ♥ cute bartenders ♥ casino-bound bus trips ♥ mimosas ♥ pink pink pink ♥ my roommate running around in underwear and a batman apron ♥ new lesbian roommate! my life is turning into an episode of will & grace ♥</div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-86408148621784701402012-04-30T15:56:00.004-07:002013-03-04T14:25:30.862-08:00lundi links<a href="http://a1.s6img.com/cdn/box_002/post_12/363244_13604596_ll.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 532px;" src="http://a1.s6img.com/cdn/box_002/post_12/363244_13604596_ll.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span >image via <a href="http://society6.com/product/I-Love-You-More-than-Cupcakes-R7i_Print">society6</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Not sure if that's true. I really love cupcakes, you guys. But the sentiment is sweet.</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ Want to <a href="http://zenhabits.net/love-it/">do what you love</a>, but don't know where to start? Leo at Zenhabits made you a helpful how-to.</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ During a slightly heated conversation between my mother and sister regarding the latter's upcoming nuptials and lack of get-up-and-go she is exhibiting in getting things arranged, I jokingly told my mom I would elope for her mental health. I was kidding, but these <a href="http://www.refinery29.com/city-hall-wedding-style">city hall weddings</a> are so cute I'm starting to think that maybe an adorable little quickie ceremony might have something to it...</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-style: normal; ">♦ I am sadly apartment-bound and can't paint my walls, but sometimes I see a color combo and just WANT. But...said color combo is a photo of a tropical bird, not a paint swatch. Never fear! <a href="http://letschipit.com/">LetsChipIt</a> is a site that lets you upload photos and find the </span><i>exact</i> Sherwin-Williams paint colors to correspond. So...go paint your inspirations. And show me pictures so I can live vicariously through you.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ Are you a freelancer? If so, have you--God forbid--been screwed over by a client? Then check this out: the <a href="http://www.worldslongestinvoice.com/">world's largest invoice</a>, a website in which you can post how much you were stiffed and add to the massive amount shown. This website will then be submitted to lawmakers in order to try and pass a law that will help protect freelancers from this kind of fate.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ <a href="http://www.swiss-miss.com/2012/04/laser-cut-seaweed.html">Laser-cut nori</a>. Pretty? Yes. Necessary? No....except yes.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ Shauna wrote an excellent <a href="http://m.relevantmagazine.com/life/whole-life/features/25956-11-things-to-know-at-25ish">things to learn when you're 25-ish</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ I'm not one to not take credit for something impressive I've done. I'm not a braggart, and I don't go out of the way to say "LOOK WHAT I DID," but hey, I'm proud when I achieve something. If I've lost twenty pounds and you say "You look great," I'm not going to oh-p'shaw it. I'm going to tell you I just ate nothing but rabbit food and Jillian Michaels'd it until I passed out every night. Luckily, me and Sarah are <a href="http://www.rootsofshe.com/lets-not-pretend/">on the same page</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ Kyla wrote this super-helpful guide to <a href="http://www.kylaroma.com/2012/04/what-i-learned-at-tax-time-from-my-first-year-as-an-indie-business-owner/">dealing with taxes when you're a self-employed freelancer</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ One of my dreams has always been to migrate to New York to become a writer. For now, I'll live vicariously through all of <a href="http://www.theawl.com/2012/04/women-writers-new-york">my sisters who have done it before</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ <a href="http://joythebaker.com/2012/04/ten-super-rad-blog-post-ideas/">Blogger's Block</a>? Joy's got an app for that.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ My parents have been visiting Vegas semi-annually for as long as I can remember. I'm not a big gambler, so I've always been lukewarm to the idea of visiting. Naturally, <a href="http://galadarling.com/article/good-girls-go-to-heaven-bad-girls-go-to-vegas">Gala Darling</a> managed to make me want to go pretty hard.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ Katie always has the cutest ideas. <a href="http://colormekatie.blogspot.com/2012/04/easter-egg-hunt.html">Anonymous Easter egg hunt</a>? So doing this next year. ^_^</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ <a href="http://www.swiss-miss.com/2012/04/worlds-largest-rainbow-birthday-parade.html">Rainbow parade</a>. Yes.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ Random Wants: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/98307879/mr-darcy-gentleman-adjustable-ring">Dapper Gent Ring</a>. <a href="http://blackmilkclothing.com/collections/leggings/products/harley-quinn-leggings">Harley Quinn Leggings</a>. A magic wand to make <a href="http://style.icanhascheezburger.com/2012/04/26/cool-accessories-im-batcoat/">this coat</a> grown-up-size.</div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-69281246256962695332012-04-17T13:21:00.005-07:002013-03-04T14:25:30.853-08:00top ten tuesday: things i learned from pinterest<a href="http://www.thefunnyblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/funny-pinterest-pics-pin-all-the-things-what-is-this-pinterest-lol.jpg" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 440px; height: 405px;" src="http://www.thefunnyblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/funny-pinterest-pics-pin-all-the-things-what-is-this-pinterest-lol.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; ">I've decided to start a new weekly tradition: Top Ten Tuesday! Every week I'll have a top ten list of some kind, presented in list, picture, or video form! And yes, I'll take suggestions for lists to make. ^_^</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; ">As I've mentioned in the past, I'm pretty obsessed with <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a>, to the point that if you told me you didn't like it, I'd just stare at you in blank shock. And then maybe push you over. Because that's just weird. I've come to notice a few trends on this addictive little site, so I thought I'd share them with you.</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center; "><span >Ten Things I've Learned From Pinterest</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center; "><span ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify; "><span><b>1. Pallets and mason jars can become anything.</b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify; "><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify; "><span>Seriously. At least 75% of the DIY projects on Pinterest start with mason jars or those wooden pallets you can yoink from your local grocery. Got a jar? Make a lamp, a wine glass, an organizer, a potted plant. Pallet? Couch, garden, house, y'know, whatever.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify; "><span><b>2. The rising gas prices are Barack Obama's fault.</b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify; "><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify; "><span>Yup. The price of a commodity in our country was decided on by the president. It has nothing to do with us using the shit out of a non-renewable resource. When was the last time you took a bike instead of driving a few blocks? Then yeah, you don't get to complain, because you're part of the problem, Mr. Hummer.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify; "><span><b>3. Your religion makes you stupid, or your lack of one makes you immoral.</b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; ">One of the big issues that pops up a lot on Pinterest is religion. Mostly because many people, religious or not, can't mind their own business and have to stick their big, fat, close-minded noses in other people's affairs. Now, I myself am a Christian, but I am very open-minded, and have friends and loved ones of all religions and creeds. Do I think my atheist, pagan, Wiccan, etc friends are going to Hell? Well, no, but that's not really my place to say. But apparently, that's not the case for many Christians on Pinterest, who love to comment on things such as gay pride-related images to tell people that homosexuality is an abomination, but then have a board full of tattoos on their profile (which, according to Leviticus, is an abomination along with homosexuality). Likewise, you see a perfectly lovely Bible quote that's about love and forgiveness, and an atheist will undoubtedly jump in and tell everyone how uneducated and stupid they are being for believing in a high power. I just...there's not winning. There really isn't.</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><b>4. Women are not very nice to each other.</b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; ">One of the main things that I witness on Pinterest as a recurring theme is that women can be catty bitches. Honestly, it appears to be most women's favorite hobby to go around criticizing other women. This is a big issue in the concept of weight and health, and I've begun to notice that the main lashing is at women who are thinner than the national average. If you told a larger woman to get on a treadmill, you'd surely be attacked, but how many times do you hear someone tell a thin girl to eat a cheeseburger, or something to that effect? And the idea of a "real" woman being a woman who is on the curvier side....how do you think that makes those without curves who ARE ALSO REAL WOMEN feel? Pinterest actually has a rule along the lines of "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all," but no one listens. Anyone who says that men and the media are the reason that women are insecure are absolutely incorrect; it is other women that cause the issue.</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><b>5. No boys allowed.</b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; ">Also, Pinterest is sexist. Well, not Pinterest itself, but some of its users. I feel like every time that a man makes a comment on a pin, a woman comes in and says something to the effect of men not belonging on Pinterest. Who the fuck says?</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; ">Also, ladies, if you have a board filled with nothing but male eye candy, you're no longer allowed to judge men for ogling women. For cereal.</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><b>6. Disney created unrealistic expectations of everything ever.</b></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; ">The most common pins of this nature are that it gave us unrealistic expectations of men and hair. But let's not act like it didn't make men expect us to be perfect, gorgeous, petite and proper little princesses, either. Oh, and if you're expecting reality to be like a cartoon, you're clearly a bit touched, anyway.</div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><b>7. Cupcakes and kittens make everything better.</b></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; ">Pretty sure this isn't just a Pinterestism, but scientific fact.</div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><b>8. Never throw anything away.</b></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; ">Anything can be made into anything else. See #1.</div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><b>9. No fiancé(e) does not equal no wedding.</b></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; ">100% of pinners have a board focused on a future wedding.</div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; ">1% of pinners are engaged and planning an actual wedding.</div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "> My name is Emerie, and I am the 99%.</div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><b>10. Citations and credit are unimportant.</b></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><blockquote>"You have enemies? Good. That means that you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."</blockquote></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; ">The source? Winston Churchill. The source according to Pinterest? Eminem. Whatevs.</div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-19339377524578340582012-04-12T16:27:00.001-07:002013-03-04T14:25:30.832-08:00things i love thursday<a href="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/084/0/2/heart_inside_by_c_victoria-d4tvz89.jpg" style="font-size: 100%;"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 483px; height: 362px;" src="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/084/0/2/heart_inside_by_c_victoria-d4tvz89.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>image via <a href="http://c-victoria.deviantart.com/">c-victoria</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Remember how Things I Love Thursday was supposed to happen every Thursday?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The last one here on VLG was in January.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">NAILED IT.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">♥ the food at family get-togethers, omg 4000 calories GET IN MY MOUTH ♥ my rogue hair XD ♥ an easter basket from my roommate full of woodchuck cider and a comic book ♥ my cat leaving a mouse in my roommate's toilet and roommate's subsequent reaction ♥ c2e2 tomorrow!!! ♥ going back to school to become a paralegal (real career? you don't say!) ♥ new pens ♥ impromptu wig parties ♥ zak bagans ♥ plastic tiaras ♥ my cheesy biscuits being a TOTAL success at easter dinner ♥ my transgender cousin having a "boob voyage" party to celebrate his breast removal surgery (so sad i can't attend, but i'll be playing with fanboys in chicago) ♥ dance parties with my sister (videos coming soon!) ♥ <a href="http://www.doedeereblogazine.com/articles/palette-dantoinette-may-1">this</a> sneak peek at lime crime's upcoming palette! i liked the chinadoll one, but this one takes the cake! pun entirely intended ♥ lewd prank calls at work that are less offensive and more giggle-/blush-inducing ♥ having my rogue costume finally coming together ♥ my polyester blend gloves taking the fabric dye like a champ ♥ my mommy ♥ jared ♥ andrew ♥ waking up next to a snuggly, purring kitty</div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-2113370323095551682012-04-11T16:21:00.002-07:002013-03-04T14:25:30.834-08:00i want<a href="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/102/6/d/magical_moment_by_huhahohi-d4vwz1k.png" style="font-size: 100%; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 600px;" src="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/102/6/d/magical_moment_by_huhahohi-d4vwz1k.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span >image via <a href="http://huhahohi.deviantart.com/">huhahohi</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to start over.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to feel like I do more than work and sleep.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to feel challenged.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to feel like I'm worth something and valued.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to wake up without an anxiety attack and go to sleep without tears.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to love my job.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to be appreciated.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to be healthy and beautiful.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to fall madly in love and be madly loved in return.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to have everything that was promised to me when I was a little girl.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to run away, put gas in my car, drive until it dies, and stay there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to know that I'm still meant to be here.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to know that there's something out there for me.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to be her.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-63426211412277120842012-04-09T17:01:00.001-07:002013-03-04T14:25:30.849-08:00my family is awesome<div style="text-align: center; "><span ><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/W-2z2GlA4KA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span >Just wanted to share how amazing my sister and her fiancé are. Points to whoever spots the Key of Awesome reference. ♥</span></div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-26629543546206167182012-04-09T15:16:00.002-07:002013-03-04T14:25:30.837-08:00lundi links<a href="http://dailydoseofhappy3.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/20120129-122613.jpg?w=640" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 463px; height: 700px;" src="http://dailydoseofhappy3.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/20120129-122613.jpg?w=640" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span >image via <a href="http://dailydoseofhappy3.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/smile-everyone-smiles-in-the-same-language/">daily dose of happy</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">So, big things happening over here, ya'll! I'm job-hunting, apartment-hunting, applying to go back to school, and starting a <a href="http://vivalasexy.blogspot.com/2012/04/ems-workout-plan.html">new ridiculous workout</a> that'll undoubtedly kick my ass. But I'm certainly not too busy to waste time on the internet, and I'm here to make sure you do the same. ^_^</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ If you go <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/anya-strzemien/self-esteem-stylelist-tip-jar_b_1386305.html?ref=stylelist">here</a> and leave a comment with one thing you love about your body, the Huffington Pot Media Group will donate a dollar to Girls Inc, an organization that promotes strength and self-esteem to young girls. How awesome is that?</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ Orange isn't really my favorite shade, but I can't get over how absolutely stunning this woman looks in her <a href="http://greenweddingshoes.com/an-orange-wedding-dress-kirsty-matt/">orange wedding dress</a>! I'm all for breaking the mold at weddings, and this must have been show-stopping!</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ This article about <a href="http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=yo7g7qbab&v=001euir7dY8GMXnlUnt7530_ZZ1TkM-1ERfX64TnPNm23jG0UjxzSIlIF2QtfN3ekZv9psix69c5zvC8NKY8ZNWcf5TXxk57YOnCWXs0xqz0Erby-Gr9tfAeQ%3D%3D">Steve Martin</a> really gets me thinking...it's never too late to start something new!</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ Sometimes it's hard to truly measure success. Many people consider you successful when you have a lot of money, but Dawn discusses what she feels makes one <a href="http://www.theconversation.tv/career-finances/success-isnt-whats-in-your-bank-account-but-whats-in-your-head/">successful</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ A collection of<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/30/travel/stewardess-uniforms-airline-muskiet/index.html?hpt=hp_c4"> vintage stewardess uniforms</a>. Love!</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ Tired of your same old soul-sucking job? Thinking about just quitting without much idea of what's ahead? Here's <a href="http://www.seanogle.com/entrepreneurship/quitting-your-job-questions">six tips</a> to make the transition easier.</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">♦ Time Magazine has released their list of the <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2110513,00.html">100 Greatest Fashion Icons Of All Time</a>. LOVE LOVE LOVE I WANT YOUR LOVE.</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-36245419894994450192012-04-02T09:35:00.004-07:002013-03-04T14:25:30.841-08:00lundi links<a href="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/087/3/1/31d3533e37f66d0ca081d8683fb66edb-d4u70zb.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 459px; height: 612px;" src="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/087/3/1/31d3533e37f66d0ca081d8683fb66edb-d4u70zb.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>image via <a href="http://koukei.deviantart.com/">koukei</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Happy Monday! They exist, I promise! While I don't like going back to work after a weekend, Mondays are my favorite day of the week because all of my friends come over for boneless wings, cheap wine, and RuPaul's Drag Race! Serving up some lazy night realness!</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">♦ I can't remember the last time I received flowers (ALL THE SINGLE LADIES, ALL THE SINGLE LADIES), but I know my parents have a cupboard full of old vases. Apartment Therapy has made a list of ways to <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/20-things-to-do-with-that-vase-after-the-flowers-are-gone-168469">use those vases</a> for something other than...well...being vases.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">♦ The Swatchaholic is having a HUGE makeup sale. <a href="http://the-swatchaholic.com/">BUY ALL THE THINGS</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">♦ There's nothing worse than the shock you experience when you went to the male to buy ONE THING and then...buy pretty much the entire mall. Here's a way to <a href="http://www.insideoutstyleblog.com/2012/03/10-costly-shopping-mistakes-to-avoid.html">keep costs down and avoid traps while shopping</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">♦ More gold from Apartment Therapy (hands down my favorite interior decorating blog): how to <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/tips-for-making-your-bedroom-a-stress-free-zone-168094">de-stress your bedroom</a>. I need to do this once I'm in my new apartment...I'll be living on my own (for the first time ever!) so I'll be able to keep my office and bedroom separate.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">♦ <a href="http://stuff.icanhascheezburger.com/2012/03/27/cute-kawaii-stuff-bake-long-and-prosper/">Geekery-based kitchen stuff</a> makes me happy. </div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">♦ I don't know how well this would work, but I'm pretty sure I need this <a href="http://www.swiss-miss.com/2012/03/stem-citrus-spritzer.html">citrus spritzer</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">♦ I sometimes worry that my personal style is a bit too "young" or "funky" for a woman in her late twenties. But this article by Sal about <a href="http://www.alreadypretty.com/2012/03/youre-too-old-to-have-fun-with-fashion.html">age and fashion</a> makes me just think "BRING ON THE SEQUINS, GODDAMMIT."</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">♦ Oh. Oh, <a href="http://stuff.icanhascheezburger.com/2012/03/27/cute-kawaii-stuff-a-rainbow-of-danger/">this</a>. Do want.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">♦ For those who are looking to spice up their résumés but don't have much (or any!) experience with design, <a href="http://loftresumes.com/">Loft Résumés</a> will take your existing résumé and spruce it up with any of their pre-made templates. Lovely!</div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-62297163959129954752012-03-27T16:36:00.003-07:002013-03-04T14:25:30.847-08:00♥<a href="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs33/i/2008/289/e/4/Love_yourself_by_redhotkiedis33.jpg" style="font-size: 100%;"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 467px; height: 350px;" src="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs33/i/2008/289/e/4/Love_yourself_by_redhotkiedis33.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>image via <a href="http://redhotkiedis33.deviantart.com/">redhotkiedis33</a></span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify;">So, this may not seem important to everyone, but it is to me.</div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify;">Blogger, the site I use to host this blog, has a Stats page where you can see things like how many times a post has been read, how your readers find your blog, what country they're from, etc.</div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify;">It also shows what phrases were typed into Google in order to find your blog.</div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify;">Two of the phrases this week were "I care about myself" and "self love."</div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify;">This makes my heart happy.</div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: justify;"><3</div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-5696502955453679312012-03-26T18:32:00.003-07:002013-03-04T14:25:30.846-08:00lundi links<a href="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/085/f/d/nom_nom_by_lieveheersbeestje-d4tz0ql.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 545px; height: 545px;" src="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/085/f/d/nom_nom_by_lieveheersbeestje-d4tz0ql.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>image via <a href="http://lieveheersbeestje.deviantart.com/">lieveheerbeestje</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">It's been a busy time for me, dolls, what with a recent vacation and a recent new romance (ooh la la!). So I thoroughly apologize for being so absent, but I'm sure with that information, you'll forgive me. ;)</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">And now, the posts!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">♦ NEW <a href="http://youtu.be/QZR_6K03gWk">MARU</a> VIDEO!</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">♦ To-do list not quite doing it for you? How about making a gorgeous <a href="http://www.yesandyes.org/2012/03/your-gorgeous-wall-o-goals.html">visual board</a> of your goals? Might be turning a wall of my bedroom into this. LOVE IT.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">♦ <a href="http://www.lastmomonearth.com/2012/03/i-am-beautiful-girls.html">This mom</a> makes it a point to tell her daughters that she thinks she is beautiful. It's an amazing message, and something I wish my mom would do now.</div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">♦ So, I'm sure every one of you has a Pinterest, so it's not new to you. But <a href="http://pinterest.com/vivalagenesis/">I also have one</a>, and I thought I'd share. Follow me and drop a comment here, so I can follow all of my poodles, too!</div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-91542231206836650712012-03-18T15:16:00.005-07:002013-03-04T14:25:30.865-08:00anonymous nastiness<a href="http://hayleyjane.com/wp-content/gallery/hj/whysoshysm.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; "><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 494px; height: 329px;" src="http://hayleyjane.com/wp-content/gallery/hj/whysoshysm.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span >image via <a href="http://hayleyjane.com/">hayley jane</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That precious little unicorn up there is one Miss Hayley Jane. I had the pleasure of meeting Hayley Jane at the Michigan Renaissance Festival, and became an instant fan. Hayley Jane is really an absolute renaissance woman. She's a songwriter, singer, instrumental musician, costume designer, seamstress, burlesque dancer, model, sexual health advocate...you name it, she's probably dabbled in it. She is remarkably talented, and a very nice person who is always willing to say hello.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hayley Jane has a Formspring account. For those of you that aren't familiar, Formspring is a social networking site that allows you to ask anonymous questions to members for them to answer publicly. It's a fun tool for the most part, especially in the case of Hayley Jane, who dips her toes into subject matter that some people may be embarrassed about (though they shouldn't! <3).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But lately, Hayley Jane has been getting a slew of anonymous questions that seem to be calling her out on things she said or did in high school, or insulting her, and basically making her feel horrible. It breaks my heart, because I've never seen this young woman be anything but sweet to anyone who speaks to her, and she's just doing what she loves and encourages everyone to do the same.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This got me thinking about the whole idea of anonymous internet bullying. It's like an epidemic lately. I admit, being anonymous is a great way to break through inhibitions; it's easier to speak your mind when people can't judge you directly for it. But using an anonymous forum in order to simply hurt someone is just so [i]wrong[/i]. Take this one that was recently posted to Hayley Jane's Formspring:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>Sometimes, I feel like you're a stranger and you never really liked me. You just pitied me.</blockquote>Needless to say, Hayley Jane was at a loss for words, because how do you respond to something like that, having no idea who said it? That sort of thing is just looking to guilt a person, and to do it anonymously really irks me.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have a rule for myself on the interwebs: Don't type it if you wouldn't say it. If I wouldn't say it to a person's face, I won't say it on the internet. Which, I suppose, doesn't limit me that much, because I'm pretty brassy and tend to say exactly what's on my mind. But I try not to be nasty. Snarky, perhaps. But not nasty. I know how karma works.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And there's a difference between bullying and trolling. Trolling is usually obvious and on the humorous side, though sometimes trolling will cross that fine line into bullying. Bullying is just mean, and nasty, and something I will never tolerate, be it on my blog, on my Facebook, in real life, anywhere. I wish that there was an Internet Police (thanks, crazy-ass Youtube Dad!) that would patrol this kind of thing, because honestly, it's just sucky.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anonymous Internet People: Grow up, grow balls, grow vaginas, whatever it takes for you to deal with your troubles face-to-face instead of hiding. It may make you feel better superficially to make someone hurt, but remember that it's going to circle back on you.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Oh, and by the way...totally check out <a href="http://hayleyjane.com/">Hayley Jane</a>. ;)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-29725579761906445642012-02-28T09:31:00.004-08:002013-03-04T14:25:30.838-08:00(late!) lundi links<div style="font-style: normal; text-align: center; "><a href="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/053/c/7/pink_glitter_by_eliseenchanted-d4qlb6x.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/053/c/7/pink_glitter_by_eliseenchanted-d4qlb6x.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span >image via <a href="http://eliseenchanted.deviantart.com/">eliseenchanted</a></span><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; text-align: justify; font-size: 100%; ">I am just so very bad at sticking to a schedule with this bloody blog. To apologize for my persistent flakiness, I present to you not only the most perfect glittery bubble and sparkliness above, but a super-huge link list for your enjoyment and procrastinatory (NEW WORD!) needs!</div><div style="font-style: normal; text-align: justify; font-size: 100%; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; ">♦ When my obsession with nail polish and my nostalgic lurve of Ninja Turtles come together, it's <a href="http://style.icanhascheezburger.com/2012/02/27/cool-accessories-nail-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-turtle-power/">beautiful</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; ">♦ So, I've recently noticed that I repost a lot of Sally's articles. Pretty sure you should just follow her blog, because she's stylish, smart, and has <i>great</i> body image articles. Need more convincing? Here are some of her recent articles on <a href="http://www.alreadypretty.com/2012/02/yet-more-reasons-to-thrift.html">thrifting</a>, <a href="http://www.alreadypretty.com/2012/02/fancy.html">fancy schmanciness</a>, and a post featuring what has inspired my new dire need for a <a href="http://www.alreadypretty.com/2012/02/dressed-for-fruition.html">bright yellow blazer</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; ">♦ Here's a great article regarding <a href="http://voxxi.com/2012/02/22/are-make-up-and-fashion-compatible-with-self-acceptance-mujer-voxpopuli/">body image and fashion/makeup</a>. This kind of sums up my thoughts on the matter quite well; you can be completely in love with your body and appearance while still enjoying the frillier parts of being a woman.</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; ">♦ Here's a list of the <a href="http://financiallyfit.yahoo.com/finance/article-113850-11794-3-best-times-to-go-shopping?ywaad=ad0035&">best times to go shopping</a>, whether you love it or hate it. Keep it stress-free and wallet-friendly!</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; ">♦ I need to make a poster of this <a href="http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-1282/How-a-Sip-of-Soda-Affects-Your-Health-Image.html">infographic</a> to help me kick my horrible pop addiction.</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; ">♦ I feel like I've posted <a href="http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-3986/10-Things-to-Remind-Yourself-on-a-Daily-Basis.html">this</a> before, but the fact that I'm not sure only reiterates that I need to post it again.</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; ">♦ <a href="http://unicornsforsocialism.com/2012/02/25/50-ways-to-say-youre-awesome/">50 Ways To Say "You're Awesome"</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; ">♦ <a href="http://unicornsforsocialism.com/2011/02/01/its-not-an-audition-its-a-performance/">"It's not an audition, it's a performance."</a> This article really hit home with me. I need to live life like that.</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; ">♦ <a href="http://theeverygirl.com/welcome-to-the-everygirl/">Everygirl</a> has launched, and will be my new guideline to life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; ">♦ Oh, <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/pictures-that-perfectly-capture-the-90s">the nineties</a>. You were somethin'.</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; ">♦ <a href="http://htwins.net/scale2/">This</a> will either make you feel huge, or insignificant. Either way, it's super cool and geeky. ^_^</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; ">♦ This blogger has all kinds of super-cute <a href="http://www.thesmallthingsblog.com/p/hair-style-tutorials.html">hairstyle tutorials</a>. Me gusta.</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-size: 100%; ">♦ Sarah is another blogger I find myself reposting a lot. I feel like she gets me, and my need to <a href="http://www.yesandyes.org/2012/02/10-ways-to-feel-rich.html">feel like a spoiled rich kind on a broke post-college kid's budget</a>.</div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-65982485621229074852012-02-28T08:43:00.000-08:002013-03-04T14:25:30.850-08:00q+a 2.0<div style="text-align: justify;"><span >As per usual, language and content warnings. <3</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span ><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/md5nv7y-6XY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-70075060066847805842012-02-08T10:52:00.001-08:002013-03-04T14:25:30.854-08:00dream impossible<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/039/8/f/time_on_fire_by_eliseenchanted-d4p1sau.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 476px; height: 317px;" src="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/039/8/f/time_on_fire_by_eliseenchanted-d4p1sau.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span >image via <a href="http://eliseenchanted.deviantart.com/">eliseenchanted</a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A long time ago, I had a conversation with my then-boyfriend about what we valued most in the world. What was the most important to us. I said the typical...my family, my friends, love. His response?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Time. It's the only thing you have a finite amount of, and can never get back once you've lost it."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Back then, I didn't agree with that being so important. I still don't put it at the top of my list, however, in the past few months I've started to realize how important my time is.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For those of you who don't know me, I work forty (or more) hours a week in a customer service call center. It's a steady job, it pays the bills, and has great insurance and benefits.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Because of all this, I feel like a spoiled, over-indulged brat when I tell you that I <i>hate</i> my job. I don't hate the company, I love the coworkers, but I <i>loathe</i> the actual job more than I can possibly describe. It is basically my job to be yelled at by people all over the world for things that are not my fault, and are frequently <i>their</i> fault, and I'm expected to just take it and stay happy and smiling. I'm sorry, but with the amount of money I spent on my education, I just feel that I'm meant for more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The issue with this is that so many people in my life don't understand that. They don't get why I'm so unhappy when I have a decent, stable job in this unstable economy. Granted, it's not that I'm ungrateful, I'm just not happy. But still, a lot of my friends are happy with having a job. Their happiness and fulfillment comes from other places; raising their families, socializing in bars, snuggling with their significant others.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And while this is all well and good, and kudos to them for finding their happiness, but I've never been wired quite like a lot of my friends and family. My mother and sister, for example, have always been more family-oriented; their main goals were to get married and be mommies. Which is awesome (because Mommy is the toughest job ever!), and they've achieved that (well, my sister isn't quite married yet--JUNE!--but she is a mommy and a great one at that), so they're happy despite not having glamorous (and in my mom's case, enjoyable) jobs. My roommate waits tables and works his ass off, and his entire budget rests on whether other people are cheap bastards or not, which is stressful enough even without the added stress of the typical serving job. But his happy place is the social sphere, hanging out at bars (and sometimes at home) and dancing and being young and free and happy. And then there are countless others who have found that perfect someone and get to come home to wedded/cohabitational/conjugal visit bliss night after night.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have no family of my own. I'm becoming a homebody in my "old age" and don't like barhopping much anymore (occasionally, but certainly not once or more a week!) and I've always been very demanding of my alone time. And I'm single (hooray). So, that leaves...a career.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Not that the career is what I'm settling for in lieu of those other things. I feel like I've always known that I'd be a career-first kind of person, or rather, a creativity-first person. My problem is that I'm too creative for my own good; I'm always coming up with plot bunnies, ideas, and projects that I don't have the money, time, and sometimes drive to see through. Gift and a curse, I suppose.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's catching up to me, though. I'm starting to see what he meant by time being important, because having just celebrated my twenty-seventh birthday, I'm starting to suddenly feel the sands sliding between my fingers, and looking back at what I've done--or, more accurately, haven't done--is beginning to wear on me. Regrets are wringing at me like I'm a used, dirty towel that's good for nothing but smearing around the stains of my lack of fulfillment instead of cleaning them up and making them presentable.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm ashamed of myself, and I never used to be.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are certain people in my life that I have accused of clinging to their past. The bachelor who criticizes his friends for falling in love, the girl who keeps going back to that boy despite the fact that he doesn't love her, the boy who refuses to trust me because of what she did to him. I never realized that I was doing the same thing. I'm grasping onto the familiarity, the safeness, the stability of my past because that's comforting and humans like comfort.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But I'm bigger than comfort. I can feel it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I was talking to One Man Support Group Andrew (Imma make him a name badge...) about this, and in his usual OMSGA fashion (that'll catch on, I swear to God), he helped me break it down.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"What is your goal?" he asked.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My goal is to be my own boss. Ideally, I want to have my own freelance writing company, whether it be on my own or a collaboration. I want to afford to live the way I want to by doing something I really, really love doing, in this case, writing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The issue is this: as mentioned, I work 40+ hours a week at a desk job where I can't be working on my own projects. I also have a LOT of friends, in different circles, many of which are at that position of serenity I mentioned before, and find their happiness through socializing. And some of them (most of them) don't understand why I'm suddenly starting to shy away from that lifestyle. It's not that I have any problem with said lifestyle, because as long as you're being responsible and safe and happy, I'm cool with ya, behbeh.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The problem is...friends can be needy. I love all of my friends, but at the same time, having so many great friends means that so many great friends want to hang out with you a lot, which means that evenings get claimed by others very quickly. Which leaves little to zero time to devote to trying to get my own projects off the ground. And, as I've mentioned before, I'm so very horrible at telling my friends that no, I don't want to hang out tonight. DAMN YOU, CATHOLIC GUILT.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have only had two people in my life tell me to do whatever makes me happy, regardless of others' opinions. Those two people? Andrew, and the aforementioned ex. They're the only two people <i>ever</i> who have said to me "Do what's best for you," without the usual suffix of "but I miss hanging out with you," or "if that's what makes you happy" with the guilt and the tearing of my heart. Andrew, in fact, gets a little scary and capslocky with it, but that's only because he knows me too well and has to bulldoze through my stubbornness. I understand that people miss me when I can't hang out, or will miss me if I leave, or worry about me taking risks, and I appreciate it, but at the same time...they don't realize how unhappy I am here. Very few people do. In fact...only those lone two again.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My conversation with Andrew led me to realize that my only option is to sacrifice my happiness right now for happiness later. There's two ways to do this. First, to go part-time at work in order to free up some time to work on my own projects while still maintaining some semblance of a social life. And second...keep steamrolling on at full-time, and pretty much eliminate my social life, so that I have time to devote to getting my career off the ground. It has to be less money, or less fun, and neither decision is going to be an easy or fun one.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Regardless...things have to change. I'm never going to be anything living the way that I do now. I need to do something drastic. And I need the people in my life to realize that I need to be selfish with my time and my life in order to be what I want to be.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And what I want to be is everything.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the gamechanger, folks. No more depression, no more anxiety, no more popping pills just so I can make it through a shift without crying. No more feeling guilty for not being social because I have a dream that's bigger than this town, and no more spending money to make myself feel better temporarily because that money is my ticket for escape and freedom. No more letting other people tell me to play it safe.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Safe hasn't done shit for me so far.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bigger than life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dream Impossible. <3</div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-66831869132904098912012-02-07T12:53:00.001-08:002013-03-04T14:25:30.852-08:00late lundi links XD<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/032/9/a/mandarina__by_senju_hime-d4obj0u.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 485px;" src="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/032/9/a/mandarina__by_senju_hime-d4obj0u.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span >image via <a href="http://senju-hime.deviantart.com/">senju-hime</a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I may be one of the worst procrastinators ever. I literally had all of these links sitting in my inbox for myself to put up yesterday...you know, Monday? Lundi?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All I had to do was copy-pasta them into a blog entry, pretty it up with a picture (PS, I'm oddly in love with the above one despite not being an orange fan...the color OR the fruit), and post.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Aaaaaaand I didn't. Fail, Emerie. Fail.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">BUT YOU CAN HAS THEM NOW.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ <a href="http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/02/she-doesnt-answer-phone.html">"She doesn't answer the phone."</a> A super-cute letter from famed author E.B. White to the ASPCA in regards to his "unlicensed dog."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ The more I see products like <a href="http://www.glossybox.co.uk/">Glossybox</a>, the more I want to spend money on things like Glossybox. Pretty presents on my doorstop monthly? Yes, please.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-make-cleaning-your-keyboard-a-little-easier-165613">Tips for cleaning your keyboard</a>, which is something I also procrastinate on. The list is long, people.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ I feel like I've probably posted this somewhere around here before, but that's mostly because it's basically my <a href="http://stuff.icanhascheezburger.com/2012/02/04/cute-kawaii-stuff-epicute-neon-paint-splatter-cake/">dream cake</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ Pfizer made a <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/01/us-birthcontrol-recall-idUSTRE81007G20120201">recall</a> on a BUNCH of birth control pills. Make sure yours is okay!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/01/30/writers-top-ten-favorite-books/">Books. Books. Books.</a> <3</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ <a href="http://www.alreadypretty.com/2012/02/your-body-your-friend.html">Your Body, Your Friend</a>. Another beautiful piece by Sally.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/top-10-tips-used-by-professional-organizers-164924">Organizing tips from the pros</a>. I heart organization. You would never guess that based on my house.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ Have I told you how much I adore macarons? So much that I want every single one of <a href="http://stuff.icanhascheezburger.com/2012/01/24/cute-kawaii-stuff-diy-macaron-coin-purse/">these</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ <a href="http://stuff.icanhascheezburger.com/2012/01/25/cute-kawaii-stuff-epicute-clever-strawberry-cups/">Chocolate liqueur in a chocolate-covered strawberry</a>. Well, that's one way to get me to eat fruit.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">♦ A couple gems from Marc and Angel Hack Life: <a href="http://www.marcandangel.com/2011/03/21/12-steps-to-make-a-dream-a-reality/">12 Steps To Making A Dream A Reality</a> and <a href="http://www.marcandangel.com/2011/05/01/20-things-life-is-too-short-to-tolerate/">20 Things Life Is Too Short To Tolerate</a>. Here, here!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">BONUS! TUMBLRS OF AWESOME</div><div style="text-align: center;">♦ <a href="http://fuckyeahugly90sclothes.tumblr.com/">ugly nineties fashion</a> ♦</div><div style="text-align: center;">♦ <a href="http://feministryangosling.tumblr.com/">feminist ryan gosling</a> ♦</div><div style="text-align: center;">♦ <a href="http://thingsorganizedneatly.tumblr.com/">ocd</a> ♦</div><div style="text-align: center;">♦ <s>calories</s> <a href="http://ieatbutter.tumblr.com/">flavor points</a> ♦</div><div style="text-align: center;">♦ <a href="http://awesomepeoplehangingouttogether.tumblr.com/">celebs just chillin'</a> ♦</div><div style="text-align: center;">♦ <a href="http://animalsbeingdicks.com/">animals being dicks</a> ♦</div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-53319443452532414012012-02-03T05:32:00.000-08:002013-03-04T14:25:30.844-08:00inPink<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; ">So, I recently won a fabulous giveaway on </span><a href="http://lequaintrelle.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: left; ">La Quaintrelle</a><span style="text-align: left; "> for a $40 gift certificate towards the amazing </span><a href="http://www.inpink.com/" style="text-align: left; ">inPink</a><span style="text-align: left; "> jewelry store! I went online and picked out two FABULOUS rings, and I found them waiting on my doorstep this morning! SQUEE!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">First though, check out the adorable packaging!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIytCk8vbVPI2RpA03FP0Lh0BNozgOqLmp-KcaR1vJDUmxTDPHdFOym5cDST0YRqeh1izGoOmfGV-6cRdSP6HUrNS61E3QC5IaxaO_NlmTY3Z1OUlbUF8BxYIA4ofMuQsgQCnTx6VFIo/s1600/GEDC0277.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIytCk8vbVPI2RpA03FP0Lh0BNozgOqLmp-KcaR1vJDUmxTDPHdFOym5cDST0YRqeh1izGoOmfGV-6cRdSP6HUrNS61E3QC5IaxaO_NlmTY3Z1OUlbUF8BxYIA4ofMuQsgQCnTx6VFIo/s320/GEDC0277.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704903086187604466" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Is that not adorable and perfect? And the shipping box was filled up with paper, so no jostling of the inner, prettier box and the precious insides! Kudos to you for that, inPink!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And, of course, the new bling:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUCxdxt6QAL0L6MeldiM_QbP20wZjI0UT85LuBJLTtXkLSTk78mIFoYUMI3Aa59LkVV6Xj2v9qmQEkrczHz1eI0hcue8ZyuB2xz8qTq4DvbvQVBZM_YSSXcES9kRJV3gHjRijUKbm1M8/s1600/GEDC0278.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUCxdxt6QAL0L6MeldiM_QbP20wZjI0UT85LuBJLTtXkLSTk78mIFoYUMI3Aa59LkVV6Xj2v9qmQEkrczHz1eI0hcue8ZyuB2xz8qTq4DvbvQVBZM_YSSXcES9kRJV3gHjRijUKbm1M8/s320/GEDC0278.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704903598794458850" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">SQUEEEEE!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the left is the is the <a href="http://www.inpink.com/rings/silver-tone-zebra-rectangle-stretch-ring.html">Silver Tone Zebra Rectangle Stretch Ring</a>, which is available for $18. Check out the link for it for a detail of the sides (I forgot to take a shot), because the filigree detail is GORGEOUS.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And on the right, the <a href="http://www.inpink.com/rings/gold-tone-turtle-ring-with-rhinestones.html">Gold Tone Turtle Ring With Rhinestones</a>, an even better steal at $16. I'm obsessed with animal rings, and was shocked to realize I didn't have a turtle one, despite having an actual turtle as a pet! O.o</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I will definitely be keeping inPink in mind for my jewelry needs. You should, too! They have TONS of styles available. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And, naturally...show me everything you buy. XD</div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-73270642011489168212012-02-02T12:33:00.000-08:002013-03-04T14:25:30.858-08:00cute cookin'<a href="http://musthavecute.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/cute-kawaii-stuff-epicute-cat-in-the-hat-cookies.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://musthavecute.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/cute-kawaii-stuff-epicute-cat-in-the-hat-cookies.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to back those cookies in <a href="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/202310208230612769_KnCKmlHU_c.jpg">this apron</a> every day for the rest of my life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">....while in <a href="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/237072367854396017_ziVEnoFn_c.jpg">these boots</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That is all.</div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-81253316313744704842012-01-30T05:39:00.000-08:002013-03-04T14:25:30.859-08:00body image and catty bitches<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CeY2Egmdun4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122968973340535216.post-70643877958432200392012-01-19T08:40:00.000-08:002013-03-04T14:25:30.856-08:00things i love thursday<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/015/5/0/heart_on_a_string_by_inkeriart-d4mfi4j.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 425px; height: 530px;" src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/015/5/0/heart_on_a_string_by_inkeriart-d4mfi4j.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span >image via <a href="http://inkeriart.deviantart.com/">inkariart</a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">♥ knowing that my little sister still needs her big sister sometimes ♥ dance central parties with matthew, laura, and ali (i'm pretty much the reigning champ at the glitter way!) ♥ pinterest, despite being horribly, horribly addicted to it ♥ glitter ♥ our fancy new crystal wine glasses...no more drinking wine out of a rocks glass for me! ♥ all the new kitchen stuff i got for christmas finally getting some use ♥ organization...i dream of an entire house that's color coded ♥ cute waiters at the bar sneakily getting your name when you show him your detroit pistons credit card, and immediately adding you on facebook XD ♥ the new looney tunes series, while chatting with andrew who is also watching it. "you're lola." ♥ cartoon network ♥ majah's cooking ♥ aaden's vocabulary...i'm constantly amazing with how much i can hold a conversation with him! smart little booger ♥ cherry, our sushi waitress ♥ flirting with cute bartenders ♥ singing an italian aria in public for the first time and having a very positive reaction to it ♥ seeing such strong support in the protest against sopa...way to exercise your rights, america!!! ♥ cuddling ♥ nivea lip care ♥ my plastic tumbler that makes drinking enough water way easier ♥ YOU! ♥</div>Emeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316322216647814044noreply@blogger.com5