word, tupac.

A Serious Banger

I am a self proclaimed anti-marriage, wedding loving gal.

While I do not necessarily see myself getting married, I'm not entirely apposed to the idea of this social institution. The decision for a man and a woman to establish themselves, and to live as husband and wife by legal commitment, a religious ceremony, etc, is great if that's what you're into... just not really for me. I'm more into the fun stuff that goes along with the wedding process.

Thanks to TLC, I've been known to spend hours at a time agonizing over whether or not the gang at Kleinfeld's will be able to make that bride-to-be say YES to the dress.  And if making fake registries at Tiffany's, Crate and Barrel and William Sanoma is a crime, then lock me up and throw away the key.

Lately I've been really hooked on wedding blogs, particularly Max Wanger.  Instead of the posed, fake and cliché wedding/engagement pictures you normally see, his pictures are so real and beautiful and make me want to jump into my computer screen and hug these couples who are so in love, and are generally really good looking in an indie and alternative kind of way.

Take a look for yourself. I dare you to look at these pictures and NOT smile.

http://www.maxwanger.com/  or http://www.maxwangerblog.com/

A girl's gotta eat

Have you ever ordered your bacon double cheese burger (with extra cheese and big mac sauce with a supersized coke and fries) and stopped to consider asking if they would stick your entire burger in the deep fryer?

Have you ever combined all the leftovers in your fridge to make something spectacular? Leftover turkey, flank steak, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, grilled vegetables, cole slaw, apple pie, pumpkin pie, and corn all together on a foot long bun? Thanksgiving may have just ended but it looks like Christmas came early this year!

If either of these scenarios sound at all familiar to you then prepare for a coronary (or some major inspiration depending on how sick/similar to me you are)

this is why youre fat  <----- click that, fatty!

jammin' out

Some great and wonderful things to say about this site. Not only does it provide tons of wasted time and lots of amusement... it also puts up quite a great front.

now don't pretend you don't know what i'm talking about. how often do you walk by someone in the library and roll your eyes when you see them looking at perezhilton or checking their facebook instead of doing what (you judgmentally think and know) they should be doing?

yeah, that's right... ALL THE FREAKING TIME

now don't pretend you don't know what i'm talking about. how often to you try out different angles; tilting your screen up and down, try to find a secluded area or cubicle in a library so that someone doesn't walk by and roll their eyes when they see you looking at perezhilton or checking your facebook book instead of doing what (they judgmentally think and know) you should be doing.

yeah, that's right... ALL THE FREAKING TIME

aite so here's the deal. GraphJam, albeit not the most amazing website eva, has its really great moments. plus it's FULL OF GRAPHS so when you take a study break and peruse it no one will judge you. if anything they'll think you're super smart and are looking up statistical information on the world wide web.

judging a book by its cover

I'm one of those people who will always have a stack of books beside her bed: one that is currently being read, and one or two on standby. I'm also a girl who absolutely does not like to have anything ugly in her room. This goes for clothes, furniture, people, bedding, art, flippy (my bedtime dolphin pal), and if I can avoid it... books.

How many times have you picked up or bought a book because the cover was just sooo precious? and in turn, how many times have you just KNOWN that a book was going to be awful because of it's drab and boring cover? i know, these struggles we deal with in life are tough.

Anyways...look no further my judgemental friends. if aesthetically appealing book covers meet your approval as much as they meet mine, puh-leeze take a lookie at what I have to show you.

regardless of whether or not the visual appearance of the books is a true reflection of the quality of literature that's inside, the book cover archive totally rules.

Peach schnapps. Babes love it.

No boy will ever compare to Trip Fontaine. And I will never ever compare to Lux.... which is probably a good thing because she is a self loathing slut with major family problems. And she kills herself at the end of the movie.

Trip, you are a stone fox.

swimming in style

If you're a fan of fashion blogs as I am, then I would be amazed and disappointed to find out that you didn't know who Jane Aldridge is. If you haven't already bookmarked her site seaofshoes on your browser then hop to it or get off ma blog.

There's no getting around it, this chick knows whats up. At only 17 she is not only a super blogger but a style icon who has managed to grab the attention of hundreds of thousands style savvy guys and gals who follow her religiously. Jane (first name basis??), whose closet consists of pieces by Margiella, Dries Van Noten, Balenciaga and YSL (just to name a few... no big deal), offers up beautiful pictures of herself in her most fabulous outfits along with links and pictures of pieces she hopes to get her hands on. 

Additionally, she posts great fashion spreads which more recently have featured HER. Kicking it up a notch, she's caught the eye of Teen Vogue, The Super Melon, Style.com, and Glamour who have all profiled her. She's also worked on a shoe line, collaborating with Urban Outfitters that holds true to her luxurious, kitschy, eclectic and effervescent sense of style.

One thing sticks out: she's not afraid to make mistakes. I think the fusion of her designer and vintage pieces, along with her fearless sense of style, brings about something that is so fresh. The fact that she's seventeen isn't a hindrance, rather it's what allows her to be so free in her fashion decisions. 

I think I love her.

*picture courtesy of weheartit (thanks!) 

tlc, oprah, saving the planet, etc

Stuff White People Like  is a somewhat satirical view of  (as the name states) shit that white people like. The site has been scrutinized as being "racist" and "offensive"...and okay, maybe it's not actually geared toward ALL white people, but being a North American, middle class, liberal, socially aware, and not to mention WHITE person makes it totally relatable for me so I could care less what the rest of my caucasian brothers and sisters (with questionable senses of humour) think. Is that so wrong? I think not. Did I just write the most ludicrous run on sentence? Oh yeah.  Just blame my self-righteous attitude and unwillingness to see all that is wrong with the site on the fact that I am white.

side salad: Stuff White People like was created and is written by Christian Lander, a fellow Canadian from Toronto. (booyeahh)

Some of my fave posts
black music that black people dont listen to anymore
camping
hating people who wear ed hardy

spring swooning

Calvin Klein's Spring10 collection was presented in new york on November 10th. It was cool as a cucumber and I absolutely love it.

Designer Francisco Costa has gone astray from his fall lineup (in the best way possible) from last season replaced the sharp angles and dark colours with soft, ethereal neutrals, light fabrics, flowing shapes, and light-reflecting fabrics.

The only thing I dislike about this collection is that I don't have all of it in my closet. NOW.

Why can't i be rich instead of so goddamn good looking?

**pictures snatched from Fashion Wire Daily and style.com

Burberry Presents: Art of the Trench

Burberry's Art of the Trench is a new website whose aim is to chronicle the past, present and the future of the iconic wardrobe staple: the Burberry trench coat. The goal of the site is to "create a body of images reflecting personal style from across the globe". The site is full of street style photos taken world wide, and offers anyone and everyone the opportunity to post pictures of themselves in their trench. You can become a part of Burberry's history by wearing a piece of their history.

Art of the Trench has also reached out and commissioned (ma fave) Scott Schuman of the The Sartorialist for their inaugurate collection of "trench portraits". In true Schuman fashion, the pictures capture the ease and beauty of fashion on the street. Art of the Trench has many future collaborations with  fashion photographers in the works which I am super excited to see!

Burberry is is marketing the trench not only as an iconic peice, but also a social networking tool. The site is interactive with features allowing fans to comment and share on the pictures posted. There are also links to Facebook, Twitter, and Delicious. In doing this, Art of the Trench encourages you to connect and share online. In this way, those of us who aren't lucky enough to own their own trench can get in on some of the goodies.

A time line that documents the history of the coat is accompanied by a virtual archive of press clippings, displays, and vintage ad campaigns illustrating that the trench truly does have a place in history that transcends the realm of fashion. Though the trench has inevitably evolved throughout the years, Burberry has remained remarkably true to its roots


http://artofthetrench.com/

**photogs taken from The Sartorialist

ellen's got some competition

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

saw this and died. I would say this most definitely meets my approval.

cookie for tha rookie

perhaps one of my new fave fashion blogs.
this girl is the shit. and... oh right... she's thirteen. NO BIG DEAL.

She loves space and credits NASA on her blog?
I dig dolphins and subscribe to National Geographic daily news. Like myself, I'd consider her to be the least cool cool kid. or maybe the coolest loser? 

She is soo weird and quirky i would like to meet the people who raised her. Did you ever work at camp as a counselor and have the most bizarre child in your cabin? and at times did you often wonder "where the hell did you come from"? and then, on visitors day you met their parents and thought, move over Oprah i just had the biggest "uh huh" moment ev? uhh yeah well this is (kinda) like that.

I wish i had all this goin' on when i was thirteen. Maybe one day i'll be as sophisticated and together and refined and wonderful as this girl LADY. i'm not sure where shes going but it is SOMEWHERE and i am jealous.

check/click 'er out(!!!!!!) Style Rookie

picture taken from http://tavi-thenewgirlintown.blogspot.com/

le sigh

after sitting outside of school today aimlessly people-watching, i feel the need to both discuss and rant.

Is smoking still cool?

Seriously. At the risk of sounding like my Nana, if I had a nickle for every time someone has told me that they're going to quit smoking/will only smoke when drunk/wont buy their own packs/will only mooch butts off others... then I'd be a much wealthier lady (and could possibly be one step closer to fulfilling my fantasy of rolling around in a bed of money - thank you Enrique Iglesias).


Back to my question; is smoking still cool? For some reason I just assumed it went out of style when Carrie Bradshaw quit... but no. Every time I walk into class and sit down next to someone who has clearly JUST had a cigarette, or smell my hair after a night out and feel as though i am inhaling about twenty belmonts, I want to scream. Health aside, how could someone partake in something so disgusting? Ohhhh how I have wondered about this. Until today.

After seeing THIS(!!!) i may have to cross over to the dark side. As someone who has always been very anti-smoking, i'm suddenly starting to crave emphysema and other smoking related illnesses. Le Smoking is the antithesis of everything i'm against yet I want want want. Something so bad has never looked so good.

eff.

P.S. I in no way endorse smoking in any way. I just wanna be cool. amen.

i don't know how else to say this... i'm wet.

k SO just found this site and literally died (well not literally but in the most non-literal, literal sense). How and why i never knew about this before is an absolute mystery to me.

i'd like to take this opportunity to introduce you to Todd Selby's site,  http://www.theselby.com/

theselby is a site featuring the photography, videos and paintings of interesting people in their respective "creative spaces". He seems to have an incredible knack for capturing these interiors, in their natural state, while managing to make everyone in them look like a rock star. Generally speaking, he freaking rules.

I'm not quite sure what else to say, but prepare to get your o-face on.

i kinda give a frock....

As i write this... as i BLOG this, i can't help but be both surprised by myself in addition to being just a lil sketched out. I never (ever) thought of myself as someone who would blog...but hey now... lookie what i'm doing. i figure i've spent enough time on the internet (spell check is telling me that internet should be capitalized but i'm going to ignore that), bookmarking everything that i love, revisiting said bookmarked sites, and eventually sharing the love by passing my most favourite goodies along to my friends, that i may as well make some sort of an actual data base.

even if no one reads this (which is a pretty big possibility because i'm not planning on telling anyone about it), then at least i'll have it for myself. right? right.

everything that i love. i totally give a frock.
sup.