tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737520251124923382024-03-13T07:51:57.472-07:00Charming AnachronismJennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05120932704544766221noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373752025112492338.post-83682803225010095922012-10-12T17:44:00.000-07:002012-10-12T17:44:22.290-07:00Nomadic // Free<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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think we should try to make space our own. I believe that as modern people we
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<span style="font-family: "Times", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I find myself often wondering
what the view is like from somewhere else, as someone else, in some other time
or some other mood. That’s the heart of me – the fabric of my body, my soul, my
mind. And that’s why I wonder about you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I wonder where the rage comes
from. The hostility for everything and everyone. I wonder where it will lead
you – I wonder where<i> you</i> think the
loathing will guide you. And I wonder where the goodness goes - where the kindness
dissapates from you…leaving your body for the air and space and everywhere in
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<span style="font-family: "Times", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">You seem immobile to me and I
think that’s what I find the most confusing. There’s no desire in you to change
– but an intense determination to change everyone else. I wonder if you’re
standing up against something. I wonder if you know what you’re fighting for,
because I don’t, and I’ve frightened for you - I don’t know that anyone ever
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<span style="font-family: "Times", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I wonder what the view is like
from where you choose to stand. Where you choose to isolate yourself. Where you
choose to freeze yourself with your burning detestation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I hope the view is nice from
there, but I don’t see how it could be. I don’t see how you can drape yourself
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<span style="font-family: "Times", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Just remember that you can
change. I know you can, if you find that you want to. And if you choose to
travel beyond the small borders you’ve made, you might find that the view is
nice here too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And there are so many more vistas
to discover - if you’ll only open your eyes to them. Someday, maybe, learn to
enjoy the silence rather than the sound of your calculated words and sentences;
inorganic and harsh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Have a wonderful weekend~</span></div>
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Jennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05120932704544766221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373752025112492338.post-76499391055245472392012-10-11T17:37:00.000-07:002012-10-11T17:37:58.179-07:00To be modern is to tear the soul out of every thing.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yohji Yamamoto is one of the wisest and most talented people I've ever had the privilege of knowing without actually knowing. When I read his quotes and snippets from his autobiography (a book I hope to own soon - <i>My Dear Bomb</i>) I feel a certain kinship. There's something immensely compelling about a man who can unite people from vastly different demographic groups with ideas and <i>thought.</i></div>
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I've had this post as a draft with nothing written for close to 4 months now. I made these pieces for my independent study project final at school. I loved the process and I loved the results.</div>
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Since then, I took a trip to New York, as mentioned in a previous post. My time there was amazing, I made 3 new garments, which are far better than these, I met some of the most talented individuals I know and I realized that fashion was, in fact, the absolute and definite purpose of my life. Not because I think it's cool, or easy but because it let me <i>say something. </i>Say something worth expressing. Think thoughts worth sharing.</div>
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I hope this blog will inspire me to continue doing that - in spite of the fact that work is piling up, college applications are looming, my portfolio needs attention and I can't say for certain when I'll have time to make things or even think of making things.</div>
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White Tank: Target</div>
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Perfect Collared Shirt: Macy's</div>
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Violet "Capri's" - United Colors of Benetton</div>
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Rose Belt - gift from my Grandmother</div>
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Jeffrey Campbell Flower Print Litas - Nordstrom</div>
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Photoshoot with the lovely <a href="http://paintedmagnolias.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Shayli, of Painted Magnolias</a>. More photos! More I say!</div>
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<b>Outfit Details</b><br />
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Adorable Nature Print Dress - Urban Outfitters<br />
Buckle Boots - Kohls<br />
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Summertime. My explanation for my lethargy, sleeping in way too long, not touching my English summer assignment and spending my days with the characters in Tales of the Abyss.<br />
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The photoshoot was a nice change of pace - though it's been a few weeks now. We took so many, I had to find the time to look through them!<br />
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This Saturday - which seems so close now, holy cow - I'm going to be on my way to New York City, where I'll be taking a summer course in Fashion Design. Terrifying, and exciting.<br />
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I recently received my dorm assignment, supply list and other reminders that I'm going to be away from home for almost 4 weeks. Eeesh!<br />
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That's why this is a perfect opportunity to make a list of all the things I will make a point to do while I'm there:<br />
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<b>1. Visit Coney Island.</b><br />
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It's super touristy, sure. But, come on. How can you not want to go there?!<br />
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<b>2. Shop. Shop. Shop. Shop. Oh, and shop.</b><br />
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Naturally. :)<br />
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<b>3. Museums. Go to ALL the museums. </b><br />
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<b>4. Eat all the things, too.</b><br />
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<b>5. Do all sorts of other things, and learn some things too. Basically: have an amazing time.</b></div>
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I think it's a pretty foolproof plan. </div>
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Can't wait to post about it and share a lot of photospam!</div>
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I'll share my dress in the next post - first thing I've made entirely on my own.</div>
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Until then~</div>
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<b>P.S. New layout, about page and title picture - I figured the summer called for a little change. What do you think of it?</b></div>
<br /></div>Jennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05120932704544766221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373752025112492338.post-26542450766610934012012-06-20T14:20:00.001-07:002012-06-20T14:20:23.595-07:00Just Add Water.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Highlight of my week? Finishing my AP Calculus summer assignment. Sad but true. </div>
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Enjoy the rewind.</div>
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<i>P.S. And remember - follow me on Instagram (charminganachronism) or on Twitter (@ananachronism) to follow my photos as they occur!</i></div>
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I was recently given an iPhone from my parents, and naturally - I couldn't resist the instagram phenomenon. All joking aside, I think it's a really simple way to take photos of your life as it happens. All you need is a small phone, rather than a bulky camera. </div>
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I'd like to make my "rewind" instagram posts a weekly thing. I think having something to do every week on my blog will force me to post more frequently and let my creative juices start flowing again. </div>
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My dear friend Shayli (of <a href="http://www.paintedmagnolias.blogspot.com/">Painted Magnolias</a>) is coming over to have a girls night, and we're going to take some outfit photos the old fashioned way - with that big ol' bulky camera. So, look forward to a new post.</div>
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P.S - If it strikes your fancy, you can follow me on Instagram (charminganachronism) or, if you don't have access to it, follow me on Twitter to follow my photo feed (@ananachronism). </div>
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This post was originally titled "Stealing from Peter to pay Paul" because I was going to write it on Easter and I figured a Biblical aphorism was clever or something. I don't actually know if Peter or Paul were involved in Easter - and I actually don't know what Easter is about. I'd love to know how a rabbit became involved, though. Seems odd.</div>
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The post's new title comes from a conversation I had with a good friend of mine - he's a hipster in denial of his hipsterosity, and I take great pride in making fun of him. By the end of our off-the-wall ramblings on the nature of the creature known as the hipster, we'd stumbled upon the wonderful (and always appropriate) saying "totes adorbs, babe."</div>
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Over the course of my vacation I had the opportunity to go with a group up to New York City, which is one of my favorite places in the world - not to mention the universe and the galaxy and such. </div>
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I also picked up some new clothes on a little shopping spree. And met someone I never thought I'd meet. :)</div>
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<b>Striped Sweater - Hinge: Nordstrom</b></div>
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I think there's something rather wonderful about a letter in the mail. Snail mail, you might call it.</div>
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There's something to be said for writing in your best penmanship, on crisp paper and mailing someone a note. As opposed to scrawling on someone's Facebook wall at 3 in the morning.</div>
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I'm really not that old fashioned.</div>
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I recently ordered a new pair of ankle boots from Urban Outfitters, and it prompted me to think about the mail. Which then prompted me to think about this outfit, from forever ago, that I've never actually gotten around to posting.</div>
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I thought of myself as a Postman - delivering letters from my leather satchel, bringing joy wherever I might go - but never actually recieveing any letters myself.</div>
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I suppose postmen received mail in the olden days too - but if they didn't, it would be rather sad and melancholy, don't you think?</div>
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Anywho - the mail also prompted me to remember that novel I've been letting sit and fester in my Documents folder...</div>
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I've resolved to order my proof copy and actually get around to publishing it.</div>
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I'm hoping it comes in the mail soon and, for you, a preview of the lone poem that made it's way into the collection:</div>
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<b>P.S. I'm going to include little sketches of my outfits in my posts from now on, I think. It's fun and cutesy, and gives me something to do when I should be paying attention in Chemistry class.</b></div>
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<b>Preview of my latest outfit, anyone?</b></div>
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<b>Outfit Details</b></div>
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<b>Hinge Tuxedo Style Jacket - Anthropologie</b></div>
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<b>Tee - Target</b></div>
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<b>Heart Shorts - h&m</b></div>
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<b>Tights - Target</b></div>
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<b>Wedges - Nine West</b></div>
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Tennis has left me realizing just how much I need to work out. Hello muscle I didn't know I had - nice to meetcha.<br />
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To explain the title: I've been really dying to share some of my art with you all. Art is basically what keeps me going - so I don't know why I haven't posted much of my work until now!<br />
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Most of the work is recent - within the past couple months, though a few pieces have hit the one year mark.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>I love color - even though I don't wear a great deal of it.</b> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>One of my favourite Spanish performers - this was a quick drawing, maybe 30 minutes</b>.</td></tr>
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I love the feeling of getting things done. A lot. Almost as much as fruit. But not quite.</div>
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I mentioned my birthday, I believe? I turned 17 on the 31st of last month. Crazy stuff.</div>
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Gettin' old! </div>
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For instance, these glasses - they make my life complete. Summer. Now. Please?</div>
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<b>P.S. An art post is imminent too. Browsing through my old versus new work has really inspired me!</b></div>Jennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05120932704544766221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373752025112492338.post-83232682943151568952012-01-20T12:15:00.000-08:002012-01-20T12:16:03.286-08:00Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I actually didn't remember her until my friend mentioned my coat's resemblance and I scrolled through some image results on Google. I was like "What? Carmen who? OHMYGOODNESSHOLYCANNOLI I totally played those games!!!111!!111"</div>
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It was pretty exciting, clearly. You know I'm crazed if my fingers jump on and off the shift key.</div>
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The drama club at my school has a fabulous trip planned to New York City, and I'm super-duper excited. Yes. Super-duper. I said it.<br />
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Something about that place just calls out to me. It's my second home, even though I'm still a <i>total and utter</i> tourist. There's an energy and a vibrancy to the city that I've yet to find anywhere else.<br />
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The trip comes at the most perfect opportune moment because we've all just survived a week of midterm exams and crazy-hectic dashes about to finish all of our work for the semester.<br />
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This afternoon, the mum and I hit up Burger King for some horribly greasy yet delicious and wonderful burgers and made easy-bake cookies. Sometimes you just need some junk food to celebrate properly. Seriously.<br />
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Here's to a relaxing weekend for all of us, eh?<br />
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<b>Until next time~</b><br />
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<b>P.S. Another reason to love NYC? Shopping! Can someone say Sephora? Here I come.</b><br />
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And the New Year begins. Hello 2012, nice to meet you.<br />
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2011 and I have parted ways. He was great and all - I'll remember him fondly for many reasons. But our time came and went. It came and went quite quickly, actually.<br />
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Statistically speaking - most people reflect on their health, their wealth and their happiness and resolve to improve, or maintain them. Also statistically speaking, most people tend to fail. </div>
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Much as I don't subscribe to the resolution bit - I am rather taken with the reflection bit. </div>
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<b>Cue the nostalgia.</b></div>
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<b>This year I started this blog. I laughed so hard I cried. I cried so hard I laughed. </b></div>
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<b>I wore makeup on a daily basis. I went without makeup on a daily basis. I had ridiculously fun photo shoots with<a href="http://whatthemirrorsaw.blogspot.com/"> Shayli </a>and <a href="http://4everhandinhand.deviantart.com/">Asia.</a></b></div>
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<b>I made some mistakes. I did some things right. I lived this past year, I didn't just survive...</b></div>
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Speaking of which, did you survive all that nostalgia?</div>
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Well done.</div>
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The final outfit of 2011 now posted, my nostalgia now sated, and my to-do list finished - I look forward to the new year.</div>
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Best wishes for an amazing ride in 2012~</div>
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<b>Tee - Target</b></div>
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Song inspiring today's title:<br />
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Now that I have been home for a few days for my much needed break, I've had the chance to begin catching up on various films/series that I've neglected for schoolwork.<br />
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One of the standouts from my various viewings was Miss Potter - a period piece based on a biography about Beatrix Potter. Potter is the author of some of my most beloved children's books, and after seeing the biography numerous times at work and shelving a few of her books, I decided to plop down and watch the film.<br />
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I'll start with an odd little tidbit. The cover of the DVD version (above) has Ewan McGregor sans-mustache. Throughout the <i>entire </i>movie, he has a mustache. Not one scene without one - probably to appeal to people browsing and wanting to make it obvious that it is, in fact, the famous actor. It's amazing how a little facial hair changes the face.<br />
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Anyway - continuing. The movie is really adorable. Super cute. It makes you think about bunnies and kitties and other small, fuzzy-wuzzy animals. It's really cute. Reaaaaaally cute. Until it gets depressing.<br />
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I don't really want to ruin it, but just be warned, that despite how chick-flick, lovey-dovey it looks, it does become rather sad. Still totally worth the watch, but prepare your tear ducts accordingly.<br />
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The movie would probably be adorable to anyone who has a heart in their chest, and maybe even to those of you who claim to lack emotions - actually - but it's ever more wonderful when you understand how prolific of a writer Potter actually was.<br />
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The author, young-ish, with one of her pets. The love she had for animals was very apparent from a young age, and (fun fact time) she also had a love for fungi. She toyed with the idea of becoming a mycologist.<br />
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However, if you remember being read to as a child - you might remember the stories of Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck, or Benjamin Bunny. There are others, to be sure, but some of the more popular titles included those characters. Peter Rabbit was a personal favourite of mine, as seen below:<br />
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Mycology was not to be, but book writing was. And write and illustrate, she did.<br />
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If you have a local library, or a bit of holiday fun money coming your way, I would definitely recommend buying a few of her tales. Even as a teenager, I adore them. Adults can feel free to oooo and aaaah and awwww at them too - no shame.<br />
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The point is - the movie does a really wonderful job not only of portraying Potter, but of bringing all the childhood stories to life. The illustrations make appearances throughout the movie and add considerably to it's charm.<br />
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The expressions on her face are delightful, and made me smile throughout the movie. Which, I'll have you know, is rather difficult to do. </div>
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Another element that made me smile were the costumes. I found them pitch perfect. The Edwardian style is clear throughout the movie, with very little historical inaccuracy and adds to the feeling of the movie rather than detracting from it as some period costume tends to do. </div>
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The town scenes are equally as effective. Wherever it is, exactly, that they shot these scenes are places I'd love to go.<br />
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Anyone will tell you (myself included) that I absolutely detest nature with a passion. Unless I can observe it from the indoors. But, I found myself rather inclined to visit the outdoors after this movie.<br />
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Hopefully that part will wear off. Bugs. Eww.<br />
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I have developed quite a hankering for some gingerbread in the process of writing this post. I leave you to explore my kitchen in search of some.<br />
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Until next time~<br />
Jenna B.<br />
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Happy Holidays in advance, should I not make another post until after they all conclude.<br />
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Holiday season has begun here the America and I've been ushered into my winter break. (Finally.)</div>
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This has resulted in multiple overdoses on sugar and subsequent comas of general lethargy and inability to do much more than stare at my latest issue of W and Vogue. Both of which had a surprisingly great amount of actual photoshoots rather than their usual abundance of advertising, actually. </div>
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I have (somehow) gotten myself out of my latest stupor to post these long-overdue photos from the fall. I love the update on the trench that has occurred this season, and I can't wait to share my new red Anthro find soon enough as well. And, Jeffrey, I still love my skates - don't you worry. Sometimes I like to put them on my feet and just stare at them. Which, I'll have you know, is to-ta-lly normal. </div>
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Because, as a typical woman, I like to brag about myself, and because this is (I believe) my blog, I have some exciting news. Which you may or may not find exciting, but is very exciting for me.</div>
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I recently entered a contest that offers the opportunity to become a published artist and possibly a monetary prize for yourself and your school.</div>
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Word isn't in yet about the monetary bit, but the publishing bit is - and my piece will be included.</div>
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This is the point at which I became excited.</div>
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I ended up titling it "Seeking Answers" - because I think the piece invokes that kind of a mood. And also because I spend (an unhealthy) amount of time pondering things myself. As does my friend Sherlock Holmes.</div>
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If you remember <a href="http://charminganachronism.blogspot.com/2011/10/riding-sidesaddle-and-other-adventures.html">my previous post</a>, or if you happen to have an amazingly well-developed taste for excellent television programming, you might know of the BBC's not-so-recent-anymore adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. </div>
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The actor who plays Sherlock, in this series of the same name, is one Benedict Cumberbatch - who you might also see in your last issue of Vogue, the upcoming movie <i>War Horse,</i> and the released-but-not-easily-found-in-my-small-town <i>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.</i> </div>
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After scouring the internet, or "trollin'" as the kids these days say (or maybe they don't), I finally found a few reference pictures of him that I thought would suit my piece, and I set to work.</div>
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I love how non-traditionally gorgeous he his - the same way I love the new models I see popping up in Chanel ads and different photoshoots from (my heaping piles of) magazines. You have to stare at him for quite awhile to really appreciate him. </div>
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Anyway - the fact of the matter is that I will be published and it makes me very happy and it needed sharing. And now it has been shared. You also need to immediately go to the Netflix and watch some Sherlock. (Or if you happen to live somewhere were people appreciate fine cinema, maybe you could pop in to a showing of a movie with him in it, eh?)</div>
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Where ever it is you are, be it winter or not depending on your hemisphere, be it Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, some kind of Solstice, or nothing at all, be it whatever, be it that you're in school or not (hopefully not) I hope you're having a wonderful week. Enjoy the rest of it.</div>
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And no matter what, eat some cookies - especially the home-made kind. Trust me.</div>
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Until next time~</div>
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<b>P.S. - I accidentally misspelled Christmas as Chirstmas, and my spell-check offered me the correction of "Christmas" as well as "Masochist". I don't know that they are at all related, but I found it quite amusing.</b></div>
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Some people have accused my tragedy of being too sad, as though one desired a merry tragedy. People clamor for enjoyment as though enjoyment consisted in being foolish. I find enjoyment in the powerful and terrible struggles of life; and the capability of experiencing something, of learning something, gives me pleasure.<br />
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I use the Post-It feature on my laptop quite often, because I spend so much time on the computer doing all that needs doing and if I didn't I'd probably lose track of the things I have yet to get done. Today, on this rather glorious December day, I have the shortest list I've had in ages.<br />
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In keeping with the recent trend, I have another excerpt from my novel below the cut. Feel free to hit "read more" and enjoy <i>The One Where I Open my Mouth and Speak:</i><br />
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It was a normal trip to Walmart, if going to that forsaken,
forbidding place can be called normal. I mean, look at a Walmart sometime and
tell me there isn’t something seriously wrong with wanting to go in there. But,
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My mother and I bought cat litter, pudding and rice. If you
were to ask me why it was we so urgently needed this particular mixture of
things, I would hard pressed to provide a satisfactory answer. We’re a bit odd,
that way. We once made a trip out to buy some socks and ended up with refried
beans and marshmallow cream instead. You just have to suspend your disbelief
and accept that we did, in fact, purchase cat litter, pudding and rice and we
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Now, I wouldn’t call myself an unsociable person by any
means. I might not the most approachable person, and people often tell me that
once they’ve gotten comfortable around me – but I’m not unsociable, really. I
just don’t have the best memory, at all. I tend to forget people’s names and
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Which is basically what happened in Walmart, but worse. A
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hello. I nodded politely, like “yes, yes, I acknowledge your existence, please
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The boy was unable to detect the message in my nod, I think,
because he was quite blind. Actually, very blind. Super blind. I didn’t notice
until I’d made a fool of myself just how blind he was. The kid had a seeing eye
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There’s two problems with that statement. The first being
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I’m fairly certain his mother is plotting my death, for what
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her blind son and mock his disability. Yes. That’s me. The girl who
inadvertently offends the blind and their mothers and all other people of the
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I should probably stop speaking entirely. I should also
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<b>Until next time,</b></div>
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</div>Jennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05120932704544766221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373752025112492338.post-89315164266670859552011-11-24T13:54:00.001-08:002011-12-22T06:46:55.045-08:00The Final Thousand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lady GaGa and I - we're on the same wavelength with these.<br />
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Wrapping up the final thousands to my novel for NaNoWriMo was so much fun, mostly due to the fabulous writing party I attended with some friends, including one <a href="http://www.whatthemirrorsaw.blogspot.com/">Miss Shay of What The Mirror Saw</a>.<br />
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Below the cut, you can enjoy "The One Where You Can Learn How To Be Like Me (Or Avoid It)"</div>
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There are certain characteristics that commonly get
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First, you should develop a certain nervous and anxious
disposition. If you can jump to conclusions, do so. Immediately. Think of
yourself as Anxiety Girl – able to leap to the worst possible outcome in a
single bound. Look around your person often and make sweeping three hundred and
sixty degree turns around to observe your surroundings. Pacing is to be your
favorite past time: you should not feel satisfied with yourself until you’ve
managed to make a racetrack in your carpeting. </div>
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Second, you should cultivate only the highest, cultured
tastes. When you choose a television program, you should make sure to tune into
any incarnation of The Real Housewives – whether you choose New Jersey, New
York, or Orange County, makes little difference – just watch them. Similarly,
when you choose a movie for your viewing pleasure, make sure to pick something
really artistic – preferably indie. If you have yet to watch The Tree of Life,
you should do so immediately, and make comments about the brilliant atmospheric
shots of jellyfish and dinosaurs and how they distinctly relate to family life
of the movies era. Sean Penn might not have had any idea what in the world he
was doing in that movie, but you sure do. The same idea applies to literature.
When you decide on a book to place artfully on your coffee table, but never
actually read – you need to choose wisely. You should probably procure a copy
of Jane Eyre, or Wuthering Heights and whenever someone asks what you thought
of it, you should mention how brilliant you thought it was. You should comment
on the character development, without ever mentioning the characters by name.
You should comment on the expertly crafted metaphors and imagery, without ever
once naming an example of the devices. You should, and this is most important,
talk about the themes that run through the novels, without ever actually
fleshing out what the themes are. Essentially, if you can spark note it, you’re
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Third, you should eat. A lot. In fact, you should almost
always have some kind of food stuff in your mouth. Snacking is your favorite
hobby. You own every brand of mustard. You know the taste of every chip ever
made, but your favorite is Salt and Vinegar. You live to eat, while others
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Fourth, you should never drive. This is for your own safety
as well as others. It would be terrible to see you drive off the side of the
road. Not because anything actually horrible happened, but because you were
frightened by the oncoming traffic and had to pull over just to calm down and
stop screaming “Oh God! Oh God! It’s coming into my lane!” You should be an
excellent passenger. When you ride with a terrible driver, you should fail to
notice. You should convince yourself that it’s okay, because really, those
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Fifth, you should fill your brain with a lot of useless
knowledge. It’s important to remember the capital of Madagascar. And the blood
type of James Joyce. These types of tidbits are absolutely essential. Practical
information like street names, phone numbers, and basic arithmetic is generally
useless and should be immediately disposed of. Empty your mind of things like
the alphabet and replace it instead with the names of all the stars so far
discovered. And while you’re at it, learn the names of all the stars in
Hollywood, from the A list to the bottom feeders waiting tables and hoping for
a breakthrough role. And the best possible type of useless information you
should make a point to develop is anything related to George Clooney – his life
history, his favorite color, and anything he’s ever done. Ever. </div>
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If you can master all of those things, and that’s a big if,
you can become like me. It’s a rather wonderful existence, so I can’t blame you
for trying. Even if you’ll probably fail. And if you fail…well, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">when </i>you fail, just feel better knowing
that you’re in good company. Oprah couldn’t do it either.</div>
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I have definitely eaten far too much this Thanksgiving. With my massive belly full of turkey, pumpkin pie and other such delights, I took to giving my blog a bit of a revamp and decided on a new excerpt to share with you.</div>
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If you so choose to read beyond the cut, the piece is titled "The One Where My Teeth Are Cleaned," and is an (entirely fictionalized) account of a trip to the dentist. Oh the horror, I know.</div>
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I’m not really one of those people who fear the dentist. I
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I have a problem with going to the hygienist. The lady who
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I didn’t harbor this fear until my last visit to the chair.
I’ve never had a cavity. I have great oral hygiene. But this woman…well, she
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See, the thing is – I’m kind of sensitive. My teeth are
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This woman was at least sixty. At least, which is her first
problem. I mean, come on. No one works until they’re sixty as a hygienist, or
maybe they do, but just not in my mind. The only reason I could think of that
this woman was still working in this office was that she enjoyed her job. It’s
absolutely ridiculous. She’s a hygienist – there’s nothing to like. You deal
with screaming kids in pain, you have to handle bloody tissues and receding gum
lines and the only possible reason anyone would enjoy this horrible, horrible
job is that they enjoy inflicting pain. This woman had to enjoy her horrible,
horrible job, ergo the only reasonable conclusion is that she is a sadist. A
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I would have liked to be proven wrong, but this woman was
quite a fright. The second problem I developed with her was the fact that her
teeth were sharp and pointy and she was missing quite a few and she just opened
her mouth just so and it was so dark in there and her mouth just seemed to be
so wide and oh god. I really can’t stand it when a medical professional doesn’t
live up to their jobs standard. Like the doctor I see smoking outside his
office before I go in for a check up, like the gynecologist I spot walking
around the red light district, and the hygienist with horrid teeth. Who is he
to say that I shouldn’t smoke because it’s bad for me? Who is she to say that I
have herpes when she’s probably ridden with god only knows how many STD’s? Who
is she to say that my teeth need any kind of work when she doesn’t have half of
hers? Seriously. Who are they to tell me – it’s absolutely preposterous.</div>
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And that was just before she got me to sit down in the
chair. Once I was seated and tilted back and about to be tortured enough with
the scalpel, this woman starts to talk. I don’t for the life of me understand
why hygienists want to talk to you while they’re cleaning. It makes no sense
whatsoever. I can’t talk back, I can’t offer anything, I can’t add to the mix.
She’s basically having a conversation with herself and I’m saying “Hmmm.
ARgggsidfdhjdfsjdsij”. There’s no point. It’s pointless. It is without point.
But there she was, talking to me with her razor sharp bicuspids glaring at me the
whole time, as she’s got me pinned in a death grip and is jabbing me with a
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First she talks to me about Twilight. She talks to me about
Edward and Bella and Jacob and the Volturi. And she kind of stops there, and
continues to go into a long dissertation about the Volturi and their torture
methods and their killing and their this and that and the other thing. This
woman is obsessed. It was bad enough when she was a sixty year old talking to
me about Jacob’s abs, but now she was a hygienist in my mouth talking to me
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She made a brief stint into her credit card debt, which
didn’t put me at ease at all, and then jumped right back to the torture, and
how she was looking forward to seeing it in the next movie and was hoping they
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It was then that I came to problem number three – this woman
was an insane person, probably a serial killer and she had me practically
gagged and helpless. All this while, she wasn’t scraping plaque, she was scraping
my teeth right out of my gums, she was removing them one by one and collecting
them for herself and her tooth necklaces. She was, at any minute, going to take
the scalpel and slit my throat, and probably take my body to decompose in her
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I had to get out of that chair. I had to escape and expose
this woman’s terror plot. But all I could do is stare at this woman her black
hole mouth and silently suffer as she pulled my molars right out from my jaw. I
could see my life flashing before me, my incredibly short life. All the
potential wasted to feed this woman’s strange tooth fetish. I had myself all
ready to struggle and fight and kick when she said it was over. I could swish
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I thought it was some kind of trick at first, and only did
it to stop the inevitable. To postpone my slow, painful death by a few minutes.
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My mother paid the co-pay and we left as quickly as we came.
We drove off into the distance and returned to my home, filled with regular
necklaces, a single cat and no decomposing bodies. It was nice. And I was
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Striped Top - the Mumsy</div>
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Skinnies - Target</div>
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The second of my backlogged collection of outfit photos. Super simple, monochrome and comfortable. It was a lazy day. </div>
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All the pictures have me in the same general pose, so I cut it down to this lone wolf. Poor thing. It just serves as a reminder to me to add some variety. </div>
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Off the topic of clothing and phototaking, allow me to explain my absence and my lack of willingness to write much in this brief little post:</div>
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My novel consists of a series of vignettes about my life, which are exaggerated into absurdity to create what I consider humor. If you happen to enjoy satire and such, I suspect you'll enjoy the the excerpts and you would serve yourself well to click "read more". Obviously, this is a work of fiction. Or, at least most of it is.</div>
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Looking out the window, I can’t help but notice the
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The summer before my junior year of high school was
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Walking into the local home improvement store, I couldn’t
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denim mini and a light blouse, hurried me along to locate the building
materials for my father’s latest project. Our plan was simple: locate the wood
and screws. And then run like hell after we paid for them – avoiding the
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Trying to find screws in Lowe’s, however, is like trying to
find a needle in a haystack, while blindfolded, and on LSD. (And for those of
you who haven’t done so, it’s quite difficult). So, my mother and I had to
wander. And wander. And wander some more, until we stumbled upon the screws
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This was our breakthrough. We were free. We could finally
check out and leave and shower and try to wash all the filthy looks away! We
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If you know anything about home improvement stores, you know
that they are ridiculously busy. People think “ha – plumbing. I got this. I
don’t need a plumber”, then they think
“that was only a minor water leak, I got this” and then they think “I should’ve
called the plumber in the first place, but damn it, I’m going to prove my
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We approach the machine with caution and a bit of wonder.
“How miraculous,” we think, “we can check out in under two minutes. No line. No
hassle.” We slide the wood panels across the scanner and place them on the
floor beside us. And then – we are greeted by a delightful female voice. The
voice commands us to “return the checked item to bagging area”. We, like good
law abiding citizens, obey this authoritative, assertive and electronic voice
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We steal the wood and the screws. We run through the
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I can't really remember my life before these shoes, but I suspect it wasn't quite as fabulous as it is now. I sometimes just place them in front of me for inspiration. Staring at the buttery leather and beautifully carved wooden platform to solve the mysteries of the world - or just to procrastinate on my homework.<br />
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My friend <a href="http://www.whatthemirrorsaw.blogspot.com/">Shay</a> and I were finally able to go on a little thrifting trip, which turned up no clothes for either of us and a couple cool home decor items for Shay. But, despite the lack of massive haul, we managed to have a pretty fantastic time and I have a mental collection of quotes that absolutely need sharing:<br />
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<b>(On the subject of <i>all the freaking</i> corduroy) </b><br />
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Me: "Shay, this is what you really need."<br />
Shay: "Oh definently."<br />
Me: "Look over here too - another pair, but in pink!"<br />
Shay: "Look over here too - in brown."<br />
Me: "And again"<i> - turning around -</i> "OH GOD, there's more. How much corduroy can one woman handle?!"<br />
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<b>(On the subject of brown clothing pieces)</b><br />
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Me: "I'm kind of bias, Shay. So don't trust my opinion on it."<br />
Shay: "Why?"<br />
Me: "I have a severe astigmatism to brown clothes." <i>- processing what I just said - </i>"WAIT. No. I mean, I have severe stigmatism to brown clothes. ERR. Wait. No. I associate a severe stigma with brown clothes... stigmata? No. That can't be right."<br />
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<b>(On the subject of that special holiday sweater)</b><br />
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Me: "Shay, this is what you really need. Forget what I said before."<br />
Shay: "For sure."<br />
Me: "Agreed. Agreed."<i> -noticing tacky holiday themed shoes - </i>"And you can coordinate your tacky Christmas sweater with these tacky Christmas shoes."<br />
<i>-in another thrift store, looking at a tacky Santa Claus necklace-</i><br />
Shay: "Jenna, come look at this."<br />
Jena: "Oh yes - you need that, please buy it and immediately put it on your body." <br />
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<b>(On the subject of the man in the car next to us)</b><br />
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My mumsy: "Girls - is that a baby in that car over there?"<br />
Shay: "Oh God, I think so."<br />
<i>-owner of car comes over and shuts all the open car doors-</i><br />
Mumsy: "He's going to kill his child - is he going back in the store?"<br />
Me: "We could abduct his child right now. Just break open the windows and raise it as our own."<br />
<i>-getting out to check if there is in fact a dying child in this parked car-</i><br />
Shay: "Oh - it's not a baby."<br />
Me: "Are you sure?"<br />
Shay: "Yeah, babies have big heads, I think we could see it from here. It's just an empty car seat."<br />
Me: "I would've raised it as my own."<br />
Mumsy: "What every mother wants to hear."<br />
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<b>(On the subject of whether or not we should open a tie drawer)</b><br />
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Shay: "I kind of want to look at the ties, but at the same time, I'm scared of finding something horribly misplaced."<br />
Me: "Oh goodness. I got it."<i> -opening drawer-</i><br />
<i>-Shay immediately manages to touch a men's cup misplaced in the drawer-</i><br />
Me: "Um. Shay."<br />
Shay: <i>-looking down- </i>"Oh God. Oh God!"<br />
My Mumsy: "Don't worry - I have disinfectant. A lot of disinfectant." <br />
<i>-and this is why I love my mother, among a few other reasons-</i><br />
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We're going to go thrifting again, of course. But if we ever get the chance to go to few outlet malls, we will certainly take them. Less chance of touching items that were once used to protect a man's lower half.<br />
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The first chapter of the year has come to a close on the school front, and I look forward to more blogging - I've been less than faithful on the updates this month.<br />
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Until tomorrow~<br />
Jenna B. <br />
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<b>Tabitha Purple Ruffle Jacket - Anthropologie</b></div>
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<b>Basic Tee - Target</b></div>
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<b>Grey Violet Jeans - United Colors of Benetton</b></div>
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<b>Sandini Leather Boots - Nordstrom Rack</b></div>
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I never doodle in class all that often - mostly because I would be the person who gets caught. And because I like to really focus intently on what I'm drawing.<br />
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Nonetheless, I managed to crank out a few doodles during my slow moving Chemistry class.<br />
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Cue the fangirl-esque inspired doodlings in honor of <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t4pgh">Sherlock</a>:<br />
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Anyway - both photos started as doodles on lined paper, and I tried my best to remove the things using GIMP, but the first drawing (in pencil) resulted in a few new grey lines. I would have preferred not to assualt you with the ever obnoxious college ruled lines of your schooldays - but, they're pretty pesky.</div>
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While we're off in the land of fandom-ry, I think it's the perfect time to recommend you go and watch all three Sherlock episodes on Netflix. My friend Shayli, of <a href="http://whatthemirrorsaw.blogspot.com/">What the Mirror Saw</a>, is responsible for my addiction. And now, I can say with great certainty that you need to watch as well.<br />
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This is probably the greatest investment of your time you can possibly make. Drop everything and go.</div>
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Until tomorrow. :)<br />
Jenna B.</div>
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<br />Jennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05120932704544766221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373752025112492338.post-87555019813769128332011-10-02T17:05:00.000-07:002011-10-02T17:05:44.705-07:00Are you anything akin to me, do you think, Jane?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YfD8upQ_oNU/TojzCr-RABI/AAAAAAAAAcM/U9SZdPXWjVg/s1600/IMG_2043_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YfD8upQ_oNU/TojzCr-RABI/AAAAAAAAAcM/U9SZdPXWjVg/s640/IMG_2043_2.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love crazy scarves. This one is ridiculously cozy and wonderful and whimsical. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't had a post in quite awhile, thanks to an especially busy couple of weeks. I've finally managed to get my workload down enough to enjoy writing a little something for this blog.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't know if anyone actually needs a film review, because I tend to disregard them and watch whatever I want anyway - but if you happen to be inspired to watch a film because of me, I suppose my post will live up to it's purpose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm rather fond of the theatrical poster, because it exudes a certain atmosphere. Brooding, and distant but somehow distinctly present. That probably makes little to no sense - but it's true.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now then:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">As far as acting goes, Mia Wasikowska is undoubtedly talented, Micheal Fassbender is rather gorgeous and alluring, and maybe talented; I was generally staring at him with a little slobber, and the rest of the cast does a fair job. The chemistry between Mia and Micheal is lacking - nothing close to the Jane and Rochester longing that it ought to be. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">That being said - the beautiful shots of scenery, the wonderful understanding of mood and atmosphere, and the stunning costuming makes the almost-2-hours-spent-of-your-life worthwhile.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Verdict - watch it, especially for the sake of the brilliant atmosphere - but don't expect this to be a truly-to-the-book representation of Jane Eyre. It takes quite a few liberties here and there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hopefully, my schedule will allow for more regular postings now. Though typing that might've just jinxed it - we'll have to wait and see.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Until later~</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jenna B.</div>Jennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05120932704544766221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373752025112492338.post-53321657431123919362011-09-24T16:00:00.000-07:002011-09-24T16:00:06.597-07:00Only one.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5_FOpo6QC_E/Tn5aRVCM0pI/AAAAAAAAAbw/CZJtJ3QPfGE/s1600/IMG_1966.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5_FOpo6QC_E/Tn5aRVCM0pI/AAAAAAAAAbw/CZJtJ3QPfGE/s640/IMG_1966.JPG" width="378" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Outfit Details:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Scoop Neck Tee - Nordstrom</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Alberto Makali Printed Jeans - Nordstrom Rack</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Rose Flats - Marshalls/Ross</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Rose Belt - gift from the grandmum</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">There were originally far more shots to this post, but I decided to cut back only to this particular one so the rest of the post won't be so photo-spam-esque.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The family and I went to see a movie today, after I had spent the night with some wonderful friends over at <a href="http://www.whatthemirrorsaw.blogspot.com/">Shay's.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We decided on "A Dolphin Tale" - which not only proves that punny titles occasionally work (and that's only very occasionally) but also that the real family movie has not died.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Theatrical Poster:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And an incredibly apt review from imdb.com:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">"From what I've seen, the trailer on TV and previews have everyone expecting a sappy and cloying family drama; all the elements for it are there - war tragedy, absent parents, incredibly cute animals, confused adults, children - but somehow it manages to transcend the trappings of the family drama genre. There is absolutely nothing more to the story than what's on the trailer but nevertheless, the way it gets to the inevitable points in the story are done with great skill and nuance. The performances coaxed out of all the actors are great, even the dolphin Winter and the pelican.<br />
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"Dolphin Tale" aims to tell a very simple story and never over-complicates it. The movie aims to offer an atmosphere and glimpses of lives rather than something story driven. Though the movie boasts of big names, they are never above or beyond the story and all are pieces of the story rather than big actors."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>---</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The real breakout star for me (aside from Winter) was <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4077908/">Cozi Zuehlsdorff. </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Absolutely adorable and perfectly cast in her first principle role. Not to mention the fantastic outfits she was styled in:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">How can you not love that little peasant top and striped shorts? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And she hits the premiere in this little number. Love. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And with a little searching we discover she has a love for vintage dresses?</div><div style="text-align: center;"> If I ever have a child - she will have a lot to live up to.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Conclusions:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You need to immediately drag yourself to a theatre and enjoy this film. And cry a little bit. It's not going to blow you away with superb script and cinematography and win any kind of big name awards - but sometimes that really doesn't matter.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> It's a wonderful, heartwarming film, and we all deserve a little heartwarming sometimes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<b>---...---...---</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Anywho - I've made some new purchases and the fall has rolled around, so expect some new outfit shots within the coming days.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Until later~</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jenna B.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Jennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05120932704544766221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373752025112492338.post-9404515629194126952011-09-18T13:22:00.000-07:002011-09-18T13:22:20.561-07:00Keep calm and twirl.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IE5S9iUgQP0/TnZBlWZRRUI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/sKwpHfNUgjM/s1600/IMG_1985_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IE5S9iUgQP0/TnZBlWZRRUI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/sKwpHfNUgjM/s640/IMG_1985_2.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Is that a neighbour I see hoping into my picture? Pssh. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Outfit Details:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Bright Red Shirt - Target</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Skinnies - Target</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Sandini Leather Boots - Nordstrom Rack</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Lace Detailed Trenchcoat - Target</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Target plugs - totally unintentional. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anywho, the weather around these parts is cooling off for the season, and I think we've finally entered the fall. I took the opportunity to wear this trench that I bought about a year ago and neglected in my lonely coat closet. Poor thing. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Speaking of seasonal changes, I love the fall. Allow me to explain why: (cue the list!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1. There are no bugs. No bees, no flies, no mosquitos. It's fantastic. You might say the winter also lacks these things - which, it does, but the winter isn't quite as fantastic for another reason.Which brings us to...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. The weather is perfect. Unlike the winter, which is cold and dreary. I'll take a light breeze over a cold gale gust any day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3. The colours are better. Sure - the flowers are nice in spring, the summer is nice and green but the fall has variety. It has shades of oranges, browns and touches of pinks and purples. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And probably the most applicable to this blog:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">4. The fashion options are innumerable. The summer consists of shorts and tanks, the winter of bulky coats and red noses, and the spring is neither here nor there, and all your outfits are kind of confused. The fall is the perfect blend of choices. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">That's not to say that the fall isn't without flaws, because there are plenty. Cue the next list!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1. The common cold strikes in the fall. The evil, energy-draining monstrosity known to us as the Rhinovirus. Blegh. I can just feel my sinuses hurting and my coughing beginning.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. School starts in the fall. That's not to say I don't like school - it's just that when it starts it's hard to get into the swing of things, and the nasty cold you inevitably develop will keep you from operating on all cylinders.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, from this we can deduce that I'm coming down with a cold. Probably. Maybe it's just the sudden weather change playing games with my allergies. But, I'm pretty sure the sickness is coming. Which is unfortunate, because the schoolwork is piling up. Must. Boost. Immune. System.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Departing from that - in my mad rush to get ahead on my school work, I've completed a few vocabulary activities to get some extra points.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You might notice the rather awkward and glaring vocabulary words, but I rather like I poem I came up with (hmm - arrogance?) so here goes:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">There’s a certain apprehension</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I feel in my stomach these days</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">When I pass through my neighborhood</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">And notice these breakaway factions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I’d love to call them heathen</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">And consider them the world’s trash.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But I can’t help myself to wonder</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">If it would be right to begrudge them so.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">To call their ideas gibberish</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">To call them abominations</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">To call upon my most vindictive self</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">And put them in some subservient position.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The temptation is formidable and almost too great</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But conjures up the images </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Of things I so hope to avoid.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Of some kind of junta </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Hell-bent on keeping <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">their kind</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In their place.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Of people with a defeated sense of deference</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But try hopelessly to ingratiate themselves</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">To no avail.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Of an inert society</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Exuding the smell of stagnation</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Whose only titillation</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Comes from the special suffering</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Of these chosen few.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I wonder sometimes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">At all the exaltation</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For the ideas we hold so dear</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">And wonder sometimes even more</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">If we are not prodigiously dissembled.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Are you innocent</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">When another corroborates your story</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But you both lie through your teeth?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I wake up some mornings</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">And my mind greets me with trepidation</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Of this war within me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I wonder if I should </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Condemn those who differ.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But more often I wonder,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Should I too be questioning what’s right?</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">On a side note, I use the word "I" way too much. My blog is starting to sound like a personal shrine or something. Ick. That needs fixing. And all this talk about school. Pssh. School.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>---...---...---</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ah college. How I love you. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I revel in the thought of SAT's, ACT's and applications. I live for the day when I might send in my FAFSA forms and wait to hear back about financial aid. The stress is absolutely thrilling.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh. Wait. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So instead of worrying about it just now - I'm going to take this opportunity to enjoy some silence and write a post about fun stuff.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like writing. I'm a big fan. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Though far from my best work - if it interests anyone, after the page break I have a short story I picked up and edited for a writing group I attend. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will warn you now that the ending is quite unsatisfying. But, that's why I love it.<br />
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If that holds no interest for you, I will leave you with the following sentiment:<br />
Leather shorts = Love.<br />
No exaggeration. At all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">She threw it out the window, and five stories was quite a long way to fall.</span></span></div><div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;"> “No no no! I didn’t mean it!” she screamed, “I’ll save you Squidy!”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;"> Tossing the apartment door back in panic, Mia flew down 2 sets of stairs before she was brought to a stop.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;"> “Mia! What’s wrong?” asked an older woman. Mia skirted around the matron and began her sprint again.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;"> “No time, Mrs. Clouskly! No time!”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;"> “There’s always something with that girl,” the woman whispered to herself, “if it isn’t the loud music, or the piercings or the hair that gets you there’s some nonsense like this. Lord have mercy.” </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">She watched the girl as she disappeared down the next stairwell.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Mia flew past the other tenants in her mad dash to the dumpster, and finally arrived – panting – in the back alley below her window.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Squidy!” no answer, which was only slightly unexpected, “Squidy, oh Squidy Squidy!”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">She searched around the area, praying that the toy had landed outside the dumpster. Unfortunately…</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Oh, screw it,” she hissed, resigned, as she looked at the heaping monstrosity. “Here goes!”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">She leapt headfirst, as there was no other way to do so, into the dumpster, where she was met with the mingling odors of meat and eggs. She soon returned to the surface for air after the unfortunate dive and finally saw the object of all her panic. The squid plushy – falling apart at the seams and, now, stained from day old chow mien. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Oh Squidy. Thank God, thank you, thank you,” she whispered, “I thought I’d never see you again. I’m so sorry…”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">She twiddled the felt in her fingers, and her mind began to wander back in time. To a simpler place. Warmth and security.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Her finger reached up to brush away a rogue tear. She didn’t cry. Ever.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“C’mon Squidy. We need to get you cleaned up,” she looked at herself, “and I could use a shower too, I guess.”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">They walked in silence up the crumbling stairwells, back to the apartment room where all the trouble began. A lonely woman. A broken toy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Mrs. Clousky lie in wait, determined to find out what “shenanigans” the “young whippersnapper” was up to now. It certainly couldn’t be another tattoo gone bad, thought the old woman, and I never see that boytoy of hers anymore so that can’t be either. Maybe the hairdresser cut off to much of that damned mohawk. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Mrs. Clousky’s musings were cut short when the young woman in question arrived, covered in just about everything and carrying the remnants of a..what was it? A rag? It was at this moment that the old woman knew there was something far worse to be dealt with than a bad haircut. Those oldsters – they always know.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“What’s wrong, Mia?” Silence.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Again, “What’s wrong, dear?” Silence.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">In all her years in the dilapidated building, Mrs. Clousky had seen Mia do all nature of things. Drag mannequins to and fro with the most absurd clothing wrapped upon them, come home with eyebrows that seemed to have giant silver pimples protruding off of them, her back covered with all manner of ink nonsense, listening to something indeterminable that had enough bass to make the apartment shake, and she’d seen a young man living there with her. They seemed like a happy couple, even if the girl was slightly insane, and Mrs. Clousky had some 20’s era problems with women who lived with someone before marriage. Kids these days.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“I made a mistake.”Silence broken.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Let’s go dear,” said Mrs. Clousky as she pulled on the doorknob to her apartment. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Wait, what?”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“We’ll get you and your…friend, cleaned up – have some tea, and then talk this whole thing out.”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Silence again. Mia didn’t move an inch. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“I’m old, dear. I don’t have much time left, so we need to get going.”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Ah,mmm,thank…well, thank you,” she stuttered.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">The old woman opened the door, its rusty hinges squeaking. She proceeded to show the young woman to the bathroom, and told her to turn the knob to the left for hot water, even though the dial said to turn right. She turned and hobbled over to the kitchen to start the tea.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Mia was alone again, except for the silent company of Squidy. And her mind was free to roam again. She started the shower, cleaned herself up, and gave Squidy a similar treatment afterwards. She couldn’t get completely dry, though. Her eyes kept gushing. It was the oddest thing.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">So she went to the old woman’s living room, wearing the robe she had so kindly left, and rubbed her eyes repeatedly in a fruitless attempt to stop the droplets from multiplying anymore. She never cried, though.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Mrs. Clousky brought the tea, and handed Mia her mug. They sat without so much as a nod or grumble and they remained that way until Mia started, because she couldn’t *not* cry any longer.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“I told him to leave,” she spat.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“You’re boyfriend?”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Yes, yes. Him. I told him to go – I said he was holding me back. I said he was ruining my work. I said I didn’t love him, that I never really did. I said…”she became difficult to understand.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Did he do something to upset you, dear?”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“No, nothing. Nothing. Nothing,” she repeated, again and again.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Then why..”Mia cut her off.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Because I was scared,” she whispered, as she shook from all the crying she never did.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Scared of what? Of him? Did he hurt you?”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“No, no. I was scared..”she swallowed, “I was scared he’d leave me first.”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Silence.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">More silence.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Why would you think that, dear?” the old woman asked gently, clasping her hand in hers.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Because that’s what people do…” she whispered, looking the woman directly in her eyes, “that’s what people do, they leave. They always leave. We moved here. I started my work, I started to doubt. Again.”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“You need to go.” Silence.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“What?” Mia asked.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“This boy he loved you even when you started making that modern art crap, started piercing every possible thing on your body, and God only knows what else. You need to go. Because, my dear, I will not let you end up like me. Alone. Old. And having nothing better to do than complain about being alone and old – to yourself.”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Mia left. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">Mrs. Clousky stared out as the door closed behind the girl. She noticed that the squid toy had been left on her couch.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">“Looks like it’s just you and me, sir. I hope that girl gets everything straightened out,” she looked at the door one last time before she took the plates into the kitchen, “Lord have mercy.”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">The young woman threw clothes on, and began marching down the stairwell again. She looked straight ahead, threw back the entrance way doors and began her journey down the city’s busy streets. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">She was only a block away from his new apartment when it happened. The taxi driver lost control and swerved onto the sidewalk. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 150%;">The Lord had no mercy. </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Jennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05120932704544766221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373752025112492338.post-63514915224186755752011-09-07T17:14:00.000-07:002011-09-07T17:14:30.784-07:00Chipping away, little by little.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vn9_j01y7lk/Tmf7e_cKEFI/AAAAAAAAAaY/psPBKlqkpnQ/s1600/IMG_1959.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vn9_j01y7lk/Tmf7e_cKEFI/AAAAAAAAAaY/psPBKlqkpnQ/s640/IMG_1959.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Is that a cat I see? How did she manage to scamper in and get in a photo?....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Outfit:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Leifsdottir Sweater - Nordstrom Rack</div><div style="text-align: center;">Black Skinnies - Target</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tracy Reese Caroline Bootie - Bloomingdales (available in all black <a href="http://www.endless.com/dp/B003EQ3R48/177-9064025-8483344?ie=UTF8&creative=395033&suppressRedirect=1&linkCode=asn&tag=dealtimendles-20&creativeASIN=B003EQ3R48&ref_=asc_df_B003EQ3R481691907">at Endless</a>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">How does the weather become so bipolar? I suppose it has something to do with cold and warm fronts, is something rather elementary and is something I should know from my basic Earth Science course - but, I don't really know - I just dress accordingly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's rather dreary and rainy here in my little Burg. I think our high today was 75 - which is quite a difference from the usual high of 90-something.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I took this opportunity to wear this sweater. It was rather nice, because my school is kept at about the same temperature as an icebox, and because it was wet and rainy outside, I didn't look ridiculous.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have conquered my mountain of homework for the night - reducing it to <strike>nothing </strike>a smaller mountain.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> And now I have enough time to sit down and type out this post. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So what are we going to talk about today? </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm thinking we should talk about school - because I happen to be a rather studious student and I spend a great deal of time either at school/at school when I'm at home/thinking about school/doing schoolwork/and generally doing all things school-related at almost all times.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 - school is a job. People like to tell the youth (ie. me) this all the time, and it's true. I think I devote an average of 40 hours a week doing school-related things. And if I devoted any less I would probably not be quite as successful in my work.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2- school is tiring. Just like a job is tiring, because school is a job - students like myself are constantly tired and/or dragging through the day. This has very little to do with the number of hours we sleep - because I go to bed at 9 and wake up feeling about the same as I would going to bed at 12; the institution is a drain. Sleep has no power here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3- school is tiring. You might think you've heard this before. Maybe you have. Maybe I typed it twice because I'm so tired, or maybe so I could make this joke and feel clever. You'll never know.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">4 - school is supposed to be rewarding. Whether or not you buy into this is up to you - I like to think it is, because if I don't I tend to spend a lot of time wondering why I spend so much time there and why it seems to creep home with me. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">5 - school is not forever (thank goodness) - but learning is. No matter how much we may dread the deadlines, work, and general atmosphere - the school part of life is fleeting and promptly forgotten when we face the terrors of adult life - with new worries like "how will I feed myself?" and "how will I pay this enormous mortgage bill and/or shoe bill?" The learning part of life is never over, however. Learning is something we do until the day we die.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So - I guess the conclusion to my semi-rant is that you can get through school and join the ranks of society - just don't let it ruin learning for you. Because, it's a shame when people don't want to learn - and an even greater shame that it's so commonplace in our society today. Learning is fun, even if school isn't always. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">PLUS - those of us in the public or really *chill* (for lack of all better words) private schools can enjoy putting together cute outfits everyday. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Nothing makes school more fun than a new pair of shoes, seriously. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;">*this also applies to pants, tops...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And that's all I have for you today. Enjoy school tomorrow if you have it, and if not - enjoy trying to figure out how to pay your <strike>shoe debt </strike>mortgage.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Until tomorrow, or maybe the next day if school gives me too much to do~</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jenna B.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Jennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05120932704544766221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373752025112492338.post-10480634326169040492011-09-05T07:32:00.000-07:002011-09-05T07:35:34.675-07:00Just Slow Enough to Make You Uncomfortable<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kXVGGKOIG0Y/TmOhIEnqWUI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/oNVyfsd80Lw/s1600/DSC_0622_edit.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kXVGGKOIG0Y/TmOhIEnqWUI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/oNVyfsd80Lw/s640/DSC_0622_edit.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well well well. If it isn't Shay! Looking all natural and wonderful and such.</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Outfit Details:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Black Scoop Neck Tee - Nordstrom</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Vince Two-Tone Skinnies - Neiman Marcus: Last Call</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>ASN Silver Converse-style Shoes - Nordstrom Rack</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Betsey Johnson Mirror Belt - Nordstrom Rack</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Harajuku Lovers 80's Geometric Print Shoulder Bag - Marshalls</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Gifted Silver Rings</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Sally Hansen: Hard as Nails - Lacy Lilac nail polish</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>...---...---... </i></b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">First things first, I'm going to share my latest English assignment, two paragraphs using the rhetorical strategy of "example":</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> People possess a predisposition to addiction of two kinds: addiction chemically, and addiction emotionally. I personally already possess a form of both addictions. A serious chemical addiction to caffeine, especially when a part of a delicious beverage like coffee and a serious emotional addiction to the baristas of Starbucks, who know what kind of dangerously addictive beverage to serve me. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> When people enter Starbucks, they never really leave. The smell of roasted coffee beans enters their untainted nostrils and promptly soils them with their addictive perfection. The people of Starbucks come from all walks of life; the mailman, the businessman, the 16 year old girl. Our brains clearly tainted with caffeine, we return to Starbucks day after day – waiting for our tall, grande or venti drug in a zombielike fashion. We clog the “drive-thru” lane until the line of cars waiting backs into the highway and cause all sorts of delays. The leading cause of traffic backup in North America begins with close proximity to a Starbucks. Sometimes the customers try to stop – to take control of their minds and lives and go forth without coffee and without the company of fellow Starbucks-ians, but to no avail. The drug calls these blasphemers back - with headaches, and low energy levels. These brave souls drag themselves back to their local coffee shop and promptly order 2 to 3 shots of espresso and never look back. They return later in the week, full of pep and life, and waste their money away on their drug of choice, much like myself. In fact, as I write English assignments, I generally hold tight to my Caramel Frappucinno and sip slowly at the frothy coffee mixture, as I contemplate my next paragraph or two. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think it's rather clever. I hope my English teacher feels the same. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anywho - onto the outfit!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wore this to a concert I attended with my good friends Shay <a href="http://whatthemirrorsaw.blogspot.com/">of What the Mirror Saw</a> and Haley <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMysteryhavoc">our resident Vlogger.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was shocked (in a good way) by two things:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1. There's actually some really talented people out and about in my po-dunk community. The bands and one solo performer we saw were all really infectious and whatnot. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. These shoes are actually quite comfortable if you need to stand on your feet for three hours. I thought I'd end up with a footache and need Tylenol for awhile but - no. I'm good. And I love my sparkly shoes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And while we're on the topic of shoes, allow us to take a brief excursion into my current shoe wishlist:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MsuNrxDYz4M/TmTX9WFOhSI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/QWxIX5BVvdM/s1600/Irregular-Choice-shoes-Abigails-Party-%2528Black-White%2529-010604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MsuNrxDYz4M/TmTX9WFOhSI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/QWxIX5BVvdM/s400/Irregular-Choice-shoes-Abigails-Party-%2528Black-White%2529-010604.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eqWEuF2ommc/TmTX-WCdrpI/AAAAAAAAAaM/s8Ts_0L9VrM/s1600/Rachel-Antonoff-By-Bass-shoes-Beatrix-%2528Cream-Black%2529-010604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eqWEuF2ommc/TmTX-WCdrpI/AAAAAAAAAaM/s8Ts_0L9VrM/s400/Rachel-Antonoff-By-Bass-shoes-Beatrix-%2528Cream-Black%2529-010604.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">All pictures stolen from Solestruck.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love everything about these shoes - and I suspect a great deal of allowence money will find itself wasted soon enough. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now then:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Post title today comes from the song "Maps" by the Front Bottoms, who were one of the bands I saw with my friends:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The rest of their album should be available to purchase on iTunes tomorrow, so give them a listen if they strike you as your style.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wish there were more to talk about - but, alas, I must attend to some of the homework I've neglected over this weekend.<br />
Labor day, and I'm laboring over some work. Blegh.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Until tomorrow~</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jenna B.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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