It's almost time ..

Halloween is two days away .. well, close enough .. I have almost my entire costume completed .. So excited! I will be heading out on Capitol Hill with my wonderful friends! I will post photos of my costume and the night this weekend .. Here are some great costumes found on Flickr ..


Adorable!

I want to do this someday ..

I opted to be a different Max this year ..

So creative!

This one cracks me up! Doctor Who and a Dalek on rollerskates!

Oh my god! Almond Joy and Mounds!


Here is me and Willow last year .. We matched! She is missing her Bumble Bee antenea.

There have been a few changes in my world recently. Life has been chaotic in good and bad for the past two weeks, thankfully, the good outweighed the bad and the bad is hopefully gone for good .. I have been so exhausted that blogging wasn't a priority. There are a few more kinks to work with the good before I can divulge any information .. but I will in due time. These are trying times but my heart is singing ..

Anyway, have a safe and happy Halloween!
xoxo

oh Betty ..

Phoenix ..

They say an end can be a start
Feels like I've been buried yet I'm still alive
It's like a bad day that never ends
I feel the chaos around me
A thing I don't try to deny
I'd better learn to accept that
There are things in my life that I can't control

They say love ain't nothing but a sore
I don't even know what love is
Too many tears have had to fall
Don't you know I'm so tired of it all
I have known terror dizzy spells
Finding out the secrets words won't tell
Whatever it is it can't be named
There's a part of my world that' s fading away

You know I don't want to be clever
To be brilliant or superior
True like ice, true like fire
Now I know that a breeze can blow me away
Now I know there's much more dignity
In defeat than in the brightest victory
I'm losing my balance on the tight rope
Tell me please, tell me please, tell me please...

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

Hang on to the good days
I can lean on my friends
They help me going through hard times
But I'm feeding the enemy
I'm in league with the foe
Blame me for what's happening
I can't try, I can't try, I can't try...

No one knows the hard times I went through
If happiness came I miss the call
The stormy days ain't over
I've tried and lost know I think that I pay the cost
Now I've watched all my castles fall
They were made of dust, after all
Someday all this mess will make me laugh
I can't ewait, I can't wait, I can't wait...

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know
If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

It's like somebody took my place
I ain't even playing my own game
The rules have changed well I didn't know
There are things in my life I can't control
I feel the chaos around me
A thing I don't try to deny
I'd better learn to accept that
There's a part of my life that will go away

Dark is the night, cold is the ground
In the circular solitude of my heart
As one who strives a hill to climb
I am sure I'll come through I don't know how
They say an end can be a start
Feels like I've been buried yet I'm still alive

I'm losing my balance on the tight rope
Tell me please, tell me please, tell me please...

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know



source.

Someday ..

But only I have the power to make it so ..

source.

xo

Sicky McSickerson ..

It sounds weird but I kind of look forward to being sick .. It gives me a legitimate excuse to not be at work and I get to hang out at home with my animals and "get things done" .. I always complain that there aren't enough hours in the day, but in truth I have plenty of time in the day I just am easily distracted and quickly lose motivation and energy to do the creative things I want to do.

But then when I am sick and at home and am like, "Right! Let's get shit done, yo!" I have a dizzy spell and remember that legitimate reason why I am not at work .. "OH yeah! I really am sick! Shit." And I have to sit down.

Like, right now, I know my good friend and neighbor, Mikey, is at home and I would love to have some one on one time with him and go get coffee. But I honestly don't think I would make it all the way to 15th.

It's a good thing, the day before I was really sick that I took HUGE advantage (finally) of my half day an did some serious cleaning in my house. Being sick in a clean house is much better then in a messy house.

So today I will attempt to:
1. Do the dishes.
2. Re-write my music list for all social-networking sites. (sorta lame but important)
3. Finish my Man Plus scrapbook page.
4. Attempt some laundry. (double attempt is required)
5. Post some recent photos.
6. Not think about stupid boys.
7. Finish knitting Conor's hat and start on either another hat or scarf.
8. Rip up some magazines.
9. Go through important papers.
10. Maybe blog again.
11. Try to crochet again. Online tutorials are difficult for me.
12. Call my Mother.
13. Remember how lucky I am. *gasp* I could use this as a scrapbook page theme!
14. "How lucky am I?" scrapbook page.
15. Play with the puppa.
16. Bake some banana bread, finally. My freezer is full of bananas.
17. Study some Gimp tutorials.
18. Read photography book.

I am starting to think maybe this should be a weekend list .. it's pretty long.

I had better get started. And I will leave you with some eye candy .. My new obsession, vintage 50s and 60s style dresses. These are from the etsy shop, My Favorite Vintage. Enjoy!




Straight outta Mad Men! I've always loved this style of fashion but never thought I could pull it off till I went to Montana Vintage when I was home a couple of weeks ago and one particular dress I tried on made me feel I was a secretary at Sterling Cooper. Here is the one I ended up buying. Not a great photo but the dress feels like it was made for me. It fits perfectly!



xoxo

Want Want Want!

I stumbled across this blog via bleubird vintage and found these ADORABLE little woodland creatures by Skunkboy Creatures! So excited about these:








Also, this was inspiring from her blog:

... on myself
xoxo

Happy/Sad

source.

dreaming about ..

1. Grey Gardens - The new version starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange.


















































I love the concept of this photo ..
















2. Feist

























3. Banana Bread

















My home town, Billings, MT, just got hit with their first snow last night and it is still coming down apparently. I was just there two weeks ago and it was 90 degrees. Usually Halloween is when the first snow hits. Our planet is slowly changing.

I forgot to set my alarm last night and was two hours late for work. I slept 9 hours and woke up sore. Once I got to work I started to feel worse and worse. I think I am getting sick. Yuck. I picture my next few days filled with bowls of chilli and knitting in front of my computer while watching movies.

Wish I had someone to spoon with .. Happy Monday! sort of ..

xo

Almost Famous ..

Check out local Seattle music photographer, Chona Kasinger, at her opening at Cupcake Royale in West Seattle .. Opening Party on Oct 8th!

You can view her photosteam here.

Seriously, this chick has been everywhere .. Support local artists!

xoxo

Heartilation ..

I wanna break apart my heart
Glue the pieces to my car
Crash it into a wall
I don't want to feel at all
I want to break apart my heart

Douse it in gasoline
So the fire burns clean
Flick a cigarette like that movie Con Air
Doused in gasoline

And if you think you are better than me
You're right
There's no one to love
There's no one to trust
In my life

I want to pick up the pieces
And plant them in the ground
When a tree grows there
I want to chop that tree down

Build it into a boat
And float it in a lake
And with dynamite
I will explode that thing
That makes me make mistakes

And if you think you are better than me
You're right
There's no one to love
There's no one to trust
In my life

Sometimes I get lonesome
I can't breathe
Sometimes I get so scared
That I can't speak
Sometimes I get so worried
I can't hear my heart beat
Anyway, anyway

I wanna tear out my heart
And give it away
To a person more deserving one day

And if all I see
Is the worst in everything
That's all I'm gonna get
That's all I'm gonna get
That's all I'm gonna get

And if you think you are better than me
You're right
There's no one to love
There's no one to trust
In my life
There's no one to love
There's no one to trust
In my life
There's no one to love
There's no one to trust
In my life

Busiest week this month ..

Had a great weekend! Brought my two groups of friends together for the Noddy show. All my new friends loved it! I was so relieved. The show was SO GOOD! Can't wait to hear more. Photos will be posted soon.

This week is filled with packing, knitting, uploading, cleaning, stressing, rocking, flying, hugging, smiling, eating, drinking, relaxing. Well, probably not the last one so much. Funning! haha .. new word!

The Scottish Invasion is at Neumos on Wednesday night (Frightened Rabbit, We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Twilight Sad .. SO EXCITED!) so I have to get everything ready to go to Montana tonight and tomorrow night. I planned on working 10 hours everyday for Mon, Tues, and Wed but I don't think I can do it. 9 hours each day should be plenty.

I know I won't be finishing, or getting even remotely close to finishing, my knitting. Some people will just have to get some stuff in the mail for Winter.

I am so psyched for Billings. For the first time in about four or five years I get to go and not feel bad about it. Not get shit for it. Not be chastised for it. Not argue about it. Actually, I don't feel bad about anything I do anymore. My life is better. SO MUCH better.

The day I come back is the first day of fall! My favorite season. I am excited for the leaves to start changing so I can photograph my new neighborhood. Here is a peek at what I shot last year:






And this year, no one will make fun of me for taking so many photos of trees ..

xoxo

Noddy @ the Skylark Cafe tomorrow night!

The love-child of Man Plus .. Noddy! has a show tomorrow night at the Skylark Cafe in West Seattle. Before you groan about going to West Seattle, it's literally RIGHT off the bridge.


This is my favorite photo of Jared and Ellen of Man Plus that I took at the Skylark in April of 2008.



If you come out, maybe I will buy you a drink .. MAYBE! :)


Watch out world! Here comes Noddy!

OH! And the show is FREE ..

xoxo

Thinking ..

TheVoiceThatSaid

xo

You people make my ass twitch ..

I had a great weekend with my nieces and Hailey! We watched Glee (again), Across the Universe (it was my second time in two days), Evan Almighty (cute), The Love Guru (not so cute, Mike Myers has lost it i think), Juno (twice, once with the commentary).


Rachael and Cara text constantly. I guess I am not really one to talk.


We went to Game works .. DANCE, DANCE REVOLUTION!


And Pike Place Market (briefly) .. That's my Dad and Hailey in the middle.


Then we went to Cupcake Royale .. Hailey was in awe of the guy with the one foot tall mohawk. We all simultaneously ate the bottoms of our cupcakes first.


We made crafty things with perler beads ..

Then some Photo Booth fun ..




I made them listen to a lot of Neutral Milk Hotel and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. To the point where they were starting to know the words.

I missed Bumbershoot but that's ok .. It felt weird not hanging out with my friends. Martha and Paul were at Bumbershoot and Mike and John went to Portland. Maybe we all needed a break from eachother.

xoxo

Surprises ..

This was in my livingroom when I arrived home last night:


Freaky!

The house I live in wasn't occupied for a long time before I moved in so I have found quite a few spiders. Inside and outside. Plus the weather is starting to slightly change so they are preparing to move inside.

Also, I have this pesky habit of not harming living things and I can't always bring myself to kill them so I let them outside. They probably just come right back in.

Eek!

I am picking up the girls after work tonight to stay for the weekend! So excited!

xoxo

New guilty pleasure ..

I KNOW! Totally not like me ..

But seriously .. I wanted to check out this show when I first heard about it just to see how bad it was but for teen shows on the family channel, it really isn't that bad ... No really!


The names are mostly the same, above is a photo of the sisters, Bianca and Kat. It takes place in California rather than "Seattle" and they had to change the story line a bit to make it fit for tv but all in all .. it's decent. The pilot was a bit to be desired but aren't they all? There are some interesting twists and the acting isn't bad. Of course it is a bit over the top but it has to be a bit cheese ball for the tweens and teens.


The young actor that plays Patrick Verona, originally played by Heath Ledger, sadly does not have an accent. I half expected him to. He doesn't say anything until about his fourth or fifth scene but when he does .. Whoa. His voice pulls you in.

I also like the actress that plays Kat Stratford, the oldest sister. I like the wardrobe they have for her, I dont know if I could pull it off, I am too colorful. Below is what she has hanging on the rear view mirror in her old, beat up Volvo .. Love it!



I still haven't plugged in my TV since I moved, so I have been watching it on Hulu ..

xoxo

So busy ..

So much to do .. school is supposed to fit in there somewhere but I am unsure what day I start at this point. Sometime towards the end.

So exciting!

Oh, I also have to fit in a butt load of knitting before my trip to Billings! I thought for awhile that I wasn't going so I stopped. Catch up time! I will post photos of what I come up with :)

xo