Keep Vloggin On

Hey Gang!
I had such a good time recording my first video last week that I decided to do it again! Please check out my thoughts on current Television in the video below!
Xoxo

Lulu Playlist

What’s Up, What’s Up, Listeners!
Today’s playlist is dedicated to a wonderful friend of mine, whose nick name from me is Lulu (Long Story). A lovely girl with a lovely spirit, she is always encouraging and kind, and someone I genuinely look forward to seeing. She also has a killer singing voice and I think of her often when I discover cool new chanteuses. Not all of the artists on today’s list are women, but a big chunk of them are, and this is my mix for her to inspire and encourage. Lulu you’re gonna win that blue ribbon!
Hope you all enjoy this mix to listen to and let it inspire you to send some love to the lovely friends in your world!
Xoxoxo

1. Lenka “Trouble Is A Friend”

2. Priscilla Ahn “Dream”

3. Wakey! Wakey! “Brooklyn”

4. Ra Ra Riot “Dance With Me”

5. Local Natives “Heavy Feet”

6. The Bird and The Bee “I Can’t Go For That”

7. Darwin Deez “Radar Detector”

8. MS MR “Bones”

9. Noisettes “Never Forget You”

10. The Tings Tings “Great DJ”

11. Crystal Fighters “At Home”






12. Steel Train “Bullet”

13. Passenger “Shape Of Love (feat. Boy & Bear)

14. Blind Benny “Take The Hit”

15. She & Him “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want” (*Smiths Cover)

Just like every playlist, you can listen to the whole playlist (For FREE) on Spotify!!! Check it out!

Lulu Playlist

Enjoy these tunes and have a wonderful week!

Xoxo

Heart List 2 ~ 17 ~ 2013

Between Two Ferns Oscar Edition Parts ONE and TWO,  Bloody Mary’s, Pickwick and Weller T-Shirts (Boys! Girls! Seriously Check them Out!), Oberhofer, Waffles, Reddit, Twistband Hair Ties

 

Elizabeth Banks and her Website, Garage Wine Co., Onze Clothing and Accessories, This Cake Slice postcard DIY tutorial, Key Lime Pie Yogurt, St. Lucia (The Band, not the Island. Although that’s cool too)

 

The 5 Languages of Love Site, Baby Roses, Invisible Crown on Etsy, Django Unchained (which I finally saw and LOVED), MAKERS (videos by and for amazing women), Double Take Amber Ale

And this Song and Video by the band MS Mr: Fantasy:

Pink Empowerment

Do you ever do something that just completely rejuvenates your sense of self?

A decision that somehow, for whatever reason, makes you really feel confident that you’re on the path towards who you want to be?

Something that’s utterly gratifying, even though it can be simple as finding out what your favorite drink is, or buying the perfect pair of boots?

For me, that moment was dying part of my hair pink.

Having wanted to do this forever, and finally taking the plunge, this seemingly small act has jumpstarted my confidence & motivation, and given me a clear line of what direction I want to be headed in. 

I want to play Morrissey on the ukulele, and write a screenplay, and day drink.
… And not be as pretentious as that just sounded…
I want to visit flea markets instead of museums when I’m on vacation, and eat breakfast for dinner and to say fuck off to criticism.
I dunno. I’m rambling.
This whole thing just has me feeling pretty empowered.

I’m ready to let my freak flag fly.

I don’t want to second-guess my instagrams about whether they’re cool enough.

I did enough second guessing in middle school, & all it did was make me miserable enough to drown my sorrows in cafeteria pizza… No. Bueno.

I’m done with it.
I need to accept that some people may like me & some may not, that’s what makes the world go round. I’m a weirdo, hear me roar. 

I think we all need a little pink empowerment in our lives.
Do exactly what makes you happy (unless its heroin. or zip lining. Not worth it.)
Follow your inner compass. Spend 150$ on a massage from a shaman, get that tattoo, wear shorts in public. 

I feel like in life, and specifically in our twenties, it’s hard not to second guess & scrutinize every decision we make. Maybe it’s not just in our twenties, but since I’m not older than that I couldn’t say for sure.

Although, I do think our generation in particular finds itself crippled with options, & we need to focus on turning that into a positive instead of like a terrifying fate.

Things are not as permanent as they seem, and very few decisions can’t be undone.
We just need to take the plunge.
Dye the hair pink.

VLOG TIME!

What’s happenin, readers? Or should I say – VIEWERS?!
That’s right, It’s happening – I made a VLOG! As in – Video.Blog! Wha the Whaaaaa???!!!
Starting now I am going to be creating weekly videos! 
Check it ouuuuutttt! Xoxoxo

Candy Hearts Playlist

Hey Lovers – 
Today’s playlist is for Valentine’s Day! Put these jams on, pour some champagne for you and your sweetheart (or yourself) and get in the mood! This is a collection of some of my favorite love songs, new and old, classic to indie. It’s long enough to share a meal over, or just snuggle up to. I hope you like em!

1. Ben E. King “Amor”

2. The Smiths “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out”

3. Frank Sinatra “I’ve Got A Crush On You”

4. Frankie Valli “Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby”

5. Lykke Li “Little Bit”

6. Etta James “At Last”

7. Lou Reed “Satellite Of Love”

8. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros “Home”

9. Edith Piaf “La Vie En Rose”

10. The Foundations “Now That I’ve Found You”

11. Regina Spektor “Us”

12. Best Coast “Crazy For You”

13. The Cure “Just Like Heaven”

14. Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong “Cheek To Cheek”

15. The Postal Service “Such Great Heights”

16. The Partridge Family “I Think I Love You”

17. Islands “Don’t I Love You”

18. Buddy Holly “Heartbeat”

19. Adele “Make You Feel My Love”

20. Andy Williams “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”

21. Bruno Mars “Just The Way You Are”

22. Etta James “I Just Want To Make Love To You”

23. The Association “Cherish”

24. The Drifters “Save The Last Dance For Me”

25. Tom Jones “Help Yourself”

26. Ray Charles “Roll With Me Baby”

27. Feist “Inside And Out”

28. Nat King Cole “You Made Me Love You”

29. Mumford & Sons “Winter Winds”

30. Barry White “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything”

31. Bing Crosby “As Time Goes By”

32. Niki & The Dove “Tomorrow”

Listen to the whole playlist on Spotify!

Candy Hearts

Check it out and have a lovely week!

Xoxoxo

Heart List 2 ~ 10 ~ 2013

Giphy (Search for all the GIFs!!), Crowned Bird, This Interview with New Girl creator Elizabeth Meriwether (“Funny women are honest women” Yes.), Sound Cloud, Pale Pink Hair

McDonald’s Hash Browns (mmmmm), Top Shop, Podcasts, Lace Affair, Banana Republic’s Mad Men Collection! (I know, right?!? Feb 27th!), Bourbon, Valentines Everything!!!!

Ruche Clothing, The Django Unchained Soundtrack, La Belle Rebelle Swimwear, Movie Quote & Fun Embroidery Hoops from Dearmoonbeams on Etsy, Shabby Apple, Carmex

O-M-Effing-G, My Friend Might Win an Oscar!

I am incredibly lucky to have a ton of incredibly amazing friends.
They are off all over the world conquering their fields in every realm you can imagine.
I’m a lucky gal.
One of these said amazing folk is my dear friend, animation director Timothy Reckart.
His short film, Head Over Heels, has been nominated for an Academy Award this year for Best Animated Short.
I KNOW, RIGHT?!?! SOOO EFFING COOOLLLL!
It’s amazing and inspiring, and just totally awesome.
After months of keeping it under wraps, Tim has finally released the short online and it is ssooooooo awesome! 
He’s allowed me to share it with you all, so please watch and enjoy!

Dear Teenagers:

Dear Teenagers ~
To begin, just let me tell you that I understand. I get it. Being your age blows. 
Aside from all that weird stuff happening to your bodies (my skin is rebelling!), and the wretchedness that is navigating the social scene (DO NOT worry if you don’t get asked to the dance. Trust me.), there is soo much going on in your heads. Things are confusing and every day is a new wave of insanity.

However, despite the daily visits to crazy town and being forced to deal with adults who just don’t get it, we need to have a serious discussion, you and I. 
A couple of things must be addressed.

First Off – You can stop acting like nothing is cool, or that it’s lame to get excited about something. It’s not. It’s actually awesome to be an enthusiastic person and there aren’t enough of us, so snap out of it. Thinking that nothing is cool doesn’t make you cool.

Secondly – Please, I pray you, start dressing a little more appropriately. I know that you’re young and leggy and you have metabolisms faster than the Millennium Falcon, but leave something to the imagination. Being ladylike is, in fact, cool. And the guys who don’t think so aren’t worth your time. 
And to you boys out there – More Deodorant, Less Axe Body spray. I know the ads literally tell you that if you spray it all over your body women will have sex with you, but they should be sued for false advertising because it is the exact opposite. 

And Third – Put. The Cell Phones. Down. 
I know they’re amazing. They’re effing incredible! I have a technology addiction myself! But when you are speaking to a REAL PERSON who’s RIGHT in FRONT of YOU, it’s sooo rude! It’s also rude at restaurants, the movie theatre, the real theatre (can’t even believe I need to point that one out), and in most social settings.
Instagram doesn’t get updated that much that you can’t even sit at the dinner table for an hour without checking it. Trust me. 
These are very formative years for your social skills, and when you’re in your mid-twenties and are ignoring people around you so you can be on your phone, it’s gonna be even more annoying.

You guys, I’m telling you this for your own good. It will help you throughout your lives, I swear! Just be yourselves, adhere to proper hygiene and modesty, and make sure your screens don’t take over your lives. I’m fully aware that I sound like a crotchety prude, and maybe I am, but I just needed to put this out there for you. 

I wish you the best of luck forging onward in the peaks and valleys that are adolescence. 

Oh, and don’t be too upset about Gossip Girl being over. Sex and the City ended when I was 18 and I made it through ok. 

This Week I Discovered Hot Sauce, Held a Pants Funeral, and Had Multiple Laughgasms…

It was a big week.

I’ll start with the Hot Sauce.

I don’t know about other parts of the country, but where I live, people put Hot Sauce on everything. I have spent YEARS of my life scoffing at the weirdos and the odd-taste-budded for piling on the Tabasco. It just seemed unnatural. 
Then finally, this week, I took the plunge, and dolled up my cheese pizza with some Chalula.

Game. Effing. Changed. 

The problem now is that I want to eat pizza even more. And that’s saying a lot considering pizza takes up a good 40% of my daily thoughts.
Yes I’m serious.
Ok, maybe it’s like 20% pizza and 20% about the beer I want to drink with said pizza, but we’ll just round it. 

Thanks a lot, Hot Sauce.
No… Seriously… Thank you. 
I love you.

Now we move on to the Pants Funeral.

Have you ever had a perfect pair of pants?
I’m not talking about the kind that you really really like and wear a lot or the kind that you wear every single day.
I’m talking about the kind of pants that are so perfect you smile just thinking about them. The kind of pants that get you through the good times and the bad. (Also known as the skinny days and the fat.)
The kind of pants that when they finally rip in that unsightly place between your thigh and your butt – that place that no patch can fix – that place where all pants inevitably do rip – you literally WEEP?!
That kind?!
Well I have. And they just died.

I went through all the five stages of grief:

Denial: They’re fine! No one will even see that part of my body where they’re ripped!
Anger: WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN!?!?! It’s just not FAIIIRRRRR!
Bargaining: Ok, if I can just find a way to patch these up, all will be well.
Depression: What’s the point of even getting dressed? No outfit is worth it without my black stovepipes.
Acceptance: Literally half of my butt is now showing –  I can’t fight it anymore.

The term funeral may have been a bit excessive.
All I did was make a slideshow of all the good times we had together set to a certain 90’s Sarah McLachlan song…

I’m totally fucking with you.
…
It was to “Endless Love”

It’s only one of three inannimate objects I’ve truly mourned – the earlier two being a pair of pink tweety bird high tops in third grade and my hunk-o-junk amazing first car.
Man, I miss those guys.

Fortunately I didn’t spend too much time mourning my jeans, because A) I discovered American Apparal’s Easy Jeans (A.Mazing) and B) had a really hilarious week –  which leads us to the laughgasm…

This last week between rolling on the floor at work with one of my best friends laughing so hard it hurt, as well as visiting my bestie and the 3 bottles of champagne we consumed, I have decided to officially coin the term Laughgasm.


Ya know when you laugh so hard and so long that your body just feels SO GOOD after? 
It’s like a super cathartic experience that leaves you with a total high? When you can barely breathe after and your stomach hurts but it doesn’t matter because you basically just OD’d on endorphins, and everything feels amazing, even though you were having such a good time you literally knocked a couch over, and it didn’t even matter because that made you laugh even harder?
THAT’s a laughgasm.

You read it here first:

Laugh·gasm 

[laf-gaz-uhm]

noun

1.

the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of hilarious excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the humor gland and usually accompanied by shortness of breath and continued giggling.

2.

an instance of experiencing this.

3.

intense or unrestrained laughter for a prolonged period of time.

4.

an instance or occurrence of such excitement.

None of these events particularly tie together, but somehow create a real through-line of my week. 
It’s been a good time.