tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17202573538738205212024-03-13T22:47:04.655-07:00Happy Cup DayEmily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-3050374408896479452011-09-09T04:10:00.000-07:002011-09-10T13:15:42.853-07:00I can't let go of the past.<span class="Apple-style-span"><b><i>Every exit is an entry somewhere.</i></b></span><div><br /></div><div>Well look who it is! Fancy Emily Jane turning up at this hour, after months of Not Having Said Anything At All (well, on Happy Cup Day anyway...in reality I've been talking the hind legs off of several unsuspecting donkeys).</div><div><br /></div><div>Tis true, tis me. But in all honestly, I'm only <i>here</i> to say that I'm not really <i>here</i>, I'm actually going to be <a href="http://lovefromlife.blogspot.com/">here</a>. My new outlet of nonsense is <a href="http://lovefromlife.blogspot.com/">Love From Life</a>, with much less "Lolita", and questionable fashion advice than HCD, and much more venturing into the many life lessons that one learns by repeatedly making stupid mistakes.</div><div><br /></div><div>Huzzah!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><i>Thanks for the memories my spoons.</i></b></span></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-77166075527225327072011-01-08T15:30:00.000-08:002011-01-08T15:46:49.378-08:00Man Points: The First Issue<big><i>Man points are not awarded by an individual. Rather, they are simply woven into the fabric of the universe</i></big><div><br /></div><div>Already, so early in my Man Points acquisition, I am a failure. Turns out I should have done some research before I threw myself into this noble quest. Once I'd published my last post, I belatedly asked Google about Man Points, and thus far Google has informed me that I have already lost points for the following things:</div><div><ul><li>Not having a hairy chest</li><li>Owning a cat</li><li>Lacking in the trouser department</li><li>Not being able to get the lid off something</li><li>Keeping track of Man Points</li></ul><div>Funnily enough, the last offence was the one that cropped up most frequently.</div></div><div>Damn.</div><div>I'll change my tack, and instead of counting my Man Points, I'll just acknowledge that some more have been accumulated and therefore I am slightly more masculine. That'll do.</div><div><br /></div><div>Luckily I also managed to redeem myself for not having made my own sandwich this morning, which apparently earns me some Man Points.</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><big><i>Thanks Mummy Emily Jane!</i></big></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-61990769650298699962011-01-08T13:27:00.000-08:002011-01-08T14:12:39.281-08:00Man Points<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; "><i>Beware of the man who denounces women writers; his penis is tiny and he cannot spell</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">It's been a week. I've spent the last week umming and ahhing over what to write. I've spent the last week not having a clue what I can write about. I've spent a week <i>not writing</i>. So here I am, a week later, and the best I could come up with is writing about how I have nothing to write about. Someone, please, sound the originality gong.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Now that I've decided to veer away from writing about fashion (as if I was the Fountain of All Knowledge), I've also managed to veer away from having anything to write about at all. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">In all fairness, it hasn't been a particularly exciting week. College returned to my schedule, I returned to work and my car returned to functionality. Poor excuses, I know.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">When I mentioned restarting HCD at some point on facebook, a friend of mine from college suggested (jokingly, I believe) that I include some Man Point suggestion opportunities. Man Points, for those of you who are unaware, are Points one obtains from doing Man things. These things do not include fixing a fuse or bleeding a radiator. I will refer to the ever knowledgeable Urban Dictionary for a true definition. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; "><table id="entries" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; width: 475px; margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "><td class="index" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; color: black; padding-right: 10px; width: 20px; "><a href="http://man-points.urbanup.com/1674633" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; ">1.</a></td><td class="word" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: black; ">man points</td><td class="tools" id="tools_1674633" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; line-height: 20px; "><span class="status"><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=man%20points#" style="color: black; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><b>114</b> up</a>, <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=man%20points#" style="color: black; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><b>9</b> down</a></span><span class="thumbs"><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=man%20points#" id="thumbs_down_1674633" class="thumbs_down" style="color: rgb(14, 66, 108); display: block; height: 19px; width: 19px; float: right; margin-left: 4px; background-image: url(data:image/gif;charset=utf-8;base64,R0lGODlhEwATAPQVAP/fqqp/AKp/VaqfVaqfqqq/qtR/ANSfANSfVdSfqtS/VdS/qtTfqtTf//+fAP+fVf+/Vf+/qv/fVaCgpMDcwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAUAABUALAAAAAATABMAQAWVYCVWjWIizKiOFBJAMKxIsQIjY0MgiLL+osZAACHSIDQJoKYSBh4OhACxAIpaD0hAIolIGD1GarQgEmNI2BI2YBEEggA8hhgUKI3mBPE4IChWgYIrCzwQERAKPGM/CS4wXkpKEIUKVRUtLxAISACSaYkiBZqaR6AyIgsEQ2hoPHWXV45nmwMTgQsGfLCDLa+xvXeDIiEAOw==); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "></a><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=man%20points#" id="thumbs_up_1674633" class="thumbs_up" style="color: rgb(14, 66, 108); display: block; height: 19px; width: 19px; float: right; margin-left: 4px; background-image: url(data:image/gif;charset=utf-8;base64,R0lGODlhEwATAPQTAP/fqqp/AKp/VaqfVaqfqqq/qtR/ANR/VdSfVdSfqtS/VdS/qtTfqtTf//+fVf+/Vf/fVaCgpMDcwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAUAABMALAAAAAATABMAQAWT4CSO5LggDCkhT9tC7wMBkLOUUyMVBDEIAQFCgsOdZADFbVRAKByuqEzwEKSKpMVAAUBgJwMWLBxALEVNqMK1bgEeAUhAJElEfILDo12tJr6AgSYDD16CDAQuZ0VaYgsPA0YKCJQubzOQZ01SMS0CMwIiBCycLZNThloOQXucMHMiOhISCxE/BlQtZYE6BAULRCQhADs=); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "></a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "><td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "></td><td class="text" colspan="2" id="entry_1674633" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; padding-right: 15px; line-height: 1.8; padding-bottom: 10px; "><div class="zazzle_links" style="color: rgb(237, 101, 35); "><br /></div><div class="definition">Points that one receives upon the completion of a distinctly manly task. More often than not, intelligent points and man points are inversely proportional.<br /><br />Points received for doing stereotypical macho actions like starting a fight with a professional boxer, taunting someone to throw a dart at your face, lighting a fart on fire, or holding a scorching object in your hand for an extended period of time</div><div class="example" style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; ">-Dude, I totally just walked barefoot over jagged rocks.<br />-Wow, you really earned some major man points.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">I took this suggestion seriously, and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> it is my personal quest to earn more of these Man Points. So far I'm on 20,000 points, all of which I earned for accidentally vomiting in plenty of holy water during a trip to India. I'm going to be taking suggestions for activities that could potentially earn me some Man Points. Suggestions can be made in person, or can be emailed to happycupday@gmail.com, at which point they will be considered by a panel of independent adjudicators in the naughty corner of my history class. Once suggestions have been deemed worthy and given a point scoring, I will then endeavour to collect these Man Points, and document my efforts on Happy Cup Day.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TSjhNGIzsBI/AAAAAAAAAks/y0_8P19xMZo/s400/beardy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559941355090980882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><big><i>Let the Man Points acquisition begin!</i></big></span></div></span></span></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-80626282627439819602011-01-01T16:01:00.000-08:002011-01-02T04:25:16.085-08:00Emily Jane swallows her pride and on with it gets<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><i>The individual choice of garnishment of a burger can be an important point to the consumer in this day when individualism is an increasingly important thing to people </i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">During the months that I spent in Quebec, I truly found out who I am. When you start afresh some place new, you can wipe the slate clean and be exactly who you want to be. I made myself into an eccentric, bubbly poser. And I loved it. When I got home, I took some of it with me, and left other bits behind. Responsibility calls. Employment, education, politics. The months passed and I left something behind that had shaped who I had become.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">So when the yearning to restart Happy Cup Day became stronger, I batted the feeling away.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">There's a nagging voice in my head that squeals 'Reviving it now will only highlight to everyone that you ever stopped it in the first place!'</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">It's true. I've let HCD slip through my fingers before, and this isn't the first time that I've promised to get back on the wagon.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">However, on a whim (which is how I make most decisions), I have decided that 2011 is a year to face the music. A year to stop procrastinating, swallow my pride, and hurry up and do the things that I want to do. I have already finalised my university choices. Next stop, Happy Cup Day.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">This resolution (along with a promise to speak French more) doesn't change the fact that I'm a busy lady these days. I'm on an intensive college course, and I work at my local shopping centre. I also get involved with local politics every now and then, and soon I'll be starting rehearsals for a play. Throw in a family, a 3-in-1 best friend, a boyfriend, and some form of occasional social life, it doesn't really sound like I've got the time to be writing here like I used to.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Happy Cup Day was originally a time filler; now the dynamic has changed. So what will HCD be now? I've got no clue. All I know is that I've missed ranting wildly to my audience of spoons. At the moment, that's all that matters.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TR_MvtJUZ2I/AAAAAAAAAi8/q_o2ITp-hQA/s400/hcd%2B2010%2Bhcd%2B2011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557385585143080802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Start of HCD 2010<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Start of HCD 2011</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><i>2011...official year of On With It Get</i></span></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-81246183754563408762010-08-02T01:10:00.000-07:002010-08-02T06:40:26.697-07:00For Our Information<div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Always gotta keep busy or the voices start telling me to do wild things</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's been almost two months since I've written a post here. My past few days have been spent considering how on earth I can get Happy Cup Day running again after all this time. The weeks before that, however, were spent running around like a headless chicken.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here are the major events that have sculpted the last eight weeks:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TFZ_xkzXfpI/AAAAAAAAAg8/AHgUl6qO2d4/s400/prommontage.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500724484549082770" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 314px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">PROM</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TFaCMYssWmI/AAAAAAAAAhM/TffxLliNaEE/s400/fauxfamily.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500727144179587682" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 187px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TFaCWhkwlNI/AAAAAAAAAhU/3rSHne6dikA/s400/theend.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500727318360921298" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 358px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">END OF STAY IN BAIE COMEAU</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">END OF YEAR IN QUEBEC</span></i></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TFaDZ4yhgFI/AAAAAAAAAhc/NpB2S3divJ8/s400/realfamily.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500728475643904082" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 353px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><i>START OF LIFE</i></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TFaEzQct_wI/AAAAAAAAAhs/c_m_TOXLVH4/s400/surprise.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500730011003256578" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 194px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><i>"SURPRISE" PARTY</i></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TFaFuCyTB_I/AAAAAAAAAh8/KQEZBWtvQiw/s400/holiday.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500731020947949554" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>HOLIDAY TO DEVON</i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><i><br /></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So this morning I scribbled down a post to let you know I'm still here. I've been getting such positive HCD feedback recently, and it only seemed right that I should let you know that I've not gone anywhere.</div><div><br /></div><div>On top of that, HCD is going to be overhauled (a bit). Since I started Happy Cup Day, my lifestyle dynamic has changed. So over the next month or so, the dynamic here at HCD will be changing too, and what I'd like most is feedback!</div><div><br /></div><div>Therefore, if there's anything you liked about HCD, or didn't like, or would like to see in the future, <u>please</u> let me know. You can reach me at happycupday@gmail.com and constructive (and even non-constructive) criticism is <s>occasionally</s> always gratefully received. </div><div><br /></div><div>Finally I'd just like to say a massive THANK YOU to all the anonymous Spoons (you know who you are) who, for some reason or other, couldn't work the google account and sign up publicly for Happy Cup Day. I'm so thrilled that you've been following anyway, and I apologise for seemingly neglecting you in the past.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>There you have it....Emily Jane is back.</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:16px;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TFaILWBXLsI/AAAAAAAAAiE/PA_JkJjrJYs/s400/shesback.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500733723350871746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px; " /></span></i></span></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-62084595265612545622010-06-12T08:26:00.000-07:002010-06-12T09:40:19.653-07:00Babelcute: Paintbox<div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?</span></i></div><br />You never realised primary school art class would come in handy? Search deep into the caverns of your memory and try to bring back your Colour Wheel knowledge. Because what better way is there to compliment the impending Summer than with a palette of bright colours?! (Also works to brighten up a cloudy sky...)<div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TBOs-1d_6vI/AAAAAAAAAf0/lo5fVnUycro/s200/colour_wheel.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481915366944795378" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 192px; " /></span><div>This look is firstly about simple, block colours - think primary, secondary and tertiary at a push. Secondly, look to chose colours from across the wheel. We know neighbours typically look good together, now go for a bit of contrast. Be warned - red and green will always be Christmas, so consider fuscia pinks instead. Thirdly, don't over do it. Two colours are sufficient (three maaaaax).</div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TBOwymiF21I/AAAAAAAAAgE/fQtKvOvWH1g/s400/colour+block+success.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481919554823510866" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 108px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><b>How I do it: </b>Nothing like a bit of sun, sea and sand.</div><div>Dress: 725 Walmart</div><div>Belt: Matalan</div><div>Headband: gift!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Bright idea:</b> Tie in your make-up with your outfit. Go for eyes or lips, and match away. Make sure the colour is identical - turquoise eyes and royal blue dresses don't cut the mustard. This is strictly for the brave at heart.</div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TBOyn5UGTYI/AAAAAAAAAgU/dlt16W1InwA/s400/ss08+bright.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481921569909788034" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 324px; " /></span><div></div><div><b>A better way of doing it:</b></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TBOz3_fRL7I/AAAAAAAAAgk/Ev8kRAFW0jY/s400/pop+colour+range.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481922945956786098" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 314px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">A look that works just as well from the runway as in real life...and about time too!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Wedding season anyone? We weren't even thinking about breaking the only-the-bride-wears</span></span>-white rule.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TBO0U-2QAtI/AAAAAAAAAgs/BMf9Q4_GXhU/s400/electric+colour.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481923444000948946" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 378px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">I love LOVE the rule obliterating red and pink combo shoes. If you're going to go for it, make sure it's obvious you know that your pinks and reds aren't the same colour, rather than looking like you've made some sort of classic error...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Black and feature colour?</b> That's where I start sulking because you've missed the point. Remember the paintboxes with little squares of bright colours? Remember what happened when you mixed black with another colour? It went all murky and mucky. Black doesn't belong here. If you're seriously craving, make black your accessory colour and go for a super bright as your base (beware of Halloween pairings...).</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><b>The proof</b>: I originally wrote this article by hand in the local cafe whilst wearing the blue and yellow outift featured above. A lady came in and sat at the table next to me.</div><div>¨You look like something out of a film.¨</div><div>¨Excuse me?¨</div><div>¨Taking tea, writing, all beautiful.¨</div><div>¨Haha, thank you.¨</div><div>¨Yes. I love what you are wearing. Very bright. Yes, beautiful, beautiful. You know who has the best style? How old are you?¨</div><div>¨I'm eighteen.¨</div><div>¨Exactly. The young women of today, that's who has the best style. If I was young, you're how I would look, how I would dress.¨</div><div><br /></div><div>Of course, if you want to go all out, there's only one way to do it...</div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TBO2nfnTIaI/AAAAAAAAAg0/_UxrUoNQQ3g/s320/over+the+top+colours.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481925961057509794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Bright colours = happy mood.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Don't argue with maths.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Or art.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Or me.</i></span></span></div></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-25850291942379269582010-05-29T06:13:00.000-07:002010-05-29T07:28:04.455-07:00Babelcute: Kimono<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TAEdA_9HkdI/AAAAAAAAAfs/vrUC2CofpWE/s1600/yukata.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Akinasu wa yome ni kuwasuna</i></span><div><br /></div><div>I am what is known as a Changed Lady. Since January I've been going through a development </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TAEazsp_Z6I/AAAAAAAAAfU/OrPBtMP3vjw/s320/nicole+richie+kimono.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476688097322166178" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></span><div>that started with Lolita, briefly near Hime Gyaru, through Dolly Kei, onto Mori, and then spread out into God Knows What. I love so many different fashions from Japan, but I'm also branching into more high fashion, and I'm becoming interested in Paris fashions right now...(but that's not the point).</div><div><br /></div><div>For those who are not particularly interested in fashion any further East than New York, any mention of 'Japanese fashion' often conjures up a mental image of a Geisha, which is not quite what we're about.</div><div>But maybe we should be taking the hint...</div><div><br /></div><div>Kimonos graced the pages of the W*C summer catalogue (thanks to Moments Like Diamonds for the information, check out the post <href a="http://chouzuru.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-shots-from-wc-summer-catalog.html">here), and have similarly been on the radar of high fashion...</href></div><div><href a="http://chouzuru.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-shots-from-wc-summer-catalog.html"><br /></href></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TAEXqn8dQpI/AAAAAAAAAes/haWmcswyM3g/s320/royal+kimono" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476684642903736978" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span><div><href a="http://chouzuru.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-shots-from-wc-summer-catalog.html"><br /></href></div><div><href a="http://chouzuru.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-shots-from-wc-summer-catalog.html"><br /></href></div><div><href a="http://chouzuru.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-shots-from-wc-summer-catalog.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>Alexander McQueen: </b>Royal Kimono from the fall 2010 collection</span></href></div><div><href a="http://chouzuru.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-shots-from-wc-summer-catalog.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></href></div><div><href a="http://chouzuru.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-shots-from-wc-summer-catalog.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></href></div><div><href a="http://chouzuru.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-shots-from-wc-summer-catalog.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></href></div><div><href a="http://chouzuru.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-shots-from-wc-summer-catalog.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></href></div><div><href a="http://chouzuru.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-shots-from-wc-summer-catalog.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></href></div><div><href a="http://chouzuru.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-shots-from-wc-summer-catalog.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></href></div><div><href a="http://chouzuru.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-shots-from-wc-summer-catalog.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></href></div><div><href a="http://chouzuru.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-shots-from-wc-summer-catalog.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></href></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TAEY_5kaFpI/AAAAAAAAAfE/HKjsylR8Op4/s320/geisha+shoes" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476686107923584658" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 288px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div>Again from McQueen, a new approach on the traditional Geisha shoe (ok, so it's not a Kimono, but they're freaking awesome)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TAEaEtzwBJI/AAAAAAAAAfM/ctO_fKBcfwA/s320/wafrica" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476687290177684626" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Wafrica:</b> Japan + Africa = Ultimate multiculturalism (yay!)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TAEb17nqUrI/AAAAAAAAAfc/nWFz1jFX1O4/s320/curly+collection+kimono.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476689235210293938" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 207px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><b>Curly Collection</b>: Pop art colours make for an adorable Kimono look</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><b>How to get your fix...</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TAEcolavVWI/AAAAAAAAAfk/voyqB-Eq5lE/s320/the+furies+kimono" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476690105423844706" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 252px; " /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><b>subtly: </b>The Furies - Black Cropped Kimono Shirt</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/TAEdA_9HkdI/AAAAAAAAAfs/vrUC2CofpWE/s320/yukata.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476690524864221650" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><b>unashamedly: </b>Bodyline - Yukata L053</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Want to know what the quote for this post means? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Don't let your daughter-in-law eat your autumn eggplants....</i></span></span></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-57152326080255293122010-05-21T10:13:00.000-07:002010-05-21T10:25:19.680-07:00Fashion Show<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Bravery never goes out of fashion.</i></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th of May saw the students of the Polyvalente des Baies, sec 5, parading around, doing ridiculous poses and generally having a hilarious night. Yes, we had a fashion show, and a jolly good one at that. I modeled for two shops, 33/45 and a local costumière.</div><div>Of course, all us models were upstaged by Québec's answer to the Backstreet Boys.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S_bA5_SaY1I/AAAAAAAAAeM/d66gynQGLoo/s400/zoom+jerome.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473774499589153618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">33/45 kit with HCD's ninja resident</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S_bBhY8gVyI/AAAAAAAAAeU/2IOsEYZwKeQ/s400/zoom+alex.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473775176491489058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Carmen Miranda meets Captain Hook from Lili LaBelle, with HCD's Alexe<br />(Kindly photobombed by Catherine)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S_bB0fenAfI/AAAAAAAAAec/URWMVrMixAQ/s400/backstreet+boys.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473775504662659570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 284px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Which Backstreet Boy is gay...?</i></span></span></span></span></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-23744520660930917852010-05-21T09:19:00.000-07:002010-05-23T09:23:23.965-07:00Babelcute: Nom Nom Nom Necklaces<div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar.</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i></i></span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S_azhj1ysrI/AAAAAAAAAdM/TLZQR1TOGyQ/s1600/candy+necklace.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S_azhj1ysrI/AAAAAAAAAdM/TLZQR1TOGyQ/s320/candy+necklace.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473759786253333170" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 223px; " /></a>Every seven year old girl throughout the nineties knew that the very height of practical fashion lay with the Candy Necklace. Both adorable and delicious (it goes with everything daaahling) no party dress was complete without one. However, the nineties passed us, as have the noughties, and with that elapse of time we’ve come to notice some flaws. For example, we now know that we cannot resist from have a nibble within the first ten minutes of donning the necklace. Of course, it looks odd when your accessories are half eaten, so you absolutely have to finish. So what are you left with? Mangled elastic jewelery, a train of sticky spit on your dress (dry clean only? Don't even think about it) and a rather serious sugar high. How bubble bursting.</div><div>Luckily, us grown up ladies (for that is what we are now) have been provided with another option.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Betsey Johnson:</b> You cannot go wrong here. Sweet or savory, necklace or bracelet, I assure you you'll find something to love. My personal favourites are the Swiss cheese necklace and picnic charm bracelet.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S_a19RBsTpI/AAAAAAAAAdU/NffJujQYfGM/s320/BJ+picnic" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473762461262565010" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S_a2iPk4T5I/AAAAAAAAAdc/bX30LNsQrRE/s320/BJ+cheese.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473763096528441234" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 278px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S_a3CKRo6WI/AAAAAAAAAdk/TOxn2hUrwrw/s320/aldo+fruit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473763644861376866" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 303px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Aldo:</b> A healthy option!</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S_a32Fc7ecI/AAAAAAAAAds/T77ZwiIsOl0/s320/forever21+fruit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473764536919751106" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Forever 21:</b> Strawberries, apples and pears...oh my!</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S_a5L4gNM1I/AAAAAAAAAd0/LGVHLV6mqAA/s320/fredflare+icecream.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473766010912584530" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 235px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Fredflare: </b>This adorable ring is <i>genuinely</i> finger lickin' good.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div>And finally from Fredflare, my absolute favourite of the bunch!</div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S_a5y0s8yNI/AAAAAAAAAeE/u1DIXBzY63M/s400/fredflare+pb%2Bj.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473766679907190994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 118px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Is it weird that my lunch choice for the day was inspired by earrings?...I think not.</i></span></div></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-61031936007832609322010-05-16T06:23:00.000-07:002010-05-16T06:28:31.718-07:00Thirteenth Fan!<div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing but hookers.</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>It's so good to see a new face on the block...well. Not quite a face. A shoe. And an entirely adorable shoe at that.</div><div>So a warm Happy Cup Day welcome to the fairly anonymous L-Ro!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S-_yuHnnhaI/AAAAAAAAAdE/bh4W2deM7YM/s400/lro.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471858946411562402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 165px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>If anyone (I'm mainly talking to L-Ro now..) can give me any more information, I'd be grateful (:</i></span></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-65508638285969261262010-05-16T05:05:00.000-07:002010-05-16T06:22:57.814-07:00Babelcute: Sick Chic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S-_xPX-vbwI/AAAAAAAAAc8/gNaTM8IvpnA/s1600/monroe.jpg"></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.</span></i><br /><div><br /></div><div>And you thought your cold had gone with the winter?</div><div>The sniffles are back with a vengeance. The constant flicking between wet-an'-windy Spring, and almost Summer sunny days means most of us have caught a cold (me included...sniff, cough, curl up and die). Of course, only the most fashionable of the elite can pull of this trend with panache.</div><div>So here's how to work Sick Chic.</div><div><br /></div><div>Please note: if you aren't fashion forward enough to have caught a cold, drinking too much tequila or eating questionable shellfish will also do the trick.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">How I do It:</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S-_qaW5MDvI/AAAAAAAAAcM/aK0PS9GJOk0/s400/je+suis+malade+ano.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471849810821385970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 388px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">A better way of doing it: </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S-_xPX-vbwI/AAAAAAAAAc8/gNaTM8IvpnA/s320/monroe.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471857318715944706" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Work your inner Marilyn, and look gorgeous without your make up.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S-_urAzOSNI/AAAAAAAAAck/F0oVD9oXDgU/s320/pyjamas.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471854494995073234" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 98px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Make like a catwalk queen and venture out in public in your fabulous pyjamas (Ashish AW10)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S-_vjndK_AI/AAAAAAAAAcs/A_STBbHwIVo/s1600/cat+nap.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S-_vjndK_AI/AAAAAAAAAcs/A_STBbHwIVo/s320/cat+nap.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471855467444239362" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 154px; " /></a><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div>Time for a cat nap! (Find it <a href="http://www.perpetualkid.com/cat-nap-sleep-mask.aspx">here</a>)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S-_wZJ3DhFI/AAAAAAAAAc0/BvFp-sJrt6A/s1600/tokidoki+pillow.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S-_wZJ3DhFI/AAAAAAAAAc0/BvFp-sJrt6A/s320/tokidoki+pillow.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471856387212674130" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>You need sleep! I don't think you'd need telling twice with these adorable Tokidoki pillow cases...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>If all else fails and you're still feeling miserable, deny all knowledge of attempting to be chic, assume the foetal position under the covers and hibernate until you feel better.</i></span></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-43065362812486995092010-05-06T22:28:00.000-07:002010-05-06T22:29:59.420-07:001000 ViewsYay :DEmily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-65459553421320275292010-05-06T21:38:00.000-07:002010-05-06T22:56:40.335-07:00Emily Jane, right now<span style="font-size:130%;"><em>We hope the "real" person behind the words will be revealed as ignominiously as a shapeless snail without its shapely shell.</em></span><br /><br />It is 12:39 AM.<br />I am in the basement, using the newly fixed computer. It has an overly massive screen for some reason. And blogspot doesn't work the same way, which means I spent half an hour after finishing my last post just trying to organise the photos, then I gave up.<br />I am catching up on HCD between looking at election results and feeling nervous.<br />My hair is freshly dyed, but I'm letting it air dry so I'm not sure what colour it is. More orange than red by the looks of things.<br />I am drinking caffeinated green tea with mint and resisting the temptation to go make strawberry jelly.<br />My brain is fuzzy from a seriously long day of end of year French writing exams, election results and jogging.<br />I spent many dollars today on lovely smelling products, including a moisturiser that makes me smell like a giant, walking, talking (blogging!) blob of marzipan.<br />The heating is off. My hands are cold.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>Only 130 seats left to go...</em></span>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-68993382622111142962010-05-06T20:32:00.000-07:002010-05-06T21:33:56.976-07:00New York "Coordinates"<span style="font-size:130%;"><em>Sometimes the more you think about an outfit, the worse it gets</em></span>
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<br />Coordinates goes in inverted commas because, frankly, I didn't put <em>thhaaat</em> much thought into what I was wearing...practicality rules! I didn't specifically take any photos of my outfits, so some of these are a bit dodgy (:
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<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S-OMhmSxnRI/AAAAAAAAAbc/hdnOsQmwJww/s1600/new+york+journey.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 112px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468368881400782098" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S-OMhmSxnRI/AAAAAAAAAbc/hdnOsQmwJww/s400/new+york+journey.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#6600cc;">So for the 16 hour journey I went for 'very comfortable yet bright'. I picked up the nickname of 'Miss Coloré' (Miss Colourful).</span>
<br />I Love NY: Times Square (2XXL, shoulders cut)
<br />Leggings: Topshop
<br />Jacket: Eclipse<img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 129px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468374325332875154" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S-OReehVF5I/AAAAAAAAAb0/QL_J4BJv0JA/s400/new+york+central+park.jpg" />
<br />Slippers (out of shot): Prossy
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<br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Change of clothes in a bathroom somewhere near the border...clearly my nickname stuck (:</span>
<br />Dress: Topshop
<br />Cardie: Primark with Beatrix Potter buttons
<br />Trainers: Babycham from Schuh
<br />Head bow: Gift (:
<br />Bag: Thrifted
<br />Bottle carrier: India
<br />Glasses: Specsavers
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<br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">So this may not be the best photo of my outfit, but Ginger Spice just got replaced, and this was one of the highlights of my LIFE.</span>
<br />Dress: Stitches
<br />Socks: Dollarama
<br />Shoes (out of shot): Batman Converse from Office
<br />Head band: Ardene
<br /></span>Union Jack Scarf (attached to bag, hiding behind Pret a Manger doggy bag): River Island
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<br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">My last day coordinate was something I bought in New York, which will be featured in an upcoming post :D</span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S-OUa208oxI/AAAAAAAAAcE/ZaTb5oTKYNw/s1600/new+york+return.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 154px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468377561673016082" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S-OUa208oxI/AAAAAAAAAcE/ZaTb5oTKYNw/s400/new+york+return.jpg" /></a>
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<br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">For coming home (another 16 hours on a bus) I went for 'I was just in New York, incase you didn't know...and I'm tired'.</span>
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<br />Hoodie: Steps, Pier 17, NY
<br />Nightie: Wal Mart
<br />PJ bottoms: Primark
<br />Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-48842905615367839712010-05-03T13:32:00.000-07:002010-05-05T19:39:19.764-07:00Birthday Highlights<span style="font-size:130%;"><em>I am a very lucky person.<br /></em></span><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>I am also a very grateful person.</em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div>Be warned; this is a bit long... </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S980gDIhByI/AAAAAAAAAbM/4HVkIWyHaoU/s1600/group.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467146197852555042" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S980gDIhByI/AAAAAAAAAbM/4HVkIWyHaoU/s200/group.JPG" /></a>My 18th birthday was excellent fun. I popped hydrogen balloons, ate pie and had Happy Birthday sung to me at least ten times...in English as well as French.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'd love to take the time here to write about each present I received, say my thanks yous, give my comments, but I'll save that for my thank you notes (they <em>are</em> coming, just give me time!). I don't ever really make a birthday list. I just drop hints as to things I'd like. So imagine my delight when my friends and family keep hold of these clues, sometimes for months, and then choose a gift according to this sliver of information. The time, effort and <em>soul</em> that goes into everything makes my presents absolutely priceless. From training shoes and sleep masks, through spending money and rainbow scarves, to interesting books and mouth painted cards, they're all appreciated, they're all kind, and they're all perfect.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S982_c7MdFI/AAAAAAAAAbU/Id3lHmLDOd0/s1600/gifts.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 261px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467148936375202898" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S982_c7MdFI/AAAAAAAAAbU/Id3lHmLDOd0/s320/gifts.JPG" /></a>I will, however, ­­'brush' over the Red Cross Birthday Box I received from my immediate family. I sat on my bed saturday afternoon with my presents laid out before me, labelled 1-18 (I didn't get the significance of that straight away - bravo Emily Jane). Each tag had a personal comment or clue. I was in aawwweee.</div><div></div><div>I will never be able to thank my family (including Zoe, of course) enough for these gifts. My mother being the catalyst behind the operation deserves a lot of praise. I'm sitting trying to find the words to express my gratitude, but minutes pass without my pen hitting paper; I am physically not able to give voice to how opening them made me feel. Delighted. Inspired. Emotional! The only feedback that I've given to my mum so far was over the phone, and she was in a rush.</div><div>'It was like a Happy Cup Day orgasm.'</div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>You see, mummy Emily Jane appears to have absorbed Happy Cup Day by some sort of freaky cyber osmosis. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>Does it help that she's the editor? No doubt.</em></span></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-61131299996548690182010-04-28T10:38:00.000-07:002010-05-07T01:37:51.824-07:00Broken Computer<span style="font-size:130%;"><em>Love is a medicine for the sickness of the world; a prescription often given, too rarely taken.</em></span><br /><br />Our home computer has been hit by a massively massive virus, and I am forebidden from touching, looking or even thinking about going within a 10 metre radius. We are anxiously awaiting the return of my host brother from university so that he can fix it. Luckily, this will be next week. Due to this, clearly I'm not going to be posting very much, not that I've been posting all that regularly anyway.<br /><br />Happy Cup Day the blog was started during a time in which I didn't always have a lot to do. It was an excellent outlet, and I thoroughly enjoyed writing regularly. Things started to pick up here, and some of my priorities had to take a back bench. Originally I just started going to bed at 3AM, but for those of you that have experienced 'Emily Jane When Tired', you'll know it's not pleasant. So HCD has been neglected of late, which makes me sad. However, it would be foolish to spend time writing in English, when I have the opportunity to socialise in French (that being The Idea of the trip).<br /><br />On that note, I can make no promises as to a full recovery of HCD as of May, but what I do promise is to <strong>try</strong>. I'm posting this now after having braved horrific winds and walked to the library, and I'm planning to do the same again over the weekend. I have some articles in mind including:<br /><ul><li>New York Haul</li><li>Babelcute: tourist</li><li>Birthday Highlights</li><li>Lazy Girl's Guide to a LoliShag (haircut!..what you do in your spare time in none of my business...)</li></ul><p>Yes, you did read 'Birthday Highlights' correctly. Tomorrow, I turn 18. Right now, I am on the very brink of womanhood.</p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>To be honest, I think I felt more like an adult when I was fourteen...</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465666045192777586" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S9nyT0yhL3I/AAAAAAAAAbE/NmSgvrM9zZE/s320/gaga.jpg" /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S9nyA-qcbKI/AAAAAAAAAa8/ZjiW3NEPRNQ/s1600/gaga.jpg"></a> </em></span></p>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-4288366433147628602010-04-25T16:55:00.000-07:002010-04-25T17:40:29.835-07:00Back from New York<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S9TgUj-R_hI/AAAAAAAAAas/zUSdd4j3qw0/s1600/this+is+your+new+york.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 55px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S9TgUj-R_hI/AAAAAAAAAas/zUSdd4j3qw0/s400/this+is+your+new+york.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464238891765726738" /></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I am so tired I think my eyes are going to fall out.</span></i><div><br /></div><div>More importantly, my trip to NY was<i> perfect.</i> I spent way too long on buses, I didn't have as many showers as I'd have liked to, and I ate like a pig. My photos are a mix-matched collection...sometimes blurry, oddly angled, pouty, posey....I love them.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was my second time in New York. First time round, it was hot. And smelly. I liked New York, but I couldn't exactly see what the major major fuss was about.</div><div>I must have had my eyes closed.</div><div><br /></div><div>This time round, I fell in love. The diversity, the noise, the personalities. It could be so easy to feel lonely in such a big city, but the feeling of community is so strong, and I felt right at home. Just taking a slow walk around Times Square I was thinking 'This is it, ma fille.'</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S9TgfFAQwCI/AAAAAAAAAa0/iGoWVvYPR8E/s400/new+york+is+mine.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464239072431095842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 293px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">New York; you're mine...</span></i></span></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-40339902871353923382010-04-21T14:20:00.000-07:002010-04-21T14:21:53.148-07:00Stupidly Short<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>I have minus amounts of time so this is short.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Goodbye!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In one hours time I shall be on my way to New York...17 hour bus drive, here I come.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">See you Sunday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>I'm nearly there New York...are you ready?</i></span></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-83817110757259432642010-04-20T17:13:00.000-07:002010-04-20T17:27:51.415-07:00Hair Cut<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S85F-j_dtvI/AAAAAAAAAak/WsvlgtvCvHo/s1600/better+hair.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair...</i></span><div><br /></div><div>As you may have noticed in the past couple of posts, my hair colour has changed...again. I used Fuxia - Vitality's Art Absolute Pure. You buy the colourant and the peroxide seperately and mix it up yourself. I ignored this, just bought the colourant, deposited it on my head and waited forty minutes. Where my hair has been previously coloured, it's taken rather nicely, but I am still left with a cm of Emily Jane au naturel.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then today I got a hair cut. The ends of my hair were deady dead dead, so I decided to be severe </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S85E-tE9R5I/AAAAAAAAAac/YJbA3QifhEY/s200/natural+hair.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462379242089957266" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 200px; " /></span><div>and have everything that wasn't perfect cut off. I returned from the hairdressers (half blow dry, then long walk in the wind) looking like this:</div><div>which is frankly, a less-than-inspiring hair cut. I got that 'oooooh God, what have I done' feeling in my belly.</div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S85F-j_dtvI/AAAAAAAAAak/WsvlgtvCvHo/s320/better+hair.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462380339162625778" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px; " /></span><div>However, I am not one to give up without a fight, so 15 minutes and some hair spray later, it looked like this:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>What is the moral of the story?</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Hair cuts don't have to be scary, and long live hair spray.</i></span></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-86088025083361134682010-04-20T16:52:00.000-07:002010-04-20T17:12:58.432-07:00Leaving Meal Outfit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S85BnXHTXFI/AAAAAAAAAaU/UedJQZ_AHmk/s1600/leaving+meal+face.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Vanity is my favourite sin.</i></span><div><br /></div><div>I have a collection of photos taken over the past week or so of various outfits...are a run down of some of my outfits something we're interested in? Leave a comment or get in touch at happycupday@gmail.com and let me know. Of course you could just pull me over in the street. Whatever tickles your pickle.</div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S85A7V6ev_I/AAAAAAAAAaM/bWmNhWvRzW8/s400/yumi+meal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462374786285879282" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><div>Dress: Yumi</div><div>Headband: Ardene</div><div>Tights: New Look</div><div>Shoes: Carvella</div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S85BnXHTXFI/AAAAAAAAAaU/UedJQZ_AHmk/s320/leaving+meal+face.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462375542522338386" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px; " /></span><div>And this is the make-up I teamed with it.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>"The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most."</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>I must be on the right track then...</i></span></span></span></div></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-85124670467883381922010-04-20T16:28:00.000-07:002010-04-20T16:51:19.811-07:00Tarot and goodbyes<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.</i></span></div><div><br /></div><div>I've never been a spiritual or superstitious person. When I was seven I broke a mirror, and the ensuing years leading up to my fourteenth birthday were certainly not marred by bad luck. I do have a soft spot for <i>fate</i> however, and the idea of serendipity. This is backed fiercely by my romanticism, rather than anything faith driven. Tarot, I find rather fascinating. Not that I believe necessarily that there is something bigger than us at work when we draw cards, but our reactions to the ensuing results are a fascinating way of realising what we actually want the cards to say. Therefore, we ourselves answer our original question. So when Bridget asked if I wanted her to pull my cards, naturally I jumped at the chance.</div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.9pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:3.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;tab-stops:36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" Segoe UI","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-CAfont-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:#545454;">Bridge says:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.9pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:17.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-9.0pt;line-height:normal; tab-stops:36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-bidi-Trebuchet MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-CAfont-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:purple;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>for "the best action to take" you got the knight of swords, who represents obstacles that must be overcome if progress is to take place</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.9pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:17.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-9.0pt;line-height:normal; tab-stops:36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-bidi-Trebuchet MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-CAfont-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:purple;">it also sometimes represents a man bursting into your life<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.9pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:17.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-9.0pt;line-height:normal; tab-stops:36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-bidi-Trebuchet MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-CAfont-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:purple;">watch out for that<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.9pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:17.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-9.0pt;line-height:normal; tab-stops:36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-bidi-Trebuchet MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-CAfont-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:purple;">lol<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.9pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:3.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;tab-stops:36.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" Segoe UI","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-CAfont-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:#545454;">Emily Jane says:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.9pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:17.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-9.0pt;line-height:normal; tab-stops:36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-CAfont-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">bursting is always appreciated<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0.9pt; margin-left: 17.6pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -9pt; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0.9pt; margin-left: 17.6pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -9pt; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;">* * * *</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0.9pt; margin-left: 17.6pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -9pt; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0.9pt; margin-left: 17.6pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -9pt; line-height: normal; ">Sunday night was the goodbye meal for another exchange student, who hails from Alberta. Alexandria has been excellent to have around for the past three months. We've engaged in everything from castle building and biscuits, through whale orientated political parties, to Calamari and piggy banks. Accompanied always (seriously, without fail) by talk of beautiful men. The only person to truly understand an exchange student is another one, so thank you, Alex, for letting me rant, and for yourself ranting in return.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0.9pt; margin-left: 17.6pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -9pt; line-height: normal; "><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0.9pt; margin-left: 17.6pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -9pt; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S8484yPjwUI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/Km7hNxtqpK4/s400/leaving+meal+alex.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462370344304361794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 196px; " /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;">There's no-one here but Alex</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S849Y6AFXpI/AAAAAAAAAaE/RGFJP3P6yHs/s400/alex+laughing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462370896142753426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 361px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">I hope you never forget what you have learnt here, and that one day, perhaps, you'll be able to smile without looking stoned.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>(I'm working on that too..)</i></span></span></div></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-10775692723859196922010-04-18T11:42:00.000-07:002010-04-18T11:59:59.748-07:00Twelfth Fan!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i> The best leaders inspire by example. When that's not an option, brute intimidation works pretty well, too.</i></span><div><br /></div><div>Goodness me, a happy day indeed.</div><div>Violet LeBeaux has become the latest follower of Happy Cup Day, and I am over the moon. I actually did a little victory dance in my swivel chair (the second victory dance of the day...how victorious I am feeling!). Her blog is inspiring, her attititude humbling, and her nails..well they're just freaking awesome. Truly the Queen of the Hime Gyarus.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So without much further ado, a warm Happy Cup Day welcome to Violet! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://violetlebeaux.com/"><img src="http://violetlebeaux.com/wp-content/gallery/outfits/look4.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast...</span></i></div><div></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-39245807124164073122010-04-16T21:50:00.000-07:002010-04-17T06:56:09.127-07:00Lazy Girl's Guide to Deco<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S8lJRMu_x-I/AAAAAAAAAZs/YtgpvdgtO_0/s1600/lazy+deco+whore.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;"><i>She may very well pass for forty-three in the dusk, with a light behind her</i></span></div><div><br /></div><div>You will need:</div><div><ul><li>Cheap hand-held mirror</li><li><i>Snacks</i></li><li>Large flat backed jewels</li><li><i>Short attention span</i></li><li>Craft glue</li><li><i>Pyjamas</i></li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S8lGhqF4EjI/AAAAAAAAAZE/yMYO9Yqp-js/s200/lazy+deco+bed.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460973567211999794" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 179px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step one:</span> Arrange self comfortably on bed with most of the above</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step two: </span>Realise you've forgotten something vital</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step three:</span> Haul ass out of bed and get it</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step four:</span> Apply glue to individual jewel and, starting in the middle, apply in a mildly haphazard manner.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step five: </span>Attempt to not use the same jewel twice in the same area</div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S8lGsxbKL6I/AAAAAAAAAZM/DVyXSWUPm74/s200/lazy+deco+snack.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460973758158876578" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 191px; " /></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step six:</span> Perfect art of eating whilst crafting, taking care not to glue down snacks, or snack on glue</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step seven</span>: Get bored half way through and take a nap</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step eight:</span> Wake up several hours later, confused</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step nine: </span>Realise that it's taking too long, and decide to bodge it</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S8lG3Qnr8ZI/AAAAAAAAAZU/AX-3kBphRdw/s200/lazy+deco+end.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460973938331611538" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 164px; " /></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step ten:</span> Apply glue willy-nilly to back of mirror and stick on whichever jewel comes to hand</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step eleven:</span> Get frustrated that only certain shapes are left, and that they're all the same colour</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step twelve:</span> Rush finish job</div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S8lJRMu_x-I/AAAAAAAAAZs/YtgpvdgtO_0/s320/lazy+deco+whore.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460976582988384226" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step thirteen:</span> Camera whore excessively with finished product</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step fourteen:</span> Vow never to attempt any sort of deco again</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step fifteen:</span> Hide epic failure behind a "witty" blog post</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step sixteen:</span> Go to <a href="http://violetlebeaux.com/">Violet LeBeaux's blog</a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step seventeen:</span> Look jealously at her deco skills</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step eighteen:</span> Forget step fourteen</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step nineteen:</span> Order cabochons and tiny diamontés from the internet</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Step twenty:</span> Embark on next deco adventure</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S8lHRmoBcdI/AAAAAAAAAZk/9JcS1ad2szs/s320/lazy+deco+hang.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460974390915199442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept...</i></span></span></div></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-21455894346002977782010-04-16T21:19:00.000-07:002010-05-07T01:39:27.384-07:00Cunning Plan: Project Pink<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S8k9Ce19_UI/AAAAAAAAAY8/FPQ-VfotcFA/s1600/pp+slippers.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>I believe I will dip my pink-and-white body in yon Roman tub. I feel a bit gritty after the affairs of the day.</i></span> <div><br /></div><div>Personally, I believed that one was either a pink person, or a red person, but never both. This was reflected by the sheer volume of red things I possessed: camera, shoes, hair, iPod, gloves, carpet, lips...just to name a few. But recently I've felt a real longing for more pink.</div><div><br /></div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 302px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 322px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460961257626667554" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S8k7VJUCCiI/AAAAAAAAAY0/5A583gTO83w/s400/pp+sini.jpg" /></span> <div>On that note, here is the plan in all its simplicity: </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cc33cc;">if pink is an option, pink is the answer.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>So far I've been taking baby steps...my pink highlighter has been getting a lot of action recently, along with the only pink item of clothing I own (yes, that is Blossom from the Powerpuff Girls).</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460963136011894082" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S8k9Ce19_UI/AAAAAAAAAY8/FPQ-VfotcFA/s320/pp+slippers.jpg" /></span> <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I've also purchased two pink lipsticks and a pair of pink slippers.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm heading off to New York next Wednesday with the school (you cannot appreciate how excited I am), and man, oh man, I am going to have a pink field day.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Weeeeee'lllll drink a drink a drink to lily the pink the pink the pink...</i></span></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720257353873820521.post-3814796500082862152010-04-11T19:59:00.000-07:002010-04-11T20:03:29.620-07:00Sneaky Peeklet<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>If I stand here, I can see the Little Red Haired girl when she comes out of her house...of course, if she sees me peeking around this tree, she'll think I'm the dumbest person in the world...</i></span></div><div><br /></div><div>A teeny peek at my prom dress...I couldn't resist (:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bQoNGxBKIHs/S8KNYPy3FCI/AAAAAAAAAYs/aEbugrKfY1E/s320/dress3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459081146022695970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 320px; " /></span></div>Emily Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00688177760156107525noreply@blogger.com