Words of Wisdom for Your Wednesday
So maybe this isn’t so wise . . . but it’s fitting.
Tune In Tuesday: ElectroPop Ladies Playlist
Good morning and welcome to your post-Memorial Day Tuesday!
I can’t ever decide if these Tuesdays-after-a-long-weekend feel like Mondays or if they don’t.
Let’s go with that they don’t.
On this last Random Playlist Tune-in-Tuesday, I decided to give the ladies some love, and gave you a glimpse at my ElectroPop Ladies playlist from Spotify.Hopefully it is both energizing and female-empowering.
1. Don’t You Want to Share The Guilt?—Kate Nash
2. Addicted to Love (Cover)—Florence + the Machine
3. Whirring—The Joy Formidable
4. They—Jem
5. Men in Love—Gossip
Tune in Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Ginger at GReads!
Clothes for Sale!
Hey there.
In an effort to simplify my closet and get rid of all that extra STUFF that all of a sudden you find yourself with and you think “Geez, when did all this STUFF get here?” I have been going through my clothes and books and just, STUFF, and am trying to get rid of all the things I don’t actively need/love.
And while I am donating most stuff to charity organizations, there are a couple pieces of clothing that I’m going to selfishly try to sell. (Hey, I work in publishing. I’ll take money where I can get it.)
Here are the items I’m selling:
Rock & Republic Jeans, Size 26 (30″ inseam)
7 for All Mankind Jeans, Size 27 (31″ inseam)
Olive Green Suede Crop Jacket with Puffy Sleeves, Size XS
This jacket was bought from ModCloth, but is too wide for my shoulders. It’s never been worn outside of my room and still has all original tags and extra buttons.
Purple, Sequined Flapper-Style Dress, Size S
This super-fun dress has been hanging in my closet for awhile, and sadly, I’ve realized that I have absolutely nowhere to wear it. (I know, I know. I could wear it ANYTIME, right? Because it’s great and great dresses get to be worn WHENEVER. Except I don’t have that sort of self-confidence. Boo hiss.) It’s gorgeous and adorable and maybe you should buy it.
Alright, so those are the clothes! If you’re interested in any of them, please check out the eBay links and help a girl simplify her life/make some extra monies. 😉
What’s Making Me Happy {13}
Y’all, this is not a week that I would categorize as BEST WEEK EVER, OMG.
It’s just not.
I’m having weird narcoleptic sleeping issues (not in that I fall asleep all the time, but at night, the second I feel tired I fall asleep and when I wake up the next morning I don’t remember falling asleep. Often it’s with the TV and light on and I typically have tons of tweets/texts/calls on my phone. That I slept through. This can’t be normal and it’s freaking me out.), and I owe my grandparents an embarrassing amount of money and I just realized I owe it, and work is a little bonkers, and I have no idea when I’m gong to get back to Arkansas to see my family, and I’m not gonna be able to go see Boyfriend in Singapore until NEXT JANUARY (That part is ok. That trip is gonna kick ass.), and . . . yeah. Crazy week.
But! Thinking back on this week, there seem to be a lot of things that did, in fact, make me happy. Maybe not overjoyed and bouncing like Tigger happy, but happy nonetheless. Particularly #6.
So check out the things making me happy this week!
1. Battlestar Galactica
Ok, so I realize that this is nerd sacriledge, but it has taken me TWO YEARS to get through BSG Season 1.
There are many things wrong with me.
I always really like the idea of BSG and I would watch an episode or two and would be BORED OUT OF MY MIND. But then last week I buckled down and was like, “Self. There are very attractive men on this show, and anytime someone talks about it you think it sounds great, SO WATCH IT.” And I watched the last four episodes of season one and OMG YES.
2. Oh, Shakespeare.
I am a petite lady. I like this.
3. SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE
I don’t love reality shows. But I love this one. And don’t even get me started on how ridiculously upset I am that it’s on at the same time as Breaking Pointe. Praise baby Jesus that DVR is a thing and that I can afford it. (God, as I wrote that I immediately thought about how spoiled and American I am. And now I want to donate money to something that will do actual good and not “good” that makes people feel better. Feel free to suggest in comments.)
4. Thor 2
So, I am about six months behind on this information, but I just found out that Alan Taylor, who directs Game of Thrones, will direct Thor 2. This bodes VERY well for me.
5. Baz Lurhmann’s The Great Gatsby Trailer
So, ok. I like The Great Gatsby. I cherish it as an American classic. Fitzgerald = good at the writing. But I’m not obsessed with it the way that most people apparently are.
However.
I LOVE Baz Luhrmann. I like his style. I like what he does on film with color saturation and jarring musical juxtapositions and camera angles. I dig him. And the trailer for his version of The Great Gatsby basically looks like Romeo + Juliet smashed together with Moulin Rouge and I am EXCITED. Also, I adore Carrie Mulligan and LOVE the idea of using Kanye’s “Watch the Throne” (That song is SO Jay Gatsby. BTW, not sold on Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby. It had to be said.) and the Jack White cover of U2’s “Love is Blindness.” So yay.
6. Kimbra’s “Good Intentions”
If this doesn’t make you happy, we’re not friends.
7. The UK Throne of Glass cover
PERFECTION.
Happy Sunday everyone!
Help Me Choose New Glasses!
It is that time of life again.
The time where you realize your current glasses are outdated and stupid and that it’s high time for new ones.
Admittedly, it’s sort of a vain time. But so it goes.
So, in my search for new glasses, I found out about the website Warby Parker, which a) has $100 glasses, b) gives a pair away for each pair you purchase (like Toms!), and c) lets you try on five pairs at home for free monies.
So I found five pairs I liked, ordered them, immediately hated two pairs and now have three pairs left. Boyfriend, Mother, and Sister all have differing opinions on which they like most on my face. I like all of them. So now, internets, I am asking for your opinion.
I know you like it when I ask for you opinion.
So! Check out the photos of me wearing each pair below (1. my ears are very crooked so that’s why all the glasses are crooked, 2. I’m an idiot and couldn’t figure out how to make the glare go away. Hopefully you won’t judge me too harshly for that.) and then vote for your favorite!
Vote away my pretties! *muah*
Bethany Larson 