July So Far...

I can't believe it's already July 11. It's been a tad rough around here. V has had bouts of ear infections on and off since December. She had a doc appt yesterday, and spiked a fever of 101. She's on a 3rd (and final-- there are no other) type of antibiotic, and we have an appt with the ENT specialist on Monday. Poor baby-- she seems like she feels ok, but she's been SUUUUUPER clingy. And she's always been a great sleeper, but she woke up at 4am this morning and cried on and off until we got her up at 6:15. Suuuuuuuucks.

I am making an escape tonight to an all-girl's party, however. Eat my dust, Ryan. My friend, Jen, is having a New England clambake tonight. I made some wine glass "charms" with a nautical theme and inspired by Twig & Thistle's downloadable 4th tags.


We've also been eating our weight in...

Oh, something fun though...I got in under the wire as part of Denise's Twilight swap. Fun stuff! I'm kinda freaking though because we have to have our packages out by July 24, and I was thinking I'd have more time. Oh well. Will work out. I have a bid in on something from eBay, and if I get it, I'll be excited.

Hope everyone else is enjoying their weekend! It's mugglicious here in MI. Yikes.

Zombie Heaven

Isn’t this kind of an oxymoron? Like since they are undead, aren’t they pretty much in purgatory? But maybe they would go to heaven if they incurred a blow to the head and officially died without the taste of human brains or flesh passing their lips. I think I just blew my own mind.

So even more than VAMPIRES, I know I have declared my love of zombies. Ryan bought me House of the Dead for Wii for my birthday (what a romantic). Not sure it can measure up to Dead Rising which I finished about 2 months ago and LOVED. Cuz there’s just nothing that can measure up to being able to impale a zombie on a spinning excavator while killing other zombies with his spinning body. I just added my profile to Filming in Detroit as a potential (unpaid of course) extra and was sure to note that any work as a zombie would be preferential. Ha!

More zombie goodness:

+Zombieland opens October 9! I think it looks hilarious—especially the part where the zombie bride tackles the groom. That Emma Stone is such a cutie too.




+World War Z opens sometime next year and will be directed by Marc Forster who also directed Stranger Than Fiction, one of my all-time faves! My bro and SIL gave me the World War Z book + the companion Zombie Survival Guide (which is great!) for my b-day LAST year. I need to get crackin’ on it!

+This may be more vampirey, but I still find this shirt very hilarious. I added it to my birthday wishlist, but my mom told me it was gross and too weird to wear to Jazzercise, and she wasn’t buying it. Am I freaking you out yet?


+I am a regular shopper at Tinaseamonster's Etsy shop. There are no words to describe Tina's genius. Two of my favorite things colliding-- just like peanut butter and chocolate in a Reese's cup:


+Last, but certainly not least, is Len’s Zombie Alphabet that I found via Junior Society. Sweeeeeeet!



Zombie Letters from e-zombie.com

Hope you are having a marvelously zombie-riffic week!! Give me a shout out if you also love the zombies!!!! xo

Another Edition of Me Likey/Me No Likey

♥I am IN LOVE with the Black Apple’s pinback display and her new original. The latter needs to be placed in Vivian’s nursery tout de suite. Delia reminds me of V a bit. I'm goin' for it at her next shop update for reals. I'm not optimistic, but one can hope.-Ugh. They are RE-MAKING Let the Right One In!!! WTF??? I am so upset. I received the book and DVD from my bro and SIL for my b-day, and I made my parents watch it. They really liked it too! We agreed that the setting being in Sweden makes the film.


♥Speaking of Sweden—I wanna go to there. Like now. Denmark and Norway too. Like a Scandinavian travel bonanza. Think anyone would miss me if I just took off??? I can dream, no? I just want to tuck my sweater into my pants without persecution. Is that too much to ask?

-UGH. I hate politics. And politicians suck. I want Sarah frigging Palin to GOOOOO AWAYYYYYYYYY. Anonymous comments supporting her will promptly be deleted. If you are going to stick up for her, you must face the embarrassment of everyone knowing exactly who you are. And speaking of crappy politicians, something happened in the way of a corrupt government official in the municipality for which I work. This totally SU-HUCKS because this guy has ALWAYS been shady, and it reflects poorly on our city, which, in my opinion, is a GREAT city with some wonderful people in it. Shame what some people will do for the almighty buck.

♥On a whim, Ryan ordered the book "When You Were Small" by Sara O' Leary for Q. I didn't even know, however, I had heard about it. It's lovely. He done good. My favorite page (and Q's for that matter): "When you were small we let you sleep in one of my slippers. The left one. you used a fuzzy wash cloth for a blanket and a tea bag for a pillow."

I Want to Be the Girl with the Most Cake

Inspired by Kat’s tune-titled blog posts, I have made my own. Well, except it’s a lyric, not a song title, per se.

But I digress.

Photo courtesy of Paula Wirth via Flickr

Yesterday was my birthday (yay me), and it was the first year in which I felt pretty blah about my birthday. We did go to my parent’s, got to have a date night (on Friday) filled with mojitos and bad movies (ugh, Year One…), and I did get a lovely cake decorated with yellow buttercream roses. But it just wasn’t the same. I’m thinking that maybe I am enjoying the girl’s birthdays so much that there isn’t enough excitement left for my own. I find this pretty pathetic. Here’s to making my special day more of a conscious celebration next year. It will be a Monday, so I WILL be taking the day off.

As for my blog post title, I think I won hands down after this weekend. Blurgh. I am down, ladies and gentlemen, but I am not out! Onward to Jazzercise!!!

And speaking of yellow buttercream roses, I love this ♥ And no fat or calories! Yummy!

Photo courtesy of pbrigitte zombuki via Flickr

Happy 4th!!!

Hope you have a day filled with carousels, sparklers, red, white & blue desserts, fireworks, and FUN! :) xo

You Are Not Alone

I haven't felt this sad about someone famous passing since Jeff Buckley in '97. Michael Jackson was a huge part of my and my brother's childhood.

He was absolutely amazing as an entertainer. I do not believe any of the allegations against him were true. I do, however, believe he was stuck inside the mind of a 10-year-old, and it was just a very sad thing to watch the degradation of his mental health over the years.

But hopefully somewhere he is now at peace. And hopefully he can somehow sense the outpouring of admiration that has occurred over the last few days. I pulled out my old sticker collection today, and I had a nice pile o' MJ stickers and trading cards. Here are some of my faves-- a Girl Land homage to the gloved one, if you will:

Girl Land 2009 Summer Mix

• Two Weeks (Clip) by Grizzly Bear
  


• Womanizer by Britney Spears


• Sour Cherry by The Kills


• Electric City by Black Eyed Peas


• 24 Hours (The Aston Shuffle A-Bomb Remix) by Terry Poison


• I'm Good Feat. Pharrell by Clipse


• Pearl’s Dream by Bat for Lashes


• Many Moons by Janelle Monae


• Actor Out of Work by St. Vincent


• What a World by Common


• Koop Island Blues by Koop feat. Ane Brun

Add a playlist to your page using iLike

Here are my two official faves! Who can tell me where this Koop Island Blues is from?? It was on a show tonight BUTT I love it anyway (hahahaha).



Close second is Actor Out of Work by St. Vincent:



I really REALLY wanted to include French Navy by Camera Obscura because I love them so, but I hate to say that I realllllly dislike that song. I don't know why. Sorry to the C.O. fans out there-- I'm not soured on them, but that song is like nails on chalkboard to me. Let me know if anyone is a fan of any of these songs! xo