Posted by Riz on August 20th, 2009.
Let me interrupt our regular programming to make way for this awesome vintage-inspired wedding I spotted over at HelloLucky’s blog. Ohh this needs no words. For the next couple of (uhm) scrolldowns, you’ll be seeing some of Hollin and Eric’s wedding photos that sent off my vintage radar full blast. I think I’m gonna dream of laces, funky vintage bridal gowns, gramophones, and floral-printed neckties tonight.
On another note, Hello Lucky‘s got some of the best vintage-inspired greeting cards and wedding ideas I’ve ever seen anywhere. We may all have gotten used to digital but letterpress is back, and it sure is the way to go baby! But okay, this deserves a separate post for another time, methinks. Ta-ta! :)
30 Days of Awesome, 28+/30.
Posted by Riz on August 20th, 2009.
Long rant. Sorry. Didn’t mean to.
DAY TWENTYEIGHT. Confession: I had nightmares of real-life friends committing suicide during the few weeks that I was reading Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Suicides. No drama, just them doing their normal day-to-day activities with slashed #wrists. It wasn’t really creepy, mind you, it was more of funny really, but still weird.
This morning, on my desk
I’m not saying that The Virgin Suicides was so disturbing it brought me nightmares, nope. I reckon it’s really just how it is with books. Compared to watching films, reading books allows you to imagine the story yourself and create your own pictures in your head, and it just so happened that my imaginations involved my real life friends. Er.
Now movie-fying a novel is something else. Sometimes, we really have to stop comparing a book to its movie version (and vice versa) if we don’t want to disappoint ourselves.
Exhibit A: I remember reading Nicholas Sparks’ A Walk To Remember long before there were news of a film version. My high school self cried over the pages of Jamie Sullivan’s life, and I remember it well because I didn’t read a lot in high school (save for the Sweet Valley High and Love Stories phase we all had to go through) and AWTR was the first book I ever really shed tears over. The only other book I couldn’t put down in high school was Catcher in the Rye, but that’s a different story. Watching AWTR’s movie version was a disappointment, I remember clearly, because I kept comparing it to the book, and I didn’t like how the movie ended with Jamie’s death. To me, the book had a create-your-own-ending thing going on, and in my ending, Jamie survived cancer and lived a full life with Landon. In the movie, she died.
Exhibit B: It’s just like how I didn’t enjoy watching Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince the first time around. I’m not saying I didn’t enjoy these movies. It’s just that comparisons between the book and the movie are inevitable and they can make or break the movie altogether.
Now there are movies, on the other hand, that are better than their book version.
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Posted by Riz on August 19th, 2009.
DAY TWENTYSEVEN. I’m getting ready for a movie date with Joni and Mae so I’m gonna try to do this nice and quick.
First off, thanks to all of you who took time to take the challenge. I’ll be giving everyone pearl earrings and cutesy pin buttons, so if you haven’t emailed me your shipping address yet.. blablablahh — LOL. Okay. I know you’re already scrolling down to see who won the camera charm earrings, and you’re not reading this anymore. So yeah, I stop now.
Mae, Joni, and Maia, you’ll all get pearl earrings as well. But you’ll have to take whatever color I give you, hehe. They’re all pretty anyway. :)
With the aid of Random.org, the winner of the camera charm earrings is..
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Posted by Riz on August 18th, 2009.
..but I have to choose just one, and it’s difficult choosing when you want ALL OF THEM!
DAY TWENTYSIX. Although it may look like I’m starting to get lenient about my 30-day challenge and posting late, I’m as determined as ever to reach finish line. The delays you’re seeing is mostly me, stalling, because for some reason I don’t want this 30 days to end. Ugh. Senti much? More thoughts on this later.
Meanwhile, remember when I won a print from one of Simply Hues‘ contests? I’ve been exchanging Etsy convos with Chelsea Lee, the photographer who’s sending me my *ehem* prize, and here are some of her photographs that I would’ve picked if I’m not limited to just one.
Guess which one I picked? :)
Check out Chelsea’s blog and etsy store!
On another note, I’m going to announce who won the Camera Charm Earrings later today! I’ll try my best not to post the results past midnight as per usual, promise! Watch out for it tonight, 9:00PM! :)
30 Days of Awesome, 26/30.
Posted by Riz on August 17th, 2009.
DAY TWENTYFIVE. I’ve had this photo on reserve for some time now, in case I run out of ideas. At one point I thought I wouldn’t need to get these cute skeletons out my closet anymore because there were just a lot of things I could blog about, however, I always knew that this little photoshoot I had with the pandas lying around my house would come in handy sometime. (I have 2 more stuffed pandas not in this picture. Why hello there, I’m 26 years old.)
Behold, the time is now.
Gone are the days when teddy bears are the cutest thing. For some reason, R has been showering me with pandas instead of teddy bears, and suddenly, these lazy creatures have become the most adorable in the planet, even if all they do is sleep, eat, and sneeze. Do yourself a favor and look around Just G boutiques in nearby malls. I tell you, the pandas. are. everywhere. The eco-friendly striped sling bag in the photo above is actually from Just G. (And I love it!)
Also, if these pandas at etsy didn’t make you smile one bit, you’re a freakin’ robot!
By the way, which panda are you?
R says he’s the last one, or the second one on top. Figures. I think I’m the one chasing a butterfly, or the one stuck in a mesh of Christmas lights. (Which reminds me, I still need to find twinkling lights to put up in my room!)
I’m sorry to be wasting your time reading this nonsense of a blog. I’m so boring. :(
OAN, these are what’s even more awesome about today:
Ohh there are more people who joined the giveaway, more than I expected actually, but I’m linking these girls who took time to write something on their blogs about the “contest” and what’s on their desks. It’s overwhelming how you all humored me and agreed to blog about something as mundane as what I asked you guys. Thanks, everyone, you’re all awesome! And now, because you all made me sooo happy with your posts, I’m giving away a few more earrings to those who took time to catch up.
(So yes, Romz, Joni, Mae, and Maia, I’ll send you guys earrings too.) Email me your shipping addresses, if you haven’t yet! (Or LOL, Mae and Joni, KAPE para tipid sa shipping!) :)
Plus, everyone gets to be part of the Camera Charm Earrings raffle! Watch out for the winner on Wednesday. :)
And one more awesome thing that made me jump up and down this afternoon when I found out about it. Time.com linked to our very own Cubao-X.com from one of their travel articles! Check it out! It’s a tiny little link, but it made me soooo happy. :)
Tonight I sleep a happy panda! *insert drunken panda here* zzz.
30 Days of Awesome, 25/30.
