Ensemble: Covered Wagon to the Candy House
Since spring has officially sort of arrived, I’ve been way into cute prairie-style outfits. Typically I do a shirt/skirt mixed with a belt to look like a dress, but since I got this Covered Wagon dress from ModCloth, I’ve been loving the hell out of the simple style and basic colours, as it allows me to add the that pop of colour that this dress needs with tights and a cardigan. The tights I bought a while ago, but this whole time I’ve been a bit apprehensive about actually wearing them, as I usually try to distance myself from that baby pink-loving girl stereotype.
I don’t think they do a lot of harm here, though. They make me think of cotton candy, and I’m sure I can make some decent summer outfits with this colour.
Dress: ModCloth
Cardigan: Stitches
Belt: Point Zero
Tights: HUE
Shoes: Strauss
Earrings: Opulent Oddities
A Guinea Pig Audience
There are some things I really need to do more of:
- More ensemble shoots/entries
- Edge punch more wedding invitations
And while that may not seem like a lot of work, it sort of takes a lot of time to do that. Nevertheless, I’ve just been editing and wasting my life over papers printed on both sides. Over the last month, I’ve been leaving a chapter of my novel in the break room at work. Originally I was just going to have my coworkers read the first chapter so they could tell me what they thought, if it was intriguing enough for them to want to read more. I didn’t exactly plan on leaving more, on giving them the whole thing.
But then people came up and told me, “Well, you did what you wanted.”
And I was all, “What…?”
“I want to read more.”
So every Thursday I have to have a new chapter on that table in the back. Today I’ll be handing in my sixth, and it’s become sort of an obsession, making the time to accommodate editing, revising, editing again (x3), and then writing some feedback questions to go with the chapter. It’s become an adrenaline rush to me, getting this shit done, getting the feedback. Having the coworkers assist me has been wonderful, and even my boss is way into the story. We talk about Jonah all the time.
I’ve already had a few people ask for chapter copies as well, and while I love their interest, I don’t exactly know how to go about doing so. I don’t want to just distribute copies left and right, not to mention that the paper and ink involved in making those copies isn’t that cheap. I realize that friends and family may want to be involved in the guinea pig test audience thing, but I worry about sending out copies to every interested party. Plus, I’m also doing this for feedback, not just to share. This book is supposed to be what allows me to buy groceries while I’m sitting at home breastfeeding a baby sometime down the road, so it’s kind of a big deal.
If you are seriously interested in reading my work, however, please let me know and I’ll see what I can figure out to accommodate you.
Pop Music with Intrigue
Lately I’ve been way into British pop artists like Little Boots and Chew Lips. It’s not much of a change from regular pop, apart from the fact that the vocalists have that lovely accent that makes the songs that much better. The main problem that I have with pop music, however, is that the lyrics always tend to be too damn simple, too damn cliche. Honestly, overused phrases can really destroy a song for me, and I mean, in some terms, British pop really is no different from the mainstream American variety in the lyric department. I thought this up until I discovered Ellie Goulding.
Seriously, this chick has brought on a new love for pop (or folktronica, for specifics) in me that I really can’t describe. Her lyrics can at times be pretty basic boy/girl feeling-related, but for the most part, they’re a penned over a varied mash of topics. Plus, her beats are pretty damn catchy. Check out her album, Lights, if you’re intrigued by this:
There’s also a video for her single, “Under the Sheets” (which I sadly can’t embed) HERE.
Letter to a Uterus, #30
Dear Uterus,
Surprisingly, apart from a rather horrendous experience I had with a toilet in the Save On Foods public restroom that I didn’t realize was clogged, I really didn’t have the time to deal with you this month.
And, just before you leave, I just want to say that I don’t blame the toilet thing on you. It wasn’t your fault.
Hopefully next time I’ll remember,
Rebecca
The Mundane
I think I’ve nearly mastered the art of making the most out of a day. It involves caffeine and a casual approach to the real paying job, a short nap with some kind of distraction to wake you up, and then writing and more caffeine and doubling up things you have to do (like bathing) with other tasks that you need to do (like editing) and then more caffeine to finish off the editing. Problem is, now that I’ve finished another bout of my novel, I’ve still this coffee rush to beat before I can go to bed. This means probably more wedding invitation making until I run out of music I want to listen to or just get tired and trudge off to bed.
Of course, this just means that all my blog posts are yet filled with the same mundane updates of the day to day. At least in this case I have this video to share. I first saw it years ago and vowed to post it on my blog when I actually had to go about planning a wedding, er, normal, run of the mill, normal party. It makes me laugh.