Archive for the ‘media’ Category

elle editor: average women = not inspiring {disgusted}

I very much dislike this woman:

In any case, Myers claimed that according to a study, “average women are not actually inspired to look at women who look like them.” She continued: “In fact, they respond more to women who are a little bit above average… There is something always aspirational.” And: “Look, the average woman is 5'3″ and weights 160 lbs. You're not gonna see a lot of that on the runways or in movies.” A hint of condescension was [...]

add more ~ing to your life {review}

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This review was based on items sent to me — for free — for review

This year has been pretty crazy for me, with ups and downs a plenty.

I’m not one to turn to self-help books, but I do read a lot of books to better myself. I usually get about halfway through them before I get bored.

This book is based off of A Course in Miracles an interesting book [...]

what the face {giggles}

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hehe.

Sometimes you need a inanimate object to look like a face to cheer you up/

what the face

bill amberg collection {books}

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Bill Amberg made this gorgeous collection of leatherbound books for Penguin UK.

I wish they still bound books in leather like this…

£50

breakfast at tiffany’s bill amberg edition

chatroulette + ben fold = awesome {video}

This has inspired me to buy Ben Folds tickets for May. Yup.

blog I love: le love

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I’ve been watching a lot of Jane Austen lately. It makes me romantic.

I found this blog awhile ago and have been meaning to post on it.

All awesome images and ideas of….what else? Love.

Le Love

project runway: janeanemarie on etsy

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I gave up on Project Runway.

I had to. I felt like everything Lifetime did to it made it worse

However, this is one of the designers from the current season. Still talented people on there.

$325

moon dress by janeanemarie on etsy

random tip: win at scrabble

I will be a Scrabble master. I’m decent, but now I have to learn to make up some Hawaiian words. At least according to this video.

Scrabble: How to Confuse and Destroy Your Opponents via mental floss