Damn you Mr Stump

Here's kinda how the other afternoon went.

PROGRESSION from "meh" to obsessive love of a song:
I was listening to new music I got. This song plays.
"Hey isn't this Patrick Stump from Fallout Boy?"

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I have always loved his voice, but gave a song or two a listen from his solo album and didn't fall in love. I'd resigned myself to officially missing Fallout Boy and my ridiculous twenties. Now this song at first was the same... till something hooked me. I hit replay and listened to the words & they're great.
"Oh nostalgia, I don't need you anymore
'Cause the salad days are over and the meat is at my door"

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Then i started thinking about my little sister and how much fun we would have singing this song if she were stuck in traffic with me right then. I started thinking about how the words apply to some of the crap she's had to go through over these last few years and how she's still managed to be one of the most compassionate and caring people I know. (& no that doesn't make her any less bad ass for those that know her...)

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So I Soundtrack the song and that sister posts the video of the song.
Damn you Mr Stump and the director of your music video for being so clever. When that dog runs and jumps that hurdle...


= I have no choice but to <3 it. I'm done for.

oh yes! And I've also realised I really need to get round to developing a youtube worthy skill.

Pinterest Predictions

Some people see signs in everything. Some people are also completely paranoid and delusional... but I like to think that you can be a more positive version within the delusional bracket too. That surely can't be too bad a thing to be can it?

Well I hope so... I don't always like to think of myself as totally batty. 

As it is, I already try to reign myself in when it comes to "seeing things". The problem starts because it's actually quite a comforting thing to do. 

THIS was a particularly rough Monday. 

THESE are the signs and advice that let me know it'll all be OK. 

Sometimes being a little crazy and taking comfort from signs that the Internet sends you is a fine way to be.

Source: iwantthat.co.za via Keyna on Pinterest

(SIDE NOTE: Also, my mom really did sing this to me all the time! I've always been that little bit awful at handling unexpected things life has thrown at me. :) Must be why I'm always being given so much to practise on...)

Christmas Cheer

Bless the funny, witty people out there. YOU have made my Christmas.
This of course includes my madcap family (as well all you extended members we've collected over the years.)

These two gems from the net had me chuckling so enthusiastically that my belly shook like a bowl full of jelly.

I hope everyone has a very merry day and gets as much enjoyment out of these two creations as I did!

Doesn't this just make a ton of sense to your child brain? Of course Santa is most fantastic!

 "and mama in her kerchief and I in my cap, had just settled ... our brains..."

(Zombie Christmas?)

Had I been immortal...

Had I been immortal I think I would have definitely tried to save all my outfits and made this video!
(also forEVER would have given me time to actually learn these moves... ) In my head all this stuff really happens.

As Diamonds and Dust says on her blog "I can’t stop watching it."
Agreed!

What's better than superhero's?

Superhero Dinosaurs... OBVIOUSLY.

Honestly. WHAT more can you say about that? Done.

Thanks to a colleague I have a new site to follow! Find some more great stuff here at Shortlist.

SEVERELY addicted to design, craft, tech, film, music and the wwworld

If the small blurb beneath the blog title wasn't enough and you've found yourself curiously clicking it... then here you are! You have reached a page containing a little bit more about me.

Currently I'm a self confessed web addict, who's found herself in the world of magazine publishing while she sits daydreaming about how, perhaps, she really should have studied programming and all things interwebs.
This is, of course, till I realise that I'm relatively good at my job, and that I should truly be grateful for what I have, before I turn another love into a career and possibly, "the daily grind".

When this blog first started, it was more a way for me to write about things that happened in my days. More of an online journal since my actual physical journals were starting to leave little space in my cupboards for clothes. Somewhere along the lines it morphed into a way for me to hoard images, stories, projects and people I found interesting and make little comments about what I've found so that I can always have a quick way to find them again and remind myself of how much I enjoyed them.
Leaning one way always feels a bit self indulgent and a little uncomfortable, and the other leaves me feeling a little silly just dishing out opinions if I never really share who I am and what I do...
For the future, the goal will be trying to strike a balance between these two.

Wish me luck! We'll both need it since I wouldn't want to chase any of you away or myself grow bored of what I'm doing :)

Nice to meet you!