I am very sad that I cannot justify bringing this hat to Mexico. We are currently packing up all of our clothes. This is very hard for me. I feel like I am dooming myself to only wearing the 8 items of clothing in my backpack for the next 3 months. OH WAIT I AM. I therefore console myself by buying this incredibly adorable hat.
So today, after hours of strenuous packing moving things around, Nathan and I were in desperate need of a nice cold drink. Since there are McDonald’s strategically placed every two blocks here in Fort Worth, we naturally followed the subversive yellow and red sign to quench our parched throats.
We were met by a sign that told us that ALL SIZE FOUNTAIN DRINKS ARE ONLY $1! The menu confirmed this.
We proceeded to tell the friendly box that was ductaped together that we would like one medium diet coke and one medium coke.
The box replied that our total would be $3.01.
We were very confused. We politely inquired of the box why we were being asked to pay such an outrageous sum when the signs all pointed to the existence of drinks that only cost one dollar.
It assured us that we were correct, and that the drinks were indeed only a dollar each.
Relieved, we proceeded to the first window, where we were asked for the princely sum of $3.01.
We told the (insert any stereotypical image of a McDonald’s employee that immediately comes to mind) that we would like one of their DOLLAR drinks, please and thank you very much. Stereotypical told us that they only push a button to get us our drinks, and the button says that the drinks cost $1.59. Clearly there was no arguing with this logic. We paid $3.01 and proceeded to the second window.
At the second window we were relieved to see (insert any stereotypical image of a McDonald’s manager). We asked white shirt and tie if they might possibly need to fix their menu, since clearly they no longer offered ALL SIZE FOUNTAIN DRINKS FOR ONLY $1!
White shirt and tie informed us very matter-of-factly that they most assuredly still had the dollar drinks. But that we could only get them in a LARGE. He even very generously offered to upgrade our mediums to LARGES.
We tried to explain that we did not want a LARGE, but this fell on deaf ears. WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT A LARGE? DOES NOT MAKES SENSE. LARGE SIZE IS THE RELIGION OF AMERICA. DO NOT BE A TRAITOR TO THE LARGE SIZE.
Well, you know what, McDonald’s? We subscribe to the religion of medium. Even if that means we have to have to pay an extra 59 cents sometimes.
We would like to thank McDonald’s for once again bringing humor into our lives, and for putting trace amounts of cocaine onto their fries. We will be back. Even though we really don’t want to.
MMMMMM FRIES.
I dyed my hurr again.
I fucking love it.
Sophie & I went and chilled in the park like gangsters.
She loves my hurr too.
I look freakishly like both of my parents in this picture.
1. I feel like a freaking superhero.
2. People talk to me about it, which is good for my antisocial tendencies.
3. My eyes look like they’re on steroids. If that even makes sense.
4. The look in little girls eyes when they see it makes my heart melt.
5. My body will be more easily identified in Mexico.
OMG MAI NEW HURRZ I LUVS IT SOO MUCH OMG!!11! XOXOXOX!!
This, my friends, may possibly be my best thrift find yet. You may remember my 1950’s Dubrowsky & Joseph faux fur that I found at Night of Joy vintage. It cost me around $60.00, which seemed like a great deal, especially since it quickly became one of my most prized possessions.
We were at Thrift Town on Jacksboro Highway last weekend, and I found this lovely. People, it is the spitting image of my Dubrowsky & Joseph. It is a slightly different cut and a different color, but everything else is the same, down to the tags and lining. I don’t know what year it’s from though. Anyone know a good way to tell?
And, since Thrift Town so generously has a $10.00 punch card for each $200.00 you spend, and I happened to have a full one, this coat cost me $8.00.
I think it really may be the best find yet!
Also featuring:
bubbles via reini68 and richard.heek
The lovely and inspiring Halcyon wrote some wise words in his LJ back in November. It was just what I needed to hear. Now I have a way to share it with more people!
He helped me realize that it’s ok to wear my faux fur coat to the grocery store, to dress exactly the way I want to - and yes, while that usually means pushing boundaries, it also means, maybe, gasp!, to NOT try to outdo myself once in awhile! That it’s ok to keep all of my awesomeness on the inside sometimes, and that I don’t need to feel obligated to prove how cool I am! To say exactly what I think, to not be creeped out when strangers try to start up a conversation with me, and to demolish that barrier that existed for so long between “who I was” and “who I wanted to be”.
Have I gotten to “that point” yet, where I am exactly everything I could ever want to be? No. But I’m realizing more and more that there is no single point that I am working towards. And that while wanting to change, to have goals, to be different, be more, be better, is a good thing, having the mindset that “you are not yet the person you want to be” can cheat you of the pleasure of who you are right now.
Instead of focusing only on that image of you that you feel is unattainable right now, do something small that gets you a little further to that image, and then spend the rest of your day basking in the fact that right now, you are a wonderful, cool, self-realizing person who is actively being the person they want to be! Try to strike a balance with yourself between who you want to be and who you are right now.
I have these words where I can see them every morning. “Being a lifestyle artist is greeting each day with a child’s eyes and a sense of self that you are the protagonist in an epic myth.”
It’s up to us to make our lives be that epic myth! And don’t forget, an epic myth is a story that has ordinary days and fantastic days. It’s a journey to a certain fabulous conclusion, true, but you should be enjoying the story from start to finish!
What does it mean to be a “Lifestyle Artist?”
I hope that it will inspire you as well!
Maybe to do this?
picture via mrfink
Hello lovelies!
Many apologies for being M.I.A. over the weekend; we are on our final week at work and the pressures are mounting! I did manage to find a backpack on Sunday. It is beautiful! Pictures shortly.
I usually post up my links on Saturdays, but since I slacked and have some AWESOME things saved up, I will go ahead and post them now.
City of Ember. We watched this movie on Friday (ok, I did ONE non-productive thing!), and I fell in love. It’s a beautiful, steampunk-y, lovely Y.A. story that got made into a movie. If you haven’t seen it, I would recommend you do so!
This picture.
I’m loving some 20’s era, dark noir style photos that I’ve come across. Enjoy this, this, and this!
Knitted naughty parts! And for a good cause! So cute!
I don’t usually re-post links that I’ve found on other blogger’s recent link posts, since I know we all hate regurgitated drivel. However, this website turned a bad day around for me and caused me to look at ordinary things and say, AWESOME! Thanks Gala!
I’m not ashamed to admit that I still have issue with pronouncing some of the more un-pronounceable couturiers. Go here if you would like to hear someone else say it!
Old people street style! Awwww!
It’s not even good rap. But you should listen anyway, because how often do you get to hear two white guys rap about “Cake In The Kitchen” and other traditions held dear by us office dwellers?
This is just wierd. Any ideas, guys?.
For those of us who are dieting, I offer this. I love lists like this, they can really help you get ideas when you are sick of the same old celery sticks and rice cakes.
What a freaking cool website! I am so doing this when we get back from traveling!
I hope we don’t run into this guy’s apprentice while on our trip.
This artist’s webpage is one of my favorite places to go when I’m feeling dull and unimaginative. She is wonderful.
AAAANNND:
The icing on the cake (yes Magen, this is it). NSFW!
ENJOY!
Here is an awesome tuxedo-ish jacket I thrifted last week. It has these sweet gold buckles and exaggerated shoulders. Black and gold is one of my favorite color combinations! With enough gold, you can wear all the black you want and never look goth!
Also, check out my new glasses!
So here are my new favorite pants ever. I am not a pants kind of girl; I generally like to feel the breezes on my lady parts. But oh, these pants are divine. They have zippers up the side of the leg, which allows me to wear them either on the inside or outside of my shoes. They also make me feel totes badass, which is why I am scowling in these pictures.
I found these images to be very interesting! I had no idea the U.S. looked like it did in 1976! Texas was blue?! California was red?! WTF?!
Be educated!
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