ride the lightning

My lovely friends Dahlya, Emily, Spencer, Rachel, and Rachel's sisters were happy to come along when I said Harry and the Potters were performing at the Phoenix Library this Friday.  Hooray for friends who are Harry Potter enthusiasts!  Well... Let's just say they probably wouldn't be my friends if they weren't.

As if seeing Harry and the Potters jam out to "Phoenix Tears" and "The Economics of the Wizarding World Don't Make Sense" wasn't awesome enough, I got to meet Amy from Amour et Chocolat!  We've read each other's blogs for probably the past two years, and surprisingly had never crossed paths (although we had a secret code Harry Potter quote just in case we thought we saw each other).  Although, meeting up at a Harry and the Potters concert is probably the coolest way to meet someone for the first time anyway.  Hooray for blog friends turned real life friends!

The concert was one of the most fun I've ever been to!  When you arrived, you got "sorted" by taking a pin out of a wizard hat.  I got Hufflepuff.  They also had a "Potion Bar" that they gave out beverages in different colors, but I never went over to grab one.  The Harrys (yes, they both call themselves Harry and during the concert talk as if they are Harry) were the best part.  They are so enthusiastic and you can tell how much fun they have playing these shows.  They threw confetti into the audience, taught us motions to go with the songs, screamed, yelled, and made continuous Harry Potter references that were so hilarious and fun.  The fact that this all went down in a library just makes it the best thing ever.

Of course I had to buy a t-shirt that has Hagrid on it with a shirt on that says "I <3 Hugs"... I am kind of in love with it.  The best part is that the Harrys signed it!  Joe wrote, "Believe in the power of LOVE (and magical babies)" and Paul wrote "Read with the volume on TEN!" How cool can you get?  Not much cooler in my opinion. 

What a magical event!  VOLDEMORT CAN'T STOP THE ROCK!

thursday thrills

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Okay, I officially have a thing for superhero-themed weddings.

I don't care what they say. Florals never get old for Spring.

Favorite blogger as of 45 minutes ago:  A Beautiful Mess. (I totally remember seeing her engagement pictures forever ago on another blog!  The blogosphere is wonderful.)

Retro dresses FTW.  Always.  (Thanks Tabitha.)

I am in love with Midnight in Paris.  Definitely one of my favorite Woody Allen films right up there with Annie Hall.


So I'm thinking for my next video blog I will answer some questions... that is, if anyone has any!  Leave one in a comment and I will see what I can do with it.  xoxo

"i feel old, but not very wise"

(from An Education)

Little kids deserve more credit.  They are imaginative, creative, and believe the impossible is completely 100% possible.  Nothing can get in the way of them until... They are forced to "grow up".

When I was a wee one, I wanted to be an artist, a fashion designer, and finally an author.  As I grew older and "wiser", reality took ahold of me and shook me until these dreams fell out one by one to be filled with new, practical ones. Wisdom.  What is that, anyway?  This so-called wisdom told me to abandon my fantastical dreams.  I don't like the idea of wisdom being a cruel thing, so I say, wisdom isn't like that at all.

Maybe it's the hot summer sun draining my energy and common sense that's leaving me in such a daydream-like state or perhaps it's the aftermath of finally becoming a high school graduate, but I have finally unattached myself from reality's inhibiting, forceful grasp and let myself be filled with great, magnificent dreams once more.

I tried for so long to become a practical human being (no small feat, I assure you), and once I succeeded to an extent, I found that my inescapable dreaming was snuffed out by discouraging thoughts.  Practical thoughts.  I felt guilty for dreaming.  No one should ever, ever be guilty for having a dream, however impractical it may be.

Wisdom, I think, lies in the little kids.  As we grow older, we must remember to not lose sight of our true desires.  Because the thing about desires, is that however much you try to hide from them or replace them with more sensible ones, they never truly go away.  One day you might wake up and say, "I really wish I would've..."  I'm not going to let that happen to me.

Remember:  "Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible.'" -Audrey Hepburn

movies to see asap

I just got home from seeing X-Men First Class and absolutely loved it!  I have been watching a lot of movies these past few days (I watched five movies in less than a 24 hour time frame the other day with Dahlya), but instead of getting worn out or tired of movies... I saw two more today.  In theatres, at that.  One was with my dad and little sister (Ramona & Beezus--which gets me everytime, darn it!) and the other was X-Men First Class with my dad (we ditched Kendal, or rather she ditched us).  Even after THIS, I still am in the movie-going spirit.  Here are some movies I am looking forward to seeing.








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how to (try to) be classy

So I made another one?!  I can't believe it either.  Apparently I have to be in a "wing it" sort of mood to do one of these things, so forgive the choppiness and whatever else I screwed up.  (However I did make a point of cutting out extraneous laughter...It probably would have been twice as long with it.)

Inspired by the classiest lady that ever lived, Audrey Hepburn, I attempt to unravel what it really means to be classy. (I should really start scripting these things...)