November 30, 2008

my little horse must think it queer

Something I Wish I Could Still Do: Play With My Toy Horses




These photos are for my ABC Tag (from Michelle of Un Beret Noir)


The rules are:
1. If you are tagged, link to the person who tagged you.
2. If someone tagged you, start with the letter that comes after the one the person that tagged you ended with.
3. You have to do 1 letter, and if you like it, you can do a max of 3 letters before you pass the tag to someone else.
4. Tell the person you tagged that she/he has been tagged. Also link to that person.
5. Feel free to do what you want with this ABC, your letters are all yours!

I just did S. So I tag Madison of Urban Audrey for T.

November 24, 2008

stars that please the night

Part I
Sorry about being M.I.A.
I have had insane amounts of tests
and all of my inspiration and time goes
towards photography homework
and developing and printing.
The title of this post
comes from Eloise by Barry Ryan.
My dad told me to buy it because
apparently his sister used to play
it 24/7 when she was younger.
He decided it was
kind of a creepy song about a stalker
but now I keep listening to it.










Part II
Young Bride by Midlake. Watch&Love

November 13, 2008

thanks

One of my dad's friends in Spain sent me a copy of this spanish teen magazine and I found myself featured in their article Chic Connection. I'm not really from Canada as the feature claims but thanks Ragazza!

I think it says something like:


Do you fairy tales? If so, don't miss the blog of this Canadian. "There are many ways of viewing the world and this is mine." She demonstrates this with her posts of poems, songs, books, and looks to recall. We love her capacity to mix everyday clothing and convert it into a wardrobe befitting a romantic history. We love her exposure of stars and florals of every type. And all of her accesories, especially her vintage gloves.


Anyone who speaks better spanish want to translate?

November 12, 2008

hush of ovens, aeroplanes and of distan car horns. a pulse, your pulse.

The easy silence then was a sweet relief to this hush Of ovens, aeroplanes and of distant car horns. A fire a fire, you can only take what you can carry. A pulse your pulse, it's the only thing I can remember I break you don't, I was always set to self destruct though. The fire the fire, it cracks and barks like primal music
-If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It by Snow Patrol


My mum just got back from Holland with tartan tights for me, a huge flower hairclip, speculaas, a plastic figurine of Zwart Piet, pumpkin and gourd shaped chocolates. She also shared hazy pictures of the furniture she has purchased as well as an exciting shot of the Just Sold sign. I can't wait to see our new house (we sold our cottage and have purchased a new one.) If anyone has any good interior design inspiration sites please share!

I leave you with the Polaroid I took as a test shot for the B+W film roll I have to do on the theme of Doubles. I have some things planned with outlines,mirrors and twins...


P.S
My Playlist of The Moment
Feed the Light by Joan As Police Woman
Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
Young Bride by Midlake
Heartless by Kanye West
Lover's Day by TV on the Radio
The Golden Path by The Chemical Brothers
Briony by Dario Marianelli
check the songs out!

November 5, 2008

Barack Hussein Obama


"I get it. I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office. I don't fit the typical pedigree, and I haven't spent my career in the halls of Washington. But I stand before you tonight because all across America something is stirring. What the naysayers don't understand is that this election has never been about me; it's about you."

I am inspired.

November 1, 2008

freakshow circus

Halloween is such a great holiday! Strangers just giving you candy. I think thats nice that people still have a bit of trust. At school we did our annual parade. Us freshman dressed as ninjas and lurked around all day, and fough with plastic swords. Then after school my friends and I walked down to a cafe and encountered some odd boys. When night fell we started trick or treating, and got asked to be photographed by a German, ate lots of candy and encountered our hilarious bio teacher.







{Hot Topic skirt. Spandex. Celeste Stein tights. Gap shirt. Forever 21 blazer and necklace. White lace gloves. Corso Como heels. Top hat from some costume store}

Inspiration



Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

October 28, 2008

they fade with the dream of you.and the burning bed floats higher

"Y ella es flama que se eleva
Y es un pájaro a volar
Y es un pájaro a volar
En la noche que se incendia,
El infierno es este cielo
Estrella de oscuridad
Heart running on empty
So lost without you"
Burn It Blue. Frida.
Caetano Veloso & Lila Dawn
It snowed today. Snow and rain make me feel free. Like the sky is releasing any tension and just pouring it all out. During study hall I took pictures with my friends in the brick and ivy atrium, and sipped apple cider. But as soon as I got back into class with teachers reminding us to look at the board, not the snow I returned to the dull reality of work. It just goes on an on in a circle and I can't rest. I feel like I'm wasting my time.


By the way if you haven't seen Frida with Salma Hayek you should. It's so passionate. The paintings melt into the movie scenes and I wish life could be like that. With everyone stopping for a moment to glance around at each other and marvel or cry.

Without Hope

The Two Fridas
She really was an amazing person. And her paintings are tantalizing. You want to know what she was thinking when she painted each blood stain, each frill of lace, each bit of bed.

October 24, 2008

a gigantic white stallion appears mysteriously to a Traveller

This is an old photo.
I do not want to go to school tomorrow.
I just want to run away with gypsies and eat baked beans.
Like out of my favourite movie when I was little about two Irish boys and their white stallion Tír Na NÓg.

shut up its windows and drawn shades in an old maidenly preoccupation with self protection which bordered on mechanical paranoia




"The gentle sprinkler rain filled the garden with falling light.

Until this day, how well the house had kept its peace. How carefully it had inquired, 'Who goes there? What's the password?" and, getting no answer from the onely foxes and whining cats, it had shut up its windows and drawn shades in an old-maidenly preoccupation with self-protection which bordered on a mechanical paranoia.

It quivered at each sound, the house did. If a sparrow brushed a window, the shade snapped up. The bird, startled, flew off! No, not even a bird must touch the house!" from
There Will Come Soft Rains.One of my favourite short stories.





October 22, 2008

where the future plays it all night long

Fed up with your indigestion.
Swallow words one by one.
Your folks got high a quarter to five.
Don’t you feel your growing up undone.
Nothing but the local DJ.
He said he had some songs to play.
What went down from this fooling around.
Gave hope and a brand new day.
Nothing was the same again.
All about where and when.
Blowing our minds in our lives unkind.
Gotta love the bpl.
When the smoke was all baton
Remember how this all begun.
We wore his love like a hand in a glove.
Where the future plays it all night long.
-Great DJ by the Ting Tings



The next few pics are stolen from my friend's Facebook...



Pins:HEMA,my 7th grade spanish teacher
and a Colplay concert
Rosette:Kitsch Kitchen
Jacket:Silence+Noise at Urban Outfitters
Tee shirt:Fruit of the Loom
Pantaloons:black velvet Seven For All Mankind
Shoes:Steve Madden {a gift from Solestruck.com)

The amazing Daniel of http://www.solestruck.com// gifted me with these Steve Madden heels. Dank u wel!