Uncut Christmas Vlog.

I always say I should Vlog about something but I never have anything good to Vlog about and I always feel like my videos are suuuper awkward after I shoot them. Anyways so when Kim asked me to be a part of a little Christmas project she was putting together, it was just the kick in the ass I needed to actually put together a little Vlog.

You can see Kim’s blog with all of the lovely ladies who took part here. Or right on my blog in my post from yesterday (GO!) Like I said yesterday, it is totally worth your ten minutes to watch that video. It is funny and heart-warming and just a lovely little video.

Anyways, I sent Kim over 5 minutes of me awkwardly rambling on about many a Christmassy things. Here, is that full video.

Once again, big thanks to the lovely people at YouTube for picking the most amazing screencap of me as the start image. And yes I know you can change them, this is the best of the three options I was given.

If you make it through the whole awkward thing congrats because I definitely can’t. I dunno, there is just something about watching myself on video – so strange. Also I had to cut out a ton of me laughing after the carollers comment. It was such a ridiculous thing for me to say and I cracked myself up.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy it. I always love seeing other bloggers do Vlogs, its a fun little look into what they’re like in person.

lovelove jer

Ps. I love you Pretty wrapping via ohhellofriend.

one, two

an untitled blog post. or this post took me hours to write.

i have nothing intelligent or overly meaningful to contribute to the blogosphere today. chances are i probably won’t have anything tomorrow and i’m sure it could probably even be argued that nothing i have ever posted on this blog is truly intelligent or that meaningful. but its ok and we carry on.

i’ve been working on doing this blogging thing for myself and for no one else. so thats what this post is, a random collection of my thoughts for this week so far (yes i realize that it is only monday). i also don’t feel like using capitals today, and this is going to be pretty stream of consciousness, so i apologize in advance for its randomness and if it is hard to follow. i’m having a hard time getting back into the swing of things after returning from my trip (that includes my blogging schedule - although there really was no blogging schedule to speak of before i left). part of it has to do with the killer amount of travel time we had on our way back home. we were in transit for over 30 hours, and with 9.5 hours of time difference between india and canada – you can be sure i was suffering some serious jetlag. that, coupled with a pretty major change in plans* is having a major impact on my ability to transition back into my real life smoothly.

*long story, but in short,  i had planned to continue living in my apartment in london (where i spent the beginning of the summer)  for the remainder of the summer looking for a job for september. but after an email from the nursing home i have worked at off and on for the past  years while i was away, i am now working back there for the month of august and living at my parents house. most of my stuff however, is still at the apartment in london, and i’m not planning on moving it back here for only a month, so its making for a very interesting living situation. i have the essentials here, but some clothes that i may want are not here, none of my crafty supplies are here. also i’m still going to have to look for a job in london in september on account of the fact that i didn’t work for four out of five months this summer and tuition is due right now. ha. so my days are going to be spent between london and home while working full time nights at the nursing home. okay, so that wasn’t that short. haha

ummm and now i don’t really remember where i was going with that so. . .

have you seen the latest dare? all the girls are killing it this week but this. . .i’m pretty sure i actually let out a little gasp when i saw this page by vee. how perfect? i dieeee.

ok well since i still can’t remember the direction this post was originally supposed to go in, i guess thats it.

jer

ps. i love you

i kind of have this unexpressed side of myself that is really into the fashion industry. i’m no expert by any means, but i definitely know more than your average 20-something young man (call it a hobby) and it doesn’t hurt that i get a lot of my crafty inspiration from the things i see in fashion magazines blogs etc.

anyways, this post (which says so perfectly, everything i wanted to but could never express about mcqueen’s FW 2010 collection) secured this blog’s spot in my favourite blogs ever. photos from here.

i’m am in love with tavi’s writing style. i honestly think she’s one of the best writer’s out there today. she’s super eloquent and her phrasing is perfect.

she is also super creative, her style is one-of-a-kind, her photos for the blog are gorgeous and she is a talented artist.

of course its no surprise i would love this blog since i have a habit of loving blog’s written by old souls (think kara or kim). definitely one of my daily reads.

Hello Mr. Ipod.

Here is a little random fun for your Thursday afternoon.

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Meet Mr. Ipod. Before it was just Ipod, and with a little moustache, he’s Mr. Ipod.

Crazy how a little moustache can change someone. lol.

These are my favourite rub-ons. They’re too fun.

What else should I put moustaches on?

Jer

hello monday heads.

Just popping in to say a quick hi on this lovely monday. Please ignore the disaster that is currently my workspace.

xo Jer

PS i love you i looove Gemma’s art. love it. (via)

Today . . .

First of all – there may or may not be an ANTM spoiler in this post. But I suggest if you haven’t watched this week and are planning to you should stop reading until you watch – but be sure to come back once you have watched. Anyways today . . .I may or may not have eaten a whole package of Fun Dip.

I may or may not have had my hair in a half ponytail because it was in my face.

I may or may not have it in one right now.

I may or may not have started replying to a large number of emails and didn’t finish any.

I may or may not have lost track of how long I have had my contacts in.

I may or may not have watched The Hills episode twice.

I may or may not have spent a couple of hours online mentally spending money I don’t have in real life.

I may or may not have considered providing a new home to numerous pieces of furniture that people have discarded while moving out of my building.

I may or may not have realized how much I liked Alasia after she got voted off of ANTM.

Some more randomness for your day from your pal Jer.

xo

Ps. I love you via Amy Tan

If someone ever wanted to surprise me with a little early birthday gift, or for no reason at all I would really love some washi tape. lol.

PPS. thank you to everyone who has commented with suggestions on my book post. If you haven’t yet please take some time to comment and help me build my summer reading list.

xo

Random Thoughts From a Monday

First of all hi! Second of all I realize it says Monday in the title of the post and it is in fact a Tuesday – I’m leaving it. This just shows you where my brain is today – off in its own little world.

Here are a collection of random thoughts that raced through my mind - in no particular order.

I need a job.

I do NOT want to shower today – such a hassle. (closely followed by) I need new body wash. (and) I love the smell of Dove shampoo.

I want to draw more – something along the lines of Nancy Drew illustrations or the 101 Dalmatians illustrtions. (You know like  ink + watercolour)

This lemon chicken is not the best I’ve tasted however this egg roll is fantastic.

I need a haircut. Really badly. (As evidenced by the photo above – I seem to have an unkept razor bob going on there – a la Rihanna or Posh Spice)

Hills TONIGHT! (Yeah, I have a thing for bad TV. This was closely followed by) Oh yeah – I don’t get MTV so I have to wait until tomorrow to watch it online. Aaaand I probably have to avoid the internet for spoilers. At least I have Parenthood.

Hire me. Hire me. Hire me.

I need to have dance parties more regularly. Dance-offs even.

I wonder if you could play a board game with someone over skype (or some other form of video IM) assuming they have the same game.

My inspiration board is really boring, and small. I need to kick it up a notch – I’m thinking inspiration wall. (Links to inspiring inspiration walls/boards would be much appreciated)

Ok. So I hope you enjoyed this look at my random, boring thoughts on this regular old Tuesday.

Now its your turn. Regail me with the tales from your Tuesday afternoon.

xo jer

I need your help friends!

It is officially summer vacation for me so that means more:

sleeping in, time enjoying the sunshine,picnics and barbeques,ice cream cones (even though i like it better in a bowl i almost always get a cone because c’mon, its summer),and reading for fun (no more of this text book business).

Sources: bed, sunshine, picnic, ice cream, books 1, books 2

This is where you come in. I need to put together a sweet summer reading list so your suggestions are required to do that. I’ll read pretty much anything so don’t worry about that and if you like a book, or think I’d like a book post it in the comments section. I want to hear about anything and everything.

Thanks friends.

Jer

PS. I love you. Yes you.

 

 

 

Quick Update.

So I know I have been an awful blogger lately, but yesterday I wrote my last exam and as of yet I’m still unemployed so I guess now I have no excuse not to blog because I essentially have unlimited amounts of time on my hands. lol.

So yeah, I wrote my last exam yesterday.

I leave for here in just under 9 weeks. (source)

I cried myself to sleep that I wasn’t at Coachella. But remain hopeful that I will attend one day.

I had a glimmer of hope in attending Lollapalooza but its the week after I return from India so those hopes were dashed. But I remain hopeful that I will attend this one day as well (just pleeaase bring back arcade fire the year I go).

This starts next week and I am SUPER excited. (source)

A while ago I posted this post and then today I was featured in this post over at the Dares (if you are visiting from the Dares, welcome!! i hope you’ll stick around for a while). My dare was to be inspired by skateboard graphics and here are my pages and the boards they were inspired by.   I hope you play along with the dare this week. If you do link me up to what you create because I would loove to see them.

xo Jer

itching/obsessing.

I have not had a working camera for approximately 7-ish months now. Let me tell you – it sucks huuuge. I am finding I have like no pictures from the last 7 months making it very hard to scrapbook and blog about myself. Unfortunately since there are times, especially now as I reach the end of the year I can barely afford to eat (slight exaggeration) a new camera does not quite fit into the student budget. Luckily when I go home to my parents I can use theirs (even though the frequency of this is far to little to have any real effect on my need/craving to take pictures) and I have really been itching lately to take some pictures.

This weekend I am heading home for Easter and I am really excited to be able to take some pictures (especially since the weather is supposed to be fantastic). Even more so film has been inspiring me a lot lately and I am thinking I will bust out my dad’s old pentax and do some shooting in film of my families Easter celebrations.

I just love the imperfections that you can get with a roll of film  that you can’t get (as easily) with a digital. Here are some lovely film shots from flickr that have been inspiring me as of late:

from kim {1,2,3}  tina {1}cari ann {1} Tookie  {1}umetan  {1}Summer {1} annette {1} kara {1,2}

Kara’s lovelies were taken on a disposable.. Maybe that should be my first foray back into the magic world of film?

What are you itching to do these days?

jeremy

ps i love you.

source (via elsie)

My friend Elsie is doing a pinhole camera DIY this week. I am super excited to see what she has come up with and try it myself!!

More fun with film. I’m obsessed.

A PSA

Let’s be clear, the wearing of tights as pants is an abomination. TIGHTS ARE NOT PANTS.

Sure, in the context of sports, ballet, hair metal, and renaissance fairs – tights can function as suitable leg coverings – but still THEY ARE NOT PANTS. No, these are not events that magically transform tights into pants; these are historically acceptable acts of pantlessness.

Tights as pants leave nothing to the imagination. Tight as pants are an affront to those of us who prefer not to know the most intimate details of their neighbour’s bodies. Tights as pants are the fashion equivalent of too much information. This gratuitous divulgence of assets repels where the tights-as-pants wearer presumably hopes to entice.

We have tired of tolerating attempts to force tights into a non-native garment category and have decided to do something about it. (via)

Harsh? Maybe, but something I feel very strongly about nonetheless. Especially now as the warmer weather this has become an increasingly apparent issue. I am by no means opposed to tights – when worn as tights. Under a little dress, long tunic type shirt, under a skirt with a nice pair of boots – the possibilities for tights as tights are virtually endless. However the usage of them as pants should end now.

That is all.

a winter goal.

I like to make goals for myself. I don’t really do so well with really serious/formal goals but I really enjoy making fun little goals to work towards. It doesn’t mean that I am any less serious about achieving them though  its just that sometimes my goals are made just by putting something out there. For example here, here, here and here. And sometimes, they come true – like here (eee!).

Anyways it’s no secret that I have been watching the Olympics lately – I really don’t care what sport is on but the past couple of days have been especially fantastic. Between women’s boardercross and men’s halfpipe, I really want to take up snowboarding.  via

So there – with all of you as my witnesses, I will one day, hit the slopes, snowboard in hand (or afoot) and learn to snowboard. Maybe this winter, if not then definitely next. Maybe I’ll surprise myself and be able to do sweet tricks like these.viavia  via

And perhaps if I don’t find myself able to do those tricks, at the very least I will be able to go out and spend a fun day on the slopes with my friends and look sweet in the awesome gear. Aaaand I’ll have a reason to vacay to Whistler (gorgeous!). Ps I love you.

all via

I would never be able to buy a snowboard just fyi. #1 – I am sooo indecisive. #2 – there are hundreds are sweet boards. I would NEVER be able to choose. I could do a whole post on a snowboard wishlist but don’t worry, I’ll spare you that little treat. lol.

A New Banner

I realize I have been saying I plan on redoing my blog for the past, I dunno 6 months? Anyways it always just gets pushed to the back of my priority list and I’m ok with that. However today I just got the urge to make a quick new banner for this space I call my blog.  I don’t know how I feel about it but I’m going to keep it. I feel like it may just be the whole change of it – I had the last banner for just over 1 year so I’ll give it some time to grow on me. Maybe the new banner will give me the kick I need to get the rest of this place updated.

Today i spent the day bumming around home watching the Olympics. Normally I have nothing to do with sports but the Olympics turn me into a die-hard sports fan. It doesn’t matter what sport it is I am watching it. ha. Tomorrow I will start my list of things I need to get done before the end of the week when I head back to school quite possibly intermingled with a generous amount of Olympic watching.

Tomorrow I will be back with a blog about John Mayer on Saturday night.

xo Jer

Ps I love you:

I may or may not have listened to this song over and over again on repeat for the past three days. It features three of my faves ever – Jeremy Larson, Stacy Dupree (of Eisley) and Darren King (of MuteMath) so its no surprise how I love it so. You can download this beauty for free right here – my life is complete.